african americans in the st. louisre disproportionately stopped and searched by police on a regular basis. many of those ticketed come from low-income backgrounds...they can end up in court for minor offenses...leading to a spiral of debt that is sometimes difficult to escape. >> brake lights are $100 driving while suspended is $200 the insurance is $100 you got $100 on each of the failure to appear... $10 on the seatbelt... see the clerk at the window... >> it is almost always the case that the judge, and the prosecutor, and the police are white, and the defendants are black. almost always - not every time - almost always. >> thomas harvey is a local st louis lawyer. he says some municipalities get more than 30 percent of their revenue from fines that target mainly lower-income residents. >> it looks loke you have a payment due this evening... is that correct? >> yes sir...that is correct... >> they are facing daily choices regarding their poverty, that it makes sense not to pay to get the car registered, because you'

robert was flown by helicopter to st. louis he parents made the three-hour drive to meet him there. robert started chemotherapy, and in the past three years, he's already had two bone marrow transplants. his he brother was the donor for both and in a few days robert is having his third transplant. he's only 14 years old. >> i think if he lives through this, it will change him in the future. he may not know it now, but he will when he grows up. >> reporter: remembering to enjoy life can sometimes be tough when you're stuck in the hospital for a long time. robert's parents say he spent more time here in the last three years than at home, but today there's a special treat in store for him. >> hello. human companion. i am gngks. please tell me your name. >> robert. >> reporter: this is mecheno. >> it is customary to shake upon meeting a new acquaintance. >> reporter: and this is keith miller, a professor at the university of missouri st. louis. here at the hospital, he's affectionately known at dr. robot. celia, the robot cruising

we are live at the federal rerve bank of st. louis.e will continue on bloomberg radio to ask more about. plots, changes at the fed, the role of markets, and where he sees the economy heading, not just in the u.s. but around the world. let's send it back to bloomberg television with cal massar. i'm kathleen hays. this is "taking stop" on bloomberg radio -- this is "taking stock" on bloomberg radio. is stille weisenthal with us. i was just looking at equity markets. it looks like we got another bump up. we could have our first act to back increases in the s&p. latenot seen that february. should investors read anything into this? i thought that last question was really interesting about what a live meeting is. he said all meetings are live meetings. it's pretty clear people do not really seem to believe that. for now, people only seem to think that the rate hikes that a press conference -- in a press conference meeting. i remember when the fed could surprise us in the early morning. have they lost that capability? joe: it is possible. see

and she loved to go to st. louis to get her hair done, and we would all -- she wanted to go to baskin robins and get himon custard ice cream so we would go -- drive there and it was kind of complicated because you have to get her into the truck stop, and go to the bathroom, and -- it was like all these things would happen, but she would go and we went to this hair salon where rich people would go and my mother would like at these young ladies and i could tell that she was jealous a little built of the younger women and the fact they still had kind of social lives, and -- but i'll always remember those trips and everybody who was kind to me. there were so many people on the journey with my mother that were kind to me, and i will never forget them. i don't like doctors anymore, though. i think doctors are awful. >> have they commented on the book, these people? >> it's like a cab driver. they have terrible reputations. >> we all have 15 minutes to live. let's make the most of it. >> i was taking my mother to her hemato

he ends up in st. louis, where he becomes befriended by a major german-american named carl schuetz who becomes a senator from missouri and is a newspaper publisher. he is doing everything at extraordinary rate, which we don't do anymore, but his parents compare his like-minded immigrants and within five years of his entry to the united states. if that kind of speed of integration that we had a 19th century. he become successful and i am really shortening the story. he has a new form of journalism. of each of you a comparison or pulitzer is like a modern-day surfer. if you go to a beach and you look out on the water, beyond with the weights are breaking you see many women paddling lazily to with their surfboard and 71 petals with extruder speed and because they perceive that little undulation in the water will be the best way that that they the others don't. they don't see it. what pulitzer seat in the 19th century were tidal waves of social change that he would ride. what were they? people were leaving the f

