good morning. >> you should either whisper or yell, get up! i'm a little delirious. hello, everybody. you know who i am and you know who guys these are. >> and who these are. >> election day in america. hours from now voters will cast their ballots to determine who controls both chambers. republicans are pretty sure they will win the house. the governor's races, voting, abortion rights will be at stake. we have cnn teams all over. team coverage live on the ground at polling stations in ohio, wisconsin, pennsylvania, georgia, arizona and everywhere, everywhere all over the world. >> plus a, quote, very big announcement. former president trump teasing what could be a third presidential run on the final night of campaigning. also, where he plans to break that news.

plus this -- >> i think we're going to hear a lot. >> bang, bang, bang, bang, bang on the door so i run to the door. i was very scared. i see the capitol police. they say, we have to come in and talk to you. i'm thinking, my children, my grandchildren. i never thought it would be paul. >> that's house speaker nancy pelosi opening up about the moment she learned about her husband's attack. it was a very emotional interview. we'll get to that in moments. just in a few hours polls will open in ohio. the senate race between j. dd. vance and tim ryan. there's a lot on the line. a win by vance is key to the gop hopes in the u.s. senate. a victory by ryan is crucial to democrats to keep the chamber blue. we are live in columbus, ohio. very breezy there, melanie.

this race turned out to be a lot more competitive than expected. what are the candidates saying now? >> reporter: it has been a closer than expected race. democrat tim ryan that is kept it competitive and forced the republicans to spend here. tim ryan is seen one of the democrat's best economic messengers. he leans into the economic pain. he talks about bring ing manufacturing jobs back and despite that, it might not be enough for the headwinds democrats are seeing. j.d. vance has made economic populism a key part. he 's trying to appeal to the base by denying the 2020

ele election. j.d. vaps was a never trumper, don. >> little headwinds for where you are. the former president was in ohio. let me guess what he had to say. get ready, get ready, get ready teasing folks a lot, right? >> exactly. this has been the sort of game that he's played almost the entire mid-term cycle. maybe he'll run and announce. caitlyn announcing maybe he announced last night. i was getting panicked text messages for republicans saying not to announce. >> he's got the world's attention. >> not to detract from tomorrow's very important, even critical election, i'm going to be making a very big announcement on tuesday, november 15th at mar-a-lago in

palm beach, florida. >> reporter: so you can hear there that he doesn't want to detract from the mid-terms even as he towns talk about himself, make this about himself. >> i just can't get over the music but, listen, of course he has the nation's attention. he's going to say, i'm going to run, i'm going to run. i don't think there's any way he can do it. >> he was actively talking about it and it kind of became the situation where advisers who have been urging him for months now to wait until after the mid-term elections, also his dot te daughter is getting married in the coming days. they asked him to wait. there was concern in his circle that he may go ahead and announce it. >> have they ever met donald trump? >> they felt pretty comfortable. >> he said there will be a significant announcement november 15th at mar-a-lago. the location. >> i expect to see some of the

republican winners tonight. i expect to see some of them at mar-a-lago. >> i do believe that we're going to hear a lot of this because that is his nature to -- you know, he's the ultimate producer. he's going to say, i'm going to wait, wait, wait, let's see, let's see, let's see until it does happen. by the way, melanie, thank you very much. we a prppreciate it. >> thanks, melanie. now let's go to wisconsin. polls open there at 8 a.m. where republican senator ron johnson is launched in a tight race against mandela barnes. last night johnson made it clear if he wins a third term and republicans take the senate, he will be very busy. he will have a powerful role investigating his political rivals. let's listen to this. >> if we get the majority, where we get it, i would be chairman of the subcommittee on investigations. i'll be like a mosquito in a

nudist colony. it will be a target rich environment. >> we are live in appleton, wisconsin. again, he would have a very powerful position on this subcommittee. i think it speaks to the question people have about what would the priorities be of a republican-controlled senate. >> well, poppy, it definitely gets at the wider implications of all of the wider rates if republicans take control of the senate. polls have shown no clear leader between ron johnson and mandela barnes. it is the ultimate poll of polls. up to this point senator johnson has tried to paint man ddela barnes as a continuation of president biden. both of them have painted very

clear takes that this isn't just a senate race, this is a vote about the future direction of the country, barnes on his side, he told us his strategy on the final stretch what's been a more than 100 stop rv tour that he really wants to meet people where they are on some of the biggest issues, the economy, abortion, election integrity and more and that he doesn't want to take any vote for granted f. you're in a city like milwaukee, that doesn't guarantee a vote. in milwaukee, that doesn't mean you're not going to vote. when i asked him if he felt they had done enough to get ron johnson out of office, but of course we are going to see today when the polls open in just a few hours at the more than 3600 polling sites here in wisconsin. >> omar jimenez, you've done a great job reporting on the ground. >> in just a few hours.

