on this tomorrow. thanks for being with us. we will always be fair and balanced. we will see you back here tomorrow night. ♪ >> tucker: well, good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." surprise. i am a ed henry. he tossed me the keys and went home. we are coming to you live because it's a busy news nice. trump administration had a tough day in washington but you wouldn't be able to tell that in west virginia. people were lining up seven hours early to get into the arena. the president is so popular there the democratic governor announced he's joining the republican party. we learned robert mueller has impaneled a grand jury and is already issuing subpoenas. the president fed off an energetic crown in huntington, west virginia, and went right at his critics. >> our agenda rises above left

or right. it's an agenda for all of the people, especially for the tens of millions of forgotten americans. they are not so forgotten anymore, i will tell you. you proved that. you proved it. you are not forgotten anymore. the russia story is a total fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. that's all it is. it just makes them feel better when they have nothing else to talk about. what the prosecutor should be looking at are hillary clinton's 33,000 deleted emails. [cheers and applause] most people know there were no russians in our campaign.

there never were. we didn't win because of russia. we won because of you. that i can tell you. [cheers and applause] we won because we totally outworked the other side. we won because millions of patriotic americans voted to take back their country. [cheers and applause] have you seen any russians in west virginia or ohio or pennsylvania? are there any russians here tonight? any russians? >> ed: former democratic state senator .

they join us live. you are actually from ohio. did you see any russians? >> not on a daily basis although we do have a significant eastern european population in northeastern ohio. >> ed: doesn't the president have a point, that russia is an excuse for an embarrassing clinton loss. makes people in your party feel a lot better. repeat after me. russia, russia, russia. >> definitely true for some democrats. i come from northeastern ohio, a rustbelt community similar to huntington, west virginia. the reason why donald trump won was because he had an economic message. hillary clinton didn't show up and she didn't work hard and she basically abandoned the communities that really put donald trump over the top. i often say that was not republicans that elected donald trump commit was democrats, blue-collar democrats. >> ed: the president claimed these russia probes are a total

fabrication. that doesn't reflect reality either though on a day when we learned robert mueller has impaneled this grand jury. surely your party can't claim this is a total fabrication. >> well, it's important to discuss that tonight was a good night for the president. you have the democratic governor of west virginia saying he's switching parties to the republican party, making him the 34th republican governor. >> ed: that's not going to repeal and replace obamacare. >> what it shows you is how the people in real america are thinking. folks in the beltway want to talk about russia, these other things but the folks in real america. i am from part of the country that went strongly for trump, the outskirts of pittsburgh. focus on the things the president is doing, rolling back epa regulations. >> ed: you didn't answer my question. the president claimed rush is a total fabrication. special counsel has a grand jury. there is something here. i'm not saying they are

necessarily crimes. but it's not a total fabrication. >> we will see what happens. we have to take it step-by-step. we need to focus on, the people that voted for trump, tonight they got to spend some time with him. and reflect on the fact that he is delivering on the agenda they promised him face to go to an extent, if i may say so. we haven't seen any action on nafta, although i understand that's coming up sometime in mid-august. there are about 14 cofired plants that are going to be closed in 2017 and eliminating basically 30 million tons of coal demand. in the united states by 2018. there are some issues. he's making steps. for the people that did vote for him, because of the economic message, up to this point it's been a mixed bag. >> ed: democrats better served -- people in west virginia care about these

issues. some people in the mainstream media, pundits, some of your democratic friends, stuart rothenberg tweeted "lots of people in west virginia can't support themselves or speak english." selena zito, great writer, said respectfully "as someone who comes from the region it's bigoted of you to say." he answered his wife's dad was a coal miner. they are hard-working, they mean well. close minded, provincial, angry, easily misled. >> doesn't this reflect a feeling in the mainstream media and among your democratic friends of not only trump derangement syndrome but contempt for fellow americans. >> it's frustrating. a comment like that, obviously

stuart rothenberg is inside the beltway. he's spent all of his time -- he's done great work. >> ed: somebody attacking. >> a good example of how the coastal elites are disconnected from the rest of the country. in ohio, we have a 37% attainment rate of higher education. >> ed: lauren mentioned the governor switching parties. there is a senator, joe manchin, look at this and he ran in 2010. >> i will repeal the bad parts of obamacare. i will take dead aim at the cap and trade bill. it's bad for west virginia. >> ed: i wanted to play it. he's a conservative democrat who a lot of trump allies that would be easy pickings to help repeal. he said, and he's going to have to answer to voters for that, that he wanted to repeal and replace at least part of obamacare. you said earlier, the governor switched from democrat to

republican. doesn't this president have to worry more about why some of my joe manchin is not working with him on whether it's jobs, repealing and replacing obamacare. what happened to the outreach to the conservative democrats? >> i think the personal story this evening is joe manchin. this was a bad night for joe manchin. you look at trump support in west virginia, you look at the fact that he's incredibly -- this was a bad night for joe manchin. momentum is not going in the direction for democrats in west virginia. you are sort of taking my talking points. it's okay but you're right. a coastal elite party and they aren't in touch with working american people. until they can change that, i don't see them doing well. a >> ed: we appreciate you coming. fox correspondent peter doocy was at the rally tonight. he spoke to some voters that the pundits like to insult.

>> hundreds of trump supporters in the crowd tonight were waving signs that said "trump digs coal." when the president, who campaigned in a promise to put speech 21 back to work, he held up the sign. this place erupted. it was as loud as a campaign rally. hundreds were here before lunchtime waiting outside in the heat. many told me was their first trump rally and they were overwhelmingly pleased with what they heard. >> i thought it was wonderful. this has been an opportunity that i've really learned a lot more about our president. >> i enjoyed it greatly. i love where he's going trying to get us back on the road again. supporting veterans. i was very encouraged. >> i thought it was really cool the governor came out and switched to the republican side. always good to see him hammer

down immigration. talking about coal jobs. >> the democratic governor jim justice announced on stage he's changing his registration to republican tomorrow. tonight had the feel of a reelection event. >> and we will make america great again. thank you, west virginia. god bless you. thank you. >> there were banners in the rafters that said "promises made and promises kept." the only time the crowd fell silent was when the president was making a point about how i think the russia story is bogus and jokingly asked if there were any russians in the audience. things fell to a harsh. that it was back to screaming and cheering. and, one would assume, they're going to be a lot of west

virginia's -- west virginians with horse voices. >> "the wall street journal" broke a big story this afternoon. robert mueller has impaneled a rancheria. the ongoing investigation of russian involvement. good to see you, john. we have always heard you can, a grand jury grand jury can indict a ham sandwich. it's easy to indict someone. just because there's a grand jury doesn't mean criminal charges will be brought. what did we learn? >> what we learned is basically nothing. essentially the robert mueller is taking advantage of the paneling of a grand jury for its investigative functions. by impaling a grand jury, prosecutors can compel testimony and compel the production of documents. that's necessary in a case like

this. that's really significant politically. >> ed: people shouldn't be freaking out, as we see on some channels. >> it's a long way from an indictment. in a case like this, a prosecutor has to come a far more than secure an indictment, this is a case of historic proportions. he has to make a case, and that's what it paneling a grand jury to this point really is. >> ed: i want to get to the substance. another question, isn't it supposed to play out in secret? why is it leaking now? the trump team is going to be upset about leaks and they already are but in fairness this is supposed to happen and sacred. >> it is supposed to happen secret. this is another example of the leaking of washington and it's a d.c. grand jury. stay when democrats speculated this is a d.c. grand jury, so this is one of the bluest parts of the country. heavily democratic. it's the bluest. can this president, a republican

president, his family and his advisors get a fair shake? >> you can argue they may not be able to. robert mueller has to make a case. you are coming out with an indictment, that's a long way from a conviction in our system of jurisprudence. especially in a case that's going to be so heavily scrutinized and really has the potential to cause long-standing damage to our democratic institutions. they've got to make the case. >> ed: i want to fact-check something. former democrat who worked in the obama justice department immediately started tweeting "the fact that this is a grand jury in d.c. as opposed to being in northern virginia, as we see sometimes in corruption cases, southern district of new york, that it's in d.c. is a towel to us, clue they are looking at potential obstruction of justice charges against the president. >> i think that's a reach. it's much easier logistically for them and their office to walk down the street.

