[♪♪] >> DOGS DON'T BARK AT PARKED CARS.

>> Renee: KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN SAYS HE IS A WHITE HOUSE TARGET BECAUSE.

HIS CRITICISM THAT IS GETTING RESULTS.

>> DON'T FORGET FLUFFY IF IT'S HOT FOR YOU IT'S HOT FOR THEM.

>> Renee: IT WILL BE TOO HOT FOR EVERYONE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS IN KENTUCKY.

>> THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING FILMMAKING HERE AND CREATING REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING STUFF.

>> Renee: AND THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS AND WE MEAN RIGHT HERE IN KENTUCKY.

>> PRODUCTION OF "KENTUCKY EDITION" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.

[♪♪] >> Renee: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON THIS WEDNESDAY, JULY 23rd I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE THANK YOU FOR WINDING DOWN YOUR WEDNESDAY WITH US.

>>> DOZENS OF KENTUCKY COUNTIES WILL GET FEDERAL HELP FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY STORMS IN APRIL AND MAY.

GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR SAYS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS NOW APPROVED PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FOR 64 COUNTIES AFFECTED BY TORNADOES, WINDS, FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES ON APRIL 2 AS WELL AS 36 COUNTIES HIT BY TORNADOES AND STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS MAY 16TH AND 17TH.

IN THE PAST, THE GOVERNOR SAID KENTUCKY WILL HAVE TO PAY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR CLEAN UP AND REPAIRS IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DID NOT PROVIDE HELP.

WITH THE HELP, KENTUCKY'S SHARE WILL BE IN THE TENS OF MILLIONS ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNOR.

>>> WE'RE FACING A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF WEATHER PROBLEM THIS WEEK.

A HEATWAVE IS TAKING HOLD OF KENTUCKY AS HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURES SOAR TO THE TRIPLE DIGITS THIS WEEK.

OUR CHRISTIE DUTTON TALKS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO FIND OUT HOW HOT IT WILL GET AND HOW LONG THE HEATWAVE WILL LAST.

>> MICHAEL, FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE HERE WITH US.

SO, MIKE, WE TALK ABOUT THE DOGGED DAYS OF SUMMER AND PEOPLE SAY IT'S NOT THE HEAT IT'S THE HUMIDITY.

THIS TIME IT'S BOTH.

>> ABSOLUTELY IT'S HOT AND THE HUMIDITY IS THERE TWO WHEN THEY MIX TOGETHER IT DOESN'T FEEL GOOD TO BE OUTSIDE.

>> WHAT TEMPERATURES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

>> TEMPERATURES WELL TO THE LOW MID-90s WITH THAT HUMIDITY WHEN YOU HAVE DEW POINTS ABOVE 70° THAT CREE CREATES THE REAL FEEL OF 115 AND 110.

>> AND THAT IS WHAT TRIGGERS THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND THE ADVISORIES AND WE HAVE THAT IN EFFECT TODAY AND WE HAVE THOSE IN EFFECT FOR PART OF THE STATE AGAIN TOMORROW.

DO YOU SEE THOSE ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS BEING EXTENDED FARTHER OUT CLOSER TO THE WEEKEND?

>> CERTAINLY LOOKS LIKE THAT.

WE'RE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THAT BUT THERE IS A HIGH PRESSURE AREA ACROSS KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE FAST.

>> DOES THAT MEAN WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET A BREAK FROM THE HEAT ANYTIME SOON?

DO YOU SEE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL?

>> MAYBE THIS WEEKEND, I WOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE WEEKEND TO DRESS COOL AND DRINK WATER BECAUSE THE WEEKEND CAN BE WARM AS WELL.

>> DRESS WOOL AND DRINK -- COOL AND DRINK WATER WHAT OTHER TIPS WHEN WE SEE THE REAL FEEL GET INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS?

>> IN ADDITION TO DRINKING PLENTY OF WATER.

LOOSE FITTING MAKE SURE YOU TAKE PLENTY OF BREAK TSZ ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE WORKING OUTDOORS.

