1 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:10,700 [♪♪] 2 00:00:09,133 --> 00:00:11,300 >> Bill: IN THE RACE FOR 3 00:00:10,700 --> 00:00:13,566 GOVERNOR DANIEL CAMERON 4 00:00:11,300 --> 00:00:14,500 ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC SAFETY PLAN 5 00:00:13,566 --> 00:00:16,633 INCLUDING TOUGHER PENALTIES FOR 6 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:18,100 DRUG DEALERS AND THOSE WHO KILL 7 00:00:16,633 --> 00:00:21,266 POLICE OFFICERS. 8 00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:22,566 GOVERNOR BESHEAR'S AD FEATURES A 9 00:00:21,266 --> 00:00:25,100 REPUBLICAN WHAT SAID HE DID NOT 10 00:00:22,566 --> 00:00:25,800 VOTE FOR BESHEAR IN 2019 BUT 11 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:27,633 WILL THIS TIME. 12 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:29,033 THE RULES AND TIME-FRAMES ARE 13 00:00:27,633 --> 00:00:29,633 SET FOR SPORTS BETTING IN 14 00:00:29,033 --> 00:00:32,033 KENTUCKY. 15 00:00:29,633 --> 00:00:33,133 A NEW RULING MEANS PART OF THE 16 00:00:32,033 --> 00:00:35,133 CONTROVERSIAL ANTI-TRANS LAW IS 17 00:00:33,133 --> 00:00:38,100 NOW IN EFFECT IN KENTUCKY. 18 00:00:35,133 --> 00:00:42,200 HEADING INTO A STEAMY MIDSUMMER 19 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:50,866 WEEKEND, COMMENT IS NEXT ON KET. 20 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:52,300 [♪♪] 21 00:00:50,866 --> 00:00:56,400 GOOD EVENING I'M BILL BRYANT. 22 00:00:52,300 --> 00:00:58,833 AND WE WELCOME YOU TO COMMENT "T 23 00:00:56,400 --> 00:01:01,300 ON KENTUCKY" A LOOK BACK AND 24 00:00:58,833 --> 00:01:02,666 ANALYSIS OF THE WEEK'S NEWS AND 25 00:01:01,300 --> 00:01:04,266 OUR GUESTS ON THE PANEL OF 26 00:01:02,666 --> 00:01:05,333 WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS ARE 27 00:01:04,266 --> 00:01:07,000 AUSTIN HORN POLITICAL REPORTER 28 00:01:05,333 --> 00:01:07,500 FOR THE THE LEXINGTON HERALD 29 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,666 LEADER. 30 00:01:07,500 --> 00:01:11,333 SARAH LADD, HEALTH AND POLICY 31 00:01:09,666 --> 00:01:12,533 REPORTER FOR THE KENTUCKY 32 00:01:11,333 --> 00:01:13,833 LANTERN. 33 00:01:12,533 --> 00:01:15,633 AND RYLAND BARTON MANAGING 34 00:01:13,833 --> 00:01:17,933 EDITOR FOR KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO 35 00:01:15,633 --> 00:01:19,933 WITH STATIONS IN MURRAY, BOWLING 36 00:01:17,933 --> 00:01:21,966 GREEN, LOUISVILLE AND RICHMOND. 37 00:01:19,933 --> 00:01:23,633 TONIGHT, THE █UNIVERSITY O 38 00:01:21,966 --> 00:01:25,566 KENTUCKY PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN A 39 00:01:23,633 --> 00:01:26,100 NEWLY APPROVED TREATMENT FOR 40 00:01:25,566 --> 00:01:28,000 ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. 41 00:01:26,100 --> 00:01:30,166 WE HAVE A LOT TO DISCUSS TONIGHT 42 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,766 LET'S START WITH BREAKING NEWS. 43 00:01:30,166 --> 00:01:33,700 A FEDERAL JUDGE IS ALLOWING 44 00:01:31,766 --> 00:01:35,233 KENTUCKY BAN ON SOME FORMS OF 45 00:01:33,700 --> 00:01:37,333 MEDICAL CARE FOR TRANSGENDER 46 00:01:35,233 --> 00:01:39,200 YOUTH TO TAKE EFFECT. 47 00:01:37,333 --> 00:01:41,600 SARAH THIS RULING TAKES AWAY THE 48 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,966 BLOCK ON PORTIONS OF THE 49 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,333 CONTROVERSIAL SENATE BILL 150. 50 00:01:42,966 --> 00:01:47,266 >> LATE LAST MONTH, A FEDERAL 51 00:01:45,333 --> 00:01:49,366 SIDED WITH THE AMERICAN CIVIL 52 00:01:47,266 --> 00:01:50,466 LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY AND 53 00:01:49,366 --> 00:01:52,366 BASICALLY THEY HAD TAKEN ISSUE 54 00:01:50,466 --> 00:01:54,466 WITH PART OF SENATE BILL 150 55 00:01:52,366 --> 00:01:56,866 THAT BLOCKED A MEDICAL PROVIDERS 56 00:01:54,466 --> 00:01:58,966 FROM PRESCRIBING HORMONES, 57 00:01:56,866 --> 00:02:01,233 PUBERTY BLOCKERS TO TRANS KIDS 58 00:01:58,966 --> 00:02:02,333 AND BUT THIS RULING TODAY 59 00:02:01,233 --> 00:02:04,133 REVERSES THAT. 60 00:02:02,333 --> 00:02:06,900 MEANING THAT TRANS KIDS NOW 61 00:02:04,133 --> 00:02:10,700 CANNOT ACCESS THOSE SERVICES. 62 00:02:06,900 --> 00:02:12,300 THE JUDGE WHO REVERSED THIS 63 00:02:10,700 --> 00:02:14,533 STAYED THE INJUNCTION SEEMED TO 64 00:02:12,300 --> 00:02:16,333 BASE HIS DECISION ON A SIMILAR 65 00:02:14,533 --> 00:02:17,100 RULING OUT OF TENNESSEE LAST 66 00:02:16,333 --> 00:02:18,366 WEEK. 67 00:02:17,100 --> 00:02:20,200 SO, YEAH, EFFECTIVE THE BILL 68 00:02:18,366 --> 00:02:21,333 WOULD HAVE GONE INTO EFFECT LAST 69 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:23,733 MONTH BUT DID NOT BECAUSE OF 70 00:02:21,333 --> 00:02:25,100 THAT RULING IN FAVOR OF THE 71 00:02:23,733 --> 00:02:28,800 A.C.L.U.'S REQUEST LAST MONTH 72 00:02:25,100 --> 00:02:30,000 AND NOW IT'S OVERRULED AND TRANS 73 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:31,633 KIDS WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO 74 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,766 THOSE SERVICES. 75 00:02:31,633 --> 00:02:36,300 DANIEL CAMERON IS VERY HAPPY. 76 00:02:33,766 --> 00:02:38,333 HE REQUESTED THIS REVERSAL, 77 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:41,666 A.C.L.U. IS NOT SO HAPPY AND 78 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:42,100 VOWING TO KEEP FIGHTING. 79 00:02:41,666 --> 00:02:42,933 FIGHTING. 80 00:02:42,100 --> 00:02:43,233 >> Bill: WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH 81 00:02:42,933 --> 00:02:45,533 THAT. 82 00:02:43,233 --> 00:02:46,233 THE GOVERNOR'S RACE IS GETTING 83 00:02:45,533 --> 00:02:48,300 HOTTER IN MID-JULY. 84 00:02:46,233 --> 00:02:49,166 DANIEL CAMERON UNVEILEDDED A 85 00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:51,400 12-POINT PLAN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY 86 00:02:49,166 --> 00:02:52,500 AS HE IS MAKING CRIME A KEY 87 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,966 ELEMENT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. 88 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:55,300 HE IS CALLING FOR THE DEATH 89 00:02:53,966 --> 00:02:56,733 PENALTY FOR THOSE WHO KILL 90 00:02:55,300 --> 00:02:58,366 POLICE OFFICERS. 91 00:02:56,733 --> 00:03:00,366 A STATE WIRETAPPING LAW AND A 92 00:02:58,366 --> 00:03:02,033 LAW THAT WOULD ALLOW MURDER 93 00:03:00,366 --> 00:03:03,566 CHARGES AGAINST DRUG DEALERS 94 00:03:02,033 --> 00:03:04,833 WHEN THERE IS A DEATH LINKED TO 95 00:03:03,566 --> 00:03:07,366 SOMETHING THEY SOLD. 96 00:03:04,833 --> 00:03:09,133 MEANWHILE BESHEAR SAYS HE HAS A 97 00:03:07,366 --> 00:03:10,266 PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF BLACKING 98 00:03:09,133 --> 00:03:12,333 LAW ENFORCEMENT INCLUDING 99 00:03:10,266 --> 00:03:12,800 PRESSING FOR RAISES FOR KENTUCKY 100 00:03:12,333 --> 00:03:15,166 STATE POLICE. 101 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,633 >> AS GOVERNOR, I'VE NOT JUST 102 00:03:15,166 --> 00:03:18,200 TALKED ABOUT SUPPORTING LAW 103 00:03:16,633 --> 00:03:19,566 ENFORCEMENT I'VE GOTTEN OUR 104 00:03:18,200 --> 00:03:21,066 KENTUCKY STATE POLICE THE 105 00:03:19,566 --> 00:03:21,666 LARGEST RAISE THEY'VE EVER 106 00:03:21,066 --> 00:03:23,066 GOTTEN. 