i recently graduated from university of kentucky was a group of the uk women swim and dive team. i probably finish my career as a 12th ncaa all-american, five-time sec champion, acc record over in the 200 butterfly making it one of the fastest americans of all time, a two-time olympic trials qualifier, sec's co-athlete of the year and a cc community service leader of the year but all of that to say that it's a lifelong journey competing at the level and it's impossible to put into words the amount of sacrifice and dedication that it takes. on march 17 at 2022 my teammates and i as well as female swimmers from universities around the country were forced to compete against biological male leah thomas. thomas was led to compete in the women's division after competing as a member of the universe of pennsylvania's men's swim team for three years here we watch on the side of pool as thomas winter national title under 500 free stop beating up the most impressive and accomplished female swimmers in the country including many olympians and american record holders. my body lengths. previou

my experience, my husband, he swam at university of kentucky as well. of accolades and in terms of national ranking, i was a much better swimmer than him. he could kick my butt any day of the week. without trying. >> okay. i, i, i just think, ms. robinson, i'm trying to understand where you're coming from. i think you lose a lot of credibility when you don't concede that a biological male has physical advantages over a biological female. i mean, i just think that's a proven fact. and you really hurt your credibility. i understand you, you want the world to be a better place. i do too. and i don't think people ought to be discriminated against because of an immutable characteristic. i don't. and i, i think that, i think everybody ought to be free to be themselves. and what you do in your bedroom, or what i do in my bedroom with a consenting adult, is nobody's business. but if what i do in my bedroom with a consenting adult, if i decide i want to tell somebody's child about it, than other people have rights too. and i think parents have rights. and i thin

it's ok cabinet or is professor of diplomacy and conflict resolution at the university of kentucky. is also a former us ambassador for you asian conflicts. we austin, what role the international community could play? the role is limited by what other by the end is allowing. so we have $75000.00 people plus have left. no representatives of the international community are given access. in the harbor. there been a handful of internet security for the red cross, the united nations. it's best of luck. they. none of them have been loved in neither have the press. so rumors are human rights abuses work, right. and there's no way to validate those because no one's the love to be there to see it. i think that the challenge is going to be, is this the end of the fighting between our media and us are, but uh, and there's quite a bit of concern about that too. and that is also felt the desire of the population . it's i think to leave, they don't want to be stuck in other beds. um, whereas where there could be more and yet again, when the united states rest of france were, were working together.

then we got a letter from the university of kentucky saying yeah they have been doing surgery this resooimtnd was caught in a lie but they're running with their hair on fire away from this. they're like we want the gender affirming stuff maybe a few pills here and there but not the surgery but he vetoed the bill that would have stopped the surgery and our republican legislature overrode him and daniel cameron is fighting this out in a battle there but you're right. the democrats kind of want to call it something that it's not. they got really mat at me at a committee hearing when i called it genital mutilation. universally around if world we were opposed to this. we opposed it in africa the u.n. everybody working to stop it and now we have the opposite. we have clinics set up where we are encouraging this. it doesn't work. it is a mutilation. it destroys their urinary tract system. it gives them know sexual pleasure as an adult. it really shouldn't happen. >> i would hate to think that money flowing into these war chests from these surgeons and hospitals aren't affect wag the democrats are

was the second team swimmer two years before she made the first team final two years at the university of kentuckyter all of that back and forth. she went to formerly known as twitter, x and said. this. >> all right. keith. as i was getting my all sec first team honors down to show you, i dropped it. and i broke it. which would be really unfortunate if i didn't have more of those. but lucky for me i do. so let's go through it. sec title, second in the country. this is my sec community service leader of the year award. which actually got me a lot of the money. oh another sec title. an ncaa trophy. oh look sec scholar athlete of the year. believe it or not i'm pretty smart. another sec title. another ncaa though that's when we won a championship as a team. some more sec honors. look, another one. that's when i broke the 200 butterfly record sec record which i still hold making me one of the fast americans of all time so keith, i would be really sad if i broke this trying to prove a point to an old man who can't even seem to keep a job, but, i have got more of these. so, i'm not. thanks, keith. >> br

