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>> three. >> should zelenskyy resign, europe may have the ukrainian president's back, but after an ugly oval office showdown, some u.s. officials are suggesting the war torn country may need new leadership. >> and counter-programming. >> the president. some democrats are planning their own events. the same night that president trump will address congress. >> as the party is. >> struggling to find its voice. with trump back in the white house and a call to action, but not a call to vaccinate, the new health and human services secretary under fire for his latest comments about vaccination and the deadly measles outbreak. we're following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in. right here to cnn news central. >> the ripple effects from president trump's fiery white house meeting with ukrainian

president volodymyr zelenskyy are still spreading around the globe. the kremlin is now celebrating the oval office tongue lashing, saying that u.s. foreign policy now aligns with moscow's vision. meantime, europe is showing a united front without the united states. leaders there taking the lead on ukraine's defense after embracing zelenskyy more tightly than ever at a summit held over the weekend, britain's prime minister now suggesting a coalition of the willing to help arm ukraine against russia. all of this playing out one day before president trump delivers a primetime address to a joint session of congress, where he is expected to lay out his vision for america's future. it's a moment the world will be watching closely. let's get the latest from the white house with cnn's jeff zeleny. jeff, president trump just lashed out at zelenskyy again on social media. what can you tell us? >> boris, it's definitely a sign that temperatures have not cooled between the two leaders and the two countries, even as european leaders are rallying around volodymyr zelenskyy all

weekend long, the white house is doing no such thing with some suggestions of the one of the discussions now being on the table. will the u.s. reconsider its existing military aid for ukraine? but just a short time ago, the president responded once again to zelenskyy in a post on a truth social. let's take a look at that. the president says this. this guy doesn't want there to be peace as long as he has america's backing. and europe, in the meeting they had with zelenskyy, stated flatly that they cannot do the job without the u.s. probably not a great statement to have been made in terms of a show of strength against russia. what are they thinking? there's a lot of questions. what is president trump thinking as well, really? is this a reorients the world order in ways that we have really not seen in generations here? boris, as you said, the kremlin is. essentially gleeful with this realignment in washington, even as some skeptics on capitol hill are wondering where the

president is going to go from this. we're told that there are national security meetings all day long here with secretary of state marco rubio and other advisors. a key question is what does president trump plan to say in his address tomorrow evening to that joint session of congress about ukraine? clearly, he wanted to announce a deal with the rare earth minerals. that will not happen now, but the posture towards zelenskyy certainly has not ratcheted down since that explosive meeting on friday. >> boris jeff zeleny live for us at the white house. thank you so much, brianna. >> as the trump administration. >> reconsiders its support of ukraine. cnn has learned the u.s. has suspended operations and planning for offensive cyber operations against russia. a senior official telling cnn the suspension is a major blow since planning for such operations takes time and research to carry out, and a pause could leave the u.s. vulnerable to russian cyber attacks. cnn cyber security

reporter sean lingus helped break this story. sean, give us the latest. >> well. >> brianna, it's actually. >> not unusual to to. >> pause operations when you're in a sensitive diplomatic engagement. the way. >> the u.s. is right. now with russia. >> however, what is striking about this is the context. >> in which it's. >> happening and what we've been talking about on the air in terms of other signals from the trump administration that it is warming to russia and u.s. and russia. >> are in constant. >> state of confrontation in cyber space. russia has a formidable hacking unit that target u.s. critical infrastructure and do have the capability to shut down some u.s. infrastructure and certainly collect high value intelligence. that's why, for the last several years, u.s. cyber command, which is the military's the pentagon's offensive and defensive unit, has been engaged with russia to try to both at times deter them from doing this, but also for

the u.s. to collect intelligence on russian assets. so the pause in operations does have a lot of u.s. >> officials concerned. >> about what could come next. one would assume that they would eventually resume operations. however, we can't really assume anything right now, given what we've been talking about in terms of the changing u.s. russia relationship. so it remains to be seen just when the u.s. might resume conducting cyber attacks. however, what can we can be sure that russia will continue to target u.s. critical infrastructure based on all available evidence? and cyber command was an important tool that has been built up to try to both protect u.s. democracy and critical infrastructure. so it's really going to be interesting to see what happens next, brianna. >> yeah. certainly is. sean lingus, thank you so much. >> joining us now to talk more about all of these developments. josh rogin, the lead global security analyst for the washington post intelligence. we're also joined by retired air force colonel cedric leighton, a cnn military analyst. thank you both for being with us. josh, first to

you, is this step back from u.s. offensive operations against russia necessary to conduct negotiations over ukraine? >> well. >> boris, it's. >> clear that the. trump administration is granting a. >> number of. >> concessions to the russians in advance of the negotiations. none of them are necessary, but their theory of the case is that this will soften up putin to make a deal. and that's what they're doing. >> that's the. >> thinking behind it. now, it. >> would be nice. >> one would think. >> if. they if some of the pressure that. the trump administration is applying to zelenskyy and his team could also be applied. >> to the russians. and maybe. >> the zelenskyy people could. >> have a couple more incentives too. but that's. >> just not the way the. >> trump administration. >> is. >> playing it. so right or wrong, this is wrapped up into the trump administration's broader outreach to russia. and, you know, that is going to go apace no matter what zelenskyy says or doesn't say. >> yeah. so and, cedric, tell us what this is like in very real terms, what the u.s. is pausing,

how this is used, especially in the context of the war in ukraine. >> right. >> so. >> brianna, when you look at. >> what the u.s. does in cyber operations, they basically conduct reconnaissance operations of adversary networks, what concretely with ukraine? they also look at what the russians are doing against ukrainian networks. there was a. particular russian activity known as sandworm that attacked the entire ukrainian electric grid. the u.s. was responsible for helping the ukrainians determine what sandworm was, how it operated, and what kinds of mitigation could be done to prevent those attacks, or at least move those attacks in a less virulent area. so that's that's the kind of thing that the u.s. does. it's very important not only for our infrastructure, but it's also important for the ukrainian infrastructure as well as nato's infrastructure. >> and josh, is this unilateral disarmament when it comes to this kind of stuff? i mean, what's russia doing here?

>> right. >> it seems as if all the concessions are on the u.s. side, and none of the concessions are on the russian side, which seems like pretty poor negotiating from where we sit. and there's just no doubt that the russians have responded to all of the trump administration's concessions and outreach by doubling down on their positions. they haven't given an inch. not with the ukrainians, not with the americans, at least not yet. now again, this is the trump administration is prepared to defend that strategy until they get to the result, which is the talks about the ukraine war. and yeah, it's possible that russia is just playing a harder nosed game than the trump administration here, but it's going to play out. and eventually the trump administration is determined to get into that room with vladimir putin. and then we'll actually see. then we'll see, uh, if all of this, uh, activity on the trump administration's part can get something from the russians. if it fails, by the way, which i think most people who know the russians and know putin thinks it will, then the trump administration's policy will

turn again. so i just think we all have to sort of like, you know, as much as odious as this seems and as counterproductive as this seems, we have to sort of understand that this is a process. and when we get to the end of the process, uh, the there's a good chance that trump will figure out that putin is not a deal maker, doesn't want to end the war, and then he'll take a new approach to russia. so things to remember about trump. foreign policy is not where it is. it's that it can always change and it will change again and then again. and that's why i think that this story of the break between ukraine and and washington is not over. it can be repaired, it should be repaired. and although the trump administration is leaning heavily towards russia right now, that might not be how it turns out in the end, because putin has a vote and he tends to always do the wrong thing. >> colonel, europe is counting on the relationship to work out and taking the view that, josh, is that somehow this will get ironed out because you had the prime minister of the uk, keir starmer, essentially saying that, uh, a peace plan could

involve european boots on the ground and planes in the air. but even then, peace in ukraine depends on u.s. assistance. i wonder if you see it that way. is it necessary? >> well, i think it's a key factor. and the europeans are basically looking at this as an enabler, a key enabler for their activities. they don't have the logistics that we have in the u.s. they don't have the intelligence resources that we have. the closest would be the british and then the french, followed by the germans in terms of their abilities, uh, what they lack is the ability to take intelligence, for example, and disseminate it down to tactical unit levels. the u.s. is pretty good at that. that's the kind of thing that the europeans need, and they need to refine those kinds of capabilities. they have some of those capabilities, but not all of them. so when it comes to this, the europeans could do this on their own. uh, they would need to change some of their organizational structures and some of their ways of doing business. if they did that, they could definitely succeed against the russians, because we've seen how poorly the russians actually do perform in a military sense, given what

we've witnessed in ukraine. >> colonel josh rogan, appreciate the perspective. thank you both for being with us. >> anytime. >> still to come, do democrats have a plan to take on president trump? we're going to find out tomorrow when he addresses a joint session of congress. >> plus, could new videos offer crucial clues? the santa fe sheriff's office says it will be releasing body camera footage from the officers, who found actor gene hackman and his wife dead inside their home. as we're learning new details about the couple's final weeks. and as a deadly measles outbreak in texas grows, health secretary rfk jr. issues a call to action but stopped short of calling on people to get vaccinated. these important stories and more all coming up this hour on cnn news central. >> amid upheaval and sweeping changes. >> the president of the united states. >> trump heads to capitol hill to share what's next. follow

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cnn polling was conducted before president trump's heated exchange in the oval office with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. we want to discuss with democratic senator ron wyden of oregon. he's the ranking member of the senate finance committee. he also sits on the senate intelligence committee. senator, thank you so much for being with us. before we get to trump's speech tomorrow, i do want to ask you about ukraine and some of the rhetoric that is coming from the white house. do you think that a deal for peace in ukraine would be more likely if president zelenskyy were to step aside? no, i don't think that is the issue. the issue is really that donald trump has been rewriting history. you know, he's he's saying that ukraine, you know, started the war. that's not what's going on. we've got to get down to the actual realities on the ground. and that's how you get to an agreement. but i do wonder if you think zelenskyy's approach with trump could have been different, or

have you think this rift was unavoidable, given what you just noted, how vastly differently zelenskyy and the white house see russia and vladimir putin? i think the combination of the president and vice president, they had made up their mind ahead of time what was going to go on, and it was clear that they wanted to use this as a chance to throw, you know, some political punches and not try to advance an agreement. on the question of us. the u.s. suspending offensive cyber operations against russia. do you think that's an important step toward negotiations for peace in ukraine? i'm on the intelligence committee, so i can't get into classified matters. but i think overall it's a mistake. i mean, cybersecurity is one of the absolutely essential areas for keeping americans safe. now,

senator, to the president's address to congress tomorrow, instead of attending, you've decided to host a town hall in your home state. why take that step? that's what my constituents want. that's what oregonians many of them told me that they were interested in. they said, we want to hear about social security. we want to hear about medicaid. we want to hear about fighting fires. we want to hear about our veterans. we're not interested in hearing about the donald trump alternate reality. so that's why we're doing it. i've had more than 1100 open to all town hall meetings, and when there are big questions on the line, that's what oregonians expect. i do wonder what you are going to share with them about what democrats are doing to try to address trump's agenda. well, i'm going to talk about what i'm doing, for example, as the ranking democrat on the senate finance committee and particularly i'm leading the fight there to make sure that we

don't cut medicaid, which is a lifeline for oregonians and so many americans to have more tax breaks for billionaires. we're going to lay out essentially what the key choices, you know, are, and you've got, you know, donald trump stomping on the constitution. the constitution gives congress the power of the purse. and trump isn't complying. so outside of letting courts sort whether the executive has the authority through doge to conduct what many have seen as a gutting of these federal agencies, what folks like yourself see is an overreach. is there anything congress can do? well, what i'm doing, i'm co-chair of the whistleblower caucus. and, for example, during that spending freeze, one of the first things that happened was there was bedlam with the medicaid portals. people didn't know where to get information about their medicine and about nursing homes and the like. i led the effort, went online and got the

word out within a few hours. a few hours after that, the trump people said, we're going to get it fixed. and by the next day it was fixed. so you use all the tools, you use whistleblowers, you use the courts, you use the floor of the congress, you use them all because right now you've got donald trump unraveling the separation of powers and what the founding fathers had in mind. and that's why the stakes are so high tomorrow. to your point about using all the tools at your disposal, do you think that minority leader chuck schumer should call on democrats to reject unanimous consent agreements? well, certainly we are looking at all the procedural tools right now. for example, in the senate finance committee, we're looking at ways in which we can strengthen our opportunity to get information from the various nominees. we haven't been able to get that from treasury. so the procedural rules of the senate are one of the areas we're looking at to have more strength to carry out our

positions and our values. it sounds like it's under consideration. what would it take for you to suggest to the minority leader that that should be the course of action? it certainly ought to be one of the tools on the table. i'm not going to try to micromanage the senate from the rotunda, but it certainly ought to be. one of the things we look at. senator ron wyden, we have to leave the conversation there. appreciate you joining us. thank you. thanks for having me. of course, brianna. >> we have breaking news into cnn. an alarming update on pope francis from the vatican. cnn's christopher lam with us now. christopher, tell us what the vatican is saying. >> well, brianna, it's a concerning update from the vatican because we're told that pope francis had two. this afternoon and the hospital this was caused by an accumulation of mucus, which is caused, the vatican source said, by the pneumonia. and he had to be put

back on this noninvasive ventilation through receiving oxygen. through a mask. now, the pope had been on this form of oxygen therapy, uh, this past friday when he had a similar crisis. but he had come off it and he had been stable, we were told by the vatican. but tonight we are told that he has had these, uh, acute respiratory crisis. it's obviously a concern because the pope has now been at the gemelli hospital in rome for 18 days. he is battling pneumonia in both of his lungs. and there's a lot of worry and anxiety here in rome, in the vatican for the pontiff's health. look, brianna, i've been covering this for a number of days now, and i have to say, it's been something of a roller coaster. we've had days when we've been told the pope's condition is stable or slightly improving, and then we've had days such as this one where we're told there been

respiratory crises and difficult scenarios for francis. uh, right now it is a question of following this almost hour by hour. uh, people are gathering tonight behind me in saint peter's square for prayers for the pope, as they've been doing every night for the past several days. tonight, the prayer will be led by cardinal robert prévost, who is a u.s. cardinal who works in the vatican. he will be leading the prayers tonight for the pope, and i imagine those prayers will be intensified following this news. and of course, we are expecting further updates from the vatican tomorrow. brianna. >> all right. christopher lam, thank you for that update. we'll continue to follow this. next, some new details about the mysterious deaths of actor gene hackman and his wife as the sheriff prepares to release body cam footage from first responders at their house. what we're learning about the

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>> boris and brianna, we expect to see. when authorities first arrived. now, multiple agencies were. >> wearing body cameras. we understand. >> and so there's a lot of footage that. police are having to go through. they're having to redact a lot of it for the privacy of gene hackman. betsy arakawa and their families, of course. but what it will show, hopefully, is what. it looked like, what the scene looked like when police first arrived was the door open? there has been some confusion about what the door left ajar. police say that inside the home it did not appear that there was any sign of. >> burglary. >> that that there was any. >> sign of foul play. >> it didn't look like the. house was ransacked. so we'll get a little bit more insight into that. we also understand that one of the dogs was dead in the crate, but there were two dogs running around on the property. so what were the conditions of the home, as well as where in the home the bodies were found and what had happened there? now, we were expecting to get that body footage released possibly today, but it looks like that's not going to be the case because there's so much

footage they have to go through and so much they have to redact. and boris and brianna forgive us. the wind is very punishing out here right now in santa fe. so we're kind of dealing with that. but at this point, what we do know is that there was no sign of carbon monoxide poisoning. they tested negative for that. both bodies did, according to police, according to sheriff, rather, there were no signs of foul play. again, the home did not appear to be ransacked and according to data from gene hackman pacemaker, he was dead for at least nine days before authorities found him. brianna, boris and you're also hearing from those who knew the couple. what have they shared? veronica. well, we know that gene hackman and his wife, they moved here, they left hollywood. they were living a private life out of the spotlight and gene hackman. he was 95 years old. he was much older. so friends say they hadn't seen him in a while. he hadn't come into town, and they had last seen betsy arakawa at her business

about three weeks prior to her death. so. picture of a reclusive private couple who didn't really make it into town a lot in recent days and recent months, but that was their choice. of course, so many people shocked by this, and of course, many people across hollywood celebrities mourning the death of gene hackman, honoring him at the oscars last night. brianna. all right. veronica, thank you so much for that. a republican senator walking out of his town hall after he's asked about veterans being fired by the department of government efficiency. next, we'll be talking to a former marine caught up in the mass firings. >> amid upheaval and sweeping changes. >> the president. >> of the united states. >> trump heads to capitol hill to share what's next. follow cnn for complete coverage and in-depth analysis. the presidential address to congress tomorrow at eight on cnn.

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>> some new backlash over the department of government efficiencies, dramatic government cuts. more republican lawmakers getting an earful from angry constituents. listen, what happened when senator roger marshall of kansas suddenly left his contentious town hall during a question and answer session about u.s. veterans getting fired? >> but what you're doing right now, like the government is doing right now, as far as cutting out those jobs, a huge percentage of those people. and i know you care about the veterans. the veterans. yes. and that is a shame. yes. yes. that is a yes. >> i'm not a democrat, but i'm worried about the veterans man. yes, sir. thank you. all right. well. >> i yield it to. >> um. >> one of my my elders, and i appreciate his comments. um, i

think it's a great. i'm not going to. we don't have time for anyone to stand up. i do got two more commitments today. appreciate everybody making the drive out. and god bless america. thank you. >> thank you. our our next. who? is going to take pictures with you, buddy? right. to vote you out. >> joining us now is doug jackson. he is a marine veteran. he is one of many federal employees who has been among the trump administration's firings. he recently lost his probationary job at the irs. doug, just first off, um, you know, tell us why you chose to work for the federal government. what attracted you to this work? >> sure. thanks for having me on, brianna. uh, you know, federal government is a natural fit for a lot of veterans. one of the first things you do when

you become a civil servant is you raise your right hand and take the oath to support and defend the constitution. and that's something that we all did when we wore the uniform. and i think it's an extension of our military service to continue serving in the federal government. uh, and looking out for the public interest. >> and just to be clear about your job that you were holding, that you were new to. you did public affairs for the irs. if anyone could use that, i think we could agree it would be the irs. what does it mean? firing people in those positions. >> well, you know, it's not good on a personal level. it puts, uh, people's lives livelihood in jeopardy. it turns their lives upside down. and so now they have to figure out how they're going to pay their bills. um, and now they have a new job, which is, um, applying and networking and so on, on an individual level. you know, it's turning lives upside down with uncertainty. but also, uh, on the larger scale for an

agency like the irs, they need public affairs officers. they need people who are expert communicators who can reach the public in a meaningful way and explain new policies, uh, and even speak to the workforce. and so, um, you know, it's it's going to have a negative effect. i can't imagine, uh, cutting people like me or anyone really, across the irs or the federal government is going to hurt, is going to help the mission. >> and just explain your situation. it sounds like they went through the probationary cuts, and you were so new that the ax initially didn't hit you, but then they they came back to get you. is that right? >> yes, that's exactly right. i had a coworker who is a disabled army veteran who received her termination on a thursday. um, i knew i was in the same category as she was, but i was even newer than she was. and so, um, i did not receive a termination notice that same day. but the very next day, on friday, i received a

call from my team leader, uh, that friday, that day i was receiving the call was, in fact, my last day. and that a letter was being overnighted to me, and that would be my official termination letter. >> what message does that send to you? you mentioned your coworker, a disabled veteran. what message does that send? firing folks like that to the veteran community? >> yes, sure. so i think the mass wave of firing of federal employees who have been fired by doge, i think it sends two messages. one, uh, you know, it's telling veterans, thank you for your service, but that's not enough. uh, the government is in debt, and we also need to take your job. so that's one. and the second thing that i think it's telling veterans is, uh, you know, that you are part of the problem, not the solution. and it suggests that as veterans working for the federal government, that we are somehow, uh, deadweight or a burden on the government. and i

think that's a real shame. >> i wanted to ask you something because i think people are really looking at these irs firings, and they're very concerned. in fact, i was speaking to, uh, a veteran who was fired in the department of agriculture. and one of the things that worried them was the irs firings, because so many folks who find themselves without a job are really going to be looking for that lifeline of their tax return. you're in public affairs. you were in public affairs, but there are all kinds of different jobs that have been targeted or are expected to be targeted. do you worry that firings at the irs could could impact tax returns? >> i'm not sure. i mean, i wasn't an agent. i worked with others who were. i can't imagine that this is going to have a positive effect on turnaround time for returns. um, but like you said, there are other agencies affected, and the federal government already has a

difficult time recruiting, retaining their workers. and so this is going to have a discouraging effect across the workforce. >> doug, thank you so much for being with us and telling us your story. i know it's not easy and we really appreciate it. >> of course. thank you. brianna. >> as the deadly measles outbreak in texas grows, health secretary rfk jr.. issuing a call to action but stopping short of calling for a very specific life saving measure. we'll have that next. >> when it comes to rooting out corruption, do the fbi's ends justify the means? >> it was humiliating. it's an embarrassment for the country. >> united states of scandal with jake tapper sunday at nine on cnn. >> cueing the music. >> if you're feeling out of step with your current big wireless plan, switch. exactly. switch to consumer cellular. they use the same towers as big

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looking at what rfk said here, what is lacking in your opinion? >> oh my god, how hard is it to tell a state where there is a an aggressive measles outbreak? how hard is it to tell parents in that state simply if your children are not vaccinated for measles, get them vaccinated? you know, what he says in that piece is that it's a personal choice. but the truth of the matter is that every state in the union and the district of columbia requires kids to be vaccinated for measles before they go to kindergarten. so every state doesn't think it's a personal choice. the state of texas happens to have a very liberal opt out policy, which is why in that county, so many kids are unvaccinated. but every state in this country has felt that it's in the community interest to have a measles vaccine for all kids. and and he just refuses to say it.

>> i also think the language is interesting, doctor. this is a reminder of what we typically hear from public health officials. this is from a measles outbreak in 2019. alex azar, then trump's health secretary, called the measles vaccine, quote, safe, highly effective and among the most studied medical products. kennedy, in his statement, doesn't say anything like that. he writes that health care providers, leaders and policymakers need to, quote, ensure that accurate information about vaccine safety and efficacy is. disseminated. uh, he seems to suggest that there is inaccurate information about them being safe. am i reading that incorrectly? >> you're reading that. you're reading his feeling correctly during his confirmation hearings. uh, i think senator cassidy finally got him to say that he could consider, you know, changing his mind about the measles vaccine if there was, you know, sufficient safety data. but the truth of the

matter is, this vaccine has been given to children since 1963. so there are 62 years of safety and efficacy data for this vaccine. and it is remarkably effective. one of the most effective vaccines we've ever seen. two two shots confer a lifetime immunity of 97%. and we have 60 plus years of safety data. he just refuses to. he just refuses to believe it. he founded this entity called the children's health defense, which has been one of the most prolific disseminators of misinformation about the measles vaccine. so he can't say that a parent should vaccinate their children because he doesn't believe it. but yet he's running the largest, uh, network of health agencies in the united states. i happen to think that if america's secretary of hhs during a measles outbreak won't

explicitly tell parents of unvaccinated children to vaccinate their kids, then he should resign. it's not the right job for him. >> as you mentioned, that network that he founded and having such proximity or involvement in lawsuits that have to do with vaccines. can you just talk about what kind of conflict that creates and how that should properly be handled by someone who is an hhs secretary dealing with a measles outbreak? >> well, i think it's an irreconcilable conflict. he's made millions of dollars during his career in suing vaccine manufacturers. so how can the agency that regulates vaccines in the united states, how can the person that runs that agency continue to do that when they have such a long, intertwined history with suing companies? uh, suing that that manufacture vaccines? i think it's just completely irreconcilable

conflict. >> among options that he lists for potential treatment. he talks about vitamin a. what kind of an effect will vitamin a have for measles patients? >> you know, it's interesting. he spends a lot of time promoting, you know, vitamin a for treatment of people who get measles but doesn't promote the most effective way of preventing measles. it turns out that measles is much more destructive and more lethal and damaging in kids who are vitamin a deficient. there aren't a lot of kids in the united states who are vitamin a deficient, but in parts of places like africa, that is a big problem. and the world health organization, for that reason, advocates, uh, treating kids with measles with vitamin a. so the cdc is now recommending that, uh, because it basically can't hurt. and if the child happens to be vitamin a deficient, the vitamin a will, uh, will help. but i think it's

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