we could see in that letter, the reading that report, what happened in saint louis, what happened int wasn't just our story. it was a story that happened across several states. and so st. louis has a chapter, but it's a much bigger story. geoff: our st. louis community reporter, gabrielle hayes. gabby, thanks so much for being with us. gabrielle: thank you. geoff: you can read that. i on our website, -- you can read that and more on our website, pbs.org/newshour. and that's "pbs news weekend" for tonight. i'm geoff bennett. join us online and again here tomorrow evening. for all of us at "pbs news weekend," thanks for spending part of your saturday with us. >> major funding for "pbs news weekend" has been provided by -- ♪ and with the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions -- ♪ this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy.] presentation of the misty e

nothing saint louis. it was a very warm day in the midwest giants load the bases in the seventh, but brandon belt grounds into the inning ending double play giants were one for six with runners and scoring position 10 men left on base bottom seven runner on to offer paul goldschmidt high fly to center. this should end the inning, but the sun in austin slater. a tough way can't find it edmund sosa scores st. louis adds another they shut up. it's for nothing same two teams tomorrow night on espn sunday night baseball. how about the a's warm day at the coliseum? hey youngster gonna need that i see and like sister in the back, too. she was having fun first of the doubleheader against the angels top the first look at elvis andrews dives to the bag. the runner is safe one runs scores ace challenge it and the glove does beat the foot to the back. so he's the output the run scored great play nonetheless bottom seven still won. nothing jed lowery base it up the middle ramon loriano scores. we're all tied up bottom

a return to the coast of the island of saint louis. mm hm. any success stories? fashion of biodiversity stores may 20th on d, w. ah, ah, mm. say it wouldn't be a lie to say that i'm not afraid because this is a one way ticket that i get a so years ago. i know i'm going there for a good reason. and if i don't see my family, my friends and the people i love here on this earth again, i have faith that i will meet them after death. i think one that i was they look with in ukraine. it's not just ukrainians who are fighting. thousands of people from abroad have joined battle, who are day and why are they doing in a larger if i'm needed to help my comrades at the front line, i'll go there and if i'm needed to take care of civilians, i'll do that. whatever job the legion gives me, i'll do it. i'm a lawyer. i. busy louis that i was going to a certain cap han, as he calls himself, is from latin america. for security reasons, we don't disclose his exact location. he's preparing to leave his home cap on tells me he works. as a paramedic, he seems to have plenty of friends. o

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the meeting of the loom whale sharks of the remote island of saint louis a testament to the home of the of the waters. one of the many success stories from a bastion of biodiversity starts may 20th on dw ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. the european commission pushes the ban on russian oil. commission. president was a fund alliance says the you should phase are the imports by the end of this year. of critic saith that's not fast. it also coming up, rush us to strikes ukraine in the west and the east bombs destroyed power stations in the city of louise and russian forces continue their assault on the.

jacob junus two-nothing saint louis on a very warm day in the midwest giants load the bases in the seventhbrandon belts. he's in a ground into beginning ending double play san francisco one for six with runners and scoring position 10 left on base. and then bottom of the seventh runner on two out for paul goldschmidt high fly to deep center austin slater fighting the sun and can't find it at mundo's sosa scores st. louis adds another card shut off the giants for nothing same two teams tomorrow night on espn sunday night baseball the giants and astros played let's make a deal sending utility man mauricio dubon to houston for michael paperski who can play catcher and first dubon who grew up a giants fan played in 177 games with the team since it's arrival in team this abc 7 sports support sponsored river rock casino dion. chris thank you very much coming up next the latest from ukraine forces. push russians out from a major city and senate gop leaders make a surprise visit. big tobacco's cigarette butts filter practically nothing and are made of microplastic fibers that are toxic and cunning

