WEBVTT 00:32.800 --> 00:34.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% 2021 HAS BEEN A YEAR OF TRAGEDY 00:33.466 --> 00:34.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% AND SOME HIGH POINTS FOR 00:34.166 --> 00:35.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% KENTUCKY. 00:34.700 --> 00:36.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% TONIGHT WE LOOK BACK. 00:35.866 --> 00:38.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% NATURAL DISASTER STRUCK HARD 00:36.866 --> 00:38.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% FROM ICE STORMS AND FLOODING TO 00:38.000 --> 00:40.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THE HORRIBLE TORNADO OUTBREAK 00:38.900 --> 00:40.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT HAS TEMPERED THE JOY OF THE 00:40.166 --> 00:41.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% HOLIDAYS. 00:40.533 --> 00:42.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SOME KENTUCKIANS WERE CHARGED IN 00:41.366 --> 00:43.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THE JANUARY 6 ATTACK ON THE U.S. 00:42.500 --> 00:44.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% CAPITOL. 00:43.666 --> 00:45.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% COVID REFUSED TO LET GO AS 00:44.633 --> 00:46.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% OMICRON THREATENS AS WE HEAD 00:45.766 --> 00:47.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% TOWARD A NEW YEAR. 00:46.366 --> 00:48.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ON THIS CHRISTMAS EVE, WE BRING 00:47.100 --> 00:53.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% YOU A SPECIAL EDITION OF COMMENT 00:48.000 --> 00:54.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% NEXT ON KET. 00:53.200 --> 00:55.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% GOOD EVENING ON THIS CHRISTMAS 00:54.400 --> 00:56.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% EVE, I'M BILL BRYANT. 00:55.500 --> 00:58.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WE WELCOME TO YOU COMMENT ON 00:56.700 --> 01:00.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% KENTUCKY AS WE LOOK BACK ON 00:58.200 --> 01:01.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% 2021. 01:00.100 --> 01:03.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND ON THE REMARKABLE CAREERS OF 01:01.200 --> 01:04.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TWO OF OUR LONG TIME PANELISTS 01:03.066 --> 01:06.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WHO HAVE DECIDED IT'S TIME FOR 01:04.733 --> 01:09.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% THE NEXT CHAPTER. 01:06.700 --> 01:10.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE TAPED THIS PROGRAM TUESDAY, 01:09.300 --> 01:12.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% DECEMBER 21, TO GIVE OUR PANEL 01:10.766 --> 01:14.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% AND THE CREW HERE AT KET A 01:12.566 --> 01:15.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% CHANCE TO ENJOY THE HOLIDAY. 01:14.200 --> 01:21.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% AND OUR GUESTS TONIGHT ARE 01:15.733 --> 01:22.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% LAWRENCE SMITH, REPORTER FOR 01:21.066 --> 01:24.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% WDRB IN LOUISVILLE, DEBORAH 01:22.700 --> 01:25.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% YETTER, REPORTER FOR THE 01:24.000 --> 01:27.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% "COURIER JOURNAL" AND JACK 01:25.066 --> 01:29.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BRAMMER, BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE 01:27.066 --> 01:30.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% LEXINGTON "HERALD-LEADER." 01:29.133 --> 01:32.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% LET'S START WHERE WE ARE BEFORE 01:30.366 --> 01:33.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% GOING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF 01:32.600 --> 01:35.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE YEAR, THE DEADLY TORNADOES 01:33.866 --> 01:37.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IN WESTERN KENTUCKY WERE TRAGIC 01:35.966 --> 01:37.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% AND YET BROUGHT THE STATE 01:37.266 --> 01:40.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TOGETHER AND WE ARE MINDFUL OF 01:37.966 --> 01:43.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THE MANY HARD SHIPS FOR MANY. 01:40.666 --> 01:52.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% IT IT IS GOING TO BE A LONG ROAD 01:43.266 --> 01:54.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% BACK FOR MANY. 01:52.933 --> 01:56.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% YOU KNOW, BILL, WE THREW AROUND 01:54.900 --> 01:58.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THE WORD UNPRECEDENTED A LOT, 01:56.666 --> 02:00.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BUT THIS IS TRULY UNPRECEDENTED, 01:58.466 --> 02:02.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THE WORST NATURAL DISASTER IN 02:00.800 --> 02:04.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% THE HISTORY OF THE STATE. 02:02.533 --> 02:05.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% AND YOU'VE HAD THAN TIRE 02:04.400 --> 02:07.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% COMMUNITIES DEVASTATED. 02:05.266 --> 02:08.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THREE QUARTERS OF DAWSON SPRINGS 02:07.033 --> 02:10.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% IS GONE. 02:08.766 --> 02:12.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% SECTIONS OF MAYFIELD, 02:10.866 --> 02:13.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% NEIGHBORHOODS IN BOWLING GREEN 02:12.633 --> 02:13.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% FLATTENED. 02:13.000 --> 02:18.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THERE ARE MANY DECISIONS THAT 02:13.933 --> 02:19.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% MUST BE MADE ABOUT WHAT IS 02:18.633 --> 02:23.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% REBUILD, HOW TO REBUILD IT AND 02:19.933 --> 02:24.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HOW TO GET PEOPLE-- HOW TO GET 02:23.333 --> 02:24.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THEIR LIVES BACK TOGETHER, 02:24.533 --> 02:26.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% ESSENTIALLY. 02:24.933 --> 02:27.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> THERE COMES THE QUESTION, IS 02:26.400 --> 02:28.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THERE GOOD REASON TO BELIEVE 02:27.300 --> 02:31.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THAT THERE IS HOPE THAT THERE 02:28.900 --> 02:32.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WILL BE THAT SUSTAINED EFFORT 02:31.200 --> 02:34.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% OVER TIME THAT IS NOT WEEKS OR 02:32.766 --> 02:37.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% MONTHS BUT MAYBE YEARS? 02:34.466 --> 02:39.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> THAT'S THE BIG QUESTION. 02:37.000 --> 02:41.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN, 02:39.333 --> 02:43.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% THERE IS USUALLY A LARGE 02:41.266 --> 02:45.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT AND 02:43.266 --> 02:46.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% ATTENTION EARLY ON. 02:45.000 --> 02:47.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BUT THIS IS GOING TO GO ON FOR 02:46.733 --> 02:50.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% MONTHS AND YEARS AND THE 02:47.833 --> 02:53.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% QUESTION IS WILL THAT SUPPORT-- 02:50.733 --> 02:54.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WILL THAT STRUCTURE BE THERE 02:53.100 --> 02:55.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% DOWN THE ROAD WHEN THESE FOLKS 02:54.533 --> 02:56.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ARE STILL TRYING TO PUT THEIR 02:55.600 --> 02:58.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% LIVES BACK TOGETHER? 02:56.433 --> 03:00.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> YOU KNOW, THE COOPERATION 02:58.633 --> 03:01.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THAT WE'VE SEEN IN KENTUCKY HAS 03:00.266 --> 03:04.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BEEN HEART WARMING, BOTH FROM A 03:01.933 --> 03:05.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% GOVERNMENT STANDPOINT AND 03:04.433 --> 03:07.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% EVERYDAY KENTUCKIANS WHO HELPED 03:05.600 --> 03:09.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% IN LOTS OF WAYS FROM SENDING 03:07.433 --> 03:12.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SUPPLIES AND GOODS TO JUST GOING 03:09.933 --> 03:13.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% OUT THERE AND IN SOME CASES 03:12.133 --> 03:15.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% GOING OUT THERE AND PICKING UP A 03:13.900 --> 03:17.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SHOVEL AND LITERALLY HELPING. 03:15.533 --> 03:17.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% IT HAS BEEN SOMETHING TO SEE, 03:17.600 --> 03:18.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% DAN. 03:17.866 --> 03:22.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% >> IT IS REMARKABLE. 03:18.600 --> 03:24.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% I THINK GOVERNOR BESHEAR STARTED 03:22.000 --> 03:26.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% A FUND FOR FOLKS EARLY ON AND 03:24.633 --> 03:27.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% IT'S PICKED UP TO MORE THAN 03:26.533 --> 03:29.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% $21 MILLION LAST I HEARD, WHICH 03:27.700 --> 03:31.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% IS GOING TO BE USED INITIALLY 03:29.566 --> 03:32.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% FOR FUNERAL EXPENSES FOR THE 76 03:31.666 --> 03:35.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% PEOPLE LOST IN THE TORNADO. 03:32.900 --> 03:38.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND THEN THEY WILL START HELPING 03:35.466 --> 03:39.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% PEOPLE WHO WERE UNINSURED, 03:38.000 --> 03:40.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% REBUILDING THEIR HOUSES BECAUSE 03:39.433 --> 03:42.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% A NUMBER OF FOLKS DOWN THERE DID 03:40.833 --> 03:46.