WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Congress is working on a budget that could have big cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. What would that mean for Louisiana and our budget?

Tommy breaks it down with Jan Moller, Executive Director of Invest in Louisiana

Walmart has said they’re going to raise prices because of President Trump’s tariffs...and Trump has threatened them to eat the costs. What’s likely to happen, with Walmart and other businesses?

Tommy talks to Patrick Penfield, Professor of Supply Chain Practice at Syracuse University

* Explaining what happened with the prison escape, where things stand now

* DA Jason Williams is focused on finding these dangerous escaped inmates

* How did we even get to the point where so many inmates could break out?

* Rogue communication devices from China? Explaining some troubling news

* How Project NOLA helped capture one of the escaped prisoners

* Monday Morning Markets with Mark Rosa: How tariffs are affecting things

We spoke about the threat Chinese-made cranes could pose to US ports...now rogue communications devices have been found in Chinese-made solar power inverters.

Tommy talks with Egon Rinderer, Senior Vice President of Federal and Global Enterprise at NinjaOne. He is a defense expert in cyber-warfare against weapons systems, transportation assets, and critical infrastructure

* We'll get DA Jason Williams's reaction to the prison escape and his reaction to Gov. Jeff Landry attacking him

* How Project NOLA helped play a part in apprehending one of the escapees

How Project NOLA helped play a part in apprehending one of the escapees and how their system works in general.

Bryan Lagarde, a criminologist and Executive Director of Project NOLA, explains.

Jason Williams fires back after Governor Jeff Landry criticized him, says his focus is on capturing the escaped prisoners.

* How the heck did the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office get to this point?

* Monday Morning Markets With Mark Rosa

Tommy talks with Mark Rosa, President and CEO of Jefferson Financial Federal Credit Union

Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, explains how we got here with the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, the Orleans Parish prison, and this unbelievable break out.