AVOID THE AFTERNOON AND LATE MORNING SUPPOSE WHENNEDDED ANGLE IS AT THE HIGHEST AND FEELS HOTTER.

HAVE PLACES TO GO FOR SHADE AND A COOL AREA LIKE AIR-CONDITIONING THAT IS THE BEST PLACES TO BE.

>> AND KEEP EYES ON PETS TOO, OUTDOORS?

>> DON'T FORGET FLUFFY IF IT'S HOT FOR YOU IT WILL BE HOT FOR THEM.

IF YOU ARE TAKING THEM FOR A WALK AND IF THE PAVEMENT IS TOO HOT FOR YOUR FEET IT'S TOO HOT FOR THEM AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU MIKE, FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Renee: WE REMIND YOU AGAIN OF THE SIGNS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE OUTSIDE.

HEAT EXHAUSTION CAN CAUSE DIZZINESS, HEAVY SWEATING AND WEAKNESS.

MOVE TO A COOLER AREA AND SIP COOL WATER.

HEAT STROKE CAN CAUSE CONFUSION, DIZZINESS AND FAINTING IF YOU SEE SOMEONE SHOWING SIGNS OF A HEAT STROKE IMMEDIATELY CALL 911 AND MOVE THAT PERSON TO A COOLER AREA.

STAY SAFE OUT THERE.

>>> MOVING TO POLITICS THE U.S. HOUSE HAS RECESSED THREE DAYS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED RATHER THAN HAVE A VOTE ON WHETHER TO RELEASE THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES.

CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE OF KENTUCKY'S FOURTH DISTRICT HAS BEEN PUSHING A DISCHARGE PETITION TO REQUIRE A HOUSE VOTE WITHOUT COMMITTEE ACTION FIRST.

AND HE SAYS HE'S GOT THE VOTES TO DO IT.

WITH THE EARLY RECESS, LAWMAKERS WON'T RETURN TO WASHINGTON D.C. UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

BUT MASSIE SAYS THIS RECESS WON'T STOP ACTION ON THE EPSTEIN FILES.

>> I DON'T THINK THIS ISSUE IS GOING AWAY OVER AUGUST.

THAT WAS THE SPEAKER THERE WAS JUST SORT OF STICK YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND AND LET THE ADMINISTRATION DISSIPATE THIS BY DRILLING STUFF OUT.

I MEAN I'M PARAPHRASING BUT I THINK THAT IS HIS STRATEGY AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK.

PEOPLE HAVE WANTED THESE FILES FOR YEARS AND THE PRESIDENT'S STAFF, ADMINISTRATION, SOME CHILDREN HIS VICE-PRESIDENT HAVE PROMISED THESE FILES WOULD COME OUT AND NOW WE'RE TOLD IT IS A HOAX IT DOESN'T WASH. AND WHETHER IT'S REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT OR INDEPENDENT, ACROSS ALL THOSE CATEGORIES IT'S ONLY LIKE FIVE OR SIX PERCENT WHO DON'T WANT THE FILES OUT.

>> DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT IS AT RISK OF LOSING HIS BASE OVER THIS ISSUE?

>> YOU DON'T LOSE YOUR BASE OVER ONE THING BUT HE IS ERODING HIS BASE.

IMPORTANTLY IF WE DON'T TAKE THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS ISSUE IT'S GOING TO CAUSE US VOTES IN THE MIDTERMS.

PEOPLE ARE BECOMING DISPOND END, APATHETIC WHY GO VOTE IF THEY GIVE US THE HOUSE, WHITE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AND THE JUSTICE THEY PROMISED DOESN'T HAPPEN WHY SHOULD THEY VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS?

IT COULD BE A PROBLEM FOR US IT WOULD BEHOOVE THE SPEAKER TO BRING THIS TO THE FLOOR AND VOTE THIS OUT AND GIVE IT TO THE SENATE.

>> DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT IS LOSING TRUST WITH MEMBERS LIKE YOU WHO WANT MORE TRANSPARENCY?

>> I WOULD SAY HE'S LOST TRUST I'M SORT OF IN I WOULD SAY A DIFFERENT CATEGORY THAN PRESIDENT'S CONSULTANTS SPENT $1.8 MILLION AGAINST ME AND I GOT A TRUST SOCIAL LAST NIGHT AND THAT WAS BECAUSE I'VE DONE THIS EPSTEIN FILE.

LIKE DOGS DON'T BARK AT PARKED CARS.

THIS BILL IS MOVING.

THIS IS COMING TO A VOTE.

WE HAVE GOT ENOUGH REPUBLICAN COSPONSORS OF THE BILL TWICE AS MANY AS WE NEED RIGHT NOW, SUCH THAT WHEN THEY SIGN IT AND EVERY DEMOCRAT 7S THIS WILL BE FORCE A VOTE ON IT.

>> Renee: SO THIS IS THE PRESIDENT ATRUTH SOCIAL POST THAT CONGRESSMAN MASSIE MENTIONED.

PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLS MASSIE QUOTE A LOSER.

HE CALLS HIM THE WORST REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN AND SAYS HE WANTS TO FIND A REPUBLICAN OPPONENT FOR MASSIE IN 2026.

>>> THE PRESIDENT'S OPPOSITION TO CONGRESSMAN MASSIE GOES BEYOND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.

HERE IS PART OF A TV COMMERCIAL RUNNING IN MACY'S NORTHERN KENTUCKY DISTRICT.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CUTTING TAXES AND SAVING KENTUCKY FAMILIES $10,000.

MASSIE VOTED AGAINST IT.

>> Renee: THE AD CRITICIZES MACY'S SOCIETIES ONBOARDER SECURITY AND OPPOSITION TO THE U.S. MILITARY STRIKE IN IRAN.

IT ENDS WITH THE PHRASE FIRE THOMAS MASSIE.

THE AD IS PAID FOR BY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE CALLED MAGA, KENTUCKY.

[♪♪] >> I'M LAURA ROGERS WITH NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO'S RYLAND BARTON.

AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A FEW OF THE BIG STORIES THIS WEEK.

LET'S BEGIN WITH A FOLLOW-UP TO A STORY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON "KENTUCKY EDITION" LAST NIGHT AND THAT HOW THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE WILL CHANGE SOME OF ITS IMMIGRANT DETENTION POLICIES AFTER CITY LEADERS WERE INFORMED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OF LATE BACK IN JUNE THEY WERE VIOLATING FEDERAL POLICY.

>> YES, LOUISVILLE IS GOING TO REINSTATE THIS POLICY WHERE THEY HOLD DEFENDANTS PEOPLE ACCUSED FOR CRIMES FOR 48 HOURS TO GIVE IMMIGRATION AGENTS TIME TO TAKE CUSTODY OF THEM.

AFTER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THREATENED TO WITHHOLD FEDERAL FUNDING AND LOUISVILLE WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SANCTUARY CITY.

PAM BONDI PRAISED THIS MOVE IN A TWEET SHE CALL TO DO A MAJOR VICTORY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND SHOULD SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHER CITIES THEY SHOULDN'T BE FORCED TO SUE CITIES TO GET RID OF THE POLICIES THEY DID APPLY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PRESSURE IN THIS CASE.

MAYOR CRAIG GREENBERG SAID HE HAD BEEN REASSURED BY THE DID DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THAT LOUISVILLE WILL BE TAKEN OFF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S LIST OF CITIES THAT ARE CONSIDERED SANCTUARY CITIES.

HE SAID THAT WILL HELP PROTECT LOUISVILLE FROM HAVING SOME OF THE TERRIFYING IMMIGRATION RAIDS WE HAVE SEEN IN OTHER CITIES LIKE LOS ANGELES AND CHICAGO AND NEW YORK.

THE A.C.L.U.

ASKED THE MAYOR TO RECONSIDER THIS MOVE SAYING IT UNDERMINES TRUST BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WILL LEAD TO MORE OVERCROWDING AT THE JAIL.

