i'd like to say there's always a bull market somewhere and i promise to try to find it just for you. i'm jim cramer, see you tomorrow. >> hey, larry, what are you looking at tonight? >> all right, jimmy, i take on a congressman who was kicked out for wearing a hoody and did jack wellis knock down stocks? i'm larry kudlow, this is "the kudlow report." sizzle story number one tonight, activist congressman bobby rush wears a hoody and is promptly kicked out of the well breaking rules and making a mockery of the people's house. he joins me in just a moment to defend his indefensible action. sizzle number two, day three of the obama care in the supreme court. you'll hear the term severability. the big question is if the health insurance mandate is overturned, what about the rest of the legislation? that's what it means. meanwhile -- >> once you cut the guts out of it, who knows? who knows which of it were

really desired by congress on their own and which ones weren't. >> my approach would say if you take the heart out of the statute, the statute is gone. >> well, we begin tonight with our top story. the case of trayvon martin, an unarmed, black teenager killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer. this is quickly becoming national flash point. the 17-year-old was shot to death on february 26th by george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer as martin was walking back in a gated community. he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and carrying candy and a can of iced tea. but according to witnesses, martin attacked zimmerman before he was shot. tonight, martin's parents have bought two trademarks saying they hope to raise money to help crime victims. buttons and posters have sprung up for sale on line. hooded sweatshirts have now become a symbol of this case with many politicians and now celebrities now wearing them. just today, bobby rush was deservedly kicked off the house

floor today after he violated chamber rules by putting on a hoody and sunglasses in honor of trayvon martin. >> teach us these words, the spirolyte of the lord is upon me because he has anointed me to proclaim the good news -- >> mr. speaker? >> the member will suspend. >> my quick take? it goes without saying that the loss of life is a tragedy. it's awful. but we don't even know all the facts yet in this case. however, i do feel congress man's actions were not defensible. it desecrated the people's house. it trivialized a very serious case which is yet undetermined as we pursue the facts. i worry that it makes a mockery of congress it. let's bring in our guest. here now is bobby rush, democrat from illinois. sir, welcome to the show. i respect you for coming on. but i want to begin candidly, mr. rush. your stunt today, on the floor of the house, to me, trivializes

an extremely important issue. why did you do it? >> well, let me tell you. you know, before you everyone completed your thought that i absolute absolutely most deeply disagree with you. i mean, i understand that your characterization and your conclusions are way off base. and they are really extreme arrogance, as far as i'm concerned. look, if the floor of the house, the well of the house should not ever be disconnected at the crimes of the american people for justice. that's one of the reasons why i wore the hood day to the floor.

>> let me ask you, sir, in terms of my opening statement -- >> if i can >> if i could ask you, sir. >> please, just allow me to finish. all righ ou just allow me to finish. the hoody is nothing more than our item of clothing. and for an item of clothing to be the cause of one of the leading causes that lead to someone's death, then -- and for a time of almost 30 days have occurred since the death of trayvon martin, no arrests, no investigation, i think that that is an atrocity that far outweighs. -- >> i don't disagree, but there has been on going investigation. i just want to focus on the narrow issue. don't you think you're desecrating the floor of the house? you knew when you put your hoody

and sunglasses, this you were violation of house rules. wouldn't you have made a better case if you stood up dressed nicely as you are now, sir, wouldn't you gain more respect around the country for making your case as an upstanding member of our people's body? our people's house? >> let me say this. i'm an out raged member. and i can't be upstanding and out rages at the same time. i am out raged not only because of trayvon martin, but i'm also out raged because this pattern exists and has existed for a long time. in this nation. and i think it needs to come to a halt. >> which pattern is this? >> the pattern of black menially being racially profiled. black men being arrested. black men being pointed out,

especially because of the fact that they may wear a hoody or a suit and tie. i don't care what it is. >> how do you know he was racially profiled? zimmerman, as you well know, mr. rush, zimmerman himself is hispanic. i don't see what this has to do with racially profiled. we don't know the facts. some eyewitnesss are saying that zimmerman was attacked by trayvon martin. some people are saying that? why are you concluding facts. >> larry, you invited me on your show, you ought to let me finish. >> i did, sir, but there are facts involved in this case. >> and the fact is, as i see it and has been reported, the fact is is that zimmerman, on the tapes, have admitted certain stereotypes. he has admit ted as racial undertones. >> i agree with that.