kentucky senator for more than four decades. al cross is the director emeritus of the institute for world journalism at the university of kentuckyournal. a capitol doctor says mcconnell is okay to continue working. former south carolina governor and current gop presidential candidate nikki haley says it's time for him to step down. given what you have seen from these two freezing incidents, does haley have an argument? >> i think you have to have better evidence. it appears to be an episodic problem that is manageable, but we don't really know for sure. the prevailing commentary on this in kentucky has been that senator mcconnell needs to be more forthcoming about his health situation. he has been always very private about his health matters, but i for one think he needs to be more forthcoming about them. perhaps his colleagues will tell him that next week. >> what would you like to see? what do you think kentucky voters would like to see in order for mcconnell to ease these concerns about his health and his ability to lead senate republicans? >> we have a statement from the capitol doctor, who is hired by mitch mcconnell and th

and justin is at the university of kentucky. he's also in the kentucky national guard. ground zero today and i didn't see my children. but i will tomorrow and the next couple of days i'll go visit. because as you know, justin was four days old. so he just had his birthday on thursday. >> well, what great monuments to your husband's memory. you must be so proud. thank you so much. and as always, may your husband's memory be a blessing. >>> when we come back, the scene of disaster in morocco an the massive operation to help those who did survive friday's powerful earthquake. this is a clustomer. it happens when marketers group all their customers together. mailchimp uses real-time behavior data you can personalize email for every customer. turn clustomers into customers, with intuit machimp. ♪("please don't go" by harry casey, richard raymond finch)♪ [ping] (♪) ♪ please don't go ♪ (♪) ♪ please don't go ♪ (♪) ♪ please don't go ♪ (♪) ♪ please don't go ♪ (♪) ♪ don't goooooo ♪ (♪) ♪ please don't go ♪ (♪) ♪ don't go away ♪ (♪) thursday night football on prime. it's on. welcome

when he took on the university of kentucky in sports in kentucky. so, i think he didn't really drop very far from the tree. let's take one more. what a role. >> i'm rick college. i'm actually a classmate from wake forest. and there's another classmate here too. i did not have the benefit of having as a professor. in fact, mary probably wouldn't have liked me to be in the class anyway. but, i would be really interested in hearing what was carol the professor? just react however you want. >> it is true that my old friend meg walsh is here, and she did have wallace carol as a professor. i say in the book that he was very quiet, and he would stand in the corner. and he would listen to what you had to say. every now, and then he would ask a question. you just didn't want to appear stupid. let's put it that way. am i right? not that he ever said anything threatening or was trying to be intimidating in any way. but, there was something about his presence that you just kind of knew. and i also included in the book i interviewed a couple of former students.

times, the lexington paper when he took on the university of kentucky in sports. that's like taking on tobacco. so, i think mary is right. it didn't drop very far from the tree or whatever the cliche is. let's take one more. >> hi, i'm rick collins., classmate of mary's from wake forest. another classmate here to. so, i did not have the benefit of having wallace carroll as a professor. in fact, mary probably wouldn't have liked me to be in class anyway. but, i would be really interested in hearing wallace carroll, the professor. just react to that however you want. >> it's true, my old friend meg walsh is here. she did have wallace carroll as a professor and i say in the book, he was very quiet and he was -- you know, i say in the book that he was very quiet and would listen to what you had to say. you did not want to appear stupid. let's put it that way. not that he ever said anything threatening or was trying to be intimidating in any way, but there was something about his presence that you just kind of new -- and i also included the book, i interviewed a couple

university of tennessee 1979-1980 three the biggest thing for us was beating alabama. we did it my senior year. the biggest thing in the winter was beating the university of kentucky in basketball. we didn't have to contend with the things you have to contend with. madison talks about the chuckle heads and buffalo who -- that is a person who is so stupid that all you can do is laugh at them. i want you to understand madison. those police were not there to protect me, they were there to protect the students from me. i understand that. think of how insidious it is, here is a guy born in atlanta, 1961, in a blacks only hospital. think about that. i get invited to come to a college campus to speak about how america is not a racist country because my dad served in world war ii and i was a lt. col.. i became a member of the house of representatives from the district that was 92% white, the highest per capita income zip code was in the congressional district i represented. i had dinner with rush limbaugh. america is not our rated cyst -- a racist country. i was the chairman of the largest state republican party in the country. i have a bunch of chuckle had kids that are

