you bracing for the storm. tropical storm isaias is expected to become a hurricane once more as it heads now for florida. florida struggling to deal with the coronavirus and the storm is making that more difficult. also this hour, the coronavirus vaccine quest. i talked with the head of brittain's vaccine task force about how to secure millions of vaccines and who will be first in line to get one. live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen and this is

"cnn newsroom." tropical storm isaias just shy of hurricane strength is already being felt as it approaches south florida's east coast right now. it is a major concern in a state struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic. covid-19 has already infected more than 480,000 people in florida and killed more than 7,000. even with strict safety protocols in places, evacuation shelters, health officials fear the virus could spread further among those inside. with the storm's full impact expected in the coming hours, the state has temporarily shut down its virus testing sites. officials are concerned they'll

see a new surge of cases once the storm has passed and testing resumes. let's get the latest on the storm, where it's headed and its strength from tyler malden joining us now. >> good morning, natalie. it is a 70-mile-an-hour storm. you can see the rainstorm here just lashing the bahamas. it's beginning to fill in here in some parts of the bahamas. crossing over here to south florida. speaking of south florida. you're already seeing some of the showers and thunderstorms flowing off of isaias coming into your area. it's just going to continue as we go through time here. all of that shower and thunderstorm activity will spread over. the hurricane warning continues to be in effect even though it's a tropical storm right now. that's because as it goes on this trek it's going to form back into a hurricane. just a category 1, but either way the impacts are going to be the same. now from palm beach county up to flagler, you are in the red shading area here. that means you're under the

hurricane warning. once you get out to the inland communities, tropical storm warning for you. here is a look at the track of the soon to be hurricane. the entire space coast has to be on guard and brace for the direct impact from this storm. once we get into the later half of sunday and late monday it makes landfall near charleston. it continues to the north, mid-atlantic, northeast, new england states all have to be on guard for isaias. it will drop rainfall in very short order. look at six inches. all of the oranges and reds you see, that indicates 4 to 6 inches. some areas could see isolated higher amounts. the stronger winds will be down here in florida. this is where we have a storm surge 2 to 4 feet across from

jupiter and factor in high tide, natalie, we could see big coastal flooding for sure. >> florida is the start and it will march on towards the north. tyler, thank you. we'll be in touch with you in a little bit. keeping people safe from both the storm and the coronavirus is the immediate challenge facing florida officials. the administrator of palm beach county spoke with us earlier about what they are doing. >> right now we've opened roughly four shelters and our special needs shelter. this is to accommodate our residents that live in mobile homes. we have quite a few mobile home parks here in pal much beach county. the tropical force winds could definitely have dangerous repercussions for the individuals living there. also we opened them for the residents who don't have housing

so if their roots are not anchored properly or windows and they don't feel safe, then we've accomplished setting up safe shelter for them as well. and as you know, we're in the midst of a pandemic here and so we have had to open more shelters in order to accommodate a smaller number of people than normal because we have to do the safe distancing. we also require people to wear facemasks if they come into the shelter. >> again, power outages are expected and utility crews from about 20 states have arrived in florida to respond. for the latest on the state's storm preparation, here's cnn's randi kaye in palm beach. >> reporter: here we are expecting 2 to 4 foot storm surgeon top of the regular tide. on monday we expect to see a full moon so the high tide will

be even higher making that storm surge even worse for this area. also, we are experiencing pretty heavy wind gusts. earlier we had one 40 to 50 miles an hour. here in pal much beach county, they've opened up five shelters for people. there's more than 100 people who has already gone to these shelters. they have one with people who want to bring their pets along. dog, cat, bird even. they have a voluntary evacuation underway here in palm beach county. the state is continuing trying to open hotel rooms because of covid-19 they're trying to open rooms for people who might feel like they're symptom ma particular for the coronavirus. they want to put them in a safe place away from these emergency shelters. meanwhile, the division of emergency management is giving some guidance for the shelter saying they would like to have no more than 50 people in these

