♪ >> Another day of long lines as Kentucky ends take advantage of early voting.

>> Small and simple actions, things each of us can do with a little planning, encourage me to produce enormous benefits improvements in our help.

>> But what are those small simple actions we have the list.

>> It's tragic for that too much is outside of our control.

>> And how a time change can mean a change in your sleep.

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♪ ♪ Good Evening and welcome to Kentucky EDITION on this Friday.

It's the beginning of a new month, November one.

I'm Renee Shaw.

Thank you so very much for starting off your weekend with us.

Governor Andy Beshear says voters in Kentucky would benefit if the United States which to a popular vote base presidential election system replacing the Electoral College.

The governor talked about it during his news conference yesterday.

>> I support.

Any change that gets us closer to every single state being a part of of a presidential election.

I think that a popular vote, it would be a better form of democracy where we would see more candidates come to Kentucky but also come to other states where turning out that many more Kentuckians matters just as much as turning out that many more people in Arizona or somewhere else.

Just the the idea that we could all every single American important part and feel like an important part of these elections and those that are running.

Would then have to have messages for all of America.

I think that drives people towards common ground and common sense because if you've got a run in Kentucky for every vote, just like you've got Iran and in other states, then again, I think it it gets us closer to a place where we can govern in a way that lifts all Americans up that that we're not push towards any extreme that we don't right off crazy things that some candidates may or may not say, but but that we were truly get an election for all Americans.

I think to do that we would ultimately have to abolish the Electoral College.

I know that's been with us a long time, but we see where things currently stand >> the governor conceded that it doesn't appear that the U.S. will abolish the Electoral College system any time soon.

U.S.

Senator Mitch McConnell responded to the governor's call to abolish the Electoral College.

Quote, he says Democrats disregard and borderline disdain for the constitutional guardrails that safeguard our political system has lurked below the surface of their rhetoric for a long, long time.

No institution is to do year.

If it stands between a Democrat and they're progressive reforms to preserve democracy.

The standard euphemism for partisan power grabs on the left, unquote.

State Senator Robert Stivers, a Republican and president of the Kentucky State Senate said this, quote, Governor Beshear statement proves that he's and nationalize Democrat through and through his proposal for representation violates what our founding fathers, including Washington, Jefferson and others and vision for this great country.

End of quote.

It was day 2 for in-person no excuse early voting in Kentucky as we continue our election twenty-twenty for coverage and lines were long in many places.

Again, this was the same at 3 of the public libraries in Lexington.

Voters also took advantage of the opportunity to vote early yesterday.

Kentucky secretary of state Michael Adams says more than 225,000 people voted on day one of early voting.

That's compared to about 57,020 20 and almost 82,020.

22 I spoke to Secretary Adams earlier today about those numbers views on the Electoral College and how elections officials are handling the high turnout and even exaggerated claims about a voting glitch.

Secretary Adams, thank you so much for a bit of your time.

We know you're doing a lot of these media avail.

So we appreciate you squeeze.

And I sent it to.

Let's talk about how early voting is looking first day of early voting.

Tell us what you know about the number of people who are participating.

>> So I've been out around the state and also placing paid media asking voters to vote early.

I'm concerned about crowds on Election Day and to put this in perspective, the first day of early voting in 2020, we had at least 57,000 voters.

But that day, the first day in 2022.

With 81,000 in 2024, 225,000.

That's that's a massive number.

There were some lines, a certain points of the day at some locations, but they petered out.

It's it's been steady.

Fortunately, that's good news.

It's good to show that we've got a good turnout.

But more importantly, that were space in the turnout over 4 days.

So we do have 3 days of cricket, someone day of crowds on Tuesday.

>> Yeah.

Can you imagine what it would be like on Tuesday?

If that was the only day people can do in person?

>> Yeah, I can't imagine that waited in line for 3 half hours to vote for president in 2016 before it took office about that was unacceptable that we fix that.

Yeah.

>> So let's talk about some of the maybe not snack foods, but the longer wait times we heard a lot about that.

