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LOOK, I REMEMBER THAT SATURDAY NIGHT, WHEN DON DECKINGER BLEW THAT CALL AND COST THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS THE WORLD SERIES AGAINST THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS.

I'M VERY, VERY BITTER ABOUT THAT TO THIS DAY.

EXTRA BITTERNESS OVER WHAT HAPPENED IN JEFFERSON CITY AND THE MULTITUDE OF MONEY THAT THE ROYALS AND THE CHIEFS ARE GOING TO GET.

SO WELCOME TO A BITTER ISSUE OF DONNYBROOK.

I'M KIDDING.

I'M SITTING IN FOR CHARLIE, I'M ALVIN REID AND JOINING ME IS VETERAN WENDY WIESE.

BILL McCLELLAN OF THE "ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH" AND FOUNDER OF THIS HERE PROGRAM, SARAH FENSKE FROM "ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE" AND YOUR PODCAST IS?

THE 314.

AND SITTING IN MY SEAT, JASON ROSENBAUM FROM ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO.

WELCOME BACK.

WELCOME, ALVIN.

THE CARDINALS COULD HAVE WON GAME SEVEN.

WHY DIDN'T THEY WIN THAT GAME BECAUSE WE WERE MAD, WE WERE UPSET.

AS LONG AS WE'RE HEALTHY GETTING OVER THINGS AND MOVING ON.

THAT'S ALL HAS MATTERS.

WE HAVE ART BY BEVERLY SPORLEDER, FIND HER ART AT CAÉ AT DEL MAR.

VERY NICE.

JASON, A LOT OF HAGGLING IN JEFFERSON CITY.

I WONDER IF THEY CAME OUT ON THE WINNING END OF IT ALL.

THE CHIEFS AND ROYALS ARE GOING TO GET OVER 30 YEARS OVER $1 BILLION I GUESS IN TAX ABATEMENT.

IN THE MEANTIME, ST. LOUIS TORNADO VICTIMS ARE RECEIVING MORE MONEY.

I GUESS THE DOWNTOWN BRICK AND MORTAR GOT SOME MONEY.

PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES ARE GOING TO BE CUT IN AREAS WHERE NEITHER ONE OF THE STADIUM PROJECTS IS IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA.

SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY THAT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE, JASON.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, CORRECTION.

I'M A CHICAGO WHITE SOX FAN, ALTHOUGH MY MOM IS FROM KANSAS CITY SO I'M NOT ANTI-KANSAS CITY ROYALS OR KANSAS CITY CHIEFS.

I THINK THERE'S REASON TO OBJECT TO THIS STADIUM.

IT IS FAR BIGGER THAN THE ILL-FATED 2015 RIVERFRONT STADIUM THAT JAY NIXON PROPOSED.

THE KANSAS CITY LEGISLATORS AT THE TIME WERE THE BIGGEST CRITICS OF THAT AND NOW COMING HAT IN HAND TO PROVIDE A SUBSIDY FOR THE OH SO POOR CLARKE FAMILY, $24 BILLION NET WORTH.

HOWEVER, I DO THINK THIS IS HOW THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK, BECAUSE THE ST. LOUIS LEGISLATORS IN PARTICULAR WERE LIKE WE ARE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THIS UNLESS WE GET REAL RELIEF FOR THE ST. LOUIS TORNADO VICTIMS.

IT'S $100 MILLION THAT WILL GO LIKELY TO UNINSURED RESIDENTS, A TAX CREDIT THAT COULD GO TO PEOPLE TO RECOUP THEIR DEDUCTIBLE.

$25 MILLION GOING TO THE MISSOURI HOUSING DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

YOU CAN DISLIKE THE STADIUM PART.

I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD FINANCIAL DEAL FOR THE STATE.

I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS WORTH "PRIDE" WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THEY'RE PASSING IT TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GO TO KANSAS.

I THINK ST. LOUIS CAME OUT A WINNER THOUGH.

I WILL SAY I WAS ANXIOUS COMING INTO THIS.

GOVERNOR KEHOE WANTED $25 MILLION FOR TORNADO RELIEF.

EVERYTHING OUT OF NORTH CITY NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.

THIS HASN'T BEEN DECLARED A MAJOR DISASTER.

THEY'LL PROBABLY PUSH THROUGH THE STADIUM FUNDING AND WE WON'T GET THAT.

$100 MILLION FEELS GOOD TO ME.

I REALLY HOPE QUESTION SPEND IT WISELY, GET IT TO THE PEOPLE WHO TRULY NEED IT.

FEELS LIKE THE DEMOCRATIC SENATORS IN REPRESENTING ST. LOUIS WHO PUSHED SO HARD FOR THIS, I THINK THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF GETTING WHAT WAS NEEDED.

YEAH, I DO, TOO.

I WAS VERY MUCH AGAINST GIVING MONEY TO THE CHIEFS, TO THE ROYALS, BUT NOW THAT THEY'VE DONE IT, I THINK WELL, YOU KNOW, KEEP THOSE TEAMS IN KANSAS CITY SO THE POOR LITTLE KANSAS CITYIANS STILL HAVE SOMETHING TO BE PROUD ABOUT.

[ LAUGHTER ] SO I'M OKAY WITH THE THING AND I THINK THE MORE MONEY FOR TORNADOES WAS A VICTORY FOR THE CITY.

AGREED.

I'LL THROW THIS OUT HERE.

FIRST OF ALL, THE ROYALS AND THE CHIEFS HAVE NOT PROMISED THAT THEY'RE EVEN GOING TO STAY IN MISSOURI.

IF THEY WERE TO MOVE TO KANSAS, I GUESS THEY DON'T GET THE MONEY OBVIOUSLY.

THEN TWO, KANSAS'S OFFER IS HIGHER THAN MISSOURI'S PROMISE.

THUS IF THE CHIEFS AND THE ROYALS DON'T MOVE, HAVEN'T THEY JUST PLAYED THE STATE OF MISSOURI?

BECAUSE MY INTENTION WOULD BE THEY WEREN'T GOING TO MOVE AT ALL?

THAT WOULD BE ACTUALLY MY GUESS IS IF THEY'RE PLAYING THE STATE OF MISSOURI, AND THAT THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF MOVING.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS EVERY 100 YEARS OR SO ABOUT THE CARDINALS MOVING TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO MOVE TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.

NO, THEY'RE NOT.

THE CHIEFS ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE TO KANSAS.

I WOULD HAPPILY PLACE A BET WITH SOMEBODY BECAUSE APPARENTLY IT'S LEGAL NOW, YOU KNOW.

NOT UNTIL DECEMBER.

NOT UNTIL DECEMBER, RIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

I THINK THEY'RE PLAYING.

I THINK THE ROYALS HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF MOVING TO KANSAS, AND I THINK THERE'S LESS CONCERN ABOUT THEM LEAVING, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY WON THE WORLD SERIES, WHAT, TEN YEARS AGO?

YEP.

I THINK THERE'S A REAL DESPERATION TO MAKE SURE THE CHIEFS STAY IN MISSOURI, JUST BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN SO GOOD AND THEY DO PROVIDE A NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT TO MISSOURI.

EVEN THOUGH PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID IN 2020 HE WAS CONGRATULATING THE GREAT STATE OF KANSAS FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS.

HE'S NOT ALONE IN THIS.

I DON'T THINK THIS GIVES MISSOURI CACHE TO HAVE THEM ON THEIR SIDE OF THE BORDER.

THE REST OF THE COUNTRY ISN'T AWARE OF IT.

YOU RAISED THE CARDINALS.

THE CARDINALS STARTED SORT OF FLOATING A YEAR AGO THEY WERE GOING TO START ASKING FOR MONEY.

DOES THIS HURT THEM?

