1 00:00:12,033 --> 00:00:16,233 LAW NOW IN EFFECT PROVIDES SOME 2 00:00:13,500 --> 00:00:18,000 ANSWERS AND RAISES SOME QUESTIO 3 00:00:16,233 --> 00:00:19,733 BEFORE HEADING TO FANCY FARM 4 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,800 NEXT WEEK, BOTH MAJOR CANDIDATE 5 00:00:19,733 --> 00:00:23,700 FOR GOVERNOR SPEND SOME TIME IN 6 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:25,133 EASTERN KENTUCKY. UNIVERSITY OF 7 00:00:23,700 --> 00:00:28,900 KENTUCKY IS SHORT OF DORM SPACE, 8 00:00:25,133 --> 00:00:30,866 AND SOME DISTRICTS DON'T HAVE E 9 00:00:28,900 --> 00:00:33,133 KENTUCKY'S TWO SENATORS GO 10 00:00:30,866 --> 00:00:35,766 AGAINST EACH OTHER ON A FUND FO 11 00:00:33,133 --> 00:00:37,333 9/11 BUT TEAM UP ON A BOURBON B 12 00:00:35,766 --> 00:00:39,133 SUMMER HEAT RETURNS FOR THIS 13 00:00:37,333 --> 00:00:41,166 LAST WEEKEND OF JULY, AND 14 00:00:39,133 --> 00:00:41,166 "COMMENT" IS NEXT ON KET. 15 00:00:53,700 --> 00:00:56,200 GOOD EVENING. I'M BILL BRYANT, 16 00:00:54,666 --> 00:00:58,433 AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT 17 00:00:56,200 --> 00:01:01,200 ON KENTUCKY," A LOOK BACK AT THE 18 00:00:58,433 --> 00:01:02,166 WEEK'S NEWS IN THE COMMONWEALTH 19 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:02,866 AND THE GUESTS ON OUR PANEL OF 20 00:01:02,166 --> 00:01:05,333 WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS 21 00:01:02,866 --> 00:01:08,100 TONIGHT ARE: MATT MARKGRAF, NEWS 22 00:01:05,333 --> 00:01:09,600 DIRECTOR AT WKMS IN MURRAY 23 00:01:08,100 --> 00:01:13,466 COVERING THE JACKSON PURCHASE 24 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:16,000 AND PENNYROYAL REGIONS. 25 00:01:13,466 --> 00:01:17,266 OF KENTUCKY MORGAN WATKINS, 26 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,300 REPORTER FOR COURIER-JOURNAL. 27 00:01:17,266 --> 00:01:21,866 AND DANIEL DESROSIERS, POLITICA 28 00:01:18,300 --> 00:01:23,166 WRITER FOR THE LEXINGTON HERALD 29 00:01:21,866 --> 00:01:27,066 ALSO TONIGHT RUMBLINGS OF A NEW 30 00:01:23,166 --> 00:01:28,933 CANDIDATE IN KENTUCKY'S 6TH 31 00:01:27,066 --> 00:01:29,800 DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL RACE 32 00:01:28,933 --> 00:01:32,766 ABOUT THE LETS GET RIGHT TO THE 33 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:35,300 PASSAGE OF I NEW LAW THAT GIVES 34 00:01:32,766 --> 00:01:36,200 RELIEF TO REGION UNIVERSITIES 35 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:38,333 AND QUASI-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES 36 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,866 THAT WERE ABOUT TO GET HIT WITH 37 00:01:38,333 --> 00:01:41,666 CRIPPLE PENSION BILLS IT ALSO 38 00:01:40,866 --> 00:01:42,466 GIVES THOSE ENTITIES SOME OPTIO 39 00:01:41,666 --> 00:01:43,133 A FEW REPUBLICANS JOIN DEMOCRAT 40 00:01:42,466 --> 00:01:46,300 IN OPPOSITION, BUT THE GOP 41 00:01:43,133 --> 00:01:47,233 MAJORITY PUSHED IT THROUGH. 42 00:01:46,300 --> 00:01:50,266 DANIEL, LIVELY DEBATE ON THOSE 43 00:01:47,233 --> 00:01:51,666 DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS BUT THE 44 00:01:50,266 --> 00:01:52,000 GOVERNOR'S BILL MADE IT THROUGH 45 00:01:51,666 --> 00:01:53,800 INTACT. 46 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,300 >> BASICALLY EVERYTHING WENT 47 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,033 ACCORDING TO PLAN. 48 00:01:54,300 --> 00:01:56,600 THE GOVERNOR SAID HE HAD THE 49 00:01:55,033 --> 00:01:58,133 VOTES TO PASS IT, AND HE HAD THE 50 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,533 VOTES TO PASS IT IS. 51 00:01:58,133 --> 00:02:01,633 A NARROW MARGIN 1 ONLY 42 VOTES 52 00:02:00,533 --> 00:02:03,133 SUPPORTING IT IN THE HOUSE OF 53 00:02:01,633 --> 00:02:07,466 REPRESENTATIVES BUT IT GOT 54 00:02:03,133 --> 00:02:08,366 THROOP THE GOVERNOR HAD HIS 55 00:02:07,466 --> 00:02:14,133 BILL-SIGNING CEREMONY WHERE HE 56 00:02:08,366 --> 00:02:15,400 SAID IT WAS A REGNASHING MARKCLY 57 00:02:14,133 --> 00:02:16,566 THING RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO. 58 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,700 THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE 59 00:02:16,566 --> 00:02:20,133 EMPLOYEES OF THESE QUASI-HEFT 60 00:02:18,700 --> 00:02:21,266 GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES WHO MIGHT 61 00:02:20,133 --> 00:02:23,100 BE LEFT OUT TO DRY BECAUSE 62 00:02:21,266 --> 00:02:25,166 THEY'VE BEEN IN A PENSION SYSTEM 63 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:27,366 AND IF THEIR EMPLOYER CHOOSES TO 64 00:02:25,166 --> 00:02:28,466 LEAVE THEY MAY NO LONGER GET 65 00:02:27,366 --> 00:02:30,433 THOSE SAME KIND OF BENEFITS. 66 00:02:28,466 --> 00:02:31,966 THE GOVERNOR STRIKE TO INVOKE 67 00:02:30,433 --> 00:02:32,933 THE HUMAN RESPONSE AND HE SAID 68 00:02:31,966 --> 00:02:34,400 THE EMPLOYEES SHOULD BE HAPPY 69 00:02:32,933 --> 00:02:35,666 BECAUSE THIS MEANS WE'RE SHORING 70 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,033 UP THE PENSION SYSTEM IN THE 71 00:02:35,666 --> 00:02:37,433 LONG-TERM. 72 00:02:36,033 --> 00:02:38,933 >> DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING THE 73 00:02:37,433 --> 00:02:40,466 FREEZE IS ILLEGAL WITHOUT THE 74 00:02:38,933 --> 00:02:42,433 PERMISSION OF THE PENSIONERS. 75 00:02:40,466 --> 00:02:45,000 BEVIN SAYS IT'S A STEP TOWARD 76 00:02:42,433 --> 00:02:45,766 FINANCIAL SOLVENCY. 77 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:47,033 >> EXACTLY. 78 00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:49,900 >> Bill: THE DEMOCRATS PUSHED 79 00:02:47,033 --> 00:02:51,666 THE ALTERNATIVES AND THEY WERE 80 00:02:49,900 --> 00:02:52,100 HEARD, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY DON'T 81 00:02:51,666 --> 00:02:53,000 HAVE NUMBERS. 82 00:02:52,100 --> 00:02:53,833 >> Daniel: AND THAT'S KIND OF 83 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:55,533 HOW THINGS WORK. 84 00:02:53,833 --> 00:02:56,366 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POWER 85 00:02:55,533 --> 00:02:56,666 STRUCTURES OF THE LEGISLATURE, 86 00:02:56,366 --> 00:02:57,800 RIGHT? 87 00:02:56,666 --> 00:02:59,433 THE REPUBLICANS ARE IN THE 88 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:00,366 MAJORITY AND THEY CONTROL ALL 89 00:02:59,433 --> 00:03:01,766 THREE MOVING PIECES HERE. 90 00:03:00,366 --> 00:03:02,866 AND SO THE DEMOCRATS CAN TALK 91 00:03:01,766 --> 00:03:03,966 ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE PROPOSALS 92 00:03:02,866 --> 00:03:05,933 AND HOW THEY HAVE DIFFERENT 93 00:03:03,966 --> 00:03:08,133 SOLUTIONS, BUT THAT DOESN'T 94 00:03:05,933 --> 00:03:09,533 MRS. LI MEAN THAT THEY'LL BE 95 00:03:08,133 --> 00:03:10,166 ABLE TO GET VOTED THROUGH AND 96 00:03:09,533 --> 00:03:12,066 GET A VOTE. 97 00:03:10,166 --> 00:03:12,333 >> Bill: SO THE BILL IS NOW 98 00:03:12,066 --> 00:03:14,700 LAW. 99 00:03:12,333 --> 00:03:16,966 IT DOES FEATHER IN THOSE COSTS 100 00:03:14,700 --> 00:03:21,033 TO THOSE ENTITIES, THE REGIONAL 101 00:03:16,966 --> 00:03:21,800 UNIVERSITIES AND TO ABOUT 108 I 102 00:03:21,033 --> 00:03:22,166 THINK QUASI-GOVERNMENT 103 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,833 AGENCIES. 104 00:03:22,166 --> 00:03:25,233 THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE HEALTH 105 00:03:24,833 --> 00:03:28,566 DEPARTMENTS. 106 00:03:25,233 --> 00:03:29,100 >> PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. 107 00:03:28,566 --> 00:03:29,800 HEALTH. 108 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:30,833 DEPARTMENT, FOCUS DEMENTS THAT 109 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:32,166 ARE AFFECTED BY THAT, REGIONAL 110 00:03:30,833 --> 00:03:33,000 UNIVERSITIES SO THE STATE 111 00:03:32,166 --> 00:03:35,133 UNIVERSITIES EXCEPT FOR U OF L 112 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,766 AND OF UK ARE AFFECTED, AND SO 113 00:03:35,133 --> 00:03:38,833 THE NEW LAW KIND OF GIVES THEM A 114 00:03:36,766 --> 00:03:41,466 BREAK ON SOME INCREASES PRETTY 115 00:03:38,833 --> 00:03:44,066 SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THEIR 116 00:03:41,466 --> 00:03:46,133 COSTS FOR PENSIONS, WHICH HAS 117 00:03:44,066 --> 00:03:47,033 BEEN AN ISSUE FOR THE REGIONAL 118 00:03:46,133 --> 00:03:49,433 UNIVERSITIES. 119 00:03:47,033 --> 00:03:50,833 THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING -- ERROR 120 00:03:49,433 --> 00:03:51,300 THEY'RE ALWAYS BUDGET CONSCIOUS, 121 00:03:50,833 --> 00:03:52,033 UNDERSTANDABLY. 122 00:03:51,300 --> 00:03:52,866 KENTUCKY IN PARTICULAR. 