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morning. that's how we -- we just say morning. >> morning. >> morning. i always say morn-ting. >> that's how he comes into the office every morning. >> good morning, everybody. i'm don lemon alongside poppy harlow. i'm not going to say her name today -- >> we're fighting today. >> we're fighting because there's a big thing happening, i'm not talking about the election. i'm talking about lsu versus alabama. >> did you notice she changed her mug? >> i noticed. i noticed. >> how could you not? >> we have to get to it, though. the candidates and their top surrogates are grinding on the campaign trail with four days

left before the midterms. and cnn is with them every step of the way. this morning we'll be joined by new york governor kathy hochul locked with a republican in a tight race, lee zeldin, can you believe that? the justice department is seriously considering the appointment of a special council on multiple investigations if donald trump decides to run for president in 2024. and kyrie irving is apologizing after the nets suspended him for five games without pay after promoting a film filled with hateful statements about jewish people. an s.e.c. show down in my hometown of baton rouge. kaitlan collins, alabama crimson tides. my lsu tigers clashing on the gridiron tomorrow. >> are you nervous? >> in death valley. i am not. first, what was a marathon

is now a sprint to the finish. and john fetterman just received a key endorsement in the senate race, talking about oprah winfrey throwing her support to democrat over republican. his republican opponent mehmet oz, the man she helped make famous, by the way. >> you mentioned pennsylvania. i have to see how this midterm campaign, i said it was up to the citizens of pennsylvania. and of course. but i will tell y'all this, if i lived in pennsylvania i would have already cast my vote for john fetterman for many reasons. just ahead we are going to speak to another democrat locked in a key senate race, who was also endorsed by oprah winfrey. cnn this morning is on the campaign trail for you. jeff zeleny is in iowa where former president trump appeared at a rally last night and dropped the strongest hint yet at another white house run. watch this. >> in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very,

very, very probably do it again. okay. very, very, very probably. get ready. that's all i'm telling you, very soon. get ready. get ready. >> i have a feeling we'll hear a lot of that before an actual announcement was made. jeff, good morning to you this was trump kicking off a final blitz campaign. >> reporter: don, good morning it was a campaign blitz but the question is which campaign? he's campaigning for the midterm election race. he was appearing here in iowa to support chuck grassley running for his eighth term. but the biggest headline out of that speech last night was about president trump's own plans. he said, yes, next tuesday is the most important thing but then he pivoted toward to a potential presidential run. he's been talking about this for a long time. this, of course, is not going to come as a surprise to anyone at this point, it would be a bigger surprise if he did not decide to

make another bid for the presidency. but that entire speech last night was filled with similar grievances, it was backward looking as opposed to forward looking. that is the question here, what is the message if he runs again and are republican voters open to a third run. the ones i've been talking to here, they are still open to considering a wider field. so that, of course, is his challenge but made very clear that he is looking forward to this and he said get ready. so the timing probably is the end of this month. >> jeff zeleny on the campaign trail for us. eat your wheaties, thank you. now to cnn reporting involving a potential trump run. the justice department is considering whether it needs to appoint a special council if he decides to run again. this is fascinating and it could happen soon if trump runs.

>> good morning. poppy, traditionally in the weeks leading up to an election, the justice department does not take any overt action in cases that could have political consequences. though over the past several weeks behind the scenes the biden justice department has been planning how to handle several of their most politically charged cases. and sources tell cnn that justice officials discussed whether they should appoint a special counsel into looking into president trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his alleged mishandling of security documents kept at his home. officials debated whether doing so could potentially insulate the justice department from accusations that the biden administration is targeting his chief political rival, especially as trump inches closer to a potential 2024 run. but, a special counsel would ultimately still report to the attorney general as we saw in