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% NOT HAVE INSURANCE AND I THINK 03:42.600 --> 03:48.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% FEMA PAYS A MAX OF 35,000 IN 03:46.866 --> 03:51.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THOSE CASES SO THEY'RE CLEARLY 03:48.833 --> 03:54.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% GOING TO NEED MORE. 03:51.966 --> 03:55.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> AND THE TOY DRIVE BY THE 03:54.033 --> 03:57.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% FIRST LADY. 03:55.066 --> 03:59.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THEY WERE INUNDATED WITH TOYS 03:57.233 --> 04:00.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY COMING 03:59.666 --> 04:02.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% IN BY TRUCK LOAD. 04:00.700 --> 04:07.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IT REMINDS OF WHAT A TOUGH TIME 04:02.333 --> 04:09.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% OF THE YEAR THIS WAS. 04:07.200 --> 04:12.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% PEOPLE JUST WANTED TO GET INTO A 04:09.766 --> 04:13.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% TRUCK AND MOVE IN AND I 04:12.000 --> 04:15.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% UNDERSTAND THAT FEELING THAT YOU 04:13.633 --> 04:16.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% WANT TO RESPOND THAT WAY. 04:15.600 --> 04:19.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% I THINK A RESPONSE LIKE THIS HAS 04:16.833 --> 04:19.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% TO BE ORGANIZED AND YOU CAN'T 04:19.200 --> 04:21.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% JUST GO. 04:19.633 --> 04:22.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS YOU 04:21.300 --> 04:24.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% NEED RIGHT NOW AND CERTAIN 04:22.400 --> 04:27.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% THINGS YOU NEED LATER. 04:24.033 --> 04:28.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% IT WILL BE A TRICK TO COORDINATE 04:27.066 --> 04:33.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% ALL THAT FOR THE LONG HAUL. 04:28.833 --> 04:33.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> JACK, THERE HAS BEEN A 04:33.000 --> 04:35.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% TREMENDOUS GOVERNMENTAL 04:33.966 --> 04:36.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% COOPERATION THAT MAY HAVE 04:35.500 --> 04:37.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% SURPRISED SOME THAT WE COULD 04:36.266 --> 04:39.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HAVE COME TOGETHER IN THIS WAY 04:37.900 --> 04:41.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE SEE 04:39.533 --> 04:41.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THIFNTION IN RED OR BLUE THESE 04:41.633 --> 04:43.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% DAYS. 04:41.933 --> 04:45.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> THAT'S THE MOST SATISFYING 04:43.766 --> 04:46.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ASPECTED OF THIS TRAGEDY THAT 04:45.133 --> 04:47.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% WE'VE WITNESSED. 04:46.033 --> 04:48.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% I'VE OFTEN SAID ON THIS SHOW 04:47.533 --> 04:50.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THAT TWO WEEKS IN POLITICS CAN 04:48.866 --> 04:52.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% BE AN ETERNITY AND IT'S BEEN 04:50.366 --> 04:55.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% ABOUT TWO WEEKS NOW. 04:52.333 --> 04:57.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AND WE HAVE SEEN A GOVERNOR, 04:55.433 --> 04:59.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ANDY BESHEAR, IN MY OPINION, HIS 04:57.366 --> 04:59.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% STATURE HAS INCREASED 04:59.233 --> 05:01.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% TREMENDOUSLY. 04:59.900 --> 05:03.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY I'VE TALKED 05:01.266 --> 05:06.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TO GIVE HIM HIGH MARKS FOR THE 05:03.133 --> 05:09.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WAY HE HAS BEEN ADMINISTRATOR OF 05:06.000 --> 05:11.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS AVAILABLE 05:09.100 --> 05:12.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TO PEOPLE HOOS LIVES WERE JUST 05:11.366 --> 05:15.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% TORN APART. 05:12.133 --> 05:18.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% HE HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE, THE 05:15.666 --> 05:19.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% COUNTLESS HOURS AND EVEN HAD A 05:18.233 --> 05:21.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% REPUBLICAN FRIEND IN LOUISVILLE 05:19.300 --> 05:22.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% LAST WEEK TELL ME, WELL, I GUESS 05:21.033 --> 05:23.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% HE IS GOING TO WIN REELECTION 05:22.766 --> 05:24.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% NOW. 05:23.033 --> 05:25.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% I SAID THAT'S FARTHER THAN TWO 05:24.433 --> 05:26.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% WEEKS AWAY. 05:25.100 --> 05:30.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THERE IS STILL A LOT TO HAPPEN. 05:26.866 --> 05:32.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BUT I THINK HE HAS-- HE DESERVES 05:30.800 --> 05:32.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% HIGH MARKS FOR THE WAY HE 05:32.333 --> 05:33.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% PERFORMED. 05:32.700 --> 05:35.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF 05:33.866 --> 05:38.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WHAT HE IS JUDGED ON, PART OF 05:35.600 --> 05:40.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% HIS LEGACY SO TO SPEAK IS BEING 05:38.333 --> 05:42.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THE CRISIS GOVERNOR, FIRST WITH 05:40.733 --> 05:44.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% COVID AND NOW WITH THIS. 05:42.700 --> 05:46.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> PRESIDENT BIDEN QUICKLY 05:44.733 --> 05:48.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY 05:46.033 --> 05:51.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND HE WAS IN KENTUCKY AS WELL 05:48.433 --> 05:54.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND CONGRESSMAN JAMES COMBER, A 05:51.166 --> 05:56.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% FREQUENT CRITIC OF THE PRESIDENT 05:54.133 --> 05:57.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WAS ON AIR FORCE 1 AND TOURED 05:56.733 --> 05:58.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THE AREA WITH THE PRESIDENT. 05:57.466 --> 06:01.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% >> I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY 05:58.933 --> 06:02.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% POLITICAL BICKERING THROUGHOUT 06:01.566 --> 06:03.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% THIS ORDEAL DURING THE 06:02.966 --> 06:07.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% TORNADOES. 06:03.333 --> 06:07.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> THEY WERE SILENT AND PRAISE 06:07.266 --> 06:10.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% WORTHY. 06:07.633 --> 06:12.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% A SENATE REPUBLICAN PRAISED 06:10.133 --> 06:15.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% GOVERNOR BESHEAR THAT DANNY 06:12.333 --> 06:16.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% CAROL FROM PADUCAH, WHO IS A 06:15.733 --> 06:19.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% FREQUENT CRITIC OF GOVERNOR 06:16.933 --> 06:20.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BESHEAR WAS PRAISING HIM FOR HIS 06:19.533 --> 06:21.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% RESPONSE IN THE COMMITTEE 06:20.633 --> 06:23.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% MEETING LAST WEEK. 06:21.166 --> 06:25.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> AND GOOD FOR CONGRESSMAN 06:23.600 --> 06:28.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% COMBER TO PUT POLITICAL 06:25.166 --> 06:31.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% DISAGREEMENTS ASIDE FOR THE SAKE 06:28.633 --> 06:34.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% OF A DISPLAY OF UNITY AGAINST 06:31.266 --> 06:34.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE TORNADO AND SUPPORTING THE 06:34.333 --> 06:37.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% DISASTER RELIEF. 06:34.800 --> 06:38.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% GOOD FOR HIM FOR DOING THAT. 06:37.266 --> 06:39.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> WELL, OUR THOUGHTS ARE 06:38.266 --> 06:40.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% CERTAINLY WITH THE FOLKS WHO ARE 06:39.566 --> 06:41.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% STILL OR DEALING WITH THAT AND 06:40.300 --> 06:44.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% HAVE A LONG ROAD BACK. 06:41.466 --> 06:46.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% IT WAS A WILD YEAR IN WEATHER, 06:44.000 --> 06:47.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% EVEN BEFORE THE AWFUL TORNADOES. 06:46.400 --> 06:49.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WE HAD THREE ICE STORMS EARLY IN 06:47.966 --> 06:51.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE YEAR; FLOODING ISSUES BACK 06:49.866 --> 06:53.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% IN THE SUMMER, LOTS OF 06:51.966 --> 06:54.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CHALLENGES FROM MOTHER NATURE. 06:53.066 --> 06:56.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AS WE LOOK BACK AT 2021, LET'S 06:54.933 --> 06:58.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% GO BACK TO THE FIRST OF THE YEAR 06:56.500 --> 06:59.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EVENTS 06:58.533 --> 07:00.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% AND CHALLENGES. 06:59.000 --> 07:02.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% FIRST OF ALL, COVID CHASED US 07:00.800 --> 07:05.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% RIGHT INTO 2021. 07:02.533 --> 07:06.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BUT WE WERE ALSO JUST GETTING 07:05.400 --> 07:08.