hear from you. do political conventions matter? here are the numbers to call you can also find us online. send us your tweets. you can join the conversation on facebook. or email us. we would like to hear from you this morning. if you think political conventions matter. preparations are all over the news this morning. ghteseters r let s take a look at the christian science monitor it s a report on the history of conventions, how they have tried to turn the conversation in their direction. let s hear from a democrat in brooklyn. caller: they don t matter at all anymore. it is disgusting and is an insult to the american people. these things are set up as a pr party. it s bizarre. it does not represent us anymore. you can hear a cackle of people on their cell phones. i remember when a newspaper reporter lived down the street. now all that is removed. we have no hold the left. host: do you plan to vote this year? caller: i am a democrat all my life. in new york it s a blue s
exhaust of a pickup truck to make it look like he s spouting hot air. that s creative. a couple of businessmen did that during a debate on climate change. happening now starts with jon and jane. see you tomorrow. jon: we beginning with this fox news alert, a frightening scene in north st. louis where a gunman armed with an assault rifle walked into a power company, at least three have been shot, the gunman belonged to be a long-time employee, and still is on the loose. harris falkner. what we re finding out is the name of that person and a few details about time hend ren, 51 years old, we have his license plate null and this is important because all of the focus is on picking up this suspect, timothy hend ren, he s driving, according to st. louis police, a pewter-colored nisan truck with the license plate, okk 696. they looked if him for him inside this plant, abb, for more than 90 minutes after the shooting. we have confirmed that at least three people have been shot a