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i'm going to break your cra cranium, you got that? >> we are quick to flare, aren't we? >> one, two, three, four, five, six. >> is that why you played that song? we're going to do it. >> he walked on to set this morning playing this song. >> i'm going to get you a blue tooth speaker. >> i loved laverne and shirley. happy days, and later it was joanie loves. you're like, what are you talking about. good morning, everybody. we're talking about someone we love. hollywood has lost another star, we're talking about actress cindy williams who played shirley on "happy days", more on her life in a moment. two more memphis police officers taken off the street, including the one who said he wanted to stomp tyre nichols.

coming up, what they did on the night of that deadly beating. and a dangerous ice storm spreading misery across multiple states right now. 40 million americans enter winter weather alerts. travel nightmares beginning this morning. you have treacherous icy outside and a thousand flights cancelled. we'll give you the latest forecast. and america's top diplomat is walking a diplomatic tight rope. he's meeting with palestinian leaders as violence and tensions are escalating with israel. can secretary of state antony blinken bring down the temperature in an unexpected part of his visit. all of that in the hours to come. we're going to begin with this. brutal winter storm, unleashing ice across texas and the south. there's arkansas where the governor has declared a state of emergency. this is the interstate near fayetteville. dallas waking up to another round of ice and freezing rain. it has been a treacherous mess around the city with overturned trucks and car wrecks. hundreds of flights cancelled.

around 38 million americans across a stretch of 1,500 miles from texas to west virginia under winter weather alerts right now. ed lavandera is live in dallas with more. good morning, ed, how is it looking? >> reporter: well, good morning, don, here in dallas, the worst has not started coming down yet. that is what this area of north texas is bracing for as that sleet and precipitation expected to start falling more intensely in the coming hours. that means roadways like this are going to become a treacherous nightmare, as you mentioned. already we're seeing the effects of this winter storm. nearly a thousand flights cancelled. we presume that will continue to worsen throughout the day, and these winter advisories and winter warnings stretching from as far south as san antonio, all the way to oklahoma and arkansas as well. school districts already cancelling classes. they were cancelling them yesterday before rain had

started falling in this area. so transportation officials, emergency officials urging people across the region, if you have no business on the roadways, please stay off the roadways. you might see the traffic moving rather quickly right now. in the coming hours, don, this is going to change dramatically. >> careful there. texas doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to the power grid. ed lavandera, thank you. we're going to take you from texas to the cnn weather center in atlanta. chad myers is there. which areas are we expecting to be the hardest hit today? >> you know, it's one round after another. it's hard to say that. this is starting in texas and moving toward the ohio valley. this is where we are right now. this is the first wave of three. yes, we are seeing some ice now, almost two nashville, and that could really slow things down this morning. greenwood, arkansas, a third of an inch of ice on all of the trees and all of the branches and we go from louisville to

memphis to dallas. the orange areas on google maps showing you the slowdowns, and this is what i-35 north of dallas looks like on the way up to denton. ruts in the road. you never like to drive in the ruts because you don't want to get out of those ruts because as soon as you do, you're on the ice. here are your winter weather advisories and also your warnings. there will be significant snow and ice coming in. this is just the first round. temperatures are in the 20s, and it will begin to rain as the afternoon goes on. 20 degrees, 25 degrees, and rain is no fun and that's what we're getting here for the next couple of days. 1 to 2 rounds more of this. >> not only is it not fun, it's dangerous. those drivers in denton better be careful. chad myers thank you for that. we'll stay with you for updates. this morning, two more memphis police officers are on leave and subject to an internal investigation after the fatal beating of tyre nichols. a total of seven officers have

been relieved of their duties. so far, only five, though, face the second-degree murder charges. the city's fire department also fired two emts and a luieutenan following their investigation. what's interesting, too, ryan, is we only know the identity and race of one of those additional two police officers, and i wonder why that is? >> yeah, poppy, still so many questions here. last week the city basically told us they are going to be working through this investigation, going through that video like so many of us have done, watching each particularly point. you can see the city made moves yesterday to get rid of some of those officers they feel like didn't help when they saw danger happening right in front of their face. >> getting on the ground, now. >> reporter: now fallout from a video that has shaken the country, three members of the memphis fire department and two more police officers have been relieved from duty following the deadly police beating of tyre

