we have artillery, yes, thank you. we have it. is it enough? honestly not really. [ laughter ] good morning, everyone. he got a really good reception there at congress, also at the white house and just in washington, d.c. in general yesterday. >> very candid. yes, you gave us artillery but it's not enough. >> good morning. poppy is off. we're going to catch you up on the five big stories on cnn. chuck schumer says progress is being made on the government funding bill. schumer took procedural steps just before midnight last night that could force a final vote on a year-long government spending bill on friday or saturday. government funding runs out at the end of the week. >> we must finish our work before the deadline of friday

midnight, but in reality i hope we can vote on final passage much sooner than that, even as early as tonight. there are a number of amendments i hope we can begin voting on today. >> the january 6th committee has released interview transcripts from key figures who aided former president trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election including attorney john eastman, mike e flynn and trump ally roger stone. the transcript confirms that most of them invoked their fifth amendment rights. >> covid-19 and drug overdoses have driven life expectancy in the united states to the lowest level in 2 5 years.

life expectancy dropped to the lowest levels ever. >> and pele was hospitalized last month with a respiratory infection. people are saying a once in a generation arctic blast is keeping the lower 48 trapped in temperatures that are 10 below zero fahrenheit. it's a similar situation in marquette, michigan creating chaos as thousands are trying to get home for the holidays.

chicago's o'hare airport is a major hub for so many flights. what are you seeing on cancellations, delays or backup plans? >> these are the folks that had the right idea, get out before the snow starts here at chicago o'hare. the security line comes all the way back here. we're talking hundreds of feet long. look at the cancellations board. i just saw laguardia cancel, pittsburgh cancel, one in every five flights at chicago o'hare has been cancelled today. we're talking more than 1,200 flights cancelled nationwide. airlines tried their hardest to avoid this but there is no stopping mother nature. the biggest prechristmas travel day is meeting a major snowstorm threatening holiday travel plans nationwide. blizzard conditions are forecast here at chicago o'hare where the airport was expecting thursday

to be its busiest. perry hunn rescheduled his christmas trip to california to leave early. >> we thought it would be best to escape a little bit before to avoid the weather. >> a forecasted 2.9 million passengers flying through chicago are being met by 350 pieces of snow removal equipment and 400,000 gallons of deicing flute. >> here in chicago they're meeting nearly every hour about the weather but they know delays are inevitable. >> the v.p. of operations says united is preparing for the most passengers it's seen since the start of the pandemic. customer solution teams are scrambling to reroute passengers through other airports. >> we have the best team working on it. if customers are out there and

they see themselves delayed, know and understand that we look at each and every customer. >> nationwide triple a says one in three americans will travel this holiday and 1.2 million will be traveling on top of the 7 million flying. but the weather will throw it all off. i think there's going to be a pretty severe number of delays and cancellations. >> last christmas rush, the airlines cancelled airlines. airlines cannot control the weather. >> unfortunately a lot of travelers are in for some disruption. >> reporter: the transportation security administration and federal aviation administration expect today to be the busiest.

47,000 flights were scheduled. we'll see if that ultimately pans out. airlines say one of the best things you can do is download their app, the best way to get information on whether your flight is cancelled or delayed. >> i want to know who asked for a bomb cyclone for christmas. >> was that pete? >> we don't want to hear from you, pete, because you asked for a bomb cyclone. let's go to alison chinchar. how long is this plunge going to last? >> there are going to be some cities that stay below freezing for multiple days. this is not just a couple few hours here and there and we'll be back to normal. this is going to be a prolonged event and you're talking about prolonged periods at dangerous levels.

give again, it stretches from the canadian border to the mexican border. look at wind chills already reported, minus 70, minus 58. most have been in montana and south dakota but that cold air is going to be spreading. today we're going to be seeing dangerous wind chills down as far as oklahoma and texas. minus 35 in casper, minus 45 in billings. even as far south as amarillo, texas, minus 26 for that iwind chill. and you have this system causing travel concern not just in the air but also on the road. pack a little bit more patience today and even tomorrow. this system will be making its way off to the east. today the concern will be the mix of rain and snow and ice before transitioning all into snow.

here's all the areas where you have the winter storm warnings. as we go through the day today, chicago will be a big focus, same thing with st. louis. then by the time we get to tomorrow morning, you're looking at pretty heavy rain across boston and d.c., looking at full slow in areas of detroit and cleveland. the good news is by the twiem get to friday night, the cold air will still be there but at least the snow will finally start to come to an end. >> we always say of course it cold, it's winter but this is a horse of another color, as they say. straight ahead we'll be joined by kelly from the national weather service. she lives in south dakota where they are bracing for a life threatening wind chill. >> ukrainian president zelenskyy made an appearance at the u.s. yesterday. he was greeted at the white house by president biden. the two leaders put on an incredibly united front.

