♪ >> Trump campaign, I think would be more comfortable running.

Is Joe Biden.

>> President Joe Biden bows out.

What does that mean in the race for the White House?

I'm excited.

>> To fully endorse Vice President Harris.

>> Governor Andy Beshear praises the vice president and talks about whether he might want to her current job.

Everyone knows about.

>> Numeracy and reading literacy.

But we think a lot about his will ever see.

And learn how one UK program is closing the physical activity gap between girls and boys.

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♪ ♪ >> Good evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Monday, July 22nd, a brand new week.

Thank you so much for joining us.

I'm Renee Shaw.

We saw history being made yesterday as a president of the United States eligible for reelection.

>> Bowed out of the race just one month before his party's convention.

That big ends tonight.

Special coverage of President Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race.

The president withdrew as a candidate yesterday by letter less than a month after a poor debate performance that prompted calls for him to leave the race.

The president endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.

She immediately picked up dozens of important endorsements, delegate commitments and raised 81 million dollars within 24 hours.

The Democratic National Convention in Chicago begins August.

The 19th.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign during an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe this morning, the sheriff said to be on the short list of Harris's potential running mates.

Here was his response when asked if he would consider joining the ticket as the vice-presidential candidate alongside Harris.

>> Let me first say I love my job.

I love serving the people of the only way I would consider something other than this current job as 5 believe that could further help my people and to help this country.

I also think the ask for that or not, but it's important to to be out there, you know, contrasts to the vice president and those that she is a running against, I believe a record is one of standing up for people is fighting about the American people and the record on the other side is is just fighting for themselves.

So as vice president and out of Lee would be able to help your own people, Syria, are you at least open to the possibility of being a running mate to Vice President Harris?

>> I think if somebody calls you on that, what you do is is at least lessen and I want the American people to know what a Kentuckyian is and what they look like.

Because let me just tell you, the JD from here do it in the manner that he has to call the people of Kentuckyian eastern Kentucky blazing.

Listen, these are the hard working in coal miners that that powered the industrial revolution, the created the strongest middle class the world has ever seen.

Powered us through 2 world wars.

We should be thanking them, not calling them lazy.

And so today was an opportunity to to both support the vice president, but also to stand up for for my people.

Nobody calls us names, especially those who have worked hard for the betterment of this country.

>> Governor Beshear did not say of Harris's team had reached out to him about running for vice President Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly have also been mentioned as vice presidential possibilities.

On Friday before President Biden's big announcement.

We asked Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman in the event that Andy Beshear vacates the position of governor for higher office.

Is she prepared to step up and service?

Kentucky's governor, here's our response.

You know, that's not job.

>> Right?

I mean that when the governor asked me to run with him back in 2017, 2018, that really that really is the reason that I was able to say yes.

And I think it's the reason the governor chose me to run with him and so serving as Lieutenant Governor has been an honor.

I have to be ready for scenarios that that may pop up.

You never know.

But that you that you are ready for those I don't know that that there's going to be any changes, but certainly I'm ready for any challenge.

Just as Governor Beshear us.

>> Now back onto the national scene, another Kentucky Democrats as the presidential race is back on track for Democrats.

We caught up with the former treasurer for the Kentucky Democratic Party and former Louisville Metro Council member David 10, D at his home today.

>> There's a lot to be proud of in terms of the the Biden-harris administration he's been able to do and that's why he decided it was best for him too, to step aside and pass the torch to Kamala Harris.

She has what it takes, that there's no question about that.

You sees, you know, work with foreign in her role as as vice president.

Not only is she African-American, her father was a of Jamaican descent, but her mother is South Asians.

I think that really speaks to who we are as a country.

The Americas not monolithic we are just one people wearing them Ation of of many, much as there've been a lot of hand wringing in some consternation as it relates to what it's going to what both the Democratic Party going to do as it relates to who are standard.

There's going to be.

I think that what you see out of all of this is that now the the focus and attention is back on the Democratic side of of the race, what we have to offer because everybody already knows what's the what's on the Republican side.

It's about the future and I think that's where that the Harris led ticket.

It's going to be able to offer a message about that.

What do we want to see going forward is supposed to relitigating grievances from the past.

