MOST OF US WERE PRETTY DRY OUT THERE TODAY, BUT I AM TRACKING A COUPLE OF LIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS. I’LL SHOW YOU WHERE AND IF WE COULD HAVE MORE RAIN CHANCES FOR TOMORROW AND SUPPORT SWELLS THE NEW WAYS BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORS ARE BACKING THE CURRENT FRENCH QUARTER GARBAGE COLLECTOR AMID ONGOING TRASH TROUBLES. AND IT IS MOTHER’S DAY. HOW SO MANY OF YOU ARE CELEBRATING TODAY, AND WHY YOU MIGHT HAVE SPENT A LITTLE BIT MORE ON ONE STAPLE FOR MOM. LIVE LOCAL. LATE BREAKING. THIS IS WDSU NEWS AT FIVE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND A HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO YOU. IF YOU ARE CELEBRATING TODAY WE ARE WATCHING FOR STORMS EARLY THIS EVENING. SO JUST A HEADS UP THERE. IF YOU’VE GOT ANY MOTHER’S DAY PLANS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, LET’S GO AHEAD FOR YOU AND GET A CHECK OF THE TIMING WITH METEOROLOGIST DEREK SIBLEY ON A WDSU WEATHER IMPACT DAY. DEREK. BEAUTIFUL DAY SO FAR TODAY, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU’RE WATCHING FOR THESE STORMS. NOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE A WASHOUT BY ANY MEANS. SO IT’S JUST, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE WEEK WE’VE HAD, WE’LL TAKE JUST A COUPLE LITTLE SPRINKLES. EXACTLY. AND THAT’S PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT’S GOING TO BE. BUT MAYBE A COUPLE RUMBLES OF THUNDER MIXED IN BETWEEN. SO WE’LL JUST WATCH OUT FOR SOME OF THOSE STRAY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD POP UP. IN FACT, RIGHT NOW, WDSU FIRST WARNING DOPPLER RADAR IS SHOWING SOME OF THOSE POP UP STORMS CURRENTLY AS WE SPEAK. BUT YOU CAN SEE THEY’RE MAINLY DOWN TOWARDS THE COAST HERE AT THE MOMENT. AND OVERALL YOU CAN SEE DOWN TOWARDS THE GRAND ISLE LOCATION. JUST LOOKING AT SOME LIGHT SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS HERE RIGHT NOW AND ALSO UP TOWARDS THE LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN LOCATION HERE TOO. WE’RE ALSO WATCHING THE NORTH SHORE FOR SOME SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AT THE SAME TIME AS WELL. AND THESE SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DRIFT THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE NORTH BETWEEN THE HOURS OF AROUND SIX TO ABOUT 10:00, WE COULD SEE SOME MORE POP UP SHOWERS GO UP. I’LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE FOR THOSE DETAILS. AS FAR AS THE RAIN CHANCES TOMORROW GO AS WELL. ELIZABETH. ALL RIGHT, TALK TO YOU SOON, DEREK. WELL, RIGHT NOW, SIGNS ARE POPPING UP ALL AROUND THE FRENCH QUARTER TO KEEP THE CURRENT GARBAGE COLLECTOR AMID TRASH BACKLASH. REMEMBER LAST MONTH, THE MAYOR MADE MOVES TO TERMINATE THE CITY’S EMERGENCY CONTRACT WITH IVY WASTE. WDSU REPORTER JASMINE FRANKLIN IS LIVE IN THE QUARTER RIGHT NOW. JASMINE, WITH ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ARE NOW SEEING THERE IN THE QUARTER, ALL THAT SUPPORT THAT IS NOW UNDERWAY. YEAH, ELIZABETH, THERE IS SOME PUSHBACK FROM SEVERAL BUSINESS OWNERS HERE IN THE FRENCH QUARTER REGARDING THE CITY’S DECISION TO