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GREAT THIS HALF HOUR IS OVER, IN FACT AROUND THE CORNER WE ARE GOING TO TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN JO FOR THE APRIL 11th FOR NEXT DONNYBASH.

LET'S MEET WITH WENDY WIESE FROM THE BIG 550KTRS.

BILL MCCLELLAN.

FROM THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN ALVIN REID.

BECAUSE WE OFTEN HAVE NEWS THAT'S NOT TOO ROSIE ABOUT THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS, BUT I BEING REPORTED THAT AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS DOWNTOWN ARE DOWN 18% THIS YEAR.

PROPERTY CRIMES ARE DOWN 35% DOWNTOWN, WHICH ARE REALLY GOOD NUMBERS TO CELEB >> GOOD NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS SOMETHING TO CELEB IF I WERE TO IT, THERE'S FEWER PEOPLE DOWNTOWN THA I MEAN, IF YOU G HAVE TO LOOK AROUND TO FIND PEOPLE ANYMORE.

I THINK THAT DOES HELP THE NUMBERS, IF THERE ARE FEWER POTENTIAL VICTIMS, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE FEWER CRIMES.

>> I WOULD DISAGREE BILL, BECAUSE THE STAT TAKE UP WITH THE POLICE FORCE, AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON THE POLICE FORCE, AND THEY A IT'S SO TERRIBLE, SO HORRIBLE.

WHENEVER THERE'S INCIDENTS DOWNTOWN, IT LEADS THE NEWS AND ON AND ON AND ON.

THE REASON THEY HAVE G CONTROL OVER THE BED AND BREAKFAST DOWN THE CRIME IS OUT O CITY.

I MEAN DOWNTOWN.

IS IT OUT OF CONTROL DOW THAT REFUTES ALL OF THAT FURRY COMING OUT OF JEFFERSON CITY.

>> BILL DOES HAVE A POINT.

IF THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE WORKING DOWNTOWN, FEWER PE HANGING OUT DOWNTOWN.

>> DRINKING IN CLUBS >> DRINKING IN CLUBS, IT'S GOING TO BE DOWN.

DON'T FORGET CALLING 911 IS DIFFICULT.

SOMETHING THEY MAY NOT CALL THE POLICE.

RUNNING RED LIGHTS THAT ARE RAMPANT DOWNTOWN.

ASSAULT.

>> W OBVIOUSLY.

ACCEPT ANYTHING POSITIVE WITHOUT A BIG ASTERISKS, IT'S AL IT'S NEGATIVE AND IF IT'S POSITIVE, WE WILL MAKE SOME REASON FOR IT.

EVERY DOWNTOWN A COUNTRY HAS LOWER OCCUPANCY IN ITS OFFICE BUILDINGS.

ST. LOUIS STILL HAS ALL SPORTING EVENTS, WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIAL DOWNTOWN AND OTHER STUFF.

COMPARED TO WHAT I SAW SOMETIMES DOWNTOWN, OF COURSE IT'S DIFFERENT.

AS FAR OFF.

I THINK PROBLEM, AND I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS -- I HAPPEN TO CONTINUE TO BELIEVE WE GIVING ENOUGH RESPECT FOR THE RESIDENTS DOWNTOWN AND CONCERNS, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT NUMERICALLY DOWNTOWN IS AS UNSAFE AS A LOT OF PEOPL >> WHEN I GO DOWNTOWN, RAY, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY.

I MEAN, IT >> I AGREE.

I AGREE.

YOU ALL NO WHAT A ZOOLOGIES I AM, BUT IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM WHEN THE FOOD SUPPLY DISAPPEARS, THE PREDATORS MOVE ALONG WITH THE FOOD SUPPLY.

I'M SA RIGHT.

>> BILL WANT TO PO FORGET, I WAS WRONG ON OUR LAST BROADCAST, BECAUSE I SAID -- THIS I I SAID THERE WERE 12 HOMICIDE DETECTIVES FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS AND SERGEANT CHARLES WALL CONTACTED ME AND SAID THERE'S 36.

IT > >> WAIT A SECOND, TH AS YOU SAID, IF THE PERC IS THAT NOBODY IS DOWNTOWN A ANTIDOTE ALLEALAL WILL, IF THERE'S NOBODY DOWNTOWN, IT'S IN THE GOING TO DRI >> AT THE BALLROOM, METALLICA WAS HERE THAT NIGHT, THE BLUES PLAYED.

