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>>> THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF PBS IS GOING TO BE HERE TOMORROW.

HOPEFULLY, SHE WON'T WATCH THIS SHOW.

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NO!

WELCOME TO ST. LOUIS.

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>> COMING UP ON DONNYBROOK, ANDY BANKER MADE HIS DEBUT FROM FOX NEWS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WE DID THE ST. LOUIS DRAFT ON ESPN.

AND IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL TO DO A "WHERE ARE THEY NOW" STORY.

>> I DON'T THINK THEY ARE THERE.

>> WENDY WIESE IS HERE FROM KT RC.

>> AND RAY HARTMANN IS HERE ON ANOTHER THURSDAY.

>> AND SARAH FENSKE IS HERE.

>> RIVER FRONT TIMES WORKS.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> KIND OF SOME DISTURBING NEWS IN NORTH COUNTY, JANICE SCHOOL HAS RADIOACTIVE WASTE AROUND IT AND SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THIS.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU.

THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1972.

THEY FOUND WASTE IN THE CREEK IN THE '80S.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO TEST, WE ARE DEALING WITH WATER AND IT CAN MOVE THEM AROUND.

AND THE KIDS COULD HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO IT.

IT IS AN EMERGENCY AND WE HAVE TO YANK THESE KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL.

NOBODY SAW THIS COMING?

>> IT IS THE BIGGEST ENVIRONMENT SCANDAL, EVER.

WITHOUT FULL STOP.

THE COOL WATER CREEK TRAGEDY THAT DATES BACK 80 YEARS WHEN -- WAS DOWNTOWN AND THE MANHATTAN PROJECT.

I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT.

I THINK IT IS MORE, THE TESTING HAS TO BE DONE BY THE FEDS.

NOT JUST ANYONE CAN GET THE TEST.

THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS BEEN SO IRRESPONSIBLE AND NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS.

>> I THOUGHT THERE WAS RADIOACTIVITY NEAR MY HOUSE, I WOULD GET A TEST STRIP, A GEIGER COUNTER.

I WOULD KEEP MY FAMILY SAFE!

>> IT IS NOT THE PRESUMPTUOUS OF THOSE WHO ARE A CERTAIN AGE, THERE IS NO LIFE EXPERIENCE WHEN IT COMES TO THE MANHATTAN PROJECT EVEN THOUGH GWEN STEFA GENERATION -- AND THE COOL WATER CREAM.

>> THE ARMY CORPS HAS DONE TESTING BEFORE.

THEY HAVE NOT TESTED INSIDE OF THE SCHOOL AND THEY FOUND THE LEVELS WERE ACCEPTABLE.

>> WHY -- >> NOW YOU HAVE THE BOSTON CHEMICAL GROUP THAT FINDS TRACES INSIDE OF THE SCHOOL.

HIGH TRACES.

>> HIGH TRACES.

WHY DID THEY NOT TEST BEFORE?

>> IT COMES DOWN TO WHOSE RESULTS DO YOU TRUST?

>> WHEN THE ARMY CORPS IS DOING THIS, IT IS ACCEPTABLE.

IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THEIR KIDS AND FOLKS.

IT GOES OVER A LOT OF COUNTIES.

THE CONTAMINATION OF THIS, YOU WOULD HAVE TO LAY THIS AT EVERYONE'S DOORSTEP IN A GIANT AREA -- >> AREN'T WE CAUGHT UP -- >> -- THE GEIGER COUNTER ISN'T GOING TO COUNT THIS.

THE WHOLE AREA IS CONTAMINATED.

>> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IT IS RIGHT THERE.

>> I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.

>> BUT THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT THE KIDS.

LET'S ASSIGN BLAME LATER.

LET FIGURE WHO DROPPED THE BALL LATER, BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THESE KIDS POST PANDEMIC?

>> THE METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT SAYS WE DON'T DO WHATEVER.

THIS CAME OUT TODAY.

WHO PAYS FOR A NEW SCHOOL?

THE TAX PAYERS IN HASELWOOD?

>> THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE.

CORY BUSH AND JOSH CAME OUT AT THE SAME TIME WITH VERY GOOD STATEMENTS.

I HATE TO SAY THAT ABOUT JOSH.

