hydrant gushing 20', 30 feet into the air and the nissan was carjacked in modesto three days ago. c.h.p. spotted the car this morning. there was a short chase. the weres, according to police, hit a bus and hit the fire hydrant and slammed into the side of the apartment building and ran away. neighbors say police have been asking a lot of questions. >> i was sitting on the bench and next thing i saw the hydrant slowing and i saw maybe, like, five police officers and three c.h.p. and i saw the c.h.p. i was lick, well, that is weird. next thing you know they were asking a question and did i see anyone runaway. the damage to the side of the suspect car, airbags remain

deployed and it is hard to believe anyone could walk away let alone runaway. that is what happened. they are looking for two male suspects. they were wearing black t-shirts and are very likely injured. there were no passengers on the bus that was hit by the suspect vehicle, the driver was shaken up but not hurt. the investigation continues. we are live if san francisco for abc7 news. >> more developing news, vallejo police are investigating a shooting that left four people wounded last night. detectives say 30 shots were fired from different caliber handguns and a rifle last night at 10:00. the four victims were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. police do not think it was random. it is lucky no bystanders were hit by gunfire. amy hollyfield will is a live report in the next half hour.

>> san francisco police chief is dropping his plan to arm some officers with tasers. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo joins us with the reason the chief is backing away. katie? >> the chief says that after tightening the policy for how the tasers could be use the, usage was too restrictive. the chief has heard a lot of public suggestions on how and when officers should be allowed to use tasers such as you cannot use a taser on an elderly person, a child, a very thin person or any person too close to traffic so when he added up the limitations he worried officers would give too much pause to if they should use the taser and it would put them and the public at more risk. the chief proposed the tasers in july after police shot and killed a man armed with a box cutter in the financial district. he was on the run after stabbing co-workers. in august he told the commission he wanted to prevent another deadly shooting like this.

>> you cannot do anything about the last person but my idea was to do something right now, tonight, about the next person. >> the police commission has rejected tasers twice over the past three years. out of the 20 launchest metro areas in the country, san francisco police is the only agency that does not use tasers and it is the only agency in the bay area that does not use tasers. the group, stores for justice, representing african-american. police officers was against the proposal all along saying the weapons would be used mostly on minorities and drug addicts. >> in the east bay a middle schoolteacher is on leave after a video surfaced showing the teach are striking one of her students. the cell phone video shows the oak grover middle school teacher with a long object which according to another teacher was a roll of foil wrapping paper. the teacher is accuses of

hitting one student with it and threatening other students. the video was recorded by a student before spring break. >> when did the video come to your attention? >> monday, april 8th. >> you saw it online? >> a student brought it to my attention. >> your reaction? >> we want to do everything we can to make sure the students are safe at oak grove and we are protected and that is our priority. we are investigating the situation. >> a parent tells abc7 news that the teacher has struck other students in the past and some of the kids are afraid her. >> in san bruno they are looking for a developer for lots left everyonety after the 2010 pipeline explosion. council wants proposals for 12 lots which remain left empty after homeowners decided against rebuilding their homes there. the city says it prefers the developer come in and build out the lots at the same time so new

homes can go in faster. there are 38 homes that were destroyed in the 2010 blast, 22 homes have been rebuilt or will be rebuild. >> in antioch, hundreds of high school students will be tested for tuberculosis after a student there was diagnosed with the illness. contra costa county health officials say a student at deer valley high was confirmed to have active tuberculosis in march but is no longer infected. any student who share add class or a club with that student will be tested as a precaution. 200 students are expected to be tested. >> in san jose, a group of parents, educator and communities members plan a roast -- protest against plans to build a drive through mcdonald's near a school in orchard farm shopping center on land that has been empty for 20 years. residents are concerned about the health implications and safety because it would be

across the street from hyde middle school. >> new this morning, abc7 news has learned former niners quaterback steve young and former head coach are joining the committee to bring super bowl 50 or 51 to the new santa clara stadium. san francisco mayor will make the official announcement at 10:45 this morning. san francisco and santa clara are hoping to jointly host the super bowl in 2016 or 2017 in the new stadium set to open next year. the bay area is competing with miami to host super bowl 50 with the loser battling houston for hosting super bowl 51. that is high power. >> they know a thing or two about super bowls. >> now the weather forecast. mike? you know a thing or two about the. >> a couple of things. we are coming up on ten minutes after 6:00 and you can see it is a beautiful start with a few high clouds and another gorgeous