107 00:03:21,666 --> 00:03:23,700 DANIEL CAMERON WASN'T THERE 108 00:03:23,066 --> 00:03:25,766 DIDN'T PUSH FOR IT. 109 00:03:23,700 --> 00:03:26,466 >> PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE FIRST 110 00:03:25,766 --> 00:03:28,733 RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT. 111 00:03:26,466 --> 00:03:31,133 AND WE DON'T HAVE SAFE STREETS 112 00:03:28,733 --> 00:03:31,466 OUR ECONOMY AND OUR SCHOOLS 113 00:03:31,133 --> 00:03:33,966 SUFFER. 114 00:03:31,466 --> 00:03:35,400 EVERY KENTUCKIAN HAS THE RIGHT 115 00:03:33,966 --> 00:03:39,566 TO LIVE AND MOVE FREELY AROUND 116 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:40,966 THEIR COMMUNITY WITHOUT FEAR. 117 00:03:39,566 --> 00:03:42,833 >> Bill: AUSTIN HERE WE ARE THIS 118 00:03:40,966 --> 00:03:44,066 THEME OF NONPARALLEL CAMPAIGNS 119 00:03:42,833 --> 00:03:46,633 SEEMS TO CONTINUE. 120 00:03:44,066 --> 00:03:48,433 CAMERON RELEASING A CRIME PLAN 121 00:03:46,633 --> 00:03:50,066 WHILE BESHEAR WAS TALKING ABOUT 122 00:03:48,433 --> 00:03:51,500 JOB CREATION AND HIS ONGOING 123 00:03:50,066 --> 00:03:53,166 RESPONSE TO FLOODING IN THAT 124 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:55,133 REGION. 125 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:57,700 SO THERE YOU SAW BESHEAR 126 00:03:55,133 --> 00:03:58,166 RESPONDING TO WHAT CAMERON HAD 127 00:03:57,700 --> 00:03:58,800 PROPOSED? 128 00:03:58,166 --> 00:04:00,866 >> RIGHT. 129 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:05,200 AND I THINK IT'S NOTABLE THAT 130 00:04:00,866 --> 00:04:07,333 THIS IS THE FIRST BIG POLICY 131 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:10,466 SPLASH FOR CAMERON'S CAMPAIGN TO 132 00:04:07,333 --> 00:04:12,033 RELEASE THIS 12-POINT PLAN WHICH 133 00:04:10,466 --> 00:04:14,033 INCLUDES REVOKING SUBPOENA 134 00:04:12,033 --> 00:04:16,700 POWERS FROM CIVILIAN REVIEW 135 00:04:14,033 --> 00:04:17,466 BOARDS AND A BONUS FOR POLICE 136 00:04:16,700 --> 00:04:18,666 OFFICERS. 137 00:04:17,466 --> 00:04:20,500 THE SIGNAL THAT THEY REALLY 138 00:04:18,666 --> 00:04:21,233 THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE THEY CAN 139 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:23,100 WIN ON. 140 00:04:21,233 --> 00:04:25,033 AND THEY HAVE SOME HISTORY 141 00:04:23,100 --> 00:04:28,466 RECENT HISTORY TO BACK THEM UP. 142 00:04:25,033 --> 00:04:30,600 I THINK THIS IS AN ISSUE IN 2022 143 00:04:28,466 --> 00:04:32,900 THAT REPUBLICANS THOUGHT THEY 144 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:34,833 DID QUITE WELL WHEN THEY REALLY 145 00:04:32,900 --> 00:04:37,666 EMPHASIZED CRIME AS A HUGE DEAL. 146 00:04:34,833 --> 00:04:41,100 AND IN NEW YORK STATE, A 147 00:04:37,666 --> 00:04:42,766 REPUBLICAN GOT KIND OF CLOSE TO 148 00:04:41,100 --> 00:04:45,266 BEATING A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IN 149 00:04:42,766 --> 00:04:45,666 NEW YORK STATE, WHICH IS QUITE 150 00:04:45,266 --> 00:04:47,700 REMARKABLE. 151 00:04:45,666 --> 00:04:49,733 AND I THINK CAMERON THINKS HE 152 00:04:47,700 --> 00:04:51,633 CAN PLAY THAT TO HIS ADVANTAGE. 153 00:04:49,733 --> 00:04:52,633 MEANWHILE, BESHEAR AS YOU 154 00:04:51,633 --> 00:04:54,866 MENTIONED, IS FOCUSING ON THE 155 00:04:52,633 --> 00:04:55,866 ECONOMY WHICH IS A CLASSIC 156 00:04:54,866 --> 00:04:58,133 INCUMBENT GOVERNOR. 157 00:04:55,866 --> 00:05:00,466 YOU SAW BEVIN DO THIS AND YOU 158 00:04:58,133 --> 00:05:02,433 SAW THE ELDER BESHEAR DO IT IN 159 00:05:00,466 --> 00:05:04,200 EARLIER TERMS AS WELL. 160 00:05:02,433 --> 00:05:05,533 SO THEY ARE TALKING A LITTLE BIT 161 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:07,433 PAST EACH OTHER ALTHOUGH THEY 162 00:05:05,533 --> 00:05:08,933 ARE RESPONDING AND POKING AT 163 00:05:07,433 --> 00:05:12,533 EACH OTHER'S PLANS AND 164 00:05:08,933 --> 00:05:14,166 STATEMENTS ALL THE WHILE. 165 00:05:12,533 --> 00:05:15,966 >> Bill: RYLAND CRIME IS ALWAYS 166 00:05:14,166 --> 00:05:17,566 A CONCERN FOR VOTERS IN AMERICA. 167 00:05:15,966 --> 00:05:19,366 IS CAMERON COUNTING ON THAT 168 00:05:17,566 --> 00:05:20,000 BEING AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE 169 00:05:19,366 --> 00:05:21,033 THRUST OF HIS CAMPAIGN? 170 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:22,566 >> I THINK SO. 171 00:05:21,033 --> 00:05:23,133 HE IS TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE 172 00:05:22,566 --> 00:05:25,533 ON THE FIELD. 173 00:05:23,133 --> 00:05:26,233 THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES 174 00:05:25,533 --> 00:05:26,966 THAT POLITICIANS ALWAYS TALK 175 00:05:26,233 --> 00:05:28,800 ABOUT. 176 00:05:26,966 --> 00:05:30,400 CRIME, TALK ABOUT BUSINESS, TALK 177 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:32,266 ABOUT EDUCATION, TRY TO HIT THE 178 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,866 BIG ISSUES AND TRY TO PAINT YOUR 179 00:05:32,266 --> 00:05:34,600 OPPONENT AS BEING NOT THE RIGHT 180 00:05:33,866 --> 00:05:36,533 CANDIDATE FOR THAT. 181 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:39,633 I THINK THIS IS INTERESTING, 182 00:05:36,533 --> 00:05:42,333 TOO, LIKE REVERTING BACK TO SOME 183 00:05:39,633 --> 00:05:43,166 OF THE TRIED AND TRUE POLITICAL 184 00:05:42,333 --> 00:05:44,833 MESSAGING HERE. 185 00:05:43,166 --> 00:05:46,766 AND WHILE THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH 186 00:05:44,833 --> 00:05:49,700 OTHER REPUBLICAN MESSAGING, THIS 187 00:05:46,766 --> 00:05:50,866 YEAR AND RECENT YEARS WHERE THE 188 00:05:49,700 --> 00:05:53,266 REPUBLICAN PARTY'S HEADING AND 189 00:05:50,866 --> 00:05:55,400 TRYING TO DEFEAT DEMOCRATS AT 190 00:05:53,266 --> 00:05:56,866 THE BALLOT BOX. 191 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,333 THE ANTI-CRT PROPOSALS, 192 00:05:56,866 --> 00:06:02,566 ANTI-TRANS LAWS THAT WE WERE 193 00:05:58,333 --> 00:06:03,600 TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, ALSO AND 194 00:06:02,566 --> 00:06:06,566 SOMETHING THAT DANIEL CAMERON 195 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:08,033 DID THROUGHOUT 2020 ANTI-COVID 196 00:06:06,566 --> 00:06:10,200 POLICIES FIGHTING AGAINST 197 00:06:08,033 --> 00:06:10,866 BESHEAR FOR HIS HANDLING OF THE 198 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:13,933 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. 199 00:06:10,866 --> 00:06:16,600 HE IS SEARCHING FOR EXACTLY WHAT 200 00:06:13,933 --> 00:06:17,266 THE BIG MESSAGE THAT'S GOING TO 201 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,400 RALLY REPUBLICANS TOGETHER 202 00:06:17,266 --> 00:06:24,700 AGAINST BESHEAR HERE. 203 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:26,733 I THINK THE CRIME ONE WE'VE SEEN 204 00:06:24,700 --> 00:06:30,200 OTHER DEMOCRATS BESIDES BESHEAR 205 00:06:26,733 --> 00:06:32,900 ATTACK GOING AFTER CAMERON, 206 00:06:30,200 --> 00:06:35,100 PAINTING HIM WITH THE SAME BRUSH 207 00:06:32,900 --> 00:06:37,466 THAT MATT BEVIN WAS PAINTED WITH 208 00:06:35,100 --> 00:06:38,700 FOR HIS CONTROVERSIAL PARDONS HE 209 00:06:37,466 --> 00:06:43,833 MADE ON HIS WAY OUT OF OFFICE 210 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:45,566 FOR FOLKS WHO WERE CONVICTED OF 211 00:06:43,833 --> 00:06:46,433 VERY HIGH PROFILE AND DISTURBING 212 00:06:45,566 --> 00:06:50,300 CRIMES. 