we have a voting desk here. walker versus warnock for senate and abrams versus kemp for governor, but as we saw in 2020, we may not find out the results tonight or even tomorrow or the next day or the next day. victor blackwell knows. let's see if he'll share when we're going to find out the results. he's at the voting desk. good morning, victor. >> good morning, don. it could be weeks until we find out the winner of some of these races in georgia. as you said, the marquee races, warnock versus walker, kemp versus abrams. there is a sizeable chance we won't know tonight. georgia law requires a majority to win, 50% plus one. if there is no candidate who crosses the threshold there, there's a runoff. that will be on december 6th. also, let's talk about audits and recounts. you probably remember 2020. the votes for president in

georgia were counted three times statewide. there was the initial machine count, then the secretary of state ordered an rla, that's a risk limiting audit. it was required for one statewide race. there will be another one this cycle. it was by hand. the secretary of state chose the presidential race. it was the largest hand count in u.s. history, close 5 million votes statewide. and we also saw this in 2020 f. a candidate's loss is within half a percentage point, the law allows the second place finisher to request a machine recount within two days of certification and the 2020 all counts ended with the same tlault biden won. we could see any or all of these. there will be the rla, that count of a statewide race, that audit, but it could be the race for senate. it could be the agriculture secretary there. so we'll see what happens there. georgia of the states we're watching really has the greatest

potential to keep us up late, wake us up early and bring us back here in a month. >> it's always georgia or florida. victor, thank you very much. i appreciate that. caitlyn? >> we've also got some competitive governor's races across the ballot. voters will be electing governors in 36 states. abortion, voting rights will be put to the test. let's bring in harry entin. harry, good morning. >> i love election day. it brings my energy up through the roof. usually i'm at a 10. now i'm at a 47. >> you weren't at 47 when i passed you in the hallway. it was 3:45. >> arizona is the first one you have your eye on. >> we have kari lake, republican running. interestingly enough she's facing off against katie hobbs,

the democratic candidate who's the secretary of state. she has a mashup of different views of how the election went down. very tight. >> she became such a figure in that election speaking out about what was happening in arizona, one of trump's most contested races. >> that is exactly right. she was someone who was a well-known national figure. interestingly enough, didn't want to debate kari lake and became known for that. kari lake would go wherever a camera was. >> the other one you're watching is in nevada with a very close senate candidate race. >> we're also watching the governor's race. joe lombaro, the republican candidate. this has received a little less attention than the senate race. really tight race here. one-term incumbent. they tend to vote for republican

governors. the question for joe biden, will they go back to the republican ways. this is another state like arizona where we could find a way to find out. a lot of mail voting in nevada. >> could this affect the senate races? cortez mastro is one of the most vulnerable. >> it could. we'll see how much straight ticket voting. lombardo has risen. we've seen the republican candidate rise and fall. >> what's up in new york? >> this is a race i don't think a lot of us thought we were going to pay attention to. new york is such a blue state but kathy hochul has seen representative lee zeldin nipping at her heels. lee zeldin, a conservative republican at least in the state of new york. >> what other state? >> arizona. very red state.

he's been running on the issue of school vouchers. a lot of traditional republicans haven't liked that. the incumbent has been surprised how close this race has been. we'll see if new york and oklahoma go back to the ways they normally voted. >> new york got brought up in tharp debates. they said this is your republican governor. >> she was saying the crime rate was higher in oklahoma than it was in new york. there's no way that's possibly true. she was actually right on that. >> we'll be watching all of these really closely. i know you will as well, harry. we have a lot of numbers for you. >> there's going to be a lot of numbers to look at tonight. >> thank you so much. next up, elon musk has set off a firestorm after telling his followers they should vote for republicans today. plus -- a man is arrested for

