IT’S DO OR DIE FOR THE PELICANS FANS ARE OUT TONIGHT HOPING THEY CAN PULL OUT THE DUB. WE’RE LIVE AT THE MID-CITY YACHT CLUB WITH A LIVE REPORT. SOME PATCHY FOG TO GET THE WEEKEND STARTED, BUT BIG CHANGES COMING WHEN STORMS ARRIVE AND HOW MUCH COLDER WE’LL GET. WDSU NEWS AT TEN STARTS RIGHT NOW. LIVE LOCAL, LATE BREAKING. THIS IS WDSU NEWS AT TEN. FIRST AT TEN. TONIGHT. IT IS ALL ON THE LINE FOR THE NEW ORLEANS PELICANS AS THEY TRY TO BEAT THE SACRAMENTO KINGS HERE AT HOME AND SECURE A SPOT IN THE NBA PLAYOFFS. AND WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU TONIGHT ON THIS CULMINATING MOMENT FOR THE PELS. THAT’S RIGHT WDSU REPORTER JONAH GILMORE IS LIVE AT THE MID-CITY YACHT CLUB WITH FANS WHO ARE GLUED TO THEIR SCREENS RIGHT NOW. WE’LL CHECK IN WITH HIM IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT FIRST, LET’S GET TO THE GAME. GAME OF THE YEAR FOR THE NEW ORLEANS PELICANS. TWO TEAMS WHO KNOW IT’S WIN OR THE SEASON OVER. IN GOOD NEWS FOR NEW ORLEANS. THEY CAME INTO TONIGHT FIVE AND ZERO THIS YEAR AGAINST THE SACRAMENTO KINGS. LET’S HEAD TO THE SMOOTHIE KING CENTER. KNOW ZION WILLIAMSON BECAUSE THE PELICANS ARE PLAYING WITHOUT HIM. HE’S DEALING WITH THE HAMSTRING INJURY. THEY NEED BRANDON INGRAM TO STEP UP. AND HE IS DOING JUST THAT. THE THREE POINTER GETS THE CROWD AMPED UP. BUT LOOK SACRAMENTO HAS A LOT ON THE LINE. THEY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD PLAYERS. DOMANTAS SABONIS ONE OF THOSE GUYS. BUT THE PELICANS BENCH THE PELS GO ON A 12 TWO RUN THANKS IN PART TO GUYS LIKE LARRY NANCE. NANCE HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN THIS SEASON. HE IS UP TONIGHT. NOT ONE BUCKET. BUT CHECK THIS OUT. COMING UP RIGHT HERE. ANOTHER PLAY FOR LARRY NANCE. THE STEAL AND THE FINISH. AND THEN I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS. WATCH HOW AMPED UP LARRY NANCE IS TALKING TO THE CROWD GETTING EVERYONE GOING. LOOK AT THAT. AND RIGHT NOW THE PELS HAVE REASON TO CHEER AT HALFTIME. AND AGAIN A LOT OF BASKETBALL LEFT TO PLAY. BUT THE PELICANS ARE UP. 54 TO 45 AT HALFTIME. COMING UP IN SPORTS WE’LL HAVE MORE HIGHLIGHTS FROM TONIGHT’S GAME. AND WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE PELS PLAYOFF PICTURE. IF THEY WIN THEY’RE IN THE PLAYOFFS. AND THEY HAVE A SEVEN GAME SERIES AGAINST THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER ELIZABETH. AND WE LIKE THE WAY IT’S GOING RIGHT NOW FLETCHER THANK YOU. RIGHT NOW LET’S CHECK IN WITH WDSU REPORTER JONAH GILMORE WHO IS LIVE IN A SEA OF BLUE AND RED AT THE MID-CITY YACHT CLUB. JONAH, HOW ARE PELICANS FANS FEELING RIGHT NOW. WELL, ELIZABETH, HONESTLY, THEY’RE FEELING OPTIMISTIC. YOU KNOW, THE THIRD QUARTER JUST STARTED. PEOPLE ARE STILL TRYING TO GET BACK TO THEIR SEATS. JUST TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME RIGHT HERE WE ARE OUTSIDE ON THE PATIO AT THE MID-CITY YACHT CLUB. SOME PEOPLE GETTING BACK HERE. WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WALKING THE PELS HERE, THE ZION WILLIAMSON JERSEY. AND I CAN TELL YOU IT’S BEEN A LOT OF EXCITEMENT BOTH IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE MID-CITY YACHT CLUB. FANS HAVE BEEN GLUED TO THE TELEVISIONS CLAPPING, YELLING AND ROOTING FOR THE PELS. NOW THEY SAY THIS IS DO OR DIE. SO THEY HAD TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR TEAM. NOW FANS TELL ME THE SEASON HAS BEEN A ROLLER COASTER AND EVEN WITHOUT ZION TONIGHT, THEY HAVE FAITH IN OUR TEAM’S ABILITY. THE CROWD HERE HAS ALSO