>> welcome back to cnn tonight. new developments in the trump investigation, less redacted version of the justice department search warrant for mar-a-lago last summer, reveals what prosecutors knew before the fbi went in looking for classified documents. investigators say, quote, video footage reflects the evidence has been -- the recently.

joining, now cnn legal analyst and former assistant u.s. attorney jennifer rogers, cnn senior political analyst john avlon, editor at large in reason matt, welch new york gop cigarette -- columnist -- so, jen, this affidavit, what did they know? what does this less redacted affidavit reveal? >> well not a whole heck of a lot, still heavily redacted. at least we know they knew about some of the shenanigans in the storage space, and that not only forms the basis of the cost of our documents, the trump reviewing now humans, hiding all, of them new lawyer at the time evan corcoran. so it is really important evidence, we did not know how early doj was on to. that that ended up being one of the big building blocks here. we have to wait to see more of, course trump and his team will have access to the unredacted version, and they will break their challenges to -- maced on that. the rest of us will have to

wait and see as the litigation proceeds. >> and does it, look jen, to, you as if -- donald trump spotty, man meaning he was helping him at all times, sort of an aid and he was apparently caught on tape moving the boxes. did he seem and more trouble today? >> well, you know, no, because doj obviously has -- this is not really about who is unwatchable, or less, trouble but what we all know about the trouble they are in. but, what not of course was wrapped up -- so you know, he has been in the thick, of it as soon as he gets himself a lawyer and actually gets litigating and this, case we will have to see what he decides to do when faced with this question of facing these, charges are perhaps cooperating with -- >> the latest polling from fox finds that trump has gained ground since the -- so since this has all come to light, it polling numbers are among primary voters.

what does that tell us? >> it tells you that the republican voters feels a rally around trump effect based on the indictments, but, you know, we need to emphasize to, folks that is not a national audience. that is -- it does mean they are rallying to it because they feel he is being somehow not prosecuted, but persecuted. that said, there is a 0% reason to do anything but enforce the law. do not over-index. do not think it is going to last forever. if they are reacting negatively to the fact that -- let's see how they feel and six months or eight months. >> what are they going to change? >> i think this gravity starts taking over, the reality that while the pull numbers are -- among independents, among the general electorate. and, if republicans and look, republicans, to talk to, them --

a disaster to have multiple and i did express nemechek to overturn the last election, but they are all still afraid of trump, they are afraid of the base, afraid of the poll numbers. they're trying to keep it down on the student name is chris christie. but it is not going to last. i'm not saying his numbers -- he is in a pool position right now. but, some people will look at this and say, see, the problem was we enforced the law. that just made him stronger. that is exactly the wrong lesson to take. >> i think when you look at the numbers, what is striking to me is over the last -- there's a small amounts right now. we are not talking about -- donald trump was 50% plus percentage points for a long time, state, national, does not really matter. desantis is at, 20 than everybody else is in the single digits. it says to me one or two, things either this is what we hope, no one is paying that much attention because it is a lie in june of 2020, think we

should not be touching on -- however, it could also suggest perhaps, that there is some number, this is the greatest question in american politics right, now what is the lowest possible number of the trump support with the gop? is it 50%, i tend to think it is lower, but it is not going to be all that much lower probably. how many available votes are there right now, i think it might be, 40 might be 30, five we don't know. but until the republican party figures that, out they are stuck in a bit of a doom loop. trumpism is not popular with a general electorate, it just isn't. how many times do we need to see that proved out. so until there is a republican challenge to, that a meaningful one that is not 16 people, a couple, they are in trouble. >> joe we have the finger on the pulse of republican politics being a republican, so, why aren't the republican opponents seizing on it? i do agree with their assessment of what will happen? >> i disagree with the assessment, part of the reason

is -- because they realize that if they did, their numbers would go down and his numbers would go up. i think you see that reflecting and what is happening with chris christie, some of the highest negatives of any candidate, running in spite of the fact that he is for all intended purposes a quite accomplished governor, got a lot of stuff done in new jersey. so yeah, i think the reality, is no i don't think that gravity takes, over a think in many ways president trump is only going to go up from here. but, correlation, not causation, it is also because of the fact that the other people than -- who was touted to be the preeminent challenger to president trump has in many ways continued to bite his own tongue, and stop his own toe including the latest bizarre ad that ended up on twitter, because again, it appears that we're more concerned with trying to win the twitter news cycle than they are with actually trying to cultivate an actual constituency within this republican primary that has all of their hopes and dreams still in the basket of donald trump.

