[♪♪] >> BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY.

YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOUR COUNTRY.

>> Christie: THOUSANDS OF KENTUCKIANS JOIN AGO NATIONWIDE PROTEST AGAINST THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

>> I DIDN'T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS OR ASK FOR PERMISSION.

THIS IS A NEW DAY.

>> Christie: NO MINCING OF WORDS FROM THE PARTY CHAIR ON WHAT DEMOCRATS NEED TO DO TO WIN FUTURE ELECTIONS.

>> EACH SCHOOL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMING UP WITH THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO MAKE THIS WORK.

>> Christie: A NEW ERA FOR COLLEGE SPORTS MEANS UNIVERSITIES WILL NEED TO BRING IN THE DOUGH.

>> THESE HORSES WERE SOME ORIGINAL ANCIENT HORSES OF EUROPE.

THEY ARE BROUGHT BY THE VIKINGS TO ICELAND.

>> Christie: DID YOU KNOW KENTUCKY IS HOME TO AN ICELANDIC HORSE FARM?

>> PRODUCTION OF HE HAD SED MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE KET MILLENNIUM FUND.

[♪♪] >> Christie: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" FOR MONDAY, JUNE 16TH I'M CHRISTIE DUTTON IN OUR LOUISVILLE STUDIO FILLING IN TONIGHT FOR RENEE SHAW.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>>> IN MINNESOTA, POLICE HAVE HAVE THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A DEMOCRATIC STATE LAWMAKER AND HER HUSBAND AND SHOOTING ANOTHER LAWMAKER AND HIS WIFE.

POLICE SAY VANCE BOELTER SURRENDERED TO POLICE AFTER THEY FOUND HIM IN THE WOODS NEAR HIS HOME.

HE IS ACCUSED OF TWO COUNTS OF MURDER AND TWO COUNTS OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.

IN KENTUCKY, LEADERS OF BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES ARE CONDEMNING THE VIOLENCE.

HOUSE SPEAKER DAVID OSBORNE SAYS HE HAD WORKED IN THE PAST WITH REPRESENTATIVE MELISSA HORTMAN WHEN SHE WAS MINNESOTA HOUSE SPEAKER.

OSBORNE SAID THIS IN A STATEMENT.

QUOTE EARLY INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WERE TARGETED DUE TO THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE POLITICAL POSITIONS THEY HELD.

WHILE POLITICAL DEBATE IS CRITICAL TO OUR REPUBLIC WE CANNOT FORGET THAT IT EXISTS ONLY TO ADVANCE GOOD PUBLIC POLICY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR STATE AND NATION.

RESPECT MUST BE AT THE FOUNDATION OF EVERY DISAGREEMENT AND WE MUST NOT ALLOW POLITICAL DIFFERENCES TO HARDEN INTO HATRED AND VIOLENCE.

END QUOTE.

COLMON ELRIDGE CHAIR OF THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PARTY PUT OUT THIS STATEMENT, WHAT HAPPENED IN MINNESOTA IS UNACCEPTABLE IN A FREE DEMOCRACY.

NO AMERICAN SHOULD LIVE IN FARE OF BECOMING THE TARGET OF VIOLENCE FOR THEIR POLITICAL BELIEFS OR SERVICE TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH THE VICTIMS' FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES.

END QUOTE.

SATURDAY MARKED A NATIONWIDE DAY OF PROTESTS AS MILLIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY GATHERED TO TAKE PART IN "NO KINGS" RALLIES PROTESTING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ADMINISTRATION.

RALLIES WERE MELD IN 2,000 LOCATIONS IN KENTUCKY PROTESTS WERE SCHEDULED IN MORE THAN A DOZEN CITIES INCLUDING BOWLING GREEN, SOMERSET, HOPKINSVILLE AND ELIZABETHTOWN.

PROTESTORS GATHERED IN DOWNTOWN LOUISVILLE TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVE MORGAN MCGARVEY, THE CROWD THEN MARCHED THROUGH DOWNTOWN.

LEXINGTON'S RALLY ALSO DREW A LARGE CROWD.

AMONG THE SPEAKERS AUTHOR AND FORMER KENTUCKY POET LAUREATE, SILAS HOUSE.

>> TODAY'S EVENT IS TO MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD.

WE WANT DC AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND THE REST OF THE WORLD TO SEE THAT WE DON'T WANT DICTATORS HERE.

