August 19, 2025 • 26 mins
Journalists from around the state discuss the news of the week with host Bill Bryant, including economic development announcements and the latest political happenings in the Republican primary campaign for U.S. Senate. Panelists: Phillip Bailey, USA Today; Marcus Green, WDRB in Louisville; and Tessa Duvall, Lexington Herald-Leader.
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>> Bill (00:09):
FORD BETS ON EV'S WITH
A MAJOR KENTUCKY INVESTMENT IN
LOUISVILLE AND GE MAKES A BIG
ANNOUNCEMENT.
A REPUBLICAN DINNER SHEDS LIGHT
ON KENTUCKY'S OPEN U.S. SENATE
RACE.
A DRIVER'S LICENSE SCANDAL
BRINGS QUESTIONS AND FIRINGS.
KENTUCKY SCHOOLS REOPEN WITH
LOTS OF NEW RULES TO FOLLOW.
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ON A HOT AUGUST WEEKEND, COMMENT
IS NEXT ON KET.
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GOOD EVENING, I'M BILL
BRYANT.
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT
ON KENTUCKY" A LOOK BACK, AND
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SOME ANALYSIS, OF THE WEEK'S
NEWS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND OUR THE GUESTS ON OUR PANEL
OF WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS
TONIGHT ARE MARCUS GREEN
REPORTER FOR WDRB IN LOUISVILLE.
TESSA DUVALL PUBLIC AFFAIRS
EDITOR FOR THE LEXINGTON
HERALD-LEADER AND PHILLIP BAILEY
LOUISVILLE BASED CHIEF POLITICAL
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CORRESPONDENT FOR "USA TODAY".
FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW
MAJOR BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS
HAVE BEEN MADE IN KENTUCKY.
FORD WILL INVEST $2 BILLION TO
CONVERT ITS LOUISVILLE PLANT TO
MAKE AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC
VEHICLES.
>> TO CREATE AN AFFORDABLE
VEHICLE THAT DELIGHTS CUSTOMERS
IN EVERY WAY THAT MATTERS;
DESIGN AND INNOVATION,
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FLEXIBILITY, INTERIOR SPACE,
DRIVING PLEASURE, AND LOWER COST
OF OWNERSHIP.
BUT WE NEED TO DO IT AND BE
SUSTAINABLE AND MAKE MONEY.
AND WE NEED TO DO IT WITH
AMERICAN WORKERS.
MARK DISCUSS, THIS IS A
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT IT WILL KEEP
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OR BOOST JOBS IN KENTUCKY IN THE
LONG-RUN AND SHOWS THAT FORD
SEES KENTUCKY AS A BIG PART OF
ITS FUTURE?
>> IT CERTAINLY DOES SHOW FORD'S
COMMITMENT TO THE STATE AND IT'S
IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT IT SHOWS
FORD'S COMMITMENT TO LOUISVILLE.
THE LOUISVILLE ASSEMBLY PLANT
HAS BEEN THE CENTER OF
SPECULATION FOR SOMETIME ABOUT
ITS OWN FUTURE.
AND THIS INVESTMENT CEMENTS A
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COMMITMENT TO THAT PLANT.
I THINK WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE
BECAUSE OF THE EMERGING
TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHANGE IN
THIS FACTORY, THERE'S GOING TO
BE CHANGES TO THE NUMBER OF
JOBS.
THERE WILL BE A 10-MONTH CLOSURE
TO RETOOL THE PLANT.
AND THERE WILL BE 600 FEWER
WORKERS THERE.
JIM FARLEY AND EXECUTIVES TRIED
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TO DOWN-PLAY THAT.
JIM SAID WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE
ORPHANING ANYBODY WE HAVE JOBS
IN GLENDALE AND THE KENTUCKY
TRUCK PLANT.
WHILE IT'S GREAT NEWS THERE IS A
JOB IMPACT THAT CAN'T BE IGNORED
AND SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT ONCE IT
REOPENS.
AND THE BATTERIES FOR
WHAT FORD IS CALLING THE
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AFFORDABLE VEHICLES WILL BE
COMING OUT OF MICHIGAN AND NOT
FROM THOSE HARDEN COUNTY BATTERY
PLANTS.
>> AND LEADER AND EXECUTIVES
TRIED TO DOWN-PLAY OR BRUSH OFF
THAT CONCERN THIS IS JUST SCALE
THE TYPES OF BATTERIES PRODUCE
MILLION DOLLAR MICHIGAN ARE A
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BETTER FIT THAN LOUISVILLE AND
IT'S NOT MEANT TO REPLACE
BATTERY PRODUCTION ELSEWHERE.
AND THIS IS DESPITE THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYING THE
MARKETPLACE SHOULD DECIDE WHAT
TYPES OF VEHICLES ARE MADE?
>> WE DID LEARN AT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AGREED TO
UNFREEZE MONEY FOR ELECTRIC
VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ACROSS
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THE NATION.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE BIG,
BEAUTIFUL BILL ALSO ROLLED BACK
TAX CREDITS THAT WILL BE FOR
ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT WILL BE
PHASED OUT I BELIEVE AT THE END
OF NEXT MONTH.
FOR THAT REASON, FOR BUYERS
REALLY TRYING TO GET IN AND GET
THAT CREDIT BEFORE IT GOES AWAY
EV'S SALES ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE
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STRONG THIS QUARTER BUT WHAT
HAPPENS GOING FORWARD WITHOUT
THAT INCENTIVE TO PURCHASE THEM
AND WHAT THAT DOES TO THE MARKET
REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
>> WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 7.5
BILLION BIDEN AR RAHMAN TO BUILD
EV CHARGING STATIONS WAS BLOCKED
BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
AND EV FOLKS THAT IS A BIG DEAL
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LEAVING YOUR HOUSE AND WONDERING
WHERE IS THE EV STATION AT.
KENTUCKY IS BECOMING A HOTBED
FOR EV BATTERY PRODUCTION.
BUT IT RANKS 39TH IN TERMS OF EV
CONSUMPTION.
GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR SUED THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER THE
PULLBACKS SAYING THIS IS NOT THE
TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE IT IS
THE TECHNOLOGY OF RIGHT NOW.
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NORTH CAROLINA OR ANY OTHER
STATE YOU SEE EV CHARGING
STATIONS AT GAS STATIONS.
THE GE ANNOUNCEMENT IS
ALSO ATTENTION GETTING, AGAIN,
UNDERSCORES A COMMITMENT BY A
MAJOR MANUFACTURER?
>> IT IS AND THIS WEEK GE
APPLIANCES ANNOUNCED
REINVESTMENT IN AMERICAN
FACTORIES AND RESHORING PRODUCTS
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MADE OVERSEAS.
THE LOUISVILLE COMMITMENT THAT
WAS $490 MILLION INVESTMENT
ANNOUNCED IS NOT NEW.
BUT WHAT IS NEW, IS JUST PUTTING
THAT LOUISVILLE PROJECT IN THE
BROADER CONTEXT.
AND IN THAT SENSE IN TERMS OF A
HEADLINE GRABBING WEEK IT WAS A
GOOD WEEK FOR LOUISVILLE AND THE
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POLITICIANS TOUTING THE
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SHOWING THEY
ARE BRINGING JOBS TO LOUISVILLE
AND KENTUCKY AND PRODUCTS AND
MANUFACTURING TO THE STATE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT
AND WHO GETS CREDIT FOR THINGS
IN THIS DAY AND AGE WHEN THAT IS
IMPORTANT IT IS AN INSTAGRAM
WORLD AS WE FOR.
YOU HAVE KENTUCKY GETTING THE
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS THE LAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
HARRODSBURG WITH THE iPHONE
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GLASS AND PADUCAH WITH THE YOUR
RAIN YUM! ENRICHMENT FACILITY
WHAT IS SETTING THE STAGE
FAVORABLE FOR KENTUCKY?
>> ONE IS RELATIONSHIPS.
LET'S REMEMBER THE FIRST
IPHONE EVER GLASS WAS BUILT 18
YEARS AGO IN HARRODSBURG,
KENTUCKY.
THE BUSINESSES ALREADY HAVE A
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GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH
OUR GOVERNMENT AND OUR PEOPLE.
AND THE OTHER IS THE TAX
PACKAGES THE STATE PUT IN 1.13
MILLION AND THE CITY $4 MILLION
AND IT'S GOOD COP BAD COP HERE.
DONALD TRUMP LOVE LANGUAGE IS
FLAHERTY.
TIM COOK WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
COMPLIMENTING THE PRESIDENT AND
GAVE HIM A GIFT AND TALKED ABOUT
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INVESTING IN KENTUCKY AND THE
PRO BUSINESSMEN AT THAT TIME OF
THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED
LEGISLATURE.