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all right. let's take a look at your weather on this election day. much of the eastern u.s. in for warm and dry conditions today. a tropical system bearing in on florida. snow in the forecast for the west. let's go straight to our meteorologist. >> good morning. a lot of snow out to the west. even some of the roads are closed this morning. it's going to be tough to get to the polls out there. we have potential for hurricane nicole to affect florida by wednesday night into thursday. there's the snow. they will take the snow if they can get it in the sierras.

it's so very dry. the drought out there. nevada, as a battleground state, you could get some rain and snow. nice across the east. cloud cover and wind. not enough to slow anything down. temperatures are cool. don, you said you liked it. unfortunately, you're back in the 50s. new york is going to cool down. here are the tropical storms, warnings and storm surge warnings for florida and the bahamas. here is the storm, nicole. still not very organized. forecast is for it to get there and to make landfall in south florida by wednesday night into thursday. >> just when i had all nice things to say about chad myers. you had to ruin it. enjoying the nice weather. it's been amazing. warmer than -- >> i was in a tank top yesterday. >> where? >> in a tank top having lunch. >> there's a picture at 4:20. >> not so much, chad. >> if you didn't see this

yesterday, vote red is what twitter's new owner elon musk was telling 115 million followers the day before elections saying he believes, quote, independent minded voters says, therefore i recommend voting for a republican congress given that the presidency is congress. joining us to take lk about the tweet is allison stewart and maria cardona. they co-host the podcast "hot mics from tloeft right." >> together? >> great to be here on such a big day. >> hopefully no hot mics this morning. >> on twitter, right. >> the first thing i thought when i saw this was what he had tweeted before he became the owner. for twitter to deserve public trust it must be politically

neutral. >> that's exactly what i was reading when i was preparing for this segment. i remember him saying that. when i saw that, i was like, well, this doesn't really match with what he wants to do with this huge platform that he has. then again, it kind of is -- that's who elon musk is. we've seen him a little bit erratic as he has taken ownership of this platform, firing employees, going back on that. saying what he said in april and now doing this. when i read it i was like, thank god so many voters now know how to vote, flight said no voter ever. so i just -- i don't think it matters. i think people kind of -- >> you don't? >> i know, right? what? i think people look at that and they roll their eyes. >> i feel like i'm watching the modern version of "citizen kane." elon musk will have this rose bud moment soon. it seems very irresponsible for someone who has this large of a platform to influence an

election. he's right, twitter must remain nonpartisan and neutral but, you know, again, it's his company. he can do with it whatever he wants. >> it is plate form for free speech on both sides. people are entitled to free speech. that's exactly what he's doing. in terms of as you're pointing out, he wasn't afraid to use this platform or use this opportunity to really maybe offend people on both sides because if you really look at what he's doing here, he's appealing to independent-minded voters, the people that are really going decide the election and saying go out there and do what you can to obviously vote republican. >> he's appealing to republicans on this. i think if he was saying vote democrats, you'd be sitting here this morning going i can't believe he did that. >> the purpose of this tweet is to encourage people to vote republican so we'll have a balance of power. shared power is what helps to -- >> making sure a divided

government gets things done. you don't have a divided government. >> more broadly just speaking about what we're going to see, you have talked about the question of mobilization in energy, about democratic overperformance in some of the primaries but if that holds now. i think the journalist from the atlantic put it really wisely on twitter. the only thing i know about tomorrow, this was last night, if dems didn't have the overturning of roe, they would be in an absolute beat down. i don't think we appreciate the degree to which that one issue is preventing a 2010-type massacre. >> i think that's partly true. there's no question that the dobbs decision injected massive energy and excitement because breem pissed off. they were. >> you said were. >> are. a lot of women still were. this is the point i was going to

say. one of the questions i have been looking at throughout this election cycle especially through dobbs is whether that energy, which we really saw manifest itself during the five special -- house special election, specifically new york 19, where that was not supposed to go the way that went and then the kansas referendum, whether that was going to hold. what we've seen in early voting is that it has held, right? which has been massive early voting, record numbers and right now democrats hold a 4.5 million vote lead over republicans. that's historic. over 2018 numbers. over 2020 numbers. now i think a lot of that energy is about the dobbs ruling but i also think it's about threats to democracy. i know that a lot of people, even in my party have been saying, that's really not an issue people care about but that's just not true. we've seen it in polls. that is one of the big issues. >> maybe they're saying is that the best closing message for this president over the economy.

