[♪♪] >> Renee: IF IT'S LOWERING TARIFFS IT'S GOOD IF IT RAISES TARIFFS IT'S BAD EVEN WITH CHINA.

>> Renee: THE U.S.

STRIKES A TRADE TRUCE WITH CHINA FOR NOW.

>> THE HIGHEST FEDERAL RECOGNITION A PROPERTY CAN RECEIVE BASED ON ITS ARCHAEOLOGICAL VALUE.

>> Renee: FIND OUT WHICH KENTUCKY STATE PARK IS NOW A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED LANDMARK.

>> WE RECOGNIZE THAT STARTING A NEW LIFE IN A NEW COUNTRY IS NEVER EASY AND WE ALSO KNOW WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT THE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN THRIVE.

>> Renee: HOW A LOCAL NONPROFIT AND A KENTUCKY SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE HELPING YOUNG REFUGEES IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

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

[♪♪] >> Renee: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY EDITION" ON THIS MONDAY, MAY 12TH, HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT WEEKEND.

I'M RENEE SHAW AND WE THANK YOU FOR SPENDING SOME OF YOUR MONDAY NIGHT WITH US.

>>> THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA HAVE CALLED FOR A 90-DAY TRUCE IN THEIR TRADE WAR.

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS AGREED TO REDUCE ITS 145% TARIFF RATE ON CHINESE GOODS, TO 30%.

CHINA AGREED TO LOWER ITS TARIFF RATE ON U.S. GOODS TO 10%.

BOTH COUNTRIES SAY THEY ARE PLANNING MORE TALKS ON RESOLVING TRADE DISPUTES.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS ASKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE HE GAVE THIS MORNING.

>> THE LONGER TERM DEAL IS NOT REACHED WITH CHINA AT THE END OF THE 90 DAYS CAN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EXPECT THE TARIFFS TO GO BACK UP TO 145%?

>> NO, BUT THEY WOULD GO HIGHER.

15, NOBODY IS GOING TO BUY BUT THEY CAN GO, VERY HIGH BECAUSE OF ADDITIONAL TARIFFS I APPLIED DURING THE COURSE BECAUSE OF FENTANYL AND OTHER THINGS.

BUT THEY WILL GO HIGHER.

>> Renee: U.S. STOCKS SOARED AFTER TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT.

BUT ANALYSTS WARNED CONDITIONS COULD STILL QUICKLY CHANGE.

>>> THE DEAL IS WELCOME NEWS TO KENTUCKY U.S.

SENATOR RAND PAUL HE MET WITH BUSINESS LEADERS TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT TRUMP'S TARIFFS AND TRADE POLICY.

OUR JUNE LEFFLER HAS MORE.

>> PAUL RESPONDED TO REPORTERS NOT LONG AFTER THE DEAL WITH CHINA WAS ANNOUNCED.

>> IF IT'S LOWERING TARIFFS IT'S GOOD IF IT RAISES TARIFFS IT'S BAD EVEN WITH CHINA.

>> THE NEW AGREEMENT IS NOT THE LAST PAUL SAYS.

>> CHINA IS A NATION WE HAVE MORE OF AN ADVERSE RELATIONSHIP THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY RIGHT NOW THAN MAYBE RUSSIA.

AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE FINDING THOUGH IF WE CUTOFF WITH TRADE IT WILL HURT CHINA AND US, TOO.

>> DO YOU TRUST THE PRESIDENT AND HIS TACTICS?

>> I WOULD PREFER WE WERE NOT PUTTING TARIFFS ON.

>> PAUL PULLED NO PUNCHES WITH THE PRESIDENT ON THIS TOPIC.

HE URGED COLLEAGUES IN CONGRESS TO STEP IN AND ROLLBACK TRUMP'S TARIFFS.

>> THE KEY FALLACY IS THOSE WHO ARE FOR TARIFFS WERE BEING RIPPED OFF AND OTHER COUNTRIES ARE RIPPING US OFF.

YOU TRADE WITH WALMART, YOU TRADE WITH TARGET AND AMAZON, YOU BUY THINGS AND IF THOSE THINGS WERE MADE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY AND YOU BUY THEM, YOU STILL VOLUNTARILY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD DEAL.

>> MONDAY PAUL MET WITH LOUISVILLE'S BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO RELAYED THEIR CONCERNS TO THE SENATOR.

>> JUST TODAY WE HAD REPRESENTATIVINGS FROM BUSINESS SERVICES, HEALTHCARE, OFFICE FURNITURE IN THE ROOM.

MANUFACTURING, WE HAD THE BOURBON INDUSTRY IN THE ROOM AND THE UNCERTAINTY ITSELF CREATES CHALLENGES.

WILL MY SUPPLIER HAVE PRODUCTS FOR ME TO SELL?

90 DAYS FROM NOW?

THOSE ARE ALL QUESTIONS THAT HAVE ARISEN.

AND WE'VE SEEN PRODUCTS TAKEN OFF THE SHELVES THAT IS THE CASE WITH BOURBON IN CANADA.

NOW, THE BOURBON INDUSTRY CANNOT SELL THEIR PRODUCTS IT IS NOT EVEN THAT CONSUMERS IN CANADA HAVE A CHOICE TO PAY MORE.

THEY CAN'T EVEN PURCHASE IT IN CANADA.

>> PAUL SAYS TARIFFS ARE GETTING IN THE WAY OF A FREE AND FAIR ECONOMY.

>> YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LIVE WHERE THE ONLY WAY YOUR BUSINESS CAN SUCCEED IS BY HIRING LOBBYISTS AND TRYING TO CONVINCE SOMEBODY TO GIVE YOU AN EXEMPTION.

APPLE GOT AN EXEMPTION FOR THE iPHONE AND APPLE'S TRILLION BUSINESS AND THEY HAVE THE LEVERAGE.

WHAT IF YOU SELL TOASTERS YOU HAVE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS AND PEOPLE LIKE AND BUY YOUR TOASTERS?

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A LOBBYIST TO GET AN EXEMPTION THEN YOUR BUSINESS GETS CRUSHED AND THE BIGGER BUSINESSES DON'T.

HAVING A HODGEPODGE OF THINGS WHERE YOU CAN GET AN EXEMPTION WITH AN EXPENSIVE LOBBYIST IS NOT A GOOD DEAL EITHER.

>> THIS MONTH, 25% TARIFFS ON IMPORTED AUTO PARTS WENT INTO EFFECT.

THOUGH THE INDUSTRY SUCCESSFULLY LOBBIED FOR REIMBURSEMENTS FOR THOSE PARTS.

FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M JUNE LEFFLER.

>> Renee: THANK YOU, JUNE.

SPEAKING OF THE AUTO INDUSTRY, THE C.E.O.

OF FORD SAID LAST MONTH THAT LAYOFFS ARE NOT IN SIGHT FOR THE 12,000 LOUISVILLE BASED WORKERS.

U.P.S.

WHICH HAS ITS WORLD PORT HUB IN LOUISVILLE HAS ANNOUNCED MAJOR LAYOFFS.

U.P.S.

HAS NOT ANNOUNCED IF OR HOW MANY LOUISVILLE WORKERS COULD LOSE THEIR JOBS.

>>> SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT DON WERE IN DONALD TRUMP WERE IN FRANKFORT GREATING HIS FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE.

AMONG THE SPEAKER THREE KENTUCKIANS PARDONED BY TRUMP AFTER SENTENCED FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE JANUARY 6TH RIOT.

ALL OF THE SPEAKERS TOLD THE CROWD TRUMP IS MOVING THE COUNTRY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

>> I COULD GO ON ALL DAY ABOUT THE CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATIONS IN MY COURT CASE.

ABOUT THE VIOLATION OF FIZ SA WARRANTS WITHIN THE F.B.I.

THE WAY THEY SURVEILLED ME AND OTHERS.

BUT I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU TO GOD FIRST FOR BRINGING US A MAN LIKE PRESIDENT TRUMP TO RULE THIS GREAT NATION.

>> I'M SO PROUD TO HAVE PRESIDENT TRUMP BEING WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE STANDS FOR.

HE DOESN'T TAKE A SALARY.

HE TAKES THE VIEW OF THE PEOPLE NOT HIMSELF AND HE IS FIGHTING FOR US EVERYDAY.

HE IS TRYING TO MAKE US RICH AGAIN.

HE IS TRYING TO MAKE US HEALTHY AGAIN.

HE IS TRYING TO MAKE US BE PROUD OF OURSELVES AGAIN.

THAT'S THE THING WE LOST THIS LAST FOUR YEARS.

>> WE UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES AND PRINCIPLES, THE THINGS THAT MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE UNDER ATTACK BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FOUNDATION OF THIS COUNTRY.

THERE IS A VERSE IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS IF THE FOUNDATIONS BE DESTROYED WHAT CAN THE RIGHTEOUS DO?

ONE THING WE CAN DO, WE CAN PUT SOMEBODY BACK IN OFFICE THAT PROTECTS THE FOUNDATION.

>> Renee: THIS WAS THE SECOND RALLY AT THE STATE CAPITOL TO MARK TRUMP'S 100TH DAY IN OFFICE.

>>> WE'LL DISCUSS NATIONAL POLITICS THE 100 DAYS INTO THE SECOND TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ON "KENTUCKY TONIGHT" THIS EVENING WITH GUESTS FROM BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES AND WE WANT YOUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THAT ALL BEGINS TONIGHT AT 8:00 P.M., 7:00 P.M.

RIGHT HERE ON KET.

>>> KENTUCKY IS GETTING MORE MONEY TO FIGHT THE DRUG EPIDEMIC.

U.S.

SENATOR MITCH McCONNELL'S OFFICE SAYS THE STATE WILL RECEIVE MOORE THAN $1.5 MILLION FOR THE RECOVERY HOUSING PROGRAM.

THE PROGRAM IS PART OF A PILOT PROJECT PROVIDING TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR PEOPLE IN ADDICTION RECOVERY.

SENATOR McCONNELL SAYS THE MONEY IS COMING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT OR HUD.

>>> KENTUCKY DERBY WINNING JOCKEY, JUNIOR ALVARADO, HAS BEEN SUSPENDED.

BLOOD HORSE MAGAZINE REPORTS JUNIOR ALVARADO WILL HAVE TO MISS TWO DAYS OF COMPETITION AND PAY A $62,000 FINE FOR VIOLATING CROP RULES OUTLINED BY THE HORSERACING INTEGRITY AND SAFETY AUTHORITY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HISA.

THEY RULED THE JOCKEY USED THE CROP OR WHIP EIGHT TIMES ON SOVEREIGNTY DURING THE DERBY AND YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO WHIP A HORSE SIX TIMES DOWN THE STRETCH.

IN A INTERVIEW HE TOLD THE COURIER JOURNAL'S C.L.

BROWN QUOTE I WAS SEEING MY DREAM COME TRUE IN FRONT OF ME.

THE WHIP RULE WAS THE LAST THING I HAD ON MY MIND.

END QUOTE.

[♪♪] DO YOU FEEL IT?

TWO EARTHQUAKES SHOOK KENTUCKY OVER THE WEEKEND.

ONE OF THEM WAS A 4.1 MAGNITUDE QUAKE.

OUR CHRISTIE DUTTON SPOKE WITH THE KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKES AND WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT NEXT.

>> Dr. SETH CARPENTER WHEN WE GET TWO EARTHQUAKES CLOSE TOGETHER IN KENTUCKY, RAISES EYEBROWS IS THIS UNUSUAL ACTIVITY FOR US?

>> IT'S NOT UNUSUAL.

EARTHQUAKES HAVE INFREQUENT AS YOU ARE AWARE OF.

AND WHEN TWO HAPPEN IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OR NEARBY EACH OTHER IN TIME, IT'S THAT NECESSARILY UNUSUAL.

BUT REFLECTS SORT OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE SYSTEM AND EARTHQUAKE SYSTEM AND YOU KNOW, SOME SUBTLETIES IN HOW OFTEN THE EARTHQUAKES MIGHT OCCUR.

TO BE CLEAR, THE ONE EARTHQUAKE YESTERDAY MORNING WAS IN KENTUCKY IT WAS IN NORTHERN GARRET COUNTY.

HOWEVER, SATURDAY'S EARTHQUAKE WAS LOCATED DOWN IN TENNESSEE ABOUT 30 MILES OR SO SOUTH OF KNOXVILLE.

AND THAT EARTHQUAKE WAS LARGE ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE IN KENTUCKY DID REPORT FEELING IT.

>> ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, CORRECT?

>> YES.

>> SO THE EARTHQUAKE THERE TO THE SOUTH OF KNOXVILLE, THAT IS ALONG A SEISMIC ZONE OR IS THAT CONNECTED TO THE ONE IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY?

>> GOOD POINT.

AND THAT EARTHQUAKE DID OCCUR IN WHAT WE REFER TO AS THE EASTERN TENNESSEE SEISMIC ZONE AND IT PRODUCES MAGNITUDE 4 OR LARGER EARTHQUAKES ABOUT EVERY FIVE YEARS IF WE AVERAGE IT.

THE ONE THAT OCCURRED IN NORTHERN GARRET COUNTY, IT OCCURRED IN A REGION OUTSIDE OF ANY KNOWN ZONE OF ACTIVITY.

QUITE SEPARATE FROM THE EASTERN TENNESSEE'S ZONE.

EARTHQUAKES HAVE OCCURRED THERE BEFORE, BUT THEY ARE RARE.

>> SO OKAY.

BECAUSE THAT SEEMS UNUSUAL BEING IN CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND NOT REMEMBERING A LOT OF EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY.

SO WITH THOSE TWO EARTHQUAKES WHEN WE START TO SEE EARTHQUAKES HAPPENING MANY OF THEM CLUMPED TOGETHER AN UPTICK IN SEISMIC ACTIVITY DOES THAT QUEUE ANY CONCERN THAT THERE MIGHT BE MORE TO FOLLOW?

>> EARTHQUAKES CAN TELL US WHEN THERE ARE MORE TO FOLLOW BUT WE NEED MULTIPLE EARTHQUAKES TO TELL US THAT.

EARTHQUAKES THAT OCCUR IN A RELATIVELY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, HOURS OR WITHIN DAYS OF WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE MAIN SHOCK, THE LARGEST EVENT IN A SEQUENCE.

WE DON'T KNOW AHEAD OF TIME IF A EARTHQUAKE WILL BE A MAIN SHOCK BUT WE CAN TELL IF EARTHQUAKES ARE AFTERSHOCKS AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT OCCUR NEARBY IN TIME AND IN SPACE TO THE MAIN SHOCK BUT ALSO A SMALLER MAGNITUDE.

AND THESE EARTHQUAKES DON'T SEEM TO AT LEAST SO FAR BE INDICATING ANYTHING RELATED TO A SEQUENCE IN EITHER ONE OF THE LOCATIONS.

IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE COULDN'T HAPPEN.

BUT SO FAR IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE ISOLATED EVENTS.

ALL THAT BEING SAID, THE EARTHQUAKE IN EASTERN TENNESSEE THAT WAS LARGE ENOUGH THAT THERE SHOULD BE AFTERSHOCKS THAT HAVE OCCURRED THAT ARE DETECTABLE BY THE SEISMIC NETWORK.

I HAVE NOT SEEN THOSE YET.

BUT I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THERE ARE NOT ANY.

>> OKAY.

SO BE PREPARED FOR THAT.

AND JUST REAL FAST, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WONDERING ARE WE OVERDO FOR A BIG EARTHQUAKE IS THE BIG ONE AROUND THE CORNER?

>> I SUPPOSE I WOULD BE A RICH MAN IF I COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.

AGAIN, THE EARTHQUAKE THAT OCCURRED IN EASTERN TENNESSEE WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ZONE.

IT DOES PRODUCE THAT SIZE EARTHQUAKE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

WE DON'T HAVE CLEAR EVIDENCE OF EARTHQUAKES LARGER THAN MAGNITUDE 5 OCCURRING IN THE EASTERN TENNESSEE SEISMIC ZONE.

BEFORE WE GET STRUCTURES AND BEFORE THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE REGION THERE WERE LARGE EVENTS BY VIRTUE OF THE GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES THAT ARE THERE.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE REASON TO THINK THAT SUCH LARGE EARTHQUAKES COULD OCCUR AT THIS POINT, LARGER THAN A MAGNITUDE FIVE OR SIX.

AND WE HAVE NOT RECORDED EARTHQUAKES SO STRONG THERE.

ELSEWHERE IN KENTUCKY, IT'S, AGAIN, POSSIBLE THAT A LARGER EARTHQUAKE COULD HAPPEN.

TO SEE WHERE WE'RE DUE IS A HARD THING TO SAY.

EARTHQUAKES HAVE SURPRISED US IN THE PAST.

THE 1980 EARTHQUAKE WAS A SURPRISE HERE IN THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE.

AND THAT COULD HAPPEN ELSEWHERE.

THE ZONE IS OFTEN THE PLACE THAT COMES UP WITH SPECIAL INTEREST REGARDING WHEN WILL THE NEXT LARGE ONE BE.

>> OKAY.

WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND PREPARE FOR THE WORST AND HOPE FOR THE BEST THEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SETH CARPENTER.

>> YOUR A WELCOME.

>> Renee: AND THANK YOU KRISTY.

NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE WERE REPORTED FROM EITHER EARTHQUAKE ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

>>> BIG BONE LICK STATE HISTORIC SITE IN BOONE COUNTY IS ONE OF 16 PLACES IN THE COUNTRY TO BE BOTH A NATIONAL NATURAL LANDMARK AND A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK.

THE PARK BECAME A HISTORICAL LANDMARK IN 2024.

OUR MACKENZIE SPINK WAS AT THE PARK LAST WEEK FOR A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION.

[APPLAUSE] >> IT IS A GREAT RECOGNITION FOR THE PARK TO RECEIVE.

IT'S THE HIGHEST FEDERAL RECOGNITION THAT A PROPERTY CAN RECEIVE BASED ON ITS EITHER HISTORICAL, ARCHITECTURAL OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL VALUE IN SIGNIFICANCE.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT THE ADESIGNATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE PARK BASED ON ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO PALEONTOLOGY AND ARCHAEOLOGY.

>> WE GOT THE STATUS IN 2009.

TWO YEARS LATER THEY CAME BACK AND SAID DO YOU WANT TO WRITE THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK?

AND SAID SURE.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT EVER SINCE.

IT'S BEEN AT LEAST 12 YEARS IN THE MAKING.

THE HISTORIC LANDMARK IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE NATURAL LANDMARK IS THE SETTING, THE ACTUAL FOSSILS AND THEIR ACTUAL PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THE MINERAL SPRINGS.

THE HISTORIC LANDMARK IS ALL ABOUT WHY IS THAT SIGNIFICANT?

>> THE PARK WOULD BE HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT DUE TO THE REAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENED IN EARLY NORTH AMERICA, EPICENTERRED AROUND THE PLEISTOCENE THAT COMES FROM BONES AND ARTIFACTS COVERED HERE THROUGH THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES.

MOST NOTABLY THE 1807 DIG OF WILLIAM CLARK WITH THE FAMED LEWIS AND CLARK IN WHICH NEW SPECIES WERE IDENTIFIED AND THAT WAS THE FIRST ORGANIZED AND FUNDED EXCAVATION FOR BONES IN NORTH AMERICA WHICH MADE BIG BONE LICK THE BIRTHPLACE OF PALEONTOLOGY.

>> THEY ARE FIGURING OUT WHAT ARE THESE BONES?

THEY ARE NOT HERE ANYMORE.

SO THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT, WELL MAYBE THEY ARE EXTINCT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.

THEY ARE DEFINING NEW SPECIES.

SO YOU TAKE BONES LIKE A MASTODON TOOTH OR MAMMOTH TOOT AND YOU USE THOSE.

TYPE SPECIMENS AND THEY WOULD DEFINE AN ENTIRE SPECIES BASED ON BONES FROM HERE.

>> THE COMMUNITY REALLY LOVES THIS PARK.

BUT AFTER WE HEARD HOW MANY LETTERS OF SUPPORT WERE SENT IN FOR BIG BONE LICK TO RECEIVE THIS DESIGNATION IT WAS ALMOST OVERWHELMING THE AMOUNT OF JOY AND LOVE AND CARING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS AND ESPECIALLY THE SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE LETTERS.

IT MEANS SO MUCH TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

AND ALSO KNOW THAT THEY SEE BIG BONE LICK AS THE GEM THAT IT IS.

>> Renee: BIG BONE LICK STATE HISTORIC SITE RECEIVED THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF SUPPORT LETTERS OF ALL THE 2024 NOMINEES FOR THIS DESIGNATION.

CONGRATS TO THEM.

[♪♪] SOME STUDENTS NEW TO THE U.S. WILL BE GETTING LESS SONGS ON ADJUSTING TO LIFE IN AMERICA THROUGH A PROGRAM LAUNCHED BY JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THE DISTRICT PARTNERED WITH C FORD MYSTERIES TO CREATE A MENTOR PROGRAM IT PAIRS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH MENTORS OF SIMILAR BACKGROUNDS WHO KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE ADAPTING TO A NEW COUNTRY.

DETAILS IN TONIGHT'S EDUCATION MATTERS SEGMENT.

[♪♪] >> WE RECOGNIZE THAT STARTING A NEW LIFE IN A NEW COUNTRY IS NEVER EASY.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WITH THE RIGHT SUPPORT, GUIDANCE AND BELIEF, THESE YOUNG PEOPLE CAN THRIVE NOT IN SPITE OF THEIR JOURNEY, BUT BECAUSE OF IT.

THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO SUPPORT OR PROVIDE MENTORSHIP TO YOUTH AGED 15 YEARS OLD TO 24.

REFUGEES WHO HAVE COME TO LOUISVILLE CARRYING NOT ONLY THE WEIGHT OF DISPLACEMENT BUT THE STRENGTHS OF SURVIVAL, AND HOPE.

THEY ARE STUDENTS.

THEY ARE SONS, THEY ARE DAUGHTERS.

DREAMERS.

AND FUTURE LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> OUR STUDENT ALSO HAVE MENTORS WITH SIMILAR LIFE EXPERIENCES WHO ARE ABLE TO CONNECT IN THE SAME LANGUAGE.

THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS WE EXPAND OUR ACCELERATE TO GRADUATE PROGRAM NEXT YEAR PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO ACCELERATE THEIR LEARNING TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IN OUR COMMUNITY.

>> THE PROJECT CONNECTS REFUGEE YOUTH WITH CARING, TRAINED MENTORS.

MANY OF WHOM UNDERSTAND THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF RESETTLEMENT.

THE MENTORS WILL WALK ALONG SIDE OUR MEN TEES NOT TO LEAD THE WAY FOR THEM BUT TO HELP THEM IN THEIR OWN PATH WITH CONFIDENCE, COURAGE AND COMMUNITY.

>> BY VOLUNTEERING AS A MENTOR THEY WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT ON A YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE.

>> WE'LL HAVE ABOUT THREE STUDENTS THAT WILL BE HELPING WE HAVE SUMMER ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BE PUTTING THEM TOGETHER MENTORS ARE CHECKING UP TO MAKE EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE WE HAVE ACTIVITIES AND DO HAVE VISITING UNIVERSITIES, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO I WISH I HAD WHEN I CAME TO THIS COUNTRY.

I AM A REFUGEE MYSELF.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS EVENT START OFF.

>> Renee: THE SIX-MONTH PROGRAM IS FOR AGES 15-24 AND FOCUSES ON COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS AND SOCIAL SKILLS.

[♪♪] THEY ARE KNOWN AS THE HERCULANEUM SCROLLS AN ANCIENT COLLECTION OF MANUSCRIPTS BURIED AND CARBONIZED DURING THE ERUPTION OF MOUTN VESUVIUS, ALMOST 2,000 YEARS AGO.

DISCOVERED IN THE 1700'S, THE SCROLLS WERE DEEMED UNREADABLE THAT IS UNTIL A COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR IN KENTUCKY LED AN EFFORT TO VIRTUALLY UNWRAP THE SCROLLS.

WE TALKED WITH OUR FRIENDS WITH KENTUCKY LIFE ABOUT THE HISTORIC ACCOMPLISHMENT.

[♪♪] >> THE SCROLLS FROM HERCULANEUM SCROLLS HAVE AN INCREDIBLY INTERESTING HISTORY THEY WERE FORMED AT THE EXPLOSION OF MOUTN VESUVIUS IN 8079 AND THIS IS WELL-KNOWN BECAUSE OF POMPEII BUT THE SCROLLS IN IN AN ADJACENT DOWN IN A LIBRARY.

HOW DO THE PA PIE RUSS SURVIVE THAT.

>> NORMALLY IT WOULD DECOMPOSE BUT BECAUSE THESE SCROLLS IN THE LIBRARY WERE COVERED UP WITH THE ASH AND THE GASES AND THE DIRT AND THE MUD FROM THE EXPLOSION THEY WERE IRONICALLY, PRESERVED BY THAT VERY PROCESS THAT DESTROYED EVERYTHING ELSE.

>> A TIME CAPSULE THAT WOULD REMAIN HIDDEN FOR 1700 YEARS.

THEY WERE DISCOVERED 250 YEARS AGO WHEN SOME PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO DIG A WELL AND THEY HIT NOT ONLY THE LIBRARY BUT FLOORS OF MY SAYICS FROM MOSAICS AND THERE WAS A TOWN UNDER THE AREA.

>> THE AREA WAS A WEALTHY AREA YOU HAD WEALTHY ROMANS SPONSORING GROUPS DISCUSSIONS.

IN TERMS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE IT'S JUST A CENTER THAT IS COPYING BOOKS PRESERVING BOOKS.

AS THE LIBRARY PRESERVING COPIES OF VERY, VERY ANCIENT LITERATURE.

WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS EVERY WORK WE HAVE IS PREDATES THE ERUPTION.

>> A TREASURE TROVE OF KNOWLEDGE SPARED FROM DESTRUCTION COULD THEY BE DECIPHERED?

IT IS A PUZZLE THAT SEALS SAYS WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST BUT GETTING ACTS IS WAS NOT EASY -- ACCESS WAS NOT EASY.

>> THE SCROLLS HAVE BEEN AT THE CENTER OF A CURRENCY, THE COIN OF THE REALM FOR CULTURAL ARTIFACTS HIGHLY REGARDED AND VENERATED BY THE ROYALTY OF ITALY.

IT IS NOT LIKE YOU CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY AND SAY I WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS EXPERIMENT WITH YOUR TREASURES.

SO THERE'S A POLITICAL AND CULTURAL QUESTION ABOUT HOW TO HEADACHE THAT HAPPEN.

>> HOW DID YOU NAVIGATE THAT?

>> I DIDN'T DO WELL AT THE BEGINNING I MADE APPROACHES TO THE PEOPLE WHO HELD THE COLLECTION AND WE WERE DECLINED.

SO I HAD TO BUILDUP THE CREDIBILITY OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WITH OTHER WORK THAT WE DID AND I HAD TO SHOW THOSE THINGS SUCCEEDING IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON THIS MATERIAL.

>> THIS MATERIAL IS CHALLENGING AND IT'S FRAGILE AND IT'S INACCESSIBLE IT IS NOT EASY TO BE ABLE TO BE IN THE SAME ROOM.

AND THINK ABOUT HOW THAT FEELS.

IT'S 2,000 YEARS OLD.

THIS SCROLL EXISTED MAYBE BEFORE JESUS WALKED THE EARTH.

AND YOU ARE IN THE SAME ROOM WITH A DOCUMENT THAT HAS WRITING FROM A HUMAN THAT NO ONE WAS READ.

EARLY WHEN THEY WERE DISCOVERED BACK IN THE 1750s, 1800'S, SCHOLARS IN THAT MOMENTED HOPED THEY WOULD DISCOVER SOMETHING NEW ABOUT THE FIRST CENTURY.

THERE WAS A HUGE CONTEXT WHEN I CAME TO THIS PROBLEM AS A COMPUTER SCIENTIST.

WHAT I DISCOVER SECOND THAT THEY WERE STILL SCROLLS NOT UNWRAPPED.

THEY WERE COMPLETELY IN TACK LIKE A BOOK ON A SHELF THAT HAD NEVER BEEN OPENED.

WHAT ATTRACTED ME WAS THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGE OF BEING ABLE TO READ THAT BOOK WITHOUT OPENING IT.

WE ENGINEERED A METHOD TO SEE INSIDE AND READ WHAT IS INSIDE WITHOUT OPENING THEM.

>> Renee: FASCINATING STUFF YOU CAN LEARN MORE HOW THE TEAM AT U.K. USED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO DECODE THE ANCIENT SCROLLS.

LOOK FOR THIS STORY ON-LINE AND YOU CAN SEE IT ON DEMAND AT KET.ORG/KENTUCKYLIFE.

>>> SPEAKING OF HISTORY, LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FIRST KENTUCKY DERBY AND THE FIRST KENTUCKY GOVERNOR AS OUR TOBY GIBBS TAKES A LOOK AT THIS WEEK IN KENTUCKY HISTORY.

[♪♪] >> ON MAY 15TH, 1792, ELECTORS FROM KENTUCKY PICKED ISAAC SHELBY TO BE KENTUCKY'S FIRST GOVERNOR.

HE WAS SWORN IN JUNE 4, THREE DAYS AFTER KENTUCKY JOINED THE UNION.

THE MARQUEE DE LAFAYETTE, THE FRESHMAN WHO FOUGHT ALONGSIDE GEORGE WASHINGTON VISITED LEXINGTON ON MAY 16TH, 1825, THE NAMESAKE FOR FAYETTE COUNTY.

>>> ON MAY 16TH, 1861, THE KENTUCKY GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTED TO STAY NEUTRAL IN THE CIVIL WAR.

KENTUCKY WOULD LATER ALIGN WITH THE UNION AFTER CONFEDERATE TROOPS INVADED WESTERN KENTUCKY.

NATHAN STUBBLE FIELD OF MURRAY PATENTED HIS WIRELESS TELEPHONE ON MAY 121908.

THE AT THAT TIME TENT STATED THE INVESTIGATION WOULD BE ABLE TO SEND COMMUNICATIONS TO TRAINS, WAGONS AND BOATS.

>>> THE LOUISVILLE JOCKEY CLUB HOSTED THE FIRST KENTUCKY DERBY ON MAY 17TH, 1875.

IT WAS NOT THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY.

THAT DIDN'T BECOME OFFICIAL UNTIL 1931.

THE TRACK WAS A MILE-AND-A-HALF AND THE RACE WAS WON BY TWO LENGTHS.

THE AMERICAN BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION'S KENTUCKY COLONELS LOST GAME SEVEN OF THE FINALS TO THE INDIANA PACERS ON MAY 12, 1973.

THE COLONELS WOULD WIN THE ABA TITLE IN 1975 BEATING THE PACERS.

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

>> Renee: THANK YOU AS ALWAYS TOBY GIBBS.

IT IS AN OFF YEAR FOR STATE-WIDE ELECTIONS IN KENTUCKY BUT POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS HAVE BEGUN WHO ELSE COULD BE CONSIDERING A RUN FOR CONGRESS?

DETAILS ON THAT TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:30 EASTERN 5:30 CENTRAL ON "KENTUCKY EDITION" WHERE WE INFORM, CONNECT AND INSPIRE.

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AND, OF COURSE, WATCH ALL THE GREAT PROGRAMS ON-LINE ON DEMAND AT KET.ORG.

I'LL SEE YOU IN ABOUT AN HOUR OR "KENTUCKY TONIGHT" WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRUMP'S FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE AND MORE.

TRADE POLICY ALL THE STUFF WE'VE GOT IT COMING UP AT 8:00 EASTERN HERE ON HERE ON I'M RENEE SHAW, UNTIL I SEE YOU THEN, TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE.

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