CREWS GOING STREET BY STREET, HOME TO HOME, MAKING SURE THAT EACH ONE WAS SAFE FOR THESE NEIGHBORS TO RETURN. TRAVERSE. ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH. GOOD. HEAR THAT? THOSE PEOPLE ARE BACK IN THEIR HOMES AND SAFE. WE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE COMING UP LATER ON IN THIS NEWSCAST. UNTIL THEN, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITE OR. ANY OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO GET THE VERY LATEST INFORMATION RIGHT NOW ON OUR WEB SITE. WE HAVE THE EXACT STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN REOPENED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DAY. YOU CAN SEE THOSE STREETS RIGHT NOW BY SIMPLY GOING TO WDSU DOT COM. GINA ALL RIGHT, TRAVERS, THANK YOU. NOW TO THIS DEVELOPING STORY. SAINTS WIDE RECEIVER MICHAEL THOMAS MAY BE DONE FOR THE SEASON. THOMAS WAS PLACED ON THE SAINTS INJURED RESERVE LIST. HEAD COACH DENNIS ALLEN SAID THAT THOMAS SUFFERED A TWINGE URI. WDSU SPORTS ANCHOR SHARIF ISAAC WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY LATER IN THIS NEWSCAST. ALL RIGHT. TO WEATHER. HERE’S A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE. AT 506 NOW ON YOUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON, EVENING, IF YOU WILL, TEMPERATURES THE LOW EIGHTIES AT CHIEF METEOROLOGIST. MARGARET ORR IN THE WEATHER CENTER WITH A CHECK OF THE FORECAST. MARGARET, DOESN’T IT MAKE YOU WANT TO DO A HAPPY. I KNOW IT’S SO NICE LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW. SUNSET AT 611. THIS IS OUR HYATT REGENCY CAMERA. THE BEAUTIFUL SEATS ARE SUPER DOME. CHECK OUT OUR TEMPERATURE RIGHT. IT’S 82 DEGREES. WE’VE GOT AN EAST WIND AT NINE. HEY THE DEW POINTS 58. I KEEP HEARING PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH HUMIDITY. IT’S NOT BAD, THOUGH IT IS GOING TO BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE HUMID. LOOK AT OUR TEMPERATURES UPPER SEVENTIES TO THE MID EIGHTIES. IT’S PRETTY NICE. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY 84. THE RECORD 85. WE JUST MISSED IT. NOW WE’VE GOT A LOT GOING ON. THERE’S SOME HIGH CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSION, LISA. HERE COMES COLD FRONT THAT’S MOVING OUR WAY SATURDAY. THIS IS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OFF OF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THAT WE HAVE TO WATCH FOR TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE MORNING. SOME FOG, ESPECIALLY, AND THEN WAIT FOR IT HERE WE ARE NOT BAD FOR YOUR FRIDAY, BUT THE RAIN IS COMING ON SATURDAY SO I’M GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU. HOW HIGH THE WINDS WILL BE AND HOW MUCH RAIN IN A MOMENT. ALL RIGHT, MARGARET, THANK YOU. 507 NOW CONTROVERSY CONTINUES WHEN IT COMES TO NURSING HOME OWNER BOB DEAN. LAWYERS REPRESENTING DEAN’S 800 RESIDENTS ARE SUING. YOU MAY RECALL THE NURSING HOMES WERE DURING HURRICANE. EITHER RESIDENTS WERE SENT TO WAREHOUSES. FIVE DEATHS HAVE BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO THAT EVACUATION. LAWYERS IN THE CLASS ACTION SUIT HAVE PROPOSED A. $15 MILLION SETTLEMENT. EACH RESIDENT, EACH FAMILY COULD GET UP TO $17,000. A JUDGE HAS YET TO DECIDE, THOUGH, IF DEAN HAS MORE PERSONAL MONEY AND PERSONAL ASSETS THAT COULD GO TOWARD A SETTLEMENT. DEAN ALSO FACING FELONY CHARGES. HE WAS INDICTED ON CHARGES OF CRUELTY TO THE INFIRM, MEDICAID FRAUD AND, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A BOMB THREAT AT TWO KENNER DISCOVERY CAMPUSES. AUTHORITIES SAY A ROBO CALL WAS AT BOTH KENNER DISCOVERY HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY, LOYOLA AND THE VINTAGE CAMPUSES. POLICE RELOCATED THE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO A SAFE LOCATION AND ARRANGED FOR TRANSPORTATION TO GET THEM HOME. NEW ORLEANS POLICE RELEASE NEW IMAGES OF A SUSPECT ONE FOUR CAR THEFT IN LAKEVIEW LAST. THE SUSPECT IS ACCUSED OF STEALING THIS WHITE CAR FROM THE 1200 BLOCK OF TULANE AVENUE BEFORE STEALING A TRUCK WITH A BABY INSIDE IN LAKEVIEW. THE TRUCK WAS FOUND SOON AFTER WITH THE CHILD INSIDE UNHARMED. CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 8 TO 2. 