SCOTT: THE CITY HAS ALREADY
REMOVED THE JEFFERSON DAVIS AND
LIBERTY PLACE STATUES.
WDSU ANCHOR SHAUN KRAISMAN JOINS
US NOW FROM THE NEWSROOM WITH A
BREAKDOWN OF THE BILL AND WHAT'S
NEXT.
SHARIEF: SCOTT, SULA, LAWMAKERS
IN LOUISIANA BACKED A PROPOSAL
AIMED AT KEEPING CITIES FROM
REMOVING CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS,
DESPITE PLEAS FROM BLACK
COLLEAGUES WHO CALLED THE BILL
DIVISIVE AND OFFENSIVE.
AFTER MORE THAN TWO HOURS OF
FIERY DEBATE, THE HOUSE VOTED
65-31 FOR REPUBLICAN
REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS CARMODY'S
BILL.
THE MEASURE WOULD BAN THE
REMOVAL OF ANY PLAQUE, STATUE OR
OTHER MONUMENT ON PUBLIC
HISTORIC MILITARY FIGURE OR
EVENT UNLESS LOCAL VOTERS
APPROVE THE REMOVAL IN AN
ELECTION.
CARMODY'S BILL, HEADING TO THE
SENATE NEXT, COMING AS NEW
ORLEANS REMOVED TWO
CONFEDERATE-ERA MONUMENTS
INTENDING TO TAKE DOWN TWO MORE.
ONE OF THE TWO STILL STANDING
TODAY, THE PGT BEAUREGARD
STATUE.
AND NOW, THE LEGAL FIGHT OVER
THE CITY PARK MONUMENT HITTING A
NEW ROUND OF DEBATES
BUT DISPUTES OVER WHO OWNS THE
PGT BEAUREGARD MONUMENT AND THE
LAND IT SITS ON ISN'T STOPPING
THE CITY'S PLANS TO REMOVE IT,
SO HERE IS THAT WE KNOW OVER THE
, NEXT 30-DAYS THE CITY HAS
AGREED TO WORK WITH THE CITY
PARK IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION AND
DISCUSS DISPUTES OVER OWNERSHIP
OF THE LAND WHERE THE MONUMENT
SITS.
TO BE CLEAR, THIS DOES NOT MEAN
THE THE REMOVAL OF THE MONUMENT
IS DELAYED.
LAST WEEK THE MONUMENTAL TASK
COMMITTEE RAISED QUESTIONS ABOU
OWNERSHIP, SAYING THE NEW
ORLEANS CITY PARK IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION, OWNS THE LAND AND
THE BEAUREGARD MONUMENT, AND NOT
THE CITY.
THE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION
ASSERTED ITS RIGHTS TO THE
PROPERTY IN COURT.
A CIVIL DISTRICT COURT JUDGE HAS
RULED THAT THE CITY OWNS CITY
PARK AND CAN REMOVE THE
MONUMENT.
EVEN WITH THAT THE CITY HAS
AGREED TO ENGAGE IN GOOD-FAITH
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION FOR THE
NEXT 30 DAYS TO ATTEMPT TO
RESOLVE THE LAND DISPUTE.
GROUPS FIGHTING TO PROTECT THE
MONUMENTS ARE HOLDING FIRM TO
THEIR BELIEF THAT THE CITY HAS
NO RIGHTS TO THIS PROPERTY.
>> THE TITLE INDEED BELONGS IT
TO THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
CITY PART IS NOT WANT TO THE
CITY, IT BELONGS TO THE STATE OF
LOUISIANA.
THIS WHOLE THING SHOULD HAVE
BEEN DONE A LOT DIFFERENTLY,
THIS IS A BIG MESS.
SHAUN: WHAT'S NEXT?
A MEMBER OF THE MONUMENTAL TASK
COMMITTEE SAYS HE PLANS TO GO TO
THE 4TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS
TOMORROW TO ASK FOR A TEMPORARY
RESTRAINING ORDER AND IF
NECESSARY HE SAYS HE'LL APPEAL
TO THE STATE SUPREME COURT.
>> MY DAUGHTER STARTED SCREAMING
AND EVERYBODY STARTING RUNNING
TO HER, AND SHE STARTED
SCREAMING SHE'D BEEN HIT, AND
THAT SHE WAS ALL WET.
SULA: TONIGHT FOUR TEENAGERS ARE
FACING CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY
THEY SHOT PAINTBALLS AT PEOPLE
WHO HAD GATHERED NEAR THE PGT
BEAUREGUARD STATUE.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED SUNDAY
NIGHT.