>> ed: on the substance, cnn has a report saying this is expanded and that they are looking at potential financial crimes. what does that mean, and does not suggest robert mueller is already going far afield. started out as interference in the 2016 election. now he's looking at the trump business world, looking at real estate transactions. what does that have to do with the 2016 election? >> this is a cnn example, using unnamed sources. i take it with a grain of salt. there is no evidence that the case. >> ed: we don't know he's really looking at financials. >> we don't. in no other case that i'm aware of, has there been such a divergence between the fact, known facts and the ark of the media narrative. that's such an example. >> ed: the president told "the new york times" had a redline for him in this investigation with mueller would be if he started looking at financial issues, things that went far afield of 2016. and he's also expressed

frustration, the president, that robert mueller has hired these attorneys who've given money to democratic candidates. as a grounds to fire him? >> i don't they get grounds to fire him but it's certainly grounds to look askance at what they might be doing. i think it's improper for robert mueller to have named eight democratic donors to his effort. i think it's completely improper. may not necessarily result in impropriety but it's certainly, certainly gives the appearance of impropriety. for a case of this magnitude. you have to make sure it looks as independent as possible. the optics are important. >> ed: you are smarter than me on the law. what are you, john, looking for in the days ahead that will tell you this is going bad for the president or there's nothing here. what are you looking for? >> what i'm looking for is whether or not the white house can effectively govern under the

new regime to advance the president's agenda, general kelly. if the president can't achieve economic growth and upward pressure on wages in the coming months, the majority is gone and president trump at best -- >> ed: they are going to lose confidence regardless of where the cases. >> precisely. that means message discipline. that means a disciplined white house. this is gut check time for general kelly. >> ed: appreciate you coming in. president trump's phone calls with foreign leaders are being leaked. that's not just embarrassing. it's endangering national security. what needs to be done to halt the flow of leaks? we will ask a former trump advisor next. and part four of our series, hunting ms-13. tucker sat down with jeff sessions to find out what he's doing to win the war against america's deadliest gang. you're not going to want to miss it.

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>> ed: the wave of leaks in washington continues. today "the washington post" published transcripts of two private phone calls, they were supposed to be private, president trump have with world leaders. the leak striking at the heart of the president's ability to govern, has significant national security implications. the leak comes hours before attorney general jeff sessions, and and a news conference tomorrow morning identifying a battle plan for the leakers.

good to see you, brad. part of your job was managing nse, national security council calls between leaders like vladimir putin and then president bush. how unprecedented is it? >> absolutely unprecedented. let me walk you through how a call gets for the president. a scheduling request comes in from nsc could we go to the chief of staff. >> ed: the president of mexico wants to talk to resident from. >> there are protocols. white house medications agency agency -- communications agency puts it together and who was on the line. then you have the nse responsible for the transcript. the transcript also has a protocol and a distribution list. >> ed: you say the national security council has it. general mcmaster would have access. how many people at the nsc?

five people, ten people, 20 people? >> depends on the administration on how far down they want to go. generally a small group. all you need to do is call on the fbi to go on the call side, who puts the calls through, who would have access to transcripts and go down the distribution list of the transcripts. wire them up, polygraph them, and find out who exactly had them and how they were distributed from the people who have the initial access to it. you're going to be able to find out, between the state department, nsa, white house communications who had the information and where it went. >> ed: in the last few moments, you are saying there's a paper trail. in this case, there's a paper trail and you think somebody's going to be caught. >> no doubt someone's going to

be held responsible. and the protocols are clear. >> ed: is it criminal? not classified, so is that just somebody getting fired or is there classified information? >> i am putting on my lawyers happen would say there's been breaches of national security. i believe a lot of the information contained in the call could be deemed classified if it isn't already. they would be liable for the release of classified information on or -- unauthorized. >> ed: the president's critics seized on these transcripts. the one with prime minister turnbull, the president was fighting over whether he would accept refugees from australia. immediately jumped, he doesn't know how to negotiate. they are all over him and suggesting the only reason why there's anger about the leak is that it makes president trump look bad. a few moments ago, a reporter from australia saying that the prime minister of australia has

