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hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. you are watching "cnn newsroom" and i'm rosemary church. just ahead, in a rare break from president trump, some top republicans endorsed the wearing of facemasks as covid-19 cases rise across the united states. and a divided supreme court strikes down a controversial law in louisiana. what this could mean for abortion rights. plus, what did the president know? details are emerging of an alleged russian plot to kill u.s. soldiers in afghanistan and

how aware of it mr. trump actually was. good to have you with us. so mixed messages, u-turns and a warning. with the july 4th weekend looming, covid-19 isn't taking a holiday. a top doctor tells cnn the country is in a worse place today than it was on memorial day when the disease appeared to be on the decline. in fact, the u.s. continues to lead the world in the pandemic accounting for about 1/4 of the 10 million cases and also 1/4 of the more than half a million lives lost. infections are rising in 31 u.s. states and 17 of them are now pausing or rolling back their reopenings. among them, florida, which is

center stage right now for its dramatic spike in infections. just this weekend. in california they are shutting down their beaches. officials say they are keeping a close watch on hospital capacity. more now on the spike in cases in florida where local officials are being forced to make tough decisions regarding facemasks and beach closures. randi kaye brings us the details. >> reporter: the numbers here in the state of florida for coronavirus cases continue to spike. more than 5200 cases in a single day for this day. that's off the high from saturday which was a record high in the state of florida of more than 9500 cases. the gov more here saying that it's mostly young people, age 25 to 34 who are testing positive for the virus. that's why he has closed bars in this state, but he certainly

hasn't closed all the beaches though many of the local communities have decided to do that on their own. here in palm beach county, they've closed the beaches here and in miami-dade and broward county. those are the three hardest hit counties in southern florida. 60% of the coronavirus cases coming out of there. some counties and areas are deciding to mandate that people have to wear facemasks, including jacksonville, florida, where the republican national convention is supposed to take place august 24th to august 27th. the mayor there now mandating masks but the governor once again saying he's not sure if masks will be required at the convention yet. he's hoping things will be fine, he says, in a couple of months. no, there won't be masks required at that convention.

we will have to be back. texas and arizona are also among the u.s. states suffering from covid complications and arizona %-p half million cases and more than 126,000 deaths later. a majority of states have some type of mask requirement in place where they're saying face coverings are not a political statement but the only way to keep loved ones healthy and keep the country open for business. the top u.s. senate republican mitch mcconnell agrees. we must have no stigma, none

about wearing masks when we leave our homes and come near other people. wearing simple face coverings is not about protecting ourselves, it is about protecting everyone we encounter. >> now texas doesn't have a statewide facemask requirement. nine cities including dallas and houston require face coverings in public. houston's mayor says they have had a surge in covid-19 cases where it's gone from 3% in april and may to 13% now and hospitals are struggling to keep up with the rising number of patients. cnn's miguel marquez has more. >> reporter: houston, texas, now home to a major coronavirus outbra outbrake. a procedure all too common when

treating the most seriously ill with the virus. this patient on a ventilator. the breathing tube being replaced to improve oxygen flow to the lungs. >> okay. take a look. good. that's it. >> the tube pulled out. caked with dried see creases with the lungs rife with coronavirus. the new tube immediately improves oxygen flow. >> that's the first one for today. bad one. nkts somebody that has no oxygen. this tube was not functioning. it has a little balloon at the end. it was ruptured. he was not getting enough oxygen. >> reporter: united memorial

hospital, 117 bed hospital serving a community in houston. >> i have seen more admissions and sicker patients than on the previous ten weeks. it's been an exponential increase on the severity of illness and the number of patients. >> it's covid expanding way beyond its intensive care unit by turning whole sections of the hospital into temporary air tight units. protective gear now so abundant that everyone triples up. some employees getting through eight sets or more of ppe in a single shift. in the 100 days they've been treating patients with coronavirus, only one nurse has developed the sickness. she's now being treated by her own colleagues. >> you are the front line worker in the battle against covid and you now have it. >> yeah. and it's -- i wouldn't wish this on anyone.

