>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR ANOTHER EDITION OF DONNYBR..

THE FIRST OF AUGUST AND THE LAST BEFORE OUR PRIMARY ELECTION ON TUESDAY.

SO.. ESTEEMED PANEL STARTING WITH JOE HOLLAMAN AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF STL MAG AND SARAH FENSKY AND COLUMNIST AND EDITOR FROM THE St. LOUIS AMERICAN.

WE WELCOME ELVIN REED.

WELL, YOUR OLD HAUNTING GROUNDS, SARAH AND IT'S IN THE NEWS, KIND OF.

WE KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA OF WHO'S RUNNING IT NOW OR DO WE?

>> I THINK WE DO.

THE EDITOR REVEALED HIMSELF AND HAS A MILD JOB.

AND HE SHARED THIS LONG TWEET THREAD TODAY THAT HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE IN St. LOUIS TWITTER GOING, WHAT IS.

GUY UP TO?

[ Laughter ] >> IT SOUNDED .. HAD BEEN WRITTEN BY A.I.

AND, OH, YEAH, WE TAKE A LEGAL STANCE ON CANNABIS.

IT BASICALLY SOUNDS LIKE HE WANTS TO TURN THE RFT INTO SOMETHING THAT DOES A LOT OF CONTENT ABOUT THE ONLINE PORN SITE ONLY FANS.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY I TOLD..

SO, BUT I FEEL LIKE I TOLD YOU SO.

THERE ARE ZOMBIE SIT.. HAVING REPORTERS ON THE GROUP DURING JOURNALISM AND THEY'RE FILLED WITH ALL OF THIS SPONSORED CONTENT AND USING THE GOOD GOOGLE RANKING TO HELP THESE PORN PURVEYORS RANK HIGHER AND THAT IS THE FUTURE OF THE RIVERFRONT TIMES.

>> PRETTY SAD!

>> I HAD NO IDEA PORN SITES NEEDED HELP.

>> FROM NEWSPAPERS, OF ALL THINGS.

[ Laughter ] >>.. >> THAT'S BECA.. OR SO SAID WESLEY BELTRAMI WESLEY BELL RU NNING FOR CONGRESS AGAINST CORI BUSH AND MARK MAXWELL AND A CONVERSATION THE TWO HAD WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR U.S. SENATE.

YOU WROTE A STORY QUOTING ED RODEY SAYING HE THOUGHT THAT WESLEY BELL WAS RUNNING TO INCREASE HIS NAME RECOGNITION TO CHALLENGE CORI BUSH FOR HER SEAT IN CONGRESS.

APARTMENTLY CORI BUSH TURNED BELL AND YOUR NAME CAME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES AND CALLED RAGGEDY BY ONE AND HACKED BY THE OTHER.

>> YES.

[ Laughter ] >&g.. >> FIRST.

>> I'VE BEEN CALLED WORSE BY PEOPLE THAT LOVE ME.

>> HOW THIS ALL STARTED, THERE'S A GENESIS TO IT ON DONNYBROOK.

IF YOU REMEMBER BACK LAST YEAR IN THE SPRING, WESLEY BELL HAD BEEN SORT OF TRYING TO TAKE OVER OR HELP OUT KIM GARDNER AND THERE WAS THIS TALK THAT HE WAS GOING TO GET PROMOTED TO BE A DUAL PROSECUTOR.

AND SO, THAT AMBITION OF HIS WAS IN PLAY AND I BELIEVE IT WAS YOU AND WENDY WHO INTERVIEWED HIM ON THE NEXT-UP SHOW THAT HAD BEEN ON.

AND WENDY ASKED HIM, ARE YOU GOING TO RUN FOR ANOTHER OFFICE?

YOU HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE.

AND HE SAID, OH, NO, I'M GOING TO STAY IN MY LANE.

>> I'M THE ONE WHO ASKED IT AND HE SAID, OH, I'M STAYING IN MY ON OWN LANE.

