♪ ♪ WELCOME TO THE 145TH ANNUAL FANCY FARM PICNIC.

>> Renee: THERE WAS MORE THAN MUTTON ON THE MENU AS SOME POLITICAL HEAVYWEIGHTS STEPPED UP TO THE MIC IN WESTERN KENTUCKY THIS WEEKEND.

A LOOK BACK AT WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.

>> : NOBODY HAS QUITE DONE IT LIKE MITCH.

>> Renee: THE PICNIC INCLUDED PRAISE AND CRITICISM OF KENTUCKY'S SENIOR SENATOR.

>> THIS OVERALL PROJECT ACTUALLY WAS BORN OUT OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WE NEED TO PUT MORE RESOURCES AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DEVELOP MORE TECHNOLOGIES HERE IN THE U.S. >> Renee: PLUS, A NEW MANUFACTURING PLANT IS COMING TO JESSAMINE COUNTY.

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

♪ ♪ GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO KENTUCKY EDITION FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 4TH.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

GLAD TO BE BACK WITH YOU.

THANK YOU FOR WINDING DOWN YOUR MONDAY WITH US.

ANOTHER FANCY FARM PICNIC IS IN THE BOOKS.

THE HIGHLIGHT SATURDAY WAS PROBABLY THE THREE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR THE U.S. SENATE: ANDY BARR, DANIEL CAMERON, AND NATE MORRIS.

THE THREE USED THEIR TIME IN THE SPOTLIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THEMSELVES, OF COURSE, WHAT THEY STAND FOR AND THEIR SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.

MORE AS WE KICK OFF YOUR FANCY FARM RECAP.

>> CAMERON: FROM REMOVING VIOLENT ILLEGALS TO ENSURING WE'RE NOT BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF IN TRADE DEALS, THIS PRESIDENT IS WORKING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND NOW HE NEEDS REINFORCEMENTS IN THE SENATE.

IN THIS PRIMARY, THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY WILL HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN TALK AND ACTION.

FOR INSTANCE, ANDY BARR WANTS YOU TO THINK HE'S AMERICA FIRST, BUT IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE HIM WHEN HE'S VOTED WITH NANCY PELOSI 1,200 TIMES.

AND NATE MORRIS WANTS YOU TO THINK HE'S TOUGH.

BUT WHEN HE WAS ASKED ABOUT HIS DONATION IN THE PRIMARY TO NIKKI HALEY OVER DONALD TRUMP, RATHER THAN OWN UP TO IT, HIS FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO THROW HIS WIFE UNDER THE BUS.

HE SAID, AND I QUOTE, 'I GOT STUCK WITH THE BILL FOR A DINNER MY WIFE ATTENDED.'

NOW, THAT'S NOT TOUGH TO US.

THAT'S A NIGHT IN THE DOGHOUSE.

>> BARR: TOO BAD ANDY BESHEAR COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.

I GUESS HE COULDN'T FIND THE TIME BETWEEN VOGUE MAGAZINE PHOTO SHOOTS AND MEASURING OVAL OFFICE DRAPES.

OF COURSE, THE LIBERAL MEDIA IS FALLING ALL OVER HIM.

BUT AMERICANS WILL SOON LEARN WHAT WE KENTUCKIANS ALREADY KNOW.

HE'S AS LIBERAL AS HE IS BORING.

YOU KNOW, I'D SAY ANYONE COULD BEAT THIS GUY, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO OFFEND DANIEL CAMERON.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, DANIEL.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE TRADITION ALIVE OF ANDY BEATING DANIEL.

AS KENTUCKIANS, WE'RE ALL PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL TO PEOPLE WHO TAKE IT UPON THEMSELVES TO RIGHT THE WRONGS OF WOKE LIBERALS LIKE THE GUY WHO HAD TO REVERSE RADICAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENTS, ELIMINATE RACIAL DEI POLICIES, AND CORRECT A BUNCH OF BAD DECISIONS THAT LED TO FINANCIAL RUIN.

NO, I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP CLEANING UP JOE BIDEN'S MESS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE GUY WHO HAD TO FOLLOW NATE MORRIS AS CEO AFTER HE RAN HIS GREEN FANTASY RUBICON INTO THE GROUND AND WAS PUSHED OUT OF HIS HOME.

PUSHED OUT OF HIS OWN COMPANY.

