1 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:11,360 >> SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL'S 2 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:12,960 CAMPAIGN MANAGER RESIGNS, WHILE 3 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:14,680 QUESTIONS LINGER ABOUT 4 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:15,360 CHALLENGER ALISON LUNDERGAN 5 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:16,600 GRIMES' CAMPAIGN BUS. 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,120 THE COAL ISSUE LOOMS LARGE IN 7 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:19,520 THE SENATE RACE AND IS ALREADY 8 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:20,160 AN ISSUE IN THE GUBERNATORIAL 9 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:21,840 RACE. 10 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:23,760 BREATHITT COUNTY LEADERS FIGHT 11 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,280 TO REGAIN LOCAL CONTROL OF THEI 12 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:25,100 SCHOOL SYSTEM BUT LOSE IN 13 00:00:25,100 --> 00:00:27,840 FRANKFORT. 14 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:29,160 AND SOME IN LOUISVILLE PUSH FOR 15 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:30,280 A LOCAL HIKE IN THE MINIMUM 16 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:31,080 WAGE. 17 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:32,600 IT'S LABOR DAY WEEKEND. 18 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:33,240 TAKE A LITTLE BREAK FROM YOUR 19 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,800 HARD WORK. 20 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,100 COMMENT" IS NEXT ON KET! 21 00:00:37,100 --> 00:00:44,110 GOOD EVENING. 22 00:00:44,110 --> 00:00:47,440 I'M BILL BRYANT, ANCHOR AND 23 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:48,080 MANAGING EDITOR AT WKYT-TV IN 24 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:49,280 LEXINGTON. 25 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:50,100 OUR GUESTS ON "COMMENT ON 26 00:00:50,100 --> 00:00:52,560 KENTUCKY" ARE JOE GERTH, 27 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:54,840 POLITICAL WRITER FOR THE 28 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,960 COURIER-JOURNAL, ERICA PETERSON 29 00:00:57,960 --> 00:00:59,200 ENVIRONMENT REPORTER FOR WFPL I 30 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:00,110 LOUISVILLE, AND JACK BRAMMER, 31 00:01:00,110 --> 00:01:02,000 FRANKFORT BUREAU CHIEF FOR THE 32 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,440 LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. 33 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:05,120 ALSO TONIGHT, REPUBLICANS 34 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,200 CHALLENGE THE SIGNATURES THAT 35 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:08,320 GOT A LIBERTARIAN CANDIDATE ON 36 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:10,100 THE BALLOT. 37 00:01:10,100 --> 00:01:13,160 LEA START OUT WITH THIS LATE 38 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:14,480 BREAKING NEWS TODAY, THE 39 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:17,480 RESIGNATION OF JESSE BENTON, 40 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:18,800 SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL'S 41 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:19,400 CAMPAIGN MANAGER. 42 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:20,040 IT'S EFFECTIVE TOMORROW. 43 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,400 JOE AND JACK, WHAT LED TO THIS 44 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:22,110 TWIST SH. 45 00:01:22,110 --> 00:01:24,110 >> WELL, IT STARTED WITH THE 46 00:01:24,110 --> 00:01:26,280 2012 PRESIDENTIAL RACE IN IOWA 47 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:29,840 WHERE RON PAUL WAS COMPETING IN 48 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:31,600 THE CAUCUSES THERE. 49 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:34,920 JESSE BENTON, WHO IS MARRIED TO 50 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,920 RON PAUL'S GRANDDAUGHTER, WHO I 51 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:39,600 ALSO RAND PAUL, SENATOR RAND 52 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:42,100 PAUL'S NIECE, WAS INVOLVED IN 53 00:01:42,100 --> 00:01:44,800 THAT CAMPAIGN, AND THERE WAS A 54 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:48,640 FELLOW WHO WAS A CLOSE ASSOCIAT 55 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:55,080 OF HIS NAMED DEMETRI KASARI WHO 56 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,240 ALLEGEDLY GAVE $73,000 TO KENTO 57 00:01:58,240 --> 00:01:59,360 SOUTHERNSON WHO IS A STATE 58 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,120 SENATOR TO SWITCH HIS BACKING 59 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,240 FROM MICHELLE BACHMANN TO RON 60 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,240 PAUL IN THE CAUCUSES, WHICH IS 61 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:12,360 ILLEGAL TO DO IN IOWA. 62 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,640 SORENSON PLED GUILTY THIS WEEK 63 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:15,960 TO CHARGES INVOLVING THIS. 64 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:17,520 THE FBI SAID THE INVESTIGATION 65 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,720 IS ONGOING SO THERE MAY BE MORE 66 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:20,100 SHOES TO DROP HERE. 67 00:02:20,100 --> 00:02:24,840 AND SO AT ONE POINT IN THE 68 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:25,960 TAPE-RECORDED CONVERSATION 69 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:27,560 SORENSON SAID THAT HE IS CERTAI 70 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,600 THAT JESSE BENTON KNEW ABOUT TH 71 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:30,920 PAYMENTS, AND SO THAT'S WHAT LE 72 00:02:30,920 --> 00:02:33,440 TO THIS, THIS DECISION BY BENTO 73 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:34,960 TO STEP AWAY FROM THE CAMPAIGN. 74 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:36,320 >> SO BENTON, JACK, BELIEVES 75 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:37,920 THAT HE WAS BECOMING A 76 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:39,440 DISTRACTION BASED ON WHAT WAS 77 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:39,880 COMING UP. 78 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:40,680 >> ABSOLUTELY. 79 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,320 AFTER THIS STORY BROKE BY 80 00:02:44,320 --> 00:02:48,240 POLITICAL REPORTER SAM YOUNGMAN 81 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:48,110 BENTON PATE PRESS RELEASE 82 00:02:48,110 --> 00:02:50,360 EXPLAINING HIS POSITION THAT HE 83 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:52,520 WAS RESIGNING, SAID HE HAD 84 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:54,320 BECOME A DISTRACK TO THE 85 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:55,800 McCONNELL CAMPAIGN. 86 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,100 HE SAID HE SPOKE TO SENATOR 87 00:02:57,100 --> 00:02:58,600 McCONNELL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 88 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,400 HE SAID THE SENATOR RELUCTANTLY 89 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,080 ACCEPTED HIS RESIGNATION THAT. 90 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,040 COMES SATURDAY, AUGUST 30th. 91 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:08,240 HE'LL BE NO LONGER PART OF THE 92 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:08,110 TEAM MITCH CAMPAIGN. 93 00:03:08,110 --> 00:03:11,040 BUT HE SAID THE CAMPAIGN HAD 94 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,280 ALREADY PUT TOGETHER A TOP 95 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:14,800 FLIGHT TEAM OF INCREDIBLE PEOPL 96 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:15,400 TO KEEP IT ROLLING. 97 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,100 HE SAID THE DECISION BROKE HIS 98 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:18,640 HEART. 99 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:20,640 HE EVEN QUOTED SCRIPTURE FROM 100 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:22,800 JAMES 5:16, "I HAVE TOLD YOU 101 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:24,440 THESE THINGS SO THAT IN ME YOU 102 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:25,280 HAVE PEACE. 103 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:26,520 IN THIS WORLD YOU WILL HAVE 104 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:27,120 TROUBLE. 105 00:03:27,120 --> 00:03:29,640 BUT TAKE PART FOR I HAVE 106 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:30,110 OVERCOME THE WORLD." 107 00:03:30,110 --> 00:03:32,840 SHE WAS VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS. 108 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,040 RIGHT BEFORE THE SHOW STARTED 109 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:35,360 TONIGHT WE HEARD FROM THE 110 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:35,110 GRIMES' CAMPAIGN. 