Hancock & Kelley: Response to St. Louis tornado, NTSB report on fatal I-70 bus crash
ST. LOUIS – It was another Sunday morning of sometimes heated but always civil political debate on Hancock and Kelley for Sunday, May 25, 2025.
Republican consultant John Hancock and Democratic consultant Michael Kelley discussed the following topics:
The response to a deadly tornado in St. Louis includes tears, a staff changeover due to failure over sounding warning sirens, and a lack of timely help from the Trump administration.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issues findings on a deadly I-70 bus crash related to a dangerous lack of rest area parking spaces; an area congressman is 'shouting from the rooftops.'
Former President Joe Biden has prostate cancer. The political right is sympathetic but also suspicious. Why?
Our Quote of the Week is a call to 'back the blue' after three police officers are shot in Fairview Heights, Illinois.
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