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% VACCINES AVAILABLE. 07:06.366 --> 07:09.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% AND THE ROLLOUT GAVE MANY 07:08.433 --> 07:11.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% KENTUCKIANS SOME MORE FREEDOM, 07:09.533 --> 07:14.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% AT LEAST FOR I TIME. 07:11.200 --> 07:15.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THEN CAME THE DELTA STRAIN AND 07:14.133 --> 07:15.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% OMICRON STRAIN IS ROLLING 07:15.566 --> 07:17.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% THROUGH. 07:15.900 --> 07:18.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% BUT ONCE THE VACCINES WERE 07:17.433 --> 07:20.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% AVAILABLE, THERE WAS A 07:18.200 --> 07:20.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% TREMENDOUS EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE 07:20.066 --> 07:21.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% IMMUNIZED. 07:20.433 --> 07:22.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THERE WAS SOME RELUCTANCE AND 07:21.800 --> 07:25.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THAT BECAME PART OF THE STORY 07:22.700 --> 07:27.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% LINE AS WELL. 07:25.633 --> 07:29.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> WE ARE A YEAR AWAY FROM WHEN 07:27.966 --> 07:30.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THE VACCINES FIRST CAME TO 07:29.700 --> 07:33.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% KENTUCKY. 07:30.233 --> 07:34.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND THERE WAS GENERAL EUPHORIA 07:33.233 --> 07:35.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THEY FIRST GOT HERE AND THE 07:34.400 --> 07:37.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% GREAT HOPE THAT IT WOULD GET US 07:35.433 --> 07:37.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TO THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF 07:37.033 --> 07:38.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% COVID. 07:37.333 --> 07:40.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% IT HASN'T REALLY WORKED OUT. 07:38.700 --> 07:42.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WE HAVE, AFTER A YEAR OF REALLY 07:40.733 --> 07:43.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MONUMENTAL EFFORT, WE'VE GO THE 07:42.366 --> 07:45.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE STATE 07:43.800 --> 07:47.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% VACCINATED AT THIS STATE BUT 07:45.000 --> 07:50.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT AND THEY'VE 07:47.533 --> 07:51.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% HAD TO FIGHT A LOT OF 07:50.600 --> 07:53.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% MISINFORMATION, THE CONTROVERSY, 07:51.800 --> 07:54.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% VACCINES HAVE BECOME POLITICAL. 07:53.000 --> 07:56.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% THAT STILL DRAGS ON. 07:54.633 --> 07:57.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND THE LONGER THAT GOES, PEOPLE 07:56.200 --> 07:59.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SAY THE MORE CHANCES WE HAVE FOR 07:57.633 --> 08:00.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% MORE OF THESE PESKY VARIANTS 07:59.233 --> 08:02.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% THAT KEEP COMING AROUND. 08:00.300 --> 08:03.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WAS 08:02.133 --> 08:04.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% REALLY STRAINED AND CHALLENGED 08:03.366 --> 08:05.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% AS WELL THROUGH THE YEAR. 08:04.233 --> 08:07.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> DURING A COUPLE OF THE REALLY 08:05.666 --> 08:08.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BAD SPIKES OF LAST WINTER AND 08:07.233 --> 08:10.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THEN AGAIN IN THE SUMMER, THERE 08:08.633 --> 08:12.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE 08:10.233 --> 08:14.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% HOSPITALS AND WE ARE ALREADY 08:12.500 --> 08:16.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SUFFERING A NURSING SHORTAGE AND 08:14.600 --> 08:18.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THEY WERE INUNDATED WITH PEOPLE 08:16.133 --> 08:18.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% DURING SOME OF THE BAD SPIKES OR 08:18.200 --> 08:20.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% SURGES OF COVID. 08:18.866 --> 08:22.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> THE NATIONAL GUARD BEING 08:20.866 --> 08:23.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% DEPLOYED TO HOSPITALS, WHO 08:22.266 --> 08:23.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THOUGHT THEY WOULD SEE THAT, 08:23.300 --> 08:25.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% RIGHT? 08:23.600 --> 08:27.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> IT WAS A STARTLING IMAGE WHEN 08:25.133 --> 08:28.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% I SAW THE TROOPS AT BAPTIST 08:27.333 --> 08:29.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% HOSPITAL HEALTH SYSTEMS IN 08:28.633 --> 08:31.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% LOUISVILLE COMING IN TO PITCH IN 08:29.833 --> 08:32.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% BECAUSE THE HOSPITAL SHORT 08:31.400 --> 08:34.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% STAFFED IN ALL AREAS AND THEN 08:32.533 --> 08:34.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THE SAME WAS TRUE THROUGHOUT 08:34.100 --> 08:38.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% KENTUCKY. 08:34.533 --> 08:39.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> DEB DEBBIE, IT MADE READILY 08:38.433 --> 08:41.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% APPARENT THE NURSING SHORTAGE. 08:39.833 --> 08:43.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% NOT ONLY IS IT ACUTE RIGHT NOW 08:41.500 --> 08:45.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WITH WAS IS GOING ON, BUT IT'S 08:43.633 --> 08:45.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% OBVIOUS WE HAVE A LONG-TERM 08:45.266 --> 08:47.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% CHALLENGE THERE. 08:45.766 --> 08:48.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> RIGHT, THE NURSING SHORTAGE 08:47.500 --> 08:50.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HAS BEEN BUILDING UP FOR YEARS 08:48.766 --> 08:52.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND THIS JUST KIND OF EXPOSED 08:50.700 --> 08:55.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% IT, I THINK. 08:52.333 --> 08:56.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, THAT 08:55.400 --> 08:58.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% ACCELERATED THE DEPARTURE OF 08:56.800 --> 09:00.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% NURSES INTO OTHER FIELDS THAT 08:58.566 --> 09:02.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% MAYBE THAT PAID BETTER, MORE 09:00.600 --> 09:03.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ADMINISTRATIVE WORK, A LOT OF 09:02.566 --> 09:05.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PEOPLE JUST RETIRED OR LEFT FOR 09:03.966 --> 09:08.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% OTHER OCCUPATIONS BECAUSE IT WAS 09:05.300 --> 09:11.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% JUST SO INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL. 09:08.466 --> 09:13.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> AND RECENTLY A COUPLE MONTHS 09:11.466 --> 09:14.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AGO NOW ON A BRIEFING BY THE 09:13.100 --> 09:16.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% KENTUCKY NURSES ASSOCIATION, 09:14.133 --> 09:18.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW 09:16.266 --> 09:19.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% NURSES ARE VIEWED MORE 09:18.133 --> 09:19.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% DIFFERENTLY NOW THAN THE 09:19.000 --> 09:21.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. 09:19.866 --> 09:22.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THEY WERE HAILED AS HEROES AT 09:21.333 --> 09:24.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC 09:22.433 --> 09:28.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% BUT AS IT DRAGGED ON AND 09:24.133 --> 09:31.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ESPECIALLY AS NURSES ARRIVEED 09:28.000 --> 09:33.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% AND NURSE-- MASK MANDATES AND 09:31.566 --> 09:34.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THINGS LIKE THAT, THE PUBLIC 09:33.200 --> 09:36.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% OPINION HAS CHANGED. 09:34.700 --> 09:38.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% BUT THE NURSES HAVE DONE 09:36.533 --> 09:39.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FANTASTIC JOB UNDER IMPOSSIBLE 09:38.200 --> 09:39.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% CONDITIONS, THEY NEED TO BE 09:39.266 --> 09:40.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% APPLAUDED FOR THAT. 09:39.800 --> 09:43.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% >> NO DOUBT. 09:40.233 --> 09:44.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> YOU HAVE TO FEEL FOR NURSES 09:43.400 --> 09:46.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS 09:44.633 --> 09:47.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% WITH THE OMICRON VARIANT 09:46.133 --> 09:56.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SPREADING SO QUICKLY AND WHAT 09:47.766 --> 09:57.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ELSE IS GOING TO HAPPEN I THINK 09:56.166 --> 09:59.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% NEXT YEAR'S COMMENTS, THEY WILL 09:57.900 --> 10:03.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE 09:59.900 --> 10:04.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BEEN RELUCTANT TO GET VACCINATED 10:03.166 --> 10:07.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% AND GET THEIR BOOSTERS. 10:04.933 --> 10:10.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> I THINK WE ARE ALSO SPEAKING 10:07.333 --> 10:11.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TO SOME OF THE YOUNG FOLKS AND 10:10.166 --> 10:13.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THEIR PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS 10:11.800 --> 10:14.