WHEN YOU DROVE DOWNTOWN, IT LOOKED LIKE ST. LOUIS HAD A GOING ON.

NOW, MAYBE O NIGHT, WE DID.

BUT I JUST -- WHEN I GOT HOME, I TOLD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW WHAT?

IT DIDN'T LOOK BAD.

>> CHARLIE, PLEASE.

>> THA I'M GOING TO SHIFT POSITIONS GO WITH WHAT YOU SAID.

THESE NUMBERS ARE GREAT.

>> CHARLIE, CAN I SAY ONE THING?

>> JOSHUA OF THE NEWSPAPER POINTED OUT THAT THE POLICE FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW HAVE UNCOUNTED CRIME ACCORDING TO THE STATE AN >> HE'S RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

WHEN WE TA WHAT ARE WE TALKIN UNION STATION IS ROCKING, AND IN ALL THE TIMES -- I CAN GO BACK 30 YEARS WHERE IT WAS GOING TO BE RENOVATED AND ALL THEY HAVE UNION STATION, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN, HOPPING.

THE ARTS.

RIGHT NOW THE NEW YORK TIMES SAID WE HAVE THE SAFEST NATIONAL PARK IN THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN.

IT DEPENDS HOW Y WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FEW BLOCKS OF DOWNTOWN.

>> WHEN WE SAY, OH, YEAH, IT'S ALL CLEAR.

> >> STOP IT.

WE WILL MOVE TO ALVI THIS ONE.

ALVIN, I THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS DIDN'T G ITS ACT TOGETHER AND FAILED TO SEND IN THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK TO JEFFERSON CITY TO LEV ON MARIJUANA.

AS YOU KNO RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN THE STATE OF CITIES CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT, AS YOU KNOW ALL TOO WELL.

THEY DIDN'T TAX IT, SO WE ARE GOING TO USE $600,000, AND THE DON'T EACH KNOW WHICH DEPARTMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR BIG DEAL OR NOT >> BIG DEAL.

SERIOUS, ABOUT GAMBLING LEGALIZED AND THE POT AND ALL OF THAT, AS MUCH FUN AS WE HAVE WITH IT, THE SEASON YOU ARE DOING THAT IS FOR THE MONE IF YOU ARE GOING TO LET THE MONEY FLY OUT OF THE WINDO THAT'S INEXCUSABLE.

TRUST ME, ILLINOIS WAS TAXING FROM HOUR ONE, DAY O KEEPING COUNT.

I'M SURE THE THE GAMBLING IN KANSAS.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO MI DIME.

WE GOT OUT O OF PEOPLE IN THE STATE IT.

THIS, BUT THE REASON YOU ARE NOT HEARING FROM THEM IS BECAUSE THEY ARE GETTING PAID.

>> I WAS REMINDED OF MEDIA MASTERS, AND HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO GO TO SOME OF THE FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES AND TEACH THEM HOW TO DEAL I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT IN THE BUDGET AND CERTAINLY WOULD BE WAY DOWN ON THE LIST PRIORITIES.

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE SAY WOW, THAT'S A HUGE SURPRISE, WE ARE SURE GLAD THEY BROUGHT THAT TO OUR ATTENTION, THAT'S DISHEARTENING.

I LIKE WHEN A PUBLIC OFFICIAL OR SPOKESPERSON SAYS THIS IS OUR MISTAKE.

THANK YOU.

MAYBE THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF COLLECTING, MUSIC, I KEEP NOTICING WIESE HAS THE GREEN TIE.

WITH BEING HONEST BY THE MEDIA BEING A NICE THING, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE STORIES THAT IT'S JUST NOT AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DOESN'T GET TO JUST SAY OUR DOG ATE THE HOMEWORK.

IT'S 600 GRAND IN A CITY THAT NEEDS THE MONEY.

I KEEP THINK GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS?

OOPS.

THERE'S SOMETHING VERY UNSETTLING.

AB OUT ST. LOUIS COUNTY WHICH DENIED CHIEF TIM FITCH AND POLICE PENSION WHEN WHEN H ON THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY COUNCIL, THEY KEPT RULING WITH FITCH AND NOW THE COUNTY HAS TO FORK OVER NOT ONLY THE PENSION HE WAS DUE BUT 105,000 IN LEGAL BILLS AND INTEREST AND MOR >> IT'S HARD.