the st. louis blues tonight.the top team out west and the same team that beat the caps 4-0 two weeks ago and started washington's recent skid. tonight's game could be a preview of the stanley cup finals, and they need to gain momentum heading into the postseason, their penultimate regular season game. >> we've lost a couple games here now. it starts to sink in a little bit more. and we had a discussion as a group today, and their response is good. their response was good. it's been good all year. but i think it's go time now. and it's time to make sure that we're ready for the playoffs. and we will be. we will be. >> the caps can thank the blues for a great edition this season. tj oshie came to the district before last season in a trade with st. louis and has reached a career high in goals and is second behind alex ovechkin in goal scores for washington. oshie still has some love for st. louis, though. after all, spent the first seven years of his career there. >> gone by, a full season almost, washington feels l

and it is so impressive, will be competing in the world robotics championship in st. louisight now there are 600 different teams that have registered, like now we are still waiting for. that we want to do as well as possible. >> we were not expect to go make it this far but very grateful we have. >> with the help of mentors, teachers, alumni bensalem team is an under dogs story, win in the the district competition sent them to the championship but getting to the district, is good fortune. >> we were right the on the bubble of getting in because they were accepting the top 55 teams, and which they later increase todd 50. we were around 61. so we were just there, and two teams can't go so they brought us in. >> building time was in easy task, it took 30 plus students six weeks, but with the help of local businesses and hard work of the students, it blossom. katie dennis was one of the sculptors of the machine. >> we heard of the row about the as our baby. so we come together and finally do something. it is a proud moment like watching a little kit grow up. it starts back here

right before 3:00, which is when the st. louis fed president came out and that's when we saw a huge rush in stocks and a rally to the close. one of the biggest winners in the nasdaq were biotech stocks. breakout, rowling -- rallying the most since 2009. two dollars away from its 100 day moving average. with that risk rally, we saw yields pick up just a little bit and an immediate spike in the short-term rates into year yield right after the fed and its came out. hire on the two-year and .3 hire on the 10 year. scarlet: the yen goes from strength to strength. the dollar trading at a $1.09 handle. sinking for a fourth straight day. terms of commodities, oil with an unbelievable move up . you have inventory numbers that came up and an inventory draw in the u.s. refiners starting to work overtime and utilization up. on the bearish side, you got a product build that was unexpected. watch that going forward. scarlet: now let's take a deep dive into the bloomberg. alix: i'm looking at yen long. basically yenows long, noncommercial longs.

. >>> take a arch in st. louis. it goes from gray to grayer and then gone. the national weather service recorded a 67-mile per hour wind gust in st. louis and a small tornado in kansas. >> but it's not as crazy as it could have been. it could have been worse. >> there is a huge temperature shift from yesterday to today in a lot of parts in the midwest. >> oh, yeah, and we'll get that tomorrow. the warmest day since september. it was in the 80s today but i don't remember. >> oh, really? >> just read it. >> i'll get it at the end but either way, the warmest since september, and speaking of the 3-degree guarantee, we thought we went warm enough, 83, and the average high is 70. we'll let you know how we did tonight at 11:00, and a live look from the michael and son weather cam, winds out of the west at 14 so westerly winds and low humidity generally do not provide us with thunderstorms and that said, the cold front has yet to move through and is way back in west virginia. it's hammering west virginia, south and westward, those areas are getting big-time storms a

. >> it is, and we traveled to st. louiso see the lab that performed the test and we met the mom leading the charge against the chemical. wines from the prime growing regions of napa sonoma and mendacina counties were tested in st. louis, missouri. how many of the wines had the chemical? >> all ten. >> all ten? >> all ten. >> the doctor and his team have been testing the foods and beverages for the chemicals for years, doctor s agree more testing is needed but stands by his results. how confident were you that the chemical was present? >> very confident. >> it's the key ingredient in round-up, the most popular weed killer in the world. in fact, i found this bottle in my own garden supplies at home and it's a major tool at most vineyards. >> it prevent the growth of weeds. that is the whole battle. >> for decades the u.s. epa has considered round-up and the active ingredients safe to consume at low levels. but new research raises questions. lab rats given small amounts suffered cancer and damage to the liver and kidneys. now

