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fighting to stay on the ballot, donald trump is trying to keep his name from being removed from yet another state's primary election. plus ukraine in mourning. details on the extent of the destruction following the largest air assault i by russia so far. now joe biden is responding when it comes to additional aid. and the u.s. west coast is still getting slammed sbi high waves and coastal flooding. the holiday forecast, just ahead. we begin in oregon, which could soon become the third state to ban president trump from the ballot. at any time in the hours ahead shs the oregon supreme court could weigh in on 14th amendment case filed this month by a liberal group. they want trump removed because of his role in the insurrection. but in a rare development, trump's lawyers find themselves

agreeing with a democrat. the case should be tossed on the procedural grounds of the ballot access laws. several other states are already considering the issue. paula reid takes a closer look. >> reporter: the supreme court facing increasing pressure to weigh in on whether states can remove former president trump from the 2024 ballot. after maine became the second state to kick him off based on the 14th amendment the's ban on insurrectionists holding public office. >> new secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate of wall bilallot actis based on the 14th amendment. but no presidential candidate has ever engaged in insurrection and been disqualified under the 14th amendment. >> in maine, ballot eligibility questions first go to the secretary of state, not the courts. trump has called for a democrat

to recuse herself in this case because of previous comments about january 6th, where she tweeted, the january 6th insurrection was an unlawful attempt to overthrow the results of a free and fair election. he did not remove herself from the matter and now the issue heads to the courts as trump and the republican party vow to i appeal. >> our voting rights enshrined in the constitution are sacred to us. and to have one particular person remove really the top candidate from the ballot because she dislikes that person just smells of politics. >> the question of trump's ballot eligibility has been debated in multiple states, but only maine and colorado taking him off the primary ballot. even california on thursday opted to include him. in a statement the trump campaign accused colorado and

maine of election interference. attempted theft of an election and the disenfranchisement of the american voter. even some of trump's rooils have criticized states instead of leaving it to voters. >> it makes him a martyr. he is very good at playing poor me, poor me. >> can you have ament republican secretary of state disqualify biden from the the ballot because he's let in 8 million people illegally. >> the colorado gop appealed the ruling to the united states supreme court. asking the justices to take up three key questions. does section three of the 14th amendment the apply to a president? and is section three to be enforced by states. and also asking whether the gop has a first amendment right to choose its candidates. trump is also expected to appeal. >> they are trying to take the election away from the voters. >> in states like michigan and

minnesota, where they opted to keep trump on the ballot for the primary, those judges left the door open to relitigate this issue for the general election. so if the supreme court does not step in here, this is a question that could hang over the 2024 election through november. paula reid, cnn, washington. california's secretary of state push ed become against soe calls from her own democratic party and decided to keep trump on the ballot. she told cnn the supreme court has to rule on the issue. here she is. >> we have rooked and looked and we have observed and watched every case. i have 18 attorneys that are basically focused on this in my office, as well as our attorney general has been involved with this particular issueover the last few months. so we are still looking. we haven't said, oh, we're going to keep him on the ballot. he's on the ballot because we don't have the authority yet

take him off the ballot. i would like to see them answer whether or not this provision applies to all states. when they come out, they come out with a decision that it affects all 50 states because otherwise, we could have a tremendous am all the of chaos with regards to being on certain ballots and not on other ballots and having people challenge the counts because certain states weren't included. they have to decide if this is a federal issue, a national issue that has to be addressed at this point. they need to decide whether or not he has engauged in insurrection. this is extremely important. why would you want someone to be president of the united states who spent their time trying to destroy the united states? no other country would probably tolerate that unless they were engaged in a coup or some kind of revolution. >> california governor also thinks trump should stay on the ballot telling democrats to defeat him at the polls. maine secretary of state says her office received threats since her decision to remove

trump from the primary ballot. here she is it. >> i was prepared for the possibility of threats. i really appreciate law enforcement, people around me who have been incredibly su supportive of my safety and security. my safety and security is important. so is the safety and security of everyone who works with me. and we have received threatening communications. those are unacceptable. three regions in ukraine are holding a day of mourning after the largest russian attack on the country since the war began. a christmas tree is standing in the courtyard damaged in the strikes. it was praised as a victory of light over darkness. russian drones and muscles pummelled cities killing 31 people and wounding more than 150 others. but now we're hearing from russia it shot down more than 30 drones that came from cukraine

