April 9, 2025 - Flood Victims Uncertain Help Will Come

Flood victims question whether they will get the help they need once the water recedes, historic Buffalo Trace Distillery hoping to reopen soon after floodwaters pour into its Frankfort facility, and Lexington exhibit bringing a new understanding to the concept of Nation Building.

Episode Transcript

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[♪♪]

>> Renee (00:07):
THIS PICTURE TELLS THE
STORY.
A LOUISVILLE STREET LIGHTEN
GULFED BY THE RISING WATERS OF
THE OHIO RIVER.
>> MATERIAL THINGS CAN ALL BE
REPLACED BUT LIVES CANNOT BE.
WE'RE BACK IN MERCER
COUNTY AS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT
THEY LOST AND WHAT THEY SAVED.
>> THE WATER RIGHT NOW WHERE WE

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ARE STANDING IS ABOUT THREE FEET
DEEP.
WHY A KENTUCKY
RESTAURANT OWNER CREATED HIS OWN
FLOOD.
>> YOU ARE AT ONCE YOURSELF AND
ALL THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE
YOU.
AND A CELEBRATION OF
ANCESTORS WHO HELPED BUILD A

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NATION.
>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY
EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN
PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.
[♪♪]
GOOD EVENING AND
WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON
THIS WEDNESDAY, APRIL THE 9TH,

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I'M RENEE SHAW GREAT TO BE BACK
WITH YOU.
WE HOPE YOU'VE HAD A GOOD DAY
AND WE THANK YOU FOR SPENDING
PART OF YOUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT
WITH US.
FIRST TONIGHT, THE DEATH TOLL
CONTINUES TO RISE AFTER STORMS
AND FLOODING IN KENTUCKY.
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE CONFIRMS A
FIFTH DEATH.
A 50-YEAR-OLD MAN HAS DIED IN
BULLITT COUNTY ALONG WITH

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MCCRACKEN, TRIGG, NELSON AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES.
LET'S SHOW YOU THE SITUATION
TODAY IN LOUISVILLE AS THE
OVERFLOWING OHIO RIVER COVERS
STREETS, SIGNS AND STREET LIGHTS
IN MANY PLACES.
THE WATER COVERED PART OF THE
MURAL NEAR THE MUHAMMAD ALI
CENTER.
IS THERE ANY GOOD NEWS THINGS
ARE EXPECTED TO GET BETTER FROM

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HERE.
THE RIVER WAS SUPPOSED TO CREST
TODAY.
>>> WE ALSO HAVE VIDEO FROM THE
LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
AND THIS IS VIDEO OF WATERFRONT
PARK AND IT'S FROM THERE IT
LOOKED MORE LIKE A LAKE THAN A
PARK TODAY.
YOU CAN SEE ON THIS VIDEO.
NOW, LET'S TAKE AN AR REAL RUE

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WE HAVE DRONE VIDEO SHOW YOU THE
LOUISVILLE FLOODING IT WILL TOP
OUT AT 37 FEET 20 FEET HIGHER
THAN NORMAL.
IF THE RIVER GETS TO 37 FEET IT
WOULD BE THE EIGHTH HIGHEST
CREST ON RECORD IN THE DERBY
CITY.
>>> OWNERS OF A PROSPECT
RESTAURANT FLOODED THEIR OWN

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BUILDING ON PURPOSE WITH FRESH
WATER.
IN ORDER TO KEEP OUT THE MUDDY
WATER.
ANDREW MASTERSON OF CAPTAIN'S
QUARTERS RIVERSIDE GRILL POSTED
VIDEO OF THE FRESH WATER FLOOD
AND HE EXPLAINS WHY THEY DID IT.
>> IT KEEPS THE MUDDY WATER OUT.
IT'S MAKES THE CLEANUP MUCH,
MUCH EASIER.
NOW IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK IF WE

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GET A BROKEN WINDOW OR SOMETHING
SMASHES UP AGAINST THE WINDOW,
WE CAN'T KEEP THAT OUT.
AND IT JUST KEEPS IT CALM AND
WHAT LITTLE DIRTY WATER DOES GET
IN HERE IT SETTLES TO THE
GROUND.
AND WE USE THAT TO PREBOOM TO
KEEP THE LARGER DEBRIS FROM

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FLETTING UP --
FLOATING UP IT MAKES THE CLEANUP
MUCH, MUCH EASIER.
AND THAT'S THE KEY TO THIS, IS
TRYING TO HAVE AS LITTLE IMPACT
TO BUSINESS AS POSSIBLE AND
GETTING OPEN AS FAST AS POSSIBLE
AND GETTING EMPLOYEES BACK TO
WORK.
>> ALL RIGHT!

