our culture has degraded in many ways but i recommend you go see this. bring your teenagers. they might learn something. thanks to my panel and all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. happy new year. we hope to see you right here next week as we look ahead to 2016. trail of destruction across the south. alabama, the latest state to get hit in a week of severe storm systems. this, as unreasonably warm temperatures continue in the east. janice dean has the latest from the fox news extreme weather center. isis playing defense. iraqi troops making major gains in a city under islamic state control since spring. so what does this all mean? general bob scales joins us. >> and we're weeks away from the first primary and caucus votes. could the race for the gop nomination be narrowing down? we're going to ask our political panel coming up.

thank you for spending your saturday with us. i'm elizabeth prann. >> hope you had a great christmas. i'm leland vittert. residents in alabama are counting their blessings after a christmas day tornado ripped through the north central part of of that state. emergency personnel are now going door to door to check for trapped residents. the tornado smashed homes, brought down trees, causing injuries. days heavy rain have swollen rivers. and now the concern shifts to flooding all throughout the south. meteorologist janice dean at the fox weather center with today's forecast. who's in the bull's-eye now? >> much of the country, 14 million people, are going to see this next round of severe weather. not only that, but blizzard conditions also. so let's take a look at the radar. this is the last 24 hours. we've got the snowy side of the storm, the heavy rain, flooding

issues and threat of severe weather again today. here's your future radar. we're watching this storm out of the southwest crank up. perhaps an historic storm with blizzard conditions for the southwest, including new mexico, up towards texas, oklahoma and kansas. and then we've got this wintry mix, freezing rain and/or sleet that's going to continue to move north and eastward through the chicago area on monday. so travel is going to be dangerous for parts of the central u.s. starting today through monday. we're talking about incredible amounts of rain and snow and sleet and freezing rain. taking a look at your forecast precipitation. in some cases, 8 to 12 inches of rain over saturated ground is going to cause flooding issues across the mississippi river valley, the southern plains, the ohio valley. and flash flood watches and warnings are posted for at least a dozen states right now into tuesday. the severe threat we could actually see tornadoes again for parts of texas and oklahoma.

so that's going to continue not only today but tomorrow. leeland, the cold side of this storm, which we'll talk about in the 2:00 hour, is going to bring blizzard conditions to the southwest. back to you. >> all right, thanks, janice. could be some tough travel there for the holidays for folks getting home. >> moving across the pond where they're seeing severe weather there. new flood alerts in northwest england in what has been the wettest december in more than 100 years. about 100 army troops are spending boxing day, the day after christmas, on sandbag duty to help fortify floodwalls. >> it makes me cry. it doesn't feel like christmas. we're try to make the best of it. we're stuck in one room with a fake christmas tree. everybody mashed together to try to make it christmas but it's not the christmas we normally have. >> residents there have already experienced three severe floods this month already.

>> all right. and down under, they're water bombing remnants of a wildfire along southern australia's victoria coastline. the christmas day blaze was striked by a lightning strike. forced thousands to evacuate what is a very popular tourist area. all right. we don't have that sound bite. cooler temperatures in australia are helping to ease the threat. although authorities warn those fires could continue to burn in the outback for weeks. security forces are investigating a breach at a u.s. air base outside of tokyo that temporarily left it on lockdown. leaders at yokoto air base told personnel earlier today to seek shelter after a suspect gained unauthorized entry with a suspicious package. he is now in custody. the base, home to the 374th airlift wing, has been given the all clear.

but the investigation does continue. the department of defense releasing new details today on the latest round of coalition air strikes against isis. five strikes were carried out in syria and 12 in iraq, including three near ramadi, where iraqi troops are locked against isis on the ground. garrett tenney has the latest. >> clearing the way for iraqi security forces in their latest effort to retake ramadi. this week, its forces, with the backing of u.s. air strikes, have retaken much of the city and are now closing in on the last area still under control by isis. where about 100 islamic state fighters are holding out in a former government compound. the latest round of air strikes helped clear the way by destroying several isis vehicles, fighting positions, as well as several houses that the militants have rigged with

explosives. those kinds of bombs and booby traps have slowed the advance of iraqi forces in the previous months. ramadi is a strategic location because of its close proximity to baghdad just about 60 miles away. recapturing the city would be a huge victory for the coalition and for iraqi forces whom the u.s. has invested a lot of time and training and equipping. before taking off for hawaii last week, president obama said the u.s. continues to increase its support in the fight against isis. >> isil's already lost about 40% of the populated areas it once controlled in iraq and it's losing territory in syria. as we keep up the pressure, our air campaign will continue to hit isil harder than ever. taking out their leaders, their commanders and their forces. we're stepping up our support for partners on the ground as they push isil back. >> iraq's prime minister has vowed that once ramadi is retaken, iraqi forces will then

turn their focus to mosul, iraq's second largest city in the islamic state's de facto capital in the country. u.s. officials have said that, though, will be a much more difficult task. elizabeth. >> gary tenney, thank you. while the iraqi forces fight isis on the ground in and around ramadi, the u.s. and its coalition allies are waging a war campaign. the big questions, are the air strikes enough. retired army general, fox news military analyst, general bob scales here to weigh in. all right, so general, we got this press release out from the pentagon. they say that they've had five raids inside syria. 12 bombing raids inside iraq. that sounds like a bad baseball score than it does a meaningful war. >> yes, that's right, leland, there are two problems here. first of all, it's targing in syria. the air force is having a heck of a problem trying to get discrete targetings that meet the outlines of the rules of

engagement. and the rules simply state that you're not to put in any civilians in danger. and the problem with ramadi is that the circle is so tight around the isis fighters that are left, is is that you can't get the minimum safe distance for heavier bombs inside the city. and also the hundred or so remaining isis fighters are using innocent civilians as human shields to prevent the air force, particularly, from dropping its heavier bombs, like 1,000 pounders and 2,000 pounders. and the result is that only a very few number of air strikes are authorized in close support of the iraqi forces inside of ramadi. >> you think about this fight for ramadi and just so we have a time line here. ramadi fell back in may 2015. iraqis allegedly started their assault to retake it in july of 2015. this is now teadecember. that doesn't seem to bode well for whoever is left of the iraqi army. >> remember, ramadi is two