WE ARE DONE WITH IT.

>> IT'S REALLY MOVING TO SEE SO MANY OF YOU HERE TODAY.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY.

YOU ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU LOVE YOUR COUNTRY.

BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THIS COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED TO REJECT OLIGARCHY.

YET IN WASHINGTON D.C.

RIGHT NOW THE STREETS ARE BEING PUMMELED BY TANKS BECAUSE OF ONE MAN'S FRAGILE EGO.

BOO.

PERHAPS EASTERN WORSE IN DC TODAY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CONTINUE TO LICK THE BOOTS OF A MAN WHO WANTS TO TAKE AWAY NOT ONLY THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN, NOT ONLY THE RIGHTS OF LGBTQ PEOPLE, NOT ONLY THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, OF IMMIGRANTS HE WANTS TO TAKE AWAY EVERYBODY'S RIGHTS.

EVERYBODY'S EXCEPT FOR HIS AND HIS BOOT LIQUORS.

I KNOW YOU LIKE ME, SOMETIMES FEEL POWERLESS AND AT YOUR WIT'S END WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING.

WE HAVE TO DO IT FOR THE ONES WHO CANNOT BE HERE.

>> I FELT THE NEED TO COME HERE TO SHOW OUR POLITICIANS AND OTHER AMERICANS THAT THE ACTIONS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION ARE NOT APPROPRIATE AND DEEPLY IMMORAL, DEEPLY CRUEL.

THE CUTTING OF MEDICAID AND SOCIAL SERVICES, THE TAX BREAKS FOR THE RICH, THE DEPORTATION OF VISA HOLDING CITIZENS, IT'S REALLY IMMORAL AND DISTURBING.

>> I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I AM A PHYSICIAN AND I'VE BEEN A PHYSICIAN FOR OVER 30 YEARS NOW.

AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN MEDICAID, MEDICAID EXPANSION HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN OUR LIVES AND IN MY PATIENTS' LIVES.

I DON'T WANT TO SEE AT THAT TIME GO AWAY.

>> I CAME HERE BECAUSE THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF PEOPLE NOT UNDERSTANDING AT THAT TIME IF THEY WILL COME FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR, THEY WILL COME FOR YOU.

AND THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WHY I'M HERE IS BECAUSE I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT THIS, BUT ARE TOO AFRAID TO VOICE IT, EVENTUALLY YOU WILL HAVE TO VOICE IT.

BECAUSE THEY AREN'T SPARING ANYBODY.

>> I WANT MY DAUGHTER TO GROW NEWSPAPER A BETTER WORLD.

WE WERE TALKING AND WE THOUGHT WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER WE WERE PAST A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE PROTESTING ABOUT TODAY AND I WANT MY DAUGHTER TO HAVE A BETTER WORLD THAN THE ONE WE'RE LOOKING AT.

>> I HOPE THEY ARE READY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

I HOPE THEY ARE EVEN ANGRIER THAN THEY WERE 24 HOURS AGO THEY ARE READY TO TAKE THAT ANGER TO THE BALLOT BOX.

NEXT YEAR WE HAVE SO MANY ELECTIONS IN KENTUCKY UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT I HOPE FOLKS SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THEY GET OUT AND VOTE NEXT YEAR.

>> Christie: WE REACHED OUT TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF KENTUCKY FOR COMMENT ABOUT SATURDAY'S RALLIES AND HAVE YET TO HEAR BACK.

>> THE "NO KINGS" PROTEST THE SAME DAY AS A MILITARY PARADE IN WASHINGTON D.C. [AUDIO INTERRUPTION].

>> YOU KNOW FOR A COUPLE THOUSAND YEARS WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION OVER WHAT IS JUST WAR.

NOT ONLY OUR CIVIL INDICATION RIZATION BUT OTHERS HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND ONE OF THE THINGS PEOPLE CAME TO A CONCLUSION, PREVENTATIVE WAR WASN'T JUST.

AND THERE IS THAT.

BUT THERE IS ALSO THE IDEA THAT WHAT HAPPENS TO IRAN, YOU IMAGINE WHAT HAPPENS IN IRAN TO THE COALESCE AROUND THEIR GOVERNMENT.

DOES NATIONALISM THRIVE?

AND YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD LESS LIKELY TO WANT TO NEGOTIATE AT THIS TIME PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY MAY FEEL THAT NEGOTIATIONS WERE ARUES TO PUT THEM AT EASE.

IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO COME OUT AND HAVE A NEGOTIATED SETTLE.

I SEE MORE CARNAGE AND IT IS NOT THE U.S.'S JOB TO BE INVOLVED.

IRAQ WAS A MESS AND AFGHANISTAN IS A MESS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS SHOWN RESTRAINT.

I THINK HIS INSTINCTS ARE NOT TO BE INVOLVED BUT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PRESSURE BY LYNN AND OTHERS TO GET INVOLVED -- LYNN LINDSEY GRAHAM AND OTHERS.

>> Christie: THE CHAIR OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE WAS IN KENTUCKY.

KEN MARTIN SPOKE FRIDAY NIGHT IN OWENSBORO.

LAURA ROGERS BRINGS US MORE FROM DAVIS COUNTY.

>> THIS NEW DNC HAS TO INVEST TO BUILD NOT JUST A WIN IN THE MOMENT BUT IN THE FUTURE.

>> WE GET IN THE TRENCHES AND LISTEN TO PEOPLE AGAIN.

>> DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR KEN MARTIN AIMING TO FIRE UP KENTUCKY DEMOCRATS AS SOUTHERN STATES ELECT REPUBLICAN LEADERS.

>> IF I LOOK AT THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT IN THIS COUNTRY THEY DON'T LEAVE AN INCH UNCOVERED.

THEY ORGANIZE EVERYWHERE.

THAT IS WHAT OUR PARTY HAS TO DO WE CANNOT BE A PARTY COMPETING IN SEVEN BATTLEGROUND STATES AND CONGRESSIONAL SEATS.

>> THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEEDS TO COMPETE EVERYWHERE.

>> THE DNC ENACTED THE 57 STATE STRATEGY INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN RACES ACROSS ALL STATES AND TERRITORIES.

>> THIS IS THE DEEPEST INVESTMENTS WE HAVE MADE IN THE GRASSROOTS OF OUR PARTY OUR STATE PARTIES.

>> WE HAVE TO START WINNING IN KENTUCKY COUNTY JUDGES, OUR LEGISLATORS.

AND THAT INVESTMENT THAT RECORD 1.2 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT IS GOING INTO STATES EVERY SINGLE MONTH IS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIVE.

>> THE PARTY LOOKING TO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS LIKE KENTUCKY'S ANDY BESHEAR TO LEAD REBUILDING EFFORTS.

>> Gov.

Andy Beshear: DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS ARE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES EVERYDAY.

WE ARE CLOSE WITH THE PEOPLE WE SERVE AND MORE THAN JUST ABOUT ANY OTHER SET OF ELECTED OFFICIALS WE ARE THE COMMON SENSE GET THINGS DONE TYPE OF LEADERS THAT THE DEMOCRATIC NEEDS.

>> AND NEXT YEAR WIN DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN KENTUCKY.

>> THIS YEAR WILL SERVE AS CHAIR AS THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR'S ASSOCIATION WORKING TO RECRUIT AND ELECT MORE GOVERNORS FROM HIS PARTY.

>> I'M VERY EXCITED NOT JUST ABOUT THIS YEAR IN NEW JERSEY AND VIRGINIA WHICH WE'RE GOING TO FLIP WE WILL HAVE EXCITING POSSIBILITIES NEXT YEAR IN PLACES PEOPLE ARE NOT EXPECTING RIGHT NOW.

>> THIS LEADERSHIP COMES AS THERE'S SPECULATION BESHEAR WILL MAKE A RUN FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2028, SOMETHING MARTIN WAS PRESSED ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

>> IF HE WANTS TO UNARE HE SHOULD.

HE IS A GREAT GUY, A WONDERFUL GOVERNOR.

I HAVE HELPED RAISE MONEY FOR HIM IN THE PAST.

I LIKE GOVERNOR BESHEAR.

>> MARTIN IS TRYING TO WIN BACK VOTER ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT.

>> WHAT WE'VE SEEN AROUND THE COUNTRY IN FOUR SHORT MONTHS DONALD TRUMP PISSED OFF EVERYONE THAT SUPPORTED HIM IN THE LAST YEAR.

INDEPENDENT VOTERS MODERATE REPUBLICANS ARE HAVING BUYERS REMORSE.

>> THEY WANT TO SHIFT THE NARRATIVE TO KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES LIKE JOBS, THE ECONOMY AND HEALTHCARE.

>> PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFF POLICIES ARE INCREASING PRICES MAKING IT TOUGHER AND SLOWING DOWN JOBS AND SLOWING DOWN WAGES THE YOU LOOK AT WHAT THAT BIG UGLY BILL DOES, IT WILL DEVASTATE RURAL HEALTHCARE.

THOSE ARE TWO AREAS WHERE DEMOCRATS CAN REEARN THE FAITH OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

CARING ABOUT PEOPLE AND TRYING TO MAKE THEIR LIFE BETTER.

>> DEMOCRATS HOPING THAT MESSAGING WILL RESONATE WITH VOTERS HEADING INTO NEXT YEAR'S MID-MATERIALS.

>> THAT IS HOW WE GET PEOPLE LEAVING IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AGAIN.

>> Renee: "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M LAURA ROGERS.

>> Christie: THE KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC PARTY SOLD 475 TICKETS TO THE DINNER, THE LARGEST SINCE 2012.

A STATE LAWMAKER FACING ALLEGATIONS OF HARASSING WOMEN WAS IN COURT TODAY.

DEMOCRAT DANIEL GROSSBERG OF LOUISVILLE PLEADED WITH A JUDGE TO INTERVENE IN A STATE INVESTIGATION AGAINST HIM.

THE JUDGE DENIED THE MOTION HOURS AFTER THE HEARING.

THE HERALD-LEADER REPORTS GROSSBERG'S COURT COMPLAINT SAYS HE HAS BEEN DENIED DUE PROCESS AND WAS TARGETED FOR BEING JEWISH.

LEADERS OF HIS OWN PARTY HAVE BEEN CALLING FOR HIS RESIGNATION INCLUDING GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR ASKED ABOUT GROSSBERG FRIDAY NIGHT IN OWENSBORO.

>> HE IS NOT A VICTIM.

HE SHOULD RESIGN.

DANIEL GROSSBERG NEEDS TO WORK ON HIMSELF AND NOT WORK IN FRANKFORT.

>> Christie: THE KENTUCKY LEGISLATIVE ETHICS COMMISSION THE BODY INVESTIGATING GROSSBERG OFFERED HIM A SETTLE MANY LAST WEEK WHICH HE REFUSED.

AT THAT TIME COMMISSION MEETS TOMORROW MORNING.

>>> A CASE ABOUT GUBERNATORIAL POWER CONTINUES TO PLAY OUT IN COURT.

ANDY BESHEAR IS ASKING THE KENTUCKY SUPREME COURT TO OVERTURN A COURT'S RECALLING ARD REGARDING A BILL PASSED IN 2022.

THE BILL EXPANDED THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH ETHICS COMMISSION FROM FIVE TO SEVEN AND RESTRICTS THE GOVERNOR TO TWO APPOINTMENTS WITH THE REMAINING FIVE BEING APPOINTED BY OTHER STATE OFFICERS.

LAST WEEK, SECRETARY OF STATE MICHAEL ADAMS COMMENTED ON A NEW BRIEF FILED BY HIS FELLOW OFFICERS ALL OF WHOM ARE REPUBLICAN.

QUOTE, WHILE GOVERNOR BESHEAR CLAIMS HE IS NOT INVOLVED IN ACTIONS OF THE ETHICS COMMISSION AS IT IS FULLY INDEPENDENT UNDER STATE LAW, HE IS TELLING THE SUPREME COURT IN HIS LAWSUIT AGAINST US, THAT HE MUST PERSONALLY CONTROL THE ETHICS COMMISSION.

BOTH CANNOT BE TRUE.

END QUOTE.

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH ETHICS COMMISSION MADE HEADLINES IN MAY WHEN IT RENEWED ITS INVESTIGATION INTO FORMER KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL DANIEL CAMERON REGARDING DONATIONS FOR THE FAILED 2023 CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR.

CAMERON IS RUNNING TO REPLACE U.S.

SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL.

>>> KENTUCKY IS ABOUT TO GET ANOTHER $73 MILLION IN SETTLEMENT MONEY TO FIGHT THE STATE'S DRUG CRISIS.

ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN SAYS 55 U.S. STATES AND TERRITORIES SETTLED WITH PURDUE PHARMA AND THE SACKLER FAMILY THE OWNERS OF PURDUE.

IT IS A SETTLEMENT OF $7.4 BILLION.

