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LOTS TO TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK, BUT FIRST A LITTLE PROGRAM NOTE.

YOU WON'T SEE US NEXT WEEK BECAUSE IN ITS WISDOM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE DECIDED TO HOLD ITS FINAL NIGHT OF THE CONVENTION ON THE THURSDAY NIGHT CONFLICTING WITH US.

WHAT.. WE WILL BE BACK A WEEK AFTER THAT.

STARTING WITH AMY MARXKORS WHO IS SITTING IN FOR WENDY WIESE WHO IS TAKING THE NIGHT OFF.

BILL MCCLELLAN FROM THE POST DISPATCH.

SARAH FENSKE EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE AND ALVIN REID FROM THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN.

IT WASN'T VE.. FRIDAY NIGHT IN FERGUSON WHEN A PROTEST TURNED VIOLENT, AND TODAY THE FAMILY OF OFFICER TRAVIS BROWN SAYS HE'S STILL FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE, ALTHOUGH THE CONDITION SEEMS TO BE IMPROVING A LITTLE BIT.

HE WAS STRUCK BY A PROTESTER.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, A FELLOW BY THE NAME OF KEITH ROSE WAS ARRESTED.

HE HAP..

OVERSIGHT BOARD, SARAH, IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS.

HE OVERSEES THE BEHAVIOR OF POLICE AND ALSO AN ALTERNATE TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, AND AT LEAST THREE ALDERMEN ARE SAYING HE SHOULD NO LONGER BE ON THE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD.

.. >> I THINK THEY ARE WRONG ABOUT IT.

.. COMING FROM.

YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S OUT OF CONTROL SITTING ON THESE BOARDS, BUT THIS IS A MAN WHO HAS YET TO GET HIS DAY IN COURT.

AND A VERY GOOD DEFENSE ATTORNEY FEELS CONFIDENT THIS MAN IS GOING TO BE FOUND NOT GUILTY.

HE ALSO POINTS OUT -- GEST TO BE CLEAR, THIS MAN IS NOT CHARGED WITH DOING ANYTHING THAT INJURED THIS OFFICER.

A DIFFERENT PERSON HAS BEEN CHARGED IN THAT CASE WITH PRETTY SERIOUS FELONIES.

IN THIS CASE WHAT KEITH IS ACCUSED OF DOING BASICALLY AMOUNTS TO SHAKING A FENCE.

THERE'S A LOT OF ALDERMEN SAYING LET'S WAIT.

LET'S GET THIS MAN HIS DAY IN COURT.

CERTAINLY SOMEBODY WHO..

IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND BEEN VINDICATED CAN BE A GREAT OVERSIGHT.

>> I DISAGREE.

EVEN IF HE WERE TO BE FOUN.. GUILTY, IF IT NEVER REACHES A COURTROOM, HE SHOULD STEP DOWN.

HE SHOULD VOLUNTARILY STEP DOWN.

THERE'S SUCH A THING AS BEING IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME.

BUT IT'S.. YOU WERE AT A SCENE WHERE A POLICE OFFICER WAS GRAVELY INJURED.

YOU DO N..

CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD.

>> ANYONE WHO IS AT A SCENE WHERE A POLICE OFFICER GETS INJURED, THEY DON'T GET TO SIT THERE.

>> NOT UND..

CIRCUMSTANCES.

I MAY BE SOMEPLACE AND TRYING TO HELP A POLICE OFFICER.

BUT THIS, THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR IT.

WAS SHAKING A FENCE.

THAT'S WHY THE POLICE WENT OUT THERE AND PROTEST WAS NONVIOLENT AND POLICE WERE LETTING EVERYTHING GO.

WHEN THE PROTESTER S.. SHAKING THE FENCE, DAMAGING THE FENCE, THAT'S WHEN THEY SENT A POLICE OFFICER OUT.

KEITH ROSE, IF HE HAD JUST BEEN THERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, AND MAYBE LAUDABLE TO BE WATCHING AND OBSERVING, BUT WHEN YOU'RE PARTICIPATING IN THE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, I THINK THAT .. ROSE OUGHT.

>> ALLEG.. >> WHAT IS VALUE ADDED?

