>> IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT FAIR

IS, YOU CAN'T MAKE IT.

[ MULTIPLE SPEAKERS ]

>>> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR

ANOTHER EDITION AFTER A COUPLE

WEEKS OF A HIATUS AND THANKS FOR

OUR FRIENDS FOR MAKING THIS

POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S MEET THE PANELISTS WHO ARE

SEATED AROUND THE BIG GREEN

TABLE AFTER THE BIG MISSOURI

PRIMARY.

SHE IS THE MEDIA VETERAN

HERSELF, WENDY WEEKS.

ALONG WITH STL TODAY AND BILL

MCCOLLIN.

PUBLISHER AND COLONEL --

COLUMNIST.

ALLEN REED.

YOU ARE AT THE HEADQUARTERS ON

TUESDAY NIGHT.

AND OH, MY GOODNESS.

THE FIRST TIME HE RAN FOR

OFFICE.

HE WON IN THE PRIMARY ON THE

REPUBLICAN SIDE.

HE'S THE GUY WHO RAISED EYEBROWS

IN HIS POLITICAL COMMERCIALS.

NAVY SEAL, BEST SELLING AUTHOR

AND HOW DO YOU THINK HE WON THIS

PAST TUESDAY?

>> I GOT TO TELL YOU, REAL

QUICK.

SO MANY THINGS HAPPENED.

FIRST OF ALL, FOUR PERSON RACE.

YOU THINK IT'S 11:00, MIDNIGHT.

I'M DRIVING OUT THERE AT 8:35.

I HEAR PEOPLE SAYING HE'S GOING

TO COME DOWN.

WENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF

MISSOURI.

DURING HIS SPEECH, HE WAS

HUMOROUS AND CORDILE.

AND HE DID LAUNCH FOR A BIT OF

HIS SPEECH.

MAYBE THAT'S THE ONLY

HYPOTHETICAL HE WAS A REPUBLICAN

DURING THAT ENTIRE SPEECH.

HE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN.

CAN HE BEAT CUSTER?

I DON'T KNOW.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, APPARENTLY,

HE WON EASILY.

AND LASTLY, A LOT OF BAD BLOOD

BETWEEN THOSE FOLKS THERE.

>> AND ISN'T IT FASCINATING THAT

YOU HAVE A REPUBLICAN NOMINEE

WHO IS A FORMER DEMOCRAT AND A

DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE WHO IS A

FORMER REPUBLICAN.

SO NO WONDER.

THEY ARE SORT OF INTER

CHANGEABLE.

>> ON THE PARTY LABELS DON'T

MEAN ANYTHING.

I THINK ONE OF THE DEFINING

THINGS WAS HE HAD THE MOST MONEY

WHICH ISN'T A GUARANTEE.

IT WAS INTERESTING.

WE HAD TALKED AND TURNED OUT TO

BE THE TWO OUTSIDERS AT TOP AND

OUTSIDERS BEAT INSIDERS IN THAT

RACE BIG TIME.

PETER AND CATHERINE CAME IN AT

THE BOTTOM.

AND IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT

THEY ARE FOR WITH REGARD TO

STATE GOVERNMENT.

WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IT.

THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS

VETTED IN THIS RACE.

HE HAS ONE BASIC ARGUMENT WHICH

IS HE IS AN OUTSIDER.

HE'S GOING TO COME IN, CHANGE

THE CULTURE IN JEFFERSON CITY.

RESPECTFULLY, HE'S NOT GOING TO

DO THAT.

FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S GREAT.

SOUNDS GREAT TO SAY WE'RE GOING

TO END GIFTS FROM LOBBYISTS.

GREAT TO SAY AND SOMETHING MOST

OF US WOULD THINK IS WORTHWHILE.

BUT NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

WHAT CAN HE ACTUALLY DO?

>> WHATEVER HE MAY OR MAY NOT BE

ABLE TO DO.

HIS SPEECH WAS TERRIFIC.

I USED TO THINK CASA WAS GOING

TO BE PRESIDENT.

AND NOW I THINK HE MIGHT BE

PRESIDENT.

AND I VOTED IN THE REPUBLICAN

PRIMARY.

>> HE WAS OBVIOUSLY SOME

MODIFICATIONS.

DO YOU STILL AGREE WITH MY

EARLIER ASSESSMENT THAT IT'S

TRUMP-ESQUE?

