♪ hello and welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. ahead on "cnn newsroom," striking a deal between ukraine and russia after months of war, and this one could help the world's food supply. we're live in kyiv and istanbul with the latest. plus, steve bannon looking at jail time after being found guilty of contempt for refusing to appear before congress. how big a win of this is for the january 6th committee? and the northern hemisphere

is baking as fires rip through europe and temperatures soar across the u.s. we're live in rome and the cnn weather center for the latest. ♪ >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. we begin in ukraine where emergency crews are on the scene following a barrage of russian missile strikes. officials say 13 missiles struck a city north of mykolaiv this morning leaving a number of people injured or killed. the targets were reportedly a military airfield and railway city. meanwhile, the major says his city was also rocked by powerful explosions. meanwhile, four more high rocket launchers are part of a new batch of u.s. military aid announced friday. the european union is pledging more than half a billion dollars in new security assistance. and american weapons are

already making a mark on the battlefield, according to a senior u.s. defense official. ukrainians have destroyed more than 100 high-valued targets in recent weeks partly due to u.s. artillery. diplomats are hoping to ease the global food crisis with a new agreement signed by russia and ukraine. on friday they made a deal. much of the grain has been blockaded by the russian navy, according to a u.n. estimate that put 47 million people across the world in a state of acute hunger. now under the deal, grain ships will be given a safe passage in the black sea and that would allow ukraine to export about 20 million tons of grain now sitting unused. the agreement was signed in istanbul after months of talks mediated by turkey and the united nations. the u.n. secretary general says the deal will bring much-needed relief to people struggling to put food on the table. here he is.

>> i believe we'll bring prices down, we'll stabilize the markets and we'll allow developing countries facing extremely difficult situation and vulnerable populations with famines growing will stop. very difficult, many obstacles but i have to say i'm -- today i feel like living probably the most important day of my tenure of secretary general. >> our reporters are covering that story from all angles. nada bashir from istanbul and n nic robertson in kyiv. a monumental deal for millions relying on that grain. take us how will it work and will it work? there's plenty of skepticism that russia might not stick to it. >> reporter: yeah. there's a great deal of concern that we've heard from ukrainian officials and part of that concern is that they don't necessarily trust russia. i think it's significant that

this deal was not signed between ukraine and russia but ukraine signed a deal with the u.n. and russia signed a deal with the u.n. and ukrainian officials here are saying they put their confidence in the u.n., that turkey will have an inspection system to inspect vessels coming in and out of the black sea taking grain and in the case of russia, grain and fertilizer they'll be inspected and oversee these secure navigation channels that the ships are supposed to use. but we heard from president zelenskyy speaking last night, saying that, you know, trust really is not high with russia that they will hold to the deal. these were his words. >> translator: it is clear to everyone that there may be some provocations on the part of russia, discredit ukrainian and international efforts, but we trust the u.n. now.

it's their responsibility and responsibility of international partners to ensure compliance with the agreements. >> reporter: so really in the last few minutes, president zelenskyy's words have really sort of taken perhaps a new weight and a new meaning because we're just getting in reports from an adviser to the minister of interior here, a ukrainian mp as well, and as well as local reports on the ground that there has been anti-aircraft fire and strikes, explosions, load explosions around the port of odesa, which is one of the three ports that is to operate getting the grain out under this new agreement. so when president zelenskyy last night spoke about the possibility of provocations, it's not clear precisely what has happened today. but from a ukrainian perspective, explosions in the port of odesa when we get more details can flesh that out more, but from a ukrainian

perspective, that is going to feel a lot like provocations that president zelenskyy and others in his government were referring to just yesterday. again, part of this deal requires faith and trust in both sides, which is in short supply that there is no hard cease fire agreement and we heard yesterday from a ukrainian official, an adviser to president zelenskyy's chief of staff, saying if there were military strikes against them, then -- against ukraine, then ukraine would respond. it doesn't mean in any stretch the information that we have coming from odesa means this deal is in tatters already. but it clearly indicates an underlying strain that is going to perhaps continue through these huge and important efforts to get this grain to markets and to the needy people around the world who want it. >> fascinating, nic.