I WHEN YOU WORK FOR ST. LOUIS COUNTY AS TIM FITCH DID FOR 31 YEARS AS POLICE OFFICER AND CHIEF, MONEY IS TAKEN OUT OF YOUR PAYCHECK AND PUT AWAY IN A PENSION.

FOR SOMEBODY THAT WORKED 24 YEARS, $84,000 A YEAR LIFETIME PENSION, AND I THINK WE ALL AGREE POLICE OFFICERS DESERVE IT.

HOSTILE AND UNFOFFABLE ACT.

STEVE STANDINGER WHO DIDN'T LIKE HIM DECIDED THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.

FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE AND SPEND THE 84,000.

BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO GO TO PLEDGE.

WAS WRONG THENNED, THEY HAD A CHANCE TO FIX IT.

AS A RESULT THE THIS.

LEAST 265,000 PLUS WHATEVER LEGAL FEES IT SPENT AT THE COUNTY TO FIGHT FOR THE PRINCIPLE THAT IF YOU WORK ST. LOUIS COUNTY, YOU SH LOSE YOUR PENSION BENEFITS.

>> AT LEAST 280,000, $260,000.

>> ARE WE GOING TO COME BACK TO THIS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TH BREAK?

TH IS ON THE OTHER BREAK?

MONEY.

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOUR RETIREMENT TO RUN FOR COUNTY COUNCIL AND NOT RUN FOR PENSION.

MAKE A PITCH, AND WE WILL TELL HIM.

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APRIL 1st AT THAPRIL 11th AT THE SHELDON.

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I WILL BE HERE.

&g TO MARTY.

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MEET THE NINE PBS STAFF, AND THE "DONNYBROOK"ERS.

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ADORE BEING A PART OF DONNYBASH.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT BEATS THE LIVE STUDIO AUDI YOU THRIVE IN THAT ENERGY.

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FASCINATING CONVERSATION WITH "DONNYBROOK".

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WE WILL SEE YOU A NOT SOONER.

WENDY WIESE, I W ABOUT THE POLITICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST, AND HIS NAME IS BRETT GUSTAFSON AND HE TWEETED HE CONDONED SOMETHING LIKE HUMILIATING SOMETHING AT THEIR HOME, AND IT'S WHA PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS DID AT THE HOME OF THE POLITICA COMMITTEE LEADER IN LOS ANGELES.

THEY SHOWED UP AT THE FE HOME, AND BANGED ON POTS SO NO ONE COULD REST OR SLEEP.

WASHINGTON PROFESSOR SAID THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

HE YOUR MESSAGE ACROSS.

WHAT SHOULD PROTESTERS BE AT HOMES OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIKE THEY WERE WITH SENATOR JOSH HAWLEY.

YET THIS SEEMS DIFFERENT.

IT JUST SEEMS VERY DIF WHEN YOU READ THAT THIS IS A WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WHO IS CONDONING THIS, AND IN A STATEMENT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SA INTIMIDATION OR BULLYING OR THESE KINDS OF AGGRESSIVE TACTICS, BUT PROFESSOR GUSTAFSON -- SORRY NOT DOING VERY WELL WITH THE NORWEGIAN, BUT THAT HE'S STILL EMPLOYED BY WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, TO MY MIND, IT'S ADVERSITY IN MY OPINION, AND THE PROFESSOR, HE'S GOT TO KNOW THAT HE'S SCARING A LOT OF HIS STUDENTS.

SLAFLY WAS INTIMIDATED TO SOME OF THE STU HE CAN BE, TOO >> FIRST OF ALL, I DO NOT ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING SHOULD HE'S GOT A FREE SPEECH SAY THIS.

WE OUG TOGETHER, THOSE OF US WHO FIND WHAT HE SAID APPALLING, AND WE SHOULD GO TO THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND LET HIM THINK ABOUT IT.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO DO IT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT.

WENT TO HAWLEY'S HOUSE AND I DIDN'T DISLIKE IT ENOUGH LIKE THE MCCLOS MCCLOSKEYS, BUT THE POINT IS I DON'T EVER LIKE THAT, AND I DON'T LIKE IT, BUT IT'S WITHIN YOUR RIGHTS, BUT IT'S ALSO WITHIN THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS SAY THIS IS THE WRONG WAY TO RESOLVE THINGS.

>> WHAT THE PROFESSOR IS SAYING, LISTEN, ALL I'M SAYING IS IT IS A TACTIC.

