it is the top of the hour here in washington. good morning. i'm jessica dean, jim sciutto is off today. we begin with a travel nightmare for thousands of people stranded at airports all across the country. already more than 2,800 flights canceled today. nearly 90% of those on southwest airlines. the airline now apologizing. you can imagine, little comfort for so many people who may miss

out on seeing their loved ones at all this holiday season. >> we had to wait in a line that was four hours and still in line. and nobody's giving us any direction what tline to get in. a total you know what show here. >> according to southwest, nowhere to be found. hung up on multiple times. >> and southwest, they don't give any answer. they don't answer the phone. >> there's no -- option -- to rebook anything online. oh, also been on hold for -- 5 hours and 43 minutes. >> 5 hours and 43 minutes on hold. that logjam starting with the powerful winter storm that battered western new york. look at that in particular. this morning people in buffalo struggling to get food, water, medicine. basic necessities, after days of driving bans and closed stores. live to buffalo in a moment but want to start with the thousands

of southwest airline cancellations this morning. cnn's adrieene broaddus is live at chicago's midwear airport and nick valencia at atlanta's airport. we see bags behind you. what are passengers telling you this morning? >> reporter: they're defeated. i mean, the bags, that's one illustration of this travel nightmare. you can really see luggage as far as the eye can see here, and there's some organization to the chaos, if you take a walk with me, you'll notice there are tags on some of the areas. that is the airport, or the location, where the bags were supposed to arrive. we've heard from travelers this morning who have been frustrated. i've heard the word "wow" numerous times this morning, because when people show up or walk by, that's their first reaction. they stop, take a picture. many say they've never experienced this before, or seen

so much luggage in one spot. this, another thing they don't want to see. cancellation on top of cancellation. more than 2,500 flights canceled across the country. either coming into or going out of the u.s. here's one woman's experience. >> our flight was canceled when we got off the plane looked around, waited 2.5 hours. they told us, assured us luggage would be in albany. my husband and i are both on medication. she went to albany. they told her, there is no luggage there, and that was at 6:00 last night. so -- we come here, and they tell us our luggage is here but they can't give it to us. i said, we have medication. we need it. we can't pull it. we don't have the manpower. >> reporter: and that's just one challenge. people need their medication. meanwhile, back here at midway, you see the sign that says "hawaii." another says "seattle" where those bags were supposed to end

up. a spokesperson here told me if midway was not the final destination for passengers they will not be able to get their luggage, and that's something else that has frustrated people, because they've been here waiting. they can see their bags, but they weren't allowed to leave with them. jessica? >> ooh, boy . that is frustrating and enraging for a lot of people. the airline saying the weather caused this. pilots saying outdated software. nick, go to you in atlanta. what's happening there? is it any smoother there? >> reporter: well, a little more smooth than we're seeing in midway but the post-christmas travel chaos hit atlanta as well. this line behind me is a line for southwest. most of these passengers we've spoken to have already had their flights canceled. they're in line here hoping to get options for rebooking. those that we have spoken to say they've been here for an hour

and a half, perhaps up to two hours. the line may not seem bad but the stories we're hearing are terrible. earlier i spoke with a couple traveling the last five days. that long, they said, since they saw their personal belongings and believe it or not, count themselves among the lucky ones. >> we were able to cancel -- to get a hotel. we've seen a lot of families sleeping on the floor. breaks my heart. >> my boss watching this, yes, it's true. i didn't just blow off the day. i'm actually standing in an airport doing nothing, and i do have a ticket, and i hope to come to work at some point in my life. >> reporter: so there is frustrated passengers here, but most of the anger seen is isolated. most passengers are aware they're going to experience some delays and that they're going to experience long waits in line. i did speak to somebody who actually got a bus down from new york. they didn't want to risk paying $500 a night they said for

hotels in new york. got on a bus down here. 14 hours. now stranded in atlanta looking at their options. you'll hear from them later next hour. looking at the lines, moving inch by inch at this point hoping for good news at this point, but not many are getting it here in atlanta. >> it's a tangled up mess at this point. nick valencia and adrienne broaddus, thank you to you both. stranded southwest passengers saying they're extremely frustrated. we heard from that one man. 5 hours 43 minutes on hold. sometimes totally unable to get through to airlines customer service lines to rebook flights or find that lost luggage. and even southwest employees say they have been unable to communicate with the airline. listen -- >> this is not a staffing issue. this is a systemss issue. southwest airlines was staffed ready to go to work but when they chose to take flights into the middle of the storm, not

