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The St. Augustine High School Marching 100 band performed in a D-Day commemoration at the Brittany American Cemetery in Normandy on Thursday, marking the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944, operation that helped end Nazi tyranny.  President & CEO of The National WWII Museum, Steven Watson, and the President & CEO of Saint Augustine High School, Aulston Taylor, joins Newell to talk about this once in a lifetime experience!

The St. Augustine High School Marching 100 band performed in a D-Day commemoration at the Brittany American Cemetery in Normandy on Thursday, marking the 80th anniversary of the June 6, 1944, operation that helped end Nazi tyranny.  President &amp; CEO of The National WWII Museum, Steven Watson, and the President &amp; CEO of Saint Augustine High School, Aulston Taylor, joins Newell to talk about this once in a lifetime experience!

When Newell Normand talks…everybody listens.

Newell Normand

When Newell Normand talks…everybody listens.



St. Augustine High School Marching 100 band performed in a D-Day commemoration in Normandy

This hour, Newell speaks with Garey Forster, who writes a weekly column for The St Bernard Voice & The Plaquemines Gazette, about the importance of the upcoming presidential debate on CNN. Then, Arthur Hardy, with the Times Picayune, and editor and publisher of "The Mardi Gras Guide", checks in to give the latest on the new 2025 Carnival season rules.  

This hour, Newell speaks with Garey Forster, who writes a weekly column for The St Bernard Voice &amp; The Plaquemines Gazette, about the importance of the upcoming presidential debate on CNN. Then, Arthur Hardy, with the Times Picayune, and editor and publisher of "The Mardi Gras Guide", checks in to give the latest on the new 2025 Carnival season rules.

The upcoming presidential debate can be a defining moment for CNN

The New Orleans Carnival Legislative Advisory Committee met to discuss the 2025 Carnival season. Committee officials discussed topics regarding changes to the City Code in reference to requires hip tags, certifications, horse vaccination records, confetti canons, the prohibiting of upholstered furniture on the route, open flames, expanded definition of marching bands and more. Arthur Hardy, with the Times Picayune, and editor and publisher of "The Mardi Gras Guide", checks in to give the latest.

The New Orleans Carnival Legislative Advisory Committee met to discuss the 2025 Carnival season. Committee officials discussed topics regarding changes to the City Code in reference to requires hip tags, certifications, horse vaccination records, confetti canons, the prohibiting of upholstered furniture on the route, open flames, expanded definition of marching bands and more. Arthur Hardy, with the Times Picayune, and editor and publisher of "The Mardi Gras Guide", checks in to give the latest.

Will the city have the manpower to enforce the new Mardi Gras rules next year?

Garey Forster, who writes a weekly column for The St Bernard Voice & The Plaquemines Gazette, joins Newell to discuss the importance of the upcoming presidential debate, if any candidate can win over independence, and the massive responsibility CNN has as the moderators of the event. 

Garey Forster, who writes a weekly column for The St Bernard Voice &amp; The Plaquemines Gazette, joins Newell to discuss the importance of the upcoming presidential debate, if any candidate can win over independence, and the massive responsibility CNN has as the moderators of the event.

St. Augustine High School Marching 100 band performed in a D-Day commemoration in Normandy

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