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SAY MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO LOOK AT 10:13.000 --> 10:15.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THE NURSING FIELD BECAUSE THOSE 10:14.000 --> 10:16.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% JOBS ARE GOING TO BE IN DEMAND. 10:15.666 --> 10:21.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% >> DEFINITELY. 10:16.700 --> 10:26.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% >> GOING FORWARD. 10:21.033 --> 10:27.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> LAWRPS, AS 2020 WE REMEMBER 10:26.300 --> 10:28.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% IN TERMS OF COVID AND THE 10:27.666 --> 10:30.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% GOVERNOR'S BRIEFINGS AND THE 10:28.800 --> 10:33.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% LOCK DOWNS AND ALL OF THAT. 10:30.500 --> 10:34.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WHAT DO WE REMEMBER 2021 FOR IN 10:33.133 --> 10:36.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% THE FIGHT WITH COVID? 10:34.733 --> 10:38.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> WELL, I THINK INITIALLY, IN 10:36.633 --> 10:39.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, THE 10:38.033 --> 10:41.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% REACTION TO ALL THAT, BY THE 10:39.966 --> 10:43.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE REPUBLICAN 10:41.433 --> 10:45.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% LAWMAKERS REACTING TO THE 10:43.066 --> 10:46.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ACTIONS THE GOVERNOR TOOK AND 10:45.133 --> 10:51.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SEVERELY RESTRICTING HIS ABILITY 10:46.700 --> 10:54.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% TO ACT UNILATERALLY TO COMBAT 10:51.066 --> 10:54.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THE PANDEMIC, REDUCING HIS 10:54.133 --> 10:57.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% EMERGENCY POWERS. 10:54.800 --> 10:59.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% HIM NEEDING TO GET PERMISSION TO 10:57.000 --> 11:00.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% EXTEND EMERGENCY ORDERS SO I 10:59.266 --> 11:01.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THINK THE BIG THING IS THE 11:00.666 --> 11:02.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% REACTION TO THAT FROM 11:01.733 --> 11:05.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE AND 11:02.833 --> 11:06.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SENATE TO WHAT THE GOVERNOR DID 11:05.100 --> 11:06.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE 11:06.566 --> 11:08.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% PANDEMIC. 11:06.933 --> 11:10.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> AND THAT LED TO A KENTUCKY 11:08.933 --> 11:12.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SUPREME COURT DECISION, WHERE 11:10.066 --> 11:14.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ALL THE JUSTICES, UNANIMOUSLY 11:12.566 --> 11:19.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AGREED WITH THE LEGISLATURE AND 11:14.433 --> 11:19.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THEY DID CURB THE POWERS OF THE 11:19.333 --> 11:21.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% GOVERNOR. 11:19.700 --> 11:22.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> AND THE GOVERNOR THEN CALLED 11:21.000 --> 11:24.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% A SPECIAL SESSION AND HE KNEW 11:22.100 --> 11:24.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THAT 11:24.166 --> 11:25.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% SESSION, RIGHT? 11:24.833 --> 11:27.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% >> HE DID. 11:25.500 --> 11:28.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> HE DIDN'T PUT IT ON THE 11:27.400 --> 11:30.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AGENDA TO CURTAIL HIS POWER BUT 11:28.700 --> 11:31.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% HE KNEW IT WAS COMING. 11:30.033 --> 11:32.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> HE HAS SAID NOW THE RESPONSE 11:31.200 --> 11:33.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% IS ON THEM. 11:32.133 --> 11:35.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% I'VE DONE WHAT I CAN DO. 11:33.366 --> 11:37.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% NOW IT'S ON THE REPUBLICANS. 11:35.800 --> 11:38.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> THEY DID CURTAIL HIS POWER 11:37.066 --> 11:41.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BUT I STILL SAY HE IS FRONT AND 11:38.833 --> 11:44.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% CENTER OF THE STATE'S BATTLE 11:41.466 --> 11:46.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AGAINST COVID, BY VIRTUE OF HIS 11:44.433 --> 11:47.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% WEEKLY NEWS CONFERENCES. 11:46.500 --> 11:48.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% >> BIWEEKLY SOMETIMES. 11:47.566 --> 11:49.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% >> SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR 11:48.466 --> 11:51.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% STRUGGLED WITH HOW TO WORK IN 11:49.466 --> 11:53.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THE ERA OF COVID, MOST WERE SHUT 11:51.500 --> 11:55.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% DOWN THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND THEN 11:53.300 --> 11:59.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THEY TRIED TO RETURN TO NORMAL 11:55.700 --> 12:00.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WITH MIXED APPROACHES AND SOME 11:59.333 --> 12:02.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% MIXED SUCCESS AS WELL. 12:00.266 --> 12:04.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> I THINK WE ARE STILL SEEING 12:02.433 --> 12:08.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SOME OF THE IMPACT OF KIDS BEING 12:04.800 --> 12:10.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% OUT OF SCHOOL, LEARNING REMOTELY 12:08.066 --> 12:11.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% FOR A YEAR, BOTH IN ACADEMIC 12:10.166 --> 12:12.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% PERFORMANCE BUT ALSO IN 12:11.566 --> 12:13.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. 12:12.233 --> 12:18.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS ARE HAVING 12:13.666 --> 12:20.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ISSUES WITH STUDENTS FIGHTING 12:18.100 --> 12:22.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% AND SERIOUS AS THAT TO NOT 12:20.366 --> 12:24.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% PAYING ATTENTION AND BEING ABLE 12:22.000 --> 12:26.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% TO CATCH UP ACADEMICALLY. 12:24.100 --> 12:27.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WE SEE FOWLT FROM THAT A YEAR-- 12:26.166 --> 12:28.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% FAULT FROM THAT A YEAR LATER. 12:27.166 --> 12:32.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> THERE WAS A REFERENCE ALONG 12:28.600 --> 12:33.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THE WAY TO A TWINDEMIC THE COVID 12:32.566 --> 12:35.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CRISIS MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO 12:33.566 --> 12:37.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ANOTHER THING GETTING WORSE AND 12:35.533 --> 12:38.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT'S THE AWFUL BATTLE WITH THE 12:37.933 --> 12:39.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% OPIOID ADDICTION WE HAVE IN 12:38.833 --> 12:40.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% KENTUCKY. 12:39.200 --> 12:41.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> THAT DEFINITELY DID SPIKE 12:40.333 --> 12:42.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% DURING THE PANDEMIC. 12:41.366 --> 12:44.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% IN FACT LAST YEAR WE HIT A 12:42.800 --> 12:45.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% RECORD NUMBER OF OVERDOSE DEATHS 12:44.766 --> 12:48.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% AND IT'S REALLY TOUGH. 12:45.666 --> 12:50.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% I KNOW ONE THING, DURING THE 12:48.966 --> 12:51.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SHUTDOWN, PEOPLE LOST ACCESS TO 12:50.700 --> 12:52.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% MEETINGS. 12:51.066 --> 12:53.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST JOBS. 12:52.233 --> 12:55.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THEY WERE MORE ISOLATED SO IT 12:53.866 --> 12:57.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% LED TO A LOT OF THE FACTORS THAT 12:55.933 --> 13:00.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% MIGHT TRIGGER PEOPLE TO RELAPSE 12:57.700 --> 13:00.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% AND START USING SUBSTANCES 13:00.166 --> 13:02.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% AGAIN. 13:00.466 --> 13:03.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% SO I KNOW THE STATE IS 13:02.166 --> 13:05.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% DEFINITELY FOCUSED AND THEY'RE 13:03.733 --> 13:07.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TRYING TO GET MORE FEDERAL AND 13:05.333 --> 13:08.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% STATE MONEY INTO PREVENTION AND 13:07.100 --> 13:09.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% TREATMENT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE, 13:08.166 --> 13:11.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% I THINK, A HARD ROAD BACK. 13:09.366 --> 13:13.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL WORKER 13:11.566 --> 13:15.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SHORTAGE REALLY CAME TO BEAR. 13:13.200 --> 13:16.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% MORE THAN 600 HAVE LEFT THIS 13:15.833 --> 13:17.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% YEAR. 13:16.133 --> 13:19.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% >> IT WAS VERY STARTLING. 13:17.700 --> 13:20.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% 600 LEFT OUT OF THE WORKFORCE SO 13:19.300 --> 13:24.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% MAYBE AROUND 4,000 SOMETHING 13:20.966 --> 13:27.