Hancock & Kelley: State control over the SLMPD, a peaceful transfer of power, and what to do w/ Rams settlement money

ST. LOUIS – It was another Sunday morning of sometimes heated but always civil political debate on Hancock and Kelley for Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024.

Republican consultant John Hancock and Jane Dueker, in for Democratic consultant Michael Kelley, share their thoughts on the following topics and issues:

We discuss Missouri's Governor-elect Mike Kehoe and his agenda, particularly regarding the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

What does the new make-up of the St. Louis County Council mean for County Executive Sam Page?

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell will soon be headed to Congress after ousting two-term incumbent Cori Bush. But a showdown is brewing between Governor Mike Parson and County Executive Page over who gets to appoint Bell's successor.

The peaceful transition of power: President Joe Biden does something President-elect Donald Trump would not.

Four St. Louis aldermen are backing a plan to start spending the city's share of the Rams/NFL settlement money. They've introduced a bill that echoes a plan from Greater St. Louis Inc. that would use $232 million to help rebuild the city's poorer neighborhoods and fund similar efforts downtown.

Aldermanic President Megan Green favors using the money as an endowment to fund projects residents ask for, like rebuilding the city's crumbling watermains and helping with childcare.

And in our Quote of the Week, how the courageous fight of an injured Ferguson police officer unites us all.

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The Weekend Update desk at "Saturday Night Live" devoted its opening to hocking some loogies at Donald Trump's picks to lead his presidential administration. That list includes billionaire Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, who has been tapped by Trump to lead the newly formed Department of Government Efficiency taskforce, which aims to ...

It seems that even though Donald Trump is heading back to the White House, Melania Trump is continuing this controversial business venture, and isn't slowing down anytime soon. Earlier this week, Melania released a limited-edition photo series called "On the Move," which shows Melania in various professional settings. the 16 digital images show her on ...

CNN's Jake Tapper took his interview with Mike Johnson to a personal level as he quizzed the Republican House Speaker on how his support for President-elect Donald Trump's controversial Cabinet nominations squared with his Christian family values. Johnson has been asked by several Republican congressmen and senators to release the details in a House Ethics Committee investigation into allegations that Matt Gaetz, who is Trump's pick for Attorney General, had sex with a 17-year-old. In an intervi

The Trump transition team is compiling a list of senior current and former U.S. military officers who were directly involved in the withdrawal from Afghanistan and exploring whether they could be court-martialed for their involvement, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the plan.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Sunday that his "bias would be to vote for the people that President Trump wants" for the upcoming administration. "My bias would be to vote for the people that President Trump wants to serve [by in his] administration," Johnson told NewsNation's Chris Stirewalt on "The Hill Sunday." "Again, as a...

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If Kennedy is even halfway successful in his quest to save the American people from the life-robbing threats of ultra-processed foods and toxic chemicals, he can potentially save or improve tens of millions of lives over the next four years.

China's President Xi Jinping told his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden that the issues of Taiwan, democracy, human rights and rights to development are "red lines" for China and not to be challenged, the official state media Xinhua said on Sunday. Xi warned the United States not to get involved in bilateral disputes over islands and reefs in the South China Sea or "aid or abet the impulsion to make provocations" in that region, it said.

Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, will not attend the upcoming G20 summit in Brazil, a well-informed Saudi source told dpa, though no explanation was provided. However, the heir apparent is set to attend an annual Gulf summit in Kuwait on December 1 and will host French President Emmanuel Macron, who is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia starting December 2, the source added, requesting anonymity. The source also declined to address reports that the 39-year-old royal

Vice President Kamala Harris campaign, which spent $100 million per week during her condensed run for the presidency, is still flooding supporter's inboxes with requests for cash. That's led to heightened scrutiny about how the campaign spent its record war chest and still ended up no match for President-elect Donald Trump's MAGA roadshow. Among the eye-popping expenses was a $1 million paid to Oprah Winfrey's production firm, Harpo Productions, for a town hall event she television star hosted w

For more than a year, the United States has steadfastly backed Israel in its Gaza war while quietly counseling restraint.They ultimately decided not to take action, despite Israel not meeting metrics on the number of aid trucks and a new UN-backed assessment warning of imminent famine in Gaza.

Mayor Brandon Johnson reversed course Saturday and announced he will not attend a slain cop's funeral after the officer's family told him to stay away. Johnson's office had said Friday he would go to the funeral for Officer Enrique Martinez, despite protests from the police union president who said he would not be welcome. Martinez was shot and killed Monday during a traffic stop in Chatham. ...

CAIRO (Reuters) -Two flash bombs were fired towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in the northern Israeli town of Caesarea on Saturday and fell into the garden, police said. Neither Netanyahu nor his family were present and there was no damage reported, it added in a statement. Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the incident crossed "all red lines" in a post on X early on Sunday.

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Republican Nick Begich has ousted incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to win Alaska's lone House seat, Decision Desk HQ projects. That marks 220 seats for Republicans, surpassing the 218 needed to control the chamber. A little more than two years after Peltola flipped the red state's at-large congressional district into Democratic control, Republicans coalesced behind Begich to help...

Donald Trump Jr. said Sunday that the team now around the president-elect knows how to choose a Cabinet and build out an administration, unlike the time before his father first took office. Any pushback that Donald Trump's unconventional choices face from the Washington establishment proves that they are just the kind of disruptors the new administration and voters are demanding, the younger Trump said. After Donald Trump was elected in 2016, he stocked his early administration with choices from traditional Republican and business circles, tapping figures such as former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, who was his first as secretary of state.