123 00:03:52,033 --> 00:03:54,900 THERE HAVE BEEN CUTS IN A LOT OF 124 00:03:52,866 --> 00:03:56,466 STATES TO HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT, 125 00:03:54,900 --> 00:03:58,200 YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AFTER THE 126 00:03:56,466 --> 00:04:00,633 2008 RECESSION, BUT WHILE A 127 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,500 THOUGHT OF LOT OF OTHER STATES 128 00:04:00,633 --> 00:04:05,066 HAVE STARTED FUTURE MORE MONEY 129 00:04:01,500 --> 00:04:06,966 BACK INTO THEIR HIGHER ED 130 00:04:05,066 --> 00:04:08,166 SYSTEM, KENTUCKY HAS CUT FOR THE 131 00:04:06,966 --> 00:04:10,700 LAST DECADE. 132 00:04:08,166 --> 00:04:11,666 THE REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES ARE 133 00:04:10,700 --> 00:04:13,433 ALREADY HAMSTRUNG FROM US JUST 134 00:04:11,666 --> 00:04:13,866 FROM THE CUM LAW TV IMPACT OF 135 00:04:13,433 --> 00:04:14,966 THOSE CUTS. 136 00:04:13,866 --> 00:04:16,366 SO WHEN YOU HAVE A PENSION 137 00:04:14,966 --> 00:04:18,100 SYSTEM WITH AS MANY FINANCIAL 138 00:04:16,366 --> 00:04:19,766 DIPLOMAS AS OURS DOES, STUFF 139 00:04:18,100 --> 00:04:21,266 LIKE THIS GETTING A REPRIEVE IS 140 00:04:19,766 --> 00:04:22,700 A BIG DEAL FOR THEM. 141 00:04:21,266 --> 00:04:24,466 >> Bill: IT ALSO GIVES THEM 142 00:04:22,700 --> 00:04:27,966 OPTIONS AND SOME BIG DECISIONS 143 00:04:24,466 --> 00:04:28,666 TO MAKE IN THE COMING MONTHS. 144 00:04:27,966 --> 00:04:30,366 YOU'VE TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT 145 00:04:28,666 --> 00:04:31,866 OF MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY ABOUT 146 00:04:30,366 --> 00:04:36,300 WHERE THEY MAY HEAD. 147 00:04:31,866 --> 00:04:37,233 >> YEAH, I'VE TALKED WITH MURRAY 148 00:04:36,300 --> 00:04:37,800 STATED PRESIDENT BOB JACKSON 149 00:04:37,233 --> 00:04:40,766 MOUNTAINS PAST. 150 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:42,366 HE ALSO TESTIFIED, HE ALSO IS A 151 00:04:40,766 --> 00:04:45,933 FORMER STATE SENATOR. 152 00:04:42,366 --> 00:04:46,533 SOME VIEWERS MIGHT REMEMBER 153 00:04:45,933 --> 00:04:49,966 SENATOR BOB JACKSON. 154 00:04:46,533 --> 00:04:52,100 BASICALLY TEN YEARS HE SAID THE 155 00:04:49,966 --> 00:04:53,966 KERRYS RATE WAS. 156 00:04:52,100 --> 00:04:55,833 LAST YEAR IT WAS 39%. 157 00:04:53,966 --> 00:04:57,866 WITHOUT THAT RATE FREEZE THAT'S 158 00:04:55,833 --> 00:05:00,633 ONE ASPECT OF THAT, THAT WOULD 159 00:04:57,866 --> 00:05:01,500 GO TO 84 SPERSE. 160 00:05:00,633 --> 00:05:03,100 HE SAID THE STATE BASE 161 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:07,366 APPROPRIATION HAS REDUCED. 162 00:05:03,100 --> 00:05:07,766 TEN YEARS AGO IT WAS 163 00:05:07,366 --> 00:05:08,866 $56 MILLION. 164 00:05:07,766 --> 00:05:13,033 IT'S GOING CROSSWISE. 165 00:05:08,866 --> 00:05:14,033 I THINK HE ARTICULATED WELL THE 166 00:05:13,033 --> 00:05:14,700 CHALLENGES THAT REGIONAL 167 00:05:14,033 --> 00:05:15,766 UNIVERSITIES ARE FACING. 168 00:05:14,700 --> 00:05:18,166 >> Bill: WHAT DOES HE INTEND 169 00:05:15,766 --> 00:05:20,366 TO DO IN TERMS OF KEEPING MURRAY 170 00:05:18,166 --> 00:05:23,300 STATE IN OR CONTINUING WITH THE 171 00:05:20,366 --> 00:05:23,966 PENSION SYSTEM OR WHAT? 172 00:05:23,300 --> 00:05:25,700 >> Matt: WHAT HE TOLD THE 173 00:05:23,966 --> 00:05:28,666 SENATORS WAS THEY'RE GOING TO 174 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:30,000 WEIGH ALLOVER THEIR OPTIONS, GET 175 00:05:28,666 --> 00:05:30,600 ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS, BONDING 176 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,200 CAPACITY WITH TALK WITH 177 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,900 FINANCIAL ADVISERS AND MAKE SOME 178 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,866 DETERMINATIONS MOVING FORWARD. 179 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:38,200 >> TO TAKE THE LUMP-SUM, TO PAY 180 00:05:35,866 --> 00:05:39,900 OFF AN INSTALLMENTS OR HE SAID 181 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,233 POSSIBLY EVEN STAY IN THE 182 00:05:39,900 --> 00:05:45,066 SYSTEM. 183 00:05:40,233 --> 00:05:45,966 >> Bill: SIMILAR RESPONSES 184 00:05:45,066 --> 00:05:46,633 FROM SOME OTHER. 185 00:05:45,966 --> 00:05:47,300 >> Matt: KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY 186 00:05:46,633 --> 00:05:49,633 PRESIDENT SAID THE PENSION 187 00:05:47,300 --> 00:05:51,700 RELIEF BILL WAS THE BEST OF 188 00:05:49,633 --> 00:05:52,366 CHALLENGING OPTIONS AND THERE'S 189 00:05:51,700 --> 00:05:53,966 DIFFICULT DECISIONS AHEAD. 190 00:05:52,366 --> 00:05:54,666 >> Daniel: THERE ARE ALSO 191 00:05:53,966 --> 00:05:56,200 HEALTH DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE 192 00:05:54,666 --> 00:05:58,666 SAYING WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO 193 00:05:56,200 --> 00:06:00,533 ABSORB THIS HIT AND IS THAT IT 194 00:05:58,666 --> 00:06:01,300 SYSTEM. 195 00:06:00,533 --> 00:06:02,366 MY BEWHO HAVE HAD COLLEAGUE JOHN 196 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:03,066 CHEVES PROVIDE THE GARRETT 197 00:06:02,366 --> 00:06:05,200 COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND 198 00:06:03,066 --> 00:06:06,600 THE GUY IN CHARGE SAID THEY NEED 199 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,166 TO DO LAYOFFS AND THEY 200 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:09,466 ELIMINATED A POSITION TO TRY AND 201 00:06:08,166 --> 00:06:11,800 ABSORB THE HIT THAT THEY'RE 202 00:06:09,466 --> 00:06:13,300 GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE FOR PAYING 203 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:14,300 THE FULL AMOUNT IN TERMS OF 204 00:06:13,300 --> 00:06:15,500 THEIR PENSION OBLIGATIONS. 205 00:06:14,300 --> 00:06:16,800 AND SO THAT MEANS SOME THINGS. 206 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:18,100 THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO 207 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:20,100 HAVE A SLOWER RESPONSE TIME, 208 00:06:18,100 --> 00:06:21,500 THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE 209 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:23,700 ABLE TO DO AS MUCH AS THEY USED 210 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:25,333 TO DO IN THE PAST. 211 00:06:23,700 --> 00:06:26,066 BUT THEY SEE IT EVEN IF THEY 212 00:06:25,333 --> 00:06:27,966 LEAVE THE SYSTEM IT'S GOING TO 213 00:06:26,066 --> 00:06:29,600 BE A MASSIVE COST. 214 00:06:27,966 --> 00:06:31,433 SO THERE'S A NO-WIN SITUATION 215 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:33,100 AND THEY'D RATHER ENSURE THAT 216 00:06:31,433 --> 00:06:34,500 THEIR OLDER EMPLOYEES CONTINUE 217 00:06:33,100 --> 00:06:36,266 TO GET THEIR PENSIONS AND THEY 218 00:06:34,500 --> 00:06:36,566 CAN CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY'RE 219 00:06:36,266 --> 00:06:37,633 DOING. 220 00:06:36,566 --> 00:06:40,500 >> Bill: CHEVES' REPORTING WAS 221 00:06:37,633 --> 00:06:40,866 THEY ARE GOING TO DO THIS IN 222 00:06:40,500 --> 00:06:41,633 LUMP-SUM. 223 00:06:40,866 --> 00:06:43,133 >> Daniel: NO, THEY'RE GOING 224 00:06:41,633 --> 00:06:44,333 TO TRY TO STAY IN THE SYSTEM AND 225 00:06:43,133 --> 00:06:45,666 PAY THE FULL POS. 226 00:06:44,333 --> 00:06:47,100 >> Bill: IS ANYBODY IN A 227 00:06:45,666 --> 00:06:49,133 POSITION TO DO THIS IN A 228 00:06:47,100 --> 00:06:51,433 LUMP-SUM OR IS IT GOING TO BE 229 00:06:49,133 --> 00:06:55,266 THOSE WHO DO EXIT, WILL THEY TRY 230 00:06:51,433 --> 00:06:56,333 TO PAY OFF THEIR OBLIGATIONS IN 231 00:06:55,266 --> 00:06:56,800 INSTALLMENTS? 232 00:06:56,333 --> 00:06:57,966 MONK WE'LL SEE. 233 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:58,766 I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THESE 234 00:06:57,966 --> 00:06:59,733 AGENCIES ARE WEIGHING. 235 00:06:58,766 --> 00:07:00,800 I THINK WHAT MAKES IT IS 236 00:06:59,733 --> 00:07:02,633 DIFFICULT IS EITHER WAY YOU'RE 237 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,400 LOOKING AT A REALLY BIG 238 00:07:02,633 --> 00:07:05,933 FINANCIAL HIT. 239 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:07,433 YOU CAN EITHER DO THE LUMP-SUM, 240 00:07:05,933 --> 00:07:08,433 WHICH OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE GOT TO BE 241 00:07:07,433 --> 00:07:09,000 ABLE HONDA OVER THAT MONEY, 242 00:07:08,433 --> 00:07:10,833 RIGHT? 