IT IS NOT ILLEGAL, ALT VANDALISM IS, AND THEY SHOULD BE ARRESTED FOR THAT.

I'M BREAKING IT DOWN TO THE SIMPLIST OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY AND FREEDOM TO PROTEST, AND MAYBE HE'S JUST SAYING IT IS A TACTIC, AND I CAN SAY THAT I SUPPORT IT BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN A CONSTITUTION, THAT IS OKAY TO DO THIS.

MATTER, WHICH IS WHAT IS DRIVING EVERYBODY CRAZY.

I MEAN.

>> IF IT WAS T BE THE SAME REACTION.

>> IF THE CLAN CAME TO M >> SERIOUSLY.

>> LOOK, THE CLAN IS OUTSIDE HOUSE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I CAN'T TELL THE CLAN TO BEAT IT JUST LIKE I COULDN'T TELL THOSE PEOPLE IN THE STREET.

>> ALAN, THAT'S HIS WHOLE POINT AND I'M NOT SAYING THEY SHOULD BE ARRESTED.

OF US, IF THE CLAN SHOWS UP AT YOUR HOUSE.

>> THAT >> CONDEMN IT.

>> I PEOPLE WENT AND DEMONSTRATED IN FRONT OF THE HOME OF KEN AND MARJORIE SMITH BECAUSE KEN MYTH FAVORED THE RIGHT TO HAVE A PERSON WITHDRAW A SUBSTANCE IN THE HOSPITAL.

THE PR AND MARJORIE WENT OUT WITH HOT CLOCCHOCOLATE AND SERVED HOT CHOCOLATE.

THEY JUST DO.

THE PROFESSOR HAS A RIGHT TO IT'S A TACTIC.

>> PEOPLE THAT REACT ALSO HAVE THAT RIGHT.

>> IN RESTRICTIONS ON STREETS TH CAN'T PROTEST IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS DENYING SLEEP IS AGAINST THE GENEVA CONVENTION.

>> I'M ON THE SIDE OF TH OF RIGHTS, AND YOU H RIGHT TO ASSEM IS WHETHER WE SHOULD END THE CONVERSATION THERE, TO THE PROFESSOR, HE'S TECHNICALLY RIGHT, BUT THAT DOES NOT M YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT -- I THINK THE KIND EXAMPLE IS PERFECT.

KIND OF STUFF, ALSO HAVE A FREE SPEECH RIGHT TO SAY IT'S WRONG AS A TACTIC TO INTIMIDATE PEOPLE AT THEIR HOMES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO -- I AM IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM COMPARING THESE PEOPLE TO THE PALESTINIANS, THE FOLKS IN THE CLAN.

OPINION, BUT LET'S NOT GO THERE.

>> HOW ABOUT YOU INTERVIEW WITH DARLENE GREEN, LONG-TIME ST. LOUIS COMPTROLLER WHO WAS THE SUBJECT THIS W BARKER PIECE IN THE POST DISPATCH.

TO THE OFFICE, MAY BE THERE ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK.

WE KNOW PUBLICLY SHE'S B BY THE COURTS AND MAYBE EVEN THE POLICE OFFICERS BECAUSE OF LACK OF PAYMENT.

PEOPLE ISN'T PAYING THE BILLS ON TIME AND DEMONSTRATED OUT OF THE 95 POSITIONS IN HER OFFICE, ABOUT 25% ARE VACANT RIGHT NOW.

WHAT DID SHE TELL YOU, AND DOES SHE NEED TO GET HER ACT TOGETHER?

RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY ERRORS MY OFFICE MAKES.

SHE CAME CLEAN O A NEW ACCOUNTING SYSTEM WAS PUT IN THAT SHE VOTED TO APPROVE.

BUT SHE SAID WE CANNOT GO TO THINGS, ESPECIALLY PAYROLL WITHOUT TEST THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAV PREVIOUSLY.

SO OUT OF THE BL THERE'S ALL THESE ERRORS AND THERE'S PROBLEMS.

THEY ARE STILL WORKI CORRECT THAT.

YOU KNOW ANO, MA'AM MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES AND DISGRUNTLED FOLKS, AND BLAH THIS AND BLAH THAT, I TAKE ALL THAT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.

SHOULD THEY BE DOING BETTER?

SHE ACKNOWLEDGES AND WE ALL ACKNOWLEDGE, YES.

