. >> i am from st. louis, missouri. a lot of you think i have said it in correctly when i said missouri. you think i got it slid into my southern dialect, right? no. i was not born in st. louis. i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little town side of nashville. that is where i grew up, went to high school, met and married my husband. moved back to st. louis where i lived part of my life. i heard people saying missouri and missouri. what is the correct pronunciation of our new home? the best place to go when you want information is where? >> [inaudible]. >> of course, we all know that. i went to the library and the librarian gave me a wonderful book and began a life long friendship with the librarian. missouri is the native american pronunciation. in their language it is the people of the big boats. one word means all of that. missouri. frenchman who came up the mississippi river. they said that would be a great place to have a trading post. they set up a trading post and called it st. louis. missouri became missouri.

it's parts of st. louis and parts of north st. louis county to a new superdemocrattic district. >> stephen: the headquarters of monsanto are in your district, true? >> yes. >> stephen: how did you feel about genetically modified foods? >> i think there's a place for that. a great example is some of the drought-stricken areas in the u.s. >> stephen: mon santo is one of your biggest donors. >> right. >> stephen: are you a genetically modified ear of corn in a suit running for congress. >> i am -- >> stephen: are you a congressman or a corn-gressman. >> i'm russ carnahan running for congress. >> stephen: you are dodging the question. are you human or a genetically modified vegetable from monsanto. >> i'm human. >> stephen: legally i have to get that before i move on. you worked to ensure enactment of the america competes act to improve math and science education. sell me on math y do we need it? >> the united states for a long time led in science and technology. >> stephen: we don't need math anymore we have computers and chinese peo

boken's father has traveled to st louis. >>megan boken led st francis college prep in wheaton to a state volleyball championship before going on to earn her business degree in st louis. visitation will be held at st francis on wednesday. funeral services will be thursday at st michael catholic church in wheaton. live in the newsroom randi belisomo wgn news. >>cardinal francis george not letting a new fight with cancer slow him down. he's set to resume his previously scheduled public commitments after a series of medical tests. the 75-year-old battled bladder cancer six years ago. he found out last week the disease has returned this time to his kidney and liver. a spokesperson for the cardinal says he rested at home over weekend and was actively engaged in a number of his administrative responsibilities. >>pastor corey brooks is back in chicago tonight taking a break from his walk across america. brooks returned to preside over the funeral today of 19-year-old tony dunn. he was killed two weeks ago, just blocks from the pasto

ravens players stayed here in the ritz carlton in st. louis. this time tomorrow, about two dozen ravens players will not have the job. that is how high the stakes are tonight for ravens players as they take on the rams. the ravens coach shared with me -- especially on special teams. we do not expect to see ray rice, ray lewis at all in tonight's game. this is again that will be devoted at younger players getting their final shot. guys like a rookie running back, a big performance tonight against the rams could put him on the 53-man roster. ravens coaches will give him a long look in the secondary tonight. tommy's trader at of miami, -- tommy streeter, he will need to shine tonight to make sure he is not one of the guys who remembers standing here at the ritz carlton on one night sending out of the job the next night. the preseason comes to an end tonight. after tonight, it is on to monday night primetime. >> you can see the final preseason game in about half an hour. >> there is a pregame show at 6:30. shifting gears to baseball -- all little o

louis at 7:00 p.m. -- tomorrow night, kickoff in st. louis at 7:00 p.m. the game is on wbal tv 11 with the simulcast on 10:90 a.m. wbal and 98 roc. last they beat a cy young candidate to take game 2 against the white sox. the orioles knocked out chris early in this game. tillman was dominant. no runs until just one infield hit. the final offensive came from this man. that is career home one #100. baltimore beat chicago 6-0. tomorrow night, and joe saunders will make his oriole debut. >> down the line and he breaks the score. 3-2 toronto. now the top of the sixth appeared as gabor -- top of the sixth. toronto goes on to win 8-5. the baltimore grand prix is now just two days away. but judging by the amount of metal fences and grandstand, you probably already noticed that. drivers are now in town to use the track. this driver is trying to defend his title. he is tops in the porch race in the izod in de seabreeze. -- indy series. >> i do not think you ever feel confident. or you just do not know. all you understand is that you have to give it your absolute al