KEPT THE BUSINESS GOING WITH WAITERS BRINGING OUT THE BURGERS AND THE BEER AND TRUE NEW ORLEANS FASHION. WE HAVE SOME FASHION PEOPLE WALKING THEIR PELS GEAR FOR THIS EXCITING NIGHT. THE FANS TELL ME THEY’RE OPTIMISTIC FOR TONIGHT BUT ARE ROOTING FOR THE PELS TO TAKE THE WIN. I’M HOPING FOR A WIN. I’M HOPING THAT WILLIE GREEN’S PROUD OF HIS SEASON. I’M HOPING THAT YOU KNOW PELICANS FANS CAN AT LEAST BE PROUD OF WHAT WE’RE DOING ON THE COURT. IT’S THE A GREAT CROWD AND YOU KNOW YOU GO TO BARS SOMETIMES WITH THE GAMES ON HALF THE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING. MOST PEOPLE DON’T CARE. LIKE HERE EVERYBODY’S LOCKED IN. YOU KNOW YOU GET PEOPLE SHOUTING JUMPING UP AND DOWN. IT’S A GOOD TIME. AND THE PEOPLE WE HAVE TALKED TO SAY THEY HAVEN’T COME INTO THE MID-CITY YACHT CLUB THE ENTIRE SEASON, JUST GLUED TO THOSE TELEVISIONS. THEY SAY IT’S JUST BEEN AN AMAZING SEASON. BUT THEY’RE HOPING THE PELS CAN CONTINUE ON FROM TONIGHT. WE’RE LIVE FROM THE MID-CITY YACHT CLUB. JONAH GILMORE WDSU NEWS YEAH, DEFINITELY HOPING FOR THAT WIN JONAH THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THIS NEWSCAST. AND WE’RE GOING TO HEAR BACK FROM SPORTS DIRECTOR FLETCHER MACKEL AS WELL. SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU TURN YOUR WDSU APP ALERTS ON. AND SO OUR SPORTS TEAM CAN UPDATE YOU ON THAT FINAL SCORE AS WELL. SO LET’S GO AHEAD RIGHT NOW AND CHECK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST DEVON LUCY WITH YOUR FIRST WARNING WEATHER. DEVIN, THE NIGHT IS STILL YOUNG FOR THESE PELS FANS. WHAT CAN THEY EXPECT. WARM AND HUMID NIGHT. AND YOU JUST CAN’T RULE OUT THAT THERE’S AN ISOLATED SHOWER THAT COULD SHOW UP. AND YOU KNOW WE ACTUALLY HAD A COUPLE THUNDERSTORMS EARLY THIS MORNING. ROLL THROUGH THE RIVER PARISHES KIND OF FADED BEFORE RIGHT HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. BUT RADAR RIGHT NOW WDSU FIRST WARNING WEATHER DOPPLER RADAR. YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VERY LIGHT SHOWERS TRYING TO MAKE THEIR WAY FROM WEST TO EAST. A LOT OF THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE THICKER CLOUD COVER, BUT A FEW OF THESE YOU CAN SEE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PARISHES, PARTS OF THE RIVER, PARISHES, SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST AND YOU GO TO SAINT CHARLES. THAT’S ABOUT IT. REAL TIME TEMPS I MENTIONED. IT’S WARM AND HUMID, MAINLY JUST 70S. WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF WE’RE AROUND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN RIGHT THERE AROUND 80 DEGREES, BUT COMING UP HUGE CHANGES THIS WEEKEND WHEN THE STORMS ARE LIKELIEST WHERE YOU ARE. AND THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURES. I’LL SHOW YOU WHEN AND WHERE IN A FEW MINUTES HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THE GREEN BRIDGE ON PARIS ROAD IS CLOSED THROUGH THE WEEKEND, SO IF YOU’RE PLANNING TO SPEND TIME IN OR OUT OF CHALMETTE, PLAN FOR AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. TRAFFIC OFFICIALS SAY CREWS WILL BE ON SITE DOING SOME CONSTRUCTION WORK. THE ROAD IS EXPECTED TO REOPEN JUST IN TIME FOR THE WORKWEEK AT 5 A.M. ON MONDAY, BUT ADDITIONAL CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED IN THE COMING MONTHS. RIGHT NOW, THE LAFOURCHE PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT TO ALLEGEDLY SHOT FOUR PEOPLE IN THIBODAUX, AND THAT ONE HAPPENED IN THE ORANGE GROVE AREA LAST NIGHT. DEPUTIES BELIEVE THIS MAY HAVE STEMMED FROM A FIGHT WITH BONUSES SENT US. THIS VIDEO. TAKE A LOOK HERE AT YOUR SCREEN IN THE MOMENTS AFTER THAT SHOOTING, YOU CAN SEE SOMEONE BEING TAKEN AWAY ON A STRETCHER. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THREE PEOPLE WERE FOUND SHOT IN THAT AREA, AND A FOURTH PERSON SHOWED UP TO THE HOSPITAL. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE SHOOTING WAS THE RESULT OF A FIGHT THAT HAPPENED EARLIER IN THE DAY. LAFOURCHE PARISH COUNCILMAN DJ BROOMFIELD SAYS THIS INSTANCE IS A SYMPTOM OF A LARGER ISSUE. IT IS SHOCKING BECAUSE THAT’S A LOT AT ONE TIME. ALTHOUGH WE’VE HAD A LOT OF SHOOTINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT’S FOUR AT ONE TIME. IT’S A LOT. IT’S A LOT, AND IT’S CLEARLY STATES THAT IT IS A PROBLEM. WE DO HAVE A PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM, WHAT STIMULATING IT. I MEAN, WHAT’S CAUSING THESE INDIVIDUALS TO TO BECOME TRIGGER HAPPY, AS THEY SAY RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO WORD ON A SUSPECT OR A POSSIBLE MOTIVE, RIGHT NOW, COUNSELING AND SUPPORT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR TULANE STUDENTS AND STAFF. AFTER A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY TRIED TO TAKE THEIR OWN LIFE, POLICE SAY AN ANIMAL CARE TECHNICIAN BROUGHT A GUN TO THE NINTH FLOOR OF THE HUTCHINSON BUILDING AT THE MEDICAL SCHOOL DOWNTOWN, CAUSING A CAMPUS LOCKDOWN AND A LARGE POLICE RESPONSE. THIS MORNING, EMS TEAMS PERFORMED CPR ON THAT MAN WHO HAD A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE HEAD, AND NOW THE TULANE COMMUNITY IS REFLECTING ON THE TRAGIC MOMENTS AND URGING EVERYONE, ONE TO SEEK HELP IF THEY NEED IT. IT REALLY IS TRAGIC. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE’S SO MANY THINGS THAT DRIVE SOMEONE TO THIS. IT’S NEVER A FUN CONVERSATION OR SOMETHING FUN TO HEAR ABOUT. I HOPE THEY GET THE HELP THEY NEED. AND THE NATIONAL SUICIDE HOTLINE. IS 988. BUT OF COURSE, WE’RE GOING TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND WHAT THE MAGNITUDE OF WHAT’S GOING ON AROUND RIGHT HERE. WE’LL REASSESS OUR SECURITY WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS RIGHT NOW, SECURITY PROTOCOLS ARE BEING ENHANCED AFTER A MAN LIT HIMSELF ON FIRE OUTSIDE A NEW YORK COURTROOM WHERE THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS STANDING TRIAL. AND WE WANT TO WARN YOU, SOME OF THE VIDEO YOU MAY SEE COULD BE DISTURBING TO SOME VIEWERS. BUT HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. FLORIDA MAN MAXWELL AZARELLO ALLEGEDLY THREW PAMPHLETS IN THE AIR, DOUSED HIMSELF IN ACCELERANT AND SET HIMSELF ON FIRE. THE BIG QUESTION FROM POLICE NOW IS WHY WE DO NOT BELIEVE HE IS. THIS WAS TARGETING ANY PARTICULAR PERSON OR ANY PARTICULAR GROUP. WE JUST RIGHT NOW LABELING IT AS A SORT OF A CONSPIRACY THEORIST. AND WE’RE GOING FROM THERE. BUT THE INVESTIGATION WILL CONTINUE. AND THAT MAN IS BEING TREATED IN A NEW YORK HOSPITAL AND WE’RE TOLD IS IN LIFE THREATENING CONDITION. MEANTIME, IN THE COURTROOM, OPENING STATEMENTS ARE SCHEDULED TO START ON MONDAY FOR TRUMP’S HUSH MONEY TRIAL. A FULL 12 PERSON JURY AND ALTERNATES WERE FINALIZED TODAY. TRUMP SAID HE DOES PLAN TO TESTIFY IN THIS TRIAL. HE HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS. COURT WILL ONLY BE IN SESSION FOR HALF DAYS, BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY, ENDING AT 2 P.M. DUE TO PASSOVER. TODAY MARKS A BIG CHANGE FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE RAISE THE AGE LAW IS NOW IN