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diana carlin is professor emerita of communication at saint louis university and a retired professor of communication studies at the university of kansas. she has researched and taught about first ladies for 30 years and has written chapters on martha, washington lady bird johnson, barbara bush hillary clinton and michelle obama. diana is also a founding member and an inaugural lifetime member of flair and she serves the organization as our treasurer. dr. ann mattina is professor and chair of communication at stonehill college her research focuses on american women's public activism spanning from the early 19th century to the current day. in addition to conference presentations on first ladies. she has published several rhetorical studies of hillary rodham clinton. and is an inaugural lifetime member of flare. and finally, but certainly not least dr. tammy v hill tammy is associate professor of communication and the senior associate dean of the college of communication at boston university. dr. viejo's books include moms in chief the rhetoric of republican motherhood and the spouses

nothing saint louis a very warm day in the midwest giants load the bases in the seventh, but brandonone for six with runners and scoring position 10 men left on and bottom seven. runner on two out for paul goldschmidt high fly to deep center austin slater fighting the sun fighting the sun can't find the baseball a run score st. louis adds another and the cardinals shut out the giants for nothing same two teams later tonight on espn sunday night baseball giants and astros played let's make a deal on saturday. sending utility men mauricio. dubon houston for michael papyrski who can play catcher in first. dubon who grew up a giants. 17es with the team since it's arrival in 2019. that's your look at sports. enjoy the rest of your sunday. all right, and let's go check out the forecast now lisa. we're seeing that fog this morning. yes, it is moving in and we're gonna have a cooler day as the system moves into the pacific northwest allowing for breezy winds even some lives were watching the low clouds moving to san francisco and as we look at live doppler 7 a better viewpoint is our live ca

though when colorado lead the series of the retail with game 6 back in saint louis, that is all your sport from me. for now, i'll have more for you a little bit later. thanks so much, jenna. well, that's it from me for this news, al, but i'll be back in a moment with more of the days news. stay with us. ah, a reset of what the hell didn't the put up with a shooting avita with blue with a, with the answer was an arabic. my name is how i was abducted by the cia in 2004. a german citizen was kidnapped and tortured by the cia. you came up with me into interpretation. a new documentary tells the story of how the geo politics of the post 911 world who in the life of an innocent d o mastery case coming soon on al jazeera, the heart wrenching goodbye, loved ones. no knowing when they were united ticket, women and children heading west to relative safety, often leaving men behind among them. foreign is also trying to give out train rise of a free, but it's on a 1st come, 1st serve basis here at the bus station. there's only a few rides available and that's only due to surrounding villages. so

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honored in a pregame ceremony fans are advised to be their seats by 3:15 first pitch against the saint louisinals is at 4:15, of course the close proximity of the ballpark. stadium means traffic concerns in the area giants and warriors fans are being urged to plan ahead and take public transportation if you can again. cozy festivities begin at 3:15 with first pitch at 4:15. so start driving now. yeah world news tonight with david neuer's next. i'm larry beale and i'm karina nova for sandia patel and all of us here. thanks for watching tonight. thanks for watching tonight. yeah. what are you recommending for muscle pain? based on clinical data, i recommend salonpas. agreed... my patients like these patches because they work for up to 12 hours, even on moderate pain. salonpas. it's good medicine fanduel and draftkings, two out of state corporations making big promises to californians. what's the real math behind their ballot measure for online sports betting? 90% of profits go to the out of state corporations permanently. only eight and a half cents is left for the homeless. and in virginia, a

so remote island of saint louis a testament to the waters. one of them many success stories, bastion of biodiversity, may 20th on d, w. ah, this is focus on europe. nice to have you with us today. it's been more than 10 weeks since russia invaded ukraine, though poor and may have expected a blitzkrieg. his army is advancing slower than many anticipated meeting a fierce resistance from ukrainian forces.

it's the best example in the city of saint louis where it's chief public health officer was the son of a union army surgeon who have been obsessed with and deeply interested in infectious diseases and spread and control. he was armed with more capacity by the mayor to put on social distancing policies early and keep them on for longer now, it's not like there wasn't infection and death and spread, but if you look at saint louis versus philadelphia you see a much lower peak. and you see a more effective overall total? strategy, so that's a pretty clear lesson to learn another lesson that we learned then and something that we've even seen with omicron is the healthcare infrastructure can be easily overwhelmed now, of course in 1918 and 19 the public health infrastructure was much smaller. and another thing to keep in mind. is that citizens then regular people living in communities really had far fewer possibilities or opportunities to go to doctors to go to medical facilities, and they didn't have the same expectations of them that we have today. so for instance one thing that i've been

