[♪♪] >> Renee: 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.

>> Renee: WE'RE BACK IN MERCER COUNTY AS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY LOST AND WHAT THEY SAVED.

>> THE WATER RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE STANDING IS ABOUT THREE FEET DEEP.

>> Renee: WHY A KENTUCKY RESTAURANT OWNER CREATED HIS OWN FLOOD.

>> YOU ARE AT ONCE YOURSELF AND ALL THOSE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE YOU.

>> Renee: AND A CELEBRATION OF ANCESTORS WHO HELPED BUILD A NATION.

>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.

[♪♪] >> Renee: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON THIS WEDNESDAY, APRIL THE 9TH, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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!

>> Renee: 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 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 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 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.

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 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 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 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.

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.

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.

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 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 VICTIMS THAT NEED HELP.

>> Renee: 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 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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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.

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 EVACUATED TO CITY EMERGENCY SHELTERS.

IN A WEDNESDAY MORNING MESSAGE, HALF HAVE GONE BACK HOME.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE LEFFLER.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, JUNE FOR AT THAT TIME REPORT.

ACCORDING TO THE NOAA, THE KENTUCKY RIVER CRESTED NEAR CARROLLTON YESTERDAY.

>>> AMERICA'S OLDEST OPERATING 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 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 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.

[♪♪] >> Renee: 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.

>> Renee: AS WE'VE BEEN 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 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 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 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 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 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 DO SOMETHING QUICKLY.

I THINK WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IT COSTS MONEY TO CALL A LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS WELL.

>> Renee: 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.

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 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 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 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, 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.

>> Renee: WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT.

ALTHOUGH ALL INDICATIONS LEAN TO THAT HE WILL MAKE THAT DECISION 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 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 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.

>> Renee: I WAS GOING TO SAY MAYBE THERE'S MORE SPECULATION ABOUT A U.S. SENATE RUN THAN A CONGRESSIONAL RACE.

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 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 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 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 COUNTRY IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE OF ENERGY GENERATED FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR.

>> Renee: KEEP OUR EYES ON FOR SURE.

WE THANK YOU, RYLAND BARTON, FOR JOINING US AGAIN TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANKS, RENEE.

[♪♪] >> Renee: ANOTHER REVERSAL TODAY IN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S 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 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 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 THEY SAID HOLY CRAP THIS IS A TERRIBLE IDEA.

>> Renee: YESTERDAY SENATOR PAUL ANNOUNCED A BILL THAT WOULD LET CONGRESS END THE EMERGENCY POWER THAT ALLOWS A PRESIDENT TO RAISE TARIFFS.

[♪♪] >> Renee: IT IS A PROJECT THAT BEGAN ALMOST A DECADE AGO BUT 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.

>> 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 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 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, 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 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.

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.

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 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.

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 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 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.

>> Renee: 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."

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I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT.

TAKE GOOD CARE.

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