HAWLEY HOT STEPS INTO THE NATIONAL HEADLINES AND LAST MINUTE CAMPAIGNING NOW UNDERWAY WE BRING YOU THE RACES AND TRENDS TO WATCH ON ELECTION NIGHT WE ARE ANTICIPATING KIND OF AN UNPRECEDENTED RECORD-BREAKING VOTER PARTICIPATION RATE FOR OUR AUGUST PRIMARY THOSE STORIES AND THE REST OF THE WEEK'S MOST IMPACTFUL CONFUSING AND BEFUDDLING LOCAL NEWS STORIES STRAIGHT AHEAD WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF AARP KANSAS CITY RSM DAVE AND JAMIE CUMMINGS BOB AND MARLESE GOURLEY THE COURTNEY S TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST JOHN H MIZE AND BANK OF AMERICA N A CO-TRUSTEES AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU THANK YOU HI I'M NICK HAINES IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US AS WE DISSECT THE WEEK'S BIGGEST LOCAL NEWS STORIES AND ALL IN LESS TIME THAN IT TAKES FOR A PIZZA TO BE DELIVERED TO YOUR FRONT DOOR IT'S A BUSY WEEK AND ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES TO PICK APART WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AND WHY IT MATTERS A PETE MUNDO FROM KCMO TALK RADIO CHANNEL 9 CHIEF POLITICAL ANALYST MICHEAL MAHONEY THE HEAD OF THE CALL NEWSPAPER ERIC WESSON AND FROM THE PAGES OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR DAVE HELLING JOSH HAWLEY ISN'T EVEN ON THE BALLOT THIS YEAR YET HE'S GETTING MORE NATIONAL NEWS COVERAGE THAN ANY OTHER LOCAL POLITICIAN OR CANDIDATE THE REPUBLICAN MISSOURI SENATOR IS STILL GETTING PRODDED AND POKED OVER A VIDEO SHOWING HIM RACING OUT OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING AFTER IT WAS STORMED ON JANUARY 6TH THE SHORT CLIP WAS SHOWN IN A PRIME TIME TELEVISION CONGRESSIONAL HEARING PROBING WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY WE'VE SEEN EVERYONE FROM STEPHEN COLBERT TO T-SHIRT MAKER REAGAN WEIGH IN LOOK AT HIM GO JIM CAN WE PLAY THAT BACK WITH THE AUDIO TURNED UP THAT IS THE GATE OF A MAN WHO'S EITHER JUST GASSED UP AN INSURRECTION THAT'S NOW BEARING DOWN ON TOP OF HIM OR JUST DRANK A LARGE ICED COFFEE 45 MINUTES AGO EITHER WAY THOSE LEGS SCREAM I'VE MADE A HUGE MISTAKE I DON'T REGRET ANYTHING I DID ON THAT DAY AND UH YOU KNOW IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE ATTACKED BY THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP WITH MY FUNDRAISING IT'S BEEN TREMENDOUS WE KNEW THAT IT DID BRING IN MORE MONEY WITH THE FIST BUMP HE WAS MAKING A LOT OF REVENUE WE SAW THAT IN THE CAMPAIGN FUNDS COMING IN MICHAEL BUT WHAT ABOUT THE RUNNING AWAY AT THE CAPITOL DID IS THAT GOING TO HURT HIM NOT IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI HE IS THE MOST POPULAR REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN IN THE STATE MAYBE THE MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN IN THIS IF HE WERE ON THE BALLOT NEXT TUESDAY HE'D WIN BY DOUBLE DIGITS IF HE WERE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER HE'D WIN BY DOUBLE DIGITS NOW WHERE THERE IS POTENTIAL DAMAGE IS IT PROBABLY PUTS A BIG CRIMP IN ANY SORT OF DISCUSSION THAT JOSH HAWLEY AND HIS SUPPORTERS HAD ABOUT A PRESIDENTIAL RUN IN 24.

WHY WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF HE WAS SO POPULAR IN MISSOURI BECAUSE UH MR HAYNES THE FACT IS THAT IS A READY-MADE ATTACK SPOT FROM ANYBODY RUNNING IN A PRIMARY CAMPAIGN AGAINST A POTENTIAL YOU'RE SHAKING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T USE IT IN A REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ATTACK AD BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GIVEN CREDIBILITY TO THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE WHICH EVERYONE HAS SAID IS DISCREDITED IN A KANGAROO COURT THE REASON JOSH HAWLEY IS NOT GOING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT IS BECAUSE HE'S POLLING AT ABOUT TWO PERCENT IN MOST POLLS IN 2024 SO HE'S GOING TO WAIT AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHY HE DOESN'T STAND UP TO THE PROTESTERS JOSH HAWLEY