RATING AND ONE OFFICE THAT SEEMS TO BE FUNCTIONING IN ST. LOUIS AND SEEMS TO BE FOR TH YEARS.

&g t;> I THOUGHT THE S TERRIFIC, THOUGH.

I ALWAYS LIKE IT W DIGS INTO AN OFFICEHOLDER AND YES THE SOURCES ARE GOING TO BE ANONYMOUS.

WANT TO BE OUT THERE IN THE PAPER SAYING SOMETHING.

I THOUGHT IT WAS AY EYE OPENING.

>> I THINK THAT ANO, MA'AM MISCELLANEOUS SOURCE CONTACTS, PROCEED, PROBABLY WOULD HE BE SOMEWHAT REVEALING.

THE CITY OF AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR.

WE ALL HAVE AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT.

DIFFERENT.

OPINION, DARLENE GREEN IS NOT AN ISSUE IN THE CITY OF ST. >> THE VENDOR WHO CLEANS SAYS HE'S GOING TO QUIT BECAUSE HE'S NOT GETTING PAID.

>> THAT'S THE PAYROLL.

>> IF HE CAN'T -- I'M SORRY HE'S NOT GETTING PAID.

IT'S A MISTAKE.

>&g OUT TO JOPLIN US CREDIT CARD, AND IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE IT'S NOT PAID.

>> CHARLIE, LET'S.

>> SHE D MANPOWER LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T RUN A PRIVATE BUSINESS LIKE THIS.

>> IT'S NOT A PRIVATE &g t;> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

>> NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.

HOLD IT.

THE ONE OFFICE.

>> HOW ABOUT SHE OFFICE.

>> CAN I SAY SOMETHING?

>> YOU D TRUE.

TIMES A WEEK.

>> AND SHE WOR SHE SAID SHE'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE.

>> AND SHE SAID SHE'S GOT TO BE AROUND TO SIGN THE CON THE CITY OF THIS SIZE.

>> CHARLIE, COULD I MAKE A POINT?

> PROBLEMS LIKE DARLENE GREEN.

AS FAR AS THE PAPERS, SURE, USE AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE IS FINE.

I WON A PUT PULITZER.

IT'S OKAY.

I FOUN >> AND WHEN A CONTRACTOR QUITS AT LAMBERT, THAT'S A GREAT STORY.

>> THE CITY HAS GOT >> OH, MY GOSH.

>> CITY, THEY HAVE BEEN BI LLS.

IT'S SHORT.

IT'S IT WASN'T A >> GET TO THE POINT.

>> THE POINT IS THAT OV DON'T THINK SHE'S DOING -- I DIDN'T COME AWAY WITH.

>> I LEFT THE FEELING LIKE IT'S HER TURN.

>> EXACTLY.

&g >> W OFFICES.

HIM LOOKING AT IT.

IF I HAD BEEN THE EDITOR >> SHE HAD A STELLAR CAREER.

>> LOOKING AT HERSELF ELOQUENTLY.

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>> ABSOLUTELY.

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WE HAVE THAT GOING FOR US AS WELL.

ALTHOUGH SOCCER IN ST. LOUIS, WE HAVE THAT GOING FOR US IT'S A THURSDAY NIGHT.

THERE WON'T BE A GAME YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE WHATSOEVER.

CARDINALS WILL BE ON THE ROAD.

THE BLUES PLAY THE NIGHT BEFORE.

THERE'S NO EXCUSES.

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>> HAVE YOU SEEN PARIS MURDERS?

>> NO.

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BACK INTO THE REST OF THE EXCITING CONVERSATION WITH "DONNYBROOK".

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU.

GUESS, A HORRIBLE HOMICIDE IN CLAYTON, AND IT TURNS OUT THE ACCUSED KILLER, SOMEONE BY THE NAME OF TERR ON BOND.

HE H SPRING FOR LEADING CHASE, POINTING A FIREARM AT A POLICE OFFICER, CRASHING HIS STOLEN VEHICLE IN A BUS, IN A TRUCK, AND GETS OUT ON A $3, BOND WITH AN ANKLE MONITOR, BUT THE GPS BATTERY FADED.

IT WENT OUT.

SO THE GUY W GPS COMPANY IN ST. PETER'S, THE COMPANY IS CALLED COMMUNITY SERVICES, SENT A NOTICE TO THE JUDGE AND SAID LOOK.

THIS GUY'S GPS BRACELET ISN'T WORKING.

THAT WAS SEPTEMBER 7th.