>> I WROTE A LETTER THAT POINTED OUT HOWEVER LESS THAN MANY DAYS NO WAY AM I RUNNING FOR ANOTHER OFFICE, WESLEY BELL IS RUNNING ANOTHER OFFICE.

I HAD WRITTEN STORIES THAT HE HAD BEEN DISPLEASED WITH AND I DID A FOLLOW-UP STORY WHERE I CALLED POLITICAL EXPERTS ABOUT THE SENATE RACE THAT HE ENTERED, SAYING WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS CHANCES ARE AGAINST LUCAS KUNES AND QUOTED FIVE POLITICAL OPERATIVES.

ED S.. THING.

IT WASN'T ME WRITING MY OPINION AND APPARENTLY WESLEY BELL WAS CALLING CORI BUSH TO SMOOTH THAT OVER.

&g..

RELEASED THE TAPE AND WHAT DO WE THINK?

IS.. RELEASE THE TAPE OF A PRIVATE CONVERSATION?

>>.. GENERATIONAL THING.

A LOT OF PEOPL.. EVERYTHING AS A MATTER OF COURSE AND KIND OF KEEP TRACK OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

THEY'RE TAPING PHONE CONVERSATIONS AND THEY HAVE THE RECORD WHEN THEY NEED IT LATER.

I'M SURE THAT SHE'S GROWN PROGRESSIVELY ANGRIER HAS THIS RACE HAS GONE ON.

A LOT OF POLLS SHOWING SHE'S DOWN AND SHE'S THINKING, THIS GUY SAID HE WOULDN'T RUN AGAINST ME.

AFTER ..

THIS RACE, I DON'T BELIEVE WE'RE RELEASING THIS AS AT BIGGEST FAUX PAS.

>> I WOULD HATE TO HAVE PRIVATE CALLS AND CONVERSATIONS I HAD MORE THAN A YEAR AGO SUDDENLY POP UP IN THE NEWS.

I MEAN, THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN SAY EXCEPT THAT'S NOT WHO I AM.

>> I GET WHY WESLEY DOESN'T LIKE IT AND FEELS AWKWARD AROUND JOE.

I ASSUME AT THIS POINT, ANYTHING I SAY ON THE PHONE, THE OTHER PERSON IS TAPING IT.

>> I THINK IT'S WRONG TO DO THAT.

MAYBE I'M OLD SCHOOL AND I.. MISS MY PHONE WITH THE EXTENSION CORD THAT WENT THROUGH THE HOUSE.

I THINK THAT SHO.. THAT WAS MY FIRST REACTION WHEN I WAS LISTENING TO IT.

I SAID, I KNOW YOU'RE IN A POLITICAL RACE, BUT I JUST LOOK DOWN UPON THAT.

BUT ONE THING I DID THINK AND THIS WAS, MAYBE POLITICAL KIND OF IN THE WEEDS, WAS THAT ED REALLY LOOKED LIKE A GENIUS, BUT I THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT 2026 AND NOT '24.

BUT IT REALLY FELL INTO HIS HANDS AND MAYBE HE SHOULD RUN FOR OFFICE [LAUGHTER] >..

I'LL SETTLE FOR BEING RIGHT, THAT MY STORY WAS CORRECT.

I THINK IN CONTEXT, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THAT PHONE CALL TOOK POLICE, BEFORE THE HAMAS ATTACKS IN OCTOBER.

SO WHAT WAS SAID MAY HAVE BEEN VERY TRUTHFUL AT THAT TIME.

WHEN PEOPLE SAY ABOUT POLITICS AND TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME IN POLITICS.

SO SAYING IN J.. OCTOBER 7th AND THOSE CHANGED THINGS?

>..

I'M NOT RUNNING AGAINST YOU AND FOUR MONTHS LATER, HE DID.

>> I THINK THE THING HE DID, OVERALL, IT GAVE US ALL A WONDERFUL LOOK AT THE NATURE OF POLITICS.

>> OH, YEAH, AND HOW THAT GETS CONDUCTED.