>> SOMEWHAT.

LET ME SAY THIS.

TO WENDY'S POINT.

THE COMMERCIAL HE HAD WITH THE

HOWITZER WAS BIZARRE.

IT WAS WEIRD.

NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SUBSTANCE

OF THE COMMERCIAL.

THEY SHOWED HIM WITH A FULLY

AUTOMATIC MACHINE PUMPING

BULLETS INTO THE DISTANCE.

WHAT THE HECK IS THAT ALL ABOUT?

CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN THAT.

>> HERE'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

HE HAS NOT SAID ANYTHING IN THIS

ELECTION THAT'S RELEVANT TO THE

JOB HE'S SEEKING.

WHAT DID HE THINK ABOUT THE

TOBACCO?

>> IT'S A FAIR POINT.

>> PEOPLE ARE SICK OF WHAT GOES

DOWN IN JEFFERSON CITY.

WHEN SOMEBODY GOES DOWN AND SAY

WHATEVER I'M GOING TO DO, IT'S

NOT GOING TO BE BUSINESS AS

USUAL.

>> WHAT HAPPENS THOUGH, WHO IS

THE GUY THAT WON THE MINNESOTA

RACE?

>> JESSE VENTURA.

THAT'S WHAT YOU GET.

>> ONE THING HE DID SAY AND THIS

IS THE SPEECH.

HE SAID BOTH PARTIES HAVE MADE

OUR STATE AN EMBARRASSMENT AND

WE ARE KNOWN AS A NATIONAL

DISGRACE.

AND HE WENT THROUGH AND WITH

PEOPLE ESPECIALLY.

AND ESPECIALLY REPUBLICANS.

THE FIRST THING OUT OF THEIR

MOUTH IS OBAMA BAD, DEMOCRAT

BAD.

ALL THEIR FAULT.

HE DID NOT SAY THAT AND

REPUBLICANS STILL VOTED FOR HIM.

I THINK THAT'S A MESSAGE THAT A

LOT OF PEOPLE HEARD IN THE STATE

THAT WE HAVE NOT HEARD IN AT

LEAST 12 YEARS.

>> I WOULD HAVE PAID A MILLION

DOLLARS TO BE A FLY ON THE WALL

WHERE CATHERINE AND PETER AND

JOHN WERE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER

LIKE WHAT HAPPENED?

>> REAL QUICK, CATHERINE

HANNOWAY.

IN JANUARY, SHE WAS GOING TO BE

THE NEXT GOVERNOR.

SHE DIDN'T BOUNCE BACK.

>> OKAY.

REAL QUICK AND THEN WE GOT TO

MOVE ON.

>> ONE THING.

I THINK ONE PREDICTION WE SHOULD

BE ABLE TO AGREE ON IS THIS WILL

BE THE MOST EXPENSIVE RACE.

HE'S A GOOD CANDIDATE WITH SOME

SPECIFICS.

BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF

THEY GET TO TALKING ABOUT REAL

ISSUES.

>> I WANT TO ASK YOU WENDY, JOHN

BRUNER ISSUED A RETRACTION ABOUT

COMMENTS HE MADE WHERE HE

ACCUSED ONE OF BRU INSURING ER'S

DONORS, MAYBE SECOND LARGEST

DONOR.

HE GOT A $1.9 MILLION DONATION

AT THE LAST MINUTE LAST WEEK

FROM AN UNNAMED SOURCE.

NONETHELESS, MICHAEL GOGAN GIVES

MONEY TO GRIGHTON.

BRUNER SAYS HE HAS A SEX SLAVE.

HE RETRACTED IT AFTER THE

ELECTION.

>> HE'S GOING TO BE SUED.

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IS A

REALITY.

HE'S GOING TO BE SUED FOR THAT.

SO IF I WERE HIS ATTORNEY, I

WOULD BE SAYING LOOK, YOU'VE GOT

TO DO SOMETHING TO DISTANCE

YOURSELF FROM THE PRIMARY

COMMERCIAL THAT I HEARD DRIVING

DOWN THE ROAD.

AND I WAS LIKE WITH OREGON,

SOUNDED LIKE A VINTAGE PRIZE

MOVIE.

THAT'S REALLY CREEPY.

THAT'S ALL THIS IS ABOUT.