things. first of all, it's a template for what the iraqi army does next. second, it's sort of a testing ground, if you will. the iraqi army has put several different commanders through that effort. they've rotated commando units back and forth through ramadi. they've tried out different tactics, techniques and procedure, you know, following sort of a siege tactic to close in on ramadi. if anything, ramadi has been a chance for the iraqi army to sort themselves out, go to school, find out who the good leaders are and also to improve the quality of liaison between the iraqi army and the american advisers. does it bode well for mosul? i don't think anybody knows. remember, mosul is a long, long way from baghdad and the iraqi army's biggest problem now is not close combat or air strikes but it's logistics. getting to mosul and taking that much larger city down, leland. >> at some lovell, as we've

watched what happens in ramadi, and everyone seems to admit mosul is going to be a tougher battle, is it kind of at some level to forget this idea of an iraqi army and have the realization it's either going to be a united states-led force or perhaps some kind of saudi-led force that's going to actually begin to try and take the fight to isis? >> short answer, heland, is too soon to tell. there's some promising signs from what we've seen around ramadi but there's also been some negative signs. remember, ramadi had at most 200,000 people. mosul has over 1 million. mosul is an ancient medieval city that isis has been digging into for over a year and a half now. some would say that mosul and raqqah and syria are just two nuts that are just too big to crack by the iraqi army. i think what the administration is saying now is the campaign season starts in april. let the iraqis get their act together. figure out how to do this campaign against mosul, see how they do, and then make the

decision about sending in heavy u.s. forces to help them take that city. >> in terms of the fight, not only against isis and iraq, but the fight against isis overall, is it time to begin talking about committing u.s. troops into syria and into these kinds of places? i know you've written about this heavily. at some level, the pentagon brass seems scared to even offer that proposal. >> you know, there's an old soldier saying called ground truth. you can strip out the politics. you can strip out the hope and the well wishing. at the end of the day, conditions on the ground are going to dictate what the coalition does. my sense is that ramadi is a good sign. let me tell you, leland, mosul and raqqah and syria are huge, huge isis-fortified cities, with 20,000 to 30,000 fighters. completely different situation. i think in about 13 months in a new administration they're going to rethink this campaign and we're going to see the infusion

of some american ground troops, heland. >> wear already at six months going on ramadi so it doesn't bode well. general, appreciate your insight, sir. coming up, in his own words. sergeant bo bergdahl faces charges of desertion and misbehavior. we're learning new details from the popular podcast "serial." is all the attention helping or hurting his case? plus, did an arsonist target bill clinton's former childhood home? >> there's just evidence and signs that we do believe that it was intentionally set. coming up, they're running neck and neck in iowa and fighting for the same conservative voters. so why are trump and cruz saying such nice things about each other? we're going to ask our political panel coming up. >> i really like ted cruz. a lot of people don't like ted

cruz. i like him. he's the one person that when i said things that were right but controversial, ted cruz would back me 100% i guess virtually every time. >> i think one of the most important things donald trump has done in this race is help frame the central question of the republican primary as who will stand up to washington.

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arson in a place called hope. arkansas police suspect the childhood home of former president bill clinton, seen here, was deliberately set on fire early christmas day. >> strong odor of accelerant. there's also some graffiti around the point of initial setting of the fire. we're currently waiting on the national park service arson investigators to arrive. >> a passing driver early christmas morning spotted smoke and alerted officials to get there. the house was designated a national historic site in 2011. good news, though, the house only sustained minor damage, we're told, to the ex-exterior.

contenders in the gop presidential sweepstakes are taking the weekend to recharge their campaign batteries and sharpen their political knives. trump and cruz mostly staying out of the spotlight for now. after an intense week that sparked a debate over the po piety of an old yiddish phrase. for our debate we have emily, of the young americas foundation, and radio talk show host mark lavigne. thank you for joining us. we very much appreciate it. i want to start with you, mark, because i want to put up a poll here. we see in these numbers ted cruz from now, we have a gop nominee preference, now and november 16. and the change has been about four percentage points. we've seen a slow but steady rise in the polls for people supporting the senator. i want to gauge, you know, he

really has stump speeches that sound anti-establishment but he is a senator. so tell me how he walks this fine line. >> i don't think ted cruz is the establishment. he's kind of the most hated man in the united states senate. trump isn't establishment either. neither of them are. i think the establishment would like to see rubio or jeb bush, maybe chris christie. i don't think he's establishment, even though he's in the united states senate. >> what's your reaction? the establishment does not want to see him as a candidate? >> i think senator cruz has this incredible record of principled conservative beliefs and actions on those beliefs. i think any conservative in this country would be more than happy to have senator cruz especially when you think about what the alternative is on left. any of these candidates on the right are far better than anything on the left. i do think actually that conservatives around the country would really be perfectly happy to have cruz get this nomination. >> i don't know about principled. i think the conservatives, even the establishment sees hip as kind a used car salesman.

kind of slick, oily, can't really be trusted. >> okay, slick, oily. but he is seeing a lot of support in iowa and we could see him come out the winner. what does that say? >> iowa voted for michele bachmann, mike huckabee. iowa does not presidents make usually. >> emily. >> so i think that senator cruz is tactically being really smart here. the republican bench is so deep. i think any conservative would be happy to support most of them. cruz has the foresight to sort of say right now, you know, when trump likely will drop out at some point, what do we do with these voters? some of them are disenfranchised. how do we fold them in as republicans going towards the general election in 2016? i think what cruz is doing is actually politically very smart. will probably pay off. >> in your theory, to expand on that, emily, how does he say getting those anti-establishment voters, but at the same time, he does need to gain mainstream

donors, and he's been doing that in the past. how does he continue to do that? >> yeah, that's a good question. i think senator cruz is politically adept. so i think what we'll have to see him doing is clarifying his positions. that's just sort of the primary process. sometimes we get so caught up in the day to day of the primary we don't see totally what's coming up in the general election. i think that will be ironed out as he clarifies his positions. this man is in the united states senate. he has a pretty strong record. he'll be able to appeal, as he has time to explain, as the other candidates have time to explain. when we start seeing the others drop out. >> he has many years in the senate as barack obama so they have the same -- if republicans think barack obama was ready to be president, i'm sure they're ready for cruz. >> mark, do you think -- who should the potential democratic nominee be most concerned about right now? >> oh, i'm not concerned about any of them frankly. i think that the republicans are attacking each other right and left. they're destroying each other.

