[♪♪] >> WE HAVE HAD AN INCREDIBLE COUPLE DAYS IN KENTUCKY.

>> Renee: APPLE IS INVESTING MORE THAN $2 BILLION IN ONE KENTUCKY COMMUNITY AND THAT IS NOT THE ONLY BIG NEWS.

>> AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE SURE TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALONG WITH REGULAR HOUSING.

>> Renee: WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOUSING AND MORE WITH LEXINGTON'S TWO-TERM MAYOR WHO WANTS TO BE A THREE-TERM MAYOR.

>> WHAT WE'VE DONE IS STITCHED TOGETHER OVER 7,000 DIFFERENT BRAIN TUMOR SAMPLES.

>> Renee: THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HAS PUT TOGETHER THE WORLD'S LARGEST DATABASE OF BRAIN TUMORS.

FIND OUT HOW IT COULD IMPROVE HOW WE TREAT BRAIN CANCER.

>> ALL WALKS OF LIFE TRYING TO BETTER THEMSELVES AND DO A DIFFERENTIAL TERNE ACTIVE EDUCATION OUTLOOK.

>> Renee: PENCILS, BOOKS AND CAMOUFLAGE WE VISIT A HIGH SCHOOL THAT TURNS STUDENTS INTO CADETS.

>> PRODUCT SON OF "KENTUCKY EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE PART BY THE MILLENNIUM FUND.

[♪♪] [♪♪] .

>> Renee: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON THIS THURSDAY AUGUST THE 7TH I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE THANK YOU FOR SPENDING SOME OF YOUR THURSDAY NIGHT WITH US.

>>> $4 BILLION IN BUSINESS INVESTMENTS ARE HEADED TO KENTUCKY.

WE LEARNED LAST FIGHT THAT APPLE IS EXPANDING ITS OPERATION IN MERCER COUNTY AND INVESTING $2.5 BILLION.

ON TUESDAY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT GENERAL MATTER INVESTING 1.5 BILLION IN AN URANIUM ENRICHMENT FACILITY IN MCCRACKEN COUNTY.

GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR TALKED ABOUT BOTH INVESTMENTS TODAY AND WHAT THEY WILL MEAN FOR KENTUCKY.

>> Gov.

Andy Beshear: WE DON'T KNOW THE JOB TOTAL YET.

THE RELEASE SAID IT WOULD HAVE 50% TO THE MANUFACTURING AND ENGINEERING JOBS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE 400 EMPLOYEES.

SO WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 50% OR A SMALLER SUBSET BUT EVERY JOB IS IMPORTANT.

AND THIS IS A HUGE INVESTMENT THE GLASS ON EVERY iPHONE OR EVERY iPHONE IN THE WORLD IS GOING TO BE MADE IN KENTUCKY.

THAT'S EXCITING.

APPLE SUBSTANTIAL COMMITMENT IS A MAJOR WIN FOR MERCER COUNTY AND FOR THE COMMONWEALTH.

ON A PERSONALLY CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY IN MERCER COUNTY AND THE SURROUNDING REGION WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF THIS LONGSTANDING KENTUCKY COMPANY.

CORNING HAS BEEN AROUND IN THE COMMONWEALTH FOR 70 YEARS AND IT EMPLOYS 400 PEOPLE.

STRENGTHENING THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH APPLE ISAGE GOING TO HELP THEM GROW.

OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH CORNING, THOUGH I THINK THE PROJECT GREW SIGNIFICANTLY AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE MORE SPECIFIC NUMBERS WHEN THEY ARE FINALIZED BUT TO CORNING TO APPLE, TO FOLKS WORKING IN THE CABINET FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GREAT JOB.

TUESDAY, WE ANNOUNCED A MAJOR MILESTONE FOR WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE LARGEST INVESTMENT IN THE HISTORY OF WESTERN KENTUCKY.

GENERAL MATTER IS INVESTING NEARLY $1.5 BILLION IN MCCRACKEN COUNTY AND CREATING 140 NEW, GOOD, FULL-TIME JOBS.

I JOIN LEADERS FROM GENERAL MATTER AND AMERICAN URANIUM ENRICHMENT TO RECOGNIZE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR THE PARMER PADUCAH DIFFUSION PLANT WHO WILL INCLUDE PERMITTING AND LICENSING.