>> I THINK IN THE POST DISTANCE

SAID THAT BRUNER WOULDN'T GET

TOGETHER BECAUSE HE WANTS HIM TO

FOLLOW OFF THE DOGS AND HE SAYS

I CAN'T DO THAT.

IT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS TO ME.

I'M SURE THIS IS PART OF THAT

THAT YOU GOT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE

GUY.

>> IF YOU ARE THE OUTSIDER, WHY

WOULD GRIGHTON AFTER ALL OF THAT

UNPLEASANTNESS WITH THE

RECORDING AND THE BACK OF THE

CAR AND ALL THAT STUFF.

WHY WOULD HE DO ANYTHING FOR

BRUNER?

>> UNITY.

>> UNITY?

HE CAN DO IT ON HIS OWN.

THEY RECEIPT I CANNILY, I --

THEORETICALLY, I THINK HE WANTS

THE PARTY TO COME TOGETHER.

DROP THE LAWSUIT, WOULD YOU?

>> OKAY.

LET ME MOVE ON TO BILL.

BILL, YOU VOTED FOR BEV

RANDALLS.

SHE GOT MONEY.

SPENT ABOUT $11 MILLION ON

TUESDAY'S PRIMARY ELECTIONS. BUT

MANY OF HIS CANDIDATES LIKE

CATHERINE, KURT, THEY ALL LOST.

YOU VOTED FOR RANDALLS.

>> YES, I DID.

I'M NOT NORMALLY A REPUBLICAN.

THE BALLOT WAS A LOT MORE

INTERESTING.

I THOUGHT I'LL VOTE IN THE

REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.

AND VOTE PERSONAL WAYS. I

THOUGHT GRIGHTON WAS A GOOD

CANDIDATE.

HE HAD REFUSED TO COME TO TALK.

I THOUGHT THE HECK WITH HIM AND

I VOTED FOR BRUNER.

AND I THOUGHT HE NEVER GETS A

RETURN ON HIS MONEY.

SO I THOUGHT YOU KNOW, I'M GOING

TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR HER.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT

HE

HER.

>> IT'S REALLY STUNNING.

HIS LOSING RECORD WITH THE

AMOUNT OF MONEY HE SPENT.

IT'S STUNNING HOW YOU CAN SPEND

AS MUCH MONEY AS HE DOES ONE

CYCLE AFTER ANOTHER.

FIGHTING THE CITY EARNING'S TAX

AND KEEP LOSING AND LOSING

COMING BACK FOR MORE.

AND DO SOMETHING ADMIRABLE ABOUT

IT.

>> AT SOME POINT, IT'S HIS MONEY

AND DO WHAT HE WANTS.

BUT I GUESS IF HE WANTS TO DO

IT.

>> DID ANYBODY SEE -- AND I HOPE

I'M PRONOUNCING IT CORRECTLY.

SARAH SENSKY.

SHE HAD A HUMOROUS TWEET ABOUT

REX SINGFIELD'S KIDS AND

THINKING ABOUT POLITICAL

INTEREST AND HOW MUCH IT'S

COSTING THEM.

>> HERE'S THE THING I THINK THAT

HAPPENS. AS MUCH MONEY AS REX

GAVE, OUTSIDERS IN WASHINGTON

AND CALIFORNIA GAVE MORE.

>> THAT WAS KIND OF A LOSER.

I THINK THAT WAS GOING TO PASS.

OKAY, SCHAFFER.

HE GOT BLASTED.

IF YOU SAID DOUBLE DIGITS.

I SAID THAT'S CRAZY.

HE GOT BLOWN OUT.

IF I MISSED IT, I ASKED COULD

SOMEBODY HAVE NOT TOLD ME THIS

WAS COMING DOWN THE LINE.

>> THESE AREN'T $20,000

CONTRIBUTIONS.

>> HERE'S THE THING.

KURT LOST TO JOSH HOLLY WHO RAN

FOR THE FIRST TIME ON TUESDAY.

HE WAS A LAW PROFESSOR.

NEVER HELD ELECTIVE OFFICE.

AS FAR AS I KNOW NEVER RUN

BEFORE.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE ONE

TIME -- FIRST TIME OUT GUYS WHO

ARE WINNING AND DID IT ACROSS

THE BOARD?

>> MORE THAN ANY ELECTION CYCLE

EVER, THAT'S BEEN THE THING.