. >> it is, and we traveled to st. louiso see the lab that performed the test and we met the mom leading the charge against the chemical. wines from the prime growing regions of napa sonoma and mendacina counties were tested in st. louis, missouri. how many of the wines had the chemical? >> all ten. >> all ten? >> all ten. >> the doctor and his team have been testing the foods and beverages for the chemicals for years, doctor s agree more testing is needed but stands by his results. how confident were you that the chemical was present? >> very confident. >> it's the key ingredient in round-up, the most popular weed killer in the world. in fact, i found this bottle in my own garden supplies at home and it's a major tool at most vineyards. >> it prevent the growth of weeds. that is the whole battle. >> for decades the u.s. epa has considered round-up and the active ingredients safe to consume at low levels. but new research raises questions. lab rats given small amounts suffered cancer and damage to the liver and kidneys. now

the view, chicago, indianapolis, st. louisthat is the weather on its way late tomorrow night and into the day friday. tomorrow looks good to start the day, grab the sunglasses. the temperatures eventually make it to just about 75 degrees. the timing of the showers and the thunderstorms and th minutes. alison: right now, the flooding situation shows no sign of letting up in houston. more rain fell today and the skies are not expected to clear until friday. rescuers were having to use boats to save people who did not evacuate. this flooding has killed seven people. it has flooded more than 1000 homes and caused an estimated $5 billion in damage. leon: campaign news -- the front runners won in the new york state primaries last night and now the focus moves to maryland. the primary is next tuesday. maryland election officials have decided to use paper ballots because of the number of primary candidates. on the republican ballot, there will be the names of several contenders who dropped out months ago, but did not request their nam

st. louis loaded the bails in the fourth butleron know streaks out colten wong. and then gets this groundout to end the inning. pirates win 4-1, liriano struck out ten and gets the victory. >>> the a's open their season tomorrow night at home against the white sox, pretty good pitching matchup as sonny gray gets the start against chicago's chris sales. the athletics had the worst record in the american league, going 68-94. they're having chris davis will bring pop to the lineup. yesterday he went deep. jed lowrie returns to oakland. the foamer stanford star is excited about opening day. >> a little more pageantry with the game, and you got guys who have worked hard to make teams, and it's just a more emotional day. >> a lot of excitement, just too much excitement to take in, but a lot of buildup and a lot of preparation this year, and i'm just looking forward to it and hopefully we get off to the right start we want. >> the giants start their season tomorrow afternoon at milwaukee. madison bumgarner will be on the mound. >> we're healthy, we answered a lot of que

they came in to st. louis with 22 inning scoring drought. espinosa no home runs picked a good time to hit his first. nationals on top 5-2. peter strasburg went seven innings, nine strikeouts, two earned runs. after a losing streak the win. >>> such a busy night on the diamond and for the redskins, congrats to the newest additions to the team. you can see the game here on nbc4. another day, wear red tomorrow. doug, hope you are ready to remain strong with the beard. it's going to get really long. >> you know it. >> who's going to the game tomorrow? >> you are. >> wearing a sweater. >> we will be wearing our know you're budgeted for the expected, and the unexpected. know that at least the process of buying a new home can be clear and simple. retirement closer than you think know. the one word behind all the guidance we provide, tools we create, and services we offer. because when you have insight, you know. >>> the beach exhibit at the national build

st. louis, while the cubs are the favorite to win the n.l. central, don't count out the pirates. francisco liriano drives in the first run of the season with this ran in the second off aid dam wainwright. john jaso follows with a bloop to right field. it's 2 or pirates. st. louis loaded the bases but liriano strike otherwise colten wong and then gets turkow on this groundout to end the inning. pirates win 4-1 as liriano picks up the victory. he struck out ten. >>> toronto and the american league mvp josh donaldson began their season in tampa. the former athlete jim went 1-5, and teammate troy tulowitzki hit the fir home run of the season. the jay's beat the raise -- rays 5-3. >>> the a's open their season tomorrow night at home against the white sox, pretty good pitching matchup as sonny gray gets the start against chicago's chris sale. the athletics had the worst record in the american league last season ex-goingful and 94. they're hoping chris davis will bring some pop to the lineup. jed lowr

