WEBVTT 00:11.966 --> 00:14.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Bill: KENTUCKIANS GATHER 00:13.300 --> 00:16.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FOR THANKSGIVING AND REFLECT ON 00:14.366 --> 00:18.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% A YEAR OF UPS AND DOWNS. 00:16.233 --> 00:20.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% COVID TAKES AN AWFUL TOLL 00:18.233 --> 00:21.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% DESPITE A REBUS VACCINATION 00:20.733 --> 00:22.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% EFFORT. 00:21.066 --> 00:23.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% KENTUCKY SEES RECORD ECONOMIC 00:22.733 --> 00:26.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND 00:23.700 --> 00:28.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% REVENUE IS COMING IN STRONG. 00:26.766 --> 00:31.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% EYES TURN TOWARD HOLIDAY 00:28.000 --> 00:32.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SHOPPING AND A BUSY 2022 ON THE 00:31.500 --> 00:34.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% HORIZON IN FRANKFORT. 00:32.633 --> 00:35.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% GRAB SOME LEFTOVERS AND MAYBE 00:34.300 --> 00:37.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% YOUR FAVORITE CHAIR. 00:35.400 --> 00:37.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% "COMMENT" IS NEXT ON KET. 00:52.666 --> 00:57.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% GOOD EVENING. I'M BILL BRYANT, 00:54.700 --> 00:58.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% AND WE WELCOME 00:57.533 --> 01:01.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% YOU TO A SPECIAL THINKING OF 00:58.933 --> 01:02.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WEEKEND EDITION OF "COMMENT ON 01:01.666 --> 01:03.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% KENTUCKY." 01:02.033 --> 01:03.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WE'LL LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE 01:03.066 --> 01:05.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR AND TAKE 01:03.866 --> 01:09.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% A PEEK AT WHAT'S AHEAD RIGHT 01:05.733 --> 01:12.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. THE GUESTS 01:09.333 --> 01:13.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ON OUR PANEL OF WORKING KENTUCKS 01:12.033 --> 01:14.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% FOR OUR PROGRAM TONIGHT are: 01:13.700 --> 01:16.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% RYLAND BARTON, CAPITOL BUREAU 01:14.866 --> 01:17.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% CHIEF FOR KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO 01:16.366 --> 01:19.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% WITH STATIONS IN MURRAY, BOWLIN 01:17.700 --> 01:21.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% GREEN, LOUISVILLE AND RICHMOND. 01:19.466 --> 01:22.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ALEX ACQUISTO, REPORTER FOR THE 01:21.100 --> 01:23.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% LEXINGTON-HERALD LEADER. AND 01:22.900 --> 01:27.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% LAWRENCE SMITH, REPORTER FOR 01:23.833 --> 01:29.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% WDRB IN LOUISVILLE. 01:27.266 --> 01:31.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ALSO, LISA BENSON, PUBLISHER FOR 01:29.866 --> 01:32.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% LOUISVILLE BUSINESS FIRST. 01:31.000 --> 01:34.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% WILL JOIN US FOR A SEGMENT. 01:32.333 --> 01:35.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% WE WANT TO NOTE THIS PROGRAM WAS 01:34.533 --> 01:37.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% TAPED ON NOVEMBER 19th IN 01:35.666 --> 01:39.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% ORDER TO GIVE THE STAFF AT KET 01:37.766 --> 01:40.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% AND AIR GUESTS A CHANCE TO ENJOY 01:39.633 --> 01:41.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% THE HOLIDAY. 01:40.533 --> 01:44.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% WE'LL COVER ANY MAJOR NEWS FROM 01:41.900 --> 01:46.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THIS WEEK WHEN WE RETURN LIVE ON 01:44.900 --> 01:48.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% DECEMBER 3rd, SO TONIGHT WE'LL 01:46.000 --> 01:50.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TALK ABOUT THIS YEAR SO FAR, AND 01:48.133 --> 01:53.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THE LEAD-UP TO WHAT IS LIKELY TO 01:50.066 --> 01:54.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% BE A LIVELY 2022 HERE IN THE 01:53.433 --> 01:55.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% COMMONWEALTH. 01:54.333 --> 01:58.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ALEX, LET'S START WITH THIS. 01:55.800 --> 01:58.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% WE BEGIN BY KIND OF TAKING STOCK 01:58.066 --> 02:00.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% OF WHERE WE ARE. 01:58.633 --> 02:02.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% MANY OF US DID NOT GET TO EVEN 02:00.666 --> 02:03.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% GET TOGETHER WITH FAMILIES FOR 02:02.300 --> 02:05.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% THANKSGIVING LAST YEAR. 02:03.166 --> 02:05.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% IF YOU DID, IT WAS A 02:05.266 --> 02:08.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% WORK-AROUND. 02:05.666 --> 02:10.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% I SAT 25 FEET AWAY FROM MY 02:08.433 --> 02:12.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% PARENTS' HOUSE ON THE PATIO AT A 02:10.400 --> 02:14.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% LITTLE CARD TABLE THAT WAS SET 02:12.066 --> 02:18.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% UP FOR ME WITH FOOD. 02:14.366 --> 02:20.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% I KNOW YOU DIDN'T GO HOME. 02:18.400 --> 02:22.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% >> Alex: RIGHT. 02:20.566 --> 02:24.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% I DIDN'T GO TO MY FAMILY. 02:22.800 --> 02:26.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> Bill: YET THERE'S A BIT OF 02:24.200 --> 02:28.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% A RETURN TO NORMAL AND STILL WE 02:26.166 --> 02:28.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% KNOW WE'RE IN A TROUBLE ZONE 02:28.666 --> 02:29.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% HERE. 02:28.966 --> 02:30.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% >> Alex: RIGHT. 02:29.433 --> 02:30.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% CERTAINLY THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE 02:30.200 --> 02:32.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THIS YEAR IS THAT WE HAVE A 02:30.900 --> 02:34.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% VACCINE, RIGHT? 02:32.700 --> 02:36.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SO THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT IS 02:34.700 --> 02:37.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% MAKING A DIFFERENCE, FOR 02:36.233 --> 02:39.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% EXAMPLE, I'M GETTING TOGETHER 02:37.200 --> 02:40.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% WITH MY FAMILY BECAUSE WE'RE ALL 02:39.833 --> 02:42.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% VACCINATED. 02:40.233 --> 02:43.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% BUT WE'RE ALSO -- AND, YOU KNOW, 02:42.466 --> 02:46.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% LOOKING BACK THIS TIME LAST 02:43.900 --> 02:47.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% YEAR, THE POSITIVITY RATE WAS 02:46.600 --> 02:51.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% ABOVE 9%. 02:47.466 --> 02:52.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% RIGHT NOW NOVEMBER 19th IT'S 02:51.133 --> 02:54.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% 6.24%, WHICH IS LOWER, BUT 02:52.533 --> 02:56.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% UNLIKE LAST YEAR WHERE WE HAD A 02:54.700 --> 02:58.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% SURGE IN WINTER, NOW WE'RE 02:56.266 --> 03:01.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% COMING OFF OF WHAT HAS BEEN THE 02:58.100 --> 03:02.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% DEADLIEST SINCE SO FAR MOST 03:01.233 --> 03:03.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% DESTRUCTIVE SURGE OF PANDEMIC 03:02.066 --> 03:05.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% AND WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS 03:03.533 --> 03:06.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% YET, AND SO WHILE THERE ARE 03:05.500 --> 03:07.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE SORT OF 03:06.466 --> 03:08.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% TEETERING ON THE EDGE. 03:07.366 --> 03:09.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% WE SAW CASE INCREASES LAST 03:08.800 --> 03:11.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% WEEK. 03:09.166 --> 03:12.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% POSITIVITY RATE IS ON THE RISE, 03:11.333 --> 03:15.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% LOPZATIONS ARE UP SLIGHTLY, AND 03:12.633 --> 03:17.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% WE STILL HAVE A GOOD PORTION OF 03:15.000 --> 03:17.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% THE STATE THAT ISN'T 03:17.133 --> 03:20.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% VACCINATED. 03:17.766 --> 03:22.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% NOW, BESHEAR WAS PUSHING THIS 03:20.233 --> 03:23.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% WEEK BOOSTERS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE 03:22.200 --> 03:26.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% FULLY VACCINATED TO GET THAT 03:23.866 --> 03:28.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% ADDED LAYER OF PROTECTION, BUT 03:26.033 --> 03:29.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% WE'RE STILL IN A PRECARIOUS 03:28.966 --> 03:31.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% SPOT. 03:29.466 --> 03:33.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% AS THESE INFECTION RATES GO, WE 03:31.166 --> 03:34.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% HAVE NOT FALLEN SIGNIFICANTLY. 03:33.033 --> 03:36.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% WE'VE BEEN IN A FREEFALL FOR THE 03:34.800 --> 03:38.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% PAST FEW MONTHS BUT WE HAVE NOT 03:36.533 --> 03:40.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% FALLEN TO THE DEPTHS THAT WE 03:38.433 --> 03:40.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% FELL POST LAST YEAR'S WINTER 03:40.366 --> 03:43.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% SURGE. 03:40.666 --> 03:45.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% AND AGAIN I MEAN WE'VE BEEN IN A 03:43.000 --> 03:46.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% PLATEAU, THINGS ARE TUCKING UP, 03:45.066 --> 03:47.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% SO I THINK UNFORTUNATELY -- 03:46.033 --> 03:48.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% TICKING UP, SO I THINK 03:47.800 --> 03:49.