nichols. memphis police said monday those two officers are still subjects of an internal investigation. this makes seven officers total fired in connection with this case. the five initial officers all of whom are black were ultimately fired on january 20th after being placed on leave and indicted last week on second-degree murder and other charges. in a release, the memphis fire department said the two emts and a fire lieutenant failed to conduct an adequate patient assessment of nichols after he was pepper sprayed. one of the latest police officers to be fired is wearing this body camera. he's identified by memphis police as officer preston hemphill. he can be seeing firing his taser at nichols, when nichols takes off running, with other officers chasing him. hemphill is heard on his body cam. he is also a member of the now

disu d disbanded scorpion unit. he's seen here. his lawyer says his client never went to the second scene where the beating occurred and is cooperating with the investigation. attorneys for the nichols family released a statement saying in part, the news monday from memphis officials that officer preston hemphill was relieved of duty weeks ago but not terminated or charges is extremely disappointed. why is his identity and the role he played in tyre's death just now coming to light. memphis police have not released the name of the seventh officer. according to a spokesperson from the shelby county d.a.'s office, all officers and first responders who were at the scene of the nichols arrest are being looked at for possible charges. >> we were extraordinarily quick, within less than three weeks, we went from the incident to filing charges against the

five officers who were primarily responsible for the death of tyre nichols and who were on the scene. now, as to everybody else, it's going to take some time as we do that investigation. but i assure you the investigation is ongoing. >> yeah, poppy, we know this investigation is moving quickly. we have seen it for ourselves. we also know this afternoon there plans to be another family news conference where ben crump and some others will be talking about other cases involving this scorpion team. this entire city remains watching this, very focused on how this investigation moves forward, and as you know, people are digging in to the background of this entire scorpion unit that's been disbanded to see what else they can unearth about what's happened to other people. >> thank you very much for the reporting. next hour, don will be joined to speak one on one with tyre nichols brother, jamal, he'll be here next hour. there's a new development in

one of the ongoing investigations into former president trump that he's facing. this morning, we're learning that the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg has started, that's according to "the new york times." trump's former attorney, michael cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance charges related to those payments that cohen had facilitated when he was working for then candidate trump. this signals that the district attorney is nearing a decision potentially about whether or not to charge trump. a conviction is not a sure thing. the case would mainly hinge on showing trump and his company falsified records which could be a low level felony charge. it does add to trump's mounting legal woes. this is what bragg told on. >> is that correct that you're looking to jump start the

inquiry. >> i take issue with the word jump start. >> it's the "times" word, not ours. >> we have been working with rig y or throaughout the year. we have not confirmed nor denied. that's the times reporting. we're working on a number of pieces and perspectives with this. this is one chapter, an important chamt but there are a lot lot of tentacles. to "the new york times" and also in other interviews, i have heard you saying this was just a ch chapter and people shouldn't read ahead in the book. i'm wondering what that means. that sort of looks like you're saying to people, stay tuned, there's something on the horizon? >> what i'm saying is let's pause for the moment as we are. it's very consequential, the work that went into this, how ably the people of the city of new york were represented but as i said back in april, there's other work going on, and we're

continuing that. it was on pause. we have been doing it. >> so that was interesting because that interview was december 7th. you asked him directly about stormy daniels and he kept saying this is a chapter in the investigation into trump, don't look forward in the playbook or in the workbook. and so now it feels like this is sort of the next thing to come when it comes to the trump investigation. maybe he was hinting in some way this was the next thing. >> good question. since this is like now what has materialized. it's so interesting, this was once a dead end. it's interesting when he's talking about reading ahead in the book. his office has reached out to a publisher for the one senior prosecutors until the office who was unhappy that alvin bragg, more focused on the broader business practices, they weren't sure how strong that case would be and so they dropped it. the prosecutors are unhappy.

one of them is writing a book and his office is concerned it could affect this investigation now. >> the interesting part of it is the key player in all of this is the person who testified in front of congress, and that is michael cohen, who this case is partly based on his testimony about the hush money payments. where did that come from? listen, if i was building a criminal case or a civil case with michael cohen as a key witness, i might have issues, does he have credibility issues, yes, but everything he has said has come to fruition. but we're not building a criminal case here, we're building a journalistic case. i think michael cohen should be ha heard. he helped to build this case against donald trump. >> i was reporting from the times yesterday, the first witness before the grand jury was david pecker, a former publisher of the "national enquirer," questions about payments, et cetera. but you were covering the trump white house during all of this. any thoughts as you reflect now to see where we are here?