WON'T STAND UP TO CHINA BOOM THERE'S A SPOT IF IT WAS SO DAMAGING TO JOSH HAWLEY WHY WOULD HE BE OUT THIS WEEK IN KANSAS CITY AND ALSO ON PETE'S PROGRAM WITH VICKY HARTZLER SHE OBVIOUSLY FEELS THAT HE'S STILL AN ASSET THAN A LIABILITY RIGHT AND MIKE SAYS HE'S THE MOST POPULAR REPUBLICAN IN MISSOURI WE'LL FIND OUT TUESDAY HE ENDORSED VICKI HARTZLER IF SHE DOESN'T WIN PERHAPS A LITTLE BIT OF TARNISH IS ON THAT BRASS IN TERMS OF ENDORSEMENTS BUT HE IS RIGHT THAT THIS IS ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE NOT NECESSARILY JUST IN 24 BUT IN 28 AND BEYOND PETE'S RIGHT THAT IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN A PRIMARY COMMERCIAL BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER ELECTABILITY WILL BE AN ISSUE FOR LOTS OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS AND THOSE IMAGES AND LET'S STRESS THIS NICK THOSE IMAGES THOSE PICTURES ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE TEN THOUSAND WORDS THAT I'VE WRITTEN ABOUT JOSH HAWLEY OR THAT WE'VE ALL WRITTEN ABOUT THEM THOSE PICTURES WILL LAST FOR YEARS AND I DO THINK HAVE CAUSED SOME DAMAGE TO HIS PRESIDENTIAL ASSETS AND TEN THOUSAND WORDS FROM DAVE HELLING IS STILL NOT SUFFICIENT UNTIL WE'VE HEARD ERIC WEST WEIGH IN AND AND AND EVEN THOUGH MIKE SAYS THAT AND EVEN THOUGH HE'S GOT UH THE ATTENTION OF A LOT OF PEOPLE I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY AND I AND I GUESS MY THING IS ASKING THOSE PEOPLE WHY THEY THINK THAT HE'S THIS GREAT GUY BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT THE BILLS THAT HE'S INTRODUCED AND THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE HE HASN'T DONE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY FOR MISSOURI AND REMIND YOU NOW THIS IS THE SAME GUY THAT JUST SAID HE DOESN'T KNOW IF A WOMAN IS A WOMAN IF SHE CAN'T REPRODUCE THAT MEANS IF SHE'S HAD A HYSTERECTOMY OR SHE'S HAD SOMETHING DONE BECAUSE OF CANCER TO HER REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM HE DOESN'T KNOW IF SHE'S A WOMAN AND HE SAID THAT NOT ONCE BUT TWICE IT'S AMAZING THAT JUST BEFORE THIS ELECTION IN KANSAS CITY ON TUESDAY PETE THAT JOSH HAWLEY IS THE CHARACTER THAT WE'RE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAN ANYBODY ELSE RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE ON THE MISSOURI SIDE THIS U.S SENATE RACE GOING ON WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WEEK WAS GOING TO BE THE WEEK THAT DONALD TRUMP THE FORMER PRESIDENT WAS GOING TO ENDORSE IN THAT U.S SENATE RACE WHAT HAPPENED I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS VERY IS IN A VERY DIFFICULT SPOT I THINK HE WANTS TO ENDORSE ERIC GREITENS WE KNOW THAT HIS FUTURE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW HIS SON DONALD TRUMP JR KIMBERLY GUILFOYLE ARE IN THE GREITENS CAMP BUT I THINK HE SEES THAT THERE IS UH THAT IS THE CANDIDATE THAT DEMOCRATS MAY WANT TO GO UP AGAINST AND HE DOES NOT WANT A LOSS ON HIS RECORD I THINK FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP THAT'S A LOT OF IT HE DOES NOT WANT THAT LOSS ON HIS RECORD HE PUTS A LOT OF VALUE IN THESE ENDORSEMENTS HE LIKES TO WIN THEM HE LIKES TO SAY HIS RECORD IS WHAT IT IS ON ENDORSEMENTS AND I THINK HE'S RIGHT NOW WONDERING IF IT'S BETTER TO STAY OUT OF THIS MISSOURI U.S SENATE PRIMARY THE FACT THAT GREITENS HAS NOW FALLEN TO THIRD PLACE IN THREE DIFFERENT POLLS THAT CAME OUT THIS WEEK MAY ALSO BE PART OF THE RELUCTANCE OF DONALD TRUMP TO GET BEHIND ERIC GREAT REPUBLICANS ARE GETTING ALL THE ATTENTION BUT THERE IS A DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TOO WHO WOULD THE LIKELY REPUBLICAN NOMINEE MOST FEAR IN THAT DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY OF FACING IN THIS GAME I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT THE VICTORY IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY WILL GREATLY FEAR ANY OF THE DEMOCRATS JUST BECAUSE OF TRENDS IN MISSOURI LUCAS