OUTSIDE BEATS INSIDE.

AND THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION

IS GOING TO BE SEEN NEXT YEAR

AND THE YEAR AFTER WHEN SOME OF

THESE OUTSIDERS ARE ACTUALLY

TAKING OFFICE.

I WORK IN A GOVERNOR'S OFFICE

AND NO IT ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE.

BUT I WORKED FOR A VERY GOOD

GOVERNOR.

AND IT'S NOT NOTHING.

NOW, IMMUNITIY, IF YOU HAVE GOOD

JUDGMENT AND YOU ARE SMART, IT'S

NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.

BUT IT'S ALSO NOT NOTHING.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT

VOTERS EXPECT TO HAVE SOME IDEA

FROM CANDIDATES WHAT THEY

PROPOSED TO DO ON SUBJECTS THAT

ARE RELEVANT.

IN OTHER WORDS, I MEAN THERE ARE

ENOUGH LEGITIMATE ISSUES OUT

THERE AND I DON'T THINK --

PEOPLE OUGHT TO EXPECT THIS IS A

PRIMAR

PRIMARY.

>> THE TWO PARTIES ARE RUNNING

AGAINST EACH OTHER.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, GRIGHTON WAS

SMART ENOUGH TO WIN IN A FIELD

OF INSIDERS.

AND JOHN BRUNER STILL KIND OF AN

OUTSIDER.

HE LOOKS LIKE AN INSIDER

COMPARED TO GRIGHTON.

HE'S SMART ENOUGH TO UP HIS

GAME.

>> I THINK HE'S TRUMP WITHOUT

THE BIGOTRY.

>> I DISAGREE TOTALLY.

>> AS AN EXAMPLE, HE'S GOING TO

DO THINGS LIKE CHANGE THE

CULTURE OF THE CITY.

HE DOESN'T SAY HOW. A LOT LIKE

WHAT TRUMP DOES ON A NATIONAL

LEVEL.

>> HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY

PROTECTION.

>> HOW ABOUT ROBIN SMITH?

>> I LIKE ROBIN.

SHE'S A PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT.

SHE'S GOING TO BE FINE.

>> AND NOW SHE'S GOING TO BE THE

SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE

ELECTION?

>> I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

>> IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE BUT

YOU DO NEED TO HAVE KNOWLEDGE

ABOUT THE JOB.

>> I DID.

BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT

WE'LL SEE HOW THESE PEOPLE THAT

HAVE NEVER SERVED IN OFFICE DO.

A LOT OF PEOPLE GET ELECTED AS A

FIRST JOB TO OFFICE.

NEVER SEEN AN ISSUE WHERE THE

FACT THAT YOU HAVE AN ELECTION

CYCLE WHERE THE FACT THAT YOU

HAVE ANY KIND OF GOVERNMENT

EXPERIENCE IS A HUGE LIABILITY.

>> WELCOME TO 2016.

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S LIKE THAT

FOREVER.

>> THE BIG ONE IS THE CHAIRMAN

OF THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY COUNCIL

LOST HIS BID FOR ELECTION.

DAD WAS IN THE JOB AS COUNTY

COUNCILMAN AND UNION GUY.

MIKE HAS THE SUPPORT OF UNIONS.

UNIONS ARE HUGE.

BUT ROCHELLE DEFEATED HIM.

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

>> I'LL TELL YOU HOW.

THERE WAS SKEPTICISM ABOUT THE

COUNCIL AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE

WHEN IT WAS ELECTED, REELECTED

TWO YEARS AGO AND CAME HOME TO

ROAST ON TUESDAY.

PEOPLE DON'T LIKE HOW ST. LOUIS

COUNTY IS BEING RUN BY THE

SITTING COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND HIS

RIGHT HAND MAN WAS FIRST TO GO.

IF I WERE HIM, I'D BE CONCERNED.

I THINK THIS IS WHY THEY ARE

RUSHING DOWNHILL AND MANIFESTED

THEMSELF IN THAT ELECTION FIRST.

I BELIEVE THAT HAD A LOT TO DO

WITH IT.

MORE TO DO WITH IT FOR PEOPLE

BEING FOR LABOR AND ANTILABOR.

WE NEEDED CHANGE AND DEMOCRATS

MADE THAT CHANGE.

