1 00:00:24,115 --> 00:00:25,116 >> Announcer: DONNYBROOK IS MADE 2 00:00:25,249 --> 00:00:25,850 POSSIBLE BY THE MEMBERS OF THE 3 00:00:25,983 --> 00:00:31,489 NINE NETWORK. 4 00:00:31,622 --> 00:00:32,690 >>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING 5 00:00:32,823 --> 00:00:33,991 US FOR THIS EDITION OF 6 00:00:34,125 --> 00:00:37,061 DONNYBROOK AND WE LOOK FORWARD 7 00:00:37,194 --> 00:00:39,363 TO SEEING YOU AT DONNYBASH NEXT 8 00:00:39,497 --> 00:00:39,797 MONTH. 9 00:00:39,931 --> 00:00:41,966 WE'LL GIVE YOU DETAILS LATER IN 10 00:00:42,099 --> 00:00:43,434 THE PROGRAM, BUT WE HAVE LOTS OF 11 00:00:43,568 --> 00:00:44,502 HOT TOPICS TO DISCUSS, SO WE'LL 12 00:00:44,635 --> 00:00:45,636 GET TO THEM. 13 00:00:45,770 --> 00:00:47,071 FIRST, LET'S MEET OUR PANELISTS 14 00:00:47,204 --> 00:00:49,874 FOR THIS EDITION, STARTING WITH 15 00:00:50,007 --> 00:00:55,880 SARAH FENSKE FROM KWMU, THE HOST 16 00:00:56,013 --> 00:00:59,083 OF ST. LOUIS ON THE AIR ON 90.7. 17 00:00:59,216 --> 00:01:02,119 ALSO WITH US A FOUNDER OF 18 00:01:02,253 --> 00:01:03,754 DONNYBROOK, BACK IN MICHIGAN, 19 00:01:03,888 --> 00:01:04,989 BILL McCLELLAN FROM THE 20 00:01:05,122 --> 00:01:06,557 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH AND 21 00:01:06,691 --> 00:01:06,991 STLTODAY.COM. 22 00:01:07,124 --> 00:01:08,793 HE'S RAY HARTMANN FROM THE BIG 23 00:01:08,926 --> 00:01:11,329 550 KTRS AND THE RIVERFRONT 24 00:01:11,462 --> 00:01:13,064 TIMES WHERE HE WRITES A GREAT 25 00:01:13,197 --> 00:01:13,397 COLUMN. 26 00:01:13,531 --> 00:01:14,565 AND ANOTHER GREAT COLUMNIST FROM 27 00:01:14,699 --> 00:01:17,702 THE ST. LOUIS AMERICAN AS WELL 28 00:01:17,835 --> 00:01:21,639 AS 97.1, 590 AND I'M MISSING 29 00:01:21,772 --> 00:01:23,574 SOMEBODY HERE, ALVIN REID. 30 00:01:23,708 --> 00:01:26,577 IT WILL BE STLMAG.COM. 31 00:01:26,711 --> 00:01:27,114 HEY, THE KING OF ALL MEDIA. 32 00:01:27,247 --> 00:01:28,115 >> TRYING ANYWAY. 33 00:01:28,248 --> 00:01:29,383 >> SARAH, THANKS SO MUCH FOR 34 00:01:29,516 --> 00:01:30,584 JOINING US. 35 00:01:30,718 --> 00:01:32,152 LAST FRIDAY, SHEILA SWEENEY, WHO 36 00:01:32,286 --> 00:01:34,321 USED TO HEAD UP BOTH THE PORT 37 00:01:34,455 --> 00:01:34,989 AUTHORITY AND THE ST. LOUIS 38 00:01:35,122 --> 00:01:36,624 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 39 00:01:36,757 --> 00:01:38,025 PARTNERSHIP, GOT SENTENCED TO 40 00:01:38,158 --> 00:01:40,928 ZERO MONTHS IN PRISON FOR HER 41 00:01:41,061 --> 00:01:43,597 ROLE IN, I GUESS A SCANDAL THAT 42 00:01:43,731 --> 00:01:45,599 INVOLVED AT LEAST FOUR 43 00:01:45,733 --> 00:01:46,300 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING THE 44 00:01:46,433 --> 00:01:47,167 COUNTY EXECUTIVE WHO'S BEEN 45 00:01:47,301 --> 00:01:49,069 SENTENCED TO ALMOST FOUR YEARS. 46 00:01:49,203 --> 00:01:51,772 BUT SHE GOT NO TIME AFTER SHE 47 00:01:51,905 --> 00:01:53,674 PLEADED GUILTY TO THEFT OF 48 00:01:53,807 --> 00:01:56,443 HONEST SERVICES, CORRUPTION. 49 00:01:56,577 --> 00:01:59,680 SHE HAD AWARDED CONTRACTS AND 50 00:01:59,813 --> 00:02:01,315 GRANTS TO DONORS OF STEVE 51 00:02:01,448 --> 00:02:03,817 STENGER WILLINGLY, AND SHE GOT 52 00:02:03,951 --> 00:02:05,352 PROBATION, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS 53 00:02:05,486 --> 00:02:06,086 KIND OF INTERESTING WHEN STEVE 54 00:02:06,220 --> 00:02:07,621 STENGER GOT FOUR YEARS. 55 00:02:07,755 --> 00:02:09,556 SHE WASN'T EVEN REQUIRED TO, AS 56 00:02:09,690 --> 00:02:12,960 FAR AS ANY PUBLISH REPORT, TO 57 00:02:13,093 --> 00:02:14,361 PERFORM COMMUNITY SERVICE, TO 58 00:02:14,495 --> 00:02:15,733 LADLE SOUP IN A SOUP KITCHEN OR 59 00:02:15,867 --> 00:02:18,068 ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 60 00:02:18,201 --> 00:02:19,169 DO YOU THINK SHE GOT OFF EASY? 61 00:02:19,302 --> 00:02:21,071 >> THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 62 00:02:21,204 --> 00:02:22,305 FEEL WHAT HAPPENED WAS NOT FAIR. 63 00:02:22,439 --> 00:02:25,609 THIS WOMAN WAS MAKING $500,000 A 64 00:02:25,742 --> 00:02:27,844 YEAR FROM PUBLIC FUNDING AND 65 00:02:27,978 --> 00:02:28,612 COBrdING TO THE ST. LOUIS 66 00:02:28,745 --> 00:02:29,613 POST-DISPATCH'S EXCELLENT 67 00:02:29,746 --> 00:02:30,414 REPORTING, SHE WAS SERVING AS 68 00:02:30,547 --> 00:02:31,848 STEVE STENGER'S PUPPET AND WAS 69 00:02:31,982 --> 00:02:32,749 GOING AROUND AND HAVING 70 00:02:32,883 --> 00:02:33,984 EMPLOYEES DO THINGS THAT THEY 71 00:02:34,117 --> 00:02:36,119 FELT WAS UNETHICAL AND ILLEGAL 72 00:02:36,253 --> 00:02:37,754 AND SHE WAS USING THAT WHOLE 73 00:02:37,888 --> 00:02:39,823 ORGANIZATION TO PROP UP HIS 74 00:02:39,956 --> 00:02:41,224 PROSPECTS, AND NOW WE FIND OUT 75 00:02:41,358 --> 00:02:42,993 THAT YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH DOING 76 00:02:43,126 --> 00:02:43,293 THAT. 77 00:02:43,427 --> 00:02:45,228 YOU DON'T GO TO PRISON FOR DOING 78 00:02:45,362 --> 00:02:45,495 IT. 79 00:02:45,629 --> 00:02:47,831 I THINK IT SENDS A REALLY BAD 80 00:02:47,964 --> 00:02:49,232 MESSAGE, SET AND BAD PRECEDENT 81 00:02:49,366 --> 00:02:50,400 AND WILL TELL LOTS OF OTHER 82 00:02:50,534 --> 00:02:51,902 PUBLIC OFFICIALS THAT, HEY, AS 83 00:02:52,035 --> 00:02:53,437 LONG AS YOU'RE NOT THE ONE 84 00:02:53,570 --> 00:02:54,871 LEADING IT, YOU CAN GO ALONG 85 00:02:55,005 --> 00:02:55,772 WITH IT AND THAT'S FINE. 86 00:02:57,906 --> 00:02:59,274 >> I WOULD TEND TO AGREE WITH 87 00:02:59,407 --> 00:02:59,541 YOU. 88 00:02:59,674 --> 00:03:01,109 I DO THINK SHE SHOULD HAVE GOT 89 00:03:01,242 --> 00:03:02,677 SOME MINIMAL SENTENCE WHERE SHE 90 00:03:02,811 --> 00:03:04,746 ACTUALLY WAS INCARCERATED. 91 00:03:04,879 --> 00:03:06,981 HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I'VE COVERED 92 00:03:07,115 --> 00:03:10,518 SOME FEDERAL TRIALS WHERE REALLY 93 00:03:10,652 --> 00:03:13,054 ICKY, ICKY PEOPLE TESTIFIED 94 00:03:13,188 --> 00:03:14,422 AGAINST PEOPLE WORSE THAN -- 95 00:03:14,556 --> 00:03:16,291 MORE DESPICABLE THAN THEY WERE 96 00:03:16,424 --> 00:03:18,693 AND SHE GOT A FREE PASS MORE OR 97 00:03:18,827 --> 00:03:18,993 LESS. 98 00:03:19,127 --> 00:03:20,128 >> IS THAT THE WHOLE THING? 99 00:03:20,261 --> 00:03:21,429 YOU HAVE TO FIND SOMEONE WORSE 100 00:03:21,563 --> 00:03:21,996 THAN YOU? 101 00:03:22,130 --> 00:03:22,964 >> I THINK THEY WANTED STEVE 102 00:03:23,098 --> 00:03:24,132 STENGER SO BAD, AND I THINK 103 00:03:24,265 --> 00:03:25,567 SHE'S THE ONE THAT LAID HIM OUT 104 00:03:25,700 --> 00:03:26,534 ON A PLATTER. 105 00:03:26,668 --> 00:03:28,470 >> SO YOU THINK SHE'S THE PERSON 106 00:03:28,603 --> 00:03:29,771 WEARING THE WIRE? 107 00:03:29,904 --> 00:03:32,874 >> YES, I DO. 108 00:03:33,007 --> 00:03:33,775 YES, I DO. 109 00:03:33,908 --> 00:03:36,077 >> I'M WITH SARAH ON THIS. 110 00:03:36,211 --> 00:03:38,146 YOU MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS SHE 111 00:03:38,279 --> 00:03:39,881 MADE AND YOU WILLINGLY STEAL 112 00:03:40,014 --> 00:03:41,249 FROM THE COUNTY, I THINK YOU 113 00:03:41,382 --> 00:03:43,151 SHOULD DO TIME. 114 00:03:43,284 --> 00:03:47,122 I MEAN, IF SHE WENT AND ROBBED 115 00:03:47,255 --> 00:03:49,991 THE 7-ELEVEN STORE, SHE'D BE 116 00:03:50,125 --> 00:03:51,593 LOOKING AT TEN YEARS. 117 00:03:51,726 --> 00:03:53,628 CERTAINLY SHE SHOULD DO A COUPLE 118 00:03:53,762 --> 00:03:54,395 YEARS FOR THIS. 119 00:03:54,529 --> 00:03:55,930 >> MAYBE THE PROSECUTOR SAID, 120 00:03:56,064 --> 00:03:57,932 HEY, HELP US AND WE'LL HELP YOU. 121 00:03:58,066 --> 00:03:59,300 >> WHAT'S INTERESTING, IF YOU 122 00:03:59,434 --> 00:04:01,603 FOLLOW THE TRANSCRIPTS, SHE WAS 123 00:04:01,736 --> 00:04:03,605 WILLING TO GO ALONG WHEN THEY 124 00:04:03,738 --> 00:04:05,273 JAFE JOHN RALLO THE SPECIAL 125 00:04:05,406 --> 00:04:06,708 CONTRACT EVEN THOUGH HE HAD NO 126 00:04:06,841 --> 00:04:08,443 EXPERIENCE IN MARKETING AND SHE 127 00:04:08,576 --> 00:04:10,378 HELPED WITH THE WELL STUN DEAL, 128 00:04:10,512 --> 00:04:11,513 BUT IN THE SUMMER OF 2018, IT 129 00:04:11,646 --> 00:04:13,414 WAS REPORTED THAT THE FBI WAS 130 00:04:13,548 --> 00:04:13,915 FOLLOWING HER. 131 00:04:14,048 --> 00:04:15,316 SHEN THE TRANSCRIPT, SHE'S 132 00:04:15,450 --> 00:04:19,554 REALLY RELUCTANT TO GIVE JOHN 133 00:04:19,687 --> 00:04:20,789 BARGER AND ASSOCIATES ANY 134 00:04:20,922 --> 00:04:21,756 SPECIAL TREATMENT AND YOU CAN 135 00:04:21,890 --> 00:04:23,491 TELL WHERE SHE BEGAN TO 136 00:04:23,625 --> 00:04:24,826 COOPERATE WITH THE GOVERNMENT. 137 00:04:24,959 --> 00:04:25,960 >> THAT'S A LITTLE LATE. 138 00:04:26,094 --> 00:04:26,995 >> I THINK THE KEY QUESTION IS 139 00:04:27,128 --> 00:04:28,029 COOPERATION, MEANING IT'S A LOT 140 00:04:28,163 --> 00:04:29,931 LIKE THE CALCULUS THAT WHEN YOU 141 00:04:30,064 --> 00:04:31,299 SEE PEOPLE IN THE MUELLER REPORT 142 00:04:31,432 --> 00:04:33,401 ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL, AND I 143 00:04:33,535 --> 00:04:36,271 DON'T REALLY HAVE -- I DON'T 144 00:04:36,404 --> 00:04:36,838 DISAGREE WITH ANYBODY 145 00:04:36,971 --> 00:04:38,439 PARTICULARLY ABOUT IT AS MUCH AS 146 00:04:38,573 --> 00:04:39,741 IT REALLY PROBABLY COMES DOWN TO 147 00:04:39,874 --> 00:04:41,309 HOW MUCH, HOW VALUABLE WHAT SHE 148 00:04:41,442 --> 00:04:43,878 KNEW AND WHAT SHE DID WAS TO THE 149 00:04:44,012 --> 00:04:44,312 FEDS. 150 00:04:44,445 --> 00:04:46,714 IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK THAT'S 151 00:04:46,848 --> 00:04:48,716 PROBABLY WHAT DETERMINED IT 152 00:04:48,850 --> 00:04:50,485 ALTHOUGH I HAVE -- WE DON'T KNOW 153 00:04:50,618 --> 00:04:52,287 FOR SURE WHETHER SHE'S GOT NO 154 00:04:52,420 --> 00:04:52,821 COMMUNITY SERVICE. 155 00:04:52,954 --> 00:04:54,389 THAT SOUNDS LIKE -- 156 00:04:54,522 --> 00:04:55,423 >> I DIDN'T SEE IT. 157 00:04:55,557 --> 00:04:56,958 >> WE DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT I 158 00:04:57,091 --> 00:04:58,326 DON'T -- YOU KNOW, NOT ARGUING 159 00:04:58,459 --> 00:04:59,294 FOR LENIENCY. 160 00:04:59,427 --> 00:05:00,962 I SUCT IT HAED TO DO WITH 161 00:05:01,095 --> 00:05:02,630 COOPERATION -- SUSPECT IT HAD TO 162 00:05:02,764 --> 00:05:03,631 DO WITH COOPERATION. 163 00:05:03,765 --> 00:05:05,300 >> THEY DID SAY IN THE 164 00:05:05,433 --> 00:05:06,234 TRANSCRIPTS, STENGER IS CAUGHT 165 00:05:06,367 --> 00:05:07,969 ON THERE SAYING THINGS ABOUT HER 166 00:05:08,102 --> 00:05:09,571 THAT WERE SO TERRIBLE THAT THE 167 00:05:09,704 --> 00:05:10,805 PROSECUTOR SAID THEY COULD NOT 168 00:05:10,939 --> 00:05:12,240 EVEN READ THEM IN OPEN COURT 169 00:05:12,373 --> 00:05:13,942 BECAUSE IT WOULD BE TOO NASTY, 170 00:05:14,075 --> 00:05:15,844 SO THEY FELT THAT SHE WAS ONE OF 171 00:05:15,977 --> 00:05:16,377 STENGER'S VICTIMS. 172 00:05:16,511 --> 00:05:18,980 >> BUT SHE ALSO MAY HAVE BEEN -- 173 00:05:19,113 --> 00:05:21,616 SHE WAS THE KEY TO THEIR CASE. 174 00:05:21,749 --> 00:05:23,785 I MEAN, THAT WOULD WEIGH 175 00:05:23,918 --> 00:05:24,452 HEAVILY, I THINK. 176 00:05:24,586 --> 00:05:26,588 >> SHE WAS ALSO A BIG KEY TO 177 00:05:26,721 --> 00:05:29,224 STENGER BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT HE 178 00:05:29,357 --> 00:05:29,724 DID. 179 00:05:29,858 --> 00:05:31,593 THERE'S NOT A SHRED OF HONESTY 180 00:05:31,726 --> 00:05:31,926 THERE. 181 00:05:32,060 --> 00:05:32,994 >> SHE WAS THE LINCHPIN BECAUSE 182 00:05:33,127 --> 00:05:35,363 SHE CONTROLLED THE FUNDS AT THE 183 00:05:35,496 --> 00:05:36,264 ST. LOUIS PORT AUTHORITY. 184 00:05:36,397 --> 00:05:36,831 >> RIGHT. 185 00:05:36,965 --> 00:05:37,799 >> RIGHT, RIGHT. 186 00:05:37,932 --> 00:05:39,500 >> SHE KEPT TRYING TO HIRE 187 00:05:39,634 --> 00:05:40,735 PEOPLE IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY AND 188 00:05:40,869 --> 00:05:41,803 HIS EMPLOYEES WERE BLOCKING HIM 189 00:05:41,936 --> 00:05:43,438 AT EVERY TURN AND IT WAS ONLY 190 00:05:43,571 --> 00:05:44,873 THROUGH THIS PORT AUTHORITY AND 191 00:05:45,006 --> 00:05:45,874 THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 192 00:05:46,007 --> 00:05:47,041 THAT SHE CONTROLLED THAT HE WAS 193 00:05:47,175 --> 00:05:48,476 ABLE TO PLACE ALL THESE PEOPLE 194 00:05:48,610 --> 00:05:49,410 INTO FAKE JOBS. 195 00:05:49,544 --> 00:05:52,046 >> AND THERE WAS ONE COUNTY 196 00:05:52,180 --> 00:05:53,715 EMPLOYEE, PAM WRIGHT, I THINK 197 00:05:53,848 --> 00:05:55,617 THAT'S HOW YOU PRONOUNCE HER 198 00:05:55,750 --> 00:05:56,918 NAME, TRYING TO STOP HIM THE 199 00:05:57,051 --> 00:05:57,852 WHOLE WAY. 200 00:05:57,986 --> 00:05:58,920 >> DID SHE GET FIRED? 201 00:05:59,053 --> 00:06:00,722 >> WELL, I THINK SHE'S WORKING 202 00:06:00,855 --> 00:06:03,558 IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT NOW, BUT 203 00:06:03,691 --> 00:06:05,093 SHE DESERVES SOME PRAISE FOR 204 00:06:05,226 --> 00:06:07,729 TRYING TO THWART IT. 205 00:06:07,862 --> 00:06:09,864 >> I HOPE I'M NEVER IN THAT 206 00:06:09,998 --> 00:06:11,032 SITUATION, BUT COME ON, WE GOT 207 00:06:11,165 --> 00:06:13,735 TO SING. 208 00:06:13,868 --> 00:06:16,170 I WANT SOMETHING FOR IT. 209 00:06:16,304 --> 00:06:16,971 >> ALVIN REID -- 210 00:06:17,105 --> 00:06:18,473 >> TAKE YOUR MONEY AND GO. 211 00:06:18,606 --> 00:06:19,841 >> ALVIN, I WANT TO ASK YOU 212 00:06:19,974 --> 00:06:20,775 ABOUT THE MLS. 213 00:06:20,909 --> 00:06:22,443 IT IS OFFICIAL, THE MLS IS 214 00:06:22,577 --> 00:06:24,078 COMING TO TOWN AND AS SOON AS WE 215 00:06:24,212 --> 00:06:26,047 BUILD A STADIUM, I GUESS WE'LL 216 00:06:26,180 --> 00:06:28,049 BE PLAYING IN MAJOR LEAGUE 217 00:06:28,182 --> 00:06:28,383 SOCCER. 218 00:06:28,516 --> 00:06:30,718 YOU WERE AT THE ANNOUNCEMENT 219 00:06:30,852 --> 00:06:32,220 THIS PAST WEEK AND OVERALL, YOU 220 00:06:32,353 --> 00:06:33,788 THINK IT'S GOING TO BRING JOBS 221 00:06:33,922 --> 00:06:35,924 AND BUSINESSES TO ST. LOUIS AS 222 00:06:36,057 --> 00:06:38,326 SOME OF THE BACKERS SUGGEST? 223 00:06:38,459 --> 00:06:40,461 >> WELL, 400 ON CONSTRUCTION OF 224 00:06:40,595 --> 00:06:42,897 THE STADIUM OR MAYBE 500, AND 225 00:06:43,031 --> 00:06:46,901 THEN 450 PERMANENT JOBS, THAT 226 00:06:47,035 --> 00:06:48,469 WAS IN THE RELESS. 227 00:06:48,603 --> 00:06:51,306 THEY PROMISED TO -- IN THE 228 00:06:51,439 --> 00:06:51,639 RELEASE. 229 00:06:51,773 --> 00:06:52,507 THEY PROMISED TO DO BASICALLY 230 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:56,010 THE BEST THEY COULD TO FULL FILT 231 00:06:56,144 --> 00:06:56,945 MINORITY BUSINESS AND WOMEN 232 00:06:57,078 --> 00:06:58,179 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE STATUTES FOR 233 00:06:58,313 --> 00:06:59,147 THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS. 234 00:06:59,280 --> 00:07:00,448 THAT COULD MEAN EVERYTHING, THAT 235 00:07:00,581 --> 00:07:01,482 COULD MEAN NOTHING. 236 00:07:01,616 --> 00:07:02,951 YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD BE -- IT'S 237 00:07:03,084 --> 00:07:03,251 GOOD. 238 00:07:03,384 --> 00:07:06,487 IT'S GOOD THAT THE DEAL GOT 239 00:07:06,621 --> 00:07:06,788 DONE. 240 00:07:06,921 --> 00:07:08,122 IT'S GOOD THAT I THINK ANDY 241 00:07:08,256 --> 00:07:10,258 TAYLOR AND I KNOW IT'S HIS 242 00:07:10,391 --> 00:07:11,459 RELATIVES THAT ARE THE THE 243 00:07:11,592 --> 00:07:14,963 FEMALE OWNERSHIP AND I THINK 244 00:07:15,096 --> 00:07:16,030 THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT 245 00:07:16,164 --> 00:07:17,966 ANDY TAYLOR'S BLESSING AND I 246 00:07:18,099 --> 00:07:20,034 THINK MLS KNEW THAT AND I THINK 247 00:07:20,168 --> 00:07:21,736 THEY ALSO BLACKMAIL US TO GET 248 00:07:21,869 --> 00:07:24,739 MORE OUT OF IT TO THE POINT THAT 249 00:07:24,872 --> 00:07:25,907 THE OWNERSHIP GROUP HAD TO STAND 250 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:27,775 UP AND SAY, LISTEN, IF IT 251 00:07:27,909 --> 00:07:28,843 DOESN'T GET DONE THIS TIME, 252 00:07:28,977 --> 00:07:30,311 WE'RE NOT COMING BACK, BUT WE 253 00:07:30,445 --> 00:07:32,347 GOT TO 2018, THAT'S GOOD. 254 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,782 MAYOR KREWSON CALLED IT 255 00:07:34,916 --> 00:07:36,250 TRANSFORMATIONAL, NOT. 256 00:07:36,384 --> 00:07:37,785 17 GAMES OVER FIVE MONTHS, 257 00:07:37,919 --> 00:07:43,091 THAT'S NOT TRANSFORMATIONAL. 