111 00:03:35,110 --> 00:03:38,100 THEY JUST PUT OUT A SENTENCE 112 00:03:38,100 --> 00:03:39,760 SAYING THAT SENATOR McCONNELL 113 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:42,040 OWES THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY A 114 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:44,720 FULL ACCOUNT OF WHAT HE KNEW AN 115 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:45,840 WHEN HE KNEW IT. 116 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:47,100 >> WELL, DOES THIS BLOW BACK NO 117 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:50,120 ON McCONNELL IN ANY WAY OR 118 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,040 DOES IT IMPEDE HIS STRATEGY FOR 119 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:54,840 WINNING THE ELECTION, GIVEN THA 120 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:56,600 BENTON WAS HIS CHIEF STRATEGIST 121 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:58,600 >> MOST PEOPLE EXPECT JOSH 122 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:00,120 HOLMES, McCONNELL'S FORMER 123 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:01,480 CHIEF OF STAFF WHO HAS BEEN 124 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:02,560 WORKING WITH THE CAMPAIGN FOR 125 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:04,680 SOME TIME NOW, TO TAKE OVER, AN 126 00:04:04,680 --> 00:04:06,160 I DON'T EXPECT HIM TO MISS A 127 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,120 BEAT BECAUSE OF IT. 128 00:04:08,120 --> 00:04:09,600 YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE GRIMES 129 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:10,360 PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THIS SOME. 130 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:11,720 I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO 131 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:12,480 HAVE LEGS. 132 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:14,480 I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN 133 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:15,100 ANYBODY'S GOT TO HAVE HAS GOT T 134 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:18,100 BE RAND PAUL WHO IS NOW SEEING 135 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:20,520 THE PERSON OR SOME OF THE PEOPL 136 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,840 THAT HE WAS GOING TO BUILD HIS 137 00:04:23,840 --> 00:04:25,600 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AROUND, 138 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:26,800 SUDDENLY HAVING THESE TROUBLES 139 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:28,560 THAT MAYBE HE DOESN'T WANT TO 140 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,720 BRING ONBOARD WHEN HE GOES -- 141 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,120 >> I DON'T WANT TO ADD TO ANY 142 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:34,480 SPECULATION BUT I THINK IT 143 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:35,920 RAPIST TO BE SEEN WHAT EFFECT 144 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:37,200 THIS IS GOING TO HAVE ON THE 145 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:38,320 CAMPAIGN AND WHETHER IT HAS ANY 146 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:39,440 EFFECT AT ALL, AND RIGHT NOW WE 147 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:42,520 DON'T HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEV 148 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:43,080 SO ON SENATOR McCONNELL. 149 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,200 >> AND WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT 150 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,440 WE CAN'T SAY THIS ENOUGH, THAT 151 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:48,600 BENTON DENIES THAT HE HAD 152 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:49,440 ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS. 153 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:50,320 >> ABSOLUTELY. 154 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,600 >> JUST MEDIA SPECULATION AND 155 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:56,040 RUMOR AND INNUENDO AND THAT HE 156 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:56,720 DID NOTHING WRONG. 157 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,080 >> OBVIOUSLY WE REACTED TO THIS 158 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,760 NEWS LATE THIS AFTERNOON, HAD 159 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:02,920 THE HEADLINES BEEN TWO HOURS AG 160 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:03,720 WE WOULD HAVE BEEN TALKING MORE 161 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:05,680 ABOUT THIS AUDIO TAPE THAT 162 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:06,100 CONTINUED TO BE IN THE NEWS 163 00:05:06,100 --> 00:05:07,920 AFTER IT SURFACED. 164 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:10,000 >> RIGHT. 165 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,320 THE NATION, A KIND OF A LIBERAL 166 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,360 LEANING MAGAZINE, POSTED ON ITS 167 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:16,100 WEBSITE THE OTHER DAY AN AUDIO 168 00:05:16,100 --> 00:05:18,280 TAPE OF MITCH McCONNELL 169 00:05:18,280 --> 00:05:20,560 SPEAKING TO A SUMMIT HELD BY TH 170 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:21,720 KOCH BROTHERS IN CALIFORNIA IN 171 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,200 WHICH HE SAID THAT HE WOULD NOT 172 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,400 ALLOW DEBATE ON ISSUES LIKE 173 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:28,110 RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE, 174 00:05:28,110 --> 00:05:29,320 LIKE -- 175 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:30,440 >> UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. 176 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:32,280 >> -- UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, 177 00:05:32,280 --> 00:05:33,110 AND ALSO SAID THAT THE WORST DA 178 00:05:33,110 --> 00:05:36,480 OF HIS CAREER WAS THE DAY THAT 179 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:39,100 PRESIDENT BUSH SIGNED THE 180 00:05:39,100 --> 00:05:41,160 MCCAIN-FEINGOLD CAMPAIGN FINANC 181 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:42,100 REFORM ACT INTO LAW, AND A LOT 182 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:44,520 OF FOLKS ON THE LEFT ARE HAVING 183 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:46,360 SOME FUN WITH THIS, AND THEY 184 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:46,760 THINK -- 185 00:05:46,760 --> 00:05:49,200 >> THAT LIMITED POLITICAL 186 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:49,720 CONTRIBUTIONS. 187 00:05:49,720 --> 00:05:50,100 >> RIGHT. 188 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:52,120 AND PEOPLE ON THE LEFT THINK 189 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:57,040 THAT THIS COULD BE THE 47% 190 00:05:57,040 --> 00:05:58,640 COMMENT, LIKE MITT ROMNEY MADE 191 00:05:58,640 --> 00:06:00,600 TO A GROUP OF WEALTHY DONORS 192 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:02,160 BACK IN 2012. 193 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,320 >> SPEAKING OF MITT ROMNEY, HE 194 00:06:04,320 --> 00:06:05,680 WILL BE COMING TO ELECTRICS IN 195 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:07,440 SUPPORT OF McCONNELL TO -- 196 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:08,640 LEXINGTON IN SUPPORT OF 197 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:09,110 McCONNELL TO RAISE MONEY FOR 198 00:06:09,110 --> 00:06:11,600 HIM IN OCTOBER AND ALSO SAM 199 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:12,100 YOUNGMAN REPORTING IN THE HELLE 200 00:06:12,100 --> 00:06:14,960 LEADER THIS MONTH DOING A 201 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,280 COMPARISON TO ROMNEY'S STRATEGY 202 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:19,040 IN 2012 TO WIN KENTUCKY WHEN HE 203 00:06:19,040 --> 00:06:20,600 GOT 60% OF THE VOTE TO 204 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:21,200 McCONNELL'S CAMPAIGN THIS 205 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:21,560 YEAR. 206 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:22,840 >> YEAH, INTERESTING QUESTION O 207 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:24,280 THAT, TOO, IS ROMNEY, WHAT'S IN 208 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:25,240 IT FOR HIM? 209 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,880 AND MIGHT HE BE A PRESIDENTIAL 210 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:29,720 CANDIDATE AGAIN IN 2016. 211 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,520 >> I THINK HE SWITCHED NOW TO 212 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:33,000 CIRCUMSTANCES CHANGE. 213 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:33,100 >> YES. 214 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:35,960 >> THAT'S KIND OF WHERE HE IS A 215 00:06:35,960 --> 00:06:36,920 THIS POINT. 216 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:37,800 McCONNELL WENT ON WHILE THIS 217 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:39,680 WAS A RECORDING THAT WAS NOT TO 218 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,680 HIS KNOWLEDGE, HE WENT ON RADIO 219 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:43,110 AND DANVILLE THIS WEEK AND SAID 220 00:06:43,110 --> 00:06:45,560 THAT THE RACE IS SO CLOSE 221 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:47,280 BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF OUTSID 222 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:48,100 MONEY BEING SPENT AGAINST HIM, 223 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:51,320 WHICH HE SAID HE SUPPORTS 224 00:06:51,320 --> 00:06:52,080 LETTING PEOPLE DO. 225 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:54,100 >>Y THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF MONEY 226 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:56,110 FOR EXAMPLE -- OUTSIDE MONEY 227 00:06:56,110 --> 00:06:58,480 BEING SPENT FOR HIM. 228 00:06:58,480 --> 00:06:59,880 >> ALISON GRIMES CONTINUES TO 229 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:02,800 TRY TO COURT FEMALE VOTERS. 