Good job by the idiot studio gal and local reporter on Fox News.
"Do you see any police presence, or is it pretty deserted?"
"Oh, I don't really see any police."
Nice job of making a situation potentially even worse, when there was no reason at all to do so.
But the insufferable anchor on CNN is even worse.
Regarding the traffic shot CNN and Fox keep showing, where all those cars are at a near standstill in the left lane, that location appears to be on I-10 in New Orleans, just east of where cars can shift over to the reversed eastbound lanes. Because of how the contraflow is set up, you have to choose your ultimate destination there, as the reverse lanes are directed towards Baton Rouge where the freeway splits about 20 miles to the west. I-10 goes to Baton Rouge (and Lafayette, where the freeway again splits to Shreveport or Houston) while I-55 goes north to Jackson, Mississippi. It also appears that the transition cutover path from westbound to eastbound lanes is only 1 lane, hence the big backup in the left lane. Notice how the far right lanes are moving smoothly, because not as many people are trying to head north. Other reports have also noted how traffic is much lighter on I-55, and in fact the MS Emergency Center spokesman said that they were a bit surprised and disappointed at how few were heading north out of Louisiana.
BTW, that Fox reporter with the bad hair in Jackson Square is pretty much FOS. I've heard him say several false statements that were contradicted elsewhere.