1111. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP INVESTIGATORS NOW WELL INTO COUNCILMEMBERS FAILED TO PASS A MEASURE FOR NEW TRASH CONTRACTS TODAY. THE ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE TAKEN MONEY FROM POLICE BUDGET AND REALLOCATED IT TO SANITATION. THE CITY’S TRASH AND RECYCLING WILL BE PICKED UP AS NORMAL NEXT WEEK. THE MAYOR’S OFFICE SAYS THAT THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE ANY NECESSARY STEPS TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT HELENA MORENO THAT SHE FILED A NEW BUDGET ORDINANCE TO BE CONSIDERED IN TWO WEEKS. ALL RIGHT. 509 NOW LET’S GO BACK TO SAINT JAMES PARISH FOR THE LATEST ON THAT CLEANUP EFFORT WITH THAT CHEMICAL SPILL. PLUS ANOTHER BIG STORY WE’RE FOLLOWING. TRAVERS YEAH. GINA THE OTHER BIG STORY THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING TODAY, THE NOVEMBER ELECTION THAT HAPPENS IN LESS THAN ONE WEEK. POWER IN THE U.S. HOUSE AND SENATE THAT HANGS IN THE BALANCE AND IT COULD IMPACT LOUISA. DIANA. WE CAUGHT UP WITH LEADERS FROM BOTH PARTIES TO ASK THEM HOW THINGS ARE GOING SO FAR IN THIS STATE. OVER 300,000 PEOPLE VOTED EARLY ACROSS LOUISIANA. THE VOTE ALMOST EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN. POLITICAL PARTIES, 151,000. FOR DEMOCRATS, 157,000 FOR THE GOP. THE NUMBERS WERE STRONG. OF COURSE, WE’D ALWAYS LIKE THEM TO BE BETTER. IT’S GREAT FOR, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. AND JAY, BACK WITH THE STATE REPUBLICAN PARTY. AND JASON, USE AN EXACT DID WITH THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SAY KEY ISSUES WILL BE ON THE BALLOT. I THINK CRIME IS DRIVING THIS AND IT DOESN’T, WHETHER YOU’RE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT AND DOESN’T MATTER TO YOU, REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT. AND THOSE TWO ISSUES COMBINED IS GOING TO MAKE THIS. NOW, I KNOW THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO THINK THAT. OH, OKAY. IT’S IT’S MIDTERM. THE PRESIDENT IS A DEMOCRAT. THEREFORE, THEIR PARTY IS GOING TO SUFFER. WELL, SURE, THEY CAN SPIN IT THAT WAY. BUT THIS IS A REFERENDUM ON WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, ON THEIR POSITION ON CRIME IS GOING TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN GENERATIONS. AND THE CONFLICT ONCE WAS WILL LAST FOR GENERATIONS. VOTING RIGHTS ON THE LINE. MARRIAGE IS ON THE LINE. THE ECONOMY IS ON THE LOT. THE JUDICIARY IS ON THE LOT. AND SO WE ARE MOBILIZING DEMOCRATIC VOTERS IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. REPORTING IN ORLEANS I’M TRAVERS MACKEL. AND WE WANT TO REMIND TO BE SURE TO TUNE IN TO OUR ELECTION NIGHT COVERAGE. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SCAN THAT QR CODE RIGHT THERE, RIGHT NOW. IT’S ON YOUR SCREEN WITH FULL ELECTION INFORMATION. AND WE ARE HERE LIVE ON THE GROUND IN PAULINA. WE WILL HAVE THE VERY LATEST INFORMATION COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, INCLUDING WHAT EXACTLY IS HYDROCHLORIC ACID? AND JUST HOW MANY TRAINS HAVE DERAILED IN THIS STATE OVER THE LAST OF YEARS. I ENDED THIS WEEK’S ROAD PATROL TRAFFIC ANCHOR DEJA BROWN FOCUSES ON A BIG CONSTRUCTION MESS AND ONE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND SPEAKS RESIDENTS WHO WANT ACTION FROM THE CITY. STAY WITH US. WE ARE LIVE IN SAINT JAMES PARISH AND WE HAVE SOME DATA THAT WE WANTED TO