the st. louis post-dispatch, with a story about the change in the prosecutor, wesley bell ime st. louis county elected prosecutor robert mccullough. upset by a ferguson councilmen promising to reform the kernel justice system, earning 57 -- criminal justice system, earning 57% of the vote. did that surprise you? guest: yes and no. given what's happening, local and national elections the last 24 months, i would say very little surprise on the electoral front. he ran against the incumbent, was also a city councilman, but also heavily organizing in the community. not really a political figure, but one who was a community activist. he did the organic sort of work, the grassroots work that elections require. so it does not surprise me that much. host: there has been a real of fergusonhe area in terms of tourism, etc. how about the community itself? how's it doing? guest: the community is still sort of struggling, and so if you look at the numbers in terms of rates of unemployment, median wages, of ferguson and the st. louis region. the high school graduation rates. they remained fairly

the st. louis-post dispatch" reports on a stunning upset in the democratic primary for prosecutor.even-term prosecutor robert mcculloch lost to ferguson's wesley bell. they started after michael brown was shot and killed by ferguson police officer darren wilson. mcculloch came under heavy criticism after the prosecution failed to indict wilson. >>> the "washington post" reports a former michigan lawmaker is the first on track to become to first muslim congresswoman. she'll run unopposed in november. she was among protesters in 2016 when they interrupted a speech by donald trump. she would replace former congressman john conyers who resigned after allegations of sexual harassment. >>> and "the hollywood reporter" says changes are coming to the oscars. they approved the changes to increase ratings and shorten the show. some of the awards for less popular categories will be given out during commercial break and there will be a new category for blockbuster movies. >>> still ahead, amazon is looking for a few hundred workers. how you can join the online team without moving to seattle. f

the st. louis post dispatch just a few hours ago that talks about the same subject you guys are talking about here tonight. it talks about harry truman and how his grandparents were both slaveowners and it talks about his mother and harry truman's mother's hatred toward abraham lincoln. at one point she told harry that she would rather sleep on the floor than say in the lincoln bedroom. they quoted this book, the civil rights legacy of harry truman, in which an officer said truman never completely rose above that heritage. do you agree he never rose above that heritage? when you say he did rise above that heritage? >> personally, i think he rose above it. i do not know his personal thoughts but outwardly, he did, i think he kind of set the agenda for future civil rights in some aspects. despite what he did, for some of the things he said, or his family owned slaves, i think he rose above it outwardly. [applause] >> i have not read the article but if heritage is the word that is used i think that is a curious word choice because i do not think that any of us should track our lives above our he

the st. louis post dispatch reports an a stunning upset in the democratic primary for st. an wesley bell. it's first time he's been challenged since violent protests erupted in 2014. they started after michael brown was shot and killed by ferguson officer wilson. came under heavy criticism after a grand jury failed to indict wilson. bell will run unopposed in november. >>> two and a half years before ferguson, shooting death of trayvon martin was a call to action in many in the country. he was 17 and shot and killed in 2012 by george zimmerman who claimed he was attacked and he fired in self-defense. zimmerman was tried and acqu acquitted of all charges. now trayvon's martin parents have teamed up with jay-z on the new six-part docu series, rest in power. it chronicle iz his death and protest that emerged after it. tracy and sabrina were honored for their activism and we met with sabrina there yesterday. >> you and tracy received an award in this church. >> i decided i could not let my son's death be in vain. >> i've heard you say if it was up to you none would know your na

the st. louis post dispatch. >> thank you for doing this. what would you say to candidates, republican candidates who won primaries like josh holly, attaching themselves to president trump, but now, we're in a general election in which they're being attacked for doing that. that and also running in states, a lot of these senate race states now are in places where the president's tariff policies have become controversial. how would you tell republican candidates to deal with president trump going forward? mr lewandowski: i look back, missouri is a great example. we have 10 democrat incumbent senators running in states that donald trump won two years ago. west virginia, montana, the dakotas, you know all the races, florida. i think what you're going to see and what i think was missed by and large going into the 2016 election was the main stream media wrote off donald trump's opportunities to win in a number of these places, and i think of florida and pennsylvania and ohio specifically because they thought that the blue-collar democrats wouldn'

in a statement the company confirmed the tweets were from real employees. >>> well "st louis post-dispatch an easy eye exam shows promise in predicting alzheimer's decades before symptoms appear. researchers at washington university of medicine in st. louis used a technology similar to what is found in many eye doctors' offices. they detected evidence suggesting alzheimer's in older patients who had no symptoms of the disease. scientists estimate alzheimer's-related plaques build up two decades before the onset of symptoms. >> "the boston globe" says one of the first apple computers could be sold at auction next month for nearly $1 million. the fully functional apple one was hand built in 1976 by company co-founders steve wozniak and steve jobs. only 200 were made. about 80 survive. this relic of the 20th century can still play checkers. we had an apple two and apple two plus. those were some of the first ones. not like that. >> and the "los angeles times" reports snoop dogg's first cookbook has mac and cheese, gin and juice and lobster thermidor. hopefully not all in one dish. there are n