sunrise. in the next 30 minutes the san francisco, ten degrees cooler than yesterday, that is the big story today. the cool breeze is coming off the ocean. you are at 64. and fremont, san jose, and santa rosa, 11 degrees cooler than year, and concord and oakland, 13 and 14 degrees cooler in the afternoon. this morning we are at 47 american canyon for the school spot and fairfield, richmond, belmont, union city, all around 51 degrees and tracy 50 and santa clara, at 50. as we head throughout the afternoon, we will be brisk along the coast, mid-to-upper 50's, and around the bay, low-to-mid 70's as you head inland. moving forward slightly warmer tomorrow and will into saturday and another dry cold front like we had this morning will come law and drop our temperatures and make it windy for the last day of the weekend. >> we will look at the drive right now, we are headed down to milpitas where we have this accident slowing traffic

northbound 680 you are down to 19 miles per hour. bart is delayed in and out of san francisco with an early mechanical problem and now you are looking at 10-to-15 minute wait and it is an improvement. a check of the berkeley drive headed along westbound 80 you can see plenty of headlights so very busy conditions making it to the berkeley curve. >> it is now 6:10. >> the world continues to watch north korea for a possible missile launch, the symbolic day of the week when it could happen. >> google has the timeline for the driverless car. >> man's best friend reunites with his own, with technology from halfway around the

>> covering fremont, palo alto, north bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good morning, 6:14. on the way to a gorgeous start with the sunrise shortly if san francisco hooking at the bay here and a gorgeous live picture, a little breezy out there, especially fear -- here along the bay and the coast. mike nicco will fill us in on

how warm it will get today after yesterday's very warm afternoon. >> not a cloud in the sky. the winds could be responsible for that. >> happening now, officials believe a north korean missile launch is imminent and committee have been making preparation with the radar up and running joining the flotilla off the coast. asia is on high alert and speakers say the launch could be timed to the birthday of north korea's founder next monday, the biggest holiday which it has used in the past to show off military power. >> actress angelina jolie is urging action on behalf of war-time sexual assault victims. the good will ambassador addressed world leaders at the g-8 summit in london at an event attempted by secretary of state john kerry. jolie is walking down in the dress is a special envoy for the u.n. human rights council and joined british foreign secretary in announcing $36 million in

funding from g-8 14 ministers to fight sexual violence in military context saying rape is not a humanitarian issue but a global issue. >> new this morning, netflix is telling investors to pay attention to social media, announcing a new regulatory filing they could use social networking sites like facebook and twittory disclose information to investors. netflix is the first company to use social media to pass along information. the securities and exchange commission found earlier this month such announcements on facebook and twitter are okay. >> this morning, we have an update on google's driverless car. representatives from google, toyota, and texas instruments met on capitol hill yesterday to review the development of the vehicle saying a fully outguiltied -- outfitted car is five years ago. they can sense surroundings, and

pedestrians and spot lights. it is difficult to sdi -- estimate what it would cost but right now the version that is out now would cost $150,000. >> recently discharged soldier has been reunited with his doc feared dead because of word of mouth and an overseas microchip. he went do work overseas in belgium and adopted the dog from japan and he got back to the states he was told that the dog was hit by a car. but it turns out the dog was more than 100 miles away in oregon. the shelter officials were able to link the microchip to his japan adoption and from there word of mouth got him back to his owner. >> like a child to me. like my son. i am very happy to see he is alive and well and he is not hurt and he...we are back

together. >> it is unknown how he ended up at that animal shelter. he was there to since march. >> after all that time that has passed the bond is still intact. >> you bet. >> good story. now, mike? >> and that is a no-kill shelter. the weather? >> very clear. absolutely. absolutely. those are wins we talked about yesterday that would bring our temperatures back do more realistic realms. 87 in san jose, near h.p. pavilion, clear sky over the santa clara valley and partly cloudy with high clouds and sunshine and cooler today at 10-