ST. LOUIS YOU GET YOUR MONEY FOR TORNADO RELIEF AND KANSAS CITY YOU GET YOUR MONEY FOR THE STADIUMS.

IF THE ST. LOUIS STADIUM OWNERS COME BACK, WE TOOK CARE OF IT.

I'M AGAINST GIVING THE CARDINALS MONEY.

IT GIVES A BETTER ARGUMENT, YOU GAVE MONEY TO THE KANSAS CITY ROYALS.

WE NEED MONEY AND FRANKLY, ST. LOUIS NEEDS THAT BASEBALL TEAM.

I THINK THEY MAKE A GOOD -- I ALSO THINK THAT THE ROYALS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CHIEFS.

JUST THEY PLAY 81 HOME GAMES.

THAT IS A GOOD POINT AS OPPOSED TO A FEW AND KANSAS CITY IS GOING TO BE GOOD UNTIL PATRICK MAHOMES GETS HURT.

OR UNTIL TAYLOR AND TRAVIS BREAK UP.

BUT WE WERE AT THE CARDINALS/ROYALS GAME.

WE HAVE A MIXED MARRIAGE.

I'M MARRIED TO A ROYALS FAN, BUT WE WERE THERE ON TUESDAY NIGHT, AND FROM THE LOOKS OF THE ATTENDANCE, THE DeWITTS HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS.

THEY'RE SIX GAMES OVER 500, AND THE UPPER DECKS WERE ALL -- WE'LL SEE.

SPEAKING OF MONEY, ALRIGHT, RAM SETTLEMENT MONEY WILL BE GOING TO THE TORNADO DAMAGE.

OKAY, AND THEN ALSO $5 MILLION OR MORE THAN THAT COMING OUT OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS ITSELF.

BILL, ARE WE DOWN WITH THIS?

ARE WE, YOU KNOW -- AS I'VE SAID, I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE RAMS SETTLEMENT MONEY ON THE TORNADO DAMAGE.

HAVE YOU CHANGED?

NO, AND I THINK WE'RE A LONG WAY FROM DONE ON THIS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S REALISTIC AT ALL, HAVE KIND OF A WPA EFFORT, WHERE WE HIRE, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE UNIONS TO HIRE ALL THESE PEOPLE, AS APPRENTICES AND KIND OF REBUILD THE WHOLE CITY, ESPECIALLY THE NORTH PART OF IT, AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO SPEND THAT MONEY THAT OTHERWISE WE'LL JUST FIDDLE AROUND AND IT WILL BE GONE.

SO I'D LIKE TO SEE A WPA EFFORT.

WHEN I GO TO ARIZONA AND HIKING THE CANYON, THERE'S STEPS PUT IN BY THE WPA.

YES.

I THINK WHY CAN'T WE DO THAT?

IT WAS AN ANTI-DEPRESSION THING AND AS LONG AS WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE TO WORK WE'LL HAVE THEM BUILD SOMETHING.

I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON HOW THIS MONEY IS SPENT.

I THINK IT'S IGNORING A BIGGER ISSUE.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE STATE IS STEPPING UP.

THE CITY IS GOING TO STEP UP AND PROVIDE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

WHAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IS THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS STILL NOT SIGNED GOVERNOR KEHOE'S DISASTER DECLARATION THAT WOULD PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE FROM FEMA.

I ACTUALLY TALKED WITH JOSH HOLLEY TODAY ABOUT THIS AND ASKED HIM, WHAT IS THE HOLDUP HERE?

I KNOW THAT TYPICALLY IT'S LIKE A SIX TO EIGHT-WEEK WAIT BETWEEN WHEN A DISASTER HAPPENS AND WHEN A PRESIDENT SIGNS A DISASTER DECLARATION, BUT THE UNIVERSITY CITY FLOODING IN 2022 WAS A TWO-WEEK PROCESS, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE SLEEPING IN TENTS IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN THESE HOUSES FOR GENERATIONS WHO ARE WONDERING WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GET THE TYPE OF MONEY THAT IS NEEDED TO AT LEAST MAKE THESE HABITABLE AGAIN.

AND THE ONLY WAY THAT'S GOING TO BE POSSIBLE IS IF FEMA COMES IN.

AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, AND JOSH HOLLEY, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAN ON JOSH HOLLEY.

CLEARLY DONALD TRUMP DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED OR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.

WHEN IT COMES TO USING THE INTEREST THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, THE $30 MILLION OR $25 MILLION IN INTEREST FROM THE RAMS MONEY, IF IT HAD HAPPENED IN THE CENTRAL WEST END, IT WOULD ALREADY BE THERE.

SO I THINK THIS IS A, IT'S NOT REALLY THE RAMS MONEY; IT'S THE INTEREST FROM THE RAMS MONEY.

I CAN TELL YOU THIS, ALSO WHAT DID IT TAKE 48 HOURS FOR THE DECLARATION TO BE MADE WHEN JOPLIN WAS HIT?

THAT IS TRUE BUT SOMEBODY FROM THE STATE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS ALREADY AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION IN PLACE OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, AND THEY JUST BASICALLY ADDED JOPLIN TO IT.

THAT'S NOT REALLY THE SAME SITUATION, BUT IT DOES NOT ABSOLVE TRUMP AND HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO GET THIS RELIEF TO ST. LOUISIANS.

THIS IS TRUMP.

WHAT DID HOLLEY TELL YOU?

WE'RE GOING TO PICK THAT UP AFTER THE BREAK.

I WANT TO HEAR, THAT, TOO.

SPEAKING OF MONEY AND YEAH, WE NEED IT AT CHANNEL 9.

WE ARE JUST COMING OFF OF A REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL "DONNY BASH" AND WE ARE ANXIOUS FOR TO YOU HELP US OUT.

CHECK THIS OUT.

WELCOME TO ANOTHER THURSDAY NIGHT WITH "DONNYBROOK."

IT JUST ISN'T THURSDAY WITHOUT "DONNYBROOK," IS IT?

HI, I'M MARYANN CARSON.

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IT'S A GREAT WAY TO ENJOY "DONNY BASH."

IF YOU'VE BEEN TO "DONNY BASH" YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN, YOU DON'T KNOW QUITE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING.

IT'S AN ELECTRIC ATMOSPHERE.

IT'S A WONDERFUL, LIVE BROADCAST.

THEY PUT THE SET OF "DONNYBROOK" RIGHT THERE ON THE STAGE AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL.

THERE IS A RECEPTION BEFORE THE LIVE TAPING, AND ALSO RECEPTION AFTERWARDS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT COMING UP, JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE THE FOLKS FROM "DONNYBROOK."

SPEAKING OF THE FOLKS FROM "DONNYBROOK," THEY ARE NEXT DOOR IN THE OTHER STUDIO WITH MY GOOD FRIEND, YALE HOLLANDER.

LET'S JOIN THEM NOW.

WELCOME TO DONNY BREAK.

I'M THE GUEST PROVOCATEUR FOR THE GUEST PROVOCATEUR.

I'M ALL TALKED OUT.

"DONNY BASH" 2026, APRIL 16th, 2026 AT THE SHELDON, UNLESS OF COURSE WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE STATE TO BUILD US A DOME.

LET'S PLAN ON IT BEING AT THE SHELDON THIS TIME.

IT IS A PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC AFFAIR.

IT IS PUBLIC MEDIA'S SOCIAL EVENT OF THE SPRING.

PEOPLE ARE BEATING DOWN THE DOORS TO GET INTO THE SHELDON FOR THIS EVENT.

YOU KNOW THIS, I WAS THERE THIS PAST PEA ARE MAY WHEN WE HAD "DONNY BASH" THE CROWD OUTSIDE WAITING TO GET IN WAS BREATHTAKING.

IT WAS FANTASTIC.