>> you look back at some of those moments. it's just wow, but remember, this is when they were on air talking about the paymenting happ -- payments happening. after trump denied it and said you'll have to ask my attorney michael cohen. >> stay tuned, like you said. >> more to come on that. mean wtime, antony blinken meeting behind doors with mack magn -- mahmoud abbas. blinken spoke with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu in jerusalem yesterday. we're going to get a live report in the next hour. now this. >> a clear answer there from president biden flatly saying no to sending american fighter jets, f-16s to ukraine. this comes after renewed pleas from ukrainian president

zelenskyy. biden said planes are not on the table but there are understandably questions about whether or not that will stand. the u.s. has provided more and increasingly sophisticated weaponry for ukraine, despite pushing back on many requests you saw from president zelenskyy. biden announced that he would send 31 of the m1 abrams tanks to ukraine, despite top u.s. officials saying the heavy duty vehicles were a poor fit for the country's military, not necessary. a key white house official john kirby told me it's going to be a while before the tanks make it to ukraine. >> the leopard tanks will probably get there from the germans and from their european allies and partners will get there in relatively short order, probably in time to help them in the spring and summer. the american tanks, the abrams will take a little more time. it will take many more months before they can get on the ground. >> last month, the united states announced it was sending ukraine

the patriot defense system, after months rejecting the request to send the system because of the steep logistical challenges with deploying. it's the same logic we heard for not sending the tanks before the reversal. other weaponry the u.s. has sent to the ukrainians after they requested it includes the stinger antiaircraft missiles, howitzers, the himars rocket launchers with precision rounds. as the war is approaching the one-year mark, hard to believe that, president zelenskyy says there's no time for continued reflections. he's calling for a timely implementation of strong decisions by his country's allies. sad news to share this morning as we mentioned at the top of the show. cindy williams, best known for the beloved sitcom "laverne and shirley," she has died at the age of 75.

it was her quirky character on "happy days" and the spinoff that made her a household name in america. >> you said it. this is eternal. eternity. over and over and over again. on and on, without ceasing, without stopping, over and over, eternal odd infinite, infinity, this means until death do you part, the end. >> do you mean forever? >> they are credits span 60 years including movies like "american graffiti." williams died after a short illness. that's according to her family. she's survived by her two adult children. >> she was part of the -- i think that's the golden age of televi television. >> i do too. >> the '70s and '80s. >> i watched it into the '90s. >> gary marshal was the creator

of "laverne and shirley" and "happy days" amazing television. there were only three channels and everybody gathered around to watch "laverne and shirley." >> so young. >> 75 years old. going to miss her. two monkeys are missing from the dallas zoo. what's so news worthy, police say it appears they were taken. plus, alex murdaugh's defense team is floating theories about the murders of his wife and son. things need to get to where they're going. and at chevron, we're working to help reduce the carbrbon intensity of the fuels that keep things moving. todaday, we're producing renewable diesel that can be used in existsting diesel tanks. and we're committed to increasing our renewable fuels production. because as we work toward a lower carbon future, it's only human to keep moving forward. - [narrator] we just signed the lease on our third shop.

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so this morning, two monkeys are missing from the dallas zoo, and zoo keepers believe someone stole them. that's because they found the enclosure intentionally cut open. they told police the monkeys generally stay close to home. after a search of the ground, zoo keepers cannot locate them. it's the fourth time this month that the zoo's animal enclosures may have been tampered with. earlier this month, a clouded leopard escaped after the fence was intentionally cut. she was found unharmed hours later. the zoo also found an intentional cut in the langer monkey habitat, and last week an endangered as avulture was foun dead over suspicious circumstances. the zoo is offering a $10,000 reward leading to the arrest of anyone responsible for those