AND, YES, ANDY BESHEAR'S BOY
SCOUT STYLE, THAT IS ALSO AN
INCENTIVE FOR BUSINESS LEADERS
TO COME TO THE STATE.
THEY LOVE WORKING WITH ANDY
BESHEAR.
THERE'S OTHER ISSUES, KENTUCKY'S
LOCATION.
OUR LOW UTILITY COSTS.
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CNBC IS NUMBER ONE OF UTILITY
COSTS KENTUCKY IS A GREAT PLACE
TO DO BUSINESS.
THIS IS I AWIN FOR WORKERS.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE'RE
SEEING THIS WITH THE DATA CENTER
CONVERSATION, KENTUCKY IS
POSITIONED WELL IN THE SENSE
IT'S SOMETIMES LAGGING BEHIND
THE NEIGHBORS BUT NOW THAT IS A
GOOD THING BUT THERE IS THE
AVAILABLE LAND, RESOURCES THAT
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HAVEN'T BEEN TAPPED IN KENTUCKY
AND SOME OF THE BIG INDUSTRIES
ARE RECOGNIZING KENTUCKY IS A
PLACE THAT FITS INTO THE
DOUGHNUT HOLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE REST.
>> AND THE LOGISTICS, U.P.S.,
AMAZON WE ARE WITHIN HOW MANY
DRIVING DISTANCE OF THE COUNTRY.
KENTUCKY'S WELL POSITIONED AND
THAT PLUS THE RELATIONSHIPS
POLITICALLY GIVE KENTUCKY A
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PUNCH ABOVE THE WAKE.
MAYBE OUR TIMING WAS
RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT WE'LL FOLLOW THE
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS.
>>> NEARLY 2,000 FAKE LICENSES
HAVE BEEN MADE INVALID AFTER A
SCHEME WAS REVEALED AND SOME
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS AND STATE
AUDITOR ALLISON BALL ARE LOOKING
INTO IT.
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GOVERNOR BESHEAR ATTEMPTED TO
GET IN FRONT OF IT AT HIS TEAM
KENTUCKY BRIEFING.
>> THE TRANSPORTATION CABINET
REVIEWS APPLICATIONS AND DURING
ONE OF THEIR REVIEWS THEY
IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF
IRREGULARITIES AND THEY HAVE
REVOKED 1985 CREDENTIALS.
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MARCUS, WDRB LED THE
REPORTING, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> BACK IN APRIL MY COLLEAGUE
BROKE THE STORY THE CABINET WAS
INVESTIGATING THE ALLEGED
IRREGULARITIES THE FRAUDULENT
BEHAVIOR AND WHAT I THINK IS
WHAT PUSHED THE STORY FORWARD
ESPECIALLY THIS WEEK, WAS SOME
REPORTING WE DID THIS WEEK,
FORMER EMPLOYEE OF ONE OF THE
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CONTRACTORS FOR KYTC TOLD US
WHAT SHE OBSERVED IT WAS A
SCHEME WHICH HER COWORKERS WERE
SELLING TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT THEY WOULD
NOT HAVE ACQUIRED FOR.
AND THE NEW REVELATIONS, I THINK
IT'S FAIR TO SEE WHAT PUSHEDTH
IS INTO A STATE-WIDE STORY THAT
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FORCED BESHEAR TO HAVE TO DEFEND
THE ACTIONS OF THE
TRANSPORTATION CABINET AND IT'S
BECOME A NATIONAL STORY SPEAKING
TO THE BROADER STORY OF THE
GOVERNOR'S ASPIRATIONS
NATIONALLY.
AND ALL HAVE BEEN
FIRED?
>> THEY HAVE ALL BEEN FIRED.
THEY WERE BROUGHT INTO THIS
THROUGH A STAFFING AGENCY.
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HE ALSO ADDED THAT ALL THE
CREDENTIALS REVOKED NO LONGER
WORK AT AN AIRPORT IF ONE OF
THESE INDIVIDUALS WAS PULLED
OVER AT A TRAFFIC STOP AND TRIED
TO SHOW ONE OF LICENSES IT WOULD
BE FLAGGED IN THE SYSTEM.
TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT AND
SAY, LOOK, THIS IS THE CHECKS
HAVE WORKED AND HAVE CATCHING
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PEOPLE.
THEN YOU HAD THE
CONTINUING SAY THIS --
ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYING THIS IS
A JOINT AND FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION AND A LOT GOING ON
BEFORE THE MEDIA ATTENTION.
>> THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
AUDITOR'S OFFICE EVERYONE WANTS
SCRUTINY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
HAPPENED.
AND AS IT'S BEEN SAID WHO KNEW
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WHAT WHEN AND WHAT WAS DONE TO
ADDRESS IT?
WE TALK ABOUT BESHEAR'S
VISIBILITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS
THE BESHEAR ADMINISTRATION
RESPONDING TO THIS IN A WAY THAT
IS LIKELY TO PUT IT BEHIND THEM?
OR COULD IT BE ALIVE FOR A TIME?
>> ANYTHING THAT ANDY BESHEAR HE
DOES HE WILL BE TWO PEOPLE, THE
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GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY AND THE
SHADOW CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.
EVERYTHING WHETHER IT'S
IMMIGRATION, WHETHER IT'S CRIME,
WHETHER IT'S MANUFACTURING WILL
BE SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF A
POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL RUN.
IT WAS ODD THAT THE GOVERNOR
SAID HE HAD NOT READ THE LAWSUIT
BUT MAKES THE ASIX THAT THINGS
ARE NOT FACTUAL.
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HE DOES HAVE AN OPINION.
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE SEEN
THROUGH THE PRISM OF ANDY
BESHEAR RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
HE RAISED MORE MONEY
FOR HIS PAC AND IT CAN BE
DONATED TO CANDIDATES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
HE MADE A VISIT TO CALIFORNIA
WHERE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS
REPORTEDLY LIKED HIS PUSH FOR
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COMMON LANGUAGE AND WHAT THEY
CALLED A AUTHENTICITY FOR
DEMOCRATS.
IS BESHEAR GAINING FOOTING AS A
POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE?
>> WHEN I TALK TO PROGRESSIVE
GROUPS, THEY MENTION ANDY
BESHEAR AS A CANDIDATE THAT THEY
ARE WANTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT.
HIS IDEA OF PLAIN SPOKENNESS,
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AUTHENTIC GRABS THE ATTENTION
FOR GRASSROOTS DEMOCRATS MORE SO
THAN HIS VISIT IN CALIFORNIA
THAT FUNDRAISING A BIG HOSTED BY
HAKEEM JEFFERIES UP IN CONGRESS.
GOT KUDOS THERE.
A MONTH BEFORE IN JULY HIS VISIT
TO GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY I DON'T
KNOW IF ANDY BESHEAR WILL DO
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WELL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE OR IOWA.
BUT THROUGH BAM, AND YOU GO
THROUGH MISSISSIPPI AND THE
SOUTHERN STATES HE IS GOING TO
THROW ON THAT BAPTIST PEACH ARE
OF HIS FATHER HE WILL DO WELL
AND GETS KUDOS THERE.
ONE THING HE SAID IN SOUTH
CAROLINA TALKING ABOUT FLIPPING
RED STATES THE CLAIM TO FAME
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THAT NATIONAL DEMOCRATS HAVE FOR
HIM.
KENTUCKY DID NOT GO WELL THERE
HAVE NOT BEEN COATTAILS FOR ANDY
BESHEAR, WEBB WENT FROM DEMOCRAT
TO REPUBLICAN.
THERE IS A CHARISMA GAP SOME ARE
WORRIED ABOUT AND THE ISSUE OF
GAZA.
8% OF DEMOCRATS BELIEVE IN THE
(12:40):
SUPPORT OF ISRAEL.
AND HE HAS GAPS HE HAS TO FILL
IN.
BUT HE IS ON FOLKS RADAR.
IS HE DOING TWO JOBS?
>> I THINK HE HAS BEEN FOR A
LIMIT.
COULD HE OR COULDN'T HE
DISCUSSION ABOUT 2028
IMMEDIATELY BEGAN IN 2023 CAME
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OUT IN IT WAS "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" OP-ED I AM A RED STATE
GOVERNOR, HERE'S A BLUE GOVERNOR
IN A RED STATE AND HERE IS HOW I
DID IT AND TRYING TO PLAY THE
IMAGE OF BIPARTISANSHIP.
IF YOU ASK ANY REPUBLICAN IF
ANDY BESHEAR IS BIPARTISAN AND
YOU WILL GET A RESOUNDING NO BUT
IT PLAYS WELL.