>> reporter: the isolation of the disease, difficult to deal with, even for someone who knows what to expect. her thoughts now with her 9 and 10-year-old daughters. what would you say to abigail now? >> baby, mommy wishes you. i hope you're having a great time in california. okay. i'm done. >> reporter: dr. barone who has worked for more than 100 days without stop has become a sort of coronavirus specialist. >> we have two types of patients, those that have covid and those who will get covid. my concern is that when they get sick they don't come to me at the same time which is what's happening at the present time. that's what's going to kill patients, because we won't have enough resources. >> reporter: this is something that worries health care workers, the surge of patients seeking care. the coronavirus can make people sick, it can kill people, but if

you have enough people pushing in and trying to get care all at the same time, that could overwhelm systems in texas and other states and that could lead to many more deaths. back to you. >> cnn medical analyst dr. matthew joins me now. he's a primary care physician and health care specialist. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> the world health organization says the pandemic is not even close to being over. that is what we're seeing in america where 46 states have either increased or a flattening of cases. only four states are seeing declines in cases. and this map shows the situation is worse now than it was back on may 25th, memorial day. how is that even possible when other nations across the globe are getting back to normal? what is going on here? >> yeah. you know, it's a good question, rosemary. as a public health specialist,

i'm telling you, i'm really disappointed. the other day i mentioned on air how upset i am. i used to always say, i don't want to be an alarmist. we're in a public health crisis, a public health disaster. i think it really boils down to one thing. we opened too early. we didn't follow the task force metrics of two weeks of cases that had to go down, dwindle to such a small number that we could do contact tracing and isolation. at this point with the numbers surging in a few states, it's going to be really difficult to do that and we just didn't follow the metrics in my opinion. >> and, doctor, health secretary alex azar is saying the window is closing to get a handle on this and control the virus, but the one thing that could do that is the wearing of masks. while the vice president is now telling people to do just that, the president is not and he's not wearing one. he's not taking the lead on this. so those mixed messages are

confusing people. what is your advice to everyone when it comes to masks and why can't some people understand it? >> you know, i hope, rosemary, that people are finally getting it. at least a few days ago dr. birx mentioned how the mask not only protects other people from me as the mask wearer, it also protects me as well. i'm really hoping, i tweeted this the other day, that i'm hoping finally with that message people will understand that, okay, if i don't want to protect you, at least, hey, i can protect myself. we've gone over the numbers. a decrease in 50% of transmission, rosemary, when you wear the mask. as you and i talked about the last time, if 95% of americans wear the mask, by october we can cut down deaths by 40,000. i don't know how else to say it. it's really simple and people should just do it to save lives. >> not sure why that message

isn't getting through, but infectious diseases expert dr. anthony fauci warns that a vaccine will only be 75% effective. his concern is that about 1/3 of americans say they won't even take the vaccine when and if it becomes available. what could that mean for this country in terms of herd immunity and living a normal life? >> i'm a primary care doctor and i'm telling you i already dread the fall when we're going to have flu-like illness and influenza combined with covid-19. it's going to be difficult to convince americans to get a brand-new vaccine. i'm encouraging our viewers listening all over the world to start talking to your doctors about your concerns regarding not wanting a vaccination. i understand a lot of the concerns, you don't know about the safety, will it work?

ultimately the only way out of this pandemic other than good antiviral medications, rosemary, is a vaccine. >> only 45% of adult americans take the flu shot so that is a real concern, too. just very quickly. how ready is this country for more hospitalizations? there r will there be enough personal protective equipment for medical staff this time around? >> i worry about that a lot. i worry about the states in florida, in california, texas right now where there are surges. i've actually talked to quite a few er physicians in georgia and a couple of other states in the south. the big worry is while the government is saying we're going to send this to you, will they have it right now as the need arises. the bottom line is it depends which hospital you're talking to. if you're talking to places like in georgia where we don't see the cases, yes, a lot of the hospitals are ready, but if you talk to hospitals in texas and

florida, they're concerned. they're upset and not really sure if they will actually have the equipment ready to go as the patients come in. >> it is a real worry but we thank you, doctor, for all you do. dr. matthew, thanks for talking with us. >> thank you, rosemary. in the next few hours the e.u. is set to announce a new list of who exactly will be allowed to travel to europe and americans are not expected to be on it. that is according to two e.u. diplomats speaking to cnn, so who will be allowed to get in? here is a proposed list of 15 countries right now. some you might expect to see like new zealand but others might surprise you like china where the virus originated. so let's go to frederick pleitgen. he joins us live from brussels with the latest. good to see you. >> fred:. what is the latest on this? and what's the justification for