IT WAS A HUGE EVENT FOR THE 600-PLUS PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP FOR THIS EVENT.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND WENDY AND I RODE UP IN THE ELEVATOR AND THE DOORS OPENED AND THERE'S JUST ALL THESE PEOPLE!

AND IT'S NOT LIKE WE HAVEN'T DONE IT BEFORE, BUT IT IS ALMOST LIKE, I HONESTLY, THESE PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY BEING HERE!

AND I DON'T WANT TO SOUND SHOCKED BUT IT IS THAT GOOD OF AN EVENING AND YOU KNOW, BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER KIND OF AN EVENT, AND IT'S FUN!

WE ALL HAVE FUN.

I THINK EVERYBODY INVOLVED HAS A GOOD TIME.

CERTAINLY ENJOYABLE FOR US, AND IT'S INTERESTING, TOO, IT CHANGES US.

I MEAN, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO KIND OF PLAY TO THE AUDIENCE.

RIGHT.

WE'RE JUST HERE TALKING TO THE CAMERAS, YOU JUST SAY SOMETHING.

BUT WHEN THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE, YOU THINK OH MY GOSH.

IT'S THE ENERGY AND WHAT I NOTICED IS THE, I THINK YOU'VE HAD A BIG PART OF THIS?

WE'RE GETTING YOUNG IN TERMS OF OUR VIEWERS AND PARTICIPANTS.

WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A NICE CROSS-SECTION.

I NOTICED THIS YEAR IT WAS LIKE, WOW!

LOOK AT US!

YES!

THIS IS LIKE A CONCERT IN HERE.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE FULL CREDIT FOR THIS.

BRINGING MY 9-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER THAT DID LOWER THE AVERAGE AGE A LITTLE BIT TO HAVE HER DO HER FIRST "DONNY BASH."

I DID HAVE SOME FRIENDS COME THIS YEAR AND THEY JUST HAD A BLAST.

"WE HAD NO IDEA THIS IS WHAT YOU GOT TO DO FOR FUN."

I'M LIKE THIS IS A SERIOUS JOB, Y'ALL.

THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A BLAST.

MY KIDS WERE THERE, AND SURPRISED ME, THEY'LL BE GOING OFF TO COLLEGE, THIS IS WILL BE THE LAST THING.

MAYBE AFTER THEY GRADUATE THEY COME BACK, THEY'LL BE OUR YOUNGER VIEWERS.

NO, YOU ARE RIGHT, WENDY.

IT'S LIKE, MAN -- THE DEMOGRAPHIC.

THE DEMOGRAPHIC, YES, YOU KNOW?

WELL, THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF HAVING A SHOW THAT HAS BEEN ON FOR ALMOST FOUR DECADES NOW.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

IS THE FACT THAT FAMILIES DO WATCH IT.

I WAS IN MY LATE TEENS EARLY 20s WHEN "DONNYBROOK" STARTED.

I WOULD WATCH IT WITH MY DAD AND MY KIDS HAVE WATCHED IT WITH ME, TOO.

IT IS AN INTERGENERATIONAL PHENOMENON NOW.

YOU'RE RIGHT.

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WE ARE BACK!

I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM JOSH HAD TO SAY TO YOU WHAT HE SAID WAS THAT FEMA WRIT LARGE IS SLOW WALKING, GIVING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ABOUT WHETHER TO APPROVE OR REJECT DISASTER DECLARATIONS.

COULD YOU SAY THIS WAS A SELF-INFLICTED WOUND, BECAUSE FEMA HAS FEWER EMPLOYEES THAN IT DID DURING THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION.

I GUESS THAT WAS THE BRAINCHILD OF DONALD TRUMP'S EX-BEST FRIEND, ELON MUSK, BUT IT'S STILL TRUMP'S RESPONSIBILITY, BECAUSE HE OVERSEES FEMA, AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR FOCUS IS ON ST. LOUIS, BUT IT SHOULD BE NOTED ON THE SAME DAY, MORE PEOPLE DIED IN KENTUCKY.

YES.

SO THIS IS NOT A GAME.

BUT DIDN'T KENTUCKY ALREADY GET THEIR DISASTER DECLARATION?

THEY DID.

AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE SO ALARMED BY.

THE SAME WEATHER HIT TWO DIFFERENT STATES.

ONE HAS GOTTEN THE DISASTER DECLARATION AND NOT US.

WHAT WAS THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES IN KENTUCKY?

WENDY, DON'T PUT ME ON THE SPOT.

I THINK IT WAS 15, THAT WAS THE NUMBER THAT WAS COMING UP.

SPEAKING OF DONALD TRUMP, HE'S GOING TO GET TO APPOINT A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR IN OUR AREA.

SAYLER FLEMING HAS STEPPED DOWN.

WHILE SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT WASN'T SUDDENLY BECAUSE SHE HAD GIVEN HER RESIGNATION EARLIER, IS THERE ANYTHING UP TO THIS, SARAH?

I THINK TRUMP WANTS HIS OWN PERSON IN THERE.

IRONICALLY SAYLER FLEMING WAS ORIGINALLY HIS PERSON APPOINTED BY BILL BARR IN THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN THE END AND IT SURPRISED PEOPLE SHE WAS ABLE TO STAY IN THE ROLE ORIGINALLY AND MADE PERMANENT UNDER JOE BIDEN.

SHE HAD A LOT OF RESPECT FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I THINK THAT'S HOW SHE WAS ABLE TO DO THAT.

THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONCERN THAT OKAY, TRUMP IS APPOINTING MORE BOMB THROWERS MAYBE THIS TIME AROUND.

ARE WE GOING TO GET A JEANINE PIRRO EVERYONE SAYING AT "ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE" TRUMP HAS HIS EYE THE FRONT-RUNNER IS CONSIDERED TO BE TOM ALBUS, A 17-YEAR VETERAN OF THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, REALLY GOOD FEDERAL PROSECUTOR WITH A GREAT REPUTATION.

OUR REPORTING INDICATES A DARK HORSE CANDIDATE.

THIS ISN'T A DONE DEAL YET.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MARK McCLUSKEY OR ED MARTIN.

ON PAPER SHE'S IMPRESSIVE SO I HOPE WHATEVER CAUSED HER TO MAKE THIS LEAP THAT IT WON'T KEEP HER AWAY.

WE NEED MORE PROSECUTORS LIKE THIS.

SHE HAS AN EXCELLENT REPUTATION BUT ONE LITTLE DISPUTE WITH YOU IN THAT, SARAH, I DON'T THINK SHE WAS KEPT IN, IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE BIDEN THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS GOOD.

I THINK BIDEN WAS ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL.

I'VE COMPLAINED ON THIS SHOW OFTEN THAT A PRESIDENT IS SUPPOSED TO APPOINT HIS OWN U.S.

ATTORNEYS AND PEOPLE THOUGHT GABE GORE OR REGGIE LEWIS WOULD GET THE JOB.

THAT'S HOW YOU BUILD A PARTY.

I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT AND YET AT THE SAME TIME I KNOW THAT EVERY TIME WE WOULD TALK TO SOURCES AND BE LIKE, WHY HASN'T BIDEN DONE THAT, THE PROSECUTORS WOULD SAY SHHH, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH SAYLER.

PLEASE DON'T ROCK THIS BOAT.

HE DID THE SAME THING WITH THE FEDERAL JUDGE.

OPENINGS IN THE JUDICIARY AND BIDEN DIDN'T FILL THEM.

I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR SURE BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE THAT NEITHER ROY BLUNT, JOSH HOLLEY, ERIC SCHMIDT COULD GET BEHIND SOMEBODY.

IT WOULD BE A DEMOCRAT APPOINTING SOMEBODY WHO WAS AYE DEMOCRAT THEY HAD KIND OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN CORY BUSH THE REPRESENTATIVE AND THE SENATOR.