>> MORRIS: JUST BECAUSE MITCH MCCONNELL'S NAME IS NOT ON THE BALLOT DOESN'T MEAN HIS LEGACY IS NOT ON THE LINE.

WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE MCCONNELL BOYS.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW ANDY BARR OR DANIEL CAMERON ARE GOING TO ACT IN THE U.S. SENATE, LOOK NO FURTHER THAN THEIR MENTOR, MITCH MCCONNELL.

BOTH OF THESE GUYS ARE VERY PROUD TO TELL YOU THEY WOULDN'T HAVE CAREERS IF IT WEREN'T FOR MITCH.

NEITHER OF THESE GUYS HAVE BUILT ANYTHING, DONE ANYTHING IMPACTFUL, EMPLOYED ANYONE, BUT BOY, DO THEY KNOW HOW TO TAKE DIRECTION FROM A DECREPIT OLD MOB BOSS.

WHERE WOULD YOU BE WITHOUT MITCH McCONNELL?

ANDY, DANIEL, YOU KNOW, TODAY MIGHT BE THE PERFECT DAY TO BREAK SOME REAL NEWS HERE.

PERHAPS YOU COULD BOTH SHOW US THE SEAT OF YOUR BRITCHES SO WE CAN FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE MITCH MCCONNELL'S HAND GOES.

>> Renee: TOUGH TALK THERE.

THE MONEY SPENT IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN KENTUCKY'S U.S. SENATE PRIMARY IS WIDELY EXPECTED TO REACH HISTORIC LEVELS.

SO HOW ARE THE TOP THREE CANDIDATES DOING SO FAR IN TERMS OF FUNDRAISING DOLLARS?

OUR MACKENZIE SPINK CAUGHT UP WITH THREE POLITICOS AT FANCY FARM ON SATURDAY TO FIND OUT.

>> THE MONEY SPENT IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR U.S. SENATE RACE IS WIDELY EXPECTED TO REACH HISTORIC LEVELS.

HOW ARE THE TOP THREE CANDIDATES DOING SO FAR IN TERMS OF FUNDRAISING DOLLARS?

>> I THINK CONGRESSMAN BARR OBVIOUSLY WITH THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING ABLE TO ROLL HIS HOUSE ACCOUNT OVER, THAT'S A NICE STARTING CUSHION OF, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.

DANIEL CAMERON IS STRUGGLING.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY WAY TO BEAT AROUND THE BOSH THAT.

SUCCESS BEGETS SUCCESS, AND FAILURE BEGETS FAILURE.

AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BACK WHAT THEY FEEL LIKE ISN'T GOING TO BE A WINNER.

SO, YEAH, WHAT'S THE EFFECT OF THAT FUNDRAISING DROP FROM THE FIRST QUARTER TO THE SECOND QUARTER ON DANIEL?

YOU KNOW, FOR NATE MORRIS, I THINK A LOT OF IT IS EITHER GOING TO BE PUT IN BY HIMSELF OR IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE SUPER PACS.

>> Reporter: NATE MORRIS IS A ENTREPRENEUR WHO CALLS HIMSELF A POLITICAL OUTSIDER.

WHEN IT COMES TO HIS ODDS AGAINST BARR AND CAMERON IN THE MAY 2026 PRIMARY, POLITICOS SAY HE HAS HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM.

>> ABBY: YOU KNOW, HE IS NOT WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE FARTHEST RIGHT IN THE RACE.

AND SO WHEN WE HAVE PRIMARY ELECTIONS, THAT'S WHEN YOU TEND TO GET THE FARTHEST RIGHT OR THE FARTHEST LEFT AS YOU GO ON TO THE GENERAL BALLOT.

SO HE'S GOT AN UPHILL BATTLE AHEAD OF HIM FOR SURE.

>> JARED: IN KENTUCKY, YOU SEE THE HISTORY OF PEOPLE THAT TRY TO BECOME SELF-FUNDERS.

USUALLY, IT DOESN'T WORK OUT THAT WELL.

IT DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR EDMUND IN '19.

IT DIDN'T REALLY WORK OUT FOR ONLY MATT BEVIN, THAT'S ABOUT IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NAME I.D., NATE MORRIS HAS TO NAME AS MUCH NAME I.D.

AS FAST AS HE CAN.

>> Reporter: ANDY BARR'S CURRENT OFFICE AS A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE HAS GIVEN HIM AN AVENUE TO CONNECT WITH KENTUCKIANS IN A WAY OTHER CANDIDATES CAN'T.