everything poised on a knife's edge here. so, to nada now. walk us through turkey's role in helping to bring this together and what role it will have in administering the deal. >> reporter: well, look, president erdogan has been engaged in talks with both ukraine and russia alongside the united nations for weeks now, trying to come to some sort of agreement on this global food security crisis to get that grain out of ukraine. and really here in turkey, some are taking this as a diplomatic win for president erdogan, who has, of course, maintained that channel of communication, of dialogue with president putin throughout, while simultaneously offering support to the ukrainian armed forces, turkey has transported drones and other military hardware to ukraine's armed forces, but crucially and perhaps conversely from his other nato counterparts, president erdogan maintained that dialogue with president

putin, clearly that has yielded some positive result although there is as nic mentioned significant skepticism around the implementation around this agreement. today one turkish headline, there is pride in turkey's involvement in this mediation effort. those were the words of president erdogan yesterday when he spoke at that signing ceremony, saying that the turkish government takes immense pride in having been able to mediate and negotiate this agreement. take a listen. >> translator: world has been busy for a long time with the solutions for the global food crisis. and this initiative will play an important role and we have this righteous pride of paving the way for it. along with the deal made today from africa to the middle east, from america to asia, millions of people will be relieved of this danger of hunger.

and we will be contributing to the solution all together. >> reporter: now speaking alongside president erdogan, antonio goutierrez says they expect turkey to continue this role over the coming days and weeks. all eyes will be on the implementation of process. as nic mentioned, there's a significant degree of skepticism as to whether or not this agreement will hold, whether or not the vessels will be able to safely transport grain out of those ports from ukraine's black sea ports through to those most in need. that is a concern now. turkey will also be set to play a central role amongs that agreement and there is a joint coordination center established here in istanbul with respectives from turkey, russia, and the united nations and ukraine. they will be in charge to

inspect the vessels. and crucially not carrying weapons. that was a key stipulation by the russian federation. the turkish government has some degree of authority in regulating passage through the turkish straits which is an essential passage way, of course, from the black sea. that will be extended now. turkey will be overseeing this process and clearly now all eyes will be whether or not this agreement can really work. >> yeah, absolutely. so much at stake here. i want to go back to you, nic, focussing on the battlefield itself. what's the latest on the ground in ukraine and those most recent attacks? >> reporter: yeah. we're just getting fresh details from odesa, from the spokesperson for the military administration in odesa saying there have been missile strikes, plural, on odesa port, confirming it's the port. a spokesperson said that there are fires there right now.

that's the official ukrainian government line. and that rescue operations are under way. these strikes in odesa have only happened -- appeared to have happened in the last half an hour or so. so it's a little too soon to get more details about how many missiles. witnesses did report prior to the missile strikes these loud explosions that there was anti-aircraft gunfire in the air prior from the ukrainian side, but again, details are very limited at the moment. but this is really going to test the will and the nerve of everyone involved in trying to get this grain deal from the starting blocks, firing gunfired yesterday, the signatures the handshakes to make it work. part of that process is going to include removing ships that have been sunk to protect ukrainian ports from russian invasion. part of it is going to be sort

of make sure that there are safe channels through the mines, the sea mines that the ukrainians have used to make sure there's no land invasion from russia. russian -- rather ukrainian officials have been saying just yesterday that they are 100% confident that there -- that they are secure from an attack from a sea attack by russia. but of course air strikes are entirely different part of the equation. >> great to have you both looking at all the different angles of this monumental deal. thank you very much. no one knows what's happening at europe's largest nuclear power plant in the ukrainian region of zappee ja. five months have gone by without international inspections. the head of the international autumnic energy agency says it is alarmed of a recent report

with casualties and calling for international inspection. on thursday the plant's operator said the russian military was hiding weapons and munitions inside the facility where they would be safe from ukrainian artillery. now, later in the show, ukrainian parliament member will join me to make the case for even more u.s. military aid. ♪ donald trump ally steve bannon was defiant and unapologetic friday after he was found guilty of two counts of contempt of congress. the former white house chief strategist vowed to appeal the verdict and declared his continued allegiance to his old boss and told tucker carlson that he's not afraid to go to jail. listen to this. >> i will never back off. i support trump and the constitution. and i'm not backing off one inch. if i go to jail, so be it. >> bannon was indicted after

