The complete four-hour broadcast delivers comprehensive Election Eve coverage, breaking national race updates, local ballot breakdowns, and expert analysis leading into Tuesday's general election. The morning kicks off reviewing Daylight Saving Time, Michigan U.S. Senate drama after Representative Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed, cockpit audio analysis from Sunday's fatal Learjet 60 crash in West Palm Beach, federal 18 U.S.C. § 241 scrutiny over Alaska's "Decoy Dan" candidate, and European civil defense stockpile advisories on "Kim on a Whim."
Hour 2 highlights record-shattering early voting in St. Louis County surpassing 130,000 ballots and reports on St. Louis police and fire testing aerial drones as first responders. Business reporter Nicole Murray breaks down Missouri ACA rate increases reaching 27%, OpenAI's funding target adjustments, and Binance asset flows, followed by marathon division debates and "In Other News" covering mascot controversies and holiday decorating trends.
Hour 3 features high-profile state and national leaders: Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins projects 55% turnout statewide and clarifies photo ID enforcement; legal expert Hans von Spakovsky examines Alaska's candidate controversy and SAVE database litigation; and Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway outlines Amendment 3 mobilization, outside review of the St. Louis Police Board's Chief Robert Tracy contract, and multi-state census litigation. "Kim on a Whim" explores an intense New York custody dispute over frozen IVF embryos.
The final hour presents an in-depth walkthrough of the station's Missouri voter guide, followed by Reverend Alex Bryant discussing church mobilization across minority and evangelical congregations on Amendment 3. KMOX Sports Director Tom Ackerman recaps college football upsets and previews SLU basketball's television opener, before the hosts analyze athlete safety following Jack Campbell's scary NFL neck injury, finalize raffle details for Responder Rescue, and preview Election Night coverage.
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