213 00:06:46,433 --> 00:06:51,566 AND SOME OF WHICH WERE EVEN 214 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:53,100 LATER CHARGED WITH CRIMES BY 215 00:06:51,566 --> 00:06:56,366 FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 216 00:06:53,100 --> 00:06:57,366 SO I THINK THAT IF THIS ARGUMENT 217 00:06:56,366 --> 00:06:58,966 CONTINUES THERE'S GOING TO BE A 218 00:06:57,366 --> 00:07:00,933 LOT OF MUD SLINGING THAT HAPPENS 219 00:06:58,966 --> 00:07:02,233 OVER IT AND THIS IS THE 220 00:07:00,933 --> 00:07:03,700 BEGINNING OF DANIEL CAMERON'S 221 00:07:02,233 --> 00:07:05,933 JOINING THAT FRAY. 222 00:07:03,700 --> 00:07:07,433 >> Bill: AND WE SEE, AUSTIN, 223 00:07:05,933 --> 00:07:08,700 BESHEAR VERY OVERTLY AT THIS 224 00:07:07,433 --> 00:07:09,833 POINT GOING AFTER REPUBLICAN 225 00:07:08,700 --> 00:07:10,666 VOTES. 226 00:07:09,833 --> 00:07:12,733 THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IS 227 00:07:10,666 --> 00:07:13,966 TALKING ABOUT SUPPORT HE HAS 228 00:07:12,733 --> 00:07:16,000 AMONG REPUBLICANS INCLUDING A 229 00:07:13,966 --> 00:07:17,966 NEW AD IN WHICH A REPUBLICAN 230 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:19,600 BUSINESSMAN SAYS HE DID NOT VOTE 231 00:07:17,966 --> 00:07:19,966 FOR BESHEAR IN 19 BUT HE WILL 232 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:20,700 THIS YEAR. 233 00:07:19,966 --> 00:07:23,933 >> RIGHT. 234 00:07:20,700 --> 00:07:26,266 I THINK THAT'S REALLY TELLING AS 235 00:07:23,933 --> 00:07:27,633 A FIRST SORT OF THEME TO ADD 236 00:07:26,266 --> 00:07:29,833 FROM THE BESHEAR CAMP. 237 00:07:27,633 --> 00:07:31,333 THEY DID THEIR INTRO, THAT HIT 238 00:07:29,833 --> 00:07:34,233 ALL THE THINGS YOU EXPECT IN 239 00:07:31,333 --> 00:07:35,533 INTRO FOR AN INCUMBENT GOVERNOR 240 00:07:34,233 --> 00:07:37,100 WHO'S SEEN DISASTERS AND 241 00:07:35,533 --> 00:07:38,966 RESPONDED TO DISASTERS DO. 242 00:07:37,100 --> 00:07:42,333 BUT THIS IS THE REAL LIKE THE 243 00:07:38,966 --> 00:07:43,533 FIRST ONE WITH AN ANGLE, I THINK 244 00:07:42,333 --> 00:07:46,400 THANK YOU THEY COULD HAVE PICKED 245 00:07:43,533 --> 00:07:48,100 THINGS TO FOCUS ON AND THEY 246 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:48,533 CHOSE REPUBLICAN SUPPORT AND THE 247 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:51,166 ECONOMY. 248 00:07:48,533 --> 00:07:52,300 SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY TELLING 249 00:07:51,166 --> 00:07:54,233 THEY NEED REPUBLICAN SUPPORT. 250 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:58,700 THIS IS A STATE THAT WENT FOR 251 00:07:54,233 --> 00:08:00,533 RAND PAUL BY 23 POINTS IN 2022. 252 00:07:58,700 --> 00:08:01,800 SO RAND PAUL VOTERS IF BESHEAR 253 00:08:00,533 --> 00:08:03,866 WANTS TO HAVE A SHOT AT WINNING 254 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:05,800 HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET 255 00:08:03,866 --> 00:08:06,800 PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR A 256 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:09,366 REPUBLICAN FOR SENATE. 257 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:11,200 AND THAT THE ECONOMY IS THE 258 00:08:09,366 --> 00:08:14,033 CENTRAL ISSUE THAT HE THINKS HE 259 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:15,300 CAN WIN THEM OVER ON. 260 00:08:14,033 --> 00:08:17,033 >> Bill: AND YET THE 261 00:08:15,300 --> 00:08:18,866 REGISTRATION IS SO CLOSE IN 262 00:08:17,033 --> 00:08:20,500 KENTUCKY IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE WHY 263 00:08:18,866 --> 00:08:22,166 EACH CANDIDATE WOULD BE TRYING 264 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:26,366 TO DIP INTO THE OTHER STORE. 265 00:08:22,166 --> 00:08:28,033 >> YEAH, WE SAW DEMOCRATS FOR 266 00:08:26,366 --> 00:08:30,000 DEARIVE WORK IN LOUISVILLE THAT 267 00:08:28,033 --> 00:08:33,933 WAS A CLOSER RACE THAN PEOPLE 268 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:36,866 WOULD HAVE EXPECTED. 269 00:08:33,933 --> 00:08:37,700 THEY MAY TRY DEMOCRATS FOR 270 00:08:36,866 --> 00:08:38,000 DANIEL. 271 00:08:37,700 --> 00:08:40,233 GROUP. 272 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,966 I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THERE 273 00:08:40,233 --> 00:08:43,633 ISN'T ONE IN THE WORKS. 274 00:08:40,966 --> 00:08:45,366 >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO FACTOR IN 275 00:08:43,633 --> 00:08:46,500 10% OF THE KENTUCKY ELECTORATE 276 00:08:45,366 --> 00:08:50,266 IS INDEPENDENT OR THIRD PARTY 277 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:50,800 THAT IS A GROWING PIE OF THE 278 00:08:50,266 --> 00:08:55,833 ELECTORATE HERE. 279 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:58,066 AND REALLY THAT BESHEAR HAS 280 00:08:55,833 --> 00:08:59,533 DEPENDED IN 2019 ON A LOT OF 281 00:08:58,066 --> 00:09:00,633 THOSE DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE BEEN 282 00:08:59,533 --> 00:09:03,333 REGISTERED DEMOCRAT BUT VOTING 283 00:09:00,633 --> 00:09:05,333 FOR REPUBLICANS FOR YEARS AND 284 00:09:03,333 --> 00:09:07,033 YEARS, STICKING TO VOTING 285 00:09:05,333 --> 00:09:09,033 DEMOCRATS OR MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE 286 00:09:07,033 --> 00:09:10,466 BIT OF THE OTHER SIDE THAT WE'RE 287 00:09:09,033 --> 00:09:11,833 SEEING IN THIS COMMERCIAL AND 288 00:09:10,466 --> 00:09:12,666 OTHERWISE OF SOME REPUBLICANS 289 00:09:11,833 --> 00:09:14,333 SUPPORTING BESHEAR. 290 00:09:12,666 --> 00:09:16,633 AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT 291 00:09:14,333 --> 00:09:18,800 ON THIS SHOW AND ELSEWHERE OF 292 00:09:16,633 --> 00:09:20,400 BESHEAR TRYING TO AVOID GETTING 293 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,333 INTO THE POLITICS OF IT, TRYING 294 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,633 TO STAY AS NONPARTISAN AS HE 295 00:09:22,333 --> 00:09:24,866 CAN. 296 00:09:23,633 --> 00:09:25,966 AND THAT'S WHERE ALL THE 297 00:09:24,866 --> 00:09:27,933 MESSAGING AROUND COVID AND THE 298 00:09:25,966 --> 00:09:30,233 FLOODS IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, 299 00:09:27,933 --> 00:09:30,933 AROUND THE TORNADO IN WESTERN 300 00:09:30,233 --> 00:09:34,566 KENTUCKY. 301 00:09:30,933 --> 00:09:36,433 THOSE ARE THESE NONPARTISAN 302 00:09:34,566 --> 00:09:37,533 MOMENTS WHERE PEOPLE COME 303 00:09:36,433 --> 00:09:38,533 TOGETHER WHETHER PARTY 304 00:09:37,533 --> 00:09:41,066 AFFILIATION OR NOT AND HE IS 305 00:09:38,533 --> 00:09:42,533 TRYING TO LEAN INTO THOSE TIMES. 306 00:09:41,066 --> 00:09:45,333 >> Bill: THE INDEPENDENTS HAVE 307 00:09:42,533 --> 00:09:46,766 TO MAKE BOTH CANDIDATES NERVOUS. 308 00:09:45,333 --> 00:09:48,333 >> ALL RIGHT. 309 00:09:46,766 --> 00:09:51,700 SARAH, ALSO THE MIX OF ISSUES 310 00:09:48,333 --> 00:09:53,266 WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, 311 00:09:51,700 --> 00:09:54,500 ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS 312 00:09:53,266 --> 00:09:57,933 THIS WEEK, THE FEDERAL 313 00:09:54,500 --> 00:09:59,833 GOVERNMENT APPROVED AN 314 00:09:57,933 --> 00:10:03,766 OVER-THE-COUNTER CONTRACEPTIVE O 315 00:09:59,833 --> 00:10:06,200 PILL, CAMERON OPPOSES ABORTION, 316 00:10:03,766 --> 00:10:08,000 BESHEAR IS PRO-CHOICE. 317 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,400 WILL REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES BE A 318 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:10,233 FACTOR? 