failing to comply with the subpoena. sarah murray has more. >> reporter: long-time donald trump ally steve bannon found guilty on two counts of criminal contempt of congress. >> we may have lost a battle here today, but we're not going to lose this war. >> reporter: bannon smirked as the verdict was handed down faces at least 30 days behind bars after a jury rejected his defense that the dates of his subpoena weren't set in stone. the conviction is a major boost for the house select committee investigating january 6th. reaffirming its subpoena power as it continues its quest for more information and additional witnesses. bannon refused to comply with the committee's subpoena information about his contact with trump and comments like this one ahead of the capitol riot. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. >> reporter: prosecutor molly gaston boiling it down in her closing argument. bannon didn't show up. he has contempt for our system of government and he does not think he needs to play by its rules. she compared his offense to

snubbing a parking ticket, a sorely relevant analogy for a washington, d.c. jury and said the former white house strategist chose allegiance to donald trump over compliance with the law. >> i stand with trump and the constitution and i will never back off that ever. >> reporter: bannon last gasp offer to testify publicly before the committee. >> a date a time, a room number, a microphone and a holy bible i can take the oath on. boom. >> reporter: the prosecutor amanda vaughn called him out saying he and his friend, former president donald trump suddenly decide he's going to comply? give me a break. bannon is not the decider of the law or above the law, he is guilty, she said. while bannon promised a fiery case, the defense rested without calling a single witness. choppy closing argument, bannon's attorney was interrupted by objection after objection, highlighting the limited defenses the court allowed bannon to present. ultimately he claimed there was no magic to bannon's subpoena

date. in a final bid to inject politics into the case, he said the powerful tried a sigh lensy opposition. politics can play no role he argued. it's important we're all in this together and steve bannon is innocent. the jury didn't buy it, deliberating less than three hours but bannon's team already plotting their appeal. >> this is bullet proof appeal. >> reporter: now bannon's appeal is actually bullet proof remains to be seen. he has a sentencing date set for late october. sarah murray, cnn, washington. the january 6th committee resumes its hearings in september, one key issue will be missing text messages from secret service agents who were present at the time of the insurrection. now cnn has learned of the 24 agents in question, ten had no text messages on their phones, three had only personal messages and one had saved a text conversation. but the meta data of ten other agents shows text message activity now missing. if recovered, the messages could

help corroborate testimony that trump became irate when agents blocked him from going to the capitol to join his supporters. the rift between donald trump and his former vice president mike pence is growing. the two held competing rallies on friday in arizona for their candidates in the state's upcoming republican primary for governor. trump is backing kerry lake, former local news anchor embraced the former president's lies about the 2020 election. while pence has endorsed karen taylor robson, a businesswoman and political ally of outgoing governor doug ducey. the race is being viewed as something of a referendum on the future of the republican party. candidate running for governor of new york is condemning the cashless bail system that allowed a man suspected of attacking him to be released quickly from custody. republican house representative lee zelen was unfarmed after he was attacked on the campaign

event in new york on thursday. on friday, he called for changes to the state's bail system saying judges should have the discretion to decide who remains in police custody. the suspect was charged with attempted assault and released on his own recog any sense. police say he was armed with a set of self defense knuckles with sharp-pointed ends. the motive for the attack is unclear. ahead here on "cnn newsroom," no relief in sight from scorching heat and humidity across much of the u.s. with millions of americans under heat warnings from california to the east coast. derek? >> yeah, kim. and record high temperatures will be challenged once again today through the end of the weekend, plus a new dangerous wild fire has erupted just outside of yosemite park in california. i'll show you aerial, video footage of that fire coming up after the break. heartburn... frank is a fan of pepcid. it works in minutes. nexium 24 hour and prilosec otc can take o one to four days to fully work.

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♪ scorching heat and suffocating humidity are expected to continue through the end of the month in many parts of the united states. have a look at the forecast highs. 110 degrees farenheit in phoenix, arizona.