to 15-degrees cooler. mild to warm on friday and saturday and cool and windy conditions sunday into monday. a beautiful picket of downtown san francisco great the sutro tower as we show you the east bay hills. you have sunrise and it is almost here. it will find temperatures around 49 in palo alto and low-to-mid 50's for san francisco, oakland, and mill valley. while you were sleeping, a cold front raced through the neighborhood and just making a beeline for southern cal and it is moving so fast it did not gather moisture but it brought the wind switch so it will be cooler today as the winds funnel around the high pressure with the clock-wise flow from north to south coming from the north where the weather is cooler. today's temperatures are 70 in santa clara and cupertino and mid-to-upper 60's for most of the peninsula with redwood city and palo alto at 68 and breezy

and brisk along the coast with mid-to-upper 50's and a few stubborn low clouds will linger and mid-60's around downtown and south san francisco and low-to-mid 70's through the north bay valley and 10- to 15-degrees cooler at the beach and along the east bay shore 69 in oakland. from castro valley to san ramon you will be at 69. tonight the temperatures are mid-40's to low 50's with the cloud cover tonight at the coast. the seven-day outlook shows a couple of degrees warmer friday and saturday and fairly calm compared to today and the breezy conditions and the cooler weather for sunday and monday and the warming trend on tuesday and wednesday and sunshine but notice, no rain in the forecast. have a great day. leyla gulen? >> i will update you on the bart delays. we had delays in both directions in san francisco because of

hydraulic fuel that spilled on the tracks. everyone now has the delay only at 10 or 15 minutes. the metering lights are on, on the bay bridge, and it is very busy from oakland to san francisco. the good news is the sun is rising. as we led over to the drive in east bay we still have this accident blocking lanes and it is along westbound 580 to the northbound 680 transition down to 34 miles per hour as you approach that junction and as we jump to petaluma, a new crash out this in the southbound direction 101 at petaluma boulevard. we are starting to see a backup before 115. >> leyla gulen was talking about bart, imagine riding bart to work and a passenger pulls out a stun gun and uses it on another passenger. ahead at 6:30, police and other riders say the woman with the stun gun did the right thing.

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the full fat siblings. >> late night shoppers in east bay shave way got an unexpected surprise. >> ahead at 6:30, what happened when a shooting victim walked into the store. >> a violent gun attack in a vallejo neighborhood last night with 30 rounds fired. up next, we will tell you what police are saying about it this morning. >> check out this beautiful picket of mount diabolo from mount sutro, rather. we are in the 50's this morning, 50's to upper 60's from beach to inland at noon and upper 50's to mid-70's by 4:00. we have a couple more cold fronts in the forecast and we will see if they will bring rain. >> i am leyla gulen in the traffic center, the metering lights are on on the bay bridge and bart has a delay that now is going away because of early mechanical problems, and we will track that and some

>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> goodgood morning, own this thursday. it is 6:30. we are glad you are with us. >> mike nicco has looked at the weather forecast. >> good morning. we will start with the dry live

doppler 7 hd with good news, the morning commute is uneventful but for the breezes. they are running northbound to southbound and gusty so the east way running highways could be interesting. we will talk about the next 12 hours with the bay, specifically around the bay at 55 at 7:00, and high clouds and sunshine and mid-to-upper 60's from noon to 4:00, and mild and low 60's through the evening. for the inland neighborhood we will have 50 degrees this morning, in the upper 60's to mid-70's from noon through 4:00, and comfortable evening in the mid-to-upper 60's. at the coast, it will be brisk today and 49 degrees and partly sunny and mid-to-upper 50's throughout the afternoon. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone, at 6:31. owe bart delays is improving and we had mechanical problems in and out of san francisco where it looks like it is down to 10-to-15 minute wait with

hydraulic fuel that leaked on to the tracks that now is getting mopped up. at petaluma, i will show you this crash, moving off the freeway, southbound 101, at petaluma boulevard we are looking at a slow down, at 27 miles per hour, speeds start to pick up south of that accident and this is how long it will take if you travel from petaluma down to highway 37 you are looking at 27 minutes and 80 is lower through berkeley and 880 is a 17-minute drive. >> at 6:23, we follow developing news in san francisco where police are searching if two carjacking suspects after they crashed a stolen car into a fire hydrant leaving behind this gusher this morning. the two bales at union street and van ness avenue and took off running while being chased by san francisco police and the c.h.p. the car clipped a muni bus, knocked out the file hydrant and hit the side of an apartment building. a search is underway in the russian hill and marina areas. more developing news from