>> well, the people who care about it it is an important message. >> here's the thing. certainly the dobbs decision did galvanize voters initially when roe v. wade was overturned. as people learn more and realize many states still allow abortions, there are not abortion bans in every state, this doesn't impact me. as we get closer to the elections and people are looking at the ballots saying dobbs versus jobs, jobs are top of mind, the economy is top of mind. democrats did a disservice by focusing on abortion and threats on democracy. when you look at the issues top of mind for voters, it is the economy and it is crime. >> i don't think you're wrong about that -- >> what, what, what? >> i don't think you're wrong about the fact that people care about the economy, that's always first. i can't -- i'm the only boy in the family and -- seriously, and my sisters, my nieces are all

talking about this and they don't say -- they don't go and say, well, gas is now -- gas is cheaper or the price of bread is, you know, $2 or $3 but, man, you know, i can't get my right to choose or what have you. i don't think they look at it that way. i think when they look at it, the right to choose trumps the price of milk and gas at this moment. no pun intended. whether that will be a driver -- >> can i just tell you? i have been working with a lot of these -- >> a woman's right to have control over her body. >> absolutely. absolutely. so anecdotally i have been talking to a ton of women voters on the ground working with these campaigns and what they undoubtedly say to me, don, is that they can go into the polling booth and they will say, yeah, so things are more expensive now, but guess what, the economy will come back.

my rights will not. that i think has been front and center. >> republicans are banking on the opposite happening today. we'll see what the voters decide. polls open in a few hours. allison and maria -- >> wait a minute. you have a podcast together. what is it called? >> hot mics from left to right. >> is it great? >> it is great. this current podcast is about the election, early voting, the turnout. >> tv version preview. >> as you know, we don't pull punches but we do it so civilly -- >> because we like each other. >> we're good. we're good. >> the bottom line is, go vote. >> that's right. >> thank you both for being here. >> thank you. up next, there is a new wall street journal report. it is suggesting that republicans are gaining support from black and latino voters. we'll talk about whether or not this is going to be a game changer for the gop. >> will your decision be

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so if you didn't see this interview last night on anderson "ac 360" you'll see it now. house speaker nancy pelosi sitting down breaking her silence. it is a cnn exclusive.

in this interview with anderson the house speaker described the moment capitol police woke her up to tell her about the horrific. >> first of all, i'm so sorry for all that's happened. how is your husband doing? what does his recovery look like? >> well, thank you. thank you for asking. he's doing okay. he is -- it's a long haul but he knows he has to pace himself. he's such a gentleman that he's not complaining but he's also knowing that it's a long haul. he's so concerned about the traumatic effect on our children and our grandchildren, and we're concerned about the traumatic effect on him but, again, he's on a good path with excellent care from san francisco general and his health care providers. >> has he been able to talk to you about what he was thinking when he woke up and found this person in the room? >> we haven't quite had that conversation because any

revisiting of it is really traumatizing. it was hard -- one of the hardest things all week was to go back into the house for him. the entrance which is, of course, where -- >> the attack took place. >> where he got hit and upstairs in the bedroom where that person made his entrance, shall we say. we haven't -- the doctors have said, we don't want him to watch the news. we don't want him to be revisiting a lot of this, at least not now because it will add to the trauma. and the operation was a success, but it's only one part of the recovery. it was a drastic head injury. it takes some time. >> have you been able to listen to the 911 call? >> no. i haven't been able to listen to that or the body cam, any of that, no. i imagine when it is in the public domain is when i will

have a chance to see it but even then -- >> do you want to hear it? >> i don't think so. i don't think so. i don't know if i'll have to. i don't know. that's all a matter on the legal side of things. >> there are obviously a lot of information in the affidavit. had your husband not had the presence of mind to call 911 and be able to call 911, there's no telling what would happen. >> he was cool. paul's cool. he called and with enough information but not too much information because the guy was very threatening. he was very big and you can see that. he was very big, 6'4", 260. >> the assailant. >> hu? >> the assailant. >> the assailant. he was there a few feet away from paul hearing all of this. and he saved his life. paul saved his own life with that call because that really gave enough information to go.