EFFECT. THIS LAW NOW MAKES ALL 17 YEAR OLDS ADULTS IN THE EYES OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE NEW LEGISLATION SIGNED INTO LAW DURING THAT SPECIAL SESSION ON CRIME THAT HAPPENED BACK IN MARCH, LAWMAKERS PASSING THE LAW, CITING HIGH RATES OF JUVENILE CRIME. BUT SOME LAWMAKERS WHO STILL OPPOSE THE LAW SAY IT IS NOT A DETERRENT. PUTTING SOMEONE IN JAIL OR SENTENCING THEM IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS AFTER A CRIME. IT DOESN’T STOP IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS. YOUR LOSS IS ENOUGH. AT LEAST NOW YOU CAN SAY THAT THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS TAKING NOTICE AND IMPLEMENT WAYS TO CHANGE. AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY ABOUT CHARGES AND WHETHER TO CHARGE A 17 YEAR-OLD. AS AN ADULT, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE ORLEANS PARISH DA ABOUT THIS. SO FAR WE HAVE NOT YET HEARD BACK. THERE COULD BE A CHANGE TO YOUR CHORE ROUTINE TOMORROW. IF YOU LIVE ON THE EAST BANK OF JEFFERSON PARISH, THE DROP OFF SITES WHERE YOU LEAVE YOUR RECYCLING ARE NOW CHANGING. STARTING TOMORROW, YOU WILL DROP OFF YOUR RECYCLING IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE JOE YANNI BUILDING ON ELMWOOD PARK BOULEVARD. IF YOU LIVE IN UNO INCORPORATED, JP JOHN LAFITTE OR OTHER JP MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE CURBSIDE TRASH, YOU’LL BE ABLE TO USE THIS SITE AS WELL. THE RECYCLING SITE WILL ALLOW GLASS, CARDBOARD, ALUMINUM, TIN AND STEEL, PLASTIC AND PAPER. REMEMBER TO BRING A DRIVER’S LICENSE OR A UTILITY BILL TO VERIFY RESIDENCY. SOME OTHER REMINDERS IS DON’T BAG RECYCLING. TOSS RECYCLABLES DIRECTLY IN THE BIN. ONLY RECYCLE THE CLEAN STUFF, MEANING MAKE SURE ANY FOOD OR RESIDUE IS RINSED OFF TOMORROW MORNING. CRITICAL HELP IS ON THE WAY FOR VICTIMS OF THAT SLIDELL EF TWO TORNADO. THERE WILL BE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR YOU THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND AT JOHN SLIDELL PARK GYM FROM. 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M. TOMORROW AND ON SUNDAY. THE RED CROSS IS HELPING YOU FILE YOUR INSURANCE CLAIMS AND AVOID GETTING SCAMMED. OFFICIALS SAY ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BRING YOUR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TO THE GYM TOMORROW TO GET FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR GET REFERRALS FOR HELP. WE HAVE COMPLETED A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OF WHERE THE TORNADO HAS IMPACTED, SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL SHOW UP AT THE CENTER. SO WE WILL GREET YOU AND WE WILL LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT LIST THAT WE COMPLETED AND THEN BASED UPON THAT ASSESSMENT, WE WILL HANDLE IT AGAIN. THAT EVENT STARTS TOMORROW FROM 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M. LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK RIGHT HERE AT CAPITOL HILL WHERE RIGHT NOW SENATORS WERE JUST BEATING A MIDNIGHT DEADLINE TO VOTE ON A CRUCIAL PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT AFFECTS SURVEILLANCE UNDER CURRENT LAW, SECTION 702 OF THE FISA AMENDMENTS ACT ALLOWS THE GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT TARGET SURVEILLANCE OF FOREIGN PERSONS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE COUNTRY. THE GOVERNMENT CAN ORDER THE TELEPHONE COMPANIES, EMAIL AND INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS TO HAND OVER COMMUNICATIONS TO