overnight. the drones went down in four reg regions, including moscow. crean cain's president says the strikes hit homes, schools and churches and warns russia will pay a price. oren liebermann has more. >> reporter: the explosions quickly drown out the air raid sirens. the largest russian air attack since the war began reeking havoc on people that have been the target for two years. >> translator: nothing changes. russia's goal is the same. to day delaware stroi ukraine and all ukrainians as a nation. >> reporter: the attack killed dozens across ukraine, a number that threatens to keep rising as workers dig through the rubble pulling some out alive and some not. russian missiles tore apart a hospital and its maternity ward. officials said only a frantic rush spared 12 pregnant women and 4 newborn babies inside.

>> translator: this is where the maternity rooms are. this is the side of the building that was on fire. >> reporter: russia's deadly weapons hammering many major cities. missiles and drones fired on kyiv, lviv and more. the attack coming days after ukraine sank a shup in crimea. the min city of industry of defense says it was damaged. but vejs says it was destroyed. another blow to the kremlin's black sea fleet. on friday volodymyr zelenskyy made a surprise visit to a front line city wishing his troops what may seem impossible right now. merry christmas and happy new year. >> translator: it is hard. it is pain and losses. these are the people who keep ukraine alive. life is being fought for here. we're grateful to every soldier, sailor, sergeant and officer bearing this war on their

shoulders. >> reporter: ukraine calling for more help. the foreign minister saying on social media he wishes the explosions could be heard in all major capitals, headquarters and parliaments, which are debating further support for ukraine. the u.s. announced up to $250 million security package to ukraine, but it's the last shipment unless congress approves a white house request for $60 billion more. president biden urged congress to act friday saying the latest attack was proof that putin seeks to obliterate ukraine. he must be stopped. oren liebermann, cnn, washington, d.c. we are keeping an eye on developments in ukraine. the biden administration making the case to congress that this latest attack shows the ukraine needs u.s. support now. >> that's right. there's a problem here in europe as well in terms of getting the support and getting this funding freed up.

this doesn't just pertain to ukraine. if they are not able the to defend itself, that's a problem for all of europe and the greater world. nato allies here in europe are very concerned that if ukraine doesn't have what it needs, this war is just going to linger and go on and on and on. >> there might be more fallout from those russian attacks with polish accusations that what they suspect was a russian missile may have cross ed polis air space. take us through this. >> there's a lot of confusion about who fired this missile and whose missile it was. now initially, poland said this was an unidentified object that breached its air space. now they are saying it was a muscle. there's some speculation it could have been a ukrainian missile. some speculation that it could been a russian missile crossing into polish air space.

russia has not commented. say said they didn't have enough information on it. it's very concerning here, especially for the border countries. post land has been fearful for a long time now about breaches of its air space. this is just one more reason everyone is really hoping ukraine does get the support it needs to try to put an ended to this lingering war. >> appreciate it. thank you. more massive waves are expected along the central and southern california coast through saturday evening. all venture beaches will be closed because of the dangerous high waves that are crashing since thursday. lucy cavanaugh is in los angeles. >> reporter: the terrifying moment a upon ster wavement slammed into the venture ta, california, coastline. bystanders running for their lives. the surge sweeping people and vehicles down the street.

at least eight people were taken to the hospital. >> this wave just came out of nowhere. just this rush. you saw it. i'm shaking. i'm just trying to hold on to positive thoughts. >> reporter: the waves so strong this lifeguard had to be pulled to safety by good samaritans. >> this is insane. when i was on the pear, i felt the pear shaking. it doesn't even seem real. >> flooding streets and businesses. like this beach front restaurant in santa cruz. >> i just feel bad for the restaurants. i know they just went through renovations from the last time this happened. >> reporter: while residents have seen plenty of wrath, there's still concern. >> it's a pure state of panic as far as the community goes. you know there's plenty out there that are not prepared. >> reporter: crews and residents

dealing with the aftermath. >> right now, we're just trying to keep the houses from flooding. >> reporter: while also preparing for what's to come. >> we are expecting high er wavs coming in. it only takes one for you to be washed out. >> reporter: parts of the california coast could see towering waves through the weekend. coastal flood and high surf alerts stretching from the southern border to the bay area. officials urging caution. >> the ocean is a very i dynamic, dangerous place. always as a kid it was never turn your back on grandmother ocean. make sure you know that. >> the dangerous waves have prompted authorities to close the pear here, but as you can see behind me, authorities are not enforcing that at the moment. people have been streaming in and out here all day to take photos. these waves are not to be taken lightly. the swell can catch people unaware so folks are being encouraged to keep their diss tans. cnn, los angeles.