USING THE FULL APPARATUS AFFORDED TO HIM REPRESENTING THE 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN WASHINGTON.

>> ABBY: YOU KNOW, CAMERON, HAVING BEEN ATTORNEY GENERAL, THERE HASN'T BEEN A LOT OF INTERACTION WITH THE PUBLIC WHERE THEY GET TO SAY, 'I CALLED THE DISTRICT OFFICE, AND THEY HELPED ME GET MY PASSPORT,' OR 'THEY HELPED ME FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS OR THAT.'.

AND SO HAVING THAT CONSTITUENT SERVICES BASE, WHICH HE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY EXCELLENT AT, I THINK IS ANOTHER HUGE BENEFIT FOR HIM.

>> JARED: BUT WHAT MAKES THE RACE SO UNIQUE, IN MY OPINION, IS CONGRESSMAN BARR INSIDE THE 6TH DISTRICT IS VERY WELL-KNOWN.

ONCE YOU GET OUTSIDE THE 6TH DISTRICT, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHO YOU ARE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET THIS FAR AWAY FROM >> Reporter: ONE THING THE THREE CANDIDATES HAVE IN COMMON IS OUTSPOKEN SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT THE MATTER OF AN ENDORSEMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT MAY NOT BE AS SIMPLE AS IT SEEMS.

>> TRES: YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN TRUMP IN OTHER STATES LIKE MISSOURI AND JUST VERY FORTUNATE ACROSS THE RIVER.

TRUMP ENDORSED ERIC BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO GUYS NAMED ERIC RUNNING.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF ANYTHING, I THINK THERE'S A LIKELIHOOD OF MAYBE BEING MULTIPLE ENDORSEMENTS... >> Reporter: OF COURSE THE SEAT UP FOR GRABS IS SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL WHO IS RETIRING AFTER HOLDING THE OFFICE FOR 40 YEARS.

OF COURSE, THE SEAT UP FOR GRABS IS SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL'S, WHO IS RETIRING AFTER HOLDING THE OFFICE FOR FORTY YEARS.

NATE MORRIS HAS TAKEN A STRONG POSITION AGAINST MCCONNELL-EVEN THOUGH HE, LIKE CAMERON AND BARR, HAS TIES TO KENTUCKY'S SENIOR SENATOR.

EVEN THOUGH MCCONNELL WON'T BE ON THE 2026 BALLOT, HIS LEGACY MAY VERY WELL BE.

>> TRES: I THINK THE QUESTION IS, HOW CAN YOU SELL YOURSELF TO MCCONNELL VOTERS WHILE NOT TURNING OFF PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE MCCONNELL AT THE SAME TIME?

KENTUCKIANS HAVE A LONG MEMORY, AND THEY REMEMBER ALL THIS MONEY THAT MITCH MCCONNELL'S BROUGHT IN OVER 40 YEARS.

YOU CAN'T IGNORE THAT PART, BUT YOU ALSO DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR IN BECAUSE HE DOES HAVE A PRETTY LARGE LEVEL OF UNPOPULARITY AMONG THE REPUBLICAN BASE.

IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING DANCE TO SEE HOW THE CANDIDATES NAVIGATE THAT.

>> Reporter: THESE THREE CANDIDATES HAVE A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF THEM.

THE KENTUCKY PRIMARY WILL BE HELD IN MAY OF 2026.

FOR KENTUCKY EDITION, I'M MACKENZIE SPINK.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, MACKENZIE.

WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

ONE OF THE ORGANIZERS OF FANCY FARM TOOK TIME TO SALUTE A MAN WHO'S BEEN TO MANY OF THEM OVER THE DECADES.

U.S.

SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL IS LEAVING THE SENATE AT THE END OF THIS TERM.

BY THEN, HE WILL HAVE SERVED SEVEN TERMS IN THE SENATE, OR 42 YEARS.

HE WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 1984.

HERE'S WHAT FANCY FARM CHAIR STEVEN ELDER HAD TO SAY SATURDAY ABOUT SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL.

HE ORGANIZES THE POLITICAL SPEAKING EVENT.

>> ELDER: A MAN WHOSE POLITICAL SKILL IS SECOND TO NONE, WHOSE NAME WILL BE STUDIED FOR GENERATIONS TO COME-SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL.

[ CHEERING ] LOVE HIM OR CHALLENGE HIM, ONE THING IS BEYOND DISPUTE: NOBODY HAS QUITE DONE IT LIKE MITCH.

HE'S THE LONGEST-SERVING SENATE PARTY LEADER IN HISTORY.

AND YES, MY FRIENDS, A KENTUCKIAN.

HE STOOD ON THIS STAGE YEAR AFTER YEAR IN THIS VERY HEAT AND HAS MADE HIS CASE YEAR AFTER YEAR.

>> Renee: IN ADDITION TO BEING THE LONGEST SERVING SENATE PARTY LEADER AS STEVEN ELDER SAID, SENATOR MCCONNELL IS ALSO THE LONGEST-SERVING U.S.

SENATOR EVER FROM KENTUCKY.

WE HEARD FROM JAMES COMER SATURDAY ALONG WITH A DEMOCRAT WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE HIS PLACE , JOHN DREW WILLIAMS.

HEAR IN THE TWO OF THEM AS OUR COVERAGE OF FANCY FARM 2025 CONTINUES.

>> MY OPPONENT NEXT YEAR IS HERE, I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME BUT HE IS SITTING UP HERE ALL ALONE.

WE KNOW ANDY BESHEAR WON'T ENDORSE HIM BECAUSE HIS FAILED DEMOCRAT PARTY ONLY HELPS ANDY BESHEAR AND NOBODY ELSE.

I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT NO NATIONAL DEMOCRAT LEADERS WILL COME CAMPAIGN FOR HIM.

SO TO SHOW MY GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP, I BRUTE MY OPPONENT SOMETHING FROM WASHINGTON D.C.

IT'S AN ENDORSEMENT BY JOE BIDEN SIGNED BY THE AUTO PEN.

IN CLOSING, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHICH IS CARRYING THE WHICH IS SECURING THE BORDER.

WE STOPPED CHYNA FROM TAKING OUR JOBS.

LET'S TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

LET'S WORK TOGETHER 678 LET'S KEEP AMERICA GREAT AGAIN AND LET'S ELECT REPUBLICANS!

CAN YOU FANCY FARM!

>> I'M NOT SURE I RUN A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN.

I'M NOT TRYING TO SCHMOOZE UP TO EVERY LOBBYIST AND BIG DONOR.

I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SHOW UP TODAY.

I STILL DON'T SEE ANY OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES.

THEY'RE NOT MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT.

THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE AT.

THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW UP AND STAND ON THE STAGE AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET BACK ON THE BUS AND LEAVE.

I'M RUNNING A COMMUNITY FOCUSED POLICY CENTERED AND PEOPLE FIRST CAMPAIGN.

I WANT TO RUN MORE TOWN HALLS, MORE DEBATES, MORE COURTHOUSE SURVEYS, SO THAT YOU GET EVERYONE TO HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION WITH HOW THESE BILLS AND SYSTEMS AFFECT US.

I'M HAPPY TO BE AN OUTSIDER IN CONGRESS IF THAT'S THE CASE THAT IT HAS TO BE, IN ORDER TO GET THAT DONE, RIGHT?

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY MAY WESTERN KENTUCKY OUTSIDERS.

WE DON'T HAVE A SEAT AT ANYBODY'S TABLE.

I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE OPTION FOR DIRECT REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY.

THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN BE AGAINST THIS ARGUMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT EVEN MY OPINIONS ANYMORE.

YOU ARE VOTING FOR YOUR OWN OPINIONS TO BE REPRESENTED.

>> Renee: ANOTHER COP TENDER FOR U.S. HOUSE SEAT WAS AT FANCY FARM AS A SPECTATOR AND NOT A SPEAKER.

RALPH ALVARADO IS RUNNING IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY IN THE 6TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

AS A DOCTOR, HE'S MOST RECENTLY SERVED AS COMMISSIONER OF THE HEALTH AND SAYS HE IS SUPPORTIVE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MEDICAID CUTS.

>> ALVARADO: AS A DOCTOR, WE KNOW THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS BROKEN.

PEOPLE KNOW THAT.

BACK IN 1980, OUR COSTS WERE HALF OF WHAT THEY ARE TODAY, AND OUR OUTCOMES ARE ABOUT THE SAME.

PUTTING MORE MONEY IN AND NOT GETTING THE OUTCOMES THAT WE WANT AS AMERICANS IS NOT A GOOD SOLUTION...