incidents. wow. >> four times in a month? >> i don't know. i'm going to say, it sounds like an inside job but who knows. >> need to look at a lot of security footage. let's turn to the double murder charge of former lawyer, alex murdaugh. he's accused of killing his wife and son. during cross-examination in court of a special agent, murdaugh's defense attorney floated the theory that two shooters could have committed the murders. our randi kaye is live in walterboro. i was surprised at this line of questioning, but the answer was interesting. tell us more. >> reporter: yeah, it sure was, poppy. the agent basically said just because two weapons were used doesn't mean that there had to be two shooters, one person could have handled both weapons, and the prosecution is saying that's alex murdaugh. we got a look at the gun room, and a look at the second interview he gave investigators days after the murder.

they seem to be trying to test his consistency in the details. here's a look. >>. [ crying ] a wonderful wife, and she was a great mother. >> an emotional alec murdaugh in his second interview with investigators following the murders of his wife and son. first he cries about his wife maggie murdaugh, and then at one point, he says this about his youngest son paul. >> it was just so bad, so bad. >> the interview took place on june 10th, 2021, three days after the murders. investigators asked alex to walk them through what he did that day. alex said he left work early and he and paul went target shooting on their property.

the .22 magnum was not used in the murders. he said he wasn't at the kennels earlier in the night. >> i know that maggie went to the kennels. i don't know exactly where paul went but he left the house too. >> what did you do once maggie and paul left? >> i stayed in the house. >> reporter: keep in mind, alex murdaugh is heard on a recording on his son paul's home at 8:45 p.m., and that was recorded at the kennels. he told investigators twice now in separate interviews he didn't go to the kennels until he found their bodies. earlier his defense attorney floated the idea that two guns could mean two shooters. >> is it a possibility that there are two shooters based on the data you collected? >> reporter: but prosecutors were quick to point out one person could have used two guns. another witness for the state, special agent jeffrey kroft testified about this video.

for the first time it shows investigators the day after the murders searching parts of the murdaugh home. including this gun room. outside they found spent shell casings. >> they have been here a little while. >> reporter: later special agent kroft walked the jury through a series of missed calls and text messages the night of the murders. >> can you tells jury the times starting at the bottom that he's trying to call paul murdaugh without an answer. >> at 9:29 p.m. there's a one second outgoing call. at 9:42 p.m., there's a one second outgoing call. and at 9:57 p.m., there's a four second outgoing call. >> reporter: when the caller, a friend couldn't reach paul, the special agent said he texted maggie murdaugh. >> and what does he say?

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priscilla presley is now dec disputing the validity of her daughter's will.

she was replaced by lisa marie's children. there are several issues with the document. pa pa her name was spelled. lisa marie is elvis presley's only child, laid to rest at his graceland estate. joining us to talk about this is chief business correspondent, and "early start" anchor, christine romans. a way to control your assets while you're still alive. what is the dispute here over? >> the issue is that priscilla presley didn't know in 2016 that the trustees had been changed upon the death of lisa marie. it wasn't notarized, that's one of the things she's concerned about. she wasn't alerted and that is required ironclad part of the trust is she must be notified of changes to this document. she wunasn't. that's why her lawyers have petitioned the court to see if this 2016 amendment to her will is legal and valid. >> wow. i mean, how long could this take, do you think? >> i was looking at the mooicha

jackson estate, that took 12 years to settle. michael jackson was heavily in debt when he died. by the time they settled that whole estate, it was profitable again, four times as profitable as it had been. you have an estate that includes 15% stake in elvis enterprises, graceland, the mansion, which lisa marie says is 100% mine, it will always be, and when it is no longer mine, it will be my children's, and that is that. and we are at the place where her children are named in this will as her trustees, and her own mother is disputing it. so it's granddaughters and a grandmother together over the future of what is a very complicated fortune. >> you mentioned michael jackson because they have that connection. and often you look at most of the folks who die, a lot of them die in debt, and because they're not spending it, quite often within months or years, the

estates go up in value. >> elvis presley made much more money in death than in life. that is a brand that is just sterling. >> michael jackson, whiltney houston, on and on and on. maryland lawmakers are propose ing this bill for a four-day workweek. you can't force a private company to do that, right, you would be all the state agencies. >> it's about tax incentives, giving tax incentives to companies to try it. this is inspired by the four day workweek, global pilot, that we have reported on this program. pr productivity went up. people didn't have to commute, it saved money. it had good results of a global pilot. you have lawmakers in maryland saying maybe we should put taxpayer money behind it. >> i suppose it would incent more hiring. you need the same number of doctors, they need three anchors. >> four-day workweek bosses are you listening.