I CONGRATULATE THE TEAM AT GENERAL MATTER IT IS A GREAT STEP FORWARD IN KENTUCKY.

>> Renee: THE APPLE EXPANSION IN MERCER COUNTY AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY IS IN THE SIXTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND CONGRESSMAN ANDY BARR IS GIVING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THE CREDIT FOR APPLE'S DECISION.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS SEEN HERE YESTERDAY ANNOUNCING APPLE'S $100 BILLION INVESTMENT NATIONWIDE.

CONGRESSMAN BARR A CANDIDATE FOR THE U.S. SENATE NEXT YEAR IN KENTUCKY PRAISED PRESIDENT TRUMP DURING AN APPEARANCE ON THE FOX BUSINESS CHANNEL LAST NIGHT.

>> CONGRESSMAN APPLE MADE A 2.5 BILLION COMMITMENT TO PRODUCE iPHONE AND WATCH COVER GLASS IN MERCER COUNTY WHAT KIND OF AN IMPACT IS THIS GOING TO HAVE?

>> THIS IS HUGE MARIA.

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND I ARE WORKING TO BRING AMERICAN MANUFACTURING BACK TO THE UNITED STATES AND IN THIS CASE WITH APPLE'S ANNOUNCEMENT YESTERDAY, 2.5 BILLION INVESTMENT IN THE CORNING PLANT IN HARRODSBURG KENTUCKY WHERE WE MAKE THE GORILLA GLASS THAT GOES INTO IPHONES WE ARE BRINGING THOSE JOBS BACK FROM CHINA AND ASIAN COUNTRIES AND ALL OF THOSE JOBS ARE COMING TO MY DISTRICT, HARRODSBURG KENTUCKY.

TWO MAJOR REASONS, PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFF POLICIES AND ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL THAT I HAD A CHANCE TO VOTE FOR.

AND THERE IS A MADE IN AMERICA MANUFACTURING PROVISION THAT WORKS IN TANDEM WITH THE PRESIDENT'S SUCCESSFUL TARIFF POLICIES THAT SAYS IF APPLE EXPANDS THAT MANUFACTURING PLANT IF CORNING EXPANDS THAT MANUFACTURING PLANT IN CONJUNCTION WITH APPLE AND BRINGS THE JOBS TO KENTUCKY AS THEY SAY THEY WILL DO THEY GET A BIG TAX CUT.

THIS IS JET FUEL FOR OUR ECONOMY AND JET FUEL FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY RIGHT IN MY DISTRICT.

>> Renee: ANOTHER REPUBLICAN, RUNNING FOR THE U.S. SENATE IN KENTUCKY IS ALSO PRAISING PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR THIS.

HERE IS A SOCIAL MEDIA POST FROM DANIEL CAMERON.

KENTUCKY'S FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL.

QUOTE, PRESIDENT TRUMP TALKED ABOUT BRINGING JOBS BACK AND HE'S DOING IT RIGHT HERE IN KENTUCKY.

APPLE WILL NOW MAKE ALL iPHONE AND APPLE WATCH SCREENS IN HARRODSBURG A HUGE WIN FOR KENTUCKY WORKERS THANKS TO AMERICA FIRST POLICIES.

END QUOTE.

>>> CAMERON IS PRAISING PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR DEMANDING THAT THE CENSUS BUREAU STOP COUNTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

HE IS ORDERING THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TO WORK ON A NEW CENSUS FOR 2030.

IT WILL EXCLUDE PEOPLE WITHOUT LEGAL STATUS.

A DEPARTURE FROM THE PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE FIRST CENSUS IN 1790.

THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION STATES THAT THE CENSUS SHOULD INCLUDE THE WHOLE NUMBER OF PERSONS IN EACH STATE.

IT MAKES NO MENTION OF LEGAL STATUS.

AND THE CONSTITUTION EMPOWERS CONGRESS NOT THE PRESIDENT, TO OVERSEE THE CENSUS.

IT'S ESTIMATED THAT KENTUCKY HAS ABOUT 53,000 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

>>> THE F.B.I.

SAYS SCAMS COST KENTUCKIANS $74 MILLION LASTARY.