I THINK PEOPLE ONCE THEY'RE IN A SYSTEM, THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH PUTTING MORE MONEY IN HOPING FOR A DIFFERENT OUTCOME.

WE HAVE TO FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO GET THOSE THINGS DONE.

SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS IN THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL THAT CAME THROUGH THAT PEOPLE ARE CRITICAL OF, I WOULD ARGUE MEDICAID WAS DESIGNED-FOR-THE ELDERLY, THE POOR, FOR CHILDREN, AND FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED TO GET BACK UP ON THEIR FEET A LOT OF TIMES.

IT'S DESIGNED FOR THAT AND FOR PEOPLE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY LEGALLY, NOT ILLEGALLY.

THAT MAKES SURE WE CAN'T PUT ILLEGAL PEOPLE IN THE SYSTEM AND TO PROTECT OUR RURAL HOSPITALS AS WELL.

>> Renee: HE ALSO SERVED IN THE STATE SENATE AND THERE ARE OTHER REABSZ RUNNING IN THE 6th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FROM THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY CURRENTLY.

THEY INCLUDE STATE REPRESENTATIVE RYAN DOTSON OF WINCHESTER AND STATE LAW MAKER DEANNA GORDON OF RICH MONDE.

SPEECHES SATURDAY AT FANCY FARM.

JOIN US FOR THAT TONIGHT AT 8 EASTERN, 7 CENTRAL, HERE ON KET.

AND YOU CAN WATCH ALL OF SATURDAY'S COVERAGE ONLINE, ON DEMAND, BY GOING TO KET.ORG.

YOU CAN WATCH THE SPEECHES IN THEIR ENTIRETY ONLINE AT ket.org.

KENTUCKY'S ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS A NEW LAW LIMITING HOW TEACHERS AND STUDENTS COMMUNICATE ELECTRONICALLY IS ENFORCEABLE BUT ADDS SCHOOLS HAVE FLEXIBILITY...

IN A LEGAL THAN OPINION ISSUED ON FRIDAY, LOCAL DISTRICTS CAN CRAFT THEIR OWN POLICIES THAT ALIGN WITH THE LAW.

THE OPINION ALSO CLARIFIED THAT THE LAW ONLY APPLIES TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THAT IT DOES NOT VIOLATE FIRST AMENDMENT OR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY RIGHTS.

SB 181 REQUIRES ALL ELECTRONIC MESSAGES BETWEEN SCHOOL STAFF AND STUDENTS BE TRACEABLE THROUGH SCHOOL APPROVED APPS OR EMAILS UNLESS PARENTS GIVE EXPLICIT CONSENT OTHERWISE.

SOME CRITICS SAY THE ROLLOUT HAS CAUSED SOME CONFUSION WITH SPORTS TEAMS AND MARCHING BANDS LACKING THE APPROVED TECHNOLOGY MAKING IT HARD FOR THEM TO ORGANIZE ACTIVITIES.

THE BILL'S SPONSOR LINDSAY TICHENOR APPLAUDED IN A STATEMENT SAYING THIS BILL WAS NEVER ABOUT PUNISHING TEACHERS OR COACHES.

IT'S ABOUT STOPPING BAD ACTORS AND PREVENTING INAPPROPRIATE UNTRACEABLE COMMUNICATION WITH STUDENTS.

NOW, WITH THIS OPINION IN HAND, DISTRICTS ACROSS THE STATE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH CONFIDENCE.

AS WE TOLD YOU FRIDAY, U.S.

SENATOR MITCH MCCONNELL WITHDREW LANGUAGE FROM A SENATE AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL THAT HE SAYS WOULD HAVE STOPPED SOME FOODMAKERS FROM EXPLOITING A LOOPHOLE IN THE 2018 FARM BILL...

ALLOWING THEM TO CREATE INTOXICATING PRODUCTS WITH FEDERALLY LEGAL LEVELS OF THC.

SENATOR McCONNELL SAID HE IS WITHDRAWING THE LANGUAGE SO THE OVERALL BILL CAN MOVE FORWARD.

McCONNELL SAYS THERE ARE COMPANIES TAKING LEGAL AMOUNTS OF THC FROM HEMP AND USING IT TO MAKE SNACK PRODUCTS THAT APPEAR VERY SIMILAR TO BETTER KNOWN FOODS AND THAT CHILDREN OFTEN CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE.

