st. louis freedoms is in the cases were fomented through westward migration and national expansion. the role of freedom by residents, living on free soil was essentially derived from migration. and in these cases, from westward migration of owners with their slaves. in these cases, the petitioners directly opposed their master's wishes. they petitioned the court to override those wishes because for some time in the course of western migration, that person had lived on free soil. these cases were truly transformational. most slaves were brought west by floating with the current down the ohio river. the northern shore was free. and missouri's longest border was with a free state -- illinois. this border had to be passed by or through in getting west. st. louis was as a marketplace for the west. st. louis was the end depot for most westward immigrants. it was the place to change steamboats whether you are going north, south, or whether you are going further west on the missouri river. and disputes

new details from st. louis. federal investigation into baltimore police after the death of freddy gray. the new u.s. attorney general steps in. warning signs accusations of a cover up behind the deadly ice cream listeria outbreak. plus susan sarandon the award winning actress, talks about her mission to help the people in nepal. and we begin with an almost unthinkable question: was someone at a st. louis hospital secretly selling the babies of black mothers? since our first report more women have come forward saying they gave birth at the same hospital and were told their newborns had died. were they lied to? if that is true, what happened to their children? the state has opened up a special hot line for potential victims. diane eastabrook reports diane. >> reporter: hi john, the city has been flooded with calls after it heard about a st. louis woman who was recently reunited with a daughter she thought had died at a st. louis hospital 50 years ago. one other who called was another st. louis woman who said somet

the spirit which led the mayor st. louis to tender so beautiful carriage for the obsequies is highly credible to his feelings and judgment. you can see that after finding these through our research that raised the bar over any hearse i have ever seen and i've seen a lot of hearses. we now had to prove that this photo was taken in springfield. the build team introduction at this point was jack g feather, craftsman and friend who , ultimately became the lead builder of phase three for help with the project. he is currently in tombstone arizona, formerly of bedford pennsylvania, at which he when he accepted the challenge to build the hearse last year. he had to go down from his mountain home through three feet of snow every day for like two months. so he decided to pick up and move to tombstone, but his company was named tombstone hearse and he had never been in tombstone. [laughter] that was the first time he had ever been there when he moved his entire operation to tombstone. it is just one man. eric hollenbeck, old-school ex

the staff at gilmore in st. louis said the premature baby died hours after birth. >> back then doctors and nurses were held in high esteem. if they said something, and with compassion you believed it. mine was believable because it was so early. >> monday st. louis attorney filed this petition in st. louis court to open the records. watkins says gilmore was stolen. >> there's a law saying you can't traffic in human babies, you can't steal a baby from the momma, you don't have to go law school. you can't take a baby from a mum. >> in the conference room mothers, siblings and children who think they may have been victims of child trafficking filled out state records. 63-year-old brenda stuart was told her baby girl died after her birth in 1964. >> i never got a chance to see her. my parents never got a chance to see her or touch her. >> pam woods says the story of her adoption has been sketchy. >> my mother gave me a story. she takes it back and says she didn't say it. i'm kind of in between, don't know what is what. >>

the city of st. louis has set up a hot line for women who some that a hospital there stole their newborns years ago. it's difficult to know because the hospital last been closed for over 30 years. >> i want my child. i want to be united with my baby that i should have -- i missed almost 51 years. >> on june 24th, 1964, just before this picture was taken 16-year-old stewart poor and unwed said she went to the former homer g. phillips hospital in st. louis and gave birth to a baby girl she named janine. >> i heard her cry they they held her up at the end of the bed at the end of me so i could see her. >> but minutes later they delivered devastating news. >> they said your baby is dead, she's not dead, i felt she wasn't dead. >> her story was similar to zela price, who recently reunited with her daughter. >> we received a call from france this one is from stockton california, st. charles, missouri. >> her attorney says he has received 70 calls from women as far away as france with stories strikingly similar t

and freshly unseemed documents from st. louis family -- unsealed documents from st. rt have baby diane being born at a different hospital. city records say the mother abandoned the baby. >> no no no. i have five other children that are spoiled. and i would have never given up a baby, never never. >> zella price stands by her story. >> that's what hurt me so bad when i saw her baby pictures that she didn't get the chance to be nourished and spoiled and treated like the other children because, like i said, when i left the hospital, and they told me that she had passed, i heard that before. so it was not only believable, it was acceptable. >> the newly released documents raised more questions. zella price's lawyer claims the signature on the adoption consent was not zella's signature. the signature is a forgery too. melanie says she does remember going to court with her foster mother at that time. >> well, we went to the judge. we went to the court. my mom was with me. and i know that he hit the gavel on the bench. >> and she said she believed those were formal adoption