one thing i really like about sanders and clinton, even though -- >> they're stealing each other's donors. >> they don't insult each other. we're the party of dignity, responsibility. they're the party of low-life insults and, you know, sand box cracks. >> emily, i'm going to give you the last word and then we have to wrap up. >> i think it's silly to say the democratic party is the party of dignity when you have one candidate bernie sanders stealing the donors of another candidate. i think right now they're in a mess. i'm feeling pretty good over here on the right. >> all right, emily and mark, thank you for joining us. i'm sure we'll talk to you before iowa. thanks so much. a quick programming note. tomorrow on fox news sunday, chris wallace will check in with former arkansas governor huckabee on his presidential campaign with the iowa caucus just five weeks away. how does he plan to rally voters. for times, check your local listings. >> think about this, beau bergdahl unplugged.

finally talked about his case before going on trial for his life. coming up, a look at the legal and perhaps more importantly political fallout. >> my sources tell me that the white house is trying real hard to push this serial podcast to create sympathy for bergdahl among the american people but i will guarantee you it will have no effect on the panel or the jury once it's convened. plus, the race against time to save miners trapped deep underground after a major collapse. and, come on, guys, america wants to see how you celebrated the holidays this year. send us your pictures. you can tweet us @lelandvittert. here are some of the first pictures. many are already sending in great memories of family and friends gathered together and a few political messages as well. ♪

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fox news alert. on some headlines this hour. southern california firefighters are trying to contain a wildfire that has scorched 1,000 acres and growing rapidly. the fire has closed two highways, forced evacuations of the beach community in ventura county, california. that's about 65 miles west of los angeles. officials say about 30 homes right now are in immediate danger. >> into houston, investigators still don't know what caused the fire at a mosque there. they haven't ruled out arson yet. the fire had multiple or jen points which makes it suspicion according to authorities. they right now are reviewing surveillance cameras. 18 workers remain trapped

underground in a chinese mine. rescuers pulled 11 workers to seat today after a mine colla e collapsed friday in china's east. it is gut-check time for former taliban prisoner beau bergdahl. will he put his fate in the hands of a military judge or jury? the 29-year-old army sergeant appeared in court this week at ft. bragg to be officially charged with desertion and misbehavior. >> reporter: sergeant bergdahl arrived wearing his dress blue uniform facing a military judge for the first time. the arraignment lasted ten minutes. bergdahl faces the possibility of life in prison if found guilty of the most serious charge in this general court marshal hearing. bergdahl is charged with d desertion and misbehavior with the enemy.

the equivalent of a misdemeanor trial that would have resulted in a maximum one-year sentence. >> i never remember a special court being upgraded to a general court. this is very, very unusual. and to my mind, it speaks to the courage of senior leadership. >> reporter: bergdahl spent five years in taliban captivity after walking off his outpost in eastern afghanistan on june 30th, 2009. a controversial some say illegal prisoner swap in may of 2014 led to the release of five senior taliban commanders held at guantanamo bay. and a rare rose garden press conference with the president and bergdahl's parents. the white house victory lap raised eyebrows in the military. bergdahl recently explained why he left his base in a 25-hour podcast. quote, doing what i did was me saying i am like jason bourne. i had this fantastic idea that i was going to prove to the world i was the real thing.

under army regulations, desertion carries with it a maximum five-year sentence. if bergdahl is convicted of endangering the lives of other trues, he could face life in prison. his next date before the judge is january 12th. at the pentagon, jennifer griffin, fox news. >> you heard in that piece, we hear sergeant bergdahl describe the abuse he suffered during five years as a taliban prisoner. it was never worse than after several failed escape attempts. >> it was like, okay, if i am d exposure out there or shot from escaping, it's better than having my head cut off because i saw enough of those movies or videos, i saw enough of those to know what it would be like. >> as his next hearing scheduled for january 12th approaches, some are asking if bergdahl's captivity was punishment enough.

so you were serving in afghanistan when this happened. tell me your reaction when you learned general robert adams decided against a special court marshal and decided bergdahl should face a general court martima marti martial. >> my reaction six years ago as a marine is similar to my reaction as a civilian hearing about this and probably involves words i can't say on television. i feel even stronger that our constitution demands a fair trial for him and he's innocent until proven guilty. i think sergeant bergdahl is entitled to that and i think he'll get it through this military process. >> you've worked as a prosecutor in both military courts and federal court, which is civilian. for our viewers at home, can you break down the difference and what stage is bergdahl at right now? >> one of the main differences between the military and civilian system is the charging process. so at this point the military just decided what to formally

charge him with. the prosecutor's charged in representing the state in sort of an abstract justice perspective. the commanding officer making this decision is also weighing the good order and discipline of the service members that are under his or her command. and so you'll see the decisions, which is a departure from the way the civilian world does it. >> you initially heard i think it was september the army was recommending a less serious court-martial process. what do you think the deciding factor was? >> the military system has a grand jury-type process where they appoint one service member to investigate the facts and that service member then comes back with a recommendation to the commanding officer. who makes the ultimate decision. it was really unprecedented to

hear the recommendation, which was essentially a slap on the wrist. then the commanding officer saying no, i'm going to ignore that and instead throw the book at him. the army's been pretty mum about the general motives. that good order and discipline piece. >> a huge blow to the defense. a lot of people are talking about it. what type of impact could this have on the case? we hear his very personal accounts. hurtful or helpful for him? >> i think it's hurtful. i can't imagine his defense lawyers wanted him to do this. general rule is an out of court statement can't be used to prove that statement but there's lots

of exceptions to that rule and would probably apply here. if the prosecution hears something it thinks may be advantageous, i think there's every likelihood the prosecution could decide to use it. >> they have obviously all clearance, do you think they will be using it? >> i think there's a good chance of that. i think one of the statements he said was something jennifer mentioned in her package earlier, which was this idea that i want to go off and prove i can be like a movie action hero or something like that, you know, i think probably a lot of his defense strategy will be my intent here was to raise concerns about the leadership. my intent was to protect those around me by trying to pull off this crazy stunt. but when you hear him say on the other side i wanted to be like jason bourne, all of a sudden to me that's probably pretty devastating. i could see certainly at the sentencing phase of this, assuming he's found guilty, i could see the prosecution using that. >> we'll see obviously the next step in this, january 12th. we'll obviously keep our viewers