HE SAYS THE NUMBER OF CANNABIS RELATED POISONINGS AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE IS UP AND HE SAID IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE TO CLOSE THE LOOP LOOPHOLES WITHOUT HURTING FARMERS EFFORTS TO GROW HEMP.

>> AS LONG AS I HAVE BEEN A SENATOR FROM KENTUCKY, I HAVE SUPPORTED OUR FARMERS.

I'M PROUD TO HAVE SERVED ON THE AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE MY ENTIRE CAREER IN THE SENATE.

BECAUSE OF ITS IMPORTANCE TO KENTUCKY.

FROM THE TOBACCO BUYOUT PROGRAM TO TAX RELIEF FOR SALE OF FARMLAND, I HAVE MADE SURE OUR FARMERS HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN VOLATILE MARKETS.

MY LANGUAGE WOULD NOT HAVE CHANGED THAT.

THIS LANGUAGE WOULD HAVE REMAINED IN THE APPROPRIATIONS PACKAGE HAD ONE SENATOR NOT DERAILED THE PROCESS.

>> Renee: IT'S NOT CLEAR WHICH SENATOR THAT McCONNELL WAS REFERRING TO WHEN HE SAID ONE SENATOR DERAILED THE PROCESS.

THE STATE COULD TAKE ACTION ON THIS.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE MATTHEW KOCH FROM PARIS CO-CHAIR ON THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF ADMIN REGULATIONS, HE SAYS LAWMAKERS MAY CONSIDER CREATING A NEW DIVISION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL OR ABC, AND HE SAYS THE ABC ALREADY REGULATES CANNABIS-INFUSED DRINKS.

NOW HE THINKS THERE IS A NEED TO CREATE A DIVISION TO REGULATE ALL NON-ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATING SUBSTANCES.

A JESSAMINE COUNTY-ROOTED INTERNATIONAL COMPANY IS EXPANDING...

THANKS TO A $2.34 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

THEY BE ADDING THEIR FIRST MANUFACTURING PLANT TO THE COMPANY'S CAMPUS IN NICHOLAS VILLE, IT WILL ADD SIX MANUFACTURING JOBS AND PRODUCE 66,000 GALLONS OF FERTILIZER PRODUCT NEXT MONTH.

MORE IN OUR NEW AG AND FARM SEGMENT; WE CALL "ROOTED".

>> IT'S A BUSINESS FOCUSED ON ANIMAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION.

WE WERE FOUNDED HERE IN KENTUCKY IN 1980 BY MY FATHER AND THE BUSINESS HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AND CONTINUED TO HAVE KENTUCKY AS OUR HEADQUARTERS AND REALLY OUR HOME SINCE THEN.

IT'S A VERY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS.

WE OPERATE IN ABOUT 90 COUNTRIES SELLING IN 140 COUNTRIES.

SO MUCH HAPPENS IN KENTUCKY.

>> WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY ALLTECH HAS WITH THE AWARD THE USDA HAS GIVEN IT IS GOING TO HELP CONSTRUCT A NEW BIOLOGICAL FERTILIZED PRODUCT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.

IT'S GOING TO PRODUCE ABOUT 66,000 GALLONS OF BIOLOGICAL FERTILIZER PER MONTH.

>> THEIR WORLD HEADQUARTERS LOCATED IN JESSAMINE COUNTY, BUT NOW THEY'RE BUILDING THEIR FIRST MANUFACTURING FACILITY HERE IN JESSAMINE COUNTY.

FIRST MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN THE UNITED STATES.

>> NOT ONLY WILL IT PROVIDE PERMANENT JOBS AT THE MANUFACTURING FACILITY, BUT IT'S GOING TO GENERATE JOBS IN BUILDING THE FACILITY.

>> THIS GRANT AND THIS OVERALL PROJECT ACTUALLY WAS BORN OUT OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SAY WE NEED TO PUT MORE RESOURCES IN, THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN DEVELOP MORE TECHNOLOGIES HERE IN THE U.S. OPPOSED TO WHAT WE WERE DOING BEFORE WHICH IS MAINLY OUT OF SPAIN OR BRAZIL.

AND REALLY CREATE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TAILORED FOR THE U.S. PRODUCER, THINKING PRIMARILY AROUND ROW CROPS.

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW NOW, WITH THE FULLY DEDICATED PRODUCTION UNIT FOR CROP SCIENCE, HERE IN THE U.S., WE CAN DO SOMETHING THAT I THINK MAKES A STEP CHANGE FOR US IN TERMS OF OUR GROWTH.

>> THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE REALIZES THE NEED TO INVEST IN AN AMERICAN COMPANY THAT WILL PRODUCE JOBS, WILL PRODUCE PRODUCTS THAT OUR FARMERS CAN USE MANUFACTURED HERE, REDUCING THEIR DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN-MADE PRODUCTS.

I THINK THAT FARMERS WILL BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE A SAVINGS IN FEATHER-- IN FERTILIZER THAT THEY USE, PLUS THIS IS A BIOLOGICAL FERTILIZER CREATING A SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL MODEL.

>> WHAT WE ARE PRODUCING HERE ARE PRODUCTS THAT WILL HELP TO REMOVE SYNTHETIC FERTILIZER, PESTICIDES FROM OUR FOOD CHAIN AND SO THAT'S ALSO AN OVERALL POSITIVE FOR OUR POPULATION, FOR OUR NATURE AS WELL AND THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS THAT CAN COME FROM THIS BEYOND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.

>> AROUND BIOLOGICAL FERTILIZERS THEMSELVES, IS TO HELP WITH MORE AVAILABILITY OF HIGH QUALITY LOCALLY PRODUCED FERTILIZERS THAT ARE ABLE TO HELP IMPROVE YIELDS ON SOME OF OUR MORE ORGANIC SUSTAINABLE FARMS THAT WE SNRT STATE.

WE NEED ALL FARMS WHETHER TRADITIONAL, INDUSTRIAL, HOMESTEAD, FARMERS MARKET STYLE OR THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF CORN AND BEANS.

WE NEED ALL THE OPTION ARE AVAILABLE FOR FARMERS THAT WANT TO DO SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC TYPE OF OPERATION AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT.

>> AS A U.S.-BASED COMPANY SELLING IN SO MANY DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, IT'S IMPACTFUL, I THINK THE TAX IMPACT WE CAN HAVE HERE, THE WAY THAT WE CAN GIVE BACK IN THAT MANNER.

I SEE IT AS SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT OF A HYBRID AND I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING, A FIRST STEP IN SOMING THAT PROBABLY WILL BE A MUCH LARGER PRODUCT WHERE I THINK WE WILL CREATE MORE JOBS HERE IN KENTUCKY AS WE GO FORWARD.

SO THIS IS A FIRST STEP, I WOULD SAY, IN A PROCESS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND WOULD I LOVE TO SEE US VERY MUCH IN 20s, 30S, 40S NUMBER OF JOBS WE WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE OUT OF THIS.

BUT HAVE YOU TO MAKE THE FIRST STEP FIRST.

>> Renee: CONSTRUCTION IS SET TO BEGIN ON THE NEW FACILITY LATER THIS YEAR WITH A COMPLETION DATE OF LATE '26 OR EARLY '27.

RAHAMAN ALI, THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF BOXER MUHAMMAD ALI, PASSED AWAY FRIDAY AT THE AGE OF 82...

HE WAS KNOWN AS MUHAMMAD ALI'S BIGGEST SUPPORTER AND FOLLOWED IN HIS BIG BROTHER'S FOOTSTEPS WITH A PROFESSIONAL BOXING CAREER FROM 1964-1972.

HE ALSO WROTE TWO BOOKS ON HIS BROTHER'S LIFE AND CAREER.

THE PRESIDENT AND C.E.O.

OF THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER SHARED HIS THOUGHTS ON RAHAMAN ALI'S PASSING.

>> WHEN MUHAMMAD PASSED, I THINK MANY OF US STARTED TO SEE RAHAMAN MORE; ESPECIALLY IN LOUISVILLE.

HE SHOWED UP AT MORE EVENTS, ALMOST AS IF HE HAD AN OBLIGATION TO REPRESENT HIS BROTHER AND TO HELP KEEP HIS LEGACY ALIVE.

I NOTICED THAT IN MY SHORT TENURE SO FAR AT THE HUMID ALI CENTER-- MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER.

ANY TIME WE OPENED THE DOORS, OR HAD A RECOGNITION OR CELEBRATION OF HIS BROTHER, HE WANTED TO BE THERE.

IT WAS ALMOST LIKE IT WAS HIS DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WAS THERE TO HELP CELEBRATE, RECOGNIZE AND HONOR HIS BROTHER'S LIFE AND LEGACY AND MAKE SURE THAT IT CONTINUED.

