♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Renee: GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO THE GUBERNATORIAL INAUGURATION.

THE 62nd GUBERNATORIAL INAUGURATION AND NOW WE ARE AT THE PART OF OUR COVERAGE WHERE WE ARE ABOUT TO START THE MUSE DAL PRELUDE.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

I'M RENEE SHAW, KET ALONG WITH OUR GOOD FRIEND RYLAND BARTON WHO HAS A NEW TITLE.

SENIOR EDITOR OF THE NPR STATES TEAM.

KENTUCKY BASED STILL LIVING IN LOUISVILLE.

>> STILL LIVING IN KENTUCKY, WHICH IS GREAT.

I GET TO CONTINUE COVERAGE OF KENTUCKY STATEHOUSE BUT ALSO STATEHOUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

VITALLY IMPORTANT SUBJECT.

A LOT OF FOLKS DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THESE STATE CAPITOLS AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT NPR AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS HAVE BEEN INVESTING MORE IN LATELY.

IF THERE IS NOT A LOT MOVING THROUGH CONGRESS AT THIS POINT, A LOT OF THE ACTION IS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURES AND KENTUCKY'S LEGISLATIVE SESSION ABOUT TO START EARLY JANUARY.

JANUARY 2.

>> Renee: IT'S THE DAY AFTER THE FIRST OF THE NEW YEAR.

WE WILL BE HERE AGAIN.

WE ARE OFF THE BALCONY OF THE STATE RECEPTION ROOM WHICH IS A VERY SPECIAL ROOM.

A LOT OF BILL SIGNINGS ARE HAD AND CEREMONIAL OCCASIONS AND RIGHT OFF THE BALCONY AND WE HAVE THE BEST VIEW IN THE HOUSE ACTUALLY BECAUSE RIGHT BENEATH US IS WHERE THE ACTION WILL HAPPEN AT 2 P.M. NOW YOU ARE HEARING SOME GREAT MUSIC RIGHT BEHIND ME.

WE ARE NOT GOING KEEP YOU FROM IT.

BUT WE ARE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE THERE IS A MUSICAL PRELUDE THAT IS BEGINNING.

WE HAVE THE 202nd ARMY BAND OF THE KENTUCKY NATIONAL GUARD AND THE KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY CONCERT CHOIR THAT IS DIRECTED BY Dr. LLOYD MALLORY.

SO YOU ARE HEARING THEM PROBABLY TUNE UP RIGHT NOW.

WHEN WEE GET TO THE 2 CLOCK HOUR, WE WILL USHER YOU THROUGH THE PUBLIC SWEARING IN.

AT MIDNIGHT WE HAD THE PRIVATE SWEARING IN THAT KET BROUGHT YOU EXCLUSIVELY.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT ACROSS OTHER CHANNELS BUT WE WERE WITH YOU FOR THE ENTIRE PROGRAM WHERE HE WAS SWORN IN, HE AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JACQUELINE COLEMAN AND THE THE ADJUTANT GOVERNOR.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT SYMBOLIZES WHAT THEY WANT TO COMMUNICATE.

>> I THINK IT SYMBOLIZES THE GOVERNOR'S ATTEMPT TO BUILD AND CONTINUE THIS BIPARTISAN COALITION THAT HE WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD GOING INTO THE ELECTION, AT LEAST.

HE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF THAT HELP DURING A LOT OF HIS FIRST FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE, CERTAINLY.

EXCEPT FOR SOME CRITICAL MOMENTS LIKE THOSE, YOU KNOW, THE BIG EMERGENCIES THAT HE HELPED SHEPHERD THE STATE THROUGH, FLOODING, TORNADOES AND THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC ESPECIALLY, WE FORGET THAT IN THE BEGINNING OF THAT STATE OF EMERGENCY, THERE WAS A RARE BIPARTISAN MOMENT.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT HE WAS ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER PRETTY WELL AND WE SAW IT JUST IN LOOKING AT THE MAPS AND THE ELECTION RETURNS IN THIS YEAR'S ELECTION.

THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO WERE REGISTERED REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR HIM.

EITHER THAT OR DEMOCRATS WHO HAD BEEN VOTING REPUBLICAN IN RECENT GUBERNATORIAL AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS WHO DECIDED TO STICK WITH THIS PARTICULAR DEMOCRAT IT'S A COMBINATION OF EVENTS HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO COBBLE TOGETHER AND DEMOCRATS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH THAT ARE TRYING TO REPLICATE THAT EFFECT.