POLICE SAY A 15-YEAR-OLD FIRED
THE SHOTS FROM A PASSING VEHICLE
HURTING A 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
, HE'S CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS
OF SIMPLE BATTERY.
HIS 3 FRIENDS ARE CHARGED WITH
ACCESSORY TO SIMPLE BATTERY.
AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CONTINUING
COVERAGE ON THE CONFEDERATE
MONUMENTS.
RIGHT NOW ON THE WDSU APP.
SCOTT: NEW TONIGHT, GOVERNOR
JOHN BEL EDWARDS WILL DISCUSS
PROGRESS IN ADVANCING CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM.
THE MEASURE EXPANDS
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROBATION AND
PAROLE AND SHRINK SENTENCES FOR
SOME OFFENDERS, MAINLY THOSE
JAILED FOR NON-VIOLENT CRIMES.
EDWARDS WILL BE JOINED BY
STAKEHOLDERS AND LEGISLATORS IN
SUPPORT OF THE REFORM AT THE
GOVERNOR'S PRESS ROOM AT THE
STATE CAPITOL.
THE PRESS CONFERENCE STARTS
TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 12:30.
COURT RECORDS INDICATE THE
ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WILL FINALIZE
IT'S PROSECUTION OF KNOWN
PLASTIC SURGEON DR. ALI SADEGHI
TOMORROW.
RECORDS SHOW THE DA FILED A LOW
LEVEL MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF
'NEGLIGENT INJURING' AGAINST DR.
SADEGHI THIS MORNING.
THOSE RECORDS ALSO SHOW DR.
SADEGHI AND HIS LAWYERS WILL
ENTER A PLEA TUESDAY MORNING.
LAST WEEK THE DA DISMISSED
FELONY RAPE AND VIDEO VOYEURISM
CHARGES AGAINST DR. SADEGHI.
SOURCES CLOSE TO THIS MATTER
SAYS THE MISDEMEANOR IS BE PART
OF A PLEA DEAL FOR SADEGHI.
IT CARRIES NO JAIL TIME AND CAN
BE LATER EXPUNGED FROM HIS
RECORD.
LAST MARCH, HE WAS ACQUITTED ON
4 VIDEO VOYEURISM CHARGES.
TONIGHT THE ORLEANS PARISH
DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE,
FACING A LAWSUIT FROM THE ACLU
OF LOUISIANA.
IT'S SUING THE DA'S OFFICE FOR
REFUSING TO PROVIDE THE NAMES OF
THE ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE BEEN
ISSUING FAKE SUBPOENAS
THIS COMES AFTER ANOTHER GROUP
THE NON-PROFIT MACARTHUR JUSTICE
CENTER, FILED A SEPARATE SUIT.
D.A. LEON CANNIZZARO'S OFFICE
SAYS THAT HIS OFFICE DOES NOT
MAINTAIN THOSE RECORDS.
THE ACLU SAYS IT ISN'T ASKING
FOR THE LETTERS, BUT FOR THE
NAMES OF THE LAWYERS WHO ISSUED
THEM.
A MAJOR DEVLEOPMENT IN THE
HOMICIDE OF AN INFANT.
SULA: TOMORROW, ST. TAMMANY
PARISH SHERIFF RANDY SMITH AND
THE CORONER WILL RELEASE NEW
INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC AT A
PRESS CONFERENCE.
THEY'RE EXPECTED TO DISCUSS THE
ARREST OF A SLIDELL MAN
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER OF AN
INFANT.
AT THAT TIME WE'LL KNOW THE
CHARGES AND DETAILS OF THE
CRIME.
WE'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON AIR AND
ON-LINE TOMORROW.
TONIGHT POLICE NEED YOUR HELP
IDENTIFYING THE 3 WOMEN ON YOUR
SCREEN.
POLICE SAY THEY ARE WANTED IN
CONNECTION TO ATHE BURGLARY OF A
-- TO THE BURGLARY OF A BUSINESS
THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY IN NEW
ORLEANS EAST.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE WOMEN
BROKE A WINDOWN OF THE CLOSED
STORE ON CANNES STREET NEAR
GRANVILLE.
ACCORDING TO DETECTIVES THEY
TOOK VARIOUS ITEMS AND FLED THE
SCENE.
POLICE NEED YOUR HELP FINDING A
MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING A
LAPTOP.
IT HAPPENED LAST MONTH AT THE
CASH AMERICA PAWN SHOP ON NEWTON
STREET.
INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR
THIS MAN, IDENTIFIED AS DAVID
MCGUIRE, DETECTIVES SAY HE WAS
SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO
HIDING THE LAPTOP INSIDE A
FOLDER AND RUNNING OFF
AND IN LAFOURCHE PARISH,
35-YEAR-OLD CARL WILKINSON IS
ACCUSED OF STEALING FOUR
THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF
TELEVISIONS AND OTHER
ELECTRONICS FROM LOCAL
DEPARTMENT STORES.
DETECTIVES SAY HE WAS CAUGHT ON
CAMERA, AND INVESTIGATORS FOUND
SOME OF THE STOLEN ITEMS IN HIS
HOME.
HE IS CHARGED WITH FELONY THEFT
OF GOODS AND ADDITIONAL CHARGES
ARE POSIBLE.
SCOTT: IT IS ENFORCEMENT DAY FOR
SHORT TERM RENTALS IN NEW
ORLEANS.
AND THE ORDINANCE PASSED BACK IN
DECEMBER, NOW HAS TEETH
OPERATING WITHOUT A LICENSE,
COULD COST THE HOMEOWNER DAILY
FINES, A LIEN ON THEIR HOME,
AND, EVENTUALLY, THE ELECTRICITY
COULD BE SHUT OFF.
OVER 500 WARNING LETTERS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN MAILED, LETTING
LIST-ERS KNOW THEIR RENTAL IS
BREAKING THE RULES.
BUT THE DIRECTOR OF SAFETY AND
PERMITS SAYS MOST HOMEOWNERS
WANT TO RENT THEIR SPACE, THE
RIGHT WAY.
>> YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SENDING
THESE VIOLATION LETTERS TO
PEOPLE FR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN
WITH THE CITY AND
THE FIRST QUESTION EVERYBODY
ASKS IS HOW DO I BECOME LEGAL?
SO NOW THAT WE'VE GIVEN PEOPLE A
MECHANISM TO DO SO, I THINK
THEY'RE HAPPY TO DO IT
SCOTT: MORE THAN 1200 LICENSES
HAVE BEEN ISSUED, AND THERE ARE
UP TO FOUR THOUSAND SHORT TERM
RENTALS OPERATING IN NEW ORLEANS
RIGHT NOW.
THE NEXT DEADLINE TO LOOK FOR IS
JUNE 1.
IF YOUR LISTING ON AIR BNB OR
HOME-AWAY DOES NOT INCLUDE A
LICENSE NUMBER BY THEN, IT WILL
BE REMOVED.
HOMEOWNERS ALSO HAVE TO DISPLAY
THEIR LICENSE AT THEIR HOME, SO
NEIGHBORS CAN REPORT THEM, IF
THERE IS EVER A PROBLEM.
NEW TONIGHT
LIVINGSTON PARISH IS GETTING
MORE FLOOD RECOVERY MONEY FROM
FEMA, $622,000 FOR INMATE
EVACUATION AND ANIMAL RESCUE
COST.
THE MONEY ALSO INCLUDES
REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THE PARISH
GAS AND UTILITY COMPANY.
MORE THAN 131 GAS METERS WERE
UNDERWATER FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
IN TOTAL, FEMA HAS AWARDED
LIVINGSTON PARISH NEARLY $22
MILLION FOR DISASTER RECOVERY.
SULA: STILL TO COME, A
TERRIFYING MOMENT FOR TWO PEOPLE
TRAPPED INSIDE OF A CAR AS IT
DANGLED ON THE EDGE OF A
CALIFORNIA OVERPASS.
WHAT POLICE SAY MIGHT HAVE LED
UP TO THIS.
PLUS
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS THE
SEARCH FOR A NEW FBI DIRECTOR IS
MOVING RAPIDLY
WE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE
JOB.
SCOTT: AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO
FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS AS WE TAKE
A LIVE LOOK FROM THE SCENE.
A SHOOTING IN ALGIERS HAS LEFT
ONE DEAD AND ANOTHER IN THE
HOSPITAL.
MARGARET: IT IS GOING TO BE
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY TOMORROW
BUT OUR RAIN CHANCES ARE GOING
UP.
SCOT WE ARE CONTINUING TO
FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS.
ONE PERSON'S DEATH, ANOTHER HURT
AFTER A SHOOTING IN ALGIERS.
SHOTS WERE FIRED AT JUST AFTER 9
P.M.
A NEIGHBOR TOLD US SHE HEARD
ABOUT 10 SHOTS.