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NOW, YOU CAN SEE
WORKERS TRIED TO TAKE IT IN
STRIDE.
THEY ARE SEEN ON VIDEO WADING IN
THE WATER AND FLOATING ON RAFTS.
Mr. MASTTER SON TELLS
"KENTUCKY EDITION" THAT THE
RESTAURANT ENDED UP WITH 11 FEET
OF FLOODWATER SOME DID GET INTO
THE BUILDING.
HE SAYS HIS SYSTEM IS NOT

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FULL-PROOF BUT GOOD EFFORT.
>>> ALMOST ALL OF THE CITY OF
BERGIN REMAINS SUBJECT MERGED IN
FLOODWATERS.
CLOSE TO TWO DOZEN FAMILIES IN
THE SMALL COMMUNITY ARE
DISPLACED.
WE SPOKE TO SOME OF THEM AND
THEY TELL US THEY ARE NOT SURE
THEY WILL GET THE HELP THEY NEED
ONCE THE WATER RECEDES.
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT A HISTORICAL

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FLOOD HERE THAT IT HASN'T BEEN
THIS BAD IN A LONG, LONG TIME.
WE'RE ALMOST AT THE POINT OF THE
1978 FLOOD.
IT'S GETTING ALL OF CLOSE.
THANK GOOD GOODNESS THE RAIN HAS
STOPPED.
>> WE ARE NOT IN A FLOOD PLAIN

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AND WE DON'T HAVE FLOOD
INSURANCE THERE IS NO CREEK, NO
RUNOFF, NO RIVER, THERE'S
NOTHING IT'S COMING UP FROM THE
GROUND.
THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF
FLOODING.
MOST PEOPLE ARE GETTING FLOODED
AND THE WATER IS COMING IN AND
IT WILL GO OUT FAST.
THIS WATER COMES IN AND SITS
THERE FOR DAYS, POSSIBLY WEEKS.

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WE DON'T KNOW WE'VE NEVER SEEN
THIS TYPE OF FLOODING OVER HERE.
SO WE DON'T KNOW HOWL THIS
WILL --
HOW LONG THIS WILL LAST.
>> LOST THAT'S ALL YOU CAN SAY.
YOU KNOW.
BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO DO.
WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO
GET ANY HELP.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT IS REALLY

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BLESSED US WITH A FEW NIGHTS IN
THE MOTEL.
IT GIVES US TIME TO LOOK FOR A
PLACE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN
AFFORD ONE.
I MEAN, I DON'T DRAW MY SOCIAL
SECURITY MYSELF SO IT'S ROUGH.
>> WE PREPPED AS MUCH AS WE
COULD IN THE WEEK COMING UP TO
THIS WHEN WE HEARD IT WAS

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COMING.
THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT CAN
HELP STACKING EVERYTHING IN THE
HOUSE KNEE-HIGH UP IT'S NOT GOOD
ENOUGH BECAUSE IT'S WAIST HIGH.
WE WERE ROWING THE CHICKENS OUT
IN A DOG BOAT AND THE STORM THAT
CAME THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT, IT
ONLY LASTED 30-45 MINUTES BUT
THAT IS WHILE WE WERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF DOING CHICKENS WE LOST

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THREE OF THEM BUT OUR DOGS AND
CATS AND US AND OUR CHILDREN
WERE ALL SAFE.
SO THAT'S THE SILVER LINING.
MATERIAL THINGS CAN ALL BE
REPLACED.
BUT LIVES CANNOT BE.
>> I LOOKED ON THE FEMA THING
AND IT SAID HELP YOU GET
APPLIANCES AND REBUILD HELP ALL
THIS.
WELL, LET'S SEE IT.

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SHOW ME THAT HELP I NEED IT NOW
IF I EVER NEEDED HELP.
I FLOODED OUT AND NO ANSWERS.
I HAVE CONTENTS INSURANCE.
WON'T PAY ME BECAUSE OF FLOOD.
IF A TORNADO HIT MY HOUSE THEY
WOULD HAVE PAID ME.
WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?
THAT'S NOT RIGHT AT ALL.
I OWN THAT HOUSE.

