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>> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR ANOTHER DONNYBROOK.

FIRST LET'S MEET THE PANELIST.

STARTING WITH WENDY WIESE FROM THE JENNIFER AND WENDY SHOW ON KTRS.

BILL McCLELLAN FROM LOUIS POST DISPATCH.

RAY HARTMANN FROM SUBSTACK.

ALVIN REID WITH THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN.

BEFORE WE DIVE IN WE WANT TO THANK LAUREN YOUNG FOR SHARING HER GREAT ARTWORK WITH US TODAY >> OUR CONTINUING SHARE THE ART WORK ST.#LOUIS PRO PBS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH WENDY, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE ST.#CHARLES CI LIBRARY.

TODAY'S ST.#LOUIS POST DISPATCH THAT THE ADMINISTRATORS THERE HAVE DECIDED BETWEEN 10 AND 16 YEARS OLD, YOU NOW NEED YOUR PARENT'S SIGNATURE TO ENTER THE LIBRARY BETWEEN 3:00 AND 5:00 P.M., AFTER SCHOOL.

HOMEWO AND THE REASON IS ADMINISTRATORS, THE KIDS ARE SO UNRULY, THEY'VE HAD LIKE 35 WORKERS COME AND GO IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PUT UP WITH IT.

>> I THINK I OF ALL, HOW MUCH WE HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THIS GENERATION, AND I#-- YOU KNOW, I BLAME MYSELF BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THE PARENTS.

I THINK THAT#-- I THINK THAT EVERY PARENTAL GENERATION SOMEHOW, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER IT WAS THE PANDEMIC OR WHAT, BUT THERE WAS A TIME WHEN A NUN WHO WOULD PRESIDE OVER A CLASS ROOM OF 35 KIDS, YOU COULD HEAR A DROP, AND WE'VE COMPLETELY LOST CONTROL, AND I DO REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN A LIBRARY WAS JUST A PLACE YOU WOULD GO TO READ FOR SILENCE, AND NOW APPARENTLY IT IS GANG CENTRAL, BUT THE 3:00 TO 5:00 RULE AND PARENTAL PERMISSION SLIPS, WHATEVER WORKS AT THIS POINT, WHATEVE I WOULD BE HAPPY TO SIGN A PARENTAL PERMISSION SLIP.

>> I THINK FINE.

THE NEXT GENERATION.

TO ME, THE WORST THING THIS GENERATION IS DOING IS HANGING OUT AT L I MEAN, TH WORSE.

LIBRARIES.

>> WHATEVER.

&g BEING THAT PRISTINE A PLACE I WAS#-- CERTAINLY NOT WHEN I WAS IN IT WHEN I WAS A TEEN.

I WOULD SAY#-- WASN'T CAUGHT DEAD IN BUT NO, I WOULD SAY#-- >> [INAUDIBLE].

>> IT IS A PLACE W BOOKS.

AND LOOK, EVERY LIBRARY IS GOING TO HAVE ITS OWN RULES.

I'M FINE.

WANT TO DO, BUT AS LONG STATE ISN'T IMPACTING THEM WITH#-- >> WE WILL GET T >> I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM#-- THEY WANT#-- >> I WAS GOING TO SAY THE STATE ISN'T DOING THIS.

>> I G >> IT IS REALLY SAD TH INK THAT Y GET KIDS IN THE LIBRARY, AND N WE FIND OUT THE PROBLEM IS BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO TH LIBRARY.

SLIPS, THAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THE PARENTS WHO ARE PROBABLY WORKING AND, YOU KNOW, 3:00 TO 5:00, THEY ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THE LIBRARY BABY SIT THEIR KIDS, SO I'M THE PARENT, AND ONE OF MY KIDS CAME HOME AND SAID HEY, DAD, WE WANT TO HANG OU THE LIBRARY AFTER SCHOOL, I WOULD GO GREAT.

>&g I THINK IT'S JUST KIND OF PUSHING THE PROBLEM#-- >> KICKING THE CAN#-- >> ALL WE'RE TALK 16, OKAY.

FIRS KID TO GO TO THE LIBRARY SHOULD NOT NEED THEIR PARENT'S PERMISSION AT ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM.

IS WRONG BUT YOUR ARGUMENT ALMOST MADE ME COMPLETEL MY MIND.

>> BUT NO, I MEAN, IF WE CANNOT CONTROL 10 TO 16-YEAR-OLDS BY SIMPLY TELLING THEM GET OUT AND DON'T COME BACK BECAUSE PROBLEM, THEN WE HAVE LOST CONTROL.

>> WHAT VLADIMIR PUTIN IF WE CAN'T CONTROL#-- >>#-- UNRULY TEENAGERS?

>> YOUR MOM WAS A TRUSTEE FOR THE KIRKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY.