YOU CAN'T GET THEM ON THE SAME PAGE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TOLD WAS AT THE ROOT OF THAT.

AS LONG AS IT WAS A DEMOCRAT, CORRECT?

YES.

THEY'D HAVE TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

THEY COULD HAVE WORKED THAT OUT.

YOU'D THINK.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD BE WORKED OUT THAT ARE NEVER WORKED OUT.

YES.

ESPECIALLY IN ST. CHARLES, WHERE OKAY, EVERYBODY WANTS TO MOVE TO ST. CHARLES.

IT'S A HAPPENIN' PLACE.

LEAVING ST. LOUIS COUNTY BEHIND BUT WITH GROWTH AND WITH PROGRESS COMES PARKING PROBLEMS!

PEOPLE WHO LIVE NEAR THE CONVENTION CENTER ARE UPSET THEY CAN'T PARK THEIR, CAN WE SAY RANGE ROVER IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE, AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE CHANGING COSTUMES IN THE FRONT YARD.

WENDY, WHAT IS SOCIETY COMING TO?

FIRST OF ALL, I ABSOLUTELY FEEL FOR THE FOLKS, BECAUSE YES, YES, PROGRESS IS TERRIFIC, UNLESS PROGRESS IS HALF NAKED IN MY FRONT YARD.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THEIR CLOTHES FROM, INTO A FOX COSTUME OR SOME KIND OF AN EVENT AND I REALIZE I'M VERY SMALL-MINDED HERE, JUST BEAR WITH ME, JASON.

ONE DAY YOU'LL BE OLD, TOO, BUT I FEEL FOR THE RESIDENTS.

THERE'S GOT TO BE, AND I KNOW THEY HAVE TRIED A FEW WAYS TO, I MEAN FLYERS TO INFORM PEOPLE.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT, BUT I'M WITH THE RESIDENTS 100%.

THEY HAVE TO FIND AN ACCOMMODATION.

IF YOU'RE RIGHT BEHIND PROGRESS, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME WAY OF MAKING THE RESIDENTS, WHO HAVE BEEN OUT THERE DURING THE NOT SO SOLID DAYS HAPPY.

THAT WAS MY FIRST "POST-DISPATCH" STORY I'VE READ IN A LONG TIME.

AND COLBERT WROTE IT.

ONE DOES FEEL SORRY FOR THE RESIDENTS.

HOWEVER THEY MOVED TO THIS FAST-GROWING AREA AND THE FAST-GROWING AREAS NEED A TAX BASE JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE.

A CONVENTION SEEMS LIKE A VERY SORT OF NON-TERRIFYING WAY DO IT.

IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE HAVING A RAVE HAPPENING AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING.

THEY CAN'T FIND A WAY TO SUCCESSFULLY COEXIST WITH CONVENTIONEERS?

ST. IS RACIALLY DIVERSION, A FAST-GROWING LATINO AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.

A FAST GROWING FURRY COMMUNITY IS PART AND PARCEL.

OH MY GOODNESS.

I SUPPORT THE HOMEOWNERS WHEN THEY WERE THERE FIRST.

YES.

AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO PARK IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, AND SO I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THE PEOPLE.

I'M NOT SO OFFENDED THAT SOMEBODY PUT ON A FOX UNIFORM ALTHOUGH I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO WALK AROUND DRESSED LIKE A FOX.

HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO TRY IT SOMETIME!

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DON'T KNOCK IT 'TIL YOU TRY IT.

AROUND WRIGLEY FIELD THE POOR PEOPLE DON'T MOVE THEIR CARS DURING THE ENTIRE HOME STAND BECAUSE THEY'LL LOSE THEIR PARKING PLACE.

YOU AIN'T GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?

WRIGLEY FIELD WAS THERE BEFORE THEY MOVED THERE.

NOBODY LIVING NEAR WRIGLEY FIELD THAT CAN SAY I WAS THERE BEFORE THE BALL PARK.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

THAT'S SOLID LOGIC.

I CAN'T ARGUE WITH THAT.

ESTABLISHED AREAS.

I WANTED TO POINT THIS OUT, TOO, I AM, TOO, A WHITE SOX FAN.

THAT'S CRAZY, ON MY DAD'S SIDE.

YES.

2005 WAS THE BEST YEAR.

ME AND YOU WERE I THINK THE ONLY PEOPLE UP UNTIL 1:00, 1:30 IN THE MORNING.

NOW THEY'RE IN THE WORST TEAM IN THE HISTORY OF SPORTS.

COLORADO IS WAY WORSE THIS YEAR.

ALRIGHT, HEY WE'LL STAY WITH OUR MUNICIPALITIES AND GO TO CLAYTON.

IN CLAYTON, THEY'RE HAVING A LITTLE SETTEE AS WELL, SARAH.

LIKE I SAID, I PICK ON THEM BECAUSE PEOPLE PICK ON KIRKWOOD.

SURE.

ARE YOU FROM KIRKWOOD?

YES, I AM AND A OWN A RANGE ROVER SO THAT WAS INSIDE -- I THOUGHT IT WAS A LAND ROVER.

LAND ROVER, RANGE ROVER.

ARE THEY THE SAME THING?

SAME COMPANY.

THEY'RE BOTH PRICEY.

THEY'RE BOTH PRICEY.

DETAILS SHMETAILS.

THEY'VE HAD A BAND ON SHORT-TERM RENT AMS, AIRB2BS AND VRBOs AND TALK THEY SHOULD LIFT THIS.

THE SCHLAFLIES HAVE AN UNDERUTILIZED BUILDINGS, WHY CAN'T I PUT A SHORT-TERM RENTAL?

I'M WITH THE SCHLAFLIES.

THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES HAVE TO PUT LIFE INTO THE DOWN UP TO.

THE KIND OF PERSON WHO WOULD WANT TO RENT IN A DEAD ZONE IS A PLUS.

YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE PARTIERS.

A TOUCH OF ELEGANCE AND PEOPLE WALKING DOWN THE STREET.

I DISAGREE WITH YOU, SARAH.

I REMEMBER WHEN DOWNTOWN CLAYTON WAS QUIRKY AND FUNKY, AND IT'S A SHAME THAT IT BECAME CENTINE TOWN AND THE BUILDINGS AND APARTMENTS WENT UP AND LOST A LOT OF THAT FLAVOR.

I DON'T LIKE THE GIG ECONOMY.

I PREFER HOTELS TO AIRBNBS AND TAXI CABS TO UBERS, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR CLAYTON TO SUDDENLY HAVE PARTY HOUSES.

SCHLAFLY SAYS IT'S NOT A PARTY HOUSE BUT WHO ELSE IS GOING TO RENT.

THEY REPEATED THE HIGH-END PART OF THE EQUATION.

MAYBE TAKE AWAY FROM THE HOTELS, BUSINESS PEOPLE COMING IN THERE.

I SUPPORT HOTELS.

NOT THAT I WOULD KNOW THIS BECAUSE I'M FROM RICHMOND HEIGHTS, APPARENTLY THE FAKE FENDY BAG COMPARED TO THE FENDY BAG OF CLAYTON.

I THINK THERE IS SOME HARD CORE PARTYING THAT GOES ON IN CLAYTON AMONG LIKE BUSINESS PEOPLE, PARTYING THAT WOULD LIKE MAKE ME FAINT AS SOMEBODY WHO GOES TO BED AT LIKE 10:00 P.M., BUT YEAH.

I'M WITH YOU ON THIS.

I JUST DON'T, I HAVE SOME MISGIVINGS ABOUT AIRBNBS.

I STAYED IN ONE IN SARASOTA.

THEY GAVE US A BAD REVIEW BECAUSE LIKE OUR KID PUT A POPSICLE ON NOT A CABINET, BUT A COUNTER, AND I FELT LIKE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MEAN.