Even our reporters who were out yesterday, some people waiting an hour, possibly 2.

And then some I think counties.

We're making some adjustments that today would be smoother.

What do you know about that?

>> What I'm hearing today and by the way, Friday usually has more voters than Thursday.

We've seen that every every election with early voting.

We typically find Friday's a busier day, but a smoother day because the Kings get worked out.

Individual locations, realizing the check in, though, at a check-in here.

They're right.

We learned we learned from the process.

>> Yeah.

Is it?

The availability of machines are poll workers are a mixture of both some in a poll worker problem.

I've been pleasantly surprised that are request for for personnel at the polls.

We can't open the polls.

The poll workers, we see a decline over time.

Fortunately with the higher interest in this election, the higher turnout, we also have more poll workers.

So that's not been a problem.

Fortunately.

>> All right.

>> One of the things we saw that has gone viral on social media is a post that was made about a person in Laurel County who was trying to vote for Donald Trump.

But yet it would default to Kamala Harris.

Is that true?

>> No, we don't have any missions in Kentucky.

We have paper ballots.

We do in some instances have ballot marking devices is required to have by the Americans.

The Disabilities Act.

And you, you punch on the screen, the candidate you're selecting and it prints out the ballot that you can then review yourself, make sure it's accurate before you voted what this person did with her TikTok account is put out a misleading video.

They got 19 million views on TikTok.

Was she thinking believe that the elected to put into the video was that the problem was fixed.

She was able to vote accurately using a different a device, a pretty her ballot out.

She confirmed that it was accurate and she left happy.

She got to vote for the candidate that she wanted to vote for.

And she was one of 225,000 people that voted the first day of voting.

So even if she hadn't voted, actually, that would be one of 2 25,000.

But she did.

>> That was the only one that's part of the had that kind of issue when yes, so that was the other question.

Is paper ballots first versus just electronic voting?

We have paper ballots, correct?

We don't have any electronic voting, Kentucky right?

Absentee ballot requests.

We know that there was probably a record number of requests.

How did that translate into ones that have been turned in so far?

>> Well, as of the time that we're taping this, we've received back 3 of every 4 requests, but that still leaves a couple about 20,000.

Do encourage folks, if you're voting absentee, it's getting late to mail it back.

So bringing to the drop box of the clerk has a drop box at their office of them have more than one around the county.

You can find your Dropbox locations said go vote, DOT K Y dot Gov.

>> Let's talk about the Electoral College and that's made some news here in the last couple of days.

Where do you stand on the relevancy and necessity of electoral college.

>> Well, I remember growing up in the 90's when this was a swing state and that was really exciting.

I got to meet Bob Dole and Jack Kemp and George Bush and Dan Quayle when they came here to campaign to win Kentucky.

I disagree with the governor.

The governor's obviously running for president as a Democrat.

He thinks that Kamala Harris is going to lose and he's trying to say the right things to move ahead as a national Democrat, I respect that.

I think he's right.

I think to the said that he's right will be good for Louisville or Lexington to get attention.

I don't think that rule Kentucky will get any attention because they're just sort of people per square mile.

But I think the best defense of the Electoral College is if we have concerns now with the election, they can be localized to certain areas and we can have courts look at them.

We get have election officials.

Look at them and those issues can be segregated to certain jurisdictions.

Can you imagine a fifty-fifty country every little TikTok video would be relevant in counting and challenging a presidential election.

Could be a disaster.

Go to a popular vote.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> After the polls close next Tuesday, join us for complete election returns and analysis from a panel of longtime Kentucky election experts.

Our coverage begins at 8 Eastern 7 central on K E T 2.

The state is launching a new health campaign called my Healthy home.

Kentucky.

The goal is for Kentuckians to improve their health by taking 3 simple steps.

More in tonight's look at medical news, Doctor Steven Stack commissioner of the Department for Public Health pointed out the statistics yesterday as he announced the program, he says 38% of Kentuckians are obese.