243 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,700 OR IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT A WE'RE 244 00:07:10,833 --> 00:07:14,133 GOING TO STAY IN AND WE JUST 245 00:07:12,700 --> 00:07:15,100 HAVE TO PREPARE FOR COST 246 00:07:14,133 --> 00:07:17,200 INCREASES, YOU HAVE TO FIND A 247 00:07:15,100 --> 00:07:17,900 WAY TO PAY FOR THAT. 248 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:18,733 PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO 249 00:07:17,900 --> 00:07:20,466 THE UNIVERSITIES, YOU THINK 250 00:07:18,733 --> 00:07:21,866 ABOUT DEFINITELY IN TERMS OF THE 251 00:07:20,466 --> 00:07:23,200 THE EMPLOYEES AND THERE HAVE 252 00:07:21,866 --> 00:07:24,833 BEEN -- THIS HAS BEEN TALK OF IF 253 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:25,933 YOU GET INTO A FINANCIAL BIND, 254 00:07:24,833 --> 00:07:28,100 YOU MAY HAVE PLAYOFFS, BUT I 255 00:07:25,933 --> 00:07:29,100 THINK WITH UNIVERSITIES IN 256 00:07:28,100 --> 00:07:31,933 PARTICULAR, FOR THEM WHEREVER 257 00:07:29,100 --> 00:07:32,933 THEY GET INTO A FINANCIAL BIND, 258 00:07:31,933 --> 00:07:34,233 UNFORTUNATELY THERE COULD BE 259 00:07:32,933 --> 00:07:35,600 IMPACTS ON THE STUDENTS WHEN IT 260 00:07:34,233 --> 00:07:36,633 COMES TO TRYING TO FIND MONEY IF 261 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,133 YOU'RE NOT GETTING IT FROM THE 262 00:07:36,633 --> 00:07:40,566 STATE OR IF YOU'RE EXPENSES TO 263 00:07:39,133 --> 00:07:41,233 THE STATE PENSION SYSTEM IS 264 00:07:40,566 --> 00:07:43,033 GOING UP. 265 00:07:41,233 --> 00:07:45,166 YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT, THEN WE 266 00:07:43,033 --> 00:07:46,033 HAVE TO RAISE, MAYBE RAISE 267 00:07:45,166 --> 00:07:46,900 TUITION WHICH IS ALREADY 268 00:07:46,033 --> 00:07:48,533 SOMETHING STUDENTS HAVE DEALT 269 00:07:46,900 --> 00:07:50,733 WITH YEAR AFTER YEAR, SO I THINK 270 00:07:48,533 --> 00:07:51,000 STUDENTS HAVE SOME SKIN IN THIS 271 00:07:50,733 --> 00:07:53,233 TOO. 272 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:55,100 >> Daniel: AND THE THING TO 273 00:07:53,233 --> 00:07:55,966 KEEP IN MIND IS THEY HAVE UNTIL 274 00:07:55,100 --> 00:07:58,166 APRIL TO DECIDE. 275 00:07:55,966 --> 00:07:59,900 SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THESE 276 00:07:58,166 --> 00:08:01,400 CHIPS FALL FOR A LITTLE BIT. 277 00:07:59,900 --> 00:08:03,033 WITH THAT THERE WAS TALK OF 278 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:03,933 LITIGATION ON THAT BILL BUT IT 279 00:08:03,033 --> 00:08:05,433 APPEARS THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL 280 00:08:03,933 --> 00:08:07,766 ANDY BESHEAR IF HE WERE TO SUE 281 00:08:05,433 --> 00:08:08,166 ABOUT THIS, HE'S GOING TO WAIT 282 00:08:07,766 --> 00:08:08,933 UNTIL LATER. 283 00:08:08,166 --> 00:08:10,233 >> Bill: THERE WAS SOME 284 00:08:08,933 --> 00:08:12,100 LANGUAGE INSERTED BY THE 285 00:08:10,233 --> 00:08:14,600 GOVERNOR'S TEAM IN THAT BILL 286 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:16,266 THAT WOULD SEEM TO MAKE 287 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,600 LITIGATION SOMEWHAT LESS 288 00:08:16,266 --> 00:08:18,433 LIKELY. 289 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,766 >> Daniel: BASICALLY IF IT 290 00:08:18,433 --> 00:08:21,266 GETS STRUCK DOWN T. BY THE 291 00:08:19,766 --> 00:08:23,500 COURTS, THE WHOLE BILL FALLS 292 00:08:21,266 --> 00:08:24,933 APART AND THE REALLY COMPONENT 293 00:08:23,500 --> 00:08:25,966 PART TO THE WILL IS IT CONTAINED 294 00:08:24,933 --> 00:08:26,900 A FREEZE IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH 295 00:08:25,966 --> 00:08:28,800 THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND 296 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:29,900 HEALTH DEPARTMENTS HAD TOW PAY 297 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:30,900 ERR TOWARD THEIR PENSION 298 00:08:29,900 --> 00:08:32,000 OBLIGATION AND THAT FREEZE IS 299 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:33,100 IMPORTANT FOR MAINTAINING THEIR 300 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,266 BUDGETS AND THAT SORT OF THING. 301 00:08:33,100 --> 00:08:35,933 IF IT WERE TO BE CHALLENGED IN 302 00:08:34,266 --> 00:08:38,433 COURT AND STRUCK DOWN, THAT 303 00:08:35,933 --> 00:08:40,633 FREEZE WOULD COME DOWN TOO. 304 00:08:38,433 --> 00:08:43,066 >> Matt: CAN I POINT OUT 305 00:08:40,633 --> 00:08:44,266 THERE'S 118 STATE QUASI-ANSWERS, 306 00:08:43,066 --> 00:08:45,333 130 REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES IS A 307 00:08:44,266 --> 00:08:46,300 THEY HAVE DIFFICULT DECISIONS TO 308 00:08:45,333 --> 00:08:47,333 MAKE AHEAD. 309 00:08:46,300 --> 00:08:48,600 THAT'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION 310 00:08:47,333 --> 00:08:50,233 AROUND THE STATE, AND THIS ISN'T 311 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,866 EVEN THE PENSION REFORM, THAT 312 00:08:50,233 --> 00:08:53,066 COMPREHENSIVE PENSION REFORM 313 00:08:51,866 --> 00:08:53,333 THAT WE'LL HAVE BEEN WAITING 314 00:08:53,066 --> 00:08:53,966 FOR. 315 00:08:53,333 --> 00:08:55,033 >> Bill: YOU'RE RIGHT. 316 00:08:53,966 --> 00:08:56,566 I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. 317 00:08:55,033 --> 00:08:57,900 NOW SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS WILL 318 00:08:56,566 --> 00:09:00,533 COME DOWN TO THE MORE LOCAL 319 00:08:57,900 --> 00:09:02,200 LEVEL AS TO HOW THEY'RE GOING TO 320 00:09:00,533 --> 00:09:04,266 PROCEED, AND THERE WILL BE SOME 321 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,566 PRESSURES THERE LOCALLY AS 322 00:09:04,266 --> 00:09:07,066 WELL. 323 00:09:04,566 --> 00:09:08,766 SO TO MATT'S POINT, MORGAN, IS 324 00:09:07,066 --> 00:09:09,100 PENSION REFORM STILL A MOVING 325 00:09:08,766 --> 00:09:10,533 TARGET? 326 00:09:09,100 --> 00:09:11,666 IS IT STILL UP IN THE AIR ABOUT 327 00:09:10,533 --> 00:09:13,133 A LOT OF THINGS BEING DISCUSSED 328 00:09:11,666 --> 00:09:15,066 WHEN THE REGULAR SESSION BEGINS 329 00:09:13,133 --> 00:09:16,200 IN JANUARY? 330 00:09:15,066 --> 00:09:17,833 >> Morgan: WITHOUT A DOUBT, 331 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,133 THE PENSION SYSTEM AND PENSION 332 00:09:17,833 --> 00:09:21,333 REFORM, THAT'S GOING TO BE A 333 00:09:19,133 --> 00:09:22,166 TOPIC OF CONVERSATION IN 334 00:09:21,333 --> 00:09:24,400 FRANKFORT WHEN THE LEGISLATORS 335 00:09:22,166 --> 00:09:28,000 COME BACK FOR THEIR FULL SESSION 336 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:28,766 IF ONLY JUST FROM A BUDGETARY 337 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:30,633 STANDPOINT, REGARDLESS OF HUGE 338 00:09:28,766 --> 00:09:31,733 PENSION REFORM BILL LIKE THEY'VE 339 00:09:30,633 --> 00:09:33,366 PASSED IN THE PAST IS GOING TO 340 00:09:31,733 --> 00:09:34,433 BE UP FOR DEBATE, THEY'RE GOING 341 00:09:33,366 --> 00:09:35,633 TO BE TALKING ABOUT WE STILL 342 00:09:34,433 --> 00:09:37,833 HAVE THESE FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS 343 00:09:35,633 --> 00:09:40,033 AND HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT WITH 344 00:09:37,833 --> 00:09:42,300 THE NEED TO FUND K-12 EDUCATION 345 00:09:40,033 --> 00:09:43,833 AND HIGHER EDUCATION AND HEALTH 346 00:09:42,300 --> 00:09:44,633 DEPARTMENT, ALL THESE DIFFERENT 347 00:09:43,833 --> 00:09:45,266 THINGS THAT THE STATE'S 348 00:09:44,633 --> 00:09:46,800 RESPONSIBLE FOR. 349 00:09:45,266 --> 00:09:47,600 SO I THINK JUST FROM A BUDGET 350 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:50,300 STANDPOINT WITH PENSIONS ARE 351 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:52,366 GOING TO BE IN DISCUSS, AND I 352 00:09:50,300 --> 00:09:53,666 THINK GIVEN JUST THE SIZE OF THE 353 00:09:52,366 --> 00:09:55,533 HOME, OF THE CHALLENGES, IF 354 00:09:53,666 --> 00:09:56,833 YOU'RE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL IN 355 00:09:55,533 --> 00:09:58,800 KENTUCKY, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU 356 00:09:56,833 --> 00:10:02,966 HAVE TO BE TALKING ABOUT AND 357 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:03,366 LOOKING AT POTENTIAL 358 00:10:02,966 --> 00:10:04,166 LEGISLATION. 359 00:10:03,366 --> 00:10:05,033 >> Matt: IF I CAN JUST MENTION 360 00:10:04,166 --> 00:10:06,466 REALLY BRIEFLY, THAT PENSION 361 00:10:05,033 --> 00:10:09,200 CONVERSATION IS HAVING RIPPLE 362 00:10:06,466 --> 00:10:09,966 EFFECTS ACROSS THE STATE. 