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% UNFORTUNATELY EVEN THOUGH WE 03:48.800 --> 03:52.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% HAVE MORE TOOLS AVAILABLE, 03:49.866 --> 03:52.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% THANKSGIVING COULD PRODUCE 03:52.200 --> 03:54.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ANOTHER SPEWING, AND WE'LL KNOW 03:52.933 --> 03:56.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% IN A WEEK OR TWO. 03:54.366 --> 03:58.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> Bill: LAWRENCE, JUST AS WE 03:56.766 --> 04:00.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% START TO FEEL THAT THINGS ARE 03:58.633 --> 04:03.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% GETTING NORMAL AND WE START 04:00.233 --> 04:06.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ACTING NORMALLY, WE SEE WHAT 04:03.566 --> 04:08.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HAPPENS WITH THIS DELTA VARIANT 04:06.233 --> 04:09.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THAT CAME THROUGH SOME WEEKS AGO 04:08.166 --> 04:12.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IN LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL. 04:09.500 --> 04:13.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% I MEAN, IT REALLY HIT US HARD. 04:12.033 --> 04:14.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Lawrence: YEAH, AND IT'S 04:13.333 --> 04:16.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE 04:14.666 --> 04:17.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% HOW THE BOOSTER SHOTS GO. 04:16.200 --> 04:21.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WE KNOW HOW MUCH OF A STRUGGLE 04:17.900 --> 04:23.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% IT WAS TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE 04:21.000 --> 04:24.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% RIGHT NOW IN THE NUMBER OF 04:23.533 --> 04:25.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% VACCINATIONS, SO THE QUESTION IS 04:24.300 --> 04:28.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE 04:25.466 --> 04:28.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WILLING NOW TO GET THAT THIRD 04:28.400 --> 04:29.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% SHOT. 04:28.733 --> 04:29.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING 04:29.433 --> 04:31.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% TO SEE. 04:29.800 --> 04:33.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THE GOVERNOR OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN 04:31.133 --> 04:34.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% PUSHING GET BOOSTERS, GET 04:33.633 --> 04:35.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% BOOSTERS. 04:34.000 --> 04:36.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% IN FACT, AS WE TAPE THIS COMING 04:35.666 --> 04:38.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% WEEKEND HE'S GOING TO BE 04:36.400 --> 04:39.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% APPEARING IN LOUISVILLE TO 04:38.500 --> 04:41.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% PROMOTE BOOSTER SHOTS, SO IT IS 04:39.433 --> 04:42.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE 04:41.066 --> 04:43.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% IF IT'S GOING TO BE AS MUCH OF A 04:42.766 --> 04:46.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% STRUGGLE TO GET BOOSTERS DONE AS 04:43.900 --> 04:47.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% IT WAS TO GET THE FIRST AND 04:46.500 --> 04:47.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% SECOND DOSES DONE. 04:47.000 --> 04:49.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% >> Alex: AND I THINK TO A 04:47.900 --> 04:50.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% DEGREE IT'S STRATEGIC, YOU KNOW, 04:49.233 --> 04:53.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THIS WEEK THE CDC CAME OUT WITH 04:50.733 --> 04:53.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ITS FULL-THROATED ENDORSEMENT OF 04:53.133 --> 04:55.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% BOOSTERS WHEN. 04:53.800 --> 04:56.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% WHEN WE FIRST LEARNED ABOUT 04:55.333 --> 04:58.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% BOOSTERS, WE WEREN'T SURE IF 04:56.966 --> 05:00.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% THEY WERE GOING TO BE A 04:58.966 --> 05:00.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% REQUIREMENT OR IF IT WAS 05:00.133 --> 05:02.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SOMETHING -- NOT A REQUIREMENT 05:00.900 --> 05:05.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% BUT SOMETHING A WAS OPTIONAL. 05:02.866 --> 05:05.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% NOW WE KNOW THAT IT'S SOMETHING 05:05.033 --> 05:08.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% THAT SEEMS NECESSARY. 05:05.933 --> 05:09.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WE KNOW THAT IMMUNITY FROM THE 05:08.933 --> 05:11.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% VACCINE WANES OVER TIME. 05:09.633 --> 05:13.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% AND SO BESHEAR, AHEAD OF THE 05:11.700 --> 05:15.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% HOLIDAY SEASON, IS SORT OF 05:13.866 --> 05:16.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% PUSHING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 05:15.033 --> 05:17.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THINKING THAT IF YOU ARE FULL 05:16.833 --> 05:20.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% OFY VACCINATED YOU ARE MORE 05:17.866 --> 05:21.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% LIKELY TO GET A BOOSTER DOSE AS 05:20.233 --> 05:23.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY WHO ISN'T 05:21.866 --> 05:23.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% VACCINATED AT YOU WILL TO GET A 05:23.100 --> 05:24.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% VACCINE. 05:23.433 --> 05:26.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% WE KNOW THAT UNVACCINATED PEOPLE 05:24.833 --> 05:28.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ARE STILL THE BIGGEST DRIVER 05:26.466 --> 05:30.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% EVER CASES IN THIS STATE BUT I 05:28.133 --> 05:33.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THINK THIS COULD BE AN ADDED 05:30.433 --> 05:34.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% TOOL TO HELP LIMIT SPREAD IF 05:33.166 --> 05:35.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% MORE VACCINATED PEOPLE WOULD GET 05:34.500 --> 05:36.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% A BOOSTER. 05:35.866 --> 05:37.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> Lawrence: WHAT'S GOING TO 05:36.533 --> 05:39.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% BE INTERESTING, THOUGH, THE 05:37.200 --> 05:41.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% QUESTION IS WHAT ROLE NATURAL 05:39.566 --> 05:44.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IMMUNITY MIGHT LAY IN ALL THIS 05:41.333 --> 05:45.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME, MOST 05:44.300 --> 05:47.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% NOTELY SENATOR RAND PAUL, WHO 05:45.600 --> 05:48.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% DOESN'T OPPOSE THE VACCINE BUT 05:47.000 --> 05:50.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE 05:48.000 --> 05:51.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% NATURAL IMMUNITY, THAT'LL -- 05:50.033 --> 05:53.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IT'S ACTUALLY STRONGER IN SOME 05:51.733 --> 05:55.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% CASES THAN GETTING THE SHOT. 05:53.600 --> 05:56.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% SO WHAT ABOUT THE KIND OF 05:55.233 --> 05:57.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% MESSAGING THAT'S GOING ON 05:56.766 --> 05:58.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% THERE? 05:57.066 --> 05:59.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% >> Alex: I THINK NATURAL 05:58.433 --> 05:59.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% IMMUNITY CERTAINLY EXISTS, 05:59.200 --> 06:01.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% RIGHT? 05:59.500 --> 06:04.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% I THINK OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS 06:01.666 --> 06:06.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WHEN WE HAD THIS PEAK SURGE, I 06:04.300 --> 06:07.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THINK A COMBINATION OF FACTORS 06:06.466 --> 06:08.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% CAUSED US TO SORT OF HIT THE 06:07.466 --> 06:10.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% PEAK AND DROP AGAIN. 06:08.700 --> 06:11.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% I THINK ENOUGH PEOPLE TESTING 06:10.200 --> 06:13.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% POSITIVE AND DEVELOPING NATURAL 06:11.066 --> 06:16.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% IMMUNITY PLAYED A PART, BUT ALSO 06:13.833 --> 06:18.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% ENOUGH PEOPLE GETTING THE 06:16.133 --> 06:18.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% VACCINE PLAYED PROBABLY A BIGGER 06:18.566 --> 06:21.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% PART. 06:18.866 --> 06:22.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% FROM WHAT WE KNOW, NATURAL 06:21.866 --> 06:24.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% IMMUNITY WANES OVER TIME. 06:22.500 --> 06:26.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THE BEST WAY TO KEEP EXTENDED 06:24.700 --> 06:28.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% IMMUNITY FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF 06:26.133 --> 06:29.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% TIME IS THE KEENE BUT THOSE TWO 06:28.000 --> 06:30.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% DEFINITELY, THEY GO HAND IN 06:29.866 --> 06:32.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% HAND. 06:30.166 --> 06:34.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> Bill: RYLAND, HOSPITALS 06:32.100 --> 06:36.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HAVE BEEN SO SLAMMED THIS YEAR, 06:34.133 --> 06:38.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% AND THIS WEEK I TALKED WITH A 06:36.433 --> 06:39.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WOMAN WHO JUST HAD TO TAKE A 06:38.466 --> 06:42.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% BREAK FROM HEALTH CARE. 06:39.400 --> 06:46.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SHE WAS WORKING AS A BREES A IN 06:42.266 --> 06:48.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% A COFFEE BARISTA IN A COFFEE 06:46.633 --> 06:49.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% SHOP BECAUSE SHE SAID SHE HAD 06:48.500 --> 06:51.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% SEEN SO MANY THINGS THAT 06:49.600 --> 06:52.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% COULDN'T BE UNSEEN. 06:51.600 --> 06:54.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WILL WE APPRECIATE OUR HEALTH 06:52.533 --> 06:54.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% CARE WORKERS ANY MORE AFTER 06:54.500 --> 06:56.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% THAT? 06:54.800 --> 06:57.