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AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS LOOKING FOR
AS IT TRIES TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO
WE WIN BACK PEOPLE WHO HAVE
VOTED FOR DEMOCRATS BEFORE BUT
THEN VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO
CAN HELP TRANSLATE THAT GAP.
WE HAVE A BIG OPEN U.S.
SENATE RACE IN KENTUCKY AND THE
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CANDIDATES APPEARED IN LEXINGTON
FOR A G.O.P. DINNER.
FOR A SECOND WEEKEND IN A ROW.
SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL WAS IN
THEIR MIDST AND ANDY BARR AND
DANIEL CAMERON AND NATE MORRIS
TALKED ABOUT THEIR CAMPAIGNS.
>> I HAD THE OCCASION TO STAND
UP TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
WHEN ESG ON D.E.I. AND I'LL
CONTINUE TO BE THAT LEADER,
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BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE, AGAIN, THAT
OUR VALUES ARE THOSE THAT FUEL
THIS COUNTRY.
>> PRO-LIFE, A RATED AND I BACK
THE BLUE BUT YOU WILL GET A
REPUBLICAN WHO WILL WIN AND WE
HAVE TO WIN THIS FIGHT.
FELLOW REPUBLICANS, I'M BATTLE
TESTED AND UNLIKE MY OPPONENTS I
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HAVE WON THE TOUGH ELECTIONS.
>> I DON'T WANT TO BE THE
LONGEST SERVING ANYTHING IN U.S.
HISTORY.
UNTHAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I'M
RUNNING.
IT'S THE CAREER POLITICIANS THAT
STABBED OUR PRESIDENT IN THE
BACK OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
PHILLIP IT'S FAIR TO
SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
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HOTLY CONTESTED PRIMARIES IN THE
COUNTRY.
DID FANCY FARM AND THIS G.O.P.
DINNER BRING ANY CLEARER FOCUS
TO THE RACE?
>> I THINK IT DOES.
THE PRIMARY FOR SENATE WILL BE
THE BEST TEST FOR THE FUTURE OF
NOT ONLY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
BUT THE IMAGE DPA MOVEMENT.
MAGA MOVEMENT.
THE LEGACIES AND FUTURE OF
DONALD TRUMP AND J.D. VANCE AND
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MITCH McCONNELL WILL BE ON THE
BALLOT.
ALL THREE ARE VYING FOR DON --
DONALD TRUMP'S TENSION AND
ENDORSEMENT.
J.D. VANCE KNOWS NATE MORRIS HE
HAS A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIM WHY YOU SEE NATE MORRIS
OUTSIDERS OUTSIDE OF KENTUCKY,
YOU SEE DONALD TRUMP JUNIOR
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MENTIONING NATE MORRIS, CHARLIE
KIRK GIVES HIM A SHOUT-OUT AND
THE BASHING OF MITCH McCONNELL
I DO WONDER HOW MUCH WILL BE A
TURN OFF FOR KENTUCKY
REPUBLICANS.
MITCH McCONNELL HAS BEEN A
WORKHORSE HE KEPT THIS STATE
PUNCHING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT AND
COULD IT BACKFIRE LIKE MATT
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BEVIN IN 2014.
ANDY BARR MIGHT BE THE
ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE WITH THE
RELATIONSHIPS IN CONGRESS AND
DANIEL CAMERON HAS THE
STATE-WIDE REPUTATIONS AND THIS
COULD BE A NASTY AND NEGATIVE
PRIMARY BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I
THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS IN
THE LENS OF A NATIONAL RACE.
LOOK AT MITCH McCONNELL'S
LEGACY ON-LINE AS WELL.
IT IS INTERESTING THAT
EACH CANDIDATE HAS A DIFFERENT
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WAY TO GET TO THE PRIZE.
>> THEY DO.
NATE MORRIS IS CERTAINLY STAKED
OUT THIS ANTI-MITCH ANGLE.
WE SAW HIM ANNOUNCE HIS CAMPAIGN
ON DON JR.'S PODCAST HE IS
RUNNING AN ON-LINE CAMPAIGN.
SOME OF THE FANCY FARM SKINGSERS
GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION BUT IS
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THAT REACHING THE KENTUCKY
REPUBLICAN VOTER WHO IS GOING TO
BE THE ONE GOING TO THE POLLS IN
MAY TO CAST THEIR BALLOT?
THERE IS A REASON MITCH
McCONNELL HAS BEEN REELECTED
AS MUCH AS HE HAS.
THOUGH THERE ARE PEOPLE IN
KENTUCKY WHO DO NOT LIKE THAT HE
HAS BROKEN WITH DONALD TRUMP
SOMETHING YOU HEAR ABOUT MITCH
McCONNELL ALL THE TIME BUT HE
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BRINGS MONEY BACK TO KENTUCKY HE
DELIVERS FOR KENTUCKY.
AND WE GET A SENSE THIS
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BECOMES THAT
IT IS ALL PHILOSOPHICAL OR
GEOGRAPHICAL, THE CITIES GO ONE
WAY AND THE RURAL AREAS ANOTHER?
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN AND THE
WILDCARD IS THE TRUMP
ENDORSEMENT.
WHO KNOWS HOW THAT PLAYS OUT AND
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE LEANING SO
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HARD INTO I'M THE TRUMP CHAMPION
I'M FIGHT FOR CONGRESS IF YOU
ARE ANDY BARR.
DANIEL CAMERON SAYING I FOUGHT
D.E.I. AND I'M TRUMP ENDORSED IN
PREVIOUS RACES.
THEY ARE ALL TRYING CLEARLY TO
ALIGN THEMSELVES AS THE
TRUMPPYEST OF THEM ALL.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT PLAY
INTO THAT.
ANDY BARR AS A CONGRESSIONAL
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RECORD AND NAME ID.
DANIEL CAMERON HAS BEEN ON A
STATE-WIDE BALLOT HE IS FAMILIAR
TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS.
AT THE SAME TIME, NOT A LOT OF
ROOM TO GROW NAME ID ONCE YOU
HAVE ALREADY BEEN ID'D.
AND NATE MORRIS HAS A LOT OF
MONEY AND IS CARVING OUT THIS
LANE COURTING THE MAGA MOVEMENT.
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I THINK IT'S ALL IN PLAY AND
REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
PHILLIP, YOU LOOK AT
ANY MAP OR PREDICTION AND IT
PUTS KENTUCKY SOLIDLY RED.
IF THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY SEEMS
DIVISIVE BEFORE THE JANUARY
FILING DEADLINE, COULD IT TEMPT
OTHER DEMOCRATS TO CONSIDER
JUMPING IN THAT PRIMARY THAT
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PAMELA STEVENSON RIGHT NOW HAS
TO HER OWN?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IF THIS BECOMES A REPEAT LIKE
THE 2015 GUBERNATORIAL RACE THAT
RACE WHERE IT GOT NEGATIVE AND
YOU COULD SEE A SIMILAR
SITUATION HERE.
I DO KNOW, LOOK, WHEN YOU ARE ON
THE REPUBLICAN SIDE ANDY BARR,
THE THING YOU DON'T WANT IS TO
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HAVE A NASTY PRIMARY WITH NATE
MORRIS.
EVEN IF HE DOESN'T WIN AND ROCKY
ADKINS JUMPS IN.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A TIGHT
POTENTIALLY GENERAL ELECTION
CAMPAIGN.
THE BARR FOLKS WOULD NOT WANT
THAT SCENARIO TO HAPPEN.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE NO
OFFENSE TO PAMELA STEVENSON, IT
SEEMS LIKE DEMOCRATS ARE WAITING
TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT THEY ARE
NOT FILING BEHIND HER.
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WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PRIMARY RACE
I'M LOOKING AT PAST PRIMARY
RACES AND SEE THIS AS A LITMUS
TEST WHAT IS THE MAGA MOVEMENT
GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE
FUTURE.
THE PRESIDENT WILL STAY OUT FOR
A WHILE IS LOOK THE
VICE-PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE HAS A
REASON FOR THIS RACE TO MATTER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE IS GOING TO
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PICK LOOKS LIKE HE IS BEHIND
NATE MORRIS.
BUT IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT YOU
WANT A FALSITY RACE MAYBE YOU
CAN HAVE SOMEONE ROCKY UP THE
MIDDLE.
INTERESTING TO WATCH.
CLERK DAVIS LEGAL TEAM IS ASKING
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO STRIKE
DOWN ITS OWN RULING THAT
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LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
DAVIS IS APPEALING A FEDERAL
JUDGMENT AGAINST HER AND IN
MAKING THAT APPEAL HER LAWYERS
SEEK TO OVERTURN THE UNDERLYING
RULING?