319 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,933 >> ABORTION IS SOMETHING THAT 320 00:10:10,233 --> 00:10:14,200 COMES UP A LOT IN SETTINGS, THE 321 00:10:11,933 --> 00:10:15,766 CAMPAIGN, THE LEGISLATURE AND 322 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:18,166 ANYTIME GOVERNOR BESHEAR TALKS 323 00:10:15,766 --> 00:10:20,900 ABOUT IT IT'S USUALLY IN THE 324 00:10:18,166 --> 00:10:22,366 FRAMEWORK OF VICTIMS OF RAPE OR 325 00:10:20,900 --> 00:10:24,000 INCEST SHOULD HAVE OPTIONS AND 326 00:10:22,366 --> 00:10:25,900 HE LIKES TO POINT HIS TIME AS 327 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:27,533 ATTORNEY GENERAL FIGHTING TO 328 00:10:25,900 --> 00:10:29,666 ADDRESS RAPE KIT TESTING BACK 329 00:10:27,533 --> 00:10:31,600 WILLING AND FIGHTING FOR SEXUAL 330 00:10:29,666 --> 00:10:33,533 ASSAULT SURVIVORS. 331 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,000 AND THEN ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL 332 00:10:33,533 --> 00:10:37,333 CAMERON LIKES TO HIGHLIGHT HIS 333 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:38,666 WORK IN COURT FIGHTING AGAINST 334 00:10:37,333 --> 00:10:40,533 ABORTION AND OF COURSE, HIS 335 00:10:38,666 --> 00:10:42,533 OFFICE ARGUED IN FRONT OF THE 336 00:10:40,533 --> 00:10:44,400 KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT LAST YEAR 337 00:10:42,533 --> 00:10:45,733 BASICALLY ASKING IT NOT TO 338 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,466 CREATE A KENTUCKY VERSION OF ROE 339 00:10:45,733 --> 00:10:48,833 VS. WADE WHICH IS HOW THEY 340 00:10:47,466 --> 00:10:50,266 PHRASED THAT. 341 00:10:48,833 --> 00:10:52,966 THEY POINTED THESE THINGS AND I 342 00:10:50,266 --> 00:10:54,533 KNOW LIKE ADVOCATES ALWAYS GO 343 00:10:52,966 --> 00:10:56,633 BACK TO SAYING THAT THE FUTURE 344 00:10:54,533 --> 00:10:57,633 FIGHT FOR THEM AS FAR AS THE 345 00:10:56,633 --> 00:10:59,633 ABORTION FRONT IS CONCERNED IN 346 00:10:57,633 --> 00:11:01,600 KENTUCKY IS MAKING IT HEALTHIER 347 00:10:59,633 --> 00:11:04,000 AND SAFER TO CARRY AND BIRTH A 348 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,066 CHILD AND ALSO MAKING 349 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,900 CONTRACEPTION MORE AVAILABLE SO 350 00:11:05,066 --> 00:11:11,266 THEY WILL CELEBRATE O PILL WHICH 351 00:11:07,900 --> 00:11:11,566 WE SHOULD SEE IN PHARMACIES NEXT 352 00:11:11,266 --> 00:11:13,000 YEAR. 353 00:11:11,566 --> 00:11:15,100 >> Bill: CAMERON CANCELED AN 354 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:17,300 APPEARANCE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY 355 00:11:15,100 --> 00:11:18,833 THAT CONSERVATIVES HAVE BEEN 356 00:11:17,300 --> 00:11:20,533 ORGANIZING HOSTED BY FORMER 357 00:11:18,833 --> 00:11:21,866 CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR ERIC 358 00:11:20,533 --> 00:11:23,800 DETERS AND ERIC DETERS INDICATED 359 00:11:21,866 --> 00:11:26,366 THAT HE MAY RUN FOR CONGRESS IN 360 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,366 THE FOURTH DISTRICT TAKING ON 361 00:11:26,366 --> 00:11:31,400 THE THOMAS MASSEY. 362 00:11:27,366 --> 00:11:33,000 SO REALLY, THAT HAS AUSTIN 363 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:34,000 HIGHLIGHTED SOME FACTIONAL 364 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,266 DIVIDES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. 365 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:37,266 >> RIGHT. 366 00:11:35,266 --> 00:11:39,866 CAMERON CANCELED AFTER PRESSURE 367 00:11:37,266 --> 00:11:43,000 FROM THOMAS MASSEY TO DO WITH 368 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:44,900 ERIC DETERS THE HOST OF FREEDOM 369 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:46,833 FEST WHICH IS BROUGHT THE TRUMP 370 00:11:44,900 --> 00:11:48,433 SONS AND OTHER BIG CONSERVATIVE 371 00:11:46,833 --> 00:11:51,366 STARS TO TOWN BEFORE. 372 00:11:48,433 --> 00:11:54,366 AND INTENDS TO DO IT AGAIN AFTER 373 00:11:51,366 --> 00:11:57,766 THE HOST, ERIC DETERS, WAS THERE 374 00:11:54,366 --> 00:11:59,366 WAS A VIDEO COMPILED OF HIM 375 00:11:57,766 --> 00:12:00,100 SAYING RACIST THINGS AND 376 00:11:59,366 --> 00:12:02,066 OFFENSIVE THINGS. 377 00:12:00,100 --> 00:12:04,233 AND YOU ARE RIGHT IT DOES 378 00:12:02,066 --> 00:12:04,866 HIGHLIGHT THE SORT OF 379 00:12:04,233 --> 00:12:05,500 FACTIONALISM IN NORTHERN 380 00:12:04,866 --> 00:12:06,966 KENTUCKY. 381 00:12:05,500 --> 00:12:09,266 I THINK IT'S KIND OF UNIQUE TO 382 00:12:06,966 --> 00:12:11,066 THE REGION AMONG REPUBLICANS, 383 00:12:09,266 --> 00:12:14,233 BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE VOTERS 384 00:12:11,066 --> 00:12:16,733 ARE A LITTLE MORE DISENGAGED AND 385 00:12:14,233 --> 00:12:19,633 CONSIDER THEMSELVES RESIDENTS OF 386 00:12:16,733 --> 00:12:21,433 THE CINCINNATI AR AS OPPOSED TO 387 00:12:19,633 --> 00:12:22,933 SUPER INVOLVED AND TUNED INTO 388 00:12:21,433 --> 00:12:24,533 KENTUCKY POLITICS. 389 00:12:22,933 --> 00:12:26,066 >> Bill: YOU PRESSED CAMERON TO 390 00:12:24,533 --> 00:12:27,733 SEPARATE HIMSELF FROM THE 391 00:12:26,066 --> 00:12:28,233 COMMENTS YOU REFERENCED FROM 392 00:12:27,733 --> 00:12:30,633 DETERS, RIGHT? 393 00:12:28,233 --> 00:12:32,133 >> I ASKED CAMERON IF THE 394 00:12:30,633 --> 00:12:35,000 COMMENTS HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH 395 00:12:32,133 --> 00:12:37,966 HIM PULLING OUT OF THAT EVENT? 396 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:39,900 OR IF HE WOULD CONDEMN THEM AND 397 00:12:37,966 --> 00:12:41,800 HE ESSENTIALLY DIDN'T ANSWER 398 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:42,633 THAT QUESTION. 399 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,100 INSTEAD DEFLECTING SOME 400 00:12:42,633 --> 00:12:47,200 CRITICISM BACK ON TO BESHEAR AND 401 00:12:45,100 --> 00:12:51,100 HIS ASSOCIATION WITH A GROUP 402 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:52,866 LIKE THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL 403 00:12:51,100 --> 00:12:53,400 INDULGENCE WHICH IS ANOTHER CAN. 404 00:12:52,866 --> 00:12:55,933 WORMS HERE. 405 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:58,000 IT SEEMS LIKE HE IS TRYING TO 406 00:12:55,933 --> 00:12:59,633 SORT OF THREAD THE NEEDLE 407 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,433 BETWEEN THESE FACTIONS IF YOU 408 00:12:59,633 --> 00:13:03,566 WANT TO CONSIDER DETERS 409 00:13:01,433 --> 00:13:05,266 CONSTITUENCY A FACTION AND HE 410 00:13:03,566 --> 00:13:06,366 DID PERFORM PRETTY WELL IN THE 411 00:13:05,266 --> 00:13:08,900 COUNTIES NOT STATE-WIDE. 412 00:13:06,366 --> 00:13:09,533 HE GOT 17% IN PLACES LIKE CANTON 413 00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:12,466 AND BOON. 414 00:13:09,533 --> 00:13:15,600 >> AND FACTION PART OF THIS 415 00:13:12,466 --> 00:13:17,700 NORTHERN KENTUCKY ISSUE IS THAT 416 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:19,133 BESHEAR REALLY OVERPERFORMED IN 417 00:13:17,700 --> 00:13:21,333 2019 IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY PART 418 00:13:19,133 --> 00:13:24,266 OF THE PATH TO VICTORY FOR HIM 419 00:13:21,333 --> 00:13:26,433 SLIM PATH TO VICTORY OVER MATT 420 00:13:24,266 --> 00:13:28,866 BEVIN THAN PERFORMING WELL THERE 421 00:13:26,433 --> 00:13:30,500 AND IN COUNTIES WHERE THE 422 00:13:28,866 --> 00:13:31,766 REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES. 423 00:13:30,500 --> 00:13:35,000 AND IF REPUBLICANS WANT TO BE 424 00:13:31,766 --> 00:13:37,266 ABLE TO UNDO THAT, LIKE START 425 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,166 ATTACKING THAT MAP THEY WOULD DO 426 00:13:37,266 --> 00:13:40,433 WELL TO STAY UNITED IN NORTHERN 427 00:13:39,166 --> 00:13:43,366 KENTUCKY AND THIS IS ONE OF THE 428 00:13:40,433 --> 00:13:45,033 MOMENTS THAT SHOWS THERE'S 429 00:13:43,366 --> 00:13:47,133 FACTIONS NOT TOTALLY CLEAR. 