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% ARE WE SHOWING APPROPRIATE 06:56.033 --> 06:58.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% APPRECIATION FOR ALL THEY'VE 06:57.900 --> 06:59.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% BEEN DOING? 06:58.466 --> 07:02.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Ryland: I CERTAINLY HOPE 06:59.966 --> 07:03.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THAT EVERYBODY APPRECIATES OUR 07:02.066 --> 07:04.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% HEALTH CARE WORKERS, AND I'M 07:03.200 --> 07:05.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% SURE THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE 07:04.433 --> 07:09.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% THAT WE CAN DO TO TRY AND 07:05.866 --> 07:10.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% APPRECIATE THEM MORE. 07:09.000 --> 07:13.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THIS IS, IN MY OPINION, THIS IS 07:10.666 --> 07:14.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THE HARDEST JOB IN AMERICA OVER 07:13.066 --> 07:16.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% THE LAST YEAR. 07:14.400 --> 07:17.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THE THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE -- 07:16.300 --> 07:19.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THESE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN, THE LONG 07:17.900 --> 07:22.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HOURS THAT THEY'VE HAD TO WORK, 07:19.633 --> 07:26.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WITH THE LACK OF SUPPORT, THE 07:22.733 --> 07:28.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% PEOPLE SHOWING UP INCREASINGLY 07:26.666 --> 07:30.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% POLITICALLY SCREAMING AT THEM, 07:28.633 --> 07:32.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% SPITTING AT THEM HOW DOES OF 07:30.266 --> 07:32.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% HOSPITALS, WHICH IS JUST 07:32.233 --> 07:33.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% UNCONSCIONABLE. 07:32.700 --> 07:35.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HOW COULD THAT HAPPEN OVER THIS 07:33.666 --> 07:39.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% LAST YEAR WHEN, AGAIN, THESE OUR 07:35.966 --> 07:41.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FRONTLINE OF FRONTLINE WORKERS. 07:39.366 --> 07:44.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SO THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF TALK OF 07:41.900 --> 07:46.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TRYING TO MAKE THAT -- MAKE THAT 07:44.333 --> 07:47.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AN EASIER JOB FOR THESE FOLKS. 07:46.266 --> 07:49.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% ONE HAS BEEN TRYING TO FIND A 07:47.500 --> 07:52.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WAY TO HIRE MORE -- HIRE MORE 07:49.966 --> 07:55.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% HEALTH CARE WORKERS, HIRE MORE 07:52.200 --> 07:56.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% NURSES AND PHYSICIANS ASSISTANTS 07:55.800 --> 07:56.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% ASSISTANTS. 07:56.200 --> 07:58.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THERE HAVE BEEN PROPOSALS BOTH 07:56.933 --> 08:01.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% FROM LEGISLATURE AND FROM 07:58.200 --> 08:04.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% GOVERNOR BESHEAR TO HAVE SOME 08:01.800 --> 08:07.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HERO PAY TO HELP REWARD SOME OF 08:04.866 --> 08:08.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THESE WORKERS OR TO JUST IF I AM 08:07.066 --> 08:10.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% A LITTLE BIT OF THAT HOLE THAT 08:08.933 --> 08:11.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% HAS BEEN DUG OVER THE LAST 08:10.666 --> 08:12.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% YEAR. 08:11.000 --> 08:13.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% IT'S A POLITICAL FOOTBALL THAT'S 08:12.966 --> 08:16.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% GONE BACK AND FORTH OVER THE 08:13.966 --> 08:17.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% COURSE OF THIS FALL BUT IT'S. 08:16.700 --> 08:19.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S 08:17.366 --> 08:20.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% GOING TO COME BACK UP IN THIS 08:19.866 --> 08:23.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% UPCOMING ECLECTIC SESSION. 08:20.966 --> 08:23.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% SUPPOSEDLY 1st $400 MILLION 08:23.366 --> 08:27.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% AROUND. 08:23.700 --> 08:28.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% THAT'S WHAT GOVERNOR ANDY 08:27.800 --> 08:29.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% BESHEAR SUGGESTED EXTRA AMERICAN 08:28.566 --> 08:31.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% CARE PLAN WORKERS TO GO TO FRONT 08:29.500 --> 08:31.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% LYE AND OTHER HELICOPTER WORKERS 08:31.033 --> 08:32.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% AS WELL. 08:31.500 --> 08:33.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THAT'LL BE TAKEN UP IN JANUARY. 08:32.866 --> 08:36.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Bill: YOU MENTIONED SOME 08:33.800 --> 08:38.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% POLITICS IN THERE SO LET'S SHIFT 08:36.100 --> 08:41.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SOME GEARS TO THAT AS THIS YEAR 08:38.100 --> 08:41.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IN PROPOSING UP, 2022 IS GOING 08:41.200 --> 08:42.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% TO BE AN EXCITING POLITICAL 08:41.966 --> 08:43.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% YEAR. 08:42.266 --> 08:45.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WE HAVE RACES FROM U.S. SENATE 08:43.233 --> 08:47.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% DOWN TO LEGISLATIVE AND LOCAL 08:45.633 --> 08:49.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% CONTESTS, MAYORS AND SHERIFFS 08:47.300 --> 08:50.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% AND COUNTY JUDGE EXECUTIVES AND 08:49.000 --> 08:55.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS BEING VOTED 08:50.900 --> 08:57.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% FOR AND ON NEXT YEAR. 08:55.000 --> 08:58.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% SO I GUESS THE SENATE RACE IS 08:57.133 --> 09:00.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ONE WE'LL WATCH CERTAIN BUT, 08:58.700 --> 09:02.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% LAWRENCE, THAT 3rd DISTRICT 09:00.466 --> 09:04.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% U.S. HOUSE RACE, THE OPEN SEAT 09:02.600 --> 09:04.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% WILL BE ONE THAT WILL BE AN 09:04.133 --> 09:06.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% EXCITING RACE. 09:04.566 --> 09:06.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% >> Lawrence: YEAH, THAT'S 09:06.533 --> 09:08.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% INTERESTING. 09:06.933 --> 09:09.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% REPRESENTATIVE ATTICA SCOTT 09:08.333 --> 09:12.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% JUMPED IN THAT RACE EARLY ON AND 09:09.733 --> 09:13.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% MANY OF US WONDERED WHY IS SHE 09:12.700 --> 09:17.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% CHALLENGING JOHN YARMOUTH. 09:13.600 --> 09:18.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THAT'S ALMOST A SUICIDE MIDGETS 09:17.066 --> 09:20.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% MIGHT SEEM BUT NOW SHE LOOKS 09:18.733 --> 09:22.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SMART BECAUSE JOHN YARMOUTH SAID 09:20.233 --> 09:23.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% HE'S NOT GOING TO RUN FOR 09:22.433 --> 09:24.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% RE-ELECTION. 09:23.033 --> 09:26.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% SO SHE IS IN THE RACE. 09:24.666 --> 09:27.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% ALSO THE CURRENT STATE LEADER 09:26.433 --> 09:29.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% MORGAN McGARVEY JUMPED IN 09:27.700 --> 09:30.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% RAISE P A LOT OF MONEY. 09:29.800 --> 09:31.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% THAT'S GOING TO BE AN 09:30.800 --> 09:33.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% INTERESTING RACE, AND ONE IN 09:31.733 --> 09:34.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WHICH DEMOCRATS BECAUSE OF THE 09:33.100 --> 09:36.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% REG EDGES IN THEIR DISTRICT ARE 09:34.500 --> 09:37.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% GOING TO HAVE AN DISTINCT 09:36.000 --> 09:39.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% SAN FRANCISCO TO KEEP THAT 09:37.166 --> 09:39.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% SEAT. 09:39.233 --> 09:40.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% >> Ryland: 09:39.600 --> 09:42.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% >> Billy: RYLAND, TUESDAY 09:40.266 --> 09:45.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% SENATE RACE IS LIKELY TO BE 09:42.666 --> 09:45.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% INTEREST IN STATE AND GET NOTED 09:45.133 --> 09:49.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% OUT OF STATE. 09:45.600 --> 09:51.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Ryland: AT THIS POINT IT 09:49.333 --> 09:53.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% THAT PIERCE TO BE WON FOR 09:51.400 --> 09:54.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% CHARLES BOOKER AND CURRENT 09:53.066 --> 09:56.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% REPUBLICAN SENATOR RAND PAUL. 09:54.766 --> 09:57.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% CHARLES BOOKER IS THE MOST 09:56.200 --> 09:57.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% PROMINENT DEMOCRAT IN THE RACE 09:57.000 --> 09:58.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% SO FAR. 09:57.833 --> 10:00.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION 09:58.700 --> 10:01.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% OVER THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR 10:00.466 --> 10:02.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WHETHER ANOTHER BIG DEMOCRAT 10:01.666 --> 10:03.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% WOULD TRY AND GET INTO THIS 10:02.800 --> 10:05.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% RACE. 10:03.100 --> 10:06.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THERE IS STILL A LULL MORE TIME 10:05.400 --> 10:09.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% UNTIL JANUARY SO WE COULD SEE. 10:06.600 --> 10:11.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IT WAS INTERESTING, EARLIER IN 10:09.033 --> 10:12.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% NOVEMBER CONGRESSMAN YARMOUTH 10:11.866 --> 10:15.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ENDORSED CHARLES BOOKER, SO, YOU 10:12.866 --> 10:15.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A BIT OF A 10:15.366 --> 10:19.