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HAVE LEFT OVER THIS PAST YEAR, 13:24.133 --> 13:27.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CALENDAR YEAR, JUST CITING THE 13:27.000 --> 13:29.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% INCREDIBLE STRESS. 13:27.633 --> 13:29.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% MOST OF THEM WENT TO WORKING 13:29.000 --> 13:30.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% REMOTE. 13:29.333 --> 13:32.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THEY HAD TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO 13:30.633 --> 13:34.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% MEET WITH FAMILIES, MAYBE 13:32.666 --> 13:35.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% OUTSIDE OR REMOTELY. 13:34.300 --> 13:36.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% THAT WAS HARD. 13:35.166 --> 13:39.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% CASES WERE PILING UP. 13:36.366 --> 13:40.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND IT JUST LED TO AN EXODUS OF 13:39.333 --> 13:41.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% RETIREES OR YOUNGER WORKERS 13:40.833 --> 13:43.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% FINDING, ESPECIALLY WITH JOBS 13:41.600 --> 13:44.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BEING OFFERED RIGHT NOW IN OTHER 13:43.033 --> 13:45.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AREAS, THAT THEY COULD GO TO 13:44.133 --> 13:47.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WORK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR FOR 13:45.900 --> 13:50.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% HOSPITALS, FOR NURSING HOMES, 13:47.866 --> 13:51.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES 13:50.066 --> 13:53.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% THAT NEED SOCIAL WORKERS, AND 13:51.466 --> 13:54.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% MAKE MORE MONEY AND HAVE WAY 13:53.233 --> 13:57.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% LESS STRESS. 13:54.000 --> 13:58.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> WE'VE SEEN IN IN A LOT OF 13:57.300 --> 13:59.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% PROFESSIONAL AND 13:58.166 --> 14:00.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% NON-PROFESSIONAL CAREERS CALLED 13:59.266 --> 14:01.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% THE GREAT RESIGNATION. 14:00.733 --> 14:04.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% NURSES AS YOU MENTIONED. 14:01.866 --> 14:06.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE SEE IT IN PUBLIC ADVOCATES. 14:04.700 --> 14:08.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% WE'VE SEEN IT IN CORRECTIONS, 14:06.333 --> 14:09.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% JAIL, WARDENS AND IT'S A 14:08.866 --> 14:10.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% PROBLEM. 14:09.200 --> 14:12.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% YOU GO TO ALMOST ANY RESTAURANT 14:10.500 --> 14:16.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND YOU ARE GOING SEE A SIGN OUT 14:12.233 --> 14:18.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% FRONT SAYING NOW HIRING. 14:16.633 --> 14:20.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> CITIES AND COUNTIES HAVE TO 14:18.633 --> 14:21.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% COME UP WITH WAYS TO REHIRE SOME 14:20.066 --> 14:22.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% OF THE PEOPLE, TO HIRE NEW 14:21.500 --> 14:23.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% POLICE OFFICERS. 14:22.133 --> 14:25.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE 14:23.200 --> 14:27.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE PAY, DO MORE INCENTIVES TO 14:25.066 --> 14:28.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% GET THE JOBS FILLED BECAUSE THEY 14:27.900 --> 14:31.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% HAVE TO BE FILLED. 14:28.466 --> 14:32.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> AT A TIME LEXINGTON AND 14:31.433 --> 14:34.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% LOUISVILLE HAVING A REAL PROBLEM 14:32.500 --> 14:36.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WITH CRIME RATE, THE VIOLENT 14:34.233 --> 14:38.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% CRIME, RECORD HOMICIDES IN BOTH 14:36.900 --> 14:39.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THE STATE'S TWO LARGEST CITIES. 14:38.333 --> 14:42.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> RECORD HOMICIDE RATES AND 14:39.600 --> 14:43.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% POLICE SHORTAGES, A BAD 14:42.933 --> 14:45.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% COMBINATION. 14:43.333 --> 14:47.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> SO IT'S KIND OF A SIDE TO 14:45.366 --> 14:48.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THAT, RAMIFICATIONS FROM THE 14:47.766 --> 14:51.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BREONNA TAYLOR CASE CONTINUED 14:48.633 --> 14:52.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THIS YEAR AND NO KNOCK WARRANTS 14:51.900 --> 14:53.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% WERE ADDRESSED DURING THE 14:52.533 --> 14:55.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE TASK 14:53.300 --> 14:56.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% FORCE WAS PUT TOGETHER BY THE 14:55.066 --> 14:58.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON 14:56.766 --> 15:00.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% WHEN REPORTED SOME 14:58.866 --> 15:02.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% RECOMMENDATIONS AND LISTENED TO 15:00.900 --> 15:04.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE. 15:02.733 --> 15:06.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> YEAH, THEY WERE BASICALLY 15:04.966 --> 15:07.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% EIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS HAVING TO 15:06.000 --> 15:08.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% DO WITH TRAINING OF POLICE 15:07.000 --> 15:11.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% OFFICERS IN DOING THESE WARRANTS 15:08.866 --> 15:13.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% AND ALSO TRACKING ESSENTIALLY, 15:11.500 --> 15:15.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HOW THESE WARRANTS ARE ISSUED, 15:13.666 --> 15:16.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WHO ISSUES THEM, RESTRICTING 15:15.000 --> 15:17.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% WHEN THEY CAN BE ISSUED. 15:16.200 --> 15:18.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THOSE KINDS OF RECOMMENDATIONS 15:17.533 --> 15:20.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THAT WILL HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED 15:18.600 --> 15:23.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUT IT 15:20.333 --> 15:23.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WAS ALL A RESULT OF THE BREONNA 15:23.000 --> 15:24.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% TAYLOR CASE. 15:23.400 --> 15:26.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> WE TALK ABOUT THE WORKFORCE 15:24.500 --> 15:28.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ISSUES AND THE CHALLENGES ARE 15:26.700 --> 15:30.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% REALLY APPARENT IN THE DAYCARE 15:28.333 --> 15:31.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% INDUSTRY, RIGHT? 15:30.066 --> 15:32.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WHICH IS PART OF WHY IT IS HARD 15:31.533 --> 15:33.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% TO GET SOME PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. 15:32.800 --> 15:37.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% >> DEFINITELY. 15:33.800 --> 15:38.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% FOR ONE THING, IT'S REALLY HARD 15:37.433 --> 15:41.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% FOR WORKERS, BEFORE VACCINES 15:38.800 --> 15:41.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WERE AFRAID TO GET OUT AND GET 15:41.366 --> 15:45.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% EXPOSED. 15:41.700 --> 15:46.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BUT IT PAYS, DOESN'T PAY WELL. 15:45.233 --> 15:48.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WORKERS ARE FINDING THEY CAN DO 15:46.566 --> 15:50.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% OTHER THINGS AND IT'S REALLY 15:48.300 --> 15:51.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CREATING A CRISIS IN THE FIELD 15:50.733 --> 15:53.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED CHILD CARE 15:51.766 --> 15:55.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THEY CAN AFFORD SO THEY CAN GO 15:53.400 --> 15:57.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TO WORK AND THAT'S HURTING THE 15:55.166 --> 16:00.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% WORKFORCE ISSUES AS WELL. 15:57.833 --> 16:02.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> 2021, YOU HAVE TO LOOK BACK 16:00.433 --> 16:05.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% EARLY IN THE YEAR, JANUARY 6, 16:02.733 --> 16:07.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THE INSURRECTION OF THE U.S. 16:05.600 --> 16:08.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% CAPITOL, SEVERAL KENTUCKIANS 16:07.666 --> 16:10.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% WERE EVENTUALLY CHARGED. 16:08.566 --> 16:11.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> I REMEMBER WATCHING THAT. 16:10.166 --> 16:13.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THE JAW DROPPED TO SEE WHAT WAS 16:11.800 --> 16:14.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% HAPPENING AT THE CAPITOL. 16:13.033 --> 16:15.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BUT WHAT HAS BEEN INTERESTING 16:14.233 --> 16:17.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% NOW, ALMOST A YEAR LATER, IS TO 16:15.866 --> 16:21.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% SEE HOW THIS IS BEING FRAMED 16:17.500 --> 16:22.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% DIFFERENTLY BY DIFFERENT 16:21.000 --> 16:24.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% POLITICAL PARTIES. 16:22.000 --> 16:25.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% YOU HAVE TRUMP ALLIES TRYING TO 16:24.166 --> 16:28.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% DOWNPLAY THIS THING, WAS NOT 16:25.933 --> 16:31.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% REALLY AN ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL. 16:28.300 --> 16:33.