>> LET'S NOT FORGET IN PHONE CALL WAS TRANSCRIBED HALFWAY THROUGH AND HE DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS SAID IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE PHONE CALL, SO WE ONLY GOT THE SECOND HALF ACCORDING TO KSDK.

PRESENT THE WHOLE PHONE CALL.

BILL, AFTER LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM, A LOT HAS HAPPENED WITH THE St. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

FIRST OF ALL, K KEISHA SCARLET, THE SUPERINTENDENT, PUT ON A TEMPORARY LEAVE OF ABSENCE AND ACCORDING TO SOME SOURCES TODAY, THE NEW COMMUNICATION'S DIRECTOR, WHOSE NAME IS PHOENIX JACKSON DECIDED TO RESIGN.

THE SUPERINTENDENT, ADMINISTER THE FIRST UNDER HER FIRST YEAR, A 35 MILLION DEFICIT AND BROUGHT IN A DOZEN OR SO EMPLOYEES AND SOME SPOUSES AT SIX FIGURES FROM SEATTLE TO WORK HERE AND THEY DON'T HAVE A TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE STARTER SCHOOL WHICH STARTS AUGUST 19th.

BUT OV.. AT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS HELD BLAMELESS SO FAR.

NOBODY IS ASKING FOR ANY RESIGNATIONS THERE.

SHOULD THEY?

>> I THINK IT GOES DEEPER THAN JUST THIS.

TO THE St. LOU..

NEED SOMEBODY FROM OUT OF TOWN TO RUN THINGS.

YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE.. SOMEBODY INSIDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN A FINE SUPERINTENDENT.

BUT WE HAD TO HAVE A NATIONAL SEARCH AND COME UP WITH MISS SCARLET AS IT TURNED OUT TO BE A DISASTER.

WE HAVE THESE ALL OF THE TIME.

WE'VE HAD THEM ON THE NEWSPAPER, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU WANT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THE CANDIDATE AND THEY HAVE A NATIONAL SEARCH.

IT JUST DOESN'T WORK.

I FEEL A LITTLE BIT THAT WAY ABOUT CHIEF TRACY.

THIS PR GUY IS IN WILMINGTON AND THE NEW WEB DESIGN IS FROM PHILADELPHIA, YOU KNOW WHAT?

PEOPLE HERE CAN GET THE JOB DONE IF WE WOULD GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITIES.

>> FAR BE IT FROM ME TO DEFEND THE TRAN TRANSPLANTS AND OUT OF TUNERS, BUT TOWNERS, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT BRINGING IN NEW BLOOD.

AND KEISHA SCARLET SEEMED LIKE A TERRIFIC HIRE.

THE INTERVIEWER CAME AWAY CHARMED.

SH..

LOOKED LIKE A GREAT TRACK RECORD.

>> I DON'T BLAME THE BOARD.

ELLIOTT DAVIS, REMEMBER THE GREAT STUFF HE DID ON THE BI-STATE CHIEF WHO WAS BROUGHT IN OUT OF COLORADO AND CAME IN AND HE WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THE GUYS WHO INTERVIEWS WELL AND DOESN'T MESSAGE WELL.

HE WAS ON HIS WAY OUT AND LARRY DAVIS, ELLIOTT DAVIS ASKED HIM QUESTION IN A LARRY DAVIS FASHION.

AND SALSI SAID YOU'RE A CLOWN.

YOU FIT IN WITH THE WHOLE PLACE.

YOU'RE ALL A BUNCH OF CLOWNS.

THERE'S AN OUTSIDER BEING FRANK, TALKING TO US.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF CLOWNS HERE.

WE.. >> CLOWNS IN HATS.

>> YOU HAVE TO TAKE TH.. ON THE PERSON WHO JUST CRUSHES THE INTERVIEW.

I GIVE THE BOARD OF EDUCAT.. CREDIT THAT THEY THEN MOVED VERY SWIFTLY.

WHEN T.. DID NOT , THEY DID NOT TRY TO DEFEND THE HIRE.