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% FIELD-CLEARING MOVE. 10:15.933 --> 10:20.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT -- 10:19.000 --> 10:21.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% MIGHT MAKE SOME DPS WHO ARE ON 10:20.000 --> 10:23.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THE SIDELINES A LITTLE BIT MORE 10:21.166 --> 10:24.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% WARY OF TOSSING THEIR HATS INTO 10:23.266 --> 10:28.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% THE RING. 10:24.033 --> 10:30.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% BUT, YEAH, THIS ONE'S BEEN TYPED 10:28.200 --> 10:33.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FOR A WHILE SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 10:30.466 --> 10:34.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% A CHARLES BOOKER-RAND PAUL 2022 10:33.566 --> 10:34.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% RACE. 10:34.000 --> 10:39.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Lawrence: WE ALSO SHOULD 10:34.966 --> 10:40.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% MENTION THERE ARE A BIG MAYOR IN 10:39.666 --> 10:41.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% LOUISVILLE. 10:40.066 --> 10:42.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% GREG FISCHER IS TERMED OUT. 10:41.000 --> 10:44.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THAT SEAT IS GOING TO BE OPEN. 10:42.533 --> 10:45.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% THERE'S A BIG BATTLE 10:44.400 --> 10:47.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% PARTICULARLY AMONG DPS FOR THAT 10:45.133 --> 10:49.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SEAT, AND THERE'S A REPUBLICAN 10:47.133 --> 10:49.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% MAYOR OF J-TOWN IS ALSO IN THAT 10:49.100 --> 10:52.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% RACE. 10:49.400 --> 10:54.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% SO REPUBLICANS HOPE THEY CAN 10:52.600 --> 10:56.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% MAYBE TAKE THE MAYOR'S RACE BUT 10:54.100 --> 10:58.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY 10:56.666 --> 10:59.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% UPHILL CLIMB AGAIN BECAUSE OF 10:58.866 --> 11:02.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% REGISTRATION IN LOUISVILLE. 10:59.533 --> 11:04.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Ryland: BEFORE WE LEAVE THE 11:02.100 --> 11:05.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% LOUISVILLE POLITICS TOPIC, IT'S 11:04.966 --> 11:09.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IMPORTANT TO MENTION REPORTERS 11:05.700 --> 11:11.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% HAVE EITHER GOTTEN CLOSE IN 11:09.966 --> 11:13.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% RISERS IAN HELD SEATS. 11:11.666 --> 11:18.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ANN NORTHROP WAS CONGRESS ARE YA 11:13.566 --> 11:18.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% MOTH'S PREDECESSOR SHE'S A 11:18.033 --> 11:19.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% REPUBLICAN. 11:18.433 --> 11:20.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% >> Billy: HAL HEINER. 11:19.000 --> 11:20.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% >> Ryland: GREG FISCHER, 11:20.466 --> 11:22.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% 2010. 11:20.766 --> 11:26.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SO REPUBLICANS ARE ALWAYS FRYING 11:22.633 --> 11:27.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TO WIN THIS SEAT, AND THEIR BEST 11:26.266 --> 11:28.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% CHANCE, AT LEAST IN A 11:27.233 --> 11:32.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% CONGRESSIONAL RACE OR A MAYORAL 11:28.866 --> 11:33.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ELECTION, IS WHEN THERE'S AN 11:32.200 --> 11:35.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% OPEN SEAT BUNCH LET'S LOOK AT 11:33.500 --> 11:35.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% THIS. 11:35.500 --> 11:37.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:10% THE. 11:35.766 --> 11:39.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% PARTY REGISTRATION THE TRENDLINE 11:37.066 --> 11:41.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% HAS WEAN NARROWINGS. 11:39.233 --> 11:42.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% MORE KENTUCKIANS ARE REGISTERING 11:41.100 --> 11:44.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% AS REPUBLICAN REPUBLICANS AND 11:42.033 --> 11:44.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% DEMOCRATS ARE LEAVING THE 11:44.033 --> 11:45.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% PARTY. 11:44.333 --> 11:46.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% DPS HAVE HISTORICALLY DOMINATED 11:45.233 --> 11:47.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% THE REGISTRATION. 11:46.100 --> 11:49.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THEY STILL LEAD BUT YOU CAN SEE 11:47.433 --> 11:50.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FROM THESE NEW NUMBERS FROM THE 11:49.266 --> 11:53.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, 11:50.800 --> 11:55.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% DEMOCRATIC REGISTRATION NOW 11:53.866 --> 11:58.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% OUTPACES REPUBLICAN REGISTRANTS 11:55.066 --> 12:00.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% BY JUST ABOUT 55,000 VOTERS. 11:58.500 --> 12:02.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% LAWRENCE, WOULD IT APPEAR THAT 12:00.300 --> 12:03.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% REPUBLICANS WILL SOON OUTNUMBER 12:02.200 --> 12:05.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% DEMOCRATS IN KENTUCKY? 12:03.800 --> 12:06.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Lawrence: CERTAINLY IF THAT 12:05.166 --> 12:08.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% TREND CONTINUES, THEY WILL. 12:06.600 --> 12:09.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IT'S BEEN GOING THAT DIRECTION 12:08.233 --> 12:11.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, WHICH IS 12:09.700 --> 12:12.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% AMAZING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN 12:11.300 --> 12:13.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% COVERING POLITICS IN KENTUCKY 12:12.233 --> 12:14.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% FOR A LONG TIME. 12:13.700 --> 12:16.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% DEMOCRATS DOMINATED IN 12:14.833 --> 12:17.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% REGISTRATION FOR SO LONG, AND 12:16.366 --> 12:20.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% NOW THAT NUMBER IS NARROWING 12:17.700 --> 12:21.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% DOWN TO THE POINT WHEREAS SOME 12:20.233 --> 12:23.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% POINT IT SEEMED THAT REPUBLICANS 12:21.966 --> 12:25.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% WILL OVERTAKE THEM IN 12:23.733 --> 12:26.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% REGISTRATION, BUT EVEN THOSE WHO 12:25.033 --> 12:27.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% ARE REGISTERED DEMOCRATS HAVE 12:26.900 --> 12:30.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% BEEN VOTING REPUBLICAN FOR A 12:27.866 --> 12:31.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% LOANING TIME ANYWAY, SO THE 12:30.166 --> 12:34.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% REGISTRATION IS BEGINNING TO 12:31.200 --> 12:34.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% MATCH HOW THEY VOTE IN THE 12:34.033 --> 12:35.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% POLLS. 12:34.466 --> 12:36.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> Bill: I WITH AN TO HAVE A 12:35.366 --> 12:39.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% QUICK DISCUSSION ON THIS. 12:36.466 --> 12:40.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% NATIONAL POLITICS IS SO DIVISIVE 12:39.166 --> 12:42.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% AND SO UBIQUITOUS THESE DAYS 12:40.733 --> 12:43.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% THAT IT MAKES ITS WAY INTO 12:42.633 --> 12:44.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THANKSGIVING CONVERSATIONS -- 12:43.333 --> 12:46.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE 12:44.000 --> 12:48.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THERE FOR YOU -- AND GEORGETOWN 12:46.400 --> 12:49.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% MAYOR TOM PRATHER WHO IS NOT 12:48.000 --> 12:52.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION NEXT 12:49.233 --> 12:54.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% YEAR TOLD ME IN AN INTERVIEW FOR 12:52.500 --> 12:55.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% KWYT THAT TOO OFTEN IT IS 12:54.166 --> 12:56.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% SEEPING INTO PREVIOUSLY 12:55.900 --> 12:58.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% NON-PARTISAN PLACES LIKE MANY OF 12:56.900 --> 13:02.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% OUR CITY HALLS. 12:58.233 --> 13:04.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% >> IT'S BECOME A VERY TROUBLING 13:02.800 --> 13:07.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% TREND, BILL. 13:04.666 --> 13:08.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% WE SEE THE INTENTS PARTISAN 13:07.266 --> 13:11.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% NATURE OF POLITICS THAT EXISTS 13:08.933 --> 13:12.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% ON THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL 13:11.366 --> 13:14.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% BECOMING MORE AND MORE PREVALENT 13:12.233 --> 13:16.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% IN OUR LOCAL ISSUES. 13:14.866 --> 13:18.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% I'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT LOCAL 13:16.700 --> 13:20.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% GOVERNMENT IS THE PLACE WHERE WE 13:18.133 --> 13:22.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% LOOK FOR LOCAL SOLUTIONS. 13:20.666 --> 13:24.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% NOT POLITICAL SOLUTIONS OR PARTY 13:22.933 --> 13:27.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% AFFILIATED SOLUTIONS. 13:24.400 --> 13:28.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% >> Bill: SO WE ARE SEEING 13:27.666 --> 13:30.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% MAYOR PRATHER'S CONCERNS THAT 13:28.400 --> 13:31.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SEEM TO BE PLAYING OUT AT SCHOOL 13:30.200 --> 13:34.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% BOARD MEETINGS AND COUNCIL 13:31.966 --> 13:36.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% CHAMBERS AND THESE NATIONAL 13:34.666 --> 13:38.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% NARRATIVES, LAWRENCE, ARE 13:36.000 --> 13:40.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% GETTING MIXED INTO THE LOOK AT 13:38.733 --> 13:42.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HOW TO DEAL WITH THE SIDEWALKS. 13:40.900 --> 13:45.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> Lawrence: YEAH, I THINK 13:42.133 --> 13:45.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% FUELED IN PART BY, OF COURSE, 13:45.233 --> 13:47.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% 24-HOUR NEWSCHANNEL BUT ALSO BY 13:45.966 --> 13:49.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% SOCIAL MEDIA. 13:47.633 --> 13:50.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THESE ISSUES GET INTERMINGLED 13:49.400 --> 13:52.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% WITH SOME LOCAL ISSUES BUT I 13:50.800 --> 13:54.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THINK AT THIS POINT I THINK 13:52.466 --> 13:57.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% POLITICIANS ARE AT THEIR PERIL 13:54.500 --> 13:57.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% TO DISMISS THESE CONCERNS. 13:57.033 --> 13:59.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THEY HAVE TOADLESS THEM WHEN 13:57.733 --> 14:01.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THEY COME UP IN CITY HALL FOR TO 13:59.633 --> 14:02.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% ADDRESS THEM WHEN THEY COME UP 14:01.200 --> 14:04.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% IN CITY HALL OR IN SCHOOL BOARDS 14:02.766 --> 14:06.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% BECAUSE WE SAW IN VIRGINIA THAT 14:04.266 --> 14:08.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THAT'S WHAT FUELED A REPUBLICAN 14:06.133 --> 14:10.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% WIN THERE IS CONCERNS ABOUT 14:08.966 --> 14:12.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% EDUCATION, AND TEACHING THEM 14:10.500 --> 14:13.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE CRITICAL 14:12.233 --> 14:14.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% RACE THEORY AND THINGS LIKE 14:13.900 --> 14:15.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% THAT. 14:14.200 --> 14:16.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% THEY'RE COMING UP AND 14:15.100 --> 14:17.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% POLITICIANS CAN'T IGNORE IT. 14:16.533 --> 14:17.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% IT'S THERE. 14:17.000 --> 14:19.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> Bill: AND SOMETIMES IT IS 14:17.866 --> 14:21.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HARD TO REMOVE IT FROM THE FACT 14:19.400 --> 14:23.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THAT THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN 14:21.266 --> 14:24.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ACT, FOR INSTANCE, VOTED ON FOR 14:23.666 --> 14:28.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% BY DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON IS 14:24.833 --> 14:30.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% NOW COMING TO THE LOCAL 14:28.500 --> 14:31.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% GOVERNMENT LEVELS TO BE SPENT. 14:30.266 --> 14:32.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 14:31.466 --> 14:34.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THAT 14:32.500 --> 14:36.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% MONEY, AND IT APPEARS THEY WILL 14:34.666 --> 14:36.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% EXTEND IT, RIGHT? 14:36.333 --> 14:38.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% >> Lawrence: SURE. 14:36.966 --> 14:39.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% IT'S GOING TO BE UP TO STATE 14:38.366 --> 14:40.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% GOVERNMENTS BUT ALSO LOCAL 14:39.666 --> 14:44.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% GOVERNMENTS TO DECIDE HOW TO 14:40.700 --> 14:46.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SPEND THIS MONEY, AND YOU HAVE A 14:44.000 --> 14:48.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% LOT OF HANDS OUT WANTING TO GET 14:46.000 --> 14:49.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% SOME OF THIS FEDERAL MONEY. 14:48.700 --> 14:51.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Ryland: ESPECIALLY DURING A 14:49.933 --> 14:53.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% PANDEMIC WHEN ALL THIS RELIEF 14:51.133 --> 14:53.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% MONEY IS COMING IN, I THINK THAT 14:53.000 --> 14:55.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ANY REPUBLICAN LEADER WHO WINDS 14:53.733 --> 14:56.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% UP WITH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF 14:55.233 --> 14:58.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% DOLLARS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 14:56.766 --> 15:00.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SPEND TO THE BENEFIT THE PEOPLE 14:58.400 --> 15:01.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% OF THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR 15:00.200 --> 15:03.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THEIR STATE IS GOING TO THINK 15:01.600 --> 15:04.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WISELY ABOUT HOW TO TRY AND DO 15:03.766 --> 15:05.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% THAT. 15:04.066 --> 15:06.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> Lawrence: AND YOU'RE GOING 15:05.400 --> 15:08.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FOR A LOFTY POLITICIANS WANTING 15:06.700 --> 15:09.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THIS BRIDGE 15:08.100 --> 15:11.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THAT WAS BUILT OR THIS ROAD THAT 15:09.633 --> 15:12.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% WAS PAVED, SO THAT'LL BE A 15:11.866 --> 15:13.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% FACTOR AS WELL. 15:12.566 --> 15:15.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% >> Bill: ON THE ECONOMY, 15:13.800 --> 15:16.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% LAWRENCE, WE HAVE A RECORD 15:15.900 --> 15:17.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% $10 BILLION IN ECONOMIC 15:16.566 --> 15:19.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS 15:17.400 --> 15:20.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% YEAR, EVEN AS WE HAVE THESE 15:19.433 --> 15:23.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WORKFORCE ISSUES IN KENTUCKY, 15:20.433 --> 15:25.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% BUT ARE WE EARNING A PLACE AS 15:23.000 --> 15:26.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% A -- AS A GOOD SPOT TO DO 15:25.633 --> 15:26.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% BUSINESS? 15:26.000 --> 15:27.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Lawrence: WELL, THIS IS THE 15:26.833 --> 15:32.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ISSUE THAT ANDY BESHEAR, THE 15:27.900 --> 15:34.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% GOVERNOR, IS GOING TO RUN ON. 15:32.000 --> 15:35.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% HE'S SAID IT A THOUSAND TIMES, 15:34.100 --> 15:36.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THAT THE ECONOMY IN KENTUCKY IS 15:35.833 --> 15:38.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% ON FIRE. 15:36.833 --> 15:39.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SO THIS IS GOING TO BE HIS BIG 15:38.400 --> 15:42.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ISSUE, ALONG WITH COVID, BUT THE 15:39.933 --> 15:43.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% BIG ISSUE HE'S GOING TO RUN ON 15:42.633 --> 15:44.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% IS ALL THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 15:43.633 --> 15:46.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% PROJECTS HE'S ATTRACTED TO THE 15:44.866 --> 15:49.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% STATE WITH FOREMOST BEING THE 15:46.600 --> 15:52.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% BIG FORD BATTERY PLANT THAT IS 15:49.666 --> 15:53.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% BEING BUILT IN HARDIN COUNTY. 15:52.066 --> 15:56.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% YEAH, THIS IS SOMETHING THE 15:53.733 --> 15:57.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% GOVERNOR IS GOING TO -- IT 15:56.133 --> 15:58.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WASN'T TO TAKE CREDIT FOR, IS 15:57.133 --> 15:59.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% TAKING CREDIT FOR AND IS GOING 15:58.900 --> 16:01.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% TO RUN HARD ON. 15:59.733 --> 16:02.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% >> Bill: AS WE HIT THE 16:01.300 --> 16:03.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% HOLIDAYS STORE KEEPERS AND 16:02.400 --> 16:05.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% INVESTORS KNOW THE TRENDS ARE 16:03.900 --> 16:06.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% STRONG OUT THERE BUT THERE ARE 16:05.466 --> 16:07.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SOME REAL CHALLENGES WITH SUPPLY 16:06.533 --> 16:08.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% CHAIN ISSUES AND FINDING OF 16:07.866 --> 16:10.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% STAFF. 16:08.433 --> 16:11.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% LISA BENSON FROM LOUISVILLE 16:10.266 --> 16:13.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% BUSINESS FIRST JOINS US NOW. 16:11.933 --> 16:13.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% LISA, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH 16:13.033 --> 16:14.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:7.5% US. 16:13.366 --> 16:16.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 16:14.433 --> 16:16.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING 16:16.366 --> 16:18.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% ME, BILL. 16:16.733 --> 16:20.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> Bill: AS THIS PROGRAM RUNS 16:18.200 --> 16:21.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% ON BLACK FRIDAY, WHAT ARE SOME 16:20.700 --> 16:23.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% TRENDS THAT RETAILERS WATCHING 16:21.566 --> 16:25.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% AS THEY TRY TO STOCK THEIR 16:23.633 --> 16:26.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% SHELVES AND HOPE TO RING UP 16:25.500 --> 16:28.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% THOSE SALES? 16:26.066 --> 16:30.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> WELL, I HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR 16:28.933 --> 16:31.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% CHRISTMAS SHOPPING ALREADY DONE, 16:30.133 --> 16:33.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% BILL BECAUSE THE NATIONAL RETAIL 16:31.900 --> 16:34.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% FEDERATION CAME OUT WITH ITS 16:33.200 --> 16:35.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% HOLIDAY SALES FORECAST AND 16:34.200 --> 16:38.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THEY'RE SAYING THAT SPENDING IS 16:35.733 --> 16:40.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% EXPECTED TO BE UP BETWEEN 8.5 16:38.366 --> 16:42.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% AND 10.5% OVER 2020 AND REACH AS 16:40.233 --> 16:44.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% HIGH AS ABOUT 859 BUILDINGS THIS 16:42.800 --> 16:47.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% YEAR SO THAT WOULD RANK AS THE 16:44.633 --> 16:47.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HIGHEST HOLIDAY RETAIL SALES ON 16:47.033 --> 16:49.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% RECORD. 16:47.366 --> 16:51.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AND RETAILERS HAVE BEEN REALLY 16:49.100 --> 16:53.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% RAMPING UP IN PREPARATION FOR 16:51.600 --> 16:54.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THAT, INVESTING IN THEIR SUPPLY 16:53.000 --> 16:55.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% CHAINS AND ENSURING THAT THEY 16:54.133 --> 16:55.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% CAN KEEP PRODUCTS ON THE 16:55.300 --> 16:57.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% SHELVES. 16:55.733 --> 16:59.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WALMART, TARGET AND HOME DEPOT 16:57.466 --> 17:01.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% HAVE REALLY BEEN AT THE 16:59.066 --> 17:02.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% FOREFRONT OF THIS DOING A HUGE A 17:01.533 --> 17:05.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% AMOUNT OF PREBUYING PRIOR TO THE 17:02.700 --> 17:07.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% HOLIDAYS AND THEY GET A LOT OF 17:05.400 --> 17:09.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% VIP TREATMENT TO MAKE SURE THEIR 17:07.800 --> 17:10.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% STORES WILL BE WELL STOCK BUT 17:09.033 --> 17:11.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WHERE IT'S LIKELY TO BE A LOT 17:10.433 --> 17:12.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TOUGHER IS ON THE SMALL BUSINESS 17:11.933 --> 17:14.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% SIDE. 17:12.233 --> 17:17.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% HALF OF ALL SMALL BUSINESS 17:14.066 --> 17:18.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% OWNERS SAY THEY EXPECT INVENTORY 17:17.800 --> 17:20.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SHORTAGES COOKED TO DOOLING.COM 17:18.700 --> 17:21.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AND THE BUSINESSES I TALKED TO 17:20.500 --> 17:24.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% TELL ME JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING 17:21.766 --> 17:27.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% MAKES ITS WAY TO TAKE LONGER 17:24.466 --> 17:29.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THROUGH THE CHAIN, PRICES BEGIN 17:27.400 --> 17:30.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% TO ESCALATE AND THEY'RE FACING 17:29.833 --> 17:32.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% EXTREME CHALLENGES TO THE LABOR 17:30.700 --> 17:35.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% SIDE AND THE NUMBER OF 17:32.133 --> 17:39.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% BUSINESSES THAT REPORTED 17:35.866 --> 17:40.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% UNPHILADELPHIA JOB OPTION IS THE 17:39.600 --> 17:42.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% HIGHEST IN THAT BE FIVE YEARS. 17:40.500 --> 17:43.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> Bill: LET'S JUMP TO THE 17:42.766 --> 17:45.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WORKER SHORTAGE THAT IS REALLY 17:43.766 --> 17:48.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IN KENTUCKY WE HAVE ONE OF THE 17:45.733 --> 17:49.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% MIEST QUIT RATES IN THE NATION. 17:48.066 --> 17:50.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SO HOW ARE KENTUCKY BUSINESSES 17:49.800 --> 17:51.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% HANDLE THAT? 17:50.466 --> 17:54.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TRYING TO GET ENOUGH PEOPLE, YOU 17:51.766 --> 17:55.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% KNOW, TO GET THOSE ORDERS FILLED 17:54.000 --> 17:57.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% OR CUSTOMERS SERVED. 17:55.300 --> 17:59.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> IT'S A DELICATE BALANCE. 17:57.633 --> 18:01.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WE'VE BEEN HEARING FOR MONTHS 17:59.000 --> 18:02.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% ABOUT THIS GREAT RESIGNATION AND 18:01.633 --> 18:03.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% IT'S PITTING SOME STATES 18:02.333 --> 18:04.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% PARTICULARLY HARD, KENTUCKY AS 18:03.600 --> 18:06.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% YOU MENTIONED. 18:04.233 --> 18:08.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THERE'S THAT DATA FROM PAYROLL 18:06.600 --> 18:10.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% COMPANY GUSTO WHICH HAS BEEN 18:08.533 --> 18:11.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% TRACKING THOSE QUIT RATES ACROSS 18:10.500 --> 18:13.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:30% THE COUNTRY. 18:11.566 --> 18:16.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% KENTUCKY SAW A QUIT RATE AT 4% 18:13.500 --> 18:17.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SO THAT PUTS US OUTSIDE THE TOP 18:16.200 --> 18:17.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% TEN FOR WORKERS QUITTING THEIR 18:17.366 --> 18:19.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% JOBS. 18:17.666 --> 18:20.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% IT'S A TOUGH TIME FOR BUSINESSES 18:19.200 --> 18:22.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% TO BE DEALING WITH THIS AS WE 18:20.333 --> 18:24.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% HEAD INTO THE HOLIDAYS. 18:22.566 --> 18:25.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% COMPANIES LIKE APES THAT NEED TO 18:24.400 --> 18:27.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% MYER A LOT OF SEASONAL WORKERS 18:25.433 --> 18:28.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% ARE TRYING TO EP THE UP THEIR 18:27.400 --> 18:31.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WAGES AND BENEFITS TO COMPETE. 18:28.733 --> 18:33.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% LOUISVILLE AMENDS IS ONE OF THE 18:31.800 --> 18:35.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% LARGEST EMPLOYERS AND NEEDS TO 18:33.333 --> 18:38.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% HIRE 1500 FOR THE SEASON SO IT'S 18:35.633 --> 18:40.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% STARTING WAGE A $18, GIVING SIGN 18:38.966 --> 18:43.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ONE-BLOCK BONUSES OF $3,000 AND 18:40.500 --> 18:43.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SOMETIMES TACKING ON ANOTHER $3 18:43.333 --> 18:44.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% A SHIFT. 18:43.700 --> 18:46.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% >> Bill: SO THERE'S 18:44.666 --> 18:46.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% COMPETITION OUT THERE FOR THOSE 18:46.000 --> 18:47.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% WORKERS. 18:46.333 --> 18:49.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% THERE IS GOOD NEWS FOR 18:47.833 --> 18:50.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% LOUISVILLE AND SOME OF THIS 18:49.066 --> 18:52.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FEDERAL MONEY THAT'S COMING IN, 18:50.100 --> 18:53.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% MORE THAN $1 BILLION FROM THE 18:52.033 --> 18:56.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THERE'S 18:53.700 --> 18:58.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% SOMETHING CALLED 9th STREET 18:56.633 --> 18:58.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% REIMAGINED THAT MAY BE GETTING 18:58.133 --> 19:01.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% SOME HELP? 18:58.800 --> 19:02.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> YEAH, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO 19:01.000 --> 19:05.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% RECORD ON A STORY THAT HAS THE 19:02.833 --> 19:06.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% "B" WORD IN IT, AND THERE IS THE 19:05.166 --> 19:09.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% POSSIBILITY THAT LOUISVILLE 19:06.133 --> 19:11.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% COULD SEE A BILLION DOLLARS THE 19:09.033 --> 19:12.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% NEXT FIVE YEARS DEPENDING ON HOW 19:11.633 --> 19:13.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IT LEVERAGES THE FEDERAL FUNDS 19:12.533 --> 19:14.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED ALREADY 19:13.600 --> 19:15.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% AND WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO 19:14.966 --> 19:16.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:10% GET. 19:15.233 --> 19:23.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% MAYOR GREG FISCHER WAS AT THE 19:16.033 --> 19:24.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% WHITE HOUSE RECENTLY WHEN 19:23.433 --> 19:26.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE JOBS 19:24.166 --> 19:27.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% ACT AND LOUISVILLE IS WPDE TO 19:26.700 --> 19:29.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% RECEIVE $5 MILLION. 19:27.233 --> 19:29.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% NEACE IN A BIGS TO THE MONEY 19:29.166 --> 19:31.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% ALREADY RECEIVED FROM THE 19:29.933 --> 19:31.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND CARES 19:31.200 --> 19:33.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:10% ACT. 19:31.466 --> 19:34.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% SO THAT'S ABOUT $1 MILLION TO 19:33.100 --> 19:35.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% RESHAPE OUR CITY. 19:34.400 --> 19:37.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% AND ONE PROJECT BEING CONSIDERED 19:35.833 --> 19:40.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% IS SOMETHING CAUD THE 9th 19:37.233 --> 19:42.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% STREET REIMAGINED PROJECT THAT 19:40.133 --> 19:44.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WOULD -- THE 9th STREET WHICH 19:42.666 --> 19:45.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HAS HISTORICALLY SEPARATED WEST 19:44.400 --> 19:47.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% LOUISVILLE AND DOWNTOWN, SO THIS 19:45.933 --> 19:50.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% EFFORT WOULD REWORK THAT 19:47.733 --> 19:53.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% CORRIDOR TO MAKE IT MORE 19:50.166 --> 19:56.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, CREATE MORE 19:53.700 --> 19:57.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% GREEN SPACE AND PUBLIC ART. 19:56.733 --> 19:59.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Bill: LOUVRE BUSINESS FIRST 19:57.466 --> 19:59.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% HAS ITS OWN NICHE PROJECT 19:59.266 --> 20:00.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% UNDERWAY. 19:59.700 --> 20:02.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% YOU'RE GOING TO BE COVERING 20:00.600 --> 20:03.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% INNOVATION IN KENTUCKY, RIGHT? 20:02.366 --> 20:06.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% >> THEY'RE. 20:03.433 --> 20:09.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% KENTUCKY I KNOW HAS A BLAND NEW 20:06.233 --> 20:11.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% INITIATIVE TO COVER INNOVATION 20:09.166 --> 20:11.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% NEWS HAPPENINGS RADIOS ACROSS 20:11.266 --> 20:14.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% THE COMMONWEALTH. 20:11.766 --> 20:17.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% IT'S DIGITAL PLATFORM ABOUT 20:14.466 --> 20:18.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% START-UP BUSINESSES, 20:17.533 --> 20:19.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ENTREPRENEURS ENTREPRENEURS, 20:18.200 --> 20:21.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% TRENDS IMPACTING INNOVATION 20:19.266 --> 20:22.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% ACROSS THE STATE IT. 20:21.500 --> 20:23.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% IT HAD COVERS OUT OF THE 20:22.666 --> 20:25.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% LOUISVILLE AREA AND INTO THE 20:23.766 --> 20:27.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% STATE FOR THE FIRST TYPE. 20:25.533 --> 20:28.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Bill: QUICKLY YOU'VE DONE A 20:27.200 --> 20:30.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% STORY ABOUT THE CHALLENGE THAT 20:28.533 --> 20:30.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% FEMALE BUSINESS FOUNDERS FACE IN 20:30.033 --> 20:32.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:22.5% KENTUCKY. 20:30.400 --> 20:33.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% IT CAN BE AN UPHILL CLIMB. 20:32.200 --> 20:35.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% >> ABSOLUTELY. 20:33.700 --> 20:38.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% OUR REPORTER HALEY COPEN TOOK A 20:35.766 --> 20:39.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% LOOK A TRENDS IN CAPITAL 20:38.300 --> 20:41.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% INVESTMENT AND 20 WAS A BANNER 20:39.866 --> 20:43.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% YEAR FOR THESE STARTUPS ACROSS 20:41.100 --> 20:45.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% THE BOARD LANDING 16% MORE 20:43.933 --> 20:48.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% VENTURE DOLLARS THAN 2019 BUT 20:45.800 --> 20:50.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% UNFORTUNATELY FEMALE-LED 20:48.833 --> 20:53.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% INVESTMENTS SAW THEIR COMPANIES 20:50.033 --> 20:55.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% FALL BY 3% AND -- 20:53.633 --> 20:57.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THE REASONS THAT ARE UNDER LYING 20:55.600 --> 20:58.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THAT DISPARATE AND TALKED TO A 20:57.466 --> 21:00.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% NUMBER OF WOMEN ABOUT THEIR 20:58.600 --> 21:01.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% EXPERIENCE RAISING MONEY FOR 21:00.200 --> 21:05.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THEIR STARR-UP IN KENTUCKY. 21:01.800 --> 21:06.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% IT REVEALED THAT FEMALE 21:05.066 --> 21:06.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% ENTREPRENEURS CAN STRUGGLE WITH 21:06.133 --> 21:08.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% MAKING CONNECTIONS. 21:06.833 --> 21:09.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE ARE A 21:08.900 --> 21:12.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% NUMBER OF SUPPORTS AVAILABLE TO 21:09.866 --> 21:13.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% HELP REVERSE THAT TREND. 21:12.100 --> 21:16.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THESE ARE THE KIND OF STORIES 21:13.400 --> 21:17.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:42.5% WE'RE WORKING ON. 21:16.666 --> 21:19.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Bill: LISA BENSON, THANK 21:17.566 --> 21:19.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% YOU FOR JOINING FOURS LOUISVILLE 21:19.133 --> 21:21.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% BUSINESS FIRST. 21:19.600 --> 21:22.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> ALWAYS A PLEASURE, BILL. 21:21.566 --> 21:23.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 21:22.133 --> 21:25.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Bill: WITH OUR HANDLE OF 21:23.633 --> 21:27.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% LAWRENCE SMITH, ALEX ACQUISTO 21:25.933 --> 21:28.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% AND RYLAND BARTON. 21:27.366 --> 21:30.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% ALEX, WE'RE MENTIONING THE 21:28.933 --> 21:32.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON NOW 21:30.333 --> 21:33.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% UNDERWAY BUT MANY ARE HAVING TO 21:32.200 --> 21:35.400 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% WATCHNER BASIC EXPENSES. 21:33.600 --> 21:37.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% DO YOU THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF 21:35.400 --> 21:38.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% KENTUCKIANS OUT THERE WITH REAL 21:37.833 --> 21:39.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% CONCERNS EVEN ABOUT THE COST OF 21:38.566 --> 21:41.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% HEATING THIS WINTER? 21:39.933 --> 21:42.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% >> Alex: DEFINITELY. 21:41.466 --> 21:44.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% I THINK THERE ALWAYS ARE. 21:42.666 --> 21:46.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% AND I THINK EVEN THOUGH THE 21:44.766 --> 21:48.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% PANDEMIC UPSET, WE HAD A LOT OF 21:46.633 --> 21:50.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED UNEMPLOYMENT 21:48.166 --> 21:51.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% BENEFITS, I THINK THE PANDEMIC 21:50.200 --> 21:52.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% ROILED A LOT OF FINANCES FOR A 21:51.266 --> 21:54.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WILL TAKE 21:52.666 --> 21:56.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THEM A LONG TIME TO RECOVER 21:54.300 --> 21:58.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% FROM, AND SO I THINK EVEN THOUGH 21:56.200 --> 22:00.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% IT'S THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND 21:58.300 --> 22:01.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% PEOPLE HAVE MORE ACCESS TO JOBS 22:00.233 --> 22:03.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% NOW THAN THEY DID AT THE HEIGHT 22:01.466 --> 22:04.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% OF THE PANDEMIC, IT'S STILL 22:03.233 --> 22:07.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% SOMETHING THAT WILL TAKE PEOPLE 22:04.200 --> 22:08.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% A WHILE TO SORT OF GET THEIR 22:07.866 --> 22:08.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% BEARINGS AGAIN. 22:08.333 --> 22:09.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% >> Bill: THE KENTUCKY 22:08.900 --> 22:11.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% LEGISLATURE WILL ROLL INTO 22:09.900 --> 22:13.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FRANKFORT JUST A FEW WEEKS FROM 22:11.433 --> 22:14.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% RIGHT NOW IN EARLY JANUARY. 22:13.433 --> 22:16.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WILL THERE BE ENOUGH BANDWIDTH 22:14.800 --> 22:18.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% TO DEAL WITH THE STATE BUDGET 22:16.966 --> 22:21.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% REQUIRED BY THE STATE 22:18.733 --> 22:23.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% CONSTITUTION, REDISTRICTING 22:21.933 --> 22:24.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% RIDER I. REQUIRED BY THE U.S. 22:23.866 --> 22:25.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% CONSTITUTION, INFRASTRUCTURE 22:24.566 --> 22:26.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% WITH THE FEDERAL MONEY COMING 22:25.266 --> 22:30.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% IN, AND A MYRIAD OF OTHER ISSUES 22:26.566 --> 22:31.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THAT ARE OUT THERE COMPETING FOR 22:30.933 --> 22:32.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% ATTENTION RIGHT NOW? 22:31.500 --> 22:33.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% >> Ryland: WE'LL SEE. 22:32.233 --> 22:36.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% THIS IS THE LONG YEAR. 22:33.766 --> 22:37.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THIS IS THE 60 THE WORKING DAY 22:36.466 --> 22:39.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% SESSION, THE BUDGET WRITING 22:37.766 --> 22:41.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% SESSION SO THEY DO HAVE A LITTLE 22:39.633 --> 22:42.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% MORE ADVERTISEMENT, AND GRANTED 22:41.066 --> 22:43.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% I THINK ANY LEGISLATIVE OBSERVER 22:42.200 --> 22:44.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% CAN SEE MOST OF THE WORK GETS 22:43.700 --> 22:45.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% DONE THE IN LAST MINUTES OR THE 22:44.833 --> 22:48.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% LAST DAYS OF THE LEGISLATIVE 22:45.833 --> 22:50.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SESSION RIGHT BEFORE THE FINAL 22:48.233 --> 22:51.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% DEADLINE, SO I THINK THAT THIS 22:50.233 --> 22:52.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% WILL BE BUSIER THAN USUAL. 22:51.366 --> 22:55.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:55% THERE ARE SO MANY MORE 22:52.433 --> 22:55.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% PRIORITIES, AND A LOT OF THAT'S 22:55.100 --> 22:56.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% GOING TO BE FROND FRONTED LOADED 22:55.866 --> 22:57.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% BECAUSE OF REDISTRICTING. 22:56.500 --> 23:00.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO BE 22:57.866 --> 23:01.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% GETTING THAT OUT OF THE WAY 23:00.100 --> 23:03.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% PRETTY QUICKLY JUST SO THAT 23:01.733 --> 23:04.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% PEOPLE KNOW WHAT SEATS THEY'RE 23:03.000 --> 23:07.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR. 23:04.133 --> 23:10.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME IN 23:07.366 --> 23:11.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% QUICKLY, DELAY THAT FILING 23:10.000 --> 23:12.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% DEADLINE TO SOME TIME LATER IN 23:11.100 --> 23:14.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. 23:12.200 --> 23:17.233 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:47.5% WE DON'T KNOW WHEN. 23:14.300 --> 23:19.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% AND THEN, YEAH, THEN CANDIDATES 23:17.233 --> 23:20.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% PASS MAPS OR TRY TO AT LEAST 23:19.133 --> 23:22.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% MAPS WILL FINALLY BE PUBLISH SO 23:20.766 --> 23:23.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THE 23:22.133 --> 23:24.