TERMINATE THEIR LEASE WITH IVY WASTE. BUSINESS OWNERS TELL ME THEY SUPPORT THE COMPANY, AND SOME SAY THE FRENCH QUARTER IS THE CLEANEST IT’S BEEN IN A WHILE. ACROSS THE FRENCH QUARTER, THERE ARE SIGNS POSTED IN FRONT OF SEVERAL BUSINESSES THAT SAY KEEP IVY WASTE. THIS IS BUSINESS OWNERS MESSAGE STANDING WITH THE COMPANY AFTER CITY LEADERS DISCUSSED TERMINATING THEIR CONTRACT TO COLLECT TRASH IN THE FRENCH QUARTER, IVY WASTE OWNER SIDNEY TORRES SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE GIVING THEIR BEST SERVICE TO THE AREA UNTIL WHATEVER THE FINAL DECISION IS, BUT THEY SAY THEY DON’T THINK IT’S OVER. THE HENRY CONSULTING TEAM SAYS THEY ARE EXCITED TO WIN THE SELECTION PROCESS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVICING SANITATION TO THE FRENCH QUARTER. EMPLOYEES AT FELIX’S RESTAURANT AND OYSTER BAR SAY THEY APPRECIATE IVY WASTE AND DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM GO. IF THEY WERE TO LOSE THE CONTRACT OR DEPART FROM THE FRENCH QUARTER, I THINK IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING. I DON’T I CAN’T SAY THAT THE NEXT COMPANY THAT SUPPLANTS THEM WON’T BE GOOD, BUT FOR THEM TO LEAVE THE QUARTER AND THE WORK THAT THEY’VE DONE HERE IN THE QUARTER, WE ALL WILL BE DEVASTATED, YOU KNOW, BY THAT LOSS. AND THE MAYOR’S TERMINATION LETTER TO IVY WAY STATES THAT THEIR CONTRACT WOULD END ON JULY 30TH. WE’LL CONTINUE TO BRING YOU UPDATES ON AIR AND ON OUR WEBSITE AS WE LEARN NEW DETAILS, REPORTING LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS. JASMINE FRANKLIN, WDSU NEWS. YES, SOMETHING WE ARE STILL WATCHING REALLY CLOSELY. JASMINE. THANK YOU. MEANTIME, NEW ORLEANS IS RECOGNIZING MOMS TODAY AND ONE ORGANIZATION HELD A SECOND LINE TO CELEBRATE MOTHERS IN NEW ORLEANS. THE ORIGINAL BIG SEVEN SOCIAL AID AND PLEASURE CLUB PUT ON THIS SECOND LINE. THEY PUT IT ON EVERY YEAR. THE GROUP SECOND LINE THROUGH THE SEVENTH WARD FOR FOUR AND A HALF MILES, AND SOME ARE RINGING IN MOTHER’S DAY AT THE LAKEFRONT RIGHT NOW. AND AMID ALL OF THE GOOD FOOD AND THE GOOD TIMES THERE, YOU CAN ALSO EXPECT SOME BEEFED UP SAFETY MEASURES. THE FLOOD PROTECTION AUTHORITY SAYS THAT THESE REPLICATES THE REPLICATE THE ONES. REMEMBER THAT WE SAW ON EASTER SUNDAY. THAT INCLUDES NEWLY PAINTED NO PARKING ZONES AND SOME TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS. WE’VE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY IN A MEANINGFUL MANNER. WE EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS SUCCESS WITH THE EASTER DEPLOYMENT, AND WE WANT TO DUPLICATE THAT TO KIND OF MIRROR THE PUBLIC SAFETY PLANS DOWNTOWN WITH THE FRENCH QUARTER, JUST TO PROVIDE THE BEST AND TOP LEVELS OF PUBLIC SAFETY POSSIBLE FOR OUR CITIZENS. AND IN A RELEASE, THE ORLEANS LEVEE DISTRICT POLICE SAY THIS HAS NOW BECOME THEIR NEW NORMAL. WHILE YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT SHOPPING FOR MOM, YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON ONE STAPLE THIS YEAR. MANY FLORISTS ARE HAVING TO RAISE SOME COSTS DUE TO RECENT TARIFFS AND THE ONGOING TRADE WAR. AND THAT DOES INCLUDE VILLIERS AND METAIRIE. THEY SAY ALMOST HALF