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THAT'S MY HOME.
IT'S IT.
I AIN'T GOT NOWHERE ELSE TO GO.
>> I HAVEN'T HAD TOO MANY
BREAKDOWNS I HAVE POSTED ON MY
FACEBOOK PAGE AND TIKTOK
EVERYWHERE.
THERE IS A "GOFUNDME" PAGE LINK
WUNSCH MY REALTOR FRIENDS SETUP
FOR US.

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MY HOUSE WILL BE PAID OFF IN
OCTOBER.
SO IT'S HARD TO JUST WALK AWAY.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S ALMOST
FIVE ACRES BACK THERE AND 2200
SQUARE-FOOT HOME.
THE BARN AND A GARAGE THEY ARE
NOT THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD
BUT IT'S OURS AND ALMOST PAID
FOR.
>> THERE'S BEEN MORE PEOPLE IN
CITY HALL THAN IN THE LAST TWO
WEEKS OVER THIS FLOODING THAT

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HAS GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO DO
THINGS TO HELP THE CITIZENS OF
DERBY.
CAN WE MAKE DONATIONS CAN WE
HELP DO WE NEED TO TAKE PEOPLE
TO THE STORE WHAT CAN WE DO?
AND WE'RE NOT CALLED A FRIENDLY
LITTLE CITY FOR NOTHING.
>> TO THE WORLD IF WE CAN SHARE
IT WITH THE WORLD, MAYBE IT'S
NOT JUST US THERE WILL BE FLOOD

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VICTIMS THAT NEED HELP.
OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH
THEM.
BERGIN MAYOR JOSEPH MONROE IS
ASKING TOURISTS TO AVOID THE
CITY AS VISITORS COMING IN TO
SEE DAMAGE FROM THE FLOOD
HINDERED CLEAN UP EFFORTS.
RISING RIVERS SUBMERGED HOMES
AND CLOSED ROADS IN CARROLLTON.
THE FLOODING CAUSED SOME

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MISCOMMUNICATION THAT HAS COME
TO THE ATTENTION OF GOVERNOR
ANDY BESHEAR.
OUR JUNE LEFFLER HAS MORE IN
THIS REPORT.
>> CARROLLTON IS A SMALL CITY
BETWEEN LOUISVILLE AND
CINCINNATI WHERE THE OHIO AND
KENTUCKY RIVERS MEET.
MAIN STREET IS RIGHT ON THE
RIVERFRONT.
AND NEARLY EVERY BUSINESS HAD
CLOSED TUESDAY DUE TO FLOODING.

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DONNA HALE OWNS A FABRIC STORE
ON MAIN STREET WHERE SHE TEACHES
SEWING AND UPCYCLING.
>> THE FLOOD OF 2025 HAS BEEN
INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST.
WE KNEW WHERE IT WAS GOING TO
COME UP TO.
WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO GET IN
THE BASEMENT.
WE MADE PREPARATIONS TO GET
EVERYTHING OFF THE FLOOR.
>> HER BASEMENT IS FILLED WITH

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WATER AND MUD AIM AS HER OTHER
NEIGHBORS.
BUT SHE GOT NEWS FROM THE CITY
IT COULD BE MUCH WORSE.
>> AND WE THOUGHT WHILE WATER
WAS COMING, WE ALWAYS ON MAIN
STREET, A LOT OF US FREAKED OUT
SO WE RUSHED BACK TO CARROLLTON.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO HIT
THE FLOOR.
THEY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE

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WORSE THAN 1937 AND IT GOT TO
THE COURTHOUSE.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
EVERYONE WAS TRYING TO GET THEIR
ELECTRONICS AND EVERYTHING OUT
OF THE STORE.
SO THAT IMPACTED US.
AND WE RAN AROUND DROVE AROUND
FOR A COUPLE DAYS WITH
EVERYTHING IN OUR CARS.
AND THEN THIS MORNING I GOT HERE
EARLY AND PUT EVERYTHING BAB IN

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THIS PLACE AND PRAY THE DAMS
HOLD.
>> SHE WAS RESPONDING TO A MR.
SPEAKER FROM CARROLLTON'S MAYOR
SUNDAY.
>> NOON TODAY WHEN WE GOT WORD
OUT OF FRANKFORT ON A BRIEFING
THAT 10 DAMS --
10 GATES AT DIX DAM WHICH IS
CENTRAL KENTUCKY ALONG THE

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KENTUCKY RIVER WERE ACCIDENTALLY
OPENED.
IF YOU ARE ON THE KENTUCKY RIVER
CORRIDOR ANYWHERE, AND YOU ARE
SEEING THIS VIDEO, YOU NEED TO
EVACUATE, YOU NEED TO EVACUATE
IMMEDIATELY.
>> THE STATE AND KENTUCKY
UTILITIES SAID THE DAM GATES
RELEASE WAS NOT ACCIDENTAL.
IT WAS PLANNED.
>> ABOUT THREE HOURS LATER WE