363 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:11,633 COVERING SOME BOYLAN MEETINGS IN 364 00:10:09,966 --> 00:10:13,433 WEST KENTUCKY, IN MARSHALL 365 00:10:11,633 --> 00:10:15,933 COUNTY WITH KENTUCKY, PENSIONS 366 00:10:13,433 --> 00:10:18,133 AND THE RISING PENSION COST WAS 367 00:10:15,933 --> 00:10:19,200 ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE 368 00:10:18,133 --> 00:10:20,333 BUDGET, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME 369 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:22,066 ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE 370 00:10:20,333 --> 00:10:23,400 BUDGET GOING INTO THIS YEAR HAS 371 00:10:22,066 --> 00:10:25,700 FEWER DOLLARS FOR LOCAL 372 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:26,900 NON-PROFITS THAT RELY ON COUNTY 373 00:10:25,700 --> 00:10:28,633 GOVERNMENT FUNDS WHO SAY WE 374 00:10:26,900 --> 00:10:30,066 CAN'T GIVE YOU AS MUCH BECAUSE 375 00:10:28,633 --> 00:10:31,600 OF THE PENSION COSTS THAT WE'RE 376 00:10:30,066 --> 00:10:33,466 HAVING TO DEAL WITH, AND SO THAT 377 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,966 LEFT A LOCAL FOOD PANTRY CHARGED 378 00:10:33,466 --> 00:10:38,033 WITH DOING MORE FUNDRAISING ON 379 00:10:35,966 --> 00:10:39,666 THEIR OWN, A SENIOR CITIZEN 380 00:10:38,033 --> 00:10:41,933 CENTER WEEKS IT PROMPTED THEIR 381 00:10:39,666 --> 00:10:43,733 CLOSURE IN BENTON. 382 00:10:41,933 --> 00:10:44,933 MCCRAKEN COUNTY SIMILAR STORY. 383 00:10:43,733 --> 00:10:47,100 YOU HAVE SPECIAL ADVOCATES FOR 384 00:10:44,933 --> 00:10:49,066 LOBBYING TO NOT HAVE THEIR 385 00:10:47,100 --> 00:10:51,266 FUNDING REDUCED AND IF COUNTY 386 00:10:49,066 --> 00:10:52,366 GOVERNMENT SAID OUR HANDS ARE 387 00:10:51,266 --> 00:10:55,300 TIED BECAUSE THE PENSIONS ARE 388 00:10:52,366 --> 00:10:56,733 SLIM AND THE BUDGETS ARE HIGH. 389 00:10:55,300 --> 00:10:57,600 >> Bill: WE KNOW MANY OF THE 390 00:10:56,733 --> 00:10:58,066 PUBLIC POOLS HAVE BEEN CLOSED 391 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:59,566 FOR THE SUMMER. 392 00:10:58,066 --> 00:11:01,600 ON AND ON. 393 00:10:59,566 --> 00:11:02,966 RIPPLE EFFECTS GO. 394 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:04,100 LET'S SEE WHERE THIS ALL GOES 395 00:11:02,966 --> 00:11:06,633 WITH THE PENSIONS AS WE MOVE 396 00:11:04,100 --> 00:11:08,166 INTO THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AND 397 00:11:06,633 --> 00:11:09,466 LET'S TALK ABOUT CAMPAIGN 2019. 398 00:11:08,166 --> 00:11:10,200 ANDY BESHEAR'S CAMPAIGN 399 00:11:09,466 --> 00:11:13,066 ANNOUNCED THIS EVENING THAT IT 400 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,400 IS AGREEING TO FIVE TELEVISED 401 00:11:13,066 --> 00:11:15,700 DEBATES. 402 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:18,300 THOSE TO BE HELD IN THE PADUCAH, 403 00:11:15,700 --> 00:11:19,833 LOUISVILLE, LEXINGTON AND 404 00:11:18,300 --> 00:11:20,233 NORTHERN KENTUCKY, SO THAT'LL BE 405 00:11:19,833 --> 00:11:22,300 INTERESTING. 406 00:11:20,233 --> 00:11:23,366 YOU'LL BE ON THE PANEL. 407 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:25,933 I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE INVITED TO 408 00:11:23,366 --> 00:11:27,033 THE IF IT IS ONE IN PADUCAH. 409 00:11:25,933 --> 00:11:27,733 >> Matt: THAT'S WHAT I'M 410 00:11:27,033 --> 00:11:29,000 FOAMED I'M LOOKING FORWARD IT. 411 00:11:27,733 --> 00:11:29,400 >> Bill: THAT SHOULD BE 412 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,533 INTERESTING. 413 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,400 SO AS WE START TO LOOK AT -- 414 00:11:31,533 --> 00:11:33,400 FIRST LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. 415 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:35,300 THOSE DEBATES. 416 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:37,433 HOW WILL THAT GO? 417 00:11:35,300 --> 00:11:38,000 WHAT DO YOU LOOK TO SEE, DANIEL, 418 00:11:37,433 --> 00:11:39,400 IN THOSE? 419 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,833 >> Daniel: I MEAN, SO THE REAL 420 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:42,900 THING HERE IS WE KIND OF KNOW 421 00:11:40,833 --> 00:11:44,066 WHERE EACH ONE STANDS, WHERE 422 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:45,533 THEY STAND ON POLICIES AND THAT 423 00:11:44,066 --> 00:11:47,066 SORT OF THING. 424 00:11:45,533 --> 00:11:48,466 BUT THEY'LL BE ON A STAGE 425 00:11:47,066 --> 00:11:49,100 TOGETHER IN FRONT OF AN 426 00:11:48,466 --> 00:11:50,666 AUDIENCE, AND IT WILL BE 427 00:11:49,100 --> 00:11:51,966 INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEY GO 428 00:11:50,666 --> 00:11:52,733 AFTER EACH OTHER AND WHAT THEY 429 00:11:51,966 --> 00:11:53,566 TRY TO DO. 430 00:11:52,733 --> 00:11:55,566 SO MATT BEVIN HAS DEFINITELY 431 00:11:53,566 --> 00:11:56,666 TRIED TO GO AFTER THE 432 00:11:55,566 --> 00:11:57,966 ADMINISTRATION, THE STEVE 433 00:11:56,666 --> 00:12:00,566 BESHEAR ADMINISTRATION IN PART 434 00:11:57,966 --> 00:12:01,733 TO UNDERCUT THE POPULARITY OF 435 00:12:00,566 --> 00:12:03,100 FORMER GOVERNOR STEVE BESHEAR 436 00:12:01,733 --> 00:12:05,800 WHO LEFT OFFICE PRETTY POPULAR. 437 00:12:03,100 --> 00:12:06,566 AND HE HAS HAD THIS MESSAGE OF 438 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:08,200 HE'SENING CONTRACT UP FRANKFORT, 439 00:12:06,566 --> 00:12:09,966 MUNG OUT THE STALLS. 440 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:10,833 ANDY BESHEAR, MATT BEVIN IS AN 441 00:12:09,966 --> 00:12:11,833 UNPOPULAR GUY. 442 00:12:10,833 --> 00:12:13,766 HE'S GOING TO GO AFTER MATT 443 00:12:11,833 --> 00:12:14,666 BEVIN AND SAY THIS IS YOUR DON'T 444 00:12:13,766 --> 00:12:16,133 LIKE HIM. 445 00:12:14,666 --> 00:12:17,600 IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 446 00:12:16,133 --> 00:12:17,900 THE CONTRASTING VIEWS FROM THE 447 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,466 STATE. 448 00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:20,633 WE'LL BE SEEING IT FIVE TIMES IN 449 00:12:19,466 --> 00:12:21,633 A ROW. 450 00:12:20,633 --> 00:12:22,966 IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO 451 00:12:21,633 --> 00:12:24,600 SEE IF THERE ARE LOCAL ISSUES 452 00:12:22,966 --> 00:12:25,466 THAT GET BROUGHT UP AT THE 453 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,833 DIFFERENT DEBATES IN DIFFERENT 454 00:12:25,466 --> 00:12:28,566 AREAS TO GET THEM TO TRY AND 455 00:12:26,833 --> 00:12:28,966 TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE FOR A 456 00:12:28,566 --> 00:12:32,366 LITTLE BIT. 457 00:12:28,966 --> 00:12:34,000 >> Bill: AND THE CHALLENGE TO 458 00:12:32,366 --> 00:12:35,633 JOURNALSISTS WILL BE TO HAVE AN 459 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,700 INTERESTING SET OF ISSUES TO 460 00:12:35,633 --> 00:12:39,000 DISCUSS, AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED 461 00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:41,200 AS WE WERE PREPARING FOR THE 462 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,500 SHOW SO THAT THEY'RE NOT ALL THE 463 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:43,266 SAME. 464 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:44,500 SOME OF THE ISSUES DO GET 465 00:12:43,266 --> 00:12:45,466 DISCUSSED THAT IS PERTINENT TO 466 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:47,966 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE. 467 00:12:45,466 --> 00:12:49,066 WE KNOW A BIG EVENT IS COMING UP 468 00:12:47,966 --> 00:12:50,533 NEXT WEEK AND WE'RE LOOKING 469 00:12:49,066 --> 00:12:51,466 FORWARD TO TO BEING OUT THERE. 470 00:12:50,533 --> 00:12:51,900 FANCY FARM TO PROVIDE COVERAGE 471 00:12:51,466 --> 00:12:53,866 ON KET. 472 00:12:51,900 --> 00:12:56,966 WE'LL HAVE "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY" 473 00:12:53,866 --> 00:12:58,100 OUT THIS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT AND 474 00:12:56,966 --> 00:12:59,100 COVERAGE ON THE SATURDAY 475 00:12:58,100 --> 00:13:00,700 AFFERENT SPEECHES AND SO FORTH. 476 00:12:59,100 --> 00:13:03,000 SO, MATT, WE KNOW THAT FANCY 477 00:13:00,700 --> 00:13:04,533 FARM REALLY IS A FUNDRAISER FOR 478 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:06,300 A SMALL CHURCH OUT THERE. 479 00:13:04,533 --> 00:13:07,266 IT'S BECOME A POLITICAL 480 00:13:06,300 --> 00:13:08,700 DESTINATION OVER THE DECADES. 481 00:13:07,266 --> 00:13:11,000 THEY USED TO GET SPEECHES UNDER 482 00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:14,466 WHAT WAS CALLED THE LIAR'S TREE 483 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:16,233 UNTIL IT WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING 484 00:13:14,466 --> 00:13:17,100 AND THEN MOVED TO NOW A COVERED 485 00:13:16,233 --> 00:13:18,633 PAVILION. 486 00:13:17,100 --> 00:13:20,700 IT'S A PRETTY NICE LOCATION OUT 487 00:13:18,633 --> 00:13:21,400 THERE. 