THEY WROTE A BAD REVIEW?

YOU GET REVIEWED.

IT'S A VERY FLAWED SYSTEM AND NOW THAT MY KIDS ARE OLDER I'M GOING BACK TO HOTELS.

I PREFER STAYING IN HOTELS BUT THEY MEET THE NEEDS OF CERTAIN PEOPLE.

PARENTS WITH YOUNG KIDS THEY'RE ESSENTIAL.

IT'S HARD TO GET A SUITE WITH A SEPARATE ROOM FOR THE KID TO GO TO BED.

FOR A BUSINESS TRAVELER THERE FOR A WEEK AND WANTS A KITCHENETTE, DOESN'T WANT TO PAY FOR RESTAURANTS EVERY MORNING.

THEY ARE A PART OF MODERN LIFE.

WHY NOT ALLOW THEM IN THIS PLACE THAT HAS SOME SPACE?

YOU'RE COMPETING WITH THE HOTELS AND THE RESTAURANTS.

YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST VERY OLD SCHOOL ABOUT IT.

BY THE WAY, BILL, FOR MANY YEARS YOU HAD A GIG AND IT WAS CALLED "DONNYBROOK."

SO WE ARE PART OF THE GIG ECONOMY.

OH!

WELL THAT'S ANOTHER ONE FOR JOHN.

[ LAUGHTER ] THE GIG ECONOMY IS PEOPLE DOING STUFF PART-TIME, AND SO ALL THE PEOPLE ARE FULL-TIME.

LIKE "DONNYBROOK."

YEAH, LIKE "DONNYBROOK."

[ LAUGHTER ] I GUESS SO.

MAYBE I SHOULD CHANGE MY WHOLE -- PUT YOURSELF INTO YOUR OWN BOX.

CLAYTON, THEY'RE NOT ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

HEY, YOU'RE ON THE PAGE WITH US.

WE'RE ON THE PAGE WITH US!

HERE'S HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT US.

YOU NEVER QUITE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, BRING UP ON "DONNYBROOK" AND I JUST LOVE THAT EVERY THURSDAY YOU JUST HAVE TO TUNE IN TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, AND WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO GO TO "DONNY BASH" WHICH NOW IS SET FOR ACTUALLY NEXT APRIL ON APRIL 16th, THURSDAY EVENING AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL.

IT'S A GREAT EVENING AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

RIGHT NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW EXCITING IT WILL BE TO HAVE YOU AS A MEMBER OF 9 PBS.

WE HAVE GREAT WAYS OF SAYING THANK YOU.

LET'S START WITH THIS WONDERFUL INSULATED TUMBLER.

THIS IS NEW.

THIS HAS THE HANDSOME 9 PBS LOGO ON IT AND INSULATED PERFECT FOR SUMMER, COMES WITH ITS OWN STRAW AND YOU CAN PROUDLY SHOW THAT YOU'RE A MEMBER OF 9 PBS.

IF YOU'D LIKE A TICKET TO "DONNY BASH" AT 125 A TICKET, BUT WHAT A GREAT COMBO WE'VE GOT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.

WHEN YOU BECOME A SUSTAINING MEMBER AT $20 A MONTH, YOU GET EVERYTHING.

YOU GET TWO TICKETS TO "DONNY BASH" ON THAT APRIL EVENING.

YOU GET THE 9 PBS TUMBLER AND YOU JUST HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT AHEAD OF YOU.

YOU KNOW, I WENT TO MY FIRST "DONNY BASH" AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

THE DOORS OPEN AT THE SHELDON CONCERT HALL AND PARKING IS A BREEZE THERE.

DOORS OPEN AT 5:30, GOT FROM 5:45, THE PARTY WILL BE JUST STARTING BY NOW.

ARE YOU KIDDING?

I WALKED IN AND IT WAS IN FULL SWING.

THERE ARE APPETIZERS BEING PASSED.

THERE ARE CASH BARS SET UP.

THERE'S PLENTY OF BEVERAGES, AND THE FOLKS FROM "DONNYBROOK" ARE VISITING WITH YOU BEFORE THE LIVE TAPING.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY'LL BE VISITING WITH YOU UNTIL THEY CALL UP TO THE FLOOR AND GO, HEY GUYS, GET DOWN HERE.

WE'VE GOT A LIVE BROADCAST.

AND SPEAKING OF GUYS FROM "DONNYBROOK," IN THE NEXT STUDIO, LET'S JOIN THEM AGAIN RIGHT NOW.

DONNY BREAK TAKE TWO.

STILL THE GUEST PROVOCATEUR TO THE GUEST PROVOCATEUR.

"DONNY BASH" 2026 APRIL 16thAT THE SHELDON AUDITORIUM.

AN AMAZING NIGHT.

FATHER'S DAY IS COMING UP.

WHAT BETTER TO GET THE FATHER FIGURE IN YOUR LIFE THAN A TICKET TO "DONNY BASH"?

IT MAKES SENSE.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ON THE FATHER'S DAY LIST, FLAG DAY IS COMING UP.

WHO WOULDN'T LOVE TO GET A FLAG DAY GIFT.

ANNIVERSARIES, LOTS OF WEDDINGS IN THE SUMMER.

THERE WILL BE A BIG RUSH FOR THE 250th ANNIVERSARY OF THE COUNTRY, SO GET IN ON 249.

FOURTH OF JULY!

THAT'S RIGHT.

IT'S ALSO SENDING A MESSAGE WHEN YOU'RE SUPPORTING PUBLIC TV RIGHT NOW.

SO TRUE.

AND COME TO A FUN EVENT BUT YOU'RE SAYING HEY, WE'RE WITH PUBLIC TV.

THIS IS IMPORTANT.

IT IS IMPORTANT.

NOTWITHSTANDING ABOUT 40% OF THE CONTENT COMES FROM ENGLAND, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

THAT'S OKAY.

WE'VE KISSED AND MADE UP.

BUT ALVIN, EARLIER YOU HAD ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT "DONNY BASH" IS KIND OF LIKE THREE EVENTS IN ONE, AND THAT'S TRUE, BECAUSE BEFORE THE BIG SHOW, WE HAVE A LITTLE COCKTAIL RECEPTION, DO A LITTLE SCHMOOZING, HAVE A LITTLE SNACK.

EVERYBODY GOES INTO THE AUDITORIUM, AND THEN IT'S 60 FULL MINUTES OF "DONNYBROOK."

IT IS A LOADED SHOW, 60 FULL MINUTES AND THEN TOWARDS THE END OF IT, YOU GET TO BE INVOLVED.

THERE'S A LIVE Q&A.

YOU CAN ASK YOUR DONNYBROOKERS WHATEVER QUESTIONS ON YOUR MIND RELATED TO LOCAL AFFAIRS AND AFTERWARDS MORE SCHMOOZING AND SNACKING.

WE HAVE A DESSERT RECEPTION WHERE YOU GET TO CHAT WITH THE DONNYBROOKERS.

IT'S THE FULL PACKAGE.

WOULDN'T YOU SAY, SARAH FENSKE?

IT'S SUCH A FUN TIME.

YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE MOST INTERESTING WELL-MEANING LIKE GOOD CIVIC-MINDED PEOPLE.

THEY JUST FEEL LIKE ALL MY FAVORITE ST. LOUISIANS IN A ROOM.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I'M NOW I'VE DONE THIS A COUPLE YEARS NOW.

YOU START TO SEE THE SAME FACES AND IT'S SO NICE, LIKE SEEING AN OLD FRIEND.

YEAH, AND THESE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MUCH APATHY TODAY.

PEOPLE ARE SO BUSY AND CRAZY.

WHEN YOU GO TO A "DONNY BASH," EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS AN OPINION.

THEY'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT'S BEST FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT REPEATING MISTAKES, MAYBE BUILDING ON SOME SUCCESSES.