vallejo a light night rolling gun battle sent to people to the hospital. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has been talking to investigators. >> police gave us a briefing and say they are still looking for the gunman and they don't have a lot to go on. they say the victims are not helping with the investigation. this happened about 10:00 last night in north vallejo, the gunman was in one car pursuing the victims in another car. at least 30 rounds were fired. this was an 10:00 last night. police are feeling relief that no one inside their homes were hurt. the victims car crashed when the driver was shot and the other car took off. >> male and female were inside the vehicle that we contacted and two other individuals fled from the scene and local resident called because they had

been backing on their doors and we picked them up. >> all four victims are expected to survive. police say they don't know the motive behind the attack or who they are looking for. the victims are not cooperating. the shooter was in a white small car. they say there likely could be more than gunman because the calibers, or casings came from different caliber, a handgun and a rifle. >> this morning a 3-year-old man is in james in martinez after assaulting a man on a bart train and being taken down by fellow passengers including one with a stun gun. police say zachary mccabe seen in a booking photo from another arrest was lying across two seats as the train pulled into the bart station. he started fighting with a 62-year-old man who wanted to sit down.

other passengers jumped in to break it up. when police got there three men were holding mccabe down after a woman used her stun gun on the suspect. >> i laud the woman who used the stun gun on him. it sounds like it was appropriate. >> police say stun guns have less voltage than tasers and people do not need a permit to carry one. mccabe is facing assault charges. >> contra costa sheriff deputies are looking for a gunman who shot a man would looked for help at a grocery store turning up a 8:00 p.m. at a safeway. police believe he was shot in richmond and driven there and dropped off. he is expected to be survived. the safeway stayed open while crews tended to the victim. >> governor brown is in china on the trade mission trip. he is on a five-hour long bullet train right. he spoke at a university and called for major action to

combat climb change. -- climate change. he has signed agreements to boost trade between california and china and help them improve their air quality. brown announced a $1.5 billion chinese investment in an oakland waterfront housing and retail construction project. >> a pharmacy has launched production of an antimalaria drug dwell years after a breakthrough discovery by a uc berkeley professor. in the past couple of hours she announced they will produce a synthetic version of a chemical critical to making the antimalaria drug based on cal professor's discovery. he hopes to save the lives of hundreds of millions of people in developing countries. 650,000 people difficult each year from malaria, mostly children. >> on capitol hill, the senate will vote today to debate gun control legislation.

a bipartisan agreement would expand background checks to gun shows and online sales. some conservatives have threatened to filibuster the vote to keep the bill great moving failure. president obama welcomed the agreement saying it represents significant progress but he wishes parts of it were stronger . the national rifle association says it should be on mental health and the source of problems. >> three japanese automakers are having recalled including lexus models between 2000 and 2004 and honda is recalling civics and crv's and nissan is recalling top sellers and mazda says this affects different years and models with the airbags made by the same corporation in japan.

the problem is with the passenger-side airbags but has not caused injuries. we have more on abc7news.com under "see it on tv." >> i have a personal stake in the next story. it is allergy season. >> really? >> really. experts reveal which foods could make your symptoms worse. >> and the first powerball drawing in california? >> walnut creek has traffic moving along on 680 and we will have traffic and weather together next as

>> we are back, coming up on 6:41. newark, redwood city, cupertino, and fairfield at 51 and san ramon, good morning, and richmond district is at 50. coolest at 47 in novato, and in the afternoon, temperatures are still average if not warmer-than-average, and with the big drop, mid to 60's around the bay and brisk at the coast at upper 50's. warmer and warmer tomorrow and saturday and windy conditions on sunday. leyla gulen? >> good morning, everyone, as we take the drive do petaluma, the accident is off the freeway but

it is caused quite the slow down, season 101 at petaluma boulevard, the drive is nine miles per hour headed up 11 and it starts to clear up from there. as we jump to the south bay from san jose to milpitas you will look at plenty of traffic and north bound 680, you can see we are just down do 16 miles per hour and some folks are saying heavy traffic and others are saying it is at a standstill. you can always traffic your own traffic with the exclusive app at apple app and google play. >> more than 100,000 in california are waking up a little richer this morning but for most, it is not very much. no one got all six numbers correct last night in the powerball drawing the first ever that included california. 123,000 in california won something, though, by matching some of the numbers. some of the prizes are $4. next drawing is on saturday. the jackpot has groin to $70