>> REPUBLICANS GAVE HIM A GOOD

RUN.

HE LOST HIS ELECTION.

>> HE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO RUN

AGAIN.

AND ANDREW WHO BEAT HIM, HE WAS

A SINGFIELD GUY I GUESS.

>> VERY SURPRISED.

I WAS VERY SURPRISED AT THAT.

I THOUGHT RICK WOULD WIN THAT

EASILY.

>> RIGHT TO WORK.

>> IT WAS A BAD DAY FOR LABOR,

DON'T YOU?

>> WHAT ROLE DID RACE PLAY?

>> WELL, I THINK OBVIOUSLY SOME.

AND VOTE FOR BLACK PEOPLE.

BUT A LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE -- SO

OBVIOUSLY, THE SWING VOTE IS

RIGHT.

>> MAKE UP OF THE DISTRICT.

>> I WILL SAY THIS, WHEN YOU

HAVE REPRESENTATIVE LACY CLAY

WHO HAS A GREAT APPARATUS AND

BEEN IN HIS FAMILY QUITE A LONG

TIME, HE'S GETTING PEOPLE OUT TO

VOTE.

I DO THINK THAT HELPS PEOPLE.

ANOTHER RACE WHERE PEOPLE ASKING

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CLAY

MACHINE?

>> THEY GOT 52%.

OTHER RACES.

VOTING WHEN LEWIS REED RAN.

>> I THINK HE SHALL WANT ASSUME

I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU.

I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS

HOW WELL HE'LL WORK.

>> I'M JUST SAYING THAT HE'S --

I THINK IT WILL BE A FORMABLE

PRIMARY CHALLENGE.

>> THEN, LET'S GO TO THE CIRCUIT

ATTORNEY.

JENNIFER JOYCE IN THE CITY AS

THE LEADING PROSECUTOR IS

RETIRING.

WE ALL KNOW THAT.

AND SO THERE WAS A FOUR-WAY RACE

TO SUCCEED HER.

AND MARY HAD MORE EXPERIENCE

THAN THE THREE OTHERS COMBINED.

THE WINNER IS KIMBERLY GARDENER.

A NURSE, FORMER PROSECUTOR AND

NOW A STATE REP.

SHE GOT 46% OF THE VOTE.

ALMOST UNPRECEDENTED.

WHAT HAPPENED THERE?

>> WELL, I REALLY HAVE THOUGHT

ABOUT THIS.

I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST -- WE

TALK A LOT ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA.

I THINK WE ARE SEEING THE FIRST

WAVES OF A COMPLETELY NEW

GENERATION IN TERMS OF POLITICAL

NETWORKING AND THAT KIND OF

THING.

I THINK SHE RECEIVED A HUGE

BOOST THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA,

THROUGH HER SUPPORT OF BLACK

LIVES MATTER.

I THINK FERGUSON IS STILL TOP OF

MIND WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I THINK THAT THE ATTORNEY'S

OFFICE HAS A PERCEPTION PROBLEM

IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

THAT'S THE NICEST WAY I CAN SAY

IT.

AND SHE RECEIVED THE BACKING OF

THE POLICE OFFICER'S ASSOCIATION

AND IN ADDITION TO JENNIFER

JOYCE.

SO I THINK IT'S A NEW DAY.

I THINK A LOT OF BLACK VOTERS

ARE FIGURING OUT IF YOU WANT TO

AFFECT CHANGE, VOTE AND GARDENER

IS THE FIRST THING SHE SAID

SHE'S GOING TO CHANGE THE

CULTURE OF THE PROSECUTOR'S

OFFICE AND YOU ARE GOING TO SEE

MORE BLACK PROSECUTORS.

>> I THINK THE SAME THING I SAID

ABOUT NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR

AFTER, IT WILL BE MORE

INTERESTING TO WATCH IN

GOVERNMENT THAN THE ELECTION

ITSELF.

PARTICULARLY IN THIS ONE WHERE

IT'S A DONE DEAL.

BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S HELPFUL.

OF ALL THE OFFICES, YOU WANT TO

HAVE DIVERSITY.

IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD THING IN

AND OF ITSELF ASSUMING SHE'S

QUALIFIED.

IT WILL BE MORE INTERESTED TO

SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT.

IF SHE DOESN'T HAVE ADD --

ADVERSARIAL RELATIONSHIP --

>> .