>> we share the exact same vision and that free, independent, prosperous and security in ukraine has created division. >> translator: it will help us define our values and independence. i believe there will be bipartisan and bi-camoral support. >> zelenskyy pleaded for support and thanked the united states for helping ukraine come this far. >> against all odds and doom-and-gloom scenarios, ukraine didn't fall. ukraine is alive and kicking. >> joining us is a member of the house armed services committee. it's so good to you have on. thank you very much and good

morning to you. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> what did you think of the speech and the case that he made for continued american support? >> i mean, i think it was an historic moment, right? the house was full. we were listening to him come right from the battle front and deliver this speech and make the value proposition from members of congress why supporting ukraine isn't just charity, it is defending the free world. i wasn't expecting him to do that in english. i think it was purposeful to make sure it was heard by the american people. i think it was a proud moment. i thought it was a really strong speech. >> i've got to ask you watching it was obvious that some of your republican colleagues didn't even attend. chip roy called it political

theater. former congressman matt gates said he was there out of respect and not agreement. republicans are going to control the house. are you worried about how that will impact ukraine aid and support for ukraine? >> a lot of us are worried, sure. the moderate middle are concerned that it could turn with the next congress but i think that's why zelenskyy chose this moment to do this. we are literally voting on a full-year appropriation, hopefully today. a lot of people have signed a letter saying we do not support that full-year appropriation, we will go after republican senators who vote for it. and senators like chip roy are consistent and said we don't agree with this and we're not going to attend. people signed and said no to all that money and yet were clapping

and standing and getting their moment on c. span. >> why were they there? >> i guess to split the baby. they want to be in support of democracy and freedom because that maybe sounds good to some people but behind closed doors they're saying, hell no, we're never going to give this money to the ukrainians. i respect people who say i don't want to be doing this and i'm not going to attend. that to me is more respectful than clapping and smiling in mr. zelenskyy's face and then not voting for the money to keep his soldiers alive. i think a lot of us wanted to make the point this was a bipartisan issue and this has been a place where people with a national security background have really made the point to push our caucus, to push both of

our caucuses. i think if it were up to me we would have sat completely mixed, democrat and republican across the entire house floor to make that point to him and i hope he got the impression, mr. zelenskyy, that there is strong bipartisan support in this coalition in the middle. >> i thought it was interesting because i was going over some of the things that you had said especially around the mid terms p and you said you were out speaking to voters and ukraine was not very high on theirs list, what was happening in ukraine because people are dealing with every day issues trying to take care of their families. you said people want to know about how the money is being spent. do lawmakers need to make the case better? should there be more oversight about where it should go and --

>> i worked at the pentagon. we give aid to other countries and militaries when fighting a common enemy. it's written in law that we must do that monitoring with another country. it harder with ukraine because they're in the middle of a hot war. i think it's a stronger case to the american people when it's there. i think the other thing is explain the value proposition. people see money going out the door and they say what's the end game, where do we go from here, when does this end? and i think we have to make the clear case we either pay now or later with vladimir putin. in 2008 we didn't do much. in 2014 we made a decision that we didn't deal with it head on.