>> THE PEOPLE IN LIT.. ARKANSAS, I'M GLAD THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT EVERYBODY -- >> YOU HIRE PEOPLE BUT NOT AT THE VERY TOP.

>> SO I COULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE EDITOR OF THE PAPER BECAUSE I WAS THE OVERALL EDITOR?

>> I THINK IT HELPS TO ENVIRONMENT AN EDITOR WHO KNOWS THE TOWN.

>> ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE BEST CANDIDATE?

>>..

RAW DEAL.

YOU KNOW, PANERA IS HIRED IN SUNSET HILLS AND THE CEO HAS NEVER LIVED HERE.

HAVE YOU NEVER HEARD OF DIGITAL NOMADS?

>.. AND HE AND HER HUSBAND ARE WORKING IN St.LOUIS FROM PORTUGAL.

>.. TOLD YOU SO."

YOU BEAT ME UP SAYING I WAS TRYING TO STARVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

>> ON THE DAYCARE STUFF, YEAH.

>> MY POINT WAS THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE MONEY THEY HAVE NOW AND I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THAT SHOWS.

THE IDEA COMPARING A PRIVATE CORPORATION TO A TAX SUPPORTED SCHOOL DISTRICT, I DON'T EVEN SEE THE COMPARISON.

>> I DON'T SEE C THE WHY THE RULES WOULD BE DIFFERENT.

>> LOOK, SHE WAS HIRED TO DO A JOB WHICH LOOKED SHE WAS DOING A HALFWAY DECENT JOB.

>> EVERYONE THOUGHT SO UNTIL TEN DAYS AGO.

>> DO THEY BARE RESPONSIBILITY?

>> THE BOARD?

>> YES.

BUT THE TH..

DEBACLE I'M NOT PUTTING ON THEM.

I'M PUTTING THAT ON HER AND IF PHOENIX JUST HAD NOT SOUNDED THE WAY SHE DID, MAYBE I COULD GET WITH HER DOING HER JOB THERE HOUSTON.

IT'S NOT WHERE SHE L.. WHAT SHE SAID.

>> WE LOVE HOW THESE THINGS SOUND AND PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU GET THESE PEOPLE AND THIS IS NOTHING BUT ALL SCHOOL FAVORTISM AND CRONYISM.

>> I AGREE.

IT'S WORSE THAN THAT.

>> IF WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME OLD CIGAR CHOMPING GUY, CLEAN HIM OUT.

AND THE SCHOOL BOARD..

TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY THEY SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE.

>> I DON'T THINK THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD BE LAUDED FOR ACTING PROPERLY.

THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

YOU DON'T GO FROM A $17 MILLION BUDGET SURPLUS TO A $35 BILLION DEFICIT.

>> TOO MUCH MONEY BEING SPENT WITH NOT AS MUCH COMING IN.

THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HIRED, SEATTLE MAY HAVE COME UP ONE TOO MANY TIMES.

I'M JUST SAYING, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS BEYOND CRONYISM THIS IS GRIFFTON.

SOMETHING WAS GOING .. >> I THINK IT'S SYNONYMOUS.

>> YOU CAN'T JUST OUT AND OUT FIRE HER.

>> AGAIN, I THE PRIVATE WITH T.. COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS, DO YOU GET THE DIFFERENCE?

>> PEOPLE IN PRIVATE OFFICE ARE JETTISONED.

>> LET'S MOVE ON ONLY BECAUSE OF TIME.

ALVIN REED, I WANT TO ASK .. ABOUT A COMMERCIAL THAT'S RUNNING BY WILL SHARP, CLAYTON ATTORNEY REPRESENTED DONALD TRUMP, AGAINST AN ANDREW BAILEY.

HE SAYS BAILEY WHEN HE WAS WORKING AS AN ASSISTANT, SAYING HE WAS LIGHT ON THE COP KILLER.

AND SAYING YOU CAN'T PUT THAT ON ANDREW BAILEY?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

IS THAT A FAIR COMMERCIAL?