preemptively cancel enough flights, their systems have not been able to keep up with reschedulings, cancellations, notification to crew members about those cancellations and changes in flight. we've had flight attendants on hold for up to 12, 17 hours in some cases, and unable to get hotel rooms. they've been sleeping in airports. >> hmm. let's talk more about this with zach grif, senior aviation reporter for the points guide. thanks for being with us. southwest employees, the unions, saying this is a systems issue. to give people context how much a southwest issue this is, according to flightaware, more than 70% are southwest. and the next spirit, 75 cancellations. you see how many are southwest airplanes affected, how many flights. could this have been avoided, do

you think? >> yeah. thanks for having me this morning. and what we're really seeing is a winter weather storm that came across much of the u.s. unprecedented on many levels, but southwest is the one that's having the hardest time recovering. so weather is airline agnostic. it happens -- all airlines experience it similarly. southwest exposed primarily in denver and chicago, but it's the recovery that southwest is botching up here. we've heard, of course, a lot of it has to do with staffing issues and the crew scheduling system that's broke down in the fact that people, the staffers are calling up. the crews, the pilots. waiting hours on hold to try to get replacement flight schedules, but it's also southwest's unique route system. southwest doesn't operate like many of the larger, bigger airlines, the big three in that they have major hubs where crews leave the hub and return to that hub. possibly later in the day, or end of their trip.

southwest planes zigzag across the country, and it's that complexity to the airlines operation that has made it really hard for the airline to recover from this winter storm. >> yeah. a really interesting point. thinking about these thousands of people either in an airport right now or thinking about getting on a flight for the new year or traveling. what do you say to them jp if they're supposed to fly on southwest right now, what should they do? >> yeah. well, at this point southwest is no longer rebooking customers for flights through friday. so they have what they call zeroed out the inventory and trying to reset the operation. if you do need to go somewhere, at the moment your best option is to find alternative plans. so that could mean finding a last-minute ticket on yanother airline. consider renting a car. at this point southwest, you should, if you can, find a backup option, and especially now, because the travel system is stretched so thin, being that it's one of the busiest holiday

periods we've seen on record, any last-minute seat is going to be taken. try doing that now. additionally -- >> go ahead. >> i mean, don't check bags. as we've seen. if you can avoid it, try to go carry-on only. something happens, able to get rebooked quicker when you don't have to worry about checked bags. most importantly, be kind to front line agents. >> absolutely. they're likely trying their best to just get through the day, and do the best they can in a very, very complicated situation. we've seen all of those bags. such a good point. carry-on, try not to check. once those get lost they may be lost for a long time, looks like. how long do you think this will take to kind of unwind? what are we looking at here? i mean, this does not look like it gets fixed in 24 hours? >> oh, absolutely not. that's, again, reinforcing the key message finding a backup. because at this point southwest

is probably out through the end of the year. we've already seen them cut about two-thirds of their flight schedule. they're doing that for friday. what new year's will bring is really anyone's guess right now. mother nature looks to be quite favorable across the country, but that's not to say that southwest will take days if not weeks to really fully recover back to normal. so if you are on vacation at the moment, and planning to fly southwest, again, start looking into that. >> yeah. heed that warning. zach grif, thanks so much for your expertise. appreciate it this morning. >> thank you. let's go now to western new york where more snow is in the forecast today and they certainly don't need it there. emergency crews racing to check homes and cars for anyone still stranded by this once in a generation blizzard. we know at least 27 people were killed in erie county as a result of this storm. officials do say that number is expected to rise as they start doing more welfare checks.