a compact weather system with all of the lightning and heavy rain that fell east of st. louis. you concede there are also some storms out here to the west so these clusters are forming and growing and expanding in an area of high pressure there is a band of heavy rain this morning with 70 mi. per hour winds. these are some rain totals. totals. here is the view from our state capitol in springfield in the chicago area look at the temperatures. it's still 87 tonight at midway airport. a beautiful day here in chicago. the sun comes out and munsters starts flooding in. we had a 93 at both of the airports today. waukegan hit 91 today. there has been an air pollution action de declared by illinois epa. we have had only five of those included nine in this year. just a half an inch of rain on the horizon the next seven days perdays low temperatures 70- 74. tomorrow a sun and cloud macs but building clubs give it away to some widely scattered afternoon thunderstorms. partly sunny and windy and incredible heat with a 97 on saturday. the storms that could result late in the day or night m

we're in st. louis for the completion of a four-game series. carlos beltran right off the bat after losing 15-0 last night to cardinals didn't waste any time of madison's 6th inning. it was a day with wainwright and the cardinals. 110, still not very good. 0 for 4, three strikeouts, that's it. giants finish the trip, three wins in colorado. two in st. louis. that's a 5-2 trip. dodgers were idol. giants remain one game up. on the road in chicago tomorrow night. nba, a block buster. i mean, a big, big deal. dwight howard is going to the los angeles lakers. the best center in all of basketball when you look at the lakers history, they had kareem via trade, all these guys want to go and be in los angeles. andrew bynum, one of those. bynum goes to philadelphia. that's a big name, of course, leaving the lakers and dwight howard, when you look at the laker, kobe bryant, they don't have to lose paul. lakers right there with miewmmy as the favorite in the nba. for the first time in a couple of years, peyton manning, his denver debut in chicago against t

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. >> she was in the st. louis to play in and alumni volleyball game yesterday. the match was scheduled for 4:00. at 2:00 p.m. she was shot to death while sitting in her car in front of for old college apartment building >> we're searching the neighborhood for any cameras that would have recorded the actual crime scene. >> her family is requesting privacy... they say she was a wonderful human being >> she was a great woman who believes in everything that st. louis university was about. she served the community. she will be missed >> she graduated in 2011... she began working for a financial servicing firm... >> my heart and prayers go out to one of my favorite families ever. i am sorry for your lost >>s >> she had an impact on the program. >> she led the high-school to the class title... >> many prayers were offered today at her family's parish... >> god always brings good out of the evil... >> they do not believe she knew her attacker... >> arson is suspected in a massive fire that destroyed eight historic building in north central illinois. it started at midnig

a new start time in st. louis, all of this ahead of mitt romney's scheduled speech. >> and we are dry and comfortable this morning. but will that continue for the o's goal this afternoon? i'll have that story -- game this afternoon? i'll have that forecast coming up. >> i hope so lynette. everything is nice and clear here on the harrisburg expressway at warren road. i'll let you know how traffic is shaping up on 95 and the beltway coming up on "good morning maryland." >>> it is 6:44. slow show, i'm charlie crowson it is -- it is "good morning maryland," i'm charlie crowson. and we have afternoon baseball today we node some good weather. >> you are beginning to get some out there charlie because nice this morning with the temperature coming in the 62 degrees in frederick. the winds are on the calm side and they'll peak up south through the afternoon maybe about 5 to 15 lena 16 miles per and in' jamsville we have a few clouds out there but still plenty of sunshine in the forecast that's going to continue as we

even though they played the game in st. louis. pirates, one game up on the giants in the second n.l. wild card spot. >>> meantime, the yankees hosting the red sox in the bronx. fourth inning. ichiro, coming through the solo shot of the second deck. that would push the yankees' lead 3-0. and ichiro wasn't done. he sends one off of the park for josh beckett. two dingers for ichiro. yankees go on to win the rubber match of the series 4-1. embattled red sox fall four games below .500. and it doesn't take my ears to hear the tolling sounds from bobby valentine in boston. >>> melky cabrera may have bad judgment. but you can't fault the man for having creativity. cabre cabrera, cooked up a phony website that featured a fictitious product that would have caused him to test positive. but since the substance in question didn't exist, it would have been difficult for cabrera to use it. major league's baseball team is gathering information about cabrera's scheme, which he thought up last month to explain his positive test for synthetic testos