KUNCE HAS RUN A GOOD CAMPAIGN UH HE'S BEEN VISIBLE HE'S HAD ADS I MEAN HE'S NOT HE'S NOT A JOKE CANDIDATE TRUDY BUSCH VALENTINE HAS NOT ELECTRIFIED THE DEMOCRATIC BASE IN IT BY ANY MEANS SHE'S GOT MONEY SHE'S GOT MORE MONEY TO SPEND IF ERIC SCHMIDT IS THE NOMINEE THEN I THINK IT'S BASICALLY OVER AS FAR AS DEMOCRATS WOULD BE CONCERNED IF IT IS ERIC GREITENS THEN I DO THINK THERE WILL BE AN EFFORT TO COMPETE AGAINST HIM ONE OTHER QUICK THING ABOUT TRUMP IF I COULD THROW THIS IN NICK TRUMP'S ANTI-ENDORSEMENT OF VICKI HARTZLER HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN THIS RACE I THINK SHE WAS ASCENDING AND MAYBE A FAVORITE TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO IN HIS DECISION TO SAY IN ESSENCE I'M NOT ENDORSING HER WHILE NOT THE SAME AS AN ACTUAL ENDORSEMENT DID UH COULD HURT YOU KNOW I MENTIONED JOSH HAWLEY WAS GETTING MORE NATIONAL HEADLINES THAN ANYONE ELSE AROUND HERE THIS WEEK WITH PERHAPS THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION OF THIS MAN BUCK O'NEIL OFFICIALLY ENSHRINED THIS WEEK AT THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME IN COOPERSTOWN NEW YORK CBS SUNDAY MORNING FLYING INTO TOWN TO TELL THE LEGENDARY KANSAS CITY BALL PLAYERS STORY HOW MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL REBUFFED HIM WHEN HE WAS ALIVE AND WHAT HE MIGHT HAVE SAID AND DONE IF HE WAS ALIVE TODAY TO DELIVER HIS HALL OF FAME SPEECH THE GREATEST THING AND ALL MY LIFE IS LOVING YOU THANK YOU FOLKS THANK YOU FOLKS THANK YOU FOLKS THANK YOU FOLKS ERIC IS THAT WHAT BUCK WOULD HAVE DONE IF HE COULD HAVE BEEN AROUND THIS WEEK YEAH HE WOULD HE WOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT UH HE WAS A GREAT GUY HE WAS YOU KNOW I NEVER KNOWN HIM TO HAVE A GRUDGE OR SAY ANYTHING REALLY NEGATIVE ABOUT ANYBODY SO I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD HAVE SAID AND DONE HE WOULD HAVE TOLD SATCHEL PAGE STORIES HE WOULD HAVE TOLD YARNS FROM THE FROM THE NEGRO LEAGUES AND HE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE REPRISED THAT THAT WAS FROM A HALL OF FAME APPEARANCE I BELIEVE IN 2006 WHEN A NUMBER OF NEGRO LEAGUERS WERE GOING IN AND HE HE SPOKE ON THEIR BEHALF IT WAS WAY OVERDUE IT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED DURING HIS LIFETIME AS I SAID SAID IN THE PAST BUT AT LEAST HE'S THERE WHAT A SHOT IN THE ARMY DOES FOR NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL AND OUR MUSEUM I BELIEVE TOO I THINK IT GIVES THEM A TREMENDOUS SECOND WIN AS THEY COME IN TO TRY TO YOU KNOW BUILD ANOTHER FACILITY AND UH FINISH THE BUCK O'NEIL EDUCATION MUSEUM WELL FINAL CAMPAIGNING IS NOW UNDERWAY ON BOTH SIDES OF STATE LINE AHEAD OF TUESDAY'S PRIMARY ELECTIONS THAT MEANS MORE FRIGHTENING IMAGES AND MORE CELEBRITIES IN ADS TRYING TO PERSUADE YOU TO CAST A VOTE IN THEIR FACES ERIC PUTS RIFLES IN HIS ADS AND ERIC SCHMIDT PLAYS WITH A BLOWTORCH SO I BROUGHT MY CHAINSAW JUST KIDDING A SENATOR DOESN'T NEED PROPS THEY NEED GUTS HEY IT'S HARRISON BUTKER KICKER FOR THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE ON THE VALUE THAN BOTH AMENDMENT BUT HERE'S THE REAL GAME PLAN THIS AMENDMENT WILL LET KANSANS DECIDE WHAT WE DO ON ABORTION JOIN THE TEAM AND VOTE YES DID YOU SEE THAT COMING PETE UM HE DID DO WE SEE LOTS OF CHIEFS FANS CANCELING THEIR SEASON TICKETS THIS WEEK AS A RESULT OF THAT NO AND I DON'T BELIEVE YOU WILL I UM I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THAT HARRISON BUTKER HAS OBVIOUSLY BEEN SOMEONE WHO HAS WORN HIS FAITH ON HIS SLEEVE THIS IS NOT A SHOCK TO PEOPLE I THINK WHO KIND OF HAVE FOLLOWED HIS CAREER SO IT IS SURPRISING THOUGH ANYTIME YOU GET YOU KNOW SOMEONE OF THAT NOTE UH INVOLVED IN SOMETHING THAT IS THIS SPLIT AND THIS PASSIONATE ON BOTH SIDES THAT'S STILL A BIG DEAL BUT UH YOU KNOW IT'S NOT PATRICK MOHAMMED'S STILL THE PUNTER SO IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE OKAY WELL WE HAVE OTHER ATHLETES LIKE LEBRON