shelters. they would also like to have them social distance. they want to make sure they're wearing masks using hand sanitizer, getting them in as well. we know that florida power and light has a big staging area in daytona, florida. they have crews of 10,000 personnel in all. they have crews from new york, texas, elsewhere all coming together from 20 different states trying to help in terms of the power outage that we are expecting to see here. we know that the national guard has been mobilized here in case they need to do some search and rescue as well. the governor is of course telling people that he recommends they have three to seven days of food, water, and any medicine just in case this storm does get really bad. i'm randi kaye reporting in palm beach florida. back to you. the storm has already

inundated the bahamas with wind and rain. we are live from the bahamas via skype. what are you hearing about the storm's impact across the bahamas? >> reporter: good morning, natalie. it's in effect for the northwest area. those islands are still experiencing tropical storm force winds at the last report. the assessments of the kind of damage we're going see has yet to be done. we will continue keeping communication with them until we see what the extent of the damage is. of course, throughout the day we saw downed power lines, trees toppled in the roads blocking the roads and moderate flooding. as you know, it only takes a little bit of rain to flood low lying areas which compounds an already difficult situation, especially for people on the coast line. as of early friday, residents

were told to move inland and seek shelter. 135 people have evacuated from the northwest to shelters and we're continuing to monitor the situation in shelters. we're dealing with the pandemic, covid-19 at the same time. officials are dealing with two crises, covid crisis and storm preparedness. separate in the shelters and use classrooms to keep people separated to ensure social distancing. facing two different fronts with two different issues. we'll continue to keep a close eye on what they're doing. we'll touch base to get more word of what the extent of the damage is there. >> live from the bahamas for us. we'll talk to you soon. >> thank you. we're watching the storm carefully are two american astronauts now in orbit on their spacex dragon capsule. they're preparing for a splash down hopefully off the u.s. gulf

coast off pensacola. not in the atlantic near this storm. they undocked from the international space station a few hours ago. in may they were the first nasa astronauts to launch since the program ended in 2011. this is the first manned flight on a spacecraft from spacex which is partnering with the u.s. space agency. we'll cover their splashdown in the u.s. gulf coast. the u.s. death toll from the coronavirus is growing daily and health experts believe it will get much worse in the weeks ahead. just as a new school year begins. we'll have more about that coming up here. also, ticktock's head of u.s. operations does not think it should affect it.

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well over 1,000 americans lost their lives to covid-19 on saturday. the total u.s. death toll is now

nearing 155,000 people and it is only expected to get worse. cnn's paulo sandoval has the latest. >> reporter: coronavirus may kill another 20,000 americans by late august according to sobering fresh forecast from the centers for disease control and prevention. cdc projections warn of an increase in deaths in puerto rico, washington state, kentucky, alabama, tennessee and new jersey. the governor there says house parties are contributing to covid spread among young people. >> we are not past this. everyone who walks around refusing to wear a mask or who hosts an indoor house party or who over stuffs a boat is directly contributing to these increases. >> reporter: the white house coronavirus task force says covid cases are plateauing in the hard-hit states of california, arizona, texas. florida is on that list though

it may face further complications with approaching hurricane isaias. more than 8400 covid patients are in florida hospitals and there's a possibility that some floridians in the path may have to turn to shelters. >> the storm exacerbates the conditions. it forces people to remain in close quarters. this is where we need to get that message out, that people need to make sure that those protocols are not sacrificed, that they understand how important it is to wear facemasks. >> reporter: this week texas became the state to surpass others. ron rivena says his facility is overwhelmed turning to additional storage for the influx of bodies and worried surviving family members may worsen the spread of the virus. >> families that come in to give their condolences to the family,

that's where the danger is. you get all sorts of people coming in at one time and that's what makes these families vulnerable to having this disease spread amongst the living, not among the dead. >> reporter: new cdc study offers insight into what can happen when young people are allowed to assemble. researchers looked at a georgia summer camp not named in the study and found high infection rates among campers. the camp followed most but not all of the cdc safety guidelines. >> as this study shows, when you have large groups of people, and children especially because you really can't expect children too strictly to adhere to some of these safety precautions, there is a very high risk of transmission. >> reporter: students already back in the classroom in indiana's hancock county where the local health department confirmed on the first day of school that a middle schooler tested positive for the virus. officials with the school district told parents the student was immediately

isolated. paulo sandoval, cnn, new york. a look at cases around the world for you. australia has declared a state of disaster in victoria after 671 new coronavirus cases and 7 deaths reported saturday. officials announced new lockdown measures in melbourne. evenly one person can go out once a day to pick up goods. recreational activities will be stopped and a new curfew will be implemented. the new restrictions will be in effect for six weeks. several countries saw record-breaking increases for the coronavirus on saturday. mexico reported its highest daily number of new cases and deaths in the past 24 hours. mexico now has the third highest number of fatalities worldwide. the philippines are reporting the largest single day increase from the pandemic.