ACQUIRE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION. THIS BILL, THEY JUST ADVANCED, EXPANDS THAT POWER. NOW, WITHOUT A TIME AGREEMENT, THE NEXT PROCEDURAL VOTE MAY NOT HAPPEN UNTIL SUNDAY. MR. PRESIDENT, COPPER THIEVES STRIKE AGAIN, BUT THIS TIME THEY MAY HAVE TRIGGERED WIDESPREAD FLOODING. THE REASON THE SEWAGE AND WATER BOARD BELIEVES THE UTILITY MAY HAVE BEEN ROBBED AFTER ANOTHER ROUND OF MORNING FOG. BIGGER CHANGES THIS WEEKEND. WINTER STORMS ARE LIKELIEST TOMORROW. AND WHO GETS THE RAIN ON SUNDAY AND WHEN? WHEN WDSU NEWS AT TEN COMES RIGHT BACK. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. FANS RIGHT NOW ARE FLYING HIGH AS THE PELICANS ARE STILL GOING HARD IN THE PAINT AGAINST THE SACRAMENTO KINGS FOR A SPOT IN THE PLAYOFFS. WDSU REPORTER JONAH GILMORE IS JOINING US LIVE ONCE AGAIN. AND JONAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU’RE HEARING FROM A BIG PELS FAN RIGHT NOW. YES, A BIG PALACE FAN WHO’S ACTUALLY DOING DOUBLE DUTY. SHE’S WATCHING THE PELS GAME AND THE METS ON HER PHONE A LOT IS JOINING ME. A LOT OF YOU HAVE BEEN ROOTING FOR THE PELS ALL NIGHT. WHAT IS IT LIKE RIGHT NOW. IT’S DO OR DIE. IT’S INTENSE. AND YOU KNOW IT’S A BIG PELS FAN I’VE BEEN A FAN OF THE TEAM EVER SINCE I MOVED HERE I MEAN IT’S YOU’RE NOT JUST ROOTING FOR A TEAM RIGHT. YOU’RE ROOTING FOR PLAYERS. YOU’RE EVEN ROOTING FOR ZION. EVEN THOUGH HE’S NOT PLAYING RIGHT NOW. BUT I MEAN SO MANY OF THESE GUYS I MEAN, HERB JONES IS SOMEONE WHO MEANS A LOT TO ME. I WORK IN ALABAMA SOMETIMES, AND HE’S SOMEONE THAT OBVIOUSLY MEANS A WHOLE LOT TO THAT COMMUNITY. DYSON DANIELS I MEAN, COMING FROM AUSTRALIA, THAT WAS SUPER EXCITING. AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN BRANDON INGRAM, LIKE HE’S HAD HIS UPS AND DOWNS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. BUT BUT HE’S SOMEONE I’VE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTING. SO IT REALLY FEELS LIKE YOU KNOW LIKE YOU KNOW THESE GUYS AND YOU YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE AS PEOPLE AND YOU WANT THEM TO DO WELL AND YOU WANT THEM TO DO WELL TONIGHT. I MEAN, YOU’RE OPTIMISTIC, BUT WHAT DO YOU HOPEFUL FOR? I MEAN, I’M HOPEFUL WE CAN PULL THROUGH. RIGHT. THE FIRST PELICANS GAME I ACTUALLY EVER WENT TO WAS A PELICANS KINGS GAME. SO IT FEELS KIND OF LIKE A DEJA VU MOMENT IN A LOT OF WAYS. I MEAN I’M JUST HOPEFUL THAT LIKE THE TEAM CAN HANG ON. I THINK AT THE BEGINNING THEY REALLY STRUGGLED TO GET IT TOGETHER. THEY LOOKED REALLY DISCOMBOBULATED. THEN THEY KIND OF REALLY STARTED TO PULL THROUGH. AND I THINK THAT LIKE, THAT’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR IS A TEAM THAT CAN REALLY IS A TEAM. BASKETBALL IS DIFFERENT FROM A LOT OF OTHER SPORTS. IT CAN BE A STAR PLAYER, SPORT OR IT CAN BE A TEAM SPORT. THE PELICANS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A TEAM AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING TO SEE. ALRIGHTY. WE’RE LOOKING FOR THEIR RESILIENCE AND HOPING THE PELS CAN PULL OUT THE WIN TONIGHT ELIZABETH PEOPLE ARE HERE. THEY’RE GLUED TO THE TV. THEY ARE EXCITED. AND THEY’RE HOPING THE PELS CAN REALLY PULL IT OFF. WE’RE LIVE FROM THE MID-CITY YACHT CLUB JONAH GILMORE WDSU NEWS THAT IS WHAT I AM HOPING FOR TOO JONAH THANK YOU SO MUCH TO SOME OTHER NEWS. NOW THE SEWAGE AND WATER BOARD ADMITTING THAT COPPER THIEVES MAY HAVE LED TO THE PUMP PROBLEMS DURING LAST WEEK’S RAIN EVENT IN NEW ORLEANS, ACCORDING TO A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SEWAGE AND