here we are in 2022 spending a lot of money. and the worst case scenario is an extremely, extremely war where americans are sucked into it, blood and treasure way beyond what we're doing now. that's what i try to discuss in my district where this isn't maybe the furst issue people are talking about but that's their taxpayers' dollars and they dese deserve to understand the plan. >> before you go, i have to ask you are you confident that congress can get it to the this week to fund the government to assert a shutdown, congresswoman is this. >> last night we were hoping the senate would do some work and get some work done so we could vote on it today and get home to our families. it always comes down to crunch time. we need a full-year appropriation for ukraine but a million other things. my hope is cooler heads will

prevail and we will get it done today. >> one more thing before i let you go. there needs to be bipartisanship with when it comes to what's happening at the border, title 42 and comprehensive immigration reform. where are you on that? >> well,ism think part of the reason why that bill, that full-year appropriation was held up was because of title 42. i've been very, very clear, especially from michigan. we're a bored are state. what is going on at the southern border is a crisis. we shouldn't avoid that and pretend that's not happening. but we need a plan before we're going to open those doors again. i've written this right to the president. and part of that plan is congress taking some legal action. we are literally one armed tied behind our back with dealing with the border because congress, democrats and republicans, haven't done their job to fix immigration. it's broken. i feel -- we shouldn't be dealing with sort of immigration at our border. it should be vetted and handled outside of our borders, but

congress needs to own that responsibility as much as anybody else. >> congresswoman, happy holidays and merry christmas, happy hanukkah, whatever you celebrate, i hope it's a safe and happy one. >> same to you. >> a disturbing discovery. fact check on santos' claims that he's a holocaust survivor. nicorette knows quitting smoking is freaking hard. you get advice like... just stop. go for ten runs. run a marathon. instead, start small with nicoret, which will lead to somethi big.

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bio on his campaign web site said his grandparents fled ukraine and he's facing very serious questions for my representing his educational background and charity history. i'm happy to have on congressman-elect daniel goldman, an incoming democrat from new york. congressman-elect, thank you so much. i really appreciate this, especially since you have called these claims startling and have said that santos should be investigated for conspiracy to defraud the united states government. so where do prosecutors begin on that and what point do campaign lies become criminal? >> yeah, it's a very good question, it's a very fine line but i do think in this case

because there's such a pattern of deception and misrepresentation that it is worth taking a much closer look. this is not a circumstance where someone may have embellished their military history or something on a resumé. this is what is clearly a serial effort to defraud voters in his district. and if george santos did that and he certainly appears to have made false statements in his disclosure forms to the sec, i think it's worth the u.s. teerns of attorney's office looking into this and whether he conspired with others and whether he had a scheme to defraud, which might be a wire fraud case, but this is a guy who has a prior fraud convince in brazil and appears to have blied over and over and offer about his own background

and experience. up you know, you see quotes from all sorts of voters in that district new york 3 on long island and part of queens who said they would have never voted for him if they knew these lies or they were aware of the truth. so it's a remarkable, remarkable set of facts and it appears as if george santos, who has not commented nor denied the allegations is a complete fraud. >> and you talked about your own jewish values as part of your inspiration for running for office. one of the most egregious parts of this are now his claims that his grandparents fled the holocaust are being contradicted by these genealogy records. i assume you find that insulting. >> i find it insulting and offensive. my grandmother did actually escape anti-semitism in russia,

came through ellis island and settled down in the d.c./baltimore area where her brother worked 16 hours a day to send all of his siblings to college. that is the american dream and i'm very proud to be a descendant of that and i identify very much with jews and american jews who had to escape europe for decades. for someone like santos to lie about it is offensive to those of us who actually had family members who had to endure that. it's just another example where it's not even just a legal issue, this is a moral issue. and i do find it offensive and insulting. and it's so clear that 20% of his district is jewish and it's clear that he was targeting them by apparently falsely alleging even that he's jewish, much less

that his ancestors -- or his grandparents had to escape anti-semitism and the holocaust. >> and he said apparently he had employees in the pulse -- >> he said he lost them. >> and there is no evidence that even happened. he has to answer a lot of questions. he is not directly addressing any of the allegations, instead a spokesman saying it is sort of a witch hunt against him and that people are out to get him. i want to turn and talk to you about something that was a big part of when you were running and that's crime in new york city. new york city mayor adams announced crime is up 23% but shootings and homicides are down 13% and 12% respectively. what can conditioning do to address the spike in crime nationwide was was crime