commented and said "it's always better when these conversations remain confidential. but i haven't gotten any further comment to make on it." i raise that because what world leader is now, because of the leak, going to want to take a call from president trump? >> puts us in a bad position not only with mexico and australia but every other world leader who's not sure now whether or not their conversations with the president are going to be as confidential as they should be. >> ed: these are people inside the white house probably. we've had this question about deep state, former obama people leaking stuff. when you say it's likely someone in the nsc potentially, there could be some obama holdovers but this may be a trump person on the inside trying to damage this presidency. >> whoever the person is, they are not only damaging the president, they are damaging the institution. and of the united states of america. in my opinion, they should be held firmly liable for the leaks. i think of it had -- if it hasn't been that already, people

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>> ed: jim acosta officially as a neutral white house reporter but recently seems to have stopped covering the trump administration's proposed immigration bill is no railing against it. his bosses insist he's following the facts and holding the president's feet to the fire. we were bored, you decide. here is acosta last night with wolf blitzer. >> i think at times the white house has an unhealthy fixation on the mexicans, the muslims, and the media. their policies tend to be crafted around bashing one of those three groups and we see it time and again. today on immigration with the white house is essentially saying some of these battleground states they won is that immigrants coming in from latin america are taking their jobs. well, if immigration is not the reason why the factory closed in pittsburgh or the coal mine was shut down in west virginia, the people who are struggling in those states, they need policies that will help get them out of this mess that they have

been in for a generation where a lot of communities have been left behind. >> ed: guy benson just published the paperback edition of his book "end of discussion." what do you think? >> interesting and provocative monologue that would probably belong on a show like this one where the host has a point of view and may have a problem with the president and wants to defeat his agenda and played to a certain base. that's fine if that's the type of television jim acosta wants to be involved in but at the moment his job title is white house correspondent which involves reporting and being a journalist. sometimes you can give perspective and a little bit of analysis. but this is a pretty narrow job title and job description. what we heard in that sound bite falls outside that job description. >> ed: i have been in jim

acosta 'issues, challenging the obama administration. they are saying something you think is not true or that's crossed some kind of line and you are pushing. as you say, there's a line on analysis but does it cross into opinion when you're using phrases like dog whistle." >> he's also talking about the 3ms. the media, yes, guilty as charged. this white house is hostile to the media. the other two are mexicans and muslims. the president, whether you agree or not, he has said over and over again radical islamic terrorism. the so-called muslim ban. some people hear the word immigration and mexicans popped into their heads when this is a much broader policy that goes far beyond mexico and its implications and yet the

analysis here, the commentary from jim acosta is the president is obsessed with bashing the media. fine. bashing muslims. deeply questionable. bashing mexicans which seems in a lot of ways like a non sequitur. if they want to give jim acosta the rachel maddow slopped somewhere else, that would fit in. i think he is blurring the lines. >> ed: the live shot we played happened shortly after he had the back and forth with stephen miller, the president's chief policy advisor. they each got their points in then went back and forth. i've been in that room and sometimes it gets heated. when you talk about the facts, jim acosta was suggesting the administration was going to end up having immigrants would only come from great britain nor australia. stephen miller pointed out, there are dozens of country where immigrants are coming in to speak english.

>> speaking of australia or other allies like canada, some of the points-based, marriage-based system, one element of it -- merit-based system. people on the left like to look too. i saw a quote this morning from a cost are claiming victory in the exchange with stephen miller suggesting miller couldn't take the heat. did we watch the same exchange? i don't agree with the entire policy from the trump administration. i don't share stephen miller's view on immigration by any stretch but back-and-forth, who was providing information and making factual arguments as opposed to emotional pleas. >> ed: jim acosta was quoting from the poem attached to the statue of liberty and that became a flashpoint as well. can we say acosta was sticking to the facts, talking about the

statue of liberty and they went back and forth on the poem. stephen miller had him on the fact that prayer wasn't acosta making a fair point that the spirit of the statue of liberty being welcoming. >> you have literally had that exact job. mr. miller, some critics argue, that the spirit of the statue of liberty says give us your huddled masses, come to this country. this is the beacon. those credits might say that this policy betrays that spirit. what is your response? that seems like a pretty fair question to ask. that's not the way acosta chose to do it. >> ed: guy benson, we appreciate you coming in. what is jeff sessions' plan for bringing down ms-13? up next, we will have tucker's exclusive interview with the attorney general, part four of our important series "hunting ms-13."