430 00:13:45,033 --> 00:13:49,800 AND WE SAW A LOT OF THAT IN 2019 431 00:13:47,133 --> 00:13:51,766 WITH MATT BEVIN NOT PERFORMING 432 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,666 WELL THERE AND ALSO IN THE DAYS 433 00:13:51,766 --> 00:13:55,700 BEFORE THERE WAS LAST-MINUTE 434 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:59,200 DEBATE IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND 435 00:13:55,700 --> 00:14:01,400 MATT BEVIN WAS HE HAD A OPINION 436 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:03,066 THAT WAS NOT TAKEN WELL ON TOO 437 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:05,866 LONGING TO FINANCE THE BRIDGE. 438 00:14:03,066 --> 00:14:07,633 SO IT IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE 439 00:14:05,866 --> 00:14:10,100 STATE THAT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED 440 00:14:07,633 --> 00:14:11,933 AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT 441 00:14:10,100 --> 00:14:13,200 HINT OF MORE TO COME LATER. 442 00:14:11,933 --> 00:14:15,400 >> Bill: ANOTHER QUESTION IS 443 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,600 WILL CAMERON HAVE A RUNNING MATE 444 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:21,366 BEFORE FANCY FARM. 445 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:22,366 IT WILL NOT BE AG COMMISSIONER 446 00:14:21,366 --> 00:14:25,000 RYAN QUARELS. 447 00:14:22,366 --> 00:14:26,666 QUARELS TOLD ME IN A KENTUCKY 448 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,800 NEWSMAKERS INTERVIEW AIRING THIS 449 00:14:26,666 --> 00:14:30,000 WEEKEND, HE IS NOT INTERESTED IN 450 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:34,033 BEING LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. 451 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:35,600 >> I KNOW DANIEL AS A FRIEND. 452 00:14:34,033 --> 00:14:37,533 HE'S GREAT MAN. 453 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,600 I'M NOT GOING TO BE ON THE 454 00:14:37,533 --> 00:14:40,900 BALLOT WITH HIM THIS FALL. 455 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:43,633 AND HE EARNED THE NOMINATION SO 456 00:14:40,900 --> 00:14:45,600 HE'LL NAME A RUNNING MATE AT 457 00:14:43,633 --> 00:14:46,466 THIS TIME AND PREFERENCE. 458 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,933 >> Bill: QUARELS NOT BEING 459 00:14:46,466 --> 00:14:49,466 SPECIFIC ABOUT HIS OWN FUTURE 460 00:14:47,933 --> 00:14:50,966 BUT SAYS HE IS INTERESTED IN 461 00:14:49,466 --> 00:14:52,033 HIGHER EDUCATION. 462 00:14:50,966 --> 00:14:52,633 >> YES, AND THIS IS BREAKING 463 00:14:52,033 --> 00:14:57,466 NEWS HERE. 464 00:14:52,633 --> 00:14:59,633 I THINK WE'RE WONDERING IF RYAN 465 00:14:57,466 --> 00:15:01,000 QUARELS WILL BE THE PICK FOR 466 00:14:59,633 --> 00:15:03,166 DANIEL CAMERON. 467 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,500 HE'S SAIDS POLICE ITALY HE IS 468 00:15:03,166 --> 00:15:05,066 NOT GOING TO BE THE LIEUTENANT 469 00:15:04,500 --> 00:15:07,433 GOVERNOR CANDIDATE. 470 00:15:05,066 --> 00:15:09,266 BUT HE'S STILL HINTING AT A 471 00:15:07,433 --> 00:15:09,633 POSSIBLE OTHER JOB IN PUBLIC 472 00:15:09,266 --> 00:15:15,100 SERVICE. 473 00:15:09,633 --> 00:15:16,533 THERE IS A KTCS JOB THAT HE 474 00:15:15,100 --> 00:15:17,700 MIGHT BE QUALIFIED FOR AND THEY 475 00:15:16,533 --> 00:15:19,600 WILL BE PICKING THAT PERSON IN 476 00:15:17,700 --> 00:15:21,266 THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. 477 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:24,533 HE'S QUALIFIED FOR IT I IMAGINE 478 00:15:21,266 --> 00:15:26,666 HE HAS A PH.D. IN EDUCATION 479 00:15:24,533 --> 00:15:27,666 AMONG OTHER DEGREES STILL THE 480 00:15:26,666 --> 00:15:29,833 QUESTION OF WHO DANIEL CAMERON 481 00:15:27,666 --> 00:15:31,833 WILL PICK HAS GONE UNANSWERED. 482 00:15:29,833 --> 00:15:33,733 >> AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE 483 00:15:31,833 --> 00:15:34,533 THAT HIGHER-ED PRESIDENTS MAKE A 484 00:15:33,733 --> 00:15:38,233 LOT OF MONEY. 485 00:15:34,533 --> 00:15:40,466 I THINK THE KCTS PRESIDENT MADE 486 00:15:38,233 --> 00:15:43,533 350K AND HE DENIED HIMSELF A 487 00:15:40,466 --> 00:15:45,966 RAISE THAT THE BOARD PROPOSED. 488 00:15:43,533 --> 00:15:48,700 AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S IN 489 00:15:45,966 --> 00:15:50,766 RECENT HISTORY HAVEN'T REALLY 490 00:15:48,700 --> 00:15:52,933 PERFORMED WELL AT LEAST 491 00:15:50,766 --> 00:15:53,600 POLITICALLY AFTER THEY'VE BEEN 492 00:15:52,933 --> 00:15:54,900 NAMED LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. 493 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,100 >> Bill: NOT THE STEPPING STONE 494 00:15:54,900 --> 00:15:59,300 THAT IT ONCE WAS. 495 00:15:56,100 --> 00:16:01,666 >> I WOULD LOOK FOR NAMES LIKE 496 00:15:59,300 --> 00:16:04,066 HOUSE SPEAKER PRO-TEM, DAVID 497 00:16:01,666 --> 00:16:07,233 MEADE OR THERE'S LATE BUZZ 498 00:16:04,066 --> 00:16:10,166 AROUND SENATOR ROBBIE MILLS. 499 00:16:07,233 --> 00:16:12,633 >> Bill: IT WOULD CREATE A 500 00:16:10,166 --> 00:16:13,566 CAMERON-MILLS TICKET REMINDS YOU 501 00:16:12,633 --> 00:16:15,400 OF THE BASKETBALL PLAYER. 502 00:16:13,566 --> 00:16:16,200 >> MILLS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. 503 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:18,066 >> . 504 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:19,833 >> Bill: COULD BE INTERESTING. 505 00:16:18,066 --> 00:16:22,033 WE'LL KNOW SOON ENOUGH. 506 00:16:19,833 --> 00:16:24,100 SPORTS BETTING WILL BEGIN IN 507 00:16:22,033 --> 00:16:26,133 KENTUCKY SEPTEMBER 7 WITH RETAIL 508 00:16:24,100 --> 00:16:28,333 BETTING AND SEPTEMBER 28, 509 00:16:26,133 --> 00:16:30,266 KENTUCKY IS THE 37TH STATE TO 510 00:16:28,333 --> 00:16:32,000 LEGALIZE GAMBLING ON SPORTS. 511 00:16:30,266 --> 00:16:33,000 RYLAND WE KNOW THE RULES AND THE 512 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY. 513 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:36,166 >> RIGHT. 514 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,833 THE RACETRACKS WILL BE HOLDERS 515 00:16:36,166 --> 00:16:39,766 OF THESE SPORTS BETTING 516 00:16:37,833 --> 00:16:41,266 LICENSES. 517 00:16:39,766 --> 00:16:42,733 SO THEY THE WINDOW IS OPEN FOR 518 00:16:41,266 --> 00:16:46,033 THEM TO START APPLYING BUT 519 00:16:42,733 --> 00:16:47,900 SPORTS BETTING IN-PERSON AT 520 00:16:46,033 --> 00:16:49,766 THOSE RACETRACKS 14 RACETRACKS 521 00:16:47,900 --> 00:16:53,100 WILL BEGIN SEPTEMBER 7, THE 522 00:16:49,766 --> 00:16:54,200 FIRST DAY OF THE NFL SEASON. 523 00:16:53,100 --> 00:16:57,200 ON-LINE SPORTS BETTING WHICH 524 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:58,700 WILL BE MANAGED BY I GUESS 525 00:16:57,200 --> 00:17:01,266 PARTNERSHIPS WITH BETWEEN THOSE 526 00:16:58,700 --> 00:17:02,000 RACETRACKS AND PROBABLY NATIONAL 527 00:17:01,266 --> 00:17:04,366 BETTING COMPANIES WILL BEGIN 528 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,766 LATER IN THE MONTH ON SEPTEMBER 529 00:17:04,366 --> 00:17:06,666 28. 