GOOD TODAY HE WAS SENTENCED.

TELL US WHAT YOU SAW.

>> WELL, ROMEO OVER ROMEO.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

I DIDN'T -- I WAS SHOCKED.

I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE PROSECUTION MORE IN FAVOR OF THE DEFENSE.

I MEAN, THE DEFENSE HAD ONE WANTS, AND HE WAS A PSYCHIATRIST WHO EXAMINED MATT IN JAIL AND CAME OUT WITH BIPOLAR.

SO WHEN THE STATE CROSS-EXAMINED HIM, HE HAPPENED TO BE THE SAME PSYCHIATRIST WHO TESTIFIED IN THE VINCE SKILL CASE A FEW YEARS AGO.

HIS FATHER AND PLEADED GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY AND HIS DAD SUPPORTED HIM AND ALL THE FAMILY DID.

AND THIS.. WAS LEGALLY INSANE.

AND BOB McCULLOCH SNEERED AND RIDICULED IT AND NOW HE'S TESTIFYING FOR MATT McCULLOCH.

THE PROSECUTOR SAID YOU HAVE BEEN CROSS-EXAMINED BY BOB McCULLOCH, RIGHT?

THAT MUST HAVE BEEN AN EXPERIENCE.

SO W.. NOT TESTIFYING BECAUSE YOU ARE LOYAL TO BOB McCULLOCH, IT'S WHAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE.

IT'S LIKE SHE WAS A DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND THEN SHE ASKED HIM AS A FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIST DO YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT POLICE IN PRISON IN HOW ARE THEY TREATED?

AWFUL.

I THOUGHT TO MYS.. DEFENSE SIDE.

WELL, THIS IS CRAZY, AND I KIND OF FELT -- I LIKED MELISSA PRICE SMITH BUT I THINK IF YOU ARE GOING TO ROLL OVER ON A BIG CASE YOU SHOULD TO IT YOURSELF.

YOU SHOULDN'T SEND SOME YOUNG PROSECUTOR OUT THERE.

EVEN THOUGH THE STATE IS ROLLING OVER, THE JUDGE IS GOING TO HAVE TO SENTENCE HIM HARD BECAUSE THE RECOMMENDATION WAS THREE YEARS.

THE JUDGE STARTS OFF WITH, WELL, IF I GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR THE 80-DAYS YOU SPENT IN JAIL AND SENTENCE YOU TO THREE YEARS, YOU WOULD ONLY DO LIKE NINE MONTHS TO A YEAR, SO I THOUGHT SHE'S GOING TO GIVE HIM LIKE FIVE YEARS OR SOMETHING.

SHE SAID I HAVE TO SENTENCE OUT-OF-STATE AND I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CONTROL YOU SO I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON PROBATION.

WHAT?

I ME.. AND I WAS HOPING HIS SON WOULDN'T GET TEN YEARS OR EIGHT YEARS, BUT I THOUGHT HE WOULD GET SOME TIME FOR SHOOTING UP A SCHOOL.

A $46 FINE TO THE CRIME VICTIM FUND AND THE JUDGE THERE SAID I KNOW A LOT OF YOU AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT THIS BUT UNFORTUNATELY SHE'S ARE KIRKWOOD MOMS AND THEY ARE KIND OF LIKE CANADIANS, THEY ARE KIND OF STUNNED BY IT.

SHOCKING.

>&g..

ANYONE IN THE COURTROOM INCLUDING YOU AND -- >> WELL, WHEN I GOT THERE THEY SAID YOU ARE IN THE SPILLOVER COURTROOM.

ONLY MATT McCULLOCH CULL LOCK'S FAMILY AND THE VICTIM'S FAMILY IS IN.

SO I SAT IN THE NEXT COURTROOM.

BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE JUDGE DIDN'T WANT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THERE.

>> THANK YOU, BILL, FOR.. FIRST-PERSON TESTIMONY FROM TODAY'S COURTROOM ACTION.

ALVIN?