cnn's polo sandoval is in buffalo, and chad myers in the weather center. polo, out to you first. a lot of power restored in erie county. great news. we want people to have heat, power, but what is really sounding concerning at this point is that people are running out of food, medicine, essentials, because they have been homebound for five days. and, you know, getting essentials to the grocery stores even to restock shelves, they can't get through the roads either to restock shelves? >> reporter: jessica, a concern flagged yesterday by officials here in erie county. worried about some of these warming centers, also some of the facilities that are housing the first responders. they want to make sure there's enough food there for folks who are still basically sheltering in place and obviously those men and women going, were going car-to-car now just going door-to-door in neighborhoods still snowed in, in and around buffalo. widely considered ground zero of this massive weekend winter

storm. so that is certainly one of the big concerns today. the second is clearing out roads. continuing what they really started yesterday, when finally there was a break in the weather, and making sure that these roads are drivable. especially living in and out of some of the critical infrastructure like medical facilities for example. why they are relying heavily on help, noet only from the community but surrounding regions. other municipalities according to local officials here, that are sending in personnel, and also equipment to be able to do those welfare checks you mentioned a little while ago. those are critical. not only do they get sort of a gauge where some of those most vulnerable folks are in the community, in their homes, some of which have been without power for days, but also, sadly, when they are finding out there are many people who sadly did not survive. that death toll, it is difficult to track because it continues to climb up. as of last check erie county, 27

weather-related deaths. we expect an update in the coming hour and expect that that number will go up significantly as well. jessica. >> hmm. all right. very sad news from there. polo, thank you. let's go to chad now. we know that more snow is in the forecast for buffalo, but, chad, talking about a warm-up. even going to go all the way into western new york. tell us about that. >> we will see temperatures near 50 by the weekend. there's good news and also bad news in that. right now the temperature in buffalo is 23. windchill in is 13. snow is just about done. one little band here of lake-effect snow will affect buffalo the next hours as it's band move up towards the north towns. 1 still seeing the tug hill area picking up two to three inches of snow in spots. the area around buffalo, see two to three feet of snow, packed down. not adding up like yesterday. officially buffalo over 50

inches of snow in the last four days. here you see 46 by the weekend. i'm concerned about these little rain drops you see through here. now, the snow is on the ground. if the snow is on your roof, all of a sudden that snow is going to get heavier and heavier as the water gets absorbed into the snow. i remember living in buffalo. people actually trying to get snow off the roof when this kind of situation occurred, because that snow gets very, very heavy. here many the warm air. coming in from the west and it will get to the northeast over the weekend. something i noticed here in atlanta yesterday. below zero, or at least below freezing for many, many, many hours. now above 32 yesterday an pipes began to break. even in my apartment. the pipes were breaking, because the pipes were frozen. no one knew it, but when it melted, all of a sudden that cracked pipe started to release its water. we are seeing an awful lot of water, a big event in california, all the way from, really, seattle all the way down to mexico.

major snow and rain coming here. some spots, computers are up to 160 inches of new snow in the next ten days. they need it, but not so fast. >> all right. polo sandoval, chad myers, thanks to you both. still to come, the supreme court could decide as soon as today the future of title 42, and an estimated 22,000 migrants are waiting on mexico's side of the border to hear what that decision is. we're going to go live to el paso, texas. plus, the house ways and means committee is expected to publicly release former president donald trump tax returns soon. could that complicate any of his criminal investigations? we'll discuss. and a little later, who was more empathetic? women or men? a new global study says it's found the answer.

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the supreme court could decide as soon as today if the trump era immigration policy known at title 42 will remain in place. that policy enacted as a public health measure during the covid-19 pandemic allows the federal government to send migrants back to mexico or their home country to await asylum proceedings. right now officials say there are 22,000 people sleeping at various border towns in mexico waiting for a decision. the texas national guard announced last night it's built two mimes of fencing in the el paso area and plans to continue to build more. cnn's rosa florez joins us live from el paso. rosa, what are you seeing this morning? we see all the people there behind you. >> reporter: you know, jessica, what i hear here are

heartbreaking stories. i just met a mother who doesn't want to be on-camera, but she stood out to me, because she's sitting on the side of the street with her two daughters, and her daughters, you can tell, have what appeared to be burns on their, on their little faces. i asked her how they were doing. she said that those were burns from the cold, from them -- riding on a train in mexico, from mexico city, and that shows the conditions that these individuals have to go through, but she says that she's here, deep in faith, hoping for a better opportunity -- in a sense these are the roots of the american dream that you see around me. let me show you around, while i tell you a little more about what's happening here in el paso. this is a church that turns into a shelter overnight. capacity is at about 120, 130. so a lot of the people that you see here end up sleeping on the

