♪ >> Brace yourself for what could be Kentucky's biggest winter storm and quite a while.

>> It is not easy trying to hold the police accountable in any place, especially not here.

>> A plan for police accountability in Louisville hits a snag.

>> That means these women can take care of these kids in the on that which is we don't have to learn English.

They don't have to do all these things.

>> And how a program is helping women and immigrant and refugee communities provide child care.

>> Production of Kentucky Edition is made possible in part by the KET Millennium Fund.

♪ ♪ Good Evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Friday, January, the 3rd, we made it to the weekend.

I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you so much for joining us this evening.

>> A few days in and 2025 is expected to get messy.

That's weather wise.

Look for snow, ice and freezing rain Sunday and Monday throughout Kentucky.

And it could be more than just a nuisance.

Our Kris TV DOT and talk to an expert about what to expect and when.

>> John, this is going to be a tricky forecast because we're expecting a lot of different types.

The precipitation.

When are we going to see it and who's going to see what?

>> Yes.

And that money.

Christie's a mess.

We start off as snow.

We transition to a brief period of sleet and most of the state will see ice, freezing rain Sunday afternoon and Sunday night before after midnight, we're going to go back to snow and then to snow by late morning on Monday.

So it's a bad Sunday afternoon, Sunday night Monday.

Not there yet.

So bad.

So you said I know a lot of people like to talk about the snow, but the ice could cause more problems and explain.

>> What impacts that could have.

>> Yeah, absolutely.

So ice is much more because you and you're driving.

You don't have any way to stop.

So that is a really bad things.

The of ice on top of snow and then snow at the end impacts ice.

You can't drive very well.

Ice leads to power outages.

Ice causes problems with hospitals don't like it because people break bones and have to go walking to get the newspaper.

Don't go get it.

Go online and look at it.

Yes, he's not worth if people break a lot of tips, arms and legs during ice.

Yeah.

Especially if you have stairs leading out of your house.

Yes, that's that's good.

So pack up on the assault.

Okay.

So let's talk a little bit about the snow.

Who's gonna see what?

>> Snow wise.

>> The further north you go, the more snow you're going to say there's a huge area of snow on i-seventy up in Ohio and Indiana.

But for Kentucky, I think the big area we north northern Kentucky, the folks up there in Cincinnati area could see 6 to 10 inches of snow.

And so what can you be doing right now?

I'm telling you right now get yours.

I smell your snow melt.

Schauble.

Make sure you a full tank of gas.

Make sure you have non-perishable supplies of flashlight batteries today and tomorrow are great.

Get your supplies now.

Yes, and maybe think about taking those Christmas decorations down now because >> once this passes, whether we're seeing the snow or ice, you wearing depending on where you are in the state, it's going to be brutally cold.

Talk about that for a minute.

Yeah, I'm really worried if we get power outages and then this art, it's not a question of if it comes, it's coming.

Cold Arctic blast is coming.

It's very cold.

We have snow and ice on the ground.

Kristie, it's gonna be so much colder.

>> I think you will see 0 to below 0 numbers in places to get the most snow and ice next more especially Tuesday night Wednesday morning.

Very cool.

>> Okay.

So we'll KET that in mind and hopefully at power won't be a big issue.

But if it is a lot of people will be running generators.

You're trying to stay warm and there are some things to worry about that, too.

>> Yeah, please do, please, please don't put your grill or your generator on in your house.

All you've got is just a disaster with carbon monoxide to please don't do that.

There are things you can do.

You want to have a wood-burning fireplace phone and get your would get you were ready.

Be prepared.

Don't do anything foolish where you're going.

Put yourself in harm's way.

And if you can stay on Sunday and watch football and stay home and play monopoly tickets, stay home.

>> That's good advice.

So we're going to try to stay home.

We're going to prepare for power outages and have our kids ready in case the power does go out.

Thank you so much, John, for your time.

Christy.

>> And thank you, John and Chris.

Stay now.

Lexington's Transylvania University is letting students return to campus early in order to beat the snow and ice Tran zealot.

Students move back in after the winter break.

Starting today at noon continue tomorrow.

Students can to still move in on Sunday, but they're urged to be very careful and to watch the weather.