HERE IS A GUY WHO IN 2018 WAS ARRESTED IN CLAYTON BECAUSE HE CHAINED HIS NECK TO THE DRAWER OF SENATOR ROY BLUNT IN CLAYTON BECAUSE HE WAS PROTESTING BLUNT'S POSITION ON BRETT CAVANAUGH AND HIS RISE TO THE SUPREME COURT.

WHAT'S THE VAL.. SOMETHING LIKE THAT OVERSEEING THE CONDUCT OF POLICE OFFICERS?

>> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE ADDED.

BEING SKEPTICAL AND CRITICAL OF AUTHORITY IS GOOD FOR THE OVERSIGHT BOARDS.

YOU WANT SOMEONE THAT COMES IN AND SAY HEY, DID THEY BEHAVE APPROPRIATELY IN THIS CASE.

KEITH HAD THE PERSPECTIVE AS SOMEBODY OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM CALLING FOR CHANGE.

>> I AGREE THERE'S A PERSPECTIVE FOR SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING NONVIOLENT.

I HA..

HIMSELF TO THE PENTAGON FENCE OR SOMETHING.

I TH..

BUT SHAKING THE FENCE AND DESTROYING PROPERTY RISES ABOVE THAT.

..

SHOWN HIMSELF TO BE A REALLY GOOD JUDGE OF WHAT IS CONDUCT UNBECOMING AND WHAT IS NOT.

CHANGE YOURSELF TO A DOOR OUTSIDE THE HOME BRINGS PERSPECTIVE TO OUTSIDE AGITATOR.

I FEEL LIKE I DON'T KNOW THAT HE IS REALLY ONE WHO SHOULD JUDGE WHAT IS LAWFUL ON BECOMING, AND HE WAS DEFINITELY AT LEAST A PART OF THAT.

>> I THINK THINGS HAVE CHANGED AFTER FRIDAY NIGHT AND ACTUALLY AFTER THIS PAST SPRING, ESPECIALLY WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY WHEN ANDREW MARTIN, CHANCELLOR OF WASH-U REALLY CRACKED DOWN ON THE PROTESTERS.

100 WERE ARRESTED.

A LOT OF THEM LOST THEIR JOBS.

THEY ARE IN LIMBO RIGHT NOW, DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE GOING TO GET THE UNDERGRADUATE OR MASTERS DEGREES, AND THIS WEEK IN CHICAGO, OFFICIALS THERE ARE SAYING THE PROTESTERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO WALK DOWN ON THE STREETS THEY WANT TO, BUT THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO PROTEST IN CERTAIN CORNERS BUT WON'T BE GIVEN FULL ACCESS TO THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

I THINK THE WORLD HAS TURNED.

>> PEOPLE DO NOT APPROVE OF THESE TYPES OF PROTESTS, BUT IT'S IN THE MOMENTS THAT THEY DON'T APPROVE OF THEM THE THAT THEY BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.

I DON'T LIKE THAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS DOING THAT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IS THE MOVE RIGHT NOW.

>> I DON'T LIKE THAT EITHER.

OKAY, ON FRIDAY, THE URBAN LEAGUE HAD GROUND BREAKING FOR URBAN LEAGUE PLAZA, AND AS I WAS DRIVING THERE, AND YOU DRIVE BY CAMPVILLE LANE, AND PEOPLE WERE LEAVING THERE, AND GOING THERE, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, A SUNNY FRIDAY AND ALL OF THAT.

AND MIKE MCMILLAN THE CEO, IN HIS REMARKS CITED THE HISTORY OF THE FERGUSON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HOW THEY NEVER HAD A BLACK CHIEF AND IN 2014, I THINK 3 OF 53 OFFICERS WERE BLACK.

NO OFFICER IN THE HISTORY OF THE FORCE IN 2014 HAD EVER RISEN ABOVE THE SERGEANT.

NOW THERE'S A BLACK CHIEF.

THERE'S BLACK POLICE OFFICERS.

MORE THAN HALF OF THE STAFF AND POLICE OFFICERS OF FERGUSON POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR.

POLICE OFFICER ENDS UP CRITICALLY WOUNDED BY AN ALLEGED BLACK ASSAILANT.

I'M SORRY.

BU.. AND SAY OKAY.