258 00:07:43,224 --> 00:07:46,327 LEWIS REED SAID GIVING KIDS 259 00:07:46,461 --> 00:07:48,463 SOMETHING TO DO FROM POOR SIDES 260 00:07:48,596 --> 00:07:50,298 OF TOWN TO HELP LIFT THEM FROM 261 00:07:50,431 --> 00:07:52,266 POVERTY, I THINK OUR POVERTY IS 262 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:54,135 MORE OUT OF CONTROL THAN THE 263 00:07:54,268 --> 00:07:56,270 GOOD FOLKS ON THE MLS TEAM 264 00:07:56,404 --> 00:07:57,171 HELPING TO DEVELOP SOCCER 265 00:07:57,305 --> 00:07:57,572 PROGRAMS. 266 00:07:57,705 --> 00:07:58,906 IT IS A GOOD THING, BUT IT IS 267 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:00,575 NOT GOING TO FIX THE THINGS THAT 268 00:08:00,708 --> 00:08:01,409 WE HAVE BROKEN. 269 00:08:01,542 --> 00:08:02,610 THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. 270 00:08:02,744 --> 00:08:04,045 GOD BLESS THEM FOR BRINGING THE 271 00:08:04,178 --> 00:08:05,380 TEAM HERE AND I GOT A NICE SCARF 272 00:08:05,513 --> 00:08:08,683 OUT OF IT. 273 00:08:08,816 --> 00:08:10,718 >> THERE YOU GO. 274 00:08:10,852 --> 00:08:11,652 >> I WAS GOING TO -- 275 00:08:11,786 --> 00:08:15,690 >> I THINK IT'S GRK GOOD, BUT I 276 00:08:15,823 --> 00:08:16,557 THINK THE PROGRAMS THAT IT'S 277 00:08:16,691 --> 00:08:18,326 GOING TO BRING BUSINESSES ARE 278 00:08:18,459 --> 00:08:20,061 PROBABLY EXAGGERATED. 279 00:08:20,194 --> 00:08:21,062 THERE MIGHT BE SOME BUSINESS 280 00:08:21,195 --> 00:08:23,831 OWNERS WHO REALLY LIKE SOCCER 281 00:08:23,965 --> 00:08:25,266 AND THAT WILL MAKE ST. LOUIS 282 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:26,167 MORE APPEALING. 283 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:28,002 WE HAD THE NFL FOR 20 YEARS AND 284 00:08:28,136 --> 00:08:29,203 HOW MANY BUSINESSES MOVED TO 285 00:08:29,337 --> 00:08:29,771 DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS? 286 00:08:29,904 --> 00:08:35,009 WE PROBABLY LOST MORE THAN WE 287 00:08:35,143 --> 00:08:35,810 GAIN 288 00:08:35,943 --> 00:08:36,144 GAINED. 289 00:08:36,277 --> 00:08:37,478 >> I DON'T THINK IT'S 290 00:08:37,612 --> 00:08:38,246 ECONOMICALLY SIGNIFICANT. 291 00:08:38,379 --> 00:08:40,114 IT MIGHT BRING SOME JOBS. 292 00:08:40,248 --> 00:08:41,249 DEFINITELY THE BEST THING ABOUT 293 00:08:41,382 --> 00:08:43,051 IT IS IT'S A MORALE WIN FOR A 294 00:08:43,184 --> 00:08:45,186 CITY THAT NEEDS A MORALE WIN AND 295 00:08:45,319 --> 00:08:46,988 IT'S GREAT FOR SOCCER FANS AND I 296 00:08:47,121 --> 00:08:48,156 DO THINK ST. LOUIS WILL DO A 297 00:08:48,289 --> 00:08:49,824 GREAT JOB OF SUPPORTING IT. 298 00:08:49,957 --> 00:08:52,160 I THINK THE BIG -- THE 299 00:08:52,293 --> 00:08:53,061 UNANSWERED QUESTION WITH THESE 300 00:08:53,194 --> 00:08:55,563 THINGS IS WE'RE NOW AT POINT OF 301 00:08:55,696 --> 00:08:57,398 THE DEVIL GET INTO THE DETAILS 302 00:08:57,532 --> 00:08:59,300 AND IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO 303 00:08:59,434 --> 00:09:01,202 SEE WHAT IF ANY PUBLIC GOODIES 304 00:09:01,335 --> 00:09:02,937 THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEY'LL 305 00:09:03,071 --> 00:09:03,204 GET. 306 00:09:03,337 --> 00:09:04,205 FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT 307 00:09:04,338 --> 00:09:05,907 GOING TO OWN THE STADIUM, WHICH 308 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:07,241 MEANS THEY'RE NOT PAYING 309 00:09:07,375 --> 00:09:08,943 PROPERTY TAX TO THE SCHOOLS, AND 310 00:09:09,077 --> 00:09:10,812 THERE'S THINGS -- WHEN YOU LOOK 311 00:09:10,945 --> 00:09:12,213 AT WHAT A GOOD INVESTMENT THIS 312 00:09:12,346 --> 00:09:14,849 IS FOR THE TAYLORS, BEING PART 313 00:09:14,982 --> 00:09:19,387 OF THE MLS AND I WROTE ABOUT 314 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,222 THIS AT THE RFT. 315 00:09:21,355 --> 00:09:22,890 THEY'RE PART OF AN INTERNATIONAL 316 00:09:23,024 --> 00:09:24,425 MARKETING GROUP, BASICALLY, WHEN 317 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:25,660 THEY JOIN THE MLS. 318 00:09:25,793 --> 00:09:27,428 YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THEY 319 00:09:27,562 --> 00:09:31,299 REALLY NEED THAT MUCH HELP. 320 00:09:31,432 --> 00:09:33,401 >> I THINK YOU'RE BEING TOO 321 00:09:33,534 --> 00:09:34,268 PICKY ON THIS. 322 00:09:34,402 --> 00:09:36,270 OVERALL, THIS IS A VERY GOOD 323 00:09:36,404 --> 00:09:36,571 THING. 324 00:09:36,704 --> 00:09:37,939 NO ONE REALLY THINKS IT'S GOING 325 00:09:38,072 --> 00:09:39,240 TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL AND AS 326 00:09:39,373 --> 00:09:41,442 FAR AS THIS BEING A GREAT 327 00:09:41,576 --> 00:09:42,743 INVESTMENT FOR THE TAYLORS, 328 00:09:42,877 --> 00:09:44,846 MAYBE SO AND MAYBE NOT. 329 00:09:44,979 --> 00:09:47,014 IT'S BUILT LIKE A PONZI SCHEME, 330 00:09:47,148 --> 00:09:47,315 RIGHT? 331 00:09:47,448 --> 00:09:50,118 AND IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY, I 332 00:09:50,251 --> 00:09:51,319 WOULDN'T BE THINKING OF PUTTING 333 00:09:51,452 --> 00:09:52,253 IT INTO SOMETHING THAT LOOKS 334 00:09:52,386 --> 00:09:53,254 LIKE A PONZI SCHEME. 335 00:09:53,387 --> 00:09:58,326 >> IT'S NOT A POND SKI SCHEME, 336 00:09:58,459 --> 00:09:59,861 AND TO YOUR POINT, THE AMOUNT OF 337 00:09:59,994 --> 00:10:01,462 MONEY THEY HAVE, IT PROBABLY IS 338 00:10:01,596 --> 00:10:03,431 NOT GOING TO AFFECT THEIR BOTTOM 339 00:10:03,564 --> 00:10:03,731 LINE. 340 00:10:03,865 --> 00:10:04,265 I DON'T MEAN THAT. 341 00:10:04,398 --> 00:10:08,336 I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS A GOOD 342 00:10:08,469 --> 00:10:09,070 INVESTMENT PROBABLY BECAUSE OF 343 00:10:09,203 --> 00:10:09,804 THE MARKETING COMPONENT. 344 00:10:09,937 --> 00:10:11,405 >> MAYBE SOCCER BUT I'VE SAID 345 00:10:11,539 --> 00:10:13,441 THIS -- MAYBE SO, BUT I'VE SAID 346 00:10:13,574 --> 00:10:13,741 THIS. 347 00:10:13,875 --> 00:10:14,942 FROM EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN TOLD 348 00:10:15,076 --> 00:10:18,079 AND READ AND EVERYTHING ELSE, 349 00:10:18,212 --> 00:10:19,847 MLS'S BUSINESS MODEL IS TO ADD 350 00:10:19,981 --> 00:10:21,716 TWO TEAMS EVERY THREE OR FOUR 351 00:10:21,849 --> 00:10:23,951 YEARS AND THAT BRINGS IN ANOTHER 352 00:10:24,085 --> 00:10:25,419 300, $400 MILLION AND THAT'S 353 00:10:25,553 --> 00:10:27,155 BASICALLY WHAT KEEPS THIS THING 354 00:10:27,288 --> 00:10:27,688 AFLOAT. 355 00:10:27,822 --> 00:10:29,290 THERE'S ONLY TWO OR THREE 356 00:10:29,423 --> 00:10:30,658 FRANCHISES THAT DECLARE A 357 00:10:30,791 --> 00:10:30,992 PROFIT. 358 00:10:31,125 --> 00:10:33,027 I'M NOT IN THEIR BOOKS AND ALL 359 00:10:33,161 --> 00:10:34,195 THAT, BUT THERE'S VERY FEW TEAMS 360 00:10:34,328 --> 00:10:35,796 IN THIS LEAGUE THAT OPENLY SAY 361 00:10:35,930 --> 00:10:37,064 WE ACTUALLY MAKE SOME MONEY. 362 00:10:37,198 --> 00:10:38,733 SO WHO KNOWS WHAT THE OTHER 363 00:10:38,866 --> 00:10:39,433 TEAMS ARE DOING? 364 00:10:39,567 --> 00:10:41,269 >> IT'S THE MARKETING, I'M 365 00:10:41,402 --> 00:10:46,974 TELLING YOU, AND A PONZI KEEM AS 366 00:10:47,108 --> 00:10:47,308 CRIME. 367 00:10:47,441 --> 00:10:48,176 IT'S A NOT A CRIME IT. 368 00:10:48,309 --> 00:10:49,677 >> DEPENDS ON NEW INVESTMENTS 369 00:10:49,810 --> 00:10:50,711 COMING IN TO PAY THE OLD 370 00:10:50,845 --> 00:10:51,979 INVESTMENTS IS WHAT WE'RE 371 00:10:52,113 --> 00:10:52,313 SAYING. 372 00:10:52,446 --> 00:10:55,683 I HOPE FOR THE TAYLORS IT WORKS 373 00:10:55,816 --> 00:10:55,983 WELL. 374 00:10:56,117 --> 00:11:00,888 >> I DON'T THINK SO, LEAGUES 375 00:11:01,022 --> 00:11:01,589 HAVE DONE GREAT. 376 00:11:01,722 --> 00:11:03,124 >> SOCCER IS EXCITING, BUT THE 377 00:11:03,257 --> 00:11:04,358 IMPORTANT THING IS CRIME IN THE 378 00:11:04,492 --> 00:11:05,793 STREETS OF ST. LOUIS AND A LOT 379 00:11:05,927 --> 00:11:06,928 OF ATTENTION RECENTLY HAS BEEN 380 00:11:07,061 --> 00:11:08,663 PAID TO A HORRIFIC SITUATION, 381 00:11:08,796 --> 00:11:10,631 SARAH, AND THAT'S ABOUT TEN 382 00:11:10,765 --> 00:11:12,533 KIDS, MAYBE 11 NOW, UNDER THE 383 00:11:12,667 --> 00:11:13,568 AGE OF 16 HAVE BEEN KILLED ON 384 00:11:13,701 --> 00:11:14,769 THE ST. LOUIS STREETS SINCE JUNE 385 00:11:14,902 --> 00:11:16,771 AND IT'S CLOSE TO 20 FOR THE 386 00:11:16,904 --> 00:11:17,071 YEAR. 387 00:11:17,205 --> 00:11:19,974 AND MAYBE THE SADDEST COMMENT 388 00:11:20,107 --> 00:11:21,442 I'VE EVER SEEN IN PRINT WERE IN 389 00:11:21,576 --> 00:11:22,877 THE POST-DISPATCH THIS WEEK WHEN 390 00:11:23,010 --> 00:11:25,713 THE MOTHER OF A SLAIN 7-YEAR-OLD 391 00:11:25,846 --> 00:11:26,781 SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT 392 00:11:26,914 --> 00:11:28,683 THAT -- I'M PARAPHRASING HERE -- 393 00:11:28,816 --> 00:11:30,418 MAYBE IT'S JUST AS WELL HE WAS 394 00:11:30,551 --> 00:11:33,221 SHOT AT THE AGE OF 7 SO HE 395 00:11:33,354 --> 00:11:34,855 DIDN'T GROW UP THESE STREETS. 396 00:11:34,989 --> 00:11:36,023 WHAT DID YOU THINK? 397 00:11:36,157 --> 00:11:38,526 WAS THIS IS GRIEF TALKING OR WAS 398 00:11:38,659 --> 00:11:39,460 THERE MORE TO THAT? 399 00:11:39,594 --> 00:11:41,062 >> WELL, OBVIOUSLY IT BEGAN WITH 400 00:11:41,195 --> 00:11:42,597 THE GRIEF TALKING, BUT I THINK 401 00:11:42,730 --> 00:11:44,932 SHE ALSO SAW WHAT HAPPENS IN HER 402 00:11:45,066 --> 00:11:45,733 NEIGHBOR, WHICH THE HYDE PARK IN 403 00:11:45,866 --> 00:11:46,901 NORTH CITY, AND THERE ARE SO 404 00:11:47,034 --> 00:11:47,969 MANY PROBLEMS THERE. 405 00:11:48,102 --> 00:11:48,970 I THINK WHAT SHE WAS REFERRING 406 00:11:49,103 --> 00:11:51,205 TO IN THAT LONGER QUOTATION IS 407 00:11:51,339 --> 00:11:53,574 THAT WHEN SHE SAW THE SHOOTER, 408 00:11:53,708 --> 00:11:55,042 WHO WAS CHARGED WITH KILLING HER 409 00:11:55,176 --> 00:11:57,745 SON, SHE REALIZED IF HE GREW UP 410 00:11:57,878 --> 00:12:00,214 AND TOOK A LONG TIME IN THIS 411 00:12:00,348 --> 00:12:00,915 REALLY TOUGH NEIGHBORHOOD 412 00:12:01,048 --> 00:12:02,149 THEY'RE IN, THAT COULD HAVE JUST 413 00:12:02,283 --> 00:12:04,352 AS EASILY BEEN HIM IN TEN YEARS 414 00:12:04,485 --> 00:12:05,453 AND THAT'S THE MOST 415 00:12:05,586 --> 00:12:07,188 HEARTBREAKING THING OF ALL TO 416 00:12:07,321 --> 00:12:09,624 ME, IS THAT'S THE FUTURE SHE 417 00:12:09,757 --> 00:12:10,691 COULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR 418 00:12:10,825 --> 00:12:12,493 THIS LITTLE 7-YEAR-OLD BOY. 419 00:12:12,627 --> 00:12:14,929 XAVIER USANGA WAS HIS NAME. 420 00:12:15,062 --> 00:12:15,997 I CAN SEE WHERE SHE WAS COMING 421 00:12:16,130 --> 00:12:16,430 FROM. 422 00:12:16,564 --> 00:12:17,632 I DON'T THINK SHE WAS INCORRECT 423 00:12:17,765 --> 00:12:18,966 IN SAYING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN 424 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:20,301 HIS FUTURE. 425 00:12:20,434 --> 00:12:21,969 >> I THINK THAT'S GRIEF TALKING. 426 00:12:22,103 --> 00:12:22,870 I DON'T WANT TO SAY SHE DIDN'T 427 00:12:23,004 --> 00:12:24,272 REALLY BELIEVE THAT, BUT I THINK 428 00:12:24,405 --> 00:12:26,073 THAT IS GRIEF. 429 00:12:26,207 --> 00:12:27,508 NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS NOT 430 00:12:27,642 --> 00:12:28,109 BY VIOLENCE. 431 00:12:28,242 --> 00:12:30,444 MY WIFE AND I LOST AN INFANT SON 432 00:12:30,578 --> 00:12:32,513 TO NATURAL CAUSES WHEN HE WAS 10 433 00:12:32,647 --> 00:12:33,648 MONTHS OLD. 434 00:12:33,781 --> 00:12:37,518 YOU KNOW, WE HAD 10 MONTHS, BUT 435 00:12:37,652 --> 00:12:39,053 AT THE SAME TIME, I HAVE NO IDEA 436 00:12:39,186 --> 00:12:40,187 WHAT CHANDLER WOULD HAVE GROWN 437 00:12:40,321 --> 00:12:40,855 UP TO BE. 438 00:12:40,988 --> 00:12:42,056 HE COULD HAVE BEEN LIKE THE MOST 439 00:12:42,189 --> 00:12:43,457 SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN IN THE 440 00:12:43,591 --> 00:12:44,959 WORLD, BUT MAYBE HE WOULD HAVE 441 00:12:45,092 --> 00:12:46,127 TOOK A WRONG TURN. 442 00:12:46,260 --> 00:12:47,828 THE THING IS, I WOULD NEVER SAY 443 00:12:47,962 --> 00:12:50,064 I WISH I NEVER HAD HIM AT ALL 444 00:12:50,197 --> 00:12:51,966 BECAUSE THAT IS -- NO, HUH-UH. 445 00:12:52,099 --> 00:12:54,769 I THINK THAT WAS JUST HER TRYING 446 00:12:54,902 --> 00:12:57,038 TO DEAL WITH THE TRAGEDY THAT 447 00:12:57,171 --> 00:12:58,072 HIT HER LIFE. 448 00:12:58,205 --> 00:12:59,407 >> SHE DIDN'T SAY SHE DIDN'T 449 00:12:59,540 --> 00:13:00,775 WANT TO HAVE HIM AT ALL. 450 00:13:00,908 --> 00:13:03,177 SHE SAID MAYBE IT GOOD THAT GOD 451 00:13:03,311 --> 00:13:05,279 HAS TAKEN HIM NOW RATHER THAN 452 00:13:05,413 --> 00:13:05,613 OLDER. 453 00:13:05,746 --> 00:13:07,415 >> I'M SAYING IT HAPPENS, BUT I 454 00:13:07,548 --> 00:13:09,984 COULDN'T -- I DIDN'T FEAR THE 455 00:13:10,117 --> 00:13:12,420 WORST -- WELL, YOU SAY YOU CAME 456 00:13:12,553 --> 00:13:13,788 FROM A MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY, BUT 457 00:13:13,921 --> 00:13:15,356 SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WAS GOING 458 00:13:15,489 --> 00:13:16,857 TO PLAY OUT. 459 00:13:16,991 --> 00:13:18,626 I WOULD NEVER EVER SAY MAYBE IT 460 00:13:18,759 --> 00:13:20,928 WAS BEST BECAUSE MAYBE HE 461 00:13:21,062 --> 00:13:22,263 WOULDN'T BE EVERYTHING WE 462 00:13:22,396 --> 00:13:23,130 THOUGHT HE WOULD BE. 463 00:13:23,264 --> 00:13:23,998 I WOULD NEVER SAY THAT. 464 00:13:24,131 --> 00:13:26,000 >> WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN WAYS OF 465 00:13:26,133 --> 00:13:26,600 RESPONDING TO GRIEF. 466 00:13:26,734 --> 00:13:28,069 11 KIDS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE 467 00:13:28,202 --> 00:13:29,637 CITY THIS SUMMER AND AT THE SAME 468 00:13:29,770 --> 00:13:30,938 TIME, YOU HAVE SO MANY YOUNG MEN 469 00:13:31,072 --> 00:13:32,373 ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING PEOPLE AND 470 00:13:32,506 --> 00:13:34,208 FOR MURDER AND DOING VIOLENT 471 00:13:34,342 --> 00:13:36,043 ACTS AND THEY HAVE COMING OUT OF 472 00:13:36,177 --> 00:13:37,345 THE SAME MILIEU WHERE YOU CAN 473 00:13:37,478 --> 00:13:39,146 KILL OR BE KILLED AND THAT'S THE 474 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:40,247 BIGGEST TRAGEDY OF EVERYTHING. 475 00:13:40,381 --> 00:13:45,753 >> AND AS A PARENT, TO ME, IT'S 476 00:13:45,886 --> 00:13:48,889 SO -- THE GRIEF ANY PARENT HAS 477 00:13:49,023 --> 00:13:50,191 WHEN THEY LOSE A CHILD IS SUCH 478 00:13:50,324 --> 00:13:52,193 THAT I JUST -- I THINK EVERYBODY 479 00:13:52,326 --> 00:13:53,260 HANDLES THAT GRIEF DIFFERENTLY 480 00:13:53,394 --> 00:13:57,965 AND EXPRESSES IT, AND I SORT OF 481 00:13:58,099 --> 00:14:01,769 JUST THINK -- MAYBE IT'S A 482 00:14:01,902 --> 00:14:03,504 COPOUT, BUT SORT OF A FREE PASS. 483 00:14:03,637 --> 00:14:04,305 HOWEVER YOU WANT TO EXPRESS 484 00:14:04,438 --> 00:14:06,073 YOURSELF IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO. 485 00:14:06,207 --> 00:14:07,708 >> IT'S ALMOST SO SAD. 486 00:14:07,842 --> 00:14:08,809 I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF, IF I 487 00:14:08,943 --> 00:14:10,244 WAS A REPORTER, MAYBE I WOULD 488 00:14:10,378 --> 00:14:11,946 HAVE ELIMINATED ONLY BECAUSE I 489 00:14:12,079 --> 00:14:13,080 WOULD HAVE FELT, MAYBE LIKE 490 00:14:13,214 --> 00:14:14,615 ALVIN, THAT IT WAS THE GRIEF 491 00:14:14,749 --> 00:14:15,649 TALKING, BUT I TOTALLY 492 00:14:15,783 --> 00:14:17,318 APPRECIATE YOUR POINT THERE, 493 00:14:17,451 --> 00:14:17,618 SARAH. 