OF THEIR PRODUCT COMES IN INTERNATIONALLY WITH FLOWERS FROM CENTRAL OR SOUTH AMERICA, OR EVEN HOLLAND. SO TARIFFS ARE HAVING AN EFFECT. THAT MEANS THEY’RE HAVING TO PASS ON SOME OF THAT COST TO YOU. THE CUSTOMER. VALERIE SAYS. IT IS MINIMAL, BUT IT DOES. EXIST ON SOME OF THE FLOWERS. WE’VE HAD TO GO UP SLIGHTLY ON ON SOME OF THE FLOWERS, AND THEN IT’S JUST BEEN A NECESSITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE’RE, WE’RE THERE’S ONLY SO MUCH MONEY TO GO AROUND. SO WHEN YOU’VE HAD PRICE INCREASES, WE HAVE TO PASS THEM ON. BUT IT’S BEEN SMALL. SO IT HASN’T BEEN HUGE PRICE INCREASES. YES. SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A BOUQUET WOULD HAVE COST YOU $50 BEFORE IT MAY BE UP A COUPLE OF MORE BUCKS NOW. AND THIS COMES AS U.S. OFFICIALS ALLUDED TO A POTENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT WITH CHINA FOLLOWING TALKS IN SWITZERLAND. THIS WEEKEND. TREASURY SECRETARY SCOTT BESSANT AND TRADE REPRESENTATIVE JAMISON GREER APPEARED OPTIMISTIC AFTER TODAY’S NEGOTIATIONS. NEITHER PROVIDED ANY DETAILS, BUT LATER THE WHITE HOUSE TOUTED A CHINA TRADE DEAL. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON MONDAY. THE MAN HIT AND KILLED ON THE I-10 TWIN SPANS LAST WEEK HAS NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE SAINT TAMMANY PARISH CORONER SAYS 61 YEAR OLD ERROL CAIN OF TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA, DIED AFTER WALKING INTO TRAFFIC AND BEING HIT BY A CAR. THIS HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT BETWEEN IRISH BAYOU AND OLD SPANISH TRAIL. STATE POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT AND WAS NOT HURT. OFFICIALS ARE REMINDING EVERYONE THAT WALKING ON THE INTERSTATE IS ILLEGAL UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. WELL, FLIGHTS WERE ONCE AGAIN GROUNDED AT NEWARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOLLOWING ANOTHER EQUIPMENT OUTAGE. THE FAA SAYS THERE WAS A TELECOMMUNICATIONS ISSUE AT PHILADELPHIA TRACON AREA C, WHICH GUIDES AIRCRAFTS IN AND OUT OF THE AIRPORT. THE AGENCY BRIEFLY SLOWED FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF NEWARK UNTIL THE ISSUE WAS RESOLVED. WHILE OPERATIONS HAVE SINCE RETURNED TO NORMAL, THE INCIDENT COMES AFTER A 92ND LONG RADAR AND RADIO OUTAGE ON FRIDAY. AT THAT SAME TRACON FACILITY. AIR FORCE 1ST MAY BE GETTING A TEMPORARY UPGRADE AT LEAST THROUGH THE END OF THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY. THE TWO PRESIDENTIAL. 747 CURRENTLY IN SERVICE, MAY FIND THEMSELVES PARKED IN A HANGAR AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS PREPARED TO ACCEPT A SUPER LUXURY PLANE, DUBBED A PALACE IN THE SKY FROM THE ROYAL FAMILY OF QATAR. TRUMP IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS THE ARRANGEMENT DURING HIS VISIT TO QATAR NEXT WEEK. THE $400 MILLION PLANE WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION ONCE TRUMP ENDS HIS SECOND TERM. A QATAR MEDIA OFFICIAL TO THE U.S. SAYS IT IS NOT A DONE DEAL, BUT REMAINS UNDER REVIEW. STAY WITH US, EVERYONE. UP NEXT, THE POPE’S FIRST PUBLIC MASS WAS HELD TODAY. THE ISSUES HE ADDRESSED IN HIS