THAT'S IT.

10 YEARS THIS HAPPENED, AND WITH ANY PROTEST, ONE REASON THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE AT LEAST A SLIGHT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WITH YOU ON THAT PROTEST, AND I THINK THAT IS OVER NOW.

I THINK PEOPLE CAN PROTEST.

PEOPLE CAN BE ACTIVISTS, BUT THEY OUGHT TO BE PREPARED THAT THEY AREN'T GOING TO BE WELCOMED WITH OPEN ARMS THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.

>> I HAVE TO FINISH UP ON THE POINT.

I DON'.. ALL THE CHANGES WE HAVE SEEN IN FERGUSON WHICH ARE LAUDABLE CHANGES, AND HAVE CHIEF DOYLE THERE, WHO IS AN INCREDIBLE CHIEF.

&g.. FEDERAL COURT ORDER.

THERE IS STILL A MONITOR.

>> I THINK IF THERE HADN'T BEEN ALL THE PROTESTS AND MIKE BROWN'S BODY LAYING IN THE STREETS.

>..

BUT WHAT I'M SAY..

REACTION, TOO, IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT.

AMY I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOU.. 250,000 PLUS SIGNATURES THAT WERE COLLECTED AND ARE GOING TO PUT THIS INITIATIVE PETITION, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI, WHICH WOULD BASICALLY REIMBURSE THE DECISION BY LAWMAKERS TO BAN ALMOST ALL ABORTIONS IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI.

MISS.. HAVE ALMOST A COMPLETE BAN ON ABORTION AFTER THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED ROE V. WADE IN JUNE OF 2022.

SO IN 7 STATES WHERE THE ISSUE HAS BEEN ON THE BALLOT, PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT TO VOTE.

IN ALL 7 STATES, THE PRO CHOICE CROWD HAS WON, EVEN IN THREE RED STATES.

..

CROWD WILL COME OUT AND NOVEMBER AND APPROVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO ABORTION IN MISSOURI BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME MAYBE ENHANCING THE CHANCES OF DEMOCRATS LIKE LUCAS CIEWNTS, CRYSTA CIEWNTS, CRYSTAL QUA DE.

>> A LOT OF THESE HAVE VERY RESTRICTIVE TRIGGER LAWS THAT WOULD IMMEDIATELY GO INTO PLACE IF ROE WERE TO BE OVERTURNED.

CONSERVE TIFER STATES LIKE KANSAS VOTE IN FAVOR OF ABORTION.

THIS WOULD ENSHRINE THE MI.. CONSTITUTION REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS.

.. BECAUSE I DO THINK THE PRO CHOICE CROWD WILL COME OUT.

YOU HAVE THE FEMALE VOTE.

I DON'T THINK DJ VANCE DI JD VANCE WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT CHILDLESS CAT LADIES.

I'..

OFFENSIVE AND HARMFUL AND HURTFUL.

TH..

VOTERS OUT THERE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS AMENDMENT.

WHAT'S INTERESTING IS I WONDER IF THIS AMENDMENT FREES UP SOME REPUBLICAN VOTERS WHO ARE A BIT MORE MODERATE WHEN IT COMES TO BEING PRO LIFE, L PRO CHOICE.

PERHAPS THEY VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS AMENDMENT ENSHRINING REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS BUT AT THE SAME TIME VOTE REPUBLICAN IN OTHER RACES.

>> I THINK WHEN YOU VO.. LIKE I SAID WE WENT IN THE BOX, AND NOBODY KNEW WHAT YOU WERE VOTING FOR, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES LIKE WE'RE NOT HAVING A DEBATE IN PUBLIC, AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT BOX I'M GOING TO MARK.

I THINK IT WILL PASS BECAUSE OF THAT.

ON THIS.

IN FACT, I CAN GO .. HOW BAD IT WAS THAT P PASSED EVEN THOUGH I VOTED FOR IT.

IT'S JUST A REALITY, NOT HERE, BUT IN MANY STATES.

>> IF IT PASSES, I THINK PRO LIFE CAN POINT THE FINGER AT REPUBLICAN PARTY.

I DON'T MEAN TO BE HARSH HERE.