THE STATES AND TERRITORIES ACCUSED PURDUE PHARMA OF MARKETING OPIOID PRODUCTS FOR DECADES CONTRIBUTING TO THE NATION'S OPIOID ADDICTION CRISIS.

ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN SAYS HALF OF KENTUCKY'S 73 MILLION WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE KENTUCKY OPIOID ABATEMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION THE OTHER HALF WILL GO TO CITIES AND COUNTIES.

[♪♪] IT'S A NEW AGE FOR COLLEGE ATHLETICS.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, A FEDERAL JUDGE APPROVED THE TERMS IN THE HOUSE VERSUS NCAA SETTLEMENT.

THE SETTLEMENT UNIVERSITIES CAN DIRECTLY PAY STUDENT ATHLETES THROUGH REVENUE SHARING.

SOME SAY COLLEGE SPORTS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME BUT THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY IS EMBRACING THE NEW STRUCTURE.

EMILY SISK HAS MORE ON WHAT THIS MEANS FOR SPORTS FANS AND THE KENTUCKY WILDCATS.

>> UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY CAN NOW OPT-IN TO REVENUE SHARING MEANING PART OF THE SCHOOL'S ANNUAL REVENUE GOES STRAIGHT TO ATHLETES.

20.5 MILLION DOLLARS IS THE AMOUNT A SCHOOL CAN GIVE ITS PLAYERS FOR THE FIRST YEAR.

WHERE IS THAT MONEY COMING FROM?

>> THERE IS NO INFUSION OF 20.5 MILLION COMING FROM AN OUTSIDE SOURCE.

EACH SCHOOL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR COMING UP WITH THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO MAKE THIS WORK.

>> THE STORY IS HOW THAT MONEY DOES GET ALLOCATED BETWEEN THE PROGRAMS ON CAMPUS.

>> INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS WILL GET TO CHOOSE HOW THEY DIVIDE THAT MONEY UP BETWEEN SPORTS.

I EXPECT THERE TO BE A LOT OF CONTENTION ON CAMPUSES.

AND HOW THAT IS DONE.

>> MARK'S STORY IS WITH THE LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER HE SAYS THAT WILL APPLY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY.

>> THERE'S BEEN A PICKLE WITH THIS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY U.K.'S MARQUIS SPORTS PROGRAM IS MEN'S BASKETBALL.

BUT THE SPORT THAT MAKES THE MOST MONEY IS FOOTBALL.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE EVOLVING NATURE OF COLLEGE ATHLETICS IT'S FOOTBALL THAT DICTATES WHAT CONFERENCE THESE REALIGNMENTS AND IF YOU WANT TO BE REGARDED AS A QUOTE-UNQUOTE HIGHEST LEVEL PROGRAM FOOTBALL IS THE KEY TO THAT.

>> U.K.'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES HELD A MEETING LAST THURSDAY TO DISCUSS IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW STRUCTURE.

MITCH BARNHART SAID FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL RAKE IN THE MOST MONEY THEY WILL BE BASING THEIR DECISION ON MORE THAN THAT.

>> IT WAS CLEAR TO ALSO POINT OUT THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN IN THE BUSINESS OF RANKING TEAMS THIS IS OUR NUMBER ONE AND DOWN THE LIST.

SOMEONE COMPETING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP IS WORKING JUST AS HARD AS SOMEONE COMPETING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP IN ANOTHER SPORT BUT IT DOES HAVE TO GET ALLOCATED IT HAS TO BE DIVIDED UP.

WHEN I ASKED IF THAT DECISION HAS BEEN MADE AND IF NOT WHEN WILL THAT BE MADE HE KEPT IT CLOSE TO THE VEST.

AND THE FOLLOW-UP YOU IS ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE IF OTHER SCHOOLS KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ARE GIVING TO FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, OR SWIMMING DOWN THE LIST AND HE SAID NO I'M NOT WORRIED AT ALL.

>> U.K. HAS YET TO REVEAL THEY WILL SPLIT UP THE $20.5 MILLION OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE GONE PUBLIC.

>> GEORGIA TO NAME ONE OF THE SEC, I THINK SAID 75% FOOTBALL, 15% MEN'S BASKETBALL, 5% WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, AND THEN 5% EVERYTHING ELSE.