>> I'M WONDERING IF THE MAYOR'S RESPONSE WAS ENOUGH TO SATISFY SOME CONSTITUENTS AS WE KNOW AT LEAST COMPARED TO THE REST OF KENTUCKY, LOUISVILLE TENDS TO BE A LEFT LEANING CITY.

>> I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF CONSTITUENTS IMMIGRATION ADVOCATES AND BEYOND THAT ARE UPSET WITH THE MOVE AND SCARED THIS IS JUST A FIRST STEP OF LOUISVILLE COMPLYING MORE WITH IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES AND THAT IS SOMETHING IN RECENT YEARS AND GOING BACK TO THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAT LOUISVILLE TAKEN MEASURES TO SAY THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO THAT.

AND AT LEAST THEY SEE IT AS ONE STEP IN THE DIRECTION THEY ARE NOT COMFORTABLE W. >> AND ALSO FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I UNDERSTAND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL RELEASE SOME EDUCATION FUNDING THAT HAD BEEN PUT ON PAUSE AND I'M CURIOUS THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM THE STATES NEEDING AND WANTING THAT FUNDING AS WE ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN A NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

KENTUCKY'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE DECISION?

>> MITCH McCONNELL AND MORGAN MCGARVEY, IS SIGNIFICANT COMING AROUND AND CALLING ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO DO THAT.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO RELEASE $20 MILLION OF EDUCATION FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN FROZEN SINCE JUNE 30.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS ALMOST $100 MILLION AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY ARE CONTINUING TO REVIEW THIS MONEY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMS AND ADULT LITERACY.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION SAID THEY INITIATED THIS REVIEW OF THAT AMOUNT.

THEY ARE ACCUSING OF PROGRAMS GOING TO SUPPORT LEFT WING IDEOLOGICAL PROGRAMS.

BUT THEN THIS REALLY POINT BIPARTISAN GROUP OF POLITICIANS CAME OUT ONE GOVERNOR BESHEAR AND A GROUP OF DEMOCRATIC LEADERS IN 23 OTHER STATES SUED THE ADMINISTRATION'S RELEASE THIS MONEY.

AND WE'RE SAYING MITCH McCONNELL AND THIS GROUP OF NINE OTHER REPUBLICAN SENATORS HAVE CALLED ON TRUMP TO RELEASE THE FUNDING THEY ARGUED THAT ONE THIS MONEY'S BEEN BUDGETED BY CONGRESS AND THIS IS A MOVE WE'VE SEEN BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THE FIRST SIX MONTHS.

APPROPRIATED BUT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DOESN'T AGREE WITH HOW IT'S BEING SPENT.

>> AND YOU MENTIONED GOVERNOR BESHEAR AS BEING ONE OF THE OFFICIALS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT MONEY BEING FROZEN AND HE WAS JUST IN THE PAST FEW DAYS VISITING SOUTH CAROLINA, TO MEET WITH PEOPLE THERE AND TALK ABOUT BEING A GOVERNOR A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR IN A RED STATE AND SOUTH CAROLINA IS AN EARLY VOTING STATE AND ALSO A HIGH PROFILE VOGUE ARTICLE THAT IS MAKING THE ROUNDS ON SOCIAL MEDIA A LOT OF PEOPLE SHARING THAT.

SO THIS ALL PLAYS INTO THAT SPECULATION WHAT IS NEXT FOR GOVERNOR BESHEAR ONCE HIS TERM ENDS AS GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY?

>> BESHEAR HAD A SERIES OF SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA IN RECENT DAYS.

KENTUCKY PUBLIC RADIO HAD THIS ARTICLE AND GOT AUDIO OF SOME OF THE EVENTS FROM THEIR PARTNERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THAT.

THEY WERE MONITORING BESHEAR THERE AS WELL.

PART OF THE COVER HE WAS IN SOUTH CAROLINA BECAUSE HIS SON WILL HAD A BASEBALL TOURNAMENT.