BLESSING AND AS WE HEAD OFF RIGHT NOW TO BREAK, WE WANT TO WISH A HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TODAY TO EVERYONE CELEBRATING. HERE IS A LOOK AT SOME OF THE AMAZING MOMS OF SOME OF THE STAFF HERE AT WDSU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. THE WORLD’S CATHOLICS WELCOMING THEIR NEW POPE THIS WEEK. TODAY, POPE LEO THE 14TH APPEARED AGAIN BEFORE THE CATHOLIC FAITHFUL GATHERED IN SAINT PETER’S SQUARE. REID BINION REPORTS. BUONA DOMENICA. POPE LEO THE 14TH WALKED OUT ONTO THE BALCONY OF SAINT PETER’S BASILICA SUNDAY TO THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE FROM AN ECSTATIC CROWD TO DELIVER HIS FIRST SUNDAY BLESSING AND FIRST VATICAN ADDRESS SINCE HIS ELECTION. OFFICIALS IN ROME PREPARED FOR 150,000 PEOPLE TO GATHER IN SAINT PETER’S SQUARE. AHEAD OF THE POPE’S ADDRESS. THE ENTIRE AREA WAS ALIVE WITH MUSIC, AS HUNDREDS OF MUSICIANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD MARCHED INTO THE SQUARE, TAKING THE BALCONY, THE NEW PONTIFF LED THE FAITHFUL BEFORE HIM IN THE REGINA COELI, OR QUEEN OF HEAVEN PRAYER. FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE SURPRISED THE CROWD BY SINGING PART OF THE PRAYER. HALLELUJAH! IN HIS FIRST VATICAN ADDRESS SINCE HIS ELECTION, POPE LEO ISSUED A CALL FOR PEACE. AND TODAY’S DRAMATIC SCENARIO OF A THIRD WORLD WAR BEING FOUGHT PIECEMEAL. AS POPE FRANCIS SAID, I, TOO, TURNED TO THE WORLD’S LEADERS WITH AN EVER TIMELY APPEAL. NEVER AGAIN WAR. THE POPE CALLED FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE, A CEASE FIRE IN GAZA, AS WELL AS HUMANITARIAN AID AND THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES. HE ALSO SAID HE WELCOMED THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CEASE FIRE BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN. AS MASSIVE AS THE CROWD WAS SUNDAY, EVEN GREATER NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO FILL SAINT PETER’S SQUARE DURING POPE LEO’S INSTALLATION MASS ON SUNDAY, MAY 18TH. I’M REID BINION REPORTING. AND TONIGHT WE TALK TO JODY FORTUNATO ABOUT THE ELECTION OF THE NEW POPE, THE CONCLAVE AND FASCINATING LOCAL TIES. THAT IS TONIGHT ON THE WDSU NEWS HOT SEAT AROUND 1030. GORGEOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. ONLY A FEW OF US LOOKING AT SOME SHOWERS. IT’S REALLY NOT BOTHERING A WHOLE LOT OF US, THOUGH. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THERE LOTS OF MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. BUT WE’RE LOOKING AT SOME PUFFY CUMULUS CLOUDS. THEY’RE BUILDING INTO THE DISTANCE. LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK NOW AT THE BIGGER PICTURE. YOU CAN SEE JUST SOME SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS CURRENTLY POPPING UP ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA RIGHT NOW. AND OVERALL, AGAIN, JUST KIND OF HIT AND MISS. NOT EVERYBODY IS REALLY DEALING WITH SOME OF THOSE RAIN SHOWERS. IT’S MAINLY DOWN TOWARDS THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES. FROM WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW AND JUST A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE NORTH. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN ALSO SAW SOME SHOWERS ROLL THROUGH. THEY HAVE MOVED UP TOWARDS THE NORTH SHORE. THE REST OF US, THOUGH, LOOKING AT PLENTY OF SUNSHINE, MIXED CLOUDS AND SUN REALLY IN GENERAL IS WHAT WE’LL CALL IT ALL REALLY THANKS TO THIS SYSTEM THAT CONTINUES TO AFFECT OUR WEATHER, THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM, THAT IS. AND YOU CAN SEE IT’S SPINNING HERE ACROSS THE REGION. AND WE’RE ALSO SEEING IT IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT THE SAME TIME. BUT THERE’S STILL A LOT OF DRY AIR POURING INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. FOR THE MOST PART, MUCH OF THE MOISTURE WITH THIS SYSTEM IS PRETTY MUCH GONE, BUT WE’RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME IMPROVING WEATHER CONDITIONS, AT LEAST TURNING MUCH HOTTER, THOUGH AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK. SO FOR TONIGHT, JUST A FEW PASSING CLOUDS, IT’S GOING TO BE PRETTY COOL. STILL, TEMPERATURES AT AROUND 61 DEGREES AND OVERALL PRETTY DRY HERE AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE THOSE LOWS ACTUALLY INTO THE UPPER 50S ON SOME PARTS OF THE NORTH SHORE. RAIN CHANCES OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS VERY, VERY LOW TOMORROW AT AROUND 30%. ZERO TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND ONLY AROUND 10% AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. SO OVERALL, NOT EXPECTING A LOT OF RAIN HERE AT ALL WHATSOEVER. SO WE’RE GOING TO BE DRYING OUT HERE GOING FORWARD. BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS LOW KIND OF STILL IMPACTING OUR WEATHER THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT. LOOKING AT SOME SHOWERS POTENTIALLY IN SOME LOCATIONS. KIND OF HIT AND MISS AS WE TAKE YOU INTO TOMORROW MORNING. OVERALL LOOKING PRETTY NICE. LOOKING AT SOME SHOWERS THAT COULD DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTH SHORE DOWN TOWARDS THE COAST. AND THEN THOSE SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARDS THE EAST BY AROUND 2:00 IN THE DAY ON MONDAY. THINGS REALLY JUST OVERALL LOOKING AT PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS, MAYBE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER THAT WILL MORE THAN LIKELY CONTINUE AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY EVENING AROUND SIX OR SO. AND YOU CAN SEE BY 10:00 EVERYTHING COMES TO A CLOSE. AS FAR AS RAIN CHANCES GO. JUST OVERALL, JUST LOOKING AT SOME CLOUDS HERE THAT CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH, WIDEN OUT THE PICTURE AND SHOW YOU WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING AND YOU CAN SEE REALLY ACROSS THE REGION, CONDITIONS WILL BE TURNING A LOT MORE SUNNIER AND DRIER HERE. AND THAT IS BECAUSE ONCE THIS LOW FINALLY LEAVES, OUR WEATHER PATTERN WILL START TO RESPOND. YOU CAN SEE AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY AT TWO STILL, OVERALL, THIS UPPER LEVEL FEATURE CONTINUES TO SHOW SOME MOISTURE. KIND OF HIT AND MISS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. BUT ONCE THE SYSTEM FINALLY EXITS THE AREA, THIS RIDGING PATTERN