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GOT A CALL FROM THE STATE AGAIN,
THE SAME AGENCY, SAYING THAT WE
MISSPOKE THAT THEY WEREN'T
ACCIDENTALLY OPENED AND I SAID
THEY WERE.
AND I DID.
BUT ALL WE DID WAS RELAY THE
INFORMATION THEY DAVE US.
SO --
GAVE US.
THEY ASKED TO DO A CORRECTION
VIDEO AND I DID.
>> A REPORTER ASKED KENTUCKY'S

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GOVERNOR ABOUT THIS
MISCOMMUNICATION.
>> I THINK KU IT SAID THEY WERE
OPERATING UNDER THEIR PLAN BUT
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE
ALL OPERATING UNDER ONE PLAN
THAT BENEFITS EVERY SINGLE
COMMUNITY.
LET ME TELL YOU THE MAYOR OF
CARROLLTON WAS ONLY OPERATING
TRYING TO HELP HIS PEOPLE AND
OTHERS THE BEST HE COULD.

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THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AT
DIFFERENT TIMES.
YOU GET INFORMATION IN AN
EMERGENCY, AND YOU TRY TO PUSH
IT OUT.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS ACCURATE THOUGH
YOU WISH IT WAS.
BUT IF YOU ARE ALWAYS ERRING ON
THE SIDE OF PROTECTING PEOPLE
WHICH HE WAS, THAT IS THE WAY WE
ALWAYS WANT TO ERR.
>> CAUTION WAS WARRANTED.

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WATER LEVELS ROSE AND HE
ATTRIBUTES SOME OF THAT TO THE
PLANNED DAM GATES RELEASE.
>> REGARDLESS WE GOT THE WATER.
WE DID DO MANDATORY EVACUATIONS
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT'S HAPPY THAT WE PUT THAT
MESSAGE OUT THERE REGARDLESS OF
WHY WE GOT THE WATER.
>> MAYOR ADAMS SAYS SINCE
FRIDAY, 260 PEOPLE HAD BEEN

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EVACUATED TO CITY EMERGENCY
SHELTERS.
IN A WEDNESDAY MORNING MESSAGE,
HALF HAVE GONE BACK HOME.
FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE
LEFFLER.
THANK YOU, JUNE FOR AT
THAT TIME REPORT.
ACCORDING TO THE NOAA, THE
KENTUCKY RIVER CRESTED NEAR
CARROLLTON YESTERDAY.
>>> AMERICA'S OLDEST OPERATING

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DISTILLERY COULD REOPEN TOMORROW
DAYS AFTER FLOODWATERS POURED
INTO THE FACILITY.
FRANKFORT BASED BUFFALO TRACE
DISTILLERY POSTED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA THAT A CREW WAS ABLE TO
GET INTO THE DISTILLERY ON
TUESDAY.
THERE WAS STILL TOO MUCH WATER
INSIDE TO FULLY ASSESS THE
DAMAGE.
BUT THAT IT WAS EXTENSIVE.
IN THE POST THE DISTILLERY SAID

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THE EARLIER WOULD BE THURSDAY.
THE 200-YEAR-OLD DISTILLERY SITS
CLOSE TO THE KENTUCKY RIVER AND
DRAWS MORE THAN 600,000 VISITORS
EACH YEAR INSURANCER THE MAYOR
OF FALMOUTH LUKE PRICE RESIGNED
ON MONDAY AS THE CITY DEALT WITH
HIGH WATER.
BUT POLICE CHIEF MARTY HART
TELLS THE LEXINGTON

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HERALD-LEADER THAT PRICE WAS
PLANNING TO RESIGN EARLIER AND
STAYED IN OFFICE EXTRA DAYS TO
HELP WITH THE FLOOD RESPONSE.
ACCORDING TO THE NEWSPAPER,
PRICE RESIGNED BECAUSE I
ACCEPTED A JOB THAT WOULD
INTERFERE WITH HIS DUTIES AS
MAYOR.
LAW REQUIRES THE CITY COUNCIL TO
HIRE AN INTERIM MAYOR.

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[♪♪]
TIME FOR A MIDWEEK
CHECK IN OF MAJOR POLITICAL
DEVELOPMENTS THIS WEEK WITH
RYLAND BARTON OF NATIONAL PUBLIC
RADIO NPR, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO.
AS WE'VE BEEN

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REPORTING THIS WEEK AND IN
TODAY'S NEWSCAST ABOUT THE
WEATHER, ABOUT THE FLOOD DAMAGE
ACROSS THE STATE, ANDY BESHEAR
IN A PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY
MENTIONED WHEN ASKED WAS HE
NEARING THE CAP FOR FUNDING THAT
HE COULD USE IN THESE EMERGENCY
SITUATIONS.
AND HE SAID THIS WAS ENACTED BY

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THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY A
YEAR OR SO AGO, $50 MILLION CAP
THAT THEY DID UP TO $100 MILLION
CAP IF HE WAS NEAR THAT, IF THAT
WAS ENOUGH AND HE QUICKLY SAID
NO.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS?
>> YEAH, HE SAID THAT THE STATE
IS GOING TO BLOW THROUGH THAT
CAP LATER THIS YEAR.
ALREADY THIS YEAR WE'VE SEEN
DEADLY FLOODING EARLIER THIS

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YEAR SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE
FORGOTTEN ABOUT IN CENTRAL
KENTUCKY AND THE TORNADOES
EARLIER THIS MONTH.
AND ALSO THE FLOODING.
THE MOST RECENT ROUND OF
FLOODING.
KENTUCKY HAS SEEN A LOT OF THIS
IN RECENT YEARS AND THE GOVERNOR
SAID THIS IS WHAT THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH IS FOR HE NEEDS TO HAVE
THE AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO
QUICKLY SEND THAT MONEY TO WHERE

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IT NEEDS TO BE SENT OR USING
THAT AS A MATCHING FUNDS FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THEM TO
SEND DOWN MONEY.
LAWMAKERS PASSED THIS A COUPLE
YEARS AGO, BECAUSE ANDY BESHEAR
HAS HAD THIS EMERGENCY AUTHORITY
AND WE'VE SEEN HIM USE IT SO
MUCH GOING BACK TO THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC DURING HIS
FIRST TERM.
SOMETHING THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE

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BRISTLED AGAINST PARTLY BECAUSE
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE HOW
THEY HAVE DONE IT, SAY WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
BUT ALSO WITH THE DISASTERS IT'S
COME DOWN THEY WANT TO BE PART
OF THIS AS WELL AND SHOW THEY
ARE PART OF THE RESPONSE THEY
ARE THE ONES WHO APPROPRIATEIATE
THE MONEY AND IN THIS CASE, GIVE
THE GOVERNOR POWERS TO DO
THINGS.
WHEN THE GOVERNOR NEEDS MORE

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MONEY THEY'RE SAYING HE NEEDS TO
CALL A SPECIAL SESSION AND CALL
THEM BACK IN TO GET MORE MONEY.
THE GOVERNOR SAYS THAT IS NOT
GOOD ENOUGH, IT WILL NOT ALLOW
HIM TO BE NIMBLE ENOUGH TO GET
IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE WILL SEE LATER THIS YEAR
WHETHER OR NOT HE DOES REACH
THAT CAP AND WHETHER OR NOT HE
GETS LAWMAKERS IN.
AND IF THAT HAPPENS, IF THEY DO

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DO SOMETHING QUICKLY.
I THINK WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT
IT COSTS MONEY TO CALL A
LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS WELL.
TO THE TUNE OF
$60-$70,000 A DAY.
NORMALLY UNDER THESE
CIRCUMSTANCES THERE IS AN
AGREEMENT THAT IS REACHED BY
WHICH YOU COULD EXPEDITE THE
PROCESS LEGISLATIVELY TO GET
THAT DONE IN MAYBE THREE TO FIVE
SHORT DAYS.

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NEXT TOPIC, LET'S TALK ABOUT
POLITICS ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
IT SEEMS THAT THE 2026 RACE IS
GEARING UP ON THE CONGRESSIONAL
FRONT AND NATIONAL DEMS ARE
POISED TO BE INVOLVED IN
KENTUCKY.
TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS?
>> RIGHT.
THE BIG FUNDER FOR CONGRESSIONAL
DEMOCRATS IS DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN

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CAUCUS COMMITTEE THEY HAVE
LISTED THE SIX CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT IN KENTUCKY IN CENTRAL
KENTUCKY AROUND LEXINGTON AS ONE
OF 35 BATTLEGROUND DISTRICTS
THEY WANT TO INVEST IN IN 2026.
THEY HOPE THE UNPOPULARITY OF
TARIFFS, THE WILD SWINGS IN THE
STOCK MARKET IN RECENT WEEKS AND
ELON MUSK UNPOPULARITY WILL

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SPELL VICTORY IN RACES LIKE
THIS.
PART OF ALSO WHY I THINK THIS
DISTRICT COULD BE VULNERABLE FOR
REPUBLICANS IS THAT IT IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF CONGRESSMAN ANDY
BARR IN OFFICE SINCE 2012 A
POSSIBILITY OF HIM RUNNING FOR
U.S. SENATE.
IF THAT TAKES PLACE THAT WOULD
BE AN OPEN SEAT WHERE IT LOOKS
LIKE POSSIBLY, A REPUBLICAN WHO

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ARE RUNNING FOR THAT SEAT MIGHT
NOT BE A WELL-KNOWN ONE AND A
DEMOCRAT MIGHT HAVE A BETTER
CHANCE THERE.
WORKING AGAINST DEMOCRATS IN
FAVOR OF KENTUCKY, KENTUCKY IS
INCREASINGLY CONSERVATIVE.
AND WITH THE DISTRICT WHICH USED
TO BE CONSIDERED PURPLE, DURING
THE LAST ROUND OF REDISTRICTING
THEY TOOK FRANKFORT AREA,

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FRANKLIN COUNTY OUT OF THE
DISTRICT.
IT'S IMAGINED TO HAVE SAFER FOR
REPUBLICANS THESE DAYS.
NONETHELESS THEY THINK THIS WILL
BE A GOOD CHANCE ESPECIALLY IF
THERE'S THAT OPEN SEAT.
CONGRESSMAN BARR HAS NOT SAID
WHETHER OR NOT HE IS GOING TO
RUN FOR SENATE.
THAT IS STILL UP IN THE AIR.
WE'RE WAITING FOR
THAT.
ALTHOUGH ALL INDICATIONS LEAN TO
THAT HE WILL MAKE THAT DECISION

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AND ANNOUNCEMENT SOON.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT WHO
THE POSSIBLE DEMOCRATIC
CONTENDERS WOULD BE FOR THE
SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT?
WE ARE HEARING ABOUT POSSIBLE
REPUBLICAN CONTENDERS WHO IS
LIKELY ON THE DEMOCRATIC LEDGER?
>> WELL, ACCORDING TO THE
HERALD-LEADER CHERYL LYNN
STEVENSON SHE MIGHT BE SOMEBODY

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TO RUN.
SHE LOST HER LAST ELECTION THERE
BUT SOMEBODY WHO GOT A LOT OF
MOMENTUM.
WON A BIG RACE THE TIME BEFORE
WHEN SHE RAN.
AND SHE IS JUST GENERATED A LOT
OF TALK AND BUZZ AROUND THAT
SEAT.
SHE IS CONSIDERED TO BE A
POSSIBILITY THERE.
BUT ALSO IN THAT ARTICLE THEY
MENTIONED ROCKY ATKINS WHICH IS

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CURIOUS.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE LIVES IN THAT
DISTRICT AT THE MOMENT OR COULD
IN TIME BEFORE RUNNING.
BUT HE HAS BEEN MENTIONED FOR
SOME OTHER OFFICES POSSIBLY DOWN
THE LINE WHETHER HE RUNS FOR
GOVERNOR OR U.S. SENATE.
I WAS GOING TO SAY
MAYBE THERE'S MORE SPECULATION
ABOUT A U.S. SENATE RUN THAN A
CONGRESSIONAL RACE.

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WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
ALWAYS INTERESTING AND FINAL
ITEM, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS
ISSUING AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
CONCERNING COAL.
DOES THAT RENEW OPTIMISM THAT
COAL JOBS WILL RETURN
PARTICULARLY TO KENTUCKY WHERE
THAT INDUSTRY HAS BEEN
DECIMATED?
>> THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME HOPE
FROM THE COAL INDUSTRY AND FROM

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SOME REPUBLICANS THAT'S WHAT
DONALD TRUMP HAS CAMPAIGNED ON
DURING BOTH OF HIS RUNS FOR
OFFICE.
THERE IS A COUPLE MOVES INTO
THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER ONE THAT
ALLOWS SOME OLD COAL-FIRED POWER
PLANTS THAT ARE SETUP FOR
RETIREMENT TO STAY OPEN.
HE IS ALSO GOING TO TRY TO
PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION PLANTS

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CERTAIN EMISSION REQUIREMENTS
TRYING TO EXEMPT THEM FROM A
COUPLE YEARS, TOXIC EMISSIONS
FROM MERCURY AND ARSENIC OR
LOWERING THE LEVELS.
IT'S UNLIKELY ANY NEW COAL
PLANTS WILL GET BUILT IT'S BEEN
OVER A DECADE SINCE A NEW COAL
PLANT HAS COME ON-LINE IN THE
COUNTRY BUT IT COULD EXTEND THE

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LIVES OF THE OLDER PLANTS.
THEY ARE MUCH LARGER FORCES AT
WORK HERE, MAINLY THE
AVAILABILITY OF NATURAL GAS.
THAT'S WHAT NEW ENERGY COMPANIES
HAVE BEEN BUILDING ON AND THE
AVAILABILITY AND RELATIVE
AFFORDABILITY OF RENEWABLE
ENERGY AS WELL.
WIND AND SOLAR ACTUALLY
SURPASSED COAL POWER ACROSS THE

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COUNTRY IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE
OF ENERGY GENERATED FOR THE
FIRST TIME LAST YEAR.
KEEP OUR EYES ON FOR
SURE.
WE THANK YOU, RYLAND BARTON, FOR
JOINING US AGAIN TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANKS, RENEE.
[♪♪]
ANOTHER REVERSAL TODAY
IN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S

(20:25):
TARIFF POLICY.
NEW TARIFFS ON ALL IMPORTS
KICKED IN AT MIDNIGHT BUT THIS
AFTERNOON, THE PRESIDENT SAID HE
COULD DELAY TARIFFS FOR 90 DAYS
ON ALL COUNTRIES EXCEPT CHINA.
THE TREASURY SECRETARY SAYS A
10% IMPORT TARIFF WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE, THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIALS
WENT UP 2900 POINTS AFTER

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TODAY'S NEWS.
BUT IT WENT DOWN MORE THAN 5,000
THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEKS.
U.S. SENATOR RAND PAUL OF
KENTUCKY, A CRITIC OF THE
PRESIDENT'S TARIFF POLICIES SAYS
THE TARIFF TALK HAS RATTLED
WORLD MARKETS.
HE WAS A GUEST YESTERDAY ON THE
FOX BUSINESS CHANNEL.
>> BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT
NOW IS A WORLD SCARED TO DEATH

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OF A TARIFF.
YOU SAW 6.4 TRILLION IN WEALTH
LOST.
IT'S UP TO 6.6 TRILLION
INCLUDING TODAY.
A LOT OF WEALTH WAS LOST.
THIS IS NOT A REPUBLICAN SAYING
THIS, THIS IS MILLIONS OF
INVESTORS OUT THERE.
THIS IS THE MARKETPLACE.
THE MARKETPLACE HAS MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE INTERACTING EVERYDAY AND

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THEY SAID HOLY CRAP THIS IS A
TERRIBLE IDEA.
YESTERDAY SENATOR PAUL
ANNOUNCED A BILL THAT WOULD LET
CONGRESS END THE EMERGENCY POWER
THAT ALLOWS A PRESIDENT TO RAISE
TARIFFS.
[♪♪]
IT IS A PROJECT THAT
BEGAN ALMOST A DECADE AGO BUT

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RECENTLY STARTED GENERATING A
LOT OF ATTENTION.
THE I WAS HERE PROJECT ON
DISPLAY IN THE LATINX ARTS
BUILDING IS A BLEND OF HISTORY,
TECHNOLOGY AND THE ARTS.
IN TONIGHT'S ARTS SEGMENT WE
CALL TAPESTRY SEE HOW IT'S
BRINGING A NEW UNDERSTANDING TO
THE CONCEPT OF NATION BUILDING.

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>> I GOT A STUDIO AT THE
INTERSECTION OF SHORT AND
NORTHUP PER STREET.
I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY
OF LEXINGTON.
AND I'M NOT A HISTORIAN.
BUT I AM A RECEIVER.
AND I SPENT 25 YEARS IN THAT
SPOT.
AND I BELIEVE THAT I ABSORBED
THE HISTORY OF A PLACE JUST

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UNKNOWINGLY, I WAS PUT INTO AN
EAGLE'S NEST ON TOP OF A WOUND
IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR CITY.
AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS IN
NOVEMBER OF 2016, LATE NOVEMBER,
I LOOKED OUT MY WINDOW AND I HAD
A VISION OF AN AFRICAN MOTHER
AND CHILD THAT MOVED LIKE POINTS

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OF LIGHT FROM WINDOW TO WINDOW
IN THE OLD COURTHOUSE.
SO I HAVE SAID FROM THE
BEGINNING THAT THIS REALLY IS A
SPIRIT PROJECT.
IT'S TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO
WERE HERE.
>> WE ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THE
NARRATIVE OF THE NATION.
AS CONCERNING BLACK PEOPLE,

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BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE AND WHAT
WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE
NATION.
SO WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO
REWRITE THOSE NARRATIVES.
>> I FOUND THIS PHOTOGRAPHER
THAT I DID NOT KNOW NAMED
PATRICK MITCHELL.
WE HAD AUDITIONS AT MY STUDIO
WHICH WAS THE SAME PLACE WHERE I
HAD HAD THE VISION.
ALL THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE CAME
UP ALL THE PEOPLE ASKED WERE

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TOLD THAT WHEN PATRICK WAS
PHOTOGRAPHING HE SAID OR I SAID
EITHER WAY, YOU ARE AT ONCE
YOURSELF AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE
COME BEFORE YOU.
SO THAT THING OF LIKE WITHIN US
WE CARRY THIS LONG LINE OF SOULS
THAT THAT IS WHAT WAS BEING
CALLED FORWARD WE WERE HERE.

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AND THIS IS REALLY NOT A LOCAL
STORY.
IT IS A STORY OF AMERICA OF
EUROPE, OF AFRICA.
>> THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WE
HAVE MADE IN AMERICA TO CHANGE
THAT NARRATIVE FROM BEING
INCIDENTS OF SLAVES TO
BASKETBALL DESCEND ENDS OF
NATION BUILDERS.

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INDEPENDENCE HAS CONTINUALLY
STOLEN FROM US.
AND WE CONTINUALLY TO TRY TO DO
THINGS AS A PEOPLE TO REGAIN
INDEPENDENCE.
>> WE WENT TO PEOPLE WHO WERE
PROPERTY OWNERS WHO COULD SAY
YES OR NO BECAUSE THEY HAD
DOMINION OVER THEIR SPACE.
I WOULD SAY THERE WERE PROBABLY

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TO BEGIN WITH 25, AND PROBABLY
NOW THERE'S PROBABLY 40.
THE SISTERS OF LORETTO AND THE
DOMINICAN NUNS WERE THE FIRST
ONES THAT CALLED US BEFORE
PUBLIC ART AWARD.
AFRICANS, BUILT THE MOTHER
HOUSES OF THE SISTERS OF LORETTO
AND THE DOMINICAN NUNS.

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AND SO THEY HAVE TAPESTRY
PIECES.
THEN CLARK COUNTY COMMISSIONED
US TO DO AN INSTALLATION OF
SPIRIT PORTRAITS THERE.
AND THEN WE WERE INVITED BY THE
MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER TO DO AN
EXHIBITION.
THE EXPANSION OF IT HAPPENED
BECAUSE WE GOT AN INTERNATIONAL

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AWARD FOR PUBLIC ART IN 2019 FOR
THE PROJECT GOT WINGS NATIONAL
WINGS BECAUSE IMMEDIATELY AFTER
THAT, THE OCTAGON MUSEUM WHICH
IS TWO BLOCKS FROM THE NATION'S
CAPITAL REACHED OUT TO US.
THIS PROJECT IS REALLY ABOUT IS
DOING AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT IS

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CREATING AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
THE COFOUNDERS OF THE COUNTRY.
AND IT TOOK ME A LONGTIME TO
REALIZE THAT THAT WAS REALLY
WHAT HAD BEEN ASKED THAT DAY
WHEN I HAD THE VISION.
THAT IT WAS TO CREATE A PARADIGM
SHIFT IN HOW WE SEE EACH OTHER.

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THE I WAS HERE PROJECT
COULD BE ON EXHIBIT IN FLORIDA
AND THERE ARE PLANS TO HAVE AN
EXHIBIT IN ALL 50 STATES.
>>> WELL, THAT WILL DO IT FOR US
TONIGHT ON "KENTUCKY EDITION."
BUT WE SHOP YOU WILL JOIN US
TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 EASTERN
5:30 CENTRAL WHERE WE INFORM,
CONNECT AND INSPIRE.
WE INVITE YOU TO SIGN UP FOR OUR

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KET.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING US TONIGHT.
I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE WILL SEE
YOU BACK HERE AGAIN TOMORROW
NIGHT.
TAKE GOOD CARE.
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