and s st. louis was not the stop. president lincoln was very fond of st. louis, but that was not what to lease. there were no bridges. if it came that way, it would have to transfer across on a fairy. -- ferry. it was placed on a train and a train car, brought to springfield, right over here. it was offloaded, and we believe it was offloaded in the early afternoon hours on may 3. thus, that is one of the things we determine in our conundrum report. at one time, there was a fundraising program to bring the veterans to springfield. the reenactment we weekend. how is that progressing? it is progressing very well. there are people who have donated from all the country to bring these veterans here. that validates the return to civilian life. it is very important that when they come to town, that we appreciate their efforts, and their loving care. they are human beings who have been cut out -- shutout of civilian life when the return. it doesn't work. we cannot untrained what they have been trained to do or on view what they have seen in the field of battle. this

. >>> thoerts in st. louis will cooperate from an alleged baby ring 50 years ago.as the story. >> reporter: for almost a half century zella jackson price has mourned a baby girl who a nurse told her died hours after she gave birth to her. >> diane was born november the 21st, 1965. >> reporter: diane the name she gave to her daughter, the hospital closed down in 1979 and now the site of a senior apartment complex. zella never received a birth certificate or death certific e certificate. it was like diane never existed. did any of the nurses or doctors say would you like to see her? >> no, they did not do that, never. >> reporter: across the country in eugene, oregon, a woman born the very same day who had been adopted always wondering why her birth mother had given her away. melanie gilmore lost her hearing from an illness when she was a child found a piece of paper when it years ago that said her birth mother's name was zella jackson. her adoptive mother told her her birth mother passed away. melanie and her daughter tell us what happened after her adopted mother g

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and st. louis politic open their own investigation after newborns were stolen from dozens of black women. this is al jazeera america in nepal right now many people are sleeping on the streets. the survey says this quake measured 7.3, it happened near nepal's boarder between the capitol katmandu and mount everest. so far dozens of people have been reported dead and thousands are injured. and there are reports that a u.s. marine helicopter has now gone missing witnesses say they felt this latest quake for at least 25 or 30 seconds sending people streaming into the streets from their homes and businesses. about half an hour later there was at least one after shock, we have a team of recorders right now let's begin. she was on the streets of katmandu right after the quake struck. >> as you can see people here are trying to clear the mes around here. there are suspensions that a taxi and a motor bike may have been buried under this rubble and it's impossible to tell right now. in the road here. some of

the city of st. louisocol with that hospital is something that is problematic. the city of st. louis is giving us the assistance it can, and given its limited resources and access to the records, and we know in the cases of the adoptive children or adoptive families or in foster care situations, there are legal files, and there are adoptive care and foster care files, and both with the city which used to run the foster care system, and the state, which subsequently took it over. so in the case of zella jackson price, the reason this came unpound is because zella jackson's prized child was hearing disabled, and at some point instead of being sold through adoption, that baby came back and they couldn't give her back because they told price she was dead, and they had to put her in the foster care system which opened up a whole new paperwork that let us get at it. >> thank you, and it's heartbreaking. >> it's vital those in the country outside of st. louis know about it because it has been 50 years and people

attorney albert watkins filed this petition in st. louis speaker. watkins said gilmore was stolen. >> there is a simple little law out there that you can't steal babies. you don't need a policeman to explain that from you. you can't take a baby from a mom. >> in watkins courtroom women who feel they might have been victims of child stealing, filled out applications. her birth in 1964. >> i never did get a chance to see her i never got a chance to touch her. >> 49-year-old pam wood said the story of her adoption has always been sketchy. >> my mother gave me story and she takes it back and then she'll say she didn't say it. so i'm kind of like in between don't know what is what, you know. >> reporter: while the hospital has been closed for 36 years, watkins says birth and death records still exist and if there's trafficking the city could be accountable. price says no amount of money will compensate her or her daughter for the lost years. >> i've had to make up these 49 years and i know the other kids are going to be jealous but she's priority now. >>