94 degrees in new york city. 102 degrees in dallas. as much as 85% of the u.s. population could see temperatures higher than 90 degrees farenheit over the next week. that's more than 270 million people. now sunday is expected to be the hottest day and that's when the long-standing temperature records in boston and new york could be broken. and philadelphia could have its first day above 100 degrees farenheit in a decade. now, with much of europe sweltering in record-breaking temperatures, people are scrambling for ways to beat the heat. dozens of cities are under extreme heat alert where air-conditioning is a rarity. the heat could ease up a bit this weekend in some areas, but until then people will continue to suffer through temperatures reaching as high as 37 degrees celsius, almost 100 farenheit. and scorching heat is also triggering wild fires, swaths of land have been burned in italy, slovenia, spain and greece with firefighters forced to battle the flames amid the extreme

weather. we are in rome where the temperatures are expected to reach almost 97 farenheit, 36 degrees celsius in just a few hours but we begin with meteorologist derek van dam. derek, it's not just europe dealing with the heat. seems the whole of the northern hemisphere is being baked. >> literally. i think that's the climate of urgency that we're all collectively facing from north america, europe to northeast asia and focus in on what's happening across the united states. just literally minute by minute i'm seeing the updates from the national weather service come in and the heat advisories expand, especially across the nation's mid section. memphis, you're included in the heat advisory. much of the east coast and portions of the west coast. this spans coast to coast over 80 million americans under some sort of heat advisory with heat -- excessive heat warnings inclusive of philadelphia. heat advisories from boston to new york. when you step outside, it will literally feel like 105 degrees today when you factor in the humidity.

so ice, a precious commodity today across the nation's capital they try to keep their drinks cool, bodies cool, do whatever they can to beat the heat. look at these temperatures. by sunday, that will be the hottest day for places like philadelphia, new york as well as boston. the potential to threaten some record-high temperatures or at least tie them. the forecast in boston on sunday will be 98, previous record was 98. we had five days of temperatures above 90 degrees in the big apple. if we have another day that will tie the record set back in 2016 of the longest 90 degree day plus stretch. and then look at the temperatures across the central u.s., triple digit heat for many locations including oklahoma city. heat indexes values will be impressive. and then the heat over the west unfortunately has caused some major concerns including this fire coming out of mariposa county, threatening yosemite. ohm, this is an aerial view of

the oak fire, which is currently at 0% containment. there are several hundred structures that are threatened by this particular fire and there are even evacuation orders in place near the oak fire in mariposa county across central portions of california. terrifying sight. get this, at 6:00 p.m. yesterday the fire started at 2:00 p.m. at 6:00 p.m., the fire was 60 acres. by midnight it was at 4,000 acres currently at 4,300 acres burned so far. so the drought, long-standing drought and heat on going. i want to give you a heads up across the upper midwest from iowa to wisconsin, minnesota and michigan, today with all this heat we're bound to see thunderstorms, severe weather, straight-line winds and few powerful tornadoes across this region. keep an eye to the sky from western michigan right through southern wisconsin and minnesota. that chance of severe weather shifts east on sunday as does the heat. kim? >> yeah. so much going on there.

all right, so for more on the heat, let's go to barbie in rome. i mean, you must be baking there as well up on the roof. how are folks being affected across italy there? >> reporter: well, people are suffering from this heat because it's lasted so long. really into the second week of these temperatures. they don't go down at night either. as you mentioned, a lot of people don't have air-conditioning. so people are curtailing their normal activities, trying to stay indoors, drinking water. several cities in italy have offered free admission to swimming pools, to the elderly so they can at least try to cool off if they don't have air-conditioning at home. it's really impacted how people run their daily lives. kim? >> and the other big concern as you mentioned off the top, the fires burning throughout europe and italy as well. what's the latest there? >> reporter: yeah, there are 19 european countries right now that are under extreme fire alert because it's just so dry and it's windy.

the fire spreads very quickly because, you know, they pop up, someone flicks a cigarette bud or they have a barbecue and start by human error and spread so fast. there was a fire outside of rome that started inside a country club. they have that contained now. it just goes to show how quickly these fires spread and it is so hard for these firefighters to work under these conditions, imagining all that heavy, p protective equipment under 100 degrees temperatures. the weather is not supposed to let up in southern europe any time soon, kim? >> all right. well, listen, both of you, derek and barbie, thank you so much. appreciate it. environmental activists stage a unique protest in front of one of the world's most popular paintings on friday demanding an end to the use of gas and oil. have a look at this.