including china on the list? >> reporter: first of all, we do expect in the next 2 1/2 hours, rosemary, that the list will be published by the european union and it will be enacted tomorrow when the folks from the countries mentioned on the list are able to come back to the european union. for the united states, you're absolutely right, from everything we're hearing, u.s. travelers are not going to be allowed back here and in the end the european union has said time and again all of this is coming down to medical criteria. all of this is the virus numbers of folks who want to come to the european union. folks from those 15 countries are going to be able to come here. while the situation in the united states simply srnlt isn' point where they're going to be able to allow americans back into european countries because of all of the surges and outbreaks that are currently going on right now. there are a lot of officials in

european countries who are extremely concerned about the situation of the coronavirus in the united states. i've spoken to some german officials who say it's not just the fact that the virus is surging itself, but also the whole political debate going on around wearing masks, going on around social distancing and lockdowns that has a lot of european officials concerned as well. china is an interesting outlier on that list. they say 14 countries are being allowed back in and then china but china only also if it allows travelers from europe to come back to china. they believe the chinese have beaten it back and at the same time they do want something from the chinese back, they want european travelers to be able to travel. they are allowing the chinese back in despite, of course, that's where the virus originated. they do believe by and large

chinese authorities have the swaituation there under control rosemary. >> many thanks to fred pleitgen joining us live from brussels. beijing reportedly passes a controversial security law for hong kong. now people wait to see how sweeping the law will be. it mar detergent... that's why more dishwasher brands recommend cascade platinum... ...with the soaking, scrubbing and rinsing built right in. for sparkling-clean dishes, the first time. cascade platinum.

welcome back, everyone. we are tracking some major developments out of hong kong where local media report china's parliament has passed a controversial national security law for the city. state media in the mainland has said the law would criminalize acts against the central government like what it calls secession and terrorism. critics say the law attacks political freedoms and the march through hong kong over the weekend to make sure officials were aware. the law's potential reach is still unknown since officials haven't released details. at the same time the u.s. is ending exports of defense equipment to hong kong. u.s. secretary of state mike

pompeo made the announcement saying it's necessary to protect national security as tensions with china keep rising. pompeo added that if beijing is treating hong kong as one country one system, so must the united states. for more i'm chatting with will ripley and steven jiang who joins us live from beijing. will, let's go to you first. we don't yet know the details of this new law, but what's been the reaction in hong kong so far to this? >> reporter: we could be learning some of those details, rosemary, in the coming minutes. we're outside the china liaison office where there are face-to-face meetings going on between hong kong officials and chinese officials shedding light on what's contained within the national security law. it has been kept a secret from the hong kong government.

it was very telling when c carrie lamb wasn't able to answer any questions because hong kong was by passed completely. this was drafted in secret. it was voted upon in beijing but it will possibly forever change life for some people here in hong kong, certainly for pro democracy activists. we know things like terrorism, succession, colluding with foreign forces will be outlawed. if they are enforced here like they are in the main land, it could silence any voices that the central government deems to be offensive. they're setting up the microphones out here. we'll be monitoring for that. there are police officers standing guard outside of the barricades which surround this office. most police stations and government offices here in hong kong after so many months of unrest last year and yet there has not been a single substantial protest that we've

been aware of today, rosemary. i was at a location earlier that i remember last year would regularly be shut down by protestors. almost nobody turned out. it seems like this is having some kind of showing effect because the penalties for protesting, spray painting like what we saw at the building, one years ago, painting things on walls, that could land protestors in prison for life. we'll wait to hear the details, rosemary. >> we'll come to you as soon as we hear the details. will ripley in hong kong. thank you. steven, how is this being reported across china and how big a win is this for president xi jinping? >> reporter: well, rosemary, as will mentioned, they have not made mention of the passage of the law. we are expecting, just as he is, to hear more details in the

coming hours. from beijing's perspective, this is long overdue. almost 23 years after off vern at this returned to hong kong. it passed a similar law. the last time they tried in 2003 there were huge protests on the streets. since then we have seen many more protests and demonstrations on the streets in hong kong against beijing and especially including the latest protest movement that began last year that really shook the beijing leadership reinforcing this notion in their mind that hong kong had become a bastian of empty china sentiment and not only are they seeing a growing movement about pro democracy causes and pro hong kong independence movement. the way they see it instituted by hostile foreign powers especially from washington. that's why they think this law is not only highly necessary but also increasingly urgent to defend china's core national interest in hong kong.