that is me. >> reporter: medical staff here at the hospital in st. louis told price her premature baby died shortly after birth 50 years ago. >> back then doctors and nurses were held with high esteem if they said something you believed it. and mine was believable because i was so early. >> reporter: earlier this week price's attorney filed a petition to unseal her daughter's adoption papers. albert watkins says gilmore was stolen. >> you can't steal a baby from a momma, and you don't have to be taught that. >> reporter: since then dozens of people have contacted his office hoping they too may find long-lost family members. growing up were you ever suspicious? >> i always wondered what happened. but they were saying they were dead and that was it. >> reporter: what would it be like for you to know you have some others out there? >> it would be something. >> reporter: birth and death records still exist and if there was trafficking, the city could be accountable. >> so the city of st. louis could be on the hook potentially for millions in restitution. >> mi

that is me. >> medical staff in st. louisd price her premature baby died shortly after birth 50 years ago. >> back then doctors and nurses was held in such high esteem if they said something, and with compassion they said it in you believed it and mine was believable, because i was so early. >> reporter: earlier this week, price's attorney filed a petition to unseal her daughter's adoption papers. he says gilmore was stolen. >> there is a simple law out there that says you can't traffic in human babies. and you don't have to be taught that, you don't have to go to law school for that, you can't take a baby from a mom. >> reporter: since then dozens of people have contacted his office hoping they too may find long lost family members. were you ever suspicious? >> i always wondered what happened. but in those days all they would say was they were dead and that was it. >> reporter: what would it be like you knowing you have some other -- >> it would be something. >> reporter: while the hospital has been closed for 36 years, birt

following an al jazeera report police in st. louisre investigating a string of decades old cases involving newborns allegedly stolen from their mothers in birth. nearly 70 women, all african american have come forward. one was reunited with her daughter after 49 years. her lawyer said a lot of women have contacted him since hearing about her case. >> there are certain nuances which won't go published right now. however, there is a great deal of similarity in ages most were 15, 16, 17, 18 years of age at the time they gave birth. they were all african american. they were all of extraordinarily humble means and all presented to the hospital alone, and not one of them was advised of the passing of their child by a doctor, which was the protocol as per the policy of the hospital, and the standard of care in the medical industry at the time. it's clear that there could not have been the -- the action taken just with ms. price and her daughter diane, without a very coordinated undertaking between people in positions of authority not just at

. >>> coming up several women in st. louise been reunited with their children who were stolen at birth. now missouri wants to hear from other mothers who suspect their babies were taken too. plus . . . >>> the state of missouri has now set up a call center to hear from women who suspect a hospital in st. louis stole their newborns. it's a story we have been telling you about all this week. as diane eastabrook reports, what happens to those children is difficult to prove because the hospital shut down more than three decades ago. >> reporter: this hospital closed 36 years ago, but in the decades before that it served mostly poor blacks here in st. louis. brenda stewart was an unwed teen who came here to deliver a baby girl in june of 1964. but shortly after the baby was born, she was told it died. >> she came out, i seen her move. she cried. they held her up at the end of the bed, so -- i mean -- at the end of me so i could see her. i seen her. and then they took her over to the table and they started suctioning her out, and th

. ♪ >>> decades ago in st. louis of black women were told their newborns had died after childbirth, but it turns out their babies may have been stolen and given up for adoption. >> that's your mom. >> reporter: this is the moment 50-year-old melanie gilmore was reunited with her birth mother via skype. price a mother of five until a few months ago didn't even know her daughter was alive. she would told the premature baby died hours after death. >> back then doctors and nurses were held in such high esteem if they said something, you believed it. >> reporter: monday a st. louis attorney filed this petition to open gilmore's adoption records. watkins says gilmore was stolen. >> there is a simple law out there that says you can't steal a baby from a mama. and you don't have to go to law school for that. you can't take a baby from a mom. >> reporter: in this conference room mothers, significant -- siblings who think they may have been victims too fill out application records. >> i never did get a chance to see her. my pa

the city of st. louis says it's getting dozens of dozens of calls from families where they feel their family members have been illegally adopted from the homer g. phillips hospital. trying to identify adoption records from centuries ago. >> seeing her mother for the first time over skype is raising hope for similar reunions. >> when i saw her moving and her mannerism and everything, i said that's me. that is me! >> reporter: medical staff at homer g. phillips told her her premature baby died the shortly after birth 50 years ago. >> back then, doctors and nurses were held with such high esteem, you believed it. and mine was believable because i was so early. >> reporter: earlier this week price's attorney filed a petition to unseal her adoption papers. albert watkins says she was stolen. >> there is a rule out there that says you can't traffic in human babies. you don't need a policeman to explain that to you. you can't take a baby from a mom. >> since then dozens of people have contacted watkins office hop