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
KIM DAVIS IS REPRESENTED BY
LIBERTY COUNCIL A CONSERVATIVE
GROUP AND LONG BEEN THE AIM WITH
TAKING UP THIS CASE.
KIM DAVIS WANTS THE SUPREME
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COURT TO FIND THAT HER FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF
RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION WAS
VIOLATED.
THEY WANT TO SAY SHE IS NOT
LIABLE FOR THE DAMAGES STEMMING
FROM ONE OF THE COUPLES SHE
DENIED A MARRIAGE LICENSE TO
TRYING TO GET THE DAMAGES
OVERTURNED.
IN THE PROCESS WOULD LIKE TO
TAKE DOWN THE SUPREME COURT
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DECISION THAT LEGALIZED GAY
MARRIAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
A YEAR AGO ONE OF THE REPORTER
SPOKE TO LEGAL EXPERTS IS THIS
THE CASE?
DOES IT MEET THE RIGHT
PARAMETERS TO BE THE CASE THAT
COULD OVERTURN GAY MARRIAGE?
A YEAR AGO EXPERTS WERE SAYING
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE RIGHT
ONE.
BUT A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN THE
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LAST YEAR AND WE'VE SEEN THE
COURT EAGER TO REWEIGH-IN ON
SOME PAST DECISIONS.
REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
MANY KENTUCKY SCHOOLS
ARE BACK IN SESSION NOW AND
STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND
TEACHERS TRYING TO GET BACK INTO
THE SWING OF THINGS AND NEW
RULES PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE
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ONE, SENATE BILL 181 REQUIRES
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STUDENTS
AND TEACHERS AND SCHOOL
PERSONNEL TO BE ON TRACEABLE
SYSTEMS.
ROBBY FLETCHER TOLD ME THE LAW
MAY REQUIRE TWEAKING BUT HAS
GOOD INTENTIONS.
>> THE POINT OF THAT BILL, AS I
READ THROUGH IT, IS HOW CAN WE
MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE.
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AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PARENTS
UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHO IS
COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR CHILD
AND YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO SEE WHAT
COMMUNICATIONS IS GOING TO YOUR
STUDENT.
AGAIN, THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW AND
THE INTENTION OF THE LAW, I
THINK IS VERY GOOD.
AND MOST EDUCATORS WOULD AGREE
IT'S GOOD.
DOES IT HAVE DIFFICULTIES?
(21:50):
ABSOLUTELY.
TESSA SOME OF THE
CONCERN IS SOME FEAR THEY COULD
VIOLATE THIS NEW LAW?
>> RIGHT.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERNS,
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
AND AS THE COMMISSIONER NOTES
THIS WAS DONE WITH THE INTENTION
OF PROTECTING STUDENTS AND
CHILDREN BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN
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UNFORTUNATELY INSTANCES OF
COACHES OR TEACHERS SENDING
INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES TO THEIR
STUDENTS.
THE INTENT WAS TO PROTECT
CHILDREN AND WE'RE SEEING
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
A COACH CAN'T SEND OUT A MESSAGE
SAYING THERE IS A TORNADO
WARNING PRACTICE IS CANCELED.
AND YOU CAN SEE PRACTICAL
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CHALLENGES.
THERE WAS A WELL DOCUMENTED
REAL-LIFE EXAMPLE A FEW WEEKS
BACK THERE WAS A SYSTEM THAT
WENT OFF AT THE KENTUCKY
EXPOSITION CENTER DURING A
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND ONE OF
THE TEACHERS TEXTED A STUDENT
WHO WAS AT THAT EVENT AND TOLD
HER SUPERINTENDENT I KNOW I
VIOLATED THIS LAW BUT I'M
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TELLING YOU BECAUSE, THIS WAS
THE RIGHT THING TO DO AT THE
TIME.
AND I SPOKE TO SENATOR KITCHENER
SHE SPONSORED THIS LEGISLATION
AND SHE RECOGNIZES FRUSTRATIONS.
SAID THE BILL WAS GOOD IN
PRINCIPLE AND THERE ARE TWEAKS
AHEAD SHE IS OPEN TO REVISITING
IT IN THE WINTERTIME.
A TRAGEDY IN LOUISVILLE
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WHEN A WOMAN WAS SHOT AT A BUS
STOP.
THAT HAS LED TO STRONG COMMUNITY
REACTION?
>> THIS WAS JUST AN AWFUL
SHOOTING THIS WEEK.
IT WAS MORNING TIME.
THERE WERE CHILDREN AT THE BUS
STOP A WOMAN WAS SHOT AND
KILLED.
THERE WAS A PREVIOUS SHOOTING A
WEEK BEFORE.
AND IT HAS GENERATED A LOT OF
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OUTRAGE AND CONCERN AND HAS
BROUGHT FRUSTRATION TO LIGHT HOW
DO WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH
VIOLENCE IN LOUISVILLE AND YOUTH
VIOLENCE?
THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS TO OPEN UP
THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER
AND IS CLOSED AND REBUILT.
IT'S THE TENTACLES OF THIS
SHOOTING REACHED NOT ONLY INTO
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THE COMMUNITIES BUT INTO THE
POLICY MAKING HALLS OF
FRANKFORT.
PHILLIP YOU HAVE BEEN
COVERING THE REDISTRICTING DRAMA
IN TEXAS THAT HAS OTHER STATES
LOOKING ABOUT REDRAWING THEIR
LINES.
IS THIS GOING TO SPREAD ACROSS
THE COUNTRY?
>> YEAH, IT WILL.
WE SEE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN
(24:20):
NEWSOM SAYING BOTH PARTIES
ENGAGE IN GERRYMANDERING.
THE GOVERNOR SAID IF YOU DO THIS
IN TEXAS I WILL DO SOMETHING
WORSE IN CALIFORNIA.
THE SPECIAL SESSION DID END IN
TEXAS BUT ABBOTT WILL KEEP
CALLING SPECIAL SESSION AFTER
SPECIAL SESSION.
YOU SAW J.D. VANCE SAYING YOU
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MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER DOING
THIS IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE A HARD
TIME IN THE MIDTERMS AND REDRAW
THE MAP MAPS.
EVERYONE IS GUILTY OF
GERRYMANDERING THE PEOPLE
ELECTION REFORM FOLKS WANT
NONPARTISAN FOLKS DRAWING THE
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MAPS.
I-75 IS BEING WIDENED
LAWMAKERS SAY IT WILL HELP WITH
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO
PROVIDE A BOOST.
>> IT WILL HAVE AN ECONOMIC
MULTIPLIER THAT THE COMMUNITY
HAS NOT SEEN IN A WHILE.
WHEN I SAY THIS COMMUNITY I'M
NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT LONDON,
I'M TALKING ABOUT WILLIAMSBURG,
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SOMERSET, CORBIN, MAN CHEST,
McKEY UP AND DOWN BECAUSE THIS
RIPPLES IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES.
IT'S SAID THAT KENTUCKY
IS GROWING ALONG THE ROADWAYS.
AND SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
GROWING WITH 75 AND IT'S ONE OF
THE BUSIEST ROADS IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> IT IS A MAJOR FREIGHT
CORRIDOR AND THAT IS ONE OF THE
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PARTS EMPHASIZED IS THAT YOU
HAVE THIS FOUR-LANE SECTION
SURROUNDED BY SIX-LANE SECTIONS
AND IT EXPANDS IT AND HELPS THIS
NORTH-SOUTH FREIGHT CORRIDOR ONE
OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST TRAVELED
IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.
WE'RE TALKING ALSO PART OF THE
STATE THAT IS TOUCHING
TENNESSEE.
TENNESSEE IS A FAST GROWING
STATE AND TALKING TO ECONOMIC
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DEVELOPMENT FOLKS, THEY ARE
STARTING TO SEE MORE TENNESSEE
LICENSE PLATES IN KENTUCKY.
ARE WE SEEING A POTENTIAL
OVERFLOW INTO KENTUCKY?
THAT IS INTERESTING THIS IS
HAPPENING IN THE SOUTHERN PART
OF THE STATE.
THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR
IS UNDERWAY AND THEY MADE
SECURITY CHANGES REQUIRING
MINORS TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN
ADULT.
OVER 21 AT NIGHT AND ON
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WEEKENDS.
MUSIC, RIDES AND RIBBONS AND A
CHANCE TO GET THE FLU SHOT AT
THE FAIR THIS YEAR.
THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY".
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
[♪♪]
>> Bill (00:09):
FORD BETS ON EV'S WITH
A MAJOR KENTUCKY INVESTMENT IN
LOUISVILLE AND GE MAKES A BIG
ANNOUNCEMENT.