YOU KNOW FROM WHERE YOU'RE TALKING.

CHANGED.

STACKS.

THEY ARE ALL TALKING OUT LOUD.

YOU HAVE THE HOMELESS, GOD LOVE THEM, THEY ARE TALKING O PEOPLE ARE DRINKING COFFEE.

IN SOME CASES PEOPLE ARE HAVING CONVERSATIONS VERY LOUDLY.

LIBRARIANS LOST CONTRO THEY L >> DID THEY LOSE CONTROL, OR DID WE SIMPLY TAKE IT FR >> ADULTS WILL HANDLE THAT, BUT KIDS, WE WILL DEFINITELY HANDLE THAT, FROM 3:00 TO 5:00?

YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.

LIKE, THAT'S SUCH A BIG PROB THAT WE HAVE TO GET A SLIP TO COME INTO THE LIBRARY.

NO YOU DON'T.

YO IN THIS LIBRAR >> RAY, YOU ARE TALKIN THE ST NOW, THE STATE H BOOKS OUT OF LIBRARIES OR THREATENING TO INCAR LIBRARIANS IF THEY DON'T REMOVE CERTAIN BOOKS, HAVE KIND OF GONE ALONG WITH IT, NOT WILLINGLY, BUT THEY HAVE DONE THAT, BUT THERE'S A THING, A NEW DEVEL WE MET LAST WEEK ON THE ST.#CHARLES COUNTY COUNCIL MET AND PASSED A RESOLUTIO SAYING, ONE, WE WANT WORKERS AT THE ST.#CHARLES COUNTY CIT COUNTY LIBRARY TO OBEY THEIR DRESS CODE.

WE DON'T WANT WORKERS OF THE LIBRARY TWEETING OR GOING ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THEIR POLITICAL THOUGHTS, AND WANT THEM TO BE PART OF SOMETHING CA LIBRARY COUNCIL.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ABOUT.

>> PROBABLY OFFENDED THEM.

REPUBLICAN VERSION OF THE ME TOO MOVEMENT.

HAVE A LITTLE PIECE OF THIS CULTURE WAR.

YOU KN LIBRARY RUN.

REALLY I COUNTY C A FINE#-- WE DON'T TRACK T COUNTY COUNCIL THAT MUCH I ST.#CHARLES.

MAYBE THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON RUNNING THE COUNCIL.

OF MAKING ITS#-- LIBRARI I THINK VERY DEDICATED PEOPLE AND VERY SMART PEOPLE, CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO HANDLE THEIR LIBRARIES.

I THINK THER CULTURE WAR IS THIS MYTHOLOGY THAT THE LIBRARIES ARE CARRYING ALL THIS PORNOGRAPHY AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF, WHICH RE MEANS LGBTQ CONTENT.

I JUST THINK WE OUGHT TO LEAVE LIBRARIANS ALONE.

>&g BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY WAVED THE WHITE FLAG WHEN IT COMES TO THE ACTUAL CLASSROOM WHERE T LEARNING IS TAKING PLACE.

WE'VE#-- WE'RE WAVING THE WHITE FLAG.

AND THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, LOST CONTRO TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO THE LIBRARIES.

TH CONTROL OF THE STUDENTS.

I MEAN SAID, NOT BECAUSE OF ANY FAULT OF THEIR OWN, BECAUS PARENTS WHO THEY THEIR CHILDRE NEVER DO ANYTHING WRONG.

THEY BLAME T OUR GENERATION WHO IMMEDIATELY BLAMED US AND TO SIDES, SO I JUST THINK MOVING INTO WHETHER YOU CALL IT CULTURE WARS, WHATEVER.

IT IS NOW TH >> BE IT ST.#CHARLES, BE IT THE STATE, ANYTHING, THIS THING WITH THE LIBRARY IS THIS IS TOTALI OKAY?

AND IF YOU REMEMBER THE SH STORY, AND I GUESS THEY DID A LITTLE MOVIE, WE SAW IT 4TH AND 5TH GRADE CALLED THE HANGMAN.

OUT I DON'T WANT THAT ST YOU'RE NEXT.

WE BETTER STOP THIS STUF THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE PERSON LEFT, AND IT I THEIR TURN.

OKAY?

>&g SHOW THE H >> IT FRIGHTENED ME.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU SO, YEAH, I GUARANTE PROBABLY WOULDN'T#-- >> DO YOU THE BOOKS THAT A L IN JEFF CITY WANT OUT OF LIBRARIES I THINK THOSE ARE THE BOOKS THAT SHOULD BE IN THE LIBRARIES.

WOULDN'T READ TO READ, IN FRAN AFTER WORLD WAR 2, BOOKS LIKE EMMANUEL AND OTHERS, LITTLE BOYS LEARNED TO READ ON THAT KIND OF STUFF, AT LEAS BE#-- >> I WALK INTO THE CLASSROOM, MY SON GOT A PLAY BOY MAGAZINE#-- LIKE WHOA.

