regional airport in st. clair, missouri, once all obligations to federal taxpayers have been repaid. it's a small town of ,700 people in my district 50 miles southwest of st. louis. it's operated an airport since the 1960's. in the past decade the consensus in the community has been reached that the airport should be closed and land utilized as part of a larger economic development plan for the region. this effort has broad support from the city from the mayor, city council, school board, fire district, and local chamber of commerce. the only thing holding up this plan is reluctance of the federal regulators to give the go ahead. the city first approached the department of rorgs in 2008 and the f.a.a. in 2012 seeking closure of the airport. but the f.a.a. keeps moving the goal posts, giving itself multiple extenses -- extenses and -- extensions and leaving this small town confused and no end in site. as a small business owner myself in a town smaller than st. clair, can i tell you red tape is one of the biggest ob

city and county for wellness programs and senior citizen is a ready the black belt and master in st. clairnd the kriert organizations we wish you the best. >> thank you very much i want to talk a minute about retiring i think it's important you have a moment when you need to reflect on the hard work you pursue again, i get american people avenue to pursue that i'm not changing my number or e-mail address and underscore e-mail.org i enjoy the privilege supervisor campos has invite he me it's been a long time i've seen many changes and after hearing today and listening to what i want to talk about the the global power b poor will the women in the community many, many people i want to thank today and most importantly i want to thank professor claire the mentor and teacher and his wife marjorie and the sinclair family for pushing me to the success it is difficult to pursue with 20 years teaching today and freaky was able to make it today i started my school on my birthday in 1994 and retired on my birthday in 2014 i'm privileged to be in a city of champions like the giants to pursue a champion

st. claire don't do this, anywhere else.ered 10 or 15 books a week at donaldson. i have art supplies at saint claire. only here they strip you of everything but a naked cell. that's rehabilitation at its finest. >> gilbert isn't the only inmate in seg expressing frustration. >> are you going to give me? i've been in seg since i been here since 2004. they beat me, jumped me, sprayed me in my mouth with four cans of mace. they made me [ bleep ] myself. excuse my french. >> inmate jammy bell, convicted of receiving stolen property, claims the conditions in seg are intolerable. >> i can't breathe in here. i can't get nothing out of here. my toilet was full up with feces when i came here. they did not flush it or nothing. it was stinky and bugs and everything running around. they throw me in a cell. and i had to wait all day yesterday to get somebody to come turn the water back on. >> the following day, when seg inmates are allowed back outside for an hour of recreation, jammy bell expresses himself through his music. ♪ oh, baby

st. louis, in missouri, it's wonderful for the president to talk about that but here we need to talk about the absence of all the other elected officials. we don't have a clairey times has she been to the studio to talk about this? we need to address things also. and our political leadership is completely missing in action. it's not simply that the president needs to do this, local elected officials need to step up to the plate and involve themselves in an issue that is about race, about police brult brutality they need to step up and engage on this horrible problem. >> these are two common stories with a lot of common threads. how confident are you in the ferguson commission's ability to create change within the legal and justice structure in the state of missouri? >> well, i think the possibility for change is there. i think this is a disaster for the president's idea for this problem being solved through body cams. if someone killed your child and someone said well give them a camera and training, i don't think you would be happy with that. i think accountability is the best word the president used. without those accountability structures implemented, whoe