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♪ welcome back to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world, i'm kim brunhuber. this is "cnn newsroom." the white house says president biden's condition is improving, adding he's taking additional medication to treat his covid infection. the president is isolating but meeting virtually with staff. at the end of a meeting with his economic team today, reporters asked the president how he was doing. here is how he answered. >> sir, how do you feel? >> thank you, guys. >> are you feeling better? >> thank you, guys. >> biden tested positive for coronavirus on thursday and since then the white house medical team has been closely monitoring his symptoms. cnn's jeff zeleny has more. >> reporter: president biden will be spending the weekend in isolation in the residence here at the white house. it's actually a rare weekend for him to be spending in

washington. he had scheduled to be in wilmington, delaware, at the biden home. that's where first lady jill biden is spending her time. as of friday she tested negative for covid-19, but the white house clearly trying to make the case the president is doing fine. he's working behind the scenes, working virtually. they released these images of him meeting with his national security team as well as showed this brief meeting where he was meeting with advisers on friday to talk about low gas prices. he said he feels better than he sounds. he sounded a bit congested and talking with a lower voice, but clearly his advisers said he is doing better because of vaccinations and the booster and he's being treated for paxlovid, the anti-viral medication. so the white house clearly trying to use this as a teachable moment, if you will. they said he is being treated with world class medical treatment that's available free to all americans. that is vaccinations that is boosters as well as anti-viral medication. so clearly the president will be here at the white house until at

least tuesday. that is five days. and they will also be going above and beyond the cdc recommendations of he will have to test negative before he goes out into the public as well. so for now, the president is spending a rare washington weekend here at the white house doing things virtually as so many americans have during this long pandemic. jeff zeleny, cnn, the white house. and covid cases are rising around the world, driven by the ba.5 variant. on thursday, china reported more than 1,000 new cases and 1,000 the day before. and here in the u.s., cases are at the highest and rising fastest in the south, according to johns hopkins university. also ticking up in the midwest and northeast. and concerning development in the spread of monkeypox. health officials say the first two cases of the virus have been found in children in the united states. officials are investigating how the children were infected, both have symptoms but are in good

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california's new gun law is modelled after a texas law that allows citizens to sue doctors and other medical professionals that provide abortion services after the u.s. supreme court opted not to block the texas bill, newsome vowed to use those same legal tactics to propel gun safety. here is what he said friday in los angeles. >> it's time to put them on the defense. you cannot sell, you cannot manufacture, you cannot transfer these illegal weapons of war and mass destruction in the state of california. and if you do, there are 40 million people that can collect $10,000 from you and attorney fees for engaging in that illegal activity. the supreme court opened the door. the supreme court said this was okay. it was a terrible decision. but these are the rules that they have established. >> reporter: now interestingly newsome is facing opposition from groups like the american civil liberties union claim this

may launch an arms race. friday newsome says he knows there's criticism and believes the law will be litigated in his view there's no principled way the supreme court will be able to overturn this law while upholding its decision in roe versus wade. josh campbell, cnn, los angeles. the uvalde texas school board cancelled a meeting set for saturday that would have considered whether to fire district police chief pete arredondo. statement from the district's superintendent says, quote, in conformity with due process requirements and at the request of his attorney, the meeting to consider the termination of chief arredondo will be held at a later date. he remains on unpaid leave. and he can be seen on police body cam video inside the robb elementary school on may 24th, when two teachers and 19 children were killed. officers wanted -- waited more than an hour to confront the gunman. state authorities identified arredondo as the incident commander, but he says he wasn't in that role. calls for his removal have been

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what is now done by russia is a genocide. and the convention and prevention of genocide is saying not only what is genocide but if there is a genocide, it is the responsibility of every country on the planet to do everything possible to stop it as soon as possible. so, it means in ukrainian case it means give us weaponry. >> that was a ukrainian lawmaker making the case for more american arms at the u.s.