2016, special counsels are not immune from political attacks. even though we're in the quiet period at the justice department, they are still staffing up their investigations with experienced prosecutors, using aggressive grand jury subpoenas and secret court battles to compel testimony from witnesses in both trump probes. >> this is fascinating. you're right, even though they were special councsel, there wee so many accusations from people in both parties about it being political. if trump runs how soon could we see a special counsel appointed? >> after the midterms, the focus in the country will likely shift to the 2024 presidential that c quickly as possible. the final decision on whether to charge the former president, appoint a special counsel ultimately falls to the attorney general. it's not just trump he has to

contend with after the investigation. the investigation of hunter biden is nearing a conclusion and also a decision on potential charges on congresswoman matt gaetz. the attorney general could be busy after the election. we have new reporting on the republican party laying out a road map for a what they say they will do if they win back control of the house next tuesday. kevin mccarthy said there are several investigations they want to pursue. so manu raju is live on capitol hill this morning. what should we be expecting if republicans take back the majority in the house. >> reporter: if they do it'll be difficult for them to get legislation onto joe biden's desk and enacted into law because of the problems in the united states senate, the challenge of getting legislation through and a democrat in the white house. which is why investigations will take center stage. the republicans already indicating their desire to look

into covid origins, the border, issues with the president's family, and also what happened in afghanistan as kevin staid. >> if you were to be speaker and republicans take control of these committees, what will the hearings be centered around. >> i heard the following, the collapse in kabul. i've heard the organize nation covid. i heard the parents who showed up at teachers' meetings. are those three among them. >> those three are among them. but any time you're using federal money. there needs to be a check and balance. >> today we get a sense of where republicans on the judiciary committee plan to go. they plan to release a 1,000 page report alleging political interference. democrats say this is all rehashed conspiracy theories ignoring what happened with donald trump, but they have the subpoena power, republicans, if

they take the power. >> i noticed that kevin mccarthy did not mention hunter biden but that is something the white house is bracing for. is that something to eccexpect? >> reporter: yes. in particular, james comber, who leads the committee, plans to the day after the midterms send a letter to the treasury department asking for records dealing with suspicious bank activity reports that hunter biden and other family members were allegedly involved with. millions of those transactions and reports are filed every year but very few lead to law enforcement activities. but both comber and jim jordan plan a press conference in the days after the midterms about what they found out about hunter biden. he said they're going to lay out what we found thus far on hunter biden and the crimes we believe he has committed. and then we'll be clear on who we are investigating and who

we're looking to talk to for transcribed interviews. the republicans saying they plan to build the case 2023 into 2024, through the presidential election season. so expect a lot of this if republicans win on tuesday. >> the white house has already assembled a legal team, basically bracing for these investigations. thank you. >> thank you. let's talk about the polls that will close, yes, tuesday night. but it's possible we're not going to know a lot then, right? we're not going to know which party will control the house or senate for days or weeks. that could happen. we want you to understand why in the days leading up to the election. david chalian is here. you're so good at this and it's important for people to understand, as my mother taught me, patience is a virtue. >> my mother taught me the same thing. everyone is going to need to pack their patience on tuesday night. we'll get results. these are the 35 senate elections, for battle control of

the united states senate. this will start filling in red and blue tuesday night as the votes come in. everyone should keep their eyes on these five states, nevada, arizona, wisconsin, pennsylvania, georgia. how these states fall will determine which party controls the united states senate. but as you note we may not know that result on tuesday night. >> it's that -- look, we just may not. it's probable that we won't know on tuesday night. look, i said at the beginning of the 6:00 show we'll be on television for hours and hours and hours and we're sleeping in the back. but why is that? because of counting? because it's so slow? a myriad of things? >> don, i think a good example here is to think about pennsylvania. you were talking about this with frank earlier. fetterman versus oz. this is blank because this is a live vote board. this starts pope lating on

tuesday night. but we will see on tuesday night, this is a lot of red first. why? because in pennsylvania, the elections officials are not allowed to open up process and begin counting all the absentee mail vote until the polls open on tuesday. that's not true in every state but a state like pennsylvania, which could prove critical, that means the processing doesn't begin until tuesday morning. it's going to take a while. we know republicans tend to show up in greater numbers on election day in person. democrats tend to show up in greater numbers in the preelection vote, that absentee by mail or in person vote. counting the election day vote which we expect they will count first in pennsylvania, this is going to be favorable to republicans initially. and as the absentee vote, it's not the height of the pandemic like 2020, but it's substantial. that starts to fill in with the democratic vote. >> and expectations is everything here. you saw how the former president

tried to weaponize that mechanism in 2020. >> he did. >> tried. wasn't ultimately successful but maybe his supporters. >> david, thank you. have you back soon. >> no problem. join all of us starting tuesday, 4:00 p.m. eastern time for special election coverage. this morning -- this is a big talker today. brooklyn nets star kyrie irving is apologizing for tweeting about a documentary with anti-semitic theories, it blames jewish people for slavery, denies the holocaust. it comes after the nets announced he was suspended for five games without pay. it comes after no apology. >> he had multiple chances to apologize wouldn't, didn't.

