WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

We spend some time with Councilmember Joe Giarrusso to get his reaction to Mayor Cantrell's proposed budget.

* How LSU is looking going into the bye week

* Latest on the government shutdown

We get an update on Congress and the government shutdown with Todd Belt, Professor and Director of the Political Management Program at George Washington University

Tommy and WWL.com columnist Jeff Palermo take stock of where LSU is going into the bye week.

Catherine Hudson joins Tommy to talk about Louisiana's obesity rate as it's sitting at 39.9%, the fourth-highest in the nation

Dr Catherine Hudson joins Tommy to talk about obesity and sugar intake in the US.

Tommy talks to Steve Geller about the Saints roster and then an expert on restoring the Louisiana coast.

We’ll talk with James Karst from the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana about what it could look like and what our leaders need to do.

Steve Geller joins Tommy to talk about the Saints roster as they head into Week 5.