[♪♪] >> THERE WERE NO I AM NENTS THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES.

>> A KENTUCKY CONGRESSMAN AGAINST THE BOMBING OF IRAN IS GETTING AN EARFUL NOW FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE REAL ISSUE OF WHAT IS GETTING READY TO HAPPEN.

HEALTHCARE FOR OUR PEOPLE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BUT THE LOSS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS ACROSS OUR REGION.

>> EASTERN KENTUCKY GETS NEW HEALTHCARE HELP AS FEARS GROW THE REGION IS GOING TO NEED IT.

>> WE HAVE A BIG DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE.

SUMMER ARRIVED IN A HURRY.

>> THE HEAT IS HERE.

WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT IT?

AND IS THERE ANY RELIEF IN SIGHT?

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

[♪♪] >> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" FOR THIS MONDAY JUNE 23, I'M KELSEY STARKS IN OUR LOUISVILLE STUDIO FILLING IN FOR REN.

A CONGRESSMAN FROM KENTUCKY IS ONE OF THE MOST OUTSPOKEN CRITICS OF THE U.S.

BOMBING OF IRAN AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS ARGUING BACK.

SATURDAY THE U.S.

BOMBED THREE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN AFTER ISRAEL STARTED BOMBING.

BOTH ISRAEL AND THE U.S. SAYS ATTACKS SETBACK IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM.

IRAN RESPONDED HITTING A U.S. AIR BASE IN QATAR AFTER THOMAS MASSIE JOINED CONGRESSMAN RO KHANNA OF CALIFORNIA A DEMOCRAT, TO INTRODUCE A BILL DECLARING AN ATTACK ON IRAN WOULD REQUIRE CONGRESSALITY APPROVAL.

MASSIE SAYS IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THEY APPEARED ON CBS' FACE THE NATION YESTERDAY.

>> I KNOW THIS IS AN UNLIKELY PAIRING YOU ARE AT DIFFERENT ENDS OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM BUT YOU BOTH WORKED ON THIS RESOLUTION TO PROHIBITED U.S.

FORCES FROM ENGAGING IN HOSTILITIES FROM IRAN AND NOT GETTING AUTHORIZATION FROM DEPRESS.

AND THE PRESIDENT BLEW PAST THAT.

>> WE WERE TIRED OF ENDLESS WARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND TIRED OF WARS IN EASTERN EUROPE.

AND WE WERE PROMISED WE WOULD PUT OUR VETERANS OUR IMMIGRATION POLICIES, AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE FIRST.

AND SO WHAT RO AND I DID WE DID THIS LAST WEEK WHEN THEY WERE RATTLING THE SABRES WE PUT FORWARD THIS WAR POWERS RESOLUTION I'VE TEAMED UP WITH RO KHANNA TO HIS CREDIT WHEN JOE BIDEN WAS PRESIDENT WE TRIED TO REIN IN THE EXECUTIVE FOR THE TO DECLARE WAR AUTHORIZE THE ENGAGEMENT OF ACTS OF WAR.

>> SOMETHING WE TALKED TO OTHER LAWMAKERS IN THE SENATE AND THERE'S EFFORTS TO SUPPORT YOU.

BUT THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE FROM YOUR OWN PARTY HAS REJECTED THIS.

HE SAYS THE ARTICLE ONE POWER OF CONGRESS REALLY ALLOWS FOR THE PRESIDENT TO DO THIS.

IT WAS A LIMITED NECESSARY TARGETED STRIKE, HE SAYS.

>> WELL, HE'S PROBABLY REFERRING TO THE WAR POWERS ACT OF 1973.

BUT THAT'S BEEN MISINTERPRETED.