congress. he spoke after russia made it clear its military goals will expand beyond the donbas region and hearing odesa was hit this morning, the second strike within days. coming just one day after ukraine and russia agreed on a deal to allow the movement of ukrainian grain from black sea ports. two other ukrainian cities also came under russian fire in recent hours. oleksi yes, joins us live from washington. thank you for being here with us. i would like to start with what's happening in ukraine and odesa, an area you represent. so on one hand there's some good news in that region the deal to allow the grain exports from the port there. but on the other hand, we just got reports that the port itself has been attacked by russia. so i wanted to get your reaction to the grain deal and then whether these attacks undermine it at all. >> absolutely. that shows again to the world that russia does not expect any

agreements, any deals. just less than 24 hours after signing of the deal on grain exports, russia attacked odesa port with four missiles. who were intercepted but two hit the port. there are wounded. there is a fire now in the odesa port. that shows to the world what russia means and they understand only force. even this deal in general, it became possible only because ukrainian army destroyed big part of russian navy in the black sea, including their flagship mos kof va. only after this russia agreed to some deal on grain exports. but immediately after showing they want to threat in the world, food security, threaten and challenging by artificial famine, millions of people on

the planet because 400 million people on the planet, according to estimations of united nations, are dependent from the calories from ukrainian crops and putin using them, these people as hostages. >> yeah. we'll have to see what affects these attacks will have on the deal. in the meantime, in sort of the longer term it seems more apparent that russia is targeting odesa, that they want to capture because it's such a strategically important city. so how concerned are you that your city might be directly in the crosshairs and face a major offensive coming up? >> definitely odesa is one of the main objectives for putin. the biggest city on the black sea. possibility to occupy part of moldova, this is very important for putin. this campaign probably he understands that he will not already achieve it because he's not successful enough in ukraine. but in his head, this war and this war will last not for five months but more than eight years

already. so in his head, there will be new campaigns where he will definitely attack odesa. and the only answer of the world is to give weaponry to ukraine. finally to give ukraine long-range missiles, fighters and that is the only answer to this aggression from putin and to restore international order. >> so, on that, i mean, that's why you were addressing congress and you gave the very touching and disturbing account of one young girl who lost her arm. you even how showed her picture brought her toy horse to show the congressmen. and you called what's happening in your country genocide. you were there to support a bipartisan move in congress to pass a bill condemning russia's actions as genocide. what difference would it make calling what's happened there genocide? >> first of all justice. it's really genocide and very much thankful for all senators and congressmen who sponsored this bill.

i'm sure that congress of the united states will support it and will designate what's going on in ukraine as genocide. because all criteria which are in united nation convention on genocide unfortunately are met in ukraine. so that means that all possible help should be provided to ukraine by all countries in the world to stop genocide because genocide should be stopped. it's crime of crimes. also, it shows that there cannot be any deal on -- giving up of ukrainian territory because we just can't leave millions of people under the threat of genocide, unoccupied territories of ukraine. >> you know, you've received plenty of support. ukraine has financially, militarily from the u.s. and from both sides of the political divide. you must have seen a lot of support when you were there in congress, but sort of as this war drags on and as the economic problems here in this country get worse, there are polls that suggest that support for ukraine is slipping, particularly among

republicans. how worried are you about that, particularly if republicans take back control of congress? >> i met in the congress with leader of republicans kevin mccarthy, with number of other -- with adam smith democratic leader of defensive committee, mike turner, ranking members, gary palmer and others. so i see bipartisan support to ukraine. and i'm sure that will be like this. and they ensured me that when ever the results of the elections will be, all of them realize that if the international order will not be restored, the world will end that is about the occupation of ukrainian territories. the world will become like a wild jungle with a bear, with tiger, hunting for nations. so everybody in american politics i see, everybody with whom i spoke and met, they understand it clearly. and also i should -- i want to

address to american people and say, i understand inflation and other things, but if the war would not be over and if ukraine would not win as soon as possible, the situation will just get worse. so the only way back to normality and food prices and energy prices, in everything, just as soon as possible, restore international order, victory of ukraine and that will be the end. all other scenarios are very bad. >> we'll have to leave it there, but really appreciate getting your insights and perspective. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. and we'll be back with more news in a minute. stay with us. using less or a lot less oral pain medicinenes. and improved quality of life. ask your doctor about salonpas. it's good medicine.

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