BRING TO YOU SO FAR IN LOUISIANA. THIS YEAR. 44 TRAINS HAVE DERAILED. COMPARE THAT TO 60 IN 2021 AND 60 AGAIN IN 20. IT’S NOT AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE. WHAT IS UNCOMMON HERE IS THE EVACUATION FOR A RURAL PARISH AND A RURAL AREA LIKE PAULINE, WHERE WE ARE NOW. AND WE’VE GOTTEN A OF CALLS. WHAT EXACTLY IS HYDROCHLORIC ACID? SO TAKE A LOOK. WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW EXACTLY HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS. IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN THAT’S FOUND IN HOUSEHOLD CLEANERS, AS WELL AS POOR MAINTENANCE AND FOOD MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT. IT HAS STRONG, IRRITATING ODOR AND IT IS CORROSIVE, INGESTED IF INGESTED, IT CAN CAUSE INJURY TO MOUTH, THROAT AND STOMACH. ANYBODY WHO FEELS LIKE THEY ARE HAVING A MEDICAL ISSUE, ACCORDING TO THE PARISH PRESIDENT, THEY SHOULD DEFINITELY GO TO AN E.R. OR AN URGENT CARE IN THIS AREA. ALL RIGHT, TRAVERS, THANK YOU. AND NOW TO ANOTHER EDITION OF OUR SERIES, PATROL. UPTOWN RESIDENTS ARE PUSHING FOR A CONCRETE TIMELINE AND TRANSPARENCY FROM THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AFTER A DELAYED ROAD WORK, INJURIES AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. THEY SAY THE BLAME GAME BETWEEN THE CITY DEPARTMENT IS GETTING OLD. THEY WANT SOME ACTION? WDSU, TRAFFIC ANCHOR DEJA BROWN TALKED TO SOME RESIDENTS TRYING TO NAVIGATE AROUND ALL THE RIPPED UP ROADWORK. I HAVEN’T HAD A SIDEWALK IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS. I HAVEN’T HAD ACCESS TO MY DRIVEWAY IN ABOUT A YEAR. UPTOWN RESIDENTS WHO LIVE NEAR THE OF OCTAVIA AND SOUTH ROBERTSON ARE READY FOR A RETURN TO NORMAL. ONCE A MONTH, WE GET A NOTICE TELLING US WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS GOING TO. IT’S ALL FALSE INFORMATION. SO WE REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON. AND AFTER A YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION WITH NEARLY TWO BLOCKS WITHOUT SIDEWALKS AND ROADWORK, NEIGHBORS WANT TRANSPARENCY AND SAFETY. I HAD OF MY TENANTS FALL INTO THE SIDEWALK I CAN SLICE UP HER KNEE REALLY GOOD SHE WAS REALLY UPSET WITH IT. NOW TO THE CONTRACTOR THAT WAS DOING THE JOB ABOUT A BUNCH OF EXTENSIVE FOUNDATION CRACKS ON MY HOUSE. I WAS BASICALLY DENIED SAYING IT WAS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EXCESSIVE JACKED HAMMERING AND BACKHOES AND EXCAVATORS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THIS BLOCK FOR A GOOD SIX MONTHS NOW. A HOMEOWNER I SPOKE TO WHO DIDN’T WANT TO GO ON CAMERA SAYS SHE’S SICK OF THE MESS THE CITY LEFT ON HER DOORSTEP. CITY CAME OUT AND THEY FIXED SOME PIPES UNDER THE STREET HERE. THEY DUG UP MY DRIVEWAY AND THEY DUG UP MY NEIGHBOR’S DRIVEWAY RIGHT HERE, NEXT DOOR. AND THEY WERE WE TOLD THEY WERE GOING TO COME BACK OUT AND, PUT THE CONCRETE DOWN, YOU KNOW, FIX THE DRIVEWAY, FIX. WELL, LIKE I SAID, THAT’S BEEN OVER FOR FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO. AND I’M STILL WAITING ON THEM TO COME BACK AND FIX IT. BUT THEY HAVEN’T CAME BACK. SHE’S CONCERNED FOR HER FAMILY’S SAFETY. SHE SAYS, WHEN SHE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY FOR HELP, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TOLD HER IT WAS A SEWAGE AND WATER BOARD PROBLEM, AND SHE WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT THEM. SO SHE DID, AND THEY REFERRED BACK TO DPW AFTER FOUR YEARS OF BACK AND FORTH. SHE SAYS HAD ENOUGH. IF THEY HAD REALLY CLEAN INFORMATION WAS DISSEMINATED TO SO WE COULD GET ON WITH OUR LIVES IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT. WE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS REGARDING THIS ISSUE AND A STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK. REPORTING