that is their sovereignty and security. that's why beijing decided to take this matter into their own hands bypassing the hong kong legislature and with the 161 members of the mpc behind closed doors and now apparently voting for this law. >> steven jiang, many thanks for bringing us the information. the supreme court has blocked a controversial decision. it could open the door to future cases and we will have details next.

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well, congress is demanding the trump administration explain what it knew about reports u.s.

intelligence warned that russia offered bounties to taliban fighters to kill american troops. a u.s. official tells cnn that intelligce report was included in one othe president's daily briefings sometime in the spring of this year. both the president and the white house maintain the president was not personally briefed on the alleged boundy threat. the chairman of the house intelligence committee tells our jim acosta this raises more questions. >> we can't rely on anything the president says or anything the president's people say about him and certainly can't rely on the press secretary to give the honest truth about something so we just don't know. it's really i think a problem either way, and that is the agency's either told him and he's denying it or they didn't tell him and, you know, we'd like to find out why. >> cnn's kaitlyn collins has the

latest now from the white house. >> reporter: the white house today adamant that president trump was never briefed on intelligence reports that russia was secretly offering to pay taliban linked militants to kill u.s. troops in afghanistan. >> he was not briefed on the matter. >> reporter: but they struggled to learn what he was told. >> i won't speculate on whether this intelligence is verified and not verified. i won't get ahead of the president on further actions. >> not disputing it, it's not true? >> there are dissenting opinions within the intelligence community and i can confirm with you right now there's no consensus within the intelligence community on these allegations. >> reporter: there doesn't have to be a consensus to brief the commander in chief. matt thorn berry said he's concerned that trump wasn't briefed on anything with a hint of credibility that would

endanger our service members much less put a bounty on their lives. a congressional briefing was hastily thrown together today after lawmakers, including house speaker nancy pelosi, called on the administration to tell congress what they know. >> i don't know what the russians have on the president politically, personally, financially or whatever it is, but he wants to ignore. something is wrong with this picture. >> reporter: the press secretary says pelosi is playing politics but the calls have been partisan. liz cheney said something must be done in response to hold vladimir putin accountable if the intelligence is accurate. today they did not say what the response will be. >> you don't think this report is true? >> i'm telling you this that there's no consensus in the intelligence community and the dissenting opinions exist. >> reporter: the intelligence was first reported by "the new york times" and has been confirmed by several outlets

including cnn and the washington post is now citing intelligence assessments that say those bounties resulted in the deaths of several u.s. troops. we should note cnn has not confirmed that report from the washington post. eight republican lawmakers have been briefed on these intelligence assessments. they were briefed by the national security advisor, director of national security intelligence and the chief of staff. democrats are up next and they are going to give their briefing tuesday morning at 8 a.m. the question will be, you know, do democrats come out of this satisfied? do they get the answers they wanted to know about this? some republicans say they did get the answers they wanted. some say they had a lot more questions about what was going on. that will be the question of the day on tuesday and whether or not the administration is going to schedule a briefing for all members of congress instead of just these select few that they did over the last few days. kaitlyn collins, cnn, the white house. now to a big win for abortion rights advocates in the

u.s. the supreme court has struck down a louisiana law meant to make obtaining abortions more difficult if not impossible. the law barred doctors from performing the procedure unless they had admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. critics say that would have closed nearly every clinic in the state, but the top court declared the law unconstitutional in a 5-4 ruling. >> reporter: abortion rights advocates have chief justice roberts to thank. he was the deciding vote. it's interesting and important here because before this vote chief justice roberts had actually never voted to block an abortion restriction but this morning he did exactly that. and in a sense the chief justice saying that his hands were tied in this case. that's because in 2016 the supreme court struck down a nearly identical texas law so the chief justice saying he had no choice in this case but to strike it down. the challengers here said if