ROE WAS OVERTURNED, AND YOU SAW MIXED MESSAGES, AND REPUBLICAN LEADERS TALKING ABOUT CONTRACEPTION.

WHAT IN THE WO.. TALKING ABOUT, NONE OF THE PRO LIFE PEOPLE I'M YO TALKING ABOUT SAY YOU SHOULD BAN PRO R CONTRACEPTIVES.

I THINK ..

PRO LIFE VOTERS.

>> I HOPE THAT THIS DOES HELP THE DEMOCRATS 6789 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT HELP OUR FRIEND RAY HARTMANN.

VOTERS IN MISSOURI H.. ABILITY TO SUPPORT SOMETHING BUT VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT OPPOSE IT.

RI..

THE PEOPLE SUPPORT RIGHT TO WORK, AND YET THEY VOTE FOR ANTIRIGHT TO WORK, ANTIUNION CANDIDATES.

I'M NOT SURE E..

HAPPEN.

>.. THAT HAD PRESCHOOL, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD PASS, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING I DON'T THINK PEOPLE IN THE STATE REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF THIS WERE TO PASS, BUT YET PEOPLE IN MISSOURI SAID YOU KNOW WHAT, I FEEL FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE PRESCHOOLS IN THEIR HOME BUT I THINK WE ARE ABOUT TO GIVE A BIG TAX BREAK TO MONEY MAKING FACILITIES, AND THEY FIGURED THAT UTILIZING ON.

I'M WITH YOU ON THAT ONE.

>> SARAH FENSKE, LET ME ASK YOU A ABOUT A STORY YOU WROTE THAT THE ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE HAD, AND THAT IS THAT THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S INSTITUTE WHO HAPPENS TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE WITH THE MISSOURI OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION, AND HE TOLD ONE LOCAL GROUP, LOCAL NEIGHBOR HEADED BY JESSICA BUELLER NO THERE'S NOT ROOM FOR 22 REFUGEES IN ST. LOUIS.

I'M NOT SURE YOU EVEN READ T..

APPLICATION, WHICH IS KIND OF STRANGE, BECAUSE I WAS UNDER THE BELIEF FOR THE PAST YEAR OR MORE WE'VE HEARD TO INCREASE THE POPULATION AND IMPROVE THE ECONOMY, WE HAVE TO BRING REFUGEES TO THE ST. LOUIS AREA.

>> THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A MONDAY MANTRA FOR CIVIC LEADERS.

AND YOU HAVE THIS GROUP THAT HAS A REALLY GOOD TRACK RECORD OF DOING TERRIFIC THINGS FOR REFUGEES IN ST. LOUIS.

THEY GOT TURNED DOWN, AND THEY ARE CALLING FOUL ON THIS.

JESSICA BUELLER SAYS SHE THINKS IT'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT THIS PERSON WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE IS SORT OF RUNNING THIS STATE OFFICE AND HAS A SAY IN WHETHER OR NOT THE HER GROUP'S APPLICATION GETS TURNED DOWN.

SHE SAID WAIT A MINUTE.

THEY WANT TO KEEP THE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THIMENTZ, AFRAID OF THE COMPETITION, AND THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE INSISTED THIS GUY OPERATE INDEPENDENTLY, EVEN THOUGH HE'S AN EMPLOYEE, NOT LOOKING AT HIS BEST INTEREST BECAUSE THE REGION'S BEST INTEREST, AND HE BELIEVES THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN'T NECESSARILY HANDLE AN INFLUX, AND QUITE FRANKLY SELLING THE ISSUES RIGHT NOW IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAKES THE ACTOR RIGHT THERE.

THEY CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY DOES THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE BRING IN 1300?

>> THE INSTITUTE ABOUT A MONTH AGO SAID HEY, ST. LOUIS, PONY UP, BECAUSE WE NEED MONEY IF WE ARE GOING TO BRING IMMIGRANTS HERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THE STATE HAS NOT BEEN REALLY PROVIDING MEDICAID TO KIDS LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO.

AND AT THE SAME TIME YOU POINT OUT THE SCHOOLS ARE JAMMED.

MAYBE THEY HAVE A POINT, MAYBE WE CAN'T HANDLE 22 MORE REFUGEES.

>&g..