is a old called women white house gender popular culture in presidential politics from the university of kentucky, no shameless advertising here who wrote that? i am one of the editors of it with dustin vaughn. in any event, i was writing a paper 2007, obama was camped out in iowa. hillary clinton was ratcheting up. clearly, she was running for president. and i thought it was curious because i've done all this work on of television and gender roles and representation i was curious about the the portrayal of the president, men of color, perhaps, and also by women i was really looking at what who would get the nomination based on what i saw in popular culture. was it more likely to be barack obama or was it more likely to be hillary clinton? on the democratic side, 2008. and i remember when morgan freeman playedresint in this movie about an asteroid hitting the earth in 1998 called president of the united states. as you seeim there and there was another movie that came out about a week after it. y hadbeenreenlit at the same time in hollywood. in hollywood called armageddon. and billy bob thornton p

we can speak to kerry, kevin, who's a professor of diplomacy and conflict resolution at university of kentucky, is also a former us ambassador figuration conference, joins us by skype from lexington in kentucky at terry. se 1st stop this. this dissolution was all part of the deal was negative, it was expected, it was and i think the way it's being announced is meant to put a good face on it. but when the new go to car bug furnaces surrendered, it was already understood. they had to lay down all their arms, and all of the governmental structures would be dismantled. right? so this was anticipated signing isn't a indication of a negotiated arrangement. it's a, you've lost a more and you haven't a choice. so is this, is this the end of the aspiration of self room? it is a kern, gosh armenians. think armenians have lived in this region for me. oh, i mean, i'm of, you know, we see here the shifting of fortune, it's between or me either. but as a uh, what are bringing in 1st acquired lives, land and inviting after the dissolution of the soviet union and held him for a long time either. but john grew

next we have zachary marshall who is professor of university of kentucky as well as editor in chief of the leadership institute scalpel reform. he and his team -- campus reform. reform. break is the higher education and this series academically speaking reveals of radical ideas originating in academia affect americans daily lives. and finally we have dr. steve mcguire. dr. maguire is the paul and karen leavy fellow campus reform at the american council of trustees and alumni where he writes podcast and speaks on free speech and academic freedom in the context of contemporary campus issues. also assist with acta and responses, reports at initiatives, priests was a director of the matthew j ryan center for the study of free institutions and the public good, and associate teaching professor in the augustine and cultural seminar program at philadelphia university. now with that lets get into it. i want to take this in three parts and then we will get to questions from the audience. first, the general atmosphere on campus, the new higher education experience. we would like to explore that a

next, we have doctor marshall, professor university of kentucky as well as editor in chief campus reform. the higher education academically speaking. radical ideas originating in academia affect americans daily lives. doctor mcguire fellow and campus reform of the american council alumni where he writes podcast speaks on academic freedom of contemporary campus issues. and initiatives and the director of the ryan center for pre-institutions and associate teaching professor in the program and university. i do want to take this in three parts and then will get to questions from the audience. first, the general atmosphere on campus and higher education experience we can explore a little bit. what challenges in terms of due process are students facing these days? >> one thing that motivated me to write the article on how the administration was destroying, i noticed how a lot of were internalizing failure of college experience so it is very diverse school we have kids coming in from all over the country, it's more than the traditional schools going different ways and there's this patchwork of

carroll was there, people who were the baltimore sun or the lexington paper when he on the university of kentucky in sports in kentucky that's like taking on tobacco and in winston-salem. so i mary is right it didn't drop very far from the trade. whatever that cliche is. let's one more we're on a roll. hi, rick collins. i'm actually a classroom mate. a marriage from wake forest. hey, there's another classmate here to make wash his hair. so i did not have the benefit of having what was carol as a professor. in fact, mary probably wouldn't have liked me to be in the class anyway, you know, like to avoid me, but i think i think i'd be really, really interested in hearing, you know what, carol the professor do you have, you know, just react. react. okay. however want. well it's true that my old friend big nottingham here or big walsh is here and she did. wallace carroll is a professor. you know i say in the book he he was very quiet and he would stand the corner and he would listen to what you had to say. and every now and then he would ask a question and you you just. didn't want to appear stupid. l