230 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,200 AT THIS POINT IT IS IT HAS NOT 231 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:06,520 EMERGED THAT SHE HAS AN 232 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,160 ADVANTAGE WITH THE FEMALE VOTER 233 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:09,960 THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. 234 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:11,320 SHE ALSO THIS WEEK, THOUGH, HAD 235 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:12,920 SOME MORE QUESTIONS TO ANSWER 236 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,520 ABOUT THE BUS, THE MODE OF 237 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:16,200 TRANSPORTATION IN THE CAMPAIGN, 238 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:18,100 AND YOU WROTE THIS MORNING, JOE 239 00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:20,680 THAT THAT BUS IS NOT LICENSED T 240 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:21,040 CARRY PEOPLE. 241 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,760 >> WE CAN'T FIND ANYWHERE WHERE 242 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:24,800 IT'S BEEN LICENSED WITH THE 243 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:27,520 STATE OR WITH THE FEDS TO 244 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:28,880 ACTUALLY HAUL PEOPLE AROUND. 245 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:32,040 YOU NEED A SPECIAL PERMIT TO DO 246 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,400 THAT, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK 247 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,600 FROM JERRY LUNDERGAN'S BUSINESS 248 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,720 THE LUNDERGAN GROUP, WHICH ONE 249 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,560 OF ITS SUBSIDY YEARS PURCHASED 250 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,240 THE BUS AND IS PROVIDING IT TO 251 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:44,240 THE CAMPAIGN FOR WHAT THE 252 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:45,480 McCONNELL FOLKS SAY IS A 253 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:45,100 REDUCED RATE. 254 00:07:45,100 --> 00:07:48,240 >> AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE 255 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:49,100 GRIMES CAMPAIGN ON FRIDAY DID 256 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:52,320 ASK THE STATE FOR A PERMIT TO 257 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:55,440 HAVE CHARTER RIGHTS TO CARRY 258 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:56,600 PASSENGERS. 259 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:57,960 THEY -- THEIR UNDERSTANDING WAS 260 00:07:57,960 --> 00:07:59,240 THAT THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO DO 261 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:00,840 THAT, BUT TO BE SURE THEY'LL GO 262 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,720 AHEAD AND TRY TO GET THAT PERMI 263 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:04,520 IN GRIMES ENDORSED BY FORMERY 264 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:07,360 SECRETARY OF STATE MADELINE 265 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,360 ALBRIGHT AND MARTHA LANE COLLIN 266 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:11,000 IS ON IT DOING A LOT OF SPEAKIN 267 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,120 FOR HER. 268 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,680 IS SHE HAVING DIFFICULTY 269 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:15,960 CONNECTING FEMALE VOTERS, JOE? 270 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:17,840 >> YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT WE HAVE 271 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:19,100 SEEN, WE HAVEN'T -- I MEAN, 272 00:08:19,100 --> 00:08:21,110 POLLING GOING BACK TO THE 273 00:08:21,110 --> 00:08:23,720 ORIGINAL BLUEGRASS POLL THAT 274 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,240 YOUR TELEVISION STATION, MY 275 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:28,800 NEWSPAPER, JACK'S NEWSPAPER AND 276 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:31,200 W HAAS DID HAS SHOWN SHE DID NO 277 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:32,120 HAVE THE ADVANTAGE THAT I LOT O 278 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:33,110 PEOPLE EXPECTED THAT SHE WOULD. 279 00:08:33,110 --> 00:08:35,720 IT'S HARD TO TELL WHY. 280 00:08:35,720 --> 00:08:38,240 >> WHICH, BY THE WAY, TRILLION 281 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,720 THERE BE A NEW POLL OUT TOMORRO 282 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:40,110 EVENING. 283 00:08:40,110 --> 00:08:42,680 >> IT'S TOMORROW EVENING AT 284 00:08:42,680 --> 00:08:43,200 8:00. 285 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:44,110 THAT'S SATURDAY EVENING AT 8:00 286 00:08:44,110 --> 00:08:47,800 THEY WILL BE POSTED ONLINE AT 287 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,110 ALL OF THE PARTNERS WEBSITES, 288 00:08:49,110 --> 00:08:51,720 AND YOU'LL GET TO SEE WHO IS 289 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:52,920 LEADING IN THE SENATE RACE. 290 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,160 >> WE'VE STILL GOT NINE MORE 291 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:56,100 WEEKS TO GO BEFORE THE 292 00:08:56,100 --> 00:08:57,560 NOVEMBER 4th ELECTION. 293 00:08:57,560 --> 00:08:58,110 ALL THESE STORIES ARE BREAKING. 294 00:08:58,110 --> 00:09:01,440 I TALKED TO HOUSE SPEAKER GREG 295 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:02,760 STUMBO, HIS TAKE ON THIS, AND I 296 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:03,100 SEEM TO SIDE WITH HIM THAT THIS 297 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:06,880 IS GOING TO GO DOWN TO THE WIRE 298 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:08,720 AND USED A SPORTS ANALOGY, 299 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:09,100 WHOEVER HAS THE BALL THAT IS 300 00:09:09,100 --> 00:09:12,400 WEEK OR SO IS GOING TO WIN THIS 301 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:12,760 RACE. 302 00:09:12,760 --> 00:09:13,110 >> WELL, WOULDN'T YOU THINK THA 303 00:09:13,110 --> 00:09:15,100 A POSSIBLE GAME-CHANGER FOR 304 00:09:15,100 --> 00:09:18,280 EITHER SIDE MIGHT BE A DEBATE? 305 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,100 AND THERE'S GOING TO BE THE 306 00:09:20,100 --> 00:09:24,880 FORUM AT KET THAT WE'LL BE 307 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:28,280 BROADCASTING, TELECAST, BUT NOW 308 00:09:28,280 --> 00:09:29,880 CENTRE COLLEGE HAS CANCELLED IT 309 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,100 PLAN FOR DEBATE, WHAS SAYS THAT 310 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:35,110 THEIR EVENT IS OFF. 311 00:09:35,110 --> 00:09:37,240 THERE IS STILL I THINK THE 312 00:09:37,240 --> 00:09:38,080 INVITATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY 313 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:39,640 OF KENTUCKY AND THE LEAGUE WOME 314 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:41,040 VOTERS AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER 315 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:42,100 WHO SAY THEY WOULD SCRAMBLE AND 316 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:43,100 PUT ONE TOGETHER. 317 00:09:43,100 --> 00:09:46,040 BUT AT THIS POINT DATES PIERCE 318 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:47,920 THIS WILL BE OTHER DEBATES? 319 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,360 >> ERICA, WE KNOW REPORTERS 320 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:51,110 HAVEN'T SUPPOSED TO HAVE 321 00:09:51,110 --> 00:09:52,110 OPINIONS BUT I THINK ALL THE 322 00:09:52,110 --> 00:09:54,110 REPORTERS ARE UPSET THAT THERE 323 00:09:54,110 --> 00:09:55,100 HAVEN'T BEEN DEBATES ON MAJOR 324 00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:56,600 ISSUES. 325 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:57,840 >> IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN 326 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,600 HARD THE REPORT ON WHEN YOU'RE 327 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:01,760 JUST GETTING STATEMENTS FROM 328 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:03,680 CAMPAIGNS AND SPAIN CAMPAIGN 329 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:03,110 SPEECHES. 330 00:10:03,110 --> 00:10:06,600 >> WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW 331 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,360 WHETHER THEY FEEL WE SHOULD PUT 332 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:12,240 TROOPS IN IRAQ OR AMNESTY FOR 333 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:13,000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS? 334 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,480 >> IF YOU HAD THE BEAT FOR U.S. 335 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,000 SENATE CANDIDATES THIS YEAR, 336 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:17,600 WHAT WOULD IT BE? 337 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:19,240 >> WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THIS 338 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:20,100 I KNOW IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT 339 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:22,360 WOULD BE I GUESS WHAT IS THE 340 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:23,480 FUTURE OF KENTUCKY COAL? 341 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,160 SO FAR WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF 342 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,920 TALKING POINTS ABOUT COAL. 343 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,320 WE'VE HEARD I'M PRO-COAL, COAL 344 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:30,110 IS THE FUTURE. 