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THERE IS OF COURSE, A COMMISSION 16:31.100 --> 16:35.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% INVESTIGATING THIS THE IN HOUSE 16:33.400 --> 16:38.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND LIZ CHENEY FOR ONE IS ONE OF 16:35.900 --> 16:42.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% THE FEW REPUBLICANS WHO ARE 16:38.333 --> 16:43.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ACTUALLY GOING TO DIG INTO THIS. 16:42.133 --> 16:45.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BUT CERTAINLY A YEAR AFTER IT 16:43.700 --> 16:46.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% HAPPENED, IS STILL SHAPING 16:45.433 --> 16:48.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% POLITICS, STILL SHAPING OPINIONS 16:46.833 --> 16:50.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% AT THE CAPITOL AND BEYOND. 16:48.133 --> 16:51.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> LEER IN KENTUCKY ON THAT DAY, 16:50.733 --> 16:53.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% JANUARY 6, WE REPORTERS WERE 16:51.833 --> 16:55.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% PREPARING TO HEAR ANDY BESHEAR 16:53.466 --> 16:56.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% AS GOVERNOR, GIVE HIS FIRST 16:55.433 --> 16:56.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH 16:56.100 --> 16:59.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:20% ADDRESS. 16:56.433 --> 17:03.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND BECAUSE OF THE MAYHEM IN THE 16:59.366 --> 17:04.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% NATION'S CAPITOL, THAT WAS 17:03.500 --> 17:06.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% POSTPONED A NIGHT. 17:04.400 --> 17:07.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> WE SHOULD SAY THIS AS WELL, 17:06.033 --> 17:08.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL A FEW 17:07.666 --> 17:11.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% DAYS AGO SAID THIS IS SOMETHING 17:08.500 --> 17:14.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED INTO. 17:11.166 --> 17:15.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% SO HE IS SPLIT FROM FORMER 17:14.600 --> 17:18.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% PRESIDENT ON THIS. 17:15.133 --> 17:19.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> WHICH WAS ALWAYS SORT OF A 17:18.733 --> 17:21.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% FRAGILE ALIGNS THERE. 17:19.433 --> 17:24.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% >> YOU CAN SAY THAT. 17:21.033 --> 17:25.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> BUT THEY REALLY FELL OUT OVER 17:24.233 --> 17:26.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% THERE,-- OVER THIS, RIGHT. 17:25.233 --> 17:27.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS 17:26.133 --> 17:29.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% BEEN TRYING TO GET SENATOR 17:27.633 --> 17:30.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% McCONNELL OUSTED AS THE 17:29.266 --> 17:32.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% MINORITY LEADER, UNSUCCESSFULLY. 17:30.933 --> 17:34.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% HE STILL HOLDS SOLID SUPPORT 17:32.766 --> 17:36.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AMONG REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE, 17:34.400 --> 17:38.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% BUT IT'S OBVIOUS THAT 17:36.166 --> 17:39.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% RELATIONSHIP, SUCH AS IT WAS, IS 17:38.600 --> 17:42.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% GONE. 17:39.033 --> 17:45.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> WELL, HE HAD SOME OTHER, YOU 17:42.300 --> 17:45.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% KNOW, HE BOOKED REPUBLICAN 17:45.033 --> 17:47.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% CONSERVATIVES ON THE 17:45.600 --> 17:48.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH HE CALLED A 17:47.533 --> 17:50.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% GOD SEND FOR KENTUCKY WHEN THAT 17:48.833 --> 17:53.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% PASSED AND THE FUNDING OF THE 17:50.366 --> 17:54.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT A COUPLE OF 17:53.033 --> 17:55.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% COMPROMISES THAT HE WORKED OUT 17:54.233 --> 17:56.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% ALONG THE WAY. 17:55.300 --> 17:59.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> AND McCONNELL, YOU KNOW, 17:56.900 --> 18:00.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% GOT WHAT HE WANTED DURING THE 17:59.300 --> 18:01.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, AND THAT 18:00.633 --> 18:03.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% WAS JUDGES. 18:01.400 --> 18:06.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% HE GOT JUDGES APPOINTED 18:03.466 --> 18:09.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% INCLUDING SUPREME COURT JUDGES. 18:06.133 --> 18:13.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% SO THAT CERTAINLY IS PART OF THE 18:09.733 --> 18:14.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% REASON THAT SENATOR McCONNELL 18:13.500 --> 18:16.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WORKED WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP BUT 18:14.566 --> 18:17.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THAT RELATIONSHIP AS WE KNOW HAS 18:16.633 --> 18:18.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% BEEN FRACTURED. 18:17.766 --> 18:20.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> WELL, THE STATE LEGISLATURE 18:18.900 --> 18:22.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% DURING A SHORT OF SHORTENED 18:20.766 --> 18:23.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SESSION BECAUSE OF COVID OR AT 18:22.200 --> 18:26.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% LEAST THEY HAD TO REALLY 18:23.700 --> 18:27.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% EXPEDITE THINGS, THEY DID PASS A 18:26.900 --> 18:30.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ONE-YEAR BUDGET AND THE REVENUE 18:27.900 --> 18:30.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HAS COME IN TO FAR EXCEED THAT 18:30.500 --> 18:32.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% PLAN. 18:30.800 --> 18:33.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% >> THERE IS A GROUP OF 18:32.033 --> 18:35.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% ECONOMISTS THEY MEET AND 18:33.233 --> 18:37.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% FORECAST HOW MUCH MONEY WILL BE 18:35.533 --> 18:37.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AVAILABLE FOR THE NEXT TWO-YEAR 18:37.200 --> 18:38.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:17.5% BUDGET. 18:37.533 --> 18:39.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% IT'S CALLED THE CONSENSUS 18:38.800 --> 18:42.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% FORECASTING GROUP AND THEY'RE 18:39.633 --> 18:44.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% LOOKING AT A $2 BILLION SURPLUS. 18:42.866 --> 18:48.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% SO THERE WILL BE SOME MONEY 18:44.600 --> 18:49.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:45% THERE TO BE SPENT. 18:48.900 --> 18:50.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> AND EXTRAORDINARY DEMAND FOR 18:49.866 --> 18:52.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:7.5% IT. 18:50.133 --> 18:53.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> AND THE TORNADO SITUATION 18:52.066 --> 18:55.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% PLAY INTO THAT AS WELL. 18:53.466 --> 18:55.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> I THINK THAT WILL FACTOR INTO 18:55.566 --> 18:57.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:7.5% IT. 18:55.933 --> 19:00.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% BESHEAR SAID RECENTLY THAT THAT 18:57.666 --> 19:04.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% WILL FIGURE INTO HIS BUDGET 19:00.633 --> 19:06.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% PROPOSAL FOR NEXT YEAR, OR AT 19:04.366 --> 19:06.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% LEAST IT IS THOUGHT THAT IT 19:06.600 --> 19:09.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% WOULD. 19:06.900 --> 19:12.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> THERE WAS SO MUCH MONEY 19:09.866 --> 19:16.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AVAILABLE IS A LOT OF MONEY. 19:12.300 --> 19:18.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> WHY IS THE MONEY FLOWING IN? 19:16.633 --> 19:19.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO 19:18.300 --> 19:21.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WITH THE FEDERAL RELIEF FROM 19:19.533 --> 19:22.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% COVID THAT HAS FLOWED INTO 19:21.066 --> 19:24.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% STATES INCLUDING KENTUCKY IN 19:22.333 --> 19:25.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% ADDITION TO A LOT OF DIRECT 19:24.033 --> 19:26.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% SUPPORT FOR STATE PROGRAMS AND 19:25.333 --> 19:28.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% BUSINESSES AND HOSPITALS AND 19:26.533 --> 19:30.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% OTHER THINGS THAT HAS GIVEN 19:28.100 --> 19:31.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% PEOPLE MORE MONEY TO SPEND 19:30.200 --> 19:32.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THROUGH UNEMPLOYMENT AND OTHER 19:31.366 --> 19:38.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ASSISTANCE THAT HAS HELPED THE 19:32.800 --> 19:39.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% ECONOMY KEEP GOING, I THINK. 19:38.100 --> 19:41.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> THERE HAS BEEN A PROPOSAL BY 19:39.600 --> 19:43.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ONE SECTOR TO REDUCE THE PENSION 19:41.600 --> 19:45.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% STATE THE STATE HAS, BUT I THINK 19:43.400 --> 19:47.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THERE ARE SO MANY DEMANDS BY THE 19:45.266 --> 19:49.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% SOCIAL WORKERS AND TEACHERS, 19:47.600 --> 19:51.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% TROOPERS, OTHER ESSENTIAL 19:49.966 --> 19:53.