many the neighbourhoods, in places like detroit, st. louis and chicago got poorer still. tonight as we sift through the ashes of the recent unrest we'll look beyond baltimore and try to understand why in some places poverty was concentrated and opportunity in shorter supply. it's "inside story". >>> welcome to "inside story", i'm ray suarez. america doesn't spend a lot of time looking at the lives of people like freddie gray until something terrible happens. in this case people watched the a couple of hours later he was in the hospital. days later he was dead. tens of thousands took to the streets. freddie gray's home town in

and the young people at the st. louis program and the staff at the st. louis program said we are close by we need to be doing something. they were going into the community, sort of just being there, being part of it and beginning conversations with officials approximate in the community. it's taken longer than anyone would have liked, but recently the mayor of ferguson actually gave youth build st. louis two plots why they can begin to build homes, affordable housing units. and the hope is that this grows so that the young people in ferguson are then able to build real community assets. and, you know where we've seen this work we've seen in the young people once they're building these community assets they remember that for a lifetime. they drive by that house, that building that they helped build and they say, i built that. and, therefore i am taking care of that. you cannot touch this. and so what we hope is that that -- that's where we get into ferguson and we think we're on our way there. >> you mentioned in the green room that for every student that

st. louis's black community.ecently a grandmother learned that the daughter she thought died in 1965 is actually alive and well and living in oregon. this is the moment the 50-year-old was reunited with her birth mother via skype. until just a few months ago, price didn't even know her daughter was alive. the staff at homer g phillips hospital in st. louis where gilmore was born said the premature baby died hours after birth. >> back then doctors and nurses was held in such high esteem if they made something, you believed it. and mine was believable because i was so early. >> reporter: monday a st. louis attorney filed this petition to open gilmore's adoption records. >> it was a simple little law that says you can't traffic in human babies. and you don't have to go to law school for that you can't take a baby from a mom. >> reporter: mothers, siblings and children who they may have been victims of child trafficking filled out applications for state records. this 67-year-old was also told her baby died in 1964. >

and the young people at the st. louis program and the staff at the st. louis program said we are close by, we need to be doing something. they were going into the community, sort of just being there, being part of it and beginning conversations with officials approximate in the community. it's taken longer than anyone would have liked, but recently the mayor of ferguson actually gave youth build st. louis two plots why they can begin to build homes, affordable housing units. and the hope is that this grows so that the young people in ferguson are then able to build real community assets. and, you know, where we've seen this work we've seen in the young people once they're building these community assets they remember that for a lifetime. they drive by that house, that building that they helped build and they say, i built that. and, therefore, i am taking care of that. you cannot touch this. and so what we hope is that that is where we get into ferguson and we think we're on our way there. >> you mentioned in the green room that for every student that come

>> the story has stunned and rivetted st. louis. >> we've got st. louis we received a call yesterday from france this one's from stock to know california, st. charles missouri. >> her attorney has received more than 70 calls this week from women as far away as france with stories strikingly similar to price's. he wants accountability. >> it remains my strong opinion that what happened to stiller jackson price an her baby 50 years ago could not have happened without criminality having occurred. period. >> the city's health department has stepped in, setting up a hot line so people can request records from the hospital that closed in 1979. acting director melba moore said her department hasn't started an investigation into the former hospital yet despite evidence price's child might have been taken illegally. >> shouldn't that prompt and investigation, just that one person? >> that warrants some additional investigation, yes to look for what -- the missing pieces, what happened. what are the records saying. >> brenda stewart combs through family pictur