345 00:10:30,110 --> 00:10:32,560 WHEN THE STATISTICS AND THE 346 00:10:32,560 --> 00:10:33,360 FACTS DON'T REALLY SUGGEST THAT 347 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,080 >> LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOU 348 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:35,440 THAT. 349 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,960 IT IS OBVIOUSLY THE OVERRIDING 350 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:38,680 ISSUE. 351 00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:40,080 SOME OF THE EARLY POLLING HAS 352 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,400 INDICATED THAT IT IS A MAJOR 353 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:43,920 CONCERN TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, 354 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,080 PARTICULARLY IN THE EASTERN AND 355 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:52,100 WESTERN KENTUCKY, AND TO THE JO 356 00:10:52,100 --> 00:10:55,000 THE JOBS THAT DEPEND ON COAL BU 357 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:56,000 YOU'RE SAYING YOUR REPORTING AN 358 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:57,100 YOUR FINDINGS INDICATE WHAT? 359 00:10:57,100 --> 00:10:58,100 >> WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 360 00:10:58,100 --> 00:11:00,840 NUMBERS OF PRODUCTION, OF 361 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,840 EMPLOYMENT, PRETTY MUCH 362 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:06,440 NICOLE-RELATED NUMBERS IN -- 363 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:07,080 ANY COAL-RERATED NUMBERS IN 364 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:08,400 KENTUCKY YOU SEE A COUPLE OF 365 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:09,440 THINGS, YOU SEE JOBS AND 366 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:10,280 PRODUCTION DROPPING STATEWIDE 367 00:11:10,280 --> 00:11:11,110 PRETTY MUCH OVER THE PAST 30 368 00:11:11,110 --> 00:11:12,880 YEARS, AND THIS IS A TREND 369 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:13,110 THAT'S BEEN GOING DOWNHILL FOR 370 00:11:13,110 --> 00:11:14,440 WHILE. 371 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:15,760 IT'S NOT THE PAST SIX YEARS. 372 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:17,760 IT'S NOT THE PAST DECADE. 373 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:19,100 WE'RE TALKING AT LEAST SINCE 374 00:11:19,100 --> 00:11:21,520 1980. 375 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:22,640 BUT YOU ALSO SEE IN EASTERN 376 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:24,360 KENTUCKY IT'S DROPPING A LOT 377 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,200 FASTER THAN IT IS IN WESTERN 378 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:26,720 KENTUCKY. 379 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:27,800 WESTERN KENTUCKY, IT'S NEVER 380 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,120 HAD -- IT'S PRETTY MUCH STAYED 381 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:30,520 STEADY. 382 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:31,840 IT'S NEVER HAD THE HIGHS THAT 383 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:33,360 EASTERN KENTUCKY HAD, BUT IT'S 384 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,160 ALSO NOT HAVING THE LOWS RIGHT 385 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:35,960 NOW. 386 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:37,000 I GUESS EASTERN KENTUCKY AND 387 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,600 WESTERN KENTUCKY RIGHT NOW ARE 388 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,110 ABOUT ON THE SAME LEVEL 389 00:11:41,110 --> 00:11:42,800 PRODUCTION-WISE WILL BE WHICH 390 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:43,480 EASTERN KENTUCKY USED TO PRODUC 391 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:44,100 A LOT MORE COAL THAN WESTERN 392 00:11:44,100 --> 00:11:45,320 KENTUCKY. 393 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:47,240 >> AND THAT'S FOR, WHAT, A 394 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:48,600 COUPLE OF REASONS. 395 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,600 MARKET FORCES AS WELL AS THESE 396 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,240 MUCH MORE STRINGENT REGULATIONS 397 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:52,100 ON EMISSIONS. 398 00:11:52,100 --> 00:11:54,240 >> YEAH, THERE ARE A LOT OF 399 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:54,640 REASONS. 400 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:56,120 EMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN DOWN PARTLY 401 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:57,480 BECAUSE OF TECHNOLOGY WHEN YOU 402 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:59,480 HAVE CONTINUOUS MINERS AND DRAG 403 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:00,360 LINES, YOU DON'T NEED AS AM 404 00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:02,600 PEOPLE, BUT RECENTLY IT'S BEEN 405 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:03,960 MARKET FORCES, IT'S BEEN CHEAP 406 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,960 NATURAL GAS, IT'S BEEN RECLININ 407 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:07,400 RESERVES. 408 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:08,110 IN EASTERN KENTUCKY IT'S A LOT 409 00:12:08,110 --> 00:12:09,640 HARDER. 410 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:10,110 YOU DON'T HAVE THE HUGE THICK 411 00:12:10,110 --> 00:12:13,100 COAL SEAMS YOU USED TO HAVE SO 412 00:12:13,100 --> 00:12:14,760 IT'S LOT MORE EXPENSIVE TO MINE 413 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:15,400 COAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL 414 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,760 REGULATIONS ON MINING AND 415 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:18,520 BURNING COAL HAVE D CONTRIBUTED 416 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:18,840 TOO. 417 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:19,110 >> YOU HAVE RECENTLY REPORTED 418 00:12:19,110 --> 00:12:20,110 THAT IT TAKES LONGER TO MINE 419 00:12:20,110 --> 00:12:21,280 COAL. 420 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:22,160 >> IT DOES. 421 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:22,110 >> NOW. 422 00:12:22,110 --> 00:12:23,240 WHY? 423 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:23,110 >> WELL -- 424 00:12:23,110 --> 00:12:26,600 >> BUS OF THE REGULATION? 425 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:27,760 >> NO, THE RESOLUTIONS REALLY 426 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,120 HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 427 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:31,200 PRODUCTIVE NUMBERS, AND ACTUALL 428 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:32,320 IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I LOOK 429 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:34,000 AT AT THESE NUMBERS, THE STATE 430 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:34,100 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET 431 00:12:34,100 --> 00:12:38,200 HAS JUST THIS TREASURE TROVE OF 432 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:39,110 DATA YOU CAN LOOK UP PRETTY MUC 433 00:12:39,110 --> 00:12:41,720 ANY ENERGY-RELATED STATISTICS 434 00:12:41,720 --> 00:12:42,640 YOU CARE ABOUT. 435 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:44,360 AND I CALLED THE ENERGY 436 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:45,440 INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION, THE 437 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:47,080 FEDERAL AGENCY THAT LOOKS AT A 438 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:49,000 LOT OF THIS, AND I SAID WHY IS 439 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,880 PRODUCT OF DOWN SO MUCH IN 440 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,080 EASTERN KENTUCKY? 441 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,680 THEY SAID THAT'S A GOOD 442 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:54,110 QUESTION. 443 00:12:54,110 --> 00:12:56,440 WE'VE BEEN MEANING TO LOOK AT 444 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:57,110 THAT BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY YET. 445 00:12:57,110 --> 00:13:01,960 SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF IDEAS. 446 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:04,200 ONE IS TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, 447 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:04,100 INCREASES PRODUCTIVITY 448 00:13:04,100 --> 00:13:06,560 SOMETIMES, AND IT DID YEARS AND 449 00:13:06,560 --> 00:13:07,080 YEARS AGO. 450 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,560 IT'S REALLY THE DECLINING 451 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:10,100 RESERVES AND THE FACT THAT YOU 452 00:13:10,100 --> 00:13:12,080 JUST DON'T HAVE THE THICK COAL 453 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:13,110 SEAMS YOU USED TO. 454 00:13:13,110 --> 00:13:14,960 >> HARDER TO REACH? 455 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:16,240 >> YEAH, HARDER TO REACH, YOU 456 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:17,920 HAVE TO GO THROUGH MORE YORE 457 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:19,800 BURDEN TO GET TO THE COAL. 458 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,920 BUT IN 1997 IT HIT ITS PEAK IN 459 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:23,110 EASTERN KENTUCKY AND A MINER 460 00:13:23,110 --> 00:13:26,080 COULD MINE 3.8 TONS OF COAL PER 461 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,040 HOUR, AND NOW THAT'S DOWN TO 462 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:28,800 2.1 TONS OF COAL. 463 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:30,840 >> COAL HAS BEEN SUCH A VISIBLE 464 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:32,040 ISSUE AS WE ALL KNOW IN THE 465 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:33,880 SENATE RACE, YET THERE COULD BE 466 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:35,880 A LEAST A BIT OF A DEPARTMENT O 467 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:37,560 NARRATIVE IN THE GOVERNOR'S RAC 468 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:40,160 NEXT YEAR BASED ON SOME COMMENT 469 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,080 OF SOON-TO-BE REPUBLICAN 470 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:43,100 CANDIDATE ARE TO GOVERNOR JAMES 471 00:13:43,100 --> 00:13:45,880 COMER WHO, BY THE WAY, HAS NOW 472 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,040 BACKED OFF OF THOSE COMMENTS TO 473 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:48,800 SOME EXTENT, RIGHT? 474 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,040 >> YEAH. 475 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:51,110 JAIME COMER MADE COMMENTS LAST 476 00:13:51,110 --> 00:13:53,400 FALL TO A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT 477 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:53,110 OUTLETS. 478 00:13:53,110 --> 00:13:57,040 HE TOLD MY COLLEAGUE AT WFPL 479 00:13:57,040 --> 00:14:01,000 THAT HE MADE COMMENTS TO CN2. 480 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,800 I BELIEVE THE COURIER-JOURNAL 481 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:03,110 REPORTED ON IT AS WELL. 482 00:14:03,110 --> 00:14:06,100 WHAT HE TOLD WFPL, I'M A FRIEND 483 00:14:06,100 --> 00:14:07,440 OF COAL. 484 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:08,640 I SUPPORT THE COAL INDUSTRY. 485 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:10,640 BUT THE COAL INDUSTRY'S FUTURE 486 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:11,720 DOESN'T LOOK BRIGHT AND WE HAVE 487 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:13,360 TO LOOK BEYOND THAT AND LEARN T 488 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:14,840 DEVELOP A NEW ECONOMY IN EASTER 489 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:15,800 KENTUCKY. 490 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:16,800 NOW, THIS IS FAR FROM WHAT I 491 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:19,200 WOULD CALL AN ANTI-COAL 492 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:19,640 STATEMENT. 493 00:14:19,640 --> 00:14:21,280 IN FACT, AT THE TIME IT WAS KIN 494 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:22,560 OF I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE IN 495 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:24,840 THE MEDIA SAID, AH, YOU KNOW, 496 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,520 HE'S ACTUALLY -- THIS IS A 497 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:28,120 FACT-BASED STATEMENT. 498 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,200 BUT NOW THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT 499 00:14:30,200 --> 00:14:33,840 RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR, HE'S BEIN 500 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,080 ATTACKED BY HIS REPUBLICAN 501 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:37,110 OPPONENT HAL HEINER FOR THE 502 00:14:37,110 --> 00:14:39,680 STATEMENT, SAYING, OH, YOU KNOW 503 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:40,560 HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN THE FUTUR 504 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:42,920 OF COAL IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, 505 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:43,560 HE'S AGAINST COAL. 506 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,320 >> AND THIS WHOLE THING CAME 507 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,080 ABOUT BECAUSE OF AN EVENT IN 508 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,000 LOUISVILLE WHERE STATE 509 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:52,560 REPRESENTATIVE TOM BURCH SAID 510 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:54,240 SOME THINGS ABOUT COAL AND NEED 511 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:55,440 TOPPING LOOK BEYOND COAL IN 512 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:56,320 EASTERN KENTUCKY. 513 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:57,000 REPUBLICANS STARTED TO ATTACK 514 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:57,680 HIM ON IT. 515 00:14:57,680 --> 00:14:59,920 AND THEN YOUR COLLEAGUE, PHIL 516 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:01,110 BALE WELL POINTED OUT THAT, HEY 517 00:15:01,110 --> 00:15:03,320 COMER SAID SOMETHING SIMILAR TO 518 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:03,110 THIS A YEAR AGO. 519 00:15:03,110 --> 00:15:05,920 >> YEAH, AND I THINK CALLING IT 520 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:07,320 SIMILAR. 521 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:09,080 IT'S A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT -- I 522 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:10,680 MEAN, BURCH'S COMMENTS WERE A 523 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:12,110 LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW -- I 524 00:15:12,110 --> 00:15:15,080 THINK HE SAID SOMETHING LIKE -- 525 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:15,680 >> COAL IS DIRTY. 526 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:18,440 >> AND COMER DOES BEGIN HIS 527 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,920 STATEMENT WITH "I AM A FRIEND O 528 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:21,080 COAL." 529 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:23,560 >> WHEN YOU DRILL DOWN DEEP 530 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:24,920 NIGHT THEY'RE SAYING THE COAL 531 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:26,200 INDUSTRY IS GOING AWAY AND WE 532 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:26,100 NEED TO START LOOKING. 533 00:15:26,100 --> 00:15:29,160 >> I UNDERSTAND WHERE COMER 534 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:30,320 OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES I BELIEVE 535 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:31,800 IN SEPTEMBER 9TH IN HIS HOME 536 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,520 DOWN OF TOMPKINSVILLE, HE'S 537 00:15:33,520 --> 00:15:34,110 GOING TO HAVE HIGH-POWERED COAL 538 00:15:34,110 --> 00:15:36,880 OFFICIALS WITH HIM, COAL OWNERS 539 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:37,840 AND OPERATORS AND ADDRESS THIS. 540 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:38,100 >> ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT 541 00:15:38,100 --> 00:15:41,760 WAS SO INTERESTING ABOUT THIS 542 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,840 WAS IT'S -- I MEAN, FROM MY 543 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:46,040 READING, IT'S A FACTUAL 544 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:46,640 STATEMENT. 545 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:48,520 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, 546 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:50,520 EXPERTS SAY COAL IN EASTERN 547 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:52,680 KENTUCKY ESPECIALLY IS NOT -- 548 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:53,960 THERE WILL BE COAL MINING THERE 549 00:15:53,960 --> 00:15:56,480 FOR A WHILE BUT IT'S JUST NOT 550 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:57,480 GOING REACH THE NUMBERS AND 551 00:15:57,480 --> 00:15:58,600 EMPLOY THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THA 552 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:00,600 IT USED TO, BUT I ASKED SEVERAL 553 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,600 PEOPLE FOR THIS STORY IS THIS 554 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:04,480 WHAT -- WHAT WILL VOTERS IN 555 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,600 EASTERN KENTUCKY SAY? 556 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:08,600 IS THIS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR? 557 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,480 IS THIS, THANK YOU, SOMEBODY IS 558 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:11,400 BEING REALISTIC? 559 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:12,440 AND EVERYONE I TALKED TO SAID, 560 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:13,400 YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK PEOPLE 561 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,760 ARE READY FOR THIS YET. 562 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:17,880 >> WELL, BACK JUST FOR A SECOND 563 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,240 TO THE SENATE RACE, LET'S TALK 564 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:20,800 JUST FORA MOMENT ABOUT THE 565 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:22,840 REPUBLICAN PARTY OF KENTUCKY 566 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:24,080 CHALLENGING THE SIGNATURES ARE 567 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,440 OF THE LIBERTARIAN SENATE 568 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,560 CANDIDATE DAVID PATTERSON WHO 569 00:16:29,560 --> 00:16:30,100 HAD TO HAVE 5,000 SIGNATURES TO 570 00:16:30,100 --> 00:16:33,680 GET ON THE BALLOT, PLENTY MORE 571 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:34,880 THAN 9,000. 