it's the rain we have to talk about, and all that moisture will be wrapping you through st. louis cincinnati, and it will eventually get here, but i think it will not be until the end of the weekend. we will be looking at rain chances, but i don't think it will -- veronica, of course, will have the latest when she sees you in just a little while. >>> a former lacrosse player murdered his one-time girlfriend

louis. we'll get to see rookie kicker justin tucker take the reins now that billy cundiff is gone and who will replace linebacker terrell suggs, highlights tonight at 11:00. don't forget about our toyota game of the week poll. here's your choices. we'll announce the winner at 11:00 tonight go. to usatodayhighschoolsports.com/dc to vote. >>> breaking news out of the tennis world. andy roddick announced he will retire at the age of 30 after this year's u.s. open. you can see coverage from flushing meadows beginning saturday here on wusa9. the 30-year-old has one grand slam title at the u.s. open in 2003. we'll have more on that plus highlights from today's nats game tonight at 11:00. we're live at nationals park. i'm kristen berset. ladies, back to you in the studio. >> again ladies. the nicest thing i've been called all day. >> ladies and topper. >> are we allowed to close the show? >> yes, you may. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. >> derek is back with our area's only local

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the rest of the country, still hot around st. louis, dallas, phoenix. 100 to 106 there. low to mid 90s eastern coast. 81 portland. all major airports around the country and all of them are showing green that yellow around minneapolis dipping into nebraska where we expect severe weather today. all major airports here on time. with extra clouds there may be delays at sfo. flight checker abc7news.com. >>> 4:47. investigators in spain have arrested three suspects they believe are al-qaeda operatives. they say they had explosives with plans to fly to launch their new attack. they had timers and enough explosive -- explosives with them to blow up a bus. at least two of the men had been practicing flying light aircraft believed to be motorized paragliders. the suspects may have intended to use the innocent-looking pleasure craft for a deadly purpose. >> you can see under the by lot there's room where they could put explosives in the past as we've seen a suicide vest where he would carry the explosive on his body and perhaps detonate as he flew into a crowd, a stadium where he c

southern illinois, or outside of st. louis, missouri, i think that is a great place to say, willie traditional democrat area be allowed a young man who is 31 years old but will r elect -- that is the litmus test of whether we can get that done. that area has never had a republican. >> questions from the audience for congressman sessions. >> i'm with "the houston chronicle." the race in texas and a reaction to the court ruling yesterday on

after going through st. louis, looks like it makes a hard right turn and goes to places like cincinnati and into west virginia. that might begin sunday afternoon or evening and we meet get some of the rain from hurricane isaac and now a tropical depression isaac and that is going to do a lot to ease drought conditions, by the way, in many parts of the country and that is going to create major issues with -- inland flooding and especially anyone living along a big river and more in a minute, brian, and that includes a closer look at the forecast. >> coming up, we have a high wind in new orleans and how people are dealing with the big flooding down there. >>> and in a few hours from now, mitt romney will officially accept his nominee for the presidency. and there is a lot of talk of a big surprise speaker. do we know who it is in. >> reporter: fox news is confirming the so-called mystery speaker will be actor clint eastwood, you remember, was a former republican mayor in california. there is no mystery about w

this is in a suburb of st. louis. we've got a report from st. louis's nbc affiliate ksdwk explaining more. >> it was stuck. she kept on trying to pull it out. >> dejamon baker displays the results of a tangle with the business end of a taser. she has a matching wound on her stomach. >> i fell on the floor and i was like -- i couldn't control myself. i just kept on shaking. >> said put your hands behind your back. i said for what? next thing you know, he's got me down on the ground. >> i was crying. he got mad because he was crying. >> he should have had enough control to tell her to get back instead of pulling out his gun. he was nervous and tasing people. >> cenk: we gotta start with the tasers. it is out of control. against a 12-year-old? how much of a threat could she have been. in march a 9-year-old gots at ad in ohio. in june, they tased an 8month pregnant lady. at least i didn't put a bullet in them. no a taser is not a gun. it is not harmless. you don't do it to a child! if you can't control a 12-year-old without tasing them there is some