WATER BOARD. VANDALISM AND COPPER THEFT CONTRIBUTED TO THE POWER PROBLEMS AT PUMP STATION SIX, PUMP STATION SIX IS ON THE 17TH STREET CANAL. IT SERVICES LAKEVIEW, MID-CITY CITY PARK AND SOME OF JEFFERSON PARISH WATER SAT ON CITY STREETS FOR HOURS AFTER THE RAIN ENDED. WE’LL GET READY FOR THE HEAT. SUMMER DOES NOT OFFICIALLY ARRIVE UNTIL THE SOLSTICE ON JUNE 20TH, BUT IT MAY BE WARMING UP WELL BEFORE THAT. IN FACT, FORECASTERS AT THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION PREDICT AN UNUSUALLY HOT SUMMER ACROSS MOST OF THE COUNTRY. WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO ESPECIALLY HIT THE NORTHEAST AND LARGE PARTS OF THE WEST. HOWEVER, NOT ALL FORECASTERS AGREE. SCIENTISTS WITH ACCUWEATHER TOLD USA TODAY THAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT A MILDER THAN AVERAGE SUMMER WITH HOT SPOTS IN THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST. THE WDSU FIRST WARNING WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BEGIN WITH THAT FORECAST ISSUED FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER, SPECIFICALLY FROM NOAA NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION. THESE ARE GENERAL FORECASTS, FOLKS. WE DO IT FOR PRECIPITATION TEMPS. THIS IS FOR THE TEMPS. AND THIS IS FOR IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE IN TOTAL, WHEN YOU ADD UP ALL THE HIGH TEMPERATURES ON EACH DAY TO MAY, JUNE AND JULY. SO OUR OFFICIAL SUMMER MONTHS ARE JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, BUT THIS IS JUST BEFOREHAND. IT CAME OUT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. ON THURSDAY, BUT WE’VE GOT ABOUT A 33 TO 40% CHANCE TO 40 TO 50% CHANCE RIGHT THERE. THAT WE’RE GOING TO END UP ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE TIME OF THE YEAR FOR THOSE THREE MONTHS. SO THAT GETS US INTO THE SUMMER SEASON. AND I PROBABLY DON’T HAVE TO TELL YOU WHAT WE DID LAST SUMMER. RIGHT. HOTTEST ONE EVER ON RECORD. SO WE’RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW AT DOPPLER RADAR AND A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, SPITS AND SPATTERS HERE. AND THERE IS ABOUT ALL WE’LL FIND. THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM THAT ROLLED THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING, 5:06 A.M. BUT WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT OUR REAL TIME TEMPS WHERE WE’LL START, WE’RE STILL INTO THE 70S AND NEARLY 80 RIGHT AROUND LAKEFRONT THERE TOO. SO EVERYBODY MILD THIS EVENING, MAYBE EVEN WARM. YOU COULD SAY IF YOU’RE CLOSE TO 80 AND THE HUMIDITY IS UP TO THOSE DEW POINTS RIGHT AROUND 70. AND YOU KNOW, IT’S BEEN WARM AND HUMID. SOME MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE THOUGHT. AND I DID TODAY PRETTY HOT AND HUMID. FIRST ONE OF THE YEAR CENTER THIS STORM. THAT’S DRAPED THE COLD FRONT. THAT’S JUST EASING INTO THE AREA WITH THE INFLUENCE OF STORM CHANCES TOMORROW. IT’S WHERE THE FRONT’S ALL ABOUT. AND YOU CAN SEE THESE NEXT WAVES OF STORMS ALONG THAT FRONT. AND THEN THE FINAL SYSTEM TO COME THROUGH. THAT’S THE ONE THAT BRINGS THE LIKELIEST RAIN COMING IN SUNDAY MORNING. AND THEN THE COOLER AIR THAT’S GOING TO BE DROPPING IN ALONG WITH IT. SO THERE’S GOING TO BE A DRASTIC CHANGE IN TEMPERATURES. AND THAT’S THE MOST NOTABLE ASPECT OF THIS FORECAST FROM SATURDAY TO SUNDAY. YOU CAN SEE WE’VE GOT FOG. IT STARTS TO CLEAR UP BY 1030. BUT THIS IS THE TYPICAL FOG WE’VE HAD THE LAST COUPLE OF MORNINGS. CHAFF, LIGHT BASE AND MAYBE TO SLIDELL AND YOU GET TWIN SPANS. THE MOST PROBLEMATIC SPOTS IF WE FIND IT RIGHT AROUND 70 TOMORROW MORNING TO GET UP. SO IT’S ANOTHER WARM DAY FROM START TO FINISH. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT KEEPING WARM. WE’LL DO IT FOR YOU WITH MOTHER NATURE. TOMORROW’S RAIN CHANCES ARE LIKELIEST NORTH SHORE AS YOU CAN FIND HERE AND EVEN ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI BORDER AND FARTHER NORTH FROM HERE, I GOT ABOUT A 20% 30% CHANCE OF RAIN HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. AND TO PUT THAT ANOTHER ASPECTS HERE, THERE’S THE LIKELY RAIN CHANCES. THE FARTHER NORTH YOU GO, IF YOU’RE ALONG THE COAST, YOU ONLY GOT ABOUT A 1,020% CHANCE. THE PERCENTAGE IS 30, 69, 80. THE FARTHER NORTH YOU’RE GOING TO GO WARM AND HUMID DAY WITH A HIGH NEAR 84 AND GREAT FOR THE CROATIAN FEST IN BELLE CHASSE TOMORROW. CHARBROILED OYSTERS. ANYBODY? EASTER’S OYSTERS ANYONE. AND THE MARITIME MUSIC FESTIVAL IN THE NORTH SHORE. ALSO GOOD EXERCISE. CAUTION COMES SUNDAY IN A TIDAL MINIMUM JUST FOR THOSE OUT DOING SOME FISHING OR BOATING. SUNDAY’S RAIN COMING THROUGH IN THE MORNING HOURS AND IT’S GOING TO BE MAINLY RAIN AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM. AND THEN IT’S GONE BY AFTERNOON. BUT WE’RE NOT LOOKING A LOT. A TON OF RAIN TOTALS, MAYBE A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN. IF YOU GET A THUNDERSTORM, MAYBE AN INCH. IT’S GOING TO BE A BREEZY DAY, BUT MUCH COOLER. HIGH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO THE 60S. AND DON’T LET THE THUNDERSTORMS SCARE YOU. THIS ISN’T ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WE HAD LAST WEEK, AND YOU COULD SEE BY THOSE RAIN TOTALS. I DON’T EXPECT ANYTHING CLOSE TO FLOODING EITHER. WDSU FIRST WARNING WEATHER, SEVEN DAY FORECAST, WARM AND HUMID STORMS, MOST LIKELY FARTHER NORTH ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI BORDER TOMORROW MORNING. RAIN MAINLY SUNDAY, BUT MUCH COOLER. GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL KICKING OFF NEXT WEEK. NEXT IN SPORTS. WE’LL CHECK IN ON THE PELICANS AND WE’LL TELL YOU ABOUT A BIG CHANGE ON THE LAKEFRONT FOR THE U.N.O.HELLO AGAIN EVERYONE. I’M FLETCHER MACKEL AND HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS. OUR CITY’S NBA TEAM PRODUCED THE SECOND MOST WINS IN FRANCHISE HISTORY THIS YEAR. THE BAD BECAUSE THE PELICANS SLUMPED AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THEY ENDED UP IN THE PLAY IN TOURNAMENT, NOT THE PLAYOFFS. SO TONIGHT A WINNER TAKE ALL GAME TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFFS AGAINST THE SACRAMENTO KINGS. NO, ZION WILLIAMSON. HE’S GOING TO MISS AT LEAST TWO WEEKS AFTER SUFFERING AN INJURY ON TUESDAY NIGHT. THE PELS REALLY LEANING IN TO BRANDON INGRAM. AND HE IS DELIVERING RIGHT NOW. HE HAS 14 POINTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER. BUT LOOK THE KINGS HAVE A LOT TO PLAY FOR. IF THEY LOSE THEIR SEASON IS OVER. DOMANTAS SABONIS RIGHT THERE WITH THE FINISH. HE HAS 14 POINTS. THE KINGS WERE UP BY FIVE POINTS IN THIS GAME. AND THEN THE PELICANS BENCH COMPLETELY TAKES OVER AT ONE POINT IN THE FIRST HALF. THE PELS BENCH HAD OUTSCORED THE KINGS BENCH 20 TO 2. ONE OF THE BENCH GUYS JOSE ALVARADO ANOTHER BENCH GUY LARRY NANCE LARRY HAS BEEN UP AND DOWN THIS SEASON. HIS PLAY SOMETIME SOMETIMES HAS BEEN BAD TONIGHT. IT IS VERY VERY GOOD. THE FLUSH THEN THE STEAL. AND LOOK AT THIS. ANOTHER FINISH IN LARRY IS HYPED UP URGING THE CROWD IN THE SMOOTHIE KING CENTER TO GET LOUD. THE KINGS JUST WON’T GO AWAY. THE VETERAN HARRIS AND BARNES. HE’S BEEN AROUND SINCE 2012 WHEN A CHAMPIONSHIP WITH GOLDEN STATE. BUT NAJI MARSHALL MORE BENCH HIGHLIGHTS THE STEAL RIGHT HERE IN NAJI. HE HAS NINE POINTS IN ONLY 14 MINUTES. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCORE. THE PELS THEY ARE UP RIGHT NOW 79 TO 68. IN THE THIRD QUARTER WD FESU SPORTS ANCHOR SHARIEF ISHAQ IS IN THE SMOOTHIE KING CENTER WATCHING THIS GAME LIVE RIGHT NOW. HE’LL HAVE COMPLETE WRAP UP REPORTS ON THE WDSU SATURDAY MORNING NEWS STARTING AT 6 A.M. IF THE PELICANS CAN HOLD ON AND WIN THIS GAME, THEY’LL START A BEST FOUR OF SEVEN PLAYOFF SERIES AGAINST THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER. AGAINST THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER ON SUNDAY. THE FIRST TWO GAMES ARE IN OKC. THEY’LL BE SUNDAY NIGHT AT 830 AND THEN WEDNESDAY AT 830. THE SERIES WOULD RETURN TO NEW ORLEANS FOR GAMES THREE AND FOUR. THOSE GAMES WOULD BE SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH. AN AFTERNOON GAME, AND THEN MONDAY, APRIL 29TH. TIP OFF TIME HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED. COLLEGE BASKETBALL AND A CHANGE AT UNO. LONGTIME MEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH MARK SLESSINGER LEFT THE SCHOOL TODAY AFTER 13 YEARS OVERSEEING THE PRIVATEERS PROGRAM. SLICE IS RETURNING TO HIS HOME STATE OF INDIANA TO BE THE ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH AT INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY. SLESSINGER TOOK OVER IN 2011, AND HE HELPED THE ENTIRE ATHLETIC PROGRAM REGROUP AFTER IT EXPLORED MOVING DOWN FROM DIVISION ONE TO DIVISION THREE. HE WAS THERE WHEN THE WHEN THE SCHOOL JOINED THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE, AND IN 2017, HE LED U.N.O. TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 21 YEARS. A GREAT GUY WHO’S A TRUE CHAMPION OF NEW ORLEANS, U.N.O. FINISHED LAST SEASON JUST TEN AND 23 OVERALL AND FOUR AND 14 IN SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE PLAY. ONE NAME. WE’RE PROBABLY GOING TO HEAR FOR THE UNO SEARCH AS THEY SEARCH FOR THEIR HEAD COACH, RANDY LIVINGSTON, CURRENTLY, HE’S THE HEAD COACH AT NEWMAN SCHOOL UPTOWN. LIVINGSTON HAS LED THE GREENIES TO THREE CONSECUTIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE’S A FORMER NBA PLAYER WHO COULD PROBABLY LURE SOME NICE TRANSFERS TO THE PRIVATEERS PROGRAM QUICKLY. SOME COLLEGE BASEBALL SCORES TO TELL YOU ABOUT LSU. NO PROBLEMS IN MISSOURI TAKING CARE OF THE TIGERS, 12 ONE. TULANE FALLS IN FLORIDA AGAINST FOUR FIVE ZIP. GOOD NEWS IN THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE. NICHOLS AND U.N.O. BOTH WINNERS. NICHOLLS TAKES DOWN HOUSTON CHRISTIAN AND U.N.O. WINS A BIG GAME ONE AGAINST MCNEESE STATE. 6 TO 5. AND THAT’S A LOOK AT SPORTS. STAY. STAY WITH US, EVERYONE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ANOTHER CHECK ON THEWELCOME BACK EVERYON LET’S GET ANOTHER CHECK RIGHT NOW OF THE PELICANS SCORE. PLAYING IN A MASSIVE DO OR DIE GAME AGAINST SACRAMENTO. YEAH GOOD NEWS. TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCORE RIGHT NOW. THE FOURTH QUARTER JUST STARTED IN THE PELICANS ARE UP 983 TO 74. AGAIN IF THE PELICANS HOLD ON LET’S HOPE THEY DO. THEY’LL START A PLAYOFF SERIES WITH OKLAHOMA CITY ON SUNDAY NIGHT. THAT GAME WOULD BE IN OKLAHOMA. BUT AGAIN PLAYOFF BASKETBALL IN NEW ORLEANS TWO YEARS AGO IT WAS SO AWESOME WHEN THE PELICANS HOSTED THE SUNS. SO LET’S HOPE LET’S GET A WIN TONIGHT. PELS GOOD NIGH