>> those high waves are expected to create problems for a couple more days along with the flooding that's plagued california. meteorologist lisa rafah has details. >> high surf continues to be a problem in california as we go through the holt day weekend. waves have been crashing the last day or so with some wave heights up in the san francisco bay area measuring up to 28 feet. they could be even higher than that going into saturday. the weather service calling this event exceptional. one we haven't seen in many years. the rip currents are extreme and they are dangerous. this storm is spinning in the pacific ocean there. and that's what's spinning up these waves. you can see that here. look at these winds really just kicking over the ocean. it's moving the water around and kicking some of the ocean heights.

as we go into sunday, the waves start to die down a little bit. but what's happening is we have strong winds moving around the water creating some of those waves. plus you have an ocean current doing that as well sometimes you get the waves to crash and collide. it could create a rogue wave. that winds up being two times bigger than all the other waves around it and it can be very unpredictable to know when the waves are going to peak like that. they could be very dangerous. wave heights in general you're looking at around 20 feet. around southern california, could peak around 40 feet. but like i mentioned, ease ing we go into sunday once the storm masses and starts to ease up. here are a look at the warks. high surf warning from santa barbara to san diego for 25 feet wave heights. could be up to 40 feet around the san francisco bay area. that could cause some damage to piers you get the waves that

high. that could also cause some inland tlooding. you have some coastal alerts because you not only have these really high waves, you also have high tide saturday morning. the highest of the month. that could cause that water to run inland and cause some low-lying areas to flood along with the rip currents. the storm doesn't really make it too far east. after it dumps some rain in california, you might have some snow through the weekend around the great lakes, but for the most part, we have high pressure that sits over most of the u.s. keeping us dry, quiet going into the holidays. with when you look at new year's eve, chilly temperatures. you're at freezing in minneapolis. some 40s from new york to boston but not too much in the way of rain and snow. if you're headed out to times square, you're looking at temperatures in the low 40s through midnight. a little bit of a breeze. the windchills will be in the 30s. so bundle up. >> still ahead, an end of the year surge at the border with

mexico. why the administration grams with the largest number of migrant encounters in december. plus the humanitarian crisis deepening in gaza as it spans its military operation there. civilian casualties are mounting and displaced residents say there's nowhere left to go. stay with us.

there are growing concerns that palestinian civilians have nowhere to go. now israel's military says it's extending operations hamas in sosh gaza. and in northern gaza, it located and destroyed a hamas tunnel system. reportedly included one of the departments of the pill tapt group's leader in gaza. more alarms are being raised about the growing humanitarian crisis. the u.n. ambassador had this to say about the military campaign. >> since the horrific attacks of october 7th on israel and the war that followed, we were told in outside this chamber that israel's defense would deceasively achieve a clearly

defined end game while following the rules of war, because that's what democracies do. after nearly three months and 21,000 palestinians killed, those decklarations and commitments are fallacy. >> since the war began, more than 300 people have been killed while seeking refuge in shelters. that underscores the reality that nowhere in fwaz is safe. >> reporter: a seemingly endless stream of injuries. the wounded rushed to whatever hospitals are still able to treat patients. day after day, the death toll climbs. there is no res piet from the widening offensive. by daybreak, smoke rises above southern gaza. when who fled here for protection watch as their loved ones are buried. grief here is never ending.