SOUTH CAROLINA IS WHERE DEMOCRATS HOLD THEIR FIRST PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION.

BESHEAR HAS LESS TWO WHETHER HE IS CONSIDERING A PRESIDENTIAL RUN IN 2028 IT'S STRONGLY CONSIDERING IT.

HE SPOKE AT THE A.F.L.-C.I.O.

LABOR CONVENTION WHERE HE SAID DONALD TRUMP CONVINCED VOTERS HE WAS LESS FOCUSED ON CULTURE WAR ISSUES AND MORE FOCUSED ON COSTS AND INFLATION BUT BESHEAR SAID SINCE TAKING OFFICE TRUMP IS DOUBLING DOWN ON THE CULTURE WAR ISSUES AND INFLATION AND ECONOMIC ISSUES HE FEELS TRUMP HAS BEEN CHAOTIC AROUND AND PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT AT THIS POINT.

HE SAID THAT HE IS PROOF THAT DEMOCRATS CAN WIN STATE-WIDE ELECTIONS EVEN IN DEEP RED STATES LIKE KENTUCKY OR SOUTH CAROLINA ACCORDING TO HIS REELECTION AND HE STITCHED TOGETHER VICTORIES NOT ONLY IN KENTUCKY AND LEXINGTON LOUISVILLE, THE URBAN CORE OF THE STATE, AND ALSO IN MANY RURAL COUNTIES DURING HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN.

SOMETHING TO POINT OUT KENTUCKY HOLDS THE STATE-WIDE GOVERNOR AND STATE-WIDE OFFICER ELECTIONS DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER STATES IN THE ODD YEAR ELECTIONS ONE THINGS THAT MAKES KENTUCKY DIFFERENT AND ANDY BESHEAR HAS NOT DONE YET WIN A STATE-WIDE ELECTION IN AN EVEN NUMBERED YEAR.

GOING FORWARD HIS VIABILITY ON THE NATIONAL STAGE AND THINKING ABOUT THE STRUGGLES THAT DEMOCRATS ARE DEALING WITH IN THE SOUTH WHERE THEY HAVE A FIGURE LIKE DONALD TRUMP AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET WHEN ANDY BESHEAR WAS THE TOP OF THE TICKET IN THE ODD NUMBERED YEARS.

>> A LOT TO LOOK OUT FOR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

RYLAND BARTON WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANKS, LAURA.

[♪♪] >> Renee: SUMMER IS THE PEAK HOME BUYING SEASON AND NEW NUMBERS OUT BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SHOW HOME SALES IN THE U.S. HAVE BEEN SLIDING DOWN ALMOST 3 PERCENT IN JUNE FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

SOME SALES IN KENTUCKY, HOWEVER, ARE TRENDING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION ACCORDING TO KENTUCKY REALTORS.

WE SPOKE TO THE ASSOCIATION'S PRESIDENT ABOUT THE STATE OF REAL ESTATE IN KENTUCKY.

>> AT THE FIRST YEAR PEOPLE WERE REALLY UNSECURE AND NOT KNOWING WHERE THE INTEREST RATES WERE GOING NOT KNOWING WHERE THE ECONOMY WAS GOING.

AND I THINK THEY'VE SETTLED INTO THE FACT THAT THIS IS A NEW NORM.

INTEREST RATES ARE JUST UNDER 7%.

AND THEY'VE BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO THAT AND CHANGED THEIR PARAMETERS AND SEARCHES ACCORDINGLY.

WE HAVE ABOUT 3.27 MONTHS OF INVENTORY AND TO BE A BUYERS MARKET YOU NEED TO BE AT SIX MONTHS.

A STEADY MARKET IS GOING TO BE BETWEEN FOUR AND SIX MONTHS OF INVENTORY.

SO WE ARE STILL IN THE SELLERS MARKET.

BUT INVENTORY IS ON THE MARKET LONGER.

BUYERS HAVE MORE TO CHOOSE FROM.

WE STILL HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 13 DAYS ON MARKET.