actually portrayed as it actually is during the campaign? if you could speak to both of those, i'd appreciate it. >> look, i think what you find on this topic is that republicans are able to pray on fear, on hate, on division, which is a much easier and simpler argument to make and to sort of pull at the heart strings of voters. you know, democrats are the party of ideas and solutions, and in new york and elsewhere, republicans' only policy is just to lock more people up, which has been proven over time actually not to make the public more safe. and so it's a nuanced issue that we democrats need to start tackling, addressing and messaging better because there are a lot of different components to this. so i look forward to working

with colleagues in congress as well as my colleagues at the city and state level in new york to try to bring public awareness to some of the solutions that are out there there over time i think will help to reduce crime that has certainly spiked in a post-covid world. >> daniel goldman, thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you, daniel. happy hanukkah to you. >> we're monitoring temperature drops across the country and how the winter weather travel is impacting the holidays. winter weather storms are impacting your travel for the holidays. >> and the january 6 committee has released hundreds of transcripts providing a new view into their investigation. we'll talk about this with mick mulvaney. there he is on your june but you'll see him after the b brea. kills 99.9% of bacteria detergent alalone, can't.

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most of them took the fifth refusing to answer questions. we're still waiting on the committee to release more transcripts given that they ultimately spoke with a thousand witnesses. the committee is supposed to release their final report today. joining us is mick mulvaney, who served until march 2020 when trump replaced him with mark meadows. you sat down with the january 6th committee. we're going to see your transcript. what do you think we'll see in that? mick, i don't think we can hear your audio. are you muted? >> sorry about that. is that better? >> much better. now we can hear you. i know you were saying something really important. >> i am looking forward to the transcripts being released for a variety of reasons, including my own. they're going to give more

texture to the story. regardless of how you feel about donald trump one way or the other, everybody was against donald trump. so what you sort of see in the january 6th hearing is the greatest hits of everything that's against trump. if the witnesses said anything helpful to the president or positive about the president, you'd find those in the transcripts. it may not be there. there may be no positive story to tell there. but at least by seeing the transcripts ourselves, we get a chance to see a bigger part of the story and i'm excited about that opportunity. >> you're not saying when we actually see the transcripts, there's going to be something that vindicates the former president in this situation? >> i can't imagine. i think you might find other witnesses who might have contradicted witnesses that we saw on television. was there somebody who said, for example, that they didn't see the president throw stuff up against the wall, that the president didn't say about there being weapons at the rally.

i don't think there's anything that's going to vindicate him but there may be things that sort of balance what we heard out of the witnesses. people realize what they saw in the january 67th committee was one side. there not be another side but we'll know more once the transcripts come out. there was some that didn't come out in my transcript, mostly happened between the election and the end of the year. in that week, i was still active, i was the chairman of catholics for trump in 2020. i was engaged in a lot of phone conversations in the days after the election. there were a lot of questions that didn't make it into the hearing. there's a lot of information in mine at least that i think people will find interesting and if it's in mine, it in

everybody's. >> you sent a text message to mark meadows that said random thought to add to your quiver, an executive order creating a bipartisan commission on election fraud. won't solve the problems now but may prevent them in 2024 and, who know, vindicate what he's been saying all along. the warren commission was created by executive order, trump could do it. you said you did not think he would reverse it. the warren commission is what lbj established to investigate the assassination of president kennedy. can you explain what you were suggesting mark meadows do? >> yeah, this was late december i think or maybe mid december -- >> late november. >> we're still in 2020. that's right, after the election. what i was looking for is ideas to give to meadows, to give to the president about sort of ways to honorably get out of office, to leave office honorably and peacefully without having things get out of control.

he could have established a bipartisan commission saying i'm leaving but there's a lot of folks who still are unsure about some of the things about the election, i'm going to do an executive order and even though i'll be gone out of office, that commission will continue to be able to have the ability to do the investigations they need to do. sort of a january 6th committee but one that is bipartisan. i thought that was a face saving opportunity for the president. i wasn't communicating directly with the president at that time. if they had really been interested in getting to the bot many it might have looked like the president wasn't as interested in getting to the bottom as much as he was overturning the results. >> you sent that text and it was pretty clear that there was no widespread fraud. >> keep in mind november 23rd