>> had the 911 operator not been -- figured it out -- >> god bless her, yeah, for that. and then took it from one level of concern to another and, therefore, the police came and that's what got the police there. >> where were you when you got the news? >> well, i was sleeping. washington, d.c. i had just gotten in the night before from san francisco and the -- i hear the doorbell ring and thing, it's 5ing 1. i look up, i see it's 5 -- it must be the wrong apartment. no, it rings again and then bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. so i run to the door and -- i see the capitol police. they say, we have to come in and talk to you. i'm thinking my children, my grandchildren. i never thought it would be

paul. i knew he wouldn't be out and about, shall we say? so they came in at that time. we didn't even know where he was or what his condition was, we just knew there was an assault on him in our home and now they were taking him to a hospital which turned out to be san francisco general, which is the leading trauma center. thank god they went there. it wasn't the closest. we have hospitals two blocks away. it wasn't the closest but it was the right place to go for that. >> he was actually struck in the head with the hammer? >> right on the top. two places. and that's pretty awful. that's pretty awful, but the good news was when he came -- when he had the operation, we were blessed by the health care professionals at san francisco general. they told us it had not pierced his brain, which could be deadly or worse --

>> so the hammer had not actually -- >> oh, no, it had cracked. they have to take off the skull, reshape it, put it back so it doesn't scratch or pierce the brain. it's pretty -- it's a pretty serious operation. >> to hear a wife describe what happened to her husband in that way at the end there, they take out part of his -- i mean -- >> yeah. you hear the severity of it. you just hear hit in the head with the hammer, yes, that's terrible, but then you have to redo his skull and so on, it's terrible. >> and from what the d.a. said and the police, that this was politically motivated attack. >> that's what stood out to me. she told anderson, this is an attack that was intended for me. my husband's paying the price. just talking about the effect that it's had. she said, we're traumatized. they're trying not to retraumatize their husband. paul pelosi is trying not to talk about it in front of their

grandchildren. it's a difficult family dynamic. >> it's what you say. >> family is more important than any job. >> it's everything. >> can you imagine feeling what she clearly communicated to anderson, i think it sounded like guilt in a way or saying like this was -- this is a price he made for an attack that was supposed to be on me, something that's so horrendous. yes, a reminder of everything that matters is in your home. >> she spoke about what happens with her career. >> this is interesting. listen to this. anderson, you know, asked her to answer what's ahead for you if republicans take the house. here's that exchange. >> have you looked ahead and have you made the decision in your mind, whatever that decision might be? >> well, i have to say my decision will be affected by what happened in the last week or two. >> will your decision be

impacted by the attack in any way? >> yes. uh-huh. yes. >> yeah. yeah. and i think i know what she -- you know when someone's reached the point where they're like -- >> well, i think it already -- >> i think that for her -- how do i say this? it matters because she's fought for so long to help people and to help the american public, but i think this is so important to her that she -- i think she has re-evaluated what will happen going forward. i don't think that she wants to be speaker as much as she wanted to be and i would not -- if they do keep the house, i don't think she's going to want to be speaker anymore. i really don't. >> caitlyn, what were you going to say? >> i think she had already kind of had this calculus before. they were saying they wanted differentleadership.

you can see how obviously something this traumatic would affect a decision like that. >> do you disagree? >> i don't know. it's up to pelosi but you heard from certain members of her caucus about what she could do here, what they want her to do, what they think the future is. she's a difficult person to replace as house speaker. she has been a formidable person. >> it's not -- >> tim ryan after he challenged her for speaker talking about what an effective speaker she had been under former president trump. >> you'll see more of that interview throughout the show. so a few hours from now polls are set to open in pennsylvania where the senate race is now essentially a dead heat. why voters there could potentially decide the future of the country. that is up next. >> also, voters cast their ballots. there is one big issue that is top of mind for most of you and