>> THE NEW SYSTEM BRINGS UP EQUITY CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO DIVIDING MONEY BETWEEN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S PROGRAMSISM I THINK TITLE IX IS A QUESTION IN TERMS HOW THIS IMPACTS WOMEN'S SPORTS AS OPPOSED TO MEN'S SPORTS U.K. AND EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.

THERE'S BEEN APPEALS FILED AGAINST THAT INITIAL SETTLEMENT WE MIGHT HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN THE DAYS, WEEKS, MONTHS, YEARS TO COME THESE THINGS TAKE TIME.

>> THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY SAYS THEY ARE LEADING THE CHARGE IN EMBRACING THE NEW SYSTEM.

BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS REMAINS: HOW WILL ALL THE CHANGES IMPACT SPORTS FANS?

>> THE KEY THING TO KNOW THERE IS A LOT WE DON'T KNOW.

PROBABLY THE FIRST CONCERN IS RAISING TICKET PRICES?

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE EVERYTHING GOES UP OVER TIME, I WOULD ASSUME IT WILL.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NECESSARILY WILL IMMEDIATELY.

>> SO MANY FANS WHO WATCH THIS OR READ ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ARE BOGGED DOWN BY THE DETAILS.

AND I THINK COME KICKOFF OR TIP-OFF OR WHATEVER IT IS, PEOPLE WON'T CARE.

THEY WILL WANT TO SEE THEIR TEAM WIN INTO THE REVENUE SHARING SYSTEM BEGINS ON JULY FIRST.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M EMILY SISK.

>> Christie: "KENTUCKY EDITION" ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE TO CHECK ON ITS PLANS FOLLOWING THE SETTLEMENT.

THE CARDS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT SAID IT HAS NO STATEMENT AT THIS TIME.

>>> MORE KENTUCKIANS ARE LEARNING AT THE STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

THE COUNCIL ON POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION JUST PUT OUT THE LATEST PROGRESS REPORT.

IT SHOWS ENROLLMENT IN THE KENTUCKY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM WENT UP 6.8% FROM THE FALL OF 2023 TO THE FALL OF 2024.

AND UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT WAS UP 3.9% AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES DURING THAT SAME TIME.

GRADUATION RATES WERE ALSO UP.

[♪♪] HEY, I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS.

KENTUCKY IS HOME TO THE LARGEST ICELANDIC HORSE FARM IN NORTH AMERICA.

LETTLEIKI IN SHELBYVILLE HOUSES MORE THAN 90 OF THE FRIENDLY FURRY ANIMALS.

>> MY DAUGHTER DECIDED SHE WANTED TO HAVE A HORSE AND AT SEVEN SHE NEEDED TO HAVE A SAFE HORSE.

SO SHE WENT LOOKING AND DECIDED ICE LAND DICKS WERE A GREAT BREED.

THEY HAVE WONDERFUL TEMPERAMENTS THEY ARE EASY GOING AND SMALLER HORSES AND THE LEADING IMPORTER OF ICELANDICS AT THAT TIME WAS IN OLDHAM COUNTY NEXT DOOR.

IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL JOURNEY FOR US FOR OVER 20 YEARS WITH ICELANDIC HORSES.

THESE HORSES WERE ORIGINAL ANCIENT HORSES OF EUROPE BROUGHT BY THE VIKINGS TO ICELAND.

IT'S WARMER THAN CHICAGO BUT THEY HAD TO ADAPT BEING IN ICELAND.

SO THEY STARTED AT FIRST, HAVING TO EAT VERY LITTLE BECAUSE THERE'S THREE MONTHS OF GRASS IN THE SUMMER THEY HAD TO ADAPT AND EAT 80% OF THEIR ANNUAL CALORIES IN THE SUMMER.

AND THEY EAT SEAWEED.

PARTLY BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PREDATORS IN ICELAND THAT MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOME FLIGHT THAT OTHER HORSES HAVE.

THEY ALSO DEVELOPED A SECOND COAT IN THE WINTER THEY ARE FUZZY THEY LOOK LIKE WOOLY TEDDY BEARS.

THEY ADAPTED TO THIS SOMEWHAT HARSH CLIMATE AND THE ICELANDERS USED THEM FOR EVERYTHING.

WE TRY TO RAISE OUR HORSES IN THE TRADITIONAL ICELANDIC WAY FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THEIR LIFE THEY GROW UP IN A HERD AFTER WEANED FROM THEIR MOTHERS.