BUT THE LETTER SENT TO THE PRESIDENT WAS SPOT ON.

AS FOR CORY TOO.

THIS IS A GREAT FRUSTRATION.

LACY CLAY AND ANNE WAGONER.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FRUSTRATED.

I TELL YOU, THE STORY -- IT IS ONE THING IF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOLKS WERE HERE.

BUT THEY ARE ALL DEAD.

IT HAPPENED YEARS AGO.

THE INSTITUTIONAL RESISTANCE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

>> GO AHEAD, ANDY.

>> YOU WOULDN'T HAVE PICKED THE WORST PLACE TO BUILD A SCHOOL.

LIKE WENDY SAID, THEY DROPPED THE BALL.

YOU HAVE A SCHOOL BUILT A LONG TIME AGO.

THEY ARE SHUTTING THE SCHOOL.

YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOMEWHERE TO GO WITH THEM.

THEY WILL HAVE TO GO HOME AGAIN, BACK TO THE PANDEMIC AGE.

ALL OVER AGAIN AND UNTIL AT LEAST THANKSGIVING.

WHEN WE ASSIGN THEM TO ANOTHER SCHOOL.

WHAT RAY BROUGHT UP WITH SENATOR, THE REPUBLICAN, AND CORY BUSCH, THE DEMOCRAT, BUT THEY ARE COMING TOGETHER ON THIS, SAYING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO DO SOMETHING NOW.

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BUILD THEM A SCHOOL.

YOU LEFT THE MESS IN ST. LOUIS >> THEY DID LEAVE THE MESS.

THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING.

IF THIS WAS IN AN AFFLUENT PART OF DONE, I GUARANTEE IT WOULD'VE BEEN FIXED.

>> YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

>> THERE ARE SO MANY THAT HAS BEEN SAYING THIS TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT, BY THE WAY, THIS GOES BACK AND CROSSES ALL ADMINISTRATIONS, FEDERAL AND STATE.

PEOPLE -- >> MAYBE SOMETHING WILL GET DONE NOW.

>> CLEAN THIS UP.

>> ACTUALLY TAKE SOME ACTION.

>> AND THE SOCIETY OF POLICE HAVE ENDORSED A REPUBLICAN.

I'M KIND OF SURPRISED.

RAY, IT IS MADE UP OF BLACK POLICE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION STAFF, SEEMS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING TO ME THAT THEY WOULD ENDORSE A REPUBLICAN.

>> IT TOOK GUTS.

LIEUTENANT RAY RICE WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS.

THEY LIKE MARK MANTOVANI.

THEY KNOW HIM.

THEY THINK -- I HAPPEN TO THINK THEY ARE RIGHT, THAT MARK MANTOVANI WILL REPRESENT THE, WITH HELP THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN PARTICULAR BLACK POLICE OFFICERS WAY MORE THAN SAM PAGE HAS.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT PAGE.

THEY DIDN'T TALK A LOT ABOUT PAGE AND THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION SUITS AND TROY DOYLE SHOULD BE THE POLICE CHIEF AND IS NOT.

THIS IS A BIG ISSUE AND I APPLAUD THEM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY TOOK A STAND THAT CONTINUE ISN'T EASY FOR AN AFRICAN AMERICAN GROUP TO TAKE.

BUT THEY LIKE REPUBLICANS AND MARK MANTOVANI AND THEY THINK HE IS GOING TO BE A BETTER COUNTY EXECUTIVE.

>> ON THE HEELS OF STEVE, THAT HE WOULD BE THE NEW EXECUTIVE.

THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE ETHICAL SOCIETY OF POLICE, THEY ARE DEMANDING MORE TRANSPARENCY.

AND I THINK MANTAVANI WILL TRY HARDER TO DELIVER.

>> THEY HAVE THE PARTISAN LABELS AND YOU SEE BIPARTISAN THINGS HAPPENING AND YOU COULD CALL IT A MODEL FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTRY BUT IT IS IT OFTEN DISMI DYSFUNCTION DYSFUNCTIONAL.

WE DON'T LIKE HOW YOU ARE DOING THIS AND WE WILL SHOW YOU WE ARE NOT STICKING WITH YOU JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT.