PROMINENT ATTORNEY WHO WAS LEADING THE CHARGE TO BRING IN ALL OF THESE AFGAN REFUGEES?

WE WERE GOING TO HAVE AN AFGAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

>> HE HAS DO..

LOT OF MONEY INTO IT, AND THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE IS WORKING TO CREATE THE THINGS THAT HE DREAMED UP.

I DON'T KNOW THAT HE AND OTHER CIVIC LEADERS ARE AWARE THAT WANTED TO BRING IN MORE, AND THEY HAVE SYSTEMIC ISSUES AND A SPECIFIC PLACE FOR REFUGEES TO LIVE.

I THIN.. QUICKLY MOVING TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH THE SCHOOLS.

>> IS THE COUNTY OFF LIMITS?

>> WHICH COUNTY?

>> 22 PEOPLE.

I WANT TO SAY WE CAN SNEAK 22 PEOPLE IN.

THEY WOULD JUST BE KIND OF IF YOU ARE WELL UP INTO THE COMPUTER.

>.. EVERY SYNAGOGUE SHOULD ADOPT TWO FAMILIES, AND THEN WE WOULD BE DONE.

BILL, I WANT T.. HAVE BEEN WRITING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES IN THE CITY'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THEY LOST THEIR BUS VENDOR THIS YEAR, AND ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ABOUT 6,000 KIDS WILL BE ON YELLOW BUSES ON MONDAY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, 6,000 IN SEDANS, AND MINIVANS AND RIDE SHARES, AND 1500 ARE GOING TO GET METRO PASSES, ALTHOUGH THE HEAD OF METRO EXPRESSED CONCERN WHETHER HIS SYSTEM COULD PROVIDE SECURITY.

YOU .. PEOPLE VOLUNTEER AND TAKE KIDS TO SCHOOL.

ARE YOU PRETTY CONFIDENT.

>> I DIDN'T PROTESS IT SHOULD BE LIKE DUNN KIRK, I SAID IT SHOULD.

IT'S ASTOUNDING TO M.. HAS REACHED THIS POINT, AND NOW THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TRYING TO BE UPBEAT ABOUT IT IS TALKING ABOUT LITTLE FIRST AND SECOND GRADERS CARRYING CAR SEATS WITH THEM.

YOU GET THEM TO SCHOOL IN THEIR CAR SEAT AND GO BETWEEN CLASSES OR SOMETHING.

IT'S AWFUL, AND IT'S LIKE THIS SUDDENLY SURPRISES US THAT SCHOOL IS STARTING.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN AUGUST?

IT'S RIDICULOUS.

I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN ANYTHING.

>.. TODAY THAT I WAS LIKE WHOA, SHE PUT THIS VIDEO OUT SAYING EMPLOYERS, IF YOU HAVE PARENTS OF ST. LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WORKING FOR YOU, GIVE THEM SOME GRACE, CUT THEM SOME SLACK, BASICALLY IMPLYING THIS IS GOING TO BE SO COMPLICATED FOR THEM TO GET KIDS TO SCHOOL.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TIME THE SCHOOL DAY IS STARTING.

IT'S GOOD TO BE CUT SLACK, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE WORRISOME THREE DAYS OUT.

>> GREAT COMEDIAN, CAN'T NOBODY STOP WATER WHERE IT WANTS TO GO.

MONDAY MIGHT BE JUST THE WORST DAY EVER.

I HAVE SOME HOPE T..

I HAVE A FEELING THAT MAYBE IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

BUT I DO THINK AS EACH DAY GOES BY IT WILL SELL ITSELF AND MAY NOT BE A COMPLETE DISASTER DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

DO I HAVE CONFIDENCE?

NOT A LOT OF IT, BUT I DO HAVE SOME HOPE, AND I REALLY DO THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL GET KIDS TO SCHOOL.

I .. ANYMORE.

WH..

I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PARENTS TAKING OTHER KIDS.

>> DRIVING AROUND.

>> YEAH.

>> WHE.. >> NOTHING COULD GO WRONG WITH THAT.

>..

I UNDERSTAND.

>> I WILL TELL YOU WHAT.