488 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:23,766 CERTAINLY A LOT OF HTTP: 489 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:26,266 >> Matt: IT'S A FUNDRAISER FOR 490 00:13:23,766 --> 00:13:27,666 ST. JEROME'S CATHOLIC CHURCH. 491 00:13:26,266 --> 00:13:30,000 IT'S A STORIED TRADITION. 492 00:13:27,666 --> 00:13:31,433 THE PAVILION DOES LOOK NICE BUT 493 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,633 DON'T LET THAT FOOL YOU BECAUSE 494 00:13:31,433 --> 00:13:34,366 IT IS HOT. 495 00:13:32,633 --> 00:13:35,600 IT'S AS HOOT FANCY FARM. 496 00:13:34,366 --> 00:13:36,733 THERE'S BARBECUE. 497 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:38,300 THERE'S A SPIRITED ATMOSPHERE, 498 00:13:36,733 --> 00:13:40,266 THRONGS OF PEOPLE AND 499 00:13:38,300 --> 00:13:40,600 POLITICIANS STRIKE TO BARB EACH 500 00:13:40,266 --> 00:13:43,000 OTHER. 501 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:43,366 SO, YEAH, IT'S A KENTUCKY 502 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,400 TRADITION. 503 00:13:43,366 --> 00:13:46,266 I THINK CONGRESSMAN COMER WAS IN 504 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,000 PADUCAH RECENTLY. 505 00:13:46,266 --> 00:13:49,766 HE SAID EVERY KENTUCKIAN NEEDS 506 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:51,433 TO COME OUT TO FANCY FARM AND 507 00:13:49,766 --> 00:13:51,733 EXPERIENCE IN IT PERSON AT LEAST 508 00:13:51,433 --> 00:13:53,433 ONCE. 509 00:13:51,733 --> 00:13:54,966 HE OAKLAND JO, YOU MIGHT NOT 510 00:13:53,433 --> 00:13:55,366 EVER TO GO BACK AFTER YOU'VE 511 00:13:54,966 --> 00:13:56,666 GONE ONCE. 512 00:13:55,366 --> 00:13:58,100 I WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE IT IS 513 00:13:56,666 --> 00:13:59,400 WORTH SEEING IN PERSON AND I 514 00:13:58,100 --> 00:14:01,433 THINK THIS IS THE YEAR YOU'RE 515 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:01,700 GOING TO WANT TO GO OUT AND DO 516 00:14:01,433 --> 00:14:03,566 IT. 517 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:04,700 >> Bill: YOUR COLLEAGUE AND 518 00:14:03,566 --> 00:14:06,133 MENTOR JACK BRAMMER SAID THIS IS 519 00:14:04,700 --> 00:14:07,433 THE YEAR TO GO IF YOU HAVE I DO 520 00:14:06,133 --> 00:14:08,533 NOT NEVER BEEN TO FANCY FARM. 521 00:14:07,433 --> 00:14:09,966 >> Daniel: I THINK JACK SAYS 522 00:14:08,533 --> 00:14:10,333 THAT EVERY YEAR. 523 00:14:09,966 --> 00:14:11,233 [LAUGHTER] 524 00:14:10,333 --> 00:14:12,500 YEAH, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY GOING 525 00:14:11,233 --> 00:14:14,233 TO BE A BIG YEAR, RIGHT? 526 00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:15,433 THIS IS A BIG ELECTION YEAR AND 527 00:14:14,233 --> 00:14:17,300 YOU'VE GOT TWO GUBERNATORIAL 528 00:14:15,433 --> 00:14:18,133 CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN AT EACH 529 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:18,933 OTHER'S THROATS SINCE I GUESS 530 00:14:18,133 --> 00:14:20,800 2015 BASICALLY. 531 00:14:18,933 --> 00:14:22,633 AND SO YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THEM 532 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,366 ON A STAGE IN AN ENVIRONMENT 533 00:14:22,633 --> 00:14:25,900 WHERE IT'S ENCOURAGED FOR THEM 534 00:14:24,366 --> 00:14:28,000 TO REALLY GO AFTER EACH OTHER. 535 00:14:25,900 --> 00:14:29,100 AND THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT 536 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:30,300 GOVERNOR BEVIN HAS BEEN IN A 537 00:14:29,100 --> 00:14:31,700 COUPLE OF YEARS. 538 00:14:30,300 --> 00:14:32,800 AND HE'S KIND OF DONE MIXED 539 00:14:31,700 --> 00:14:34,100 THINGS AT FANCY FARM. 540 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:35,733 ONE YEAR HE REALLY WENT AFTER 541 00:14:34,100 --> 00:14:37,400 HIS I DON'T KNOW THE AND HE 542 00:14:35,733 --> 00:14:38,700 TRIED TO DO THE TRADITIONAL 543 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:40,000 ATTACK LINE. 544 00:14:38,700 --> 00:14:41,633 ANOTHER YEAR HE JUST KIND OF 545 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,966 SAID THIS IS THE WORST FORM OF 546 00:14:41,633 --> 00:14:43,933 POLITICAL SPEECH IN KENTUCKY AND 547 00:14:42,966 --> 00:14:45,566 WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO THE 548 00:14:43,933 --> 00:14:47,333 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE INSTEAD. 549 00:14:45,566 --> 00:14:48,533 SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE 550 00:14:47,333 --> 00:14:49,766 WHAT MATT BEVIN WE SEE, AND I 551 00:14:48,533 --> 00:14:53,000 HAVE A FEELING IT WILL BE THE 552 00:14:49,766 --> 00:14:53,333 ONE THAT REALLY GOES AFTER ANDY 553 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:54,433 BESHEAR. 554 00:14:53,333 --> 00:14:55,200 >> Bill: IN A SITUATION LIKE 555 00:14:54,433 --> 00:14:57,633 THAT, IT'S TOUGH, RIGHT? 556 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,033 I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE YELLING AT 557 00:14:57,633 --> 00:15:00,833 EACH OTHER. 558 00:14:58,033 --> 00:15:02,666 IT REALLY IS A CRUCIBLE OF 559 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:04,100 PRESSURE SITUATION LIKE THAT. 560 00:15:02,666 --> 00:15:06,633 >> Morgan: I WENT MY FIRST 561 00:15:04,100 --> 00:15:07,933 FANCY FARM WAS IN 2016 SO IT WAS 562 00:15:06,633 --> 00:15:09,800 THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SO I 563 00:15:07,933 --> 00:15:10,300 REMEMBER THAT ONE BEING REALLY 564 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,666 ELECTRIC. 565 00:15:10,300 --> 00:15:13,966 PEOPLE TOLD ME STORIES, I WONDER 566 00:15:12,666 --> 00:15:15,500 WHITES REALLY GOING TO BE LIKE, 567 00:15:13,966 --> 00:15:17,033 AND THEY WEREN'T EXAGGERATING. 568 00:15:15,500 --> 00:15:17,466 PEOPLE WERE REALLY INTO IT ON 569 00:15:17,033 --> 00:15:19,833 BOTH SIDES. 570 00:15:17,466 --> 00:15:20,533 SO I DO, I THINK -- AND THEN THE 571 00:15:19,833 --> 00:15:22,133 INTERVENING YEARS HAVE BEEN A 572 00:15:20,533 --> 00:15:23,366 LITTLE CHILLER. 573 00:15:22,133 --> 00:15:24,833 BUT I THINK, YEAH, THIS YEAR 574 00:15:23,366 --> 00:15:25,900 IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT DIFFERENT 575 00:15:24,833 --> 00:15:27,400 WITH SERIOUS STUFF ON THE LINE, 576 00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:29,366 AND NOT US J FROM THE GOVERNOR'S 577 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,766 LEVEL BUT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S 578 00:15:29,366 --> 00:15:31,966 RACE IS REALLY TENSE, SO I THINK 579 00:15:30,766 --> 00:15:32,366 THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE 580 00:15:31,966 --> 00:15:34,833 INTERESTING. 581 00:15:32,366 --> 00:15:39,733 IT'S KIND OF A WHO'S WHO OFTE 582 00:15:34,833 --> 00:15:40,000 POLITICS WHICH IS KIND OF FUN TO 583 00:15:39,733 --> 00:15:40,733 SEE. 584 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:41,266 >> Matt: THE ENTIRE BALLOT IS 585 00:15:40,733 --> 00:15:42,633 GOING TO BE THERE. 586 00:15:41,266 --> 00:15:45,966 I THINK FOR A LOT OF VIEWERS OF 587 00:15:42,633 --> 00:15:47,700 FANCY FARM YOU MIGHT SEE THEMES 588 00:15:45,966 --> 00:15:49,133 FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE DOWN 589 00:15:47,700 --> 00:15:49,433 TICKET BALLOTS IN ALL THESE 590 00:15:49,133 --> 00:15:51,433 RACES. 591 00:15:49,433 --> 00:15:52,633 WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS THE 592 00:15:51,433 --> 00:15:53,733 FUTURE OF KENTUCKY FOR THE NEXT 593 00:15:52,633 --> 00:15:54,833 COUPLE OF YEARS AND WHICH WAY 594 00:15:53,733 --> 00:15:56,166 YOU WANT IT TO GO. 595 00:15:54,833 --> 00:15:57,600 >> Bill: YOU TALKED ON A A 596 00:15:56,166 --> 00:15:59,633 WILL I BE TAIRIAN CANDIDATE WHO 597 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:02,733 SAID HE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK 598 00:15:59,633 --> 00:16:03,066 AND DOESN'T KNOW IF HE'S BEEN 599 00:16:02,733 --> 00:16:03,766 INVITED. 600 00:16:03,066 --> 00:16:06,700 >> Matt: THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY 601 00:16:03,766 --> 00:16:08,200 IS ON THE BALLOT, TOO, AND I 602 00:16:06,700 --> 00:16:09,633 SPOKE TO THEIR DEFINED GOVERNOR 603 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,900 JOHN HICKS AND HE SAID THEY'RE 604 00:16:09,633 --> 00:16:13,466 STILL WAITING FOR THEIR 605 00:16:10,900 --> 00:16:14,166 INVITATION TO BE ON THE STAGE 606 00:16:13,466 --> 00:16:15,300 BUT HE PROMISE HE WILL BE AT 607 00:16:14,166 --> 00:16:18,266 FANCY FARM, SO I THINK YOU WILL 608 00:16:15,300 --> 00:16:18,700 SEE THE LIBERTARIANS AT LEAST IN 609 00:16:18,266 --> 00:16:20,466 SOME CAPACITY. 