until last night. issuing a statement the first time saying the words i'm sorry. for now what is clear one of the best players in the league sidelines after a week of this brewing controversy. >> you guys are asking me, respectfully, to speak on something that was a documentary that i had nothing to do with. i didn't make it. >> kyrie irving suspended by the brooklyn nets for at least five games without pay for defending his decision to tweet a link to a film criticized as anti-semitic. the seven-time nba all-star took to instagram thursday night issuing this apology. to all jewish families and communities hurt and affected from my post i am deeply sorry to have caused you pain and i apologize. it comes after the nets condemned his actions calling him unfit to be part of the team. irving refused to say he had no

anti-semitic beliefs. >> i cannot be anti-semitic if i know where i come from. >> reporter: the nets noting irving had previous chances but failed to clarify his beliefs. days before, irving and the nets agreed to donate half a million dollars to antihate groups. but the ceo of the antidefamation league said they, quote, cannot in good conscious accept irving's donation. following backlash, irving followed up with this. i had no intentions to disrespect any jewish cultural history regarding the holocaust or perpetuate any hate. i am learning from this unfortunate event and hope we can find understanding between us all. >> we know irving is a polarizing player he sat out most of last year for refusing to get the covid-19 vaccine. but in this latest controversy, the nba, nets, getting heat, from fans, former players, we

saw shaquille o'neal, reggie miller and charles barkley talking about it as well. >> yes. joining us to talk about it is bob costas. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we talked about kyrie irving during the whole vaccine incident during covid. he was allowed to in some ways skirt that. this is another issue. is he going to be allowed -- i know they suspended him now -- >> it's a five-game suspension. >> but everyone is saying what took so long. >> at first they said we're going to have him donate $500,000 and the team will donate $500,000, it seemed like they were sharing responsibility and no one called kyrie out including the nba. no one called him out until yesterday and then they became firmer in their response partly because he stood in front of the basketball press following a nets game and made a further fool of himself as jerry brewer

of "the washington post" this morning said he is both delusional and defiant. he thinks he is the smartest man in the room, he's anything but that. there's always been whack jobs and dopes in sports but they didn't have social media to put it on display. >> he's also powerful for not only being one of the most famous basketball players out there, he's vice president, i believe, on the players union. the ownership of the team could have come out hard at the beginning here and instead issued a passive statement, i'm disappointed, i want to sit down with him. >> except the more recent statement now is he is unfit -- >> that was five days later. >> yes. but now they've said he's unfit to be part of the nets. and this five game suspension is not limited to five games. it's at least five games. and until he shows by some

objective objective criteria he has learned his lesson and won't be more of a distraction, a disgrace to their organization he won't be back. this is the last year of his contract. he's a very good player but his trade value has been diminished -- >> is he more trouble than he's worth? >> he's been on three teams, excelled for all of them, the cavs, celtics and nets, so even as a free agent next year his value has been diminished. >> i wouldn't say the nba has the highest moral standard when it comes to violations from their players. what stood out to me is it took so long for them to take this action. it was ultimately because of that press conference. you saw that sound bite there. the question he was asked is simple, do you have anti-semitic beliefs. that's when he offered the answer basically saying he accepts all walks of life and whatnot. it's a yes or no question really. >> sort of a ridiculous word

salad. this whole thing about i didn't write it. if you or i, or any of us, provided a link to the protocols to the elder of zion and then said i didn't write it, i'm just hoping to illuminate something. shut the hell up. >> bob, this is the same dilemma we've been dealing with over the past few years since the former president became a martyr for bigots and racist is people don't realize they're racist. >> right. >> and perhaps kyrie irving, i'm going to paraphrase here, that he said something silly -- >> more than silly. >> so perhaps he doesn't understand his own ignorance, he doesn't understand he is anti-semitic. my question is, if those are his beliefs, i'm not saying it's right, i don't believe it's right, obviously. instead of forcing him to apologize, perhaps they should deal with the fact he is what he