NOW, THE STATE IS JOINING FORCES WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AND AARP TO CREATE A WEBSITE THAT WILL GIVE CONDUCT KENTUCKIANS TIPS TO AVOID SCAMS A WAY TO REPORT THEM AND INFORMATION HOW TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK IF THEY FALL VICTIM.

>> FOR 100 YEARS THE BBB HELPED CONSUMERS CONNECT BUSINESSES THEY CAN TRUST AND EDUCATION TO KEEP THEIR IDENTITY AND MONEY OUT OF THE HANDS OF SCAMMERS.

BECAUSE OF THIS WEBSITE OUR EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS WILL BE ABLE TO SPREAD FARTHER ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH THROUGH THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF THE PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET, AARP, AND THE BBB YOU WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP YOUR HARD-EARNED DOLLARS IN YOUR OWN POCKET IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITIES.

>> IT'S THE COMMISSION OF THE PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET TO KEEP KENTUCKIANS SAFE IN BUSINESS, LEISURE AND DAILY LIFE AND WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THIS MISSION WITHOUT ADDRESSING SOMETHING THAT IS PUTTING KENTUCKIANS AT RISK AND THAT IS SCAMMERS.

WE ALL KNOW THE SCAMMERS WITH THE TECHNOLOGY IS GETTING MORE AND MORE HARD TO DETECT.

THEY SOUND LIKE PEOPLE YOU KNOW WITH A.I.

SO WE'VE GOT TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO STOP THIS AND PART OF THAT IS MAKING PEOPLE AWARE OF ONGOING SCAMS AS WE FIND THEM OUT.

EMPOWERING PEOPLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND PART OF THAT, I WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU, AND AARP FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP.

AND ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR STATE AGENCIES THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH US ON THIS SHARING INFORMATION TO TRY TO STOP THIS, EDUCATE AND GO AFTER THE SCAMMERS WHEN IT HAPPENS.

SO AND I KNOW WE WERE MENTIONED EARLIER TO THE SCAMMERS THAT ARE E-MAILING ME SAYING I OWE YOU TOLL MONEY GIVE IT UP.

WE'RE COMING AFTER YOU.

THANK YOU.

>> Renee: GOOD ADVICE THERE.

A REMINDER THAT WEBSITE IS STOPSCAMS.KY.GOV.

>>> GOVERNOR BESHEAR SAYS A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO DEAL WITH RECENT STORMS IS STILL IN THE TALKING STAGES.

DURING HIS NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY THE GOVERNOR SAID THE NEED FOR A SESSION WILL DEPEND ON THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON TOWNS AND COUNTIES AS THEY DEAL WITH CLEAN UP.

HE SAYS FEMA'S DECISION TO PROVIDE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE HELPS TAKE SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF OF KENTUCKY.

>>> IN EDUCATION NEWS, THE OLDHAM COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM IS CONSIDERING A PLAN TO OFFER A BIBLE STUDY CLASS DURING SCHOOL HOURS.

IT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF A NEW KENTUCKY LAW PASSED BY STATE LAWMAKERS THIS YEAR.

SENATE BILL 19 ALLOWS SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO LET ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING CHURCHES AND RELIGIOUS ENTITIES TO PROVIDE MORAL INSTRUCTION.

PARENTS AND STUDENTS CAN OPT INTO THE PROGRAMS FOR ONE HOUR A WEEK.

ACCORDING TO THE COURIER-JOURNAL AN OHIO BASED GROUP CALLED LIFEWISE ACADEMY HAS SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO OFFER BIBLE LESSONS OFF CAMPUS FOR THIRD-FIFTH GRADERS.

THE GROUP IS OPERATING IN 31 OTHER STATES WITH 600 SCHOOLS AND 40,000 STUDENTS TAKING PART.

THE OLDHAM COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSSED THIS AT ITS MEETING YESTERDAY AND IT IS NOT CLEAR WHEN OR IF IT WOULD BE DISCUSSED AGAIN.

>>> LEXINGTON MAYOR LINDA GORTON IS SETTING OUT TO MAKE HISTORY AS THE FIRST TO RUN, WIN AND SERVE OUT A FULL THIRD TERM AS THE C.E.O.

OF KENTUCKY'S SECOND LARGEST CITY.