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>> covering loss am tote, petaluma, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> at 6:45 time to check with josh for a look at what is coming up on "good morning america" at 7:00. >> josh, we wonder how you will fly us out for the red carpet visit? >> i can't wait. i want to host both of you. you should come out here and do an entire newscast from our set after we are done. how about that? >> did you talk to the boss about what? >> i am writing checks that my bank can't cash. can't wait to have you, though, it will be great. we have a lot of news including the story we first brought you year, the bipartisan

breakthrough on capitol hill, the senate will now begin debating new gun control legislation for the first time in more than a decade on the heels of a very heart-felt call to action from the first lady, you can see her there stepping to a microphone. she and the president after he gave a speech in connecticut a few days ago, traveled with families of the newtown massacre to discuss all of this on capitol hill. real happening right now in washington and we will have updates. outside of atlanta, the hostage situation, a call for medical help went out and five georgia firefighters were trained as paramedics and were face-to-face with a gunman threatening their lives. we have that story. what a weekend it is, all eyes turn to augusta, but there are thunderstorms in the forecast for today. however, can tiger woods newly number one again in the world,

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foods with omega fats, and red grapes could protect against allergies. we have more on the story on abc7news.com on "see it on tv." ought housing rebound could mean more new jobs. >> more on the massive recall from major automakers. bloomberg business report and jane king. >> toyota, honda and nissan recalling more than three million vehicles worldwide, hundreds of thousands in the issue because of a problem with airbags inflates abnormally during crash. this includes the camera and the honda civic and odyssey. watch for more details on other vehicles including the nissan. the housing rebound can mean a lot more new jobs. the boom in residential construction could create 500,000 jobs this year and 700,000 next year. this is if you include related

services according to a senior economist. improvements in job market getting some attention on wall street today. all the action lately has been going on in the afternoon with a new record high for the s&p 500 yesterday and the bloomburg silicon valley index trading a little bit lower. >> 6:49. i was warm yesterday and now i am chilly. >> written you always cold in the studio? >> yes but you talking eight bout. we will be cooler this afternoon, and 6:50 this morning. cold front went through last night, to rain. that will be the story the next seven days. a lost cold fronts but no rain. a lot of spring seesaw temperatures. today, cloudy and the cool breezes will drop the temperatures and quiet tomorrow into saturday but windy and cooler on sunday and monday and the extended dry rain stays away all seven days.

here is the financial district and the ferry building and san francisco is 64 ten degrees cooler and fremont is 69 and san jose is 71 and it sounds like and 11 degrees cooler than yesterday and concord is 72 and oakland is 69 at 14. while you were sleeping the cold front moved law and we are on the robert side of the high so cooler air that wrapped around the high in a clockwise fashion with temperatures in the upper 60's to 70's until you are at morgan hill and mid-to-upper 60's on the peninsula and breezy around san mateo and 66 and a brick day along the coast with mid-to-upper 50's and downtown south san francisco and sausalito, mid-60's and mid-to-upper 50's and breezy conditions at north bay beaches and inland it is calmer and warmer low-to-mid 70's. on the east bay shore we go from 66 in hayward to 69 in oakland and possibly 70 in hercules and east bay valleys will be in the

low-to-mid 70's. around the state we have upper 70's and 57 in tahoe and 74 in los angeles, and 90, though, in palm springs. back home, cloud cover is at the host in the mid-40's to 50's and a few degrees cooler. warmer without the wind on friday into saturday and the next cold front is were dropping our temperatures back into the 50's and 60's along with windy conditions on sunday and breezy on monday and calmer and warmer and a lot of sunshine on tuesday and monday. have a great day. leyla gulen? >> happy friday eve, everyone, a live look outside at the drive along 87 northbound on the on-ramp through san jose and good news with bart, the delays are gone. we are back on time if you are traveling between san francisco and the east bay with delays because of mechanical difficults this morning. a trip around the bay area to see how the congestion is doing. if you are headed define vallejo

we are looking at diminished speeds in the 20's. as we head to the east bay, traffic is moving smoothly with no crashes to spoke of, and 580 and four are slowing down and a look at san jose and right now we are seeing most of the slowing on 101 headed between the 680 and 280 junction and 880 an accident in place along northbound 680. >> 6:52. five things to know before you go. the abc7 morning news