>> IF JENNIFER JOYCE HAD BEEN

RUNNING THE OFFICE AND NOT DOING

ANYTHING WRONG.

AND EVERY OTHER MONTH, IT WAS

SOMETHING COMING OUT OF THE

ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHERE IT WAS

LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON DOWN THERE

AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT

SOMETHING ELSE IN A LITTLE BIT.

THAT'S PART OF WHY SHE WON.

SHE DID NOT JUST WIN BECAUSE SHE

WAS BLACK.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS DISMISSIVE OF

HER.

>> I THOUGHT SHE SAID SHE WAS --

I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY THE

TERM.

SHE WAS COMPLIMENTARY AND SAID

SHE KNEW SHE WOULD SURROUND

HERSE

HERSELF.

>> SHE HAS MORE EXPERIENCE.

>> IF YOU ARE THE FIRST BLACK

PERSON COMING DOWN GOING UP

AGAINST THIS PROSECUTOR, YOU

BETTER BE READY TO GET 1,000

YEARS.

I'M TELLING YOU.

YOU ARE LIKE UH-OH.

>> IT'S INTERESTING. IT'S ONE

THING TO BEAT THE ESTABLISHMENT

WHO HAS THE SUPPORT OF A LONG

TIME CIRCUIT ATTORNEY AND

OFFICERS.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY AN

INTERESTING SCENARIO. SHE DID

GET $240,000.

GOOD FOR HIM.

SO NOW YOU LIKE MONEY IN THE

ELECTIONS.

ON TUESDAY, 17% OF THE 238,000

REGISTERED VOTERS CAME OUT.

NOBODY'S VOTING IN ST. LOUIS.

MORE INTEREST IN THE CITY OF ST.

LOUIS OUTSIDE OF IT, I SWEAR.

>> TWO QUICK POINTS.

ONE SAID SOCIAL MEDIA.

THEY ENDORSED KIMBERLY AND THE

SECOND THING, A LITTLE SHOUT OUT

TO YOUNG STEVE ROBERTS.

WHEN KIMBERLY LEFT HER STATE

REP'S OFFICE, THAT ALLOWED A

FRIEND OF MINE YOUNG STEVE

ROBERTS AND HE WON.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO STEVE.

>> HOW ABOUT THAT?

KIND OF WEIRD AMONG OTHER WEIRD

RACE

RACES.

HE'S FOR RIGHT TO WORK.

THAT'S AN UNUSUAL ONE.

LOOKS LIKE HE'S GOING TO BE A

STATE REP.

>>> ALL RIGHT.

LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

BLISS WARREL.

HE WAS A PROSECUTOR WITH

JENNIFER JOYCE.

SHE WAS RECENTLY CONVICTED NOT

ONLY FOR COVERING UP EVIDENCE IN

FRONT OF A JUDGE BUT PURPOSELY

FILING CHARGES, FILING FALSE

CHARGES AGAINST SOME GUYS.

SHE DID TURN STATE'S EVIDENCE

AND PROSECUTORS USED HER

TESTIMONY TO CONVICT A POLICE

OFFICER.

HE'S GOING TO GO TO JAIL FOR

FIVE YEARS.

SHE GOT PROBATION.

18 MONTHS.

YOU'VE BEEN WRITING ABOUT

PROBATION RECENTLY.

IS THAT A GOOD SENTENCE?

>> I'LL STICK TO WHAT I SAID

BEFORE.

I GENERALLY THINK THAT THE

JUDGES LOOK AT ALL THE FACTORS.

IN THIS CASE, I'M GUESSING IT

SEEMS VERY LIGHT FOR A PRETTY

SERIOUS OFFENSE.

ON THE OTHER HAND, IF HER

TESTIMONY WAS WHAT IT TOOK TO

GET THE CONVICTION, THERE ARE A

LOT OF FACTORS. THE CHIEF HAS

NOT COME OUT AND ATTACKED THIS

AS A SIGN WE'RE ALL SOFT ON

CRIME ALL OF A SUDDEN.

PROBATION IS A COMPLICATED

THING.

AND MY SUPERFICIAL REACTION TO

IT WAS IT SEEMED AWFULLY LIGHT.