more than 2,000 people in the nation have died. south africa has just surpassed more than half a million cases. it is the hardest hit nation on the african continent with the fifth highest number of known cases in the world. south africa's national department of health reported more than 10,000 new confirmed infections on saturday. with the virus accelerating as you just heard there, in many parts of the world countries are racing to find a safe vaccine. the british government has secured early access to some 90 million doses of vaccines in development. let's bring in kate bing ham, chair woman of the british government's coronavirus task force. joining me now. thanks for coming on. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> you are head of the task force. you report directly to the prime minister. how promising are the vaccines that you're looking to secure

that are being researched right now? >> thank you, natalie. so the answer is that i think the different vaccines that are being developed are quite promising. we've secured rights to the four different main types of vaccine but the real answer is we don't know whether or not any of these vaccines are going to work. we've taken a view that we need to have a portfolio approach with different vaccine modalities so that we can be sure that if any vaccine works, we will have rights to it. but at this moment we don't know whether any vaccine will work. >> you have to be out ahead of it. how important is it to coordinate this? you have to figure out how to get tens of millions of vaccines and from where? what's the number you're expecting and how are you going about it? >> so we are expecting to build a portfolio of maybe 8, maybe

10, up to -- maybe up to 10 vaccines across the different modalities and the way we're going about it is to bring in a small team of highly expert vaccine specialists who are scouring the world, reviewing the data wherever it's come from to then identify which are the most promising and then we pick up the phone and we talk to them directly and talk about how we in the u.k. can contribute to the development and manufacturing of their vaccine so that we can secure rights not just for the u.k. but to ensure there is global distribution of these vaccines so that we can ensure we can end this global pandemic as soon as possible. >> when and if it happens, who would get vaccinated first? >> that would be dependent on each individual country's policies, but in the u.k. we have a committee called the joint committee of vaccinations and immunization and they give guidance to the government.

in our case the priority groups to be vaccinated include the elderly, which is anyone over the age of 50, it includes people between 18 and 50 with co-morbidities such as type two diabetes or heart disease. it includes ethnic minorities and front line workers. those are the target populations in the u.k. but i imagine each country will have somewhat different definitions. it's likely to include those different cohorts. >> as you reach out around the world to try to secure vaccines, is there an issue with nationalism right now? how do you avoid a potential problem of, say, every country in it for themselves, a vaccine grab? >> so i think there is an issue or potential issue with vaccine nationalism. i don't think it's unexpected for them to want to protect their vulnerable people in the

countries. i've been struck by the level of coordination between countries so we can establish a global pool of vaccines so that we can basically provide at least 2 billion doses of vaccine around the world so we can end the acute phase of the pandemic by the end of next year. >> that sounds really good. we'll end on that note. it's got to be all in. it's a global effort. appreciate your efforts and what you're doing, kate bing ham, we appreciate your efforts. thank you. >> thank you. meantime, health experts say it again and again. do not gather in large crowds. it is too risky right now when this virus is running rampant. and those same doctors get very worried when they see people, especially young people, ignoring their guidance. for more about this, here's brian todd in washington for us. >> reporter: officers respond to a house party in jackson, new jersey. police say it took more than

five hours to break up the party on sunday because more than 700 people were there. about 600 more than governor phil murphy's executive order allows. >> we simply cannot continue to have crowded house parties. they are not safe, period. this is no time for anyone to be vying for induction into the knucklehead hall of fame. >> reporter: state health officials say they're worried that the house party could lead to a new cluster of coronavirus cases. how bad could that cluster get? >> that's a nightmare situation from the epidemic control. you have so many people exposed to each other. you're following up not with a few people or tens of people but with potentially hundreds of people. >> reporter: they're concerned that large gatherings of young people still haven't stopped despite dire warnings in recent weeks that they can be super spreaders. new york state officials investigating this drive-in concert at the hamptons in