>> we must need a whole different methodology for dealing with this phenomenon, which is having to do something with a -- and how people do change their beliefs. it does seem, i think jen just perfectly summarized what's going, on this case is about shenanigans. that is legal term, i could define it, but we know what this case is about. it does not matter. it clearly does not matter. i think that question of what is the percentage of republicans, that is the question, but we need to be thinking about what if anything, maybe we should be talking to -- what if anything can penetrate the kind of orifice of this information, and group belonging. this is not a right or left, issue this happens on the left as well, whether it is -- and we saw with what is sometimes called can spirituality, where people take on right-wing conspiracy theories because it fits the. we are seeing a will growth in profoundly nano aspinall and non reflective thinking in this country, across the ideological

spectrum. it is frustrating to come here night after, night talk about the latest development but no one seems to care about. >> there is a pattern for how you get people out of, cult that first radicalization process, the problem is it is not skill. you need to confront people with their, ideals not from directly at the figure they have attached themselves to for reasons of the saving face, but remind them of what their own alleged beliefs, were and let him de-escalate. right now, the environment is greeting this group think. but the fever will break and colts do and and the law and accountability has to go forward no matter what -- >> i find your optimism really -- >> defiant. >> john avlon one-on-one. >> there was, i like what you are saying about the fever breaks, because obviously we fight misinformation every day here at cnn. but, there was an insurrection, so the fever did not exactly break before there was a violent insurrection. >> not 50% of their public --

>> know there is, not i'm just saying, in terms of johnson people come to the sentence that some, pointing always. >> some people come to some of their senses. and to the point, it is everywhere on the spectrum. it is not only the right. >> sure, that is, true but let's not do the -- eye thing more just talking about is robert f. kennedy, the anti-vax stuff is a good example of the horseshoe theory. when the far-right and far left conflate. right now there is no equivalent. >> and numbers are like ten or 15% versus it is like 56%. >> i think there is this misnomer that president trump created the paradigm for our current biden politics, when in reality it is the biden politics that created trump. i think this is the kind of really bizarre way of how we try to approach a presidential, makes it difficult to understand what is going -- i get that you don't agree with, that but i also think it is why you keep thinking somehow -- >> mojo, but show, you are a

republican expressing distaste for what is going on, but not a prescription for how to solve it other than don't take donald trump on directly. in offer solutions. what would you do if you are trying to stop on the show from being the nominee as a republican, what would you do? >> my >> job is not to stop him. my job is to stop joe biden from having a second term. >> that might be part of the charm. >> to be clear, first, are you endorsing donald trump for reelection? >> we are going to have -- >> a do you think -- >> i think the republican party should know many what the people -- >> see that isn't an answer. >> i think it is an answer. maybe you don't like that answer. >> no i just think it is -- >> well, the reality is, my position is to say that we have to do what the people in the party want to do. -- -- >> that is not taking a stand. >> taking a stand for? what my job is to sit here, with, you and try to figure out why does the republican voters continue to support president trump, in spite of what has been thrown at him.

i think the reality, as people believe that -- call it what you want to call, that but i think that is just what we deal with right now. >> all right, gentlemen, thank you very much for the, debate and all of the perspectives. coming up on tonight's reality check, the social media count that went viral purporting to be from a left leaning -- wildly liberal activist. but, it may not be what it seems. john is going to explain. o) when someone is diagnosed with cancer, they need support. subaru and our retailers are there to help... by providing blankets forr comfort and warmth and encocouraging messages of he to help support nearly three hundred thouousand patiens facing cancer nationwide. we call it “the subaru l love promise.” and we're proud to be the largest automotive donor to the leukemia and lymphoma society. subaru. more than a car company. ♪ (upbeat music) ♪ ( ♪ )