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she was a woman's swimmer forethe university of kentucky. she described her experience competing against lia thomas. lia was william thomas, a montana mo created against other men for three years of his career. he was mediocre. after a year of tess tossster yellowstone-suppressing therapy, under ncaa rules, he was allowed to compete against women and went from being rankinged 462nd nationally to being top-rankinged. and reilly described how unfair this experience was. we also heard from dr. craig brown, a physiologist and professor at the university of nebraska carney. he described the differences between men and women. it is crazy that we need to talk about the differences between men and women. he described that men produce ten to 20 times more testosterone than women on average and that this testosterone-suppression therapy that i mentioned, well, it reduces it. but according to ncaa rules and ioc rule, you only have to get below the normal range and that level is still five to ten times more testosterone than what women produce. and here'

let's say you had played for your college football, university of iowa, and now you were playing for an army camp down in kentuckyone of your teammates might have played at illinois. another one might have played at michigan. you played against these guys in college, but hadn't really gotten to know them super well. but then you had other guys showing up for your going out for your team. maybe you had heard about but hadn't gotten to know a guy from harvard, a guy from notre dame, a guy from west point, maybe even a couple of semi-pro players from the ohio. and you not only had more connections, but your connections are much stronger now, too. you're not only playing and practicing together. you're sleeping in the same barracks. you're doing your military training together. your literally going into battle together. so you had many more connections, and your connections are much stronger now after the war. if you're building a football team, your universe of potential connections to draw on goes from being pretty narrow, like the image on the left and in the center to being almost unlimited. like image on the rig

. ♪ >> ainsley: after students at kentucky's asbury university took part in the two week long revival on their campus several months ago. we're seeing a resurgence ofn the next generation it appears. here to discuss is former second lady of the united states and author of a new book called when it's your turn to serve, karen pence. did i say that right? it comes out today. we're so honored to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> ainsley: we share the same faith. what is happening amongst our youth now? >> you see all these stories. i don't know when it comes to faith, i can just speak for myself but i did want to write this book to encourage people to listen to that call and when you hear that call, to answer it and in answering god's call, he will give you the grace to serve and i think once you answer that call just a peace surrounds you and maybe that's what our young people are experiencing. >> ainsley: how do you know when god is calling you? >> i talk about this a lot in the book and i have lots of little behind the scenes stories at the white house and governor's residence and i talk about when we've had to make decisions and how we

today i join my alma mater, the university of louisville in celebrating the inauguration of its new president, dr. kim scha atl. for me this was the first place in kentucky where i felt completely at home and it's somewhere i continue to find fulfillment in my personal and public life. as a young man, it's where i met the first professor who challenged me to think for myself where i tested my talents in my first art class and where i was lucky enough to take part in u of l's congressional internship program, and that turned out a lot better than my art tissic -- artistic pursuits. it is still a part of my life, whether i'm at the football games, advocating on behalf of them, or the success of the scholars. as president schotzel steps into her new role, i hope she will have the cooperation of all those who are there. throughout the 225-year history, u-l has hosted a long list of visionary leaders who have shaped its success. today i'm proud to welcome president schatzel to those ranks. she is a valuable addition to the u of l family. before joining the university of louisville she led a successful career in corporate america. in just two decades she rose

university anymore. >> i'm out of time. i would like to ask what problems are created for that. i yield back, mr. chairman. >> i now recognize the representative from the great state of kentuckyive minutes. >> we love our college sports. this is of particular interest toto me. i have seen an organization come forward before us who does not have it together and is so inept that they are actually asking the government to take over what is regulating this. i was a senate minority leader. the name image and likeness bill within six months it was basically obsolete. wewe had good things in there including magistrate of agents which we are talking about. i am very much about the players there safety their well-being. if you sign the contract of the student athlete, it was void if you wanted it to be when you went professional. therefore we got some 1718 -year-old kid signing up for contracts. they are not obligated to that. i think that there are some good things that we can deal. here is a thing. it is the best institution to handle this. the next institution is us. the last institution agar state legislatures. i am a state legislature at heart. you saw an arms race in this patchw

of their senator. tom: one other question. annmarie hordern, this is a football coach from auburn university, period. he is an espn color analyst. where in god's name is the senator from kentuckysenator mitch mcconnell, senator mitch mcconnell clearly i think would like to get these nominees through. the issue is, in the senate one single individual can uphold votes. this is how the senate works. all of a sudden people become kings. not even presidents, kings. there is a way, though, that these nominees can get forward. the issue is you would have to file cloture and vote on each single nominee. if you look at a recent memo from congress that would take 700 hours, meaning -- because there is more than 300 nominees -- meaning they need to work 24/7 for more than a month. do you see that senate doing that? and tommy to prevail, he used to say there is not a readiness impact, the individuals i talked to at the dod and foreign policy world say the issue is not readiness at this moment, but what are you sending a message to the downstream, to individuals up-and-coming, to attract the best talent? who could potentially go work in the private sector, who could work for the defense ap