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here on "cnn newsroom." president biden searches for next steps after the u.s. supreme court slaps down his student loan forgiveness program. where the administration goes from here. nearly 1,000 people detained in france amid another night of protests stemming from the death of a teenager at the hands of police. his funeral is later this morning. we'll go live to paris. and tens of millions of people from one end of the u.s. to another coping with extreme heat as the country gets ready for a long holiday weekend. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with kim brunhuber. president biden says he won't back away from his pledge to get relief for millions of americans struggling to repay student loans. this after the u.s. supreme court on friday struck down his debt forgiveness plan 6-3. in the majority opinion chief justice john roberts said only congress had the authority to
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erase those debts on a massive scale. president biden called that ruling a mistake. immediately announced a plan b. here he is. >> we will ground this new approach differently. i will allow secretary cardona to waive loans. it will take longer and in my view it is the best path that will provide as many borrowers as possible with debt relief. >> in the meantime, the loans are set to resume in october. now the other big decisions happened down on friday also 6-3 is seen as a major setback for gay rights. a website designer in colorado can legally refuse her services
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to same-sex couples because of her christian beliefs. this will lead to more discrimination on larger scale. >> i'm hearing from my members today what i've been hearing since -- for months now honestly, that there feels like there's a coordinated attack against the lgbtq community. a lot of disappointment. a will lot of madness about thi ruling. >> joining me is jessica, host of the podcast passing judgment. the lgbtq ruling, is it possible or likely as justice sotomayor said the justices were giving businesses the absolute trite discriminate? >> i think it's possible that other businesses will say, i refuse to serve people on the
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basis of not liking their message, which really means i refuse to serve people because they want me to, in this case dpee sign a website for a same-sex couple. the next time it will be take pictures for a couple or make a cake and so in that way it provides a significant exception to colorado's antidiscrimination law and to antidiscrimination laws throughout the country because this is a first amendment decision and that means it applies to allstate laws and any federal laws that might come in the future. >> yeah. that could have huge implications across the country. the student loan decision, the wider ramifications of that ruling. the conservative justices argued that the federal agencies who weren't directly accountable to the public are becoming too powerful upsetting the separation of power. if their aim is to limit federal
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powers, what do you think is next. >> i don't know what is next because what we see is kind of a similar pattern where presidents will try to go to congress to implement a policy. maybe it was daca, in this case it was student loans. congress will try to do something by executive order and the supreme court will push back. the conservative justices are worried that there's this enlargement of executive power and if they want to make, quote, major decisions, then they need explicit authorization from congress .
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>> they point to the conservative agenda to remake the country through the courts. you have to say so far it's working. it really is proving to be transformational. >> it is. it's interesting in looking back at this term, and of course last term is a different barometer. you had the momentous case where they overturned roe v. wade. increasing gun rights decreasing our ability to implement gun control. this was a conservative term. the decision about the religious objector who doesn't want to make a website for same-sex couples. that was conservative. the justices really pulled back. there was a voting rights decision where they really didn't change the law. there was a big election law decision dealing with the independent state legislature doctrine where they pulled back,
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didn't really change the law. other cases dealing with social media companies and when they would be liable for things that are posted online. again, the court pulled back. kept the status quo. so i think that, yes, it is a conservative court. yes, they want to move the country in a more conservative direction but there are also places where they've kind of pulled back and said, let's just keep things where they are which is interesting considering they decided to take those cases at all. >> on balance even though there has been a bit of moderation, as you said, on balance conservatives will be ecstatic about the way they're going. this court broadly speaking is on the wrong side. dobbs with abortion, mostly lgbtq issues. gun safety. student loans. 60 americans with the growing
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divide between the public and the right wing court and the perception of its legitimacy. >> yes, the court is moving in a more conservative direction but also there are these touch stones where it looks like there's more moderate decisions n. my view, that's an acknowledgment they don't want to be seen as so grossly out of step that we question their legitimacy. >> we'll be watching to see if all of this has implications in the balance box. jessica levinson, appreciate having you on. thank you so much for being here with us. >> thank you. in france, nearly 1,000 people have been detained after a fourth night of protests sparked by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy. in several cities demonstrators vented their anger by setting objects on fire and throwing fireworks at police. french officials are condemning the unrest saying it won't bring justice to the slain teenager. he was fatally shot during a
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traffic stop. in the day ahead his funeral will be held. france must address deep issues in the police force. let's get more from cnn's nic robertson in paris. what's the latest on all of the protests? >> reporter: yeah. number of arrests were up. 994. but the number of inches dechblgtdents of violence are up. 2500 fire sets, 1350 vehicles torched, compare that to 1990 the previous night. 1919, rather, the previous night. you can see the figures are down. the attacks on government buildings were down, but there were more police. there were 45,000 police throughout. heavy armored vehicles available to the police. some areas had curfews. there was a ban on big public gatherings.