WE WILL SEE IN THE COMING YEARS IF HE IS ABLE TO CONTINUE ON.

>> Renee: WE DON'T WANT TO DELAY YOU ANY LONGER FROM THE MUSICAL PRELUDE BUT LAST NIGHT DURING THE MIDNIGHT SWEARING IN, HE SAID THE COUNTRY'S EYES ARE ON KENTUCKY.

THE COUNTRY'S EYES ARE ON GOVERNOR BESHEAR, THE GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY.

SO RIGHT NOW GREAT MUSIC HAPPENING BELOW US AND WE ARE GOING TO LET YOU JOIN THAT AND WE WILL BE BACK WITH YOU IN A FEW MINUTES.

♪ ♪ ♪ I'VE BEEN USED AND I'VE BEEN SCORNED.

♪ CHILDREN ♪ I'VE BEEN TALKED ABOUT.

♪ THERE IS TROUBLE ALL OVER THIS WORLD ♪ THERE IS TROUBLE ALL OVER THIS WORLD ♪ ♪ THERE IS TROUBLE ALL OVER THIS WORLD ♪ SNOT THERE IS TROUBLE ALL OVER THIS WORLD.

♪ AIN'T GONNA LAY MY RELIGION DOWN ♪ ♪ AIN'T GONNA LAY MY RELIGION DOWN ♪ ♪ CHILDREN ♪ ♪ AIN'T GONNA LAY MY RELIGION DOWN.

♪ AIN'T GONNA LAY MY RELIGION DOWN ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] ♪ ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA ♪ ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ AND HE SHALL REIGN, FOREVER AND EVER ♪ ♪ AND HE SHALL REIGN, FOREVER AND EVER ♪ ♪ AND HE SHALL REIGN, HE SHALL REIGN FOREVER, AND FOREVER ♪ FOREVER, AND EVER ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪ FOREVER AND FOREVER, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪ FOREVER AND EVER, HOOL LAWIA ♪ HALLELUJAH ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH ♪ ♪ AND HE SHALL REIGN, FOREVER AND EVER ♪ ♪ AND HE SHALL REIGN, FOREVER AND EVER ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ LORD OF PEACE AND KING OF KING AND LORD OF ALL ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] ♪ LET EVERY VOICE AND SING UNTIL HEAVEN RICKS ♪ RING WITH THE HARMONY OF LIBERTY ♪ LET ALL REJOICE ♪ HIGH AS THE LIFTING STARS ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ SING A SONG FULL OF THE FAITH THAT THE DARK PATH HAS GONE ON ♪ ♪ SING A SONG FULL OF THE HOPE THAT THE PRESENT HAS BROUGHT US ♪ FACING THIZING SIGN-- FACING THE RISING SIGN OF THE A NEW DAY BEGUN ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ OH BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES, ABOVE THE FRUITED PLAINS ♪ AMERICA, AMERICA, GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE ♪ AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD ♪ ♪ FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA ♪ ♪ AMERICA, AMERICA ♪ GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE ♪ ♪ AND CROWN THEY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD ♪ ♪ FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ COMFORTING ALL MY PEOPLE, SAID THE LORD ♪ ♪ COMFORT YE, ALL MY PEOPLE, SAID THE LORD ♪ ♪ SPEAK YE TO JERUSALEM.

♪ OF THE PEACE THAT WAITS FOR THEM ♪ ♪ THE WAY OF THE LORD ♪ COMFORT YE ALL MY PEOPLE, COMFORT YE, ALL MY PEOPLE, SAID THE LORD ♪ COMFORT YE, SAID THE LORE ♪ ♪ SPEAK TO YE TO JERUSALEM OF THE PEACE THAT AWAITS FOR THEM.

♪ TELL HER THAT-- THAT BE THE WAY OF THE LORD ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ PREPARE YE THE WAY, PREPARE YE THE WAY, THE WAY OF THE LORD ♪ ♪ PREPARE YE THE WAY, PREPARE YE THE WAY, THE WAY OF THE LORD ♪ ♪ OH COME LET US ADORE HIM ♪ ♪ OH COME LET US ADORE HIM ♪ ♪ OH COME LET US ADORE HIM, CHRIST THE LORD ♪ ♪ COME ALL YE FAITHFUL JOYFUL AND TRY AWM FANT ♪ -- AND TRIUMPHANT ♪ ,.