SHE OFFERED US THE REASONS WHY SHE WAS RUNNING AGAIN AND SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO FINISH A DECADE'S LONG PURSUIT BY FIVE OTHER MAYORS TO RELOCATE THE GOVERNMENT CENTER.

ADDRESS HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND MAKE GREATER STRIDES IN REDUCING VIOLENCE.

WE PICK UP PART 2 OF MY INTERVIEW WITH HER DISCUSSING NEW APPROACHES TO HELPING THE UNHOUSED POPULATION.

>> HOMELESSNESS HAS GROWN OUR NUMBERS HAVE GROWN.

SO I WANT US TO LOOK AT APPROACHING IT DIFFERENTLY.

I'M PUTTING TOGETHER A TASK FORCE RIGHT NOW TO DO THAT.

TO LOOK AT THE ISSUES AND SEE WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING, HOW CAN WE APPROACH THIS DIFFERENTLY.

MANY OF OUR HOMELESS HAVE ADDICTION ISSUES OR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

AND WE'VE GOT TO DO IT DIFFERENTLY.

AND SO THAT WILL BE A FUTURE LOOK WITH MAYBE SOME REALLY GOOD RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUT OF IT.

AND WE HAVE IN 2014 WHEN I WAS STILL THE VICE MAYOR WE ESTABLISHED OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND.

IT HAS BEEN A GOOD THING.

NOW WHAT WE RECENTLY DID IN A COUPLE PROBABLY A COUPLE YEARS AGO OR THREE, IS WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO PUT 1% OF OUR PREVIOUS YEAR'S REVENUES INTO THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND.

THIS YEAR THAT'S CLOSE TO $5 MILLION.

AND SO THAT HELPS US LEVERAGE OTHER MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD MORE HOUSING.

NOW, THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, WHICH ACROSS THE NATION HAS JUST GONE UP, UP, UP THE PRICES OF HOMES.

WE ARE NOT UNUSUAL IN THAT.

AND SO WE ARE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS EXPANSION AREA.

THAT THE COUNCIL PASS ADD I COUPLE YEARS AGO.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS HOUSING.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE SURE TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALONG WITH REGULAR HOUSING.

AND ON THE WAY OVER HERE TO INTERVIEW WITH YOU, I SAW A SPACE OF LAND THAT USED TO HAVE ONE HOUSE ON IT WITH A GIANT YARD.

THAT WAS TORN DOWN AND NOW I SEE IT HAS TWO HOUSES BEING BUILT.

THAT'S REAL INFILL TO HELP THE HOUSING COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S A RATHER COMPLICATED SYSTEM, BECAUSE OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING MONEY IS THE LAST MONEY IN.

BUT THE DEVELOPERS USE THEIR LEVERAGE TO GET MONEY FROM BANKS AND OTHER PARTNER KENTUCKY HOUSING CORPORATION.

AND WE CAN'T LET OUR FOOT OFF THE GAS ON THIS ONE.

BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED HOMES.

AND WE ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE COUNTRY IN HOUSING OR THE RISE IN HOMELESSNESS.

>> Renee: AND YOU ARE STILL VERY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THERE IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS OF FARMLAND PRESERVATION?

>> YES, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST SYSTEMS YOU COULD HAVE IN THE COUNTRY.

AND AT THE PREVIOUS EVENT WHERE I ATTENDED TODAY, PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE NOT WILDLY GROWING LIKE SOME CITIES.

AND WE CAN KEEP UP WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO GROW.

AND WE NEED TO GROW, AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO GROW JUST VERY INTENTIONALLY.

BUT OUR FARMLAND IS BUSINESSES.

IF YOU STAND ON THE URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY AND LOOK INWARD YOU SEE BUILDINGS THAT ARE BUSINESSES.

IF YOU TURN AROUND AND LOOK OUTWARD YOU SEE LAND THAT IS BUSINESSES.

AND OUR FARMLAND OUR AG LAND IT EVERY YEAR IS ABOUT A 2.3 BILLION DOLLAR ECONOMIC IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE POSITIVE.

SO WE BALANCE.

IT'S ALL A MATTER OF BALANCE, RENEE.

I MEAN IT HAS TO BE TO KEEP THINGS STEADY AS SHE GOES AND PRESENT THE SERVICES AND DO THE SERVICES AND THEN BUILD FOR THE FUTURE.