. >> the st. louis police have told us that they are quote, in the very early stages of an investigation, and are attempting to compile and review records to learn more of what occurred at the homer g. phillips hospital. how seriously are the police taking this? >> the police do their job. the police are not the one who is are initiating this investigation. the overwhelming response from the public, the inquiry from federal authorities and the very fact from a political standpoint in missouri there is a great deal of sensitivity right now especially about making sure that there is--there is an opportunity for these women during the waning years of their lives to garner answers to a life-long question. some of them have lived a half century or more with this gnawing feeling that they're without their child. that gnawing feel something not born of innocence, it's born of fact. >> he filed a petition in st. louis circuit court seeking access to court files and adoption records from the hospital. there. >>>

it revolved around a shuttered hospital in st. louis accused of stealing newborns and putting them up for adoption. a city mayor is demanding the release of that hospital's documents. >> this is the moment 50-year-old melanie gilmour was reignited with her birth mother via skype. until a few months ago, price, a mother of five didn't know her daughter was alive of the the staff at the hospital in st. louis said the premature baby died hours after birth. >> back then doctors and nurses were held in such high esteem if they said something, and with compassion they said it in you believed it. mine was believable because i was so early. >> monday st. louis attorney filed this petition to open gilmour's adoption records. he said gilmour was stolen. >> there's a law saying you can't traffic in human babies you can't steal a baby from their momma. you don't need a policeman to explain that to you. you can't take a baby from a mum. >> in the conference room mothers, children who think they may have been victims, filled out applications for stat

. >> narrator: in this episode of "american greed," in st. louis, martin sigillito is a jet-setting international lawyer who lectures at oxford, checks on his $50 million british real-estate portfolio, and attends to his heavenly affairs as a bishop in the anglican church. >> he always traveled first-class -- a lot of $10,000 expenses monthly on his charge cards. >> narrator: stateside, he's a board member of the racquet club, st. louis' most exclusive clique, and a man with an impeccable reputation. >> he seemed very knowledgeable, charismatic, professional. >> an attorney, a trusted adviser, friend. >> narrator: that is, until his own secretary unmasks him as a wolf in priest's clothing.

mike bost: my district goes up to alton almost st. louis, but not as far as grafton. it is 1.33 counties. host: how did you do it, from the standpoint of raising the money? who helped fund you? and what about beating him? rep. mike bost: we had jerry costello there for many years. jerry was a conservative democrat. he represented the area well. the concern that had come up was that this congress or bill enyart was not keeping in touch with the people. they had become used to jerry costello's style which was constantly in contact. they knew him. all over the district, and in a short period of time, i realized that was not occurring. i actually talked to a democrat state legislator who said, i do not know him, and he was in the district, and that is not what these jobs are about. they are about servant's positions, and i was able to look at that and then springboard on some of the other issues out there. of course, we also have a videotape that was from my experience on the floor as a floor leader that we did not know whether they would use it or not, but we had to tric

st. louis which has been in the news quite a bit. st. louis has a history of what they call private spaces. which are essentially privatized roads. they're among the city's safest. >> i think right now we're spending over $400 billion in infrastructure. i think we can all agree we're in favor of infrastructure spending. >> and we spend quite a bit as it is. highway, gas tax, et cetera. we spend $400 billion. but it's not efficient spending. that's part of the problem. by the way, our #wakeupamerica. putting up massive numbers. if it's hot to you, we try to debate it here. check this out, "cashin' in" took the top spot in cable news ratings last week. all ratings, we were the top show in the demo 25 to 55 year olds. a testament to your engagement in both viewing and commenting online. we want to thank you for that awesome honor. >>> coming up we're drought shaming hollywood elites. hypocritical celebrities are thumbing their well-structured noses at us by >>> hollywood celebs. the defenders of humanity claiming they care about the people a

. >> in st. louis dozens of black women were told their newborns died after childbirth but turns out their babies may have been stolen and given up for adoption. these women are now fighting for justice. >> this is the moment 50-year-old melanie gilmore was reunited with her birth mother via skype. until just a few months ago price, a mother of five, didn't even know her daughter was alive. the staff at homer g. phillips hospital in st. louis where gilmore was born said the premature baby died hours after birth. >> back then, doctors and nurses was held in such high esteem, if they said something and with compassion they said it in, you believed it, and mine was believable because i was so early. >> monday, st. louis attorney albert walkins filed this petition in st. louis circuit court to open gilmore's adoption records. gilmore was stolen, he said. >> there's a simple law out there that says you can't traffic in human beaks. you can't steal a baby from has mama and you don't have to be taught that or

mike bost: my district goes up to alton, almost st. louis, but not as far as grafton. it is 1.33 counties. host: how did you do it, from the standpoint of raising the money? who helped fund you? and what was the argument in beating him? rep. mike bost: we had jerry costello there for many years. jerry was a conservative democrat. he represented the area well. he was constantly in touch with people. the concern that had come up was that this congress or bill enyart was not keeping in touch with the people. they had become used to jerry costello's style, which was constantly in contact. they knew him. all over the district, and in a short period of time, i realized that was not occurring. i actually talked to a democrat state legislator who said, i do not know him, and he was in the district, and that is not what these jobs are about. they are about servant's positions, and i was able to look at that and then springboard on some of the other issues out there. of course, we also have a videotape that was from my experience on the floor as a floor leader that we did not kn