>> i'm not so far removed from the racism in this case. >> but i'm trying to ask you, bobby rush. look. i do this with respect, sir. i'm sorry i raised my voice. >> i respect you, too. but what i'm saying is you are a man of influence. you have an important constituency nationwide. it goes back many years. i get that. but there are so many important issues in this discussion, in this terrible tragic murder. i mean, the stand your ground is an issuement why did this guard have a gun is an issue. geraldo has said, for example, if the whole issue of wearing hoodies can bring on trouble and the young african americans shouldn't do that. of all of these issues -- >> no, no, no. i absolute -- >> why do you have to show boat on the floor of the house to make a point? >> i absolutely because i want to encourage these young people who are for months now, for days

now, have stepped up to the plate. they have protested and demonstrated and raised their voices. i, as an african american father who has a son who was killed on the streets of chicago. i have cut my teeth in the civil rights movement. >> i know. and i respect that. >> i want to encounselor them to keep on. don't allow anyone, don't allow the media, don't allow anyone to discourage them. i want them to encourage and keep on. i wore that hood day because i wanted to identify with them and tell them to keep demonstrating. be it not for them, we wouldn't be discussing trayvon martin, okay?

>> trayvon's own parents have asked people to stay cool and to try to deal with this on the merits of the case so that we can figure this out and avoid these horrible actions later on. you, as an african american leader, as a member of the house, i think you're contributing more to controversy and fla flame boy yawns than to get to the bottom of this. i absolutely disagree with you. before i was a member of congress, i'm black and american. i don't leave those experiences at the door of the floor of the house of representatives. i come into this house with my experiences informing me, inspiring me and, in some instances, inflaming me.

so don't ever think that you're going to see rush not representing his true self and his higher self just because i've taken an oath of offs. i was elected to do that. >> i hear you, mr. rush. i respect you. i just tell you -- i just disagree. it's a matter of decorum. america has been through many, many troubles. >> the quorum. the quorum the quorum is our problem today. >> that's my take. the quorum and our reverence and our worship of the quorum is one of the reasons for the problems that we have right now. >> all right. i can't -- >> let's push the quorum aside when it comes to dealing with some of the gut, real issues. >> all right. i have to get out. mr. rush, first of all, i appreciate you coming on, sir. i have to get out. we agree to disagree. the whole incident is horrible and i agree with that. >> the horrible incidence -- >> i respect you point of view.

i just don't agree with you. to me, we all have public responsibleties. i've got to leave it there. >> thank you very much, sir. i appreciate you coming on. >> next up udlog gears. defense ceo jack welch deflates the market today when he says gasoline prices are taking the air out of the economy. and are there signs the european nightmare is coming back to haunt us? jimmy cramer weighs in. he says look at italy. momma mia. free market capitalism is still the best path to priority. leadership must be calm and stead forward, not inflammatory and not flamboyant. i'm larry kudlow. i do my best. we'll be right back after this.

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we look at the economy. it's kind of getting stronger all of the time. it's broad-based. companies are in great shape, middle market companies, consumers are in better shape.

consumer debt ratio. >> all right, that was jp morgan chase ceo talking about the next few years in our economy on board the u.s.s. intrepid. very good. by the way, you can find out more about how you can hire the hundreds of thousands of willing and able vets who proudly served our great company. god bless the veterans. so markets are low end for the second trading day in a row. the former general electric comments caused the pull back. please take a listen. >> the thing that surprised me was that the fourth quarter take off didn't go into the first quarter on the show in businesses. and there is -- gasoline prices, you can't have this jump and not think it affects the pocketbook. >> we have doug kote, chief market strategist with ing investment management and

michael nor man. that seems to be damaging the stock market. do you think jack is right? >> no, i don't think so. if you look at economic data beating expectations on corporate profits, on the consumer, look at the consumer. unemployment is plum etting. it's a leading indicator. i think jobs are way more important than gasoline prices. also, if you compare the meaning of oil to 1980 until today, it takes two-thirds less oil to produce a dollar gkp. that's not commonly understood. >> oil is less significant today is it possible that we're all getting bamboozled? that maybe if crude oil chrks fell today, is flattening out

and even coming down a little bit. we're all too pessimistic about rising gasoline prices. is this a fake out? my gas prices have been leveling off if not declining a little bit. >> and actually, if you look at the data, retail sales, even when you take out the gasoline, pretty decent. we've had some moderation in, you know, the first couple of months of the year. but the economy is is still growing. i have to agree with jamie diamond. we see improving signs. jobs very important. we see some improvement there, as well. i think we're going to still have an economy that's growing, you know, not very strongly. i think it will equate to more confidence and we'll see that play out. >> so you're the optimist. i spoke this morning at an oracle conference.