THERE IS SOMETHING BOLD IN THAT.

>> DOES IT MATTER THAT MARK MANTOVANI IS RECENTLY A REPUBLICAN?

ARE THEY SPREADING THEIR WINGS AND ENDORSING A REPUBLICAN?

HE HAS BEEN ONLY A REPUBLICAN FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

>> THOSE ARE SUPPORTING ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE, JUST WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT LAWSUIT GETS FILED.

OR WHATEVER HITS THE FAN IN THE COUNTY AND ESOP SHOWS UP AND WELL, WE WANTED TO DO THIS OR THAT.

IT IS COMING.

IT IS PROBABLY COMING BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

LISTEN, JOSH HOLLY CAN SHOW UP AT MY DOOR AND SAYING I WILL BUILD YOU A NEW HOUSE.

NO, THANK YOU MAN.

WE DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE.

IT IS INSTANT GRATIFICATION IN FRONT OF POLICY.

>> YOU ARE SAYING BECAUSE HE HAS AN -- WHY DO WE HAVE THE D AND RAT THE LOCAL LEVEL?

>> AT THE COUNTY LEVEL?

>> EXACTLY.

>> THAT'S MARK'S WHOLE POINT.

>> I WROTE ABOUT THAT.

SAM PAGE DIDN'T CARRY THE DEMOCRATS ON THE COUNTY CITY COUNCILLE.

>> IT DOESN'T MATTER.

>> IT DOES!

ANDY IS RIGHT.

WHETHER IT IS THE CITY OR COUNTY IT SHOULD BE -- BUY, MOST CITY AND COUNTIES ARE NON PARTISAN.

THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM TO BE BIPARTISAN.

THE ISSUES THAT DIVIDE THEM HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH PARTISAN POLITICS.

I'M THE LAST PERSON WHO SUPPORTS THE REPUBLICANS.

THEY ARE A PARTY OF INSURGENCY.

IN CITY AND COUNTY POLITICS THE LABELS DON'T APPLY.

>> IT DOES.

THE BACKING COMES FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THEY NOMINATED HIM.

AND IF YOU RUN WITH AN R, YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

AND I THINK THAT IS GOING TO BE A NUANCES IN THE LEAST.

>> U.S. SECRETARY MET HER ON TUESDAY.

NAME DROP.

TIME FLIES WHEN YOU ARE MEETING IMPORTANT PEOPLE.

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>> CELEBRATING 250 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT THAT WE GOT FROM THE BUILD BACK BETTER AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION MOST OF THAT IS GOING TO AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN NORTH CITY.

WE GOD GOOD NEWS, ISRAELI-BASED COMPANY IS SETTING UP A FACTORY IN THE CITY.

CRYSTAL CITY IS GOING TO HAVE A TEXTILE -- IS ST. LOUIS CATCHING TRACTION?

>> I HOPE WE ARE TURNING A CORNER.

I HOPE.

SO MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE GOTTEN SO EXPENSIVE IT IS SO IMPOSSIBLE FOR FAMILIES TO GET ANYTHING THERE AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE.

WE HAVE A GOOD ARGUMENT, LAND IS AFFORDABLE, YOU CAN BUY A HOUSE.

OUR PRICES HAVE GONE UP, BUT NOT AS MUCH AS MID-SIZED CITIES.

THIS IS A GOOD PLACE FOR EMPLOYERS TO LOCATE.

I'M FEELING HOPEFUL.

>> YOU ARE RIGHT.

I DO THINK WE HAVE HAD SUCH A PERCEPTION PROBLEM LATELY.

SO, IT -- WHAT DID YOU SAY IN THE GREEN ROOM?

TWO STEPS FORWARD, FOUR STEP BACKS.

THAT AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE TURNING A CORNER, WE HAVE THIS JANICE STORY, WHICH IS HUGE AT THIS POINT.

THEY KNOW BIT IN THE SOVIET UNION.

WE CLEARLY HAVE WORK TO DO.

THINGS APPEAR TO BE GETTING BRIGHTER.

>> THEY ARE RADIOACTIVE PROBLEMS TOO.

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>> ISRAELI CHEMICALS, THEY HAVE THE FORMER MONSANTO PLANT.