>> Now on to more perspective in reaction on the other side, Scott Lashley as chair of the WKU Department of Political Science and a Republican magistrate in Warren County.

He calls these on folding events, unchartered territory, but says he doesn't believe it completely resets the race.

>> The Trump campaign I think would have been more comfortable running is Joe Biden's and we're able to highlight certain weaknesses.

I don't think it's going to lead to a huge change in strategy.

The issues are going to be predominantly the same even though Vice President Harris, if she does become the nominee.

I think that that's a pretty safe presumption that this point that that doesn't change the fundamentals of what issues are important there to try to tie her to Biden's policies they perceive as being unfavorable are not viewed favorably by the public is still going to be down Trump front and center as things usually are with him.

And so I don't think it changes those fundamentals.

I think the biggest change really comes.

From the Democratic side in terms of how the messages are delivered, you know, you have a different messenger than Joe Biden.

And so I think that is the concern probably from Trump and his team is whether she'll be a more effective messenger and and be able to kind of move the focus from Biden back to Trump.

I think Democrats are probably more comfortable having this really be a a referendum on Trump where, you know, for the last month or so, it largely turned into as much a referendum on Joe Biden.

>> Professor Leslie says he expects the GOP to frame Vice President Harris as an extension of the Biden administration, especially on issues related to immigration and inflation.

This is the 3rd time since World War 2, an incumbent president has bowed out of a presidential election.

Our Joe Gibbs looks at the last 2 times.

It happened and what's different this time around?

>> Some of compared President Biden's decision yesterday to President Lyndon Johnson's decision to withdraw from the presidential race in 1968.

>> I shall not see.

And I will not accept.

>> The nomination of my party for another term as your president.

>> That was the last time a president eligible for another term chose not to run.

But there are differences President Johnson bowed out in March of 1968 5 months before the Democratic Convention.

And before most of the delegates have been chosen, it's a similar story for President Harry S Truman Drummond could have run for another term in 1952.

But announced he would not run.

That was also in March for months before the July convention, giving several candidates time to announce their candidacies and seek the nomination which eventually went to Adelaide Stephenson for Kentucky edition.

I'm Toby gives.

♪ >> For more insight into these political developments, we brought our back our big guys because they were just around Friday, but we could not not have them on to talk about the developments now.

Bob Babbage Trey Grayson.

Well, yeah, what a Sunday.

And we've already heard a lot about and we talked a lot about what's happened.

But the big question is, how does each party now realign?

I mean, what does that look like out?

Start with you, Bob.

I mean, there's a lot that the Democrats have to get together.

Isn't the DNC working on rules right now?

And there's a lot of things.

Parliamentary that perhaps they're sorting through.

But the alignment that takes place from here on out.

What does that look like?

>> Turmoil that any chaos and politics is not a good thing you're dealing with.

Different scenarios of damage and destruction and how to manage it.

Just there's not a strategy, but that's the circumstance.

So move quickly and talked to key leaders to have this influx of a tremendous amount of money.

Still a thing.

Wonderful financial that it's going into next few weeks.

All these different parts have to be addressed at once.

And that's a heck of a challenge.

He served in the situation.

We'll see how it goes early after 24 hours.

And as we take your or so, a lot has been accomplished for Harris.

She has a lot of work to do before that convention and all the way anywhere 100 and a few days out from the election, right?

And she's, you know, we've heard she's consolidating.

>> Right?

So she's getting the party together in behind her.

And 24 to 48 hours really, really crucial for her is that a realistic expectation that she's got to have this tied up and even maybe announce a VP pick.

>> How quickly she announce a VP pick.

LSU.

Absolutely.

Has somebody picked out and they said yes, and they could do it before the week is She might want to take the time to interview a few people simply to get the connection to North Carolina or Kentucky or to other groups around the country who like those leaders, Pennsylvania, let's say she's got to decide what comes first and what comes next.

Yeah, quickly, she got the leaders quickly.

She God, the influx of looks like a couple 100 million dollars.

That's a lot.

So she has a lot of ground to make up because donors went silent the last 2 or 3 weeks and big donor said I'm going to wait and see can she use the next few days too, really solidified her position.

