Hancock and Kelley on FOX 2 St. Louis
Hancock and Kelley are the odd couple of St. Louis politics. Hancock, a Republican, and Kelley, a Democrat, are political consultants who used to lob grenades at each other when they were executive directors of their political parties. But there was no animosity when they joust on-air. No yelling. No personal attacks. No name-calling. While they disagree on most everything political, they have become friends. They counter each other calmly, often with humor. Off the air, they give each other personal advice, attend each other's office parties, go to baseball games together.
Episodes
Hancock and Kelley on FOX 2 take on the top issues of the week. On the agenda:
- Illinois’ biggest county in the St. Louis area no longer wants to be in the same state as Chicago.
- Disturbing surprises show up on the desks of members of the Missouri legislature: dessert ‘brownies’ — along with a note saying they contain dog feces.
- Donald Trump’s so-called “Hush-Money” trial has begun — is that worse for him or President Bide...
The Wall Street Journal had an extremely unflattering front-page report about the demise of downtown St. Louis. ...
First lady Jill Biden was in St. Louis to raise money for her husband’s reelection bid. ...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey files a lawsuit to stop the latest incarnation of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. ...
Iran attacks Israel with more than 300 drones and m...
We begin with U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland taking note of violent crime in St. Louis and pledging to do something about it. ...
The rise of the write-in candidates and the fall of right-wing school board candidates in Tuesday's local elections. ...
We’re keeping up with former President Donald Trump's courtroom battles and a big endorsement in a key Missouri congressional race. ...
Israel admits fault for...
- Viral videos of violent, even deadly, after-school fights among teens in St. Louis County lead to calls for action from the state capital to the nation’s capital. ...
- A new bipartisan bill in the Missouri legislature would ban marriage for those under the age of 18. Currently, 16- and 17-year-olds can marry someone who’s also under 21 with parental consent. ...
- The City of St. Louis is leading an alarming population de...
A call for retired cops to help St. Louis out of its reckless driving epidemic. ... Missouri Governor Mike Parson, a self-proclaimed "mega" Kansas City Chiefs fan, is receiving backlash after pardoning the son of Chiefs head coach Andy Reid. The coach's son, Britt Reid, was drunk and speeding when he crashed into multiple cars on an Interstate 435 ramp near Arrowhead Stadium in 2021, which left 5-year-old Ariel Young with ...
A FOX 2 New interview with a St. Louis alderwoman about the city’s reckless driving crisis is interrupted by blatant reckless driving: motorcyclists doing wheelies, running a red light, driving on the wrong side the road and circling cars waiting for the light to change. Alderwoman Cara Spencer is calling for booting the wheels of reckless drivers. The mayor and aldermanic president want to bring back red-light cameras, wh...
St. Louis City’s reckless driving crisis claims the lives of two visitors from Chicago after they attended a concert downtown. It comes a year of a teenage girl visiting from Tennessee lost her legs in a reckless driving crash. She was hit by a vehicle while walking downtown. Instead of addressing the glaring lack of enforcement of traffic laws, Mayor Tishaura Jones calls out the Board of Aldermen for stalling he...
The chief of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department heads to Jefferson City to fight a state takeover of his department. ...
There's another viral video of another Missouri Republican breaking out a flamethrower. ...
Both Republicans and Democrats lament our do-nothing Congress, from border security to aid for Israel and Ukraine to impeaching a cabinet secretary. ...
In our quote of the week, a local congresswoman ...
Democrat St. Louis Congresswoman Cori Bush is the subject of a U.S. Department of Justice grand jury investigation of her massive spending on personal security. ...
Missouri Governor Mike Parson heads to the southern U.S. border in Texas, saying Missouri has a role to play in the migrant crisis. ...
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey appears in St. Louis with former NCAAA swimmer Riley Gaines. ...
Extreme infighting among Republicans in the Missouri Senate leads to senators being stripped of leadership positions and their preferred Capitol parking spots! One senator mockingly comes up with a resolution to allow senators to settle disputes by duel! …
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page is pushing a small property tax increase to pay for a new or renovated St. Louis County headquarters building at a time when the c...
It was another Sunday morning of sometimes heated but always civil political debate on Hancock and Kelley, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Republican consultant John Hancock and Democratic consultant Michael Kelley discuss the following topics: …
St. Louis County drops $90,000 on a new logo and branding as the county executive calls for tax hikes. …
St. Louis City’s highly-paid but rarely seen police chief issues a repor...
It was another Sunday morning of sometimes heated but always civil political debate on Hancock and Kelley for Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
Republican consultant John Hancock and Democratic consultant Michael Kelley discussed the following topics:
The City of St. Louis is reporting major drops in crime, but critics don’t trust the numbers. …
Missouri Governor Mike Parson issues an execut...
Happy New Year’s Eve and welcome to a special edition of Hancock and Kelley on FOX 2. Political analysts John Hancock and Michael Kelley discuss the following topics on this week’s episode: ...
Our 2023 political winners and losers, from St. Louis to Washington. ...
We'll peer into the crystal ball for the big year ahead and the 2024 elections. ...
John and Michael make their new year's resolutions; not for t...
It was another Sunday morning of sometimes heated but always civil political debate on Hancock and Kelley, Sunday, December 10, 2023. John Hancock, Republican consultant, on the right and Michael Kelley, Democratic consultant, on the left, took on the following topics:
- St. Louis enacts an open carry ‘trigger’ law to take effect immediately if/when state lawmakers allow cities to enact certain gun control measures. The n...
A Republican Missouri state representative calls for a ban on Palestinian refugees fleeing Gaza and the Israel-Hamas war resettling in Missouri. …
St. Louis Congresswoman Cori Bush stands with hunger strikers outside the White House in support of a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, as we learn that Israeli intelligence knew of detailed Hamas plans to attack Israel long before the October 7 terroris...
It was another Sunday morning of sometimes heated but always civil political debate on Hancock and Kelley, Sunday, November 19, 2023.
John Hancock, Republican consultant, on the right and Michael Kelley, Democratic consultant, on the left took on the following topics:
- A Republican U.S. Senator and the Teamsters President nearly come to blows during a Senate Committee Hearing. &nbs...
It was another Sunday morning of sometimes heated but always civil political debate on Hancock and Kelley, Sunday, November 5, 2023. John Hancock, a Republican consultant, on the right and Michael Kelley, a Democrat consultant, on the left, took on the following topics:
- Democrat St. Louis County Prosecutor, Wesley Bell, dropped his U.S. Senate bid to run in the House (1st Congressional St. Louis) against incumbent...
As St. Louis marks one year since a high school mass shooting, a mass shooting in Maine rocks America yet again. When will elected leaders do something to stop massacres of the innocent? ... Also on the show this week: ...There's a new push in St. Louis to take in migrants—potentially thousands—who've recently crossed the southern U.S. border. ... After three weeks of flailing and failure, Republicans finally picked a new ...
On this show this week, we’re taking a deep dive into the Hamas-Israeli war.
President Joe Biden addressed the nation this past week, saying America stands with Israel. He's calling for more than $100 billion in aid for Israel in its war with Hamas and Ukraine in its war with the invading Russia and Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, St. Louis Congresswoman Cori Bush has accused Israel of war crimes for its response to terror a...
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