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>> THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EDITION OF DONNYBROOK.

GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US.

WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.

>> FIRST, LET'S MEET THE PANELISTS.

>> WENDY WIESE, FROM KT RS.

AND ALVIN REID AND RAY HARTMANN.

>>> RAY, WE WILL START WITH YOU.

>> ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW, WE WILL TALK ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE IN THE REGION.

WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US FOR NEXT UP.

>>> LUKAS KUNCE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL WHEN YOU TRIED TO WIN THE PRIMARY LAST YEAR.

JANUARY 6, A NOTEWORTHY DAY, HE THREW HIS HAT IN THE RING TO TAKE ON THE SENIOR SENATOR, JOSH HAWLEY, IN 2024.

YOU WERE ON THE PROGRAM AND SAW HIS VIRTUES.

IF HE CAN'T BEAT TRUDY BUSH, AND LOST ERIC SCHMITT, CAN HE DEFEAT JOSH HAWLEY?

>> I THINK HE GIVES DEMOCRATS THE BEST CHANCE.

BECAUSE, HE SPEAK MISSOURI-I MISSOURI-I MISSOURI-IAN, IF YOU WILL.

HE SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DEMOCRATS, AND SHOWED THEIR DISFUNCTION AND NOT REALIZING THAT HE WAS THEIR BEST HOPE.

>> JOSH HAWLEY, HE IS AN INSURRECTIONISTS AND INCUMBENT.

ANYONE RUNNING AGAINST HAWLEY HAS AN UP HILL BATTLE.

I DON'T THINK ANYONE SHOULD DILUTE THEMSELVES AND NOT HAVE A CHANCE GOING IN.

IF ANYBODY IS AN INCUMBENT.

AND IT WAS SUCH AN EMBARRASSMENT.

HE IS AS BEATABLE AS ANYONE.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT LUKAS KUNCE GIVES DEMOCRATS THEIR BEST OPPORTUNITY.

>> YOU WERE HIS, YOU WERE HIS SOLE DEFENDER FOR A LONG TIME.

HE STARTED OUT WITH THE POPULUS FLAME-THROWING THING WITH TRUDY BUSH, AND I CAME OFF AS SHRILL AND CALLING JOSH HAWLEY A COWARD.

I DON'T KNOW WELL -- I MEAN, WITH THE RED MEAT DEMOCRATS, HE WILL DO VERY WELL.

BUT I DON'T THINK HE HAS A CHANCE.

>> I HEARD HIM SPEAK AND I THOUGHT HE SOUNDED LIKE HUEY LONG.

I THOUGHT I WAS IN LOUISIANA IN 1930 AND HE WAS GOING RIGHT AFTER THE RICH PEOPLE.

IT WAS REMARKABLE.

I AM LIKE RAY, THINKING HE SHOULD HAVE DONE BETTER IN A PRIMARY.

IT WILL BE FUN.

FOR THOSE OF US WHO DON'T LIKE JOSH HAWLEY AND IF MANLY MAN SUCH -- THE MANLY MAN STUFF.

>> WHO KNOWS, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THE MISS STEPS.

>> HE IS THE MINORITY IN THE SENATE.

I AM WITH YOU RAY.

I THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A CHANCE HERE AND I DON'T KNOW IF LUKAS KUNCE WILL WIN THE NOMINATION.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS THE BEST CANDIDATE.

I CAN NAME YOU ONE BETTER RIGHT NOW, AND MAYBE ONE, YOU KNOW, MAY POP UP.

>> INTERESTING.

>> WHO IS THAT?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW.

THE WHOLE JAY NIXON RUMOR.

I HAVE SAID ON THE SHOW, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT CAN RUN OR OFFICE AND CAN WIN AND WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

>> HIS WIFE WOULD NOT PUT UP WITH A SENATE RUN.

JON JOHN SHIMKUS THAT WAS HERE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

>> THAT RUMOR HAS LEGS.

IT IS OUT THERE.

>> I THINK THEY ARE SIMILAR.

DIDN'T THEY BOTH GO TO YALE AND THEY TRY TO BE REAL MEN?

HE THROWS AROUND THE T-SHIRT AND HE SAYS HE IS GOING TO BE THE GRINAID.

>> WITH JOSH HAWLEY, IT IS PHONY, HE LEFT TO GO TO STANFORD AND YALE AND HE GOT HIS FIRST JOB IN WASHINGTON D.C. >> LUKAS KUNCE, WHETHER YOU LIKE HIM OR NOT, HE IS MACHO MACHO.

AND JOSH HAWLEY WHO GREW UP AS A BANKER'S SON WHO ACTS LIKE HE BAILED HAY.

HE IS A FRAUD.

HIS WHOLE PERSONA.

>> HE IS POPULAR IN MISSOURI, RAY.

>> I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS POPULAR IN MISSOURI.

HE IS POPULAR -- >> WELL, IT IS NOT AS -- >> I THINK OUT OF STATE HE IS POPULAR.

HE DID BEAT CLAIR.

WHO WAS A SOLID -- >> HE WAS DIFFICULT TO BEAT.

>> I THINK HIS CAUSE IS POPULAR.

>> WE HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THE 2024 -- >> I THINK IT IS FANTASTIC TO LISTEN TO YOU RATING MASC MASCULINI MASCULINITY.

>> [LAUGHTER.]

>> ILLINOIS WAS THE 9TH STATE TO BAN ASSAULT RIFLE AND HIGH CAPACITY MAGAZINES.

THERE ARE FINE PRINT IN THIS LEGISLATION THAT WAS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR PRITZKER.

IF YOU HAVE AN AK-47, YOU CAN KEEP IT, YOU HAVE TO REGISTER IT AND YOU CAN HAVE IT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

THERE ARE DETAILS THERE.

BY AND LARGE, THE GOVERNOR SAYS NO, TO THE ASSAULT RIFLES AND PISTOLS.

AND THE SHERIFF SAYS THEY WILL NOT ENFORCE.

>> THEY WERE IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNOR, TOO.

IT WAS A POPULAR MOVE.

BUT THE SECOND AMENDMENT FOLKS HAVE THEIR LAWSUITS THEY ARE READY TO GO.

WHAT STRUCK ME IS THE POINT OF THE ARGUMENT AGAINST THESE WEAPONS IS REDUCING THE NUMBER OF WEAPONS ON THE STREET.

AND THEN YOU HEAR THAT WORD GETS OUT THAT THIS IS COMING, THE GUN SHOPS CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND.

IN A WEIRD WAY, YOU ARE MAKING THE PROBLEM WORSE.

MAYBE THOSE WHO ARE NOT INTERESTED IN OWNING A GUN ARE KNOW BUYING GUNS.

>> I DON'T BUY IT.

>> THAT'S FINE.

>> I DON'T BUY IT.

THE SIMPLE CONCEPT THAT PEOPLE, CIVILIANS SHOULD NOT HAVE WEAPONS OF WAR.

>> AGREED.

>> IS SO SOUND.

BY THE WAY, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.

I'M SURE THERE IS A LITTLE SPIKE BUT IT IS WORTH.

CIVILIANS SHOULDN'T OWN WEAPONS OF WAR.

>> BUT, CRIMINALS, IT IS OKAY IF THEY DO, RIGHT?

>> NO, IT ISN'T.

WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING THAT REDUCE THE MILITARY WEAPONS IN THE CIVILIAN POPULATION.

>> I HEAR THAT.

I AGREE WITH THAT.

MY POINT, THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS.

FORGET THAT, YOU GET GOT WITH AN AUTOMATIC RIFLE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, WE WILL SEND YOU TO JAIL WITHIN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS.

YOU CAN AGREE WITH THE 6 SHERIFFS AND COUNTIES THAT SAY WE ARE NOT GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT LAW.

WE WILL LET'S PAY ATTENTION TO THESE LAWS.

WHO IS RIGHT IN THE SUPREME COURT?

>> WE DO PICK AND CHOOSE.

OUR PROSECUTORS, LONG SAID WE ARE NOT PROSECUTING LOW LEVEL MARIJUANA CASES.

WE HAVE ABORTIONS, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SUPPORT ANYTHING AGAINST THEM.

PEOPLE DO PICK AND CHOOSE.

>> GUNS CAN BE TAKEN TO THAT LEVEL TOO.

>> OKAY.

>> I AGREE TOO.

THE VOTERS DIDN'T DECIDE.

I'M NOT THAT WORKED UP ABOUT THE SHERIFFS.

I DON'T LIKE WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.

>> WHAT IS INTERESTING, HE IS GOING TO JOIN US, DOUG IS A TRAUMA SURGEON, AND HE SAID BEFORE, HE SEES A LOT OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS.

IT IS NOT THE RIFLE S, IT IS HANDGUNS.

>> HANDGUNS ARE NOT GOING INTO THE SCHOOLS AND MASSACRING PEOPLE.

>> IN TERMS OF NUMBERS, IF YOU ADD THEM ALL UP.

>> OKAY, OKAY.

THAT'S THE SECOND HALF.

>> BILL MCCLELLAN.

WE WANT TO GO TO TO YOU WHEN IT IS A MATTER OF DRESS CODE.

IN JEFFERSON CITY, SOME LAWMAKERS WANT A DRESS CODE FOR THE FEMALE REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS THEY WILL HAVE TO WEAR JACKETS.

THE DRESS CODE IS BUSINESS ATTIRE, AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO WEAR, IF YOU ARE A FEMALE LAW ENFORCEMENT A JACKET.

MAYBE A SWEATER CAN BE INSTITUTED THERE IS A LEVEL OF DECORUM IS ACCEPTABLE.

>> I LIKE THE WORD DECORUM.

ON THIS SHOW, OUR FIRST SHOW, WHEN MARTIN CALLED UP ALL OF YEARS AGO AND HE SAID, BILL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ROUND-ROBIN DISCUSSION.

AND I SAID SURE.

AND HE CALLED ME, EVERYTHING IS GREAT, BUT THE STATION SAYS YOU HAVE TO WEAR A JACKET.

AND ALL OF THOSE YEARS, I WEAR A SPORTS JACKET.

MALES HAVE TO WEAR SPORTS JACKETS AND TIES AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.

THE WOMEN, WENDY, WE DON'T HAVE A DRESS CODE FOR WOMEN ON THIS SHOW.

YOU ALWAYS DRESS APPROPRIATELY.

>> THANK YOU, BILL.

>> [LAUGHTER.]

>> HE IS MASCULINE.

[LAUGHTER.]

>> I DON'T SHARE ANY OUTRAGE ABOUT THE LEGISLATORS SAY WE WILL HAVE A DRESS CODE.

>> YOU HAVE TO WEAR A JACKET IN CONGRESS.

I THINK THEY DO.

>> I THINK THEY DO.

>> WELL, AS -- AS OLD AS THIS LEGISLATOR ARE -- >> YOU AGREE WITH HIM!

.

>> I DO.

>> ARE THE WOMEN WEARING TANK TOPS, MID-SHIRTS, YOGA OUTFITS?

>> THE SESSION IS NOT IN, IN THE SUMMER.

>> I LIKE A JACKET.

HOWEVER, THERE'S A FREEDOM OF SPEECH WHEN IT COMES TO WEARING CLOTHING.

WHEN AN ELECTED LAWMAKER SHOULD TELL ANOTHER LAWMAKER SHOULD WHERE.

>> WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS.

BUT DRESS CODE?

I'M NOT.

>> WHERE IS THE JACKET?

>> GORDAN HE NEVER WANTS TO WEAR A COAT.

IN CONGRESS, IT IS YOU KNOW, THE CONTEXT OF THIS, NO MATTER HOW WE RATIONALIZE IT, IT IS SOME -- SOME MALE, WE TALK ABOUT THE TESTESORON TESTESORONE FLOWING.

>> HOW MANY WOMEN ARE THERE?

THEY DRESS BETTER THAN THE WOMEN THAT ARE THERE.

IT IS NOT AIMED AT THEM.

I GUARANTEE YOU, THEY DRESS.

>> WHEN MARIA WAS THERE, SHE WAS TURNED-OUT GREAT.

>> OH, YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT THE DEMOCRAT LADIES.

>> THE POST DISPATCH STORY ABOUT THIS MADE RAW STORY AS A NATIONAL ITEM.

IT IS AIMED AS NATIONAL MAGA HEADLINES.

IT IS WITHOUT MERIT.

>> OF COURSE!

>> YOU AND I HAVE -- [INDISCERNIBLE].

[ALL TALKING AT ONCE].

>> [LAUGHTER.]

>> OF COURSE, IT IS NOT WITHOUT MERIT.

IT IS ONE OF THE GOOD COLUMN STUFF.

IT IS ONE OF THE EARLY SESSION THINGS THAT ISN'T GOING TO MATTER.

SORRY.

>> I WILL ADD A BRIEF EDITOR'S NOTE, MARGARET MCCLELLAN IS AT BOOK CLUB.

[LAUGHTER.]

>> WE WILL MOVE ALONG.

>>> A MISSOURI STUDENT IN HER SNAPCHAT ACCOUNT NOT ONLY SAID THE "N" WORD AND SAID A BAD JOKE, "IF MORE PEOPLE DIED, WE WOULD HAVE MORE VACATION DAYS".

IT WAS TERRIBLE.

THAT GAL HAS TO GO, SAYS SOME OF THE PROFESSORS.

THE UNIVERSITY TOOK A LOOK AT THE CASE AND SAID IT WAS SHARED BY SOMEBODY ELSE WITHOUT THE WRITER'S PERMISSION, IT WAS SENT TO ONE PERSON.

AND IT WAS NOT A THREAT.

SHE HAS A RIGHT TO SAY THINGS EVEN IF THEY ARE DREADF DREADFUL.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT?

>> I AM DISMAYED ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS NOT A UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI PROBLEM BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ABOUT SOME OR RACE OR GENDER, OR WHATEVER AND THE UNIVERSITY SAYS YOU HAVE A RIGHT BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

YOU HAVE TO DRAW A LINE AT SOME POINT AND SAY WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THIS.

GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

WE KNOW YOU WILL SUE.

IF YOU ARE WHITE AND YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEBODY BLACK YOU HAVE A 99 PERCENT CHANCE THAT NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.

YOU ARE LUCKY SHE SAID SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND NOT SHOOT YOU BECAUSE SHE WOULD GET AWAY WITH THAT TOO.

YOU ARE THE STANDARD AT THAT CAMPUS AND YOU NEED TO BEHALF LIKE IT NO MATTER WHO IS IN THE LEGISLATION OR WHO IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON YOU.

THIS IS IN EVERY STATE.

IF WE CAN'T DO THIS OR THAT, IT IS, LIKE, ANYTHING GOES!

>> I DISAGREE WITH YOU.

THIS IS A ONE-ON-ONE COMMUNICATION.

AND TERRIBLE AS IT IS, AND I VERY MUCH DISLIKE THE TURNING POINT USA, THE GROUP THAT THIS WOMAN WAS PRESIDENT OF.

AND THE PEOPLE IN ARIZONA WHO PUT UP KARI LAKE, KELLY LAKE?

>> KARI LAKE.

>> I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THEY DO.

AND WRITING FROM ONE-ON-ONE, I DON'T THINK THE UNIVERSITY SHOULD GET INVOLVED.

>> PEOPLE THROW AROUND THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

IT IS SPECIFIC ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS TO SAY WHAT WE WANT AND NOT HAVE SOMETHING BAD HAPPEN.

WE CAN GET FIRED.

THERE IS NO FIRST APARTMENT RIGHT NOT TO GET FIRED.

IF SHE WAS INVOLVED IN EXTRA ACTIVITIES AND THE UNIVERSITY WANTED TO BAN HER FROM THAT, ABSOLUTELY, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO.

NOT BEING A LAWYER, THE ONLY QUESTION, AND I AGREE WITH ALVIN ON THIS, IT IS NOT, IS WHETHER THE UNIVERSITY COULD ACTUALLY EXPEL HER AS A STATE INSTITUTION, AS A PRIVATE SCHOOL THEY COULD.

THERE MAY BE A FIRST AMENDMENT THAT SHE COULDN'T BE EXPELLED.

>> THEY CAN MAKE HER AN OUT-CAST.

>> THEY WILL.

>> NO, THEY WON'T.

THE BLACK KIDS ARE SCARED TO GO AROUND HER.

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

>> EXPELLING HER BY A STATE UNIVERSITY MAY BE A FIRST AMENDMENT THING.

>> THIS IS A DISSERVICE TO THE STUDENT.

EVEN THOUGH THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO IS COMPLETELY JUST SO CLEARLY WRONG-HEADED, YOUNG, AND STUPID.

I NEVER USE THAT WORD.

FORCE THEM TO GO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM ON THEIR OWN DIME AND SEE THE GRAVITY OF WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.

TO ACT LIKE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, YOU ARE NOT DOING HER A FAVOR.

WHEN SHE GETS OUT IN THE WORLD, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES.

>> SHE CAN RUN FOR THE GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA AND ALMOST WIN.

>> WELL, YEAH.

>> YOU HAVE TO PROTECT THE SPEECH.

THAT'S WHY NAZIS CAN MARCH.

THOSE -- [ALL TALKING AT ONCE].

>> IT IS A LABORATORY.

A UNIVERSITY IS A LABORATORY.

>> YOU CAN ALLOW ANYONE TO COME ON THE CAMPUS AND SPEECH.

YOU ARE A STUDENT.

YOU HAD TO APPLY AND GET ACCEPTED.

>> I WILL SAY, SHE USED THE "N" WORD.

>> THAT'S NOT MATERIAL TO THIS.

TO THE POINT IS, I JUST -- >> IT IS MATERIAL.

>> IT IS MATERIAL!

>> HOW DO YOU THINK IT IS NOT TERRIBLE?

>> WE DON'T KNOW HER.

>> WE KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT HER, I THINK.

>> I DO, ANY WAY.

I DO.

AS A QUESTION AS A LEGAL MATTER, IF IT IS A STATE UNIVERSITY, I DON'T KNOW IF EXCELLING CAN BE DONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

>>> LET'S MOVE ON.

>>> BILL MCCLELLAN, LAST YEAR ST. LOUIS CITY TOOK SOME OF THE PANDEMIC MONEY FROM THE RESCUE FUNDS AND SENT OUT 500 DOLLAR CHECKS TO 9000 PLUS INDIVIDUALS.

SHARON TYUS WANTS TO KNOW WHO GOT THE CHECKS BECAUSE NO ONE IN HER WARD GOT THE MONEY.

AND IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, LET'S FIND OUT WHO IS GETTING 500 DOLLAR CHECKS.

WERE THEY SUPPORTERS OF THE MAYOR OR WHATEVER?

WE HAVE HAD STORIES OF THE GOVERNMENT MONEY BEING USED IN WEIRD WAYS.

AND THE DISTURUPTER WAS BEING RAN OUT OF ELMO'S LOVE LOUNGE.

SHOULD WE KNOW WHO GOT THE 500 DOLLAR CHECKS AND WHO WAS SELECTED TO RECEIVE THEM?

>> I THINK SO.

I HAVE HAD MY ISSUES WITH SHARON TYUS AS MOST OF US HAD.

I THINK SHE MAKES A GOOD POINT.

THE IDEA OF THAT THE PUBLIC MONEY IS GOING OUT AND WE HAVE NO IDEA TO WHOM.

AND IF TYUS SAYS NO ONE IN MY WARD GOT IT.

IN GIVEN THE HISTORY YOU SPEAK OF, CHARLIE, I DON'T THINK IT IS OUTRAGEOUS WHO IS GETTING THE MONEY.

>> THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS MAKING IT ABOUT PRIVACY.

>> THAT'S THE ARGUMENT?

>> SHARON TYUS, TO HER CREDIT, SHE SHOT BACK QUICKLY, THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC SPENDING, AND WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY.

ALDERMAN VACCARO SAYS THE SAME THING.

YOU DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE'S COUSIN, ATTORNEY, DENTIST IS GETTING THE MONEY.

WE NEED TO KNOW THAT.

>> MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE QUALIFYING THAN WOULD GET IT.

>> CORRECT.

>> GOING BACK TO THE LAW, THERE IS A LAW THAT PROHIBITS THE PEOPLE FROM DISCLOSING WELFARE RECIPIENTS.

YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO NOT HAVE THAT REVEALED.

>> IS NOT THAT, IS IT?

>> I THINK IT IS COVERED BY THAT.

I HAPPEN TO SEE, AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT OTHER ALDERMAN PERSONS CAN SEE A BREAKDOWN BY WARD, THAT SHOWS, IT IS NOT JUST FROM TYUS, SHE WOULD HAD THAT INFORMATION AND PRETENDED NOT TO KNOW IT.

THAT 403 PEOPLE GOT THE HELP AND SHE KNEW THAT.

THEY ALL KNOW THAT.

ALL 28 PEOPLE -- IN THE WARD GOT THIS.

SHE IS NOT BEING HONEST, IN MY OPINION.

>> IT IS WARDS LIKE SHARON TYUS CARRIED EASILY.

IT WENT TO THE NORTH SIDE.

THEY ALL GOT SOME.

GLASS HOUSE, ELMO'S LOVE LOUNGE, LET THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE CAST THE FIRST STONE.

THIS LITTLE 500 PEACE MILL, I QUAKE WHEN YOU PUT IT IN THIS WHOLE FRAUD THING GOING OUT THERE.

I THINK, I THINK, EVERYBODY, WHO KNOWS, THESE 5 500-DOLLARS, I DON'T SEE THIS AS POLITICAL CORRUPTION AND SHARON IS MAKING WAVES.

>> SHE WANTS TO RUN FOR THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN.

>> FOX 2 LOOK AT HIGHWAY 70, TRASH IS EVERYWHERE.

AND MODOT'S BOB DECKER WAS INTERVIEWED AND WE ARE FILLING THE POTHOLES AND WE CAN'T PICK UP THE TRASH AT THE SAME TIME.

>> THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE REPORT THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THE BRUTAL WINTER.

WE HAVE HAD ONE EARLY SPRING, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO SCHEDULE THE CLEAN UPS WHEN YOU SEE THE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THE NEXT WEEK.

WE ARE REACHING MAXIMUM, I THINK, DENSITY HERE.

>> IF YOU GAVE OUT 500 DOLLARS FOR PEOPLE TO PICK UP TRASH, PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

OH, WE HAVE TO PICK UP THE TRASH?

>> I WOULDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.

>> I WOULDN'T EITHER.

>> YOU HAVE BEEN THE LEADER.

TO YOUR CREDIT.

>> I WILL SAY -- >> IT REALLY SHOULD BE A PRIORITY OF GOVERNMENT OR WHOMEVER -- THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU.HIGHWAY 10 IS A MESS.

ARIZONA, YOU HAVE TO CLEAN THAT UP.

IF YOU ARE WATCHING.

>>> LET'S GO TO THE MAILBAG.

THANKS FOR THE 30 MINUTES WITH JOHN SHIMKUS.

HE REMINDS ME OF WHAT A REPRESENTATIVE SHOULD BE.

>> WHY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THINKS HE IS THE TOP COP IN MISSOURI.

NOBODY ASKED.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS NOT A COP, MORE LIKE THE FAMILY ADVISORY.

THAT FROM ANDREW.

>> KEVIN IN ST. LOUIS CITY, HOW MANY MORE STORIES ARE WE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT KIM GARDNER AND HOW SHE CAN'T PERFORM HER JOB?

WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY TO END THIS MESS?

>> YOU CAN WRITE US, ST. LOUIS MONTH, 63109.

SEND THE E-MAILS AT DONNYBROOK 9 PBS.ORG AND 512-9094.

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>>> DON'T GO AWAY.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT GUNSHOT WOUNDS WITH THREE EXPERTS.

IT IS A BIG ISSUE, UNFORTUNATELY, IN YOUR AREA.

THAT'S ON NEXT UP.

>>ANNOUNCER: DONNYBROOK IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF BETSY AND THOMAS PATTERSON FOUNDATION AND THE MEMBERS OF NINE PBS.