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>> those are the closing arguments from pennsylvania's senate candidates. mehmet oz and john fetterman in a race that could determine the fate of the senate. and josh shapiro and doug mastriano. president biden, president obama and trump all descending on pennsylvania. steven caruso, as don noted, you got up very early for us. thank you for getting up. what's happening on the ground as reporters are on the ground . honestly there's a lot to watch. i think a lot of eyes are out

there. given how close most sides of the aisle think the senate race will be, the hand full of ballots indicate. >> since there has been so much focus on mail-in ballots and a lot of lies spread about it. get to the facts. explain to people. fetterman's suing they're making a first and 14th amendment argument that you have to count the ballots. explain why and who will ultimately decide? >> yeah. so what these ballots are are super clear, mail-in ballots timely arrived. a person who legally requested one, legally sent it back but -- illegally sent it back because they forgot to put a date on it but it was received by the county before election day or on election day. forgot with her signature to put a date or they put the wrong

date, these ballots have been there since 2020. they decided the state senate race or the primary. so there's been a back and forth in the courts. the state court has gone one way, federal courts have gone another. the federal courts defined in a 2021 case, there's no proof that the dating actually prevents fraud or any sort of misuse and also i think it's worth noting that most of the reporting that's been done find people who are misdating them are older folks, this is their best option for voting is to go out and get mail-in ballots. the universe, we're not entirely sure. 7,000 ballots of these are out there. it will be decided. at this point the state supreme court are deadlocked on this. this will be the federal court, essentially the u.s. supreme court. >> it's a big question.

one thing we're also watching today is when it comes to counting ballots. that is something we've kind of been trying to brace the audience for, what that's going to look like and it may not take as long as it did in 2020 but it will take a little bit of time to count the mail-in votes. >> yeah. pennsylvania does not allow counties to process ballots before sat7 a.m. on election da. once they start counting they can't stop. so i think we will see more for mail-in ballots. a change could lead to the counting of the ballots. the republican general assembly and governor tom wolf, they have not been able to agree on anything when it comes to election law. probably not surprising to viewers. we'll see what happens. expect a delay. >> it's a great point. for anyone who complains that, you know, it's going slowly in

terms of the counting in pennsylvania, the state legislature and the governor over these years could have done something to change the laws. they've been fighting about it instead of changing it. >> steven, thank you. >> he brought up a very good point. i don't know what day it is. wait, what day? >> it's election day, don. >> oh, in general. >> writing it down. >> you're writing it down. you get it mixed up, what have you. >> informative. new this morning, sad news to tell you, another american killed in ukraine while fighting on the front lines. this comes as one of vladimir putin's closest associates makes a new admission. we'll tell you what it is ahead.

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the international legion said they were in touch with his family. they have asked for privacy. at least five other americans have been killed in action. >> very sad news. a kremlin-linked oligarch admits to meddling in the u.s. elections. in is what the u.s. intelligence is saying. the fact that someone so close to putin is admitting this, what have we learned? >> it's interesting. it's true, the posture has been meddling in elections in the united states and elsewhere around the united states as well. one of the men who has been accused of spearheading those

activities has come out and sort of basically said, yes, we did it. i mean, he was being ironic. he was being sarcastic. take a look at what he said. he said, gentlemen, we interfere. we interfere and we will interfere carefully, precisely, surgically and in our own way. he went on to make other references to the surgical operations he's carried out. poppy, i think it's important to remember as i said, he was being sarcastic, ironic. this is not a change of russian government policy or position on this issue. everybody who's spoken about this in the russian government in the last 24 hours has stuck to the kremlin line. >> matthew, here's my question. you see this and he's straight up saying it. we all know it's true but do you think he had permission from high-ranking officials in the kremlin to make the comments assar cass particular as they

were? >> reporter: i would think he would have had to have sought that express authority to do it. i think he's trying to do what the whole purpose of russian meddling is in the first place. the whole purpose of russian meddling isn't necessarily to change the outcome of the election in the united states. they don't have the reach or the power, but it's to sew anxiety. russian meddling has been very successful in doing that. this is another attempt to push that. >> doing it one day before the mid-term elections. matthew chance, thanks for that report. voters, of course, following those comments set to cast their ballots today. cnn has reporters across the country covering the marquee races. we'll tell you what it's looking like on election day. supporting 6 key indicators of b brain health.

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