>> I THINK IT'S A VERY FAIR COMMERCIAL OR WORSE IF KIM GARDNER WAS IN ANDREW BAILEY'S SITUATION, SHE WOULD BE TORCHED OVER THAT.

EVEN IF SHE WAS A GOOD PROSECUTOR.

IN POLIT.. IS WORSE THAN THAT AND QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK IT FOLLOWS A TRUTHFULNESS THAT, OH, YEAH, THIS GUY WAS OUT ON THE STREET BECAUSE YOU ALLOWED HIM TO BE OUT ON THE STREET, ANDREW BAILEY, AND LEAD UP TO THIS.

ARE YOU PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE?

MAYBE NOT?

AND BY THE WAY, ANDREW BAILEY, YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW, MAN.

THAT'S ALL I WOULD SAY.

>> I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE DEFENDING ANDREW BAILEY.

BUT WHEN HE WAS AN ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR OUT OF THE STATE AND THIS GUY, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MISDEMEANOR CHARGES AGAINST HIM AND BAILEY DIDN'T GET HIM SENT TO PRISON.

SO SEVERAL YEARS LATER, THE MAN KILLS A POLICE OFFICER TO BLAME BAILEY FOR IT AND TO SAY THAT HE BETRAYED THE BLUE.

AND THE OFFICER'S FAMILY THINKS THAT THE COMMERCIAL IS OUTRAGEOUS.

SO I WILL AGREE WITH THE FAMILY.

>> LISTEN, THE FAMILY, YES, I GET IT AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CRUEL TO THE FAMILY.

I'M SAYING IF I SAID, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD OF THE POLICE, THE FIRST THING I'M READING, I HATE THE COPS, HE HATES THE BLUE AND HE'S NOT A LAW AND ORDER GUY.

NO, I SAID THEY MIGHT NEED A CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD.

ALL OF THIS HYPERBOLEE WITH THE POLICE, IT GOES BOTH WAYS.

>> NOBODY IS WATCHING TELEVISION NEWS PROGRAMS AND JUST WATCH ADS AND THEY GO, THIS GUY IS TERRIBLE AND OK. AT ADS ARE MADE DO ONE OF TWO THINGS.

I'M GREAT.

MY OPPONENT IS NOT.

THAT'S IT.

>> I GET IT.

>> I'M GOOD, HE'S EVIL.

>> I HAD NO IDEA THIS HAD ALL HAPPENED.

SO I.. COMMERCIAL.

>&g..

COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.

TO SEE YOUR LOVED ONE BEING USED FOR POLITICAL FODDER, I DON'T CARE WHO DOES IT, I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM.

&g.. CAMPAIGN ADS, KEEP IT HERE.

I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT St. LOUIS COUNTY, FRONT PAGE TODAY IN YOUR NEWSPAPER, THAT THE COUNTY HAS OVERPAID 61 PEOPLE OVER EIGHT YEARS FOR A TOTAL OF $195,000.

SOME..

AWFUL, MISMANAGEMENT AND YET, IT'S A BILL DOLLAR ANNUAL BUDGET AND LESS THAN $30,000 A YEAR.

THESE THINGS HAPPEN, DON'T THEY?

>> WELL, APPARENTLY IN THE COUNTY THEY , THEY DO.

[ Laughter ] >> I THOUGHT THE C.. LITTLE BIT TOGETHER AND THE ARGUMENT THAT WELL, WE DIDN'T KNOW -- THE LEFT HAND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT HAND WAS DOING.

I'M SURPRISED ..

MOST OF THE PROBLEMS, WERE VERY MINOR.

SIX PE.. YEARS AND $14,000 SORT OF THING.

BUT LIKE MUNICIPAL COURT, ONE PERSON GOT OVER 30,000 THAT HE OR SHE WASN'T ENTITLED TO AND I WONDER ABOUT THAT.

I WAS SURPRISED HOW MISRUN THE COUNTY IS.

>> THE THING THAT SURP..

THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE ONE PAYROLL SYSTEM.