people said there was no widespread evidence of fraud. i got a lot of mile-per-hour information about the lack of evidence of fraud in the january 6th commission meetings, which were several months later. one of the most compelling pieces of testimony from the january 6th commission where he said under oath now that he told the or the washington news back then. i think it's fair to say there's a large percentage of the country that was still unsettled as to the outcome late in november and i do not think a truly -- i think it would have been an honorable and peaceful way to lead. >> i think it was a week or two later that bill barr said to the "washington post" there was no evidence of fraud, something that trump was not happy with. i want you to respond to something that liz cheney said in their final public meeting

this week of the january 6th committee. >> no man who would behave that way at that moment in time can ever serve in any position of authority in our nation again. >> do you agree with her? >> yeah. there's two groups that get to make that decision. i understand that liz doesn't like the president. i get that. a lot of folks don't. but there's only two groups that get to do what she just said, number one, the house and senate acting together to deprive somebody the ability to sit for office and, number two, the voters. liz chain he doesn't get to wave a magic wand and say that donald trump doesn't run for office. i've already said i don't think he's a good person for office, i won't be supporting him. i think it's a very dangerous sort of place to be. we have constitutional protections designed to tell us who can and cannot -- they are

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so this just in. we just got new data that shows the u.s. economy growing much stronger than expected. let's turn to christine romans, our chief business correspondent. >> this is third quarter gdp. the second reading was 2.9%. they republic vised it up to 3..

that is an economy doing well. these are the two quarters earlier when we had the shrinking u.s. economy, people saying it was a recession, it was very shallow, still a very strong job market. a lot of economists said this doesn't feel too recessiony. there's pent-up demand. this is a very big bounceback. these are the quarters coming out of covid when the economy just exploded here. this is a strong performance for the u.s. economy. >> what are the jobs numbers looking like? >> jobless claims, we look at these every week. these are how many people filed for unemployment benefits. last week it was 216,000. that's up about 2,000. the important thing to watch here is how low this number is right around this 200,000 mark. before the pandemic, you were looking at 225, 250 was seen as a decent, strong labor market, we are right back there. you are not seeing science of strain in the american job

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that is creating life-threatening weather across this country. this is kansas city right now, whiteout conditions hammering the city at this hour, roughly a third of the u.s. population is under a winter wind chill or freeze alert with temperatures plummeting as much as 50 degrees in the last 24 hours. joining us now is kelly sear. she is the warning coordination meteorologist for the national weather service and she joining us now from south dakota where she wins. temperatures are hovering around a negative 40 to 50 degrees. the airports have closed. can you describe what negative 40 and 50 degrees, a wind chill like that even feels like? >> it's rough, it's what it is. you get all bundled up and put your hat and gloves on and you

cover everything up to your eyes and that moisture freezes on your eye lashes and it becomes a very terrible experience. luckily for us we have nice warm buildings where we can stay safe and wait this out. >> what if someone does have to go out. authorities are asking people try not to dry. if you have to be on the road or there's an emergency and you have to travel, what precautions should people be taking? >> if you absolutely have to get on the road, make sure you have an emergency kit in your vehicle and you're going to keep things that are going to keep you warm in the event that you do get stranded or your vehicle stalls. you want to make sure you have the hat, the mitten, the gloves, your warm winter coat, blankets, some extra food, make sure your cell phone is with you, an extra battery, external battery charger for your cell phone so cuff call for help when you need it. all of these things are imperative that you have with you. we do tell people if up get stranded, don't leave your vehicle.

stay with your vehicle and wait for emergency services to get to you. >> it can sneak up on you, especially under these conditions. talk to us about frostbite and house of repre how quickly that can happen. >> we are seeing wind chills that creates hazardous conditions to yohumans, anywher from 40 below to we've seen 60 below across south dakota. and then it's just a matter of minutes and your skin can start freezing. we tell people to limit their exposure outside, limit travel and wait until conditions improve. >> and how long do we expect this to last? >> unfortunately for us here in south dakota, we are not going to -- our actual temperature until christmas. so we're going to be in the negatives. all the way through the rest of the week here. so we have a few days to sit and wait this out. and then it does gradually