SO THAT IS REALLY COOL, AND AS WE SAID BEFORE, THAT CROSS-SECTION.

FROM EAST COUNTY, YOUR FRIENDS FROM ILLINOIS, THE NORTH COUNTY, SOUTH COUNTY, WEST COUNTY, YES, EVEN CHESTERFIELD.

[ LAUGHTER ] EVERYBODY, IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY'RE NOT ALL INDIVIDUALS.

EVERYBODY'S JUST SORT OF LIKE ON THE SAME PAGE FOR ONE MAGICAL EVENING.

AND THE WAY I THINK ABOUT IT IS LIKE THIS SAN EVENT THAT NOBODY WAS DRAGGED HERE.

EXACTLY.

EXACTLY!

NOBODY IS HERE THAT DOES NOT WANT TO BE HERE AND THAT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER BECAUSE WE ALWAYS TRY TO ENTERTAIN.

THAT'S THE BASIS OF THE SHOW, BUT IT IS EASIER TO ENTERTAIN PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE FOR THAT SPECIFIC REASON, AND TO BE PART OF A LIVE TELECAST THAT'S ALSO FUN.

THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.

YES.

AND I STILL GET THE KICK OUT OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE ON LIVE TELEVISION RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW?

YOU COULD SAY ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ME ENDING MY LITTLE JIVE TELEVISION CAREER BY SAYING SOMETHING STUPID.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT, ALVIN.

AND WE'LL BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT THAT MORE IN THE NEXT DONNY BREAK.

BACK TO YOU, MARYANN.

THANK YOU ALL.

WHAT AN EXCITING WAY TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS AT "DONNY BASH."

ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT IDEAS, EVERYONE COMES WITH THEIR OWN OPINIONS ABOUT STUFF.

YOU HAVE MULTIGENERATIONS AT "DONNY BASH," BUT YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY OTHER 9 PBS MEMBERS.

I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES "DONNY BASH" SO EXCITING.

WE DON'T WANT TO YOU MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE.

FIRST WE WANT TO TELL YOU WE HAVE A GREAT THANK YOU GIFT IF YOU BECOME A SUSTAINING MEMBER AT $7 A MONTH.

IT IS THE NEW 9 PBS INSULATED TUMBLER, PERFECT FOR SUMMER.

THIS IS YOURS, I'M HOLDING IT UP RIGHT NOW.

IT'S GREAT.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW THIS OFF THIS SUMMER, BECAUSE I'M A MEMBER OF 9 PBS.

NOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE A TICKET TO "DONNY BASH" THEY ARE $125 APIECE.

BUT WAIT, WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT COMBINATION FOR YOU.

WHEN YOU BECOME A SUSTAINING MEMBER RIGHT NOW FOR $20 A MONTH, YOU GET NOT ONLY THAT TUMBLER I WAS TALKING ABOUT AND SHOWING YOU BUT ALSO TWO TICKETS TO "DONNY BASH" FOR THAT THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 16th, AND IT IS IN 2026.

WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT FOR THE FATHER IN YOUR LIFE OR PERHAPS SOMEONE SPECIAL ON YOUR CHRISTMAS LIST THAT YOU COULD GET THAT GIFT OUT OF THE WAY NOW, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW QUITE WHAT TO GET THEM.

A WONDERFUL TICKET TO "DONNY BASH" WOULD BE GREAT.

BUT THEN YOUR MEMBERSHIP DOES SO MUCH MORE HERE AT 9 PBS, BECAUSE YOU MATTER TO US NOW MORE THAN EVER.

AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FROM EVERYONE HERE AT 9 PBS FOR LETTING US KNOW THAT WE MATTER AS WELL.

WE SAY THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP, FOR CONTRIBUTING, FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE BETTER PROGRAMMING EVERY YEAR.

THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, SOME STORIES JUST WON'T GO AWAY, AND THE COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER IS ONE OF THEM.

NOW THE COUNTY HAS SUBPOENAED 11 PEOPLE TO COME DOWN AND TESTIFY.

I MEAN, IT'S DOG-GATE HERE IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY.

WENDY, I MEAN, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE AN ANIMAL LOVER, AS WE ALL ARE, BUT IS ALL THIS NECESSARY?

APPARENTLY.

APPARENTLY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE DOGS ARE, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST NEVER MEET ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T LOVE DOGS, AND IT'S JUST SORT OF IT'S LOW-HANGING FRUIT FOR A COUNTY COUNCIL THAT NEEDS HELP IN TERMS OF DOING SOMETHING POPULAR AND ABOVE-BOARD AND UNANIMOUS.

BUT THIS IS, IT IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL THAT ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED OR THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE ARE WE GOING TO APPOINT A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR?

YOU HAVE THAT -- SAYLER FLEMING.

IT HAS THAT FEEL TO IT.

I JUST, I HOPE THAT WHATEVER THE RESOLUTION IS, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

THE DOGS WILL BE HAPPY.

THE COUNTY WILL BE HAPPY, BUT YEAH, IT IS A LITTLE, IT'S PUZZLING.

IT'S ENDEMIC OF SOMETHING I'VE NOTICED FROM MY INCREDIBLE TENURE FOLLOWING ST. LOUIS COUNTY POLICY, AND INCREDIBLE I MEAN SOMETIMES EXCRUCIATING BUT THE THINGS THAT GET PEOPLE REALLY RAMPED UP ARE NOT THINGS LIKE THE FERGUSON UNREST, THE WEEK OR TWO AFTER THERE WERE LIKE FOUR PEOPLE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.

IT'S THE ANIMAL SHELTER.

IT'S DOING SOMETHING WITH PARKS.

IT'S ICE RINKS.

YES.

THIS IS SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THOSE THINGS THAT JUST GETS PEOPLE REALLY MAD FOR REASONS THAT FRANKLY I'M NOT AN ANIMAL PERSON, SO I JUST DON'T REALLY SEE IT, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND IF YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT ANIMALS, THIS IS YOUR ISSUE.

LIKE I SAY, I'M NOT BEING, YOU KNOW, A CRUEL PERSON.

WE RESCUED A DOG, OKAY?

AND WE LOVE HER.

SO I'M NOT BEING LIGHT-HEARTED.

I WOULD SAY THOUGH, THAT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DOGS WERE PUT DOWN AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THEY WERE PUT DOWN.

I GUESS THEY HAD A VIRUS GOING THROUGH THERE.

THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS I GUESS IN CHARGE AT THAT TIME NO LONGER WORKS THERE, SO IF HE NO LONGER WORKS THERE, WHAT ARE WE INVESTIGATING?

WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY IS IT APA LEFT?

IT'S STILL, IT'S KIND OF FUN.

WE LIST THE 11 PEOPLE WHO GOT SUBPOENAED.

SO IT IS LIKE WATERGATE.

SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE THE JOHN DEAN OF THIS AND BREAK THE TRUTH, WHAT REALLY HAPPENED THAT MADE APA LEAVE.

RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW.

WE ARE NOT TAKING THIS LIGHTLY IN TERMS OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE ANIMALS AND THEIR WELL-BEING, BUT JUST IT WAS THE LINE-UP OF THOSE WHO ARE BEING CALLED AND SUBPOENAED, I THOUGHT I WAS AT THE MUNI READING LIKE -- IT WAS JUST VERY STRANGE.

THE STATE'S EVIDENCE.

MAYBE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO LIKE A RICOH CASE.

LINE THEM UP AND SOMEBODY WILL CRACK.

WHO KNOWS?

WITH ALL THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE TORNADOES AND TRAGEDY AND YOU KNOW, DEBATE IN JEFFERSON CITY ABOUT MONEY AND ALL THAT, THE MAYOR'S SEAT CARA SPENCER IS OPEN, JAMIE COX ANTWI IS THE FAVORITE EVER THE MAYOR BUT THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE IS NOT LEANING HER WAY.