>> I SAID AT THIS TABLE I DOUBT IF HE DOES A DAY BUT THAT DOESN'T CALM MY BITTERNESS AT ALL.

THIS I..

I IMMEDIATELY STEPPED OUT OF THE COURTROOM.

BECAUSE, O CANADA, I CAN FEEL IT.

HALLWAY THAT THE DEPUTIES HAD TO TAKE AWAY.

>> WAS IT BECAUSE THE PROSECUTORS WERE LOCAL TO BOB McCULLOCH WHO HAD BEEN THE COUNTY PROSECUTOR AND THIS WAS HIS SON?

>> IT'S JUST THAT PROFESSIONAL COURTESY.

>>.. WHY DID THE JUDGE DO THIS?

>> I KNOW, I KNOW.

>> THERE WAS A STORY, AND I DON'T WANT TO BRING UP ANY AWFUL MEMORIES FOR ANYBODY, BUT WHEN DICK FORD'S SON WAS ARRESTED, THAT WAS HANDLED WITH KIT GLOVES.

AND IT DID NOT GET THE KIND OF ATTENTION THAT IN WOULD HAVE HAD HE NOT BEEN IN THE MEDIA.

THAT'S THE OPINION OF SEVERAL PEOPLE.

>> THIS IS -- I'M JUST SAYING THAT A PROFESSIONAL, SOMETIMES A PROFESSIONAL COURTESY -- >> I FEEL LIKE THIS TOWN ..

RUNS ON THIS.

IT'S ONE OF THE NICEST THINGS WHEN YOU GET NETWORKED IN HERE BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU IF THEY KNOW THAT BUT THE TERRIBLE THING, THIS GUY GETS A DEAL NOBODY WOULD HAVE GOTTEN.

>> YOUR OLD COLLEAGUE WHO IS THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THAT OFFICE, I SAW A NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO INTERVIEWS ABOUT THIS.

>> YOU DID SAY HE SHOT UP THE SCHOOL, WHICH HE DIDN'T.

HE SHOT IN THE AIR.

>> AT A SCHOOL.

>> AND NO ONE WAS HURT EXCEPT PSYCHOLOGICAL.

>> AND.. WILL SUFFER FOR THIS AND AS A LIBERAL I HATE TO SEE HIM GET A LOT OF TIME, BUT -- >> OKAY, SO SHOOT THE AIR IN THE AIR WITH A BUNCH OF LITTLE KIDS AROUND AND SAY EVERYBODY DIES, PERFECTLY OKAY?

>> BUT HE DIDN'T SHOOT UP THE SCHOOL, HE DID THIS OR THAT.

>> THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

HE SHOT IN THE AIR.

>> BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WOULD EXPLAIN IT CLEARLY.

>> WHAT I'M SAYING IS IN A SENSE, YEAH, BUT HE SHOT UP THE SCHOOL, OKAY.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED.

BUT THIS IS JUST ONE OF THOSE CASES WHERE THE ONLY REASON THAT WE'RE NITPICKING BECAUSE OF WHO THIS PERSON IS.

IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF THE CRIME OR WHAT HAPPENED OR THE FACTUAL EVIDENCE, IT'S BECAUSE THIS IS WHO HE IS.

AS SARAH SAID, THIS IS HOW WE ROLL.

&g.. AIR AND DON'T DO TIME.

I WANT TO MOVE TO THE SECOND TOPIC NOT BECAUSE I DISAGREE WITH YOU BUT BECAUSE OF TIME.

F-47, IT'S THE LARGEST MILITARY CONTRACT FOR A FIGHTER JET IN AMERICAN HISTORY.

IT COULD BE WORTH $50 BILLION, AND IT'S GOING TO COME TO ST. LOUIS TO BOEING, A COMPANY WHICH HASN'T MADE MONEY IN SIX YEARS, HASN'T LAUNCHED A DECENT COMMERCIAL OR MILITARY JET IN TEN YEARS, IS BEHIND ON A LOT OF PROJECTS, INCLUDING AIR FORCE ONE, ASK THE PRESIDENT THIS WEEK IN THE OVER VALUE OFFICE ANNOUNCED THAT THIS PROJECT WAS COMING TO ST. LOUIS.