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>> we are taking the fight to the drug smugglers, human traffickers and leave file criminal cartels like ms-13 for being thrown out of our country so quickly you can't even count. >> ed: that was president trump in west virginia pledging to destroy the gang ms-13. tucker recently visited el salvador accompanied by attorney general jeff sessions who's been leading the president's efforts to wipe out ms-13. sessions visited the same detention center tucker did and met many of the same people. afterwards, tucker spoke to him near a statue where police march ms-13 members after they've been captured. tonight part four of our important weeklong series "hunting ms-13."

>> mr. attorney general, how can the united states prevent ms-13 gang members from going north into the u.s.? >> well, we need the wall. we need better enforcement at the border. and we need to be able to deport people rapidly who enter the country illegally. and we have to end this policy of taking unaccompanied minors. some of which include ms-13 members and turning them over to the department of health and human services and then they take them to their destination city. so they say what city they want to go to, whether it's new york or houston or los angeles and we take them there. and turn them over to sometimes the gang members, sometimes relatives who have very little control over these young people and they begin -- they are drawn into the gang. so this is a very bad and dangerous policy and it can be ended and it must be ended. >> tucker: why would we do that and how do we end it? >> it's part of the previous administration's policies that i opposed forever

-- for years. it made no sense to me because what you're doing is sending a message to the gangs in el salvador and other young people in el salvador. if you come up as a teenager, a young teenager and you don't have parents with you, you turn yourself in to the united states officials, they will take you to the city that you would like to go to. even though you are illegally entering the country. it makes no sense whatsoever. this kind of insanity is the reason we have lost control of the border. there are a lot of other examples just as stupid. and we need to end it and we can end it. once the message gets out to the entire world that you will not be successful coming illegally, the only way to get to the united states is to apply, wait your turn, then people will start doing it. as long as they are successful in entering unlawfully in this fashion, they will keep doing it. >> tucker: a number of

people we have spoken to including a former ms-13 gang member said mexico is a huge problem. once they get from venezuela to mexico they are assured in to the united states. >> mexico is helping some. they don't see it as their problem primarily. they are entering our country illegally. the president has said we are going to end this. president trump has said we're not going to allow this lawlessness to continue. homeland security department, the department of justice and other agencies are really making progress. we have reduced the illegal flow by 50%. but we're not going to end there. we need to eliminate illegality in our immigration system. and create a lawful system that serves our national interests that we can be proud of and that we, as a great nation, that serves the interest of our nation. >> tucker: so you served in the congress for a long time. if you could describe a single law that congress could pass to help fix this problem, which is a real problem, what would it be? >> well, one of the things that we need to do you are

asking some of these specific laws that would make a difference. >> tucker: yes. >> this catch and release policy. this idea that you can enter the country illegally and that somehow you can just say a few words or you can be an unaccompanied minor and you are taken to the city you want to go is so ridiculous. that's the kind of thing that we ought to be able to eliminate by law. congress has steadfastly failed to close these loopholes. i used to say and still do, frankly, you can get almost any law on immigration passed as long as it doesn't work. when you propose a law that will actually make a difference and will actually crack down and make it harder for people to enter illegally, it seems that forces arise and it can never quite get passed. >> tucker: i have noticed. last question. what are those forces? >> well, big business forces. there are activist forces. there are liberal, democratic, ideological

forces that seem to think that anybody that comes to america, even if they come illegally should be welcomed and should never be deported. it seems to be this idea if you can get across the border and get to albuquerque or houston, texas, it's immoral to return somebody to their home country. this can't possibly be the law. you enter the country illegally, you are apprehended not on the border but 100 miles in the border, or 500 miles, then you should be deported. otherwise, you're capitulating to lawlessness. >> ed: tomorrow will be the finale of tucker's weeklong series. what's the full scope of the situation in el salvador and how are its effects being felt here. most importantly how can we fix it? tucker spoke to the fbi about those questions. we'll give you the answers. tune in or dvr tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern or 11:00 eastern for the conclusion to "hunting

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>> the question for democrats, all democrats, including those in congress, is whether they are on the side of the voters or are on the side of special interest interests. the reason why democrats only talk about the totally made up

russia story is because they have no message, no agenda, and no vision. democrat lawmakers will have to decide. they can continue their obsession with the russian hoax or they can serve the interests of the american people. try winning at the voter booth. try winning at the voter booth. not going to be easy but that's the way you are supposed to do it. >> ed: ouch. try winning. democrats seem to be struggling to stem the wave. they've lost every competitive how special election now they are outnumbered and governors' mansions. democrats say they've got a better deal to offer than the president but how does this new pitch differ from the president's proposals. we are joined by evan siegfried and katie pavlich.

evan, the president says you haven't gotten over the fact that you lost. instead of focusing on russia, why don't you try winning an election? >> the president is exactly right. democrats tried to say "i'm not him," and look where that got hillary clinton. you have democrats figured out we actually have some sort of economic message. it's similar to what the president is selling except that it still the same policies that are just called something else. if i have a hamburger and call it a hot dog, it still a hamburger. that's where democrats are. >> ed: you are confusing me. nothing burgers, hamburgers, hot dogs. katie, maybe you can sort it out. the president can say i want to talk about the issues, i want to talk about jobs. that's sort of convenient when you're facing this grand jury probe. >> the president is going after democrats are only talking about the russia issue and he has a point that it is something they've harped on repeatedly.

but that's not going to be his issue. his issues going to be the grand jury investigation that's ongoing, we are saying it's may be expanding. in terms of democrats, doesn't help democrats in the sense that they don't really have a message. the same people who ruled out the new better deal for america, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, the same ones in charge as democrats lost both states across the country. if you look at the actual plan, there are still talking about big government intervention, they still want minimum wage hikes. they still want the government to reduce the prices of things, whatever that means. more government intervention and things like obamacare which makes the prices of things go up. people are looking for actual policy changes with new leadership and they are not there yet. >> ed: i'm glad you mentioned obamacare. tonight vice president pence was speaking at a dinner in tennessee. this is what he said. >> the men and women of tennessee republican party, make no mistake.

this ain't over. this ain't over by a long shot. president trump are absolutely committed to keep our promise to the american people. we were not elected to save obamacare. we were elected to repeal and replace it. the president is going to make it clear all across this country as he is in west virginia tonight we will not rest until we and the obamacare nightmare once and for all. >> ed: i want to stay with you, katie, on this point. for the vice president to say that when a lot of republicans on the hill are saying let's move on to taxes, let's get a win somewhere else. is the administration giving republican voters false hope? >> and these congressmen go home for the august recess, they are going to hear exactly from their constituents what mike pence said at the dinner. this is not over. republicans have an obligation to the people who worked hard to get them elected, an obligation to their donors, their promise they've been making to do

something about this. they have to move on to tax reform but tax reform is a big part of obamacare repeal as wel well. >> you started out saying immigrants blow it, they just wondered talk about drum, the last election, the agent of a message that a lot of your party leaders are focused, russia, russia, russia. and the fact of the matter is you have chuck schumer and nancy pelosi who have done virtually nothing to work with this president. isn't finally time, as the year comes to a close almost, because they are going away for the rest of the month of august. they have a narrow window. when will democrats start working with this president? >> probably if they take back the majority in the house in the senate. >> ed: that is 2018. >> i don't know why democrats won't work with him at all but they have no political incentiv incentive. >> ed: what about the country? in all seriousness. what about fixing obamacare. >> i have said that but i'm not

a democrat either. i believe the democrats have no political incentive to do it because if you say bless you and the president sneezes, they talk about primaries. democrats right now, look at what's happening, they are in a civil war where bernie sanders is the de facto leader of the party and you have people being lionized and even "the new york times" is calling them out for praising terrorists. democrats won't condemn it. >> ed: appreciate you coming in. major storm triggers flashcards in california. we will show you a dramatic rescue that unfolded live on an earlier edition of the show. at work, at home... even on the escalator. that can be hard on her lower body, so now she does it with dr. scholl's orthotics. clinically proven to relieve and prevent foot, knee or lower back pain, by reducing the shock and stress that travel up her body with every step she takes.

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