♪ >> We're not interested in just I'm not here.

My coach will not back to the 12 years just to just to exist.

>> Kentucky's football coach says it's time to turn it up a notch he was warm.

>> He was kind.

He was a lot of fun to be around and extremely funny throughout the entire day.

>> KET zone tip of post and talks about spending the day with the late Bob Newhart.

>> There's been some, you know, poor connotation to the word can talk what we're trying to rebuild that.

>> And we head to a celebration of Kentucky that isn't in Kentucky.

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♪ ♪ >> Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Friday, July, the 19th we have made it to the weekend and I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you so much for starting off your weekend with us.

If you tried to fly today, you probably spent some time sitting and waiting a global technology outage caused computer problems and delays all over the world.

Among the businesses affected airlines, health care systems and banks and Kentucky.

The glitch caused delays at the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky airport, Louisville's Muhammad Ali International Airport and Blue Grass Airport in Lexington.

There are also reports of problems at gas stations and hospitals.

The New York Times reports the problem is being blamed on a software update from CrowdStrike.

A cybersecurity firm used by countless businesses.

It's been almost 2 years since Eastern Kentucky was hit with catastrophic flooding.

Flood survivors still looking for housing had the opportunity to apply for an affordable high ground home in Floyd County on Thursday, we spoke to one survivor who says she is ready to get out of the flood pine and then to a new home.

>> This is a home buyer program intended to help people get connected with housing that is safe and affordable and out of the floodplain.

There's actually 2 different programs going on.

There's the buyout program.

>> With a man and then there's the new housing program and we are the flow through that we're doing and take for folks who are affected affected by the floods in 2021.

2022, we were We were awarded money to acquire some property.

Unclear furrowed in Prestonsburg.

>> This is a coming go type of event to sit down with them to give them more information specifically about this project about the program, how they can get connected with the case manager, how they can get.

And awareness.

And a an overview of the eligibility process so that they can start the process of intake for the site.

>> I looked at project at Wyland updated little draft by.

And saw their homes and they looked so.

So cute and sample and just effective of of exactly what I need to live in my first lead story was in 2021, I believe February.

And although it didn't get in my home and it got underneath my home and then in 2022, it did get in the home and I had to leave and steak on a few days.

Actually, my house, which I love, I don't want to move, but it I'd like to pick it up and put it somewhere.

But it's already.

I turn on cinder blocks high.

And it's still coming in.

I live so close to my daughter and it got in her on her property, but not in her home.

So I moved here because I was so close to her.

A logistically.

So now I have to.

Find a place to move further away that I really don't want to move that all.

But there's a lot of folks that this will help him pack can KET them.

>> In Ford County that are not having to pack up and move to Lexington where another family member lives or somewhere else we want to we want we want to hear this is all this is my home.

This is their home.

They want to stay here as much as I do.

And we want to do everything we can to try to KET the mayor.

I'm very thankful for the opportunity to get to be a part of this Sure.

Hope that I get home.

I hope.

>> But I also hope that if there are some of the more they deny and that they get it first, I'm not a.

Take me first kind of percent are white.

My turn.

>> Foggy housing and homes incorporated are expected to build 3 more than 40 homes at the site.

As part of the housing can't wait initiative.

And politics now you won't see Governor Andy Beshear at this year's annual Fancy Farm picnic in far western Kentucky and event that scene as the state's unofficial kickoff to the fall campaign season.

The events political Chairman Stephen Elder says he's been notified by the governor that he will not be there Saturday.

August the 3rd reason was given but you can see coverage of Fancy Farm in 2 weeks right here on KET.

♪ >> Time now to review the big political developments of the week.

We go inside Kentucky politics with, of course, a couple of our faves Bob Babbage and Trey Grayson, D no further introduction, then their names.

Good to see you, gentlemen.

>> Good to see a >> So let's talk about what everybody's been talking about.

The last 4 days.

And it's kind of like about last night and the night before the night before.

Trey Grayson, let's talk about the Republican National Convention.

We can start with Donald speech last night that went well over an hour hour and a half.