ALL THE GOOD JOBS, THAT'S IF FOR THE REGION, BUT HOW DID WE BEAT OUT LOCKHEED MARTIN WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN STEALTH AIRCRAFT AND BOEING HAS NONE.

>> I DON'T TRUST ANYTHING COMING OUT OF THE OVAL OFFICE RIGHT ABOUT NOW AND I DON'T TRUST THIS.

BE PRODUCED IN ST. LOUIS EVER.

I'M JUST NOT BUYING IT.

I'M SORRY, I DON'T THINK I'M ALONE EITHER.

THERE'S SOME SKEPTICISM OUT THERE.

AND I'M NOT BUYING IT.

I THINK THEY TOLD HIM IT WOULD BE 47 -- >> I LOVE THAT, LOVE THAT!

>> WELL, I'M GOING TO JUST REJOICE IN THE WIN FOR THE MOMENT BECAUSE WE NEED A WIN REALLY BADLY.

AND THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THE AFFILIATION WITH THE GO SPATIAL AGENCY, IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS MIGHT BE TURNING A CORNER.

YOU KNOW, GOOD FOR ERIC SCHMITT, THE WHOLE JOSH HAWLEY COMPONENT, THOUGH, IS REALLY FASCINATING BECAUSE HE CAME DOWN ON BOEING AND DESPITE THAT SORT OF -- I MEAN, HE REALLY CAME DOWN ON BOEING -- AND DESPITE THAT SORT OF TONGUE WAGGING THAT HE GAVE THEM ON CAPITOL HILL, BOEING, YOU KNOW, GOT THIS BID.

SO GOOD FOR ERIC SCHMITT.

>> I'M HAPPYING FOR ST. LOUIS.

IT'S JUST FASCINATING TO ME WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE FEDERAL BUDGET AND WE HAVE TO GET RID OF MONEY FOR FOOD PANTRIES AND HAVE TO SLASH EMPLOYEES AT THE VA AND THEN WE HAVE THIS GIANT MONEY WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO QUESTION AND USE IT TO BUILD ANOTHER FIGHTER JET.

OUR PRIORITIES SEEM SO OUT OF WHACK BUT I'LL TAKE THE WIN FOR THE REGION.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS ..

EVEN MORE IN EARLIES IT OF ANCILLARY EXPENDITURES.

>> IT COULD BE..

THE AMAZING THING ABOUT THIS COUNTRY -- OR THIS CONTRACT, RATHER -- MAYBE THE COUNTRY, TOO -- THAT I T IS A COST-PLUS CONTRACT, NOT A FIXED PRICE SO THEY WILL GET MONEY IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE AND GET PROFITS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE WHICH IS UNUSUAL.

IT'S THE BEST CONTRACT EVER.

MAYBE WE SHOULD BE HAPPY BUT IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD.

AND ELLIOT DAVIS, FORMER REPORTER FOR CHANNEL 2 HAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL FACEBOOK PAGE WHERE IN HIS SO-CALLED -- HE HAD SOME NEWS.

HE HAD SNAPSHOTS OF THE MAYOR SHOWING UP AT A MEET AND GREET HOSTED BY THOSE RUNNING FOR MAY ARE NO IN NORTH ST. LOUIS AND THE MAYOR IS STANDING IN THE CORNER WITH SUNGLASSES ON LOOKING A LITTLE GRIM, ALMOST LIKE SHE WAS CRASHING THE PARTY.

WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THIS?

>> I FOLLOW ELLIOT DAVIS, AND HE DOES BREAK A LOT OF GREAT STORIES.

THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE RESPONDING TO THIS PARTICULAR POST.

BUT WHEN..

IMAGINE CARA SPENCER OUT OF THE CORNER OF HER EYE CATCHING, WELL, IS THAT THE MAYOR?