26% do not take part in any physical activity.

45% ate fruit less than once a day, 20% eat vegetables less than once a day and 17% of Kentucky adults smoke cigarettes.

The 4th highest percentage in the nation doctor stacked described the 3 steps he hopes will help.

Kentuckians began reversing these health problems.

>> So the overarching yearlong goals, a B are healthy, Kentucky home campaign for the 2 servings of fresh fruits or vegetables, dealing to exercise at least 30 minutes, 3 times per week in to engage with others in stay connected.

Let's look at that a little more closely.

So first of all, eat 2 servings of fruits or vegetables every day?

7 days a week to get any combination of fruits and vegetables to plan ahead every week for every day.

The goal here is to make it a normal part of our daily routine to ensure that none of us it's less than 2 servings of fruits and vegetables.

Next exercise, at least 30 minutes, 3 times per week.

Technology has made us much more sedentary than our ancestors extended periods of sitting in physical activity, elevator blood pressure, elevate our blood sugar in cause damage to our spines and doing this damage doesn't take much.

In fact, walking for as little as 15 minutes after a meal and, you know, walking 5 minutes out of every hour in the day, you can have dramatically positive improvements in lowering our blood pressure and her blood sugar.

Here are your long goal is to ensure that every Kentuckyian actively plans to walk or at least otherwise exercise, at least 30 minutes, 3 times per week in the final objective is to become more engaged and connected with others in no, not on our phones.

The U.S. surgeon general public to report in 2023 modern nations epidemic of isolation and loneliness.

Despite all the time we spend on social media and other technology platforms, this directly contributes to stress, anxiety and depression.

We feel less connected and lonelier than ever.

All of which the minister of Health and happiness to counteract these terms.

Our goal here is to ensure that all of us spend more in-person social in technology free time with each other over the next 12 months.

>> Doctor Stack says eating 2 servings of vegetables or fruit today is less than the recommended servicing servings to stay healthy.

But he says it's a start.

A massive fire underneath a bridge connecting Kentuckyian Ohio has closed a heavily traveled route between Cincinnati and northern Kentucky.

The fire damaged part of the steel structure.

No one was hurt.

The Cincinnati Fire Department spokesperson says the fire broke out overnight near a playground under the bridge shutting down Interstate 4.71.

Today.

Fire crews say chunks of concrete fell from the bridge and the fire warped a few still beans.

Officials say it will take weeks to repair the bridge's southbound lanes.

♪ Finding affordable housing continues to be a challenge for many renters and buyers in the U.S. among those struggling the most people 65 and older who are often living on fixed incomes and may need amenities and support services to age in place.

And Lexington, Anderson, communities is offering a potential solution with its senior co-living concept.

Co-living not only provides an affordable housing option, it can also prevent loneliness and social isolation.

Both common among older adults.

We take a look at the concept and the community.

It's creating as part of our next chapter initiative where we explore issues facing Kentucky's aging population.

>> I don't think it's any secret to anyone that we have an aging population.

We've got a baby boomer generation that every day more and more of them are becoming retirement eligible and the time we see a large number of seniors who are in need of affordable housing.

It's very limited.

That's very expensive.

It's not it's not affordable for the independent living is.

>> I think about $3500 a month now and the a memory care to run up around 8,000 a month.

So you're talking about 35 to $100,000 a year.

A substantial many people cannot afford that.

>> Independent living homes are just guy.

They're just cost too much and they don't offer that much and memory care unit assisted living and like the independent living where I was just every year it goes up and up.

>> When my mother moved out of her home.

And 2.

Independent living.

It's very expensive to put the finances the 40 that experience kind of said to me, there's an opportunity.

>> Whenever you see there on a baby toy says there's more demand than supply.

That's an opportunity that's a market cap or so.

We came up with our Golden Oaks concept.

It's a pod where 4 people live together there for sweet.

And then there's a common area.

It's luxurious space.

Walk in shower with 0 entry.

Marble counter tops ice cabinets.

You know, my first Red Raider, nice appliances for sure and drier.

We have made service come in and it's all inclusive.

You just make one payment, you know, pay utilities are.

The cleaning lady or anything to that?

Very portable.

It's a proud $1200 a month versus 3500.

>> And this is where I live.

This and living room and I love living here.

If you want to be with people, you can be with people be in the common area.

And when I get tired of people, I just go in my room and close the door.

Community.

>> And the base is the community's human connection.

social interaction where you can control to contact them.

>> You know not everybody has a family that can come take care of on that.

If you can live in an environment where you have your own private space.

But then you share the common area with other people your age with similar interests and similar needs.

It's basically a waiver when caring for each other, continuing those positive relationships with your healthy, for their for their mind and body us and also remaining forward to sharing that cost.

>> I believe 2, 2, and a half years.

You can sign up for 6 months or a year or even longer.

If you want until you die, I guess what I'm gonna do.

They said they were going to build more and I hope they do.

it is great for a single person.

Lady.

Single person to.

The here.

It.

So we're really excited to be.

>> Says he likes and try this model and it might lead to more opportunities for affordability.

The future you can't build a home.

Today's market.

Don't wait.

Families.

It's the it's just you can't build a home that's attainable for them.

So the new homes aren't available in this situation and opens up 4 of those homes.

So we've gone from 4 households to one and we've got room for 4 more young couple's young families to move into another house.

So it's a socially redeeming.

You know, it's it's providing for the community.

>> Dennis Anderson says plans are in the works to build more Co housing near Golden Oaks and the McConnell's Trace Subdivision and Lexington.

He says his company is also focused on building active living communities for older adults.

55 and up.

You can find more stories and resources about growing older, the rewards and challenges online on-demand at KET Dot Org.

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♪ We set our clocks back an hour Saturday night as daylight Saving Time ends the changing sunset time can affect people sleep and health.

So what can you do about it?

We asked an expert at the University of Louisville.

>> The lack of light, the relative lack of lighting, Early afternoon or early evening hours certainly makes some people feel more drowsy or that heat and the otherwise would be so that earlier sense of fatigue, lack of energy, it can stay there.

It is set off to a feeling of energy for us.

Overly doesn't off before.

One wants to, but looking positive side.

More light in the morning, perhaps not set that somewhat.

>> More energized naturally by that some light at the number one thing that induces reckless and humans tents.

You like to probably isn't a surprise.

And I say to that, not just trying to read about it too much.

It is outside of our control as far as having natural sunlight, which is ideal that we can modify our our space Homs.

It just creates more light as much as we can.

Specially Watson says the park some light just increasing activity levels, which I know is challenging because you don't want to be vigorously working out within 90 minutes or so of your desired that time.

If you can find a window before that, a lot treadmill bike, you know, some help with the creative when outside conditions operate.

Moderately increasing activity.

Wells also reduces more wakefulness compared to that heat and drought in us.

Essentially it's very much ingrained in our biophysical.

We got to be awake for 16, 17 hours and then therefore other side.

That's the thing for 78 hours.

It's not substantially change even if we feel.

A bit earlier, someone might get more hours of sleep extra minutes, but ours that doesn't necessarily translate to feeling more energized trend.

A much more are much less the real in that 7 to 8 hour when Dow doesn't translate to feeling much better.

So it's possible that some sleep so that more.

But that drive to wake up after 70 hours to leave parades.

>> So the good news is as daylight saving time will start back again on 3/9/2025.

can't wait.

♪ >> Calling all Bookworms.

The 43rd annual book festival is this weekend in Lexington.

>> Top tier riders and celebrities of the local and national variety will be on hand to talk about their work from famed morning weatherman Al Roker to Kentucky native and cable news pundit Scott Jennings.

The book festival put on by the Kentucky Humanities will have you thinking history and learning more about Kentuckyian the world, KET friend and former host Bill Goodman, executive director of Kentucky.

Humanities stopped by today to tell us more.

Bill Goodman, it is so good to sir, it's good to be here with you once again.

>> Welcome home.

And, you know, I run into a lot of people that.

>> If you remember, but a lot do some well, we.

>> You're you are not forgettable.

And of course, we remember you and so go out of the work you're doing and proud of the work you're doing with the Kentucky Humanities and you've got a big event happening right now.

>> It's our biggest public event of the year and we're so excited tomorrow from 9.30, to 5 at Joseph Beth Book, Sellers Out of Lexington, Green.

The biggest and maybe the best.

I always say that every year this is a my 8th a Kentucky book festival.

I know that's hard to leave, but we've really tried to to grow it every year, but in a good way, Renee, it's become I think a community Thiel, friends, authors want to meet the public and the public want to meet writers and poets and authors and we've done the last couple of years turned into a real family friendly event with the Children's 10, 10 authors and this year we were so thankful that the first lady Britainy Beshear became our first ever honorary chair of the Kentucky book Festival and she has a couple of books in her illustrator will be with her and she's going to read to the kids and so there are a lot of new things.

I think it's the most diverse lineup we've ever had of.

We we really have something for everyone.

>> And its local office, but you also have some pretty good book.

Big foot's like Al Roker who was coming in.

And, of course, Scott Jennings, who were always going to climb.

But we see a lot on CNN more than we perhaps am on other news outlets here in Kentucky.

So tell us about that.

>> With Scott's going to be in conversation with UK law professor Josh Douglas and Carol and up onto a very well-known the eastern Kentucky University professor who has written her book.

And it's doing well nationally, Josh, as his book that you probably interviewed him right about Scott is an old friend and I ask him to come in to be in conversation with them.

Not a debate but to talk with them about politics and about the Electoral College, which is still a debatable topic.

♪ ♪ ♪ >> If you want to stay busy, the first weekend of November, our Toby Gibbs has options, of course.

And this look at what's happening around the Commonwealth.

♪ >> Monday kicks off Kentucky Cider days in Lexington, there will be events all over town like paint and pours.

Drag brunch and cider tastings.

The celebration culminates with Cider Fest.

It Weisberg company on the 10th ciders from around the world played cornhole and have a great time at this tasty event.

Is sure to check out this new exhibit at the are killed in Echo Hall extra.

Wanda is a traveling exhibit featuring exquisite embroidery by a group of self taught women to create beautiful images of Rwanda and culture exhibit will be up to the month of November.

Whether you're already putting up your Christmas tree are waiting until after Thanksgiving to start your decorating getting your Christmas shopping done early is always a good idea.

And Glasgow has got you covered next.

Thursday starts the annual hometown Christmas shopping event.

The Santa enjoy holiday treats and start the shopping season off strong.

If you can't wait until Thursday.

Check out the jolly jingle market enrichment tomorrow.

Enjoy classic Christmas tunes.

As you shop from over 40 small businesses and artisans, most you could drink hot cocoa.

Meet Santa and wrap your gifts all in one place.

This is a one-stop shop of Christmas cheer.

Be sure to check it out.

Before we get too ahead of ourselves.

There's still lots to celebrate in November.

This month is Native American Heritage Month and the Green River Valley Powwow is a great way to kick things off.

Come learn about the history of the people who were here first and engage in their culture through dance art and music.

The event runs all weekend and is open to the public.

You don't want to miss it.

A Blue Lakes Battlefield State Resort Park has its own historical event this weekend.

The Kentucky court of a long rifle been will be assembled for a shooting competition tomorrow.

And it's certain to be a spectacle.

Enjoy the period costumes, encampment and demonstrations up near forgotten the historical skills.

And that's what's happening around the commonwealth.

I'm told, begins.

>> Thank you to be Gibbs do it for us this week.

Thank you so much for joining us for Kentucky Edition.

And we hope you'll be back Monday.

We have another hour, sleep 06:30PM, Eastern 5.30, central be you inform connect and hopefully inspire.

Have a great weekend and we will see you back here Monday night.

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