improve as we head into next week. >> kelly sear, thank you very much. i didn't know that there was such a thing as a warning coordination meteorologist. we're glad there is one and you're around. be safe and happy holidays. >> thanks for having me. >> all right. i hope my family is not watching this but if you haven't finished your holiday shopping like me, you may be scrambling to get it done. you may not have the time or patience to shop. our senior editor is here to talk to us about this. can i please read this thing i saw yesterday? my sister is going to laugh. there was this meme going around christmas is this week and everyone's presents are still in my notes app. that is me right now. >> me as well. yeah. i think a lot of us are still in that spot. we're in that last minute shopping mode. there are still things can you do. i think the number one thing if you're trying to get a physical gift, ship to somebody, you're going to want to use services like am zob prime and walmart plus which do offer the fastest

shipping. amazon will let you know if an item will arrive in time for christmas right on the store page. as of this morning there are items that meet that deadline. >> the subscription services, is that something that people can give as a gift? what is that idea? >> absolutely. digital gift cards and subscriptions are great last minute gift. these are things you can buy christmas day and have e-mailed or text to a loved one immediately. we actually test a lot of the services. some options is a atlas coffee club, a game playing pass. so there are a lot of great options, of course, just buying an amazon or walmart or best buy gift card, having it sent to you someone on your list the day of. >> i feel like i'm gifting a lot of gift cards. what other inspiration do people have if going out today and doing last minute shopping? what are top gift ideas that you're seeing people buy this year? >> absolutely things we're seeing resonate are small

practical items that can make a big difference. scented candles, shower bombs, copying the things on tiktok. they're inexpensive and unhike a big piece of electronics or appliance, they'll shift in time. just those small practical things that allow people to enjoy some self care and make their life a little better. >> all right. michael, thank you so much for that inspiration at the last minute. >> thank you. >> all right. so that's gifts. let's turn to travel now. and our number. our senior data reporter mr. harry enton is here. what is the number? >> this morning's number is -- 113 million. that is the number of americans forecasted to travel for the upcoming holidays. that includes all long distance travelers, 50 plus miles. i will note up from 109 million last year. now there is all this talk, right, of weather interrupting travel. everything is getting delayed.

>> just like this winter storm. >> snuck up on you. but how are the 113 million expected to travel? most don't actually travel by plane. the vast majority actually travel by automobile. 90%. the percentage that travel by airplane, 6%. that is nearly equal to the percentage that travel by bus, rail, or cruise at 4%. >> it's only 6% by air? >> only 6% by air. >> that doesn't surprise me. a lot of people drive. >> a lot of people drive. >> people are cancelling trips because of the weather. >> as many live shows we do from airports, we should be on the roads. >> that's right. it's the common folk that travel by car and the people that go the long distances have to travel by plane. how far do you normally travel if you're going long distance? not that far. the plurality actually only travel about 50 to 99 miles. then you add it up with the folks that travel 100 and 249 miles, 30% there.

you have 75% of traveling 250 miles or less. very few people are traveling 500 plus miles or 250 to 499 miles. now, of course, as we're traveling, the question is when is the best time perhaps to travel to avoid the traffic? this is something i'm keeping in mind. i'm getting out of here after the show tomorrow. the best time on friday, pre2:00 p.m. or post-8:00 p.m., saturday, pre-11:00 a.m. or post-7:00 p.m. or christmas day, all day is good. >> you forgot one. you forgot people traveling by sleigh and on christmas eve. >> that's right. santa. i think santa is going to be okay. i do wonder, you know, what is the biggest stress, speaking of santa, what causes you the most stress during the holidays? >> you into you that. >> it's finding the right gifts at 28%. that is quite difficult for me. the girlfriend, i secretly got her, she won't know what it is. >> what did you get her? >> i'm not saying that.

>> i'll tell you if it's a good gift or not. >> tell me afterwards. trave traveling 24%. a lot people are traveling. it's not too late, get a good one. >> thank you. i appreciate that, harry. >> all right. dangerous weather striking the u.s. cnn will have the latest all day. snow hitting the midwest, life threatening cold is moving across the country. 1200 flights canceled already today. not going to be good for those flying. >> not at all. we'll update you all today. cnn newsroom starts after this break, everybody. if your business kept on employees through the pandemic, getrefunds.com can see if it may qualify for a payroll tax refund of up to $26,000 per employee. all it takes is eight minutes to get starteded. then work k with professionals to assist your business with its formsms and submit the application. go to getrefunds.com to learn more.

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