530 00:17:04,766 --> 00:17:07,833 I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF 531 00:17:06,666 --> 00:17:09,533 KENTUCKIANS EXCITED FOR THIS. 532 00:17:07,833 --> 00:17:12,000 KENTUCKY IS THE 37TH STATE TO 533 00:17:09,533 --> 00:17:13,600 IMPLEMENT A LAW LIKE THIS. 534 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:16,633 SO BEHIND THE CURVE. 535 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:18,366 >> Bill: KENTUCKY HAS A RECORD 536 00:17:16,633 --> 00:17:19,633 BUDGET SURPLUS MORE THAN $15 537 00:17:18,366 --> 00:17:22,033 BILLION WENT INTO STATE 538 00:17:19,633 --> 00:17:23,933 GOVERNMENT COFFERS TAX RECEIPTS 539 00:17:22,033 --> 00:17:26,033 EXCEEDED REVENUE EXPECTATIONS BY 540 00:17:23,933 --> 00:17:27,866 MORE THAN A BILLION DOLLARS. 541 00:17:26,033 --> 00:17:29,200 SO THAT WILL PRESENT SOME 542 00:17:27,866 --> 00:17:30,633 OPTIONS OUT THERE. 543 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:32,933 KENTUCKY'S LARGEST CITY, 544 00:17:30,633 --> 00:17:34,166 LOUISVILLE, DECIDING HOW IT WILL 545 00:17:32,933 --> 00:17:36,366 13E7BD TENS OF MILLIONS OF 546 00:17:34,166 --> 00:17:37,833 DOLLARS IN OPIOID SETTLEMENT 547 00:17:36,366 --> 00:17:40,100 MONEY AND SARAH YOU'VE BEEN 548 00:17:37,833 --> 00:17:41,200 REPORTING SOME OF THAT MONEY IS 549 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:43,300 EARMARKED BUT LOOKING FOR IDEAS. 550 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:46,733 >> YEAH, SO THEY ARE GOING TO 551 00:17:43,300 --> 00:17:48,133 GET $57 MILLION AND THAT'S OVER 552 00:17:46,733 --> 00:17:50,366 18 YEARS. 553 00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:51,700 AND THE FIRST PAYMENT OF 7 554 00:17:50,366 --> 00:17:52,300 MILLION IS EXPECTED LATER THIS 555 00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:53,933 YEAR. 556 00:17:52,300 --> 00:17:56,700 THE CITY SAID YESTERDAY THAT 557 00:17:53,933 --> 00:17:58,500 THEY WANT TO SPEND ABOUT 1.5 558 00:17:56,700 --> 00:17:59,566 MILLION PUTTING THAT MONEY 559 00:17:58,500 --> 00:18:01,300 TOWARD COMMUNITY PARTNERS LIKE 560 00:17:59,566 --> 00:18:02,366 THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE 561 00:18:01,300 --> 00:18:03,900 KENTUCKY HARM REDUCTION 562 00:18:02,366 --> 00:18:05,366 COALITION AND OTHERS WHO ARE 563 00:18:03,900 --> 00:18:06,100 DOING HARM REDUCTION WORK 564 00:18:05,366 --> 00:18:08,233 ALREADY. 565 00:18:06,100 --> 00:18:10,533 THEY WILL SPEND $250,000 566 00:18:08,233 --> 00:18:11,633 CREATING A BOARD THAT CAN 567 00:18:10,533 --> 00:18:13,800 OVERSEE FUND DISTRIBUTION. 568 00:18:11,633 --> 00:18:14,700 BUT THEY WANT PEOPLE TO APPLY 569 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,266 FOR MONEY. 570 00:18:14,700 --> 00:18:18,333 AND THAT'S LIKE A HUGE CHUNK 571 00:18:16,266 --> 00:18:18,866 MORE THAN $5 MILLION WILL GO 572 00:18:18,333 --> 00:18:22,200 TOWARD THAT. 573 00:18:18,866 --> 00:18:22,900 THEY WANT PEOPLE TO SUBMIT 574 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:23,866 APPLICATIONS AN ANNOUNCEMENT 575 00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:25,866 MIGHT COME IN SEPTEMBER. 576 00:18:23,866 --> 00:18:27,366 AND BASICALLY, HOW THEY WOULD 577 00:18:25,866 --> 00:18:28,766 ADDRESS PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS 578 00:18:27,366 --> 00:18:30,233 HOW THEY WOULD ADDRESS THE 579 00:18:28,766 --> 00:18:31,700 OPIOID CRISIS THROUGH 580 00:18:30,233 --> 00:18:33,700 EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACHES AND 581 00:18:31,700 --> 00:18:35,633 ALSO FORWARD LOOKING NOT JUST 582 00:18:33,700 --> 00:18:38,133 HELPING PEOPLE RECOVER BUT 583 00:18:35,633 --> 00:18:39,266 PREVENTING THEM FROM THAT. 584 00:18:38,133 --> 00:18:39,700 >> Bill: MAYBE IT'S ONE BIG IDEA 585 00:18:39,266 --> 00:18:40,966 OR SEVERAL. 586 00:18:39,700 --> 00:18:43,600 >> WE'LL SEE. 587 00:18:40,966 --> 00:18:44,433 >> Bill: A PROMISING ALZHEIMER'S 588 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:46,100 DRUG WILL BE AVAILABLE 589 00:18:44,433 --> 00:18:47,666 NATIONWIDE AFTER CLINICAL TRIALS 590 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:48,033 HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 591 00:18:47,666 --> 00:18:51,133 KENTUCKY. 592 00:18:48,033 --> 00:18:52,166 A LOT OF KENTUCKIANS TOOK PART 593 00:18:51,133 --> 00:18:52,566 IN ULTIMATELY THIS DRUG GETTING 594 00:18:52,166 --> 00:18:54,533 TO MARKET. 595 00:18:52,566 --> 00:18:56,566 >> YEAH, THE UNIVERSITY OF 596 00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:58,100 KENTUCKY WAS A CLINICAL SITE FOR 597 00:18:56,566 --> 00:19:01,433 THIS MUCH LARGER TRIAL. 598 00:18:58,100 --> 00:19:03,566 AND THEY STUDIED AN ANTIBODY 599 00:19:01,433 --> 00:19:06,000 TREATMENT THAT SLOWS COGNITIVE 600 00:19:03,566 --> 00:19:06,566 DECLINE IN PEOPLE WITH MILD 601 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:08,166 ALZHEIMER'S. 602 00:19:06,566 --> 00:19:09,133 SO A LOT OF KENTUCKIANS 603 00:19:08,166 --> 00:19:11,300 PARTICIPATED IN THAT AND WENT 604 00:19:09,133 --> 00:19:12,300 THROUGH THE TRIAL. 605 00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:14,466 THEY RESEARCHERS ARE CELEBRATING 606 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:16,800 THIS AND THERE'S MORE RESEARCH 607 00:19:14,466 --> 00:19:17,933 TO BE DONE. 608 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,966 FOR INSTANCE A TREATMENT FOR 609 00:19:17,933 --> 00:19:22,266 PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORE SERIOUS 610 00:19:19,966 --> 00:19:24,100 FORMS OF ALZHEIMER'S OR MAYBE 611 00:19:22,266 --> 00:19:25,200 PEOPLE AT RISK AND DON'T HAVE 612 00:19:24,100 --> 00:19:26,600 COGNITIVE DECLINE. 613 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,333 WE MAY SEE MORE ON THAT IN THE 614 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,533 FUTURE. 615 00:19:27,333 --> 00:19:32,566 I WILL SAY IT'S WORTH NOTING THE 616 00:19:30,533 --> 00:19:34,333 KAISER HEALTH NEWS DID PUT OUT A 617 00:19:32,566 --> 00:19:36,000 REPORT SAYING THERE WEREN'T MANY 618 00:19:34,333 --> 00:19:38,100 BLACK PARTICIPANTS NATIONWIDE. 619 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,933 SO THERE IS A CONCERN THERE THAT 620 00:19:38,100 --> 00:19:41,766 THERE MAY BE DISPARITIES IN THE 621 00:19:40,933 --> 00:19:42,900 EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DRUG IN 622 00:19:41,766 --> 00:19:44,933 PEOPLE OF COLOR. 623 00:19:42,900 --> 00:19:46,766 BUT RESEARCHERS ARE STILL 624 00:19:44,933 --> 00:19:47,900 EXCITED THAT THIS HAS GOTTEN THE 625 00:19:46,766 --> 00:19:48,900 F.D.A. APPROVAL. 626 00:19:47,900 --> 00:19:49,633 >> Bill: AND THE KENTUCKY 627 00:19:48,900 --> 00:19:51,700 CONNECTION HERE. 628 00:19:49,633 --> 00:19:52,966 THERE IS A NEW AND EYE-OPENING 629 00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:54,333 REPORT ABOUT THE IMPACT OF 630 00:19:52,966 --> 00:19:57,800 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN KENTUCKY. 631 00:19:54,333 --> 00:20:00,066 AND IT SHOWS IT IS WIDESPREAD. 632 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:02,100 BOTH MEN AND WOMEN ARE VICTIMS. 633 00:20:00,066 --> 00:20:04,000 AND STALKING AND VIOLENCE ARE 634 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:05,300 MORE COMMON THAN EVEN SOME WHO 635 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,700 WORK IN THE FIELD REALIZED. 636 00:20:05,300 --> 00:20:09,700 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 637 00:20:06,700 --> 00:20:13,600 THIS REPORT IS THE RESULT OF A 638 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:15,000 BILL THAT SENATOR WHITNEY 639 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:16,700 WESTERFIELD WORKED ON AND THAT 640 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,200 DIRECTED AGENCIES IN KENTUCKY TO 641 00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:20,300 GATHER THIS DATA ON DOMESTIC 642 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:22,100 VIOLENCE AND COMPILE A REPORT TO 643 00:20:20,300 --> 00:20:23,833 SHOW US WE KNEW IT WAS BAD BUT 644 00:20:22,100 --> 00:20:26,733 TO SHOW US HOW BAD IT WAS. 645 00:20:23,833 --> 00:20:27,866 AND SO THE REPORT SHOWS US THAT 646 00:20:26,733 --> 00:20:29,600 ALMOST HALF OF KENTUCKY WOMEN 647 00:20:27,866 --> 00:20:31,900 AND MORE THAN A THIRD OF 648 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:34,033 KENTUCKY'S MEN HAVE BEEN A 649 00:20:31,900 --> 00:20:35,500 VICTIM OF SOME KIND OF INTIMATE 650 00:20:34,033 --> 00:20:36,600 PARTNER VIOLENCE OR THE THREAT 651 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:38,400 OF IT, STALKING. 652 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,500 AND SO THIS REPORT SHOWED US A 653 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,366 LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS. 654 00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:43,433 THERE WERE A LOT OF CHILDREN WHO 655 00:20:41,366 --> 00:20:43,966 RECEIVED SERVICES FOR DOMESTIC 656 00:20:43,433 --> 00:20:46,366 VIOLENCE. 657 00:20:43,966 --> 00:20:47,800 THERE WERE CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 658 00:20:46,366 --> 00:20:49,566 13 WHO WERE THEMSELVES VICTIMS 659 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:53,466 OF DATING VIOLENCE. 660 00:20:49,566 --> 00:20:53,933 WE SAW ABOUT 900 I BELIEVE 661 00:20:53,466 --> 00:20:57,200 STRANGULATIONS. 662 00:20:53,933 --> 00:20:58,700 AND WE ALSO GOT A BREAKDOWN OF 663 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,133 THE NUMBER OF REPORTS THAT 664 00:20:58,700 --> 00:21:01,833 POLICE FILED AND THINGS LIKE 665 00:21:00,133 --> 00:21:03,433 THAT. 666 00:21:01,833 --> 00:21:05,333 SO ADVOCATES WHO WORK IN THE 667 00:21:03,433 --> 00:21:06,200 SPACE FOUND A LOT OF THE NUMBERS 668 00:21:05,333 --> 00:21:07,133 SHOCKING. 669 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:08,866 BUT THEY ARE ALSO LOOKING AT 670 00:21:07,133 --> 00:21:11,100 THIS AS A GOOD JUMPING OFF POINT 671 00:21:08,866 --> 00:21:12,566 FOR ADDRESSING THE VIOLENCE. 672 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:14,566 >> Bill: THERE IS THIS NEW SAFE 673 00:21:12,566 --> 00:21:15,533 AT HOME PROGRAM AT LAW THAT IS 674 00:21:14,566 --> 00:21:17,200 IN EFFECT. 675 00:21:15,533 --> 00:21:20,800 THAT MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT TO 676 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:21,800 GET THE ADDRESSES OF VICTIMS. 677 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:25,133 >> YES, SECRETARY OF STATE 678 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:26,933 MICHAEL ADAMS SAID ABOUT THIS 679 00:21:25,133 --> 00:21:29,700 THAT BEFORE IT WAS ALMOST LIKE 680 00:21:26,933 --> 00:21:32,633 THE STATE WAS FACILITATING 681 00:21:29,700 --> 00:21:34,600 PREDATORS BEING ABLE TO FIND 682 00:21:32,633 --> 00:21:35,900 PEOPLE WHO HAD MAYBE ESCAPED A 683 00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:39,100 BAD SITUATION. 684 00:21:35,900 --> 00:21:40,800 SO THIS SAFE AT HOME ACT LETS 685 00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:43,966 SURVIVOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCES 686 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,933 HIDE THEIR ADDRESS WHEN THEY 687 00:21:43,966 --> 00:21:46,566 REGISTER TO VOTE AND THE 688 00:21:44,933 --> 00:21:47,666 SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE 689 00:21:46,566 --> 00:21:49,266 COUNTY CLERK'S WOULD KNOW BUT IT 690 00:21:47,666 --> 00:21:51,166 WOULD NOT BE A PUBLIC RECORD. 691 00:21:49,266 --> 00:21:52,633 THEY ARE HOPING THAT WILL KIND 692 00:21:51,166 --> 00:21:53,900 OF MITIGATE SOME VIOLENCE AND 693 00:21:52,633 --> 00:21:56,800 SAVE LIVES. 694 00:21:53,900 --> 00:21:57,966 >> Bill: WE ALSO HAD NEW NUMBERS 695 00:21:56,800 --> 00:21:59,066 INDICATING 9-8-8 NATIONAL 696 00:21:57,966 --> 00:22:01,166 SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE IS 697 00:21:59,066 --> 00:22:02,866 BUSY AND IT'S BUSY HERE IN 698 00:22:01,166 --> 00:22:03,500 KENTUCKY WHERE MOST CALLS ARE 699 00:22:02,866 --> 00:22:07,266 ANSWERED INSTATE. 700 00:22:03,500 --> 00:22:07,566 >> A LITTLE MORE THAN INSTATE 701 00:22:07,266 --> 00:22:09,100 ARE -- 702 00:22:07,566 --> 00:22:10,400 80% ARE ANSWERED INSTATE. 703 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:12,100 AND KENTUCKY HAS 13 CALL CENTERS 704 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:14,433 THAT ANSWER THOSE CALLS. 705 00:22:12,100 --> 00:22:16,533 WE SAW A 22% INCREASE IN THE 706 00:22:14,433 --> 00:22:17,900 NUMBER CALLS WE GOT SINCE 707 00:22:16,533 --> 00:22:20,000 LAUNCHING 9-8-8 WHEN COMPARED 708 00:22:17,900 --> 00:22:21,500 WITH THE 12 MONTH PERIOD BEFORE 709 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:24,700 THAT NUMBER LAUNCHED. 710 00:22:21,500 --> 00:22:26,566 SO ADVOCATES CELEBRATE THAT AS 711 00:22:24,700 --> 00:22:28,000 MEANING THAT THE HELP IS MORE 712 00:22:26,566 --> 00:22:29,600 ACCESSIBLE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE 713 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,000 REACHING OUT BECAUSE IT'S EASIER 714 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,166 TO REMEMBER. 715 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:35,033 >> Bill: AND FRANCE FURTHER 716 00:22:33,166 --> 00:22:37,066 COMMITTEE RELEASED A REPORT ON 717 00:22:35,033 --> 00:22:38,533 THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND 718 00:22:37,066 --> 00:22:39,466 REPORTS OF RIOTS AND FIRES AT 719 00:22:38,533 --> 00:22:40,700 THE FACILITIES. 720 00:22:39,466 --> 00:22:44,133 WHAT DID THAT REPORT FIND? 721 00:22:40,700 --> 00:22:45,866 >> IT FOUND THAT AT LEAST THE 722 00:22:44,133 --> 00:22:47,466 SECRETARIES AND THE LEADERSHIP 723 00:22:45,866 --> 00:22:49,500 OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE 724 00:22:47,466 --> 00:22:50,266 DEPARTMENT SAID THAT SOME OF THE 725 00:22:49,500 --> 00:22:52,800 THINGS IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR BY 726 00:22:50,266 --> 00:22:54,000 THE LEGISLATURE HAD GOTTEN 727 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,133 HELPED THE SITUATION. 728 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,466 THAT THE RAISES THAT THE 729 00:22:56,133 --> 00:23:00,366 IMPLEMENTED LED TO SOME 730 00:22:57,466 --> 00:23:01,600 RETENTION OF EMPLOYEES. 731 00:23:00,366 --> 00:23:02,133 BUT ALSO HAD SOME 732 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,066 RECOMMENDATIONS. 