street, because the church fills up very quickly. now, people from el paso drop off clothes, like you see here, and they drop off food. there's another group back here who brought hot chocolate for all of the individuals here. jessica, there is so much need. a lot of these migrants don't have money to leave em paso. don't want to stay in el paso, hoping to go 0 to other parts of the united states, but they don't have money, families, and it's testing the infrastructure of the city because there are limited bus lines that leave el paso. there's only limited flights that leave every day, and with the recent cold snap and all of the delays and cancellations around the country, it's only going to make that situation worse here in el paso, and an official telling me. so jessica, just a lot of need, a lot of desperation and a lot of pain here and a lot of people

who are cold and hungry. jessica? >> the need is great, as you said. rosa flores in el paso. joining me now, cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez and attorney opinion reporter covering immigration issues. happy to have you both with us to talk more about this. priscilla, start with you. the supreme court could rule as soon as today on title 42. what does it mean if that goes away? and what are things going to look like in el paso? places like el paso? >> to remind viewers, this restriction went into effect in march of 2020. if it goes away we go back to protocols we've had decades in terms how we process migrants. either released going through immigration proceedings, detained or go back to their native country. those existed for years beforehand. the issue, mass migration in the western hemisphere, unprecedented how much movement

there's been. going back to where we were is even more difficult when dealing with so many more people at the u.s.-mexico border. you see the images in el paso, the reason some came through and released is because title 42 applies to a lot of nationalities, particularly central americans now venezuelans but not everybody. why we see some released an concern from the administration's standpoint, those images, get so much worse when title 42 goes away. of course, we're still waiting for the court to rule. it can go two ways. rule, gone within days. go for, the litigation could go for months. >> keeping it in a holding pattern. >> exactly. >> then what happens, then, in terms of the biden administration? and the government? what plans do they have? because this is coming at some point. >> exactly. they have been saying that for a long timing. the white house repeatedly said they are focused on this moment and on the preparation.

what does that look like? sending out temporary facilities, gearing up air and ground transportation. cracking down on human smuggling organizations and also working with ngos. one of the primary concerns s n. especially in el paso. the department of homeland security putting all of this in place. talking about it for some time knowing eventually we would go back to the way things were. the would us is doing the same but also it's a tough political moment, whatever happens. >> surely is. so many layers to all of this. talk too raul a second. what's going to happen top these thousands of migrants we just sought for example in el paso f title 42 stays in place? >> i sense if it stays in place, i sense it will remain in place, we will just see more of this type of human suffering. this status quo that has just been -- especially this holiday season, so disturbing to watch.

when we talk, we've all seen it in the news media, what's they're experienced, record cold sweeping the nation this last week. these migrants are experiencing those same conditions, except they're, most on the mexican side of the border in tents with blankets. some in el paso on the streets, because our immigration system does not have the capacity to, or resources to deal with it, and to be honest, to be very blunt, when we see migrants overwhelming our, the points of entry at the border. the migrants are not the problem. they are symptomatic of the problems with our extremely outdated immigration system, which has not been updated since the '90s. we need a 21st century immigration system, and despite the biden administration, as i mentioned, is taking various measures, i'm not convinced that will be enough, right now, for

example, under title 42. a migrant can be turned back in a matter of minutes. say five to ten minutes, can be back on the mexican side of the border. meanwhile, if they pursue lawful asylum and went through proper channels on average that takes 4.5 years. surely, as a country, we will come up with a humane and effective solution where asylum claims are processed, and not taking either a matter of minutes or 4.5 years. and that is the job of congress. so far congress -- members of congress on both sides have not shown the political will to tackle immigration. republicans because it's very animated issue for the base, democrats are hesitant about being seen as amnesty and what happens continuously, happened in the trump administration and it's happening now, these immigrations cases go to the supreme court, which then will make a ruling. and congress never set up -- our

system was never designed to have the supreme court making decisions on immigration policy. that is just on congress. in my view, each time we see these politicians making trips to the border, or very loudly complaining about the administration, and that includes some democrats as well, for the four states, the question should be, why aren't they in their role as elected public officials tackling this immense problem, which we have with our immigration system, to ease the migrants' suffering and to bring our asylum system into the 21st century so it can be effective, safe and humane. >> does not seem to be going anywhere in this new congress. despite the overwhelming need, as you say, for comprehensive immigration reform. thanks to both of you this

