Headlines – October 17, 2014
Louisiana: The State We're In
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2014-10-17
Duration: 00:03:55
Subjects: Ebola virus disease | TORNADOES | Natural Disasters | Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Contributors:
- Whinham, Charlie Host
- Sanford, Shauna Host
- Sobek, David Interviewee
- Cefalu, William Speaker
Description
This segment from the October 17, 2014, episode of the series “Louisiana: The State We’re In” features Charlie Whinham and Shauna Sanford reporting on the week’s headlines. These stories include: LSU asking an employee who just returned from Liberia to stay home for three weeks due to concerns over the ebola virus; Governor Bobby Jindal calling for travel restrictions to the four West African countries dealing with the ebola virus; a tornado hitting Monroe and West Monroe; an interview with Dr. David Sobek, a professor of political science at LSU, on the issue of national security in Louisiana’s upcoming Congressional elections; and Dr. William Cefalu, the executive director at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, speaking to the Baton Rouge Press Club.