Now turning to political developments today in Louisiana, Republican Mike Johnson will remain as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and a close ballot round one.

And after a last-minute votes, which by 2 members, Johnson could only afford to lose one vote and the almost evenly divided House.

Initially 3 Republicans voted against him making it appear.

He lost the first round of voting.

But 2 of those 3 change their votes and voted for Johnson before the vote was made.

Official Johnson, then one with 218 votes.

So in the end, there was only one vote against Johnson.

And that was Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky.

A longtime Johnson critic, Kentucky's 5th district congressman and the dean of the House.

How Rodgers administered the oath to Johnson after today's election Time now to go inside Kentucky.

>> Politics and talk a little about what's happening in Congress today as well.

And we've got our good friend Trey Grayson is with us.

He was with Frost Brown Todd.

Of course, he's a former Kentucky secretary of state.

And you often see him right here on KET.

Happy New Year to try.

>> Happy New Year.

And this possible right now, the new Year know Bob New Year know Bob and we'll rectify that in a couple of weeks.

But we have some connectivity issues with Bob Babbage today.

So you're flying solo, but I think you can handle it just fine.

The time that we stalked around to 45 to 50 today.

They've speakership had been sewn up.

But I want to go back before that point and talk about the transition and the U.S. Senate and with McConnell's nameplate being removed from the majority office and now putting up Senator Foods name play.

I mean, that's significant in so many ways.

It's a visual that we're sharing with audience right now.

But it signifies the end of a leadership plane that McConnell has enjoyed for many, many years.

>> I think it's 18 years since he became the Republican leader.

Not all that and the majority, some of the majority, some of the minority, but always the Republican leader in and that picture is really point.

It is.

And it's an end of an era.

We haven't had a leader not to not just Kentucky but nationally to serve that long in this party.

Leadership we have in the state have certainly benefited from his leadership.

He's still there.

He's got at least 2 more years left in this term.

He hasn't said he's not running again and he's going to pivot to be in committee chairman actually wrote an e-mail today describing him as Chairman McConnell.

So that was kind of weird rather than leader McConnell.

Right.

But that's that's the new title for the next couple of years.

Yeah.

>> But he'll still be very influential, don't you think?

And that leadership circle, certainly he'll be someone that his ear will be back to.

I would assume by Senator soon as he learns the ropes and what's all required and even how to negotiate as well.

And these tactical as McCall has been in that role for 18 years.

>> I absolutely think it is part of his prior leadership team.

They do have a close relationship.

Well, well, McConnell than endorsed Clinton or corn and you clearly supported the 2 of them.

The 2 primary candidates over Rick Scott 3rd candidate and his committee.

Sure that I referenced the Rules Committee, Election Administration, campaign finance comes into that committee and he's also going to chair the preparation subsequent subcommittee.

And I think it's national security.

So he's going to be a big player.

>> Over the next couple of areas and he will be that better.

And we've seen Speaker Pelosi, former Speaker Pelosi play that elder stateswoman role in the House for members of her party.

And I suspect that many senators will will lean upon our Mitch McConnell Burmeister in these next 2 years.

>> And speaking of the just shortly before we started our record around to 45 eastern time today, Mike Johnson had secured the speakership and the first round, we should say not the 15.

It took them last time.

And we also know that the 4th congressional district Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky was still a holdout, right?

What's the beef between Massey and Johnson here?

And will that hurt Massey later on?

>> So some asking, as we know, is not afraid to vote.

No, not afraid to be the only Republican or Democrat voting no on a particular bill when it violates his principles and the main thing it seems to be the case going on here is he thinks that the speaker in the last Congress, my point Democratic votes too often, in fact, even said that I support the Trump agenda.

I just don't in Johnson's the one who can do it because it keeps relied upon Democrats to get things done.

And when you need Democrats, you get a different kind of boat.

Some messy was the only one in that up not helping us vote.

There were a couple of others who initially voted no came back, changed the road to tabulate was on the first vote, although was up Longboat because there are a lot of holdouts.

And then some folks came back and then finally, everybody but Messi switch NASA.

The second part of your question, I don't really foresee this doing anything more to Thomas Masses prospects than, you know, its entire tenure mean he's not been afraid to stick his neck out.