494 00:14:17,752 --> 00:14:18,953 YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST -- THE 495 00:14:19,086 --> 00:14:22,123 SITUATION IS SO DIRE. 496 00:14:22,256 --> 00:14:23,791 ACTUALLY, THERE'S A PROFESSOR 497 00:14:23,924 --> 00:14:25,059 FROM HARVARD AT THE KENNEDY 498 00:14:25,192 --> 00:14:28,262 SCHOOL AND HE'S ARRIVING TONIGHT 499 00:14:28,396 --> 00:14:31,098 AND HE'S GOING TO SPEAK 500 00:14:31,232 --> 00:14:31,465 TOMORROW. 501 00:14:31,599 --> 00:14:34,335 HE'S GOING TO BE AT KMOX AT 8:30 502 00:14:34,468 --> 00:14:35,736 IN THE MORNING. 503 00:14:35,870 --> 00:14:36,971 HE'S WRITTEN A BOOK CALLED "HOW 504 00:14:37,104 --> 00:14:38,739 TO STOP THE BLEEDING ON THE 505 00:14:38,873 --> 00:14:41,108 STREETS," AND HE BELIEVES IF YOU 506 00:14:41,242 --> 00:14:42,910 FOLLOW HIS PRINCIPLES AS BOSTON 507 00:14:43,043 --> 00:14:47,314 AND OAKLAND HAVE DONE, YOU CAN 508 00:14:47,448 --> 00:14:49,216 DECREASE HOMICIDES IN AGE YEARS. 509 00:14:49,350 --> 00:14:52,853 PEOPLE PLAY WANT TO FOLLOW THAT 510 00:14:52,987 --> 00:14:53,354 A LITTLE BIT. 511 00:14:53,487 --> 00:14:55,156 WE'LL TAPE AND PLAY IT ON 512 00:14:55,289 --> 00:14:55,489 MONDAY. 513 00:14:55,623 --> 00:14:56,490 WE'LL HAVE A TOWN HALL 514 00:14:56,624 --> 00:14:56,891 DISCUSSION. 515 00:14:57,024 --> 00:14:59,460 >> WHAT IS THIS -- CAN YOU SAY 516 00:14:59,593 --> 00:15:00,861 HOW HE DOES THIS? 517 00:15:00,995 --> 00:15:03,764 >> YEAH, HE BELIEVES, ABT DOES, 518 00:15:03,898 --> 00:15:05,099 THAT YOU NEED TO FIND THE 519 00:15:05,232 --> 00:15:06,100 RELATIVELY FEW INDIVIDUALS IN 520 00:15:06,233 --> 00:15:07,268 THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S USUALLY 521 00:15:07,401 --> 00:15:09,403 250 OR 400 OF THEM, AND YOU 522 00:15:09,537 --> 00:15:09,937 CONFRONT THEM. 523 00:15:10,070 --> 00:15:11,572 YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH 524 00:15:11,705 --> 00:15:13,040 YOU AND WE'LL GET YOU JOBS AND 525 00:15:13,174 --> 00:15:14,575 TRAINING AND WE'LL GIVE YOU 526 00:15:14,708 --> 00:15:15,776 BENEFITS, BUT IF YOU DON'T 527 00:15:15,910 --> 00:15:17,144 ACCEPT OUR OFFER, WE'RE GOING TO 528 00:15:17,278 --> 00:15:17,845 HURT YOU. 529 00:15:17,978 --> 00:15:19,647 WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU AWAY FOR 530 00:15:19,780 --> 00:15:20,748 A LONG TIME. 531 00:15:20,881 --> 00:15:22,817 IT'S REALLY MICRO. 532 00:15:22,950 --> 00:15:24,752 HE FOCUSES ON THE INDIVIDUALS 533 00:15:24,885 --> 00:15:25,753 PERPETRATING THESE CRIMES. 534 00:15:25,886 --> 00:15:26,854 HE SAYS THERE'S NOT THAT 535 00:15:26,987 --> 00:15:27,955 DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT AND HE 536 00:15:28,088 --> 00:15:29,223 SAYS IT HAS WORKED IN OTHER 537 00:15:29,356 --> 00:15:29,924 CITIES AND TOWNS. 538 00:15:30,057 --> 00:15:31,192 >> KIND OF LIKE THE HOT SPOT 539 00:15:31,325 --> 00:15:33,794 POLICING THAT OUR CHIEF HAS BEEN 540 00:15:33,928 --> 00:15:35,863 TALKING ABOUT THAT'S SO MICRO. 541 00:15:35,996 --> 00:15:38,132 >> A LITTLE BIT, BUT HE DOES 542 00:15:38,265 --> 00:15:39,066 DISTINGUISH HIS PROGRAM FROM THE 543 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:39,934 HOT SPOT POLICES. 544 00:15:40,067 --> 00:15:41,635 ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO ASK 545 00:15:41,769 --> 00:15:46,006 YOU TO JOIN US ON SEPTEMBER THE 546 00:15:46,140 --> 00:15:47,541 26th FOR DONNYBASH. 547 00:15:47,675 --> 00:15:49,076 OUR ANNUAL FUNDRAISER AND A LOT 548 00:15:49,210 --> 00:15:50,144 OF FUN. 549 00:15:50,277 --> 00:15:53,080 HERE ARE THE DETAILS. 550 00:15:53,214 --> 00:15:54,882 >> FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, THE 551 00:15:55,082 --> 00:15:55,850 DONNYBROOK CAST HAS BEEN SHOWING 552 00:15:55,983 --> 00:15:57,184 UP HERE EVERY WEEK AND ARGUING 553 00:15:57,318 --> 00:15:58,385 ABOUT THE NEWS OF THE DAY AND 554 00:15:58,519 --> 00:15:59,420 THE VARIOUS VIEWPOINTS OF THE 555 00:15:59,553 --> 00:16:01,455 DAY, BUT ALSO IN A WAY THAT YOU 556 00:16:01,589 --> 00:16:02,890 CAN TELL THAT THEY ARE GOOD 557 00:16:03,023 --> 00:16:04,959 FRIENDS AND YOU CAN TELL THAT 558 00:16:05,092 --> 00:16:06,293 THEY RESPECT EACH OTHER'S 559 00:16:06,427 --> 00:16:07,962 OPINIONS EVEN WHEN THEY DIFFER. 560 00:16:08,095 --> 00:16:09,997 AND THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THEM 561 00:16:10,130 --> 00:16:12,132 AND A LOT ABOUT CHANNEL 9. 562 00:16:12,266 --> 00:16:14,201 WE TRY TO BRING PROGRAMS THAT 563 00:16:14,335 --> 00:16:16,237 BRING US INTO COMMUNITY, THAT 564 00:16:16,370 --> 00:16:18,639 BRING US TOGETHER, NOT DIVIDE. 565 00:16:18,772 --> 00:16:20,741 AND WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO 566 00:16:20,875 --> 00:16:21,809 SUPPORT DONNYBROOK AND ALL THE 567 00:16:21,942 --> 00:16:23,010 OTHER PROGRAMS YOU END JI HERE 568 00:16:23,143 --> 00:16:25,145 ON CHANNEL 9 AND THE NINE 569 00:16:25,279 --> 00:16:25,479 NETWORK. 570 00:16:25,613 --> 00:16:27,414 RIGHT NOW, JOIN US AT THE $5 571 00:16:27,548 --> 00:16:28,082 LEVEL AND WE HAVE SOMETHING 572 00:16:28,215 --> 00:16:28,949 SPECIAL FOR YOU. 573 00:16:29,083 --> 00:16:30,351 IT'S THE DONNYBRICK. 574 00:16:30,484 --> 00:16:32,052 WE HAVE BROUGHT IT BACK AFTER 575 00:16:32,186 --> 00:16:33,087 MANY YEARS. 576 00:16:33,220 --> 00:16:35,523 IT'S A RED FOAM RUBBER BRICK 577 00:16:35,656 --> 00:16:37,558 AND, BY GOLLY, WHEN YOU DON'T 578 00:16:37,691 --> 00:16:40,528 LIKE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM 579 00:16:40,661 --> 00:16:41,662 SOME DONNYBROOKER, YOU CAN JUST 580 00:16:41,795 --> 00:16:43,430 PITCH IT AT THE TV AND YOU'LL 581 00:16:43,564 --> 00:16:45,232 STILL HAVE A TV WHEN YOU GET 582 00:16:45,366 --> 00:16:45,566 DONE. 583 00:16:45,699 --> 00:16:48,402 THAT'S YOURS WITH JUST A $5 584 00:16:48,536 --> 00:16:49,904 MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINE 585 00:16:50,037 --> 00:16:50,237 NETWORK. 586 00:16:50,371 --> 00:16:53,374 IF YOU PREFER, YOU CAN HAVE ONE 587 00:16:53,507 --> 00:16:55,242 TICKET TO SEE DONNYBROOK LIVE 588 00:16:55,376 --> 00:16:58,512 AND IN PERSON, DONNYBASH COMING 589 00:16:58,646 --> 00:17:03,317 UP AT THE MEMORIAL ON SEPTEMBER 590 00:17:03,450 --> 00:17:04,785 26th AND ALL THE GUYS WILL BE 591 00:17:04,919 --> 00:17:05,152 THERE. 592 00:17:05,286 --> 00:17:07,488 YOU'LL GET TO MEET THEM BEFORE 593 00:17:07,621 --> 00:17:09,256 AND AFTER THE SHOW. 594 00:17:09,390 --> 00:17:11,592 IT'S A LIVE BROADCAST AND THAT'S 595 00:17:11,725 --> 00:17:13,260 YOURS AT THE $12 LEVEL. 596 00:17:13,394 --> 00:17:16,230 YOU'LL GET TWO TICKETS TO 597 00:17:16,363 --> 00:17:16,597 DONNYBASH. 598 00:17:16,730 --> 00:17:17,865 YOU'LL ALSO GET THE DONNYBRICK. 599 00:17:17,998 --> 00:17:19,867 IT'S ALL THERE FOR YOU WHEN YOU 600 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,169 JOIN US AT JUST $12 A MONTH. 601 00:17:22,303 --> 00:17:23,203 AND NOW, BACK TO MORE OF 602 00:17:23,337 --> 00:17:26,040 DONNYBROOK. 603 00:17:26,173 --> 00:17:26,974 >> ABSOLUTELY. 604 00:17:27,107 --> 00:17:28,208 AND THAT DONNYBROOK HAS NOT BEEN 605 00:17:28,342 --> 00:17:29,944 ON THE SET, I THINK, IN 20 YEARS 606 00:17:30,077 --> 00:17:30,644 OR SO. 607 00:17:30,778 --> 00:17:32,880 I BELIEVE THAT WAS A MARTIN 608 00:17:33,013 --> 00:17:35,282 DUGGAN CREATION BACK IN THE MID 609 00:17:35,416 --> 00:17:35,983 1990s. 610 00:17:36,116 --> 00:17:39,553 NOW BEING MODELED BY SARAH 611 00:17:39,687 --> 00:17:42,489 FENSKE FROM KWMU AND WE'LL SEE 612 00:17:42,623 --> 00:17:43,657 HOW HER THROWING ARM IS. 613 00:17:43,791 --> 00:17:45,459 THE IDEA IS WHEN YOU SEE 614 00:17:45,593 --> 00:17:47,728 SOMETHING ON THE SCREEN -- 615 00:17:47,861 --> 00:17:48,128 [ LAUGHTER ] 616 00:17:48,262 --> 00:17:49,496 -- YOU THROW THE DONNYBRICK, 617 00:17:49,630 --> 00:17:51,098 IT'S NICE AND SOFT, AT THE 618 00:17:51,231 --> 00:17:53,834 SCREEN AND IT RELEASES 619 00:17:53,968 --> 00:17:54,234 ENDORPHINS. 620 00:17:54,368 --> 00:17:56,236 SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 621 00:17:56,370 --> 00:17:57,905 SOME STUDY WILL CORROBORATE MY 622 00:17:58,038 --> 00:18:03,611 THINKING THERE. 623 00:18:03,744 --> 00:18:04,812 THE SHOW-ME INSTITUTE, SCHOOL. 624 00:18:04,945 --> 00:18:06,981 YOU GET THE DONNYBRICK, WHICH IS 625 00:18:07,114 --> 00:18:08,849 A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE FOR 626 00:18:08,983 --> 00:18:11,085 SOME, AND IT'S ALL PART OF YOUR 627 00:18:11,218 --> 00:18:12,486 CONTRIBUTION WHICH HELPS THE 628 00:18:12,620 --> 00:18:13,988 NINE NETWORK PROVIDE GREAT 629 00:18:14,121 --> 00:18:14,722 COMMERCIAL-FREE PROGRAMMING ALL 630 00:18:14,855 --> 00:18:15,623 YEAR LONG. 631 00:18:15,756 --> 00:18:18,592 IN FACT, THE BEST PROGRAMMING 632 00:18:18,726 --> 00:18:19,793 AROUND AND I BELIEVE THIS FALL, 633 00:18:19,927 --> 00:18:23,330 WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO, RAY, 634 00:18:23,464 --> 00:18:25,065 THE COUNTRY MUSIC DOCUMENTARY 635 00:18:25,199 --> 00:18:26,600 THAT KEN BURNS IS PUTTING 636 00:18:26,734 --> 00:18:27,034 TOGETHER. 637 00:18:27,167 --> 00:18:29,336 THE SAME GUY WHO GAVE US THE 638 00:18:29,470 --> 00:18:31,205 CIVIL WAR, BASEBALL, JAZZ, 639 00:18:31,338 --> 00:18:33,374 VIETNAM, WORLD WAR II, IS BACK 640 00:18:33,507 --> 00:18:34,575 WITH COUNTRY MUSIC AND THAT'S 641 00:18:34,708 --> 00:18:35,275 GOING TO BE GREAT. 642 00:18:35,409 --> 00:18:37,411 >> AS I SAID, ST. LOUIS HAS ONE 643 00:18:37,544 --> 00:18:38,646 OF THE STRONGEST PBS STATIONS IN 644 00:18:38,779 --> 00:18:40,414 THE COUNTRY AND I THINK THAT'S A 645 00:18:40,547 --> 00:18:42,316 BIG PART, BEING PART OF THE 646 00:18:42,449 --> 00:18:43,817 NETWORK AND I DO REMEMBER, 647 00:18:43,951 --> 00:18:45,219 THOUGH, WHEN THESE FIRST CAME 648 00:18:45,352 --> 00:18:47,021 OUT, THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE, I 649 00:18:47,154 --> 00:18:48,689 REMEMBER, SUGGESTING THAT YOU 650 00:18:48,822 --> 00:18:49,423 USE REAL BRICKS. 651 00:18:49,556 --> 00:18:49,923 I DON'T KNOW. 652 00:18:50,057 --> 00:18:52,226 I REMEMBER THAT BEING A BRIEF 653 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,195 CONTROVERSY. 654 00:18:55,329 --> 00:18:58,565 BUT NO, BEING PART OF THE PBS 655 00:18:58,699 --> 00:19:00,868 LINE-UP IS JUST GREAT FOR 656 00:19:01,001 --> 00:19:02,136 ST. LOUIS AND IT'S -- WE'RE JUST 657 00:19:02,269 --> 00:19:03,303 ONE LITTLE PIECE OF IT. 658 00:19:03,437 --> 00:19:04,571 >> IT'S AN HONOR TO BE PART OF 659 00:19:04,705 --> 00:19:06,106 IT, FOR SURE, ALL THE GREAT 660 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:06,607 PROGRAMMING HERE. 661 00:19:06,740 --> 00:19:07,941 >> ABSOLUTELY AND IT'S A FUN 662 00:19:08,075 --> 00:19:08,242 NIGHT. 663 00:19:08,375 --> 00:19:11,478 IT REALLY AS FUN NIGHT. 664 00:19:11,612 --> 00:19:13,213 THOSE THAT COME SAY I DIDN'T 665 00:19:13,347 --> 00:19:14,248 EXPECT IT TO BE THIS FUN. 666 00:19:14,381 --> 00:19:15,616 YOU THINK, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT 667 00:19:15,749 --> 00:19:16,750 IT TO BE? 668 00:19:16,884 --> 00:19:17,785 >> WHY ARE YOU HERE? 669 00:19:17,918 --> 00:19:21,121 >> RIGHT. 670 00:19:21,255 --> 00:19:23,057 BUT, NO, IT'S A GREAT EVENING. 671 00:19:23,190 --> 00:19:25,359 I THINK PEOPLE ARE AMAZED THAT 672 00:19:25,492 --> 00:19:27,261 IT REALLY IS LIVE TELEVISION. 673 00:19:27,394 --> 00:19:29,496 FOR SOME REASON, THEY THINK LIVE 674 00:19:29,630 --> 00:19:34,568 TELEVISION MEANS LIKE JOHNNY 675 00:19:34,702 --> 00:19:35,502 CARSON USED TO BE. 676 00:19:35,636 --> 00:19:37,871 IT WAS TAPED AT 5:30 AND CAME ON 677 00:19:38,005 --> 00:19:39,473 AT 10:30 OUR TIME, BUT NO, 678 00:19:39,606 --> 00:19:41,408 YOU'RE THERE, YOU SEE, IT'S LIVE 679 00:19:41,542 --> 00:19:42,376 AND THAT'S A COOL THING. 680 00:19:42,509 --> 00:19:43,677 >> IT IS INDEED. 681 00:19:43,811 --> 00:19:44,978 CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN, 682 00:19:45,112 --> 00:19:47,014 GET A DONNYBRICK AND JOIN US AT 683 00:19:47,147 --> 00:19:48,682 DONNYBASH SEPTEMBER THE 26th AT 684 00:19:48,816 --> 00:19:50,217 THE SHELDON. 685 00:19:53,353 --> 00:19:55,255 BILL McCLELLAN, I WANT TO ASK 686 00:19:55,456 --> 00:19:56,290 YOU ABOUT BODY CAMS. 687 00:19:56,423 --> 00:19:57,658 MAYOR LYDA KREWSON AND THE CITY 688 00:19:57,791 --> 00:19:58,792 OF ST. LOUIS SAYS SHE'S MOVING 689 00:19:58,926 --> 00:20:00,327 CLOSER TO BODY CAMS. 690 00:20:00,461 --> 00:20:03,363 SHE ALSO SAID THIS WEEK SHE'S 691 00:20:03,497 --> 00:20:06,433 CLOSER TO ENDORSING A PLAN 692 00:20:06,567 --> 00:20:08,102 CALLED CURE VIOLENCE BY 693 00:20:08,235 --> 00:20:09,470 ALDERMANIC PRESIDENT LEWIS REED 694 00:20:09,603 --> 00:20:10,938 WHICH WOULD TRY AND CUT THE 695 00:20:11,071 --> 00:20:12,506 BLEEDING IN THE STREETS, BUT THE 696 00:20:12,639 --> 00:20:13,874 BODY CAMS ARE KIND OF 697 00:20:14,007 --> 00:20:15,209 INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK A 698 00:20:15,342 --> 00:20:16,243 LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOOKING 699 00:20:16,376 --> 00:20:17,845 FOR THEM FOR A LONG TIME. 700 00:20:17,978 --> 00:20:19,446 THE CITY JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE 701 00:20:19,580 --> 00:20:19,747 MONEY. 702 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:21,248 DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY TO REALLY 703 00:20:21,381 --> 00:20:22,349 PAY POLICE OFFICERS SO THEY CAN 704 00:20:22,483 --> 00:20:23,984 GET A FULL COMPLEMENT AND IF THE 705 00:20:24,118 --> 00:20:25,452 CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR 706 00:20:25,586 --> 00:20:27,354 DECENT PAY FOR POLICE OFFICERS 707 00:20:27,488 --> 00:20:30,224 AND TWO OFFICERS PER PATROL CAR, 708 00:20:30,357 --> 00:20:31,759 SHOULD IT HAVE THE MONEY TO FUND 709 00:20:31,892 --> 00:20:32,426 BODY CAMS? 710 00:20:32,559 --> 00:20:34,294 >> I THINK YOU GOT TO FIND THE 711 00:20:34,428 --> 00:20:37,364 MONEY TO FUND BODY CAMS. 712 00:20:37,498 --> 00:20:39,399 AND I THINK MOST POLICE OFFICERS 713 00:20:39,533 --> 00:20:41,468 ARE FINE WITH IT, TOO, BECAUSE 714 00:20:41,602 --> 00:20:45,005 ANYTIME THEY'RE OUT ON THE 715 00:20:45,139 --> 00:20:48,408 STREETS, SOMEBODY'S ALREADY -- 716 00:20:48,542 --> 00:20:49,943 CRIME SCENES ARE SO DIFFERENT 717 00:20:50,077 --> 00:20:52,146 THAN THEY USED TO BE, 718 00:20:52,279 --> 00:20:53,480 EVERYBODY'S THERE WITH A CAMERA 719 00:20:53,614 --> 00:20:55,983 NOW, SO THE POLICE ARE ALREADY 720 00:20:56,116 --> 00:20:57,050 ACCUSTOMED TO BEING FILMED. 721 00:20:57,184 --> 00:20:59,787 I THINK THIS IS PROTECTION FOR 722 00:20:59,920 --> 00:21:02,723 THE COPS AS MUCH AS IT WILL 723 00:21:02,856 --> 00:21:03,590 PREVENT SOMEBODY FROM BEING 724 00:21:03,724 --> 00:21:05,125 RIDICULOUS OUT THERE, I THINK. 725 00:21:05,259 --> 00:21:07,094 I MEAN, I THINK IT'S ALL GOOD. 726 00:21:07,227 --> 00:21:10,731 >> I DO, TOO, AND HOW MUCH IS 727 00:21:10,864 --> 00:21:12,266 THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN 728 00:21:12,399 --> 00:21:13,267 POLICE DEPARTMENT GOING TO END 729 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,869 UP PAYING PROBABLY TO THE POLICE 730 00:21:16,003 --> 00:21:17,704 OFFICER WHO IS UNDER COVER THAT 731 00:21:17,838 --> 00:21:19,573 THE OTHER POLICE OFFICERS BEAT 732 00:21:19,706 --> 00:21:19,940 UP? 733 00:21:20,073 --> 00:21:20,240 OKAY? 734 00:21:20,374 --> 00:21:20,841 THAT'S A LAWSUIT. 735 00:21:20,974 --> 00:21:24,578 IT WILL GET SETTLED OR WHATEVER, 736 00:21:24,711 --> 00:21:24,878 MONEY. 