BUT THE WHOLE POINT IS YOU LOOK

AT PEOPLE, YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF

FACTORS IN FRONT OF A JUDGE AND

I'M JUST NOT ONE THAT WANTS TO

SECOND GUESS THE JUDGES ON THAT.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS OUTRAGEOUS.

AND I THINK THE REASON SHE IS

NOT SAYING ANYTHING IS THIS IS

IN FEDERAL COURT.

AND HENRY WAS A JUDGE.

AND I LIKE HENRY A LOT.

THIS WAS THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S

OFFICE.

BUT I THOUGHT WHAT THIS YOUNG

WOMAN DID WAS WORSE THAN WHAT

THE COP DID.

>> WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST COP TO

GET ANGRY AND PUT A GUN IN

SOMEBODY'S MOUTH AND NOT SHOOT.

AND I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF

SYMPATHY FOR THE GUY THAT HAD

THE CREDIT CARD FOR COP'S

DAUGHTER.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO STEAL CREDIT

CARDS AND RUN AROUND WITH THEM,

THIS IS YOUR TOUGH LUCK.

SHE KNOWINGLY CHARGED THE GUY

WITH SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO.

AND THAT'S ABOUT THE WORST THING

A PROSECUTOR CAN DO.

IN OUR SYSTEM, INNOCENT PEOPLE

ARE GOING TO GET CONVICTED.

IT HAPPENS.

WHEN YOU KNOWINGLY CHARGE

SOMEBODY WITH SOMETHING YOU KNOW

HE DIDN'T DO AND THEN THE

ATTORNEY SAYS WE THINK SHE

SUFFERED ENOUGH, MEANING THE

PROSECUTOR.

REALLY?

>> IF SHE WEREN'T AN ATTRACTIVE

WOMAN, WOULD IT HAVE BEEN AN

OUTCOME?

>> IF SHE WASN'T A LAWYER AND A

MEMBER OF THE CLUB, WOULD IT BE

DIFFERENT?

>> IF YOU TAKE AWAY HIM JAMMING

THE GUN AWAY FROM THE GUY'S

MOUTH, HE MIGHT END UP GETTING

PROBATION.

AND I THINK THEY ARE LIKE THE

ONLY THING STOPPING HIM FROM

GOING TO PRISON IS YOU.

HE WAS STICKING TO HIS STORY.

THE ONLY PERSON THAT COULD

REFUTE IT WAS HER.

AND I'M STILL LIKE WHAT?

>> I'VE LEARNED LONG ENOUGH NOT

TO ARGUE.

WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS?

>> I WOULD RATHER NOT CONVICT

THE COP RATHER THAN GIVE

PROBATION.

I'D LET THE WHOLE THING GO

RATHER THAN SNAP THE RISK OF A

PROSECUTOR.

TWO MINUTE WARNING FOR THE SHOW.

I'M GOING TO GO TO YOU IN THE

LAST SEGMENT.

YOU WERE PART OF THE MISSOURI

TOURISM COMMISSION BACK IN THE

DAY.

AND THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO

VOTE TO CHANGE THE NAME TO ST.

LOUIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW

WHO ALBERT LAMBERT WAS.

IS THE NAME THE PROBLEM?

>> WELL, NO.

I DON'T KNOW FROM THE GREAT

BEYOND, PROBABLY PRETTY HAPPY OF

GETTING HIS NAME BUMPED TO THE

BACK OF IT.

I WAS JUST THERE YESTERDAY.

THERE ARE WORSE AIRPORTS.

AND I KNOW THEY ARE TRYING THEIR

BEST.

BUT I WOULD SAY THIS IN

FAIRNESS, I'M NOT A FAN OF THE

AIRPORT.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE FACT

IT'S NOT BEING USED.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHO HE

WA

WAS.

>> IT'S SUCH A TYPICAL SOLUTION.

IT'S LIKE WE DON'T HAVE AN IMAGE

PROBLE

PROBLEM.

>> YOU CAN ALWAYS WRITE US CARE

OF KETC 3635 SAPT LEWIS

MISSOURI.

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AND THOSE TWEETS AT

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DON'T GO AWAY.

TIME FOR YOUR PHONE CALLS NOW.

CALL THE STATION AND TALK TO

ALVIN REED AND WENDY WHO WILL

JOIN YOU ON YOUR TURN.

THE REST OF US WILL SEE YOU NEXT

WEEK AT THIS TIME.

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