AND MAYOR JONES' BODY LANGUAGE WAS NOT WARM AND FUZZY.

LET'S JUST SAY -- SHE LOOKED UPSET.

SHE WAS -- I MEAN, SHE WAS AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM WHERE WHERE WHERE CANDIDATE SPENCER WAS.

AND SHE COULD HAVE EXPLAINED HOW SHE GOT THERE AND SHE COULD EASILY HAVE MADE HER WAY BACK TO THE PACK THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND NOT BE SO PROMINENT BUT IT LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF THE ST. LOUIS CITY ELECTION.

REALLY, IT WAS SCARY.

>> IT'S DEFINITELY FRAUGHT BETWEEN HER AND CARA SPENCER AND SHE RESPONDED BY SAYING THIS IS BONKERS, SHE CRASHED MY EVENT AND PEOPLE FELT INTIMIDATED BY IT.

I THINK THE .. INNOCENT EXPLANATION FOR THIS AND IT RINGS TRUE TO ME BUT WHY WOULD SHE SHOW UP SO AWKWARD AND THEY MADE A SIMPLE MISTAKES.

BOTH CANDIDATES WERE AT THE URBAN LEAGUE AND PEOPLE KEPT COMING UP SAYING YEAH, SEE YOU TONIGHT AND LOOKS IT UP, THEY HAVE IT LISTED AS A CANDIDATE FORUM AND SHE ONLY REALIZES AFTER SHE GETS THERE THAT IT IS A CARA SPENCER EVENT.

I AM GOING TO GIVE HER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT ON THIS.

>> HOW MANY TIMES HAS IT HAPPENED BEFORE?

>> SEE.. SITUATION.

I WO.. BAD.

>&g.. MISS SEEING ELLIOT ON TV, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THIS PICTURE.

I'M SOMEBODY WHO HAS SOMETIMES SHOWED UP AT THE WRONG PLACE MYSELF.

>> I THI..

TOP-NOTCH SCHEDULERS IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND I'M NOT BUYING IT.

>> I NOTICED SHE WAS STANDING NEXT TO HER BODYGUARD, AN OFFICER WITH -- >> A BADGE.

>> I REMEMBER SOME SHOWED UP WITH NO BODYGUARD BUT TIMES ARE DIFFERENT NOW.

>> THAT IS TRUE.

>> I TOLD PEOPLE THIS THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD SECURITY AROUND ME IF I HAD BEEN IN OFFICE AND THAT HAS CHANGED.

.. >> IF YOU LOOK AT MAYOR JONES SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, THE RESPONSES SHE GETS ARE JUST HORRIBLE.

IT'S.. >> I HAVE NOTICE..

THINK EVEN IF YOU ARE A DETRACTOR OF MAYOR JONES, YOU SHOULD SHOW SOME RESPECT.

>> BUT I GET WHY SHE THINKS SHE HAS HATERS OUT THERE.

>> SHE GETS INTO A LOT OF ARGUMENTS ONLINE WITH ERIC SCHMITT AND WITH OTHERS, CARA SPENCER.

YOU BROKE A STORY THIS WEEK THAT OPERA THEATER ST. LOUIS IS CELEBRATING 50 YEARS, AND THEY ARE GOING TO MOVE.

THEY HAVE BEEN AT THE LORETTA HILTON THEATER AND THEY ARE MOVING TO THE MUCH-DISCUSSED KA CALERAS PROPERTY.

HOW IS THIS NOT FOR PROFIT DOING THIS?

.. NOT FOR PROFIT.

YOU THINK HOW CAN THIS BE WITH JUGGERNAUT?

THEY DO GREAT SH.. WORLD PREMIERES AND THEY HAVE A PRETTY DEVOTED AND AFFLUENT FAN BASE.

TH..

AMOUNT OF MONEY.