it shifts east with the storm system, st. louis, louisiana, mississippi river valley, about 24 people at risk. the other stories out there today, kind of cool northern half, montana, new system moving into the west, san francisco could deal with a stray storm mountains. temperatures in sacramento, not too bad and it should be dry for you. we avoided the big tornados yesterday, and today, there shouldn't be many either. >> let's hope for a good weekend on the agenda. thank you so much, bill. >> big plans. >>> find out what one boss did to make 2,000 of his employees very well thee. plus a new study that every dog owner needs to hear. that's up next. you're watching "early today." on a trademarked trade platform that has all the... get off the computer traitor! i won't. (cannon sound) mobility is very important to me. that's why i use e*trade mobile. it's on all my mobile devices, so it suits my mobile lifestyle. and it keeps my investments fully mobile... even when i'm on the move... ahhh. and it keeps my investments fully mobile...

powerful newspaper in st. louis. he expanded his empire to new york, taking over "the new york world," which at one point in time was the most read newspaper in the western world. he took its circulation and increased it tenfold in about a year. joseph pulitzer is interesting because he did not just influenced journalism of his time. the things that he instituted and newspapers are seen today. that is why he is such a powerful force. sensationalism is the one word often linked with joseph pulitzer. with think of it today as tabloid journalism, but he was using sensationalism to right wrongs. he told stories in a dramatic and clear ways so that his stories, many of his readers were not educated or english like which -- language speakers -- he used things like images on the front page. he realize how powerful they could be for comedic asian. -- communication. he used sports covers. it was usually about communicating with the elite, but he didn't want just the elite, he wanted mass numbers of people to read and be influ

st. louis moving on with a 3-2 victory in game seven. everybody's heart rates coming down after watching that. now to the fun that is deflate-gate. a federal court of appeals overturned a judge's order and ruled that brady must serve his four-game suspension to start the nfl season. the second u.s. circuit court of appeals decided the commissioner acted fairly when suspended ady. brady's next move isn't clear yet. he could even take it all the way to t u.s. supreme court. keep in mind, brady said, didn't come this far ty only come this far. plus, he has support from this man. >> first of all, let's start by saying, leave tom brady alone. leave him alone. leave him alone. he is a great guy. it's enough. it's enough. >>, that would be donald trump. we know it's the donald playing to the crowd in rhode island. works out well. [ grinding metal ] whoa, that doesn' t look good. no, not you. ordinary fuels can clog your engine with dirt. it' s like lugging this around... it' s dragging down your fuel economy. [ breaking glass ] but over time, u

st. louis loaded the base but strikes out kolten wong to get out of the jam.n the sixth with the base loaded, jedd gyorko who win the inning. liriano picks up the victory. he struck out 10. >>> toronto and american league mvp josh donaldson began their season in tampa. the former athletic went 1 for 5 while teammate troy tulowitzki hit a two-run blast in the eighth. the jays beat the a's. >>> a line drive with yoenis cespedes. would later score the game's first run. edinson volquez striking out five while allowing just two hits. the royals score two more runs in the sixth. former a bartolo cologne gives up a single to omar infante. kansas city goes on to win 4-3. >>> the a's opened their season tomorrow night at home against the white sox. pretty good pitching matchup there as sunny gray gets the start against chicago's chris sail. going 68-94. new left fielder khris davis should bring some pop the lineup. ehit 27 homers for the brewers last year. jed lowry returns to oakland after a stint with the astros. he circled the bases yesterday thanks to denard span.

in search of a bounceback and there is the iconic gateway arch in st. louis and with that third pitch of the game and withy shot to right center and second leadoff home run this season. in the fourth, tammy espinosa with a shot to right. a 2-run home run there and big night for the nats. they go on to win 5-4. >> and that is nice. >> good night all around. >> and i like that. >> and so cool to see the emotion of that dream of . >>> there is no denying this. when you're the president, you get to do some cool stuff. >> and it doesn't get cooler than what president obama got >> and i just invited all of my favorite jazz musicians to play in my backyard, which is one of the great perks of the job. >> the president and first lady hosted the international jazz day festival and we leave you tonight with the incomparable aretha franklin. >> i have been so many places in great price on this boneless chicken! yeah. we love low prices. no bones about it. [ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. my giant. >> stephen: hey, gwen, i