ONE PERSON DIED AT THE SCENE,
ANOTHER WAS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL.
DOWNLOAD THE WDSU SMARTPHONE APP
FOR DEATH DATES AS WE GET THEM
-- FOR UPDATES AS WE GET THEM.
SCOTT: PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS THE
SEARCH FOR A NEW FBI DIRECTOR IS
GOING QUICKLY.
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE DODGED
QUESTIONS OF SECRET RECORDINGS,
AND IS CATCHING HEAT FROM BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE.
WDSU ANCHOR SHAUN KRAISMAN JOINS
US FROM THE NEWSROOM WITH MORE.
SHARIEF: SCOTT, SULA, PRESIDENT
TRUMP MAY BE MAKING PROGRESS IN
HIS SEARCH FOR A NEW FBI
DIRECTOR BUT THE WHITE HOUSE IS
, CLAMPING DOWN ON QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE FIRING OF FORMER FBI
DIRECTOR REPEATEDLY REFUSING TO
, CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT THE
PRESIDENT RECORDED HIS
CONVERSATION WITH JAMES COMEY,
AS HE HINTED LAST WEEK.
DESPITE A NEW POLL THAT SHOWS
ONLY 29% OF AMERICANS APPROVE OF
COMEY'S FIRING, AND THAT 78%
WANT AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION
OR SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO
INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE TRUMP
CAMPAIGN TIES TO MOSCOW, THE
WHITE HOUSE IS OFFERING NO
REGRETS, EITHER ON THE RUSSIA
PROBE, OR ON THE PROCESS TO PICK
A NEW FBI DIRECTOR
AS FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WHITE
HOUSE TAPES LEADERS FROM BOTH
PARTIES ARE MAKING IT CLEAR ANY
SUCH RECORDINGS COULD BE
SUBPOENAED.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF THERE ARE
-- COULD BE SUBPOENAED.
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF THERE
ARE TAPES, THE PRESIDENT SHOULD
TURN THEM OVER IMMEDIATELY OF
COURSE TO DESTROY THEM WOULD BE
, A VIOLATION OF LAW.
>> IF, IN FACT, THERE ARE SUCH
RECORDINGS, I THINK THOSE
RECORDINGS WILL BE SUBPOENAED
AND I THINK THEY WILL PROBABLY
HAVE TO TURN THEM OVER.
SHAUN: FORMER OBAMA OFFICIALS
SAY THERE IS NO RECORDING SYSTEM
IN PLACE IN THE WHITE HOUSE, SO
IF TRUMP IS RECORDING
CONVERSATIONS, THE DEVICES WERE
INSTALLED DURING HIS TERM.
>> WE OWE IT TO THEIR MEMORY TO
PUT TRUTH BEFORE POLITICS,
JUSTICE BEFORE AGENDAS
SULA: THIS WEEK IS NATIONAL
POLICE WEEK
AND TODAY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
CONDEMED ATTACKS ON POLICE AND
VOWED TO PROTECT THOSE SERVING
IN LAW ENFORCEMENT DURING THE
36TH ANNUAL NATIONAL POLICE
OFFICERS' MEMORIAL SERIVCE.
THE EVENT IS ONE OF MANY HELD AS
PART OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK,
CREATED TO RECOGNIZE LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE
LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF
DUTY.
THE WEEK DRAWS 25,000 TO 40,000
SURVIVORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
EACH YEAR TO PARTICIPATE IN
EVENTS
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SULA AND BACK HERE AT HOME
FALLEN FBI AGENTS WERE HONORED
, AT A MEMORIAL SERVICE AT THE
NEW ORLEANS MUSEUM OF ART.
FAMILY, FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES
, THEY PLACED ROSES UNDERNEATH A
LIFE-SIZED FBI LOGO AS THE NAMES
OF THE AGENTS WERE CALLED.
PICTURES OF EACH AGENT WERE ALSO
FLASHED ACROSS THE SCREEN.
>> TO THEM WE ONLY NEED TO SAY
THANK YOU, WE WILL REMEMBER YOU,
WE WILL NOT FORG TO AND WE
WILL NOT FORGET THE LOVED ONES
HE LEFT BEHIND.
SULA ACCORDING TO THE OFFICER
DOWN MEMORIAL PAGE, 48 OFFICERS
DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY SO FAR
THIS YEAR.
MORE THAN 50 AGENTS HAVE DIED
SINCE 1925.
THAT INCLUDES THREE OFFICERS IN
LOUISIANA.