♪ OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL TO ♪ COME AND BEHOLD HIM.

♪ BEFORE THE KING OF ANGELS ♪ ♪ OH COME LET US ADORE HIM ♪ ♪ OH COME LET US ADORE HIM ♪ ♪ OH COME LET US ADORE HIM, ♪ OH COME LET US ADORE HIM, CHRIST THE LORD ♪ ♪ SING ALL YE ANGELS.

♪ SING IN EXALTATION ♪ ♪ SING, ALL YE SINGERS.

♪ GLORY 234 THE HIGHEST ♪ ♪ OH COME LET US ADORE HIM ♪ ♪ OH COME LET US ADORE HIM ♪ ♪ OH COME LET US ADORE HIM, CHRIST THE LORD ♪ ♪ COME ALL YE FAITHFUL JOYFUL ♪ OH COME LET US ADORE HIM ♪ ♪ OH COME LET US ADORE HIM, CHRIST THE LORD ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (INSTRUMENTAL).

♪ ♪ WELCOME 62nd INAUGURATION OF KENTUCKY'S GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

PLEASE STAND FOR THE POSTING OF THE COLORS BY THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE HONOR GUARD AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMED BY KENTUCKY'S OWN WALKER MONTGOMERY.

♪ O SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT ♪ ♪ WHAT'S SO PROUDLY WE HAIL'D AT THE TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING ♪ WHOSE BROAD STRIPES AND BRIGHT STARS ♪ THROUGH THE PERILOUS FIGHT ♪ ♪ O'ER THE RAMPARTS WE WATCHED WERE SO GALLANTLY STREAMING ♪ ♪ AND THE ROCKETS RED GLARE THE BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR ♪ ♪ GAVE PROOF THROUGH THE NIGHT THAT OUR FLAG WAS STILL THERE ♪ ♪ O SAY DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE ♪ ♪ O'ER THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] PLEASE WELCOME TODAY'S PRESIDING OFFICER, SENIOR ADVISER TO GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR, ROCKY ADKINS.

>> PLEASE BE SEATED.

GOVERNOR, YOU DRAW A PRETTY BIG CROWD, I'LL TELL YOU.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE.

WELCOME TO THE 62nd INAUGURATION OF THE GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY.

AND THE SECOND FOR OUR ESTEEMED GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR AND JACQUELINE COLEMAN.

[ APPLAUSE ] FOR YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, MY NAME IS ROCKY ADKINS AND I'VE HAD THE DISTINCT HONOR OF BEING BY THIS GOVERNOR'S SIDE FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

I'VE HAD THE CHANCE TO WATCH HIM UP CLOSE.

I'VE SAT WITH HIM IN MEETINGS, TOURED FACTORIES WITH HIM, WALKED WITH HIM THROUGH STREETS THAT WERE WASHED AWAY AND WATCHED HIM TOUR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE DEVASTATED BY STORMS AND TORNADOES.

I'VE WATCHED HIM STOP EVERYTHING TO STEP OVER PILES OF DEBRIS AND COMFORT SOMEONE WITH A HUG.

THESE LAST TO YOU ARE YEARS, I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WATCHING ANDY BESHEAR BE THE KIND OF LEADER KENTUCKY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THINGS GOT STUFF WHEN THINGS GOT TOUGH AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THINGS GOT PRETTY TOUGH.

BUT EVEN THE TOUGH TIMES DIDN'T DISTRACT HIM FROM THE BUSINESS OF MAKING KENTUCKY BETTER THAN ITS EVER BEEN.

THANKS TO THIS GOVERNOR, WE ARE BUILDING ROADS AND BRIDGES THAT OTHERS HAVE ONLY TALKED ABOUT, AND WE ARE BUILDING THEM FROM EAST TO WEST, NORTH TO SOUTH AND EVERY PLACE IN BETWEEN.

WE ARE SEEING RECORD INVESTMENTS CREATING THOUSANDS OF GOOD JOBS.

KENTUCKY IS ON A PATH NOW TO BECOME THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

[ APPLAUSE ] AND YOU KNOW GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ARE MAKING HISTORY AND IT'S UNDER THIS GOVERNOR'S LEADERSHIP AND THE TEAM HE HAS ASSEMBLED THAT IS GETTING IT DONE.