WHY NOT?

IT GOES BACK TO WHAT I MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT STEWARDSHIP.

IF AN EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING 100 EXTRA DOLLARS A WEEK FOR 52 WEEKS, ARE THEY GOING TO GO, BOSS, I GOT TOO MUCH MONEY ON MY PAYCHECK.

HOW IS IT THAT GOT THROUGH?

WHY DID ANYBODY GOT ANYTHING OVER WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO?

WHAT SORT OF SYSTEM DO YOU HAVE THAT DOESN'T TRACK THAT?

YOU FIND OUT, WELL, THE COUNTY DOESN'T USE ONE PAYROLL SYSTEM.

THAT DEFIES LOVIC.

>> LOGIC.

>> IT FEELS A LI.. [ Laughter ] >>.. MEMBERS FIGURED OUT HOW TO GIVE RAISES TO STAFF AND YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT.

YOU HAVE TO ..

I THINK THIS IS THE PROBLEM WE'RE SEEING WITH THE St. LOUIS SCHOOLS, THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING ON HIRING SPREES.

PEOPLE JUST NEED TO BE PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THESE THINGS.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK THIS IS STRANGE AND TROUBLING.

>> IT'S OVER EIGHT YEARS, $195,000.

JOE .. BROUGHT TWO AUTOMOBILES FOR $125,000?

>&g.. >> IT'S SO SMALL.

IT WOULD PAY THE SALARY OF ONE BASEBALL PLAYER FOR ONE INNING.

>> I DON'T THINK THIS OVERPAYMENT STORY WOULD BE THAT LARGE UNLESS IT INVOLVED WEBB AND THESE FOLKS.

IT'S THAT SEASON.

YES, THE TWO PAYROLLS.

>> DIFFERENT PAYROLL SYSTEMS AND LET'S NOT FORGET WHEN I WAS WRITING THE STORY ABOUT WESLEY BELL'S VEHICLES, THE COUNTY JUST CAME OUT AND SAID THEY HAD A 31 OR $41 MILLION SHORTFALL AND IT PRETTY SOON YOU'RE TALKING REAL MONEY.

>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT CARSHIELD WHICH AGREED TO PAY $10 MILLION WITH THE TRADE COMMISSION ACCUSING THE FIRM OF HAVING THESE COMMERCIALS ON TELEVISION WHICH NINE PBS VIEWERS DIDN'T SEE.

BUT THIS HAD ICED-T AND OTHERS SAYING YOU WON'T PAY FOR REPAIRS AND EVERY SERVICE STATION WILL ACCEPT IT.

SERVICE STATIONS DIDN'T COVER MUCH OF ANYTHING AND EVEN .. ENDORSERS DIDN'T USE THE PROBLEM, WHICH IS AN FTC VIOLATION.

SHOULD.. ADVERTISING BY LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS?

>> I THINK SO AND I THINK OUR FRANCHISES THAT USE THEM AS ADVERTISERS OR SPONSORS, IF YOU'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED, I THINK YOU MOVE OVER FROM THAT.

THESE DRIFTERS AND PERA NAS ARE AWFUL AND IT'S TERRIBLE.

I'M SORRY PEOPLE FALL FOR IT AND THEY DO.

THE RIGHT THING TO DO BY FRANCHISES, OK, THAT'S ADVERTISING WE DON'T NEED.

>> HOW ABOUT THE ATHLETES THAT ARE THERE?

I USE THIS AND I D.. YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT A $600 REPAIR BILL.

[LAUGHTER] >.. OF MY CAR USES CARSHIELD, YOU KNOW.

>> I THINK IT'S THE FTC'S ..

INVESTIGATE THIS KIND OF STUFF.

I 'DO THINK DON'T THINK IT'S THE PLAYER'S JOB TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.

NOW THAT THE FTC CAME OUT WITH THIS INFORMATION, THEY SHOULD NOT REUP AS SPOKESPEOPLE.