is and whether or not the team and the nba wants to accept that? >> they can offer him counselling of some kind. >> do you understand my point? >> yes. >> instead of saying apologize for something -- >> i do understand your point. he was also a flat earther, anti-vaxxer, and then there's this. he's been a problem on other teams. he may be more trouble than he's worth. you know what's also interesting here, there are a number -- the league itself has bent over backwards, mostly this is an admirable thing to acknowledge concerns of many players about social justice. many of those players outspoken about certain issues are quiet when it comes to the nba and china and very few of them, we know the prominent names have said anything about kyrie irving at least as we speak. >> that's a really important point where are the other voices in this? i think all of us remember and

think about adam silver's leadership. a quick and deliberate decision he made on donald sterling. he put out this very strong statement yesterday, what do you think the nba does? >> it's easier -- not easy but easier to discipline an owner. they did the same thing with the owner of the phoenix suns, forced to divest himself of the team. a player is defended by the players' association, no matter how heinous the behavior may be. the the players association has to defend that person or mitigate the punishment against them. so silver has to take that into account. but the overwhelming call out here will force the nba to be more forceful than they have been. >> you're very articulate at 7:00 in the morning. >> the last time i was up this early i had a paper route. this is not my preferred time of day. >> it makes us feel very lucky you said yes. >> the last time i was up this

early i hadn't done my homework and i was trying to get it done. >> true of me in college. >> we'll bring you back in the 6:00 hour next time. >> that will be great. congrats on the new show. >> thank you very much. ahead more coverage of the midterm elections which are just days away. we are going to head to naorth carolina a senate race there that's critical to 2022 and 2024. we are diving into the movement of self-proclaimed poll watchers driven by election lies and baseless claims of fraud. >> so what do they train you to do? >> observe. >> what are you watching for? >> observing. we're looking for odd ball stuff, i guess.

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♪ i lived in pennsylvania, i would have already cast my vote for john fetterman for many reasons. if i was in north carolina, as you mentioned, sister beasley there. >> north carolina has not elected a democrat in more than a decade. so why is it called a sleeper race? let's ask cheri beasley, who is now the democratic senate candidate running against republican congressman, ted budd. good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> we just heard from oprah, you have her endorsement but one question i have heard from a lot of democrats is, given the fact that the race is this close and there has not been a senate democrat from your state in so many years, your party is not

spending that big and putting that much money behind you. and i wonder why you think that is, and if it's ultimately going to be a mistake? >> you know, i'm very excited about how well we're doing in this race. there is a lot of enthusiasm for my candidacy we're traveling across our state with 100 counties and meeting folks and talking about the things that matter most to folks here in north carolina. so i'm just really pleased. we are doing really well and ted budd and his national republican allies know that, that's why they're spending millions of dollars to distort my judicial record, i've been a judge for over two decades. i've had two successful statewide contested races here in the state. we're feeling good about where we are. we are meeting voters in backyards, barbershops, community centers and good things are happening with the race. >> i know you've been campaigning all over the state.

but ted budd has gotten almost double from mitch mcconnell's super pac what you have gotten from schumer's pac. i wonder why democrats aren't putting more money into your race and why you're not seeing people like former president obama come and campaign with you as he goes to other states to help democrats they believe can win on tuesday. >> i think it speaks volumes how well we're doing in the race. the fact that republicans have to spend so much money and we're still extremely competitive in the race. there's a lot of enthusiasm. fo folks across the country know what north carolina means for our country, the democracy. there are people in the state sick and tired of the pettiness of partisan politics. they know i'm going to fight hard for the issues that folks care about. they're feeling everything from pain at the pump to cost of prescription drugs and everything in between. folks should not have to be

worried about buying groceries or school supplies. my opponent has been in congress for six years, had every opportunity to fight for north carolina and failed to do so. >> this is your closing message, economy and prices. you said a few days ago, people want to know what i'm going to do. so can you lay out for the viewers what are you going to do? i know you supported the inflation reduction act but that's not something in the near term that brings prices down. >> there are a couple things. we pay more in this country for prescription drugs than any other country in the world. and congress can fix that. we know that corporations are seeing 70 year record profits and using the cover of inflation to jack up prices on things we need. congress can fix that. ted budd has been in congress six years, rather than fixing it he's helping it. he's taking money from big pharma and big oil while voting against lower the cost of