it's a mensa mensa type of economy. it really isn't that strong. i guess what jack welch is saying the best news is behind us. i'll give you another pass on this. are you a stock market bull as well as an economic bull? >> i'm a sed-chek market bull. if you look at it, this 2011 was the highest corporate level ever. this fourth quarter is the best in history. that's a 50% increase or a miss by wall street expectation. that's the consecutive quarter and this is wall street. >> no one is more bullish on profits than i have been. a lot of people are saying profits have slowed down, the profit margins themselves are going back down and stocks have built in too much optimism. >> you have to look at the cat wrist for growth, which are

many. u.s. corporations are getting the biggest benefit from that emerging market trade. you look at what's going on in energy. you've been talking a lot about energy and domestic oil production. the shale fracking revolution. we don't think politics is going to stop it. if you see that the keystone deal from oklahoma to the gulf of mexico is getting done, three other companies said they're starting pipelines. that's domestic. that's here. we're a very bullish because of catalysts going forward are many. >> mike dormant, give you the last word quickly. favorite investment here? >> i like energy sector. >> even though you think prices are flattening out? >> yeah, it's still a very, very strong sector. >> and one of the things jack

welch mentioned, a lot of tax hikes on the books. does that at some point weigh down the stock market? we have low interest rates, that translates into a good environment for stocks. >> thank you, gentlemen, appreciate it. as we said before, anxiety over europe aggravated today's market losses also. jimmy cramer here to give us a take on italy. >> hey, larry, when i looked at the land mine calendar for 2012, one date stood out. a huge 182 date bill auction in italy for more than $11 billion. i figured that by the time we got to that auction, italy would have been so on the ropes, that no one would take four, five or six percent for that kind of money. i figured people would boycott the auction.

i figured this because every smart person i knew told me italy was a goner. italy sold that paper this morning at the lowest rate in more than a year. it paid 1.819%. tax increases and kbrout initiatives. it seems to be working. think about it. 4 months ago, a fabled 7% being breeched. every time the ten-year touched that market, we got hammered here. we lost 400 dow points. i don't know if that paper should be trading any lower than that. i don't think i would be a buyer at 4% italian bonds. the fact is the italian market is ready and cheap source. it is a major reason why we are having the best quarter since 1998 in this country.

it is a major reason schismly because it doesn't matter anymore. if italy doesn't matter anymore, the most important conclusion at the conclusion of this bill auction, the world is a better place. >> great stuff. next up on kudlow, let me play you a clip of ronald reagan in november, 1980. it is a favorite of mine. it's been used every year since. take a listen. >> that you would ask yourself, are you better off than you were four years ago? is it easier for you to go and buy things in the store than it was four years ago? is there more or less unemployment in the country than there was four years ago? >> all right, so are you better off now than you were four years ago? what do you think is going to happen four years from now? we ask cke restaurants who owns the popular chain hardees and charles, jr. we'll be right back with kudlow.

all right, the economy is recovering. but reagan's question, do you feel any better off than four years ago? according to cnbc's all american economic survey, only 28% think so. that's the lowest in a presidential election year since 1992. it could be very bad news for president obama's reelection campaign. he owns a popular chain hardees and carls, jr. welcome back.

first of all, do you feel better than you were four years ago? >> i think the american people, in general, feel -- well, look. under this president, more people have lost jobs than any president since the depression. more people have gone into poverty and more people have lost their home. so the percentage that you gave me isn't at all surprising. and i don't feel better because my business depends on consumers feel better and i'm not seeing it in sales. >> all right. not seeing it in sales. obviously, the supreme court is looking at obama care. what's your take? would obama care be repealed? overturned? would that be a boom to business? would that be a boom to the economy? would that be a boom to job hiring, in your view? >> absolutely. our cost next year, our costs in 2014 when this goes into eh fabulate for medical coverage, would be 150% increase. it's very devastating when you get franchiseees to build restaurants. i think that would be very

pornt. it's an element. there are a lot of things out there that need to change for businesses really to glow and catch fire. >> from your standpoint, we're back with mitt romney, what is his, in your opinion, his number one pro growth initiative that will make the next four year s. >> better than the last four years. >> i think reducing government organization, encouraging free enterprise, getting the free enterprise system working again, getting the government out of way. they could be delivering taxes and, as he said, repealing obama care. i would say cutting back on the regulatory business would would be huge in this country. >> all right, we'll leave it there. many thanks. we appreciate your point of view. next up on kudlow, day three, are the supremes prepared to strike down obama care?

you read your combat. quote. if you take the heart out of the statute, the statute is gone. up next, we talk to david rifkin, the man who represented the 26 states in their challenge to obama care. we'll get an inside-the-courtroom view. stay with us, please.

wham welcome back to the kudlow report. today's argument is focused on severabilitity. in other words, if the mandate is overturned, what happens to the rest of the health care legislation? here with the full story, nbc's pete williams. good evening, pete. >> larry, we're a long way from knowing whether the supreme court is going to strike down the core of this law, the insurance requirement. but if it does based on today's argument, the justices seem to agree that more of the law should go with it. and some of them suggest tossing out most of it. outside the court, passionate sidewalk debate. >>. >> free market reform so more people can access. >> inside, the justices seemed unanimous that if the mandatory insurance requirement is thrown

out, two closely related provisions would have to come true. one band from refusing to cover people with preexisting conditions, the other limits when companies can charge higher rates. but what other parts of the law should go? >> once you cut the guts out of it, who knows which were really desired by congress on their own and which ones weren't. >> my approach would say if you take the heart out of the statute, the statute is gone. >> is it within the proper exercise of this court's function to impose that kind of risk? can we say that the governments would have intended that there be that kind of risk? >> the part of the law not tied to the insurance mandate is much bigger than rules that could be saved.

>> when i look through the rest of it, i have all kinds of stuff in there. so what do you propose we do other than spend a year reading all of this. >> and the court's liberals say it should be up to congress, not the supreme court to decide what else to keep. >> what's wrong with leaving it in the hands of the people who should be fixing this, not us. >> why should we say there's a choice between a wrecking operation, which is what you are requesting or a salvage job. and the more conservative approach would be salvaged rather than throwing out anything. >> so the best hope for the obama administration is that the justices will find it so hard to decide what to keep and what to throw out that they'll let the entire law stand. but, tonight, that seems a very dim prospect.

>> david rifkin of the law firm baker and hastadhler in the challenge to obama care before the trial in the lower courts. he also served the department of justice prosecutor under presidential reagan. david, let me start with you. you've kind of heard the end of that. salvage or wreckage. is the whole health care bill about to be thrown out? >> there's a substantial chance, larry, that the entire statute would come down. there is an overwhelming chance that the core provisions of a statute, including the individual mandate, insurance reforms and perhaps a couple other provisions would come down. the entire states are going down quite real. >> i will ask you the same question. let us assume. you may not agree, i get that. but the ultimate mandate is

overturned. what should be salvaged. you can't salvage the insurance company stuff. what would you salvage? >> it's important to understand why you can't salvage those regulations. without the mandate, those insurance regulations don't work. it's not just important for the severability organization, it makes the constitutional. when the states get up, they argue that this whole thing doesn't work without the mandate. they're concede iing. >> david rifkin, let me come back to you on this. why are you so sure that they will overturn the mandate, the individual mandate, the heart and guts of this whole thing? >> well, a simple reason.

not just following the questions from the four conservative justice and justice kennedy, who is often the case will be the key. but, frankly, because of utter inability of a government to come up with an answer of the most compelling question which is what is the mean iing princie between this mandate. if a government is there, it has general police power. the dual summary of the system is there. it's not because the company has bad lawyers. and, perhaps some of the predecessors again from what i argued. they had a bum of a case. can st lawyer in highs shoes and he would not be able to give an answer. there's no limiting principle. the individual mandate, whatever its policy virtues, is not supportable by limb rated powers.

>> i'll give you equal time on that. >> the constitution says that congress can regulate commercial. that means that economics are what congress can regulate. so noneconomic laws, congress can't ban murder, rape, truancy, can't ban child neglect. it can regulate the commerce in the health care market. this is so obviously constitutional if you believe that the text of the constitution matters. >> can congress regulate personal behavior? that's at the heart of this. and that's the part i don't see getting through. >> and the answer is no. >> human beings do things. everything is human activity and congress regulates it. >> all right, gentlemen, i've got to leave it there. now, let's go right to the very distinguished new hampshire republican center. she was inside the courtroom for the arguments today. i should mention she was

formally new hemp shire's attorney general. let me just ask you, this is almost impressionistic. in the courtroom today, you know the drill. what did you hear? what did you take away? was there a colorful moment? tell us what you took away from your experience in the room? >> well, i think there was a moment. and the focus was if you take away the individual mandate, what's left of this bill in terms of the core of it. and paul clement basically said that you would have a hollow shell of the law left if you take away the individual mandate. and i think that was a very compelling argument. when you think about the argument yesterday, this is different from other commerce clause cases because this is a case that justice kennedy honed right in on it, larry. and that is this is a case not banning something. this is a case forcing someone to jubilate.

>> one thing that confused me, the government's lawyer told the court today that if the mandate is removed, if the mandate is overturned, they should also remove the prior illnesses condition that insurance companies must afford insurance. they should just let that out and make everything else stay in. diet you hear that? who answered that? >> i did hear that and i thought the argument on the other side was much more compelling. it's individual to the community health ratings as well as the preexisting condition, part of it. and the funding for it, larry, let's not forget that in order to fund all of this, there's a whole host of taxes imposed in 2013. >> insurance companies are going to go bust, are they not? and how does that relate to this

wholish shoo shoe? >> well, larry, it all comes together. and the courts has to look at the prior issues. all of these were related together. you're absolutely right. you can't take one without the other. the government's position was not compelling. >> what happens, last one, senator, appreciate it. look, suppose the mandate, is overturned and they say we're pushing this back to you. we don't like the personal mandate, but you've got to fix the rest of this bill and that. does it have to be scrapped and start over again? >> i think the better course would be to scrap and start over again. let's not forget, this bill is driving health care costs in the wrong direction.

it's driving them up and costing individuals and businesses more. so we've got to get to reforms that are fundamentally different. i think to take out the individual mandate that is the core of the bill, look at how the bill was passed. you needed the corn husker kick back. that was raised as well. next up on "the kudlow report," yet another pipeline proposed. no, no, no. not that pipeline. they say they can get this pipeline done quicker. no obama publicity stunts yet. but will the president try to kill it? we'll be rielgts back. people really love snapshot from progressive,

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so joining us from calgary, ceo patrick yell. welcome, sir. what wow yelled say to motorist consumers. how would this doubling pipeline a thousand percent for it. how is it going to affect gasoline prices. what do you say to people? >> it's very hard to tell in the short term, but long term, the more you've increased the supply of crude oil, the lower the cost is going to be. that's really what we're trying to do. enable the flow of crude oil from supply to market and the most efficient will result in the lowest cost from the end consumer. >> how long is it going to take you to build this, sir? >> we should have this system up and running mid 2014. it's two parts. it's an expansion or a twinning of a pipeline from chicago down to curbing and then the pipeline in con jactation with our partner's enterprise from

curbing to the gulf. so 2014, mid year. patrick, do you have to go through any hoops? are there environmentalists coming after you? what happens? >> well, first of all, larry, we're following our spearhead pipeline that runs from chicago to curbing and building a twin in the same right of way. and then similarly with seaway, we're building in the same right of way. so of course we need state permits whenever we do that work. we also need core of engineer permits with regard to river crossings or water crossings. but we're on existing with existiexis existing crude oil pipelines. >> so you don't need a state department review? >> we don't need a presidential permit. we're not crossing an international border. >> are you going to beat keystone to the punch on this? are you going to get your lower

half done faster than they get their lower half done? >> i can only speak to where we are. but we're confidentble with the timing that i had mentioned and we've got very strong commitments for the capacity on that pipeline. we're all ready to go on it now. how many jobs do you reckon your pipeline doubling will cruelty. >> we're expecting around 6400 jobs. that will be about a two-year period. >> and do you the futures markets will discount? >> i think the main thing we'll see, which means producers, for