WE HAVE SEEN SOME AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN IN KENTUCKY THESE LAST FOUR YEARS AND WE ARE NOT DONE.

THIS PAST NOVEMBER, THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY SAID THEY'RE NOT DONE EITHER, GOVERNOR!

[ APPLAUSE ] AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY SAID THEY WANT MORE.

THAT'S WHY THEY VOTED TO GIVE GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JACQUELINE COLEMAN ANOTHER FOUR YEARS BECAUSE THEY'VE SEEN WHAT WHEN TEAM CAN DO.

THEY SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU FORGIVE GET POLITICS AND PUT PEOPLE FIRST AS THE GOVERNOR SAID, NOT TO DRIVE THE STATE TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT, BUT TO LEAD US FORWARD AND GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT!

[ APPLAUSE ] I'VE WATCHED JACQUELINE COLEMAN, AS A MATTER OF FACT, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, FOR A LONG TIME.

I'VE WATCHED JACQUELINE COLEMAN BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT JUST TOOK SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS THEIR WAY AROUND A BASKETBALL COURT.

OR MAYBE SOMEBODY WHO HAS THE HEART AND THE MIND OF AN EDUCATOR AND A COACH.

WHAT I KNOW IS THAT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JACQUELINE COLEMAN IS AS GOOD AN ADVOCATE AND FIGHTER AS WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME AND I'M GLAD WE ARE ON THE SAME TEAM, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

THAT'S WHAT THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN ABOUT FROM DAY ONE.

BEING ONE TEAM, BEING TEAM KENTUCKY.

[ APPLAUSE ] WE ARE ALL HERE TODAY BECAUSE WHEN WE NEEDED A GOVERNOR TO LEAD WITH HIS HEART, ANDY BESHEAR STEPPED UP.

WHEN WE NEEDED A GOVERNOR TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, ANDY BESHEAR SHOWED UP.

WHEN WE NEEDED A GOVERNOR TO TAKE A STAND WITH COURAGE AND A BACKBONE, ANDY BESHEAR STOOD UP!

AND I HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE NEED A GOVERNOR IN TIMES LIKE THAT, HE WILL DO IT ALL AGAIN.

HE IS A MAN OF FAITH WHO LOVES HIS FAMILY.

AND HE LOVES THIS COMMONWEALTH.

YOU'VE SEEN IT, I'VE SEEN IT AND KENTUCKY SEES IT.

GOVERNOR, WE ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND I BELIEVE IT IS ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER SO GOVERNOR, WE ARE WITH YOU THROUGH THICK AND THIN.

WE ARE READY TO CONTINUE MAKING THIS GREAT COMMONWEALTH BETTER THAN SHE HAS EVER BEEN AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE IN THE ARENA, IN THE ARENA WITH YOU, RIGHT THERE WITH YOU EVERY DAY.

IT'S TRULY BEEN AN HONOR OF MY 37 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.

THANK YOU.

[ APPLAUSE ] WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE PASTOR PHIL YATES WITH US TODAY.

REVEREND YATES CURRENTLY SERVES AS PASTOR OF LITTLE ZION BAPTIST CHURCH IN BOURBON, KENTUCKY.

PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME REVEREND Dr. PHILLIP A. YATES.

[ APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.

LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.

GOD OF HEAVEN, GREAT CREATOR, GIVER OF ALL GOOD AND PERFECT GIFTS WE INVITE YOU AND WE WELCOME YOU TO THIS SECOND INAUGURATION SWEARING IN CEREMONY AND THIS SECOND TERM OF GOVERNOR BESHEAR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COLEMAN.

THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT COMMONWEALTH, FATHER, HAVE SPOKEN.

THEY HAVE ENTRUSTED THE CONTINUED LEADERSHIP TO GOVERNOR BESHEAR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COLEMAN.

LORD, THEIR FIRST TERM WAS MET WITH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC CHALLENGED CAN DEVASTATING TORNADOES IN THE WEST.

LIFE CHANGING FLOODS IN THE EAST , AND MANY OTHER ADVERSITIES IN BETWEEN.

BUT, LORD, WE GOT THROUGH THEM AND WE GOT THEM THEM TOGETHER WE ARE TEAM KENTUCKY.

FATHER, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE