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welcome. i'm paula newton. >> passing this budget agreement was critical. the stakes could not have been higher. >> president biden speaking to the nation sharing credit for the budget deal and showcasing his brand as a deal maker. we'll look at whether it will impact his approval rating. hello, south carolina. >> the 2024 race is full steam ahead as a parade of republican presidential candidates make their way through early voting states. the latest on the war words and what it says about that race. sblmpblts and we'll have a live report on the deadly train crash as the search for survivors continues. we do begin this hour in washington where president biden is expected to sign the debt ceiling bill in the law in the

coming hours. that will end the political d drama that gripped congress and the nation for weeks. now just 48 hours ago, there were doubts that the highly contentious bill would survive in congress, but it did. last night the president spoke from the oval office for the first time in his presidency to underscore the urgency of the legislation. listen. >> passing this budget agreement was critical. the stakes could not have been higher. if we had failed to reach an agreement on the budget, there were extreme voices threatening take america for the first time in our history into default on our national debt. nothing, nothing would have been more irresponsible. nothing would have been more the catastrophic. >> the white house fought an uphill battle, but as president biden made clear in that address, failure is not an option. phil mattingly has our details.

>> president biden, his top officials spent several weeks not really talking much at all about the high-stakes negotiations they were engaged in with house republicans trying to find some way to thread the needle to avoid a potential catastrophe. the negotiations and debt ceiling outcome certainly, when you talk to white house officials, they were never a sure thing. republicans made clear throughout the process what they were working on, what their priorities were. the president and his team, a little bit less so. it's expected to be signed on saturday. and pooud made clear in his first oval office address he would be providing the last word detail ing what was in the negotiation, what was in the final compromise agreement, why that agreement was so krit call, and also starting to frame things for a moment ahead where the threat of crisis, which has been hanging oemp the white

house, the economy for the last six months, is no longer really there. and that an agreement, much like many of his legislate i have wins over the course of his first two years, underscores that his campaign promise related to bipartisanship have come to fruition. >> i know bipartisanship is hard. unity is hard. we can never stop trying. because moments like this one, ones we just faced, with an american economy at the risk of collapsing, there's no other way. no matter how tough our politics get, we see each others as fellow americans. >> reporter: the president detailing again the elements of the proposal, but also where the white house was not willing to negotiate, the things officials negotiate to keep out of the proposal, despite the fact they were republican priorities. tracking what the president's view that willing to compromise on policy, much less so on

principles. i think this all underscores, when you talk to white house officials, the through line that the president believes he's delivered on and that he's going to focus on over the course of the next 15 months in the presidential campaign. he's announced his campaign for reelection. to some degree this, moment of getting the last word was also a moment of framing the debate, framing the politics and his theory of the case for his reelection. one of bipartisanship, compromise is important and delivered on. one where the u.s. economy, as evidenced by the job numbers, that came in higher than expected once again, show that there's been production, there's been results. but also one where there's now a clear path forward without a looming crisis to focus on that message and getting it out, something officials haven't done over the course of his first two and a half years. phil mattingly, cnn, the white house.

>> last hour i spoke with a professor at the university of essex in england and asked why the president chose this occasion to deliver his first address from the oval office. listen. >> i think he was trying to use the oval office to underscore how closely they really averted an economic disaster in the u.s. had they met that deal. it would have been plunged into a recession, which would have been terrible for the country and terrible for biden and democrats. so he was trying to use this moment to talk about how important bipartisan cooperation is. i think he really went out of his way to highlight the cooperation with. kevin mccarth, speaker of the house, and to really speak to his brand as a deal maker and that he's willing to take a pragmatic approach, which often doesn't energize and excite people, but this case, it was really important because the

alternative would have been catastrophic. >> it's interesting. as a presidential candidate, he ran on that reputation that he could bring people together. and as you mentioned, he spoke about the speaker mccarthy by name. he singled him out and said that everyone went by their word. here's the question. this bipartisan outreach. will it give him help politically? does it have a chance of improving his approval ratings? >> that's a really good question. i think a the lot about the approval ratings these days seems to be connected to how the economy is doing. and the perception of how the economy is doing. so this particular instance of cooperation was absolutely k critical to staving off some kind of recession from happening. and i think he's going to continue to try to emphasize this fragmatic approach, which

as i mentioned, doesn't energize people, doesn't energize bases, so to speak, but at the end of the day, i think that most americans understand that this is the path forward. and he's got 40% approval rating, this is really low, i don't think we have a future president going above 50%. i thus we're going to see a lot of presidents hovering around 40% because it's so polarized. at the end of the day, the miltd of the road is going to triumph. >> our thanks to natasha this. donald trump was subpoenaed for records related to a classified document on iran. the document was discussed in an audio recording of the former president, though sources also say that trump's taerns have been unable to produce the document itself. the recording first reported by cnn is now in the hands of special counsel jack smith. seen your affairs correspondent paula reid has more.

>> why did you take classified documents? >> reporter: cnn exclusively reporting former president trump served with a subpoena in mid-march seeking any records related to the same u.s. military document he talks about on tape just six months after leaving the white house. >> everything i did was right. >> reporter: special counsel jack smith, attorney general merrick garland's pick to oversee the investigation, trying to track down any additional class fewed materials still in trump's possession. the former president's attorneys turned over some material in response to the justice department's request, but not the document in question. the one trump was recorded discussing in july 2021 at his golf club. on the tape, he acknowledges he held on to a can classified pentagon document about a possible attack on iran. >> there is no crime. there's no crime. >> reporter: that tape now in the hands of prosecutors

prompting them to subpoena all documents and materials related to iran and mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> i'm not going to try the case that's being set up by bleak leeks that i don't believe is accurate. >> trump's attorney declining to address where the document is. >> has the document been returned to the national a archives? >> same answer. >> reporter: throughout the investigation, prosecutors have expressed skepticism about whether they have gotten everything back from trump over the last year. trump's attorneys turned over 15 boxes to the national archives. the fbi recovered more than 100 classified documents from their search of trump's mar-a-lago estate and trump's team found additional materials in subsequent searches. >> they have become automatically declassified when i took them. >> reporter: trump denying any wrong doing, and when asked if he share classified information with anyone -- >> i would have the right to.

>> what do you mean not really? >> not that i can think of. >> let me just tell you, i have the right to do whatever i want with them. >> reporter: his former vice president striking a different tone after retaining classify materials. >> those classified documents should not have been in my personal residence. mistakes were made. >> reporter: the justice department informing mike pence thursday he will not face criminal charges for his handling of classified materials. >> i take full responsibility. >> reporter: after a small number of classified documents were found at his indiana home. a special counsel also looking into the possible mishandling of classified documents at two locations connected to president biden. but this week our reporting on cnn has really underscored how the legal jeopardy for former president trump and his special counsel investigation is so much greater, especially after we learned about this audio recording and the fact that it's unclear if the government even

has the document that he refers to on that tape. paula reid, cnn, washington. emergency teams in india are looking for survivors after wasn't of the deadliest train crashes in the country's recent history. sirens wailing as hopes dim of finding more survivors. 288 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured when three trains collided friday evening. the army has been deployed to evaluate and treat the injured. images from the scene show mangled passenger cars piled up, scattered as cross the tracks. the prime minister says he's on his way to the site of the crash in the eastern state and review the situation for himself. mark stewart is following this for us. we appreciate it. especially as you consider how long it's already been since the train crash happened.

and the fact that so many family members are still worrying, wondering whether their family members might still be alive. >> indeed. good morning. there are a number of challenges still at play. rescue teams have been able to get into the cars. the concern is under the individual carriages. they are very heavy. there's fear that people are trapped below. that is one reason why manies rescuers are concerned that the death toll here could rise. mangled carriages and body bags line the tracks in india's eastern state, shaken by the deadliest rail accident in more than a decade. two passenger trains and a freight train collided. the dead of night, rescuers worked frantically to save as many lives a as possible searching through the coaches littered across train tracks,

pull out survivors that lay torn open in the dark. >> when i came out of the train, i saw someone had lost a hand, somebody had lost a leg. someone's face was distorted. >> reporter: frantic scenes at the hospital where the race too save lives continues with a steady stream of those that live to see another day. and many who in this hour of need lined up to donate blood. the country's prime minister and president both offered their condolences, compensation for the deceased is being offered and the exsequence of events is under investigation. as daylight exposes the extent of the disaster, it shines a light on the state of indian railways. despite millions invested on much-needed modernization, ageing infrastructure and poor maintenance continues to risk the lives of more than 13 million passengers that rely on the indian rail ways every single day.