DEJA BROWN WDSU NEWS. FOR YEARS. WOW. AS WE WAIT TO HEAR BACK ON A RESPONSE TO THIS, IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH ROAD WORK OR TRAFFIC RELATED ISSUES IN YOUR AREA. SEND EMAIL TO ROAD PATROL AT WDSU NEWCOMB. WDSU IS DEJA BROWN. WE’LL TRY AND GET YOU SOME ANSWERS. ALL LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW. WE’RE LOOKING AT THE MISSES AT THE RIVER NOW AT 2.58 FEET. THAT’S TWO AND A HALF FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. SO IT’S COME UP A LITTLE BIT FROM WHEN IT WAS DOWN TO 1.7 FEET. BUT FOLKS, IT STAYING LOW FOR A. HERE IS A LOOK AT FORECAST. WE’VE GOT SOME PATCHY, DENSE FOG IN THE FORECAST FOR THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THAT COLD FRONT MOVING OUR WAY ON SATURDAY, ONE TO EVEN THREE INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. AND OF COURSE, WE ARE WATCHING THE TROPICS. SO LOOKING AT PICTURE, THERE IS A LOT GOING ON. FIRST, YOU’VE GOT THE COLD FRONT MOVING OUR WAY AHEAD OF IT. YOU’VE GOT THE WARM, MOIST AIR. ONE REASON WHY WE’VE GOT THE FOG FOR TOMORROW. IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY, YOU’LL SEE SOME HIGH CLOUDS. WELL TO OUR SOUTH ASSOCIATED WITH DEPRESSION. LISA. AND THEN OVER HERE, AN UPPER LOW. IT MOVED OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. IT’S GOING TO BE PUSHING TOWARDS THE SOUTH TOWARDS THE BAHAMAS. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT COULD BECOME A SUBTROPICAL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. SO SOMETHING WE’RE TO HAVE TO WATCH. THAT’S THE ONE WITH THE 30% CHANCE FOR TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT. BUT HERE IS A LOOK AT LISA AND GOING, WAIT, WHERE’S LISA? LOOK RIGHT IN HERE. THERE IT IS. MOVING TO THE WEST AT 12. IT’S A DEPRESSION, MAX. WINDS 30 MOVING INTO THE SOUTH WEST GULF TOMORROW. NOW, I KNOW YOU ALWAYS GET CONCERNED WHEN SOMETHING MOVES INTO THE GULF. THIS IS NOT A CONCERN FOR US. SO THERE IT IS. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS. HERE COMES THE COLD FRONT. MOVING TO THE EAST, IT HITS SEVEN. THAT WIND PRETTY MUCH DESTROYS. SOMETHING ELSE I WANT YOU TO SEE. HIGH PRESSURE. WELL, TO THE NORTHEAST THAT’S GIVING US AN EAST FLOW. SO WHAT WE’RE WATCHING IS JUST THIS BROAD AREA OF RAIN, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT IN HERE. THIS IS WEDNESDAY. THIS IS A EUROPEAN MODEL AND NOT REALLY SEEING DEVELOPMENT HERE. AND IT BEGINS TO MOVE OFF TO THE NORTH. SO THAT’S A NEW DEVELOPMENT. HERE IS A LOOK AT THE GLOBAL FORECAST MODEL. AND IT’S SHOWING KIND A BROAD, LOW MOVING INTO THE EASTERN GULF. HERE COMES COLD FRONT MOVES OFF TO THE. SO NEXT NAME UP AS NICOLE DOES NOT LOOK LIKE OUR PROBLEM. LOOK AT TONIGHT. I MEAN, SO NICE. WHAT A GREAT EVENING OUT AND ENJOY FOG IN THE MORNING LOW SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES. ISOLATED SHOWER POSSIBLE TOMORROW BUT I THINK YOU’RE JUST FINE FOR FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. HERE COMES RAIN. THIS IS FRIDAY MORNING, RIGHT AT BATON ROUGE. IT’S MOVING TO THE EAST, THAT’S A BOW ECHO, ANOTHER BOW ECHO. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? COULD HAVE SOME STRONG, GUSTY WINDS. 7:00 INTO THE METRO ON, THE NORTH SHORE. 830, IT’S MOVING INTO THE SOUTH. 9:00, IT’S GETTING PRETTY HEAVY IN THE CITY. STILL HEAVY AT 10:00. STILL HEAVY AT 1230, 130. AND IT’S BEGINNING TO MOVE OFF THE EAST. BE AWARE THERE IS HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND THEN BY THE TIME WE’RE DONE, YOU CAN SEE THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. SO YOUR FORECAST LOOKING FINE TOMORROW. SATURDAY, YOU’VE RAIN AND STORMS ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. I THINK YOU’RE OKAY FOR THE LSU GAME. DAYLIGHT