giants reliever dominantly owned ready for some football giants begin in three game set with saint louisniners kick things off by the way top three one all micah strumsky to left center harrison bader. nice tribe can't make the play two runs scored three one giants top of the a 4-1 giants evan longoria back off the il early this week. first knock of the season is a two-run double part of a five run inning giants win it eight to two dance it up a storm coliseum. it's the a's and the angels love the moves top 5 angels up. thing andrew velazquez deep off dalton jeffries. to nothing. halos jeffries sixsn that is your look at sports. let's send things back to you. all right, and lisa, let's go check out the forecast now. okay, it's gonna be another warm day out there that sun. just coming up at six o'clock setting after 8 o'clock. so long day out there and a lot of sun do i was some warm weather. so there's a look at thela and e coast it is 50 quarter mile visibility half moon bay gorgeous view there. you can see the marine layer from sutro with 48 in santa rosa 49 in livermore 50 napa 56 in

players in mlb history pitched a perfect seventh strikeout his wife clapping for him, of course and saint louistime run on base in the bottom half and gonzalez grounds out into the double play to end it cardinals win 3-2 giants have five straight a super fan right field will making the trip to minnesota hoping to see oakland snap six games live top to seven a's down two one bases low to one out seth brown a little dribbler and jose. miranda makes the play. so two out next batter chad pinder with a chance, but former a emilio pagan gets to strike out to end it twins win two one oakland has lost seven straight. that is a look at your sportscast for the saturday. of course stay with for the warriors and grizzlies game three right here. on abc 7 later today senate back to you. all right, and lisa, let's go check out the forecast. the weather was really funky yesterday hot and cold it felt like going back and forth. yeah, and it's gonna stay that way over the weekend also under early next week. so yeah, it's been an unusual year. we say that every year don't we? well, it has been we're looking at th

when saint louis are 13 and 9 to start the season, where's kansas city of 7 and 40 and england's new test cricket captain ben stokes is the or field issues he's experienced will help him in his new role. he was formally introduced as skip on tuesday at his county ground home of durham, and lead the side for the next time in the next month's series with new zealand. stokes was found not guilty of a fray after a nightclub fight in 2018 and was taken tom away from crickets to protect his mental health. i think there's a lot of negativity around that kind of stuff and i see it especially the positive in the role i'm in now because you know, a lot of experiences that i look back on good and bad and i feel like i'm really actually helped by the way people feel like they need to come to me and speak about anything on the field off the field. i'll be here again a little later with most full please, emily. all right, sounds good. thank you very much, pita. all right, that's it. to me. emily anguish for this news hour, but don't go anywhere. our london colleagues will have more of today's news

legendary batter albert pools became the oldest player to make his pitching debuts since 1929. saint louis were leading. the san francisco, by 13 runs, heading into the fire, leaning for the cardinal's manager, decided to rest the remainder of his pitchers who calls volunteered to step on for the mount. for the 1st time in his 22 year career. the 42 year old gave up 4 rounds before closing up again, with the cardinal's winning $156.00. after the game, the opposition manager said it was great theater and that everyone had a lot of fun. and i fail, i think doesn't strike twice, but it seems baseballs do. this was a male, be empire. marty foster falling to the ground of to take you one to the face. he was struck again later in the game between the angels and the oakland athletics. and the thought he called it a day. okay, we'll leave a bit of an hour. be your again, in a few hours with more sports needs. adrian. ouch. in the, so i got so many texting and that'll just dropped to it for but use out. but i'll be back in just a few moments with more of today's news. we'll see you then. ah aah. wi