>> I AGREE.

>> YES.

CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION.

BUT LOST CONTROL OF ALL IF YOU LOOK AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE ST.#LOUIS OB VIOUSLY THERE'S SO NOT GETTING THE FUNDING AND WHATEVER THEY NEED TO BE, THERE'S DEFINITELY DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE TO IM TALKING ABOUT ST.#CHARLE COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, FRANCIS HOWELL IS TURNING OUT VERY GOOD RESULTS.

>> IT DOES.

>> IF THE AND IF THE PARENTS C PARENTS SAY YOU BETTER NOT GET IN TROUBLE AT SCHOOL, THE KIDS GENERALLY BEHAVE.

>> B WELL AT FRANCIS HOWELL AND CLAYTON#-- AND YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THE PARENT I DON'T THAT JUST BE TROUBLES, SHOU >>#-- TOOK BOOKS OUT OF LI BRARY.

DID THAT.

>> THE FACT OVER THIS THING LIKE BOOKS?

I'M LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

WE ARE SUPPOSED TO B STANDARD-BEARERS.

>> ST.#CHARLES TO GET CARD, YOU HAVE TO BE#-- YOU HA TO GET YOUR PARENT'S SIGNATURE UNTIL YOU'RE 18.

>> YEA RIDICULOUS.

TO FIGHT BACK.

I'M >> ALL RIGHT TO ACTUALLY#-- FORTUNATELY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK FROM THI BECAUSE EV BE BUYING A TICKET TO DONNY BASH NEXT YEAR AND HERE ARE THE DETAILS.

>> I'M EXPERIENCE MANAGER AT 9 PBS.

WE ARE S TUNING IN TONIGHT TO WAT FAVORITE CONVERSATION SHOW AND ENJOY LIVELY BANTER WITH THE DONNYBROOKERS.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL GET TO SEE LIVE IF Y MEMBER.

WE HAV YOU GIFTS, SO THINK ABOUT BECOMING A MEM ALREADY A MEMBER THANK YOU VERY MUCH FROM THE BOTT WE KNOW TH DONNYBRO LET'S DIVE IN.

AT $75 LEVEL, YOU GET EITHER MUG, THE BEAUTIFUL 9 PBS MUG RIGHT THERE.

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DONNYBROOK, DANNY BASH LIVE APRIL 11TH OF NEXT YEAR, 2024, AND THIS IS A SPURRING TIME EVENT, YOU GUYS.

-- IT IS A SPRINGTIME EVENT, YOU GUYS.

SP BREEZE AND WITTY BANTER, IT WILL BE GREAT.

$12 LEVEL, $12 A MON BOTH THE MUG AND TWO TICKETS.

THAT'S RIGHT TWO TICKETS TO DONNY BASH LIVE APRI 2024.

HALL, ONE OF MY FAVORITE VENUES IN ST.#LOUIS.

IT IS ON THAT WE HOST ALL YEAR AROUND.

I'M NOT KIDDING.

IT IS BE FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL, THAT YOU LOVE IT, AND YOU LOVE BE THE ROOM WITH THE DONN YOU LOVE MEETING EACH OTHER.

YOU GET TO RUB ELBOWS WITH NOT ONLY THE DONNYBROOKERS BUT FELLOW 9 PBS MEMBERS, RIGHT THERE.

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WE'RE GOING TO HOP OVER TO THE TABLE WITH SOME FAMILIAR FACES >> THANKS.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE SITTING WITH YOU FROM DONNYBROOK.

>> PRIVILEGE?

NO#-- > BASH.

SAID TONIGHT.

>> YES.

THAT EVENING SURPRISED ME.

THE RECEPTION BEFOREHAND AND I GOT THERE AT QUARTER TO 6:00, AND I THOUGHT WELL, I'M KIND O 15 MINUTES BEHIND, AND PEOPLE WERE IN LINE GETTING THEIR DRINKS CATERING WAS PASSING HORS D'OEUVRES.

I HAVE NEVER PBS MEMBERS SO EXCITED.

AND YOU GUYS JUST ARE GREA YOU STAYED UP IN THE RECEPTION ROOM AND DIDN'T GO DOWN TO TAPE THE SHOW TILL THE VERY LAST.

YOU MADE SURE EVERYONE HAD LEFT THE RECEPTION BEFORE YOU HEADED DOWN, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS AMAZING.

FLOWING.

>> YOU'RE RIGHT.

ON THE 11TH, WE MEET#-- AT 5:30, WE MINGLE FOR AN HOUR.

WE TAKE OUR SEATS THE SHOW STARTS AT 7:00, END 8:00.

DRINKS AND DESSERT ARE SERVED AT THAT TIME.