610 00:16:18,700 --> 00:16:23,233 >> Bill: BEFORE THEY HEAD 611 00:16:20,466 --> 00:16:24,166 WEST, AND IT WILL BE AN EXCITING 612 00:16:23,233 --> 00:16:26,066 WEEKEND IN GRAVES COUNTY, BEVIN 613 00:16:24,166 --> 00:16:28,000 AND BESHEAR WERE BOTH IN EASTERN 614 00:16:26,066 --> 00:16:30,633 KENTUCKY THIS WEEK WHERE THEY 615 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:31,000 BOTH TRAILED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE 616 00:16:30,633 --> 00:16:31,933 PRIMARIES. 617 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:32,666 LET'S LOOK AT THE GEOGRAPHY OF 618 00:16:31,933 --> 00:16:34,533 THIS RACE. 619 00:16:32,666 --> 00:16:35,400 THE GOVERNOR WAS THERE FOR SOME 620 00:16:34,533 --> 00:16:37,500 ROAD ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND BESHEAR 621 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,166 MADE SOME STOPS IN COAL MINING 622 00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:41,433 COUNTRY YESTERDAY. 623 00:16:38,166 --> 00:16:42,200 CAN EASTERN E. CAN BE A KEY TO 624 00:16:41,433 --> 00:16:43,733 THIS RACE? 625 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,033 >> Daniel: EASTERN KENTUCKY IS 626 00:16:43,733 --> 00:16:46,500 REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS 627 00:16:46,033 --> 00:16:49,166 STATE. 628 00:16:46,500 --> 00:16:50,166 THE WEST HAS BEEN DEEP RED. 629 00:16:49,166 --> 00:16:51,133 EASTERN USED TO BE DEMOCRATIC 630 00:16:50,166 --> 00:16:53,833 BUT THEY LOVE PRESIDENT TRUMP 631 00:16:51,133 --> 00:16:56,066 BUT THEY'RE ALSO MAD AT MEN OF 632 00:16:53,833 --> 00:16:57,500 SO YOU'VE GOT THIS PERFECT STORM 633 00:16:56,066 --> 00:16:59,233 OF BOTH ANDY BESHEAR AND MATT 634 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:01,833 BEVIN ARE HAVING TO GO THERE, 635 00:16:59,233 --> 00:17:03,133 GIVE FACE TIME TO REALLY TRY AND 636 00:17:01,833 --> 00:17:06,033 EARN THE VOTES THERE BECAUSE 637 00:17:03,133 --> 00:17:08,700 WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PRIMARY 638 00:17:06,033 --> 00:17:13,400 ROCKY ADKINS WON MOST OF THAT 639 00:17:08,700 --> 00:17:16,366 TERRITORY IN THE PRIMARY AND GO 640 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:20,500 FORTH WON IT IN THE -- 641 00:17:16,366 --> 00:17:21,600 >> Bill: THE ADS ARE OUT THERE 642 00:17:20,500 --> 00:17:24,200 THERE. 643 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:25,300 PRO-BESHEAR HAVE HIS -- WHILE 644 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:27,600 PRO-BEVIN USE FOOTAGE OF 645 00:17:25,300 --> 00:17:30,933 PRESIDENT TRUMP AND TRY TOW TIE 646 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:31,266 BESHEAR TO DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL 647 00:17:30,933 --> 00:17:32,000 FIGURES. 648 00:17:31,266 --> 00:17:33,566 >> Daniel: PARTS OF WHAT WE'RE 649 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:36,033 SEEING FROM THE RGA IS THEY'RE 650 00:17:33,566 --> 00:17:37,666 EGG REAL GOING AFTER BESHEAR, 651 00:17:36,033 --> 00:17:38,433 IT'S McCONNELL 101 WHERE YOU 652 00:17:37,666 --> 00:17:41,533 DEFINE YOUR I DON'T KNOW THE 653 00:17:38,433 --> 00:17:44,000 EARLY AND DRAG THEM DOWN. 654 00:17:41,533 --> 00:17:45,600 EINSTEINING THE DL.BGA INSTEAD 655 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,066 OF GOING AFTER THE GOVERNOR, 656 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,966 THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUMP ANDY 657 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:50,466 BESHEAR UP AND TALK ABOUT THE 658 00:17:48,966 --> 00:17:52,366 THINGS THAT HE'S DOING IN THE 659 00:17:50,466 --> 00:17:53,166 TWO 15-SECOND SPOTS THAT THEY 660 00:17:52,366 --> 00:17:54,500 RELEASED TODAY. 661 00:17:53,166 --> 00:17:56,400 THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TWO OF 662 00:17:54,500 --> 00:17:58,000 HIS PLATFORMS OF ATTORNEY 663 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,600 GENERAL WITH THE RAPE KIT 664 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:02,333 BACKLOG AND WHAT HE'S BEEN DOING 665 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:02,633 TO GO AFTER CHILD SEX PRET 666 00:18:02,333 --> 00:18:05,000 TORS. 667 00:18:02,633 --> 00:18:07,033 >> Bill: U.S. SENATE UPDATE. 668 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:09,533 COLIN WILL SPEAK ON STAGE, AND 669 00:18:07,033 --> 00:18:13,266 WE EXPECT OTHERS WILL BE'S FANCY 670 00:18:09,533 --> 00:18:13,766 FARM. 671 00:18:13,266 --> 00:18:14,500 AMY -INCOME GRATH. 672 00:18:13,766 --> 00:18:15,800 >> APPLE MCFADDEN GRAPH IS NOT 673 00:18:14,500 --> 00:18:17,400 GOING TO FANCY FARM. 674 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:17,866 HER DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT IS 675 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:19,000 GOING. 676 00:18:17,866 --> 00:18:21,100 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT McCONNELL, 677 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,100 ONE OF HIS FORM AIDES IS RUNNING 678 00:18:21,100 --> 00:18:25,066 FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND THAT'S 679 00:18:22,100 --> 00:18:25,800 AN INTERESTING RACE WHERE THE 680 00:18:25,066 --> 00:18:27,900 DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR'S 681 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,900 ASSOCIATION IS USING THE MITCH 682 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:30,100 McCONNELL TACTIC. 683 00:18:28,900 --> 00:18:31,933 DANIEL CAMERON IS. 684 00:18:30,100 --> 00:18:32,266 HE'S REALLY GONE AFTER GREG 685 00:18:31,933 --> 00:18:36,000 STUMBO. 686 00:18:32,266 --> 00:18:42,000 >> HE CALLED STUMBO A DEADBEAT 687 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:42,300 DAD AND HE CALLED CAMERON A 688 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,933 LIAR. 689 00:18:42,300 --> 00:18:45,266 >> Daniel: I DON'T EXPECT THAT 690 00:18:43,933 --> 00:18:45,633 TO STOP UNTIL AFTER THE 691 00:18:45,266 --> 00:18:49,100 ELECTION. 692 00:18:45,633 --> 00:18:51,266 >> Bill: WE'RE ALSO HEARING IT 693 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:55,966 COULD GET INTERESTING IN THE 694 00:18:51,266 --> 00:18:57,333 60s DISTRICT WHERE ANDY HELD 695 00:18:55,966 --> 00:19:00,733 OFF AMY McGRATH. 696 00:18:57,333 --> 00:19:01,400 NOW AWAY HERE FROM JOSH HICKS, A 697 00:19:00,733 --> 00:19:02,900 VERNAL FORMER POLICE OFFICER 698 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:05,200 GETTING IN NEXT WEEK. 699 00:19:02,900 --> 00:19:06,333 >> Daniel: HE LOST TO 700 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:09,133 REPRESENTATIVE STAN LEE IN A 701 00:19:06,333 --> 00:19:10,366 STATE HOUSE RACE IN 2018. 702 00:19:09,133 --> 00:19:12,100 IT SEEMS IT'S GOING TO BE ALL 703 00:19:10,366 --> 00:19:14,300 BUT INEVITABLE THAT HE JUMPS 704 00:19:12,100 --> 00:19:16,000 INTO THIS RACE, AND HE'S SAYING 705 00:19:14,300 --> 00:19:17,933 THAT I'M A RURAL GUY WHO CAN 706 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,200 KIND OF TALK TO RURAL 707 00:19:17,933 --> 00:19:20,033 KENTUCKIANS AND SHOW THEM THAT 708 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,266 DEMOCRATS AREN'T NECESSARILY 709 00:19:20,033 --> 00:19:22,333 WHAT YOU SEE ON FOX NEWS. 710 00:19:21,266 --> 00:19:24,333 BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING 711 00:19:22,333 --> 00:19:25,700 TO BE PAY CAKEWALK FOR HIM. 712 00:19:24,333 --> 00:19:27,133 THERE ARE OTHER NAMES THAT ARE 713 00:19:25,700 --> 00:19:31,433 BEING MENTIONED IN THE PRIMARY. 714 00:19:27,133 --> 00:19:32,200 ONE OF THIS IS EYE STEVE BESHEAR 715 00:19:31,433 --> 00:19:33,300 AIDE. 716 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:33,733 HE'S BEING BEING COURTED BY 717 00:19:33,300 --> 00:19:36,366 FOLKS. 718 00:19:33,733 --> 00:19:37,633 AND THE OTHER IS THAT CONS THAT 719 00:19:36,366 --> 00:19:40,100 THE APPLICABLE NAME ALISON 720 00:19:37,633 --> 00:19:40,800 LUNDERGAN GRIMES. 721 00:19:40,100 --> 00:19:41,500 GRAND SHE HAD HER STRUGGLES OF 722 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:42,700 LATE BOTH IN THE SECRETARY OF 723 00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:43,900 STATE'S OFFICE AND HER DAD IS 724 00:19:42,700 --> 00:19:45,266 UNDERGOING A TRIAL STARTING NEXT 725 00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:46,366 WEEK AND SO ON ITS GOING TO 726 00:19:45,266 --> 00:19:48,733 BE -- I THINK THAT SHE HAS TO 727 00:19:46,366 --> 00:19:49,533 KIND OF WAIT AND SEE HOW THE 728 00:19:48,733 --> 00:19:50,766 TRIAL WAS HER FATHER BEFORE SHE 729 00:19:49,533 --> 00:19:52,100 CAN KIND OF THINK ABOUT ANY KIND 730 00:19:50,766 --> 00:19:52,633 OF POLITICAL OFFICE THAT WE 731 00:19:52,100 --> 00:19:54,066 WOULD RUN FOR. 732 00:19:52,633 --> 00:19:56,033 >> Bill: THERE WAS A BILL 733 00:19:54,066 --> 00:19:58,533 PROPOSE BY REPRESENTATIVE JERRY 734 00:19:56,033 --> 00:20:00,600 MILLER FOR 27.5 EXAMINERS EXCISE 735 00:19:58,533 --> 00:20:01,266 TAX ON e-GRETS, VIDEOTAPING BY 736 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:04,333 TEENAGERS. 