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buses and trams were off the streets at 9. paris slightly calmer. leone in the center of the country, march s-- marsailles, it's a mixed picture. generally, less violence. authorities are able to respond. the funeral taking place in this suburb. the family have asked for calm. the family has said everyone is welcome, but they're asking journalists to stay back. typically during this journalists have become a focus for crowds to attack. but the expectation here is
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today that this funeral will be a very emotional day for everyone involved, for all the people and all of the people in his community. a large number of people expected here later today. >> one can imagine. nic, what do you make of president macron's response so far, trying to show some empathy for the protestors, while also trying to suppress the riots? any idea what might happen next. >> reporter: yeah. he has said there's no justification for the continued violence. the this only damages, you know, the utilities, the buses, the town halls, the trams, things that everyone in the community uses. they said they will arrest people. they will use all the tools of the law available, and i think that's what we saw last night and yesterday. interestingly we heard the french president appeal to
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families to keep their young children in. of all the people arrested on thursday night that 1/3 of them were young children. they have accounts from french authorities of chirp as young as 13 years old being detained by the police. it's an appeal to families to take responsibility for their younger children. by and large it's a message that seems to miss its target because it doesn't address the underlying core issue. there is this sense of, as the u.n. is putting it, of racism within the police. communities here are unfairly treated, unfairly singled out. violent actions against the police are higher than against other french citizens. what the french president has said addresses the security kind of things rather than the underlying complex issues around all of this. >> listen, stay on top of this important story. nic robertson in paris.
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thank you so much. the start of the 1kw4july 4 celebrations. the barbecue and beach celebrations may not be as enjoyable. maybe places are experiencing hotter than normal temperatures. chad myers has the details. >> three big stories across the country. bad air quality in the northeast, big time heat and the threat of severe weather across the midwest. lightning and thunder if you are outside for saturday and for sunday. here's the air quality. most of it bad stuff as new york, philadelphia, d.c. all the way down to the carolinas. by sunday most of that gets pushed out into the ocean and away from where people are actually trying to have a party. excessive heat across the deep south with a lot of humidity. plain old heat in the west. temperatures, death valley 120 degrees. it will feel like that in some spots across the east.
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it won't be that on the thermometer. in the shade your thermometer will be less than 100, at least very close. if you are in the sun, it will feel warmer than that. back out to the west, sacramento, well over 100. death valley, vegas, phoenix, all the hottest air we've seen so far this year. many people not accustomed to or climatized to where we are this time of year because it hasn't been that hot in most areas. here's the lightning around thunder. it depends where you are if you will receive this or not. there may even be some severe weather, hail, wind, maybe a tornado or two, but that's going to be up to you to keep your radio on, phone on, make sure your alerts are on especially if you're outside. there will be rain. we'll take the rain. hopefully not on your parade. the farmers in the midwest will take this because they need it. the drought continues there.
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ukraine's military intelligence chief claims prigozhin is a marked man. russian security services have been ordered to assassinate the wagner leader. he didn't say how he knew this. the kremlin leader hasn't said anything on the subject. washington post said ukraine spelled out the time line for winning the war to cia director william burns. their country plans to retake russian occupied territory and start cease-fire talks by the end of the year. president zelenskyy recently said ukraine's counter offensive is off to a slower start than expected and the top u.s. general doesn't expect an easy fight for ukraine.
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>> it's going slower than people had predicted. doesn't surprise me at all. i had said that this offensive, which is going, by the way, it is advancing steadily. it's going to be very difficult, very long and very, very bloody. no one should have any elusions about that. >> clare sebastian joins us. what are the signs the offensive isn't moving as fast as some would like? >> reporter: ukraine claims slow advances both on the eastern and southern france. we are hearing setback in the kherson region. the bridge that crosses the dnipro river. they're trying to establish the bridge head. the russians are ahead of the kherson region. they claim the bridgehead has
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been cleared in a surprise early morning attack by russian forces. that is the bridge northeast of kherson city in that region. the city is saying that ukraine has been trying to keep the fighting going on there in order to stop russia from concentrating too many forces in the all important zaporizhzhia region. they're trying to break through the formidable russian defense. there are attacks in recent days at the southern port in that region consistent with the idea ukraine trying to break through russian's bridge from the mainland to the donbas region too crimea. president zelenskyy said the military is reenforcing the northern defense and shelling there. all of this means ukraine will depend a lot on western support. the spanish prime minister has arrived in kyiv this morning. he is doing this on day one of
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the president retaking the european union. they are pushing for a faster timetable to acccaccession to t european union. >> what more can you tell us about intelligence claims that the order has been given for prigozhin to be assassinated? >> yes. this comes from an online interview. he didn't give any evidence to support the claims, he said the fsb has been given an order to assassinate prigozhin. he doesn't say it will be fast. the discussions are he has not been seen since the mutiny. that video of him leaving the rustov region in belarus. they say on tuesday he was in belarus. the vitriol from president putin
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has been growing. putin not mentioning him by name which is a clear sign of animosity and suggesting there might be further investigations into the financial dealings of his company. all of this leading up to a potentially precarious situation for prigozhin. >> appreciate the update. clare sebastian in london. thanks so much. evgeni prigozhin illustrates clear fire me in russia. he isn't facing any charges as far as we know. it's the opposite for some anti-war activists since they spoke up against russia's invasion of ukraine. melissa bell caught up with them. >> reporter: two russian people escaping. one is on the run on terrorism
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charges. meet 20-year-old ale alessia kritznova. now in norway as she looks for work, she was glued to the images coming out of russia over the weekend. >> translator: i watched it nonstop. i followed this justice march all day. i wondered how it would end and i wanted to see how prigozhin was taken to the pretrial detention centers. >> pretrial detention centers are well known to olesia. he headed to belarus where alexander lukashenko offered him refuge. >> there was a harsh decision taken to destroy. i suggested putin not to hurry. let's talk with prigozhin, with his commanders. >> reporter: no such help for
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olesia as she left russia prying off her own electronic bracelet as she got to the border. >> reporter: she had just arrived in lithuania after fleeing her home in northern russia taking very little, but a reminder of the cost of her freedom. the reason she was made an example of, she says, is there are many ordinary russians like her. >> translator: every day we see the people are put in jail for the posts on the internet, but a person who is guilty of killing 20 people, 14 people according to the official version, and they tell him you can go to belarus? every time i think about it i get angry. >> reporter: but there is only one prigozhin, even if vladimir putin never named him. >> translator: what we are facing now is treason,
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unreasonable ambitions and personal interests led to treasury, state treason and betrayal of one's own people. >> reporter: the man behind an insurrection facing no charges. >> translator: there is no law and no justice in russia. it's just all one big bed of insanity and hatred. >> reporter: melissa bell, cnn, paris. now to a damming report on the u.s.'s end of a war. the pullout of afghanistan led to the chaotic scenes. the the decisions made under joe biden and former president donald trump. senior officials failed to consider how quickly the situation could deteriorate and how chaotic it could become. first, the u.s. supreme court struck down affirmative action on college campuses.
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controversial rulings. president biden's ambition plan to wipe out hundreds of billions in student loan debt was struck down as unconstitutional, 6-3. the other big decision, 6-3, ruled that a christian web designer in colorado who denied her services to a same-sex couple. jeremy diamond has the stories. >> reporter: president biden making clear on friday the supreme court was wrong in striking down his student debt relief. the president saying the supreme court closed one path but saying now we are going to pursue another. that path lies in the education act of 1965. the president is going to try to get student loan debt relief.
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how many americans exactly? that much is not yet clear. white house officials declining to say whether that figure will be more or less than the estimated 40 million americans which would have benefitted under this program struck down by the supreme court. in the meantime, the president offering some relief, a 12-month on ramp to repayments as those repayments are set to resume in october during which time interest on those payments will still accrue. if you miss a payment, you wouldn't face any downgrade to credit. there is implementation of a web-based program. the president never had the authority for this. president biden on friday insisting he didn't give voters false hope. >> i didn't give any false hope. the question was whether or not i would do even more than was requested but i did what i thought was appropriate and was
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able to be done and would get done. i didn't give borrowers false hope but the republicans scratched away. >> reporter: you hear the president saying they have snatched this away from millions of americans, something he has recently described as a life line. he's trying to harness the disappointment and anger that millions of americans are feeling on friday in the wake of the supreme court announcement. he's trying to harness that anger and direct it towards these republicans, including the state attorney's general who filed together to try and take down the student loan program, but also talking about republican members of congress who voted for the pandemic ppp loans and struck this down. it's going to take a lot of time
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for the alternate plan to go into effect. the white house sees the opportunity to galvanize voters to direct their anger towards republicans. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. supreme court rulings dealt serious setbacks to president biden's agenda. here's how one democratic lawmaker responded. >> the blame here isn't with the president, it's with an extremist supreme court that is totally out of touch with the facts of modern day life. this court is taking us backwards, backwards decades. they're taking us to a a time where people on college campuses were the wealthy, people were largely white. in two days they have taken away diversity, they have taken away a relief for people who can't afford these astronomical fees.
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when you look at the actual statute, the heroes act, it was very clear. under emergency conditions the secretary has the authority, the president has the authority to take these kind of actions. now, if congress had wanted to limit the hero's act, they could have. congress didn't act. this is the supreme court engaging in activactivism. >> former brazilian president bolsonaro may have to abandon any plans he had for an electoral comeback. we have the story why. >> reporter: abuse of power and misuse of other items. they voted in favor of the ban and the charges stemmed from a 2022 meeting with ambassadors. bolsonaro summoned over 40
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ambassadors to meet with him in 2022 months before the elections and voting systems. what he said in that meeting might be fraud. >> it changed his position. he said the brazilian systems were not auditable. they said the people deciding his fate were protecting terrorists. the electoral courts have denied all of these claims. that meeting was broadcast on brazilian television and on youtube. youtube had to remove that
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stream, the life sve stream, bee it did not comply. the presiding judge said that this would reaffirm our fate. it does not tolerate criminal experience and misinformation aimed against voters. they said this was antidemocratic. he was not present in court today by the way. he actually said he is going to appeal the decision of the court saying that he did not attack brazil's electoral system, he only showed its possible fraud. cnn, sao paulo. we'll be right back. new science shows it gets in between teeth
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cnn investigation into sexual assault in the u.s. coast guard has revealed a history of coverups. the miss conduct has been kept a secret for years until cnn started asking questions. we have the exclusive report. >> reporter: the multi-year investigation was called operation fouled anchor. they have kept this secret since 2019 and never releasing the report. the coast guard found evidence of dozens of cases of sexual assault even though they only looked into a specific time frame, from the late '80s to
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2006, overlooking many years when other assaults had been reported. a report on the investigation found suspected attackers were not criminally investigated. punishment, if they happened, were sometimes minor as extra homework. victims sometimes faced charges. many went on to have successful careers while others were kicked out of the academy. for some who stayed it was difficult. >> i was sexually assaulted three times. it was completely toxic and devastating to myself and left lifelong damages to my physical/mental health. >> reporter: this woman is a recent be cadet. she graduated in 2022 and said the coast guard culture has not changed. >> the coast guard system
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reenforces a system that thrives on the pain of women and minorities. it's designed for their failure. >> reporter: the coast guard investigation reveals survival technology. they would prop rifles against the door and cadets were hesitant to report for fear as female cadets they wouldn't be taken seriously. one described a fraternity of male candidates that hated women and didn't think women should be in the -- >> you are the girl that cried wolf. >> even if it really happened? >> even if it really happened. >> sounds like from what you described, the survivors are the ones that are punished and those accused of sexual assault go on to thrive. >> exactly. when cadets get this trouble, there is an intense shame, group shaming. >> reporter: the coast guard did investigate one of this victim's
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assaults but told her they didn't find enough evidence. >> i was 17. i needed my mom. i needed somebody to stand up for me in this moment and it just -- it broke me. >> democratic senators sent a letter to the head of the coast guard that called the information, quote, disturbing and demanded answers. they're committed to pursuing full accountability and getting a statement saying, quote, the coast guard fully recognizes by not having taken appropriate action they may have further traumatized victims, delayed access to their care and recovery and at the same time referring it to the military
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world health organization is taking a look at the health effects of as peaspertaime. a separate w.h.o. and united nations committee is look being at how much a person can safely consume. they plan to release the findings together on july 13th. the artificial sweetener is used in sodas, teas and yogurts. zw tourists have been
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converging to see a free site in rome that will charge on monday. this is rome's pantheon. millions of people visit every year to see the ancient site and marvel at the famous 43 meter dome and skylight. the price of a popular hot sauce is going through the roof because of supply problems. a bottle of sriracha is selling for $70 on e bay and a two pack is up to $124 on amazon. normally a bottle costs 5 bucks. it's not clear when the supply will get back to normal. apple is the world's first company worth $3 trillion. it soared past its tech rivals to close at a record level.
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>> reporter: apple is in a league of its own at least according to investors. the company's worth in friday's session opening at $3 trillion, yes, trillion. it's the only company to reach that milestone. the tech company has 15.7 billion shares outstanding and when its shares cross the $190.73, its total value amounts to $3 trillion. apple has been here before. it first hit but failed to close at the milestone in january of 20 2022. then the company ran into china supply chain challenges. if 2022 is remembered as the tech wreck when tech shares tumbled and nasdaq was lower by 20%, 2023 has ushered in a new
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era. meta, the parent company of facebook, is up 137% and apple stock is up almost 46% this year. wedbush analyst dan ives writing that apple breaking the $3 trillion market cap level was a, quote, historic moment for tech. what's behind the rally in tech? part of it is the artificial intelly against frenzy. that's largely been driving the performance of chip makers like nvidia. a lot of this is growing confidence in the u.s. economy despite a year of interest rate hikes and inflation that at one point was at 40-year highs. friday marks the last trading day of the first half of 2023 and according to the spoke investment group marks the third best first half to a year in the nasdaq's history. rahel solomon, cnn, new york. for the first time ever, astronomers have a new
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perspective of our galaxy. ghost particles or high energy particles can pass through stars, entire galaxies without changing its structure. an observe va tore ri introduced a newport trait of the milky way. the research is published in the journal "science." united arab emirates has made numerous forays into space in recent years, from the first satellite launch in 2009 to the mars probe hope in 2021 and in april an amarati astronaut became the first arab to walk in space. our becky anderson spoke to him from his post on the international space station. >> reporter: international space station, this is becky anderson from dubai. how do you read? >> becky anderson, i'm from the
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international space station. i have you loud and clear. >> reporter: terrific. it is fantastic to be speaking to you today. how are you? >> i'm doing great, becky. it's a dream becoming true living aboard the international space station. it can't be better. >> reporter: this is an out of this world interview. the salt -- sultan of space is living in the does mows. >> 2, 1. engine full power. >> reporter: he launched to the i.s.s. for a six-month mission in partnership with nasa and the exploration company spacex. >> the first time i saw earth, it was a profound moment. we're flying almost 400 kilometers and you see everything. you see the mountains, the forest, the desert, everything
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that you know of. it's really great to see this magnificent planet. >> reporter: show me around. that looks like a really busy environment you're in. explain where you are and what this all means as you float upside down. >> so on the first month here, becky, we had a cargo mission. it was full of science so we had a lot of scientific experiments. we tested medication, we tested technologies, we tested a lot of things that we are maybe testing for the first time. it is cutting-edged technology. i was sequencing dnas. i was applying medication to heart tissues. we are subjects ourselves. we have experiments and cen sen running on our body. when we think about going back to the moon or further into
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space into mars and so on. >> reporter: apart from the scientific experiments, he spends his days making repairs, both inside and outside the space station. >> sultan has gone to the crew portion of the air lock. >> reporter: tell me about the space walk, sultan. amazing or terrifying as an experience? >> both. actually, the name is space walk but we don't walk. we use our hands so we need to have a very strong forearms to be able to move from one place to another. the so it was amazing. it was seven hours continuous. i didn't feel it. i was focusing into the mission and it was really, really great feeling just to see that you are floating in a space suit. it's just like a small
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spacecraft. they provide oxygen, co2 scrubbing and cooling. what is preventing you from dieing is just like a small layer of glass. >> station, this is houston acr. that concludes the event. i'm kim brunhuber. i'll be back with more "cnn newsroom" in just a moment. please do stay with us. this isn't charmin! no wonder i don't feel as clean. here's charmin ultra strong. ahhh! my bottom's been saved! with its diamond weave t textu, charmin ultra strong cleans better with fewer sheets and leless effort. enjoy the go with charmin.
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