AT ONE TIME YOU PUT YOUR HOUSE ON THE MARKET AT NOON AND BY 6:00 YOU COULD HAVE 10 OR 20 OFFERS.

AND HAVE TO DO SPREAD SHEETS TO KEEP EVERYTHING STRAIGHT.

IT'S NOT THAT WAY.

BUT IF A HOUSE IS PRICED RIGHT, IT'S GOING TO SELL.

COUNTIES LIKE OLDHAM, SPENCER AND SCOTT HAVE THE HIGHEST MEDIAN SALES PRICE AND THEY ARE THE FASTEST GROWING COUNTIES IN THE STATE.

SO WE'RE KIND OF BUSTING AT THE SEAMS IF YOU WILL.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET LEGISLATIVE INCENTIVES FOR DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS AND BE ABLE TO OFFER MORE AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING.

BECAUSE THAT'S OUR WEAKNESS IS AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE HOUSING.

THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS ARE IN THAT 2, 300 AND 3 TO 400 RANGE AND I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THAT THAT WAS A FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS PRICE RANGE.

AS FAR AS BUYING VERSUS RENTING THERE ARE SO MANY PROGRAMS IN KENTUCKY AND FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN GET INTO A HOUSE WITHOUT HAVING A HUGE DOWN PAYMENT.

AND I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE REALIZE THAT.

SO IT'S NOT -- A LOT OF TIMES IT'S ALSO A CHOICE.

RENT TALL PRICES ARE HIGH.

I WOULD ALWAYS SUGGEST MY CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN I SUGGEST YOU BUY IF YOU CAN.

THERE'S NOTHING THAT BUILDS WEALTH LIKE HOMEOWNERSHIP.

>> Renee: KENTUCKY REPRESENTS MORE THAN 13400 REALTORS INVOLVED IN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY SALES.

>>> AS PART OF AN INITIATIVE TO LOWER THE NUMBER OF KENTUCKY ADULTS WITHOUT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS OR GEDS THE STATE DEVELOPED A MOBILE PROGRAM THAT SENDS OUT TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH TO ADMINISTER GED TESTS.

"KENTUCKY EDITION" TOOK A VISIT TO HARLAN COUNTY TO TALK TO ONE OF THE TEAMS AND TAKE A LOOK AT ADULT EDUCATION GAPS IN THE STATE.

>> WE REALLY WANTED TO ADDRESS THE BARRIERS TO THE GED ATTAINMENT GOAL WHICH WAS 3600 FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.

SO BRAINSTORMED AND WE CAME UP WITH A NEW IDEA.

WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW NEW IT WAS BUT IT WAS TO CREATE MOBILE TESTING UNITS MULTIPLE DEVICES.

THAT COULD GO ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS.

>> WHAT WE FOUND THAT THE NEAREST TEST CENTERS IN SOME OF THESE AREAS ARE ONE TO TWO HOURS AWAY.

SO WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO IS TEST ANY STUDENT THAT IS READY TO ATTAIN ANY PARTS OF THEIR GED WE WILL TRAVEL TO THAT AREA AND SETUP OUR COMPUTERS AND TEST THE STUDENTS ON-SITE.

>> FOR US THE TESTING DESERTS ARE DEFINED IF THEY ARE IN REMOTE LOCATIONS, OR THEY HAVE A LACK OF RESOURCES, WI-FI, WE ALSO CONSIDER THOSE TO BE OUR HIGH NEED COUNTIES WHERE 50% OR MORE OF THE POPULATION HAS LESS THAN HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY.

>> WE MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE.

THIS WAS TAKEN TO SHOW ON THE ROAD.

AND WE HAVE TWO CERTIFIED TEST ADMINISTRATORS THAT CAN GO WITH THE UNITS AND WE HAVE 10 UNITS THAT CAN TEST 10 STUDENTS AT ONE TIME.

>> IF THE TEST ALMOST COMES TO YOU INSTEAD OF YOU TRAVELING 30 MILES OUT OF YOUR WAY TO THE TESTING UNIT IT IS A HUGE GAME CHANGER.