A REPUBLICAN DINNER SHEDS LIGHT
ON KENTUCKY'S OPEN U.S. SENATE
RACE.
A DRIVER'S LICENSE SCANDAL
BRINGS QUESTIONS AND FIRINGS.
KENTUCKY SCHOOLS REOPEN WITH
LOTS OF NEW RULES TO FOLLOW.
(00:29):
ON A HOT AUGUST WEEKEND, COMMENT
IS NEXT ON KET.
[♪♪]
GOOD EVENING, I'M BILL
BRYANT.
AND WE WELCOME YOU TO "COMMENT
ON KENTUCKY" A LOOK BACK, AND
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SOME ANALYSIS, OF THE WEEK'S
NEWS IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
AND OUR THE GUESTS ON OUR PANEL
OF WORKING KENTUCKY JOURNALISTS
TONIGHT ARE MARCUS GREEN
REPORTER FOR WDRB IN LOUISVILLE.
TESSA DUVALL PUBLIC AFFAIRS
EDITOR FOR THE LEXINGTON
HERALD-LEADER AND PHILLIP BAILEY
LOUISVILLE BASED CHIEF POLITICAL
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CORRESPONDENT FOR "USA TODAY".
FOR THE SECOND WEEK IN A ROW
MAJOR BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS
HAVE BEEN MADE IN KENTUCKY.
FORD WILL INVEST $2 BILLION TO
CONVERT ITS LOUISVILLE PLANT TO
MAKE AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC
VEHICLES.
>> TO CREATE AN AFFORDABLE
VEHICLE THAT DELIGHTS CUSTOMERS
IN EVERY WAY THAT MATTERS;
DESIGN AND INNOVATION,
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FLEXIBILITY, INTERIOR SPACE,
DRIVING PLEASURE, AND LOWER COST
OF OWNERSHIP.
BUT WE NEED TO DO IT AND BE
SUSTAINABLE AND MAKE MONEY.
AND WE NEED TO DO IT WITH
AMERICAN WORKERS.
MARK DISCUSS, THIS IS A
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT IT WILL KEEP
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OR BOOST JOBS IN KENTUCKY IN THE
LONG-RUN AND SHOWS THAT FORD
SEES KENTUCKY AS A BIG PART OF
ITS FUTURE?
>> IT CERTAINLY DOES SHOW FORD'S
COMMITMENT TO THE STATE AND IT'S
IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT IT SHOWS
FORD'S COMMITMENT TO LOUISVILLE.
THE LOUISVILLE ASSEMBLY PLANT
HAS BEEN THE CENTER OF
SPECULATION FOR SOMETIME ABOUT
ITS OWN FUTURE.
AND THIS INVESTMENT CEMENTS A
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COMMITMENT TO THAT PLANT.
I THINK WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE
BECAUSE OF THE EMERGING
TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHANGE IN
THIS FACTORY, THERE'S GOING TO
BE CHANGES TO THE NUMBER OF
JOBS.
THERE WILL BE A 10-MONTH CLOSURE
TO RETOOL THE PLANT.
AND THERE WILL BE 600 FEWER
WORKERS THERE.
JIM FARLEY AND EXECUTIVES TRIED
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TO DOWN-PLAY THAT.
JIM SAID WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE
ORPHANING ANYBODY WE HAVE JOBS
IN GLENDALE AND THE KENTUCKY
TRUCK PLANT.
WHILE IT'S GREAT NEWS THERE IS A
JOB IMPACT THAT CAN'T BE IGNORED
AND SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT ONCE IT
REOPENS.
AND THE BATTERIES FOR
WHAT FORD IS CALLING THE
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AFFORDABLE VEHICLES WILL BE
COMING OUT OF MICHIGAN AND NOT
FROM THOSE HARDEN COUNTY BATTERY
PLANTS.
>> AND LEADER AND EXECUTIVES
TRIED TO DOWN-PLAY OR BRUSH OFF
THAT CONCERN THIS IS JUST SCALE
THE TYPES OF BATTERIES PRODUCE
MILLION DOLLAR MICHIGAN ARE A
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BETTER FIT THAN LOUISVILLE AND
IT'S NOT MEANT TO REPLACE
BATTERY PRODUCTION ELSEWHERE.
AND THIS IS DESPITE THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAYING THE
MARKETPLACE SHOULD DECIDE WHAT
TYPES OF VEHICLES ARE MADE?
>> WE DID LEARN AT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION AGREED TO
UNFREEZE MONEY FOR ELECTRIC
VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ACROSS
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THE NATION.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE BIG,
BEAUTIFUL BILL ALSO ROLLED BACK
TAX CREDITS THAT WILL BE FOR
ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT WILL BE
PHASED OUT I BELIEVE AT THE END
OF NEXT MONTH.
FOR THAT REASON, FOR BUYERS
REALLY TRYING TO GET IN AND GET
THAT CREDIT BEFORE IT GOES AWAY
EV'S SALES ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE
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STRONG THIS QUARTER BUT WHAT
HAPPENS GOING FORWARD WITHOUT
THAT INCENTIVE TO PURCHASE THEM
AND WHAT THAT DOES TO THE MARKET
REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
>> WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 7.5
BILLION BIDEN AR RAHMAN TO BUILD
EV CHARGING STATIONS WAS BLOCKED
BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
AND EV FOLKS THAT IS A BIG DEAL
(04:24):
LEAVING YOUR HOUSE AND WONDERING
WHERE IS THE EV STATION AT.
KENTUCKY IS BECOMING A HOTBED
FOR EV BATTERY PRODUCTION.
BUT IT RANKS 39TH IN TERMS OF EV
CONSUMPTION.
GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR SUED THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER THE
PULLBACKS SAYING THIS IS NOT THE
TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE IT IS
THE TECHNOLOGY OF RIGHT NOW.
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NORTH CAROLINA OR ANY OTHER
STATE YOU SEE EV CHARGING
STATIONS AT GAS STATIONS.
THE GE ANNOUNCEMENT IS
ALSO ATTENTION GETTING, AGAIN,
UNDERSCORES A COMMITMENT BY A
MAJOR MANUFACTURER?
>> IT IS AND THIS WEEK GE
APPLIANCES ANNOUNCED
REINVESTMENT IN AMERICAN
FACTORIES AND RESHORING PRODUCTS
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MADE OVERSEAS.
THE LOUISVILLE COMMITMENT THAT
WAS $490 MILLION INVESTMENT
ANNOUNCED IS NOT NEW.
BUT WHAT IS NEW, IS JUST PUTTING
THAT LOUISVILLE PROJECT IN THE
BROADER CONTEXT.
AND IN THAT SENSE IN TERMS OF A
HEADLINE GRABBING WEEK IT WAS A
GOOD WEEK FOR LOUISVILLE AND THE
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POLITICIANS TOUTING THE
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SHOWING THEY
ARE BRINGING JOBS TO LOUISVILLE
AND KENTUCKY AND PRODUCTS AND
MANUFACTURING TO THE STATE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT
AND WHO GETS CREDIT FOR THINGS
IN THIS DAY AND AGE WHEN THAT IS
IMPORTANT IT IS AN INSTAGRAM
WORLD AS WE FOR.
YOU HAVE KENTUCKY GETTING THE
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS THE LAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
HARRODSBURG WITH THE iPHONE
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GLASS AND PADUCAH WITH THE YOUR
RAIN YUM! ENRICHMENT FACILITY
WHAT IS SETTING THE STAGE
FAVORABLE FOR KENTUCKY?
>> ONE IS RELATIONSHIPS.
LET'S REMEMBER THE FIRST
IPHONE EVER GLASS WAS BUILT 18
YEARS AGO IN HARRODSBURG,
KENTUCKY.
THE BUSINESSES ALREADY HAVE A
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GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH
OUR GOVERNMENT AND OUR PEOPLE.
AND THE OTHER IS THE TAX
PACKAGES THE STATE PUT IN 1.13
MILLION AND THE CITY $4 MILLION
AND IT'S GOOD COP BAD COP HERE.
DONALD TRUMP LOVE LANGUAGE IS
FLAHERTY.
TIM COOK WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
COMPLIMENTING THE PRESIDENT AND
GAVE HIM A GIFT AND TALKED ABOUT
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INVESTING IN KENTUCKY AND THE
PRO BUSINESSMEN AT THAT TIME OF
THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED
LEGISLATURE.
AND, YES, ANDY BESHEAR'S BOY
SCOUT STYLE, THAT IS ALSO AN
INCENTIVE FOR BUSINESS LEADERS
TO COME TO THE STATE.
THEY LOVE WORKING WITH ANDY
BESHEAR.
THERE'S OTHER ISSUES, KENTUCKY'S
LOCATION.