JAMES OR THE WOMEN'S UH SOCCER TEAM NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM WHEN THEY WEIGH IN ON POLITICS PEOPLE ARE TOLD YOU KNOW SHUT UP STAY WITH WHAT YOU'RE PAID TO DO SHOULD HARRISON BATKER HAVE DONE THE SAME THING NO I YOU KNOW AS AN INDIVIDUAL HE'S ENTITLED TO UH HIS OPINIONS IF HE WANTS TO EXPRESS THEM HE'S ENTITLED TO DO THAT I'VE NEVER BELIEVED IN THE SHUT UP AND DRIBBLE UH THEORY ABOUT ABOUT SPORTS WHETHER OR NOT IT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE I DON'T KNOW BUT 13 MILLION DOLLARS PLUS ON BOTH SIDES BEING SPENT ON ADVERTISING AND THIS CAMPAIGN ON BOTH SIDES DAVE HELLING IS THERE ANYONE LEFT TO PERSUADE IN KANSAS WELL UH NOT BASED ON EARLY TURNOUT I MEAN I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CASTING BALLOTS FAR MORE THAN ANYBODY EXPECTED NICK THE DOBBS DECISION THE SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT IN ESSENCE NOT IN ESSENCE ACTUALLY DISCARDED ROE V WADE CHANGED THE DYNAMIC OF THIS RACE COMPLETELY I DO THINK THAT THOSE WHO PROPOSE THE VALUE THAN BOTH AMENDMENT MISCALCULATED IN TO SOME DEGREE THAT SOMEHOW THEY COULD SLIP THIS IN PUT IN SOME CONFUSING LANGUAGE THERE WOULD BE A COMPETITIVE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY AND ONLY REPUBLICANS WOULD VOTE THAT HAS NOT TURNED OUT TO BE THE CASE JUST BETWEEN US HERE WITH NOBODY ELSE LISTENING WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN IF THIS PASSES ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK PETE A LOT OF LAWSUITS I MEAN THE IDEA THAT THIS ENDS AFTER TUESDAY EITHER WAY IS JUST NOT THE CASE I THINK PETE'S RIGHT THAT THERE'S SOME LITIGATION HERE I THINK EITHER THE YES VOTE WINS OR THE NO VOTE WINS THANK YOU FOR THAT INCREDIBLE INSIGHT ERIC YOU KNOW WHILE THIS KANSAS ABORTION AMENDMENT AND THE MISSOURI U.S SENATE CAMPAIGN HAVE SUCKED UP MOST OF THE OXYGEN THIS ELECTION DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE YOU COULD BE VOTING ON AS MANY AS A DOZEN RACES ON TUESDAY WHAT THE WHAT IS THE RACE OR ELECTION TREND YOU WILL EACH BE TRACKING ON ELECTION DAY THAT HAS BEEN UNDER REPORTED DURING THIS CAMPAIGN SEASON PETE WELL I'M INTRIGUED UH HICKMAN MILLS IS VOTING ON A LEVY THAT WOULD INCREASE PROPERTY TAXES BY ABOUT 500 A YEAR ON A 200 000 PROPERTY IT'S IT'S THIS VERY SMALL NICHE ISSUE BUT IT'S ONE THAT WILL AFFECT PEOPLE'S POCKETBOOKS WHEN YOU'RE WRITING NINE PERCENT INFLATION AND IT SURPRISES PEOPLE WHEN THEY GO TO THE POLLING STATION AND SEE ISSUES LIKE THAT ON THE BALLOT MICHAEL THE MISSOURI FOURTH REPUBLICAN PRIMARY UH FOR CONGRESS UH THIS IS VICKI HARTZLER'S SEAT THAT SHE'S OBVIOUSLY GIVING UP FOR THE SENATE RUN IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT IS RICK BRATTON AND MARK ALFORD IN A VERY VERY CLOSE RACE RIGHT NOW DAVE I'M PAYING ATTENTION TO THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR SECRETARY OF STATE IN KANSAS BETWEEN THE INCUMBENT SCOTT SCHWAB AND MIKE BROWN THE FORMER JOHNSON COUNTY COMMISSIONER NICK WHO HAS MADE SOME PRETTY AGGRESSIVE AND SOME WOULD SAY OUTRAGEOUS CLAIMS ABOUT ELECTION SECURITY IN THE STATE ALL OF WHICH SCHWAB IS OF COURSE REJECTED I THINK SCHWAB WILL WIN BUT IF IT'S CLOSE IN ANY WAY THE WHOLE DYNAMIC AROUND CALVIN HAYDEN AND THE BIG LIE AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT'S FLOATING AROUND THE SUBSERVICE OF REPUBLICAN POLITICS IN KANSAS MAY FLOAT CLOSER TO THE SURFACE ERIC WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING OUT FOR ON ELECTION NIGHT I'M WATCHING THE MISSOURI SENATE RACE AND I THINK PEOPLE THAT READ OUR PAPER ARE WATCHING THAT TOO FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS ONE IS WE GET THIS MESSAGING ABOUT CONSERVATIVE WHO'S MORE CONSERVATIVE I'M MORE CONSERVATIVE I'M MORE CONSERVATIVE AND PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTANDING THE FACT THAT IF YOU'RE ELECTED YOU'RE ELECTED TO REPRESENT THE ENTIRE STATE OF MISSOURI NOT JUST CONSERVATIVES