572 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:35,640 THEY'RE ASKING COUNTY CLERKS TO 573 00:16:35,640 --> 00:16:36,110 GO IN AND VERIFY THOSE 574 00:16:36,110 --> 00:16:37,800 SIGNATURES. 575 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,440 DO THEY WANT PATERSON OFF THE 576 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:39,840 BALLOT? 577 00:16:39,840 --> 00:16:40,100 >> I THINK THEY JUST SAY THEY 578 00:16:40,100 --> 00:16:43,600 WANT TO BE SURE THAT HE IS A 579 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:44,200 LEGAL CANDIDATE. 580 00:16:44,200 --> 00:16:45,110 WHEN THEY WERE REVIEWING THE 581 00:16:45,110 --> 00:16:47,560 SIGNATURES, THEY POINT OUT ONE 582 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:50,200 EXAMPLE THEY FOUND THE NAME OF 583 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:51,680 FELLOW NAMED BEN DOVER, AND 584 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:55,680 AFTER HIS ADDRESS, IT WAS AN 585 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:56,800 OBSCENE PHRASE, AND SO THEY 586 00:16:56,800 --> 00:16:57,100 SAID, HEY, THIS LOOKS 587 00:16:57,100 --> 00:16:58,440 SUSPICIOUS. 588 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:00,240 LET'S GO BE SURE HE'S LEGAL. 589 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:02,320 >> NOW, PATTERSON CLAIMS THAT 590 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:04,100 HE'S GOT -- THAT THEY VERIFIED 591 00:17:04,100 --> 00:17:06,280 5700 SIGNATURE AND THEY NEED 592 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:06,800 5,000. 593 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:09,120 AND THAT'S OUT OF 9,000 594 00:17:09,120 --> 00:17:10,680 SIGNATURES THEY'VE GOT, SO THEY 595 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:11,800 SAY THEY'VE GOT ENOUGH. 596 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,200 REPUBLICANS MAY NOT WANT HIM ON 597 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:13,560 THERE. 598 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:15,320 YOU EXPECT THAT THE LIBERTARIAN 599 00:17:15,320 --> 00:17:18,440 CANDIDATE IS GOING TO DRAW 600 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:19,960 CONSERVATIVE VOTERS AND THAT 601 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:20,680 COULD HURT McCONNELL. 602 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:22,200 THIS IS A CLOSE RACE. 603 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,440 >> AND HE HAS ABOUT 7% OF THE 604 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:26,160 VOTE IN POLLING. 605 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:27,840 >> WE'RE HEARING FROM OTHER 606 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:29,520 CANDIDATES IN NEXT YEAR'S 607 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,840 ELECTIONS, AT LEAST RUMBLINGS. 608 00:17:31,840 --> 00:17:33,110 JACK, A SAY THE SENATOR 609 00:17:33,110 --> 00:17:35,400 CONSIDERING RUNNING FOR. 610 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,040 >> STATE SENATOR DENNIS PARE 611 00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:39,800 OVER THE ELIZABETHTOWN, SAID 612 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:40,100 THIS WEEK HE'S SERIOUSLY LOOKIN 613 00:17:40,100 --> 00:17:42,400 AT AND IT I NOTICE HE EVEN 614 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,160 CALLED HIS HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER 615 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:45,880 ELIZABETHTOWN AND LET THEM KNOW 616 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:47,160 SO HE REALLY IS LOOKING AT IT. 617 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,400 WE ALREADY HAVE ONE CANDIDATE I 618 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:52,520 THERE THAT'S A BROADCASTER, 619 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:53,200 JEAN-MARIE LAWSON. 620 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:54,880 >> AND SHE IS ACTIVELY 621 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:55,160 CAMPAIGNING. 622 00:17:55,160 --> 00:17:55,110 >> YES. 623 00:17:55,110 --> 00:18:00,280 >> A CHANCE FOR DEMOCRATS AND 624 00:18:00,280 --> 00:18:01,920 REPUBLICANS GOT TOGETHER THIS 625 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:03,240 WEEK. 626 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:04,520 ERICA, THEY GATHERS WEDNESDAY 627 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:07,160 AND CELEBRATED A $20 MILLION 628 00:18:07,160 --> 00:18:08,400 FEDERAL GRANT WHICH IS DESIGNED 629 00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:10,520 TO HAVE KENTUCKY LOOK AT OTHER 630 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:11,560 FORMS OF ENERGY. 631 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,520 >> YEAH, IT'S $20 MILLION FROM 632 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,280 THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 633 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:17,080 PLUS $4 MILLION IN MATCHING 634 00:18:17,080 --> 00:18:19,400 FUNDS FROM EPSCORE HERE IN 635 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,160 KENTUCKY, AND IT'S BAISLEY AN 636 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:22,880 R&D GRANT. 637 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:24,880 IT'S MONEY TO DEVELOP NEW 638 00:18:24,880 --> 00:18:25,680 TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENERGY 639 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:27,360 GENERATION AND STORAGE. 640 00:18:27,360 --> 00:18:28,840 SO WE'RE TALKING BAT 641 00:18:28,840 --> 00:18:30,600 PARTNERSHIPS WE'RE TALKING NEW 642 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:31,720 MEMBRANES FOR REMEDIATION, 643 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:32,960 THINGS LIKE THAT. 644 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:33,880 BUT I THINK THEY'RE SAYING THAT 645 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,600 IT'S GOING TO BE 150 JOBS OVER 646 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,240 FIVE YEARS, SOME OF THOSE ARE 647 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,880 NEW POSITIONS, SOME ARE TO HELP 648 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:40,100 PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY FACULTY 649 00:18:40,100 --> 00:18:42,240 AT UNIVERSITIES WORK ON THIS. 650 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:44,720 AND IT'S GOING TO BE 651 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:45,100 HEADQUARTERED AT THE UNIVERSITY 652 00:18:45,100 --> 00:18:47,120 OF KENTUCKY AT THE CENTER FOR 653 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:49,480 APPLIED RESEARCH, BUT 654 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:50,160 UNIVERSITIES OVER THE STATE ARE 655 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:50,880 INVOLVED IN IT AS WELL. 656 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,240 >> WITH LABOR DAY APPROACHING 657 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:54,840 THERE'S A PUSH IN LOUISVILLE TO 658 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:56,000 RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE WINDS TH 659 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:58,100 CITY TO $10.10 AN HOUR, A LOCAL 660 00:18:58,100 --> 00:19:00,600 MINIMUM WAGE HIKE. 661 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:02,100 IN JEFFERS COUNTY ATTORNEY SAID 662 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:05,840 THAT IT WOULD BE LEGAL TO HAVE 663 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:07,040 LOCAL MINIMUM WAGE. 664 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:08,600 LOCAL METRO COUNSEL APPEARS TO 665 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:10,120 HAVE SOMETHING READY TO SPRING 666 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:10,640 NEXT WEEK? 667 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:11,960 >> THAT'S THE WORD. 668 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:13,320 THEY SAY THAT BY RAISING THE 669 00:19:13,320 --> 00:19:14,720 MINIMUM WAGE GRADUALLY OVER 670 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,100 SEVERAL YEARS FROM $7.25 TO 671 00:19:18,100 --> 00:19:20,680 $10.10 WILL HELP 61,000 WORKERS 672 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,200 IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, AND THEY 673 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:24,160 THINK THAT THEY -- IF THE 674 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:25,680 STATE'S NOT GOING TO MOVE 675 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:27,920 FORWARD ON IT, IF CONGRESS ISN' 676 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:28,800 GOING MOVE FORWARD ON IT, THEY 677 00:19:28,800 --> 00:19:30,480 THINK THEY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD 678 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:31,640 ON IT AND HELP OUT WORKERS. 679 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:33,110 >> DOES IT LOOK LIKE IT HAS A 680 00:19:33,110 --> 00:19:34,110 CHANCE OF PASSAGE? 681 00:19:34,110 --> 00:19:37,680 >> YOU KNOW, WHEN THE DEMOCRATI 682 00:19:37,680 --> 00:19:39,760 MAJORITY IN THE LOUISVILLE METR 683 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:40,100 COUNCIL GETS BEHIND SOMETHING, 684 00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:43,200 THEY'VE GOT TO I A CLEAR 685 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:45,440 MAJORITY THERE, SO IT'S GOT A 686 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:46,520 PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF PASSING. 