prescription drugs and big oil. go to cheri beasley.com for more information. >> i would say janet yellen said in the last few months what's deemed as price gouging and corporate greed has not been the main driver of inflation. >> there are lots of drivers. we know the supply chain issue is huge. we haven't had another time in our country's issue we shutdown the economy during the pandemic. it's taken time to get back from that and congress really can help this country and people here in north carolina get through this crisis. and i -- and that's exactly what i'm going to be fighting for. >> i'm going to ask you about listen republicans are running on crime, the economy, inflation and crime. you mentioned, you said, look, i'm a judge, right. and you talked about what you have done when it comes to criminal justice. there were -- this whole idea and messaging around defund the police, the police have now

endorsed your opponent. you are not -- you don't support defund the police. i'm wondering, though, if that messaging you believe has hurt you. what do you say about the whole defund the police campaign and slogan and messaging around it? >> you know, i have served as a judge for over two decades and as chief justice i have worked closely with law enforcement officers to keep our community safe, held violent offenders accountable and created the first human trafficking court in pennsylvania. i know we must fund police officers to make sure we keep our communities and themselves safe. and we need to invest in community based violence and intervention programs to stop the cycle of violence. congressman budd had an opportunity to fund police on four separate occasions and failed to do so. he voted against it. >> is it hurting it -- par don the interruption but do you think it's hurting you? >> we're doing well in this race. >> okay. >> we're doing so well in this

race. folks know my record. i've been an elected official here for over a decade. folks are going to say because they're working so hard in this race. ted budd is worried about attacking my own record because he didn't defend his own. i'm excited about getting around, meeting people. people want a senator who's going to fight for north carolina, serve with integrity, put people first and not corporations and special interest before us. >> one last thing, this is not me. i'm not being disrespectful. but oprah said i support sister beasley. who doesn't want an oprah endorsement, but what do you make of that? >> well, oprah rocks, right. we have four days until election. we're going to keep fighting hard and talking with folks here in north carolina. and people are struggling. this is serious business. we have to get this right and i'm asking people to support me.

>> thank you for joining us this morning. we'll watch your race closely. >> it's good. it's not getting the attention the other races are getting. >> i've talked to democrats they're frustrated that national democrats are not putting money behind her. that's how she's been running her race, through grass root efforts. they're closer than other states and they think it's a mistake. >> and it would be history making, the first black senator from the state if she wins it would be 57 years since her mom got the right to vote. >> that's what you get on "cnn this morning." >> that was a good conversation. >> i really enjoyed speaking with her. new this morning, provocation from north carolina causing the south to scramble fighter jets. we'll tell you why. and election deniers turned poll watchers, what's driving this very troubling movement. >> are you sure about that? >> sure.

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wait until you see this next piece. they are inspired by lies, baseless claims of election fraud now just days before the midterms, new concerns about self-proclaimed poll watchers and fears they could intimidate voters, some already are. >> reporter: so what are they training you to do then when you're watching. >> observe. >> what are you looking for exactly? >> observing. we're looking for odd ball stuff, i guess. >> reporter: john p. child is training to be a poll watcher part of a wave of organizing among people who believe the 2020 election was stolen. >> we're deploying people to be poll watchers to watch everything happening. >> reporter: generally it's a good thing when more people get engaged in their local government. but some is motivated by bias.

>> especially mail-in ballots. in pennsylvania there were 1.8 mail-in ballot we want out, 2.5 million come back. there's a -- hello, a question maybe. >> reporter: are you sure about that? >> yeah. look it up. sure. >> reporter: can we google it? >> i wouldn't -- yeah you -- it's everywhere. >> reporter: first from the ap, ap's assessment, false. in the weeks before the november 2020 election more than 3 million pennsylvania voters requested vote by mail. we met john at a poll watcher training, the organizer wouldn't let us in but john agreed to an interview and brought the training materials. >> my head was spinning at the end of it. it's a rabbit hole. >> reporter: so tell me about -- >> i liked it better when i didn't know any of this honestly. >> tell me about what was mind blowing. >> the whole chain of custody thing was astounding. >> reporter: the documents go through technical and procedural details of how votes are counted