SOMETIMES CHILDCARE AND MOSTLY IT'S THE ISSUE SOMETIMES OF GETTING TO HARLAN OR DEPENDING ON SOMEONE TO TAKE THEM AND THEY DON'T SHOW UP TO GET THEM AND DRIVE THEM DOWN.

THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT FACTORS.

WE HAVE THE OPTION STUDENTS CAN TEST ON-LINE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE DEPENDABLE INTERNET OR MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE A LAPTOP.

SOME STUDENTS JUST HAVE THEIR PHONES IN THE TEST IS NOT PHONE FRIENDLY.

>> THOSE COUNTIES THAT HAVE IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS BEING A TEST DESERT IS WHERE WE WILL GO AND SETUP.

OUR PROCESS WITH THAT IS WITH OUR PARTNERS OUR LOCAL PROVIDERS WE PROVIDE THEM WITH THE SURVEY AND THEY FILL OUT THE SURVEY.

AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.

WE PROVIDE THEM WITH A SCHEDULE AND THEN WE WILL COME AND SETUP AND TEST JUST LIKE WE ARE HERE TODAY AT HARLAN.

>> TYPICALLY OUR AGE RANGE IS BETWEEN 18 AND 24.

BUT THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE STUDENTS HAVE COME OUT OF THE PENAL SYSTEM, AND DIDN'T OBTAIN THEIR GED WHILE THEY WERE INCARCERATED.

THERE ARE FOUR COMPONENTS TO THE GED.

SOME OF THEM HAVE PASSED.

AND JUST NEED ONE MORE TO GO.

WE'VE HAD STUDENTS TO GET THEIR GED WITH -- COMPLETE THEIR GED ON A MONDAY AND GRADUATION WAS ON A TUESDAY.

WE GET THE INSTANTS SUCCESS.

>> WE HAD CLOSE TO 60 LAST YEAR.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO DOUBLE THAT THIS YEAR.

YOU'RE SO WORSE AND EDUCATION AND CONTINUE IT EARNING THAT HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY, YOU ARE NOT TRYING TO MAKE YOURSELF BETTER THAN SOMEONE BUT A BETTER VERSION OF YOURSELF.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.

IT IS AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

A HUGE AND WONDERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT WHEN THE STUDENTS EARN THEIR GEDS AND SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF BECAUSE THE TESTS ARE NOT EASY.

AND THEY CAN BE PROUD OF THEMSELVES.

I'M OVER THE MOON WHEN ONE OF MY STUDENTS PASS.

>> Renee: ACCORDING TO Dr. EAST MOST OF THE MOBILE GED TEAMS WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN EASTERN AND WESTERN KENTUCKY.

[♪♪] >> Renee: FLYOVER FILM FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF SHOWCASING INDEPENDENTS FILMS IN LOUISVILLE.

AND THIS YEAR, 21 MOVIES WILL BE FEATURED AT THE FIVE-DAY EVENT THAT KICKS OFF TONIGHT.

A TASTE OF HOLLYWOOD, KENTUCKY STYLE IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE SEGMENT WE CALL TAPESTRY.

>> THERE IS A LOT OF FOCUS ON CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK AS A FILMMAKING HUB.

BUT THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING FILMMAKING HERE, AND CREATING SOME REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING STUFF.

THIS IS THE 15TH ANNUAL FLYOVER FILM FESTIVAL.

IT'S PUT ON BY THE LOUISVILLE FOAM SOCIETY AND MAKING A FILM FESTIVAL THAT IS LOCAL TO LOUISVILLE IS ONE OF THEIR BIGGEST DRIVERS AS A NONPROFIT IS TO SUPPORT FILM MAKERS IN THAT WAY OF SHOWING CONTENTS AND BEING ABLE TO REALLY SHOWCASE THE ARTISTRY OF THESE FLYOVER STATES.

AND SO INDIANA, KENTUCKY, THERE'S SOME OHIO CONNECTIONS AS WELL.