687 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:48,440 >> THE COUNTY ATTORNEY BASICALL 688 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:49,920 SAYING HE WOULD DEFEND IT IF IT 689 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:50,280 WERE CHALLENGED. 690 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:50,100 >> YES. 691 00:19:50,100 --> 00:19:52,000 HIS ARGUMENT IS THAT THERE'S 692 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:53,560 NOTHING IN THE LAW, THAT CITIES 693 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:56,200 HAVE PRETTY MUCH BROAD -- BROAD 694 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:57,080 ABILITY TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS 695 00:19:57,080 --> 00:19:58,000 IF THEY CHOOSE TO. 696 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,110 >> JACK, IF FRANKFORT STATE 697 00:20:01,110 --> 00:20:02,920 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WILL BE 698 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:05,320 KEEPING CONTROL OF THE BREATHIT 699 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:06,200 COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM. 700 00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,000 THERE WERE HOURS OF TESTIMONY, 701 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,680 LOCALS FROM BREATHITT COUNTY 702 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:13,240 SHOWED UP BASICALLY BEGGING TO 703 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,320 HAVE LOCAL CONTROL RETURNED 704 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:18,760 THERE, THAT KDE, THE KENTUCKY 705 00:20:18,760 --> 00:20:19,440 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAID, 706 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:19,960 NO, NOT YET. 707 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,560 >> IN DECEMBER OF 2012 THE STAT 708 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:23,440 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TOOK 709 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:24,100 OVER THE SCHOOL SYSTEM THERE 710 00:20:24,100 --> 00:20:26,320 THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN 15 711 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:27,240 YEARS. 712 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,600 THE STATE HAS TAKEN OVER A 713 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:30,800 SCHOOL DISTRICT. 714 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:33,000 THIS OCCURRED RIGHT AFTER THE 715 00:20:33,000 --> 00:20:35,280 THEN SUPERINTENDENT ARCH TURNER 716 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:40,040 WENT TO PRISON, INVOLVEMENT IN 717 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:43,120 VOTE BUYING SCANDAL, ALSO 718 00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:46,200 SHOWING ECONOMIC DEFICIENCY IN 719 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:46,640 THE STATE. 720 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,040 THEY PLEADED IN A NINE-HOUR 721 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:48,640 MEETING. 722 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,160 THERE WERE THREE NEW MEMBERS OF 723 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:51,760 THE BREATHITT COUNTY SCHOOL 724 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:53,200 BOARD THAT SAID, LOOK, WE CAME 725 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:54,200 ON AFTER TURNER. 726 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,280 WE REALLY WANT TO DO A GOOD JOB 727 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:57,520 WE THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO 728 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,080 CONTROL THE STATE COMMISSIONER, 729 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:02,840 KERRY HOLLADAY SAID, NO, LET'S 730 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:03,960 KNIGHT STATE'S HANDS AND THE 731 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,160 STATE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY T 732 00:21:05,160 --> 00:21:06,110 DO THAT FOR AT LEAST UP TO THRE 733 00:21:06,110 --> 00:21:07,760 MORE YEARS. 734 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:09,160 >> WHAT DOES IT ESSENTIALLY MEA 735 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,800 WHEN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIO 736 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:11,100 CONTROLS THE LOCAL SCHOOL 737 00:21:11,100 --> 00:21:12,200 SYSTEM? 738 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:16,160 I MEAN, ARE THE LOCALS, IS THE 739 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:17,110 LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD POWERLESS AT 740 00:21:17,110 --> 00:21:18,400 THAT POINT? 741 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:20,440 >> NO, THEY STILL STAY, QUOTE, 742 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,360 IN OPERATION, BUT THE STATE 743 00:21:23,360 --> 00:21:25,760 WANTS TO BE SURE THE PRINCIPLES 744 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:26,100 WITH ESPECIALLY THE KEY LEADERS 745 00:21:26,100 --> 00:21:28,720 IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WHO 746 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,360 THEY ARE, ARE THEY CONCENTRATIN 747 00:21:31,360 --> 00:21:32,720 HARD ENOUGH ON THE CLASSES AND 748 00:21:32,720 --> 00:21:34,120 THE ACADEMIC WORK. 749 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:35,480 THE STATE HAS A LOT OF POWER. 750 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:38,800 >> ERICA, THERE'S AN APPEAL IN 751 00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:40,120 THE BLUEGRASS PIPELINE CASE 752 00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:44,000 WHICH WAS SO CONTROVERSIAL AND 753 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,480 EVEN MADE ITS WAY INTO THE 754 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:47,560 LEGISLATURE AND THEN EVENTUALLY 755 00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:49,680 THE COURTS, AND WHERE IS THAT 756 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:49,100 HEADED? 757 00:21:49,100 --> 00:21:52,480 >> WELL, RIGHT NOW THE BLUEGRAS 758 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:53,440 PIPELINE IS, OF COURSE, A 759 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:54,800 NATURAL GAS PIPELINE THAT WAS 760 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:55,100 GOING TO GO ALL THE THE WAY 761 00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:57,080 ACROSS KENTUCKY, AND THEY 762 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,560 SPENDED IT FOR MARKET REASONS. 763 00:21:59,560 --> 00:22:01,520 BUT A JUDGE HERE IN FRANKLIN 764 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:02,840 COUNTY RULED THAT THEY DID NOT 765 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:04,960 HAVE THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAI 766 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,320 FOR THE PIPELINE. 767 00:22:06,320 --> 00:22:08,200 KEV'S EMINENT DOMAIN LAW IS A 768 00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:09,960 LITTLE BIT MURKY. 769 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:11,000 AND IF BLUEGRASS PIPELINE 770 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,440 COMPANY, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE 771 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:14,520 OSTENSIBLY NOT MOVING FORWARD A 772 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:15,600 THIS TIME, ARE APPEALING THAT T 773 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,480 TRY TO GET THE POWER OF EMINENT 774 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:18,240 DOMAIN FOR THE PIPELINE. 775 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:20,720 >> WELL, IT HAS BEEN HOT OWE IN 776 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:22,600 LOUISVILLE, WE KNOW THAT, AND 777 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,720 THAT IS PARTIALLY BEING BLAMED 778 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:26,560 FOR THE TOWN ATTENDANCE AT THE 779 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:27,920 KENTUCKY STATE FAIR THIS YEAR. 780 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:30,640 >> THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR HAD 781 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:32,080 ITS 11-DAY RUN AND THEY REPORTE 782 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:35,160 LATE FRIDAY THAT THEY HAD ABOUT 783 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:36,100 516,000 VISITORS, THE LAST TWO 784 00:22:36,100 --> 00:22:38,110 YEARS THEY'VE BEEN HAVING MORE 785 00:22:38,110 --> 00:22:39,440 THAN 600,000. 786 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,100 THEY BLAME THE HOT WEATHER. 787 00:22:41,100 --> 00:22:43,920 THE RAINSTORMS. 788 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,120 THEY DIDN'T BLAME BUT A LOT OF 789 00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:46,110 PEOPLE CITE THE PURGE. 790 00:22:46,110 --> 00:22:48,400 >> THE LOUISVILLE PURGE. 791 00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:50,160 IT WAS A RUMORED CRIME SPREE 792 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,200 THAT NEVER TOOK PLACE ON THE 793 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:53,600 FIRST FRIDAY NIGHT OF THE FAIR. 794 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:55,680 >> BUT THE FAIR WAS STILL ABLE 795 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,040 TO SELL MORE THAN 100,000 POUND 796 00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:59,640 OF PORK, AND I CONTRIBUTED TO 797 00:22:59,640 --> 00:22:59,100 THAT. 798 00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:02,960 >> AND THERE WAS A LOT OF 799 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:04,400 POLITICAL HAPPENINGS OVER THERE 800 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:05,800 A LOT OF STORIES THAT CAME OUT 801 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:07,520 OF THERE. 