caps look playoff ready tonight. >>> remember libby lu from st. louis, the young kid so heartbroken when kibi oshi came over from offseason. he got a chance to come back and see her. she is a sweetheart. >>> the caps have been waiting to see who they would play and now we know. first round opponent will be the flyers. they beat the penguins 3-1 today. we will learn for the game sometime tomorrow night, caps/flyers round 1 stanley cup playoffs. >>> well, it was a little chilly out there today, a little snow earlier, rain or something, but it was the rare cold-out in baseball. the national did not play because of chilly conditions. so the nats and the marlins will make up today's chill-out may 14th. it's part of a day/night doubleheader. >>> meanwhile the orioles had good reason to postpone their game with the rays with i guess it was icy rain. >> snow showers. >> here's the best part of this. at least my man got a selfie with the bird mascot right here. there you go. >> that was worth a trip to the park. >> that was worth the price of admission. >>> the

the old mark was 26, the st. louis cardinals st. louis cardinals st. louis cardinals. in their opening series against the padres. if you've had a hole-in-one wass impressive, it is. wait until you see back to back once on the fourth hole at the par three contest. justin thomas knocked down a hole in one and rickie fowler stepped up right after that to pick up an ace o of his own. these were just too a nine hole and once yesterday. i love watching the video. the masters began today at 8:20 a.m. eastern. nicole: nine hole in ones? on the charges its customers twice for one car payment. the processing error caused many to overdraw from their accounts and pay fees as a result. we are not in how many were affect did the customers are overwhelmed and angry customers are lashing out at social media. lauren: thousands of scars recalled because they will burn you. they sold at department shores and branded by i thought that trump are being called back for tential risks. cole: before you heaout the door come in the futurure thursy forecast. fox meteorologist maria molina. >> goo

st. louis has the lead. st. louis did not give it up. a furious finish. the blues win game 7 3-2. defending cup champs are out. isn't that great? >> how exciting. it's interesting, fewer fights in the stanley cup playoffs. >> the games mean so much, every minute is crucial. can't screw it up. >> so they should have playoffs the whole season. [ laughter ]

no shortage of a team in st. louis, you see ovechkin lighting up the score sheet with his second hat trick of the season. now at the 50-goal mark for the seventh time in his career joining gretsky and mike bossy as the only three to do that in nhl history. holtby tying brodeur for the most in a single season in nhl history. he did it in front of brodeur who is a assistant general manager for the blues. everyone knows how truly special this is for him. >> braden won't say it but it's important when you get that close to any kind of record or any kind of achievement, you want to achieve it. you don't want to fall short. >> we were happy for him pep deserve it. he's the best goalie right now. it's pretty huge for him. >> it's not an individual thing. and so you come back alumni things years in the future and you can share it with the same 20, 25 guys that have been part of it. you can look back on it together. it's pretty neat that way. >> not bad company to be in if you're braden holtby. a few more notes about tonight's

st. louis has the lead. st. louis did not give it up. a furious finish. the blues win game 7 3-2. on to play the stars, the defending cup champs are out. it's interesting, fewer fights in the stanley cup playoffs. >> the games mean so much, every minute is crucial. can't screw it up. >> so they should have playoffs the whole season. [ laughter ] >> let's go. i'm doing it for me, and my insurance covers it. i am ready. it's time to get screened for colon cancer. it can be prevented. there's more than one way to screen for colon cancer and screening is easier than ever. if you're 50 or older talk with your healthcare provider and choose the best test for you! >>> join the conversation on facebook, twitter, and instagram using #abc7ny. yes, bill? >> you're tan after a two-week vacation. very nice. >> a little r&r. >> that's it for us for now. thanks for watching. i'm bill ritter. >> and i'm sade baderinwa. have a great night. unnecessary censorship." "cleto and the cletones" "unnecessary censorship"jimmy kimmel live!" tonight, john stamos. from "fear the walking dead," mercedes mason