>> Renee: WE KNOW THAT VIOLENT CRIME NUMBERS ARE DOWN.

BUT IF YOU HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY CRIME IN ANY CAPACITY, TOUTING STATISTICS IN THE DOWNWARD MOTION SEEM EITHER INSENSITIVE OR MEANINGLESS.

>> THAT IS RIGHT.

>> Renee: WHAT NEW IS HAPPENING OR WHAT APPROACHES WILL YOU TRY THAT HAVEN'T BEEN TRIED TO HELP KEEP THE VIOLENT CRIME DOWN AND EVEN LOWER THOSE NUMBERS?

>> WELL, THIS IS A POINT THAT EVERYONE'S INTERESTED IN INCLUDING MYSELF.

I MENTIONED EARLIER BEING SURE THAT THE POLICE AND FIRE HAVE TOOLS TO DO THEIR WORK.

ONE LEXINGTON IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE EVER DID.

BECAUSE IT FOCUSES ON YOUTH VIOLENCE AND STATISTICALLY DURING THOSE PERIODS OF TIME WHERE THEIR AGE IS BELIEVE IT OR NOT DEFINED TOTAL AGE 10 TO AGE 29.

THAT IS WHERE MOST OF THE CRIME IS HAPPENING.

AND SO WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON THAT AGE GROUP.

THEY GO DEEP IN THE COMMUNITY.

THEY HAVE PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH IN THE SUMMER.

THEY HAVE MENTORSHIPS WHERE THEY DID A CALL IN THE BEGINNING.

THEY CALLED TO THE MEN IN THE COMMUNITY TO BE MENTORS.

AND THEY HAD 100 MEN SHOW UP FIRST THING.

THESE KIDS MANY OF THEM DON'T HAVE A FATHER IN THE HOME.

THEY NEED MENTORS.

THEY NEED PROGRAMMING WHERE THEY CAN LEARN SKILLS AND WHERE THEY CAN DO THINGS IN THE SUMMER THAT DON'T LEAVE THEM WITH IDLE TIME.

AND THEN THEY PARTNER WITH A LOT OF NONPROFITS AND THE POLICE AND IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL.

THEY NOW GIVE THE BE THE CHANGE SCHOLARSHIPS.

THESE ARE KIDS EARNING SCHOLARSHIPS WHO NEVER WOULD HAVE GONE TO COLLEGE.

AND SO IT'S A MULTIPRONGED APPROACH.

WE WERE EARLY IN AS FAR AS THE COUNTRY GOES, WE WERE EARLY IN USING THIS SORT OF APPROACH.

AND IT IS A PROVEN APPROACH AND WE'RE PROUD OF THEIR WORK.

IT WILL NEVER STOP THEY HAVE TO KEEP GOING.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING WITH CRIME IS THAT I WANT TO HAVE A NEW FOCUS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

WE HAVE LATELY SEEN THAT THIS SORT OF CRIME IS SEEMING TO INCREASE.

IT'S DIFFICULT, BECAUSE A LOT HAPPENS INSIDE THE HOME.

AWAY FROM ANYONE.

BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT TO DO.

>> Renee: RIGHT.

[♪♪] [♪♪] >> Renee: RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HAVE JUST PUBLISHED THE ATLAS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMORS A COLLECTION OF THOUSANDS OF BRAIN TUMOR SAMPLES AND THEIR GENETIC INFORMATION FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

THE ABILITY TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE DATA FROM RARE CANCERS COULD IMPROVE THE WAY WE TREAT THEM.

MORE ABOUT THAT IN TONIGHT'S MEDICAL NEWS.

[♪♪] >> WHAT WE'VE DONE IS STITCHED TOGETHER ABOUT 7,000 SLIGHTLY OVER 7,000 DIFFERENT BRAIN TUMOR SAMPLES TO CREATE THIS ATLAS THAT SCIENTISTS OR CLINICIANS OR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED CAN USE TO UNDERSTAND HOW BRAIN TUMORS DIFFER FROM ONE ANOTHER BASED ON THE GENES THAT THEY CONTAIN OR EXPRESS.

BY DOING THAT THEY MAYBE ABLE TO TRANSLATE A THERAPY THAT WORKS WELL FOR ONE TUMOR TO ANOTHER.