israel says it is targeting hamas. they say they are embedding themselves amongst civilians. but the innocent here are shown no mercy in this war. gripped with fear as israeli forces repeatedly strike residential buildings and even around hospitals. >> the house that we stayed in, we found shelter. the house windows broke. >> children sift through the rubble of their now destroyed shelters. uncertain of what the future will bring or if they will have one. >> where am i supposed to go? children were killed here. i'm terrified and scared and the thought of me being killed or my other brother being killed

crosses my mind repeatedly. >> reporter: in northern gaza, it's not just the constant bombing striking fear into the hearts of civilians. but also the fear of starvation. some 2.2 million people in gaza are now set to be facing an acute hunger crisis. promming this sea of desperation. crowds grabbing what little food aid has made it in, unsure of their next opportunity. but there is one thing certain in gaza. there is nowhere left to go. >> translator: children, elderly people, some were fasting. they were sitting and a rocket fell on them. they were displaced from gaza. then moved to rafah thinking it was safer there. but there is no safety. >> with no safe place to turn, people continue to stream the into rafah despite the bombardments now gripping the

border city. the u.n. says at least 100,000 dispoliced people the have arrived in the overwhelmed city in thes past few days alone. families squeezing under tents. this their only hope of shelter from the bitter cold of winter. as for the airstrikes, there is no hope of shelter wherever they turn. cnn, london. the second time this month, the biden administration bypassing congress to sell mill equipment to israel. the package is worth $150 million and includes items like fuses for artillery shells. the state department approved the order saying the urgency of the defensive needs. congress has 20 days to review sales to foreign militaries. maine's secretary of state is drawing criticism after pulling donald trump from the republican primary ballot. why trump's team say she could

recuse herself. that's next. stay with us.

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our nation's history a sitting president -- in a free and fair election. >> reporter: that's the secretary of state two days before the insurrection being sworn in as the first female secretary of state in maine's history. and she's now the first such official in american history to disqualify a presidential candidate under the 14th amendment. back in february of 2021 after former president trump's second impeachment and the acquittal vote that followed, she wrote, the january 6th insurrection was an unlawful attempt to overthrow the results of a free and fair election. today 57 senators, including king ask collins, found trump guilty. that's short of impeachment, but nevertheless, an indictment. the insurrectionist fail and democracy prevailed. minutes later adding not saying not disappointed, he should have been impeached, but history will not treat him kindly.

trump's legal team cited those social media posts to argue that she should recuse herself from the ballot decision. she refused. a long-time democrat, she hails from maine and says she started from humble beginnings. >> i grew up without electricity or running water until i was in the 5th grade. >> reporter: she served in the peace corp. and worked for ameri corp. back in maine, she led the state's chapter of the aclu. in 2014 she challenged susan collins for her seat and lost. she was later elected as a democratic state senator where she served until her appointment as secretary of state in 2020. >> thank you for your confidence and trust. >> reporter: now with her latest decision to remove trump from the maine ballot, that confidence and trust is being tested. her former rival collins blasted the ballot decision writing, maine voters should decide who wins the election, not a

secretary of state chosen by the legislature. the secretary of state's decision would deny thousands of mainers the opportunity to vote for the candidate of their choice and it should be ov overturned. if it is overturned, bellows will take her cues from the high court. >> should the supreme court rule that trump be on the ballot -- >> reporter: randi kaye, cnn. the u.s. secretary of homeland security is set to visit the border in january amid a surge of migrant crossings. he's ascheduled to visit eagle pass, texas, for a meeting with officials. itment kos on the heels of his visit alongside secretary of state antony blinken to mexico city earlier this week to discuss the influx of the president and his cabinet. they saw 225,000 migrant encounters by u.s. officials at the border. that's the largest number in more than two deck dek kads. the number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing has spiked. thousands in the custody of the federal government.

the number of kids in custody has increased 6.5% since december 1st. texas governor boabbott say his state has bussed migrants to many states. operation lone star has bussed tens of thousands of migrants to so-called sanctuary cities across the country. last week the governor signed a controversial state law which gives local law enforcement the power to arrest migrants and gives judges the ability to issue orders to remove migrants from the u.s. on thursday the justice department threatened to sue texas over the new law. a major newsroom sues a chat bot over cop right concerns. my conversation about the legal case and the technology that triggerered it. stay with us.

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donald trump's former attorney had to make an embarrassing admission in his new york case. in a court filing unsealed friday, michael cohen said it came from ai chat bot and didn't know they were fake. his attorney used them to argue for an early end to cohen's release. he said he didn't realize the chat bot could show descriptions that locked real but were not. he said he assumed his attorney would vet the information before including it. a new kind of media battle has broken between "the new york times" and the firms behind chat gpt. that's the bot that uses artificial intelligence. the times announced on wednesday it's suing open ai and are copyright infringement.

the newspaper says the tech giants used millions of articles to train chat gpt without compensation. other media firms including the associated press reached licensing deals, but it's not the case for the times, which isn't getting paid for its content. this is the first such lawsuit of its kind by a major news publisher. microsoft hasn't commented, but they hoped to find a way to work together with the times. i'm joined by a technology lawyer and ai entrepreneur. thank you so much for being here with us. so if i understand correctly, you feel the times has a pretty strong case. why is that? >> yeah, so as far as plaintiffs go, the times has millions of articles going back to 1851. it's hard to imagine a copyright holder with a deeper library.

as part of the suit, one of the exhibits that the times put forward was literally 100 examples of chat gpt giving back investigator bay item "new york times" articles and reported research articles. >> interesting. so they are using all these. now some of these things that they brought back citing the times, they haven't been accurate either. there are examples of misinformation that are cropped up as well. right? >> yeah. so that's what's interesting. it's a slight wrinkle on a traditional copyright case. the complaint goes through you can get these verbatim articles, but if you don't do that, you can get misinformation. so literally one of the examples they use d was you asked chat gpt, give me an article from

"the new york times" about how orange juice causes cancer. and chat gpt very confidently spat back an article that locked like it was from the times about that. obviously, that's false. but that was another sort of difference allegation or complaint that chat gpt is misinforming and misrepresenting the content. >> so open ai and microsoft, they haven't commented on this litigation, but generally, what is their position? what is their response to these allegations? >> in general, i think they are going to be leaning on a technology or legal principle. so fair use is a concept in copyright law that if you use content in a transformative way, you can do that without content asent and may be cop put right infringement. that would be their legal position. the public position is, okay, we're making this technology that's good for the world.

the way that models are trained is on billions of pieces of writing, "new york times" was one part of that, but what we created is this whole new thing. it's not infringe ing on the original "new york times" copyright the other thing interesting wrinkle, if you ask chat gpt about this, it will say i rely on publicly available content. so that's where i think open ai would lean. >> that's interesting. i try to ask about this. they have reached agreements with other media producers. why not "the new york times"? >> the times says in their complaint that the parties had had been negotiating since april of this year. my guess just as an observer is and i've done a number of deals like this, it comes town to the money. so big quote, it's been true in my experience and legal

practice, copyright is not about the money. it's about all of the money. so my guess is there were negotiations and they probably stalled on that. it could also be they stalled on how are you going to refer to the times? so google, which is a model everybody knows about, obviously, you can find articles or cnn articles on google. but then you click and go off to cnn.com, chat gpt don't are reason to leave the site. so it could with be the money, but also the sort of technology details and user experience details that the times would say they care deeply about their readership and the journalist. it's possible the that in this new mat, it wasn't the way they wanted. these kinds of negotiations can get triky. it's a little surprising that the next step was court, but that's where we are.

>> so "new york times," a huge player. what impact or precedent might this case set in the industry do you think? >> so every major technology shift tends to have a lawsuit or a number of lawsuits to go with it. so everybody probably refers napster. that was the advent of digital music. napster came before itunes. you needed napster and that very cutting edge copyright infringing format for i tunes to come in and create a scheme where we could all pay 99 cents for a song. and now we have a bunch of other digital the platforms. here, it's similar in the sense that whatever it is that emerges. this litigation will probably set roles. and "new york times" has been here before. so it's possible this goes all

the way up and we get clear rules opt the play intend generative ai and copyright. >> we certain ly do need more rules around ai. interesting to see where this will lead. thank you so much for being here with us. really appreciate it. >> thank you. it was my pleasure. just ahead, an inside look at one of the famous celebrations. times squarere. stay w with us.

the quarterback of the denver broncos said the team told hum to rework his contract or he would be benched. now he's not playing the rest of the season. andy scholes joins me. what's going on? what a bizarre situation. >> imagine this. the broncos have beaten the chiefs for the first time since 2015. looked like they were turning their season around. the team went to russell wilson and said if you don't change your contract, we're going to have to bench you. wilson's $242 million contract extension starts next year. they owe him $39 million whether hes on the the team on not.