IF ONE MORE KID ATTENDS THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS THAT ATTENDED THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS IN 2023, IT WILL BE BECAUSE SOME TYPE OF TRIUMPH, AND PARTICULARLY THAT COULD HAPPEN.

>> THE MIRACLE OF ST. LOUIS.

>> THIS GOES TO SHOW, TOO, THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL THESE SCHOOLS, FEW KIDS HERE AND A FEW KIDS HERE.

>> THEY HAVE T.. >> AND MARXKORS, LIT ME ASK YOU ABOUT DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS.

IT'S BEEN REPORTED THAT NOW LOCAL BUSINESS PEOPLE HAVE SPENT UP TO 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS TO SUBSIDIZE THE SHIFTS FOR THE POLICE IN OVERTIME MOSTLY IN DOWNTOWN.

SOME PEOPLE THINK WHAT ABOUT NORTH ST. LOUIS?

WHAT ABOUT SOUTH ST. LOUIS?

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?

>> I MEAN, THAT'S THE CITY FAILING THOSE PEOPLE, THE VERY PEOPLE THAT THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO STAND UP FOR, THE CITY GOVERNMENT SUPPOSED TO PROTECT, SUPPOSED TO SERVE.

I MEAN, IF YOU ARE SOMEBODY WHO IS DOWNTOWN, YOU'VE GOT BUSINESSES, YOU'VE GOT HOMES AND USEFUL GOT THE MEANS TO PROTECT THOSE BUSINESSES AND HOMES AND THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THAT JOB ISN'T DOING THEIR JOB, IT'S NOT ON THE WEALTHY PEOPLE FOR PAYING FOR SECURITY.

IT'S THE SAME THIN..

WHEN YOU SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS, WHEN YOU HAVE REMOTE LEARNING, WHICH KIDS WERE ABLE TO SURVIVE THE BEST?

.. TO PAY FOR TUTORS, WITH THE STAY AT HOME PARENT, WI-FI, LAPTOP.

WHEN GOVERNMENT FAILS, IT'S GOING TO HURT THE NEEDIEST THE MOST.

YOU NEED PROTE.. YOU NEED SECURITY.

IF THEY ARE NOT DOING THE JOB AND DON'T HAVE RESOURCES TO PAY FOR IT.

>> THEY ARE KIND OF ON THE SHORTENED, WHETHER IT'S GOVERNMENT OR REGULAR STUFF.

IF I LITERALLY STUMBLED ACROSS A BUILD ON THBILLION DOLLARS ON THE WAY TO CARTOON, THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY BLACK IF I HAD THE MONEY THAT I WOULD HIRE A POLICE FORCE TO WORK THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

WHY?

BECAUSE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD THEN BE ABSOLUTELY SAFE, AND PEOPLE WOULD BUY A HOUSE THERE, START A BUSINESS THERE, AND IT COULD HELP TURN THIS AROUND.

I'M NOT MAD AT WEALTHY PEOPLE FOR TRYING TO DO DOWNTOWN.

BUT I WISH PEOPLE WOULD DO THIS.

PICK A NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY, PI..

NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> I HATE THAT THIS IS THE SYSTEM WE HAVE.

YOU HAVE SHAW, THE GROVE, AND THE CENTRAL WEST END PAYING FOR THIS PRIVATE POLICING.

WHAT ARE OUR TAX DOLLARS GOING TO?

THAT'S WHAT GETS DECIDED.

I THINK THE UNFORTUNATE DOWNSIDE IS YOU LOSE COMPASSION FOR WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS GOING THROUGH.

YOU ARE LIKE EVERYTHING IS JUST FINE.

MEANWHILE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING WHO CAN'T AFFORD THAT RIGHT.

>> FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN OTHER PARTS OF DOWNTOWN WHO ARE PAYING FOR SECURITY, IT'S BECAUSE THEY WANT TO STAY THERE.

MY FRIEND HAD BOTH OF HER CARS STOLEN IN THE SAME WEEKEND.

HER INSURANCE DROPPED HER.

SHE'S GOT KIDS SHE'S RAISING THERE.

THEY LOVE TH.. STAY THERE.

IF THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE, I..

EITHER GET SECURITY OR LEAVE.

>> I APPRECIATE THE NEIGHBORHOODS DOING THIS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO LEAVE.

