WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

A majority of Americans support mail-in voting, expanding early voting, and requiring voter ID. We break down the new poll with Todd Belt, Professor and Director of the Political Management Program at George Washington University

* It’s game week for LSU! We get an update on the Tigers and get an early preview of Clemson with WWL.com columnist Jeff Palermo

* How many close friends do you have? When did you become friends? Have you had trouble making new connections the older you get?

How many close friends do you have? When did you become friends? Have you had trouble making new connections the older you get?

We talk to clinical psychologist Judy Ho about why it’s so important to have close friendships

We get an update on the Tigers and get an early preview of Clemson with WWL.com columnist Jeff Palermo

* We take another look back at the Saints final preseason game with sideline reporter Jeff Nowak and go over who could make the 53 man roster...and who’s getting cut

* We talk with Barry Keim about what it was like being the state climatologist during Katrina and how hurricane forecasting has changed since then

We talk with Barry Keim about what it was like being the state climatologist during Katrina and how hurricane forecasting has changed since then

We take another look back at the Saints final preseason game with sideline reporter Jeff Nowak and go over who could make the 53 man roster...and who’s getting cut.

We talk with Dr. James Riopelle, an anesthesiologist at LSU Health, and his wife Jamie Manders about their Katrina story and experiences: helping save a flooded hospital full of patients and pets.

* President Trump is threatening to use the National Guard in more cities, including Baltimore and Chicago. Does he have the authority to keep doing it?

* We talk to WWL producer Jordan Fiegel about his Katrina story: being stuck in the flooded Lindy Boggs hospital in Midcity.