I think it was talk about what he tried to message.

Do we see a softer, gentler John Donald Trump last night?

>> What did he did?

Go on too long.

Mid 90 minutes is you.

You're just too long for acceptance speech.

The good news for him is because of started so late.

Most people probably turned off and only saw the beginning, which was a softer, a protest where he talked about it.

That's nation attempting what it was like in his feelings.

And so if it's voters who are up in the air, swing voters, watch that speech in the beginning.

Yeah, I probably saw a little bit different.

Donald Trump than the one that was Stacey speaking later and the acceptance speech.

But the commission, I think the Republican Party sent when you've got to be clean, how would the party pretty unified staying on message?

Stay on script.

It's not clear how much commissions matter I'm are going to several Boston and, you know, don't some of the credit to mention the league.

You think you're going to want, you know, certainly cut.

I think Republicans need to feel we feel pretty good about this convention.

>> Well, I wasn't like the convention in 2016 rise Bob out, but that their words, a lot of seemingly unity and a lot of energy from what we can hear from the commentators who were there in person.

They talked about it being electric.

And if they were solidly behind Donald Trump this time do you think that will continue and does it translate beyond just those delegates and attendees who were in Milwaukee?

>> It was a a good positive.

And Kelly, the sports analogy, no mistakes A lot of elements.

Lot of come together.

in part of a Trump remarks were much more.

Conciliatory or engaging in a very personal way.

And that's what so it's a debate when thanks for Biden.

We talked about this on the last show and here we are still talking about it when when Trump didn't pivot into a more positive message, everybody KET he would have that chance at the convention with E well events in Pennsylvania.

A lot of focus on him survive as well as telling that story and giving us a different side of the Donald Trump that made a difference and had to.

>> Right.

But he did quickly turn to the red meat, though, right?

Conventions expect that.

I don't want some.

>> other kinds of commentary and then some hard hits.

And that's this is what conventions have historically always been about we're right.

They're wrong.

Yeah.

>> That's right.

You want to add any more to the convention talk before I talk the veep choice and JD Vance.

Well, there was, you know, before Trump, as I think, may be the highlight for many for the so-called COVID speech, you know, which was an attempt to >> making public an party scene fund more accessible, more approachable, but also strategic attempts.

We try to focus on the swing voters, especially male voters, especially Jenna.

Next, my generation who grew up you know, in this in this one battleground states.

So, yeah, they feel that the folks on over there are talks have to think that were leaked about Nick know, I would say maybe a little too confident given that the race is still kind of close.

Yes.

>> Right in the polling still shows that right.

And we'll see what when more polling comes out.

Let's talk about the impact of Senator JD Vance has the veep pick with Donald Trump on this ticket.

What I'll start with you What does he bring so that ticket that Donald Trump doesn't bring himself.

>> You know, some respects.

This reminds me a bit of the many to selection of Bill Clinton picked Al Gore, another southern, quote, Moderate you know, John Democrat and people wonder what the brain, but what they did this energy together and it was a doubling down on the message.

And I think Vance represents the same thing.

It's doubling down on this is a new Republican Party.

The more populist, more working class Republican Party.

That's who we're going to go after.

We're going to go fight.

Fans is a really articulate defender of Trump's news.

He's got a good story to tell.

You know, the flip side of that is the doesn't come from a state that's a swing state.

He doesn't have a lot of the political or come to experience.

And so, you know, when you look at some of the boxes that you want people to check like when Obama picked Biden, he fried crab, a toss of age and foreign policy experience.

Mike Pence was bring social conservative and stuff for the slate at anything, but perhaps by reinforcing the Trump passage and bringing other articulates folks on the He doesn't collect early.

I think Trump also is looking for somebody who has led us.

You know, bands.

I think he views as a successor if Trump or to KET the movement fronts that are inside the party and the country.

Yeah.

You agree with that.

But that is definitely a generational change to get someone so young.

>> Vance with Kentucky best-selling book, The many of us read when it came out of the time and thought this guy sounds like a leader and sure enough he's on the ticket when others with much more experience could have been picked.