So there's not.

That influx of other like a mansion.

Alright.

>> I think you said today that he's not going to run for anything.

All right.

So we'll see if that He 70 60's probably missed the turn.

Bad.

His stock is very And if he comes around to her, that sends a message to other Democrats who aren't quite in that mine.

>> Social Democrat category, right.

So for the Republicans, what does it look like?

>> I mean, they were prepared to run against a Joe Biden.

Are they prepared to run Kamala Harris?

Lot?

>> I'm sure that somewhere there was a little break glass in case of need campaign planned, but a number to had a great deep dive in the Atlantic a couple days ago where he got incredible access from Susie Wiles and Chris Leslie, the tugboat the brain trust of the campaign and they were very focused on Joe Biden.

And so this in the same way that Democrats to figure out can come out.

Vice president severe.

We do.

What's your message?

She's got a higher campaign manager.

>> You know, I probably a lot of that.

I would imagine a lot of the campaign organization will go over, but the she had the same level of trust.

>> So there's a whole lot of things that the Democrats have to worry about.

But now the Republicans, you know, have to focus in and change into one of these.

I wonder we talked on Friday about the vice presidential pick of of ants.

Would you still picked Vance if you KET your running against Harris and maybe somebody else?

I mean that to me and thinking about this now said this, Nikki Haley seem like a better selection.

Maybe let bygones be bygones.

I don't know.

But it's just.

>> 10 change course.

Now to change course not.

I think they probably thought into the day like, you know, 90, there's not a 0 chance.

I remember in the like are you saying there's a chance a little more to go into the weekend going into the >> That being said, Trump still ahead in the polls by little Harris was a terrible candidate in 2020 when she didn't get to the first caucus.

So this is the rest that the Democrats have been bringing in back-up quarterback, so to sometimes a backup quarterbacks.

Great.

Jeff Hostetler won a Super Bowl for the New York Giants as the backup quarterback usually backup quarterback remind you while there the backup quarter.

Haha.

Well, so was there some wisdom and Joe Biden making that decision at one?

45 on a Sunday afternoon and hitting send at one.

46.

>> Saying that he was not going to seek re-election.

I mean, was it times right after the RNC?

I mean, you know, I think it was the right.

>> It was probably the right time to put all those issues that Bob was talking about to be able to navigate that because the other thing we've got is is that the Olympics coming up.

So there's been a couple weeks where that's where America's going to be focused.

And they've got time to get organized.

You've got time to plan for convention.

You don't have the challenging the rules and bout accidents like that.

So it was a really good time.

Congress is coming back today.

The problem, the more pressure on him, the reporting seems indicate on Saturday night he kind of made his mind up and then work through the morning on Sunday on the statement.

So it was the right time, although the reality is the right time would've been a year maybe, you know, year and a half ago, I think in hindsight, if you're a Democrat after she'd much rather not be scrambling then if he hits Donna, what about the ballot access questions, right?

And it's not an issue.

I think, you know, we always use the term presumptive nominee and a lot of times we dropped the word presumptive because it seems like a mouthful, but there is no Democratic Party nominee because they haven't had their convention.

So nobody is on the and it won't.

And once that convention takes place, then you have a Democratic nominee, all the state ballot access laws are designed, say.

Who was the party?

What are the rules?

And as long as they get in on time, the new year on the ballot.

So there's it's not a replacement of a nominee because there wasn't money.

>> Yes, so the scuttlebutt about possible Republican legal lawsuits from Kampala still happening.

But again, still happen.

I challenge that becomes to me if I look at that.

That's such a frivolous claim.

You run into the risk that some attorneys found out I could have happened to the 2020.

>> Some of those frivolous claims they got some And so, you know, there may be an attorney who might want to do it, but it's pretty clear about access to.

>> So let's talk about Andy Beshear and 1, 2, minutes because he was on morning Joe.

MSNBC was asked is he interested in bang of AP pick, you know, and he gave some of the same answers he's been giving Bob Babbage.

I mean, what what does it look like for an Andy Beshear right now along with North Carolina and Pennsylvania, governor?

>> Well, I think the 3 of us would have to conclude the stock is up and he's getting a lot of conversation.