THEY WILL HAVE TO DO.. CAMPAIGN IN THEIR HISTORY, THEY WILL HAVE TO RAISE MORE MONEY BUT I THINK THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF AND I THINK THE PERFORMING ART CENTER WILL BE A REALLY NICE THING FOR CLAYTON.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS CLAYTON HAS WANTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND NOW A NONPROFIT IS GOING TO COME IN AND BUILD IT.

>> THIS IS GOOD NEWS FOR CLAYTON IN THE SENSE THAT THIS IS THE SAME BUILDING THAT OUR CLAYTON SCHOOL BOARD DIDN'T WANT TO TELL ANYBODY BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO CLOSE ON BUYING THE CALERES SCHOOL.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IN THERE?

..

SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE IT GOING TO SOMETHING.

>> THE O..

THIS KIND OF EXPANSION AND UPGRADE IN TERMS OF ACOUSTICS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED FOR 20 YEARS.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN RENTERS THE ENTIRE TIME THEY HAVE BEEN AN ORGANIZATION.

>>.. HOW CLAYTON LEADERS WHO OPPOSED THE SCHOOL TAKING OVER THE PROPERTY BECAUSE IT WAS TAKING THE PROPERTY OFF THE TAX ROLLS WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE CALARAS PAYS A MILLION DOLLARS EVERY YEAR IN PROPERTY ACTIONS.

SOME GOES TO THE SCHOOL, THE CITY AND COUNTY AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS CAN AFFORD TOO LOSE TAX DOLLARS.

I ACTUALLY PERFORMED ON THE STAGE OF LORETTA HILTON.

THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN KIRKWOOD IS DOING WELL AND THERE WERE NAYSAYERS ABOUT THAT.

I THINK OTHER SHOWS WILL BE PERFORMED AT THE FACILITY IN CLAYTON, AND I THINK CLAYTON WILL GET SOME REVENUE OFF OF THAT.

I DON'.. OR EXACTLY HOW THAT HAPPENS SO I THINK IT WILL GENERATE SOME MONEY, ALTHOUGH IT PROBABLY WON'T MATCH WHAT THE TAX IS.

>> AND I SUSPECT THAT CLAYTON OFFICIALS WERE HOPING THAT A REGULAR COMPANY WOULD BUY IT, BUT NOBODY WOULD.

>> RIGHT.

>> THE SCH.. HAD TO BACK OFF OF IT, NOBODY JUMPED IN TO BUY IT.

>> HOW CAN YOU NOT DO RETAIL AT THE CORNER OF MARYLAND AND I-170?

>> N..

IT'S ALL AMAZON.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO LAND SOME NICE LITTLE SHOPPING THING.

NO STORES.

>&g.. SINGED DURING THAT CONVERSATION.

>> I HAD NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A LITTLE CHUGGING ALONG, GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY ARE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS.

>> OKAY.

BILL, I WANT TO ASK YOU AB.. PRIDEFEST.

FOR 30 YEARS THE FESTIVITIES IN DOWNTOWN ST. LOUIS FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES HAS RECEIVED MONEY FROM ANHEUSER-BUSCH.

30 YEARS..

GOING TO END.

ANHEUSER-BUSCH ANNOUNCED THEY WILL KNOW LONGER SUPPORT PRIDEFEST.

AND SOME BARS ARE ORGANIZING A BOYCOTT OF AB PRODUCTS.

WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON IT?

>> IT'S THE MEAN SPIRITEDNESS OF OUR TIMES.

A COMPANY IS AFRAID THAT IF THEY ARE SEEN HELPING GAY PEOPLE THAT THERE WILL BE A HUGE BACKLASH AGAINST IT AND THE SHAME IS THEY ARE PROBABLY RIGHT.

IF I WAS A STOCKHOLDER I WOULD SAY, HEY, EVEN POOR DISNEY WORLD GETS IN TROUBLE NOW.

IT'S PROBABLY RIGHT NOT TO DO ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY.

BUT IT'S A SAD DAY.

I MEAN, I'M NOT A BIG BEER DRINKER.

WH..

THE SUMMER AND A LITTLE RED WINE FOR MY HEALTH BUT IF I WERE A BEER DRINKER I WOULD PROBABLY BE DRINKING THE CANADIAN BEER, WHAT IS IT?

>> MOOSE HEAD.

>>.. HEAD TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR CANADIAN NEIGHBORS.

>> THAT SO.. OF A SONG, DIDN'T IT?

WHISKEY IN THE WINTER AND GIN IN THE SUMMER -- >> I HAVE A FRIEND WHO WAS HIGHLY LACED AND MADE A CAREER OUT OF THIS AND HE WAS KIND OF STYMIED BY THE REACTION.

HE SAID A LOT OF THIS IS CYCLICAL.

THAT COMPANIES CAN -- THAT CERTAINLY EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND IN THE CURRENT CLIMATE WHY PRIDEFEST WOULD HAVE HAD THIS REACTION AND HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

BUT THAT THESE THINGS REALLY CAN .. EARTH BECAUSE AB COULD HAVE COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND SAID, OKAY, WE DO HAVE THE MONEY.

I'M SURE THAT OF A DYLAN MULVANEY, I MEAN, THEY HAVE JUST COME BACK FROM THAT SORT OF NO MAN'S LAND WHERE THEY FOUND THEMSELVES AND THEIR WHOLE ENTIRE PUBLICITY AND COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT WAS UPSIDE-DOWN FOR A WHILE.

BUT I HOPE THAT AB WILL COME BACK MAYBE NEXT YEAR AND SAY, LOOK, IT WASN'T PERMANENT, WE HAVE THE FUNDS THIS YEAR.

>> I DON'T THINK THEY WILL COME BACK NOW AFTER THIS REACTION.

AND I THINK THEY COULD HAVE AVOIDED IT IF THEY WOULD HAVE JUST SCALED BACK.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THE BIG SPONSOR, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN A LOWER LEVEL SPONSOR.

THE EVENT ORGANIZERS SAID A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN SCALED BUT THEY WERE STILL WILLING TO GIVE SOMETHING AND HAVE THEIR NAME ON THE FLYER.

THEY WENT FROM BEING THE TOP SPONSOR TO NOT AT ALL.

IT WASN'T JUST ST. LOUIS, THEY ALSO DID IT FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO PRIDE AND I THINK WE WILL SEE IT HAPPENING OTHER PLACES TOO.

>> I USED TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO A WOMAN MARKETING TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY FOR AN FOR AN FOR AN COMMUNITY COMPANY.

BUT FIRST WE HAVE THE VP PARADE CAN 8TH AND THE ANNIE MALONE CAME CLOSE TO BEING CANCELLED BUT IT'S BACK.

>> THANKS TO YOU TWO.

>> AND KNEW WE HAVE THE PRIDEFEST PARADE.

IN A CITY LAKE ST. LOUIS, YOU NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I THINK, TO KIND OF SHOW THAT YOU ARE -- &g.. AND I JUST THINK THAT -- SOMEBODY HAS TO STAND UP AT SOME TIME AND SAY, YOU KNOW, DAMN THE TORPEDOES.

IT'S LIKE BILL SAID, IT'S SAD.

>> THEIR SALES WENT WAY DOWN LAST YEAR.

>> AND THEY ARE JUST LIKE BACK A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE ALL OF THAT STARTED.

I THINK BASED ON WHAT I HAVE READ.

>> IS THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE HIRED RIGHT WING SOCIAL INFLUENCERS?

>> I DON'T CARE.

>> T.. >> BUT IF YOU ARE A SHAREHOLDER YOU MIGHT SAY, I'M JUST NOW GETTING MY STOCK PRICE BACK, LET'S NOT GO THERE.

>> UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD A TERRIBLE LOSS IN THE ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY THIS WEEK WHEN WE LOST BRIAN McKENNA, A LONG-TIME SPORTS BROADCASTER AND A PHILANTHROPIST.