>> THERE'S BIG FILM FESTIVALS THAT SOUND GREAT AND WE WERE FORTUNATE TO PREMIER IN ONE OF THEM.

BUT RATHER THAN CONTINUE AND TRY AND HIT THE BIG NAME FESTIVALS WE WANTED TO HIT THE FESTIVALS THAT COULD BRING THE FILM TO THE AUDIENCE.

IT'S SPECIAL FOR US TO BE SCREENING IN LOUISVILLE.

>> THE FILM IS AN INTIMATE LOOK AT FRAUD AND CORRUPTION IN THE ADDICTION TREATMENT INDUSTRY.

LAURA AND DANIEL ARE BOTH FROM RICHMOND KENTUCKY AND THEY WERE ONE OF THE EARLY FAMILIES THAT I MET.

I THINK OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE A LEVEL OF AWARENESS WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH INFORMATION SO THEY CAN BE THEIR OWN ADVOCATES.

>> A LOT OF THE DOCUMENTARY FILMS WE PLAY HAVE AN IMPACT CAMPAIGN THAT IS ATTACHED TO THEM.

AND PART OF THAT IS WANTING TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT A CERTAIN SUBJECT.

AND HOPEFULLY CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE.

>> IT'S CALLED EXPRESSION OF ILLNESS AND IT FOLLOWS MY EXPERIENCE WITH THYROID CANCER AND PEOPLE LIKE ANYONE WHO HAS HAD AN EXPERIENCE IN THE AMERICAN HEALTH SYSTEM.

PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO HAVE BEEN PATIENTS OR CAREGIVERS ALL OF US AT SOME POINT OR ANOTHER, YOU KNOW.

WE'RE WRESTLING WITH IT AND HAD STORIES TO SHARE.

IT WILL BE SPECIAL TO SCREEN IN THE TA FLYOVER AND CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION.

>> THE BIGGEST BENEFIT TO A FILM FESTIVAL IS THAT IT GATHERS PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WATCH CONTENTS.

SO MANY TIMES NOWADAYS YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING ON THE TINY SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU AND YOU CAN CLICK SHARE AND YOU CAN SEND IT TO SOMEONE.

BUT IT'S SO DIFFERENT FROM HAVING THAT SHARED EXPERIENCE OF BEING IN THE THEATER TOGETHER AND THEN COMING OUT AND HAVING A DISCUSSION AND TALKING ABOUT IT.

>> WE ARE HERE FOR THIS MATERIAL.

PEOPLE WANT TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

WE LIVE IN A DIVISIVE TIME BUT FILM IS THE MOST POWERFUL MEDIUM IN LIKE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER OVER A TOPIC.

>> IT'S LIKE THEY ARE PEOPLE'S NEIGHBORS.

LIKE YOU CAN FEEL LIKE THE COMMUNITY WAS THERE.

AND THE Q AND A AFTERWARDS ENDS UP FEELING LIKE A TOWN HALL SOMETIMES YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE IN A LOT OF WAYS, SCREEN AND FILMING IN KENTUCKY IS LIKE BRINGING THE FILM HOME.

>> Renee: ATTENDDYS WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN Q AND A SESSIONS AFTER EACH SCREENING.

THAT WILL DO IT FOR US TONIGHT.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT ON "KENTUCKY EDITION."

WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

WE HOPE YOU WILL SUBSCRIBE TO OUR "KENTUCKY EDITION" E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS AND WATCH FULL EPISODES AND CLIPS ON-LINE ON DEMAND AT KET.ORG YOU CAN FIND US ON THE PBS VIDEO APP.

AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND US A STORY IDEA WE WELCOME THOSE SUGGESTIONS BY E-MAIL TO PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT KET.ORG.

AND MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW KET ON ALL THE SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS INCLUDING FACEBOOK, X, AND INSTAGRAM TO STAY IN THE LOOP.

A LOT OF GREAT STORIES COMING YOUR WAY TOMORROW NIGHT.

AND I HOPE YOU WILL BE HERE TO SEE THEM.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

I'M RENEE SHAW.

TAKE GOOD CARE.