>> THE.. 200 MILLION N.F.L.

DOLLARS.

WHEN THE RESIDENTS WERE POLLED IF YOU BELIEVE THE POLL THAT WAS CONDUCTED THROUGH THE ST. LOUIS PORE TALLMORTGAGAL,ST.

LOUISPORTAL, PUBLIC SAFETY DIDN'..

IN THE TOP FIVE.

WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT SPORTS GETTING GETTING ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.

CARDINALS, ROYALS, CHIEFS HAVE GONE TO JEFFERSON CITY, AND EVERY TIME THEY HAVE BEEN DENIED TO GET SPORTS BETTING PASSED.

>> I HAVE BEEN BEATING THIS DRUM SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE SHOW.

EVEN BEFORE MARIJUANA WAS LEGALIZED, THIS IS MONEY THE STATE IS MAKING.

TAKE THE VICE OUT OF IT.

HEY, LET'S DO IT.

SURE ENOUGH ILLINOIS DID IT, SURE ENOUGH KANSAS DID IT.

EVERYBODY IS GOING ACROSS THE BORDERS.

IT'S ABOUT TIME.

I DO THINK IT WILL PASS.

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT.

IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT YOUR OLYMPIC TEAM, YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE LIKE ALVIN REID DID AND PUT A LITTLE MONEY ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM AND YOU TOO WOULD BE ABOUT LEGALIZED BETTING.

>> ALVIN PUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THE BE CUBS, THE BOOKIE SAID ARE YOU DRINKING?

LEGALIZED GAMBLING WOULD BE FINE IF IT WERE REGULATED TO THE POINT.

>> LOOK AT THE YOUNG MAN WHO GOT IN TROUBLE SITTING OUT.

>> JONTAY PORTER?

>> YES.

>> IT'S INEVITABLE WE ARE GOING TO GET SPORTS BETTING.

MAYBE I'M KIND OF A PRUDE.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S A BIGGER DETRIMENT AND YOU LOOK AT THE COST, CONSEQUENTIAL BEHAVIORS OF GAMBLING GONE WRONG.

AND IT COSTS $10,000 FOR EVERYBODY THAT ABUSES GAMBLING.

BUT IT'S INEVITABLE THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I WORRY ABOUT THE BILLIONS AND BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF SPORTS BETTING THAT ARE ALREADY THERE AND WILL ABSOLUTELY ACCELERATE, I HOPE SPORTS CAN MAINTAIN THEIR INTEGRITY.

IT G.. IS INVOLVED.

>> I HEARD.. TODAY, AMY THAT BLOOMBERG NEWS IS REPORTING THAT AMERICANS ARE TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE STOCK BROKERAGE ACCOUNTS TO SPEND IT ON SPORTS BETTING.

THAT'S A PROBLEM IF IT'S YOUR NEST EGG.

>> YOU CAN'T SAY THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE SPENDING IT ON SOMETHING ELSE.

>> BUT WHEN IT COMES TO POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE AND ADDICTIVE HABITS.

>> CASINOS AND RESTAURANTS ARE.

PEOPLE HAVE SO MUCH DISPOSABLE MONEY.

>> CASINOS AND LOTTERY ..

SO MUCH FOR OUR AREA.

>> GO ASK EAST ST. LOUIS, AND COLLINS VILLAS FAR AS THE LEGALIZED CANNABIS AND EAST ST. LOUIS ON LEGALIZED GAMBLING.

THEY MAKE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE.

>> THE MAYOR OF SODOM AND GA GOMORRAH.

WE HEARD FROM RICH HUGHES OF KIRKWOOD THAT SAID BILLS TONGUE AND CHEEK BUS TRANSPORTATION ISSUES DIDN'T GET NEARLY THE PANEL RECOGNITION IT DESERVED.

SATIRICAL WIT AT ITS BEST.

MIKE M OF ST. LOUIS WROTE I LIVE IN THE HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE WAS A KNOCK AT MY FRONT DOOR, AND TO MY SURPRISE IT WAS WESLEY BELL ASKING FOR MY VOTE.

I THOUGHT THIS ENTHUSIASM SHOULD BE REWARDED.

CORI BUSH NEVER KNOCKED ON THE DOOR.

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