OUR LOW UTILITY COSTS.
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CNBC IS NUMBER ONE OF UTILITY
COSTS KENTUCKY IS A GREAT PLACE
TO DO BUSINESS.
THIS IS I AWIN FOR WORKERS.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE WE'RE
SEEING THIS WITH THE DATA CENTER
CONVERSATION, KENTUCKY IS
POSITIONED WELL IN THE SENSE
IT'S SOMETIMES LAGGING BEHIND
THE NEIGHBORS BUT NOW THAT IS A
GOOD THING BUT THERE IS THE
AVAILABLE LAND, RESOURCES THAT
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HAVEN'T BEEN TAPPED IN KENTUCKY
AND SOME OF THE BIG INDUSTRIES
ARE RECOGNIZING KENTUCKY IS A
PLACE THAT FITS INTO THE
DOUGHNUT HOLE WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE REST.
>> AND THE LOGISTICS, U.P.S.,
AMAZON WE ARE WITHIN HOW MANY
DRIVING DISTANCE OF THE COUNTRY.
KENTUCKY'S WELL POSITIONED AND
THAT PLUS THE RELATIONSHIPS
POLITICALLY GIVE KENTUCKY A
(07:37):
PUNCH ABOVE THE WAKE.
MAYBE OUR TIMING WAS
RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT WE'LL FOLLOW THE
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS.
>>> NEARLY 2,000 FAKE LICENSES
HAVE BEEN MADE INVALID AFTER A
SCHEME WAS REVEALED AND SOME
REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS AND STATE
AUDITOR ALLISON BALL ARE LOOKING
INTO IT.
(07:58):
GOVERNOR BESHEAR ATTEMPTED TO
GET IN FRONT OF IT AT HIS TEAM
KENTUCKY BRIEFING.
>> THE TRANSPORTATION CABINET
REVIEWS APPLICATIONS AND DURING
ONE OF THEIR REVIEWS THEY
IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF
IRREGULARITIES AND THEY HAVE
REVOKED 1985 CREDENTIALS.
(08:21):
MARCUS, WDRB LED THE
REPORTING, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
>> BACK IN APRIL MY COLLEAGUE
BROKE THE STORY THE CABINET WAS
INVESTIGATING THE ALLEGED
IRREGULARITIES THE FRAUDULENT
BEHAVIOR AND WHAT I THINK IS
WHAT PUSHED THE STORY FORWARD
ESPECIALLY THIS WEEK, WAS SOME
REPORTING WE DID THIS WEEK,
FORMER EMPLOYEE OF ONE OF THE
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CONTRACTORS FOR KYTC TOLD US
WHAT SHE OBSERVED IT WAS A
SCHEME WHICH HER COWORKERS WERE
SELLING TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
DRIVER'S LICENSE THAT THEY WOULD
NOT HAVE ACQUIRED FOR.
AND THE NEW REVELATIONS, I THINK
IT'S FAIR TO SEE WHAT PUSHEDTH
IS INTO A STATE-WIDE STORY THAT
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FORCED BESHEAR TO HAVE TO DEFEND
THE ACTIONS OF THE
TRANSPORTATION CABINET AND IT'S
BECOME A NATIONAL STORY SPEAKING
TO THE BROADER STORY OF THE
GOVERNOR'S ASPIRATIONS
NATIONALLY.
AND ALL HAVE BEEN
FIRED?
>> THEY HAVE ALL BEEN FIRED.
THEY WERE BROUGHT INTO THIS
THROUGH A STAFFING AGENCY.
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HE ALSO ADDED THAT ALL THE
CREDENTIALS REVOKED NO LONGER
WORK AT AN AIRPORT IF ONE OF
THESE INDIVIDUALS WAS PULLED
OVER AT A TRAFFIC STOP AND TRIED
TO SHOW ONE OF LICENSES IT WOULD
BE FLAGGED IN THE SYSTEM.
TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT AND
SAY, LOOK, THIS IS THE CHECKS
HAVE WORKED AND HAVE CATCHING
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PEOPLE.
THEN YOU HAD THE
CONTINUING SAY THIS --
ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYING THIS IS
A JOINT AND FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION AND A LOT GOING ON
BEFORE THE MEDIA ATTENTION.
>> THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
AUDITOR'S OFFICE EVERYONE WANTS
SCRUTINY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
HAPPENED.
AND AS IT'S BEEN SAID WHO KNEW
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WHAT WHEN AND WHAT WAS DONE TO
ADDRESS IT?
WE TALK ABOUT BESHEAR'S
VISIBILITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS
THE BESHEAR ADMINISTRATION
RESPONDING TO THIS IN A WAY THAT
IS LIKELY TO PUT IT BEHIND THEM?
OR COULD IT BE ALIVE FOR A TIME?
>> ANYTHING THAT ANDY BESHEAR HE
DOES HE WILL BE TWO PEOPLE, THE
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GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY AND THE
SHADOW CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.
EVERYTHING WHETHER IT'S
IMMIGRATION, WHETHER IT'S CRIME,
WHETHER IT'S MANUFACTURING WILL
BE SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF A
POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL RUN.
IT WAS ODD THAT THE GOVERNOR
SAID HE HAD NOT READ THE LAWSUIT
BUT MAKES THE ASIX THAT THINGS
ARE NOT FACTUAL.
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HE DOES HAVE AN OPINION.
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE SEEN
THROUGH THE PRISM OF ANDY
BESHEAR RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
HE RAISED MORE MONEY
FOR HIS PAC AND IT CAN BE
DONATED TO CANDIDATES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
HE MADE A VISIT TO CALIFORNIA
WHERE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS
REPORTEDLY LIKED HIS PUSH FOR
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COMMON LANGUAGE AND WHAT THEY
CALLED A AUTHENTICITY FOR
DEMOCRATS.
IS BESHEAR GAINING FOOTING AS A
POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATE?
>> WHEN I TALK TO PROGRESSIVE
GROUPS, THEY MENTION ANDY
BESHEAR AS A CANDIDATE THAT THEY
ARE WANTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT.
HIS IDEA OF PLAIN SPOKENNESS,
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AUTHENTIC GRABS THE ATTENTION
FOR GRASSROOTS DEMOCRATS MORE SO
THAN HIS VISIT IN CALIFORNIA
THAT FUNDRAISING A BIG HOSTED BY
HAKEEM JEFFERIES UP IN CONGRESS.
GOT KUDOS THERE.
A MONTH BEFORE IN JULY HIS VISIT
TO GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY I DON'T
KNOW IF ANDY BESHEAR WILL DO
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WELL IN NEW HAMPSHIRE OR IOWA.
BUT THROUGH BAM, AND YOU GO
THROUGH MISSISSIPPI AND THE
SOUTHERN STATES HE IS GOING TO
THROW ON THAT BAPTIST PEACH ARE
OF HIS FATHER HE WILL DO WELL
AND GETS KUDOS THERE.
ONE THING HE SAID IN SOUTH
CAROLINA TALKING ABOUT FLIPPING
RED STATES THE CLAIM TO FAME
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THAT NATIONAL DEMOCRATS HAVE FOR
HIM.
KENTUCKY DID NOT GO WELL THERE
HAVE NOT BEEN COATTAILS FOR ANDY
BESHEAR, WEBB WENT FROM DEMOCRAT
TO REPUBLICAN.
THERE IS A CHARISMA GAP SOME ARE
WORRIED ABOUT AND THE ISSUE OF
GAZA.
8% OF DEMOCRATS BELIEVE IN THE
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SUPPORT OF ISRAEL.
AND HE HAS GAPS HE HAS TO FILL
IN.
BUT HE IS ON FOLKS RADAR.
IS HE DOING TWO JOBS?
>> I THINK HE HAS BEEN FOR A
LIMIT.
COULD HE OR COULDN'T HE
DISCUSSION ABOUT 2028
IMMEDIATELY BEGAN IN 2023 CAME
(13:02):
OUT IN IT WAS "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" OP-ED I AM A RED STATE
GOVERNOR, HERE'S A BLUE GOVERNOR
IN A RED STATE AND HERE IS HOW I
DID IT AND TRYING TO PLAY THE
IMAGE OF BIPARTISANSHIP.
IF YOU ASK ANY REPUBLICAN IF
ANDY BESHEAR IS BIPARTISAN AND
YOU WILL GET A RESOUNDING NO BUT
IT PLAYS WELL.
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AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS LOOKING FOR
AS IT TRIES TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO
WE WIN BACK PEOPLE WHO HAVE
VOTED FOR DEMOCRATS BEFORE BUT
THEN VOTED FOR DONALD TRUMP.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO
CAN HELP TRANSLATE THAT GAP.