AND I THINK IN THOSE MESSAGES WHAT WE'RE HAVING WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS YOU DON'T HAVE HISPANICS IN THE ADS OR THE COMMERCIALS YOU DON'T HAVE BLACK PEOPLE IN THERE SO ARE YOU RUNNING ARE YOU RUNNING FOR ONLY RURAL MISSOURI AND OUTSTATE MISSOURI ARE YOU RUNNING FOR THE ENTIRE STATE YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT OF EQUIPMENT IN THAT AD FROM YOU KNOW FLAME THROWERS TO CHAINSAWS TO TRACTORS A MARK OFFERS GOT A COWBOY HAT ON YEAH YEAH THERE'S A STATE TREASURER CANDIDATE TALKING TO A COW THE WHOLE NINE YARDS ONE THING I WANT TO BRING UP BRIEFLY IS NONE OF US MENTIONED THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RACE WHICH HAS KRIS KOBACH KELLY WARREN FROM JOHNSON COUNTY TONY MATIVI THAT WILL BE AN INTERESTING PRIMARY AS WELL GO TO THE KANSAS CITY PBS WEBSITE NOW ON THE BALLOT PAGE YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE DEBATE WE DEVOTED AN HOUR TO THOSE CANDIDATES ONE OF THE FEW AREAS WHERE WE COULD GET ALL OF THE CANDIDATES ON STAGE THIS SEASON LARGE CROWDS THIS WEEK AT THE FUNERAL SERVICE OF DANIEL VASQUEZ HE'S THE NORTH KANSAS CITY POLICE OFFICER GUNNED DOWN AFTER PULLING OVER A DRIVER FOR AN EXPIRED TAG VASQUEZ WAS 32 YEARS OLD AND HAD JUST GRADUATED FROM THE POLICE ACADEMY LAST YEAR AS THE COMMUNITY MOURNS ME QUINTON LUCAS WEIGHED IN BY CALLING ON THE OFFICER'S ATTACKER TO BE EXECUTED IF HE IS CONVICTED IT SEEMED LIKE AN UNCHARACTERISTICALLY QUICK AND HARSH JUDGMENT FROM THE MAYOR IS THAT WHAT SOME ARE CALLING OVERLY COMPENSATING HAVING BEEN ACCUSED OF DEFUNDING POLICE IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS DOES LUCAS FEEL HE HAS TO OVER CORRECT AND BE SEEN TO BE SUPPORTING LAW ENFORCEMENT EVEN THOSE OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN CITY PETE UH POSSIBLY HE SAID IT ON MY SHOW SO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF KNOWING THE AUDIENCE BUT MISSOURI DOES HAVE THE LAW AND YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USE EXECUTION FOR SOMEBODY WHO IN BROAD DAYLIGHT GETTING PULLED OVER WITH EXPIRED TEMP TAGS WITH NO FEAR AT ALL NO REASON TO BE FEARFUL OF ANYTHING SHOOTS A COP GETS OUT OF THE CAR SHOOTS THEM TWICE MORE AND DRIVES AWAY THEN YOU KNOW WHAT WHO DO YOU EXECUTE YOU KNOW SOME OF OUR VIEWERS HAVE BEEN ASKING YOU KNOW GIVEN THE FACT THAT OFFICER VASQUEZ LOST HIS LIFE PULLING SOMEBODY OVER FOR AN EXPIRED TAG SHOULD THE POLICE WILL THERE BE ANY CHANGES IN POLICY AMONG OUR AREA POLICE DEPARTMENTS ABOUT RISKING LIVES DURING WHAT A VERY UH MINOR WHAT SOME VIEW AS TRAFFIC INFRACTIONS MICHAEL I DON'T THINK SO UH BUT UM YOU KNOW IT SORT OF DEPENDS A BIG CITY DEPARTMENT LIKE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI THEIR OFFICERS ARE LOADED DOWN WITH LOTS OF SERIOUS CALLS THEY HAVE TO MAKE AND SOMETHING LIKE AN EXPIRED TEMP TAG PROBABLY GOES AWAY IN A TOWN LIKE NORTH TOWN NORTH KANSAS CITY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE FORTUNATELY FEWER CRIMES AND CAN BE MORE VIGILANT TO DO TO THE SMALL AREAS AND I AM REMINDED BY WHAT OUR FRIEND MARY SANCHEZ SAID ON THIS PROGRAM JUST A WEEK AGO WITH RESPECT TO TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS OFFICER AND SHE SAID LOOK THIS GUY WAS EXECUTED BECAUSE HE WA S SHOT ONCE BY THE SUSPECT COMING FROM THE CAR THE GUY'S NOW ADMITTED TO IT TO IT AND THEN WHILE HE WAS ON THE GROUND THE OFFICER WAS SHOT AGAIN AND WHEN MARY SAID THAT TH AT HE WAS EXECUTED I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY VIVID AND ACCURATE WAY TO DESCRIBE IT NO ALL OF THIS HEIGHTENING PEOPLE'S CONCERNS OVER CRIME BY THE WAY ONE NATIONAL SURVEY THIS WEEK NOW ROCKS KANSAS CITY NUMBER FIVE IN THE COUNTRY IN HOMICIDES PER CAPITA KANSAS CITY COMING IN JUST BEHIND NEW ORLEANS AND DETROIT WHILE OUR ELECTED LEADERS ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A FIX SOME PLACES IN THE METRO ARE NOW TAKING MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS DID YOU SEE THIS STORY CLEAR BACKPACKS AND METAL DETECTORS NOW BEING REQUIRED FOR ALL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE CENTER SCHOOL DISTRICT THOSE CHANGES TAKING PLACE AS KIDS GET READY TO HEAD BACK TO THE CLASSROOM IN A FEW WEEKS ERIC WHILE THE VERDICT IS OUT ON WHETHER THEY WORK OR NOT THE DISTRICT SAYS THEY POLLED STUDENTS STAFF AND PARENTS AND OVER 70 PERCENT OF EACH GROUP SAID THEY WANTED THE METAL DETECTORS YEAH THEY WANT THE METAL DETECTORS UH FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS BUT I THINK IT'LL WORK IT'LL MAKE THE KIDS FEEL A LITTLE BIT SAFER HERE'S THE ISSUE THAT YOU HAVE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THAT KIDS COME INTO SCHOOL THEY GO THROUGH THE METAL DETECTORS BUT WHAT THEY DO IS GO OUTSIDE THE BUILDING BY THE EXITS AND THEY LEAVE THE WEAPON THEN THEY GO INTO THE SCHOOL AND GO OPEN THE DOOR GET THE WEAPON AND BRING IT INTO SCHOOL AND ALL THEY HAVE GOING OFF IS THE FIRE ALARM WELL THEY THEY FIRE ALARMS GO OUT SO MUCH IN VARIOUS SCHOOLS THAT NOBODY REALLY PAYS ATTENTION TO IT SO I THINK PARENTS ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE EXITS IN THE SCHOOL THAN THEY ARE THE UH MEDICAL DEGREE ISN'T THIS MAKING SURE THOUGH THAT WE'RE FEELING LIKE WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING RATHER THAN JUST SITTING ON OUR HANDS EVEN IF YOU CAN GET AROUND THE SYSTEM DAVE WELL RIGHT I MEAN CLEAR BACKPACKS METAL DETECTORS DRILLS SAFE ROOMS BUT HEY LET'S NOT GET RID OF GUNS YOU KNOW WHICH ARE ACTUALLY THE PROBLEM IN ALL OF THIS GUNS THAT ARE IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO USE THEM FOR BAD PURPOSES WE DIDN'T EVEN ASK FOR EXAMPLE IN THE OFFICER SHOOTING IN NORTH KANSAS CITY HOW THIS GUY HAD A GUN IN THE FRONT SEAT AND WHETHER HE OBTAINED IT THROUGH STEALING IT OR PUTTING IT TOGETHER SOME SAY IT MAY BE A SO-CALLED GHOST GUN WHICH YOU CAN ASSEMBLE WITHOUT REGISTRATION NUMBERS I MEAN THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT RATHER THAN PUT THESE POOR KIDS IN MY VIEW THROUGH THESE HOOPS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITH THE PRETEND UH GOAL OF PROTECTING THEM FROM EVENTS LIKE UVALDE AND SANDY HOOK AND WAS THAT A QUESTION BEING ASKED ON YOUR PROGRAM THIS WEEK PETE NO IT WAS NOT I MEAN YOU KNOW DAVE POINTED OUT AND I THINK HE MAYBE CORRECTED HIMSELF INDIRECTLY MAYBE NOT ON PURPOSE BUT GUNS IN THE HANDS OF THE WRONG PEOPLE THE GUN REMAINS THE INANIMATE OBJECT BUT A 14 YEAR OLD WALKING INTO A SCHOOL OR HIDING A GUN CAN'T HAVE IT ANYWAY SO WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT THAT ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE 14 YEAR OLD DOESN'T HAVE A GUN I MEAN THAT'S THE PROBLEM THE WEAPON IS THE PROBLEM NOT THE COLOR OF THE BACKPACK OR THE AMOUNT OF METAL DETECTORS THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO THOSE ARE JUST EFFORTS TO MAKE US FEEL BETTER BUT THE REALITY IS THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE MALEVOLENT PURPOSES CAN EASILY GET GUNS THERE ARE 400 MILLION OF THEM IN THIS COUNTRY AND THAT'S WHAT WE I THINK WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO DIP INTO OUR MAILBAG NEXT LAST WEEK WE SPENT A LARGE PART OF OUR SHOW DISSECTING THE NEW PANASONIC PLANT NOW COMING TO KANSAS AND AT LEAST ONE VIEWER WASN'T HAPPY RED STATE LIBERAL TOOK WEEK IN REVIEW TO TASK SAY OUR DISCUSSION WAS LIKE A SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SKETCH OUCH HERE'S A GREAT THING FOR THE REGION LET'S IMMEDIATELY FOCUS ON HOW IT'LL BE BAD FOR ALL CONCERNED BUT RATHER THAN BEING TOO NEGATIVE IS IT POSSIBLE WE WEREN'T BEING CRITICAL ENOUGH THIS WEEK MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE KANSAS DEAL HAVE BEEN RELEASED AND ONE STUNNING DETAIL IS THAT THE STATE'S AGREEMENT WITH PANASONIC DOESN'T REQUIRE THE COMPANY TO CREATE FOUR THOUSAND JOBS AT ALL OR AND IN FACT NEITHER DOES IT CREATE MINIMUM WAGE OR SALARY