OF HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO MOVE IN BY MIDWEEK. AND THAT’S WHY TEMPERATURES GO UP AND OVERALL DRIER CONDITIONS BEGIN TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA. SO NOW WE’LL SHOW YOU ON THE WDSU FIRST WARNING, SEVEN DAY FORECAST WHAT OUR CONDITIONS WILL BE LOOKING LIKE AFTER MONDAY. OVERALL, MUCH SUNNIER, DRIER AND IT WILL BE WARMER. HIGHS PICKING UP INTO THE UPPER 80S TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND THEN HITTING THE LOW 90S BY THURSDAY. CAN’T WAIT FOR THAT SUNSHINE. WELL, YESTERDAY THE DILLARD GRADUATION WAS MOVED BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. THE CEREMONY MOVED INSIDE TO FRANKLIN BAPTIST CHURCH BECAUSE THE GROUND WAS SOGGY FROM THE WEEK’S RAIN. THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS WAS GIVEN BY PULITZER PRIZE WINNING POET DOCTOR JERICHO BROWN. AGAIN, A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS RIGHT THERE. ANOTHER NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANT IS CLOSING ITS DOORS, AND THIS TIME IT IS JUSTINE IN THE FRENCH QUARTER, THE RESTAURANT ANNOUNCED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT IT WOULD CLOSE ON SUNDAY, MAY 25TH. THE TEAM THANKED THE COMMUNITY FOR ITS SUPPORT AND WELCOME PATRONS TO BID FAREWELL TO THE RESTAURANT. OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THE REASON BEHIND THE CLOSURE WAS NOT MENTIONED. COMING UP NEXT IN SPORTS, HEAR FROM SAINTS FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK KELVIN BANKS, ABOUT WHICH POSITION HE EXPECTS TO PLAY THIS FALL, COMING UP ON MONDAY. ON NEWS THIS MORNING. FROM CUTTING CLUTTER TO CUTTING COSTS, WHY NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME TO GET YOUR MONEY IN ORDER, AND THE SMALL STEPS THAT CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. AND GET READY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE WAY UP. I’LL LET YOU KNOW HOW WARM WE’LL BE. PLUS, BREAKING TRAFFIC. YOU START YOUR DAY ON TIME. THAT’S ON MONDAY ON WDSU NEWS THIS MORNING, STARTING AT 4:30 A.M. SPORTS IS SPONSORED BY BAYOU BLACK ELECTRIC. GOOD SUNDAY EVENING, EVERYONE. I’M FLETCHER MACKEL AND WE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT IN PROCESSING THE MAJOR SPORTS NEWS FROM SATURDAY MORNING. SAINTS QUARTERBACK DEREK CARR RETIRING FROM THE NFL. LOOK, WHILE IT SEEMED UNLIKELY THAT CARR WAS GOING TO PLAY FOR THE BLACK AND GOLD IN 2025, RETIRING WAS A SHOCKER BECAUSE HE’S GIVING BACK $30 MILLION AND HE’S ENDING HIS CAREER IN THE ONLY PROFESSION HE’S EVER KNOWN. CARR NEVER REALLY FOUND HIS FOOTING HERE IN NEW ORLEANS AND BECAME A LIGHTNING ROD FOR FAN FRUSTRATION, FROM WHERE HE ATE OFF THE FIELD TO SOME OF HIS PLAY ON THE FIELD. IT WAS SUSPECT ZERO AND EIGHT. IN TWO SEASONS AGAINST TEAMS WITH A WINNING RECORD, NO PLAYOFF APPEARANCES FOR THE BLACK AND GOLD. NOW WE LOOK AHEAD. WHILE THE SAINTS WILL PROBABLY GO WITH ROOKIE TYLER SHUCK OR SECOND YEAR SIGNAL CALLER SPENCER RATTLER, COULD THE TEAM EXPLORE SIGNING A VETERAN ON A ONE YEAR DEAL? DO YOU JUST WANT ME TO THROW OUT ALL THE BIG NAMES YOU WANT ME TO SAY THEY’RE BRINGING IN AARON RODGERS? I THINK THAT’S WHAT FLETCHER WOULD WANT. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HEAT UP THE NEWS CYCLE, BUT I THINK IT’LL BE A LITTLE MORE BORING THAN THAT. THEY’LL PROBABLY BRING IN A VETERAN QUARTERBACK, MAYBE A GUY, TO MENTOR SOME OF THESE YOUNG GUYS. BUT AGAIN, IT’S A BLANK SLATE. THEY CAN GO ANY WAY THEY WANT. THEY CAN HAVE A ROOM FULL OF YOUNG GUYS. THEY CAN BRING IN A VETERAN AND HAVE TWO YOUNG PLAYERS. THEY CAN BASICALLY GO A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS HERE. BUT I DON’T THINK AARON RODGERS IS WALKING IN THE BUILDING TONIGHT ON OUR WEEKLY SPORTS SHOW GAME ON. YOU CAN WATCH SHARIEF ISHAQ FULL INTERVIEW WITH KATHRYN TERRELL FROM ESPN. THEY’LL ALSO TALK ABOUT ROOKIE QB TYLER SHUCK, AND IF HE’LL BE THE GUY WHO STARTS WEEK ONE FOR THE BLACK AND GOLD. WE ALSO LOOK BACK AT CAM JORDAN DAY IN NEW ORLEANS AND RECAP THE GIRLS PREP FLAG FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. WE ALSO HAVE A PROFILE ON XAVIER UNIVERSITY HEAD BASEBALL COACH AND FORMER MAJOR LEAGUER XAVIER PAUL. BACK TO THE SAINTS NOW BECAUSE OF DEREK CARR NEWS AND TYLER SHUCK MEETING THE MEDIA IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME ON SATURDAY, SOME MEMBERS OF THE 2020 DRAFT CLASS DIDN’T GET THE ATTENTION THEY DESERVED DURING ROOKIE MINICAMP. THAT INCLUDES FIRST ROUND DRAFT PICK KELVIN BANKS JUNIOR, WHO LINED UP ALL OVER THE O LINE THIS WEEKEND. LEFT TACKLE, LEFT GUARD AND RIGHT TACKLE. BANKS COMES IN LABELED AS A PLUG AND PLAY GUY FROM DAY ONE. A TEAM CAPTAIN WHO HELPED THE TEXAS LONGHORNS REACH THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS EACH OF THE LAST TWO YEARS. HE WAS A TEAM CAPTAIN AT UT WITH INTANGIBLES THAT ARE OFF THE CHARTS, AND HE SAYS HE’LL PLAY ANYWHERE. THAT HEAD COACH KELLEN MOORE WANTS HIM TO. IF YOU LOVE FOOTBALL, IT SHOULDN’T MATTER WHAT POSITION YOU’RE PLAYING. IT SHOULDN’T MATTER IF YOU’RE OUT THERE ONLY ON SPECIAL TEAMS. IT SHOULDN’T MATTER IF YOU’RE JUST A GUARD ON FIELD GOAL, JUST BLOCKING. IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO BE OUT THERE ON THE FIELD, YOU LOVE FOOTBALL, THEN IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT SPOT THEY PUT YOU AT. THE BIGGEST THING I KNOW IN NFL IS THAT THE MORE YOU CAN DO, THE LONGER YOU CAN STAY IN THE LEAGUE. SO THE MORE I CAN HELP MY TEAM, THE LONGER I’LL BE AN ASSET TO HELP MY TEAM WIN GAMES. GREAT PERSPECTIVE TO THE DIAMOND. NOW IN AN AWESOME SPRING SO FAR FOR BOTH THE SOUTHEASTERN LIONS BASEBALL TEAM AND THE PROGRAM SOFTBALL TEAM WITH A WIN SATURDAY, HEAD COACH BOBBY BARBIER’S TEAM WON THE SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE REGULAR SEASON. THEY’LL HOST THE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT NEXT WEEKEND IN HAMMOND, AMERICA. FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR, THE LADY LIONS WON THE SOUTHLAND TOURNAMENT TITLE IN WALKOFF FASHION, BEATING MCNEESE STATE. SOUTHEASTERN WILL FIND OUT ITS NCAA TOURNAMENT DESTINATION IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR TONIGHT AT 6 P.M., WHEN THE SOFTBALL SELECTION SHOW AIRS ON NATIONAL TV. CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. THEY ARE HAVING A GREAT SPRING ON THE DIAMOND IN HAMMOND. YES, AND IF YOU WANT TO TEASE GAME ON AT ALL, I KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE A LOT ABOUT DEREK CARR. YEAH, WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE A RELATIVELY QUIET WEEKEND. IT WASN’T. AND EVERYONE HAS AN OPINION AND WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM TONIGHT. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY VERY QUICKLY, I THINK I SAY THIS EVERY MOTHER’S DAY. HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY FROM US TO THE JUDY’S, BECAUSE YOUR MOM IS JUDY AND MY MOM IS TRUE. I KNOW, THANK YOU. IT FEELS LIKE, HAS IT BEEN A YEAR THAT WE DID THIS? SO YES. HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO YOUR MOTHER AND TO MY WONDERFUL MOTHER AS WELL. FLETCHER. THANK YOU. STAY WITH US, EVERYONE. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. AN ALL NEW ONE HOUR DATELINE TONIGHT THAT LOOKS AT THE CHARGES. SEAN DIDDY COMBS IS FACING. HERE IS JOSH MANKIEWICZ WITH A PREVIEW. IN MANY RESPECTS, HE WAS A PIONEER OF HIP HOP AND HELPING TO SHAPE THE CAREERS OF SO MANY PHENOMENAL ARTISTS. THE HUMILIATING JOURNEY FROM BILLIONAIRE TO INMATE DOESN’T HAPPEN THAT OFTEN. PEOPLE CHOSE NOT TO LOOK AND NOT TO SEE THE MAN AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL HAS GONE BY A LOT OF NAMES. PUFF DADDY, PUFFY P DIDDY, OR JUST DIDDY. WE’RE GOING TO CALL HIM BY HIS REAL NAME, THE ONE ON HIS INDICTMENT. SEAN COMBS. WHAT THE WHOLE WORLD SAW WAS SO VILE AND SO HORRIFYING. THERE WAS A SENSE THAT SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE. FIRST CAME A BARRAGE OF LAWSUITS, THEN CRIMINAL CHARGES, CHARGES SO UGLY THEY COULD SNUFF OUT HIS STARDOM FOR GOOD. I THINK JUSTICE LOOKS LIKE DIDDY BEING BEHIND BARS. THEN AGAIN, THIS IS SEAN COMBS DATELINE’S ALL NEW ONE HOUR EPISODE, SEAN COMBS ON TRIAL AIRS TONIGHT AT NINE ONLY ON WDSU. AND BEFORE WE TELL YOU GOODNIGHT, LET’S GO AHEAD AND GET ONE FINAL CHECK RIGHT HERE AT YOUR FIRST WARNING WEATHER FORECAST. THE SKY STILL LOOKS BEAUTIFUL BEHIND YOU THERE AND BLUE, BUT I KNOW YOU’RE WATCHING FOR SOME STORMS. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, WE’RE JUST KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE RADAR JUST IN CASE. WATCHING A COUPLE OF LIGHT SHOWERS AND STORMS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. BUT REALLY JUST OVERALL IMPACTING SOME OF THE WATERWAYS AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF SOME SPARSELY POPULATED LOCATIONS. BUT TONIGHT, A FEW CLOUDS COOL AND DRY. LOWS NEAR ABOUT 61 DEGREES. YOU CAN SEE THAT PRETTY MUCH ALL ACROSS THE BOARD HERE TODAY. UPPER 50S THOUGH FOR THE NORTH SHORE HEADING INTO TOMORROW MORNING. LET’S GET A CHECK OF YOUR WDSU FIRST WARNING SEVEN DAY FORECAST. AND LOOK HOW HOT WE’RE TURNING AS WE HEAD INTO LATER NEXT WEEK. HIGHS NEAR 90 BY THURSDAY. IT IS HEATING UP. DEREK THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US. WE’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE IN A COUPLE OF HOURS FOR OUR NEXT NEWSCAST, WHICH IS COMING UP TONIGHT AT TEN. UNTI