. >> the st. louis police have told us, mr. watkins that they are in the very early stages of an investigation and are attempting to compile and review records to learn more about what may have occurred at homer g. phillips hospital. what is your sense of how seriously police are taking this? >> well, i think the police are -- they do their job the police are not the ones initiating this investigation the overwhelming response from the public, the inquiry from federal authorities and the very fact that from a political standpoint in missouri there is a great deal of sensitivity right now especially about making sure there is an opportunity for these women during the waning years of their lives to garner answer to say a lifelong question. some of them have lived half a century or more with this gnawing feeling that they are without their child and that gnawing feeling is not been of in sense it's born of fact. >> are you getting an early sense and i know you are still waiting on records to be released to you but are you getting

the mayor of st. louis "cbs this morning" saying the alleged events happened a long time ago when records retention practices were very different. we are working with alleged victims. she says her new daughter and grand kids are relocating to st. louis to try to replace what was taken. >> i didn't know i had a child but thank god a child was looking for me. >> aside from the joy, how do you handle the anger? >> i pray. and there is a lot of sadness to look at but i must focus on the joy. i must. >> reporter: price told us her husband of 40 years died eight years ago so he never knew he had another daughter. the attorney tells us he intends to file a lawsuit against the city. he thinks there could be even more victims. >> and if they are those victims will start coming forward. that is a terrible, terrible thing to do to somebody. >> such a painful story. she is right about focusing on the joy after all of the years being reunited. >> i wonder how somebody can do that to another human being. >>> are many foo

and coming up right now, st. louisice join the investigation into dozens of babies likely stolen at birth. the lion share of them, were 15, 16 years of age at the time they gave birth, they were all african-american. we are keeping an eye on russia, where john kerry is wrapping up a meeting with vladimir putin. we expect to hear from them shortly, stay tuned. >> more than 70 women all of them african-american have come forward. they say they were told that their children died at that hospital. one of them, was reunited with her daughters after 49 years. her lawyer says many other women have now contacted him since they heard about his client's case. there are certain nuances that won't two published. however, there is a great deal of similarity, most of them, not all of them, but the lion's share were 15, 16, 17 years of age at the time they gave birth. they were all african-american. all of extraordinary humble means and all of them presented to the hospital alone. and not one of them was advised of the passing of the

he's a taelor from st. louis.ack eye. >> and it was a short stay for ryan m. who drank too much. and was told to leave. the vieguys voted on who would stay and who would leave. we'll find out tonight. >>> sarah palin announced on facebook that her daughter's upcoming wedding was called off. palin dismiss reports that bristol was unaware of her fiance's previous marriage until it was reported last week. >> both families still plan to gather in kentucky this week end to celebrate life if general. >> that will be an interesting gathering. >>> president obama now officially on twitter. >> we're supposed to say, hay, can we gate follow mr. president. he sent his first tweet yesterday. it said hello, twitter. it's barack. really. six years in they're finally giving me my own account. >> first lady michelle sent him a tweet saying it's about time. >> former president bill clinton said, welcome to twitter potus. one question does the user name stay with the title? >> good question. the handle comes with the house. know an

between st. louis and chicago and back into areas of western kansas and western oklahoma.hile high pressure is dominating our weather. that high will be in a good spot if you like it shot and humid, a bermuda high set upmore like in july and august. with a high in the atlantic it's going to pup up heat and humidity, winds more south and south -- pump up heat and humidity, winds more south and southwesterly. the wind will come towardsous right out of the gulf of mexico gulf of mexico. tuesday -- towards us right out of the gulf of mexico gulf of mexico. tuesday afternoon here's the rain of chance basically i-81 west. for us another dry day until wednesday. wednesday afternoon, in fact, by midday showers are firing here along i-81 and by mid to late afternoon notice how they're moving in toward the metro. we may have a yellow alert wednesday for showers and storms. this pattern not going anywhere soon. it looks like a very warm week. i hope your ac working well. our forecast tonight clear to pac, not as cool as this morning -- partly cloudy , not as cool as this morning when