southern illinois, or outside of st. louis, missouri, i think that is a great place to say, willie traditional democrat area be allowed a young man who is 31 years old but will elect -- that is the litmus test of whether we can get that done. that area has never had a republican. >> questions from the audience for congressman sessions. >> i'm with "the houston chronicle." the race in texas and a reaction to the court ruling yesterday on the republican

impressive storm over st. louis. one storm after another sailed over st. louis doing damage. did you know you could ride to the top of the arch. it is a four minute ride inside the tiny tram. it is not when it is lightning outside. humidity 94%. winds southwest kick bringing in a muggy feel across the area. let's take you back to manchester. watch the clouds roll in with the storms again. look how that comes threw in a bling of an eye producing severe weather. ellicott city look at the storm clouds coming through that part of the area. wind gusts 35 miles per hour. not impressive winds but certainly enough to cause some problems today. baltimore city showing that severe storm rolling through. again, that was a quick hitter. these storms where 15 to 20 minutes then they were out of here. look at this ominous skyline. in terms of what is going on active severe thunderstorms are out east of us. we have warnings in extreme eastern cecil county because of the strong moving storms into southern new jersey. a thunderstorm watch maintained through the 9:00 hour for much of the city l

. >> i am from st. louis, missouri. a lot of you think i have said it in correctly when i said missouri. you think i got it slid into my southern dialect, right? no. i was not born in st. louis. i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little

louis metro police our news affiliate in st. louis reports that the individual being held as 18 years old being questioned now with regard to this case ... police are calling him a person of interest in the saturday killing at leads you to believe that detectives have their suspicions about the individual ... meanwhile friends and relatives are grieving the loss of this young woman she was a standout volleyball star here in high school she was loved by many >>she was an amazing girl and in the sports department she helped some many people she was a great friend to all we will miss her a lot. st. louis police with a person of interest in custody 18 years old taken in on an unrelated robbery case we will have all the latest developments here and wgn with an update on the wgn news at 5:00 p.m. this evening to protect her husband? the man who served as pastor to drew peterson's missing fourth wife... is on the stand. wgn's tonya francisco is live in joliet with details on neil schori's testimony. also today, self-proclaimed he provi

the st. louis fed has always been hawkish. that was not a great call. so i guess i'm not -- i think that ben bernanke has our back and i'm not as concern. always good to have some hawks, but being hawkish in april of 2011 was not the best call. >> you heard jim. >> it's probably not my best moment, jim. you know what it's like to make a bad call. >> i just want to point out if someone has to protect us from president obama and congress. if they're going to fight each other, we need somebody to have our back. it ain't the chinese, it ain't the germans. i don't know who will have it. >> we did get in a little bit of a discussion about whether the fed by stepping up and doing things where nobody else is, congress in particular, not being able to get this stuff done, does it allow the fiscal authorities to not have to take up the responsibility that they should be? and is there a point where that worries you that we get into that? >> i just think that i'm less worried because of what bernanke is doing. i really look a backstop. i don't want to do that every

showers are getting up south of st. louis. arkansas getting most of the rain and the rain continues to move north. a pleasant morning this morning. readings from baltimore around 70 degrees. off to the north, hagerstown, 65. 50's and 60's in far western maryland. the dew point temperatures were quite low yesterday appeared this morning the temperatures are in the 60's. down to the70's south. dew points are low and that makes for some uncomfortable weather with the lack of humidity in the atmosphere. this'll be the site of the big race. we're all dry. the area of high pressure is keeping us in great shape. the tropical moisture is off to the southwest. what is left of isaac will interact with this cool front. eventually it will bump into that and start pushing that moisture eastward. that will happen at a slow pace. the first portion of our holiday weekend is in good shape. we have a tropical storm in the tropics, lesley. these storms look like they will be ocean goers. it doesn't look like they will be a big threat to the cont