WE HAVE A BIG OPEN U.S.
SENATE RACE IN KENTUCKY AND THE
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CANDIDATES APPEARED IN LEXINGTON
FOR A G.O.P. DINNER.
FOR A SECOND WEEKEND IN A ROW.
SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL WAS IN
THEIR MIDST AND ANDY BARR AND
DANIEL CAMERON AND NATE MORRIS
TALKED ABOUT THEIR CAMPAIGNS.
>> I HAD THE OCCASION TO STAND
UP TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
WHEN ESG ON D.E.I. AND I'LL
CONTINUE TO BE THAT LEADER,
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BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE, AGAIN, THAT
OUR VALUES ARE THOSE THAT FUEL
THIS COUNTRY.
>> PRO-LIFE, A RATED AND I BACK
THE BLUE BUT YOU WILL GET A
REPUBLICAN WHO WILL WIN AND WE
HAVE TO WIN THIS FIGHT.
FELLOW REPUBLICANS, I'M BATTLE
TESTED AND UNLIKE MY OPPONENTS I
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HAVE WON THE TOUGH ELECTIONS.
>> I DON'T WANT TO BE THE
LONGEST SERVING ANYTHING IN U.S.
HISTORY.
UNTHAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I'M
RUNNING.
IT'S THE CAREER POLITICIANS THAT
STABBED OUR PRESIDENT IN THE
BACK OVER AND OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
PHILLIP IT'S FAIR TO
SAY THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST
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HOTLY CONTESTED PRIMARIES IN THE
COUNTRY.
DID FANCY FARM AND THIS G.O.P.
DINNER BRING ANY CLEARER FOCUS
TO THE RACE?
>> I THINK IT DOES.
THE PRIMARY FOR SENATE WILL BE
THE BEST TEST FOR THE FUTURE OF
NOT ONLY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
BUT THE IMAGE DPA MOVEMENT.
MAGA MOVEMENT.
THE LEGACIES AND FUTURE OF
DONALD TRUMP AND J.D. VANCE AND
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MITCH McCONNELL WILL BE ON THE
BALLOT.
ALL THREE ARE VYING FOR DON --
DONALD TRUMP'S TENSION AND
ENDORSEMENT.
J.D. VANCE KNOWS NATE MORRIS HE
HAS A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
HIM WHY YOU SEE NATE MORRIS
OUTSIDERS OUTSIDE OF KENTUCKY,
YOU SEE DONALD TRUMP JUNIOR
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MENTIONING NATE MORRIS, CHARLIE
KIRK GIVES HIM A SHOUT-OUT AND
THE BASHING OF MITCH McCONNELL
I DO WONDER HOW MUCH WILL BE A
TURN OFF FOR KENTUCKY
REPUBLICANS.
MITCH McCONNELL HAS BEEN A
WORKHORSE HE KEPT THIS STATE
PUNCHING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT AND
COULD IT BACKFIRE LIKE MATT
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BEVIN IN 2014.
ANDY BARR MIGHT BE THE
ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE WITH THE
RELATIONSHIPS IN CONGRESS AND
DANIEL CAMERON HAS THE
STATE-WIDE REPUTATIONS AND THIS
COULD BE A NASTY AND NEGATIVE
PRIMARY BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I
THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS IN
THE LENS OF A NATIONAL RACE.
LOOK AT MITCH McCONNELL'S
LEGACY ON-LINE AS WELL.
IT IS INTERESTING THAT
EACH CANDIDATE HAS A DIFFERENT
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WAY TO GET TO THE PRIZE.
>> THEY DO.
NATE MORRIS IS CERTAINLY STAKED
OUT THIS ANTI-MITCH ANGLE.
WE SAW HIM ANNOUNCE HIS CAMPAIGN
ON DON JR.'S PODCAST HE IS
RUNNING AN ON-LINE CAMPAIGN.
SOME OF THE FANCY FARM SKINGSERS
GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION BUT IS
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THAT REACHING THE KENTUCKY
REPUBLICAN VOTER WHO IS GOING TO
BE THE ONE GOING TO THE POLLS IN
MAY TO CAST THEIR BALLOT?
THERE IS A REASON MITCH
McCONNELL HAS BEEN REELECTED
AS MUCH AS HE HAS.
THOUGH THERE ARE PEOPLE IN
KENTUCKY WHO DO NOT LIKE THAT HE
HAS BROKEN WITH DONALD TRUMP
SOMETHING YOU HEAR ABOUT MITCH
McCONNELL ALL THE TIME BUT HE
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BRINGS MONEY BACK TO KENTUCKY HE
DELIVERS FOR KENTUCKY.
AND WE GET A SENSE THIS
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY BECOMES THAT
IT IS ALL PHILOSOPHICAL OR
GEOGRAPHICAL, THE CITIES GO ONE
WAY AND THE RURAL AREAS ANOTHER?
>> IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN AND THE
WILDCARD IS THE TRUMP
ENDORSEMENT.
WHO KNOWS HOW THAT PLAYS OUT AND
THAT IS WHY THEY ARE LEANING SO
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HARD INTO I'M THE TRUMP CHAMPION
I'M FIGHT FOR CONGRESS IF YOU
ARE ANDY BARR.
DANIEL CAMERON SAYING I FOUGHT
D.E.I. AND I'M TRUMP ENDORSED IN
PREVIOUS RACES.
THEY ARE ALL TRYING CLEARLY TO
ALIGN THEMSELVES AS THE
TRUMPPYEST OF THEM ALL.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT PLAY
INTO THAT.
ANDY BARR AS A CONGRESSIONAL
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RECORD AND NAME ID.
DANIEL CAMERON HAS BEEN ON A
STATE-WIDE BALLOT HE IS FAMILIAR
TO REPUBLICAN VOTERS.
AT THE SAME TIME, NOT A LOT OF
ROOM TO GROW NAME ID ONCE YOU
HAVE ALREADY BEEN ID'D.
AND NATE MORRIS HAS A LOT OF
MONEY AND IS CARVING OUT THIS
LANE COURTING THE MAGA MOVEMENT.
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I THINK IT'S ALL IN PLAY AND
REMAINS TO BE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS
THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
PHILLIP, YOU LOOK AT
ANY MAP OR PREDICTION AND IT
PUTS KENTUCKY SOLIDLY RED.
IF THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY SEEMS
DIVISIVE BEFORE THE JANUARY
FILING DEADLINE, COULD IT TEMPT
OTHER DEMOCRATS TO CONSIDER
JUMPING IN THAT PRIMARY THAT
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PAMELA STEVENSON RIGHT NOW HAS
TO HER OWN?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IF THIS BECOMES A REPEAT LIKE
THE 2015 GUBERNATORIAL RACE THAT
RACE WHERE IT GOT NEGATIVE AND
YOU COULD SEE A SIMILAR
SITUATION HERE.
I DO KNOW, LOOK, WHEN YOU ARE ON
THE REPUBLICAN SIDE ANDY BARR,
THE THING YOU DON'T WANT IS TO
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HAVE A NASTY PRIMARY WITH NATE
MORRIS.
EVEN IF HE DOESN'T WIN AND ROCKY
ADKINS JUMPS IN.
AND THEN YOU HAVE A TIGHT
POTENTIALLY GENERAL ELECTION
CAMPAIGN.
THE BARR FOLKS WOULD NOT WANT
THAT SCENARIO TO HAPPEN.
ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE NO
OFFENSE TO PAMELA STEVENSON, IT
SEEMS LIKE DEMOCRATS ARE WAITING
TO SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT THEY ARE
NOT FILING BEHIND HER.
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WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PRIMARY RACE
I'M LOOKING AT PAST PRIMARY
RACES AND SEE THIS AS A LITMUS
TEST WHAT IS THE MAGA MOVEMENT
GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE
FUTURE.
THE PRESIDENT WILL STAY OUT FOR
A WHILE IS LOOK THE
VICE-PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE HAS A
REASON FOR THIS RACE TO MATTER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE IS GOING TO
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PICK LOOKS LIKE HE IS BEHIND
NATE MORRIS.
BUT IF YOU ARE A DEMOCRAT YOU
WANT A FALSITY RACE MAYBE YOU
CAN HAVE SOMEONE ROCKY UP THE
MIDDLE.
INTERESTING TO WATCH.
CLERK DAVIS LEGAL TEAM IS ASKING
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TO STRIKE
DOWN ITS OWN RULING THAT
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LEGALIZED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
DAVIS IS APPEALING A FEDERAL
JUDGMENT AGAINST HER AND IN
MAKING THAT APPEAL HER LAWYERS
SEEK TO OVERTURN THE UNDERLYING
RULING?
>> THAT IS RIGHT.