737 00:21:25,012 --> 00:21:27,114 THE YOUNG POLICE OFFICER, YOU 738 00:21:27,247 --> 00:21:28,582 KNOW, WHO WAS KILLED AND THE TWO 739 00:21:28,715 --> 00:21:30,217 COPS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ON DUTY 740 00:21:30,350 --> 00:21:31,852 AND SHE GOT SHOT. 741 00:21:31,985 --> 00:21:36,523 IF THEY HAD BODY CAMS ON, IT 742 00:21:36,657 --> 00:21:37,558 WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE BECAUSE 743 00:21:37,691 --> 00:21:39,960 THE SECOND IT GOES OFF, YOU KNOW 744 00:21:40,093 --> 00:21:40,828 THAT YOU'VE TOLD ON YOURSELF 745 00:21:40,961 --> 00:21:42,262 THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON. 746 00:21:42,396 --> 00:21:44,064 IT'S A GOOD THING IN THAT IF I'M 747 00:21:44,198 --> 00:21:46,366 A PROPER POLICE OFFICER, I WANT 748 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:48,235 ONE ON BECAUSE IT DEFUSES 749 00:21:48,368 --> 00:21:50,537 PROBABLY 99.5% OF ANY KIND OF 750 00:21:50,671 --> 00:21:51,271 ALTERCATION WITH THE PUBLIC EVEN 751 00:21:51,405 --> 00:21:55,576 IF IT TURNS OUT TO BE, YOU KNOW, 752 00:21:55,709 --> 00:21:55,909 DEADLY. 753 00:21:56,043 --> 00:21:56,844 THEY HAVE TO TAKE SOMEONE'S 754 00:21:56,977 --> 00:21:57,144 LIFE. 755 00:21:57,277 --> 00:21:58,478 I THINK THAT WOULD PRETTY MUCH 756 00:21:58,612 --> 00:22:01,915 UPHOLD WHAT THEY SAID, SO I 757 00:22:02,049 --> 00:22:02,583 WOULD WANT ONE. 758 00:22:02,716 --> 00:22:04,318 YOU GOT TO FIND THE MONEY FOR 759 00:22:04,451 --> 00:22:04,585 IT. 760 00:22:04,718 --> 00:22:05,953 I KNOW A CERTAIN SECTOR OF THE 761 00:22:06,086 --> 00:22:06,687 POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T WANT 762 00:22:06,820 --> 00:22:07,888 ANY PART OF IT. 763 00:22:08,021 --> 00:22:09,323 I THINK THAT'S OLD-SCHOOL 764 00:22:09,456 --> 00:22:10,424 THINKING AND I WOULD WANT TO 765 00:22:10,557 --> 00:22:11,091 WEAR ONE. 766 00:22:11,225 --> 00:22:12,292 >> I THINK THERE'S ONE HUGE 767 00:22:12,426 --> 00:22:13,927 PROBLEM WITH IT AND THAT'S THERE 768 00:22:14,061 --> 00:22:15,462 THERE WAS APPARENTLY A STATE LAW 769 00:22:15,596 --> 00:22:16,830 PASSED A COUPLE YEARS BACK WHERE 770 00:22:16,964 --> 00:22:17,664 THEY'RE SAYING THAT THIS FOOTAGE 771 00:22:17,798 --> 00:22:19,967 WILL NOT BE RELEASED AS LONG AS 772 00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:20,567 SOMETHING IS UNDER 773 00:22:20,701 --> 00:22:21,001 INVESTIGATION. 774 00:22:21,134 --> 00:22:22,402 NOW, THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN 775 00:22:22,536 --> 00:22:24,037 WORKING JOURNALISTS, WE KNOW 776 00:22:24,171 --> 00:22:25,239 THAT WHEN THEY DECIDE THAT THEY 777 00:22:25,372 --> 00:22:26,707 DON'T WANT YOU TO HAVE RECORDS 778 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,376 ON SOMETHING, THEY WILL SAY IT 779 00:22:29,509 --> 00:22:31,078 IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, YEARS 780 00:22:31,211 --> 00:22:32,379 WILL PASS, YOUR CHILDREN WILL 781 00:22:32,512 --> 00:22:33,814 GROW UP AND GO TO COLLEGE, THIS 782 00:22:33,947 --> 00:22:35,215 THING IS STILL UNDER 783 00:22:35,349 --> 00:22:35,649 INVESTIGATION. 784 00:22:35,782 --> 00:22:36,750 THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RELEASE 785 00:22:36,884 --> 00:22:38,285 THAT FOOTAGE, WHAT GOOD IS 786 00:22:38,418 --> 00:22:38,585 THERE? 787 00:22:38,719 --> 00:22:40,921 >> ACCESS IS GOING TO BE A FUN 788 00:22:41,054 --> 00:22:43,657 PART OF THE WHOLE THING. 789 00:22:43,790 --> 00:22:44,558 IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE THING ON 790 00:22:44,691 --> 00:22:46,927 THE PART OF THE MEDIA, BUT ALSO 791 00:22:47,060 --> 00:22:48,495 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S A 792 00:22:48,629 --> 00:22:49,296 DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND THE POLICE 793 00:22:49,429 --> 00:22:51,164 GO UP THERE AND THE HUSBAND AND 794 00:22:51,298 --> 00:22:53,367 THE WIFE ARE GOING AT EACH 795 00:22:53,500 --> 00:22:53,667 OTHER? 796 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,168 WHO GETS ACCESS TO THAT? 797 00:22:55,302 --> 00:22:57,437 I MEAN, WHAT IF SOMEBODY -- 798 00:22:57,571 --> 00:22:59,673 WELL, THE POLICE MISBEHAVED, SO 799 00:22:59,806 --> 00:23:02,542 THEN WE GET TO LOOK AT IT? 800 00:23:02,676 --> 00:23:03,243 OR DIVORCE LAWYERS? 801 00:23:03,377 --> 00:23:05,279 THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF 802 00:23:05,412 --> 00:23:06,947 FILM OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE ARE 803 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:08,415 GOING TO WISH WASN'T THERE. 804 00:23:08,548 --> 00:23:09,917 >> IN SOME COMMUNITIES, YOU'RE 805 00:23:10,050 --> 00:23:11,952 NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE THE POLICE 806 00:23:12,085 --> 00:23:13,687 CAM, THE BODY CAM INTO A HOME. 807 00:23:13,820 --> 00:23:15,255 IT CAN ONLY BE ON THE STREETS 808 00:23:15,389 --> 00:23:16,023 AND THE SIDEWALK. 809 00:23:16,156 --> 00:23:17,691 >> WELL, THAT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH 810 00:23:17,824 --> 00:23:18,025 SENSE. 811 00:23:18,158 --> 00:23:19,593 >> WELL, YOU GOT PRIVACY IN 812 00:23:19,726 --> 00:23:20,260 PEOPLE'S HOMES. 813 00:23:20,394 --> 00:23:22,095 THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE 814 00:23:22,229 --> 00:23:23,497 FILMED AND LET'S SAY YOU'RE IN 815 00:23:23,630 --> 00:23:24,631 YOUR BEDROOM AND YOU'RE FILMED 816 00:23:24,765 --> 00:23:26,033 BY THE POLICE AND THEN 817 00:23:26,166 --> 00:23:28,068 SOMEONE -- SOME MEDIA OUTLET 818 00:23:28,201 --> 00:23:29,770 SUBPOENAS IT OR WANTS TO SEE IT 819 00:23:29,903 --> 00:23:31,338 AND SHOW IT TO THE WORLD. 820 00:23:31,471 --> 00:23:33,707 THAT'S NOT FAIR FOR YOU. 821 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:34,741 >> I THINK HAVING BODY CAMERAS 822 00:23:34,875 --> 00:23:36,743 SHOULD BE SORT OF POLICE 101 823 00:23:36,877 --> 00:23:38,378 NOW, SO I'M IN AGREEMENT, 824 00:23:38,512 --> 00:23:39,379 ALTHOUGH I THINK IT'S KIND OF 825 00:23:39,513 --> 00:23:42,282 THING -- I DON'T KNOW, IT'S THE 826 00:23:42,416 --> 00:23:44,818 MLS, GOOD NOT GREAT BECAUSE OF 827 00:23:44,952 --> 00:23:47,421 THE POINT SARAH RAISED, FIRST OF 828 00:23:47,554 --> 00:23:49,156 ALL, AND THE POLICE CAN SAY -- 829 00:23:49,289 --> 00:23:50,290 THE OFFICERS UNION THAT'S 830 00:23:50,424 --> 00:23:51,525 LUKEWARM TO IT CAN MAKE THE 831 00:23:51,658 --> 00:23:52,459 POINT THAT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT 832 00:23:52,592 --> 00:23:54,728 THE ONLY THING THAT NEEDS TO BE 833 00:23:54,861 --> 00:23:55,028 DONE. 834 00:23:55,162 --> 00:23:56,630 THEY HAVE 153 POSITIONS TO FILL 835 00:23:56,763 --> 00:23:58,832 THAT THEY AREN'T FILLING AND I 836 00:23:58,966 --> 00:24:00,400 STILL THINK THEY NEED TO DO 837 00:24:00,534 --> 00:24:01,401 THIS, BUT THEY ALSO AT SOME 838 00:24:01,535 --> 00:24:03,804 POINT -- IT'S GREAT FOR US TO 839 00:24:03,937 --> 00:24:05,973 SIT HERE AND TALK WEEK IN AND 840 00:24:06,106 --> 00:24:07,074 WEEK OUT ABOUT THE CRIME. 841 00:24:07,207 --> 00:24:08,508 THEY'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY 842 00:24:08,642 --> 00:24:10,944 IN THE CITY TO HIRE -- AND I'M 843 00:24:11,078 --> 00:24:12,612 SOMEBODY THAT THINKS THAT THE 844 00:24:12,746 --> 00:24:13,780 EXPERT YOU GOT COMING IN DEALING 845 00:24:13,914 --> 00:24:16,083 WITH THE CAUSES OF CRIME IS A 846 00:24:16,216 --> 00:24:18,118 BETTER SOLUTION THAN MORE COPS, 847 00:24:18,251 --> 00:24:19,419 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU GOT TO 848 00:24:19,553 --> 00:24:20,988 FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FILL 849 00:24:21,121 --> 00:24:21,922 UNFILLED POSITIONS. 850 00:24:22,055 --> 00:24:24,524 >> THAT'S THE WHOLE THING. 851 00:24:24,658 --> 00:24:29,062 WE'VE BEEN 110 OR 150 OFFICERS 852 00:24:29,196 --> 00:24:30,897 SHORT OF A FULL COMPLEMENT FOR 853 00:24:31,031 --> 00:24:31,865 AT LEAST THREE YEARS. 854 00:24:31,999 --> 00:24:33,333 >> THAT DOES NOT ARGUE AGAINST 855 00:24:33,467 --> 00:24:33,800 BODY CAMERAS. 856 00:24:33,934 --> 00:24:35,569 >> YOU ASK SOMEONE LIVING IN 857 00:24:35,702 --> 00:24:36,536 NORTH ST. LOUIS OR SOUTH 858 00:24:36,670 --> 00:24:38,238 ST. LOUIS, WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT 859 00:24:38,372 --> 00:24:38,739 TO YOU? 860 00:24:38,872 --> 00:24:40,240 A POLICE OFFICER WITH A BODY 861 00:24:40,374 --> 00:24:41,608 CAMERA OR MORE POLICE ON THE 862 00:24:41,742 --> 00:24:43,310 STREET, TWO COPS IN A PATROL 863 00:24:43,443 --> 00:24:45,245 CAR, A QUICKER RESPONSE TIME? 864 00:24:45,379 --> 00:24:46,279 I DON'T THINK BODY CAMS ARE 865 00:24:46,413 --> 00:24:46,947 GOING TO WIN. 866 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:48,382 >> BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE -- 867 00:24:48,515 --> 00:24:50,283 IT'S A FALSE CHOICE, I THINK. 868 00:24:50,417 --> 00:24:51,151 >> NO, IT'S NOT. 869 00:24:51,284 --> 00:24:52,319 IT'S A LIMITED PIE. 870 00:24:52,452 --> 00:24:53,754 A LIMITED BUDGET. 871 00:24:53,887 --> 00:24:55,489 >> THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR BODY 872 00:24:55,622 --> 00:24:57,858 CAMERAS, I THINK IT'S A FALSE 873 00:24:57,991 --> 00:24:58,191 CHOICE. 874 00:24:58,325 --> 00:24:59,226 >> MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. 875 00:24:59,359 --> 00:25:01,261 >> IS THAT A YEAR OR A 876 00:25:01,395 --> 00:25:01,828 ONE-TIME -- 877 00:25:01,962 --> 00:25:04,564 >> BEYOND THE COST OF BODY 878 00:25:04,698 --> 00:25:06,533 CAMERAS, THE COST OF STORAGE IS 879 00:25:06,666 --> 00:25:06,933 TREMENDOUS. 880 00:25:07,067 --> 00:25:08,468 AT ONE POINT LEWIS REED 881 00:25:08,602 --> 00:25:09,569 ANNOUNCED, I HAVE THERE DEAL TO 882 00:25:09,703 --> 00:25:11,204 GET BODY CAMERAS FOR FREE, BUT 883 00:25:11,338 --> 00:25:12,672 THEY NEEDED A MILLION DOLLARS A 884 00:25:12,806 --> 00:25:14,341 YEAR JUST TO STORE THE FOOTAGE. 885 00:25:14,474 --> 00:25:15,776 THEY'RE MASSIVE ONGOING COSTS ON 886 00:25:15,909 --> 00:25:16,076 THIS. 887 00:25:16,209 --> 00:25:18,311 CHARLIE IS RIGHT, THE BUDGET IS 888 00:25:18,445 --> 00:25:19,913 NOT INFINITE. 889 00:25:20,047 --> 00:25:22,416 >> SPEAKING OF POLICE OFFICERS, 890 00:25:22,549 --> 00:25:24,317 YOU WERE TALKING TO A FORMER ONE 891 00:25:24,451 --> 00:25:26,853 LAST NIGHT ON YOUR 550 RADIO 892 00:25:26,987 --> 00:25:27,154 SHOW. 893 00:25:27,287 --> 00:25:28,021 TIM FITCH WAS THE CHIEF OF 894 00:25:28,155 --> 00:25:29,089 POLICE FOR THE COUNTY AND NOW 895 00:25:29,222 --> 00:25:31,358 HE'S A COUNTY COUNCILMAN AND YOU 896 00:25:31,491 --> 00:25:33,560 DON'T HEAR ANY POLITICIAN ASKING 897 00:25:33,693 --> 00:25:35,695 FOR LIBRARY TRUSTEES TO BE FIRED 898 00:25:35,829 --> 00:25:36,997 TOO OFTEN, BUT THAT'S THE CASE 899 00:25:37,130 --> 00:25:40,167 RIGHT NOW WHERE HE WANTS EVERY 900 00:25:40,300 --> 00:25:43,637 SINGLE ONE TO STEP DOWN AFTER A 901 00:25:43,770 --> 00:25:44,938 CONTROVERSIAL REAL ESTATE DEAL 902 00:25:45,072 --> 00:25:46,373 IN FRONTENAC WHERE THEY BOUGHT 903 00:25:46,506 --> 00:25:47,908 PROPERTY FOR $6 MILLION THAT HAD 904 00:25:48,041 --> 00:25:50,677 BEEN APPRAISED FOR $2 MILLION, 905 00:25:50,811 --> 00:25:52,279 AND WOW, IT'S GROUND HOG DAY ALL 906 00:25:52,412 --> 00:25:52,813 OVER AGAIN. 907 00:25:52,946 --> 00:25:54,514 DIDN'T WE DO THIS WITH THE 908 00:25:54,648 --> 00:25:55,549 HISTORY MUSEUM RECENTLY? 909 00:25:55,682 --> 00:25:56,683 >> FIRST OF ALL, HE WAS TALKING 910 00:25:56,817 --> 00:25:59,186 NOT IN HIS POLICE CONTEXT, SO HE 911 00:25:59,319 --> 00:26:00,420 WASN'T SUGGESTING ANY CRIMES HAD 912 00:26:00,554 --> 00:26:01,121 BEEN COMMITTED. 913 00:26:01,254 --> 00:26:01,555 >> TRUE. 914 00:26:01,688 --> 00:26:03,056 >> BUT HE ACTUALLY WAS MORE 915 00:26:03,190 --> 00:26:04,524 MODERATE THAN I WOULD BE. 916 00:26:04,658 --> 00:26:06,126 HE BASICALLY HAS CALLED -- AND 917 00:26:06,259 --> 00:26:07,427 GOOD FOR HIM. 918 00:26:07,561 --> 00:26:11,231 HE'S CALLED, IF YOU FOLLOW MOST 919 00:26:11,364 --> 00:26:13,166 PEOPLE, BUT THE COUNTY LIBRARY, 920 00:26:13,300 --> 00:26:15,702 ENABLED BY A RIDICULOUS STATE 921 00:26:15,836 --> 00:26:18,772 STATUTE THAT EMPOWERS THEM TO 922 00:26:18,905 --> 00:26:20,173 OVERRIDE A LOCAL COMMUNITY'S 923 00:26:20,307 --> 00:26:22,042 ZONING, HAS JUST DECIDED, YOU 924 00:26:22,175 --> 00:26:23,810 KNOW, TO JUST TELL FRONTENAC, 925 00:26:23,944 --> 00:26:25,045 WHICH IS NOT NORMALLY A PLACE 926 00:26:25,178 --> 00:26:29,783 YOU THINK OF AS, YOU KNOW, 927 00:26:29,916 --> 00:26:30,951 IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITY, 928 00:26:31,084 --> 00:26:32,385 BASICALLY TOO BAD, WE'RE GOING 929 00:26:32,519 --> 00:26:33,587 TO TAKE THIS SPOT AND WE'RE 930 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,555 GOING TO DO THIS FACILITY, WHICH 931 00:26:35,689 --> 00:26:39,226 IS LARGELY A STORAGE THING, AND 932 00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:40,494 TIM IS RIGHT THAT REALLY THE 933 00:26:40,627 --> 00:26:42,395 INDIVIDUALS ON THE BOARD, HE 934 00:26:42,529 --> 00:26:43,563 ACTUALLY THINKS THEY OUGHT TO BE 935 00:26:43,697 --> 00:26:45,832 REMOVED ONE AT A TIME TO 936 00:26:45,966 --> 00:26:46,500 PRESERVE THE INSTITUTIONAL 937 00:26:46,633 --> 00:26:48,101 MEMORY OF THE LIBRARY BOARD. 938 00:26:48,235 --> 00:26:51,204 MY OWN VIEW IS THAT GIVEN THAT 939 00:26:51,338 --> 00:26:53,640 THEY ARE ALL FILLING ON EXPIRED 940 00:26:53,773 --> 00:26:55,075 TERMS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE 941 00:26:55,208 --> 00:26:55,375 FIRED. 942 00:26:55,509 --> 00:26:56,343 THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND THE 943 00:26:56,476 --> 00:26:57,677 COUNTY COUNCIL SIMPLY NEED TO 944 00:26:57,811 --> 00:26:59,813 REPLACE THEM AND THAT'S EXACTLY 945 00:26:59,946 --> 00:27:01,448 WHAT THEY SHOULD DO WITH ALL 946 00:27:01,581 --> 00:27:02,415 FIVE OF THEM. 947 00:27:02,549 --> 00:27:03,583 >> I THINK THEY SHOULD ALL BE 948 00:27:03,717 --> 00:27:06,186 GONE YESTERDAY, BUT I LIKE TO 949 00:27:06,319 --> 00:27:09,422 POINT OUT LEAH THORSON OF THE 950 00:27:09,556 --> 00:27:10,223 POST-DISPATCH IS THE WOMAN WHO 951 00:27:10,357 --> 00:27:12,259 WROTE THIS STORY, AND NO ONE HAD 952 00:27:12,392 --> 00:27:13,827 HEARD OF THEM. 953 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:15,495 THIS IS WHAT NEWSPAPERS CAN DO. 954 00:27:15,629 --> 00:27:17,130 TAKE SOMETHING LIKE THE LIBRARY 955 00:27:17,264 --> 00:27:18,131 DISTRICT, WHO WOULD HAVE 956 00:27:18,265 --> 00:27:18,465 THOUGHT? 957 00:27:18,598 --> 00:27:21,234 AND THESE PEOPLE, THEY VIOLATED 958 00:27:21,368 --> 00:27:22,302 THEIR OWN BYLAWS. 959 00:27:22,435 --> 00:27:23,370 YOU KNOW, THEIR BYLAWS CALL FOR 960 00:27:23,503 --> 00:27:25,438 THEM TO GET ESTIMATES, AND THEY 961 00:27:25,572 --> 00:27:27,874 JUST WENT AHEAD AND DID THIS, 962 00:27:28,008 --> 00:27:30,644 SPENT PUBLIC MONEY LIKE NOTHING. 963 00:27:30,777 --> 00:27:31,945 I THINK THEY SHOULD BE -- 964 00:27:32,078 --> 00:27:36,249 >> MAYBE I AGREE, MAYBE I DON'T, 965 00:27:36,383 --> 00:27:38,485 BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS TIM'S 966 00:27:38,618 --> 00:27:40,420 PLACE TO CALL FOR THEM TO BE 967 00:27:40,554 --> 00:27:41,821 IMMEDIATELY DISMISSED. 968 00:27:41,955 --> 00:27:43,290 I THINK THIS IS THE OPENING 969 00:27:43,423 --> 00:27:45,158 SALVO OF TIM FITCH RUNNING FOR 970 00:27:45,292 --> 00:27:50,063 COUNTY EXECUTIVE IN A FEW YEARS. 971 00:27:50,197 --> 00:27:51,264 OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS IN HIS 972 00:27:51,398 --> 00:27:52,632 DISTRICT, AND NOTHING -- MORE 973 00:27:52,766 --> 00:27:54,568 POWER TO HIM, BUT THIS IS KIND 974 00:27:54,701 --> 00:27:55,302 OF LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF AN 975 00:27:55,435 --> 00:27:57,204 OVERREACH ON HIS PART AND IF 976 00:27:57,337 --> 00:27:58,972 THIS IS THE SAME LYNN BECKWITH 977 00:27:59,105 --> 00:28:01,508 THAT I KNOW, THIS IS A MAN THAT 978 00:28:01,641 --> 00:28:04,044 NEVER RAISES HIS VOICE, BUT THAT 979 00:28:04,177 --> 00:28:06,413 LETTER MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT 980 00:28:06,546 --> 00:28:08,114 HE THOUGHT THIS WAS JUST SOME 981 00:28:08,248 --> 00:28:08,515 NONSENSE. 982 00:28:08,648 --> 00:28:11,451 NOW, THIS DEAL IS BAD, OKAY? 983 00:28:11,585 --> 00:28:12,419 I GUESS. 984 00:28:12,552 --> 00:28:14,621 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I JUST -- 985 00:28:14,754 --> 00:28:15,155 I DON'T KNOW. 986 00:28:15,288 --> 00:28:16,456 >> WELL, IT'S A TERRIBLE DEAL. 987 00:28:16,590 --> 00:28:18,191 >> WAIT, LET ME FINISH. 988 00:28:18,325 --> 00:28:18,625 >> OKAY. 989 00:28:18,758 --> 00:28:21,528 >> WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS I 990 00:28:21,661 --> 00:28:23,730 DON'T KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO 991 00:28:23,863 --> 00:28:25,432 USURP THE AUTHORITY OF THIS 992 00:28:25,565 --> 00:28:26,833 LIBRARY BOARD BECAUSE THE NEXT 993 00:28:26,967 --> 00:28:28,935 THING IS, SOMEBODY WANTS TO 994 00:28:29,069 --> 00:28:30,303 USURP THE AUTHORITY OF A LIBRARY 995 00:28:30,437 --> 00:28:31,705 BOARD BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIKE 996 00:28:31,838 --> 00:28:32,806 THE BOOKS THEY HAVE. 997 00:28:32,939 --> 00:28:35,275 >> BUT THEY'RE ALL ON EXPIRED 998 00:28:35,408 --> 00:28:35,575 TERMS. 999 00:28:35,709 --> 00:28:35,942 I MEAN -- 1000 00:28:36,076 --> 00:28:39,379 >> NO, NO, NO. 1001 00:28:39,512 --> 00:28:41,548 LET ME SAY, THEY CAN GO, ALL 1002 00:28:41,681 --> 00:28:41,848 RIGHT? 1003 00:28:41,982 --> 00:28:44,284 BUT I'M SAYING TIM FITCH SAYING 1004 00:28:44,417 --> 00:28:45,652 THEY SHOULD FIRED IMMEDIATELY, 1005 00:28:45,785 --> 00:28:46,553 THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER -- 1006 00:28:46,686 --> 00:28:48,855 >> HE DIDN'T SAY -- FIRST OF 1007 00:28:48,989 --> 00:28:49,356 ALL -- 1008 00:28:49,489 --> 00:28:49,990 [ ALL SPEAKING AT ONCE ]. 1009 00:28:50,123 --> 00:28:50,523 >> I WAS SURPRISED. 1010 00:28:50,657 --> 00:28:51,558 I THOUGHT HE SAID IMMEDIATELY, 1011 00:28:51,691 --> 00:28:53,360 BUT THEN ON AIR, HE SAID WE 1012 00:28:53,493 --> 00:28:54,761 OUGHT TO DO IT OVER TIME, BUT MY 1013 00:28:54,894 --> 00:28:57,130 POINT IS, IF I UNDERSTAND 1014 00:28:57,264 --> 00:28:58,999 CORRECTLY, AND I THOUGHT I SAW 1015 00:28:59,132 --> 00:29:02,202 IT ON THE LIBRARY BOARD, ON 1016 00:29:02,335 --> 00:29:03,803 THEIR WEBSITE, IT IS THE BOARD 1017 00:29:03,937 --> 00:29:05,839 MEMBERS OF THE LIBRARY ARE 1018 00:29:05,972 --> 00:29:06,873 APPOINTED BY THE COUNTY 1019 00:29:07,007 --> 00:29:07,274 COUNCIL -- 1020 00:29:07,407 --> 00:29:07,974 >> COUNTY EXECUTIVE. 1021 00:29:08,108 --> 00:29:09,509 >> NO, ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF 1022 00:29:09,643 --> 00:29:10,076 THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE. 1023 00:29:10,210 --> 00:29:11,144 >> OH, OKAY, OKAY. 1024 00:29:11,278 --> 00:29:13,013 >> SO I DON'T -- OF COURSE, IF 1025 00:29:13,146 --> 00:29:15,181 HE'S ON THE COUNTY COUNCIL, HE 1026 00:29:15,315 --> 00:29:17,584 WAS TALKING TO THE -- GOO HERE'S 1027 00:29:17,717 --> 00:29:19,219 THE POINT YOU'RE ALL MISSING. 1028 00:29:19,352 --> 00:29:21,087 I'M ASHAMED OF YOU FOR NOT 1029 00:29:21,221 --> 00:29:21,655 SEEING THIS. 1030 00:29:21,788 --> 00:29:23,423 I AGREE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUY 1031 00:29:23,556 --> 00:29:25,625 PROPERTY, YOU SHOULD GET AN 1032 00:29:25,759 --> 00:29:26,293 APPRAISAL. 1033 00:29:26,426 --> 00:29:27,327 DIDN'T WE LEARN THAT WITH THE 1034 00:29:27,460 --> 00:29:28,895 HISTORY MUSEUM AND THE BOSLEY 1035 00:29:29,029 --> 00:29:30,130 PROPERTY AND ALL THAT? 1036 00:29:30,263 --> 00:29:32,465 OKAY, BUT WHY WAS FRONTENAC SO 1037 00:29:32,599 --> 00:29:34,134 OBSTINATE WHEN IT COMES TO 1038 00:29:34,267 --> 00:29:36,136 BUILDING A GENEALOGY CENTER? 1039 00:29:36,269 --> 00:29:38,004 IT WASN'T A STORAGE SHED, IT WAS 1040 00:29:38,138 --> 00:29:39,572 A GENEALOGY CENTER. 1041 00:29:39,706 --> 00:29:40,907 FRONTENAC RESIDENTS GO 1042 00:29:41,041 --> 00:29:41,708 EVERYWHERE ELSEWHERE THERE'S 1043 00:29:41,841 --> 00:29:42,976 LOTS OF TRAFFIC, BUT ONE TIME 1044 00:29:43,109 --> 00:29:44,177 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUNTY 1045 00:29:44,311 --> 00:29:48,014 FACILITY IN FRONTENAC, THEY BALK 1046 00:29:48,148 --> 00:29:49,449 AND IF IT WAS PLAZA FRONTENAC 1047 00:29:49,582 --> 00:29:52,218 THAT WAS GENERATING SALES TAX, 1048 00:29:52,352 --> 00:29:53,420 THEY WOULDN'T MIND THE TRAFFIC. 1049 00:29:53,553 --> 00:29:54,788 >> WHERE IS THE COUNTY LIBRARY, 1050 00:29:54,921 --> 00:29:55,155 CHARLIE? 1051 00:29:55,288 --> 00:29:58,291 >> IT MIGHT BE IN LADUE OR 1052 00:29:58,425 --> 00:30:00,760 FRONTENAC, BUT -- I THINK IT IS 1053 00:30:00,894 --> 00:30:01,661 IN FRONTENAC. 1054 00:30:01,795 --> 00:30:03,396 THIS ISN'T THE CITIZENS OF 1055 00:30:03,530 --> 00:30:03,797 FRONTENAC. 1056 00:30:03,930 --> 00:30:05,231 >> NO, THE CITIZENS OF FRONTENAC 1057 00:30:05,365 --> 00:30:06,566 HAVE BEEN OBJECTING BECAUSE IT'S 1058 00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:07,934 IN THEIR BACKYARD. 1059 00:30:08,068 --> 00:30:08,535 [ ALL SPEAKING AT ONCE ] 1060 00:30:08,668 --> 00:30:10,837 >> THE ISSUES I HAVE WITH IT, 1061 00:30:10,970 --> 00:30:12,205 UNLESS THE POST REPORTING ISN'T 1062 00:30:12,339 --> 00:30:18,578 TRUE, THAT THEY, WITHOUT AN 1063 00:30:18,712 --> 00:30:20,980 APPRAISAL, SENT 6 MILLION COUNTY 1064 00:30:21,114 --> 00:30:22,849 DOLLARS FOR $2 MILLION WORTH OF 1065 00:30:22,982 --> 00:30:23,249 REAL ESTATE. 1066 00:30:23,383 --> 00:30:24,951 I MADE THE POINT, I'M NOT 1067 00:30:25,085 --> 00:30:27,020 FALLING ON THE SWORD FOR THE 1068 00:30:27,153 --> 00:30:29,089 POOR -- I THINK FRONTENAC IS NOT 1069 00:30:29,222 --> 00:30:30,623 EXACTLY A DEFENSELESS COMMUNITY 1070 00:30:30,757 --> 00:30:32,392 IN TERMS OF ITS ABILITY TO HAVE 1071 00:30:32,525 --> 00:30:34,994 RESOURCES, BUT THIS IS A BROADER 1072 00:30:35,128 --> 00:30:36,262 ISSUE AND THE COUNTY LIBRARY 1073 00:30:36,396 --> 00:30:37,097 SYSTEM, BY THE WAY, IS 1074 00:30:37,230 --> 00:30:38,365 CONSIDERED A REALLY GOOD SYSTEM. 1075 00:30:38,498 --> 00:30:39,466 >> IT IS, IT IS. 1076 00:30:39,599 --> 00:30:40,800 WE AGREE ON THAT. 1077 00:30:40,934 --> 00:30:42,235 >> I THINK IT'S JUST -- 1078 00:30:42,369 --> 00:30:43,203 >> BILL? 1079 00:30:43,336 --> 00:30:45,472 >> IT'S JUST IS A GOOD IF WE GET 1080 00:30:45,605 --> 00:30:47,173 RID OF THESE PEOPLE THE WAY I 1081 00:30:47,307 --> 00:30:47,874 SEE IT. 1082 00:30:48,007 --> 00:30:49,209 >> IT COULD BE. 1083 00:30:49,342 --> 00:30:51,811 I WILL TO ASK YOU ABOUT SCOTT 1084 00:30:51,945 --> 00:30:55,115 FAUGHN WHO'S BEEN ON THIS 1085 00:30:55,248 --> 00:30:57,650 PROGRAM BEFORE BUT NOT MUCH 1086 00:30:57,784 --> 00:30:59,619 LATELY WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED IN 1087 00:30:59,753 --> 00:31:00,387 THE GREITENS CONTROVERSY THAT HE 1088 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:05,291 WAS THE BAG MAN, TAKING IN 1089 00:31:05,425 --> 00:31:07,560 20,000, $25,000 IN CASH IN PAPER 1090 00:31:07,694 --> 00:31:12,532 BAG TO ALBERT WATKINS, THE 1091 00:31:12,665 --> 00:31:15,635 ATTORNEY FOR THE HUSBAND OF THE 1092 00:31:15,769 --> 00:31:17,170 WOMAN WHO WAS THE CENTER OF 1093 00:31:17,303 --> 00:31:18,938 GREITENS AFFAIR. 1094 00:31:19,072 --> 00:31:19,773 HE WAS ON MY PROGRAM. 1095 00:31:19,906 --> 00:31:21,040 IS HE A JOURNALIST? 1096 00:31:21,174 --> 00:31:21,941 I DON'T THINK SO. 1097 00:31:22,075 --> 00:31:23,343 THE GOVERNOR, MIKE PARSON, GAVE 1098 00:31:23,476 --> 00:31:25,678 HIM AN INTERVIEW RECENTLY AND 1099 00:31:25,812 --> 00:31:27,046 JASON HANCOCK FROM THE KANSAS 1100 00:31:27,180 --> 00:31:27,914 CITY STAR WROTE A PIECE 1101 00:31:28,047 --> 00:31:28,715 QUESTIONING THAT. 1102 00:31:28,848 --> 00:31:31,484 THIS GUY IS NOT EXACTLY A 1103 00:31:31,618 --> 00:31:33,720 JOURNALIST AND THAT'S WHY HE WAS 1104 00:31:33,853 --> 00:31:34,988 BANNED AT THE STATE HOUSE. 1105 00:31:35,121 --> 00:31:36,222 WHAT DO YOU THINK? 1106 00:31:36,356 --> 00:31:38,191 >> I THINK HE'S PRETTY MUCH A 1107 00:31:38,324 --> 00:31:38,591 JOURNALIST. 1108 00:31:38,725 --> 00:31:40,560 HE'S ALWAYS HAD HIS EAR TO THE 1109 00:31:40,693 --> 00:31:42,128 GROUND ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. 1110 00:31:42,262 --> 00:31:45,231 I MEAN, SCOTT IS PLUGGED IN TO 1111 00:31:45,365 --> 00:31:47,333 THE REPUBLICAN THINKING AND SO I 1112 00:31:47,467 --> 00:31:49,469 THINK, OKAY, SURE, AND THAT'S 1113 00:31:49,602 --> 00:31:51,671 WHY GOVERNOR PARSON GAVE HIM THE 1114 00:31:51,805 --> 00:31:52,572 INTERVIEW, I'M SURE. 1115 00:31:52,705 --> 00:31:54,374 IN HIS LITTLE WORLD, HE'S 1116 00:31:54,507 --> 00:31:54,808 INFLUENTIAL. 1117 00:31:54,941 --> 00:31:57,544 >> I MEAN, THE GREAT IRONY IS HE 1118 00:31:57,677 --> 00:32:00,647 MAYBE GAVE HIM THE INTERVIEW 1119 00:32:00,780 --> 00:32:01,981 BECAUSE SCOTT FAUGHN GOT HIM THE 1120 00:32:02,115 --> 00:32:04,250 JOB BY TOPPLING HIS PREDECESSOR. 1121 00:32:04,384 --> 00:32:06,719 >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. 1122 00:32:06,853 --> 00:32:09,155 GOOD FOR BOTH OF THEM, RIGHT? 1123 00:32:09,289 --> 00:32:11,057 >> AS A JOURNALIST, THIS DOES 1124 00:32:11,191 --> 00:32:11,925 BOTHER ME. 1125 00:32:12,058 --> 00:32:15,328 YOU CAN'T GO AROUND BEING A 1126 00:32:15,462 --> 00:32:16,296 POLITICAL OPERATIVE DELIVERING 1127 00:32:16,429 --> 00:32:19,032 BAGS OF MONEY TO SOMEONE TO GET 1128 00:32:19,165 --> 00:32:20,700 RID OF A GOVERNOR SO YOUR 1129 00:32:20,834 --> 00:32:22,268 GOVERNOR OF CHOICE CAN COME IN, 1130 00:32:22,402 --> 00:32:24,771 AND THEN PUT YOUR JOURNALIST HAT 1131 00:32:24,904 --> 00:32:25,371 BACK ON. 1132 00:32:25,505 --> 00:32:25,805 THAT'S CRAZY. 1133 00:32:25,939 --> 00:32:28,441 >> FIRST OF ALL, HE HAS A STATE 1134 00:32:28,575 --> 00:32:31,644 SHOW THAT AIRS ON 30 -- WHEN THE 1135 00:32:31,778 --> 00:32:34,447 WHOLE THING, THE WHOLE 1136 00:32:34,581 --> 00:32:36,349 CONTROVERSY HAPPENED WITH THE 1137 00:32:36,483 --> 00:32:39,118 MONEY GOING TO WATKINS AND STUFF 1138 00:32:39,252 --> 00:32:40,820 AND SCOTT MADE THE POINT VERY 1139 00:32:40,954 --> 00:32:42,555 CLEARLY THAT HE DID NOT CONSIDER 1140 00:32:42,689 --> 00:32:43,490 HIMSELF A JOURNALIST. 1141 00:32:43,623 --> 00:32:45,391 HE THOUGHT OF HIMSELF AS A 1142 00:32:45,525 --> 00:32:45,792 BUSINESSMAN. 1143 00:32:45,925 --> 00:32:48,761 SO HE IS THE HOST OF A TV SHOW 1144 00:32:48,895 --> 00:32:51,397 THAT'S AIRED AROUND TOWN AND IF 1145 00:32:51,531 --> 00:32:53,466 PARSON WAS GONE -- THE THING I 1146 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:54,367 THOUGHT WAS MOST INTERESTING, 1147 00:32:54,501 --> 00:32:56,169 BECAUSE I HAPPENED TO SEE THE 1148 00:32:56,302 --> 00:32:56,970 INTERVIEW, PARSON DID SOMETHING 1149 00:32:57,103 --> 00:33:00,139 YOU DON'T NORMALLY SEE, WHICH HE 1150 00:33:00,273 --> 00:33:01,941 ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY -- HE 1151 00:33:02,075 --> 00:33:03,443 BASICALLY KEPT TALKING ABOUT -- 1152 00:33:03,576 --> 00:33:04,744 ON THE SHOW, HE KEPT SAYING 1153 00:33:04,878 --> 00:33:06,246 THERE WILL BE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 1154 00:33:06,379 --> 00:33:07,747 AND BASICALLY ANNOUNCED THAT ON 1155 00:33:07,881 --> 00:33:09,549 SEPTEMBER 8th, HE'LL BE 1156 00:33:09,682 --> 00:33:10,683 ANNOUNCING FOR GOVERNOR, WHICH 1157 00:33:10,817 --> 00:33:11,618 THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTION AND 1158 00:33:11,751 --> 00:33:13,520 NOBODY REALLY PICKED UP ON IT, 1159 00:33:13,653 --> 00:33:14,921 BUT HE ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS 1160 00:33:15,054 --> 00:33:16,523 GOING TO ANNOUNCE. 1161 00:33:16,656 --> 00:33:18,324 I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER SEEN 1162 00:33:18,458 --> 00:33:20,894 ANYBODY DO THAT. 1163 00:33:21,027 --> 00:33:23,162 >> YOU MENTIONED POLITICAL 1164 00:33:23,296 --> 00:33:23,530 OPERATIVE. 1165 00:33:23,663 --> 00:33:24,964 THERE ARE NO TWO BIGGER 1166 00:33:25,098 --> 00:33:25,632 POLITICAL OPERATIVES IN THE 1167 00:33:25,765 --> 00:33:27,700 ST. LOUIS AREA THAN LAND COB AND 1168 00:33:27,834 --> 00:33:29,602 KELLY -- HANCOCK AND KELLY AND 1169 00:33:29,736 --> 00:33:30,937 THEY'RE ON RADIO ALL THE TIME 1170 00:33:31,070 --> 00:33:32,071 AND THEY HAVE FINANCIAL AND 1171 00:33:32,205 --> 00:33:32,872 POLITICAL INTERESTS IN THE 1172 00:33:33,006 --> 00:33:33,473 CLIENTS THEY SERVE. 1173 00:33:33,606 --> 00:33:34,674 >> AND I DON'T LIKE THAT. 1174 00:33:34,807 --> 00:33:36,643 >> BUT HOW CAN I TELL SCOTT 1175 00:33:36,776 --> 00:33:38,545 FAUGHN HE CAN'T DO IT, WHEN TO 1176 00:33:38,678 --> 00:33:40,747 ME THEY'RE NOT SAME BALLPARK. 1177 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,148 >> TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, I'LL 1178 00:33:42,282 --> 00:33:44,083 BACK UP HANCOCK AND KELLY ON 1179 00:33:44,217 --> 00:33:45,451 THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE MY GOOD 1180 00:33:45,585 --> 00:33:47,220 FRIENDS ON KMOX AND THEY'RE ALSO 1181 00:33:47,353 --> 00:33:48,888 ON FOX, BUT THEY DO DISCLOSE 1182 00:33:49,022 --> 00:33:51,257 THEIR CONFLICTS AND WHEN IT CAME 1183 00:33:51,391 --> 00:33:53,826 TO SOME ISSUES LIKE BETTER 1184 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:55,028 TOGETHER, THEY DID NOT TALK 1185 00:33:55,161 --> 00:33:56,095 ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN 1186 00:33:56,229 --> 00:33:57,030 WORKING FOR THAT AND THEY ARE 1187 00:33:57,163 --> 00:33:58,197 INSTRUCTED NOT TO INTERVIEW 1188 00:33:58,331 --> 00:34:00,166 PEOPLE FROM WHOM THEY RECEIVE 1189 00:34:00,300 --> 00:34:00,466 MONEY. 1190 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,235 BUT THEY ARE POLITICAL 1191 00:34:02,368 --> 00:34:03,403 OPERATIVES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY 1192 00:34:03,536 --> 00:34:05,038 RIGHT AND THEY'RE ON THE RADIO. 1193 00:34:05,171 --> 00:34:07,173 >> BUT SCOTT FAUGHN HAS NEVER 1194 00:34:07,307 --> 00:34:08,641 DISCLOSED WHERE THAT MONEY CAME 1195 00:34:08,775 --> 00:34:10,209 FROM THAT WAS DESIGNED TO BRING 1196 00:34:10,343 --> 00:34:10,777 DOWN GREITENS. 1197 00:34:10,910 --> 00:34:12,512 AT LEAST UNTIL HE DISCLOSES 1198 00:34:12,645 --> 00:34:13,580 THAT -- 1199 00:34:13,713 --> 00:34:15,915 >> WHAT KIND OF A JOURNALIST 1200 00:34:16,049 --> 00:34:17,717 DOESN'T DISCLOSE HE'S THE GUY 1201 00:34:17,850 --> 00:34:19,085 PRYING THE MONEY TO BRING DOWN 1202 00:34:19,218 --> 00:34:19,719 THE GOVERNOR? 1203 00:34:19,852 --> 00:34:24,724 >> ONE, DISHONEST, ONE MAYBE 1204 00:34:24,857 --> 00:34:26,059 BAD, BUT WITH ALL THE TRASH 1205 00:34:26,192 --> 00:34:28,161 GOING ON OUT THERE, HOW AM I 1206 00:34:28,294 --> 00:34:30,129 GOING TO PICK HIM OUT? 1207 00:34:30,263 --> 00:34:32,432 >> WE CAN ALL QUESTION ANYTHING 1208 00:34:32,565 --> 00:34:33,466 YOU WANT TO ABOUT HIM AND 1209 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:34,334 CERTAINLY IT'S FAIR CRITICISM, 1210 00:34:34,467 --> 00:34:35,802 BUT HE HAS A TV SHOW. 1211 00:34:35,935 --> 00:34:36,803 THE GOVERNOR WANTS -- 1212 00:34:36,936 --> 00:34:37,670 >> IT'S A COMMERCIAL IS WHAT IT 1213 00:34:37,804 --> 00:34:39,973 IS. 1214 00:34:40,106 --> 00:34:41,975 >> I'M NOT -- LOOK, IT WAS AN 1215 00:34:42,108 --> 00:34:43,443 EASY INTERVIEW BECAUSE I 1216 00:34:43,576 --> 00:34:44,310 OBVIOUSLY LIKES PARSON, WHICH IS 1217 00:34:44,444 --> 00:34:45,211 WHY HE WENT ON THE SHOW. 1218 00:34:45,345 --> 00:34:47,013 >> AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT 1219 00:34:47,146 --> 00:34:49,616 SHOW, IT SAID THE FOLLOWING IS A 1220 00:34:49,749 --> 00:34:50,350 PAID COMMERCIAL. 1221 00:34:50,483 --> 00:34:51,584 HE'S NOT A JOURNALIST. 1222 00:34:51,718 --> 00:34:52,885 >> NO ONE IS SAYING HE IS. 1223 00:34:53,019 --> 00:34:53,686 I'M NOT SAYING HE IS. 1224 00:34:53,820 --> 00:34:58,157 >> I'M SAYING HE IS. 1225 00:34:58,291 --> 00:34:59,192 >> IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY. 1226 00:34:59,325 --> 00:35:02,061 >> I'M SAYING HE HAS A TV SHOW. 1227 00:35:02,195 --> 00:35:03,229 SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME ON, THEY 1228 00:35:03,363 --> 00:35:04,530 HAVE THE RIGHT TO AND IF 1229 00:35:04,664 --> 00:35:07,100 SOMEBODY WANTS TO CRITICIZE HIM, 1230 00:35:07,233 --> 00:35:08,101 THAT'S THE FLACK THEY'RE GOING 1231 00:35:08,234 --> 00:35:08,568 TO TANK. 1232 00:35:08,701 --> 00:35:10,269 >> WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS ASK 1233 00:35:10,403 --> 00:35:12,639 YOU TO BASICALLY PAY US AND THAT 1234 00:35:12,772 --> 00:35:14,240 IS TO JOIN US -- WELL, NOT 1235 00:35:14,374 --> 00:35:15,842 DIRECTLY PAYING IT, BUT YOU'RE 1236 00:35:15,975 --> 00:35:17,043 SUPPORTING THE NINE TEAMWORK 1237 00:35:17,176 --> 00:35:18,177 THROUGH OUR BIG ANNUAL 1238 00:35:18,311 --> 00:35:20,346 FUNDRAISER, WE CALL IT DONNYBASH 1239 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:22,482 AND HERE ARE THE DETAILS, HOW 1240 00:35:22,615 --> 00:35:23,483 YOU CAN JOIN US ON SEPTEMBER 1241 00:35:23,616 --> 00:35:25,051 26th AT THE SHELDON. 1242 00:35:27,987 --> 00:35:29,389 >> ALL RIGHT, DONNYBROOK IS 1243 00:35:29,589 --> 00:35:30,423 WHERE YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU 1244 00:35:30,556 --> 00:35:33,259 WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE ISSUES OF 1245 00:35:33,393 --> 00:35:35,895 THE DAY DISCUSSED RATIONALLY. 1246 00:35:36,029 --> 00:35:38,598 WELL, MOST OF THEM ARE 1247 00:35:38,731 --> 00:35:39,932 DISCUSSING IT RATIONALLY AND YOU 1248 00:35:40,066 --> 00:35:41,334 CAN DECIDE WHICH ONES YOU THINK 1249 00:35:41,467 --> 00:35:42,568 ARE RATIONAL AND WHICH ONES YOU 1250 00:35:42,702 --> 00:35:43,970 THINK AREN'T, BUT ALL OF THEM 1251 00:35:44,103 --> 00:35:45,471 ARE SITTING THERE LISTENING TO 1252 00:35:45,605 --> 00:35:46,873 EACH OTHER, ALLOWING EACH OTHER 1253 00:35:47,006 --> 00:35:48,374 TO SPEAK AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES 1254 00:35:48,508 --> 00:35:49,275 DONNYBROOK SO IMPORTANT. 1255 00:35:49,409 --> 00:35:50,476 THEY DON'T HAVE TO AGREE WITH 1256 00:35:50,610 --> 00:35:52,712 EACH OTHER AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO 1257 00:35:52,845 --> 00:35:54,914 AGREE WITH THEM, BUT EVERYONE 1258 00:35:55,048 --> 00:35:56,582 HAS A CHANCE TO STATE THEIR 1259 00:35:56,716 --> 00:35:56,916 OPINION. 1260 00:35:57,050 --> 00:35:58,217 AND ISN'T IT REFRESHING TO HAVE 1261 00:35:58,351 --> 00:35:59,419 A PLACE LIKE THAT? 1262 00:35:59,552 --> 00:36:01,521 AND THAT PLACE IS RIGHT HERE ON 1263 00:36:01,654 --> 00:36:02,321 THE NINE NETWORK. 1264 00:36:02,455 --> 00:36:03,623 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING 1265 00:36:03,756 --> 00:36:05,224 THAT HAPPEN THROUGH YOUR 1266 00:36:05,358 --> 00:36:05,625 MEMBERSHIP. 1267 00:36:05,758 --> 00:36:07,660 AT JUST $5 A MONTH, YOU'RE GOING 1268 00:36:07,794 --> 00:36:11,831 TO RECEIVE THIS CLASSIC 1269 00:36:11,964 --> 00:36:15,134 DONNYBRICK AT YOUR $5 SUSTAINING 1270 00:36:15,268 --> 00:36:15,868 MEMBERSHIP LEVEL. 1271 00:36:16,002 --> 00:36:17,904 YOU'RE GOING TO GET IN 1272 00:36:18,037 --> 00:36:22,275 DONNYBRICK AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE 1273 00:36:22,408 --> 00:36:25,445 WHAT YOU HEAR OR JUST CAN'T HOLE 1274 00:36:25,578 --> 00:36:28,147 IT IN ANYMORE, YOU THROW IT 1275 00:36:28,281 --> 00:36:30,616 DIRECTLY AT YOUR TELEVISION 1276 00:36:30,750 --> 00:36:30,950 SCREEN. 1277 00:36:31,084 --> 00:36:32,385 OR THE SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP, 1278 00:36:32,518 --> 00:36:33,186 YOU CAN JOIN US FOR DONNYBASH 1279 00:36:33,319 --> 00:36:34,487 HAPPENING OVER AT THE SHELDON. 1280 00:36:34,620 --> 00:36:36,389 IF YOU WANT TO JOIN US AT JUST 1281 00:36:36,522 --> 00:36:40,727 $12 A MONTH AS A SUSTAINING 1282 00:36:40,860 --> 00:36:42,128 MEMBER, YOU CAN GET THE BIG PIJ. 1283 00:36:42,261 --> 00:36:43,896 IT'S THE DONNYBRICK AND A TICKET 1284 00:36:44,030 --> 00:36:47,400 FOR YOU AND A FRIEND TO GO TO 1285 00:36:47,533 --> 00:36:48,868 DONNYBASH AND BE THERE FOR THE 1286 00:36:49,001 --> 00:36:52,872 PRESHOW RE SHOSHOW RECEPTION, THE LIVE SHO W 1287 00:36:53,005 --> 00:36:54,874 AND AFTERWARDS, THE POST SHOW 1288 00:36:55,007 --> 00:36:55,241 RECEPTION. 1289 00:36:55,374 --> 00:36:56,142 YOU TRY TO SAY THAT FAST. 1290 00:36:56,275 --> 00:36:57,643 YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE 1291 00:36:57,777 --> 00:37:00,046 JOINING AN EXCLUSIVE GROUP OF 1292 00:37:00,179 --> 00:37:01,914 PEOPLE WHO NOT ONLY WATCH 1293 00:37:02,048 --> 00:37:03,049 DONNYBROOK, BUT SUPPORT IT. 1294 00:37:03,182 --> 00:37:04,784 ONES YOU DO THAT RIGHT NOW -- 1295 00:37:04,917 --> 00:37:06,185 WON'T YOU DO THAT RIGHT NOW? 1296 00:37:06,319 --> 00:37:08,020 GIVE US A CALL. 1297 00:37:08,154 --> 00:37:08,621 >> YEAH. 1298 00:37:08,755 --> 00:37:09,789 ALL RIGHT, THANKS A LOT. 1299 00:37:09,922 --> 00:37:11,324 WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU JOINING 1300 00:37:11,457 --> 00:37:11,724 US. 1301 00:37:11,858 --> 00:37:13,493 WE'RE JUST WONDERING WHEN SARAH 1302 00:37:13,626 --> 00:37:15,094 IS GOING TO THROW THIS 1303 00:37:15,228 --> 00:37:16,162 DONNYBRICK AT THE CAMERA. 1304 00:37:16,295 --> 00:37:18,464 COULD BE BEFORE THE END OF THE 1305 00:37:18,598 --> 00:37:18,765 SHOW. 1306 00:37:18,898 --> 00:37:20,466 THE DONNYBRICK WILL BE YOURSELF 1307 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:23,069 SO YOU CAN RELIEVE THOSE 1308 00:37:23,202 --> 00:37:24,771 TENSIONS AND RELEASE THOSE 1309 00:37:24,904 --> 00:37:26,339 ENDORPHINS AND ALL THAT AS YOU 1310 00:37:26,472 --> 00:37:27,774 WATCH OUR PROGRAM AND YOU'LL 1311 00:37:27,907 --> 00:37:29,842 HELP CHANNEL 9 SUPPORT THESE 1312 00:37:29,976 --> 00:37:31,577 GREAT PROGRAMS FROM PBS AND 1313 00:37:31,711 --> 00:37:31,911 BEYOND. 1314 00:37:32,044 --> 00:37:34,714 THINK OF ALL THE GREAT PROGRAMS 1315 00:37:34,847 --> 00:37:36,449 THAT YOU ENJOY HERE, INCLUDING 1316 00:37:36,582 --> 00:37:38,384 OF COURSE THE NEWS HOUR WHICH 1317 00:37:38,518 --> 00:37:39,752 PRECEDES US EVERY WEEK NIGHT AND 1318 00:37:39,886 --> 00:37:41,587 JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW 1319 00:37:41,721 --> 00:37:42,688 JOURNALISM IS EXCELLENT. 1320 00:37:42,822 --> 00:37:45,024 WE TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 1321 00:37:45,158 --> 00:37:45,424 JOURNALISM. 1322 00:37:45,558 --> 00:37:48,528 NOBODY IT DOES BETTER THAN JUDY 1323 00:37:48,661 --> 00:37:50,263 WOODRUFF AND HER TEAM AT THE 1324 00:37:50,396 --> 00:37:50,963 NEWS HOUR. 1325 00:37:51,097 --> 00:37:52,632 PLEASE JOIN US FOR DONNYBASH, 1326 00:37:52,765 --> 00:37:53,166 OUR FUNDRAISER. 1327 00:37:53,299 --> 00:37:54,534 WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR 1328 00:37:54,667 --> 00:37:55,968 BEING SO GENEROUS. 1329 00:37:56,102 --> 00:37:56,536 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1330 00:37:56,669 --> 00:37:59,438 GOOD FOOD, GOOD FUN. 1331 00:37:59,572 --> 00:38:01,774 I THINK SOME KNOWLEDGEABLE TALK. 1332 00:38:01,908 --> 00:38:02,608 I'M NOT SURE. 1333 00:38:02,742 --> 00:38:04,377 >> THAT'S QUESTIONABLE. 1334 00:38:04,510 --> 00:38:06,345 >> YOU'VE BEEN IN THE AUDIENCE 1335 00:38:06,479 --> 00:38:06,679 BEFORE. 1336 00:38:06,813 --> 00:38:07,380 >> WHEN THEY ASK QUESTIONS AT 1337 00:38:07,513 --> 00:38:07,814 THE END. 1338 00:38:07,947 --> 00:38:09,549 >> THE ONE THING WE KNOW FOR 1339 00:38:09,682 --> 00:38:11,250 SURE IS THAT THE VENUE IS GREAT. 1340 00:38:11,384 --> 00:38:13,486 THE ACOUSTICS, THE SHELDON IS 1341 00:38:13,619 --> 00:38:14,854 ONE OF THE GREAT -- IT'S ALWAYS 1342 00:38:14,987 --> 00:38:15,454 A THRILL. 1343 00:38:15,588 --> 00:38:16,889 WE'VE BEEN DOING IT A LONG TIME, 1344 00:38:17,023 --> 00:38:21,994 BUT JUST TO BE PART OF THAT 1345 00:38:22,128 --> 00:38:22,862 HISTORY. 1346 00:38:22,995 --> 00:38:24,831 IT'S A LOT BETTER FOLKS, MORE 1347 00:38:24,964 --> 00:38:26,065 IMPORTANT PEOPLE PERFORM ON THAT 1348 00:38:26,199 --> 00:38:29,435 STAGE, BUT SERIOUSLY, IT'S 1349 00:38:29,569 --> 00:38:33,105 VERY -- YOU KNOW, IT SEATS 7-, 1350 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:34,874 800 PEOPLE, BUT IT'S VERY 1351 00:38:35,007 --> 00:38:35,508 INTIMATE AT THE SAME TIME. 1352 00:38:35,641 --> 00:38:36,809 THERE'S OTHER GREAT THEATERS IN 1353 00:38:36,943 --> 00:38:40,746 ST. LOUIS, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE 1354 00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:41,881 REAL TREASURES. 1355 00:38:42,014 --> 00:38:44,317 >> I BELIEVE IT WAS THE ORIGINAL 1356 00:38:44,450 --> 00:38:47,587 SITE OF THE ETHICAL SOCIETY OF 1357 00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:49,622 ST. LOUIS BEFORE IT MOVED OUT TO 1358 00:38:49,755 --> 00:38:50,790 CLAYTON ROAD. 1359 00:38:50,923 --> 00:38:52,158 >> HOW IRONIC THAT IS. 1360 00:38:52,291 --> 00:38:54,260 >> THIS WILL BE THE ONE TIME OR 1361 00:38:54,393 --> 00:38:58,331 ONCE A YEAR THAT WE SHARE A 1362 00:38:58,464 --> 00:39:03,536 STAGE THAT ALBERT EINSTEIN WAS 1363 00:39:03,669 --> 00:39:03,803 ON. 1364 00:39:03,936 --> 00:39:07,807 >> KATHLEEN BATTLE, AND MORE. 1365 00:39:07,940 --> 00:39:10,743 AND THE DONNY GANG. 1366 00:39:10,877 --> 00:39:11,410 PLEASE JOIN US. 1367 00:39:11,544 --> 00:39:13,145 CALL THAT NUMBER ON THE SCREEN 1368 00:39:13,279 --> 00:39:13,913 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1369 00:39:14,046 --> 00:39:18,317 JOINING US, SEPTEMBER 26th, NEXT 1370 00:39:18,451 --> 00:39:19,418 MONTH, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. 1371 00:39:22,521 --> 00:39:24,023 I WANT TO ASK YOU, SARAH, ABOUT 1372 00:39:24,223 --> 00:39:25,791 THE COMIC SECOND AT THE 1373 00:39:25,925 --> 00:39:27,827 POST-DISPATCH. 1374 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:29,629 USUALLY I COULD CLICK THROUGH 1375 00:39:29,762 --> 00:39:31,097 FACEBOOK AND MY NAME WOULD BE TO 1376 00:39:31,230 --> 00:39:31,397 THERE. 1377 00:39:31,530 --> 00:39:33,532 YOU DEVOTED AN ENTIRE HOUR -- 1378 00:39:33,666 --> 00:39:36,469 >> NOT AN ENTIRE HOUR, BUT HALF 1379 00:39:36,602 --> 00:39:38,771 AN HOUR BR WE HAD BETH O'MALLEY 1380 00:39:38,905 --> 00:39:41,007 CAME ON TO DISCUSS THE CHANGES 1381 00:39:41,140 --> 00:39:43,442 MAKING TO THE COMMENT SECTION. 1382 00:39:43,576 --> 00:39:46,045 I FIND THIS TOPIC REALLY 1383 00:39:46,178 --> 00:39:47,580 INTERESTING BECAUSE I'M A 1384 00:39:47,713 --> 00:39:48,714 JOURNALIST, BUT EVERYONE IS 1385 00:39:48,848 --> 00:39:50,016 TRYING TO PROMOTE CIVIL 1386 00:39:50,149 --> 00:39:51,284 DISCOURSE AND IT'S LIKE HOW DO 1387 00:39:51,417 --> 00:39:53,085 YOU GET THERE WHEN PEOPLE ARE 1388 00:39:53,219 --> 00:39:54,987 TERRIBLE AND ESPECIALLY ONLINE. 1389 00:39:55,121 --> 00:39:56,422 WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS MOVED AWAY 1390 00:39:56,555 --> 00:39:58,491 WITH A FACEBOOK-BASED SYSTEM, 1391 00:39:58,624 --> 00:40:00,326 WHERE YOU HAVE TO LOG IN WITH 1392 00:40:00,459 --> 00:40:01,427 YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT, WHICH IS 1393 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,163 AN ATTEMPT TO GET PEOPLE TO DO 1394 00:40:04,297 --> 00:40:05,865 THINGS UNDER YOUR REAL NAME. 1395 00:40:05,998 --> 00:40:07,800 NOW YOU'RE DOING IT WITH THE 1396 00:40:07,934 --> 00:40:09,669 LOG-IN WITH THE PAPER, IT HEY 1397 00:40:09,802 --> 00:40:12,638 NOT BE YOUR REAL NAME, BUT YOU 1398 00:40:12,772 --> 00:40:15,007 CAN UP-VOTE COMMENTS THAT ARE 1399 00:40:15,141 --> 00:40:16,309 HELPFUL OR PROMOTING THE 1400 00:40:16,442 --> 00:40:17,677 DISCUSSION OR DOWN-VOTE SOMEONE 1401 00:40:17,810 --> 00:40:19,612 WHO'S BEING A JERK OR NOT 1402 00:40:19,745 --> 00:40:20,980 CONTRIBUTING TO THE DISCUSSION. 1403 00:40:21,113 --> 00:40:21,981 THE IDEA IS EVERYONE 1404 00:40:22,114 --> 00:40:22,715 PARTICIPATING IN THE DISCUSSION 1405 00:40:22,848 --> 00:40:24,283 WITH HELP TO MODERATE IT AND THE 1406 00:40:24,417 --> 00:40:25,518 GOOD COMMENTS RISE TO THE TOP 1407 00:40:25,651 --> 00:40:27,520 AND THE BAD COMMENTS ARE BURIED. 1408 00:40:27,653 --> 00:40:29,355 >> FIRST OF ALL, I WAS A 1409 00:40:29,488 --> 00:40:31,057 PUBLISHER OF A PUBLICATION, WE 1410 00:40:31,190 --> 00:40:32,558 WOULD NOT HAVE A COMMENT 1411 00:40:32,692 --> 00:40:32,892 SECTION. 1412 00:40:33,025 --> 00:40:34,660 I MIGHT HAVE A PLACE ONLINE 1413 00:40:34,794 --> 00:40:37,229 WHERE YOU CAN HIT AN ICON AND GO 1414 00:40:37,363 --> 00:40:39,498 AWAY, BUT NOT AT THE END OF ANY 1415 00:40:39,632 --> 00:40:39,799 STORY. 1416 00:40:39,932 --> 00:40:41,100 I'M LOST FOR HOW SOMEONE NOT 1417 00:40:41,233 --> 00:40:43,202 HAVING TO USE THEIR NAME IS 1418 00:40:43,336 --> 00:40:44,804 GOING TO CLEAR UP THAT TRASH 1419 00:40:44,937 --> 00:40:46,238 THAT'S IN THE COMMENTS SECTION. 1420 00:40:46,372 --> 00:40:48,174 I THINK IT WILL LEAD TO EVEN 1421 00:40:48,307 --> 00:40:48,474 WORSE. 1422 00:40:48,607 --> 00:40:51,377 AND ALL THEY DO, ALL THE MINIONS 1423 00:40:51,510 --> 00:40:53,079 WHO AGREE WITH SOME JUST CRAZY 1424 00:40:53,212 --> 00:40:54,180 STATEMENT ON THERE, THEY'LL JUST 1425 00:40:54,313 --> 00:40:55,781 BE GIVING IT THE THUMBS UP AND 1426 00:40:55,915 --> 00:40:58,117 IT WILL STILL STAY AT THE TOP. 1427 00:40:58,250 --> 00:40:59,685 THE HATRED AND ALL THAT WILL BE 1428 00:40:59,819 --> 00:41:00,419 RIGHT AT THE TOP. 1429 00:41:00,553 --> 00:41:02,221 >> WHAT BETH WAS SAYING, THE 1430 00:41:02,355 --> 00:41:03,422 FACEBOOK SYSTEM IS DESIGNED THAT 1431 00:41:03,556 --> 00:41:04,890 PEOPLE HAVE TO USE THEIR REAL 1432 00:41:05,024 --> 00:41:06,125 NAMES OR FACEBOOK WILL BOOT YOU 1433 00:41:06,258 --> 00:41:08,327 IF THEY CATCH YOU USING A FAKE 1434 00:41:08,461 --> 00:41:08,627 NAME. 1435 00:41:08,761 --> 00:41:10,329 PEOPLE WERE FIGURING OUT WAYS TO 1436 00:41:10,463 --> 00:41:12,598 GAME THIS SYSTEM JUST LIKE EVERY 1437 00:41:12,732 --> 00:41:13,632 SYSTEM IN THE WORLD, PEOPLE GAME 1438 00:41:13,766 --> 00:41:15,401 IT AND THEY WERE ALREADY ON 1439 00:41:15,534 --> 00:41:17,536 THERE WITH FAKE NAMES. 1440 00:41:17,670 --> 00:41:19,405 WHY FORCE PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH 1441 00:41:19,538 --> 00:41:21,707 FACEBOOK WHEN WE KNOW FACEBOOK 1442 00:41:21,841 --> 00:41:23,876 BUSINESS DESTROYING DEMOCRACY. 1443 00:41:24,010 --> 00:41:25,611 >> THERE'S TWO SIDES OF THIS. 1444 00:41:25,745 --> 00:41:26,746 ONE IS THE EFFORT TO HAVE THE 1445 00:41:26,879 --> 00:41:28,647 CIVIL DISCOURSE AND LEAD THE 1446 00:41:28,781 --> 00:41:30,049 COMMUNITY AND THE OTHER IS THAT 1447 00:41:30,182 --> 00:41:31,751 PEOPLE READ THIS BECAUSE IT IS A 1448 00:41:31,884 --> 00:41:32,718 TRAIN WRECK. 1449 00:41:32,852 --> 00:41:35,287 I MEAN, PEOPLE READ THE COMMENTS 1450 00:41:35,421 --> 00:41:37,857 SECTION BECAUSE IT IS SO NASTY. 1451 00:41:37,990 --> 00:41:45,297 AND SO I MEAN, IF YOU WANT -- DO 1452 00:41:45,431 --> 00:41:46,899 YOU REALLY WANT CIVIL DISCOURSE? 