. >>> in st. louis, they just rolled with it. more than 800 people tried to break a world record for largest number of people doing somersaults. unfortunately, they didn't quite pull it off. falling about 100 people short. but they did raise thousands for charity. >>> in florida, they did break the record for what they were serving up. a 36-foot long cuban sandwich. several restaurants joined forces to build the gut-busting hero full of ham, salami, cheese, pickles, and leftovers were donated to a local food bank. >>> finally, in california, one man who nerve leaves a more sell of food behind. you know him joey "jaws" chestnut, you know him from the coney island hot dog eating contest. this time it was chinese pot stickers and he downed 266 of the appetizers in just ten minutes. yes, that too shattered a world record. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather here's nbc meteorologist bill karins with the weather channel forecast. i don't know how he does it. that's 27 of those a minute -- >> you don't want to add u

louis rams. >> i don't know. >> it is the st. louis rams. >> pretty big arm. >> it is pre-season. that is the bottom line. it is game number one. something for us to talk about but really in the big picture, none of this means anything. >> totally agree. >> manny machado. six of 13 in his first week up here. five extra bases out of those hits and three home runs already. >> you know what? >> the question is -- >> don't ask. >> can you have manny machado or bryce harper, who do you take? >> based on those numbers and the small sample versus the bryce harper bigger sample and based on the numbers, he has been around longer. this is a small sample. based on this sample, i'm going to go with many machado. jure taking him after 13 at- bats. >> baseball is just based on the numbers. >> very interesting. >> i'm not mad at either one of them. >> let's get to golf. >> my favorite sport. >> right now, you got tiger woods, 14 major championships and you got a young kid named rory mcelroy. if you could have one guy. yesterday, with saw tiger do what tiger does now on sundays which is not win

thunderstorms roll through st. louis. tail end has thunder and lightning. northern portion sliding into northern and central indiana, cloudy with a shield of light rain. maybe about a quarter to half an inch as it goes through indianapolis. not a lot of rain but it will keep those temperatures down. only in the low to mid-70s today from northern portions of indiana and illinois and southern portions of michigan. thunderstorms are possible this afternoon down along the gulf coast. that's really one of the spots where high humidity exists. much of texas will be hot but clouds this morning and hopefully that will keep you cooler. tomorrow's forecast, the storm today near chicago and st. louis will head to the east coast. expect a rainy afternoon from d.c. to new york. >>> if you're watching us on columbia, south carolina, see a display of titanic recently recovered and preserved treasures. titanic: the artifact exhibit. that's your early event of the day. >> fascination with titanic even all this time. >>> here's an early look at this morning's headlines in en

we'll tell you about the giants' night in st. louis. and a football stadium in texas for high school football. >>> east palo alto police are looking for two people who forced their way into a home run this morning and beat and shot someone inside. that attack happened about 9:30 in the 1000-block of wheat street. the victim is in stable condition tonight. a website saw the suspects -- a witness saw the suspects take off in an early 2000s brown nissan altima. >>> after being held captive for 18 years, dugard is ask -- he was on parole at the time after serving 11 years on a 50 year sentence. now dugard is suing the federal government alleging that parole officers are probably to blame for her captivity. her attorneys say justice department lawyers unfair a former chair of the commissioner not to serve as a witness on her behalf. >>> here in the weather center, we're talking about a mini-heat wave. hot temperatures set up for tomorrow. even hotter for thursday and friday. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: dinner...is...s

they set up a trading post and called it st. louis. missouri became missouri. now i ask you which is correct? missouri or missouri? >> missouri. okay. neither one. [laughter]. you can't say the native americans were wrong for saying missouri. you can't say the french were wrong for pronouncing it in their language, just different ways of pronouncing the same word. that is where we have the problem with the word different. different isn't a synonym of the word wrong. we have to be careful how we use it and our children. it answers the question, why do you write that? i write to tell the story. one that has fallen through the cracks, one marginalized by main stream history. either misrepresented or represented to the way in which it is a stereo typical, write to take those stereotypes, reshape them and give them back to you dressed in a new dress. i mean when i say different is not a synonym for wrong, it means that we should celebrate those things. everyone in this room is different in some way. but you should not feel bad about that. your uniqueness, as my gran

. >>> in st. louis, they just rolled with it. i guess you can say. more than 800 people tried to break a world record for the largest number of people doing somersaults. oh. unfortunately, they didn't quite pull it off. falling about 100 people short. but good news, they did raise thousands for charity. >>> in florida, they did break the record they were going for. serving up a 36-foot-long cuban sandwich. several restaurants joined forces to build the gut-busting hero, full of cuban pork, ham, sala salami, cheese, pickles. and the leftovers were donated to a local food bank. >>> finally, in california, one man who never leaves a morsel behind. joey chestnut, the competitive eater from the coney island hot dog eating contest. this time, however, japanese pot stickers were on the menu. and chestnut brought his a-game. downing 266 of the appetizers in just 10 minutes. that, too, shattered a world record. >>> now, for a look at the national weather, we look at the forecast. how does he do it? >> i don't know. >> you look disgusted, by the way. >> i'm tr

