On Kentucky Tonight, airing Monday, Jan. 18 at 8/7 pm, Renee Shaw hosts a discussion about the nation’s political divisions. Scheduled guests include:

• Russell Coleman, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, former FBI special agent and former legal counsel & senior advisor to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell 
• Ben Chandler, former KY-6 district Congressman and president and CEO of a Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
• Holly Harris, executive director of the Justice Action Network
• Gerald Smith, Ph.D., University of Kentucky history professor, author, and co-chair of the Commission for Racial Justice and Equality in Fayette County
• U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, Democrat from Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District (pre-recorded)
• U.S. Rep. James Comer, Republican from Kentucky’s 1st Congressional District (pre-recorded)

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