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about this ruling. what do we need to know here? >> yes, alison, so this is a deeply flawed -- the common sense macro view that the judge is going to prohibit large swath of the government from having any content who has social media companies, when things so show up on social media that are, threatening national security, but an individual's personal safety is ridiculous. but as a legal matter you have no standing here, you have a misunderstanding on the part of the judge, you have a vastly -- brought injunction issue on so many levels this opinion was improper, i think doj's basement to, appeal it i think that they will win that appeal, and i'm sure that the panelist we'll talk more about how outrageous the notion of this, isn't a more general sense, but legally this is very problematic. >> matt, here isthe judge said, locking the biden

administration from communicating with, socimedia cy content or post on social media platforms, and offering such to social media companies urging encouraging, pressuring, were inducing in any manner a conditions of suppression or reduction of content containing protective free speech. that is a lot of legalese. >> we will pass on this? >> there's also a lot of open door in the second half of the injunction, allowing for some national security suppression or job -- which i think is unfortunate, i think it should have been, what i think the outrage here is from the government behavior, especially in the year 2021. >> wait, help us understand, what do you think they should not be doing? >> i think that if the president of the united states should not be saying facebook's killing, people because that is nonsense on toast. i think the surgeon general of the united states should not be out there calling for a whole of society, a whole of government, a whole of society

crackdown on misinformation, which then fails to define. i think that jen psaki as white house press secretary should not be telling spotify, you have to do more about joe rogan here. that is crazy. 20 years ago after 9/11, we all remember, this -- came on he took so much heat from cnn, when we lot of people, hear from -- when he said that in the wake of 9/11 americans need to watch what they say. that is all he said. there wasn't anything -- there was no regulation, american said he was talking about did not have business in front of the government, the federal government, he said that he took a ton of heat because we understood we don't want the government to be telling us that. now we have the government telling social media companies, you need to kick -- off twitter, that is bad, the national security to suppress the hunter biden laptop story which was national security, story that is bad. so the outrage for me is not this, ruling it is we have 25, pages the outreach is in the government's behavior special in the year 2021.

>> i mean look, this really is the -- this is a weird mismatch of sublimation of anger at that exactly what it was talking about, i'm not sure the, anger but is that what it is that ridge into a very bizarre -- short to be overturned on appeal. this particular judge does have a record of some wacky rulings, on you know, that is just the, jacket i don't need to stay maga if that is what, it is but that is what it is, and i think this is a very poor vehicle for expressing some of that real concern. there's also real nine vote, and i don't think it is naivete, but willful, there are some exceptions in the order, which generating clued in the quick summary which -- do except national security, and couple other commissions criminal acts, sex trafficking ring the government knows, about they can tell the social media companies and there are those exceptions. however, it is obvious, and free speech law does not mean you can say shout fire in a crowd, that is a cliché, that is, true what that just means you can't say speech that

causes harm. there may be a question of fact as to whether covid misinformation causes material, harm that might be an interesting factual debate which we could, have but the idea that any speech except for these tiny exceptions for national security and so forth is just allowed, because we support free speech, that has not been a lot of free speech or 225 years in this country. >> i think we find ourselves in a dangerous place, where the government is effectively building back doors into private companies, to monitor its citizens. i think we could have an intelligent conversation about where it does misinformation begin, what qualifies as that being a danger society, but we have many many instances now that have been put before us, that show that these were not amateur threats, these were just people saying things that people at the white house disagree with, and all of a sudden the calwood, go out the email would get sent. yes, i would agree with, you this is probably again, it will be overturned, this is probably again a poor vehicle to have

that outrage, but if we go all the way back to the patriot act, what happened with -- and we know all the things that were dangerous about, that i don't think -- >> there was better regulation of the social media giants who have, so much control. >> you mean their own -- >> yes. >> instead we have this -- no i'm not arguing. we have a legal category of journalists for more speech regulation, it is just bizarre to me. >> i understand. hold on, we have to get jon in, because also, misinformation is, dangerous we do know that. misinformation is disinformation. as you are about to show us, new reality check, you have this particularly acute example of how hard it is to tell what is disinformation online. >> misinformation. >> i appreciate the, point but i always appreciate on empanel, this is a different story about at the difficulty and importance of dealing with some -- so let's take a look at this.

look, if you believe like i do that -- is one of the biggest challenges that america faces, then you probably know there is an outrage industrial complex profiting online. it is a feedback loop between the extremes. and they use it as an excuse to increase distrust and her division. the thing is, though a lot of them is fake. all jammed up. it was brought on by washington post we reported by drew her, well a prominent social media account that purported to be a self styled democratic activist under the -- new hot went viral by carving extreme positions on the issues of the day. the count is now suspended, but while, active get, this published after the supreme affirmative action decision, that was you 27 million times. providing plenty of opportunities for i told you so outrage, and virtue signaling from folks like congressman matt gaetz. now for allegedly liberal accounts, is audience seemed to premier league people in the right looking for confirmation bias.

according to the biography, some random person on the far left coming into the digital, wilderness no, it was someone who purported to have worked as a field organizer on the biden campaign, volunteered at the obama foundation, someone who seemed to be in the proximity of power. but as it turns out, that seems to be a lot of work, because according to the, washington post there is no record of this person, erica marshall ever existing. >> so, john, who is acting as erica marsh then? >> well this is part of the difficulty of hearing figuring out the root of the stuff. that is actually just part of the latest example of this weird culture of stock puppet account, created by people who are looking to gin up anger and defense on their side of the aisle. seriously, let that sink in. then, understand why we need to do a better job of disinformation efforts that are designed to divide our democracy. we need, guardrails reasonable regulation, especially with the rise of a, i that promises to supercharged disinformation

going forward. it is a job for platforms, as well as politicians, who are willing to think beyond partisan self interest in the short term, and take action together get something done. that is your reality check. >> john, come back in, join us thank, you that was a great object lesson. because, she does not exist, basically this erika marsh does not appear to exist, they can't find any records of, her and, yet she chants up all of this outrage and she is viewed by the right as, look at this crazy liberal. this is what we are fighting against. she is a bogeyman. >> yes, and, thankfully we had a lot of good private speech and journalism that showed that. >> private network here it is a wonderful -- it really is, and we saw that a lot during covid, there are reasons why people are mad because voices that the center, that was sometimes wrong, but sometimes also write were kicked off of platforms under pressure from the government, it made the discourse about our measure is worse. we should be mad about that.

that is okay to be mad when the government wrongfully suppressed as people. >> but let me get sean rogers in. jen, i mean, i hear why everybody is saying, yes, freedom of speech is obviously fundamental, however, disinformation and misinformation is, dangerous and people -- social media platforms are not self policing, what is the answer? >> well, listen. if this lawsuit were filed by someone who was kicked off, and they filed a lawsuit alleging they had been kicked off because someone in the government applied serious pressure, threaten the social media platforms, they did not remove this person, then you have a real lawsuit. that is not what we have here, what we have here is a group of states who don't have standing, trying to get what they thought was a niche nationwide massively over what order, think that these large swath of the, government not individual, actors but agencies, entire agencies are not allowed to communicate with social media platforms. you can't even point out that

there is a problematic post, you have to trust they will find it with their own algorithms. the government has a massive, massive infrastructure in place to find problematic communication, they're saying you can't even let them know about that through their own processes for -- and it is taking a blowtorch to -- you need a tiny, amr you take a, blowtorch it is not the right approach here. , and it is definitely going to -- be >> i mean, if we were to zoom back, i think we brought up the patriot, act and some of the controversies in 20 years ago. if you were determined 20 years ago that these fundamentally unregulated gigantic monopolistic companies would have so much authority, to either regulate, speech, suppress speech, the fed had regular, that it would be up to one billionaire in on moscow to totally change the rules of the game on a platform that has massive impact in terms of how people act, and in terms of -- i would say you're crazy. we are living in this bizarre

digital gilded age, we are because of the failures of government to do what they are supposed to, do which is have standards -- we could argue, but it we could have a libertarian, and on libertarian, arguing about in a actual democracy, we would actually debate some, last we would figure out what the standards would be. instead there has been this complete abdication of responsibility, it is the wild, west so there are these back channel connections between the governments, and these, companies which is, i agree, completely outrageous. >> no one is talking, i hear you, right, but it is not like joe biden is getting on tv and, saying we must either hold these tech companies to the actual letter of law when it comes to section 2:30, or actually get rid of the protectionism. no one is having those real conversations. you shake your -- head >> i, am i, am because this has been in conversation, and -- this has been a, priority the -- >> yes it would happen. >> know joe, welcome to, congress know. >> this is the problem. this is the problem.

there is -- >> completely -- >> there is room for actually establishing some reasonable regulation, some basic guardrails, it is something that should be able to get on and does get done. it is not at the discretion of whoever is at the federal government to give, autonomy have to put consideration, outside and think what is -- >> that is not what have been backed down in d.c.. >> there is a broad coalition of people that goes beyond republican or democrat, who want to see something get them, but even then the legislation around, tiktok we sounded that was even an emblem nation. it was an abomination that made the picture, that was something -- >> all right. >> it is really a problem, i think we just need to get to the real issue, here because what you are talking about is, great mono one in d.c. is having that conversation. >> let's leave it, they're eye-opening of joe the last word. >> i know you, i think you, i appreciate that. up next, ukrainian president zelenskyy a cnn exclusive interview warning that russia may be planning an attack on the zaporizhzhia nuclear power

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>> new concerns in ukraine tonight, russia may be planning an attack that could unleash a nuclear disaster. ukrainian president zelenskyy told cnn's erin burnett, the russian troops could be planning a terrorist attack on the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. -- >> i have real intelligence, i have documents, i can't tell

you what kind of, documents but it is something connecting with russia. i said, technically, they are ready to do something. it is very important that -- some local -- >> at zaporizhzhia? >> yes at the station. they are technically ready. that is why, we push -- i a he a, yes iaea, we push them, and we said look, your team, they are for people, and this plant is like a city. it is huge. four people will not -- >> joining me now is colin clark, director of policy and research at the -- thank you so much for being here. so, let's talk about, that why

would vladimir putin unleash in nuclear disaster so close to his own borders. >> well, i mean, nothing is -- vladimir putin, this has been a contain people, fix acute hasn't citizens, many things to hold onto power and i think coming on the heels of yevgeny prigozhin's mutiny, he feels more vulnerable in his legitimacy and challenged but never before. so putin may be looking to do something drastic in order to gain the upper hand. >> let's listen to what president zelenskyy told erin about how he believes putin will now have to consolidate russian power and society even further in the wake of promotions failed mutiny. here it is. >> i think that putin will make an attempt to consolidate society. he will make everything in

order to break and nullify the wagner fame, and everything they were doing. he will be distancing himself from all of that, and will be communicating extensively in order to unify the society. the society isn't unified. pay attention to this interesting example. after all these events, where did putin go? i can tell you, he rarely comes out to the street. we see him and his office, et cetera, but we never see him out and about. >> colin, you have written an opinion piece in the times this week about the relationship between putin and promotion. so, what do you think putin will be next? >> i mean, i tend to agree with zelenskyy here. i think he is desperate. he has never been embarrassed the way he was just recently when prigozhin standing up and marching into russia. you know, if you have seen these interviews with putin, where he is that one and of the long table, and someone else is at the other long and whether it is -- all of a sudden he is out on

the streets, with russian citizens, he is backed against the wall. i think putin is likely to consolidate power, but the reality is he needs a wagner, or if not wagner itself, another wagner-like and the t. and, they rely on this kind of sub state actor unless the tip of the spear for russian foreign policy. >> so, essentially has dispensed with prigozhin, and many of said he looks weekend after prigozhin's failed uprising, what will they do without wagner? >> well, he has a couple of options. one, he can disband wagner and try to reflect them under the russian military. that comes with its own set of complicated circumstances including the fact of many of these individuals have been accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. it makes russia even more of a pariah in the international system. he can try and dismantle --

existing private military company, is that kind of centralized as their power and makes them less and forceable to -- what i think is most likely to, do install a new head of wagner like entity, someone far more pliant than prigozhin, and try to go about business as usual, which is essentially what he has told african leaders and others in the middle east, not to worry. they are not leaving. we are still going to be there operating in the same fashion. it just maybe a different had a, wagner although that has its own kind of job back. many of promotions men or fiercely loyal to him. >> cannes, clark, great to get your expertise on. this thank you so much. obviously we will wait to see what happens in this very tense moment. thank you for being here. >> just ahead, a series of shark sightings and attacks in florida and new york over the fourth of july holiday weekend, is this, normal or is something

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>> it was a busy holiday weekend for shark sightings and attacks. in florida, frightening video shows a sharks swimming right by a bunch of swimmers near pensacola. in new york, on long island, five people were bitten by sharks in a 24 hours between monday and tuesday. in a separate incident off the coast of new york's fire island, a 15 or the boy was bitten on the foot by a shark while serving monday afternoon. so what is going on here? joining me now is wildlife biologists and host of abc's

wildlife nation, jeff portman. jeff, good to see you, as always. why are there so many architects in the new york area? >> well, it's summertime. it's summertime, means people are loving the beaches, surfing and swimming, and so are the sharks. alison, if you know anyone like me, chances are you're on the water with your fishing rod looking for puppies to catch the strippers and tunis, looking for the macro, well so our sharks. all the bay is in at the scene if of life along our coastlines in new england, new york and connecticut. sharks are there, people are there. the good news though is if there is good news, these are probably very small sharks, maybe like sand tiger shots, certainly not great whites, a large predatory shark like that will be more than getting bit on the hand and foot, it'd be quite a serious injury. >> but i don't wanna be bit on the hand or foot either by a smaller shark, but did you see,

jeff, that video of all of the swimmers in pensacola? and the shark is so close to the shore, isn't that unusual, that seeing if in like that that close? >> it's actually not unusual at all. every time i am in florida, i see sharks. every time i am on the water, i was out today, and i saw a shark. they're very common. we've said this before, if you are in a healthy, pristine marine ecosystem, you're never more than 300 feet away from shark. most shark attacks have been five feet of water or less. in the case of this shark, the shark was not interested in the people. this was likely, i am guessing, a very large hammerhead shark, and it was clearly in pursuit of fish, a school of fish, which was hammering into, as they do so, because there were a lot of nice, dilution's looking people on the beach

there, and that shark did not mess with any of them. >> okay, i will take some comfort and that. do you know how the number of shark attacks already this summer does compared to previous years? >> so, there have been a lot of attacks this year, and thankfully, we did not have a significant amount of fatalities. the most significant shark attack that we've had was in the caribbean, where a woman who lost an appendage, when she was schooled i, actually snorkeling and was likely hit by a bull shark. thankfully, we have not had any extreme attacks as of yet that i am aware of, but they are up, and i think that has a lot to do with a lot of people spending a lot of time at the beach in the water. we are also seeing an increase in shark attacks. there, you go, it's up by one. not so bad, am i reading that right? >> you're reading it right, but we're only halfway through the summer, at most, maybe a third way to the summer.

i was just wondering, because there seems to be so many sightings, i know you'll say that they are just being recorded more, people have more sufferance, but it feels like there are more. do you understand what people are feeling a little freaked out this summer? >> absolutely because we're seeing an increase in shark numbers in new england, and we've mentioned this before, because the seal population is increasing, gray seals, harbison, that is the ultimate buffet treat for sharks. that's why we're seeing more sharks here. along florida, the southeast coast, you're seeing more sharks because there is a lot of fishing going on, and there is a lot of shark fishing going on and a lot of interactivity. that is likely increasing sharks, also the breeding season. people are there for all the efficient out the ecosystem, the sharks are there for the same reason, there pumping at the nursery's, we've had a lot of rain. you know what it's been like in

new york, massachusetts, it's been running through the fourth of july. the in the water makes it hard for sharks to discern between a tasty fish and a human being. >> i don't like that. jeff, i also want to get to this physio that you sent us of a well being caught in fishing gear and tell us how dangerous obviously this is for the well but also for the people trying to rescue the well. >> this is a horrible situation that we're in right now. this is a north atlantic white whale. alison, we were discussing this recently, and because of our conversation, i've really delved into the situation. it's really catastrophic, 340 remaining north atlantic white whales. they're getting hit by container ships and other vessels when they navigate from florida up north. the climate change is affecting

the fisheries and the north, but they are getting entangled in fishing gear. here, we see crews from noah, the center for coastal studies, which our experts echoing in, like we see here, this is dangerous work. these folks with the center for coastal studies and with the international fund for animal welfare, they're doing whatever they can to save the species. alison, they only produced 11 surviving offspring this year. that means this uniquely new england ambassador whale species will become extinct at this rate within the next few years. every well-matters, which is what we have groups like ccs and i far and noah out there trying to save the whales. >> thanks for alerting us to this desperate situation. jeff, always great to talk to you, thanks so much. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> monday and tuesday were the

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