this law had gone forward, that it would have only left one doctor in the entire state of louisiana able to perform abortions. it would have shuttered two out of the three remaining abortion clinics in the united states. they said this law had no valid medical purpose, no valid state interest as well. justice breyer took this a step further. he said that the evidence showed in this case that even those doctors who tried to get admitting privileges at hospitals were often blocked because the hospitals or hospital officials were anti-abortion. now the white house sort of sniping at the chief justice along with those liberal justices in the 5-4 decision. the press secretary releasing this statement saying instead of valuing fundamental democratic principals, unelected justices have intruded on the southern prerogatives by imposing their own policy preference in favor

of abortion. chief justice roberts did leave the door open somewhat to other states that might try to pass similar restrictions. he said that in different circumstances it's possible restrictions like this could pass muster. >> jessica snider reporting there. the pro choice america group is celebrating the win but warns it doesn't change the simple fact that reproductive freedom in the u.s. remains on the line thanks to antichoice extremists who have shown time and again that they will stop at nothing to advance their dangerous ideological agenda. be warned, 77% of americans who support the legal right to abortion care won't forget what you did and you'll be answering to us this november. well, india has banned 59 mobile apps including popular

social media platforms like tiktok and we chat. they say they are prejudicial to the sovereignty, integrity and defense of india. most of the apps included in the ban are chinese. this move comes amid tensions between india and china following border clashes earlier this month. we are watching more and more companies pull the plug on advertising in facebook. in just the last few hours huge spenders like fooiz zer, puma, others because of what they see as a failure to stop hate speech. to break this all down we want to go to john defterios. with this much momentum in the stop the hate campaign, will it seem odd if companies don't sign on now? >> reporter: perfect way to put it, rosemary.

the consumers, the customers are going to say, why not? why have you not joined here? i think we're at that tipping point, especially in the last five days with the companies that you've talked about here and the focus is primarily on the fortune 500 companies. the big players in the united states and for that matter around the world. what we have here is two very distinct camps. for example, you've mentioned ford and pfizer. they've committed for only one month, the month of july which may be another question as we go forward if this is building even more momentum. others like microsoft said, look, we started in may, we may carry onto the end of the year. clorox, the big consumer products maker said it will carry it out throughout 2020. this may be going on further than facebook. we're getting to the point, r e rosema rosemary, is facebook too big to manage. crazy numbers. $70 billion in revenues.

can it tackle hate on its own? common sense media, which is partially behind this campaign, suggesting they may go to the european regulators in europe at the european union in brussels and say isn't it time if you have tv, radio, print that is monitored, that is regulated, isn't it time we do the same in social media? or are we too late to do so because of the span and the reach of facebook here and the advertisers that are now on that platform. 70 billion in revenues is extraordinary as you know. >> absolutely. john did he have tear yous joining us live from abu dhabi. thanks. the hardest hit in africa has turned a giant field into a covid-19 hospital field. we'll be back with the latest. $9.95 at my age?

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pubs, restaurants and hair salons will be reopening across england this weekend but not in the city of leicester. they have ordered all nonessential businesses to close starting today and schools will shut down on thursday. people are also being told to stay home. the government plans to review these restrictions in about two weeks. so let's get to cnn's phil black who is in leicester joining us now live. phil, as most of england prepares to slowly reopen, that is not the case in leicester. what's behind the surge in cases? >> reporter: rosemary, so the government is worried about the statistics, the markers here because they're all traveling in the wrong direction. 10% of recent infections, positive tests in england were recorded here in leicester. that means 6 to 10% of people

are presenting in hospital every day yet instead of just 1 in other areas. the key question why, they don't know the answer to that. they're trying to get to the bottom of it. this is a diversity with a large black and ethnic minority population. that is a concern because there's plenty of information that points to the fact that those are people who are disproportionately impacted throughout the pandemic. in addition to that, the government notes somewhat speculatively there are food processing plants nearby and they have been a source of clusters and outbreaks globally. the important point, the key goal is to get the infection rate down. for that reason they are rolling this one city deeper back into lockdown even as the rest of the u.k. is emerging from covid-19 restrictions. as you touch on what that means, for today, non-essential shops and retail, they had to close again. people are being advised once again to stay home. people are being told to stay

away from leicester. you're right, schools from thursday, to the degree they were reopening, must now largely close again. that's interesting because the government concedes they're concerned about the positive tests being recorded among children, not that children are suffering severe symptoms from covid-19, but they're testing high and that could be the source of a further spread. it's all important because it's a big test case for the u.k. in terms of understanding why the outbreaks happen and how to deal with them. it is the u.k.'s first lockdown. likely not the last as the british economy opens while this virus is still in circulation. >> phil black reporting live from leicester. thanks. as israel looks to press forward with annexation of parts of the west bank, we will look at what's at stake. a live report from jerusalem. that's next.

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a huge recreational center in cape town into a covid-19 field hospital. south africa has recorded more than 144,000 cases of coronavirus and 2500 deaths. cnn's david mckenzie joins us live from cape town. so, david, how well equipped is that field hospital? and how are medical staff there coping with all of the infected patients coming in? >> reporter: well, rosemary, if you look behind me, i'm here in one of the largest townships and formal settlements in south africa. looks like a normal day, hustle and bustle, but it's anything but normal here in south africa. they are reaching the surge of the pandemic right now says the health minister. we are in a makeshift field hospital that was built rapidly as the surge was starting to come up and is now peaking. this will be a test case for not only south africa but the rest

of the continent with how they manage this virus and how it hits on the most difficult, most challenging areas to deal with with covid-19. people were predicting catastrophe in places like the cape. has it happened and at this stage will it happen? >> even our best models weren't able to predict what we're seeing now. we have a lower peak than what we had expected but it looks like it will go on for longer. >> reporter: so this is a marathon? >> this is a marathon. and i think people need to get a reality check and accept that this is here and that it's not going to go away any time soon. we've used the time well and we're always going to question did we use it enough, did we do enough with the time we were given when the epidemic slowed?

every death is pain on health care workers. >> reporter: i can tell you, every recovery for those patients is a huge moment of triumph for the doctors, some of them volunteers. right now the next few weeks will be the key test in south africa to hope they can replicate the model in the rest of the country. >> absolutely. it has tested every nation on this planet. david mckenzie joining us live from cape town, thanks. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is expected to press forward with plans to annex parts of the west bank as early as wednesday. mr. netanyahu campaigned on a promise to extend the reach of israeli sovereignty into parts of the west bank. cnn's oren lieberman has more from jerusalem. >> reporter: what began as a campaign promise has turned into a political mission. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is primed to press

forward with annexation. >> that we remain part of israel in any future peace detail, it will not set it back, it will move it forward. >> reporter: he vowed to annex the valley and annexing jewish settlements. something he hasn't thought of in the previous 12 years. at the time he was looking to win over right wing votes but he won over the white house, too. the trump administration's plan for middle east peace, departure from policy. >> israel will not miss this opportuni opportunity, but few if any conditions on unilateral annexation. palestinians remain defiant refusing to even consider the white house's plan. >> president trump, nations are born to find strong nations to

protect them. the jungle has laws. chaos has order but this is the mother of failed chaos. >> reporter: in the midst of a global pandemic and an economic meltdown, israel is plowing ahead. meanwhile, the international consensus is crystalized. the european union is weighing against israel. arab states are going to protest and dying relations. >> all of the progress and you see exchanges could be undermined. >> reporter: the u.n. has said it is a violation of international law capable of triggering another wave of violence. >> another explosion. another war that would happen here would be a terrible, terrible tragedy, not just a human tragedy but a failure of leadership on all sides.

>> israeli protests against annexation have grown backed by peace camp and many in the military commanders. the risk is too great, they warn. the reward too small. >> please not forgive us if we are going to endanger our national security by opening so many fronts, political, strategic, international law. the united states maybe three months. the e.u. >> reporter: arab anger recognizing jerusalem is the capital believing it was muted. proponents of annexation say it was again. those are only changes to u.s. foreign policy. annexation and the unprecedented israeli move and the game changer. cnn, jerusalem. thank you so much. i'm rosemary church. i will be back with another hour

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