example, like those in the balkan and north dakota that is glutted with crude oil right now, the fact that we'll relieve that market, will help narrow that gap considerably. there is an eleven dollar difference between balkan and wti. so balkan producers are getting a far lower price. this will help bring that in significantly. >> all right, thank you very much. we appreciate it. great luck on the pipeline. next up on kudlow, who are the big winners and losers if the supreme court overthrows obama care. let me give you a hint. you can guess who i think the big loser is. but there just may be more winners. we'll be back with the score card.

welcome back to "the kudlow report." i'm larry kudlow. it's not just the fate of obama care in the hands of the supremes. if the court strikes down the law, i believe mitt romney is in a sweet spot.

he wins this round and the gop wins and ultimately, america wins. president obama could emerge as the big political loser. three and a half years, all of this in time for the general election. my own take, obama care with all of its tentacles have been a major growth. more private competition and choice for consumers. not central planning government takeovers. interstate insurance, tax credits for people to shop around. and let's have some tort reform to end frivolous lawsuits. that's how we can reform obama care into something that will work. now, let's bring in our guest who may have a thing or two to say. correspondent for the nation magazine and cnbc contributor robert costa of the national review. bob costa, mitt romney could be in the potions of saying i told you so federal mandates don't work. they're unconstitutional.

is that better? >> i think we've all been distracted. been discussing mandates. he can make this about federal power versus state power. it's not about mandates, but on the role of the federal government. on your side of the street, this is the president's central main thing. if the supremes overturn this, what's he going to talk about? this is a color if it goes -- if the court overrules it. >> i have a different view and it's not a view i am excited about. i actually think there is a strong pes dent for this kind of activity. we'll have to see what the court does. if they overrule it, fdr went up against a court that beat back his initiatives on national power and the economy. and a hugely energized his base.

an unelected branch of government. he won those battles. >> he's not out there talking about health care. >> obama sees the poll numbers. look, he got the thing passed, whether you like it or not. it's something that other presidents have failed to do. >> i'll give you one more analogy just because i was interrupted. one more analogy. rowev. wade, whatever you think about the merits of it, was an organizizing bonanza for conservatives. when the court enters into american light in ways the half of america protests. >> it's ruling on the constitutionality of the statute. that's what the court is doing. >> do you think rowe v. wade enjazzed republicans? >> this is about the court

weighing in on constitutionality of the president's crown jewel. that's what we're talking about. not some historical president or fdr. >> hang on one second. i think this helps romney. bob costa, romney can develop a free market, free choice, consumer competition health care plan. in other words, romney's woes and his attacks from santorum and begin to go away as he says i told you so on the federal e, bob costa, i think he can really put the president on the defensive on this. what's your take? and then i want to hear from harry. i think this is a total game changer for the 2012 race. >> just like romney's tax plan was a real game changer, you have to articulate your position. i think romney's change is you're right. he has to have a replacement

idea. they have to have real reforms. the senate is not going to be enough to run against this obama care. it's going to be a real general election decision. people are going to have to choose the romney plan versus the obama plan. that's the thing. doesn't president obama, then, have to come back with a new plan? he's going to have a lot of trouble because anything that would come out of his legislative shop would be a bigger government and more centralized and more centralistic. >> i agree with you that the alternatives did have more involvement. that is the irony. there's a reason why repub lip cans and the heritage foundation were the original proponents of a mandate-based system with private insurance taking the lead.

and so there's a great irony -- to take the larry hypothetical here, if the court does slap this down, there's an irony to bring in back a discussion of medicare for all. >> i've got to go. harry melbrook, robert costa. thank you, gentlemen, we appreciate it. that is pure speculation on my part. we'll see you tomorrow night on kudlow. i bathed it in miracles. director: [ sighs ] cut! sorry to interrupt. when's the show? well, if we don't find an audience, all we'll ever do is rehearse. maybe you should try every door direct mail. just select the zip codes where you want your message to be seen, print it yourself, or we'll help you find a local partner and you find the customers that matter most. brilliant. clifton, show us overjoyed. no, too much. jennessa. ah!

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