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american history. and they are a powerful voting bloc. in 2008, the youth vote helped secure the white house for then senator become obama. but -- >> the younger members of this generation, those who came of age a little bit later, remember not the movement of the obama campaign in electing the first african-american president. instead, they remember 2009, 2010, when we had gridlock and recession and we saw their friends, family, neighbors, losing things, losing jobs, losing houses. it's a very different angle of which they came of age politically. >> reporter: with a new election cycle under way, the director of polling at harvard's institute of politics, believes the youth vote is up for grabs. allison is a junior at harvard and beliefs the economy and health care are important issues. >> gridlock and a lot of different factors in washington that have really made me think i'm not really sure what party i

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a new strain of tuberculosis is now resistant to multiple different drugs and spreading. tb is one of the world's deadliest diseases killing 1.5 million people in 2014, most of them outside the united states. the fear of this new disease has the white house even asking for help. dr. mark segal, member of the fox news team, joins us now from new york. as we point out, most of these deaths right now are occurring overseas from tb. seems like it would be easy for any of these folks to bring this disease and the drug resistant form of tb to the u.s. >> absolutely, leland. we're making progress in the united states against tuberculosis. we have over 10,000 cases a year now. only 100 of those are the multiple drug resistance. it's tuberculosis that doesn't respond to our main stay of treatment. our two best drugs. if we don't have them, we got'

problem. multiple drug resistance. we're seeing 100 cases in the united states. guess what, leland, 500,000 cases around the world. half of them die from it. this is a huge emerging problem. because people don't take their tb medications or they spread it. i think the obama administration is right to try to target this and say look, we don't only have to battle this here, we have to go around the world and join us and try to battle it before it gets here. that includes issues regarding immigration as well. >> big picture, when we talk about drug resistant bacteria and those kinds of things. is there enough being done right now to find new drugs, to fight these other strains, or where we at a point where drug companies are a little complacent in the way they're doing their research? >> that's a great point. there isn't enough incentive out there for drug companies toup w battle tb, to come up with a new vaccine to battle tb. the old vaccine that's been around 100 years is not very

effective. and also to train people, to teach patience about how if you're on a medication for tuberculosis, you better finish your course. otherwise, you're going to develop a multiple drug resistant strain. that's hugely a respiratory bacteria, and it spreads would s by coughing, by sneezing, not by touch. it's not the easiest thing to spread, but close contact can spread this. and it will be a problem in the united states unless we take care of it now. >> and you talked about finishing your medicine. that is true not only for due better kilo sis, but if all of a sudden your doc gives you an anti-by on the tick for your sinus infection or stomach infection, anything, if you don't finish that full course of meds, that bacteria will become resistant to you. >> yes. and first of all, do you really need the antibiotic or is it a

virus. because if you're overmedicated, you can develop resistance to a drug. is it the appropriate antibiotic? are there people around you at home or in the hospital, do they know you have something contagious? are people washing their hands properly? is the room being disinfected? are young children or pregnant women or the elderly at risk here? this is the kind of thing people need to know. you can educate yourself about bugs like this. and that's a great point, bacteria is becoming very resistant these days. >> and quickly here, we'll switch gears a little bit to it's the holiday season. i've seen reports that the number of pounds folks gain between christmas and new year's, thanksgiving and new year's, always goes up every year. is there a reason come january 1st to make that new year's resolution of okay i'll lose weight or does that just mean folks yo-yo? >> i would make that motto now.

i wouldn't wait for a new year's resolutions. but studies show that that pound or two you put on now, it doesn't come off next year. so i would tell people you're going to have that eggnog. leland asked me about the eggnog before i came on here. but -- >> what we talked about before is off the record. >> okay. all right. sorry about that. i apologize. but whatever you have, whenever you have the ham, the turkey, the big desert, whether you have a lot to drink, you better exercise, drink a lot of water and try to keep your portion size down now. because if you put on the weight now, you'll probably not be able to get it off later. >> doc, appreciate you coming in the day after christmas. all the best. a christmas surprise in milwaukee turned a family's stoefr definite investigation station into one of joy.

she was month arps from purchasing a home she had been renting, but it was destroyed by a fire along with all of her possessions earlier this month. a local nonprofit stepped in buying a foreclosed home for burke and surprising her with the keys on christmas morning. really great story. and i heard they had done more than $20,000 worth of renovations to that foreclosed home. new meaning to the term i'll be home for christmas. and will in texas, another great story. a church congregation surprised some of their own with a gift they disprattly needed, a home on christmas morning. the 11,000 member calvary church in dallas pulled together to rent an apartment for a single mother of four recently evicted and struggling to make ends meet. >> this is what joy to the world is. let's help some families restore what they lost. >> if i can give a helping hand and cleaning or taking someone away, whatever i can do, i just want to be a blessing. >> in addition to a down payment and first month's rent, the

congregation also furnished the apartment complete with a christmas tree and earlier there as you see under the tree, a few presents to make it feel like home. >> and i had read with our fox affiliate that this family had been living in a motel, single mother of four, for about a year. so she finally has a roof over her head for her children. >> a house to call home. can't beat that for the holidays. and there is plenty of holiday joy in the home of a special military family that we introduced you to last week.five children of the sergeant and his wife are enjoying toys provided by ufo project elf. and there may be extra surprises in store, so we won't ruin it. the am gift giving campaign relies on outside donations to help make santa holiday wishes come true for many cash strapped military family hes. and i've spoken with some uso volunteers and they have seen an outpo porpouring of support. so i suspect more military

families will be getting some help next year, as well. >> and this is something you have a big part of,ary and dear to your hart. and not only have you done stories about it, but you and your husband go out and help. what made this charity so special for you? >> this one in particular where the uso, i think a lot of these families have trouble, these are working families that a lot of the spouses get deployed this time of year, a lot of things to take care of, and it's just nice to have some special treats under the tree. >> so you were able to provide christmas for this family and how many other families? >> in total, there were more than 1200 children got toys because of all the families. so quite a few. >> and if you still want to help out, you can tweet us and we'll tweet out a link to donate to the uso. big question yesterday, which is how did you celebrate christmas, a lot of folks celebrated in