But he has the business experience.

I think it's wife has been very significant woman.

Strong just because it's from the Department of America and the part where Trump has to win the Pennsylvania, Michigan.

How got the best of labels?

The Rust Belt.

But the emerging rest could be represented by someone like Dan said, when you think about this from Kentuckyian this year from Kentucky.

Also getting some national conversation it puts a lot together.

4 state.

Okay.

We want to get to that.

But I want to do to President Biden who I was.

We all know has been dealing with COVID and they're still.

>> The wearable resound Englewood says are coming out more and and strongly intensely about him to step aside.

But when he set out his response to it, Donald Trump's speech last night, he said will return to the campaign trail and and make my case for the vision of America.

So it seems to be Bob Babbage.

He is digging.

And even though others are telling them it's time for him to to make his exit.

You nailed it.

>> That is exactly right.

He sounds like he's going to be back on Tuesday or Wednesday.

On the same routine with the same message.

She doesn't exactly say it's him.

>> Sure.

If you want to slice and dice it, OK, that's good.

Boy, it could be.

It could be a substitute and that would be Harris moving up into that role.

Do you think that's probable likely sleuth?

That's so hard.

But ask all week long.

You know, what are the odds to I'm sure it's being bad out there.

And then whether other places where >> people try to predict these things.

The odds are hard to peg.

With people perhaps around him this weekend.

People of standing saying it's time to consider.

Stepping back from the race finish year term allowing Harris to move on with the campaign or someone or someone right.

>> May not be Harris right.

You might know I would not be something Trey Grayson that's going to make that Democratic National Convention.

Really interesting on office the night 8.

>> Well, yeah, we got between now and then the Olympics.

We could have a Democratic Olympics.

>> What?

I would be a lot of fun.

And Bob, I did see this morning that the betting markets, I haven't see one on whether Biden will run or not.

The Trumps actually gone down a little bit.

It's likely that a victory and they sober suspected.

That was because they have the bettors think that Biden is going to drop out and that somebody other than Biden gives the Democrats some more of a shot, not was you know, what wasn't a referendum on the convention or its successor amount.

But just that Biden was like one step aside.

I did see the way that where that statement and I think he also plea will not run.

>> Okay.

Really quick, 30 seconds to Bob Babbage, Andy Beshear.

Where does this put him?

He's in Asia this week.

He's been with companies that have ties to Kentucky.

He seems to be doing the kind of things that a vice presidential president we've got to do.

It was a brilliant visual.

He's talking to CEOs who have investments in Kentucky who can make more Kentucky is job creation.

>> It's the future.

It's technology.

>> Terrific timing.

Although I was not intended to be but he's in the right place.

The British reputation here and around the country.

Many people don't know yet.

But those who are getting to know him like him, however, there are other folks in the Democratic Party.

You also say they should be on the ticket now and be sure to be on the ticket later like 2028.

All right.

>> We'll have to leave it.

There was just getting good.

Thank you, as always.

Trey Grayson and Bob Babbage take good care.

After we take today's inside Kentucky politics, Congressman Morgan McGarvey, a Democrat from Kentucky's 3rd congressional district.

>> Put out a statement saying he believed President Joe Biden should step aside as the Democratic nominee for president.

♪ >> Where just a few weeks from college football, the Kentucky Wildcats coach Mark Stoops says his team needs to KET improving and move to the next level.

Stoop has been with the team 12 seasons and the cats have been to 8 consecutive bowl games at SEC Media days of Dallas.

Stoops says that's not enough.

>> Where we're at the margin for error.

We have to make the best of every situation.

And you know that there's been some consistency.

Appreciate the great just mentioned.

The fact like are you know, we we have been the H street bonuses only teams in the country of done that.

I think only 2 in the SEC besides us, the Alabama and Georgia and of course, Oklahoma who has been in the league, but they've done it as well.

But that's not on nothing.

But but we want to you know, and that's the message with the team.

Ultimately, we've got to get better.

We've got to find a way to make those plays incredible moments to push us over the time.

You know, we're not interested in just existing.

Not hear.

My coach will not back to the 12 years just to just to exist.

You know, we want to find a way to improve to use these rules, whatever it is to, you know, to to, you know, make changes to to make that jump to get to the next level.

It's extremely challenging.

I don't have to tell you all that you've been covering the SEC for a long time.

It's extremely challenging, but it takes, you know us, you know, individually personally every day, you know, everybody every day to do the little things to help us get to the next point.

The other thing is we're stronger I've listened to some of the talk or, you know, some of the speakers, some of the coaches, but ultimately every coach that gets up here in some form or fashion talks about the culture of our program.

We want what we're looking for the unselfishness.

We know the world that we're in.

We all are getting used to it.

We all are adapting to it.

But but we want to be extremely demanding and we want selfless players and we want to play better for each other.

>> Kentucky's football season again Saturday, August the 31st.

The team takes on the Southern Miss Golden Eagles at Kroger Field in Lexington.

♪ We told you last night about the passing of comedian Bob Newhart at the age of 94.

>> A member of our KET family Chip post and the host of Kentucky Life have the opportunity to meet and work with Bob Newhart a few years ago and he says it was a wonderful experience.

Here's chip to talk about it.

>> So 7 years ago, I got to have what is without a doubt, the greatest professional day in my life.

When I spent it with Mister Bob Newhart on a Hollywood sound stages, he was reprising his role as Papa Elf for a TV commercial.

We're shooting for my employer.

Mister Newhart was exactly what you would hope somebody like that would be.

He was warm.

He was kind.

He was a lot of fun to be around and extremely funny throughout the entire day.

He was 87 years old at the time that we shot the commercial and spend an entire day standing on a concrete sound stage for with nothing but all she was on never complained once at the end of the shoe.

That was given 10 minutes and what I was told or 10 minutes only to do a sit-down interview with him.

But we're not talking for so long.

We actually had to cut the interview down.

He had very warm memories of Kentucky, his grandparents who actually lived in Maysville in Covington and he had great memories from childhood getting to spend a lot of time with them there in the state.

He also is a huge Chicago Cubs fan and the good folks at Louisville slugger specially produced a baseball bat for him that we've got to give him that day and I'll never forget seeing him dressed as Papa Elf in a batting stance holding the bat saying he couldn't wait to go home and show it to his grandkids.

My best story of him from that day were his craft services is what he was going to require for food and drink throughout the day, which under most circumstances for a start, his stature you would think would be outlandishly wild.

He's only requirements for the day or a plane.

Tuna fish sandwich and a brand of bottled water sold exclusively at CVS Pharmacy.

He was a warm and kind guy to be around.

What an amazing body work he leaves behind and he absolutely will be missed.

>> Sure thing you can see more of chip every Saturday night at 8 Eastern 7 central on Kentucky.

Life right here on KET.

And here's a story from Kentucky life.

Northern Wisconsin town host a festival every year to celebrate its Kentucky roots.

The route stem from a large number of Kentucky transplants that came to the area more than 100 years ago.

>> It's a beautiful summer Saturday in Crandon and courthouse square is abuzz with activity.

It's the annual Kentucky Days Festival now in its 52nd year.

It all started with a simple idea by a local homemakers group to celebrate a common bond shared by many Forrest County ins their Kentucky roots.

So you're probably wondering how did so many Kentuckians and up in the north Woods of Wisconsin.

>> We have big timber up here and the New England Lumberjacks came through and they took all the good stuff and then a lot of the move done and there was a lot of of cut over land.

That was a lot of hardwood timber.

There was a lot of stuff that those guys didn't want to waste their time with and some lumber barons who saw some value in that some of these guys already had operations that were down lower Ohio and Kentucky.

So they they recruited people down.

Their families would transition up here and then word would get back to Kentucky that there are jobs up here.

>> The violence of the south and thus the border states isn't the same as it is up here.

People that came from Kentucky weren't afraid of hard work.

So they jumped right in and they work the sawmills.

They want the lumber camps and then there are farmers.

>> There's always a push pull factor in terms of a migration.

And so for sure, the pull right was the jobs.

But the push.

>> Was the feuds in southeastern Kentucky during that time.

So and because the migration was very family oriented, entire families eventually came up.

There some can talks that may be where wanted down in Kentucky for crimes who escaped to northern Wisconsin.

It was a destination for maybe some people who were on the wrong side of the lot.

>> There was some, you know, overcrowding and poverty in some violence that made people want to look elsewhere.

And that seems to be what started the migration people that were up here and maybe as early as 18, 80 and then slowly more and more people came and by the 1910 census, the Census pages.

Practically match up with some of the county census pages that down and in some of the Kentucky counties.

>> In the 1970's when the UW extension homemakers started Kentucky Day.

They wanted it to be a positive thing.

They wanted to talk about and preserve the rich heritage that the Kentucky families did bring to Forrest County.

So over time there's been some, you know, poor connotation to the word can talk what we're trying to rebuild, that they struggled, but they were proud they were family centric and they they made it through my grandma some and they told me that she had her first child in their lineage in Cuba.

>> With a dirt floor and that's what their home at that time.

So that really stands out to me and my grandfather, her first born son had to cut the whole out of the ice and sick.

A bucket down there to get water.

I understand how to be resourceful.

I'm happy, hardworking.

And I think that really comes from the stands from Kentucky.

I think that's something that we have in common with the people there.

Is that really deep loyalty of community and family and where you come from and be able to depend on your neighbors.

>> And every summer, locals and visitors alike will gather in Crandon to share stories, soup, beans and cornbread and maybe a little shine.

All in honor of their old Kentucky home far away.

>> Again today in Crandon, Wisconsin is Saturday, July 27th.

♪ Get ready for plenty of great nature activities.

Music and even an early taste of Christmas.

>> Are do begins.

Breaks it all down.

And this look at what's happening around the Commonwealth.

♪ >> All county is celebrating its 2 100th birthday tomorrow with the Oldham County Day Festival in LaGrange.

Enjoy the parade, meet local politicians and be sure to check out some living statues.

I got county 4 H has some great day camps happening next week.

Campers will learn about beekeeping explore the mobile science Activity Center and even visit the Kentucky Reptile.

Zoo registration is required.

It may not feel like December outside, but the Christmas in July spectacular in Verona will have you feeling the holiday cheer anyway.

Shop for more than 30 local farmers and artisans while enjoying live music, food and cocktails.

You may be familiar with the view from the top of natural bridge.

But tomorrow is an opportunity to experience it in a way few people ever will.

The natural bridge on rappel adventure will take you down a 60 foot drop and it came Ranch Creek below.

This is a can't miss event.

First, then church be sure to reserve your spot.

Wednesday kicks up the Sandy Lee Watkins songwriters Festival in Henderson hear music from some of the best artists to come out of Nashville as well as stories from their time in the music industry.

Local musicians won't want to miss this great event.

Eckert's Orchard in Versailles is throwing its first-ever barbecue, BlackBerries and Bluegrass Festival tomorrow.

Pick your own berries.

Enjoy delicious food and enjoy performances from talented bluegrass bands at this family-friendly event.

Starting on Monday is the Maria Festival level learn shops.

Classes for all ages will be offered through the end of August, teaching skills like jewelry making glassblowing pottery and more.

Balz are usually to KET all this away.

But the mof ball happening next week in Mobile wants to bring you to the boss.

Check out fashion kids activities and evening tours of the Idyllwild butterfly far come celebrate the butterflies of the night had off ball 2024. and that's what's happening around the Commonwealth.

I will be good for us.

>> Thank you to obey our young girls getting enough exercise.

The numbers say no.

>> I middle school.

75 1% of girls are not getting enough physical activity compared to about 64% of boys.

>> Find out how active girls healthy women is working to close that gap.

That's Monday on Kentucky Edition, which we hope you'll join us for after this weekend and hope you make it a good one.

Thanks so much for watching us this week.

Have a great weekend to come.

Good night.

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