ONE THING THEY DO IS MAKE PLANT-BASED MEAT.

THEY MAKE THE MEAT SUBSTITUTE.

>> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT IS HAMBURGER.

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>> ON THE SAME PROPERTY, THEY ARE BUILDING THIS ADDITION TO MAKE LITHIUM IRON BATTERY COMPONENT TO POWER ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAD A TOWN HALL ON WEDNESDAY AND ANNOUNCED GIVING OUT THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS GOING TO 20 COMPANIES THAT IS GOING TO HELP POWER THE FUTURE THROUGH ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THE FIRST ONE HE SPOKE TO, THERE WERE 20 ON THE LIVE STREAM THAT I WATCHED YESTERDAY SHL YESTERDAY.

HE CALLED ON THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF IC L, RIGHT IN ST. LOUIS AND TALKED TO HIM.

HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK?

AS I'M DOING THAT AND I'M AT THE PLANT, I LOOK ACROSS THE STREET AND I SEE A REPORT I DID EARLIER IN THE WEEK ON THE RIVER TO GREEN WAY, A BEAUTIFIED AREA ALONG THE DRAINAGE DITCH WHICH IS THE RIVER.

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THEY ARE NOT COPPER, BUT BRASS MARKERS THAT SAY THE RIVER.

PART OF THE RIVER'S GREEN WAY.

NINE OF THEM NOT STOLEN.

THEY ARE BIG AND HEAVY.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU STEAL THEM.

AND THE BIG NEW Z OF POWERING THE FUTURE AND I AM LOOKING AT THE PILLARS AND WELL, THEY DIDN'T GET THAT ONE.

THAT ONE IS STILL THERE.

IT IS ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK.

YOU CAN'T GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT ANYTHING HAPPENING IN ST. LOUIS.

>> SOMETIMES IT IS TWO STEPS FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK.

FIRST OF ALL, THE GREATER ST. LOUIS, WHICH I CRITICIZE A LOT BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND THE REAL ESTATE ISSUES.

BUT THEY ARE GETTING GOOD.

>> THEY HAVE GO-TO AGENCIES.

>> I WAS POSITIVE ABOUT IT WHEN IT FIRST CAME HERE.

AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THINGS I'M SURE SPEAKING OF REPUBLICANS, ALL OF THE REPUBLICANS HAD VOTED AGAINST THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL AND HERE AND ELSEWHERE.

OH, THIS IS GREAT STUFF.

AND I'M LISTENING, GEE, IT IS A CHEMICAL PLANT AND A PLANT MAKING MEAT.

>> HAMBURGER.

>> THEY ARE NOT IN THE SAME CONTAINER, RIGHT?

>> THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE.

AND BEER -- BUT I MEAN, I THINK IT IS -- I DON'T THINK IT IS HELPFUL ALWAYS TO BE DOWN.

I THINK OUR POINT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT AT LEAST EMBRACE THE GOOD NEWS WHEN IT HAPPENS AND REALIZE THAT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF TURNING THE CORNER IS RIGHT.

WE SHOULDN'T KNOW CYNICAL EVERY TIME THERE IS GOOD NEWS.

>> THE REGION HAD A UNITED PLAN.

AND IT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE INVOLVED IN IT AND THAT'S WHERE THE MANUFACTURING PLANT AND THE RIVER.

IT IS GOOD NEWS ALL THE WAY AROUND.

>> IT IS GOOD NEWS FOR BRENTWOOD.

THEY HAD 6 MILLION DOLLARS IN THEIR BANK.

>> MERRY CHRISTMAS.

>> THE COUNTY SAID THEY DISCOVERED IT AND BRENTWOOD SAYS THEY DISCOVERED IT AND IT WAS A DIRECT DEPOSIT.

CAN YOU GIVE US A BREAK?

>> THESE ARE SALE TAX RECEIPTS, AND THEY DOLE THEM OUT TO MUNICIPALITIES.

SHOULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED?

WELL, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A TYPICAL MONTH OR TWO IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

THEY ENDED UP GETTING MILLIONS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS IN A ROW.

AND BRENTWOOD BLOWS THE WHISTLE.