1453 00:41:47,033 --> 00:41:48,200 >> CERTAINLY AT MY FORMER 1454 00:41:48,334 --> 00:41:49,568 EMPLOYER, THE RIVERFRONT TIMES, 1455 00:41:49,702 --> 00:41:53,205 THE COMMENTS ARE JUST 1456 00:41:53,339 --> 00:41:56,909 NOTORIOUSLY TON TOXIC AND PEOPLE 1457 00:41:57,043 --> 00:41:59,545 WANT TO TUNE IN TO THAT. 1458 00:41:59,678 --> 00:42:00,946 >> YOU'RE MY FORMER BOSS, BUT 1459 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:02,782 YOU ALSO FOUNDED THE PAPER SO I 1460 00:42:02,915 --> 00:42:04,183 MEAN, I'M SORT OF BECOMING MORE 1461 00:42:04,316 --> 00:42:05,818 IN ALVIN'S CAMP ON THIS. 1462 00:42:05,951 --> 00:42:08,487 I HAVE TO TELL YOU, SO MUCH -- 1463 00:42:08,621 --> 00:42:10,189 IF THE COMMENTS -- YOU REALLY 1464 00:42:10,322 --> 00:42:12,825 HAVE TO HAVE A WILLINGNESS TO 1465 00:42:12,958 --> 00:42:15,027 MODERATE MORE THAN MOST OF US AS 1466 00:42:15,161 --> 00:42:16,195 JOURNALISTS WANT TO BECAUSE WHAT 1467 00:42:16,328 --> 00:42:17,963 HAPPENS WITH THESE COMMENTS, AND 1468 00:42:18,097 --> 00:42:21,600 I WRITE A COLUMN IN THE RFT, I 1469 00:42:21,734 --> 00:42:22,935 STOPPED LOOKING AT THEM. 1470 00:42:23,069 --> 00:42:24,637 I'M JUST NOT GOING TO LOOK AT 1471 00:42:24,770 --> 00:42:26,272 THE COMMENTS BECAUSE A LOT OF 1472 00:42:26,405 --> 00:42:29,408 THEM, BESIDES JUST BEING SLANDER 1473 00:42:29,542 --> 00:42:30,409 PER SE AT THE TIME, THE 1474 00:42:30,543 --> 00:42:31,710 COMMENTERS HAVING FEUDS AND 1475 00:42:31,844 --> 00:42:33,145 GOING AFTER ONE ANOTHER AND 1476 00:42:33,279 --> 00:42:34,880 IT'S -- WHICH IS THE TRAIN WRECK 1477 00:42:35,014 --> 00:42:38,684 BILL IS TALKING ABOUT, AND IT'S 1478 00:42:38,818 --> 00:42:41,720 REALLY -- I CAN -- I SURELY 1479 00:42:41,854 --> 00:42:42,521 WOULDN'T CRITICIZE ANYBODY THAT 1480 00:42:42,655 --> 00:42:43,756 SHUTS OFF COMMENTS. 1481 00:42:43,889 --> 00:42:45,858 >> IT IS DIFFICULT TO MODERATE. 1482 00:42:45,991 --> 00:42:48,194 >> I WOULD NOT SHUT OFF -- IF 1483 00:42:48,327 --> 00:42:49,562 YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM, HAVE 1484 00:42:49,695 --> 00:42:50,596 THEM, BUT I WOULDN'T CRITICIZE 1485 00:42:50,729 --> 00:42:51,730 ANYBODY THAT SHUT THEM OFF. 1486 00:42:51,864 --> 00:42:53,466 >> I THINK HONESTLY, YOU HAVE TO 1487 00:42:53,599 --> 00:42:54,834 BE AN IDIOT TO BE AGAINST CIVIL 1488 00:42:54,967 --> 00:42:57,470 DISCOURSE. 1489 00:42:57,603 --> 00:42:59,004 >> THIS ISN'T CIVIL. 1490 00:42:59,138 --> 00:43:00,806 >> I WOULD SAY -- YOU KNOW -- 1491 00:43:00,940 --> 00:43:02,942 >> YOU ASK THE QUESTION -- 1492 00:43:03,075 --> 00:43:04,310 >> BOB COSTAS TALKED ABOUT THIS 1493 00:43:04,443 --> 00:43:04,944 A LOT. 1494 00:43:05,077 --> 00:43:06,979 HE'LL SAY, OKAY, DAVID BROOKS 1495 00:43:07,113 --> 00:43:07,880 SPENDS THREE DAYS WRITING A 1496 00:43:08,013 --> 00:43:10,015 COLUMN AND THEN IT'S IN THE "NEW 1497 00:43:10,149 --> 00:43:11,584 YORK TIMES" AND THEN YOU CAN 1498 00:43:11,717 --> 00:43:13,419 FIND SOME GUY WHO ON THE SEAT OF 1499 00:43:13,552 --> 00:43:15,154 HIS PANTS WRITES SOMETHING CRAZY 1500 00:43:15,287 --> 00:43:18,557 RIGHT AFTER, NOT WELL REASONED 1501 00:43:18,691 --> 00:43:19,959 OR THOUGHT OUT AT ALL. 1502 00:43:20,092 --> 00:43:21,694 THAT'S THE POINT OF A NEWSPAPER? 1503 00:43:21,827 --> 00:43:26,999 ARE YOU HERE TO GET SOME OF THE 1504 00:43:27,133 --> 00:43:28,434 FLY-BY-THE-SEAT OF THE PANTS 1505 00:43:28,567 --> 00:43:29,869 COMMENTS THAT IS NOT RESEARCHED 1506 00:43:30,002 --> 00:43:31,537 OR FORETHOUGHT OR SOMETHING 1507 00:43:31,670 --> 00:43:32,505 THAT'S REASONED AND INTELLIGENT 1508 00:43:32,638 --> 00:43:33,839 AND PUT TOGETHER BY A 1509 00:43:33,973 --> 00:43:34,273 PROFESSIONAL. 1510 00:43:34,406 --> 00:43:38,277 IN THE MEDIA, DO WE CONSIDER 1511 00:43:38,410 --> 00:43:40,346 OURSELVES PROFESSIONAL OR ARE WE 1512 00:43:40,479 --> 00:43:42,214 JUST ONE MORE VOICE OUT THERE? 1513 00:43:42,348 --> 00:43:43,182 >> YOU HAVE TO ADD IN THE 1514 00:43:43,315 --> 00:43:44,583 ELEMENT OF ALL THE BOTS OUT 1515 00:43:44,717 --> 00:43:46,519 THERE OR THE FAKE WHATEVER. 1516 00:43:46,652 --> 00:43:47,486 I'M TO THE POINT WHERE I 1517 00:43:47,620 --> 00:43:49,522 REALLY -- PEOPLE ARE SO BRAVE 1518 00:43:49,655 --> 00:43:55,127 WHEN THEY HAVE THE ANONYMITY OF 1519 00:43:55,261 --> 00:43:56,228 THEIR TWITTER ACCOUNT IN THE 1520 00:43:56,362 --> 00:43:56,595 COMMENTS. 1521 00:43:56,729 --> 00:43:59,231 I YAD TO THINK, YEARS AGO, THINK 1522 00:43:59,365 --> 00:44:00,599 ANYTHING GOES, WE WANT TO 1523 00:44:00,733 --> 00:44:01,467 ENCOURAGE THE CONVERSATION, AND 1524 00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:03,936 AS I SAY, I'M SORT OF IN THE 1525 00:44:04,069 --> 00:44:05,171 MIDDLE IN THAT I WOULDN'T 1526 00:44:05,304 --> 00:44:06,739 CRITICIZE ANYONE FOR HAVING IT, 1527 00:44:06,872 --> 00:44:08,040 BUT I DEFINITELY LEAN MORE 1528 00:44:08,174 --> 00:44:09,408 TOWARDS SAYING THE HECK WITH ALL 1529 00:44:09,542 --> 00:44:09,708 OF IT. 1530 00:44:09,842 --> 00:44:10,910 >> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, 1531 00:44:11,043 --> 00:44:12,912 WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 1532 00:44:13,045 --> 00:44:14,713 THE COMMENTS SECTION AND THE 1533 00:44:14,847 --> 00:44:16,081 CALLERS TO YOUR TURN? 1534 00:44:16,215 --> 00:44:17,783 >> WELL, THERE IS -- BECAUSE WE 1535 00:44:17,917 --> 00:44:18,717 GOT SOME RULES. 1536 00:44:18,851 --> 00:44:20,586 THERE'S SOME MODERATION AND 1537 00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:21,854 CHANNEL 9 ISN'T GOING TO ALLOW 1538 00:44:21,987 --> 00:44:23,589 PEOPLE -- LET ME TELL YOU 1539 00:44:23,722 --> 00:44:23,956 SOMETHING. 1540 00:44:24,089 --> 00:44:25,024 I REMEMBER BEING ON CABLE ACCESS 1541 00:44:25,157 --> 00:44:27,293 ONCE WHEN IT WAS FIRST A THING 1542 00:44:27,426 --> 00:44:29,628 AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN TWO 1543 00:44:29,762 --> 00:44:32,631 HOURS, THERE WAS LIKE ONE CALL 1544 00:44:32,765 --> 00:44:35,568 THAT DIDN'T INVOLVE HUMAN 1545 00:44:35,701 --> 00:44:35,901 ANATOMY. 1546 00:44:36,035 --> 00:44:36,669 I MEAN -- 1547 00:44:36,802 --> 00:44:41,507 >> IT'S KIND OF AN ISLAND OF 1548 00:44:41,640 --> 00:44:42,608 DECENCY OUT THERE. 1549 00:44:42,741 --> 00:44:45,311 WHEN YOU HAVE A CALL-IN SHOW ON 1550 00:44:45,444 --> 00:44:46,879 CHANNEL 9, IT'S DIFFERENT. 1551 00:44:47,012 --> 00:44:48,147 >> WE GET GREAT CALLS. 1552 00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:49,548 >> LET'S MOVE ON. 1553 00:44:49,682 --> 00:44:51,850 BILL, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK 1554 00:44:51,984 --> 00:44:53,219 THAT PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT T-SHIRTS 1555 00:44:53,352 --> 00:44:55,354 WITH THE RAMS LOGO ON IT BETWEEN 1556 00:44:55,487 --> 00:44:56,589 DECEMBER OF 2010 AND MAYBE 1557 00:44:56,722 --> 00:44:59,058 SOMETIME IN 2016, CAN GET A 25% 1558 00:44:59,191 --> 00:45:00,259 REFUND THIS THEY KEPT THEIR 1559 00:45:00,392 --> 00:45:02,895 RECEIPTS OR IF THEY'RE IN THE 1560 00:45:03,028 --> 00:45:03,295 RAMS SYSTEM. 1561 00:45:03,429 --> 00:45:04,697 IF YOU BOUGHT IT AT THE STADIUM 1562 00:45:04,830 --> 00:45:06,599 AND THE RAMS HAVE YOU ON FILE, 1563 00:45:06,732 --> 00:45:08,267 THEY'RE GOING TO SEND YOU SOME 1564 00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:09,935 MONEY AND IF YOU BOUGHT TICKSES 1565 00:45:10,069 --> 00:45:11,971 AND YOU'RE IN -- TICKS AND 1566 00:45:12,104 --> 00:45:13,305 YOU'RE IN THEIR SYSTEM OR GOT 1567 00:45:13,439 --> 00:45:16,375 THE RECEIPT, I THINK YOU GET 25% 1568 00:45:16,508 --> 00:45:16,675 BACK. 1569 00:45:16,809 --> 00:45:17,476 I CAN UNDERSTAND SEASON TICKSES 1570 00:45:17,610 --> 00:45:21,080 AND PSLs, BUT TRUTH BE TOLD, IF 1571 00:45:21,213 --> 00:45:23,916 YOU BOUGHT A RAMS T-SHIRT OR A 1572 00:45:24,049 --> 00:45:26,819 HAT, DOES STAN KROENKE AT POINT 1573 00:45:26,952 --> 00:45:28,053 OWE YOU ANYTHING? 1574 00:45:28,187 --> 00:45:29,154 >> NO, HE DOESN'T. 1575 00:45:29,288 --> 00:45:30,422 HE'S A GREAT ENTREPRENEUR, I'LL 1576 00:45:30,556 --> 00:45:33,092 START -- NO, I HATE TO BE A STAN 1577 00:45:33,225 --> 00:45:35,261 KROENKE'S SIDE, BUT I THINK IF 1578 00:45:35,394 --> 00:45:40,966 PEOPLE WANT TO BUY SOUVENIRS OF 1579 00:45:41,100 --> 00:45:42,801 SOME TEAM, THAT'S GREAT, BUT IF 1580 00:45:42,935 --> 00:45:46,372 THE TEAM LOSES OR ANYTHING, I 1581 00:45:46,505 --> 00:45:47,172 DON'T THINK PEOPLE DESERVE THE 1582 00:45:47,306 --> 00:45:47,706 MONEY BACK. 1583 00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:50,542 AS FAR AS THE PSL OWNERS, YOU 1584 00:45:50,676 --> 00:45:52,278 CAN READ THE LEASE AS WELL AS 1585 00:45:52,411 --> 00:45:52,945 ANYONE ELSE. 1586 00:45:53,078 --> 00:45:54,179 THIS TEAM CAN LEAVE AFTER TEN 1587 00:45:54,313 --> 00:45:56,448 YEARS OR 20 YEARS OR 30 YEARS. 1588 00:45:56,582 --> 00:46:00,619 I'M NOT EVEN SURE ABOUT THE PSL 1589 00:46:00,753 --> 00:46:00,953 OWNERS. 1590 00:46:01,086 --> 00:46:02,254 LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, I'D LIKE TO 1591 00:46:02,388 --> 00:46:03,756 TAKE A STICK AND POKE IT AT 1592 00:46:03,889 --> 00:46:05,324 MR. KROENKE, BUT I DON'T THINK 1593 00:46:05,457 --> 00:46:05,991 THIS DESERVES ANYTHING. 1594 00:46:06,125 --> 00:46:07,793 >> EXCUSE ME, ELECTIONS MATTER 1595 00:46:07,926 --> 00:46:10,796 AND VERDICTS AND SETTLEMENT 1596 00:46:10,929 --> 00:46:11,130 MATTER. 1597 00:46:11,263 --> 00:46:13,132 THIS ONE WAS MADE IN THE SYSTEM. 1598 00:46:13,265 --> 00:46:15,167 I DON'T -- I KIND OF DON'T THINK 1599 00:46:15,301 --> 00:46:16,168 STAN KROENKE IS GOING TO LOSE A 1600 00:46:16,302 --> 00:46:18,570 LOT OF SLEEP OVER IT, BUT I 1601 00:46:18,704 --> 00:46:21,974 THINK THAT IF WE -- ST. LOUIS 1602 00:46:22,107 --> 00:46:23,876 DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TO SHOW FOR 1603 00:46:24,009 --> 00:46:24,143 IT. 1604 00:46:24,276 --> 00:46:26,078 THEY GOT A SETTLEMENT, GOT A 1605 00:46:26,211 --> 00:46:26,512 VERDICT -- 1606 00:46:26,645 --> 00:46:32,217 >> COME ON, RAY, T-SHIRTS 1607 00:46:32,351 --> 00:46:33,352 AGAINST STAN KROENKE? 1608 00:46:33,485 --> 00:46:35,554 >> THE BIG WINNERS IN ANY CLASS 1609 00:46:35,688 --> 00:46:37,089 ACTION FOR THE LAWYERS, WE KNOW 1610 00:46:37,222 --> 00:46:37,389 THAT. 1611 00:46:37,523 --> 00:46:38,357 >> $7 MILLION. 1612 00:46:38,490 --> 00:46:40,459 >> BUT HAVING SAID THAT -- 1613 00:46:40,592 --> 00:46:42,061 >> YOU MEAN ANYBODY WHO BOUGHT A 1614 00:46:42,194 --> 00:46:43,529 T-SHIRT HAS A CLAIM? 1615 00:46:43,662 --> 00:46:44,330 >> THEY DO. 1616 00:46:44,463 --> 00:46:46,298 THEY POINT IS ARE YOU FEELING 1617 00:46:46,432 --> 00:46:48,033 BAD -- MY POINT IS ARE YOU 1618 00:46:48,167 --> 00:46:50,035 FEELING BAD FOR KROENKE? 1619 00:46:50,169 --> 00:46:50,903 I DON'T CARE ABOUT A GUY GETTING 1620 00:46:51,036 --> 00:46:52,905 25 CENTS BACK FOR HIS T-SHIRT -- 1621 00:46:53,038 --> 00:46:55,007 >> THAT'S A TYRANNY OF THE 1622 00:46:55,140 --> 00:46:55,474 JUSTICE SYSTEM. 1623 00:46:55,607 --> 00:46:58,544 >> NO, IT'S NOT. 1624 00:46:58,677 --> 00:47:01,080 >> YOU'RE THE GUY WHO TOOK THE 1625 00:47:01,213 --> 00:47:01,480 SETTLEMENT. 1626 00:47:01,613 --> 00:47:02,581 >> BANK OF AMERICA, I READ IT -- 1627 00:47:02,715 --> 00:47:04,450 [ ALL SPEAKING AT ONCE ] 1628 00:47:04,583 --> 00:47:08,520 AND THE BEST PART ABOUT IT IS 1629 00:47:08,654 --> 00:47:12,658 THEY GOT THIS -- STAN KROENKE 1630 00:47:12,791 --> 00:47:13,892 WILL PROBABLY HAVE THE LAST 1631 00:47:14,026 --> 00:47:14,226 LAUGH. 1632 00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:15,828 THEY GOT THIS LUMP OF SETTLEMENT 1633 00:47:15,961 --> 00:47:17,396 MONEY AND IF ENOUGH PEOPLE, 1634 00:47:17,529 --> 00:47:18,697 WHICH IS THE CASE OF ONE OF THE 1635 00:47:18,831 --> 00:47:20,232 ONES I DID, DON'T CLAIM THE 1636 00:47:20,366 --> 00:47:22,267 MONEY, WHATEVER IS LEFT, I GOT 1637 00:47:22,401 --> 00:47:22,835 TWO CHECKS. 1638 00:47:22,968 --> 00:47:23,836 >> DID YOU REALLY? 1639 00:47:23,969 --> 00:47:25,537 >> YES, I DID. 1640 00:47:25,671 --> 00:47:27,239 SO YOU MIGHT THINK OF ALL THE 1641 00:47:27,373 --> 00:47:29,007 PEOPLE THAT COULD CLAIM SOME OF 1642 00:47:29,141 --> 00:47:30,843 THIS MONEY, ONLY ABOUT A HALF OF 1643 00:47:30,976 --> 00:47:33,612 THEM ARE GOING TO EVEN PROBABLY 1644 00:47:33,746 --> 00:47:33,946 BOTHER. 1645 00:47:34,079 --> 00:47:37,583 >> WHO KEEPS A RECEIPT FROM A 1646 00:47:37,716 --> 00:47:38,250 T-SHIRT? 1647 00:47:38,384 --> 00:47:39,118 >> THIS IS AMAZING. 1648 00:47:39,251 --> 00:47:42,187 I HAD A PSL -- 1649 00:47:42,321 --> 00:47:45,057 >> THE PSL OWNERS ARE IN THE 1650 00:47:45,190 --> 00:47:47,025 SYSTEM, IN THE COMPUTER. 1651 00:47:47,159 --> 00:47:48,193 >> THEY ACTUALLY CALL THEM. 1652 00:47:48,327 --> 00:47:50,262 >> IF THEY BOUGHT A T-SHIRT OR 1653 00:47:50,396 --> 00:47:52,097 SWEATSHIRT OR HOODIE FROM 1654 00:47:52,231 --> 00:47:53,799 MACY'S, YOU BETTER HAVE THE 1655 00:47:53,932 --> 00:47:54,133 RECEIPT. 1656 00:47:54,266 --> 00:47:55,100 OTHERWISE YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK. 1657 00:47:55,234 --> 00:47:57,069 >> MAYBE A PHOTO OF YOU IN THE 1658 00:47:57,202 --> 00:47:57,436 T-SHIRT. 1659 00:47:57,569 --> 00:47:58,270 >> THAT MIGHT HELP. 1660 00:47:58,404 --> 00:48:01,006 >> I HAVE TO ADMIT. 1661 00:48:01,140 --> 00:48:02,875 I THOUGHT THAT WAS BIZARRE, BUT 1662 00:48:03,008 --> 00:48:04,309 I'M SAYING THE SETTLEMENT WAS 1663 00:48:04,443 --> 00:48:05,611 WHAT THE SETTLEMENT WAS. 1664 00:48:05,744 --> 00:48:07,913 WHO DO YOU FEEL BAD FOR? 1665 00:48:08,046 --> 00:48:08,313 KROENKE? 1666 00:48:08,447 --> 00:48:09,548 >> THAT'S THE POINT. 1667 00:48:09,681 --> 00:48:11,450 >> QUITE FRANKLY, IT NEVER WENT 1668 00:48:11,583 --> 00:48:12,684 TO TRIAL BECAUSE THEY SETTLED 1669 00:48:12,818 --> 00:48:13,952 AND HERE'S THIS MONEY THAT THIS 1670 00:48:14,086 --> 00:48:15,854 COMPANY OR MR. KROENKE HAS TO 1671 00:48:15,988 --> 00:48:17,656 COME UP WITH AND IF YOU WANT A 1672 00:48:17,790 --> 00:48:21,193 PIECE OF THAT PIE, WHO'S MAD? 1673 00:48:21,326 --> 00:48:21,960 HE AIN'T MAD. 1674 00:48:22,094 --> 00:48:23,796 >> ALVIN, I BET YOU THOUGHT OF 1675 00:48:23,929 --> 00:48:25,631 THIS ONE AND THAT IS, WE HAVE A 1676 00:48:25,764 --> 00:48:26,999 MLS TEAM COMING OUR WAY. 1677 00:48:27,132 --> 00:48:28,133 WE MENTIONED THAT EARLIER IN THE 1678 00:48:28,267 --> 00:48:28,467 SHOW. 1679 00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:29,868 WHAT DO YOU THINK THE MASCOT 1680 00:48:30,002 --> 00:48:30,269 SHOULD BE? 1681 00:48:30,402 --> 00:48:32,204 >> OH, WOW. 1682 00:48:32,337 --> 00:48:33,705 OKAY, WHEN I FIRST HEARD 1683 00:48:33,839 --> 00:48:35,007 BATTLEHAWKS, MY FIRST THOUGHT 1684 00:48:35,140 --> 00:48:36,508 WAS, WHAT, WHAT? 1685 00:48:36,642 --> 00:48:37,609 >> THAT'S THE XFL TEAM. 1686 00:48:37,743 --> 00:48:40,846 >> ALL RIGHT -- OH, I'M SORRY. 1687 00:48:40,979 --> 00:48:41,747 YOU'RE TALKING -- 1688 00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:42,181 >> MLS. 1689 00:48:42,314 --> 00:48:43,282 >> MLS. 1690 00:48:43,415 --> 00:48:45,117 SEE, I HAD XFL ON MY MIND. 1691 00:48:45,250 --> 00:48:46,718 THAT'S A CRAZY NAME. 1692 00:48:46,852 --> 00:48:48,854 >> YOU'RE JUST EXCITED ABOUT THE 1693 00:48:48,987 --> 00:48:49,254 SETTLEMENT. 1694 00:48:49,388 --> 00:48:49,621 >> RIGHT. 1695 00:48:49,755 --> 00:48:50,322 >> HE'S GOING TO FILL OUT HIS 1696 00:48:50,456 --> 00:48:53,292 FORM. 1697 00:48:53,425 --> 00:48:56,495 >> LIKE LEWIS AND CLARK KIND OF 1698 00:48:56,628 --> 00:48:56,795 THING? 1699 00:48:56,929 --> 00:48:57,629 THE EXPEDITION. 1700 00:48:57,763 --> 00:48:59,698 >> THE ST. LOUIS AND CLARK. 1701 00:48:59,832 --> 00:49:01,366 >> THE JOURNEY. 1702 00:49:01,500 --> 00:49:04,303 YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE 1703 00:49:04,436 --> 00:49:05,637 MASCOT WOULD BE THAT WOULDN'T 1704 00:49:05,771 --> 00:49:06,672 OFFEND SOMEBODY, FIRST OF ALL, 1705 00:49:06,805 --> 00:49:07,039 SO -- 1706 00:49:07,172 --> 00:49:10,242 >> IT CAN'T BE THE KINGS. 1707 00:49:10,375 --> 00:49:14,413 >> IT CAN'T BE THE KINGS AND -- 1708 00:49:14,546 --> 00:49:14,780 YOU KNOW. 1709 00:49:14,913 --> 00:49:16,281 WE AS A -- I THINK YOU HAVE TO 1710 00:49:16,415 --> 00:49:17,416 WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE NAME OF 1711 00:49:17,549 --> 00:49:19,284 THE TEAM IS FIRST AND THEN YOU 1712 00:49:19,418 --> 00:49:22,554 FIGURE OUT WHAT THE MASCOT IS. 1713 00:49:22,688 --> 00:49:25,257 >> COULD BE THE TOASTED RAVS. 1714 00:49:25,390 --> 00:49:26,525 >> ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS DUMB. 1715 00:49:26,658 --> 00:49:28,961 >> HOW ABOUT THE TAX CREDITS? 