>> YOU CLOSE IT OUT.

YOU REAL IT >> W THEM, I THINK?

>> I'D SAY FOUR OR FIVE.

>> WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THEM.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THEM.

I WILL SAY THIS THOUGHT IT WAS MAYBE THE BEST TERMS OF JUST THE CONNECTI THE AUDIENCE, I SHOULD SAY, NOT US, BUT THE AUDIENCE WAS JUST GREAT, AND IT WAS COMPLETELY PACKED.

ENERGIZING.

THERE WAS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT EXTRA SPECIAL ABOU YEAR.

BETTER, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO BETTER ON OUR END.

>> RIGHT.

GIFT OF TICKETS TO DONNY BASH.

I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO, WHETHER THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TICKETS TO ARE YOUNGER GENERATION O OR YOU KNOW SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY LOVES DONNYBROOK AND IT'S JUST A NATURAL, BUT RIGHT NOW EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT TILL APRIL 11TH, YOU CAN TAKE CARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON YOUR GIFT LIST FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

GET THEM NOW AND THEN PUT THEM IN THE DRAWER, REMEMBER DRAWER, THAT WOULD BE#-- >> I DO THAT WITH LIKE TICK OKAY.

>> THOSE HIGHLIG YOU CAN SEE HOW MA THERE AND I KNOW THAT BE INVESTED IN MY FIRST N SUIT, AND I SAW IT.

I WAS LIKE HEY YEAR.

OF YOU WHO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TREAT YOURSELF, I SAW THAT THE SUSTAINER WAS 144 WITH THE 12, $12 PAYMENTS AND TWO TICKETS IS 75 A PIECE.

YOU CO THESE MARVELOUS MUGS.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE A SUSTAINER AND HELPED US OUT ALL YEAR.

>> I HAVE TEASED YOU ABOUT THIS BEFORE.

YOU INDIVIDUALLY TO COME OUT FROM BACKSTAGE AND TAKE YO PLACE ON THE SET, YO SHOULD HAVE PYROTECHNICS OR SOMETHING LIKE THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS DO INTRODUCTIONS, I REALIZE THERE IS TIME FOR WHEN YOU W FROM BEHIND STAGE TO T PLACE ON THE SET.

EVERYBODY COULD HAVE A WAL SONG.

BASEBALL.

TOO.

I'M BEING HONEST I HAVE T IT IS IN APR APRIL FOOL'S.

>> YES.

THAT WOULD BE FUN.

> MARIE ABOUT THIS, AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT DO THAT.

>> YOU NEVER KNOW.

>> BE THINKING ABOUT WHA MIGHT LIKE AS IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT.

THIS YEAR IT IS GOING#-- I SHOULD SAY IN $2024, ON APRIL 11TH, AT THE SHELDON HALL AGAIN.

>> I'M LOVING THAT IDEA OF WALK-OUT MUSIC, YOU SHOULD TELL US ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.

TELL U WALK-OUT SOUND, YOU KNOW.

THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

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THAT'S RIGHT MEMBER, AT THE GET THE MUG OR YOU GET THE OPTION OF THE TICKET TO SEE DONNY BASH LIVE AT THE S CONCERT HALL ON APRIL 11TH.

LIKE I SAID, IT IS GOING TO BE A BREEZY NIGHT.

FINGER WEATHER, AND YOU GET DONNYBROOKERS LIVE, AL WITTY BANTER, THAT CIVIC DISCOURSE RIGHT THERE, AND THE ROOM WHERE IT AL AT THE $12 A MONTH LEVEL, YOU WILL RECEIVE THE MUG AND TICKETS, SO THE MUG AND TWO TICKETS TO SEE DONNY BASH LIVE IN PERSON.

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ON DEMAND.

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IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEMBER BENEFITS.

WHICH WE KNOW SO MANY OF YOU ADORE, SO PLEASE JOIN US, BE A MEMBER RIGHT NOW.

GIVE US A CALL AT 800-568-90 OR GO TO THE WEBSITE 9 PBS.ORG.

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YOU KNOW, YOU CAN BECOME A SUSTAINING MEMBER WITH T A MONTH OR DO A ONE- DONATION.

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AND YOU KEEP US GOING WITH YOU EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS GIFTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CONVERSATION.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT YEAR.

>> LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY, RIGHT NOW UNTIL THIS THING GETS UNDER CONTROL, BY CONGRE ATHLETICS NEED LIKE A CZAR OR SOMETHING LIKE T KIDS, BECAUSE EV >> I HAVE DECLARED THAT I'M GOING TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL.

THIS FIVE STAR, DEFENSIVE TACK WHO ANNOUNCED HE WAS GOING TO MISSOURI, HE COULD C MIND TOMORROW.

>> THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THESE ARRANGEMENTS NOT TO BE TR THAT, I'M A CAPITA AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IF IT'S GOING TO BE >> SUDDENLY HAS THE BEST FOOT OKAY?

SO VALLEY SAID I WANT THE BEST FOOTBALL ALL OF A SUDDE NOW EVERYBODY'S GOT GUARANTEE IT.

>> BILL McCLELLAN, THINK ABOUT THE MISSOURI SUPREME COURT WHICH RULED THIS WEEK THAT YES, PARENTS CAN BE JA THEIR KIDS DON'T E CLASSROOMS ENOUGH, IF KIDS MISS TOO MANY SCHOOL DAYS AS APPARENTLY HAS HAPPENED LEBANON, MIS ONE GOT PROBATION, THE JAIL TIME BECAUSE THE KIDS WEREN'T IN SCH >> WELL, I THINK THIS IS THING, AND, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TALKING, RAY, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO BE TH ALL THESE MOMS IN JAIL EVERY CHANCE WE GET.

IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM, IF A DOESN'T GO TO SCHOOL WHEN HE OR SHE IS LITTLE, THAT CHILD DOESN'T LEARN TO READ, AND IT'S GAME OVER.

IF W KID RUNNING ON THE STREETS AND NOT GOING TO SCHOOL, THAT'S A KID THAT'S IN THE PIPELINE FOR PRISON.

I KNOW T ABOUT KIDS WHO HAD GREAT POTENTIAL, BUT THEY'RE JUST NOT IN SCHOOL, AND IF THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS TELL THE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS ON YOU TO GET LITTLE ALVIN IN SCHOOL, AND IF YOU DON'T, WE'RE GOING TO COME DOWN ON YOU.

I THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING TH WE HAVE TO DO.

> MORE.

>> I KNEW YOU COULDN'T.

>> HE WAS VERY WELL EDUCATED.

I GOT A FEELING HE DIDN'T MISS A DAY IN SCHOOL.

>> I COULDN'T DISAGREE MORE.

I MEAN, LOOK, I'M NOT ARGUING FOR TRUANCY, BUT WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN JAIL.

>> ARE YOU SURE?

>> YES, WE HAVE TOO IN JAIL.

I THIN THE HATE THY NEIGHBOR CULTURE, WITH HALF THE COUNTRY HATING EACH OTHER.

NOT SOMETHING TO CRIMINALIZE, EVEN IF IT'S BAD PAR WHICH IT MIGHT NOT B CASE.

>> HOW D SCHOOL?

>> PUTTING IS NOT GOING TO GET SCHOOL.

TO HAVE A WHOLE SLEW OF BEING SENT TO JAIL BECAUSE LITTLE RAY MISSED SC >> NOW IT IS >> BUT WHEN AND SAY LITTLE RAY I SHOWING UP, WE D TRUANT OFFICERS, THIS IS ON YOU >> I DON'T THINK THIS IS A FUNCTION OF THE CR SYSTEM.

>>#-- THE ARGUMENT THAT THE RULES WERE WRITTEN IN A WAY AND THAT THAT NEITHER MOTHER COULD FIND IT IN THE HANDBOOK, THE PARENT TEACHER HANDBOOK FOR THE KIDS.

DID YOU REALLY READ THE HANDBOOK IF YOUR KIDS DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL FOR, YOU KNOW, TWO OR THREE WEEKS?

I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> THAT'S NOT CONSIS >> YEAH, I JUST#-- YEAH.

>> YEAH.

ALVIN, I WAN THE ANNUAL TEST, SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE GREATER ST.# THINK#-- PATTONVILLE HAS NO T TO GO WITH THE MISSOURI ASSESSMENT PROGRAM TEST, THAT'S THE MAP TEST THAT' CONDUCTED FOR ALL THE SC SCHOOL DISTRICTS AT TH THE YEAR, AND THEN WE GE READING AND MATH SCORES AND FIND OUT THAT TH HAVE BEEN GOING DO IN F THE SCORES ARE DOWN EVEN THAN 2019, PRE-PANDEMIC, IN READING AND MATH.

BUT THE PO SCHOOLS HAVE DECIDED NO, INSTEAD OF HAVING A STANDARDIZED TEST AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BENCHMARK TESTS FALL AND WINTER SO WE CAN INTERVENE QUICKER WITH T WHO ARE HAVI DIFFICULTIES.

AND ARE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT IT, I WOULD HAVE TO SEE THE RESULT THAT OVER A YEARS.

JUST NOT GOING TO DO THE MAP TESTS BECAUSE ALL THE KIDS D POORLY ON THE MAP TESTS, BASICALLY ONCE AGAIN WAVING THE WHITE FLAG ARE ALSO#-- I THINK DOOMING KIDS THAT ARE IN UNDERPERFORMING DISTRICTS.

YOU'RE JUST TELLING THEM, THERE IS NO STANDARD.