SCOTT: NEW TONIGHT A MAN IS ON
, THE RUN AFTER HE THROWS A
VIOLENT PUNCH AT A SECURITY
GUARD IN CHICAGO, AND IT WAS ALL
CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO SHOWS THE
UNIDENTIFIED MAN THROWING WATER
THEN PUNCHING THE WOMAN IN FACE
EARLY AS SHE TRIES TO GET HIM
SUNDAY AND SOME FRIENDS TO MOVE
FROM THE FRONT OF A CONDO
BUILDING.
HE THEN COOLLY WALKS AWAY.
>> I'M REALLY UPSET AT THE FACT
THAT YOU PUNCHED ME.
NOT BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN, BUT
BECAUSE I'M A HUMAN BEING.
AND THE FACT THAT YOU HAD -NO
REMORSE ABOUT IT
HE DIDN'T SHOW NO REMORSE, HE
DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, HE JUST
CAME UP AND PUNCHED ME
SCOTT: SHE SAYS HER NOSE AND EYE
SOCKET ARE BROKEN, AND SHE MAY
NEED SURGERY
ALSO CAUGHT ON CAMERA, THIS IN
CALIFORNIA.
IT WAS A SCARY MOMENT FOR TWO
PEOPLE WHO WERE INSIDE OF THIS
CAR THAT WAS SOMEHOW TEETERING
ON THE EDGE OF A OVERPASS.
THE CAR CAME CLOSE TO GOING OVER
THE SIDE AND PLUNGING INTO
TRAFFIC BELOW.
THE INCIDENT CAUSED MAJOR
BACKUPS ON THE INTERSTATE.
BUT IN THE END BOTH PASSENGERS
MADE IT OUT SAFELY.
RIGHT NOW ITS UNCLEAR WHAT
HAPPENED, BUT INVESTIGATORS SAY
SPEED WAS DEFINITELY A FACTOR IN
THE CRASH.
MARGARET HEY, EVERYBODY.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY TODAY.
HERE IS A LOOK AT A TWIT PIC,
THIS ONE IS FROM HILLY THIS
MORNING.
GONE TRUMPING, SUNRISE AT 6:07.
THE SUNSETS OVER INTO THE DOUGH,
THOSE ARE -- THE SUNSETS OVER IN
THIBODEAU, SOMETIMES YOU GET TO
SEE IT.
HIGH PRESSURE TO T EAST, YOU
CAN SEE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCHES AND ALL KINDS OF STORM
REPORTS.
THIS COL FRONT IS GOING TO BE
MOVING TO THE EAST BUT IT IS NOT
GOING TO REACH US.
IT IS GOING TO MOVE BACK TO THE
NORTH AS A WARM FRONT.
ANOTHER SYSTEM IS GOING TO CAUSE
OUR RAIN CHANCES TO GO UP.
IT IS LOOKING PRETTY GREAT, JULY
AIR STILL IN PLACE, EVERY TIME
THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE AS OUR
MOISTURE BEGINS TO INCREASE.
WE STILL HAVE THIS AIR-QUALITY
ALERT IN EFFECT TO OUR WEST, IT
IS MORE OF AN ISSUE DURING THE
HOT TIME OF THE DAY AND IT IS
EXPECTED TO EXPIRE RIGHT AROUND
MIDNIGHT.
THIS IS A LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE
THE FLOOD WARNINGS POSTED AND
EVER BY BATON ROUGE IT IS MINOR
FLOODING RIGHT NOW BUT MAJOR
FLOODING IS FORECAST AND WHEN
THAT HAPPENS OVER AT LSU, THE
GROUND GETS KIND OF SOGGY AT THE
VETERINARY SCHOOL.
WE ARE AT 14 FEET BUT IS
EXPECTED TO BE AT .5 FEET BY
TUESDAY, MAY 23 SO IT IS GOING
-- 15 FEET BY TUESDAY, MAY 23.
THAT AREA IS NORMALLY DRY AT THE
POINT, NOT THROW ANYMORE.
HERE IS A LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS NO RAIN
FOR TONIGHT, NO RAIN FOR
TOMORROW AND REALLY ONLY A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN AS WE GO
INTO YOUR WEDNESDAY AND WE ARE
GOING TO BE WARM THROUGH THAT
PERI WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES
BASICALLY IN T MID-80'S BUT A
FEW UPPER-80 EXCESSIVE FOR THE
NORTH SHORE AREA THERE IS THAT
WENT TO THE WEST.
IT LISTS TO THE NORTH, ANOTHER
SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUR WAY AND
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