recent days after footage appeared to show large groups of people not socially disstantsing. in weld county, colorado, thousands packed into the field for a day of live music. many people at these gatherings have been observed not wearing masks despite the constant pleadings of health experts and officials around the world. new video from researchers in australia shows on the top left how far droplets travel in the air from someone talking, sneezing, coughing while not wearing a mask. on the right and in the other frame you can barely see any droplets when the person is wearing a mask or adding layers to the mask. >> if you are going to be outside and you're going to be in any sort of gathering, you really want to be protecting yourself. only when you're with your immediate close family and loved ones should you not be wearing a mask. >> reporter: a daunting question looms, why are so many people, many of them under 40, ditching guidelines and still going to the crowded events?

>> people are tired. they're fatigued of the isolation and they're craving that contact or some return to normalcy but what everyone has to realize, we still do not have a cure, a really good treatment for the disease or a vaccine. >> reporter: one expert says it's a careless game of russian roulette and not just with these people's own lives. >> they may infect their parents or their grandparents or their teachers or their employer who might be over the age of 65, who might have an underlying condition and they will die. >> reporter: experts say young people who go to the parties and concerts should remember even if they get covid-19 and recover for it, it could cause other pli cases for them later in life, things like kidney, heart failure, lung disease or chronic fatigue. brian todd, cnn, washington. the latest on the strong tropical storm approaching florida right now. we'll have that just ahead. it's been building up speed and

could regain hurricane status in the coming hours. also, a terrible sign of the coronavirus impact. americans waiting for hours for a box of groceries. we'll have that from los angeles. hike!

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom" live from atlanta. tropical storm isaias is not quite a hurricane, but that could change soon. south florida's east coast is already experiencing wind and rain from the storm's outer band. florida officials face the difficult task of trying to keep

people's faith even as the world grapples with the worst outbreaks in the country. every time i say it i say it wrong isaias. >> isaias. it's a tough one. >> hopefully it won't be as challenging of a storm as the name itself. >> fingers crossed. right now it's five miles an hour away from being a hurricane. it's about 70 miles off shore of south florida. you can see all of the rainfall over the bahamas beginning to move to the northwest. a lot of rainfall across the bahamas crossing. we'll soon be pushing into palm beach county, martin, saint lucy county. we're going to see the rainfall across miami-dade and broward. eventually it will push to the north. you are going to see the showers and storms spinning off of isaias here coming in in full force. the treasure coast.

treasure coast and space coast, you have to keep a watchful eye on this system. i think it could possibly go right up the treasure coast and the space coast. possible landfall. you have to brace for that for sure. this is the area where we could see the hurricane force winds from west pal much beach up to tight tasville. you're looking at strong tropical force winds. the reason why the hurricane force winds are featured there is because this track, take a look at this, as isaias -- isaias, now i can't say it is pushing up to the north and west, it will strengthen and become a category 1 hurricane probably with the next update. look at that trek going up the space coast. that's why you have to brace for the impact. it's not weakened until it gets to charleston, south carolina, it comes on shore. it travels to the north. dc, virginia, new york,

massachusetts. you have to be on guard for a tropical storm coming. it's not until late next week that we're talking about the remnants of this. you see all of the oranges and reds. that indicates, natalie, where we can see upwards of 6, 7 inches, maybe isolated amounts. >> a lot of people dealing with this for several days coming at a term time for americans as well. tyler, thank you. there is another emergency situation on the other side of the country. california's already dealing with a large number of coronavirus cases. they have to screen people going to shelled terse because of a raging wild fire. this is about 70 miles east of los angeles in riverside, county. fire officials say the apple fire started friday and exploded inside on saturday as these things do in california. the fire has now burned more than 12,000 acres and thousands