STANDARDS FOR THE FIRM IS THIS LATEST REVELATION TAKING THE SHINE OFF WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN TOUTING AS THE BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE DAVE YEAH I DO THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE AGREEMENT WHICH WAS KEPT SECRET FOR MONTHS AS WE KNOW NICK AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS TILTED IN THE DIRECTION OF PANASONIC AND THE BUILDERS OUT THERE ANOTHER THING THAT I WROTE ABOUT THIS WEEK WASN'T IN OUR ORIGINAL NEWS STORY I READ THE AGREEMENT THERE ARE NO REQUIREMENTS FOR MBE PARTICIPATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT NEW PLANT WBE YOU REMEMBER AT THE AIRPORT THIS IS MINORITY WOMEN HIRING A HUGE DEAL ON THE KANSAS CITY SIDE AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT AND SAY WAIT A MINUTE FOR AN 800 MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY GETTING BUT REPUBLICANS SIGNED OFF ON THIS AS WELL SHOULDN'T THEY HAVE KNOWN BETTER OH YEAH I MEAN THEY'RE JUST AS GUILTY HERE AND THEY WERE RAVING ABOUT IT THEY WERE THERE FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING THEY WERE THERE SLAPPING EACH OTHER ON THE BACK AND I KNOW THIS SENATOR MAY NOT BE POPULAR WITH SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES BUT MIKE THOMPSON WAS ONE OF THE FEW GUYS SAYING THIS IS A BAD DEAL IT'S SCREWING THE TAXPAYER AND IT'S LOOKING MORE AND MORE WITH EACH PASSING DAY LIKE HE WAS EXACTLY RIGHT SO THE WEATHERMAN FORECAST THAT THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM YOU KNOW WHAT YOU CALL HIM WHATEVER YOU WANT I CALL HIM A A CONCERNED TAXPAYER THAT'S LOOKING AT THIS DEAL AND SAYING WHAT KANSAS BASICALLY DID IS THE EQUIVALENT OF HAVING A GIRLFRIEND FOR SIX MONTHS BACK IN A PORSCHE INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND SAYING I LOVE YOU SPEAKING OF BIG DEALS WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET THE DETAILS ON AS THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS REPORTED TO TRAINING CAMP IN ST JOSEPH THIS WEEK TOP TEAM OFFICIALS WERE DETAILING THE BIG HEADACHES AND RECONSTRUCTION WORK NECESSARY BEFORE ARROWHEAD IS READY TO HOST THE WORLD CUP IN 2026 BUT REMARKABLY MORE THAN A MONTH AND A HALF AFTER THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT THERE'S BEEN RADIO SILENCE ABOUT WHAT ALL THIS IS GOING TO COST WHO PAYS AND WHAT OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE BIG EVENT KANSAS CITY WILL BE FINANCIALLY ON THE HOOK FOR THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME REQUIRED CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE TO MAKE THE PITCH FIT WITHIN WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE STADIUM WHICH WILL INVOLVE SOME CONSTRUCTION IT'S CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING THOUSANDS OF SEATS HAVING TO BE REMOVED FROM ARROWHEAD THE MAYOR SAYS STADIUM IMPROVEMENTS ALONE WOULD COST AROUND 50 MILLION DOLLARS WE ALREADY HEARD THAT THOUGH MICHAEL YET STILL SIX WEEKS LATER WE STILL HAVEN'T GOT THE DETAILS OF WHO PAYS ON HOW ALL THIS WORKS AND UH I THINK COLLECTIVELY AS REPORTERS WE OUGHT TO BE UH GOING AFTER THIS STORY A HELL OF A LOT HARDER THAN WE ARE UH UH EVERYBODY'S GOT THIS GLOW SORT OF LIKE THE PANASONIC'S STORY YEAH WE'VE GOT THE GOT THE WORLD CUP COMING SOME GAMES UH DON'T KNOW WHICH ONES BUT IT'S TIME FOR TAXPAYERS AND THE CITIZENS OF THIS REGION TO FIND OUT WHAT THE HARD DOLLARS ARE ON THIS PERIOD IF YOU SAY TOO MUCH THOUGH AND BE TOO CRITICAL AS WE KNOW FROM RED STATE LIBERAL PETE UM YOU GET ACCUSED OF REIGNING ON THE PARADE ALL RIGHT WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS WAS RED STATE LIBERAL ON TWITTER THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW WHO IS HIDING THEIR NAMES YOU'RE RIGHT IT WAS ME YOU GOT ME HERE'S THE THING UM IT'S FAIR TO BE CRITICAL WE SHOULD BE CRITICAL YOU KNOW WE'VE TOLD 50 MILLION DOLLARS WHAT GAMES ARE WE GETTING EVEN I