1716 00:49:29,094 --> 00:49:30,529 >> THE ST. LOUIS TAX CREDITS. 1717 00:49:30,662 --> 00:49:31,363 >> THE CREDIT. 1718 00:49:31,497 --> 00:49:32,431 >> LET'S SEE HOW -- 1719 00:49:32,564 --> 00:49:34,566 >> SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY GOOD 1720 00:49:34,700 --> 00:49:35,133 AT HERE. 1721 00:49:35,267 --> 00:49:38,036 >> THE ST. LOUIS ABATEMENT. 1722 00:49:38,170 --> 00:49:39,905 >> WELL, TRUTH BE TOLD, IF WE 1723 00:49:40,038 --> 00:49:41,039 HAD NEVER HEARD OF THE CARDINALS 1724 00:49:41,173 --> 00:49:42,674 BEFORE, NO TEAM HAD EVER BEEN 1725 00:49:42,808 --> 00:49:45,377 NAMED AFTER THEM AND SOMEONE 1726 00:49:45,511 --> 00:49:47,613 SUGGEST THAT THE NEW MLS TEAM OR 1727 00:49:47,746 --> 00:49:50,115 XFL TEAM BE NAME THE CARDINALS, 1728 00:49:50,249 --> 00:49:52,050 DO YOU THINK IT WOULD FLY? 1729 00:49:52,184 --> 00:49:52,918 >> THE XFL -- 1730 00:49:53,051 --> 00:49:56,588 >> THAT ISN'T REALLY A THING. 1731 00:49:56,722 --> 00:49:57,189 >> IT IS. 1732 00:49:57,322 --> 00:49:59,291 >> WHAT THE GUYS NAME -- REALLY? 1733 00:49:59,424 --> 00:50:00,526 IT'S NOT EVEN -- 1734 00:50:00,659 --> 00:50:01,727 >> HE HIRED A LEGITIMATE 1735 00:50:01,860 --> 00:50:03,161 INDIVIDUAL IN OLIVER LUSK -- 1736 00:50:03,295 --> 00:50:05,797 >> THE MLS, I THINK ST. LOUIS IS 1737 00:50:05,931 --> 00:50:08,000 A SOCCER CAPITAL AND I'M HAPPY 1738 00:50:08,133 --> 00:50:09,067 FOR SOCCER FANS FOR REAL. 1739 00:50:09,201 --> 00:50:10,435 I THINK IT'S A THING. 1740 00:50:10,569 --> 00:50:11,670 THE XFL IT'S EVEN A THING. 1741 00:50:11,803 --> 00:50:12,604 >> IT IS A THING. 1742 00:50:12,738 --> 00:50:14,139 YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT BECAUSE OF 1743 00:50:14,273 --> 00:50:16,174 HIM, BUT HE'S NOT RUNNING IT. 1744 00:50:16,308 --> 00:50:18,377 IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO EMPLOY, 1745 00:50:18,510 --> 00:50:20,546 YOU KNOW, 3-, 400 INDIVIDUALS, 1746 00:50:20,679 --> 00:50:22,014 GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY 1747 00:50:22,147 --> 00:50:22,881 AND PLAY FOOTBALL. 1748 00:50:23,015 --> 00:50:24,216 IT DOES HAVE A TV CONTRACT AND 1749 00:50:24,349 --> 00:50:25,684 IT'S GOING TO BE A TELEVISION. 1750 00:50:25,817 --> 00:50:26,852 SO I CAN'T HATE ON THOSE 1751 00:50:26,985 --> 00:50:27,853 PARTICIPATING IN THE LEAGUE. 1752 00:50:27,986 --> 00:50:30,789 BY THE WAY, OUR TEAM IS LIKE THE 1753 00:50:30,923 --> 00:50:32,925 FRONT OFFICE WAY MORE DIVERSE 1754 00:50:33,058 --> 00:50:36,061 AND THIS LEAGUE IS WAY MORE 1755 00:50:36,194 --> 00:50:37,029 DIVERSE THAN THE NATIONAL 1756 00:50:37,162 --> 00:50:37,930 FOOTBALL LEAGUE IS. 1757 00:50:38,063 --> 00:50:39,431 I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT MAYORS, 1758 00:50:39,565 --> 00:50:40,666 I'M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE -- 1759 00:50:40,799 --> 00:50:43,635 ABOUT PLAYERS, I'M TALKING ABOUT 1760 00:50:43,769 --> 00:50:46,138 PEOPLE RUNNING THE ORGANIZATION. 1761 00:50:46,271 --> 00:50:50,175 I CAN'T DO IT JUST BECAUSE IT'S 1762 00:50:50,309 --> 00:50:50,842 McMAHAN. 1763 00:50:50,976 --> 00:50:52,744 >> I CAN. 1764 00:50:52,878 --> 00:50:53,312 PEOPLE HAD -- 1765 00:50:53,445 --> 00:50:58,050 >> SARAH FENSKE, LET'S MOVE ON 1766 00:50:58,183 --> 00:50:59,384 TO THE NEW YORK TIMES. 1767 00:50:59,518 --> 00:51:01,420 A WOMAN THIS WEEK WROTE ABOUT 1768 00:51:01,553 --> 00:51:03,822 THE MIGRATION OF BOSNIAN 1769 00:51:03,956 --> 00:51:04,923 REFUGEES FROM THE CITY OF 1770 00:51:05,057 --> 00:51:05,857 ST. LOUIS TO THE COUNTY, GOING 1771 00:51:05,991 --> 00:51:07,259 TO HIGH SCHOOLS LIKE MEHLVILLE 1772 00:51:07,392 --> 00:51:08,193 AND OAKVILLE. 1773 00:51:08,327 --> 00:51:09,561 THEY'RE APPARENTLY RIGHT NOW, 1774 00:51:09,695 --> 00:51:12,931 THE BOSNIANS ARE FIRMLY 1775 00:51:13,065 --> 00:51:14,533 ENSCONCED IN THE MIDDLE CLASS 1776 00:51:14,666 --> 00:51:19,404 AND THEY HAVE LEFT THE BEVO MILL 1777 00:51:19,538 --> 00:51:19,705 AREA. 1778 00:51:19,838 --> 00:51:22,007 YOU POINTED OUT THAT A LOT OF 1779 00:51:22,140 --> 00:51:24,977 PEOPLE WERE VERY UPSET IN THE 1780 00:51:25,110 --> 00:51:26,278 NEW YORK TIMES. 1781 00:51:26,411 --> 00:51:27,379 >> JOEL MURPHY WROTE THIS STORY 1782 00:51:27,512 --> 00:51:29,314 A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THERE'S JUST 1783 00:51:29,448 --> 00:51:31,583 A COUPLE DOZEN BOSNIANS LEFT IN 1784 00:51:31,717 --> 00:51:34,620 THE BEVO MILL NEIGHBORHOOD. 1785 00:51:34,753 --> 00:51:35,921 THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE UPSET 1786 00:51:36,054 --> 00:51:38,390 WITH THIS, BECAUSE, A, THEY WERE 1787 00:51:38,523 --> 00:51:39,591 MOSTLY LEAVING BECAUSE OF CRIME, 1788 00:51:39,725 --> 00:51:41,259 BUT B, I THINK IT KIND OF MISSED 1789 00:51:41,393 --> 00:51:42,260 ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS. 1790 00:51:42,394 --> 00:51:43,862 I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT STORY, 1791 00:51:43,996 --> 00:51:45,530 BUT IT DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THE 1792 00:51:45,664 --> 00:51:46,765 FACT THAT THE NEXT WAVE OF 1793 00:51:46,898 --> 00:51:47,599 PEOPLE MOVING INTO THAT 1794 00:51:47,733 --> 00:51:49,701 NEIGHBORHOOD ARE ALREADY HERE. 1795 00:51:49,835 --> 00:51:52,070 THEY'RE MEXICANS-ON DUR RANCE, 1796 00:51:52,204 --> 00:51:53,138 CENTRAL AMERICANS THAT OPENED UP 1797 00:51:53,271 --> 00:51:54,473 RESTAURANTS THAT ARE FILLING 1798 00:51:54,606 --> 00:51:55,974 THESE PLACES THAT USED TO BE 1799 00:51:56,108 --> 00:51:57,376 OWNED BY BOSNIANS. 1800 00:51:57,509 --> 00:51:58,710 IT'S SORT OF THE CYCLE OF THE 1801 00:51:58,844 --> 00:51:59,011 CITY. 1802 00:51:59,144 --> 00:52:00,545 THEY MOVED TO THE SUBURBS. 1803 00:52:00,679 --> 00:52:01,713 BOAST OF THEM STAYED IN THE 1804 00:52:01,847 --> 00:52:02,748 ST. LOUIS AREA AND THE NEIGHBOR 1805 00:52:02,881 --> 00:52:04,316 HAS A NEW POPULATION THAT'S 1806 00:52:04,449 --> 00:52:04,983 DOING GREAT THERE. 1807 00:52:05,117 --> 00:52:06,318 >> AND YOU CAN WRITE THE STORY 1808 00:52:06,451 --> 00:52:13,392 NOW ABOUT THE SIRIANS WHO ARE -- 1809 00:52:13,525 --> 00:52:15,160 SIRIANS WHO ARE LARGELY MOVING 1810 00:52:15,293 --> 00:52:16,695 FROM THE CITY TO OTHER PLACES 1811 00:52:16,828 --> 00:52:18,530 AND A LOT OF THE REFUGEES HAVE 1812 00:52:18,664 --> 00:52:20,899 MOVED TO, I THINK IT'S DEARBORN, 1813 00:52:21,033 --> 00:52:22,200 MICHIGAN, BECAUSE OF THE BIG 1814 00:52:22,334 --> 00:52:23,802 ARABIC SPEAKING COMMUNITY THERE. 1815 00:52:23,935 --> 00:52:25,370 PEOPLE GET JOBS AND THEY MOVE 1816 00:52:25,504 --> 00:52:25,637 ON. 1817 00:52:25,771 --> 00:52:26,772 THAT'S ALL G I GUESS. 1818 00:52:26,905 --> 00:52:29,608 IT WOULD BE NICE, THOUGH, FOR US 1819 00:52:29,741 --> 00:52:35,113 TO HAVE A LITTLE DAMASCUS IN THE 1820 00:52:35,247 --> 00:52:37,616 SKE OR A LITTLE BOSNIA, A LITTLE 1821 00:52:37,749 --> 00:52:38,316 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS FUFRL 1822 00:52:38,450 --> 00:52:41,453 RESTAURANTS AND SHOPS THAT 1823 00:52:41,586 --> 00:52:43,822 REFLECT THE ETHNICITY OF THE 1824 00:52:43,955 --> 00:52:45,624 COUNTRY LIKE THE HILL REFLECTS 1825 00:52:45,757 --> 00:52:45,957 ITALY. 1826 00:52:46,091 --> 00:52:47,426 >> SPEAKING OF THE COUNTRY, I 1827 00:52:47,559 --> 00:52:49,327 THINK WHAT'S FASCINATING ABOUT 1828 00:52:49,461 --> 00:52:50,796 THIS, I KNOW WE'RE IN THE BLUE 1829 00:52:50,929 --> 00:52:53,665 PART OF A RED STATE, BUT I DON'T 1830 00:52:53,799 --> 00:52:54,466 KNOW ANYONE THAT DOESN'T THINK 1831 00:52:54,599 --> 00:52:56,768 THAT THE IMMIGRANTS ISN'T A GOOD 1832 00:52:56,902 --> 00:52:57,102 THING. 1833 00:52:57,235 --> 00:52:58,403 CROSS PARTY LINES, CROSS -- 1834 00:52:58,537 --> 00:53:00,272 EVERYBODY FEELS THAT'S PART OF 1835 00:53:00,405 --> 00:53:01,273 OUR HERITAGE. 1836 00:53:01,406 --> 00:53:02,941 WHETHER YOU GO BACK TO THE HILL, 1837 00:53:03,075 --> 00:53:05,610 YOU KNOW, BEING AN ITALIAN AREA 1838 00:53:05,744 --> 00:53:07,846 OR OTHER ETHNICITIES, AND 1839 00:53:07,979 --> 00:53:10,882 CERTAINLY -- EVERYBODY WELCOMES 1840 00:53:11,016 --> 00:53:11,817 THEM AND -- 1841 00:53:11,950 --> 00:53:14,019 >> I DON'T WANT TO AGREE WITH 1842 00:53:14,152 --> 00:53:16,154 YOU, RAY, BUT I THINK IT'S 1843 00:53:16,288 --> 00:53:18,724 UNWELCOMING IN MISSOURI. 1844 00:53:18,857 --> 00:53:20,726 I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY AGREES 1845 00:53:20,859 --> 00:53:21,526 ACROSS PARTY LINES. 1846 00:53:21,660 --> 00:53:24,296 I THINK THERE'S A NOT OF 1847 00:53:24,429 --> 00:53:26,031 NATIVISM HERE AND ANTI -- 1848 00:53:26,164 --> 00:53:27,299 >> I DON'T SEE IT IN ST. LOUIS 1849 00:53:27,432 --> 00:53:27,999 AT ALL. 1850 00:53:28,133 --> 00:53:28,800 MAYBE IT IS IN MISSOURI 1851 00:53:28,934 --> 00:53:29,701 THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 1852 00:53:29,835 --> 00:53:30,469 >> I WISH IT WEREN'T. 1853 00:53:30,602 --> 00:53:32,304 >> DO YOU SEE IT IN ST. LOUIS? 1854 00:53:32,437 --> 00:53:34,206 >> I DO. 1855 00:53:34,339 --> 00:53:35,407 >> I THINK PEOPLE LIKE DONALD 1856 00:53:35,540 --> 00:53:36,308 TRUMP PLAYS TO THAT. 1857 00:53:36,441 --> 00:53:37,642 >> HE DOES. 1858 00:53:37,776 --> 00:53:38,510 THAT'S MY POINT. 1859 00:53:38,643 --> 00:53:39,644 I DON'T FEEL IT IN ST. LOUIS 1860 00:53:39,778 --> 00:53:40,645 WHEN I -- 1861 00:53:40,779 --> 00:53:45,450 >> WHEN IT CAME TO THE VISA 1862 00:53:45,584 --> 00:53:46,485 CONTROVERSY THIS PAST SPRING 1863 00:53:46,618 --> 00:53:48,687 WHERE LANDSCAPERS WOULDN'T GET 1864 00:53:48,820 --> 00:53:49,688 TEMPORARY WORKERS FROM MEXICO 1865 00:53:49,821 --> 00:53:50,722 BECAUSE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 1866 00:53:50,856 --> 00:53:51,590 WAS DRAGGING ITS HEELS AND THERE 1867 00:53:51,723 --> 00:53:54,326 ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE 1868 00:53:54,459 --> 00:53:55,627 AGAINST THE TEMPORARY WORKERS 1869 00:53:55,761 --> 00:53:56,695 COMING HERE FROM MEXICO TO 1870 00:53:56,828 --> 00:53:57,095 ST. LOUIS. 1871 00:53:57,229 --> 00:53:59,131 >> WHEN I FIRST BACK HERE IN 1872 00:53:59,264 --> 00:54:00,932 1995, I HAD A FRIEND WHO LIVE 1873 00:54:01,066 --> 00:54:04,102 JUST TO THE, I GUESS WEST OF 1874 00:54:04,236 --> 00:54:05,670 BEVO MILL RIGHT OFF OF 1875 00:54:05,804 --> 00:54:06,805 KINGSHIGHWAY AND THERE WAS -- AT 1876 00:54:06,938 --> 00:54:08,740 THAT TIME, I GUESS IT WAS THE 1877 00:54:08,874 --> 00:54:10,642 HEIGHT OF THE BOSNIAN POPULATION 1878 00:54:10,776 --> 00:54:13,011 THAT MOVED HERE, THERE WERE A 1879 00:54:13,145 --> 00:54:14,679 LOT OF VERY NEGATIVE THINGS 1880 00:54:14,813 --> 00:54:16,281 BEING SAID ABOUT THEM, AND I 1881 00:54:16,414 --> 00:54:17,382 THOUGHT IT WAS THIS COOL THING 1882 00:54:17,516 --> 00:54:19,084 THAT ONLY I HAD READ ABOUT IN 1883 00:54:19,217 --> 00:54:20,285 THE NEWSPAPERS AROUND THE 1884 00:54:20,418 --> 00:54:21,019 COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE 1885 00:54:21,153 --> 00:54:22,120 POST-DISPATCH, AND I MOVED BACK, 1886 00:54:22,254 --> 00:54:25,557 HAD A FRIEND WHO HAPPENED TO 1887 00:54:25,690 --> 00:54:27,058 LIVE THERE AND HE TOLD ME HE HAD 1888 00:54:27,192 --> 00:54:30,695 NO PROBLEM WITH THEM, BUT HE 1889 00:54:30,829 --> 00:54:32,631 SAID UP AND DOWN THIS STREET, 1890 00:54:32,764 --> 00:54:33,398 CAN'T STAND THEM. 1891 00:54:33,532 --> 00:54:35,867 >> I PLEAD GUILTY. 1892 00:54:36,001 --> 00:54:36,902 I ABSOLUTELY THOUGHT -- MAYBE 1893 00:54:37,035 --> 00:54:39,571 I'M JUST BEING AN IDIOT, BUT I 1894 00:54:39,704 --> 00:54:42,741 DIDN'T -- I CAN SEE MISSOURI, 1895 00:54:42,874 --> 00:54:44,176 AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY A HOT BUTTON 1896 00:54:44,309 --> 00:54:45,944 ISSUE THAT TRUMP IS TRYING TO 1897 00:54:46,077 --> 00:54:47,679 DIVIDE THE COUNTRY WITH, AND 1898 00:54:47,813 --> 00:54:48,547 THAT'S WHY I WAS SURPRISED 1899 00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:51,082 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GOOD 1900 00:54:51,216 --> 00:54:51,416 THING. 1901 00:54:51,550 --> 00:54:53,919 >> I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING, 1902 00:54:54,052 --> 00:54:56,087 THE WRITER FOR THE NEW YORK 1903 00:54:56,221 --> 00:54:59,691 TIMES CAME HERE AS A REFUGEE, 1904 00:54:59,825 --> 00:55:04,696 AND SHE WENT TO UNIVERSITY AND 1905 00:55:04,830 --> 00:55:07,098 IS NOW WORKING FOR THE NEW YORK 1906 00:55:07,232 --> 00:55:07,399 TIMES. 1907 00:55:07,532 --> 00:55:08,867 LET'S GO TO THE PAIL BAG. 1908 00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:10,235 I USUAL THE LA DOOR SCHOOL 1909 00:55:10,368 --> 00:55:11,469 DISTRICT TO RECONSIDER IT'S 1910 00:55:11,603 --> 00:55:14,339 POSITION AND TO OFFER THE 1911 00:55:14,472 --> 00:55:15,974 NORMANDY STUDENT AND OPPORTUNITY 1912 00:55:16,107 --> 00:55:17,209 TO COMPLETE THEIR GRADUATION 1913 00:55:17,342 --> 00:55:18,543 FROM HIGH SCHOOL. 1914 00:55:18,677 --> 00:55:19,477 HE IS WHAT GOOD SCHOOL DISTRICTS 1915 00:55:19,611 --> 00:55:21,513 AND CARING COMMUNITIES DO. 1916 00:55:21,646 --> 00:55:24,916 THAT FROM JANE BAKER OF 1917 00:55:25,050 --> 00:55:25,550 ST. LOUIS. 1918 00:55:25,684 --> 00:55:27,552 PHIL WROTE REGARDING THE STORY 1919 00:55:27,686 --> 00:55:28,520 ABOUT THE GIRLS SOCCER FIELD 1920 00:55:28,653 --> 00:55:30,522 BEING INVADED BY THE BOYS 1921 00:55:30,655 --> 00:55:31,489 FOOTBALL TEAM. 1922 00:55:31,623 --> 00:55:33,091 ALL OF YOU MISSED A GREAT 1923 00:55:33,225 --> 00:55:34,226 OPPORTUNITY TO SEND A POWERFUL 1924 00:55:34,359 --> 00:55:34,526 MERGE. 1925 00:55:34,659 --> 00:55:36,361 THE STORY WAS ABOUT ADULTS 1926 00:55:36,494 --> 00:55:38,163 BEHAVING POORLY AND SENDING A 1927 00:55:38,296 --> 00:55:39,064 MESSAGE THAT THE BOYS SPACE WAS 1928 00:55:39,197 --> 00:55:40,398 MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE GIRLS 1929 00:55:40,532 --> 00:55:41,666 SPACE. 1930 00:55:41,800 --> 00:55:42,334 THANKS, BILL. 1931 00:55:42,467 --> 00:55:44,636 YOU CAN ALWAYS WRITE US CARE OF 1932 00:55:44,769 --> 00:55:45,503 KETC, 3655 OLIVE STREET, ST. 1933 00:55:45,637 --> 00:55:46,071 LOUIS, MISSOURI 63108. 1934 00:55:46,204 --> 00:55:48,907 WE LOVE THOSE EMAILS, 1935 00:55:49,040 --> 00:55:51,109 LETTERS@KETC.ORG AND THOSE 1936 00:55:51,243 --> 00:55:52,177 TWEETS, #DONNYBROOKSTL. 1937 00:55:52,310 --> 00:55:54,512 DON'T FORGET YOU CAN LISTEN ON 1938 00:55:54,646 --> 00:55:56,214 APPLE AND SPOTIFY, GOOGLE PLAY 1939 00:55:56,348 --> 00:55:57,349 AND TUNE-IN. 1940 00:55:57,482 --> 00:55:59,184 THOSE ARE OUR PODCASTS AND WE 1941 00:55:59,317 --> 00:56:00,518 HOPE YOU JOIN US FOR DONNYBASH. 1942 00:56:00,652 --> 00:56:02,454 THAT'S AT THE SHELDON ON SENSE 1943 00:56:02,587 --> 00:56:03,488 THE 26th. 1944 00:56:03,622 --> 00:56:05,257 THANKS TO SARAH FENSKE FOR 1945 00:56:05,390 --> 00:56:06,424 SITTING IN FOR WENDY WIESE WHO 1946 00:56:06,558 --> 00:56:07,959 WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK. 1947 00:56:08,093 --> 00:56:09,361 SARAH, YOU CAN THROW THAT 1948 00:56:09,494 --> 00:56:10,562 DONNYBRICK IF YOU'D LIKE TO 1949 00:56:10,695 --> 00:56:11,296 RIGHT NOW. 1950 00:56:11,429 --> 00:56:11,796 OH, GOOD ARM. 1951 00:56:11,930 --> 00:56:13,832 >> I MISSED. 1952 00:56:13,965 --> 00:56:16,701 YOU MAKE FUN OF ME. 1953 00:56:16,835 --> 00:56:18,003 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 1954 00:56:18,136 --> 00:56:18,270 US. 1955 00:56:18,403 --> 00:56:20,005 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1956 00:56:20,138 --> 00:56:20,739 >> Announcer: DONNYBROOK IS MADE 1957 00:56:20,872 --> 00:56:21,473 POSSIBLE BY THE MEMBERS OF THE 1958 00:56:21,606 --> 00:56:23,942 NINE NETWORK.