SO SARAH?

THIS HAS SOME NICE HISTORICAL ECHOES WHEN CARA SPENCER WAS ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMAN, TOOK ON A DEMOCRAT ENDORSED BY THE PARTY AND THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE GUY AND SHE CHALLENGED HIM AND WON AND BECAME REALLY A VOICE FOR CHANGE IN HOW THINGS WERE DONE.

NOW SHE IS GOING AGAINST THE DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE'S SELECTION FOR THIS JOB, WHICH IS A YOUNG MAN NAME SHEDRICK "NATO CALIPH" KELLY, ALSO ENDORSED BY MEGAN GREENE.

THE SPLIT BETWEEN THE TRADITIONAL DEMOCRATIC FACTION AND CARA SPENCER GOING TO DO THIS HER OWN WAY, KIND OF THE WAY SHE'S ALWAYS DONE.

ENDORSING JAMIE COX ANTWI.

JAMIE HAS A GOOD REPUTATION AND SHEDRICK DOES AS WELL.

THERE'S THREE OTHER CANDIDATES RUNNING.

TURNOUT WILL BE EXCEPTIONALLY LOW.

I WAS GOING TO ASK THAT.

THIS SHOWCASES THE PROBLEM WITH THE APPROVAL VOTING SYSTEM.

IT DID NOT CHANGE SPECIAL ELECTIONS AND YOU STILL HAVE PARTIES NOMINATING PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IS AN INDEPENDENT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ALL DEMOCRATS THEY FORGOT TO CHANGE THIS PART OF THE CHARTER AND IT'S AWKWARD AND VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO EVEN FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT IS THIS BALLOT SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE?

IT IS A MESS.

IT'S WINNER TAKE ALL, JUST SO PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND.

EVEN IF FIVE PEOPLE RUN AND 50 PEOPLE SHOW UP.

SHOW UP.

THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT BE -- THE ONE WITH THE MOST VOTES WILL BE -- I GOT 31 VOTES AND I'M AN ALDERMAN.

YEP.

AND YOU GET WHAT 71, $72,000 A YEAR?

IT'S ACTUALLY -- BECOME A GOOD-PAYING JOB.

I LOVE IT AS OPPOSED TO THE GIG ECONOMY, BILL.

I LOVED THE WAY THEY WERE TRYING -- LIKE THE PROCESS, AND HOW THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WHO WANTED TO BE CONSIDERED UNDERSTOOD HOW DRAINING THIS IS, AND THAT YOUR PHONE NEVER STOPS RINGING AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REQUESTS NEVER STOP COMING.

SO THAT PART OF IT WAS REALLY, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY WELL-WRITTEN.

I WAS TALKING TO JOE VOLMER RECENTLY.

HE WAS THE OLD ALDERMAN FROM THE HILL AND HE RUNS THE BAR MILO'S.

I WAS IN THERE.

HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE OUT?

HE SAID HEY IT'S LIKE YOU HAVE 25 EX-WIVES AND THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING TO YOU.

HAPPY TO BE RETIRED.

EXACTLY.

I DON'T KNOW, 71,000 REASONS TO PUT UP WITH THE PHONE CALLS AND COMPLAINTS AND ALL THAT.

BY THE WAY, DO YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN THE WARD?

YOU CANNOT LIVE IN KIRKWOOD.

I WOULD ADD THAT TO MY GIG ECONOMY.

[ LAUGHTER ] OKAY, ON THE NORTH SIDE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REBUILD MANY HOMES, MANY BUSINESSES.

SO MANY THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED OR SEVERELY DAMAGED, AND I HAVE BEEN READING TODAY THAT THEY WANT TO MAYBE START CONSTRUCTING NEW HOMES, NEW BUSINESSES IN A WAY THAT WON'T BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SO MUCH DAMAGE FROM TORNADOES.

WHILE THIS ALL SOUNDS GOOD, TO ME, THIS IS FOLLY, SOMETHING WE SHOULD NOT BE DISCUSSING.

AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS.

HOW ABOUT WE TAKE CARE OF THAT PROBLEM BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT TORNADO-PROOF BUILDINGS.

I GUESS YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS ONE, TOO, AS WELL, SARAH.

THIS WAS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, NICHOLAS PHILLIPS WROTE THIS STORY AND DID A GREAT JOB.

I WILL SAY THERE'S NOBODY AT CITY HALL SAYING OKAY, LET'S CHANGE THE BUILDING STANDARDS.

WE AT "ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE" ARE SAYING HEY, LET'S PAY ATTENTION TO THIS.

IS THERE A WAY TO DO THIS BETTER BEFORE THE SHIP HAS SAILED?

I GUESS IF THERE'S A CRITICISM OF SOMEBODY JUMPING THE GUN IS THAT SHOULD BE DIRECT THE AT'S.

AFTER THE TORNADO A NATIONAL GROUP THAT DOES BUILDING STANDARDS GOT TOGETHER, HOW CAN WE PREVENT THIS TERRIBLE CARNAGE?

THERE ARE COST-EFFECTIVE INEXPENSIVE THINGS YOU CAN DO ON NEW CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL STOP THE ROOFS BLOWING OFF THAT LED TO SO MANY PROBLEMS IN JOPLIN AND IN HERE.

I PERSONALLY WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE CITY TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND MANDATE THIS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, NOT TO RETROFIT OLD STUFF BUT AT LEAST FOR THE BIG BUILDINGS, THE MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS.

BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE NEXT TORNADO AND GOING TO SAY OH MY GOD, HOW DID WE HAVE THIS LOSS OF LIFE?

THIS IS THE TIME TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS.

I DON'T THINK IT'S FOLLY.

I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE SHORT-TERM NEEDS, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER WITH FEMA GIVING MONEY FOR REPAIRS, BUT PART OF THE DISASTER RECOVERY PROCESS IS PREPARING FOR THE NEXT DISASTER, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER TORNADO THAT GOES THROUGH THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS.

IT'S NOT A ONCE EVERY 60-YEAR THING.

THE MORE WE CAN DO TO PROTECT CONSTRUCTION, IT'S PRICEY, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY FROM THE CITY OR THE STATE BETTER IN THE FUTURE.

THIS IS JUST GOING TO SOUND OUT THERE, BUT WHAT'S THE POINT?

WE ALL I THINK HAVE BEEN SO TOUCHED BY THE TORNADO AND SEEING THE DAMAGE AND THESE POOR RESIDENTS.

WHAT'S THE POINT OF HAVING 80-PLUS MUNICIPALITIES IF ALONG THE LINES OF THE WPA WE START -- WHY CAN'T WE START THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX AND HAVE EACH MUNICIPALITY ADOPT A BLOCK OR TWO?

WHATEVER.

THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME CREATIVE WAY TO HAVE, TO LET PEOPLE WHO HAVE REALLY THE BEST OF INTENTIONS AND REALLY WANT TO HELP BUT DON'T KNOW HOW TO HELP.

YOU GOT 88 MUNICIPALITIES.

LET'S HARNESS THAT ENERGY.

SOMEBODY POINTED OUT IF ST. LOUIS CITY WAS IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY, THEY COULD HAVE EXTENDED THE MARCH AND APRIL DISASTER DECLARATION INTO THE CITY.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S A BIG MISSED OPPORTUNITY.

YEP.

FROM THE 19 OR THE 1870s.

AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI GOT HIT, THEY WERE SITTING AROUND WAITING ON MONEY, TOO.

ALRIGHT LET'S GO TO THE LETTER.

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HEY, WE GOT "LAST CALL" COMING UP ON YOUTUBE, THE KENDRICK LAMAR CONCERT AND BATTLEHAWKS AND THE SPORTS BRA.