MEAN NO ONE'S NO ONE'S ASKED THAT QUESTION GETTING THE QUARTER FINAL THE SEMIFINAL QUICKLY WE DO KNOW THAT CHIEFS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN COMING UP WITH THE 50 MILLION OUT OF THEIR OWN POCKET AND WE WERE TOLD I THINK ALL OF US WERE TOLD BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT MIKE YOU COULD WEIGH IN HERE TOO THAT THE CHIEFS WERE SORT OF TELLING THE ORGANIZERS NO WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR THIS YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO IT AND IN FACT THAT GOT DOWN TO JEFF CITY AND SO THERE WERE SOME POLITICS INVOLVED THAT QUESTION DOES NEED TO BE ANSWERED AND WHAT ABOUT PAYING FOR ALL THE TRANSPORTATION TO GET THESE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO THE STADIUM WHAT COULD BE OVER MULTIPLE GAMES DID THAT GET A WHOLE LOT MORE COMPLICATED THIS WEEK AS THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE CITY'S TRANSIT SERVICE IS OUSTED AFTER SIX YEARS ON THE JOB NEWS REPORTS SAY THE METRO'S BIGGEST BUS LEADER ROBBIE MAKINEN WAS PRESSURED TO RESIGN THIS WEEK AFTER MORE THAN A MONTH OF BEHIND THE SCENES TENSIONS INCLUDING A CLAIM HE WAS PUSHED OUT BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO DIVERT MILLIONS IN BUS MONEY TO HELP PAY FOR OTHER PROJECTS AT CITY HALL IT ALSO DOESN'T HELP THAT MACKINEN IS VISUALLY IMPAIRED WHICH MADE THE MOVE SEEM EXTRA CALLOUS IS THERE MORE TO THE STORY THAT OUR VIEWERS NEED TO KNOW DAVE THE DISPUTE WAS OVER COVETED MONEY ACTUALLY NICK THE COVERT RELIEF MONEY POURED INTO TRANSIT SYSTEMS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THE ATA IN KANSAS CITY AND IT HAD A TON OF CASH AND THE CITY WENT TO ROBBIE AND SAID HEY LOOK WE NEED WE REMEMBER THE WHOLE CONTROVERSY ABOUT LESS THAN 500 000 PEOPLE AND SO WE DON'T GET DIRECT MONEY CAN YOU GIVE US SOME OF THIS FOR TRANSPORTATION RELATED THINGS SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AS MUCH MONEY AS YOU'VE EVER HAD ANYWAY AND HE SAID NO WE NEED TO KEEP IT ALL THAT CAUSED THE FIST FIGHT AND UH THAT'S WHY HE WAS SUPPOSED TO ISN'T THIS ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE TIMING THOUGH WHEN WE'RE HEADING INTO A WORLD CUP WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE NEEDING TO HAVE A VERY STRATEGIC VISION FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING PEOPLE AROUND ERIC YEAH IT IS BAD TIMING BUT IN ADDITION TO WHAT DAVE SAID IT WAS ALLEGED THAT HE SENT A LETTER TO THE FED SAYING THAT THIS IS WHAT THE CITY WAS TRYING TO DO STRONG ON HIM STRONG-ARM HIM OUT OF THE MONEY AND SOME PEOPLE RAISED SOME EYEBROWS ABOUT THAT HE WAS ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN DEVELOPMENT USING THE ATA AS A DEVELOPMENT VEHICLE FOR NEW BUILDINGS AND DOWNTOWN BASEBALL HE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND THAT RUBBED PEOPLE THE WRONG WAY YOU KNOW THE BUS SYSTEM IS THE BUS SYSTEM MAKE THAT WORK AND LET THE EDC AND THE PORT AUTHORITY AND OTHER FOLKS WORK ON DEVELOPMENTS WAS UH SEEING THE BUS SERVICE AND BUS TRANSPORTATION IN A MUCH BROADER UH OF SCOPE THAN JUST SIMPLY SCHLEPPING PEOPLE FROM ONE SPOT TO THE OTHER AND HE GOT FREE BUSES IN KANSAS CITY WHICH WE SUPPORTED WHICH I STILL THINK IS A GREAT IDEA AND HE DESERVES CREDIT FOR THAT DID YOU REALIZE THAT WHO RUNS THE BUS SERVICE WOULD LEAD TO SUCH AN ANIMATED DEBATE ON THIS PROGRAM WITH ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE GOT GOING ON THAT ON THAT THOUGH WE WILL SAY OUR WEEK HAS BEEN REVIEWED THANKS TO CHANNEL 9'S MICHAEL MAHONEY AND DAVE HELLING OF YOUR KANSAS CITY STAR SIX TO TEN WEEKDAYS ON KCMO TALK RADIO PETE MUNDO AND ALWAYS ON CALL UH FROM THE KANSAS CITY CALL NEWSPAPER ERIC WESTON AND I'M NICK HAINES NEXT WEEK WE'LL PICK APART WHAT YOU TOLD US AT THE BALLOT BOX A FULL BREAKDOWN OF WHAT HAPPENED WHY AND WHAT NOW WE'LL SEE YOU THEN FROM ALL OF US HERE AT KANSAS CITY PBS BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON