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interview with the basketball great. hello, i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. hillary clinton hits the speaking circuit without mentioning the political fire swarm swirling around her. but her husband did. mrs. clinton addressed the forum in washington, d.c. today. responding to republican strategist karl rove's comments that she may have suffered a serious brain injury, but here's what bill clinton said about his wife's health at a different event here. >> she works out every week. she is strong. she's doing great. as far as i can tell, she's in better shape than i am. she certainly seems to have more stamina now. and there's nothing to it. i didn't even -- i was sort of dumfounded. they went to all this trouble to say that she had staged what was a terrible concussion that

required six months of very serious work to get over. something she never low balled with the american people, never tried to pretend didn't happen. now they say she's really got brain damage. >> you think they're just trying -- >> if she does, i must be in really tough shape because she's still quicker than i am. >> let's bring in our chief political analyst gloria borger and our senior political correspondent brianna keilar. what do you make of the president thereaddressing the k rove allegations? >> there's nobody better to do it. the clinton campaign, the clinton people, i should say, put out a -- >> easy to slip there. >> yeah, easy, put out a very strong statement about this yesterday. but there's nobody better to answer the charges about brain damage than brill clinton. the way he handled it was kind of offhand. he didn't dismiss what occur to her. he's a very good surrogate for hillary clinton. sheeps g she's got the stamina, she's this. he turned it around and said now they'll make it an issue that

she's got brain damage, i mean, very well done. >> what do you think? >> to do it with humor was effective. i thought it was effective. i will tell you, just having been to so many events because hillary clinton since finishing up her book has really been making the rounds. you can go and you can see, she's kind of been i think work on some of her political muscles as she gets sort of back into that gear. but there's really no indication as you watch her at these events and as she keeps a rather busy schedule that there's anything the matter. what he's saying really does seem from that point of view as we go and follow her around. >> because you saw her this morning here in washington at the event. how did she look? >> she looked great. she has a lot of -- she does seem to have a lot of stamina because we know she's keeping a schedule and we expect that very much to pick up as her book drops here june 10th. >> her book is released. that's coming up next month. let me read to you pete effort beinert, our friend from "the atlantic," he wrote an article,

while karl rove uses dirty tricks, they work. rove didn't say hillary clinton had brain damage. he hinted it, thus giving himself deniability while ensuring that the slur lingers. >> this isn't rocket science. it's not limited to karl rove. if you remember, during the last campaign, at one point, harry reid mentioned that he heard that mitt romney had paid no income taxes. remember that? >> turned out not to be true. >> turned out not to be true. >> but you sort of put it out there because it fits into a narrative that you may want to go back to. at a certain point, if the republicans have a young candidate who want to challenge hillary clinton's health and well being, i mean, ronald reagan went through that, then they've sort of laid down the markers. whether it's this, benghazi, just the way harry reid did. >> at her event in washington, the former secretary of state did speak about her record at the state department, including a sensitive issue like iran, the

nuclear deal. let me play a little clip of what hillary clinton said. >> the meeting has resumed in geneva. the goal now is to negotiate a comprehensive agreement that will resolve all of the international community's concerns. to get there, we will have to be tough, clear eyed and ready to walk away and increase the pressure if need be. no deal is better than a bad deal. [ applause ] and from -- >> if you look, she does look great, you've got to admit, at that appearance. she was pretty well received? >> yes, very well received. she's talking to an audience, keep in mind, the american jewish committee, that is very skeptical of what's going on with iran. so it was -- the fascinating part of watching her today for me was how she was threading the needle as she gets all these attacks from republicans about her time at the state

department, she's there saying, here's what i did on iran and i got them to this point. she's also talking to a crowd that's skeptical whether this is going to work with iran. she's skeptical, that you need to give diplomacy a chance to breathe. it's a tight rope she's walking. >> she's got to talk to the liberal wing of the democratic party, which -- so she can't be too muscular and too much of a hawk, so she has to sort of defend what president obama did, which is sort of engaging eye rab iran, because you don't want the use of force to be your de facto move. she's therereading a lot of needles. >> covering a lot of bases. saying, i brokered a cease-fire when it was -- you know, try to stop what was going on with hamas, a cease-fire that's been preserved. this is the most comprehensive defense of her record at state so far. >> her new book will have a long

defense of her four years at the state department. >> and somebody's still thinking she's not running for president? >> it feels like it. >> i don't know who those people are. all right, guys, thanks very much. i think, by the way, the best way she can respond to karl rove and that kind of criticism about her health is to do exactly what she's doing, going out, looking great, sounding great, giving a forceful speech, and she's going to be doing a lot of that in the next few years. >> she's got plenty of surrogates. >> let others talk about her, yes. rescue crews are racing against time. they're hoping against the odds in turkey. a fire inside an explosion has killed at least 245 people. and as many as 120 may still be trapped inside the mine near the town of soma. pope francis has asked the world to pray for the miners. earlier today, crews were able to pull dozens of people to safety. you're looking at live pictures from turkey outside that coal mine now. some have managed to crawl out on their own. officials say hopes of finding

any more survivors, though, are fading. our senior international correspondent ivan watson. i think you were one of the first western reporters there on the scene. give us an update on the search and rescue operation. >> well, the sad truth, wolf, is there are far more bodies of lifeless miners that are being pulled out of the mine over my shoulder here than survivosurvi. the government statistics, around 90 survivors that they managed to bring out. according to the latest figures, at least 238 miners killed. we were just down below here, near the entrance to the coal mine shaft where there is this grim vigil under way. and we saw this steady procession of bodies being brought out on stretchers to waiting ambulances. and gathered around there not

only rescue workers but many fellow coal miners. some of whom i spoke with. one man telling me he has buried four of his friends today. and he's back to wait for other friends and a cousin who are still missing. i asked that man if he has any hope that perhaps one of these men made it to one of the emergency safe rooms where there could have been supplies of oxygen and he said no, no, it's far too late for hope. some of the rescue workers we talked to, they say it's never too late. but the conditions grim. the air down there very bad. there has been a fire burning. and most of the casualties have been to carbon monoxide inhalation. the turkish prime minister has declared three days of mourning in turkey. he's canceled a trip. he came to visit here and to express his condolences and to argue that his government's inspectors looked at this mine in march and they gave it a

clean bill of health. there have been explosions of anger against his government in the nearby mining town of soma where his party's office was attacked and windows were broken there. but in the meantime, the chief priority here is to try to go through the miles of labyrinthine passages in this coal mine and try to recover hundreds of people trapped there when the fire broke out on tuesday. wolf. >> all right, let's hope for the best, but as you say, those hopes are fading. ivan watson on the scene for us, thank you. though turkish officials are dashing hopes there will be more survivors, there have been miraculous mine rescues over the years. in october of 2010, the world watched as 33 chile n minors were pulled to safety. the men were trapped after a main ramp into their mine collapsed. in january 2006, 13 miners were

trapped after an explosion at the sago mine in west virginia. only one of them survived, randal mccloy was rescued nearly two days later. in july 2002, a wall collapsed, trapped nine miners at the quecreek mine in pennsylvania, four days later, all of the miners were rescued. just ahead, fire season beginning early in drought-stricken california, and officials warning of dangerous days ahead. we'll have a live update from the san diego fire chief. and a menacing virus makes its way to the united states. we're taking a closer look at what you need to know about the mers virus. that's coming up. really... so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month? yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text.

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deal with the fire risks in and around san diego, which is obviously a heavily populated area? >> we do. there are some 350 firefighters committed to this particular operation today . the concern is if additional fires were to start, we'd divert resources to hit those hard early to keep those small and that could compromise efforts here to finalize containment. >> what advice are you giving folks who live in what you're calling the danger zone? what advice to minimize these fire threats to their homes? >> all of san diego county and really southern california is a very fire prone region. the measures already taken by the folks in the areas that were impacted yesterday really, in large part, helped to save their homes. there were some homes we could not get to. the cautions the residents have taken did a lot to save those hoes homes on their own. defensible space, making sure you have roofs that will not

ignite. many things you can fire on fire service websites. and ready set go. prese prepare well in advance. when we ask you to go, please leave immediately. >> good luck to everyone in the area. the san diego fire chief. thanks so much, chief, for joining us. let's turn now to the ongoing hunt in the indian ocean for missing flight 370. equipment failures brought the search to a stop. our aviation correspondent rene marsh is here. >> this a big blow to the search here. stalled for 4 to 5 days, possibly longer, the only underwater vehicle that is searching for flight 370, we now know it is out of commission. and this will not be a quick fix. we know there are problems with the communications link, which that's a big issue, because the crews will not be able to give it basic instructions when it's under water. we also know there's a problem with the transponder on board the ocean shield. that's an issue as well because

that transponder essentially tracks bluefin when it's under water. we did tell you yesterday that bluefin crashed up against ocean shield as they were pulling it out of the water so these damages are a result of that incident. again, talk about a big blow to the search. now, it didn't search yesterday. we're talking about another 4 to 5 days, possibly longer, where no searching is going on under water for flight 370. >> been 69 days. they found absolutely no wreckage. they think they may have heard a ping. they're no longer 1100% sure. are they confident they're looking in the right area? >> angus houston has been sticking to his guns, saying this is the best data we have. he's pretty firm in our one-on-one interview with him. essentially saying, this is what we have, we're going to search

that entire area, which includes pings three and four, which they're not confident about, but they don't have any other data, so they're going to work with what they know. again, not even that is happening at this point, wolf. >> all right, rene, thanks very much. coming e ing up, magic john responding to allegations from donald sterling calling him delusional. and a rise of a potentially deadly virus. the middle east respiratory syndrome. that's why i got my surface. it's great for watching game film and drawing up plays. it's got onenote, so i can stay on top of my to-do list, which has been absolutely absurd since the big game. with skype, it's just really easy to stay in touch with the kids i work with. alright, russell you are good to go! alright, fellas. alright, russ. back to work!

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close watch on the mers virus, the middle east wes pra troer syndrome. there are now two con firmed cases in the united states. both health care workers who contracted the disease while in saudi arabia. let's go straight to the centers for disease control headquarters in atlanta. elizabeth cohen is there for us. lots of concern about two other health care workers who became ill after taking care of these mers patients in florida. do health care workers have mers? >> right, florida, the state of florida tested these patient, and they say no, they don't have mers. that's according to the centers for disease control. now, specimens from these two health care workers arrived here at the cdc this morning in atlanta. and as we speak, the cdc is retesting these specimens to make sure florida got it right.

we're sure now the tests are negative and they're working to confirm that. >> posters are going up at airports warning about mers. i've seen those. do passengers, all passengers need to be worried about getting this virus? >> all passengers don't need to be worried. what the cdc says, if you've come off a flight from the arabian peninsula and you have certain symptoms like a cough or fever, you should talk to your doctor. if someone gets off a flight from the arabian peninsula and they seem ill, airline employees are told, pull that person aside and call the cdc, which has offices at airports, wants to talk to these passengers. if you're not going to the arabian peninsula, there's no special reason to be concerned. if you've come from the peninsula and you're feeling ill, you should go see a doctor. >> i'm going to be speaking later with assistant general director of the world health organization in geneva.

as you know, it's spread to about 18 countries including the united states. so i suspect that's why folks have to be worried about too much potential contact, not just in the arabian peninsula but maybe elsewhere. >> that's true. let's take the two mers patients. there is the potential they've spread it to other people. health care workers taking care of them before they realized, could they have spread it to them. what we know is so far, they haven't. in indiana, he was on a flight from london to chicago. and that patient did not give anyone on that plane mers. so is there reason to be concerned, yes, but what we've seen so far is the two patients in the u.s. have not spread it to anybody else, and that speaks to how difficult it is to spread this virus. it's not like the flu, it's a

whole different kind of virus. >> apparently kills about a third of those who get this virus. that's obviously very, very terrifying when you think about it. elizabeth cohen, outside the cdc in atlanta. we'll check back with you. >> terrified to go to school. after more than 200 schools in nigeria were snatched from their dorm. up next, magic johnson's advice for donald sterling. it starts with little things. tiny changes in the brain. little things, anyone can do. it steals your memories. your independence. insures support. a breakthrough. and sooner than you'd like... ...sooner than you think. ...you die from alzheimer's disease. ...we cure alzheimer's disease. every little click, call, or donation adds up to something big. alzheimer's association. the brains behind saving yours.

welcome back. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. given the chance to apologize, banned nba owner donald sterling slid into a couple quote, i'm sorry, but then he started to take shots at the hall of famer magic johnson. he tried to paint john son as manipulative, called him a poor role model for african-americans and for the city of los angeles. johnson had a chance to fire right back in an exclusive interview with our own anderson cooper. here's part of that interview. >> i continue to do good work in urban america. i will always do that. i'm devoted. my whole life is devoted to urban america. so, you know, i just wish he knew the facts when he's talking. but he's a man who's upset. and he's reaching. he's reaching. he's trying to find something he can grab on to to help him save

his team. it's not going to happen. it's not going to happen. adam silver, our commissioner of the nba, did a wonderful job. i'll be behind him for life. now the board of governor has to do their job. i'm going to pray for the man. even if i say to him today, i'm going to say hello to him, hello to donald and his wife as well. i'm not a guy who hold grudges and all that. yes, am i upset, of course. but at the same time, i'm a god-fearing man. i'm going to pray for him and hope that things work out for him. >> let's talk about magic johnson's comments about the donald sterling scandal. joining us, our legal analyst sunny hostin in new york and david aldridge from nba tv, also tnt, our sister network. you and i know magic, he's a real gentleman. >> i covered the first magic for the dreamers charity game he had in the capital center in 19 ott and 1990 and that was for

scholarship funds for primarily low-income students. this is a guy who has given millions to charity. he wrote a check to his own church for $5 million. to say he doesn't do things for the american african community is preposterous. >> totally preposterous. give me your quick reaction. >> i think it's clear he took the high road. he's an icon in the african-american community and donald sterling really misstepped by just not apologizing. had he apologized, i think things may have taken on a different narrative. the fact he continued to bash magic johnson, again, this aye icon, in african-american communities, in the world of sports. was such a huge misstep among missteps. >> shelly sterling has suggested in a few interviews that maybe her husband has dementia, that's why he's saying those kinds of terrible things. anderson asked magic johnson about that. >> i only judge by what he says.

so he seems like he's all there. and in your interview, he's a guy who's making conversation and he remembers time, dates. i mean, he remembered when i came to his beach house and that was 35 years ago. so he can't be slipping that much. but the problem is, he's living in the stone ages. he can't make those comments about african-americans and latinos. you just can't do it. >> certainly shouldn't. you know, you've covered the nba for a long time. in all those years, did you ever get to talk to him? ever have a conversation with him? >> just wrote about this a couple weeks ago. i've had one conversation with donald sterling. >> all those years? >> yes, because he was very insulated. he did not do a lot of interviews except with the local media in los angeles. i'm telling you, this is the god's honest truth measure at a playoff game in 2006, the clippers in a playoff for the first time in a long time.

talking to elgin baylor. he introduced me to donald sterling. we talked about two minutes. donald sterling, out of the left field, he said, i want to ask you a question. i said sure. he said, why are all these black women having children out of d wedlock. i say, excuse me? i mean, literally, that's the first time -- >> what year? >> 2006. first and only conversation i've ever had with the man. i've covered the nba since 1987 so that tellses you something. >> when you heard these other comments, you weren't flabbergasted? >> nobody who covered the lead is not surprised at all. the history, the lawsuits filed by team employees. also former coaches like mike dunleavy, like bill fitch. this is a guy who tends to wind up in court with a lot of his x ex-employees. >> a lot of court cases over the years. sunny, magic johnson said he talked to sterling on the phone, told him to apologize right away, to speak about all of that with his attorney what to do

next. that was, what, two weeks ago. so what advise does magic johnson have for donald sterling right now? i want you to listen to this. >> he finally apologized, but he still hasn't apologized to me personally. that's okay. even if i don't get it, i'm fine with that. look, you're 80 years old. you've had a tremendous life. right. and you're going to benefit whatever the price tag is from this team selling. just go ahead and enjoy the rest of your life, you know, you're fighting a battle that you can't win. and then you're putting your family in a tough situation as well. it's not just him. he's making his family members look bad by going out, saying these things about myself, african-americans, on and on and on. so if i was him, i'd just, you know, benefit from the fruits of my labor and just take the money, go and enjoy your life.

>> what do you think about that advice? >> it's really good, sound advice, isn't it, when you listen to it. and i think he's right, when he says he can't win this. we know that donald sterling is litigious by nature. he uses the law as sport. he is a lawyer. but at 80 years old, given his comments, given the nba's position, which now is very clear, wolf, they've sort of come out and laid out their legal footing and think it's very solid, it is time for donald sterling just to step down. i still think that the shelly sterling issue is a closer call. but given the nba's position at this point, i think shelly has to go as well. >> i know everybody's watching the playoffs. these are great playoff games. you and i love basketball. how much pressure is building on the new commissioner adam silver and the owners to finally get the job done, force him to sell the team so everyone can move on? >> well, a lot actually. you hear stories that maybe lebron james is going to be part of a boycott next year, if

donald sterling is still the owner. there's a lot of pressure. the players really took control of this when it first happened. made it clear they were not going to sit idly by and let this play out. they want action now. >> adam silver moved quickly. >> did move quickly with the lifetime ban. now the process of removing sterling as owner is going to take time. that's not something you do overnight. i don't think he's going to sit by and let that happen. we'll see how that plays out in the court. the league will i think move quickly. >> my advice to sterling, not that he's going to listen ton me, i've been saying this ever since the story broke, sunny, you know this, my advice has been to him very simple, deeply, deeply apologize. say i was totally wrong. and then put your money where your mouth is, give $100 million or $200 million. he's a billionaire. give a few hundred million dollars to very good causes to help african-americans, to help hispanics. go out there and show you're ready to do something.

and then maybe the public will eventually forgive him. i expect he's not going to do that but that's just my advice if he were to ask me. thanks very much. be sure to join anderson later tonight. "a.c. 360." for more of his exclusive interview with donald sterling. he's got excerpts you haven't seen yet. 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight only here on cnn. critical talks under way in ukraine right now. while the u.s. and europe make their positions on the crisis clear to the russian president. will the strategy work? italy's foreign minister, she's here with me. we'll discuss. plus, a place where western education is considered a sin. we'll have an exclusive report from nigeria where more than 200 schoolgirls have been taken hostage.

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fear is everywhere. those word from a nigerian father who got his family out as boko haram militants stormed his town, taking hundreds of schoolgirls from their dormitory beds. there's now a global movement to try to bring the girls home. some parents were able to identify their daughters. the name boko haram, by the way, means western education is a sin. our nima elbagir made it to the remote area. she speaks to a father and young woman who escaped. >> reporter: a burned out dormitory, broken windows. what's left of the chibok girls secondary school where a month ago the student's dreams were stolen along with hundreds of girls abducted from their beds. if the attack hadn't happened right here is where now the girls would have been taking their exams.

it was supposed to be a gate way into a bright future that would take them beyond the boundaries of chibok and out of the shadow of boko haram. for many girls now even the thought of such a future is pretty much incomb prehebsable. educating girls is a sin in the eyes of boko haram. the terror group claiming responsibility for this devastation. for one of the girl s lucky enough to escape her abductors, it's a message she's received loud and clear. >> never go again. >> reporter: you'll never go back to school? >> yes. >> reporter: because they made you afraid? >> yes. >> reporter: what did you want to be? >> doctor. >> reporter: you wanted to be a doctor? >> yes. >> reporter: now that seems far out of reach. daniel and his family fled into the bush the night of the attack. luckily altogether and all safe. but what he witnessed that night