have been evacuated. the combination of covid-19 and economic hardship is pushing many to the margins. california just reported 219 related deaths saturday. that is the most ever in a single day since this began and with a number of cases rising, so are concerns about food and housing. paul bercammen visited a food charity in los angeles. >> reporter: they worked late into the afternoon cleaning up after a huge food give away here at the first unitarian church. this is in korea town in downtown los angeles. they served boxes of meals or sent them out to more than 2,000 people, 1500 of them walked up here. some had been in line since midnight. then they shipped out another 500 boxes to nearby churches as well as a grocery worker's union. the workers reflecting on just

how trying it is for them to see the piggest numbers of people ever come into these food lines in the middle of the pandemic. because a lot of renters protection is running out, because unemployment benefits are running out. some of these people without a job for something close to a half a year right now. >> it's surreal to see, you know, that many people standing in this line for food. it's a larger indictment of a failed system and the federal government to take care of the people. at the end of the day it's unconscionable where people have to wait for seven hours for a box of groceries. >> 1500 people walked up to grab their box and then another 500 boxes went out to nearby churches and a grocery store worker's union. for the people handing out the box they said this was rather heartening because they could see the look of relieve in

people's eyes as they knew many might not have any income during the pandemic. reporting from los angeles, i'm paul bercammen, now back to you. >> and that is just a microcosm of the larger picture of what so many americans face right now. saturday saw no agreement on new stimulus measures to help americans forced out of work by the pandemic. accord to go treasury secretary steve mnuchin, there is an impasse over short term versus long term provisions. the white house has offered a 1 week extension of the $600 payment to friday. the democrats want to extend it through january but we will say for the first time both sides sound hopeful. >> this was the longest meeting

we had and it was more productive than the other meetings. there are many issues that are still very much outstanding or apart. we had a serious discussion and went down piece by piece and saw where each side is at. >> we have to get rid of the virus to safely open our economy and safely open the schools and do so in a way that doesn't give a cut in benefits to america's workers. >> president trump, as you know, has had a testy relationship with some news organizations to say the least. they are doing something unprecedented. the closed precedent will be smaller, less boyes trous and with fewer participants than the one in ohio back in 2016. the party says that is due to

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threat. the president on friday telling reporters on air force one that he plans to ban ticktock from the united states suggesting that he would likely do so via an executive order. the president said that that executive order would likely come on saturday. by the end of the day on saturday no executive order in sight. the president has several tools at his disposal to actually make good on that threat. there is the possibility of an executive order but there are also other mechanisms that the president could use including emergency economic powers that he is also -- that are also within his quiver. of course, there has been a national security investigation into ticktok for some time and there has been concern about the fact that it is owned by a chinese company and what potentially that chinese company could do with the data of hundreds of millions of americans, including potentially giving that data to the chinese government. now tiktok of course for its

part insists it is being very safe with american's data. tiktok u.s. user data is stored in the u.s. with strict controls on employee access. tiktok's biggest investors come from the u.s. we are committed to protecting our user's data and meaningful careers to those who create on our platform. u.s. officials are pushing for the ideal scenario for an american company to come in and wholly buy tiktok from the chinese company bite dance. the president seemed to suggest that would not work for him as reports emerged that microsoft was in the running to buy tiktok from the chinese company. it is important to note this all comes in the face of a widening u.s./china rift. coronavirus did indeed originate

in china but the president is trying to reflect blame for his mishandling of the virus. there has been a widening rift between the u.s. and china and specifically there have been tensions in the technology space. this latest battle over tiktok is the latest iterations of those tensions. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. let's dig deeper into this story and bring in cnn business reporter hadas gold joining us live from london. good morning to you, hadas. we just heard jeremy lay out some of the issues there. what more can you tell us about the kind of security threat that tiktok could pose? >> reporter: there's two issues here really, natalie. one is about the type of information that tiktok controls when it -- in terms of what it shows to its users. tiktok has a feed like an algorithm. there are concerns that in the

past tiktok has been censoring by not servicing certain videos. speaking about issues they might not like or has full on shut down accounts. there was an issue last year with a woman who made a video about the treatment of uighur muslims. they said it was a mistake related to a different account that she has. there is a concern that it could control or really influence how people view the world, how people view politics. that's one issue. the other issue is the national security issue. that's where we go into the type of data that they have. some of the most popular apps, hundreds of millions if not billions have downloaded it. there is concerns about all of the data they have on you. this could be things like location, where you are, who you follow, who you interact with. cyber security experts who i spoke with say for the average person, dancing, doing memes,