ON OCTOBER 12th, TERRELL JOHNSON IS IN COURT FOR A PRETRIAL ASSESSMENT AND EVEN THOUGH THE LETTER IS IN HI FILE, IN THE DOCK ET, THE JUDGE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, PROSECUTORS OFFICE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

I'M STARTING SHOULDN'T HAVE GPS MONITORS IF PEOPLE AREN'T FOLLOWING THEM.

>> THEY DIDN'T WANT THIS GUY TO GET BAIL AND BE OUT ON THE STREET.

WHATEVER IS IN THIS FILE, NOT THAT YOU WEAR AN ANKLE BRA WHEN YOU SAID THAT, I GOT A QUESTION.

RED LIGHT WHERE THE PERSON WHO HAS IT ON WHERE THERE'S A BATTERY.

THEY S >> THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

>> BUT IF IT'S NOT GOI IMMEDIATELY SET OFF AN ALARM SOMEPLACE WHERE OKAY, LIKE THE SECOND IT HAPPENS THE POLICE ARE NOTIFIED AND THEN THERE'S A STRUCTURED WAY WHERE YOU THIS PERSON AND SAY WE HAVE GO TO RECHARGE YOUR BATTERY, AND THEN THEY ARE USELESS.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE SOMEBODY ONE OF THESE THINGS A IT'S NOT GOING TO OPERATE, AGAIN, MAYBE WE NEED TO REVISIT.

WHERE ARE THEY OUT ON BAIL IN THE FIRST PLACE?

>> HE WAS THE ORGANIZATION THE BAIL PROJECT PAID HIS WAY OUT.

>> I AGREE WITH ALVIN.

THIS IS THE $600,000.

IT'S LIKE THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.

IF YOU HAVE GOT SOMEBODY MONITOR, THE BIG STORY HERE IS THAT IS LIKE LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO HAVE A AS FAR AS THE BAIL THING, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT B BAIL PROJECT PROVIDES CASH FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE HELD BEFORE THEIR TRIAL FOR THE STRICT AND SOLE REASON THAT THEY ARE POOR.

CAN I FINISH?

>> NO.

REASON.

>> THE SOLE REASON IN JAIL IS HE WAS A RECKLESS YOUNG MAN.

>> I WAS IN JAIL.

THE BOTTOM LINE THERE ARE TW REASONS NOT TO LET SOMEBODY OUT ON BAIL.

ONE IS IF THEY ARE IT.

ONE IS IF IT'S A FLIGHT THE OTHER IS A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY.

THIS GUY GOTTEN BAIL.

IS NOT THE ONE WHO RELEASED HIM.

THEIR ROLE ON IT IS ONLY TO PROVIDE A AN AN ATM.

>> THEY GOT HIM OUT.

>> THEY DID NOT GET THE JUDGE LET HIM OUT.

>> THEY DID.

>> THE >> IF THEY HAD NOT INTE HE WOULD HAVE STAYED.

>> IF HE HAD A BROTHER THAT LET HIM OUT, WOULD YOU BE MA BROTHER?

NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

>> MOVE ALONG.

BILL MCCLELLAN ABOUT THE HOME OF EXECUTIVE SAM PAGE.

AS MANY ST. LOUIS COUNTY PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GOING UP FOR 97% OF OWNERS.

THIS YEAR, BUT THERE'S A LUCKY 2 1/2% THAT ARE SEEING THEIR ASSESSMENTS GOING DOWN, AND THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE HIMSELF SAM PAGE IS AMONG THEM, EVEN THOUGH HE OF FIVE HOMES IN A CUL-DE-SAC AND THE OTHER FOUR HOMES HAD INCREASED ASSESSMENTS.

RANDOM THINGS DO HAPPEN, D THEY?

>> I SUSPECT J HE'S THE ASSESSOR.

I'M BEING A LITTLE FACETIOUS HERE.

COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AND THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR THE EN SAM PAGE, AND WE ARE LEGION, BUT THERE'S SAM -- HOW COME HIS HOME IS GOING DOWN IN VALUE?

AND EVERYBODY IS MAD AT SAM.

BUT IT REALLY WASN'T SAM THAT MADE THAT CALL.

>> FIRST SAW THE STORY, JAK ZIMMERMAN, HE DIDN'T LIKE SAM PAGE MUCH.

WHY WOULD BUT MCCLELLAN IS PLAYING 3D CHESS WHILE WE ARE DOING CHECKERS.