THERE WERE NO IMMINENT THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES WHICH IS WHAT WOULD AUTHORIZE THAT AND THAT IS PECULIAR TO HEAR THAT FROM THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

CONGRESS WAS ON VACATION LAST WEEK WHEN THIS WAS HAPPENING.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN BRIEFED THEY SHOULD HAVE CALLED US BACK AND WE SHOULD HAVE DEBATED THIS WAR POWERS RESOLUTION THAT RO KHANNA AND I OFFERED INSTEAD OF STAYING ON VACATION AND DOING FUNDRAISERS AND SAYING WELL THE PRESIDENT'S GOT THIS UNDER CONTROL AND WE WILL CEDE OUR CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.

>> Laura: TO QUOTE THE NEW YORK POST PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS GONE NUCLEAR AN CONGRESSMAN MASSIE BECAUSE OF MACY'S REACTION TO THE BOMBING.

THE PRESIDENT POSTED THIS SAYING MASSIE IS WEAK AND NEGATIVE AND VOTES NO ON VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING PUT BEFORE HIM.

A RAND PAUL JUNIOR.

PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS MASSIE IS NOT MAGA REFERRING TO THE SLOGAN MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

TRUMP IS VOWING TO SUPPORT A REPUBLICAN OPPONENT TO OPPOSE MASSIE IN 2026.

THE GOOD NEWS IS WE WILL HAVE A WONDERFUL AMERICAN PATRIOT RUNNING AGAINST HIM IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND I WILL BE IN KENTUCKY CAMPAIGNING REALLY HARD.

IT DOESN'T APPEAR ANYONE HAS PUBLICLY DECLARED THEIR INTENTION TO RUN AGAINST MASSIE YET.

ANDY BARR OF THE SIXTH DISTRICT BACKS THE ATTACK ON IRAN AND DISAGREES WITH THOMAS MASSIE'S INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

BARR POSTING QUOTE IT KRITD PARTICULARS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BOLD ACTION TO DEFEND THE UNITED STATES ARE DEAD WRONG.

THEY WANT TO WRITE ARTICLE 2 OUT OF THE CONSTITUTION.

THE PRESIDENT ACTED FULLY WITHIN HIS CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY END QUOTE.

U.S.

SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL BACKS THE ATTACK ON IRAN.

HE SAID QUOTE I COMMEND THE PRESIDENT FOR AUTHORIZE RIZ AING DECISIVE ACTION AND ALL U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING IT OUT.

THE UNITED STATES INTEREST IN DENYING IRAN A NUCLEAR WEAPON AND STANDING WITH OUR ALLY ISRAEL AND REESTABLISHING DETERRENT POWER IS UNDENY ABD AND URGENT.

PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOMINATING CHAD MEREDITH TO SERVE AS A FEDERAL JUDGE FROM EASTERN KENTUCKY THAT REQUIRES U.S. SENATE APPROVAL.

CHAD MEREDITH SERVED AS KENTUCKY'S SOLICITOR GENERAL AND A GUEST ON KET'S "KENTUCKY TONIGHT" IN JUNE OF 2024.

DEMOCRATS CRITICIZED MEREDITH FOR HIS STAND ON ABORTION AND HE WAS INVOLVED IN LAST-MINUTE PARDONS IN 2019 BUT HE HAS THE BACKS OF MITCH McCONNELL AND RAND PAUL AND PICKED UP SUPPORT FROM THE KENTUCKY STATE SENATE'S REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP PUTTING OUT THIS STATEMENT SAYING QUOTE.

CHAD HAS A PRINCIPLED LEGAL MIND AND HIS CAREER HAS BEEN DEFINED BY PROFESSIONALISM, FAIRNESS AND A DEEP RESPECT FOR THE CONSTITUTION.

HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE FROM THE COURTROOM TO APPELLATE BENCH SHAPED BY THE DEVOTION TO THE RULE OF LAW.

KENTUCKY'S SENATE MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER IS.

SENATE BILL 188 REGULATES PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS OR PBM'S THEY DECIDE WHICH MEDICATIONS ARE COVERED BY INSURANCE.

MAX WISE SPONSORED THE BILL AND SAYS THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE IS RELUCTANT TO ENFORCE KEY PARTS OF THE LEGISLATION AND NOW HE IS ASKING RUSSELL COLEMAN TO ISSUE AN OPINION HOW THE LAW SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT SPECIFICALLY SENATOR WISE KEKS CLARIFICATION WHERE THE STATE DID FORCE PBM'S FROM STEERING PATIENTS TO AFFILIATED PHARMACIES AND IF PBM'S ARE DOING BUSINESS BUT NOT IN THE STATE.

IT PASSIONED BOTH THE SENATE AND HOUSE AND ONE NO VOTE AND WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY "GOVERNOR'S AWARD IN THE ARTS."

>>> WELL, A BRUTAL HEATWAVE IS HITTING KENTUCKY THIS WEEK.

YOU'VE PROBABLY FELT WITH TEMPERATURES ABOVE 100°.

CHRISTIE DUTTON FINDS OUT HOW LONG IT WILL LAST AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO BEAT THE HEAT.

>> AFTER THE FIRST WEEKEND OF SUMMER WE'RE ALREADY COMPLAINING ABOUT THE HEAT.

MICHAEL IN LOUISVILLE IS HERE.

OKAY, MIKE, WE HAVE HEAT ADVISORIES GOING ON.

WE HAVE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS OUTSIDE OF THE AREA.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

AND WHAT KIND OF HEAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?

>> WE HAVE A BIG DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE SUMMER ARRIVED IN A HURRY AND IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE INTO KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE.

HIGHS IN THE 90s.

HEAT INDEXES OF 105 MAYBE MORE THAN 105.

OPPRESSIVE HEAT FOR SEVERAL DAYS.

>> YOU SAID SEVERAL DAYS.

ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HEAT INDEX TEMPERATURES THAT WILL FEEL LIKE THE TRIPLE DIGITS FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK?

>> YEAH, YEAH, SO HEAT INDEX YOU HAVE YOUR DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES AND WITH THE HUMIDITY THAT IS THE REAL FEEL WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.

AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE ABOVE 100 TRIPLE DIGITS MAYBE 110 IN SOME SPOTS.

>> WHY DOES THE HUMIDITY MAKE IT FEEL HOTTER?

>> BECAUSE YOU CANNOT EVAPORATE THE SWEAT INFRASTRUCTURE SKIN WITH THAT MUCH HUMIDITY IN THE AIR YOUR BODY HAS A HARD TIME COOLING DOWN AND WHERE WE CAN SEE TROUBLE THIS WEAK.

>> POOLS ARE GREAT.

YOU DIVE IN AND GET WET AND THAT EVAPORATION IS A COOLING PROCESS BUT WITH THE HUMIDITY YOU CANNOT EVAPORATE THE SWEAT.

YOU KEEP GETTING HOT HOTTER.

WITH HEAT ADVISORIES WHAT DO WE NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR?

>> ALL OF KENTUCKY IS UNDER THIS OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WE WILL NOT SEE MUCH COOLING OVERNIGHT.

THE TEMPERATURES WHEN YOU COULD OPEN THE WINDOWS AT NIGHT THAT IS NOT ON THE TABLE FOR THIS WEEK.

ELDERLY ARE MUCH CONCERNED WE'RE WATCHING THOSE FOLKS AND YOUNGER FOLKS INFANTS AND THINGS THEY DON'T HAVE THE I AM MUP SYSTEMS WE HAVE TYPICALLY HEALTHY ADULTINGS.

FOLKS WITH ILLNESSES THEY SHOULD BE TAKING CARE.

>> AND THIS IS ALSO THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE TALK ABOUT CARS, THE HEAT HOW MUCH IT HEATS UP INSIDE THE CAR AND REMINDING PEOPLE ABOUT KIDS AND PET IT IN CARS.

>> IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK.

IT HAPPENS TO ANYONE.

IT HAPPENS TO DOCTORS, LAWYERS, AND YOUR FORGET.

80% OF THE HEAT THAT HAPPENS IN A CAR HAPPENS IN THE FIRST 30 MINUTES.

SO IT HAPPENS WITHIN A FLASH NOT FOR A MINUTE SHOULD YOU LET YOUR CHILD ALONE OR PETS.

LOOK BEFORE YOU LOCK.

>> WHEN IS ANY RELIEF HEADED OUR WAY?

DO YOU SEE ANYTHING IN THE FUTURE THAT MAY GIVE US A BREAK FROM THIS HEAT?

>> MAYBE BY NEXT WEEKEND.

SUMMER'S HERE AND IT CAME IN A HURRY.

I THINK IT WILL BE HERE TO STAY FOR A LITTLE BIT AND WE HAVE TO PRACTICE OUR HEAT SAFETY.

STAY AWAY FROM OUTDOORS IF YOU CAN BETWEEN 10-6 IS WHEN THE SUN IS AT THE HIGHEST ANGLE.

IF YOU CAN AVOID OUTDOORS IF YOU WORK OUTSIDE TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS, FIND SHADE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

>> A LOT OF WATER THAT MOST OF US THINK THAT IS SAFE.

AND SUNSCREEN CAN KEEP YOUR SKIN COOLER THAT BLOCK FROM THE SUN.

>> IT CAN.

I WILL SAY OUT IN THE SUNLIGHT IT FEELS HOT SUNSCREEN OR NOT.

MAYBE YOUR COOLING PLACES, COOLING CENTERS IN YOU ARE OUTSIDE AND DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT CALL LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THEY CAN TELL YOU THE BUILDINGS YOU CAN GO AND COOL OFF.

>> ANOTHER THINGS WITH ALL THE HEAT, IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY WIND AND WITHOUT THE WIND OR A STORM TO CIRCULATE THE AIR, WE START SEEING THE AIR QUALITY AND POLLUTION START TO GET BAD, TOO.

AND SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO FACTOR IN?

>> CERTAINLY WHEN YOU HAVE THE VEHICLES RIDING AROUND AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY WITH THE HEAT AND THE STAGNANT AIR.

IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE EXERCISING THAT IS WHO IT AFFECTS A LOT.

EXERCISE IN THE MORNING OR THE LATER EVENING HOURS.

IF YOU ARE SUPER SENSITIVE TO GAS SMELLS OR OTHER THINGS, TRY TO STAY INSIDE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.

>> WE WILL JUST WAIT FOR SOME WIND TO PICK UP OR A STORM SYSTEM TO MOVE THROUGH OR SOMETHING.

AND UNTIL THEN WE'LL MAKE SURE WE STAY WEATHER AWARE AND KEEP IN MIND ALL THE HEAT SAFETY TIPS AND THAT WE TRY TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> OUT OF THE HEAT.

MICHAEL, FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

THANK YOU.

>> Kelsey: THANK YOU.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW THE SIGNS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE IF YOU SPEND TIME OUTDOORS.

EXHAUSTION IS YOUR BODY HEATS BEFORE IT CAN COOL OFF.

AND IF IMPACTS FROM THE HEATED CONTINUE A HEAT STROKE IS POSSIBLE.

CONFUSION, DIZZINESS AND LOSING CONSCIOUSNESS ARE SIGNS OF A HEAT STROKE.

IF YOU SUSPECT SOMEONE IS SUFFERING CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY MOVE THE VICTIM TO A COOLER LOCATION IF POSSIBLE.

>>> TONIGHT HERE ON KET ANOTHER FORUM IN OUR NEXT CHAPTER SERIES THIS FOCUSED ON THE AGING POPULATION.

THIS ALL FOR CAREGIVERS AND THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THAT THEY MAY NEED.

LAURA ROGERS SPOKE WITH A FAMILY CAREGIVER IN BOWLING GREEN WHO IS SHARING HER PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.

>> TECHNICALLY I WAS A CAREGIVER FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS.

>> SHE LENDED THAT CARE TO HER MOTHER A FORMER EDUCATEDDER AND ACTIVIST.

>> HUSBAND AND I MOVED FROM THE DC AREA BACK TO KENTUCKY.

>> SHE WAS INITIALLY WHAT SHE CALLED A POP IN CAREGIVER BUT AS HER MOTHER'S MOBILITY WORSENED HER ROLE BECAME MORE INVOLVED.

>> PUSHING HER FROM PLACE TO PLACE, HELPING HER WITH GROCERY SHOPPING.

>> IT WITH LEAD TO AROUND THE CLOCK CARE UNTIL HER MOTHER'S PASSING THIS PAST MARCH.

>> FOR ME IT WAS KIND OF THE TRANSITION BETWEEN MY MOM HAVING VERY LIMITED MOBILITY TO BECOMING COMPLETELY BED BOUND.

>> SHE ACKNOWLEDGES CAREGIVING COMES WITH CHALLENGES SHE SAYS IT IS ALSO REWARDING.

>> BEING A CAREGIVER IS A TREMENDOUS GIFT.

>> A GIFT THAT IS INTERGENERATIONAL IN HER FAMILY.

>> MY MOM WAS A CAREGIVER SHE WAS A CAREGIVER FOR MY GRANDMOTHER UNTIL SHE PASSED AWAY.

>> SHE IS OF THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION AND ONE IN FOUR ARE CAREGIVERS.

>> WE ARE GOING TO BE THE FASTEST GROWING POPULATION OF CAREGIVERS AS OUR PARENTS AGE AND WE'RE DEALING WITH THINGS LIKE STUDENT LOANS, AND FINANCIAL PLANNING FOR OUR OWN FUTURE.

A LOT OF US DON'T HAVE THE RETIREMENT PENSIONS THAT OUR PARENTS HAD.

>> SHE HOLDS A LAW DEGREE FROM GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY TOOK ON-LINE NURSE AIDE COURSES TO BECOME BETTER EQUIPPED.

>> I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE.

IT CAN BE POSSIBLE TO CARE FOR YOUR LOVED ONE IF THAT IS WHAT YOU DECIDE AND IF THAT IS WHAT YOUR LOVED ONE DECIDES AT ALL STAGES IN THE HOME WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORTS.

SHE FOUND NETWORKS LINE LIKE EMPOWERING APPALACHIA COHORT THAT OFFERS PEER SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY TRAINING.

>> IT FOCUSES ON THE NEEDS OF CAREGIVERS AND WAYS TO SUPPORT CAREGIVERS IN OUR APPALACHIAN REGION.

>> AND SOUGHT OUT DOCTORS WHO OFFERED TELEMEDICINE AND HOUSE CALLS AND PLAN FOR THE DECISIONS BEFORE THEY ARE IMMINENT.

>> IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOUR PARENT ABOUT WHAT THEIR WISHES FOR LONG-TERM CARE WOULD BE.

>> SHE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN REMOTE WORK BUT SAYS EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL STRAIN CAN ALSO BE AN ISSUE FOR CAREGIVERS.

>> TAKING CARE OF YOUR FINANCIALLY AND ANTICIPATING YOUR NEEDS DOES MY EMPLOYER OFFER FAMILY LEAVE AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE A SUPPORTED?

>> SHE FOUND JOY IN CARING FOR HER MOTHER IN THE LAST YEARS OF LIFE.

>> THERE IS NOTHING I WOULD CHANGE ABOUT THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE.

I WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.

BEING ABLE TO BE IN TOUCH WITH MY FAMILY HISTORY I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT HER LIFE GROWING UP AND SHE LOVED TO SHARE THAT.

AND JUST HAVING THOSE MOMENTS TOGETHER THAT YOU'LL NEVER FORGET THEY ARE SO SPECIAL.

>> FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M LAURA ROGERS.

>> Kelsey: YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC TONIGHT ON CARING FOR CAREGIVERS.

A NEXT CHAPTER FORUM.

Dr. WAYNE TUCKSON HOSTS A PANEL DISCUSSION ON PLANNING AND SUPPORT FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS.

THAT IS COMING UP SHORTLY AT 8:00, 7 CENTRAL HERE ON KET.

[♪♪] LAST FRIDAY GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR HIS ADVISER ROCKY ADKINS AND PEOPLE FROM APPALACHIAN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE CUT THE RIBBON TO OPEN A MOBILE HEALTH CLINIC THAT WILL TRAVEL AROUND EASTERN KENTUCKY.

BOTH BESHEAR AND ATKINS PRESSED CONCERNS HOW HELPFUL THE CLINIC WILL BE IF PROPOSED MEDICAID CUTS BECOME A REALITY.

>> Gov.

Andy Beshear: THIS THING CAME TO US IN A NOTION BACK IN JULY, 2023 FLOODS.

WHEN WE WERE SEARCHING FOR HELP.

AND MARSHALL UNIVERSITY STEPPED UP AND BROUGHT US THEIR MOBILE HEALTH UNIT IN EASTERN KENTUCKY AND WE REALIZED THE VALUE OF THAT.

>> I WAS PROUD TO SERVE AS CO-CHAIR OF THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION AND WE WERE ABLE TO BRING A RECORD $47 MILLION INVESTMENT JUST FROM THAT COMMISSION.

THIS WAS THE MOST EVER GIVEN TO A SINGLE STATE WHICH I WAS GOING TO MAKE SURE OF AS I WAS THE CO-CHAIR.

THOSE FUNDS WENT TO 44 PROJECTS THAT ARE HELPING A LOT OF PEOPLE.

ONE OF THESE PROJECTS IS BEHIND ME.

IT'S THIS MOBILE CLINIC.

>> WE CAN EXPAND OUR SERVICES THROUGHOUT EASTERN KENTUCKY, SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND BEYOND THOSE BORDERS.

THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

THE SERVICES WE'RE OFFERING INCLUDE WELLNESS VISITS, TRADITIONAL ACUTE CARE VISITS AND SO FORTH.

WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES IS A HUGE SERVICE THAT WE HOPE TO EXPAND THROUGHOUT OUR REGION AS WELL.

THIS IS A GREAT DAY.

IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND AND REACH THE MOST VULNERABLE PATIENTS THEY CAN'T COME TO US.

WE'RE TAKING HEALTHCARE TO THEM.

AT A VERY AFFORDABLE COST.

>> IF ANOTHER FLOOD OCCURRED OR DISASTER HAPPENS WE CAN DEPLOY THIS AND TAKE THIS OUT TO PEOPLE.

>> WE HAVE TWO CLINIC ROOMS IN HERE.

AND THEN A REGISTRATION AREA SO WE REALLY ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD DO IN A CLINIC, CAN BE DONE FOR THE MOST PART IN HERE.

WE CAN GIVE VACCINES.

WE CAN DRAW BASIC LABS SO IT'S DIAGNOSE TO BE A BIG BENEFIT FOR ALL OF OUR PATIENTS AND WE'RE EXCITED.

>> WE ARE AT A CRITICAL CROSSROADS WITH 700 BILLION BEING CUT IN PREVIOUS AND CURRENT POLICIES BILLS BEING RECOMMENDED OUT OF DC.

AND WITH THAT IS 700 BILLION CUT TO MEDICAID THE THREAT TO RURAL HEALTHCARE IS A REAL ISSUE.

AND IT'S ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE TALKED ABOUT SERIOUSLY ESPECIALLY OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO COME.

AND WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE RURAL HEALTHCARE AND HEALTHCARE FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY IS CRITICAL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GROW THE CHE IN THE FUTURE.

>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE OF WHAT IS GETTING READY TO HAPPEN.

NOT ONLY LESS HEALTHCARE FOR PEOPLE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BUT THE LOSS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS ACROSS OUR REGION.

>> Gov.

Andy Beshear: THERE WAS A STUDY THAT SUGGESTED 35 RURAL HOSPITALS IN KENTUCKY MIGHT CLOSE IF THESE CUTS GO FORWARD.

THOSE ARE 35 HOSPITALS THAT PEOPLE GO TO TO GET THE SERVICES THEY NEED HOSPITALS THAT HELP PEOPLE IN A PANDEMIC WHERE WE HAD THE BEDS.

35 HOSPITALS IF THEY ARE NOT THERE PEOPLE HAVE TO DRIVE HOURS JUST TO SEE THE DOCTORS THEY USED TO SEE AND 35 HOSPITALS THAT EMPLOY THOUSANDS OF KENTUCKIANS AT RISK OF LOSING THEIR JOBS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW THIS IMPACTS AMERICANS, FOLKS, IT'S ALMOST 17 MILLION AMERICANS THAT COULD LOSE THEIR COVERAGE.

THAT'S ALMOST FOUR TIMES THE POPULATION OF OUR STATE.

ON THREE, ONE, TWO, THREE... >> Kelsey: THE MOBILE CLINIC WILL BE STATIONED IN FLOYD COUNTY KENTUCKY AND IT WILL TRAVEL INTO SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA TO HELP THOSE WHO NEED IT.

>> ACCORDING TO THE CHILD FATALITY EXTERNAL REVIEW PANEL ONE-THIRD OF ALL CHILD FAY FAULTS OR NEAR FATALITIES WERE RELATED TO INJENNINGS OF SUBSTANCES.

TO HELP TO LAUNCH A MEDICATION SAFETY CAMPAIGN EMPHASIZINGS IMPORTANT OF SAFE MEDICATION STORAGE.

>> UNFORTUNATELY FAR TOO MANY CHILDREN IN KENTUCKY GO TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM BECAUSE THEY GET INTO SOMETHING THEY SHOULDN'T BE INTO.

MEDICINE OR SUBSTANCE THAT IS HARMFUL TO THEM.

AND WE KNOW IN KENTUCKY THAT MOST OF THOSE INSTANCES WERE PREVENTIBLE.

NATIONWIDE, WE KNOW THAT A CHILD GOES TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM ONCE EVERY FEW MINUTES AFTER INGESTING A SUBSTANCE THAT THEY SHOULD NOT AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE INSTANCES ARE PREVENTABLE.

WE KNOW IN KENTUCKY, THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE GOTTEN INTO SUBSTANCES AND INGESTED THEM HAS RISEN TRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.

AND IN EVERY CASE REVIEWED BY THE KENTUCKY FATALITY AND NEAR FATALITY REVIEW PANEL THE CHILDREN WERE FOUR YEARS OF AGE AND YOUNGER.

THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS ALL KIDS BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE FOUR AND UNDER.

WE HAVE TO DO BETTER WE HAVE TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE IN A SIMPLE WAY TO DO THAT IS BY MAKING SURE MEDICATIONS ARE UP AND AWAY.

AND THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT, IS TO MAKE SURE YOU LOCK IT UP.

LOCK BOXES ARE AVAILABLE AND COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT KENTUCKY.

AND THOSE LOCK BOXES CAN BE USED TO SAFELY STORE MEDICINE.

WHETHER IT'S COMMON OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICINES OR PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE OR ILLICIT SUBSTANCES WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IS IN THE HOUSE.

WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT CHILD RESISTANT DOES NOT MEAN CHILD PROOF.

WE NEED TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT WE HAVE.

HOW MANY PILLS DID WE HAVE?

HOW MANY CERTAIN TYPE OF MEDICINE DO WE HAVE?

WE TONIGHT'S WANT CHILDREN TO GET INTO ANY OF THOSE THINGS.

BECAUSE CHILDREN JUST DON'T KNOW.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH INGESTING SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T.

WE'VE GOT TO DO OUR PART TO KEEP KIDS SAFE TO LOWER THESE RATES OF INGESTIONS IN KENTUCKY AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE KEPT OUT OF HARM'S WAY.

>>> ADDITIONAL RESOURCES INCLUDING THE DRUG DISPOSAL LOCATIONS ARE ON-LINE AT FACE IT ABUSE.ORG.

[♪♪] HOLE L HALL OF FAME RACING TRAINER DEAN WAYNE LUCAS HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED.

CHURCHILL DOWNS MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE 89-YEAR-OLD AFTER SPEAKING WITH MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.

LUCAS' FAMILY SAYS HE HAS BATTLED A SEVERE INFECTION THAT HAS WORSENED.

HE IS ONE OF THE MOST ACCOMPLISHED TRAINERS IN HORSERACING.

HIS 15 TRIPLE CROWN VICTORIES AND LUCAS WON THE KENTUCKY DERBY FOUR TIMES SINCE 1988.

THERE IS A KENTUCKY CONNECTION TO THE NBA FINALS THAT ENDED WITH THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER BEATING THE INDIANA PACERS 4-3.

SHEA ALEXANDER WAS NAMED THE MVP AND HE PLAYED ONE YEAR OF COLLEGE BASKETBALLALITY THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY BEFORE GOING PRO.

AND HE IS THE NBA'S REGULAR SEASON MVP.

[♪♪] >>> ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR SONGS HAS A KENTUCKY CONNECTION AND WHY IS GOLD STORED AT FORT KNOX.

OUR TOBY GIBBS HAS THE ANSWER IN THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

>> HENRY CLAY DIED JUNE 29, 852.

HE WAS A SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, AND SENATOR AND SECRETARY OF STATE AND RAN FOR PRESIDENT THREE TIMES.

>>> MILDRED HILL WAS BORN JEFFERSON COUNTY 27 IN LOUISVILLE AND WROTE THE MELODY TO GOOD MORNING TO ALL.

WHICH WOULD BOADANTED INTO A FAMILIAR SONG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

>>> ON JUNE 28, 1935, PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ORDERED AMERICA'S GOLD RESERVES MOVED AWAY FROM THE COASTS TO PROTECT THEM FROM A POSSIBLE ENEMY ATTACK.

THE RESULT THE GOLD VAULT AT KENTUCKY'S FORT KNOX.

FRED VINCENT BECAME CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES ON JUNE 24, 1946 AFTER BEING NO, MA'AM THEYED BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND CONFIRMED BY THE U.S. SENATE.

HE DECIDE WHILE HE 0 OWE DIED WHILE SERVING AS JUSTICE.

>> WHEN NORTH KOREA INVADED SOUTH KOREA, 880 KENTUCKIANS DIED IN THE CONFLICT.

ON JUNE 25, 2013, THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZEDDED CLARK COUNTY AS THE OFFICIAL BIRTHPLACE OF BEER CHEESE.

AND THAT IS A LOOK BACK AT THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY, I'M TOBY GIBBS.

>> COMING UP TOMORROW WE'LL HAVE MORE ON HEATWAVE HITTING THE COMMONWEALTH AS THE COMMONWEALTH'S WASTE DISPOSAL WORKERS MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR THE SCORCHING TEMPERATURES.

>> I WOULD SAY RIGHT AROUND NOONTIME IS WHERE YOUR HEAT IS GOING TO INCREASE.

THAT IS WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE HYDRATED.

>> THAT'S TOMORROW ON "KENTUCKY EDITION" AND WE HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 EASTERN 5:30 CENTRAL FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION."

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