OR BY UNDERSTANDING THE GENES THAT EXPRESSED IN THOSE TUMORS THEY MAYBE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THERAPIES OR MATCH THERAPIES THAT WORK REALLY, REALLY WELL BASED ON THE GENE EXPRESSION PATTERNS.

THE REASON WE ENDED UP DOING THIS IS THE STATE OF KENTUCKY HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST BRAIN TUMORS INCIDENCES OF ALL STATES.

THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR CHILDREN.

IN FACT, BRAIN TUMORS ARE ONE OF THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF TUMORS OF CANCERS THAT CHILDREN HAVE IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

SO THAT WAS THE IMPETUS.

IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE ORGANS THAT ARE IN THE HUMAN BODY, RIGHT?

THE BRAIN IS ONE THAT HAS AMONG THE MOST DIVERSE OR NUMEROUS BRAIN CANCERS.

AND IN FACT THERE ARE OVER 50 BRAIN CANCERS.

SO IT IS HARD TO KNOW WHAT THE BEHAVIOR OF THOSE RARE BRAIN TUMORS IS AND WHAT THERAPY MAY WORK WITHOUT HAVING A LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA FOR THAT RARE TUMOR.

I DON'T THINK THIS ATLAS IS GOING TO IMMEDIATELY TRANSLATE INTO HEY, I HAVE THIS RARE TUMOR, AND I THINK THIS THERAPY IS MATCHES THE PATTERN THE GENE EXPRESSION PATTERN SO WE SHOULD GIVE YOU THE THERAPY.

I DON'T THINK IT WILL JUMP THAT QUICKLY TO CLINICAL TRANSLATION.

BUT WHAT IT CAN DO IS OPEN AVENUES TO SAFELY TEST THOSE THERAPIES OR START TESTING THOSE THERAPIES.

WE ACTUALLY UNDERTOOK ONE OF THOSE INVESTIGATIONS OURSELVES, WE FOCUSED ON A RARE NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR.

WE FOUND THAT WITHIN THAT ONE TUMOR THERE ARE SIX SUBTYPES THAT NOBODY CLEARLY WERE ABLE TO DECIPHER OR SEE.

AND ONE OF THEM HAD A VERY UNIQUE AGAIN PARTICULAR AND -- JEN NICK AND GENE EXPRESSION SIGNATURE AND SOME OF THE GENES IT WAS EXPRESSING THERE ARE THERAPIES RIGHT NOW THAT TARGET THAT.

AND SO WE'RE EXCITED BY THE POTENTIAL ATLAS TO BE ABLE TO LEAD TO DISCOVERIES TO SPEED UP THERAPY GENERATION FOR RARE TUMORS.

>> Renee: THIS PROJECT WAS FUNDED BY THE STATE OF KENTUCKY AND THE DATABASE IS ON-LINE AND FREE TO ACCESS BY THE PUBLIC.

[♪♪] YOU WILL SEE THE BUSES ROLLING AS THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS ACROSS KENTUCKY ARE HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL.

AMONG THEM, THE NEWEST CLASS TO ENTER THE APPALACHIAN CHALLENGE ACADEMY IN HARLAN COUNTY.

IT IS A QUASI MILITARY STYLE PROGRAM FOR AT RISK YOUTH WHERE THE GOAL IS TO BUILDUP GRADES AND CHARACTER.

DETAILS IN TONIGHT'S EDUCATION MATTERS REPORT.

>> WE ARE A NATIONAL GUARD PROGRAM FOR THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

WE WORK WITH YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH AGES 15-AND-A-HALF ALL THE WAY TO 18 ON INTAKE DAY OUR CADETS ARE HERE ALL WALKS OF LIFE TRYING TO BETTER THEMSELVES AND GET A DIFFERENTIAL TERNE ACTIVE EDUCATION OUTLOOK MAYBE REGULAR SCHOOL IS NOT LOOKING OR THE HOME LIFE IS NOT WHERE IT SHOULD BE.

MAYBE THEY ARE HAVING ISSUES.

WE BRING THEM HERE TO HAVE INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT FOCUSES ON THEM.

>> FIRST THING WE WAKE THEM UP AT 6 IN THE MORNING AND START HYGIENE AND BEING IN CHARGE OF THE PLATOON I DO HYGIENE, BRUSH MY TEETH AND SHAVE AND WE START THE TRAINING DAY.