KIM DAVIS IS REPRESENTED BY
LIBERTY COUNCIL A CONSERVATIVE
GROUP AND LONG BEEN THE AIM WITH
TAKING UP THIS CASE.
KIM DAVIS WANTS THE SUPREME
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COURT TO FIND THAT HER FIRST
AMENDMENT RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF
RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION WAS
VIOLATED.
THEY WANT TO SAY SHE IS NOT
LIABLE FOR THE DAMAGES STEMMING
FROM ONE OF THE COUPLES SHE
DENIED A MARRIAGE LICENSE TO
TRYING TO GET THE DAMAGES
OVERTURNED.
IN THE PROCESS WOULD LIKE TO
TAKE DOWN THE SUPREME COURT
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DECISION THAT LEGALIZED GAY
MARRIAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
A YEAR AGO ONE OF THE REPORTER
SPOKE TO LEGAL EXPERTS IS THIS
THE CASE?
DOES IT MEET THE RIGHT
PARAMETERS TO BE THE CASE THAT
COULD OVERTURN GAY MARRIAGE?
A YEAR AGO EXPERTS WERE SAYING
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE RIGHT
ONE.
BUT A LOT HAS HAPPENED IN THE
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LAST YEAR AND WE'VE SEEN THE
COURT EAGER TO REWEIGH-IN ON
SOME PAST DECISIONS.
REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
MANY KENTUCKY SCHOOLS
ARE BACK IN SESSION NOW AND
STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND
TEACHERS TRYING TO GET BACK INTO
THE SWING OF THINGS AND NEW
RULES PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE
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ONE, SENATE BILL 181 REQUIRES
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STUDENTS
AND TEACHERS AND SCHOOL
PERSONNEL TO BE ON TRACEABLE
SYSTEMS.
ROBBY FLETCHER TOLD ME THE LAW
MAY REQUIRE TWEAKING BUT HAS
GOOD INTENTIONS.
>> THE POINT OF THAT BILL, AS I
READ THROUGH IT, IS HOW CAN WE
MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE SAFE.
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AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PARENTS
UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHO IS
COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR CHILD
AND YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO SEE WHAT
COMMUNICATIONS IS GOING TO YOUR
STUDENT.
AGAIN, THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW AND
THE INTENTION OF THE LAW, I
THINK IS VERY GOOD.
AND MOST EDUCATORS WOULD AGREE
IT'S GOOD.
DOES IT HAVE DIFFICULTIES?
(21:50):
ABSOLUTELY.
TESSA SOME OF THE
CONCERN IS SOME FEAR THEY COULD
VIOLATE THIS NEW LAW?
>> RIGHT.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONCERNS,
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
AND AS THE COMMISSIONER NOTES
THIS WAS DONE WITH THE INTENTION
OF PROTECTING STUDENTS AND
CHILDREN BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN
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UNFORTUNATELY INSTANCES OF
COACHES OR TEACHERS SENDING
INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES TO THEIR
STUDENTS.
THE INTENT WAS TO PROTECT
CHILDREN AND WE'RE SEEING
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
A COACH CAN'T SEND OUT A MESSAGE
SAYING THERE IS A TORNADO
WARNING PRACTICE IS CANCELED.
AND YOU CAN SEE PRACTICAL
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CHALLENGES.
THERE WAS A WELL DOCUMENTED
REAL-LIFE EXAMPLE A FEW WEEKS
BACK THERE WAS A SYSTEM THAT
WENT OFF AT THE KENTUCKY
EXPOSITION CENTER DURING A
BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AND ONE OF
THE TEACHERS TEXTED A STUDENT
WHO WAS AT THAT EVENT AND TOLD
HER SUPERINTENDENT I KNOW I
VIOLATED THIS LAW BUT I'M
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TELLING YOU BECAUSE, THIS WAS
THE RIGHT THING TO DO AT THE
TIME.
AND I SPOKE TO SENATOR KITCHENER
SHE SPONSORED THIS LEGISLATION
AND SHE RECOGNIZES FRUSTRATIONS.
SAID THE BILL WAS GOOD IN
PRINCIPLE AND THERE ARE TWEAKS
AHEAD SHE IS OPEN TO REVISITING
IT IN THE WINTERTIME.
A TRAGEDY IN LOUISVILLE
(23:15):
WHEN A WOMAN WAS SHOT AT A BUS
STOP.
THAT HAS LED TO STRONG COMMUNITY
REACTION?
>> THIS WAS JUST AN AWFUL
SHOOTING THIS WEEK.
IT WAS MORNING TIME.
THERE WERE CHILDREN AT THE BUS
STOP A WOMAN WAS SHOT AND
KILLED.
THERE WAS A PREVIOUS SHOOTING A
WEEK BEFORE.
AND IT HAS GENERATED A LOT OF
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OUTRAGE AND CONCERN AND HAS
BROUGHT FRUSTRATION TO LIGHT HOW
DO WE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH
VIOLENCE IN LOUISVILLE AND YOUTH
VIOLENCE?
THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS TO OPEN UP
THE JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER
AND IS CLOSED AND REBUILT.
IT'S THE TENTACLES OF THIS
SHOOTING REACHED NOT ONLY INTO
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THE COMMUNITIES BUT INTO THE
POLICY MAKING HALLS OF
FRANKFORT.
PHILLIP YOU HAVE BEEN
COVERING THE REDISTRICTING DRAMA
IN TEXAS THAT HAS OTHER STATES
LOOKING ABOUT REDRAWING THEIR
LINES.
IS THIS GOING TO SPREAD ACROSS
THE COUNTRY?
>> YEAH, IT WILL.
WE SEE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR GAVIN
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NEWSOM SAYING BOTH PARTIES
ENGAGE IN GERRYMANDERING.
THE GOVERNOR SAID IF YOU DO THIS
IN TEXAS I WILL DO SOMETHING
WORSE IN CALIFORNIA.
THE SPECIAL SESSION DID END IN
TEXAS BUT ABBOTT WILL KEEP
CALLING SPECIAL SESSION AFTER
SPECIAL SESSION.
YOU SAW J.D. VANCE SAYING YOU
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MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER DOING
THIS IN YOUR DISTRICTS.
REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE A HARD
TIME IN THE MIDTERMS AND REDRAW
THE MAP MAPS.
EVERYONE IS GUILTY OF
GERRYMANDERING THE PEOPLE
ELECTION REFORM FOLKS WANT
NONPARTISAN FOLKS DRAWING THE
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MAPS.
I-75 IS BEING WIDENED
LAWMAKERS SAY IT WILL HELP WITH
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO
PROVIDE A BOOST.
>> IT WILL HAVE AN ECONOMIC
MULTIPLIER THAT THE COMMUNITY
HAS NOT SEEN IN A WHILE.
WHEN I SAY THIS COMMUNITY I'M
NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT LONDON,
I'M TALKING ABOUT WILLIAMSBURG,
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SOMERSET, CORBIN, MAN CHEST,
McKEY UP AND DOWN BECAUSE THIS
RIPPLES IN MULTIPLE COUNTIES.
IT'S SAID THAT KENTUCKY
IS GROWING ALONG THE ROADWAYS.
AND SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY
GROWING WITH 75 AND IT'S ONE OF
THE BUSIEST ROADS IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> IT IS A MAJOR FREIGHT
CORRIDOR AND THAT IS ONE OF THE
(25:47):
PARTS EMPHASIZED IS THAT YOU
HAVE THIS FOUR-LANE SECTION
SURROUNDED BY SIX-LANE SECTIONS
AND IT EXPANDS IT AND HELPS THIS
NORTH-SOUTH FREIGHT CORRIDOR ONE
OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST TRAVELED
IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.
WE'RE TALKING ALSO PART OF THE
STATE THAT IS TOUCHING
TENNESSEE.
TENNESSEE IS A FAST GROWING
STATE AND TALKING TO ECONOMIC
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DEVELOPMENT FOLKS, THEY ARE
STARTING TO SEE MORE TENNESSEE
LICENSE PLATES IN KENTUCKY.
ARE WE SEEING A POTENTIAL
OVERFLOW INTO KENTUCKY?
THAT IS INTERESTING THIS IS
HAPPENING IN THE SOUTHERN PART
OF THE STATE.
THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR
IS UNDERWAY AND THEY MADE
SECURITY CHANGES REQUIRING
MINORS TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN
ADULT.
OVER 21 AT NIGHT AND ON
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WEEKENDS.
MUSIC, RIDES AND RIBBONS AND A
CHANCE TO GET THE FLU SHOT AT
THE FAIR THIS YEAR.
THAT IS "COMMENT ON KENTUCKY".
HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD.
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