I DON'T BLAME ST. LOUIS COUNTY BECAUSE THERE ARE 88 MUNICIPALITIES STILL IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY.

SO THEY HAVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT EVERY TIME WE BUY A TWINKIE IN ST. LOUIS HOW MUCH OF THAT GOES TO THE 88 DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.

IT SEEMS LIKE A RECIPE FOR DISASTER TO ME.

I BET IT HAS HAPPENED FOR YEARS UPON YEARS.

THIS IS THE FIRST WE ARE HEARING ABOUT IT.

WHO KNOWS WHERE THE MONEY GOES.

>> I DISAGREE.

I'M SORRY.

IT IS A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM.

IT INVOLVES THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.

THIS IS NOT SOMEBODY SITTING WITH A GREEN EYE SHADE DOING MATH.

YOUR SALE TAXES ARE COLLECTED AND GOT TO BE COORDINATED WITH THE STATE.

IT IS ALL IN THE COMPUTER.

I THINK THE BIGGER PROBLEM WITH ST. LOUIS COUNTY, THEY FOUND OUT FROM THE DISPATCH.

THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

A PART OF THE PROBLEM, AGAIN, NOT PARTISAN, IT IS TRANSPARENCY.

THEY KNEW ABOUT IT AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL WAS NOT ADVISED OF THIS.

YOU CAN ARGUE STUFF HAPPENS.

>> YOU THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME?

>> ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES, THEY ARE FREAKING OUT, ALL 89, THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE UNDER PAID, OVER PAID AND WHERE THE 6 MILLION WENT.

IT IS A MESS.

BUT I THINK THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY HAS MADE IT WORSE.

>> WHETHER IT IS A COMPUTER ERROR OR NOT, ANDY IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

WHEN I LOOKED AT THE EXECUTIVE FLOWCHART OF THIS MONEY, THIS 1 PERCENT SALE TAX, 88 MUNICIPALITIES AND BRENTWOOD AND OTHERS, THEY ARE SENDING IT ALL TO JEFFERSON CITY WHERE NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG AND THEY ARE DISTRIBUTING IT TO ALL OF THE PARTIES BACK HERE IN THE COUNTY.

SO -- >> IT IS ELECTRONIC.

>> BUT STILL THE 88 HAS TO MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED.

ALL A[ALL TALKING AT ONCE].

>> I DON'T THINK THERE IS EDUCATION THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE DID ANYTHING WRONG.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS AN ERROR ON THE COUNTY'S END.

I COULD BE WRONG -- >> IT IS A PRETTY BIG ERROR.

I'M NOT COMFORTABLE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED.

>> I'M NOT SAYING THAT.

YOU CAN'T BLAME IT ON THE FACT THAT THERE ARE 88 INNOCE ENTITIES.

>> IT DOESN'T HELP, RAY.

>> WE THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED.

>> WE WILL DO IT TOGETHER -- >> SORRY.

>> I AGREE WITH RAY.

THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES DON'T HAVE -- THE COMPUTERS MAKE ERRORS.

>> THE COMPUTER MADE ON ERROR.

>> HOW DOES 6 MILLION DOLLARS ENDED UP IN BRENTWOOD'S ACCOUNT.

>> THEY ARE GOING TO PAY IT BACK.

IT IS NOT ON ISSUE FOR THEM.

IT MAY BE AN ISSUE FOR SOME OF THE MUNICIPALITIES.

>> THEY ARE NOT ADDRESSING THE COUNTIES TO TELL THEM WHAT THEY OWE.

GIVE A GOLD STAR FOR BRENTWOOD.

>> YOU ARE ON BORROWED TIME.

>> THEY CAME FORWARD AFTER SOMEONE FOUND OUT.

WE KNOCKED ON THEIR DOOR, OH, I THOUGHT THE PLAGUES WERE FREE.

>> THEY FELL OFF INTO MY ARMS.

[LAUGHTER.]

>> THIS AIN'T FREE.

SPIRE WANTS TO RAISE THE RATES THIS 13 PERCENT.

IT IS COLD, IT IS WINTER.

WE DON'T HAVE MONEY.

HOW COULD THEY DO THIS?

>> IT IS AN AWFUL THING.