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the committee said it would release the full records after christmas. last week we learned trump did not pay any federal income tax in the last year of his presidency. cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox is on capitol hill for us this morning. lauren, you've been following every twist and turn in all of this. is there any indication we could see those records today? >> reporter: jessica, they don't have much time left to release this information, and that's because republicans are going to take the house of representatives in just a matter of days. so if not today, it needs to be sometime in the upcoming days. likely this week. but here's what's holding them up. because they need to release these tax returns without any personal information of the former president, heavy res redactions and taking a little more time than maybe some expected. what could we learn from these tax returns? one thing we're going to look for is that it's not just about the tax returns themselves, but it's also about the fact that they are going to release other

documents potentially related to audits or any other work files that the irs had on these tax returnsthat is going to be something that could be a treasure-trove of information how the irs looked at the former president's tax returns, jessica. a lot of information we are waiting for up here on capitol hill today. will it come today? i think that's the big question, but it does have to come very soon. >> when they release it, we know you'll be on it. congressional correspondent lauren fox for us. thanks so much. for more on this bring in former federal prosecutor paul rosenweig. great to see you. curious, from what you've seen from trump's taxes thus far and we're still waiting for the full thing, lauren just outlined, do you believe there was any wrongdoing here? >> that's really too early to say. what we do know is that the new york district attorney was actively investigating that very question, and he closed down that investigation.

it's possible that the tax information that is released may restart that investigation, but i actually have to think that he had it already before he closed down the investigation to not have gotten it before closing the investigation would have been irresponsible. so it seems likely that even though there are indications of financial structuring that are beyond the capabilities of most ordinary people, that the responsible authorities have already kind of taken a pass on this. >> hmm. an interesting point. also, do you think that these tax returns could complicate any of the other investigations, then, that are swirling around the former president? we've got maybe from the january 6th committee or either the doj investigation into those mar-a-lago documents? >> it's hard to see how they would be relevant to either of those two investigation ises. they might complicate it only in the sense of contributing to the idea that trump is under siege and that would be both politically bad for president

trump and politically possibly quite good for him, but as a legal matter, i think probably not relevant. >> hmm. let's turn to the january 6 for a second. how quickly do you see the committee handing over its evidence to special counsel jack smith, who's at doj? >> your reporter just talked about the need for speed because of the change of control with respect to donald trump's tax returns. the same thing applies to the committee. they go out of existence on january 3rd. anything they're going to do has to be done by january 2nd, at midnight. right? >> right. and it's now, what? december 27th. time is ticking. >> right. >> do you see any indictments on the horizon for trump and his allies? >> well, that, too, is difficult to say. jack smith and merrick garland have been playing their cards quite close to the vest. but the political calendar is inex-able. the passage of time doesn't

stop. if the department of justice is going to act it probably has to act in the first, maybe the second, quarter of 2023, in order to avoid interfering with the election of 2024 too much. so i suspect that any decision, yes or no, will be taken before june 30th of the coming year. >> hmm. as with much of life. timing, very important here. paul rosenweig, thanks for your expertise. sure do appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. let's turn to arizona. democratic governor-elect katie hobbs in maricopa county, kari lake's attempt to overturn the election. a judge overturned this concluding not clear or convincing evidence of misconduct. last month lake lost to hobbes by about 17,000 votes. still to come this morning, one of the men found guilty of