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WORKERS, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO 19:51.166 --> 19:55.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% NEED SOME KIND OF PAY INCREASE. 19:53.333 --> 19:57.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> THERE WERE SOME MAJOR BRIGHT 19:55.533 --> 19:57.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% SPOTS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE 19:57.233 --> 19:59.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% KENTUCKY ECONOMY. 19:57.733 --> 20:01.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% FORD PICKED THE BLUEGRASS STATE 19:59.000 --> 20:03.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% FOR A MAJOR BATTERY PLANT. 20:01.666 --> 20:04.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% TOYOTA HAD A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT. 20:03.233 --> 20:05.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% SO REALLY KENTUCKY HAS BEEN PUT 20:04.266 --> 20:08.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% IN THE FOREFRONT OF PRODUCING 20:05.833 --> 20:09.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WHAT LOOKS TO BE A FUTURE OF 20:08.166 --> 20:16.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% ELECTRIC VEHICLES, RIGHT? 20:09.166 --> 20:18.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> I THINK THE ECONOMY IS ON 20:16.300 --> 20:19.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% FIRE. 20:18.266 --> 20:20.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% CERTAINLY ALMOST $10 BILLION 20:19.466 --> 20:23.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WORTH OF INVESTMENT THIS YEAR. 20:20.233 --> 20:25.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> WELL, IF CRISES ARE ONE PART 20:23.633 --> 20:28.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% OF THE BESHEAR LEGACY, THE OTHER 20:25.633 --> 20:29.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% PART IS GOING TO BE ECONOMIC 20:28.133 --> 20:32.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% DEVELOPMENT, RECORD NUMBER OF 20:29.000 --> 20:33.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% PROJECTS LAUNCHED THIS YEAR SO 20:32.066 --> 20:34.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT 20:33.266 --> 20:37.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% DOWN THE ROAD AS FAR AS THE 20:34.266 --> 20:38.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED. 20:37.433 --> 20:40.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% AND REVENUE PRODUCED. 20:38.300 --> 20:42.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% >> WE HAD A KENTUCKY DERBY 20:40.166 --> 20:44.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% FILLED WITH CONTROVERSY. 20:42.033 --> 20:46.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE WINNER TESTED POSITIVE FOR 20:44.433 --> 20:47.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% STEROIDS, MEDINA SPIRIT DIED 20:46.200 --> 20:51.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% LATER IN THE YEAR WITH SOME 20:47.533 --> 20:51.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% QUESTIONS, MAYBE STILL UP IN THE 20:51.000 --> 20:53.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% AIR. 20:51.566 --> 20:57.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> MEDINA SPIRIT HAD ILLEGAL 20:53.233 --> 21:00.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% SUBSTANCES IN HIS SYSTEM. 20:57.600 --> 21:01.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% BOB BAFFORT SUSPENDED BY 21:00.666 --> 21:03.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CHURCHILL DOWNS FOR TWO YEARS. 21:01.933 --> 21:04.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% LATER IT CAME OUT IT WAS A 21:03.700 --> 21:06.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% TOPICAL APPLICATION, NOTHING 21:04.900 --> 21:07.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% INJECTED BUT THERE IS STILL NO 21:06.233 --> 21:09.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% RULING YET BY THE HORSE RACING 21:07.800 --> 21:11.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% COMMISSION AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, 21:09.400 --> 21:16.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WHAT HAPPENS TO THE KENTUCKY 21:11.166 --> 21:17.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% DERBY, WHETHER MEDINA SPIRIT'S 21:16.300 --> 21:18.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% WIN IS SUSPENDED OR PUSHED 21:17.833 --> 21:19.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% ASIDE. 21:18.133 --> 21:24.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THAT'S AN ONGOING CONTROVERSY. 21:19.700 --> 21:26.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AT THIS POINT, BOB IS OUT OF THE 21:24.733 --> 21:29.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% NEXT COUPLE KENTUCKY DERBY. 21:26.166 --> 21:31.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> A BAD OUTCOME FOR THE FIRST 21:29.666 --> 21:32.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% KENTUCKY DERBY WITH FANS BACK IN 21:31.533 --> 21:33.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% THE STAND AGAIN. 21:32.033 --> 21:35.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> ONE OF THE SURPRISES OF THE 21:33.266 --> 21:37.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% YEAR CAME FROM LONG TIME 21:35.666 --> 21:39.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% LOUISVILLE CONGRESSMAN JOHN 21:37.100 --> 21:40.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% YARMOUTH, THE ONLY DEMOCRAT IN 21:39.600 --> 21:42.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION IN 21:40.866 --> 21:43.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THE COMMONWEALTH ANNOUNCED HIS 21:42.133 --> 21:45.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% RETIREMENT AND THAT SET OFF A 21:43.733 --> 21:45.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SCRAMBLE THAT BECAME APPARENT 21:45.200 --> 21:48.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% VERY QUICKLY. 21:45.900 --> 21:50.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% >> ATICUS SCOTT, STATE 21:48.900 --> 21:51.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% REPRESENTATIVE ANNOUNCED SHE WAS 21:50.100 --> 21:54.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% GOING TO CHALLENGE HIM AND THEN 21:51.433 --> 21:56.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WHEN HE STEPPED ASIDE, QUICKLY 21:54.166 --> 21:58.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% STATE SENATOR MCGARVEY GOT IN 21:56.233 --> 21:58.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THE RACE AND HAS RAISED LOTS OF 21:58.300 --> 22:00.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% MONEY. 21:58.600 --> 22:01.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% THOSE ARE THE TWO MAIN 22:00.566 --> 22:01.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% COMBATANTS RIGHT NOW FOR THE 22:01.566 --> 22:03.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% POST. 22:01.866 --> 22:05.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THE REPUBLICANS HAVEN'T PUT UP A 22:03.100 --> 22:07.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BIG NAME YET, BUT IT'S RIGHT NOW 22:05.733 --> 22:08.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IS 22:07.233 --> 22:11.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% BETWEEN SCOTT AND MCGARVEY. 22:08.733 --> 22:13.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% >> 2021 DIDN'T HAVE THE 22:11.966 --> 22:14.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% ELECTIONS EXCEPT FOR THREE 22:13.200 --> 22:15.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS 22:14.000 --> 22:17.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% BECAUSE OF VARIOUS REASONS. 22:15.233 --> 22:19.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% BUT NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE 22:17.733 --> 22:21.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% FILLED WITH ELECTIONS, 22:19.933 --> 22:24.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% CONGRESSIONAL, U.S. SENATE, 22:21.666 --> 22:25.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% LEGISLATIVE, JUDGES, LOCALS EVEN 22:24.400 --> 22:26.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% VERY BUSY. 22:25.200 --> 22:28.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% >> TOP TO BOTTOM. 22:26.833 --> 22:32.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WELL, THIS IS VERY BITTERSWEET 22:28.566 --> 22:34.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% NIGHT FOR US AS WE NOTED A 22:32.533 --> 22:35.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% COUPLE OF OUR GIANTS ON THIS SET 22:34.166 --> 22:37.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% ARE LEAVING KENTUCKY JOURNALISM. 22:35.933 --> 22:40.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% JACK AND LAWRENCE BOTH PLANNING 22:37.133 --> 22:41.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% TO TURN THE PAGE IN THEIR LIVES. 22:40.733 --> 22:44.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT JUSTICE 22:41.833 --> 22:46.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% JOHN MINTON RECENTLY PRAISED 22:44.266 --> 22:48.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% JACK FOR HIS DECADES OF WORK. 22:46.533 --> 22:50.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> IF THE MEDIA IS THE FOURTH 22:48.933 --> 22:52.533 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ESTATE IN GOVERNMENT, THEN JACK 22:50.933 --> 22:54.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% BRAMMER IS ONE OF THE STATE'S 22:52.533 --> 22:55.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% FINEST STATESMEN. 22:54.200 --> 22:58.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% HIS REPORTING HAS INFORMED THE 22:55.633 --> 23:00.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% PUBLIC AND HAS HELPED MAKE OUR 22:58.233 --> 23:02.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% INSTITUTIONS MORE ACCOUNTABLE. 23:00.900 --> 23:03.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% MORE ACCOUNTABLE TO THOSE THAT 23:02.033 --> 23:05.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% THE GOVERNMENT SERVES. 23:03.366 --> 23:08.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% JACK'S REPORTING HAS, AT ONE 23:05.200 --> 23:09.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% POINT OR ANOTHER, SHAKEN UP 23:08.000 --> 23:11.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% EVERY BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, 23:09.100 --> 23:14.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% INCLUDING THIS ONE. 23:11.066 --> 23:14.