keep giving them the playoffs to in the in h l with is boiled over in a tight game between the saint louis blues mcculler on an avalanche with just every minute left to play in the 3rd period. and the school tied to to lou saint her braden shane was sent to the penalty. boxful. hi sticking. josh mansen can see i felt about it. she took his anger out on the canvas, smashing it with his stick. and from a little school in overtime to him, the avalanche 3 threw in anna one, nothing lead in a 2nd round c panel, it was much more one side of the game, one of the battle of florida, the tampa bay lightning beat the phantasm tuesday. here edward belmont gave it a 2 time defending stanley cup champions. the $21.00 lead him a 3rd period and they went on to win for one tiger woods. his walking is still a challenge falling a serious call, crash last yet. but despite that, he believes he can win the pga championship this week. golf 2nd major of the year is being held at southern hills in oklahoma. were tiger took home the trophy 15 years ago with the still working his way back to fitness off the badly in

baseball legendary better. albert pupils became the oldest player to make his pitching debut from 929. saint louis were leading san francisco by 13 runs, heading into the final call. no manager decided some race. the remainder of these pictures who volunteered to sit on the mountain for the 1st 22. 42, you gave up fluoride before closing up again with the cardinal winning 15. 60 the game, the opposition manager said it was great theater. and that everyone had a lot of fun with the baseball. i think i said i think doesn't strike so i could have seen baseball. do this is amy will be marty foster falling to the ground, taking one for the faith, instructed games later in the game. the 3, the angels, and the open that late x and this time because of the day and an embarrassing moment for formula one time, which would lead us charlotte. claire was entrusted with the 1974 for all that was driven by the great nicky lauder 3 or classical rates in monica. i think that this to happen. mcclary will return to the tracking for his current call for this week. and he just spanish grant me drop the garage, you kno

legendary better. albert who holds, became the oldest player to make his pitching baby since 929. saint louis was eating san francisco by 13 runs, heading into the final evening. so the cardinal manager decided to rest the remainder of the pictures, to who volunteered to step onto the mound for the 1st time in 22. you can rear the 42 year old gave up for run before closing up the game with the card and winning $156.00 off to begin. the opposition managers said it was great theater and that everyone had a lot of fun. and the new season is under way in sale, g p 2000. if any champions was trailer finished victory in bermuda beating great britain and you come as canada in the final. the next stop is chicago in june, while marian, that's all the sports is i have the inspection in london. all right, thank you very much. so ukraine's kalish orchestra return to their homeland after their emotional eurovision song contest victory by members who greeted at the border with poland, where gods was seen taking photos with the winners. and the vision trophy front man, all i presume was presented with a bou

pitch is at 11:10, and the giants will try to get a split of their four-game series against the saint louists at 105 at oracle park tomorrow night the warriors and the memphis grizzlies will play game 4 of their playoff series at chase center last night the devs finally found their offensive rhythm blowing out the griz. here's abc 7 sports anchor chris alvarez with the highlights in this morning sports. good morning. the series has shifted to san francisco. james 3:4 the warriors and grizzlies and the dubs got some home cooking on warriors ground saturday night. here we go, two game three series is tied steph and jfeecql steph. three points the first quarter but really turned it on later john mor. 84 points. here's three right before the half. that was crazy grizzlies down seven at the break, but the warriors came out firing after halftime clay for three. yes, and then off the draymond green a little one footer just like they teach he had 21. quick replay look at it. yeah, clay's healthy everyone splash. watch this play by steph. the footwork stops and lays it in 30 had 30 and then jordan p

in shanghai, traveled around the world 12 times carrying goods before they landed in a yard in saint louisousands and thousands of shipping containers and think, we're going to live in this. >> macolm mclean, an american trucker, first applied to patent the shipping container in 1954, and his invention has changed the way we live and trade. today, an estimated 90% of all goods pass through as many as 170 million shipping containers circulating around the world, and increasingly, people are using them in ways their inventor could have never imagined. houses, coffee shops, restaurants, offices, swimming pools, even a stadium for the 2022 world cup in qatar is-- you guessed it-- made out of shipping containers. the smitheys were attracted to shipping containers because they are offered a chance to recycle and show off the couples unique style. but keeping the project on budget meant doing almost of all of the work themselves. >> many people have unrealistic expectations on how cheap a container home is going to be. they forget that the expensive parts, like kitchens and bathrooms and h-vac, e