THAT'S AMAZING.

>> JAKE ZIMMERMAN AIN'T DOING NO FAVORS.

>> I THINK THE FOUR OTHER FAMILIES ON THAT OUGHT TO PROTEST.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> EXACTLY.

>> RAY, WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE DETENTION FACILITIES ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH I BOARD.

MEDIA OUTLETS FINALLY HAVE THE TOUR OF THE DOWNTOWN JAIL.

IT'S PART WERE PUT TOGETHER SO T TOUR THE FACILITIES.

THEY WERE PUT TOGE ORGANIZATION, NINE MEMBERS IN MARCH OF 2022.

THEY MET T WARDEN BUT THEY DIDN'T SEE THE KITCHEN, MEDICAL FACILITIES, DIDN'T TALK TO A SINGLE INMATE OR SINGLE CORRECTIONS OFFICER.

>> THEY STILL WON'T HAVE THEIR TOUR.

TRANSPARENCY AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF OVERSIGHT IS THE SINGLE WOR THING THAT HAPPENED.

I THINK IT'S SUCH AN UNFORCED ERROR, AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT JONES PAST THAT WOULD SUGGEST -- SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN ON THE RIGHT SIDES OF THESE ISSUES.

THEIR CONTINUED ATTITUDE OF RESISTANCE AND HOSTILITY TO OVERSIGHT IS INEXPLICABLE.

>> THEY OFFERED THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND T WERE GOING TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY.

PUT THE SPIN ON IT, LIKE TOUR THE ENTIRE PLACE AND ALL OF THAT.

>> DARRYL GRAY AND THE REST, MAYBE THEY ARE HAPPY WIT MAYBE IT'S PROGRESS.

>> I LIKE REVEREND DARRYL GRAY.

>> EVERYBODY DOES.

BUT THIS IS DISAPPOINTING.

I THOUGHT HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE SAYING WE WON'T TOLERATE THIS ANYMORE.

WE WENT AND WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE.

WE STILL CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.

>> THE TRAINING ITSELF IS A JOKE.

>> REMEM HE IS NOT A WATCH DOG.

HE SEES HIMSELF AS SOMEBODY IS DOING A SERVICE TO HIS COMMUNITY.

SPIN ON IT.

IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, I THINK HE'S GOING TO PUT A POSITIVE SPIN ON IT.

>> IF THEY HAD TOLD THEM WE ARE WORKING UP TO FULL TOUR AND ALL OF THAT.

>> HE WOUL >> I WOULD >> BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE THAT.

THINKING, NOT ON BILL'S LEVEL, BUT I'M THINKING THAT WHY ARE THEY KIND OF SAYING ALL RIGHT, WE WILL TAKE THIS FIRST STEP.

MAYBE THEY ARE OF THE BELIEF THERE WILL BE ANOTHER STEP.

>> FINAL TOPIC.

WENDY, WE SAW YOUR FAMILY IS GOING TO GO ON THE POLAR EXPRESS.

GOT OUT THE CELL PHONE AND SHOWED ALL THE TRASH ALONG THE ROUTE TO SANTA CLAUS.

STORY WENT VIRAL OUT TO MEDIA OUT COUNTRY.

TO CLEAN IT UP.

IT'S A GOOD SIGN I WAS SURPRISED PEOPLE SAI OVER IT, CHRIS.

THIS I ENVIRONMENT.

LIVE IN A BIG CITY.

YOU GET A LOT OF >> I AGREE WITH THE TWITTER VERSE.

MID-AMERICA.

IT'S A MAJ POST PANDEMIC MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA, AND IT HAS ITS ISSUES LIKE ANY OTHER CITY.

IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT.

I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL GO TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A GREATER EXTREME TO CLEAN IT UP FOR THE POLAR EXPRESS.

BUT LHM AND THE FACT THEY DO THIS KIND OF THING.

GOOD LUCK GETTIN I DON'T THINK THE TRAS TO -- WE HAD TO GET THEM IN THE SUMMERTIME.

PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE POLAR EXPRESS.

>> YOUR FAMILY WILL EXPERIENCE A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWNTOWN.

>> >> HOPEFULLY, YOU KN WILLING, IT WILL BE A SAFE HAPPY VISIT.

COMPLEX, THAT IT'S A NATURAL THING.

>> I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS.

BUT I MEAN, IT'S LIKE WOW, TRASH.