STANDARD, THEN IT'S GOING TO GO EVEN LOWER THAN WE ARE NOW.

THERE'S GOT TO BE A GOAL THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO GET TO, AND IT SHOULD BE#-- THAT GOAL SHO HIGH ENOUGH THAT IT'S HARD, THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET THERE.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN DON'T TRY.

IT JUST FRIGHTENS ME THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING ANYMORE.

>> SEE, I RESPECTFUL BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF THEY DO HAVE A CHANCE AS STUDENTS TO TURN THINGS AROUND, TO HAVE WHATEVER ISSUES THEY HAVE ADDRESSED, BY A TEACHER, INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, WHEN IT'S TOO LA MIGHT MAKE THEM, YOU KNOW, EVEN MORE INCENTIVEIZED TO LE TO DO#-- TO DO BETTER.

I DON'T SEE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO WRITE IT OFF, WRITE OFF THEIR PERFORMANCE.

HAVE THE MAP TEST AT THE END OF THE YEAR SO WE CAN COMPARE YOUR SCHOOL TO THE OTHE THE STATE AND HAVE THE KIDS A TEST IN SEPTEMBER, O NOVEMBER, AND IF THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING PROFICIENTLY, ZERO IN ON THAT KID.

> WITH THA THINK THE SCHOOL WOULD DO THOSE TESTS AND SAY LIKE, HEY, YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS.

YOU' TAKE THAT MAP TEST, AND THAT MAP TEST IS GOING TO BE LIKE WHA HAPPENED TO ALL THE PROGRESS.

THEN YOU NOW ALL YOU ASSESSING THE KIDS?

ARE YOU LYING?

AL I NECESSARILY BE PUT I SITUATION.

WAS JUST REPORT CARDS.

I MEAN#-- > SIGN.

>> WELL, I REPORT CARD THREE OR FOUR A SEMESTER.

>> RIG STAYING THE SAME#-- >> OR TALKING TOO MUCH IN CLASS.

>> BUT NOW WE CAN JUST PUT THOS PARENTS IN JAIL IF THEY DO >> ALL RIGHT.

COME BACK WITH YOU WHEN WE RETURN BECAUSE WE WANT T YOU TO DONNY BASH 2024.

HERE ARE THE DETAILS.

>> I'M SO THRILLED AS YOU JOIN US TONIGHT AS WE H CONVERSATION WITH THE I KNOW YOU LOVE IT#-- A FAMI REUNION, YOU KNOW.

THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR.

TOGETHER, THE COMMUNITY RE TOGETHER AND TO ENJOY THE DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT, THAT THE DONNYBROOKERS AND ALL OF YOU HAVE, AND SO#-- OR YOU GET THE OPTION OF A TICKET TO SEE DONNY BASH LIVE AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL ON APRIL 11TH, OF 2024.

IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENING OF LOVELY FUN.

THEN AT THE $1 YOU GET THE COMBO OF NOT ONLY THE MUG, NOT ONLY THE TICKETS, BOTH TOGETHER.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU CAN DRINK YOUR FAVORITE COFFEE OR YOUR TEA LIKE ME AND ALSO ENJOY THOSE TWO TICKETS.

INVITE YOUR SPOUSE, YOUR FRIE THEM TO DONNY BASH BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY EVENT OF THE SEASON.

NINE PBS.ORG, AND BECOME A MEMBER RIGHT NOW.

DON'T DELAY.

DON'T HO YOU WANT TO EXPE THAT MAGIC, AND RIGHT NO GOING TO GO OVER TO THE MAGIC AT THE TABLE.

>> THANKS.

A LOT ABOUT BEING AT DONNY BASH AND HOW MUCH I LOVED IT.

I WAS GOING TO TO SAY WHAT AR PARTS OF DONNY BASH WHEN Y THERE?

ALVI OUT?

INTERACTION THAT YOU HAVE WHEN#-- THAT YOU GET FROM THAT IT'S LIVE TV.

SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF COOL.

I DO FEEL LIKE, LIKE WE AR UNIQUE, AND THIS SHOW IS UNIQUE, AND I WANT ANYBODY ELSE, ANY KIND OF LIKE PANEL SHOW#-- >> ABSOLUTELY DON'T WANT TO MISS IT.

OF DONNYBROOK.

LET'S GO BACK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THAN ALL YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS THIS YEAR AND TONIGHT.

WORK HOUSE, APPARENTLY, THE CITY CLOSED IT.

TH IN NORTH ST.#LOUIS.

IT IS LOOKING FOR IDEAS WHAT TO DO WITH THAT PROPERTY.

SOMEBODY RECOMMENDED A RACETRACK.

IT IS SHUTTERED AND ALL THE INMATES HAVE GONE TO &g t;> YOU GAVE IT A GOOD SHOT, BUDDY, BUT YOU'RE#-- OKA YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE DAY, I GUESS IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHERE OUR NEW STADIUM WAS GOING TO BE BUILT, THERE WAS AN ID HOLE GOLF COURSE.

IF THE WOULD BE DOING GREAT NOW.

THE RACETRACK, IF IT FITS THAT FOOTPRINT, WHY NOT.

I THINK IF Y BRING PEOPLE DOWNTOWN THAT AREN'T LIK AND ALL THAT#-- >> AIR BNB PARTIES.

>> EXACTLY.

I CAN'T RULE IT OUT.

LET'S START SO >> THE W DOWNTOWN, THOUGH.

&g THE IDEA OF USING THE SPACE LIKE A RECREATIONAL KIND OF THING.

>> AGAIN AND PUT ALL THE PARENT IN#-- >> APPARENTLY#-- >> HEY, RECENTLY, THE DARYL GRAY SAID THAT HE SAW 11 INMATES OR RESIDENTS AS JEFF SMITH WOULD CALL THEM TO A CELL, AT THE CITY'S JUSTICE CENTER IN DOWNTOWN ST.#LOUIS.

IT IS OVERCROWDED DO THEY SHOULD MOVE THESE INMATES.

WHY NOT OPEN IT AS IT WAS INTENDED TO BE SO THAT THOSE RESIDENTS COULD ACTUAL SUNSHINE?

THERE'S NO CHA WHEN YOU ARE EITHE COUNTY OR CITY JAIL.

>> CHARLIE.

BUT FOR SOME REASON#-- RECREATIONAL AS OPPOSED TO SOME NEW BUILDI >> IT IS AN >> I A THEY HAVE SO THE NUMBER OF POSSIBILITIES AND THEY ARE ON A WEBSITE.

BUT WHAT#-- THE TRIGGER.

WHAT THE OFFICE REQUIRES.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED PUBLIC#-- I DON'T THINK WE NEED PUBLIC SENTIMENT OR INPUT ON EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY THING.

I THINK THAT'S ONE REASONS WHY SORT OF#-- >> I COMPLETELY AGRE WENDY.

MUCH, YOU KNOW, I MEAN OF COUR YOU WANT PUBLIC INPUT, BUT BY DEFINITION, YOU'VE GOT PUBLIC INPUT WHEN THEY VO >> RIGHT.

> THE IDEA#-- WHATEVER, ANY IDEA IS FINE.

COURSE OR WHATEVER, I STILL THINK, AND I KNOW I'M PROBABLY#-- I HAVE N IT, BUT I JUST THINK WE TRY TO FIGURE OUR WAY TO REGIONALIZE THE#-- AT LEAST THE CORRECTIONS PART OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BECAU PROBLEMS IN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, AND AT LEA COUNTY SOLUTION THAT MIGHT GIVE MORE FLUIDITY TO HANDLIN OVERCROWDING IN ONE AND NOT THE OTHER.

>> THEY DO THAT WI PRISONERS.

I TH INTERESTING WA REGIONAL SOLUTION.

BUT A THOUGHT.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, THE DOING THE SAME THING WHEN IT COMES TO THE MONEY THERE WIL PUBLIC HEARINGS TILL DECEMBER 2ND ON WHAT TO DO WITH THE MILLION DOLLARS.

HEARINGS.

BEFORE.

MONEY AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE 911#-- >> I'M SURE PEOPLE WILL GO TO THOSE MEETINGS AND HAVE TO DO 911 FIR THERE WILL BE ALL KIND O DIFFERENT OP PEOPLE OUT, EVEN IN YOU ARE SAYING LIKE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS MONEY AND FIX 911, BUT WE CAN STILL ALL GO DOWN THERE AND SAY I WOULD LIKE THIS OR I WOULD LIK >> FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, WE ALL AGREE THAT THE IRONIC FACT THAT 911 ISN'T BEING TREATED LIKE AN EMERGENCY, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS JUST SPENDING.

I THINK IT IS A PRETTY COMPLEX PROBLEM.

I MEAN, IF THE BUT IT IS NOT JU PROBLEM.

AND PARTS TO THAT.

>> SECRETARY OF STATE WHO AS SECRETARY OF STATE IN MISSOURI ACTUALLY OVERSEES SECURITIES, THE BROKER INDUSTRY, AND SO THAT IF A BROKER WANTS TO PUT A CLIENT IN SOME PROGRESSIVE COMPANY BASED ON ESG, ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, THAT'S WHERE THE COMPANY THINGS IN THOSE AREAS, T BROKER HAS TO GET THE SIGNATURE OF THE CLIENT FIRST.

I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE I THINK THE BR OBLIGATION IS ACTUALLY TO MAXIMIZE THE RETURNS FOR THE CLIENT AND NOT TO PUT THEM INTO SOMETHING THAT'S SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE.

TO GET KIDS SIGNED IN SO THEY CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY.

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>> BUT PUT JOHN ASHCROFT IN JAIL.

>> DON'T FORGET, THE 401(K)s WERE NOT ACTING AS FIDUCIARIES FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND WERE SOMETIMES MAKING WERE NOT IN INTEREST.

THAT'S WRONG.

>> WE ARE GOING TO TRUST, AND YOU DON'T WANT LOOKING OVER HIS SHOULDER.

I DON'T.

HAD BEEN A LAW IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI YEARS AGO, YOU WOULD HAVE SOME VERY CON PEOPLE LESS MILLIONS A MILLIONS OF DOLL WOULD NOT HAVE INVESTED IN APPLE OR MICROSOFT.

>> THEY WOUL >> NO.

>> NO NO N >> WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE ST.#LOUIS BUSINE REPORT SHOWING T ATHLETES THE BLUES AND CARDINALS WHO RETIRED IN THE L TEN YEARS ARE NO LONGER LIVING IN ST.#LOUIS UNLIKE THE OLDER COUNTERPARTS LIKE JACKIE SMITH, BERNIE FEDERKO.

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MEANS THEY DON'T LOVE US.

IT JUST ME OPTIONS.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY HERE.

BRUCE AFFLECK WAS PART OF JACOB KERN'S STORY AND WAS TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACT.

THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S DISAPPOINTING, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST SORT OF A SIGN OF THE TIMES.

THAT SEEMS TO BE UNIQU ST.#LOUIS OR OUR STANDING IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS HAPPENIN EVERYWHERE.

>> IT'S I ME JACKIE SMITH, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THEY MADE, ST.#LOUIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISE REAL ESTATE IS LOWER.

THE COMMUTE EVEN IF YOU LIKE WEST OR NORTH OR WHATEVER IT IS NOT THAT BAD.

I UN BU DOLLARS A YEAR AND 15#-- AND I THEY DID, IF I DID, I WOULD NOT LIVE HERE.

I LOVE S I'M FROM HERE.

BU WAS MAKING THIS MUCH MONEY, THE IDEA OF LIVING IN ST.#LOUI WOULD JUST BE LIKE NO, THERE A LOT, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE HERE.

>&g DO YOU THINK STAY IN BUFFALO?

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> >> OR GR >> WHEN I GREW UP, THERE WAS A GUY WHO LIVED AROU FROM ME NAMED MI HE WAS A PITCHER FOR THE INDIANS, AND HE RAN A DRY CLEANERS.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS A FUN READ.

>> IT WAS A FUN READ.

SPEAKING OF FUN READS, LET'S GO TO THE LETTERS AND SEE W FOLKS HAD TO SAY ABOUT LAST WEEK'S SHOW.

CITY'S FAILING 911 SYSTEM IS A CRITICAL EMERGENCY THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED YESTERDAY.

WHO DOESN'T?

APPARENTLY THE CITY'S BOARD OF ALDERMEN ARE TAKING A TWO MONTH RECESS INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THIS.

TOM OF LINDENWOOD PARK WROTE RAY HARTMAN GAVE US HIS KIDS WILL BE KIDS PERSPECTIVE ON YO NOT LEAVING DOWNTOWN UNT A.M.

WHEN THE PARTY ENDS AT 11:00, I BET MR.#HARTMAN WOULD HAVE MADE SURE HIS TEENS CAME HOME AT A RESPECTABLE TIME.

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WE'RE HERE TO TELL Y REFLECT WHO YOU ARE.

-- WE'RE HERE TO TELL YOUR STORY AND REFLECT WHO YOU ARE.

SO HOPEFULLY WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING#-- >> HAVING FUN.

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>> SOMETIMES I HAVE TO DO THIS.

>> I HAVE NEVER I'M GOING TO START WATCHING.

>> THE THIRD ROW IS PROBABLY SAFE >> A >> BEFORE THE SHOW, THERE'S A TIME WE COME BACK DOWN STAIRS, GET MICCED UP AND PEOPLE A INSIDE, SO YOU GET T TALK ABOUT ONE ANOTHER.

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>> YOU'RE >> IT IS FUNNY.

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>&g BUT YEAH, IT IS JUST SORT OF THAT FAMILIAL IN A WORLD#-- I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY THAT, BUT SOMETIMES WE ALL WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND WE'RE LIKE WHA PLANET ARE WE ON WE HAVE EXPERIENCE.

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>> AND IT'S OUR BIG FOR THE YEAR.

>> WE'VE LEFT THAT OUT SO FAR.

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>> THERE IS SOME CONTROVERSY TONIGHT BECAUSE ON US#-- YOU KNOW, YOU GE YOU KNOW.

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