carlin professor emerit of communications and many have called her the queen of communications at saint louis university and then we have dr. catherine al gore who made a very fabulous statement earlier today in the session the president of the massachusetts historical society. and dr. stacy cordary, which i understand is a british way to pronounce it and she is dennis and didn't denison von johnson endowed chair of theodore roosevelt honors leadership studies at dickinson state university. this is an incredible panel and as stuart has always advised us. we have a responsibility here. to inspire to encourage and to teach and i think with this panel you will get an abundance of material. thank you so much. well, welcome everyone to this panel on first ladies. thank you teresa for that very nice introduction. thank you to stuart and to anita for this amazing summit here in dallas that we've all been waiting. so to participate in and attend and to be in person you and the team at the white house historical association have done amazing work as you always do and many thanks to my colleagues here

descendant of dred scott had the vision and persistence to commission and install the statue in saint louis honoring her ancestors. and has worked tirelessly to foster justice through dialogues between descendants of enslavers and descendants of the enslaved. i hope that glimpsing their work and reflecting on the life of jeffrey brace will inspire you to think about who you claim as your ancestors, and why? ralph ellison observed while one can do nothing about choosing one's relatives when ken as artists choose one's ancestors. in other words the process of creation involves choice intentionality. we state claims to the past by selecting who and what to remember to attend to to dialogue with to care about. toni morrison and her epigraph to beloved underscores the ethical ramifications of our choices. about who we identify with quoting romans. 9:25 morrison declares. i will call them my people which were not my people and her beloved which was not beloved. in the spirit of morrison's memorial to beloved. i invite you to remember jeffrey brace. whose birth name was barrero branch. on a sunny

they will wrap up their weekend series against cardinals today in saint louis.cardinals beat up the giants four to nothing in a shutout victory giants remain in third place in the national league west. they got a record of 2013 and they are only just a half game shy. of the dodgers and padres in a very tight national league west. coming up. levi stadium hosting its first concert in a long time tonight who was taking to the stage and it's a biggie and how much it ticket might set you back. plus, we're keeping a watchful eye. on the bay to breakers all morning long. we're go back live to the race for an update and what you out on the east coast 10 people are dead. three others have been injured in what police say was motivated. hate crime will have the very latest on that investigation and upstate new york plus runners off and running. there they go in the bay to breakers race. some of the traffic disruptions straight ahead. from ktvu fox two news this morning's onto. hey good morning, everyone. yes, that big pillow case of fog still hovering over the bay, and it'

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a saint st. louis beat the giants on sunday, 15 to 6. but hey, it's a new day, a new series they were in colorado taking on the rockies. giants having a decent year. but still trying to find some consistency in some areas. top of the 5th tied out 1, 2, on for curt casali and he blasts one to deep to left his second home run of the game giants and that taking the 4 to one lead. bottom of the 6, the rockies cut it to one. ryan mack mahoney takes this the other way to left back. it goes and a solo shot ties the game at 4. a piece that top of the 9th tied at 6. mike is trump's key gets all of this one high and deep to right. see it. go. larry goes into the second deck. his 3rd homer of the season. giants take the lead. and then bottom of the 9th comey load of all in to close it out. he got nick mahoney to ground out to wilmer flores this would be the ball game. giants won this one. 76 game 2 of the series is set for today. some breaking news this afternoon out of the north bay. crews in fairfield are responding to what they call a mass casua

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saint paul. and the wild evened their series against the st. louis blues with a 6-2 win last night. scored six goals in a shutout win over the los angeles kings. >>> turning now to major league baseball and you may remember, we talked about this story yesterday. now we got more tears of joy, shed by the young yankee fan who became a viral sensation earlier this week, after this scene in the stands in toronto. the 9-year-old, who was gifted the aaron judge homerun ball by a blue jays fan was a sweet moment and yesterday, that fan got to meet his favorite player. the boy teared up, i love this kid, despite misguided baseball allegiances and he was greeted by judge inside the dugout before the game and signed a homerun ball and handed over batting gloves. as for the game itself, judge struck out three times and stranding game time runners on third base in the 6th and 8th innings. the blue jays and yks series. and as we look at the umpiring, it has become a major story line early in major league baseball. a lot of bad calls and this bizarre moment on the field in miami yesterday. arizon