AND LEARN MANNERS FROM OLDER HORSES, UNCLE AND AUNT HORSES WHO TEACH THEM HOW TO GIVE EACH OTHER SPACE AND HOW TO BEHAVE.

AND THEN WHEN THEY ARE THREE WE BRING THEM IN FOR TWO SHORT WEEKS.

AND THEY LEARN SOME BASICS OF HOW TO BE HORSES AND IT'S EASY.

IT'S NOT DIFFICULT AT ALL.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE LEARNED SOME OF THE POLITTENESS FROM THE OTHER HORSES.

AND THEN THEY GO AWAY FOR A YEAR AND WHEN THEY COME BACK WHEN THEY ARE FOUR THEY REMEMBER ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING.

AND THEN WE DON'T ACTUALLY START RIDING THEM UNTIL THEY ARE FIVE.

AND THEY CAN'T BE IN SERIOUS COMPETITION UNTIL THEY ARE SIX WHEN ALL BONES AND MUSCLES HAVE FULLY DEVELOPED.

AND THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THE HORSES LIVE SO LONG.

WE HAVE MANY HORSES IN THEIR 30s HERE ON THE FARM.

YOU CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THEM.

THEY ARE STILL HORSES THEY CAN GO FAST AND THEY CAN BE FUN BUT THEY HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH HUMAN BEINGS AND THAT IS PART OF WHAT IS NICE FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY FIRST START RIDING HERE.

>> Christie: HOW INTERESTING.

THE FARM OFFERS RIDING LESSONS AND HAS A BREEDING PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE THREE FOALS A YEAR.

[♪♪] ONLY ONE KENTUCKY TEAM LEFT IN THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES IN OMAHA.

THE MURRAY STATE RACERS ARE OUT AFTER ON THE WRONG SIDE OF A NO-HITTER AT THE HANDS OF THE ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS.

ARKANSAS WON 3-0.

THE THIRD NO-HITTER IN COLLEGE WORLD SERIES HISTORY.

NOW, LOUISVILLE IS STILL IN THE TOURNAMENT.

THE CARDS PLAY TOMORROW.

GO CARDS.

TONIGHT WE LOOK AT THE FOUNDING OF HARRODSBURG A FUTURE SENATOR'S PERFECT GAME AND LEXINGTON'S TOWN DOG AS OUR TOBY GIBBS TELLS US ABOUT THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

[♪♪] >> JAMES HARROD AND A GROUP OF 30 MEN FOUNDED FORT HARROD ON JUNE 16TH, 1774 AND IT WOULD BECOME HARRODSBURG.

ON JUNE 18TH, 1792 LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER BECOMING A STATE KENTUCKY PICKED THE FIRST TWO U.S.

SENATORS, JOHN BROWN AND JOHN EDWARDS.

ON JUNE 21, 1964, FUTURE U.S.

SENATOR TIM BUNKING PITCHED A PERFECT GAME FOR THE PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES AS THEY BLANKED THE METS 6-0 AT SHEA STADIUM IN NEW YORK.

BUNKING LATER SERVED IN THE U.S. HOUSE AND IN 1999 THE U.S. SENATE.

GOVERNOR JCW BECKHAM LAID THE CORNERSTONE OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING ON JUNE 16TH 1906.

CONSTRUCTION TOOK FOUR YEARS WITH THE CAPITOL OPENING IN 1910.

LOUISVILLE'S CHURCHILL DOWNS HOSTED AN AIRSHOW ON JUNE 18TH, 1910 GLEN CURTIS TOOK PART BELIEVED TO BE THE FIRST DEMONSTRATION OF AN AIRPLANE IN KENTUCKY.

YOU MIGHT THINK BOURBON IS KENTUCKY'S OFFICIAL DRINK BUT THE STATE NAMED MILK THE OFFICIAL DRINK ON JUNE 20TH, 2005.

SMILEY PETE DIED ON JUNE 15TH 1957.

HE WAS A STRAY DOG WHO BECAME A FIXTURE IN DOWNTOWN LEXINGTON AROUND MAIN AND LIMESTONE STREETS STARTING IN 1946.

HE BECAME THE UNOFFICIAL TOWN DOG.

THOSE ARE A FEW OF THE BIG EVENTS THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY I'M TOBY GIBBS.

>> Christie: GOT IT LOVE A TOWN DOG.

WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US AGAIN TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 EASTERN, 5:30 CENTRAL FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

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