802 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:09,160 THE LOW FARE CARRIER FRONTIER 803 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,040 AIRLINES IS GOING TO DOUBLE ITS 804 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:13,160 SERVICE OUT OF SENATE, NORTHERN 805 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:13,100 KENTUCKY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 806 00:23:13,100 --> 00:23:15,110 GOING TO NOW OFFER SERVICE TO 807 00:23:15,110 --> 00:23:18,480 VEGAS, TO ORLANDO, FORT 808 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:19,520 LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, PHOENIX. 809 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,100 IT'S NOT THE RETURN OF THE DELT 810 00:23:21,100 --> 00:23:23,110 FLIGHTS CERTAINLY, BUT 811 00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:25,760 SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMEN 812 00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:26,480 THERE. 813 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,240 WOULD YOU SAY? 814 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:29,240 >> ABSOLUTELY. 815 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:35,320 >> AND -- A BIG ONE RIGHT THERE 816 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:37,240 SHARON THOMPSON, A LONGTIME 817 00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,800 WRITER NOR THE LEXINGTON HERD 818 00:23:39,800 --> 00:23:42,840 LEADER WHO HAS DONE CLOSE TO -- 819 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:43,680 HERALD-LEADER CLOSE TO 50 YEARS 820 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:44,880 IN THE JOURNALISM BUSINESS. 821 00:23:44,880 --> 00:23:47,440 >> I WON'T SAY HOW OLD SHE IS, 822 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:49,000 BUT IT'S BEEN, SAY, MORE THAN 823 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,480 40, AND SHE'S JUST BEEN A 824 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,280 PHENOMENAL ASSET TO THE 825 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:56,440 LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER. 826 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,200 YOULY, RECIPES, NEW RESTAURANTS 827 00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:59,760 I ESPECIALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW 828 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:00,960 WHERE I SHOULD EAT NOW IN 829 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:01,960 LEXINGTON. 830 00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:04,200 AND SHE'S GOING TO BE SOARLY 831 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:05,800 MISSED, A TERRIBLE LOSS FOR THE 832 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:06,120 HERALD-LEADER. 833 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:08,120 >> ON THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND TH 834 00:24:08,120 --> 00:24:09,100 STATE LABOR CABINET SAYS THAT I 835 00:24:09,100 --> 00:24:12,880 RECOUPS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN 836 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:14,160 WAGES TO WORKERS WHO FOR SOME 837 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,110 REASON ARE NOT GETTING PAID BY 838 00:24:16,110 --> 00:24:18,080 THEIR EMPLOYERS. 839 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,320 THEY DON'T GET MAYBE -- MAYBE 840 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:21,560 IT'S THEIR FINAL CHECK OR 841 00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:23,110 SOMETHING IS AMISS WITHHELD OR 842 00:24:23,110 --> 00:24:24,110 WHATEVER. 843 00:24:24,110 --> 00:24:26,320 THEY SAY THAT IT IS TWICE AS 844 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,520 MUCH AS IS TAKEN FROM PEOPLE IN 845 00:24:28,520 --> 00:24:31,040 ROBBERIES IN THE STATE. 846 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,600 AND THAT RELEASE CAME OUT TODAY 847 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:36,110 >> YEAH, THAT WAS A STRONG 848 00:24:36,110 --> 00:24:38,040 COMPARISON. 849 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:39,520 THAT'S WHAT GOT MY ATTENTION. 850 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,280 YOU LOSE MORE FROM THAT THAN YO 851 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:43,160 DO IN ROBBERIES IN THE STATE, 852 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,110 AND SO IT'S A CONCERN, WHETHER 853 00:24:45,110 --> 00:24:47,640 THE LEGISLATURE SOMEHOW WILL BE 854 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,560 ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT I DON'T 855 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:50,110 KNOW WHEN THEY MEET BACK IN 856 00:24:50,110 --> 00:24:51,520 JANUARY. 857 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:52,640 THEY HAVE SOME WORK ISSUES TO 858 00:24:52,640 --> 00:24:53,320 LOOK AT. 859 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,280 >> ONE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS IS 860 00:24:55,280 --> 00:24:56,600 LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAPPY THIS 861 00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:57,110 HAVE A JOB AND THEY'RE NOT GOIN 862 00:24:57,110 --> 00:24:59,320 TO REPORT THE PERSON WHO IS 863 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:00,200 PAYING THE BILLS OR SOMETHING 864 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:00,640 LIKE THAT. 865 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:03,240 >> 1.9 MILLION KENTUCKIANS 866 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:05,040 EARNING A PAYCHECK RIGHT NOW IN 867 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:07,280 THE STATE WAS THE THING. 868 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,920 I INTERVIEWED THE STATE LABOR 869 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:13,080 CABINET SECRETARY FOR LARRY 870 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:14,760 ROBERTS FOR THE KENTUCKY 871 00:25:14,760 --> 00:25:15,880 NEWSMAKERS PROGRAM THIS WEEK, 872 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,640 AND HE SAID ONE OF THE CONFUSIN 873 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:19,800 AREAS IS THE AREA WHERE PEOPLE 874 00:25:19,800 --> 00:25:21,110 EARN THEIR LIVING IN PART BY 875 00:25:21,110 --> 00:25:26,960 TIPS AND IN PART BY WAGE, AND 876 00:25:26,960 --> 00:25:27,840 THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT. 877 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,000 >> THE JOB MARKET DOES SEEM TO 878 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,200 BE IMPROVING OVERALL IN THE 879 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,560 STATE BUT THE WAGES AREN'T 880 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:35,840 CLIMBING AND THAT POLICE BRINGS 881 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,920 US BACK TO THAT ISSUE ONE AND 882 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:39,080 ONLY. 883 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:40,880 >> THEY SAY THE CAMPAIGN REALLY 884 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:41,840 STARTS AFTER LABOR DAY. 885 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:43,080 >> IT'S ALREADY STARTED. 886 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:44,100 >> WE KNOW THAT. 887 00:25:44,100 --> 00:25:46,840 WHAT DO YOU EXPECT NEXT WEEK? 888 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:48,110 AND RIGHT AFTER THAT WE EXPECT 889 00:25:48,110 --> 00:25:49,720 THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM JAMES 890 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:50,880 COMER ON THE GOVERNOR'S RACE. 891 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:53,760 >> THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF THE 892 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:54,110 SENATE RACE IS ONE THING AFTER 893 00:25:54,110 --> 00:25:55,100 ANOTHER AFTER ANOTHER. 894 00:25:55,100 --> 00:25:57,240 I DON'T EXPECT THIS RACE TO SLO 895 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:58,100 DOWN AT ALL BETWEEN NOW AND 896 00:25:58,100 --> 00:26:01,280 INNOVATOR. 897 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:02,100 THE COMER ENTRY INTO THE RACE I 898 00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:04,840 GOING TO BE A QUICK PLASH FLASH 899 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:06,120 BUT NOBODY IS PAYING ATTENTION 900 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:06,920 TO THE OTHER RACES. 901 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:11,160 >> AND MANY TV ADS FOR WKYD AND 902 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:11,960 OTHER TELEVISION STATIONS. 903 00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:12,100 >> ALL THE OTHERS, THAT'S RIGHT 904 00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:13,100 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 905 00:26:13,100 --> 00:26:14,100 GOOD DISCUSSION TONIGHT. 906 00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:15,960 WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOININ 907 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,100 US FOR THIS EDITION OF "COMMENT 908 00:26:17,100 --> 00:26:18,400 ON KENTUCKY." 909 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:20,400 AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE YOU HAVE 910 00:26:20,400 --> 00:26:23,320 HAPPY LABOR DAY AND A GOOD WEEK 911 00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:24,080 AHEAD.