TV STATIONS CAN'T INVESTIGATE EVERY AD, IS THIS A GOOD PRO.. AND CAN WE PUT OUR SEAL OF APPROVAL ON IT?

THE ADVERTISERS ARE PAYING TO BE THERE.

>> THE PLAYER'S ATTORNEYS AND OTHERS SHOULD TELL THEM, IF YOU DON'T USE THE PRODUCT, YOU CAN'T ENDORSE ITS.

THE SCREEN ACTOR'S GUILD W.. SAY IF YOU DON'T USE A PRODUCT, YOU BETTER NOT USE IT ON THE RADIO.

PRODUCT CALLED "BODY SOLUTIONS."

>> I REMEMBER THAT.

>> IT WAS FAMOUS.

SARAH, I WANT TO ASK YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT DONNYBROOK PANELIST, ELLIOTT DAVIS, KNOWN ON FOX 2 AND MANY LOCAL PUBLIC SERVANTS.

HE WOULD..

MICROPHONE AND ASK THEM TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR CORRUPTION.

HE'S DECIDED TO RETIRE AND YOU TALKED TO HIM FOR A St. LOUIS PIECE.

>> I ASKED HIM TO GIVE.. EXIT INTERVIEW AND HE GRACIOUSLY STAT SAT DOWN WITH ME.

PEOPLE ARRESTED HIM AT ONE POINT AND THEY SHOT HIS CAMERAMAN DOING A STORY ABOUT A CORRUPT TOWING COMPANY.

HE WAS THERE I..

HE TELLS THESE STORIES SO WELL.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT HIM, HE WAS DOING THIS ACCOUNTABILITY JOURNALISM ASKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS MONEY?

JOE, WHAT DID YOU DO?

AND HE MANAGED TO MAKE IT SO COMPELLING THAT HE MADE VIEWERS CARE ABOUT THESE STORIES, ABOUT MONEY AND MUNICIPAL SPENDING.

AS A JOURNALIST, THAT'S HARD TO DO.

HE DIDN'T LOOK.. >> IT'S THE BASE OF JOURNALISM.

IF THE ONE THING WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IS HOLD ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT.

ELLIOTT SHOWED UP AND DID IT.

SOMETIMES IT WOULD SEEM LIKE SMALL AMOUNTS OF MONEY BUT IT ADS UP AND SPEAKS TO THE TRUST OR LACK THEREOF IN SO MANY ELECTED OFFICIALS PARTNERSHIP LOVE THE FACT OFFICALS.

HE WAS OUT THERE WITH HIS CAMERAMAN AND WOULD SAY, WHY DID YOU DO THIS?

THAT'S WHAT JOURNALISM IS SUPPOSED TO DO.

>> 30 SECONDS.

>> IT'S AMAZING THEY WOULD TALK TO ELLIOTT INSTEAD OF SAYING, I'LL LOOK INTO IT, THEY WOULD JUSTIFY WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

>> MAYBE NOT EXPLAIN IT AWAY, BUT THE ONES HOSTILE, THEN IT WAS JUST, LIKE, THEY'RE CORRUPT.

THE GRABBING OF THE MICROPHONE AND HAVING HIM ARRESTED BECAUSE HE WAS AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

MAYBE IT WAS NORTH COUNTY.

I LIKED IT BECAUSE IT WAS OLD SCHOOL JOURNALISM AND HE WAS THE LAST OF IT.

>> WELL, ELLIOTT, ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT AND YOU EARNED IT!

>>> LET'S GO TO THE OLD MAILBAG AND SEE WHAT FOLKS HAD TO SAY.

CHARLIE, IF YOU TALK ABOUT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, PLEASE PRONOUNCE HER NAME CORRECTLY.

ALSO NOTE SHE SHOULD BE REFERRED TO AS VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS, NOT MISS HARRIS.

THANK YOU, JANE FROM St. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

WE HEARD FROM MELLY WHO WROTE, BILL MCMcLELLAN SHOULD THINK ABOUT APOLOGIZES TO JBPRITZGER.

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