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a new study puts science behind something we all might have guessed. women are much better than men at empathizing with other people. maybe you wouldn't have guessed it. i don't know. cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has been digging through the data from the

university of cambridge. elizabeth what did researchers find here? >> so, we thought this was pretty obvious, but really interesting to see what these researchers did. so what they did was they actually showed people pictures of eyes, just eyes. that's it. they asked the person, is this person frustrated or are they annoyed? happy? are they agitated? and you had to guess. there were apparently right and wrong answers, and they gave people scores for how well they could discern emotion from the eyes. here are the results. did this for folks from various countries, 36 countries women scored sig consentingly better than men. in 21 countries about the same. in 0 countries were the men better, and this was true across many languages, and across age span of, like, 16 to 70. so it's really interesting that people's abilities to basically read eyes differs by gender. there's a lot of theories why

that is. sort of women's biological roles versus men's biological roles. the environment. the world we live be in, but interesting is that it cut across so many different cultures. >> yeah. so fascinating about it. that this isn't just in the u.s. or in one particular country. this was in multiple countries. i think it's also -- worth talking about, why empathy is such an important trait. right? why are they even researching empathy to begin with? >> so empathy is important especially when you start thinking about people where there are psychiatric or psychological issues. for example, people with autism miss cues. you can learn something from a study like this when you think about treating people with autism, about how they're missing those cues. empathy is important when you're trying to just sort of go about your life. when you're working with your family, with colleagues, reading people. reading what other people want

and solving problems together, empathy plays a huge role, jessica. >> a key part of relationships. all right. elizabeth cohen, thanks so much. now to an amazing story of kindness and empathy, you could say. a couple in new york opening their home to a south korean tour group over the weekend after think bus got stuck in the snow near buffalo. >> early on when our guests entered our hosts, there was -- the belief that maybe this ststorm was about to glowblow over and would jump back on their vehicle and get back to the trek to niagara falls's in the best weather, about 30 minutes from our home. with the blizzard, might as well have been in another galaxy. once they came in the house and kind of saw that they might be here for a while, i pulled out from our freezer all of our frozen chicken, and a large pork

shoulder that i had purchased on special a couple weeks ago, and all of a sudden that food came in extremely handy. >> wow. what a story there. the couple hope to visit their guests in south korea one day. nice to see that. right now, one of the men found sgguilty of conspiring to kidnap governor gretchen whitmer is coming up next. t your busins with its forms and submit the application. go to getrefunds.com to learn more. my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... the tightness, stinging... the pain. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of people saw 90% clearer sk even at 5 years. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to.

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one of the men found guilty in a plot to kidnap grechin whitmer in 2020 is being sentenced.

adam fox could get a maximum of life in prison for the kidnapping conspiracy and a accomplice will face a judge tomorrow. cnn correspondent jean casarez is joining me with more. what possible sentence he might face. >> let me tell you what is happen right now because they're virtually concluding this federal sitting in michigan, the judge is speaking right now and describing how his sentence is going to be, what it is going to be based on. we don't know the sentencing but i want to tell you what he just said because this is -- the kidnapping and the conspiracy to kidnap the governor of michigan and that is what this is all about. and adam fox is the convicted defendant that is awaiting his sentencing. he's in that courtroom. he chose to not speak as the the federal prosecutor was arguing. he said, look rat the way he's

smirking at me right now but the judge said this is extremely serious and the punishment but must be sufficient and the public must understand, there must be deterrence in this sentence, he said, so people throughout the country cannot believe that they can do this, that they could recruit and get weapons and have training to kidnap a public official. he went on to say that there is emotional baggage that the governor of michigan is going to carry with her forever because of this. and there is emotional baggage that others in public office will carry forever and it needs to be a forceful sentence. but he said a life sentence is too much. so let's see what he does. but one more thing, let's look at the charges he was convicted of so you could see what they are. kidnapping and conspiracy and conspiracy to use weapons of

mass destruction. here is what is going to hurt adam fox. there are enhancement that the government proved and that the leadership management that he was the leader in recruitment and gathering money and having meetings and training, that there was a terrorism enhancement in all of this and an official victim enhancement that the governor of michigan, although not a federal official, she was a governor of one of our states and that allows for an enhancement of this sentence, jessica. >> so this is happening right now. jean car asez, you'll been monitoring it. thank you. and thank you for joining us today. i'm jessica dean. at this hour starts right after a quick break. ...tower cam for a - hey! folks, we seem to have a visitor. it looks like - looks like you paid too much for your r glasses. ... who?

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