>> it's a response to the great resignation. i mean, people seemed to really like it. they do all of their personal business on the day off they have of the week. you get to go to your kids -- >> kaitlyn didn't want it. >> i would be bored. >> i would be bored too, on a beach. >> i would hear less complaints from my kid, why do you go to work every morning. >> sales rose at the companies that tried this. sales and profits rose. it wasn't just nice. it was profitable. >> thanks, romans, always a pleasure. good to see you. there's a new study that shows that too many green time for your kids, i hope my kids are listening, can impact your kids later academically. dr. tara narula is here to explain.

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about how important this moment is for the future of the nfl. >> i'm excited for it. i know those guys are going to be hyped up and ready to play. it's a big moment for young qbs coming up, and having them, inspiring them, and you know, maybe they're saying to themselves, you know, that can be me one day. just being able to see if that you're a young kid, young black quarterback being able to see that, and kind of say, wow, it's actually happening. that could be me one day. it's awesome to see for sure. >> if mahomes wins against the eagles, he will be the first black quarterback with multiple super bowl wins and if the eagles beat the chiefs, well, hurts would become the fourth black quarterback to win a super bowl. joining mahomes, doug williams, and russell wilson. >> how much tablet time is too much? a new study finds your child's academic success may start with their screen time or lack of screen time when they are infants. our medical correspondent

dr. tara narula joins us now. infants. >> yeah, it's amazing that so many parents are giving tablets to kids who are less than 12 months old. >> it's a babysitter. >> i mean, it's become so much a part of our culture. we have kids, the kids want to use screens. how do we navigate this. this study gives us an idea of just how potentially damaging this can be. and so in this study they looked at a little over 400 children, and they assessed their screen time as early as 12 months and on average it was about two hours, which is a lot. and then they followed them for about nine years, and they found that once the kids reached about nine years, they actually showed signs of decreased executive functioning and attention. what is executive functioning, it's really how we focus, how we pay attention. multitask, make decisions, plan. it's so critical to our professional academic success, our ability to mentally and emotionally regulate ourselves and function, so these are really critical skills, and the

other spinteresting part of the study is around 18 months, some of the children had an eeg, which is a way of assessing brain function, and they saw early changes on the eeg. you can't definitively prove that it was the screen time associated with this, and not something else in the home environment. >> correlation is not necessarily causation. >> so maybe parents who gave their kids screens, there was something else going on at home too, but the bottom line is when a kid is looking at a screen at that young of an age, their brain is not developing in the normal way. they are not able to learn with the face-to-face interaction back and forth that they get with a parent, the hands on, the socialization, the 2d doesn't cut it. this fits with the american pedi pediatrics association, they should not be using a screen, and 2 to 5, should be limited to less than one hour. it's hard to do, hard to tell

them to put the screen down, really really important. >> we don't have kids, so we don't have to deal with that. >> you might someday. >> every sunday when i get my screen time from iphone, i'm like, oh, my god, i'm on my screen so much. this ties into the other topic we're talking about, learning loss for children. my mom is a 4th grade teacher. she saw this a lot. a lot of families, people said kids are at home, they can do their school work on the computer. it was a real struggle for a lot of kids. >> and it's just not the same. that's what the other study we're talking about showed. it was an international study that looked at 15 countries. 42 studies, they put together the data, and found kids had a 35% learning loss compared to a normal year. this deficit started early. it has persisted so we haven't made up for it. it affected disproportionately children from disadvantaged backgrounds, and also it seemed like the losses were greater in math versus english or reading or other language skills.

but, you know, how do we catch up. at this point, i think, is really the question. so some of the research suggests after school programs, summer programs, lengthening the school day, potentially online or learning apps as well. >> all things i support. >> longer school day? longer in the summer, controversial i know. thank you, doc. >> thanks, doctor. you can read more about this story on cnn.com. all of these questions about, you know, just the effects that it did have. and we're going to talk about how scientists are using artificial intelligence to make a grim prediction on global warming and our efforts to fight climate change. and a new hbo drama "the last of us" is renewing the debate, which is better, binge or weekly watching? we will discuss. all across the country, people are working hard to build a better future. so we're hard at work helping them achieve financial freedom.