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BUT MADE IT MORE OPEN AND MORE 23:14.000 --> 23:16.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% RESPONSIBLE. 23:14.400 --> 23:19.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> JACK, YOU ANNOUNCED YOUR 23:16.400 --> 23:20.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% RETIREMENT A FEW WEEKS AGO. 23:19.366 --> 23:21.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% WE KIND OF SAW IT COMING THROUGH 23:20.966 --> 23:22.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:22.5% THE YEAR. 23:21.333 --> 23:25.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% YOU WERE HINTING ABOUT IT MAYBE. 23:22.966 --> 23:25.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% BUT YOU LEAVE THE LEXINGTON 23:25.033 --> 23:27.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% "HERALD-LEADER" NEXT WEEK AFTER 23:25.933 --> 23:29.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% MORE THAN 40 YEARS COVERING 23:27.466 --> 23:30.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% FRANKFORT AND OTHER THINGS THAT 23:29.100 --> 23:32.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% CAUGHT YOUR ATTENTION. 23:30.100 --> 23:34.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN AWAY 23:32.933 --> 23:35.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% ABSOLUTE PILLAR OF THIS PROGRAM 23:34.000 --> 23:37.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND TIMES 23:35.866 --> 23:38.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% HAVE CHANGED, RIGHT? 23:37.333 --> 23:39.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% >> IT HAS. 23:38.400 --> 23:40.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% THAT'S A GOOD THING. 23:39.200 --> 23:43.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% IF THEY DIDN'T CHANGE, WE 23:40.166 --> 23:44.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:47.5% WOULDN'T HAVE NEWS. 23:43.800 --> 23:46.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:37.5% >> THAT'S TRUE. 23:44.800 --> 23:47.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THE 23:46.633 --> 23:52.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% CHIEF JUSTICE'S KIND COMMENTS. 23:47.766 --> 23:53.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% I'M VERY THANKFUL TO KET, 23:52.400 --> 23:56.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% HONORED TO HAVE ME ON THIS 23:53.700 --> 23:57.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% PROGRAM FOR SO MANY YEARS WITH 23:56.333 --> 23:58.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% BRILLIANT JOURNALISTS LIKE GABBY 23:57.933 --> 24:00.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% AND LAWRENCE. 23:58.500 --> 24:02.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% AS FOR MYSELF, I LIKE TO SAY 24:00.333 --> 24:04.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THAT I DRANK FROM THE SAUCER OF 24:02.166 --> 24:06.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% LIFE BECAUSE GOD HAS OVERFILLED 24:04.900 --> 24:08.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% MY CUP WITH SO MANY BLESSINGS. 24:06.800 --> 24:11.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% I'M A VERY BLESSED MAN AND TO 24:08.233 --> 24:13.166 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% QUOTE THE GREAT PHILOSOPHER 24:11.300 --> 24:14.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% DR. SUESS, DON'T CRY BECAUSE 24:13.166 --> 24:15.900 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% IT'S OVER. 24:14.066 --> 24:17.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:65% SMILE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED. 24:15.900 --> 24:17.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% >> WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO 24:17.333 --> 24:19.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:27.5% AFTER THIS? 24:17.866 --> 24:22.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% >> HOPE TO BE A FREELANCE WRITER 24:19.966 --> 24:22.366 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% IF ANYBODY NEEDS A WRITER OUT 24:22.066 --> 24:24.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% THERE. 24:22.366 --> 24:26.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% I WILL WRITE FOR FOOD. 24:24.033 --> 24:27.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:57.5% SO A LITTLE PLUG THERE. 24:26.133 --> 24:30.866 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:67.5% MY ONLY REGRET ON THE SHOW, 24:27.566 --> 24:34.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% BILL, IS THAT I DIDN'T MENTION 24:30.866 --> 24:36.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% ENOUGH THE TOWN OF MAYSVILLE. 24:34.433 --> 24:37.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% >> ONE MORE TIME FOR THE GOOD 24:36.633 --> 24:37.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:15% TIMES. 24:37.000 --> 24:39.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% LAWRENCE, YOU TOOK US BY 24:37.966 --> 24:41.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SURPRISE THIS WEEK ANNOUNCING 24:39.500 --> 24:42.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THAT YOU ARE LEAVING AND GOING 24:41.033 --> 24:43.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:52.5% IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. 24:42.100 --> 24:45.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% WE SURE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON 24:43.800 --> 24:50.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% THIS PROGRAM, INCLUDING HOSTING 24:45.433 --> 24:51.333 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:50% IT OVER THESE YEARS. 24:50.033 --> 24:52.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% WE HOPE TO HAVE YOU BACK ONE 24:51.333 --> 24:55.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% MORE TIME BEFORE YOU LEAVE TV. 24:52.600 --> 24:57.266 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% >> LET ME SAY FIRST, I CAN'T 24:55.033 --> 24:59.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% HOLD JACK BRAMMER'S PEN. 24:57.266 --> 24:59.400 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH 24:59.133 --> 25:00.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:10% HIM. 24:59.400 --> 25:01.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% I'M LEAVING THE TELEVISION NEWS 25:00.833 --> 25:03.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% BUSINESS AND GOING TO BE THE 25:01.933 --> 25:05.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% COMMUNICATION NEWS DIRECTOR FOR 25:03.466 --> 25:06.966 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THE KENTUCKY BAPTIST CONVENTION. 25:05.000 --> 25:08.766 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% I WILL STALE HAVE ONE FOOT IN 25:06.966 --> 25:10.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% NEWS BECAUSE THERE IS A NEWS ARM 25:08.766 --> 25:12.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% FOR THE CONVENTION CALLED 25:10.566 --> 25:13.433 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% KENTUCKY TODAY AND I WILL BE 25:12.000 --> 25:15.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF THAT SITE. 25:13.433 --> 25:17.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% SO I WILL STILL BE DOING SOME 25:15.000 --> 25:22.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% NEWS. 25:17.066 --> 25:23.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:60% BUT OF A DIFFERENT KIND. 25:22.066 --> 25:25.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> I REFUSE TO HOLD UP A MIRROR 25:23.733 --> 25:26.100 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% RIGHT NOW BUT WE WISH THESE GUYS 25:25.800 --> 25:27.233 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:12.5% WELL. 25:26.100 --> 25:31.600 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:35% >> DEFINITELY. 25:27.233 --> 25:32.033 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN SOLID IN THE 25:31.600 --> 25:36.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:30% PRESS CORPS. 25:32.033 --> 25:38.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:70% I LIKE LIKE TO CALL THEM THE 25:36.500 --> 25:41.000 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:55% GENTLEMEN JOURNALISTS. 25:38.666 --> 25:42.300 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% >> WE HAVE CHRONICLED A LOT OF 25:41.000 --> 25:43.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% CHANGES OVER THE YEARS AND JACK, 25:42.300 --> 25:44.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% WE WILL SEE YOU ALONG THE WAY, 25:43.700 --> 25:45.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% ALL RIGHT? 25:44.200 --> 25:47.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:32.5% >> I HOPE SO. 25:45.633 --> 25:48.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% AND LAWRENCE, I'M TRYING TO GET 25:47.133 --> 25:49.800 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THAT COMMITMENT, ONE MORE SHOW 25:48.700 --> 25:51.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:62.5% BEFORE YOU GO, ALL RIGHT? 25:49.800 --> 25:52.633 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:42.5% >> HEY, I'M GOOD. 25:51.066 --> 25:53.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:40% I'M GOOD FOR IT. 25:52.633 --> 25:55.566 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% >> WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US 25:53.933 --> 25:56.733 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% FOR THIS SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVE 25:55.566 --> 25:58.666 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% EDITION OF COMMENT ON KENTUCKY. 25:56.733 --> 26:00.066 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:77.5% IT IS A TRUE HONOR TO HOST THIS 25:58.666 --> 26:02.466 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:72.5% PROGRAM AND TO TALK ABOUT THE 26:00.066 --> 26:03.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% ISSUES FACING OUR COMMONWEALTH 26:02.466 --> 26:05.200 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:25% EACH WEEK. 26:03.133 --> 26:06.833 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE VERY 26:05.200 --> 26:07.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:80% INFORMED PANELISTS WHO MAKE IT A 26:06.833 --> 26:09.700 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% RELEVANT DISCUSSION, INCLUDING 26:07.933 --> 26:11.500 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THOSE HERE TONIGHT AND WE WISH 26:09.700 --> 26:13.133 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% YOU AND YOURS THE VERY BEST IN 26:11.500 --> 26:18.933 align:start position:10% line:79.33% size:75% THIS HOLIDAY SEASON AND IN THE 26:13.133 --> 26:18.933 align:start position:10% line:84.67% size:57.5% NEW YEAR AHEAD OF 2022.