>> as we hand things off to "good morning america" five things to know before you go. one, the search is on in san francisco for two carjacking suspects after they crashed a stolen car into a fire hydrant leaving behind a gusher this morning. the two men bailed out of the car at union street and van ness and took off running and they were chased by police and the

c.h.p.. >> vallejo police are investigating a shooting that left four wounds and at least 30 shots were fired from different caliber weapons last night at 10:00. the four victims were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >> a concord middle school teamer is on leave after a video surfaced appearing to show her striking a student. cell phone video shows the oak grove middle schoolteacher with a long object. it is a role of foil wrapping paper. >> the san francisco police chief is no longer pushing for officers to carry tasers. according to the "san francisco chronicle", that is, wanting do give specially trained officers a less lethal option but decided this wasn't an option after hearing proposed restrictions live they cannot be used on the old, young, or thin. >> abc7 news has learned former niners quaterback steve young and former coach will join in the committee to bring a future super bowl to the new santa

clara stadium, san francisco mayor will make the official announcement at 10:45. final check on the accweather forecast. mike? >> from mount tamalpais, you can see sausalito, san francisco, hazy this morning, and the beetses are coming in off the ocean and it is breezy in hayward at 17-miles-per-hour gusts and same at santa rosa and novato and sfo gusting to 20 in san carlos. we do have weather warning at sfo because of gusts up to 35 or 45 miles per hour and small craft advisory on the bay and over the ocean. temperatures are going do run around 63 do 70 today an the bay and mid-to-upper 50's at the coast and upper 50's to 70's inland. >> a report of a construction fire northbound 101 off-ramp at caesar chavez. to the san mateo bridge we are seeing slowing out there with high winds, but don't forget,

starting tomorrow, we do have toll plaza construction that will be working for the next couple of weeks to install automatic tolls. >> thank you. morning news continues in 25 minutes. captioned by, closed captioning

breaking overnight, six reported tornadoes ripped through the midwest. 100-mile-an-hour winds overturned cars, uprooted trees, take out power lines. look at the st. louis arch the moment it was hit by lightning. >> oh, my god. >> sam tracking it all and ginger zee up close with the storm chasers this morning. [ sirens] ambushed. breaking new details on that

hostage ordeal for five firefighters racing to the rescue coming face to face with a gunman threatening their lives. what he really wanted and how the s.w.a.t. broke them out. caught on tape. startling video of a store owner fending off a robber with a gun going after him with a baseball bat to protect his store. shot after shot fired. find out what happened when the robber returned. sparks flying at victoria's secret. is one of the most famous angels getting her wings clipped and why is she really off the runway? was it planned all along or is she ready to fly solo? and good morning, america. robin off today. great to have elizabeth vargas back again today. boy, a big day in washington. the debate over gun control officially begins.

it's already off to an emotional start. >> that's right. first lady michelle obama visibly shaken up as she discussed it in chicago. also, the newtown families and supporters gathered to read aloud the names of the children shot. at sandy hook elementary school in newtown and in capitol hill. >> a lot at stake as this begins. right to the breaking details on those tornadoes overnight. abc's ginger zee right in the middle of the storm zone. sam starts us off with the big picture. >> none of the six reported tornadoes have been confirmed. it will take today for meet olthss to get in from the national weather service to find out. take a look at the damage. there is a lot of it. look at this long line of storms. taken a little time to get the spring storm season started. so much cold air on the map but now with record-breaking temperatures that's the line of storms that kicked up last night. severe storms rocked 11 states, some of the worst slammed into missouri with two reports of tornadoes. heavy damage in hazelwood 20 miles northwest of st. louis.