HE WAS A.. PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

I'M SORRY TO SAY, MR. REID, I NEVER MET THE MAN BUT HE WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF YOURS AND A FEW WEEKS AGO YOU WERE IN VERY CLOSE TOUCH.

&g.. A BAR AND SAID -- HE TEXTED MY AND SOME PEOPLE HERE SAID THEY MET YOU AT THE HIDE AWAY.

HE TOLD ME WHERE HE WAS, IT WAS LIKE AT THE HAMPTON.

I SAID WE NEED TO GET TOGETHER, WE TRADED TEXTS AND THEN THE TERRIBLE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AND I WAS JUST SHOCKED.

BRIAN WAS GENUINELY A NICE PERSON.

AND ..

LOT OF THINGS FOR NOT FOR PROFITS BUT HE WAS SINCERE IN HIS WORK.

BATTLED CANCER, ALWAYS STILL HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE.

I LOVED BECAUSE IN THE SCREENPLAY IN MY HEAD, BRIAN, I HAVE A ROLE FOR YOU TO PLAY.

IF IT EVER GETS OUT OF MY HEAD AND ON PAPER, HE STILL HAS A ROLE IN IT.

>> THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSED THEIR SORROW OVER THIS LOSS.

I THINK WE ALL HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT HE WASN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, THE HONORARY MAYOR OF SOUTH CITY.

HE DIDN'T JUST HAVE THE IMPACT THAT HE DID ON SO MANY PEOPLE, BUT HIS FAMILY IS GRIEVING THIS LOSS.

ONE OF HIS NIECES WAS SAYING ON FACEBOOK THAT YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE THE ANCHOR OF OUR FAMILY SO ALL OF OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE MCKENNA FAMILY.

JUST A BEAUTIFUL GROUP.

HIS WHOLE ATTITUDE IN LIFE WAS YOUR VIBE ATTRACTS YOUR TRIBE.

HE LIVED THAT, AND HE WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY, HE WAS A HUGE DONNYBROOK FAN.

>> YES.

>.. JUST AN EXTRAORDINARY GUY THAT LIFE HAD REALLY PRESENTED HIM SOME HUMONGOUS CHALLENGES AND HE ANSWERED THOSE CHALLENGES BY BEING MORE GENEROUS.

HE COULD NEVER SAY NO AND NEVER DID SAY NO ACCORDING TO HIS BFF, IS A WELL-KNOWN PRODUCER, NEVER SAID NO TO A CHILDREN'S CHARITY OR ANY CHILD.

>> HE WAS A GOOD MAN.

>> YES, HE WAS.

>> WELL, I WILL SAY HE'S, WHAT, THE THIRD LOSS WE'VE HAD IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

..

PERSON NEAR THE AIRPORT LOST HIS LIFE AND NOW BRIAN McKENNA.

SARAH, YOU HAVE BEEN WRITING ABOUT TRAFFIC EVENTS AND YOU ARE ON IT.

LET'S GO TO THE MAILBAG ABOUT LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM.

THEY REPORTED THE CITY OF KIRKWOOD USED OPIOID MONEY TO PURCHASE A $30,000 TRUCK WITH A SNOWPLOW.

AS A REGULAR DONNYBROOK WA..

I KNOW YOU LIKE TO POKE ABOUT KIRKWOOD BUT THIS IS A MISUSE OF PUBLIC MONEY AND DESERVES BROADER ATTENTION.

THAT IS FROM ELAINE OF ST. LOUIS COUNTY.

.. COULD HAVE REACHED OUT TO DONATIONS OF LOCAL BUSINESS TO GIVE TO THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HELPED THEM.

ISN'T THAT THE WAY VOLUNTEERS OF REWARDED WHEN YOU HOLD NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUP DRIVES.

AND WE HEARD THIS, ALVIN, THE NORTHERN ITALIAN REGION IS PAYING PEOPLE TO MOVE THERE AND RENOVATE A HOUSE.

HOW ABOUT THAT?

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