rain came down in sheets near st. louis causing flooding. more than 25,000 customers lost power in the region. and in oklahoma, a powerful storm uprooted trees and tore the roofs off of homes. the storm in texas brought a steady stream of lightning an spawned a -- and spawned a tornado that knocked over an 18 wheeler. let's get to bill karins with the latest on the storms. boy, they were strong overnight. >> it was an outbreak, but we didn't lose lives to a tornado or anything like that that was a possibility yesterday. so we had the severe weather outbreak. i went through the southern ohio valley and back down through tornado alley. in all, over 400 storm reports but only five tornadoes. the five were on the weaker side. they didn't do a lot of damage. so we still have storms we're tracking this morning. the storm is still in the middle of the country. it will regenerate a new line of tomorrows this afternoon. so they could do some more damage. the worst of the weather this morning approaching lufkin, texas. this looks like it will sweep th

sherman went to st. louis. this was a very good move, but it seemed he had lost all political power. thereal agenda was to build transcontinental railroad, which he did. he did it very brutally. philip's war, in one way or another, settlers understood that you could only attack the indians' food supply it was hopeless. in this case it was the buffalo. they killed millions of buffalo. at one point sherman writes one of his friends, maybe we could get hunters from england. maybe we could get all of the hunters in europe to kill all of the buffalo even quicker. so, they did. they built the transcontinental railroad. for shermanwell from that point on. he retired from the army. he had a long and pleasant career as a bone to bone in new york with several and attractive mistresses that no one found out about it until later. thoroughly.ife he died a national hero. .hey built the great statue i do not know if any of you have seen it across from the plaza hotel and buried off good ends. it is a -- and bergdorf goodman's

louis bankers are impressed with -- these two st. louis bankers are impressed with him, you have gone to california, let's open a bank. so he goes to san francisco. meanwhile, his brother is doing great. he opens a firm. i think it is called hallock and billings. he is doing well. but, sherman does not do so well in the banking industry. by this time, the gold rush is petering out. fortunately, sherman is known militarily as a risk taker, but he is a tactical risk taker. he is able to keep the bank afloat. but he was caught in 1857, in 1857 crash, and soon he finds himself trying to be a lawyer in kansas. he was a terrible lawyer. he met the chief justice of the kansas state supreme court and to the guy said, you seem like a smart guy, you are in. that was it. he is helpless as a lawyer and gradually he gets to the point where he is taking care of property for thomas ewing. again, he reached a low point in his career. but, never without purpose. in the process of going back and forth to california, both he and ellen had been shipwrecked th

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can you tell us why it is going to tentatively be in st. louist is being taken into account when these new agencies are built -- these new facilities are built? mr. clapper: the current set up at 2nd street, if you are -- that with it lowestg has one of the facility condition indexes of any such facility in the intelligence community. it is very old. building there has been historically preserved back to the 40's. it has an adequate electrical system, plumbing. it is next door to a chemical plant. there is a railroad track behind it where we have no insight into what is in the rolling stock, and it is in a floodplain. other than that, it is a good facility. , we did allcredit we could to sustain the building facilities and the quality of life for the employees there. it needs a new facility. nga, it is his recommendation, because this process is not finished yet. it is his recommendation that it site ined in another st. louis. obviously, we knew from the get-go that one delegation or the other was going to be unhappy about this decision-making pr

a fierce lightning strike in st. louis. in kansas, the storm turned roads in to rivers. and then another state, oklahoma, the system unleashing near hurricane force winds and tearing roofs off of buildings and uprooting trees. rick is in our whether center. how is it looking so far? >> it is a powerful storm and worse than today. we have severe weather. six tornados yesterday and large hail. and this part of the country has seen so much rain in the last 6 or 12 months that the ground is saterated. this is the storm that we are dealing with. more severe weather threats. none of them reaching severe limits yet. severe threat in the mississippi river valley. and if we see tornados, it would be north of st. louis and the upper mississippi river valley. that is far deminnished to yesterday. that is the future radar and this moves out and we'll turn our sights out the west. there is rain and snow to the four corners and we see it develop especially across texas again all of the flooding over the houston area. and tomorrow, a severe weather threat and friday, again, the severe

with the st. louissident. ♪ >> welcome to "bloomberg markets ." >> from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, good afternoon. i'm scarlet fu. alix: i'm alix steel. pfizer and allergan officially walk away from their 160 billion dollars merger, a major turning point for the justice department. after gold's biggest advance in a week, the precious metal is retreating. good news and bad news from one of wall street's most watched bank analysts. an ugly first-quarter anticipated. scarlet: we are halfway into the u.s. trading day, so we need to head over to the markets markets desk, where julie hyman is keeping track of the recovery rally in stocks before the fed minutes come out in two hours. julie:

in fact, as reported in the st. louis business journal, st. louis has the nation's fastest growing startup scene. as more and more investors are drawn to the st. louis area, these early stage investments are critical for helping keep these companies in missouri and creating more local missouri jobs. yet, while st. louis' startups have experienced tremendous growth recently, small businesses and startups everywhere are still having difficulty in obtaining financing and investment in today's economy at a crucial stage when they are trying to grow and expand. the halos act will make a small change that makes it easier for small businesses to find those vital investments. it would exempt demo days from general solicitation requirements that would put a burden on entrepreneurs and would make it more difficult for investors to provide financing. for those companies that are not yet ready to go public, it is important that they are given the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to those who are interested in learning more. i urge passage of this

rain showers and back to st. louisbe here before the sun comes up tomorrow morning but not until after 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. right now, we'll be try and sunny. maybe towards 60s in stratford and fredericksburg. tomorrow morning, light to moderate rain moving into the d.c. metro area. could be moderate rain on i-95 to the beltway as we head through the midparts of the morning commute. here's 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, an important time, because that's the nats home opener for tomorrow. i wish i could give you the all clear forecast but moderate rain. they might be abe to get the game in, but you need to know there could be a delay with rain drops around. cloudy and chilly day coming up on friday. more record cold towards sunday evening. here's melissa with metro delays. >> metro delays, three different line, delays to glennmont, orange line and blue line to a lot of slowdowns, one lane blocked there because of a new crash at 294. taking a look, chopper 4 inbound 66 right here. those are the headlights right at 50 a

she talked about how prior to 9/11 when they start the st. louischapter of care, she and her fellow muslim activist thought they would have this nice innocuous little group. they would create t-shirts that said muslims care, a play on the word, they would have bake sales and show the community they were happy, fun people and not make waves. she said after 9/11, when the entire world changed for muslims in america, she realized that is not a solution. that is what makes communities vulnerable, by not demanding their rights they will curry favor and protect themselves stop the only way she realized for muslims or any other group in history to have improved their situation is to find allies outside of the group and band together and demand those rights rather than hoping they will be accorded to them. there is a lot of sentiment in the united states that makes clear there was really grounds for optimism for believing that's true. a couple months ago there was a mosque in joplin, missouri, that had been the target of arson and other vandalism over the

that is because there's hail ina that storm, very gusty winds rocked st. louis. st.d a little bit of damage out there and currently ongoing as we go to our next image here. this is just the start of the severe outbreak.. daniel shaw put this on twitter. he's a storm chaser and he's tracking severe storms just west of ind oklahoma. that particular storm was rotating. no word yet on whether it whe dropped the tornado. tor we're going to continue toti follow this story because it's expected to get even worse as we head into the evening hours. ho > sue palka has the latest on n what's going out there.here >> we're getting off easy all ea things considered. that is definitely tornado alley for a reason. what we're much whatting is a frontal boundary that is north towards pennsylvania. right now not a lot going objection to the form you see a little bit more of activity up towards pennsylvania.enns a about it more active down towards the charlottesville where a little bit have had a about it of lightning. a little bit of activity to our south. we still anticipate that we'l

and the company moved us from new york to st. louishe was a lead artist. >> that's the dad miriam grows up knowing -- the guy who paints these gigantic billboards for major clients, like michelob and 7 up. what was your childhood like in the united states? >> we were happy and we had a beautiful apartment. i noticed many of our friends had accents and had the numbers on the arm. the survivors all were the same, in the sense they wanted their children to have a better life. >> in search of the american dream. >> indeed. >> for david, the american dream demands compromise. >> "i had to forget about art paintings and i had to forget what was hidden in my heart -- the pictures from the concentration camps. i had to work hard to make a living. >> then, in 1961, an envelope in the mail sends his spirits soaring. it contains a reparations check -- $4,350 -- from the west german government for his looted art. it wasn't the money but the official recognition that his life's work -- all but obliterated by the nazis -- meant something. >> i remem