the average information they share is the same as the information they share on facebook. it's the same level of access. it's a bit of a different story if you work for the military. that's seen places like the pentagon tell people they cannot have tiktok on their smartphone apps. that's because there is a lot in china that they must cooperate with the chinese government. that's where the fear is. because tiktok is ultimately owned by a chinese company, they could be forced -- even if they say they would never do it, they could be forced to hand over the data. is the data that valuable? it's not clear how valuable it is for a teenager. >> teenagers are pushing back on tiktok making it quite evident where they stand on this. what would a ban mean for all the tiktok users?

>> well, obviously for the people who enjoy it, they are very worried they would lose something that has been a life line for them during this lockdown, especially. there's a lot of influencers on tiktok. this is how they make a living. they sponsor posts. a lot of them say it's not so easy to switch platforms. i've spoken to a few who say because of these reports they're already trying to start to move their audiences to other platforms in order to salvage what has essentially become their careers. we are seeing some action from tiktokers doing things giving negative ratings to the trump campaign app trying to get it to go down in the rankings. political push back against donald trump they say in retaliation for this because for them, they love tiktok. they're huge fans of it. they don't want it to go away. for a lot of them, when you ask them are you worried about security issues? listen, all of our lives are online anyway.

>> they're going to vote in november. who would think that one of the issues at the ballot box would be tiktok. interesting world. hadas gold for us in london. thank you so much. after a short break, a massive far right protest in germany against coronavirus restrictions, including neonazi groups, and very few wearing masks. this on a day when germany reported more than 950 new infections. iva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. memory, focus, accuracy, learning, and concentration. try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference.

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jerusalem saw a big protest. they are demanding benjamin netanyahu's stepping down. the handling of the coronavirus crisis is adding to their ire. let's get the latest live from jerusalem. that was a very big crowd and what was their message to the prime minister, elliott? >> reporter: natalie, it was a huge crowd and the message, as you say, is that netanyahu needs to resign because he shouldn't

remain in office while going on trial for corruption. i should say police arrested 1500 people last night. his residence is the other side of that wall. they demanded the prime minister step down because of the corruption charges that he is facing. there was very much the kind of an atmosphere here last night. there are people banging drums, and a square known as paris square, there were a couple of people that set up tables to give demonstrators massages. this isn't the only place they were taking place and it happened in tel aviv and a little bit beyond that. netanyahu for his part denies all the charges that he is facing. his party put out a statement last night complaining about the media coverage of the demonstrations saying they were artificially inflating the

number of people who turned out equipping that north korean television could learn a thing or two from some of the tv channels here in israel. in contrast to some of the demonstrations we've seen, there wasn't much by way of violence. certainly there were no right wing hooligans getting access to the antinetanyahu demonstrators attacking them. there are some around the country. some were spat on, others were up in hyfa and mildly injured. here at the main demonstration, there were incidents at the end of the evening. most of the demonstrators left around midnight and but still by 1:30 there are a number of stalwarts here. they asked them to move on. there were about a dozen arrests. some of the violence that some of the authorities feared might take place last night. >> thanks so much, elliott with the latest in jerusalem.

a massive crowd including neonazi and other far right groups gathered saturday at berlin's brandenburg gate to protest the government's coronavirus restrictions. the rally coming after germany . michael holmes shows us what happened. >> reporter: thousands took to the streets of germany's capitol berlin to protest the country's coronavirus restrictions. demonstrators say the measures, which include maintaining a distance of five feet, and when that's not possible, wearing facemasks violate their rights and freedoms. away with these laws that have been imposed on us, this protester says. away with the masks that make us slaves. in a tweet on saturday german health minister yen spahn

complained. yes, demonstrations must be time in times of coronavirus but not like this. we will have stamina and team spirit. the more responsible we treat each other in everyday life, the more is possible despite corona. the crowd included many who gathered for a sit-in at the iconic brandenberg gate. the crowds later dispersed peacefully. michael holmes, cnn. i'm natalie allen. thank you so much for watching this hour. invite you to follow me on instagram or twitter and i'll see you next time. my colleague kim brunhuber picks it up next.

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