SEE IT.

>> YES, >> YES, YOU >> CHILDREN ARE ON A LITTLE TRAIN, AND THAT'S WHY THE CITY IS GOING TO CLEAN IT UP.

>> THE CITY OF NEW ORLEAN CAMPBELL, WHEN THEY DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SEE OUT O ON THE TRAIN, IT AIN'T F PARK.

>> I REMEMBER PAYING SOMEBODY WHO VIDEOS TRASH.

>> W MORE INFORMATION HOW Y JOIN US NOT ON T EXPRESS, HAVE A GOOD TIME, WENDY.

BUT APRI WHERE THERE WON'T BE ANY TRASH, OTHERWISE, WE WILL SEE YOU JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND NEXT WEEK AT THIS TIME.

TH >> "DONNYBROOK" IS MADE BY THE S THOMAS PATTERSON FOUNDATION, AND THE MEMBERS OF NINE PBS.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU WHO SUPPORT US AND THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS AND THANK MUCH TO ALL OF OUR NEW WHO JOIN US RIGHT NOW TONIGHT.

BECAUSE YOUR TREMENDOUS SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY HELPS US CONTINUE THE WORK THAT WE DO, PRO PROGRAM AND CONTENT LIKE "DONNYBROOK" LIKE YOU WATCHED RIGH OTHER FAVORITES, AND SOME OF THE COOKING SHOW YOU SEE ON OUR CHANNEL, HOPEFULLY IT REFLECTS YOU AND YOUR STORY AND YOUR LOCAL -- YOU COULD SEE ST. LOUIS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONNEC COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S BE VIEWERS JUST LIKE YOURSELF.

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RI BACK OVER WITH THE FINAL CONVERSATION OF THE >> THANKS.

BIG TABLE TO TALK ABOUT DONNYBASH 2024, APRIL 11th, 2024 AT THE WONDERFUL SHELDON AUDITORIUM.

AGAIN, IT'S APRIL THE 11th.

WE HAVE GOT JUST A FEW M MONTHS TO GO FOR THAT.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND APRIL 11th.

I'M GOING TO THROW IT OUT TO THE PANEL RIGHT NOW.

WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ARE GOING TO B 2024?

THE FIFTH HOMERUN.

>> THERE WILL HAVE BEEN PLAYED BY THEN.

>> >> REJUVENATION OF DOWNTOWN.

>> I THINK PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS POLITICS.

COUPLE WEEKS THAT BILL MCCLELLAN WAS THE CHAIR OF THE ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE.

>> A >> THAT'S A GOOD STORY.

>> YOU SHO >> ARE YOU GOING TO PROTEST?

>> I SUPPORT THE IRISH.

>> I COMPLET THE MOUTH THAT MR. BRENNAN WAS.

>> THEY HAD A WEAK YEAR IN 2015.

I WAS AVAILABLE.

POSSIBILITY BUT I WAS AVAILA YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO F NEWS SOURCE THAT PEOPLE TRUST.

DO YOU KNOW THAT FOR THE L YEARS IN A ROW NATIONAL POLLSTERS FOUND PBS IS CONSISTENTLY NO.

1 IN TERMS OF TRUST AMONG AMERICANS.

ISN'T THAT SOMETHING >> THA BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO OU TO FOLKS, THEY WILL OFFE THAT OPINION.

THEY WIL NEVER WATCHED THE NEWSHOUR BEFORE, BUT I LOVE IT.

I LOVE IT.

I GET THE ABSOLUTELY NO BIAS.

>> IT'S LIKE YOU SIT THERE AND SAY I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS.

THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

>> LET'S NOT FORGET SESAME STREET.

>> GRANDKIDS.

>> MASTERPIECE.

JOB KEEPING PBS NONPARTISAN.

BUT TO YOUR POINT ABOUT APRIL 11th, BY HAVING DONNYBASH DURING AN ELECTION YEAR.

>> I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT FOLLOWS FROM THAT, IT'S IT'S AN ELECTIOANELECTION YEAR.

PRIMARY SEASON, AND WE DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT RAC WILL BE IN THE NEWS, PARTICULARLY, I'M THINKING FRO OUR PERSPECTIVE, P MISSOURI RACES WILL BE THE ONES THAT ARE GETTING THE MOS ATTENTION.

>> PROBABLY.

WITH THE AUDIENCE.

>> AND WE APRIL 11th.

BACK TO YOU.

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