. >>> and st. louis, they just rolled with it. more than 800 people tried to break a world record for the largest number of people doing, what? somersaults. unfortunately they didn't quite pull it off falling about 100 people short but, good news, they did raise thousands for charity. >>> and in florida they did break the record they were going for. surfing up a 36 foot long cuban sandwich. several restaurants joined forces to build the gut busting hero full of cuban pork, ham, sala salami, cheese, pickles. the leftovers were donated to a local food bank. >>> finally, in california, one gentleman who never leaves one morsel of food behind. joey, the competitive eater from his numerous wins at the coney island hot dog eating contest. chet nut brought his "a" game downing 266 appetizers in just ten minutes. and, yes, that too shattered a world record. congratulations. >>> now for a look at your national and regional weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins for a weather channel forecast. hungry? >> i consumed a lot of food this

he is happy and lives in st. louis. his fifth home inert last six games 1k3* buster said, have a plan and keep it simple. barry zito 6 and two-thirds, but craig got him twice, in the third and in the fifth. numbers 16 and 17. i always say beware of a guy with two first names, alan craig makes it a 3-2 game. arias insurance for the giants and a double scores belt in the 6th. giants winners 4-2 and coupled with a dodger loss, the giants are back up by a game and a half. the a's proving they are legitimate contenders, but can they contend with big money, free spending teams like the angels. mike trout brought his friends with him. colon struck him out twice. the pride of petaluma. to the barbecue terrace it goes. the a's getting warmed up. the bases are loaded up and the grounder to third goes through and two runs score. they pour it on and norris deep to left and out of here. this was originally ruled a double. but the umps reviewed

they do this kind of thing in the st. louis, missouri, area. overall, to get the four dogs out from underneath this slab it took a week. >> oh. >> to get them out of there. tabitha happened to be the final one. >> so adorable. so heartbreaking, because you can't explain to the puppy what's going on, that these people are trying to help. just screams. that sound is so matter eaking, but now tabian find of this story, tabitha has already been adopted by a great family, and, of course, she's loving her new life now, outside of this. >> so cute. hi! >>> are you all ready for a little monday magic? >> always. >> time to check in with matt dreidel who brings magic into our lives. may, max. >> hey. a tough one thinking mourns morning. those monday, can't wake up, get get into it. slap yourself around -- >> oh. >> crack into a beer. >> whoa. >> get your day started off. >> wow. that was magical in itself. >> it was magical. the first one, the dancing sign. >> sure. >> oh. ooh. >> oh. i would just put the brakes on and wait. see what happens. >> yeah. h

st. louis, missouri, decided to throw a parade for iraq veterans to say welcome home. we missed you. we're glad the war's over. we're glad the war is over. st. louis' parade to mark the end of the iraq war was a huge success. 100,000 people, universal acclaim. and, frankly, it called to question whether we as a country, do what we did at the end of previous wars, which is to welcome our home with a parade up broadway in new york city. like we did for wars from the spanish-american war, through the world wars, through korea to the first gulf war through the presidency of the first george bush. we did not do a parade in the 1970s to welcome home to troops who fought in vietnam as the vietnam war ended. we righted that wrong and honored vietnam veterans years later in 1985. the predominant sentiment at the time, then, as is now, that it was the right thing to do to honor those vietnam veterans with a parade at broadway. it's a shame it took so long to do it. st. louis in january of this year

st... he thought he was having a heart attack. she said, "take an aspirin, we need to go to the hospital." i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. i'm very grateful to be alive. aspirin really made a difference. >>> hey, some legit big news in a story that we have been covering in an on going way for months now. when the iraq war ended in december, some regular joe civilians in st. louis, missouri, decided to throw a parade for iraq veterans to say welcome home. we missed you. thank you. st. louis's parade to mark the end of the iraq war was a huge success. 100,000 people, and it called the question of whether we would as a country do what we did at the end of previous wars, which is to welcome our veterans home with a parade at broadway in new york city. like we did for wars from the spani spanish-american war, through the world wars, through korea to the first gulf war through the presidency of the first geor