THANK YOU, JASON ROSENBAUM FOR SITTING IN WITH US TODAY, ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

KEEP SMILING, MY MAN!

KEEP SMILING!

JOIN US FOR "LAST CALL" I ALMOST CALLED IT "YOUR TURN" COMING UP.

HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

"DONNYBROOK" IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE SUPPORT OF THE BETSY AND THOMAS PATTERSON FOUNDATION AND THE MEMBERS OF 9 PBS.

YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST READING OVER SOME OF THE SURVEY ANSWERS TO THE LATEST "DONNY BASH" AND THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO HEAR WHAT HE WITH ARE.

FIRST A LIVE SHOW WAS THEIR FAVORITE PART ABOUT THE EVENT AND A CLOSE SECOND IS HOW OPEN AND WELCOMING THE DONNYBROOKERS WERE DURING AT PRE AND POST SHOW COCKTAIL HOUR.

"EACH HOST MADE TIME TO SPEAK TO US BEFORE THE EVENT WHICH WAS VERY NICE OF THEM."

HERE IS SOMETHING GREAT, "NICE BEING AROUND KINDRED SPIRITS IN THE AUDIENCE."

THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE "DONNY BASH" REALLY BRINGS THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND YOU'LL BE SURROUNDED BY OTHER 9 PBS MEMBERS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT GREAT WAYS OF SAWING THANK YOU WHEN YOU BECOME A MEMBER OF 9 PBS.

AT THE $7 MONTHLY ONGOING CONTRIBUTION AS A SUSTAINING MEMBER YOU'LL RECEIVE THAT 9 PBS INSULATED TUMBLER WITH ITS OWN STRAW, IT'S PERFECT FOR SUMMER.

HOW ABOUT A TICKET TO "DONNY BASH" WHICH IS ON THURSDAY, APRIL 16th AT SHELDON CONCERT ALL, APRIL 16th NEXT YEAR, 5:30 P.M. THOSE TICKETS ARE $125 APIECE.

BUT WE'VE GOT A GREAT DEAL FOR YOU.

WHEN YOU BECOME A SUSTAINING MEMBER AT $20 A MONTH, WE WILL SEND YOU NOT ONLY THAT BEAUTIFUL INSULATED TUMBLER, BUT ALSO TWO TICKETS TO "DONNY BASH."

DON'T FORGET, YOU CAN CALL OR TEXT US.

YOU CAN JOIN US ONLINE AT NINEPBS.ORG OR CALL OR TEXT THE WORD "GIVE" 1-800-568-9099.

WE HAVE THE FOLKS FROM "DONNYBROOK" IN THE NEXT STUDIO AND WE WANT TO GO OVER AND TALK TO THEM RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE BACK WITH THE OPEN AND LOVING MEMBERS OF THE "DONNYBROOK" PANEL.

THANK YOU, VIEWERS, FOR THAT LOVELY BON MOT.

I CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ON EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION.

WE'RE BACK AT THE BIG TABLE TALKING ABOUT "DONNY BASH" 2026, APRIL 16th AT THE SHELDON.

IT'S GOING TO DRAW BETTER THAN THE COLORADO ROCKIES.

AM I RIGHT?

THEY'RE STILL DRAWING.

THEY'RE LIKE ST. LOUIS, MAN.

WE LOVE BASEBALL.

AND THEY LOVE US!

I HAVE FROM THE LAST DONNY BREAK, CAN I MAKE ONE, I JUST HAD TO HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT?

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE.

I JUST WANT EVERYBODY IN THE VIEWING AUDIENCE TO KNOW THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE JUST YOUR ROADIES, BECAUSE -- I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY.

YOU ARE MICK JAGGER, BROTHER.

YOU GO OUT THERE ON THAT STAGE.

IT'S LIKE A BROADWAY CAREER SOMEWHERE WAS THWARTED BY THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS.

HE HAS THAT THEATER BACKGROUND.

AS I SAY, YOU ALL WE'RE ON STAGE, WE ARE LITERALLY ON A STAGE AND YOU HAVE TO PERFORM WHEN YOU'RE ON STAGE.

YES.

SO I GUESS THAT DOES, BUT IT'S EASY, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU'RE, LIKE SITUATION LIKE THAT, YOU CAN'T SEE THE PEOPLE.

RIGHT.

IN SHELDON THE WAY THE LIGHTS ARE AND EVERYTHING, YOU CAN SEE EVERYBODY.

YES.

IF YOU CAN SEE EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE, LIKE OH, THAT DIDN'T GO OVER THE WAY I THOUGHT IT WOULD.

THEY'RE REACTING, YES.

AND YOU HAD YOUR PEANUT GALLERY.

YOU WERE LIKE TURNING TO THE AUDIENCE AND THEY WERE REACTING.

COME ON!

REALLY?

YES.

LIKE BEING AT THE COLOSSEUM WITHOUT THE BLOOD.

I'D HAVE TO BRING MY GRANDKID, I DO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S AN EVENING THAT RESTORES YOUR FAITH IN HUMANITY.

IT DOES.

WE ARE ALL KIND OF REELING IN A LOT OF WAYS.

WE PLAY IT OFF, IT'S LIKE MAN THE WORLD IS CHANGING.. TWO TO THREE HOURS.

THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD IN PEOPLE.

DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEY BELIEVE OR MIGHT BE DIFFERENT POLITICALLY.

WHERE THEY LIVE, RIGHT.

THEY'RE STILL REALLY, REALLY GENUINE DISCOURSE AND LIKE WITHIN THAT FACILITY FOR THAT TIME.

THAT'S WHAT BRINGS OUT I THINK THE BEST IN ME IS BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE.

AGREED.

AND LOOK, I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT.

YOU ALL LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

I MEAN, EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT PEOPLE TUNE IN.

THEY SEE PEOPLE WITH FIVE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS, VERBALLY DUKING IT OUT IN A RESPECTFUL, POLITE MANNER, AND THEN IT JUST ALLOWS PEOPLE TO BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, THERE IS ANOTHER WAY.

THERE IS ANOTHER WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE AN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS WITHOUT TURNING TO AD HOMINEM ATTACKS AND THE HORRIBLE THINGS YOU SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

"DONNY BASH" IS PEOPLE OF MULTIPLE VIEWPOINTS COMING TOGETHER BUT THERE'S SOLID, UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT ON ONE THING, THAT IS "DONNY BASH" AND "DONNYBROOK" ARE INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE WORTH PRESERVING AS A VITAL PIECE OF ST. LOUIS'S COMMUNITY.

SO IS CHANNEL 9.

WITHOUT CHANNEL 9, THERE'S NO "DONNYBROOK."

SO HEY, SUPPORT CHANNEL 9.

THAT'S RIGHT, AND TO TELL YOU HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT CHANNEL 9, WE ARE GOING TO SEND IT BACK TO THE STUDIO AND MARYANN.

AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE WHAT WENDY SAID EARLIER, IS THAT AT THE LAST "DONNY BASH" IT WAS LIKE WOW!

LOOK, THERE'S A LOT OF YOUNGER PEOPLE HERE NOW, AND THIS IS THAT WONDERFUL COMMUNITY FEELING THAT YOU HAVE FROM THE PROGRAMS HERE AT 9 PBS.

WE KNOW THIS IS A VERY ROUGH TIME FOR 9 PBS AND WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE SHOWN UP FOR US AND YOU CONTINUE TO SPEAK UP.

YOU LET US KNOW THROUGH YOUR CALLS, THROUGH YOUR TEXTS, THROUGH YOUR EMAILS THAT 9 PBS MATTERS, THAT WE ARE A TRUSTED SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND LEARNING, BRINGING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER, SERVING EVERYONE.

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