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thanks for being with us this saturday after christmas. a beautiful day here in the northeast. i'm leland vittert. >> and here elizabeth prann. here is what is making news. donald trump and hillary clinton take no holiday off from their war of words. daniel hal perth will join us with more. >> and we'll get latest from the fox news extreme weather center. and thousands of cuban migrants can desperate to get to america but stuck in quite literally a political catch 22. as many of us and our family

and friends head home, presidential candidates are back on the road hoping to gain traction in key states. kristin fisher is following it here in washington. >> so there were zero campaign events on christmas eve, christmas day or today. but things will start picking up tomorrow. and then really ramp up on monday. these candidates now have just 37 days until the iowa caucus. so with just over a month to go, here's how the republican field stacks up. at 37%, trump's heading into the new year more dominant than ever. his closest competitor, ted cruz, 19 points behind him, marco rubio at 11 and ben carson slipped down to 9. chris christie and jeb bush are tied up at 4. rand paul at 3, carly fiorina and john kasich at 2. rand paul is using the day after christmas to try to get more money into his campaign's coffers. a few hours ago, he posted a video on twitter asking

supporters s for more donation. >> still over half of the people out there undecided, we have a real shot of winning. we have a great grounds game in iowa, new hampshire. we need your help. >> on the democratic side, bernie sanders broke a fundraising record this week. he's earned more than $2.3 million in individual contributions. but hillary clinton is heading in to the new year with a dominant double digit lead which is why her campaign is focusing their fire not on her primary opponent, but on her possible general election match-up. >> trump wants to relive the past from almost 20 years ago. no one is going to stop him. he's like frankenstein's monster. we've created him and he will keep on going. but who wins? i think, sure, the simple answer is hillary wins. but when you attack one woman, you attack all women. >> tomorrow martin o'malley will start a four day swing in iowa, sanders will be in nevada and

gop gcandidate gets back into te mix on monday. that final sprint to iowa, that won't really start in earnest until after the new year. >> we know you'll be reporting on it. kristin fisher, thank you so much. becoming isis' best recruiter. they are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and mauz huslims in order recruit mourad cal gradical jihadists. >> she should apologize. she lies about e-mails, white water, she lies about everything. >> that's hillary clinton and donald trump shall we say butting heads this week. perhaps a nice i way of putting it. and that's just the beginning of it. it's fast they skipped the primary season all together and moved straight to the general election. but the reality is we are still a little bit more than a month out from the iowa cause you cans. online editor for the weekly

standard, daniel halpert joins us now. both are framing this as a one-on-one. smart move? >> it does look like they're looking past the primary, but this is it help their primary position. there are very few democratic vote ares or people that hillary clinton is trying to pervasuadeo vote for her, so attacking donald trump is good politics. same with donald trump. at be ttacking hillary clinton, people who would vote for trump are not big clinton supporters. it's good politics to at track that person even though it's helping to get voters behind you, so it's a primary move to this do this. so they are the front leaders in the polls so them going at each other makes a whole lot of sense and great theater, as well.

>> it is great theater. the democrats seem to be at least in a sense propositioning anytime donald trump goes after hillary is in some way going after women. take a look at what trump had to say recently. >> she was favored to win and she got [ bleep ]. she lost. >> once you start having to bleep presidential candidates, does that play if to hillary's hand of now being a champion of all women, not just democrats? >> yes, she's definitely going to as she already has use it as a rallying cry. you attack one woman, you're attacking them all, they will use that as a rallying cry. donald trump, again, it helps him as well because he wants to look like this macho man just saying what is on his mind speaking truth to power. so he is using to his advantage, as well. they're able i think to play off each other in this way both

advantageous for each other. it's good politics ultimately. you have to get through the primary in order to face the general election. worry about the general election later. and that is clearly what their goal is in this moment. >> you bring up an interesting point. worry about the general election later, but when you look at the poll numbers, something donald trump loves to talk about, real clir politics average of him against hillary has him down 6.1 in a general election toss-up, hillary beats ted cruz by 0.8, rough lay toss-up. the only person who beats hillary in a head to head match-up is marco rubio. the question is does it matter to primary voters in iowa, new hampshire the issue of leb electability? >> clearly to some. the truth is we don't know -- the republican party would go through a massive shakeup if donald trump were to win, which is part of his appeal.

i think a lot of things would change so drastically. it is really hard to tell how a donald trump/hillary clinton match-up would be. obviously some people are going to base their vote on electability, but others will look at the it and say donald trump is taking to hillary in a vulgar way that other candidates are too afraid do it or for some reason are not doing it and donald trump will appeal to those voters for that reason, as well. so it's hard to really determine how this actually shakes out. but it's not necessarily donald trump's complete disadvantage and clearly he has his fans. there are a number of them and he is trying to consolidate them around himself. >> they are very vocal and all of us political types have made a number of predictions that have been approach wrong in terms of what line trump just finally cannot cross. daniel hal per, appreciate your insights as always. all the best. at least 17 people are dead

after tornadoes ripped through the southeast during this christmas week. mississipp arkansas were the hardest hit. thousand more on t now more on the storm's toll. >> the death toll now at 17 after two more bodies were found. unseasonably warm weather is spawning severe weather all week. tornadoes and flooding from arkansas to tennessee to mississippi leaving incidence of families homeless on christmas eve. and it continues into christmas night through alabama, a tornado touching down yesterday in the state's capital birmingham. three homes reportedly destroyed. some people were trapped inside. trees down. several people taken to hospitals. four minor injuries. but no deaths reported. >> it was like pouring down, heavy rain just -- heavy rain. and then all of a sudden, the blast in the windows just broke out.

it was like somebody was clawing the roof off of the house. >> when i walked out action i just heard chaos. i just heard he cams on. and seen some people trapped in a car, old lady trapped in a car with a lot of trees down. i helped her out. >> and today alabama governor robert bentley touring parts of the state ravaged after three days of heavy rainfall. 200 roads in the state are closed due to the flooding. and flood warnings are in affect for northern alabama. but there is particular concern for the southeast where the pea river threatens to bridge the levee protecting the city. in mississippi, there are now ten people reported dead from tornadoes that hit the state wednesday and flooding that followed afterwards. more than 100 homes and businesses damaged and horn morn 50 people injured. families spending christmas day collecting their belongings from the leftover rubble. good news, though, members of the community and the marine

corps donating toys on christmas day to dozens of kids whose families lost everything in these storms. >> thank you, brian. other parts of the country are preparing for blizzard conditions as a major storm takes shape. it's expected to ramp up on monday, dropping over a foot of snow in some places. janice dean is at the fox weather center tracking the storm. >> yes, not only blizzard conditions, but severe weather again today. we have a tornado watch in place for parts of texas and oklahoma, so we'll see the threat for large hail, damaging winds and towards. tornado watch meaning that conditions are favorable for tornadoes and it looks like we have one for central oklahoma north of arrested mdmorardmore. so strong rotation on doppler. so the severe threat continues for parts of texas in through oklahoma, up toward the ohio valley and then also tomorrow where we also have an enhanced arriving for severe storms. so on the back side of this, the

cold side of the storm where we'll see blizzard conditions, watch this as we head into sunday and monday. 18 inches to 24 inches in parts of new mexico up toward texas and oklahoma. also wintry mix, freezing rain and/or sleet, heavy rainfall easily 6 to 8 inches in some isolated areas up to a foot of rain. and then we'll continue to track this monday into tuesday across the midwest and the great lakes. even towards the northeast. that is going to be a mess heading into tuesday across portions of new york and pennsylvania. the forecast precipitation in some cases this could be a historic event. look at the rainfall totals as well as the snowfall. again, 18 to 24 inches and several inches of rainfall may be up to a foot. so that will mean flash flooding and the blizzard. the blizzard starts tonight into tomorrow for parts of new

mexico, texas, okay lahoma, colorado and kansas. it will be next to impossible it not impossible to travel in these areas. so keep a close eye on your latest weather forecast and you can see the clash of the two air masses. very cold behind this. ahead of it, warm unstable air mass, almost like a springtime storm because of the temperatures. and that will continue monday into tuesday. so multifaceted storm. the risk for tornadoes this afternoon in towards the evening and then the blizzard behind it. certainly a lot to track and we'll keep you posted. back to you. all right. thank you so much, janice. leland. >> iraqi ground troops are pushing in to the final stronghold in ramadi as they try capture that city. ground troop advancement slowed as isis deployed bombs and booby trap, but pushes are pushing ahead despite all the says backs oig recapturing the city which

fell to isis several months ago. if they do recapture it, it would be a major victory not only for the united states, but also its allies against isis. more violence today in the holy land at an area popular with tourists. israeli security forces shot and killed a palestinian man outside the jaffa gate. police asked the man for i.d. after he suspiciously followed two jewish worshippers. that's when the palestinian man alledgedly charged at the police with a knife. on thursday, would israelis and two palestinians were killed at that very same location. a new wave of refugees is once again reaching italy. the italian coast guard this week rescued hundreds of migrants from the african countries of nigeria, sin in a gallon and the i've re coast. the latest group were spotted

during search operations. they were brought to safety at the southern port inside italy to be processed. and frustration is building among thousands of cuban migrants hoping to reach the u.s. by land through central america. they spent christmas in tents in costa rica sharing a traditional holiday meal as they wait for permission to travel through nicaragua. it's a close ally of cuba and has refused to allow them to pass. costa rica is now threatening to deport the migrants. fox news alert out of new york. a scare aboard a new york flight that was headed to florida today. thankfully no one was injured. this is spirit airlines flight 197 to ft. lauderdale. it never actually left the gate at laguardia when someone on the crew reported what they called a smoke emergency. rescue firefighters checked things out and found no smoke and cleared the plane.

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as 2015 comes to a close, time to reflect on the highs and lows of this year in politics. but this is the year republicans reclaim control of both chambers of congress and that the 2016 presidential race shifted into high gear. here for a fair and balanced look back and also forward, emily of the young americans foundation and radio talk show host mark levine, about to become the house of delegates. congratulations. we will start with you. suffice to say donald trump was a winner this year? >> yes. he came from way behind, no one effect ed expect he would do anything. he's absolutely a winner. >> emily, how does he not screw it up come next year when really matters? >> he does actually have a real uphill climb i think in this election. win you look at the people of iowa who will go into a voting

booth and say this is the person i want to lead the free world, he's going to have a tougher time convincing voters. >> so mark, ted cruz, senator from texas, coming ahead now in iowa, leading in the iowa polls. winner or loser or still too early to tell? >> i would say somewhere between too early to tell and winner. i think he's doing better than people expected, but he still has a ways to go. >> so emily, how does ted cruz turn the money dumb mentum into 2016? >> ted cruz will have the opportunity to really say what he stands for and why he's different than some of the other candidates. that is where he will have to really solidify what distinguishes him and that's how he will be an even bigger winner. >> and as we move on to the democrats, hillary clinton, she had a present under her tree of some significantly higher poll numbers coming out of this last debate. emily, sdwp make her a winner for 2015 or net/net has it been

a pad yebad year? >> net bad year. i think believe if you told us what would be coming out in 2 0 2015, it was a rough year for her between the e-mails and benghazi scandal that will not go away. it might be on the back burner right now, but come the general election, she is not going to feel good about those scandals. >> mark, can hillary clinton turn this away from the scandals of 2015 that dogged her and move forward especially if she has to deal with bernie sanders? >> i think she already has. she's a huge winner in 2015. e-mail and benghazi is in the rearview mirror. she knocked it out of park so hard, republicans don't dare bring it up again he. she's way ahead of the polls. she's a huge winner and she's the next president of the united states. >> okay. well, we cleared up mark's prediction for 2016 now. thank you. we'll return now to the

republican side. jeb bush. mark, winner or loser? >> huge loser. jeb came in as the favorite, as the presumptive republican nominee. he's now at 3% in the polls. i think that exclamation point is about to turn inside down. >> so emily, is there a way to keep the exclamation point right side up for jeb or is this one over? >> i can't really argue with the loser status, but he actually has some traction in new hampshire. i think that is something to look out for. but, no,off all i don't think it's been a good year for jeb bush and i don't think 2016 will be either. >> i'll give you each a final word of a prediction. who will be the biggest winner of your respective party in 2016? emily first. >> it will be -- i mean, i think in general what we'll see in 2016 is either marco rubio or ted cruz both senator, both with strong conservative record. probably one of them will be a big winner in 2016. >> mark, and your bet?

or we already heard your bet. >> hillary rodham clinton. >> you know you can't -- we'll give you winner status as you take the oath in the virginia house of delegates. good luck, mark. emily, appreciate you both being here. coming up, another big holiday on the horizon and tens of thousands will be partying in the streets. so will hose who protect our homeland be ready? and havoc on the highways in southern california. we'll go live to where the wildfires are shutting down major roadways.

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if you or someone you know is traveling, you may to pay attention. the tsa increased security saying they can now require full body scans at the airport. this quiet change happened as millions of americans headed out this holiday weekend and increased concern over homeland security. joining me now, former assistant fbi director and chief of

counterterrorism steven pomerantz. thank you so much for joining us. >> you're welcome. >> so the tsa and other government agencies for that matter keeping up with emerging security concerns, are these new full body scan requirements enough? >> they're better than what preceded them. are we keeping up entirely, no. i think you've heard the fbi director in particular talk about this phenomenon of going dark as we cannot do technically what we need to do in terms of intercepting certain communications because of lapses in the law that are clear and obvious but have not been addressed. so we're not entirely keeping up with technologies. some areas we are, some we're not. >> i want you to elaborate a little bit more on that because someone got a new smartphone under the christmas tree this week. obviously we already know that smartphones are capable of encrypted communication. how does the fbi break through?

when is it appropriate, when do they not? >> very simple, they don't break through. they are simply unable to decrypt those encrypted conversations. even when they have a court order. this is not a matter of law. they get court orders, but they're still the not able to because of the encryption put in by the phone companies. so it's really pretty amazing.t because of the encryption put in by the phone companies. so it's really pretty amazing. seven years before 9/11, congress passed and president clinton signed a bill known as the came communications of law enforcement act that specifically mandated that the telephone companies and other carriers make available to law enforcement the tools they needed, give them a back door when they have a court order. what's happened is the

technology has just advanced so far that the new equipment can't be tdeciphered by them. so the philosophical issue of whether or not they ought to be able do it was settled way back in 1994, but now they find themselves unable and there is not the political will. >> so can phone companies be helping more? >> yes, they could be voluntarily, but they refuse go it. and the only thing that will change that is legislation. as i said, this is really pretty much seems to be, should be, a settled issue, but it spts. and it's a major lapse. even today as the fbi has in its possession the telephones used by the terrorists in california, they still can't dekricht those phones. so not only could they not prevent by listening to those communications, but they can't use what they have now for intelligence gathering to try to prevent further attacks. very complicated problem, very serious problem.

not that complicated, but serious. >> and i want to ask you you perhaps a very uncomfortable dinner conversation. is the u.s. doing enough to vet people coming to the u.s. right now? >> no. and some of it again is technology. the ability of people to forge documents that we have not yet been able to keep pace with. some of it as we cause in the case of pakistan, it's laxness. and some of it is because we have to depend on overseas agencies in certain countries, certain governments and their security agencies that are simply unreliable, that don't have our best interests at heart. so it's another tough process vetting people coming into the country. and right now, i think it's a real problem as again that one very significant lapse makes very apparently. >> what would be your biggest recommendation to prevent that lapse? i know you had said no waiver,

no job. do we need to up the burden? >> yes. i think we up the burden on individuals. look, there is no worldwide right to come to the united states either as a guest or a permanent resident. there is no right to that. it's a privilege. and we ought to have a standard that we require people to exercise that privilege. we do it for example for job applicants. we require them to sign waivers that enable us to look at certain facets of their background. it's the same principle involved. >> it is certainly a privilege to be here. steve pomerantz, thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. fox news alert now, california firefighters are working around the clock to save homes from a rage wildfire. the fire has already closed highways and forced evacuations across that state. will carr live in los angeles with the latest.

hi, will. >> reporter: wildfire season in california used to be about may to september. but with the historic drought that the state remains in for the past four years, you're really seeing this become a year-round battle. and we're seeing evidence of that with this fire that is burning about an hour north of los angeles. it started late last night, strong winds pushed it down toward the coast where it quickly threatened 50 to 60 homes prompting mandatory evacuations. and then at one point it jumped the 101 freeway which runs parallel to the pacific ocean. >> we have multiple motorists stranded with flames impinging on the highways, motorists going u turns where other motorists not realizing the situation. so major traffic hazards. >> takes top priority to get the 101 back open, that is a major artery that runs north and south across california. the big concern now is that the

fire is threatening several oil feeds in the area, so emergency crews have an all-out assault going on, 600 firefighters on the ground, every single fixed wing air tanker in california is now battling this fire. it's burned about 1200 acres. it's 10% contained. and firefighters believe that they're doing well, but they to have concerns about strong kinds moving into the area later this afternoon. so trying do everything they can. the cause at this point is under investigation. the good news is no injuries. >> let's hope the weather cooperates. thanks, will. coming up, will justice delayed finally be delivered? we'll take a look at some of the year's most notable court cases. and decoding secrets inside this chinese tomb. we'll explain coming up. ♪

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archaeologists are digging through thousands of newly discovered artifacts found recently in a chinese tomb. the 2,000-year-old items include golden boards and ancient chinese characters, we're told they are clues of the owner's ancestry. the experts say the artifacts are typical of too many oilg mb would have been a royal family. this greer a handful of high profile legal issues dominated the headlines including former u.s. navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle's murder trial and sergeantbu bowbubow be bowbu bowburg bergdahl's trial this

week. we have a slew of cases to get to. i want to start and get rebecca to start us with march 14, we heard real estate heir robert durst arrested for the killing of susan berman 5 15 years ago. was this surprising to you? >> it's surprising that it took so long. and you want to know about what we have learned? do not do a documentary series on television when you possibly are a suspect in three murders. not one, not two, but three. three dead bodies, three decades, three murders. and he already stood trial for murder once, admitted that he killed his neighbor, and chopped the neighbor up, but he was acquitted on self-defense. >> jay, what surprises you about this? >> she's right, rule number one of criminal againdefense is did talk. and he goes and does this documentary out of ego, maybe

mental illness. but the fascinating thing is at the end, they compare the two letters. one is the anonymous litter written by the musher, one he wrote 15 years ago and both misspelling the same word in block letters. and then he leaves his mike on and goes to the bathroom and mike is still hot and he's talking to himself and evidence of course i killed them all. >> yeah, i remember that. >> you can't make that up. and he's used his billions of dollars n. and his family's money to avoid the murder rap in texas. there is a lot of evidence suggesting he killed his first wife three decades ago. things like she was wearing her jewelry the night -- that night and her jewelry was found afterwards. so this guy has a long time coming. >> and to move organization on, february 24th, chris kyle's murder. very emotional. what did we learn from that?

rebecca. >> you have the entire country eye that him enamored with chris deal. he's a real live american hero and he wrote a book, so even more are watching him. and his little friend littlefield is taking care of a vet and the vet kills him and then the movie comes on the before the trial. what did we learn? that if you are significantly mentally ill in texas, you're going to be found guilty instead of insane or not criminally responsible because their statute only says that you have to determine right from wrong, not that you have to confine your behavior to what society expects. so he is guilty and that is the end of that. >> and jay, obviously eddie ray roof o

roof sentenced to life. >> ultimately they get a not guilty by reason of insanity. it's not a good defense to try to raise, but it's a hail mary when you have nothing else. this gentleman had been institutionalized a couple times before for threatening to kill himself and others. he has been fairly violent since he's been in custody. he's gotten in to a lot of fights in the jail, had to be tasered, put in solitaire confine confinement. but the standard is very high in this country in order to prove insanity. >> and another case that certainly captivated the nation, april 8, the jury finds dzhokhar tsarnaev guilty of all charges against him for the boston marijuana thon bombi-- marathon. surprised by the the ruling? >> no. i know attorneys who represented tsarnaev personally. he had the best attorneys in the country. and they are brilliant lawyers.

you know what is interesting about the case is that the fbi used an exception to the miranda requirement in order to question him. and still that information came into the trial. i think that's a bad ruling legally. i don't think we should have an exception of miles per hour tra issues of national security. not that they can't question them, but they shouldn't use those statements in court afterwardse exception wasn't going to be a big significant difference in this case. the problem was that what surprised many is that the defense basically admitted to everything and used the trial, two week of the trial torsion soften the blow for the defendant and basically put on four witnesses and said the brother tamerlan did it he's the one who downloaded all the jihad material, bought the equipment,

built the bomb, et cetera. but they had to kroeovercome 92 witnesses with the most brutal testimony. they're not prepared to look at the war-torn testimony and look at that unbelievable destruction, body parts flying off and the blood and destruction. it was too much for anybody. 92 anecdotes. there was no way this was going to come out any other way. >> so quickly we only have time for one more case. and i want to talk about something that is obviously very recently in the headlines. mistrial for the baltimore officer william porter. the first officer charged in the death of freddie gray. surprised by this? rebecca, i'll start but and jay you can wrap it up. >> i wasn't surprised. i initially said i thought they were charged too early. it was good that the case stayed in baltimore. porter was born this baltimore a few months earlier than the

defendant. they crossed paths. he lives there, he works there, he was tried by a jury of his peers, they listened, they spent three days, they determined that it was a mistrial. but the most important part about this is what will happen with the prosecution because they needed his testimony against goodson. and the second part i think that is important is he was being tried for what he did not do rather than what he did do. and the jurors had a hard time saying a reasonable person in his shoes at the fourth stop might have done the same thing. so i wasn't surprised. >> jay, only about ten seconds. >> i'm not surprised because the problem here is marilyn mosby, very inexperienced prosecutor. she put up the weakest case first. put up your strongest case first or use a guy like porter and flip him, get him to plea in did change for testifying against goodson. that would have been the correct

strategy. >> maybe it would have played out differently. i appreciate you both for being here. very interesting year. >> thank you. happy holidays. >> you you as well. coming up, running on empty down a california street. will this little guy's joy ride takes him to a most unpleasant place. and why one person's younger may be another one's pleasure. vintage cars turn back time in cuba. try alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. they work fast and don't taste chalky. mmm...amazing. i have heartburn. alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief.

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dare i say smarter than the average bear. a sight you don't see every day. that's like he's sort of out for a jog. his run caught on camera. it turns out the bear had snuck on to a garbage truck and ridden around for an hour in the garbage truck. i wonder what he was doing in the garbage truck. eventually, he was taken back to a wooded area where evidently, this bear was seen before as he heads off into the wild. go speed. walking around havana can be a bit like time traveling.

seeing dollar signs. rich with more from havana. >> reporter: a saturday night in havana. a weekly gathering of local car enthusiasts showing off pristine american classics where omar gonzalez parks 1958 two door hard top. >> ever since i was a kid, i dreamed of having my own car and one day, i was able to get one. >> reporter: fidel castro seized power in couba in 1959. his regime banned u.s. auto imports. the only ones are ones that predate the kennedy administration and feature by gone brands. 16,000 remain in couba. they drive alongside other autos

and a few dozen may appear meticulously maintained but most rigged for practically. many powered by diesel engines and service taxis and personal vehicles. the only remaining component is a rusting body, concealed under decades of poorly executed paint jobs. >> cars from the 1950s running with nissan engines, honda engines, rear ends from trucks. they just put it together to make it work. >> to restore these, some who refuse on camera interviews said they ask to return with parts from miami. >> there's a saying about this place. a cliche really that cuba is frozen in time and in many cases, it is but that's such an overgeneralization of what's happening here. cuba is changing but for many here, they say too slowly. >> reporter: the cuban government has eased some

controls but with a state controlled economy, there are still challenges to selling in cuba. >> there's a lot of things that have to take place for us to do business. but again, this is an early stage. >> reporter: with that, these cars as much cuban as american so-called frankenstein cars. as for interest among american car collectors, rick drury writes these cars have been kept running for 50 plus years with very little resources available. they are not original, but they have a great story to tell. meanwhile, cuban auto enthusiasts continue to work to keep these cars running against the embargo and their government. >> i take care of him and i love him very much and i think just maybe he loves me too. >> reporter: a relationship far less complex than that between the u.s. and cuba. in havana, rich edison, fox news.

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