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watch tv. do you watch it all at once? is it better to do a weekly drop for these biggest shows? >> we have been talking about it for the last hour, so i'm going to let him take this one first because he has tv critic in the title of his fame. i'll let you go first. >> there's a handful of shows that are better if you bing them. tv is better weekly. this episode of "the last of us" is a great example of it. >> you're just old school. >> i'm old school. you get to spend a whole week thinking about the show, you're seeing it at the same time everyone else is see. it feels like an event. you don't get that with a binge. this would be the third episode in a weekend, and you would move on and forget about it. >> everyone is talking about the last episode being one of the best hours of television possibly ever? >> really? >> yes. and if you look at what our cnn

critic brian lowry is saying, he's saying it's absolutely spectacular, and he doesn't like a lot of things, sorry, brian, but it makes me want to speed up to the third episode. now, i have been very intro speculative this morning about what i watch on television. and i have discovered that i'm an old lady. everything i like to watch on television is episodic. i will tell you what i watch. there's a theme here, billions, show time, episodic, "succession," love it, hbo, episodic. all of these shows are about money. "white lotus," hbo. i'm obsessed with jennifer coolage. she's upset, too, that she's dead. she told me this. and "this is us," sorry, got to say it, i think it's great television. nbc. it's over now, but i'm telling you like everything i like is

appointment television, and i think what it goes to show you is people like a communal moments together and sharing this and talking about it, and anticipating it together. >> does that count for the original "law and order" that i watch over and over and over. >> turns out procedural tvp is still something that's popular. >> peacock launched one that ryan johnson and latasha leone. >> how has no one mentioned "sopranos." >> if you get me talking about sopranos, we'll be here all week. >> my son luke calls me old lady. >> because we're old ladies, my young producer had to e-mail me about this last night, personally as much as i love binge watching, i love having

something to discuss. she a young viewer, nailed it. if it's all binge, you're going to find out on social media what's going on. >> we will say adversely, some of the shows that you can binge like "stranger things" on netflix, quite possibly one of the biggest hits, and "wednesday adams," that was popular. >> hulu had a show called the bear. i think would have gotten lost in the shuffle if you watched it one at a time. that really caught on back in the summer. sometimes a binge can work. i think for the most part, weekly episodic is still sup superior. >> the other thing he spoke to me about, which i had never heard about. i already interviewed him this morning for an hour. >> we're best friends. >> there's decision fatigue, the story of my life at night, there's so much to watch on some of streaming services and i need something, i need order in my life, i need to be able to know what to watch. >> you need to watch "law and

order." >> i have all of these options, you know, it can be too much. binging went up during the pandemic, you know, and that is still the more popular form of watching television. >> i feel like i got to the end of streaming during the pandemic, and i've seen a lot of it. and i won't mention what streaming service. >> what are you watching right now? you know i love jennifer coolidge, i watch a lot of you tube. i narrow cast, and it feeds you what you want to see. i very rarely watch anything in realtime. >> the reality tv episodic. >> why are people upset about the introduction of this gay character, at least people figuring it out in the final episode? >> i have seen a lot of excitement a lot of people very refreshingly warmed by how beautiful this love story was. there's a segment of the gamer audience who is just in denial about it. my understanding in the game is that the character is very clearly gay but it's a little implied and here it was very

explicit. they don't want it, and it's unfortunate. >> best reviews ever. >> i cried multiple times. it's amazing, nick offerman, it's a beautifully told love story in the space of a single hour of television. >> we cried, we laughed. we got to learn about each other. i'm talking about this moment right now. thank you. straight ahead on cnn, why some car insurers are refusing to cover certain hyundai and kia models. and in a few minutes, tie ref -- tyre nichols brother, will join us, what he believes s -- when it failed him the most. plus $ $100. file your taxes today at jackson hewitt.t.

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