AND IT CAN BE FROM PT TO DRILLING CEREMONY.

AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR BASIC CLASS DAY.

THIS RIGHT HERE TEACHES THEM THE FUNDAMENTALS OF JUST BASIC SERVICE.

AND PREPARES THEM SO THAT WHEN THEY WOULD GO TO WHATEVER THEIR SERVICE IS THAT THEY WOULD BE BETTER PREPARED.

>> WE HAVE TWO PROGRAMS IN THE STATE.

ONE HERE IN HARLAN AND ONE AT FORT KNOX.

WE HAVE 121 CADETS ON-SITE TODAY AND THOSE KIDS ARE FROM VARIOUS COUNTIES AND VARIOUS COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

>> I THINK IT IS A HEALTHY BLEND OF A LIFESTYLE BECAUSE WE ARE QUASI MILITARY AND SO YOU GOT TO FIND THAT BALANCE.

ANYBODY THAT COMES TO WORK HERE OR A CADET IT IS A BALANCE.

AND IT'S NOT A BOOTCAMP BY ANY MEANS.

SO THEY GOT TO FIND THE BALANCE.

IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY.

IT GIVES THEM THAT STRUCTURE THAT THE MILITARY HAS, BUT ALSO ALLOWS US TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KIDS THAT NORMAL MILITARY DRILL INSTRUCTORS WOULD NOT HAVE.

>> I WAS REBELLIOUS LIKE AGAINST MY FAMILY AND STUFF LIKE THAT AND I DID WHATEVER I WANTED TO.

AND I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS.

COMING HERE, I REALIZED THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET YOU ANYWHERE IN LIFE.

I LIKE THIS PLACE.

I THINK IT IS A BLESSING FOR ME IN MY LIFE.

AND IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT, KIND OF LIKE CHANGE THEIR DIRECTION IN LIFE AND GET THEIR HEAD ON STRAIGHT.

>> WE SEE A LOT OF KIDS FALLING ON HARD TIMES AND WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY IN EASTERN KENTUCKY THAT HAS BEEN RAVAGED THROUGH DRUGS AND DIFFERENT THINGS AND WE SEE EVIDENCE OF THAT AND POVERTY AND THEY COME IN AND ARE OVERWHELMED.

AND THEY ARE INSECURE THEMSELVES AND THEY DON'T BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE THAT 0 GROWTH START TO TAKE PLACE AND THAT GOOD THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD.

AND THAT POTENTIAL JUST BLOSSOMS.

>> I WILL BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU THAT EVERY KID COMES HERE IS I'M NOT GOING TO LIKE IT.

AND BY 22 WEEKS THEY ARE CRYING THEY ARE HUGGING ME AND WRITING ME APPRECIATION LETTERS.

IT BREAKS MY HEART BECAUSE IT IS LIKE I'M LOSING A FAMILY MEMBER.

>> FOR ME WHAT I'VE TAKEN FROM IT IS THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU ARE YOUR OWN PERSON.

YOU MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS.

AND THE WAY YOU WANT YOUR LIFE TO GO IS YOUR DECISION.

AND YOU CAN DO ANYTHING.

YOU GOT TO PUT YOUR MIND TO IT.

>> Renee: THIS IS THE ACADEMY'S 26TH DLAS ACCORDING TO THE ACADEMY IT'S GRADUATED 2500 STUDENTS FROM THE PROGRAM.

[♪♪] BIOLOGISTS MAKE A RARE FIND UNDER A ROCK IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY A RIVER THERE.

>> THEY ARE NOT SCARY.

THEY WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE THEY WANT TO LIVE UNDER THEIR ROCK THEIR EXISTENCE IS TO LOOK LIKE A ROCK THEY DON'T MOVE MUCH AT ALL.

>> Renee: HE MAY NOT MOVE MUCH BUT THIS SALAMANDER IS MAKING WAVES WITH EXPERTS WHAT THE DISCOVERY COULD SAY ABOUT THE STATE OF KENTUCKY'S WATERWAYS THAT IS TOMORROW ON "KENTUCKY EDITION" AND WE GO INSIDE KENTUCKY POLITICS TOMORROW ON FRIDAY WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THEN AT 6:30 EASTERN 5:30 CENTRAL FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

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