People taking a look at Andy Beshear.

Who probably will never would have if we hadn't come to the circumstance they would have later on.

He was looking out for years may be building toward a much stronger national approaching 27 28.

Now it's happening immediately just because circumstances are driving it for getting the questions.

People are asking about him and looking at the record and looking at the video and he comes across very well just as last week sitting and talking to corporate leaders and national figures in Asia who have had a big impact on the Kentucky economy.

As you point out that the very vice presidential thing to >> Yeah, anything that you He's clearly Canada.

If this is a no-brainer for him to try to seize the opportunity, I don't really see much downside for him.

It's a slow time of He wasn't to go to Fancy Farm anyway, So, yeah, I think it makes sense for him to give it a shot.

And I think he does have a shot.

I don't I don't know that is that top of her list.

But you right now, what does he bring to light?

Kamala Harris?

>> Well, he's he's won 2 terms in a red state.

He's calm.

He's younger.

He's not quite as progressive as she is liberal on some of those issues so that that helps maybe is a little dry, a little boring.

You I wonder if you can do the attack dog thing, although he was, you know, here you can as Daniel I haven't I mean, get some parts of them.

But his demeanor is maybe not the kind of stereotype you have for a vice presidential But, you know, he's clearly he's on the list for a reason.

Yeah, she's a mainstream Democrat party building away from the traditional parties.

It stands right now.

He could provide that Biden and Harris have been running behind with young people, but he knows African-Americans, particularly black men versus the categories.

If you can't get that math back.

>> That doesn't matter what you're doing.

A whole lot of other fronts there.

Only so many ways to win lures and losing those categories.

It's devastating right now and to get them back in some way, not completely, but a bunch would be significant for her.

And for the race, it's going to be a heck of a Lot of people feel Trump blue last time had in the bag could have won.

I'm sure he feels that and more.

So we're going to a confluence of energy, a motion.

These 2 movements sorting it out, figuring it out figuring out the future.

Vance with Kentucky roots and your own the be sure type person, Buttigieg of others who are being talked about who are a new generation and they look to be taking over in if they can.

Yeah.

>> Well, thank you guys for always sort that out for us.

We appreciate it.

Good to see you to see you.

Thanks.

♪ >> According to the UK Sports Medicine Research Institute, less than 13% of high school girls in Kentucky.

>> Are getting the recommended levels of physical activity, active girls, healthy women is a UK initiative that started in 2018 aiming to acquit girls with the skills and confidence to lead physically active lives well into adulthood.

More in today's medical news.

♪ >> The mission of 2 girls healthy women is to advance girls and women's physical activity and health through research and outreach.

We know that his activity is a really important component of leading an active and healthy lifestyle.

>> And unfortunately, beginning as early as preschool, we see that girls have lower physical activity levels and boys.

And that trend continues throughout the lifespan by middle school.

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

Everyone knows about.

>> Numeracy and reading literacy.

But we think a lot about physical literacy building those foundational skills that kids need to be active for a lifetime.

When you think about kids playing, they're running, they're jumping.

They're throwing their kicking.

>> And if you can move your body and a lot of different ways, then you're more likely to feel confident picking up all kinds of different activities later in life.

So when they're young adults and their friends say, hey, let's go, try pickleball or let's go, try swimming, that if they've had those foundational skills, that they may be more likely to say yes to those activities.

Outreach usually is a partnership between schools and community members with expertise in in exercise or movement.

In some way.

There's a group out there called learning the ropes and Kaylee Woodard and her husband, Nick Our world champion jump rope ERs.

They live right here in Kentucky.

And so when wearing Western Kentucky working with the school, we always see if they can come in and teach them jump roping with the kids because there's nothing we love more than to have a community member from the community were serving to teach kids and that that school about a new form of activity.

There are a lot of barriers to physical activity for a And and one of those barriers, significant barriers is having an injury.

So even if we're able to get girls playing sports, they are experiencing injuries and some sports at higher rates than the envoys.

That's one of the things we think about as the program is is not only.

Less about the prevention of injury.

There's lots of people doing great work there, but more about how do we get women through and beyond when they do experience that injury to an active lifestyle for the rest of their lives movement is for everyone.

But not every movement is for everyone.

So you have to find the one that works for you and you have to find something you enjoy because we will not stick with things.

We don't enjoy.

So I'm the one message shares that if someone finds themselves feeling like moving into punishment, stop find something else.

There are too many ways to move our body to it feel like a punishment.

>> One of the program's new initiatives is their coffee talks, virtual education sessions were girls and women can get quality information about leading an active lifestyle.

The next coffee talk is August 23rd.

Empowering the next generation of leaders.

That's the goal of a youth summit that connected student leaders in Louisville with opportunities to network and learn from other community advocates.

The West Louisville Youth Empowerment Summit also gave students the chance to learn and discuss policies affecting them and their peers.

Jefferson County, Public Schools.

>> So this event is essentially an opportunity to uplift the voices and really gain a perspective and understand the experiences of a nice and JCPS policies and empower student leaders.

>> When I started coming to this program, it was more like a path for students to take or just like an event for students.

So they can know where they're going in life are just like talk about mental health issues or just talked to someone because I feel like in this community, specifically the Russell community, there's not a lot of options for students or young people, but things like these are really good for the youth.

>> You can touch the world to make an impact right now where we stand today.

Whatever scale you're at.

And that's the biggest thing that we want them to take away.

But also we want to eliminate the voice is really highlighting the experiences as it relates to JCPS policy.

It's been a transportation to school choice of the big controversies of the past couple years.

Why particularly transportation has in the past few months.

a lot of these conversations, I'm not really considered and intentionally senator, whose voices as businesses around a lot of data and a lot of numbers.

But as much as those things can be helpful, Dayton numbers don't tell stories.

People tell stories.

>> Today I'm coming here to talk about the changes in JCPS and how this affects students, specifically people and magnet schools because I go to do a new high school and I got to choose my major and I got to choose where I wanted to go in my high school career and I feel like that's very useful for students, especially if you know where you where you want to go and live.

>> Well, they're not really trying impress upon young people, as is the only thing you can be as you.

The only thing that we're here for us to give you a platform to be able to do that at the highest level in to help you grow your capacity, understanding what you can be right.

So of it, I think a lot of people try to be a GPS for young people.

I'm telling young people want to go and our reality.

We need to at the shows and the possibilities and events like this.

Our aim to be that, Matt, we're not telling young people.

Here's what you need to do.

I know open platform so they can tell us what they need to.

We can just provide a map and a blueprint and just to really show the possibilities of what can happen.

>> The Louisville Central Community Center hosted the free event every year.

This is the 8th year for the program.

♪ >> How long has the Kentucky State Fair been around?

Well, you're about to find out.

And if you think it's been hot this summer, wait until you hear about 1930.

Our Toby gives takes a look back at this week in Kentucky history.

♪ >> On July, 25th 18, 16, the first Kentucky State.

Fair Open just north of Lexington.

It's one of the oldest 8 players in the U.S. Kentucky INS were asked to bring their sheep dogs, goats and cattle and silver cops were given as prizes.

The animals judged as the John Jay Crittendon died on July.

26th 18.

63 in Frankfort, Kentucky, secretary of state governor U.S. senator and attorney general of the United States twice.

>> On July, 28 1920, governor had won the Morrow of Kentucky captured in the while staying at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York.

>> saw the leaving a room and help in stopping him.

Right then sent a Louisa native and former congressman.

Again, U.S. secretary of the Treasury on July 23rd 1945.

Under President Harry S Truman Drummond would later appointments and to be chief justice of the Supreme Court.

The Korean War ended on July.

27 1953.

866 Kentuckians were killed during the 3 years of fighting.

The Mercury hit 114 degrees in Greensburg in Greene County on 7/28/1900, a record.

It was part of a hot spell that lasted throughout the summer.

And those are the highlights this weekend to talk to history.

I'm Cole Higgins.

>> Thank you.

To be we could do without that heat, though, but will talk a lot more about the presidential race and President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the campaign.

More reaction from Kentucky ends.

That's tomorrow on Kentucky edition at 6.30, Eastern 5.30, central.

Thank you so much for watching tonight.

Until I see you again.

Take really good care.

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