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stopping violence on the streets of ukraine, finding a negotiated settlingment to the crisis there. that's the goal of a roundtable of talks today between ukrainian's interim government and regional leaders. it's unclear how much process could be made when a key group isn't there, the pro-russian activists who have been battling for weeks now. they say they won't talk with what they call an occupying force. that's just fine with ukrainian officials who say they won't negotiate with what they call terrorists. secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. strongly supports the talks. kerry's also praising the european union for imposing additional sanctions for russia's actions in ukraine. joining us now, here in washington, is the italian foreign minister, federica mogherini, her first >> are you ready to go further

in imposing sanctions against russia in the coming weeks if they, for example, do something to up end the scheduled elections? >> already preparing next steps or sanctions. the point is we hope that will be effective in terms of putting political pressure on russia. and allow the elections. >> because so much of europe, including italy, they get energy, oil, resources, gas from russia. you will pay a price if the sanctions are ratcheted up and the energy supply drys up. >> you have to make sure that sanctions affect russia and not ourselves in order not to prevent our economic recovery to start again. but again, sanctions have to be a way of putting political pressure for finding dialogue. >> how much of your energy resources come from russia? >> around 39%.

>> what does italy do? >> we are differentiating our supply. we are working together with other europeans. obviously we hope not to get there. the point is using sanctions as a political way of finding the dialogue. because the objective is not sanctions themselves. the objective is stopping the conflict. >> you have spoken to the russian foreign minister. do you understand what putin's goal is right now in ukraine? >> i don't know if anybody knows that. we have to find a way of stabilizing the country, making the reforms. sustaining ukraine and finding a way ukraine can deal with its own divisions including russia.

>> they will understand that it's not in their interest. >> as far as you know, is europe united with the united states on this issue of additional sanctions against russia? europe and the united states, we have been working together from the very beginning. that has been very effective. >> that is another very effective issue. you are about to meet secretary kerry there as well. is it true that syria used chlorine gas in recent days against the opposition? >> i don't know. the only positive point and that

is going to happen in italian court and we are cooperating with the international community. >> is russia still cooperating on that front? >> yes. >> and the u.s. and european union, everyone is working together? how long will it be before all of syria's stockpile is removed. >> we hope for a couple miles maximum. >> a lot of refugees are streaming into italy as well. as well including libya. libya has turned out to be a total disaster. >> long standing history and common border, which is our seat, a european sea, and we're trying to make all that we can to make sure that libya has a government sooner or later that can find a way of becoming real

institutions. >> and people are streaming to italy on those boats. >> it's not libyans, but mainly people coming from africa. >> and they get to italy, what do you do with those people? >> many of them died at sea. we had major disasters there and since then we started saving them at sea and then we have to share the responsibility with our european friends on hosting the refugees and asylum seekers. >> is italy doing anything to try to find those girls in nigeria that have been kidnapped? >> we have asked and obtained from the european union to have a coordinated european action there. we have to avoid the european single country does things without being coordinated. that is the one that is hopefully able to know what is more needed.

>> this boko haram group, this is a real terrorist group that is killing a lot of people right now and not just in nigeria but it is spreading elsewhere in africa as well. >> and the terrible thing is the single of kidnapping these girls that are starting. that is a very powerful signal of wanting to stop girls pow empowerment and the will of having a good life. >> we just want them to bring those girls back and bring them back soon. welcome to the united states. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> up next, trouble for nasa's future as the space program gets tangled up in the ukraine crisis. we'll explain. to combine solar and natural gas at the same location. during the day, we generate as much electricity as we can using solar.

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>> great check of the markets

right now. there you see the dow jones down about 60 points. this comes after three straight days of record highs. we will watch the markets. care line kennedy is promising u.s. support for the massive clean-up. ambassador kennedy took her first tour of the plant today. she said the u.s. will offer experience and expertise to help resolve ongoing contamination problems. triggered by earthquake back in 2011. the crisis in ukraine looks like it will directly impact the u.s. space program. russia says it will likely now pull the plug on the international space station. the u.s. wants to keep using the station. russian rockets are the ones that ferry astronauts back and forth. the decision comes from the head of russia's space program who also happens to be one of the men singled out for individual sanctions over russia's

involvement in ukraine. that's it for me. thanks very much for joining us. i will be back 5:00 p.m. eastern in the situation room. we're following all of the breaking news here. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. newsroom with brooke baldwin starts right now. >> wolf, thank you so much. hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. we begin with this heartbreaking wait op what could become the deadliest mining accident in all of turkey's history. >> that woman is crying is this, enough for the life of me, let this mine take my life, too. enough is enough. she is part of this mob