733 00:23:02,133 --> 00:23:05,866 THEY WERE ACTUALLY SAYING AT 734 00:23:03,066 --> 00:23:07,533 THAT TIME THE STATE COULD USE TO 735 00:23:05,866 --> 00:23:09,433 HAVE A JUVENILE PSYCHIATRIC 736 00:23:07,533 --> 00:23:12,433 HOSPITAL WHICH THE STATE RIGHT 737 00:23:09,433 --> 00:23:14,533 NOW CONTRACTS THAT OUT TO 738 00:23:12,433 --> 00:23:15,600 PROVIDERS IN KENTUCKY SOME OF 739 00:23:14,533 --> 00:23:17,866 WHICH HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH 740 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:20,900 PROBLEMS LATELY. 741 00:23:17,866 --> 00:23:22,333 SO THE STATE'S JUVENILE JUSTICE 742 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:23,833 SYSTEM IS STILL EVERYBODY 743 00:23:22,333 --> 00:23:25,066 RECOGNIZES THERE'S THINGS HAVE 744 00:23:23,833 --> 00:23:27,433 NOT BEEN FIXED. 745 00:23:25,066 --> 00:23:29,966 THERE IS A LOT MORE THAT NEEDS 746 00:23:27,433 --> 00:23:31,633 TO BE ADDRESSED WHETHER IT'S 747 00:23:29,966 --> 00:23:33,766 MENTAL HEALTH, WHETHER IT'S 748 00:23:31,633 --> 00:23:35,100 MAKING SURE STAFFING IS 749 00:23:33,766 --> 00:23:35,900 UP-TO-DATE AND FACILITIES 750 00:23:35,100 --> 00:23:37,200 IMPROVEMENTS. 751 00:23:35,900 --> 00:23:38,933 AND SOMETHING ONE OF THE BIG 752 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:41,200 BETS THE THE LEGISLATURE MADE 753 00:23:38,933 --> 00:23:43,700 THIS YEAR WHICH WAS IMPROVING 754 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:48,000 SETTING ASIDE FUNDING TO IMPROVE 755 00:23:43,700 --> 00:23:48,966 THE JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER IN 756 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,333 JEFFERSON COUNTY THAT IS 757 00:23:48,966 --> 00:23:52,966 ACTUALLY NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO DO 758 00:23:50,333 --> 00:23:55,700 WHAT THEY WANTED IT TO DO. 759 00:23:52,966 --> 00:23:58,100 THERE IS MORE WORK TO BE DONE. 760 00:23:55,700 --> 00:24:00,866 >> Bill: IN WASHINGTON ANDY BARR 761 00:23:58,100 --> 00:24:05,633 A POINT MAN ON THE G.O.P. 762 00:24:00,866 --> 00:24:06,000 PUSHBACK AGAINST CORPORATE ESG 763 00:24:05,633 --> 00:24:08,933 POLICIES. 764 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,700 BAR SON SAYS WHEN INVESTORS 765 00:24:08,933 --> 00:24:13,166 CONSIDER POLICIES OVER PROFITS 766 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:14,833 IT COULD SHORTCHANGE INVESTORS 767 00:24:13,166 --> 00:24:16,200 INCLUDING RETIREES OR THOSE 768 00:24:14,833 --> 00:24:16,600 TRYING TO BUILD THEIR 769 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,266 RETIREMENT. 770 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,100 >> IT'S BECOME A HUGE TALKING 771 00:24:18,266 --> 00:24:20,766 POINT ON THE RIGHT. 772 00:24:19,100 --> 00:24:22,700 IF YOU TURN ON "FOX NEWS" FOR A 773 00:24:20,766 --> 00:24:25,733 DAY, THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THIS 774 00:24:22,700 --> 00:24:27,433 FOR PROBABLY A FEW DIFFERENT 775 00:24:25,733 --> 00:24:29,333 TIMES. 776 00:24:27,433 --> 00:24:30,233 AND IT'S A TRICKY ISSUE TO WRAP 777 00:24:29,333 --> 00:24:32,700 YOUR HEAD AROUND. 778 00:24:30,233 --> 00:24:33,300 BUT IT IS A HUGE PRIORITY FOR 779 00:24:32,700 --> 00:24:35,266 REPUBLICANS. 780 00:24:33,300 --> 00:24:36,700 AND I THINK IT'S TELLING THAT 781 00:24:35,266 --> 00:24:37,833 BARR IS THE POINT MAN ON THIS 782 00:24:36,700 --> 00:24:39,566 ONE. 783 00:24:37,833 --> 00:24:42,066 IT'S EASY TO FORGET THAT HE HAS 784 00:24:39,566 --> 00:24:43,933 BEEN IN CONGRESS FOR MORE THAN 785 00:24:42,066 --> 00:24:44,466 10 YEARS NOW, SOMETHING LIKE 786 00:24:43,933 --> 00:24:46,200 THAT. 787 00:24:44,466 --> 00:24:48,266 SO YOU HAVE TO WONDER WITH HIM 788 00:24:46,200 --> 00:24:50,833 BEING THE POINT MAN ON THIS HE 789 00:24:48,266 --> 00:24:52,700 PASSED THE HORSERACING SAFETY 790 00:24:50,833 --> 00:24:53,233 AND INTEGRITY ACT NOT THAT LONG 791 00:24:52,700 --> 00:24:55,933 AGO. 792 00:24:53,233 --> 00:24:57,566 WHAT IS NEXT FOR ANDY BARR IF HE 793 00:24:55,933 --> 00:24:59,200 WILL MOVE INTO THE HOUSE OR IF 794 00:24:57,566 --> 00:25:00,066 HE WILL MAYBE TRY TO RUN FOR 795 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,066 SOMETHING ELSE. 796 00:25:00,066 --> 00:25:03,500 WHO KNOWS. 797 00:25:01,066 --> 00:25:05,100 >> Bill: HE HAS STUDIED 798 00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:08,533 STATE-WIDE OFFICE BEFORE, I 799 00:25:05,100 --> 00:25:10,200 THINK, SORT OF LOOKED INTO IT. 800 00:25:08,533 --> 00:25:11,266 RYLAND, APP HARVEST WILL HAVE A 801 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:14,466 NEW C.E.O. A CHANGE THERE? 802 00:25:11,266 --> 00:25:16,700 >> AND THIS COMES AFTER THE 803 00:25:14,466 --> 00:25:17,500 COMPANY'S C.O.O. WILL BECOME THE 804 00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:19,800 C.E.O. 805 00:25:17,500 --> 00:25:21,300 AND THIS COMES AFTER A LOT OF 806 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:23,200 PROBLEMS THE COMPANY HAS NOT 807 00:25:21,300 --> 00:25:26,533 BEEN PERFORMING AS WELL AS IT 808 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:28,333 HOPED OPENED UP IN 2018. 809 00:25:26,533 --> 00:25:29,366 THEY STILL HAVE HOPES TO TURN 810 00:25:28,333 --> 00:25:31,633 THE SHIP AROUND BUT THEY ARE 811 00:25:29,366 --> 00:25:33,066 FACING CHALLENGES AT THE MOMENT 812 00:25:31,633 --> 00:25:33,400 AND TRYING TO GET THINGS 813 00:25:33,066 --> 00:25:35,033 STARTED. 814 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:37,066 >> Bill: AND THERE'S BEEN 815 00:25:35,033 --> 00:25:38,133 CONTROVERSY OVER THE RAISE GIVEN 816 00:25:37,066 --> 00:25:39,366 TO JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC 817 00:25:38,133 --> 00:25:39,666 SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT MARTY 818 00:25:39,366 --> 00:25:42,300 POLIO. 819 00:25:39,666 --> 00:25:44,666 >> HE GOT A 27% RAISE WHICH 820 00:25:42,300 --> 00:25:46,600 RAISES THE SALARY FROM 276,000 821 00:25:44,666 --> 00:25:51,266 TO 350,000. 822 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:53,466 HE AND THE BOARD DEFENDED THAT 823 00:25:51,266 --> 00:25:55,633 TO SAY PART WAS TO GET IN LINE 824 00:25:53,466 --> 00:25:59,133 WITH FAYETTE COUNTY 825 00:25:55,633 --> 00:26:00,400 SUPERINTENDENT'S SALARY 313,000. 826 00:25:59,133 --> 00:26:02,366 REPUBLICANS POUNCED ON THIS 827 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,600 SAYING THAT IT SHOWED THAT THEY 828 00:26:02,366 --> 00:26:05,933 ARE OUT OF TOUCH AND SAID IT WAS 829 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:07,300 AN INSULT TO THE TEACHERS IN THE 830 00:26:05,933 --> 00:26:09,833 STATE. 831 00:26:07,300 --> 00:26:12,500 >> Bill: THE SOLAR PROGRAM WILL 832 00:26:09,833 --> 00:26:13,800 HAVE SUMMIT OCTOBER 3 AND 4 AND 833 00:26:12,500 --> 00:26:16,266 YOU COULD BE IN THE SPOTLIGHT. 834 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:19,400 IT WILL FEATURE A TAN TALK 835 00:26:16,266 --> 00:26:21,133 SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF 836 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:23,800 CUMBERLANDS BILLED AS 10 MINUTES 837 00:26:21,133 --> 00:26:25,300 AND 10 SLIDES AND YOU AND HOW TO 838 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,866 MOVE THE REGION FORWARD THE 839 00:26:25,300 --> 00:26:29,000 DEADLINE FOR POSSIBLE SPEAKERS 840 00:26:26,866 --> 00:26:29,700 TO APPLY IS ON THE WEBSITE, 841 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:30,866 AUGUST 21. 842 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:34,266 THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY". 843 00:26:30,866 --> 00:26:34,266 HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.