He's not been afraid to cross Donald Trump.

He didn't support Trump.

He supported the Santas in the primary.

Trump actually went after him and some of his past primaries and Massey wins comfortably.

So he's got a good football.

He's got a lot of supporters in the 40's, but he's my Congressman Iceland now and actually since high school, I I got found this old picture of the 2 of us.

This is not alert on the Kentucky Indiana academic All-Star team both represent Kentucky and a competition against Indiana.

And I just said about picture probably doesn't have it anymore.

But the young Thomas Massie on Trey Grayson, the leaner, that out.

And by the way, we killed Indiana.

>> Yeah.

What do?

Well, that's good to know.

I was going to ask, but the outcome was yeah.

And we want that picture when I have you back on the 3rd Friday.

Also not okay.

We want to see that.

So we're going to like you have people wait for that.

Let's you got to wait for it.

But it's going to get it.

Let's talk about we lost our 39th President Jimmy Carter this week on Sunday.

And there's been a lot of expressions not just about his humanitarian efforts post his presidency, but also kind of rewriting the significance of his term is one term as president.

What are your thoughts?

>> He was somebody.

It was interesting.

He lost re-election.

That was unusual and the 20th century.

It been since Herbert Hoover.

The president had lost reelection when he left office.

A lot of the Democrats want to KET their distance from them.

>> He must pretty handily to runner Ronald Reagan and up going on to serve 2 terms.

Yeah.

Play shun the Iran hostages.

That was it was a tough time in office.

But as time has passed, you're right.

He did a couple things.

One, he left office of the young age, never and again.

So you have to reinvent.

What is the post presidency look like?

Well, nobody really heard of Habitat for humanity until he got them all done it.

And now it's one of the foremost sort of organizations with regards to housing in the country, continue to stay involved and international affairs, one of his top achievements as president with the camp to Camp David Accords.

We're up was able to bring together the leadership of Egypt and Israel said bring recognition so that Egypt will become the first Arab state to recognize Israel.

That was a big accomplishment.

We still struggle with issues in the Middle East and Several countries still do rep recognize Israel.

That was the first time that that happened.

I would also say I on a personal level, he did a lot in Election administration after the 2000 presidential election, he and former President Ford put together a commission to develop recommendations and that became the Help America Vote Act, which actually now chairman former leader McConnell was the Republican lead sponsor of that bill.

And he did it again after the 2004 election even recently the Carter Center still remains involved in election issues.

And I did a project with them.

So there's a lot of different things that he's done in people who go to Sunday school.

He he shook hands every time we will fight on Delta.

He was known for being a good guy.

Well, maybe maybe a minute.

You know, the president, the last minute you'll to report card is did you get re-elected?

So maybe the presidency didn't go that well, but he was certainly a human us to great human, a strong humanitarian with a lot of times to Kentucky was a southern governor.

That's right.

And we've talked about that a lot over this past week.

>> Well, it's always good to catch up with you, Trey Grayson, whether you're riding solo or you're with baby Bob Babbage, but will get you 2 together soon.

And then we'll talk about the 2025 Kentucky General Assembly and they'll be a lot probably talk about the next time we connect.

Thank you so much, Trey.

It's always good to see you.

It's always good to see your day.

Last month, city and federal officials signed off on a consent decree to improve policing in Louisville.

>> But the local police union says it wasn't at the table.

The union is now urging a federal judge to deny the long-awaited deal our June Leffler has more in this report.

>> After police officers shot and killed Breonna Taylor and 2020, the U.S. Department of Justice criminally charged officers and investigated the Louisville Metro Police Department as a whole.

The DOJ found a pattern of unconstitutional policing.

>> Including the use of excessive force, lawful discrimination against black people.

Surge is based on invalid warrants and violation of the rights of those engaged in protected speech.

Critical of policing.

>> In 2023, the city and feds begin negotiating a plan to do better.

It took months and activists worried that a deal wouldn't come soon enough, fearing it would fall through when a new president took office.

But Louisville's mayor says he was determined to do right by the community.

>> Your willingness to demand meaningful and lasting change.

Helped bring us to this moment.

>> The consent decree announced last month nearly 250 page plan to reform LMPD over the course of 5 years.

But their party monitor will track the department's compliance that didn't sit well with the local police union that represents more than 1000 sworn officers.

The union filed a motion last week to intervene in the case.

The motion states live 6.14, was not permitted to participate in the negotiations of the proposed consent decree and that it represents a violation of the lodge's collective bargaining rights under state law.

The Union also disputes the DOJ is allegations of misconduct and activists and councilwoman says this is unexpected bump in the road.

It is not easy trying to hold the police accountable.

>> In any place, especially not here because they're so connected and it's hard.

You know, people think you can hold to choose.

I want them well paid.

I want them to have all the things that they need, but also want to make sure that people survive police interactions and they don't die needlessly and their rights are ignored.

We could have the best consent decree this nation has ever seen.

If they allow the process to happen, if they allow community voices at the table and I'm here to fight for those voices.

>> Mayor Greenberg's office says it is filing a response to the court by Monday for Kentucky to left.

Thank you.

June.

>> The DOJ says Louisville has been proactive already making changes that could make LMPD a quote, Model Police Department.

The Metro Council banned no-knock warrants in 2020 Breonna Taylor's family demanded more oversight and community policing as part of their settlement with the city.

♪ >> The city of Louisville is working with the immigrant and refugee focused, non-profit.

See forward minister is to support economic development, women, entrepreneurship and childcare through the Village Childcare Project.

Women in those communities are opening family opening family childcare, businesses.

So we all know across the state of Kentuckyian especially in Louisville that child care and lack of childcare is a big issue for everyone.

>> And we also know that some women in the community, including immigrant refugee women may also face additional barriers of language and culture and just not understanding the bureaucracy in order to open up businesses or 2 get employment.

So this project really is an example of a strategy of investing in women deeply narrowly but deeply investing in a group of immigrant and refugee women to remove those barriers of language.

And just the confusion that can exist when you try to open up a business that can allow more women in the community and men to go to work because now they have increased child care options.

That means these women can take care of these kids in their own languages.

>> They don't have to learn English.

They don't have to do all these things.

So when they can with that proposal, Mike, this is a perfect timing so we can help these women also be self-sufficient.

The can open something in their homes and they don't have to be.

Waiting for someone else to come and do it for them so they can also help in other ways on how to could not make a comeback.

she's there to help someone to goal.

>> Warrick and then she can think of that car back child so they can go to work there.

18 family childcare, homes that have been opened as a result of this grant and this project, some are what are called certified home somewhere registered homes.

And the main thing that that means is that those homes can receive child care subsidies to people coming to seek their services can use federal child care subsidies.

Prior to that happening.

Maybe some of these women were doing we're doing took care, but they were not able to receive those those benefits and those subsidies.

And so we as a as a city relieving those federal dollars on the table in our drive goes down and you're empowering people and you're allowing more people to to go to work this problem as we empower them to whether that able to express themselves and also they don't have to worry about how to pass to class how to do all these things.

They don't need to worry about all those other.

>> Barry, is that everyone has to have.

>> Which is good for people who wants to.

Said they had to catch and we encourage them to do that.

But if that cannot that not able to do that, they're also able to the can contribute to something to do something in the in the society.

And this is something that they can it can.

It is close to be American.

James Allison, getting some income coming in helping the family as well.

We believe that when you have strong healthy women communities thrive.

And that is a strategy that's used worldwide that you invest in women and your dollars are.

>> Evidence shows they're more likely to go back into communities and be developing education and health and wellbeing.

They go further.

So when you invest in women, it goes further for community.

>> Every business owner is able to provide childcare for up to 10 children.

♪ It was a win for animal anti cruelty efforts.

A new law last year upgraded the intentional torture of a dog or a cat to a low-level felony on the first offense.

It was a misdemeanor.

The Kentucky law is known as Athens Law named after a dog who was abandoned and left for dead outside a Louisville animal shelter.

Our Christine debt and introduces us to pity another miracle dog who is following in Athens paw prints.

>> She's an inspiring.

She is a spirit that won't be broken cent.

>> That unbreakable spirit to her all the way to the top 5 finalists for the American Dog Hero Award gaining national recognition as the emerging in Shelter Dog, which is no surprise for those that know her well like Kerry shows from the Fund.

>> She loves everyone that he means he has a smile on her face.

She actually has a smile when you meet her, you know, it's hard not to smile around.

Panic.

>> While some say a dog is man's best friend at Assumption, an all girls high school in Louisville can use more of a girl's best friend.

>> And then she just kind of walks the halls checks in on our students.

She likes to pop your head into classrooms.

>> APD serves as the certified therapy dog for Assumption High School and she goes to work with her owner.

Lindsay Pete's a teacher and to some sun.

And penny is in our guidance office and she hangs out there all day long and students can pop in and just see her for a couple seconds or they can spend a significant amount of time depending on if they're needing to come in.

And they're just having a really rough day.

>> And she didn't give all.

>> You never know by looking at are now living your best life.

But the news had to overcome cruelty and much adversity.

Penney's past is a painful one.

She was thrown from a car and badly injured.

>> After actress were taken and 3 of 4 in front lines have been broken.

The vet determined that those injuries were 2 weeks old.

So someone had.

Purposefully.

Be a starter and the discarded her like trash on the side of the road, the shelter that took her in originally.

So that seems trying to walk on 3 broken legs, the that they couldn't get about her because she she kept writing.

>> So they contacted the Arrow Fund, an organization that rescues and rehabilitates abused neglected animals.

The heiress and was determined that this would not be the end up in the story.

>> There was something in her that wanted to live and Penney wasn't ready to give up.

So we were ever going to give up on her.

>> The Arrow fund paid for pennies, medical care and turned to social media to find a foster home where she could recover.

That's where Lindsay Pete's and her husband come in.

>> We looked at that post.

We didn't even have to speak to one another.

We looked at each other and got the computer out immediately and applied to foster her.

>> In her new foster home and he had to be sedated for close to a year so her body could recover and she was in a lot of pain.

>> In terms of her surgeries, but her spirit was so so resilient.

And you could just see that.

And that's why we all wanted to fight for a cause.

She wanted to be fair.

>> Penny has even motivated others to fight for other abused animals.

And we've been able to take over 60 students the past 2 years to our state Capitol in Frankfort.

>> And they have stood beside her and they have spoken on in the rotunda to legislators about the need for stricter animal abuse laws, whether she's at the Capitol School or home Penny has a way of inspiring those around her host.

Penny is a shining example of what can happen when we don't care.

>> If you've been so good.

>> She sees the good in the world and she is that good penny is a rock star.

>> Well, you'll have to work around the weather, but there's still plenty to do this first weekend of 2025. our Toby Gibbs has more in tonight's look at what's happening around the Commonwealth.

♪ >> A story book lovers will want to be at the stage.

One family theater in Louisville tomorrow.

There will be 2 performances from the storyteller series for performers and audience members will work together to tell stories from a few favorite children's books this month.

Stories include the bullpen almost Rhymed and Big Brother.

Peanut butter.

Come be a part of this immersive theater experience.

Joe Gatto was coming to Bowling Green next week.

Best known for his role on the hit show Impractical.

Jokers get it was a comedian.

You don't want to miss performing.

Let's get into it will feature all new material can be sure to grab your tickets.

No matter if your New Year's resolution was to exercise more meet the new people or try new things.

This event is the perfect way to start your journey.

Check out the free square dancing lessons at Beaumont Presbyterian Church in Lexington tomorrow.

This beginner friendly lesson is a group class that will pair you up with experienced answers to help you learn the moves.

Be there or be square.

Opening at Market House Theater in Paducah next week is the bit in this interactive performance tells the story of a lost that and then the snow becomes a cozy hideout person, forest animals, wailing and giggling are encouraged.

So bring out the whole family to this beloved winter play.

Who says you can't go to the water park in winter.

Take these winter wonderland at summer.

Splash has transformed the park into the perfect cold weather destination for families this season.

Check out the lights, enjoy the warm fire pits and spend the day ice skating with friends and family to take these winter Wonderland runs through January $19 missing.

And that's what's happening around the Commonwealth.

I'm Toby Gibbs.

>> Thank youto be gives and thank you for joining us this week.

Be safe and be careful out there this weekend and we will see you right back here again Monday night taken care.

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