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% DISTRICTS LOOK LIKE AND 23:23.766 --> 23:25.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% WHATNOT. 23:24.100 --> 23:30.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THEN THERE'S THIS WHOLE STATE 23:25.933 --> 23:31.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% BUDGET TO DEAL WITH, BIG OLD 23:30.566 --> 23:33.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% EXTRA MONEY FOR THE STATE BUDGET 23:31.366 --> 23:35.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% FROM TAX REVENUES AND A BUDGET 23:33.800 --> 23:38.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SURPLUS LAST YEAR TO KEHL DEAL 23:35.533 --> 23:38.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% WITH, SO IT WILL BE A VERY BUSY 23:38.166 --> 23:40.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% SESSION. 23:38.500 --> 23:41.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% >> Lawrence: I'LL SAY THIS AS 23:40.433 --> 23:42.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% WELL AS WELL. 23:41.333 --> 23:44.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% YOU'RE RIGHT IT'S GOING TO BE A 23:42.566 --> 23:46.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% BEADS SESSION, BUT THE BIG 23:44.300 --> 23:47.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% PRIORITY STUFF WILL GET DONE 23:46.100 --> 23:49.833 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% FAIRLY EARLY ON INCLUDING I 23:47.333 --> 23:50.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THINK THE BUDGET BECAUSE THE 23:49.833 --> 23:52.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE WANTS TO 23:50.600 --> 23:53.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% MAKE SURE THEY HAVE TIME TO 23:52.466 --> 23:55.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% OVERRIDE ANY VETOES BY THE 23:53.933 --> 23:58.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% GOVERNOR, SO SOME STUFF WILL 23:55.700 --> 23:59.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% WAIT IN THE LAST MINUTE BUT 23:58.300 --> 24:00.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:40% OTHERS WILL NOT. 23:59.300 --> 24:01.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% >> Bill: WE MENTIONED THE 24:00.466 --> 24:03.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% SOCIAL WORKERS. 24:01.466 --> 24:05.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% WE LOST 600 OF THOSE THIS YEAR. 24:03.466 --> 24:07.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THEY OPENLY SAY THAT THEY HAVE 24:05.066 --> 24:07.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% SO MANY CASES, THEY CAN'T KEEP 24:07.266 --> 24:08.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:15% TRACK. 24:07.700 --> 24:10.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD BE 24:08.866 --> 24:12.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WOULD 24:10.266 --> 24:13.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% LIKELY GET SOME DISCUSSION. 24:12.800 --> 24:14.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% >> Alex: DEFINITELY. 24:13.333 --> 24:15.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% THIS WEEK A NUMBER OF SOCIAL 24:14.800 --> 24:16.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% WORKERS PROTESTED ON THE STEPS 24:15.733 --> 24:17.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% OF THE CAPITOL. 24:16.533 --> 24:20.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% UPON HEARING THE NEWS THAT 24:17.633 --> 24:21.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% BESHEAR WAS ALLOCATING MONEY TO 24:20.366 --> 24:23.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% FUNDRAISES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, 24:21.800 --> 24:24.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% FOR KENTUCKY STATE POLICE, 24:23.733 --> 24:28.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% BASICALLY SOCIAL WORKERS ARE IN 24:24.800 --> 24:28.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AS DIRE OF STRAITS IF NOT MORE 24:28.300 --> 24:30.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% DIRE. 24:28.633 --> 24:32.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% A LOT OF EM HAVEN'T GOTTEN 24:30.433 --> 24:35.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% RAISES IN YEARS AND SO THEY WANT 24:32.600 --> 24:36.766 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% A CUT OF THE PIE AND THEY SORT 24:35.700 --> 24:38.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:35% OF DESERVE IT. 24:36.766 --> 24:39.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AND BESHEAR TOLD OUR COLUMNIST 24:38.333 --> 24:41.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% LINDA BLACKFORD THAT HE IS GOING 24:39.666 --> 24:41.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% TO INCLUDE RAISES FOR THEM IN 24:41.300 --> 24:43.366 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:27.5% HIS BUDGET. 24:41.966 --> 24:46.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER 24:43.366 --> 24:48.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% LAWMAKERS APPROVE IT. 24:46.533 --> 24:50.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Bill: MEDICAL MARIJUANA. 24:48.600 --> 24:53.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THERE'S A PROPOSAL FROM STATE 24:50.333 --> 24:54.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% REPRESENTATIVE JASON NEMES THAT 24:53.300 --> 24:57.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% IS NARROWLY TAILORED. 24:54.566 --> 24:57.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Ryland: ANOTHER NARROWLY 24:57.166 --> 25:00.266 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% TIRED MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL. 24:57.900 --> 25:00.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE 25:00.266 --> 25:02.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% NARROWLY TIRED EVERY YEAR AND 25:00.966 --> 25:04.033 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% SEEMS TO GET MORE SUPPORT. 25:02.933 --> 25:05.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% IT PASSED OUT OF THE HOUSE A 25:04.033 --> 25:08.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. 25:05.733 --> 25:10.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% 2020 WHEN THAT HAPPENED, AND 25:08.566 --> 25:12.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THERE'S LOTS -- AS THERE IS NOR 25:10.900 --> 25:13.000 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% EVERY LEGISLATIVE SESSION, 25:12.100 --> 25:14.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% PEOPLE SAY THIS IS THE YEAR THAT 25:13.000 --> 25:16.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:52.5% IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 25:14.200 --> 25:18.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME SUPPORT, 25:16.433 --> 25:19.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% MORE SUPPORT THAN THERE WAS 25:18.100 --> 25:19.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% BEFORE BUT IT'S ALWAYS THE 25:19.533 --> 25:22.800 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:17.5% SENATE. 25:19.866 --> 25:23.166 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% THE STATE SENATE HAS BEEN 25:22.800 --> 25:24.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% RELUCTANT. 25:23.166 --> 25:27.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:65% >> Bill: LAWRENCE, THERE'S 25:24.333 --> 25:27.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% TALK OF AN OME ANY BUS ABORTION 25:27.600 --> 25:28.700 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:12.5% BILL. 25:27.900 --> 25:29.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% >> Lawrence: REPRESENTATIVE 25:28.700 --> 25:31.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% NANCY TATE THE PRIMARY SPONSOR 25:29.933 --> 25:34.200 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% OF THAT. 25:31.433 --> 25:37.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% IT DEMOCRATS' WITH MAKING SURE 25:34.200 --> 25:38.600 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% MINORS DON'T GET ABORTIONS, THAT 25:37.066 --> 25:39.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THEY HAVE PARENTAL EXTENT AND 25:38.600 --> 25:40.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% REGULATING CHEMICAL ABORTIONS. 25:39.333 --> 25:41.466 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. 25:40.466 --> 25:43.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% THERE IS PROBABLY BROAD SUPPORT 25:41.466 --> 25:44.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% MOST OF THE TIME IN THE 25:43.433 --> 25:47.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE. 25:44.333 --> 25:49.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% EVEN SOME DEMOCRATS WILL SUPPORT 25:47.533 --> 25:50.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% MEASURES THAT OPPOSE ABORTION. 25:49.333 --> 25:53.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:70% >> Bill: IT'S GOING TO BE AN 25:50.933 --> 25:57.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% INTERESTING SESSION, ISN'T IT? 25:53.066 --> 25:57.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% >> Lawrence: INTERESTING IS AN 25:57.333 --> 25:59.066 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% UNDERSTATEMENT I THINK. 25:57.933 --> 25:59.933 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% >> Bill: I THINK SO TOO. 25:59.066 --> 26:02.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:80% OVER THIS THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY I 25:59.933 --> 26:04.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% WANT TO THANK OUR PANELISTS FOR 26:02.133 --> 26:05.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% COMING IN AND ALL OF THEM HOE 26:04.100 --> 26:06.300 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% TAKE PART IN OUR PROGRAM 26:05.633 --> 26:07.666 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:50% THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 26:06.300 --> 26:10.533 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM 26:07.666 --> 26:11.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:75% AND MAKES IT SO SPECIAL, SO WE 26:10.533 --> 26:13.500 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:57.5% REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 26:11.133 --> 26:14.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:60% >> Ryland: THANK YOU FOR 26:13.500 --> 26:14.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:37.5% HOSTING IT HAD. 26:14.133 --> 26:15.333 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:45% >> Lawrence: HAPPY 26:14.900 --> 26:15.966 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:32.5% THANKSGIVING. 26:15.333 --> 26:16.900 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% >> Bill: AND TO ALL ON IT 26:15.966 --> 26:18.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:62.5% THERE HAPPY THANKSGIVING. 26:16.900 --> 26:18.866 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:77.5% HOPE YOU HAVE A CONTINUING NICE 26:18.433 --> 26:20.633 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:20% WEEKEND. 26:18.866 --> 26:21.733 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% WE DO RETURN LIVE ON FRIDAY 26:20.633 --> 26:22.100 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:72.5% DECEMBER 5th WITH "COMMENT ON 26:21.733 --> 26:23.133 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:25% KENTUCKY." 26:22.100 --> 26:24.566 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% THAT'S OUR PROGRAM FOR NOW. 26:23.133 --> 26:25.433 align:start position:10% line:68.67% size:67.5% AND YOU MAKE IT A GOOD WEEK 26:24.566 --> 26:25.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% AHEAD.