in the st. louis suburbs, trees were ripped from their roots, sending them crashing down on to power >> we dodged a big one. it's so close to the house,r: r gers fans in arlington, texas, quickly moved to shelter as showers pouredto managed to finish the game without injury. >> i was afraid of the baseball players, that they were going to get like all like hurt whenever they were running because the mud and stuff. >> reporter: despite the damage here, so far there are no reports of injuries. officials have decided to cancel classes for the day. the storm system threatens the mid to lower mississippi valley with severe thunderstorms which include high winds and hail. >> thank you very much. >>> the strong winds tore apart buildings in north texas, too, overnight. debris from homes and cars littered streets there. at least five people were hurt. good morning. >>> we're expecting another round of severe weather across the southeast today. here's the setup. everything highlighted in the yellow, that's the

nats begin a ten-game road trip in st. louis starting tonight.: we may go to camp to practice saying his last name and pronouncing it. maureen: keep working on that. doug: a little drizzle. coming up steve will track and give you the timing of the weekend rain at 11:00. maureen: thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. ranking from top to bottom. car company of the year? luxury cars just seem like they would be top awarded. better be some awards behind what you are paying for, right? the final answer. chevy. the most awarded car company two years in a row. wow, it's like a luxury car. i was shocked. i mean it's like, this is chevy? for a limited time, get cash back for 15% of the msrp on most remaining 2015 chevy vehicles while they last. find new roads at your local chevy dealer >>> breaking news tonight. the chaos. the giant wall of protesters. then the clashes. some of the protesters taking aim. donald trump forced to hike around it all, to find another way in. trump telling the crowd, it was like i was crossing the b

more severe weather breaking out near st. louis, tornado warning in effect near southern louisiana and kentucky. no severe weather for us, but more showers could be moving in tonight morning. through tomorrow morning at 8:00, we have frost advisories and freeze advisories. 56 in midtown, but no, the showers come in around this time tomorrow evening and we'll. friday is a raw, rainy day. that's when we get the sun back. that's when we want it. 65 degrees on saturday. she ends up cloudy with a few light showers into monday. we have 70-degree temperatures but not until wednesday of next week. >>> the rio olympics now just 100 days away. >> today athletes teamed up at the empire state building for a special lighting ceremony. the white house will be lit u' with red, white and blue, of course, in honor of the upcoming games. >> you want the best for all these athletes, having a lot of stress, but most of all it's exciting. >> you can see the action from rio starting august 5 from the networks of universal. one of those savings. 100 days

test for the nets tonight, on the road in st. louis. and the redskins have their second and third round picks. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. .obert: we start with football last night the redskins added to takingeceiving corps, arguably the best receiver in the draft. tonight, a second round pick from usc, a linebacker. the redskins also added a cornerback from virginia tech, a local guy, a standout at good counsel, a former maryland star. eight career interceptions, 73 solo tackles. they also signed free-agent cornerback josh norman, so interesting. hockey, cannot ask for much more after thursday night. she --night for tj oh t.j. trick and the game-winning goal. still a lot of hockey to blood. >> -- still a lot of hockey to play. >> it's pretty fun to play and be part of. i would not expect the emotions to drop any less. should be another good game. andrt: this weekend, abc 7 news channel 8 are your broadcast home for d.c. united. here on abc 7,t coverage beginning at 4:30. cardinals.s b

st. louis is one of our facilitie facilities. in the last 34 months every 120 days or 280 days, depending on -- 240 days by your rule, we keep circulating directors in and out. i ran business for years and if in 120 days i couldn't get all of my employees names down. i definitely couldn't figure out where the problems were. and whenever -- i thought this was only in the st. louis facility. but our research found out there's 40 facilities that are actually interim directors that are cycling through like this. it's very hard to have oversight if someone isn't there for a long period of time and they understand that's their job. is there anything being done right now to try to cure those problems? >> yes. first off i couldn't agree more. you can't solve the problems of the va unless you have the right leaders in place and they need to be permanent leaders. so we're on the same page. st. louis very unfortunately pe actually named a permanent leader who were coming from sh the. >> no longer availabl