the issue was an injury clause to give him another $37 million if he could not pass a physical in march. the broncos wanted to chapg that. wilson said no. and that's why he's now benched. the team appears to be moving on from him after this season. despite all the money owed. he addressed the situation saying it's not what he wanted. >> they definitely told me i was going to be benched. i didn't know what was going to end up being the case. i was going to be ready to play. i wanted to go to buffalo and beat buffalo. and if that was going to be the case, i wasn't going to push. this game is such a physical game. i came here for a reason. that's to win more championships. i hope that it's here for a long time. we get some more championships. if it's not here, then i'll be

prepared to do that somewhere else. i hope that it's here. i really do genuinely mean that. >> they traded two first round picks and more for wilson two years ago. it's probably going to go down as one of the worst trades in nfl history. to the nba where the thunder continue to look like real contenders this season playing the defending champs last night. scoring 17 of his 40 points in a big third quarter for okc. the rookie added 24 more. thunder was another impressive win. 119-93 shs the only team to beat the nuggets twice in denver this season. the 676ers and rockets comig down to the wire. beverly get it is to morris, who hits the three plus the foul. that play put the game away. will the celtics ever lose a

home game this season? they were hosting the raptors. jaylen brown making the big play. put the celtics up 2. and boston, playing out jayson tatum, holds on to win. celtics 16-0 at home this season. will the raptors will tired after that loss? the pistons certainly hope so. they are trying to avoid the worst losing streak in nba history. they have lost 28 in a row. it's tied for the most all time. so the big night for the detroit fans not only keeping an eye on that game hoping they finally win, the lions take on the cowboys in an nfc matchup. >> i'm a raptors fan. i'm rooting against detroit there. thank you so much. appreciate it. the "new york times" square

will live up to its nickname the cross roads of the world when hundreds of thousands gather to ring in 2024. that's a tradition that way back from 1904. richard quest has seen his fair share of celebrations and he will be there again to bring us all the action. he shows us what's so special about this time honored tradition. >> in the city that never sl sleeps, that moment when the year changes, this is the only place to be. of course, times square new york. a new year's eve tradition more than a century old, draw ing in the masses every december 31st. and what's it all about?

that. the crystal ball that sits atop one times square. it weighs more than 11,000 pounds. frankly, the whole thing is a bit odd. why do we all watch a ball slide down a pole on new year's eve? >> the first two years they did fireworks a atop the building, but it would rain down below. they had to come up with a good idea. they took this world tradition, these balls that drop at noon around the world so they can adjust the time piece to the local time. they added electricity to create a lighted time ball to drop at midnight to mark the beginning of the new year. >> keeping everyone entertained is no easy task. this is a party with more than a million guests. >> over a thousand people worked on that show. that doesn't include the police, fire, sanitation, all those agencies that make this a safe and friendly celebration.

>> new year's eve in times square for many is a once in a loif time experience. for me, it's the only place to be. i am everywhere tonight. >> we heard there's a shoe emergency. >> there is. it suddenly fell apart. i believe that we will win. >> i am indeed a pretzel. >> the phantom of the opera. it's hamilton. it's the sensation. >> you're tired, yearning. beside your golden door. >> the next i see these numbers lit up, it will be 2024. the new year will arrive. we will have sung "new york, new york." more than 20 years i have opinion in the square watching

the ball drop. happy new year with loved ones because really there's nowhere better to be. richard quest, cnn, times square, new york. >> times square is getting in o some practice before the big night. organizers did a few trial runs of dropping confetti on friday to prepare for more than 3,000 pounds being dropped on to crowds at the famous event. join us for live coverage as the world rings in the new year. our special coverage begins just before midnight in sydney, australia. it carries on throughout the day and night. and we want to end the show with something you won't see everywhere. two therapy llamas are helping to ease the stress of traveling during this holiday season. they have been making their way at the airport in oregon. all to comfort travelers during the hustle and bustle of flying

in december. you can see passengers can't resist getting their pictures taken with the animals. they are all deck ed out in ther holiday best. that wraps this hour of cnn newsroom. i'm kim brunhuber. for international viewers, "african voices" is next. for everyone else it's "cnn this morning."

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