737 00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:06,166 IT'S A GROWING CONCERN THAT WAS 738 00:20:04,333 --> 00:20:07,866 SUPPOSEDLY TO RAISE $35 MILLION 739 00:20:06,166 --> 00:20:09,133 TO THE STATE FOR PENSIONS. 740 00:20:07,866 --> 00:20:10,433 >> Morgan: PER YEAR. 741 00:20:09,133 --> 00:20:12,633 DEFINITELY A BIG REVENUE BOOST 742 00:20:10,433 --> 00:20:12,966 IF THEY DECIDE TO KNOCK THE 743 00:20:12,633 --> 00:20:15,033 TAX. 744 00:20:12,966 --> 00:20:17,300 THE BIG DRIVER BEHIND THIS IS A 745 00:20:15,033 --> 00:20:18,333 RISING CONCERN ABOUT TEENAGE USE 746 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:20,133 OF E-CIGARETTES. 747 00:20:18,333 --> 00:20:21,833 THE THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF 748 00:20:20,133 --> 00:20:23,133 IT'S NOT CAMPAIGNS FOR YOUTHS 749 00:20:21,833 --> 00:20:24,900 THAT HAVE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL 750 00:20:23,133 --> 00:20:27,733 TURNED TEENS AWAY FROM YOUR 751 00:20:24,900 --> 00:20:29,966 TRADITIONAL CIGARETTES, BUT 752 00:20:27,733 --> 00:20:30,300 E-CIGS HAVE BECOME VERY 753 00:20:29,966 --> 00:20:32,400 POPULAR. 754 00:20:30,300 --> 00:20:34,300 I A RECENT REPORT SAID USE AMONG 755 00:20:32,400 --> 00:20:34,766 HIGH SCHOOLERS IN KENTUCKY HAS 756 00:20:34,300 --> 00:20:36,333 NEARLY DOUBLED. 757 00:20:34,766 --> 00:20:37,633 SO THE THOUGHT IS THAT YOU MAKE 758 00:20:36,333 --> 00:20:39,466 THEM MORE EXPENSIVE AND MAYBE 759 00:20:37,633 --> 00:20:41,366 THAT KIND OF CUTS DOWN ON THE 760 00:20:39,466 --> 00:20:43,666 INTEREST OR THE ABILITY OF TEENS 761 00:20:41,366 --> 00:20:45,033 TO AFFORD THAT. 762 00:20:43,666 --> 00:20:46,500 BUT IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO 763 00:20:45,033 --> 00:20:48,266 SEE WHAT THEY DO WITH THIS. 764 00:20:46,500 --> 00:20:49,900 THE IDEA IS TO TAX THEM JUST AS 765 00:20:48,266 --> 00:20:51,433 THOUGH THEY WERE REGULAR 766 00:20:49,900 --> 00:20:53,733 CIGARETTES ALTHOUGH SOME FOLKS 767 00:20:51,433 --> 00:20:54,866 SAY THIS IS BETTER THAN STING TO 768 00:20:53,733 --> 00:20:56,433 MARL BROTHERS. 769 00:20:54,866 --> 00:20:59,933 ABOUT IT WILL BE INTEREST T. 770 00:20:56,433 --> 00:21:01,433 MARL BROTHERS ONE OF THE 771 00:20:59,933 --> 00:21:03,400 LOBBYISTS, THAT SPENT THE MOST 772 00:21:01,433 --> 00:21:06,000 OVER THE LAST PERIOD WAS A 773 00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:08,200 TOBACCO GIANT ALTRIA THAT HAS A 774 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,400 STAKE IN ONE OF THE BIG eCIG 775 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:12,666 COMPANIES SO IT WILL BE 776 00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:13,800 INTERESTING TO SEE JUST HOW ALL 777 00:21:12,666 --> 00:21:15,200 THOSE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS 778 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,833 PLAY INTO IT. 779 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,233 ALTHOUGH THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ON 780 00:21:16,833 --> 00:21:20,233 RECORD SAYING WE ENT DON'T 781 00:21:19,233 --> 00:21:21,633 SUPPORT YOUTH USE OF 782 00:21:20,233 --> 00:21:22,100 E-CIGARETTES BUT YOUNG PEOPLE 783 00:21:21,633 --> 00:21:24,700 ARE USING THEM. 784 00:21:22,100 --> 00:21:25,100 >> Daniel: BUT THEY SELL 785 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:25,900 FLAVORED -- 786 00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:28,400 >> Morgan: IT SEEMS 787 00:21:25,900 --> 00:21:31,633 REPUBLICANS ARE BEHIND THIS AND 788 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:33,000 YOU WOULD EXPECT THEM TO BE PRO 789 00:21:31,633 --> 00:21:33,400 TAX BUT THERE ARE REPUBLICANS 790 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:35,200 BEHIND THIS. 791 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:37,366 >> Bill: KENTUCKY'S TWO 792 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:39,133 VISIBLE SENATORS WENT AGAINST 793 00:21:37,366 --> 00:21:39,433 EACH OTHER ON THE COMPENSATION 794 00:21:39,133 --> 00:21:40,433 FUND. 795 00:21:39,433 --> 00:21:41,800 McCONNELL PUSHED IT AFTER 796 00:21:40,433 --> 00:21:42,966 THERE WAS PRESSURE. 797 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:44,466 PAUL VOTED AGAINST IT SAYING THE 798 00:21:42,966 --> 00:21:46,133 COUNTRY DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY. 799 00:21:44,466 --> 00:21:47,566 >> Daniel: HE WAS ONE OF ONLY 800 00:21:46,133 --> 00:21:49,966 TWO VOTES HA WERE VOTING AGAINST 801 00:21:47,566 --> 00:21:52,066 IT, AND THAT BILL GOT A LOT OF 802 00:21:49,966 --> 00:21:53,333 ATTENTION AS WELL BECAUSE YOU 803 00:21:52,066 --> 00:21:54,666 HAD JON STEWART FROM THE DAILY 804 00:21:53,333 --> 00:21:57,366 SHOW TRYING TO PUSH THAT THING 805 00:21:54,666 --> 00:22:00,400 IN WASH TO MAKE SURE IT GOT TO 806 00:21:57,366 --> 00:22:01,233 HELP THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK CARE 807 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,466 OF US. 808 00:22:01,233 --> 00:22:02,800 >> Matt: IT'S PERMANENT 809 00:22:02,466 --> 00:22:04,500 FUNDING. 810 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:06,333 RAND PAUL SAID HE SUPPORTS THE 811 00:22:04,500 --> 00:22:07,366 FIRST RESPONDERS BUT HE WAS 812 00:22:06,333 --> 00:22:08,266 DISMAYED THAT IT DIDN'T HAVE 813 00:22:07,366 --> 00:22:11,033 FUNDING. 814 00:22:08,266 --> 00:22:11,533 THE OTHER SENATOR WA UTAH 815 00:22:11,033 --> 00:22:13,500 SENATOR MIKE LEE. 816 00:22:11,533 --> 00:22:14,866 >> Bill: ON THAT SAME DAY PAUL 817 00:22:13,500 --> 00:22:16,466 ANNOUNCED SUPPORT FOR BOURBON 818 00:22:14,866 --> 00:22:17,633 MAKERS AND McCONNELL ALSO 819 00:22:16,466 --> 00:22:20,500 SUPPORTS THAT MEASURE. 820 00:22:17,633 --> 00:22:21,133 IT WOULD EXTEND A PROVISION IN 821 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:22,833 THE TAX CODE. 822 00:22:21,133 --> 00:22:23,466 >> Daniel: AND SENATOR PAUL 823 00:22:22,833 --> 00:22:25,066 GOT CRITICISM FOR THIS. 824 00:22:23,466 --> 00:22:26,833 THE DAY AFTER HE TRIES TO BLOCK 825 00:22:25,066 --> 00:22:27,833 THIS THING BECAUSE OF THE 9/11 826 00:22:26,833 --> 00:22:29,333 RESPONDER BILL BECAUSE OF 827 00:22:27,833 --> 00:22:31,300 FUNDING HE'S ON THE RECORD 828 00:22:29,333 --> 00:22:31,633 SUPPORTING A TAX CUT FOR 829 00:22:31,300 --> 00:22:33,300 BOURBON. 830 00:22:31,633 --> 00:22:34,900 AND HIS OFFICE SAID THEY WOULD 831 00:22:33,300 --> 00:22:35,233 FIND MONEY TO PAY FOR THIS TAX 832 00:22:34,900 --> 00:22:37,433 CUT. 833 00:22:35,233 --> 00:22:40,266 BUT THE OPTICS OF IT WASN'T 834 00:22:37,433 --> 00:22:40,833 NECESSARILY THE BEST THING FOR 835 00:22:40,266 --> 00:22:41,733 SENATOR PAUL THERE. 836 00:22:40,833 --> 00:22:42,900 >> Bill: MINERS WENT TO 837 00:22:41,733 --> 00:22:45,533 WASHINGTON, DC, FOR A MEETING 838 00:22:42,900 --> 00:22:45,833 WITH SENATOR McCONNELL THIS 839 00:22:45,533 --> 00:22:46,933 WEEK. 840 00:22:45,833 --> 00:22:49,066 >> Matt: YES, SOME MINERS FROM 841 00:22:46,933 --> 00:22:51,000 APPALACHIA WENT UP AND WERE SORT 842 00:22:49,066 --> 00:22:52,500 OF LOBBYING FOR MORE FUNDING FOR 843 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:54,600 BLACK LUNG, TO DEAL WITH THE 844 00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:55,233 BLACK LUNG, AND SOME DEMOCRATS 845 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,333 IN CONGRESS INTRODUCED 846 00:22:55,233 --> 00:22:57,900 LEGISLATION FOR THAT ADDITIONAL 847 00:22:56,333 --> 00:23:00,566 FUNDING ON TUESDAY. 848 00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:01,966 >> Bill: MORGAN, IT'S ALMOST 849 00:23:00,566 --> 00:23:03,833 BACK TO SCHOOL UNIVERSITY AND OF 850 00:23:01,966 --> 00:23:04,833 KENTUCKY IS EXPECTING RECORD 851 00:23:03,833 --> 00:23:07,100 ENROLLMENT, SO MUCH SO THEY'RE 852 00:23:04,833 --> 00:23:08,100 HAVING TROUBLE FINDING HOUSING 853 00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:08,933 SPACE FOR STUDENTS. 