and the rail system has been under a lot of scrutiny lately in india. i i discovered this it's a bit shocking, but if we look at the data about 16,000 people are killed every year in rail-related accidents in india. not necessarily in a crash like this, but people are either hit at a crossing or they jump off a rail car. it's been ongoing concern and what happened here is going to prompt further discussion. >> it's a stunning number. as you said, people will be looking for accountability to figure out why this happened and hoping it won't happen again. appreciate it. the invasion of ukraine comes back to haunt russia at home. still ahead new artillery strikes hit the territory as ukraine tries to wash its hands of any responsibility. plus war, cnn gets an

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ukraine's kremlin collaborators were killed when their car blew up on friday. now it say it is happened in the occupied city where russian appointed officials confirmed the explosion, but only one person was killed and two others were wound ed. the leader of the wagner group says the defense ministry tried to sabotage his pullout from bakhmut. the ministry laid mines on the exit routes excused by forces on their way out of the city. they didn't provide any evidence to back up that allegation. ukraine says russia is getting an due reality check with more fighting across the border, russia is reported a series of new artillery strikes, which

ukraine officially says it has nothing to do with. selma joins us live from london. that's the point in terms of what ukraine is saying. this whole cross borderer squirmish is reeking havoc inside russia and yet ukraine says we don't know anything about this. we don't have anything to do with it. >> it's the start of this conflict. this war has been fought on ukrainian territory and will continue to be that way. but in the last few weeks and months, what we have seen is the war coming to russia, if you will. this ramp up in drone attacks, including that dramatic one a few weeks a ago, now these cross border raids just a couple weeks ago, two russian national gr groups, but antiputin armed by ukrainian armed forces made this dramatic ground incursion into this region. one of those groups, the russian volunteer core is carrying out

the second phase of its operation. it's inside russian territory trying to take out russian assets, but it contends it's sparing civilians. russian officials deny that those russian volunteer core fighters are actually on the ground inside russia. you can see the images of this very intense artillery and morter fire that continues to hit the border villages that forced thousands of people to flee, hundreds of families to shelter in government-provided buildings. it's forced officials to try to get control of the situation. and that's forced president putin to acknowledge and respond. he says this is all an attempt to destabilize russia. take a listen. >> today we're dealing with the same issues in ensuring security of russia. in this case, domestic political security taking into accounts

that our ill wishes are intensifying in order to stir up the situation inside russia. >> throughout this conflict, ukraine has had had to fight on two fronts. absolutely push on those front lines in the east of the country, push on that battlefield, but also try to protect the rest of its territory from russian attacks on a much smaller scale it seems ukraine, without acknowledging, officials do not acknowledge or claim responsibility for these raids. it is forcing this strategy, this hybrid form of warfare on russia itself. forces now also having to fight on those battlefields, on those front lines while defending territory anding a re allocating resources and responding to what is a continuing attack along these border regions. >> they certainly intensified in a way that russia didn't see coming. i want to get back to that car explosion. it's difficult to know exactly

what went on there. what more are you learning? >> it's difficult to know and still early information that we're getting on this, but it's part of what we're seeing in the south of ukraine in some of these regions that are russian occupied. the military is carrying out shaping operations. so trying to take out russian positions, russian military positions along the sea ahead of this expected counteroffensive. again, we talk about this counteroffensive, but it's important to remember that this is not going to be a date, a time, a place for this counteroffensive. it's going to be a continued operation that begins with ukrainian forces as they are underway right now taking out russian positions. the shaping operation is taking out russian positions, softening the enemy as they prepare to make a major push into those eastern front lines. >> we'll leave it there for now. thank you. now we want want to introduce you to what some

ukrainians consider the big kwael liezer in the war. military drones at home. fred pleitgen got an exclusive access to ukraine's effort to make its own unmanned flying machines. >> reporter: his company makes combat drones for frontline troupes. they allowed us to film test flights at a secret location. he says reaching moscow is not a problem. >> that could fly? >> yes. >> reporter: while ukraine denies direct involvement in the recent drone attack, kyiv has drastically expanded its use of drones for everything from surveillance to directly bombing russian ground troops. cheap, easy to use and lethal,

uavs, once considered toys, are now vital to kyiv's war effort. ukrainians say they have more tanks, more artillery and more planes, but ukrainians have the creativity of their population. this is a drone competition organized by the government with simulated attacks on ground targets chasing fixed drones and even drone dog fights. we were granted exclusive access. it's like a startup for first person drones. small uavs that can drop grenades. flown by pilots wearing goggles to simulate the battlefield. our drones are easy to yeez.

especially if the pilot has flown similar drones. i they understand how they work. >> reporter: the stakes are involved in drone procurement for ukraine's mel tear military. about 30 companies are already mass producing these drones and our goal is to purchase up to 200,000 by the end of the year. their backs up against the wall when the massive army invaded last year. the ukrainians realize d cheap air power could help keep them in the fight. first using mod fewed consumer drone, now with more sophisticated uavs developed in ukraine. but the government here calls the army of drones project spear headed by the minister of digital transformation. this is a tech nological war an it's very important to understand how technology is developing and what we as a state can do to increase the number of drones. a certain revolution is also taking place regarding production scaling. >> reporter: while ukrainians

won't admit direct involvement, russians do admit they are concerned they might see more drones flying towards moscow. fred pleitgen, kyiv. after weeks of uncertainty and with only days to spare, the u.s. president will soon sign a vital piece of legislation to keep the federal government from running out of money. that story just ahead. plus the u.s. defense secretary criticizes china at a security summit. we'll tell you how the chinese military is responding.

welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world.

i'm paula newton. the u.s. debt limit crisis is over, for now. and perhaps no one is more relieved than president biden. in his words, crisis averted. the stakes were enormous, yet the threat of failure hung over the country for weeks as the white house and republican leaders seemed locked in a stalemate. the hard work finally paid off late thursday when the senate voted to suspend the debt ceiling and avoid catastrophic default. the end of the debt ceiling crisis helped christian triger one of wall street's biggest ratllies so far this year. the dow closed up more than 700 points on friday, its best day since january. the nasdaq and s&p posted strong gains. the markets were also energized, but the latest jobs support suggest efforts are finally taking hold. this is allen the heels of friday's positive jobs report. the u.s. economy heading 339,000

j jobs last month beating expectations. the most job gains were in professional business services followed by government and health care jobs. earlier cnn economic and political commentator gave us her take on why u.s. jobs numbers keep beating predictions. >> 13 out of the past 14 months the numbers have exceeded expectations. and forecasts are often wrong in some direction, it's very unusual for them to be consistently wrong in the same direction. that is month after month after month this job market has been underestimated. i think it's a little bit of a puzzle, to be quite honest. particularly, given the fact that we have had very sharp rate hikes from the federal reserve. other signs of financial stress. there was frankly good reason to believe that we would have seen more of a slowdown in the job market by now. it's great that hasn't happened. it's just contrary to his

torquically what we might have expected. >> now republican presidential candidate ron desantis was on the campaign trail friday. he made stops at several towns in south carolina. he took a qkquit question from e audience about how he met his wife over the lack of audience engagement at his events so far. for the most part, he stuck with his conservative campaign pitch. >> i believe that woke ideology represents a war on truth itself. so as president, we will wage a war on the woke. we will fight the woke in the schools. we will fight the woke in the corporations. we will never, ever surrender to the woke mob. we're going to leave woke ideology in the dust bin of history where it belongs. >> so desantis is try convince

voters he would be much more effective in the white house than donald trump. but the former president is pushing back and firing shots of his own. listen. >> what are you talking about? are you blind? >> he had a bad day. he got angry at the press. you're not allowed to get angry at the press. >> i think it's a project that will begin on day one. it will require a daily grind for not just one term, but i think for two full presidential tropical storms. >> eight years, we need eight years. you need six months. we can turn this thing around so quickly. you don't change your neigame i the middle of the election. he changed his name. you don't do that. >> that's ridiculous. the way to pronounce my last name, winner. >> there have been varying ways to pronounce his name, even by the governor himself. he will try to make his pitch in

iowa where several gop hopefuls are expected to rally. cnn's jeff zeleny has that report. >> reporter: the growing field of republican presidential candidates heading to iowa on saturday for a first major appearance on the same stage. most of the candidates with the exception of former president trump will be making their case to iowa republican voters and activists at a gustavering called the roast and run, joni ernst's annual event she's a known motorcycle rider shooeps invited candidates to ride with her or deliver speeches here as the presidential campaign really accelerates and gets underway. this comes after a week of campaigning from former president trump in the state. it is the florida governor, that key rival of the former president, who is coming back to iowa on saturday. underscore ing how important th first in the nation caucus state is to his efforts here.

the thinking is if he can slow or stop former president trump, he can go on to have a strong performance in the contest. that is months and seasons away. but for now at least as summer approaches, the field of republican candidates, which will grow by three next week with mike pence jumping in, former governor chris christie and the north dakota governor entering the race, the field is getting crowded, which likely benefits donald trump because it duh provides that never trump lane of the party. so the campaigning in earnest here this weekend. jeff zeleny, cnn, des moines. cnn will host a town hall this sunday with republican presidential candidate nikki haley live from des moines, iowa. the former south carolina governor will take questions from chief washington correspondent jake tapper. be sure to tune in sunday, june 4th at 7:00 p.m. in des moines,

iowa. that's monday at 8:00 in the morning hong kong time. cnn will also host a town hall wednesday with mike pence live from grand view university in des moines, iowa. the republican is expected to announce his candidacy next week. he will take questions from dana bash. be sure to be there as well june 7th at 8:00 p.m. in des moines, iowa. right here on cnn. military is pushing pack against u.s. criticism it is coercing other countries saying the u.s. is the one trying to consolidate and provoke confrontation. the response comes after the u.s. defense secretary accused china of escalating tensions by repeatedly intercepting u.s. and allied aircraft in international air space. a navy destroyer sailed through in a routine tran sut on the same day he spoke.

ivan watson has more on what lloyd austin had to say. >> he uncyst he does not want the u.s. does not want a new cold war. beijing had turned down an american invitation to a face to face meeting between austin and his chinese counterpart here in singapore that is the opening of the conference. austin actually went up and shook hands with him. he was all smiles. but one pointed message that that handshake is simply not enough. austin says the time to talk is now. >> cordial handshake over dinner is no substitute for a substantiative engagement. and the more that we talk, the more we can avoid misunderstandings and miscalculations that could lead to crisis or conflict. i am deeply concerned that the

prc has been unwilling to engage more seriously on better mechanisms for crisis management. >> reporter: austin did have some open criticism of china. he accused chinese war planes of an alarming number of intercepts of u.s. and allied aircraft in international air space citing unprofessional flying. he insist ed that the u.s. want to stand up for smaller countries and not allow coercive behavior to reign in international air space and in waterways. and he cited the progress the u.s. has made with multilateral and bilateral relationships across the region here between the u.s. and the philippines, between south korea and japan, and the u.s., some of this has worried beijing, which has warned about the development of what it describes as clubs or a

new cold war men tu. we'll tallty. the defense minister be give his own speech and recall that he's still under sanctions from the u.s. government since 2018, long before he assume d this current post. and that is one of the arguments that the chinese government has used to reject face to face talks with lloyd usa tun at this peting. van watson, cnn, singapore. still ahead, surveillance video shows what happened in the moments leading up to the partial collapse of an apartment building in iowa. and atlantic hurricane season gets fully underway. we get an update on tropical storm arlene as it travels through the gulf of mexico. plus when step on the port, i just try to think about the

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three people are still missing in the partial collapse of an apartment building in iowa, and cnn obtained video of the moments before the slide of the building gave way. adrian bradis shows us what happened. >> reporter: thus video shows the moments leading up to the collapse. it's only a few short seconds. that's because the power was knocked out, according to the person who owns this surveillance video camera and shared that video with us. so if you look at the visited owe, you'll see there are five support braces. one closest to the camera

gradually bends in the minutes leading up to the collapse. if you look, you can see chunks of bricks falling from under a second floor window. that's not all. a lower portion of the wall also collapsed. we heard from the fire chief and other officials on friday who say the next phase will be recovery. but that is a delicate process. >> we need to be concerned for those that are working and health that could be. some of it is -- we can't because the building is not letting us. it's too unsafe. >> investigators say three people are still missing, including the father of the 18-year-old who bears his same name. his son is supposed to graduate on saturday, but wasn't sure if he would be able to show up to his high school graduation.

at least eight construction workers were injured friday when a building they were working on partially collapsed. now they were working on a seven-story building when a portion of the second floor gave way while they were pouring concrete. two of the victims have critical injuries. 36 people were working at the site when that happened accident. arizona officials will no longer grant certifications for new developments in the phoenix area. for years, the region has been struggling with ground water drying up caused by long-term overuse and drought. take a listen now to arizona's governor announcing the policy shift. >> that's why as required by law, we will pause approvals of new assured water supply determinations that rely on ground water ensuring we don't add to any future deficit. >> the decision was prompted but new krresearch showing under

current conditions, ground water supplies can't meet demand from additional development in the next 100 years. the shortage would have significant implications for housing developments in the phoenix metro area, which has seen massive population growth inrecent years. tropical storm arlene continues south wward through t gulf of mexico. that's according to the latest advisory. it has winds at 40 murp, but it's expected to weaken into a tropical depression in the hours ahead. still parts of south florida could see heavy rain and even some flooding. arlene is the the first named storm of the atlantic hurricane season, which began thursday and runs until the end of november. meteorologists predict a near normal season this year with roughly 12 to 17 named storms. still ahead for us, churchill downs, home of the kentucky derby, us is spending races amid horse deaths. we'll look at how long this could last.

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operations in the wake of a dozen kwien deaths in may. we have more from new york. so many people have been concerned about the welfare of these animals. what more are we learning about the historic move? >> there's been so much scrutiny, just a tremendous amount, on churchill downs in recent weeks. and this temporary pause of all racing operations that begins on wednesday is the first step in addressing these widespread concerns. church hill downs is going to conduct a top to bottom review of all of the safety and surface protocols at the track. this comes after you mention eda dozen horses died in the past month alone. the racetrack says this internal review and investigation from regulatory organizations hasn't found a single factor yet that could really be identified as a potential cause for these deaths, nor have they discovered a pattern to link the deaths together. so a lot of questions up in the

air right now. the races are going to stay suspended through the remainder of the spring meet in july to find out what exact ly is going on, if it is a surface issue at the track. elsewhere in the sport, a 6-year-old horse died on thursday at new york's belmont park. this is ahead of next we can's triple crown finale. injuring his front leg after bumping into another horse. the horse was euthanized on the track. so the belmont stakes, a week from today. and some decisions to be made there. in tennis, a ukrainian player refusing to shake hands after her russian opponent after winning her match. she will continue to reject any opponent from russia out of the respect for soldiers defending her homeland. >> for me when i steppen on the court, i just try to think about the fighting spirit that all of

us ukrainians have. >> the unseeded player will play again on sunday. and the stanley cup final begins on saturday night with the golden knights hosting the florida panthers. this should be a good one. it will be an historic moment for the winner as it will be the first championship for either of these teams. the golden knights were founded just six years ago. they were an expansion team. they reached the final if their very first season. they were the best in the west this season. their offense has continued to just be incredible in the post season. but the panthers look like a team of destiny. they came back from being down 3-1 to beat the bruins in the first round after they just completed the best season in nhl history. >> you dream of play ing in the stanley cup final. to know it's right around the corner is so exciting for our families and everyone too. everyone is enjoying it. obviously, there's a job at

hand. we're excited to get going. >> looking forward to it. they have earned their way. so looking forward to get ting going. we'll use these two days here and rest up, and like i said, focus on a new opponent. >> it's a great time to be a sports fan in south florida. for the first time since 203, one area hosting the nba finals and stanley cup final at the same time. it's happened five times in history, but none of them could complete the double. we'll see what's possible. going to be tough, maybe they can do it. >> something to aim there. you had to mention the boston bruins again. >> i'm sorry. >> i will leave it there. finally for us this hour, an inspiring and to a tragic incident. you may remember the story about a cheerleader shot after a friend mistakenly opened the wrong door. it happened back in april. that cheerleader has just

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