and question whether each is a revenue for cheating. it's part of a real, nationwide movement led by maga influencers who circulate false information of election fraud in podcasts and tours across the country. >> notice how mail in votes switch with in-person votes. >> reporter: they inspired citizens to get involved to hunt for proof of fraud and prevent it from happening on election day. they are not found proof or fraud. what election officials are worried about is that these efforts could intimidate voters. >> you have to get into the ring. you cannot fight this on social media. >> reporter: i have watched many of these different presentations, steve bannon, this guy calls himself the presser. presenting this evidence. but none of that stuff adds up to the millions of votes between trump and biden. >> we're not convinced and we're a bunch of crazy people there. >> i didn't say you were crazy. >> sure we are. we're deluded, mislead.

>> maybe mislead. >> we don't see it that way. >> i know you don't see it that way. the reason to talk to people like you is to see if there's a place where there could be reconciliation. >> go back to same day voting and paper ballots. >> we get comments people come to us we need to use paper ballots. we do, do you understand we use paper ballots. >> reporter: dealing with election misinformation has become a big part of the county council's job. >> the votes are cast on a ballot and then scanned and then tabulated on the scanner. you're not really voting on the scanner, you're voting on the paper ballot and that is maintained as a record of the voter's vote. >> reporter: delaware county in pennsylvania has fought 15 lawsuits against 2020 election deniers and won all of them but it cost more than $250,000. officials are worried about how much more time and money this

movement will drain with the midterms. the bi-weekly council meeting suggested something was going on with the elections. >> someone can stand up and they get three minutes to say whatever they want. spout out lies about the election. not much i can do about it. >> we're talking about electronic digital devices. every one provides a gate way for outside intervention or in-house intervention as it may be. >> i guess i would say to them, do you think all of us want to go to jail? do you really think everybody in government and everybody who works in our election department wants to go to jail? because we'd be doing something really illegal. i'll tell you something, if i thought somebody was doing that, they should go to jail. >> there has to be some degree of trust in those who serve the public that they're doing something for the public good. and that we have lost. i don't know a way out.

but this is the world we live in right now. >> there's some kind of cognitive disdense out there people are saying we have to save democracy by overturning an election. that's more of a dictatorship than it is a democracy. >> i'm looking to put my eyes on things. >> will you accept the results of the midterm elections? >> accept it, what am i going to start a revolt, no. accept it? have to accept it. what else are you going to do? >> my goodness. >> we were saying you have a way of reporting these stories that really helps us understand it. not just people but ask them why. like you said, don, be curious not judgmentjudgmental. >> it's so frustrating when you hear people, their facts are wrong. there's been no proof at all, and yet these people have been

co-oped, they believe what -- they believe in what's happening and they've been giving false information about all of this. >> did you get the sense -- that council member said at the end of the piece, i don't know the way out but there has to be a way out. speaking with these people, being with them, reporting, did you feel like their minds can be changed back to truth? >> gosh, i'm not sure. john was really nice. we went round and round with me fact checking his stuff, he was very gracious and accepting of that. but the overall sense that something has gone wrong and sort of the government is plotting against them, tricking them, fooling people for years with voting machines. that's not true. but they really believe that. i'm not sure how to pierce that. >> it's a firmly held belief that people have, even if you present them with all the evidence that it's not true. they'll still say it's true anyway. because they feel internally

they believe it. >> it doesn't help that you have leaders, even the, you know, biggest leader in the world, who are feeding them misinformation and keep pounding it home every single day. they're being lied to as constituents. they are being -- and they are voting and acting against their own interests. i don't know what the answer is, but it is not coddling. i don't know if it's tough love. i have no idea. that's a lot to ask you what the answer is. your report is just startling. >> there's a whole ecosystem on these alternate social media sites where they make documentaries that are very convincing. they're very convincing. and everyone i talk to don't watch cnn. a lot said they don't watch fox news anymore. we got booed at the meeting when we asked to watch it. there's nothing coming in from the house to pierce the bubble. talking with john i tried to push further, who do you think is doing this? who is plotting? he didn't have an answer for me.

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