854 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:10,800 >> Morgan: YEAH. 855 00:23:08,933 --> 00:23:12,033 ON THE ONE HAND THIS GOES A 856 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,666 SYMPTOM OF SUCCESS FOR UK. 857 00:23:12,033 --> 00:23:15,400 I WAS TALKING WITH OTHER FOLKS 858 00:23:13,666 --> 00:23:17,033 EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND THEY SAID 859 00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:19,233 WE WANT MORE STUDENTS TO BE 860 00:23:17,033 --> 00:23:20,900 STAYING ON CAMPUS US THAT BASS 861 00:23:19,233 --> 00:23:22,866 ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER LEVELS 862 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:24,166 SUCCESS, BETTER GRADES, MORE 863 00:23:22,866 --> 00:23:24,766 INVOLVED WITHS CAMPUS LIFE, BUT 864 00:23:24,166 --> 00:23:26,133 THEY'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. 865 00:23:24,766 --> 00:23:27,266 YOU HAVE THE MAJORITY OF 866 00:23:26,133 --> 00:23:28,533 FRESHMEN, WHICH IS A RECORD 867 00:23:27,266 --> 00:23:30,500 NUMBER OF FRESHMEN COMING IN 868 00:23:28,533 --> 00:23:32,566 THIS YEAR WANT TO STAY ON CAMPUS 869 00:23:30,500 --> 00:23:34,433 AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF 870 00:23:32,566 --> 00:23:35,400 SOPHOMORES WHO SAY I LOVE 871 00:23:34,433 --> 00:23:37,000 STAYING IN THE DORM SO MUCH I 872 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,700 WANT TO STAY AGAIN. 873 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,900 SO THEY'VE BEEN CONVERTING STUDY 874 00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:41,533 ROOMS IN THE DORMS WHICH WERE 875 00:23:39,900 --> 00:23:41,866 DESIGNED TO BE ABLE TO CONVERT 876 00:23:41,533 --> 00:23:44,366 THEM. 877 00:23:41,866 --> 00:23:45,566 THEY'RE ALSO CONVERTING SOME RA 878 00:23:44,366 --> 00:23:46,033 ROOMS WHICH IS MORE 879 00:23:45,566 --> 00:23:47,633 CONTROVERSIAL. 880 00:23:46,033 --> 00:23:47,900 THERE'S AN ONLINE PETITION GOING 881 00:23:47,633 --> 00:23:52,433 ON. 882 00:23:47,900 --> 00:23:52,900 >> Bill: LED TO A LOT OF COAST 883 00:23:52,433 --> 00:23:55,100 OF CONTROVERSY. 884 00:23:52,900 --> 00:23:56,000 >> Morgan: RAS ARE NOT HAPPY. 885 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,000 >> Bill: THE KENTUCKY 886 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:58,466 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS GOING 887 00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:02,666 TO START RECRUITING TEACHERS, 888 00:23:58,466 --> 00:24:04,233 SAYING THERE'S A 5,000 JOB 889 00:24:02,666 --> 00:24:06,100 VACANCY SITUATION IN THE STATE. 890 00:24:04,233 --> 00:24:06,933 >> Morgan: THEY'VE HAD AROUND 891 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:09,433 5,000 JOBS THAT HAVE BEEN OPENED 892 00:24:06,933 --> 00:24:10,866 UP DURING THIS YEAR, AROUND AN 893 00:24:09,433 --> 00:24:12,733 THOUSAND OR MORE OFES HAVE BEEN 894 00:24:10,866 --> 00:24:14,266 JUST IN THE LAST MONTH. 895 00:24:12,733 --> 00:24:15,700 BASICALLY THEY HAVE MORE 896 00:24:14,266 --> 00:24:17,666 OPENINGS THAN THEY CAN FILL. 897 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:19,266 SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVING A HARD 898 00:24:17,666 --> 00:24:20,166 TIME GETTING GOOD CANDIDATES, 899 00:24:19,266 --> 00:24:21,466 QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, AND THEY 900 00:24:20,166 --> 00:24:22,666 HIGHER ED LEVEL STATEWIDE 901 00:24:21,466 --> 00:24:24,333 THERE'S BEEN A DOCUMENTED 902 00:24:22,666 --> 00:24:25,766 DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF 903 00:24:24,333 --> 00:24:26,933 STUDENTS WHO ARE EARNING 904 00:24:25,766 --> 00:24:27,233 EDUCATION DEGREES IN THE FIRST 905 00:24:26,933 --> 00:24:28,466 PLACE. 906 00:24:27,233 --> 00:24:30,100 I THINK PARTLY BECAUSE PEOPLE 907 00:24:28,466 --> 00:24:31,333 HEAR THE STUFF ABOUT LOW PAY AND 908 00:24:30,100 --> 00:24:33,266 FOCUS ON TEST SCORES. 909 00:24:31,333 --> 00:24:34,166 THEY'LL BE TRYING TO DRUM UP 910 00:24:33,266 --> 00:24:36,033 INTEREST. 911 00:24:34,166 --> 00:24:37,766 >> Bill: DR. AARON THOMAS 912 00:24:36,033 --> 00:24:38,633 HEADS UP THE COUNCIL ON 913 00:24:37,766 --> 00:24:40,366 POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION SAID 914 00:24:38,633 --> 00:24:43,000 THEY NEED TO GO AT THAT IMAGE 915 00:24:40,366 --> 00:24:44,866 AND MAKE STUDENTS AWARE OF 916 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,600 BENEFITS AND REWARDS AND THE 917 00:24:44,866 --> 00:24:47,033 PROFESSIONAL JOB THAT TEACHERS 918 00:24:46,600 --> 00:24:48,300 HAVE. 919 00:24:47,033 --> 00:24:49,566 SO THAT IS GOING TO BE 920 00:24:48,300 --> 00:24:52,066 INTERESTING AS WELL. 921 00:24:49,566 --> 00:24:55,166 MATT, THE UPDATE FOR SOME ASIAN 922 00:24:52,066 --> 00:24:56,100 CARP OUT AT KENTUCKY LAKE. 923 00:24:55,166 --> 00:24:57,200 >> Matt: YEAH, WELL, 924 00:24:56,100 --> 00:24:58,966 SENATOR McCONNELL HAS SAID 925 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:03,966 THAT ASIAN CARP IS HIS NUMBER 926 00:24:58,966 --> 00:25:06,000 ONE ISSUE IN WEST KENTUCKY. 927 00:25:03,966 --> 00:25:07,900 AN BIOACOUSTIC FISH FENCE IS 928 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,066 BEING TESTED NEXT WEEK. 929 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:10,833 INDUSTRIAL PARK IN BALLARD 930 00:25:09,066 --> 00:25:11,800 COUNTY IS EXPANDING 931 00:25:10,833 --> 00:25:13,433 SIGNIFICANTLY THE PRESIDENT OF 932 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:15,633 TWO RIVERS FISHERIES SAYS THAT 933 00:25:13,433 --> 00:25:17,800 THEY PLAN ON PROCESSING 934 00:25:15,633 --> 00:25:19,433 78 MILLION POUNDS OF ASIAN CARP 935 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:21,533 IN THE NEXT SIX YEARS. 936 00:25:19,433 --> 00:25:22,833 AND THERE'S AN ASIAN CARP 937 00:25:21,533 --> 00:25:24,700 FISHING TOURNAMENT IN OCTOBER. 938 00:25:22,833 --> 00:25:26,366 AND I WOULD SAY THAT ASIAN CARP 939 00:25:24,700 --> 00:25:29,833 IS PRETTY TASTY. 940 00:25:26,366 --> 00:25:30,166 >> Bill: YOU'VE SAID THAT 941 00:25:29,833 --> 00:25:31,700 BEFORE. 942 00:25:30,166 --> 00:25:32,466 MARSHALL COUNTY, THE SCHOOL 943 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:34,233 SHOOTING TRIAL. 944 00:25:32,466 --> 00:25:35,966 UPDATE US ON THAT QUICKLY. 945 00:25:34,233 --> 00:25:36,500 >> THERE'S A QUICK UPDATE ON 946 00:25:35,966 --> 00:25:38,700 THAT. 947 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:39,333 THERE'S A SUPPRESSION HEARING 948 00:25:38,700 --> 00:25:39,700 NEXT MONTH TO STRESS SOME 949 00:25:39,333 --> 00:25:41,100 EVIDENCE. 950 00:25:39,700 --> 00:25:41,700 THIS IS SOMETHING THE DEFENSE IS 951 00:25:41,100 --> 00:25:43,166 TRYING TO DO. 952 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:44,566 ARE SHORTLY AFTER THE SHOOTING 953 00:25:43,166 --> 00:25:45,900 THERE WAS HAD AN INTERVIEW THAT 954 00:25:44,566 --> 00:25:46,233 THE SUSPECT DID WITH SOME 955 00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:48,633 POLICE. 956 00:25:46,233 --> 00:25:49,833 THE DEFENSE SAYS THAT PROCESS 957 00:25:48,633 --> 00:25:51,566 WASN'T HANDLED PROPERLY. 958 00:25:49,833 --> 00:25:53,233 THE PROSECUTION SAYS OTHERWISE 959 00:25:51,566 --> 00:25:54,900 AND SAYS THE YOUNG WILL 960 00:25:53,233 --> 00:25:56,766 DETERMINE THE FACTS THE O. 961 00:25:54,900 --> 00:25:58,733 THAT. 962 00:25:56,766 --> 00:25:59,066 I'MERED TODDLE IT'S GOING TO BE 963 00:25:58,733 --> 00:26:00,400 LENGTHY. 964 00:25:59,066 --> 00:26:04,300 >> Bill: ATRIAL TRUDGE DISMISS 965 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:05,200 A LAWSUIT AGAINST NICK SANDING 966 00:26:04,300 --> 00:26:07,433 AGAINST THE POST. 967 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:07,966 >> Daniel: GOOD NEWS FOR THE 968 00:26:07,433 --> 00:26:08,233 1st AMENDMENT. 969 00:26:07,966 --> 00:26:11,366 >>> 970 00:26:08,233 --> 00:26:13,000 >> THAT'S THE COVINGTON CATHOLIC 971 00:26:11,366 --> 00:26:13,533 STUDENT WHO STOOD FACE TO FACE 972 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,700 WITH A -- 973 00:26:13,533 --> 00:26:19,800 >> THE PRESIDENT OF ANTHONY 974 00:26:16,700 --> 00:26:20,066 POWERS WILL BE ON THE FUTURE 975 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:20,066 LINING THE 976 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,300 AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION 977 00:26:21,666 --> 00:26:24,400 BUT THE GROUP OF 28 MEMBERS 978 00:26:23,300 --> 00:26:24,866 TOGETHER TO MAKE 979 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:26,266 RECOMMENDATIONS. 980 00:26:24,866 --> 00:26:26,900 HE'S THE ONLY ONE FROM 981 00:26:26,266 --> 00:26:29,433 KENTUCKY. 982 00:26:26,900 --> 00:26:30,233 MONDAY AT 8 EASTERN/7 CENTRAL 983 00:26:29,433 --> 00:26:32,466 "KENTUCKY TONIGHT." 984 00:26:30,233 --> 00:26:33,466 RENEE SHAW AND GUESTS WILL