. >>> this comes from a local fox affiliate in st. louis.n thursday night they had a story about a fro-yo experiment gone awry. >> this is in the university city fro-yo. watch as the customer throws money at a cashier. then the cashier throws a bowl of frozen yogurt at the customer. >> on my face, clothes, shoes, everywhere, my head. >> jimmy: okay. so does anyone recognize that guy? well, maybe this will refresh your memory. >> i'm not gay no more. i'm delivered. i don't like men no more. women, women, women. i like women. i'm not gay. i would not date a man. i would not carry a purse. i would not put on makeup. i will, i will love a woman. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's the "i'm not gay no more" guy. he got hit with a fro-yo. his name is andrew caldwell. he won the prestigious "jimmy kimmel live" clip last year. he loves women and fro-yo apparently. we tracked him down. there he is. we have him standing by. when we come back, we will learn everything there is to learn about andrew. hi, andrew. we will get to the bottom of this fro-yo. stick a

. >> medical staff in st. louis told prize her premature baby died shortly after birth, 50 years ago. >> back then, doctors and nurses was held in such high esteem, if they said something, and with compassion, they said it in, you believed it. and mine was believable because i was so early. earlier this week, a petition to unseal her daughter's adoption papers. gilmore was stolen. >> it was a simple little law that says you can't traffic in human babies. can't steal a bay bay from a mama. you don't have to be taught that you don't need a policeman to explain that to you, you can't take a baby from a mom. >> since then dozens of people have contacted watkins office hoping they too may find long last family members. marie thinks her step mother lost nine babies. >> growing up were you ever suspicious. >> i always wondered what happened but when those days you know they were dead, and that was it. >> what would bit like for you knowing you have siblings. >> it would be something. >> while the hospital has been closed f

the st. louis dispatch reports that the fee is double missouri's highest attorney billing rate last year. >>> that's a live look "outside the >>> chaos and confusion on the streets of baltimore this afternoon after a confrontation with the police and a man with a gun. the pistol went off but no one was shot. he was arrested and taken to the hospital as a precaution leaving many on lookers and reporters, including our own, to believe that he had been shot. in the meantime the mayor in baltimore has lifted the curfew imposed during protests last week over last month's death of a man in police custody and maryland governor larry hogan plans to keep a state of emergency in effect for another couple of days. six officers have been charged in freddie gray's death. a 25-year-old new york city police officer has died after being shot in the head saturday evening. a suspect is being held without bail. andrew cuomo called the shooting a deplorable act of violence. he was the fifth new york city cop shot in t

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my grandfather and uncle had got off the boat the st. louis, in the north part of france, and from there to montalban to agba to auschwitz. and that itinerary became as familiar to me as my telephone number. and late one night in the early months of 2011, it came to me what i had to do. i had to retrace their steps to follow in their footsteps to breathe the air that they had breathed before they breathed their last and to bear witness. so in the spring of 2011, i -- along with my wife -- followed in their footsteps. a journey of six weeks and 5700 miles by beginning in the small town where alex was born in 1879. i learned details about my great grandfather, moses and my great, great grandfather levi goldsmith. they had been the breeders and sellers of horses and did very well for themselves. alex goldsmith my grandfather declined to join the family business. he started a women's clothing story in the city of oldenburg. he was arrested in 1938. he spent three weeks in a german concentration camp. he was then ordered to the country or face furt

i'm curious especially that photo of the homeless family in st. louis in the car. >> it depends. a lot of people you have a communication. there's some situations where maybe you lock eyes with somebody or the situation's happening if you start a conversation, the situation left town, you know? but then i don't run away especially if somebody's what was that, you know? i introduce myself and explain. if -- one of those situations where somebody doesn't feel comfortable getting photographed but they're interesting people. so if i can, you know, you have time for a little talk or cup of coffee, something like that. it really depends. there's no hard rules on it. in france you can get sued for taking pictures on the street. it's gotten really silly because the city of light is losing their light. they made their reputation on beautiful images and beautiful moments in paris and france, but it's really -- you have to be a human being first. it always comes down to that. because you want to take a picture, it doesn't mean you have the right to take a picture. but if something's going o