BUT THE GAS RESERVES ARE AT 3-YEAR LOWS BECAUSE OF THE COLD WINTERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

APPARENTLY THE NATURAL GAS WAS USED DURING THE HEAT WAVES DURING THE SUMMERTIME.

IT IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IT ISN'T JUST SPIRE.

AS MUCH AS I KNOW I WILL GET A LOT OF HATE MAIL AT CHANNEL 9.

I AM WILLING TO DO IT TO STAY WARM BECAUSE I CAN.

THEY ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF THOSE WHO CAN'T.

I HOPE.

>> HEAT UP ALVIN.

[LAUGHTER.]

>> I THINK IT IS TOO MUCH.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF THAT GOING ON.

HAVE YOU LOOKED AT YOUR GROCERY BILL?

>> DO THE SPIRES HAVE NO PROFITS TO CUT INTO IN ORDER NOT TO JAB THE PEOPLE?

>> THIS IS KEEPING THEIR BANK ACCOUNT WARM.

JOHN COFFMAN WAS AN EXPERT.

I HAVE TO DEFER TO HIM.

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.

THEY ARE INCREASING THE RATE OF THE -- >> DID YOU READ THE AIRLINE REPORTS?

WE ARE ALL BEING GOUGED.

>> THEY ARE UNIQUE AND THEY ARE -- THEY ARE TRYING AND GUARANTEED RATE OF RETURN.

ALMOST 10 PERCENT.

THEY WANT IT TO BE OVER 10 EVEN WITH INFLATION.

NOT MANY COMPANIES ARE GETTING THAT.

>> YOU HAVE THE PESKY WAR IN UKRAINE.

>> BUT -- I KNOW, IF THIS WAS BASED ON SPIRE, IT IS GOING TO INCREASE THEIR PROFITABILITY AT A TIME WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD IT.

I HOPE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION STANDS UP TO THEM.

>> THERE ARE GOING TO BE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THAT HAVE STARTED IN KANSAS CITY.

>> MAYBE BIDEN CAN TAP INTO THE RESERVES.

WHATEVER!

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE HIGH GAS PRICES, ELECTRICITY, DOES THIS HAVE AN IMPACT AND DRIVE US AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS?

>> I DON'T THINK IT DOES.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE VOTED IN A LOT OF PLACES.

I DON'T THINK IN A COUNTRY THAT IS SO DIVIDED BETWEEN BLUE AND RED, I DON'T THINK MANY MINDS ARE BEING CHANGED.

DO I THINK REPUBLICANS ARE INFLUENCED BY IT?

I THINK THAT IT IS GOING TO THE ELECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE DETERMINED BY TURN-OUT.

IT IS A QUESTION WHO GETS THEIR BASE OUT.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS A BASE-MOVI BASE-MOVING EVENT.

>> IN THE LAST MINUTE, SOME OF THE FOODS THEY ARE SELLING AND PORK STEAKS ARE ON THE MENU.

THAT DOESN'T SEEM EUROPEAN TO ME.

>> IT IS ST. LOUIS.

>> GOOD FOR THEM.

>> HOT DOGS.

>> IT IS ST. LOUIS.

>> THESE ARE TERRIFIC CUTS OF MEAT.

GIVE ME A PORK STEAK.

I'M GOING NOW.

>> I WASN'T.

>> I WASN'T.

>> IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE EUROPE EUROPEAN.

>> STAN HAS TO PAY -- >> PAID TO ST. LOUIS IN THE NFL RELOCATION SETTLEMENT WITH THE RAMS HAS TO COME OUT OF KROENKE'S POCKET.

>> DO YOU THINK HE IS FEELING IT?

>> I THINK HE IS FEELING THE OTHER 31 OWNERS STIFFING HIM WITH THAT BILL.

>> AND THE HEADLINE, KROENKE LOSES THE MONEY THAT HE MARRIED INTO.

>> AND SPENDING LESS ON THE STREETS IS NOT LESSENING THE BIKE ACCIDENTS WHEN THE DRIVERS HAVE LESS RESPECT FOR THE OTHERS USING THE ROADS.

FROM LARRY.

>> I ENJOYED JACOB ON THE SHOW.

HE WAS REFRESHING.

GEORGE.

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