AND SO I FEEL LIKE HE CARRIED A SPECIAL WEIGHT ONCE HIS BROTHER PASSED, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LIFE AND LEGACY WAS CONTINUED IN THE WORK THAT HE DID IN LOUISVILLE AND BEYOND.

YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER, HE WAS A BOXER, TOO.

HE KNEW AND UNDERSTOOD WHAT IT MEANT TO BE A BOXER AND HE TOOK THAT WITH HIM INTO PUBLIC SPACES.

SO YOU DIDN'T SEE HIM WALK AROUND IS ALLOWED AND AS BOYS BOY INSTRUMENTS AS HIS-- BOYS RUSS AS HIS BROTHER.

BUT WITH ME AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU WOULD SEE WHAT YOU WOULD SEE OTHER TRAINERS DO IN A BOXER EASESSEER DURING THE BREAKS IN THE FIGHT.

HE WOULD WHISPER IN OUR EARS, KEEP FIGHTING.

YOU ARE DOING GOOD, CHAMP.

KEEP MOVING.

THE WORLD NEEDS YOU.

KEEP PRESSING.

THOSE ARE MESSAGES HE WOULD GIVE ME.

IT WASN'T LOUD.

IT WASN'T FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD TO HEAR BUT IT WAS ALMOST AS IF HE WAS STILL TAKING THE SPIRIT OF A BOXING COACH OR AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THE SAME WAY HE SAW MUHAMMAD ENCOURAGE MANY YEARS AGO TO MAKE SURE THAT HE KNEW THAT HE ENCOURAGED THEM AND THAT THEY CONTINUED ON THE LIGHTOUS JOURNEY THEY WERE ON.

>> Renee: HE ADDED THAT THEY'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FAMILY TO DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO HONOR RAHAMAN ALI AS PART OF THE ALI CENTER IN THE FUTURE.

LUCKY LINDY WAS IN KENTUCKY JUST AFTER HIS HISTORIC FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC... A KENTUCKY GOVERNOR SERVED FIVE DAYS AND THE BLUEGRASS STATE IS HOME TO A RECORD SETTING CANTALOUPE.

OUR TOBY GIBBS TELLS US MORE IN THIS LOOK AT THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

JOHN HELM, A DEMOCRAT ELECTED GOVERNOR ON AUGUST 5, 1867 BUT BECAME VERY SICK DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND WAS SWORN IN AS GOVERNOR IN HIS BEDROOM ON SEPTEMBER 3.

HE DIED SEPTEMBER 8, SERVING FIVE DAYS AS GOVERNOR.

KENTUCKIANS HAD A GOOD VIEW OF A SOLAR ECLIPSE ON AUGUST 7, 1869, THE PATH OF TOTALITY INCLUDED PARTS OF KENTUCKY.

ASTRONOMERS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE TELESCOPE AT SHELBY COLLEGE IN SHELBY VIFL CONSIDERED THE THIRD BEST IN THE NATION AT THE TIME.

HELEN THOMAS, A WHITE HOUSE REPORTER FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY THROUGH OBAMA WAS BORN IN WINCHESTER ON AUGUST 4, 1920.

SHE DIED IN 2013 AT THE AGE OF 92.

THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS PILOT BROUGHT THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS PLANE TO LOUISVILLE ON AUGUST 8, 1927, AS CHARLES LINDBURG LANDED THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS, PART OF A GOODWILL TOUR AFTER THE SOLO FLIGHT ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTED JIM BUNKING ON AUGUST 4, 1996 AS A PITCHER WITH AT PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES, HE THREW A PERFECT GAME AGAINST THE NEW YORK METS IN 1964.

HE ALSO THREW A NEW HITTER FOR THE DETROIT TIGERS, TWO YEARS AFTER HIS INDUCTION INTO THE HALL OF FAME, HE WOULD BE ELECTED TO THE U.S. SENATE FROM KENTUCKY.

NICK KNOWN FOR GROWING BIG PRODUCE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR GROWING THE BIGGEST CANTALOUPE MELON 66-POINT.178 ON AUGUST 20, 2019.

THAT'S A LOOK BACK WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

I'M TOBY GIBBS.

>> THAT WILL DO IT FOR US TONIGHT WE HOPE TO SEE YOU BACK HERE AGAIN TOMORROW AT 6:30 EASTERN, 5:30 CENTRAL ON "KENTUCKY EDITION" WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US AND I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT.