the good news, the kids can go in a mini car a black mercedes or a pink beetle. here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 in new york city. the former smallville actress just pleased guilty in the case of an accused sex cult. prosecutors say the group turned women into sex slaves, branded them with the leader's initial. the actress crying and apologizing in court. but the billionaire's daughter that also is accused is still fighting back. sex cult on trial. reporting begins now. we'll get to that. our reporting begins with another shakeup in the department of homeland security and indications that the changes

are just getting started. today and for this moment, it's the secret service director randolph alles who was shown the door. that's the man on the right here. the move comes less than a day after the president forced alles' boss, kirstjen nielsen out the door. she's on the left here. this afternoon, nielsen spoke to reporters high road style echoing the president's claims that there's a humanitarian crisis at the southern border. >> i want to make sure that we continue to execute with excellence through the transition. i share the president's goal of securing the border. >> the president said kevin mcaleenanwill serve as acting homeland security secretary. right now he's the commissioner of customs and border protection. this comes after the president visited the border on friday and said he wanted to take a tougher

approach on immigration. tougher, apparently, than what we saw with kids in cages. john roberts is reporting and he's live for us from the north lawn. hello, john. how are things? >> i'm doing all right, shep. just checking on something new popping here at the white house that the white house may not be allowing major league baseball to sign players from cuba. we're tracking that down. a lot of moving pieces. sorry for hanging up to you, the person i was talking to. a lot of moving parts. let's go to the secretary of homeland security being changed out. ever since she became the secretary in 2017, it was a rocky tenure for kirstjen nielsen. the president at times thought she was doing a great job and at times thought she needed to be doing more. we got an inkling last week a number of phone calls asking if she was going to be the department much longer.

she assured me in a personal phone call that didn't think she was going somewhere. by sunday, the president made a decision to make changes and not just at the top but all the way down through dhs, which we'll get to in a second. when she came to go to the department today, she pointed out in a classy way. kirstjen nielsen addressing the cameras that were staked out in front of her house. >> i look forward to continuing to support them from the outside. i spent the last 24 hours since yesterday talking with government officials, members of congress to assure a smooth transition. >> a very difficult job. she had to enforce border security given the constraints of the law and there's a lot of loop holes that make it very difficult to process migrants through the system in an expeditious sort of fashion. other changes as we said coming through dhs.

kevin mcaleenanwill become the acting dhs secretary to take that position. it's likely under the law necessary for the current acting deputy secretary, claire grady, to have to resign. hogan gidley was asked about that earlier. didn't really have an answer. punted a little bit. listen to what he said here. >> i can't say -- i find it somewhat interesting that so much of the focus and the questions i've received have been about the tick tok, the palace intrigue of this particular move. i wish the focus was on the actual problem facing this country, the crisis facing the american communities and american neighborhoods along the southern border. >> there was a focus on process because they made a significant change at the top and that made a ripple effect all the way through. there's a statute specific to the department of homeland security that says, like a doj

where matt whitaker became the acting attorney general while rod rosenstein stayed in his position, the dhs is different. it would be necessary for claire to step down for kevin mcaleenanto become the secretary of homeland security. democrats were very unkind. they won't appreciate her replacement more, kevin mcaleenan. he will have the same policies that she did. nancy pelosi recognized that and said that it's deeply alarming that the trump administration official that put children in cages is resigning because she's not extreme enough nor the white house's liking. kirstjen nielsen in her resignation letter recognized the politics saying i hope the next secretary will have the support of congress and the courts in fixing the lawing that have impeded our ability to fully security america's borders. shep, you can bet through november 3 of next year, this will be a fight between this white house and democrats in

congress. >> shepard: what else do we know about the secret service director's ouster here? >> this is part of the overall reconstruction of the department of homeland security. ten days ago, randolph tex alice was told to prepare a plan. we got a statement. >> president trump has selected james murray, a career member of the secret service to take over in may. i believe we have some video. there we go. a freeze-frame from video, this is a press conference from 2015. james murray looks the same as he did. he was the special agent in charge of the washington field office at that time. he's currently the head of the office of protective operations, which means that he's in charge of the protective details

including those that protect the president, the first family and the vice president. he will take over in may. if there's anything else that happens, i'll come back. >> shepard: we'll keep a camera on you. feels like one of those days. >> one of those lives, shep. >> shepard: good luck, pal. just when you thought that would be enough, there's breaking news in the college admissions scandal. this woman, felicity huffman, is pleading guilty. she's of "desperate house wives", prosecutors say she's accused of paying $15,000 for somebody to correct her daughter's answers on the sat. she's one of 50 people charged in what the feds have named nicknamed varsity blues. she and 15 others said to be pleading guilty now. more to come. another this has never happened things is happening now. nor the first time, the united states is declaring part of

another country's government a terrorist organization. that's the label the trump administration just gave iran's revolutionary guard corps, the fighting force founded after the iranian revolution in 1979. the administration is already withdrawn from the iran nuclear deal and rolled out new sanctions. mike pompeo said the terror designation was a long-time coming. >> this designation is a direct response to an outlaw regime and should surprise no one. for 40 years, the revolutionary guard has supported and directed other terrorist groups. they are a legitimate terrorist organization but none of us should be fooled. >> the u.s. giving the corps the same designation as isis and al-quaida, hamas and hezbollah and even boko haram.

the revolutionary guard answers to the supreme leader, answers independently of the military and has economic interests across the country. the u.s. says they're responsible for hundreds of troops in iraq. iraq is already -- i should say iran is already threatening a response. that country's foreign minister is calling for iran to add u.s. forces in the middle east to its list of terrorist groups. analysts say the trump administration's move could complicate diplomacy if it bans the united states from contacting officials in other countries that interact with the guard. while the move is intended to put pressure on the group's finances, analysts say it could affect the safety of u.s. soldiers in the middle east. this terror designation and its timing are widely seen as a political gift to benjamin netanyahu as he courts his country's hard right in elections that happen to be

happening tomorrow. rich edson reporting live at the state department. rich? >> shep, this is a significant escalation in the u.s. policy towards iran. there's some concerns about diplomacy in the region. american officials are reacting saying it does not hamper u.s. foreign policy in that region. >> it is in the best interest of the iraqi people to have a sovereign and independent government. when the president comes in their country, the iraqi people should ask themselves this question. given what what he has done to his own people, why should we be treated better? >> multiple officials say there's some level of unease in pentagon leadership about this because it could force retaliation or lead to retaliation against american forces in the region. to that administration officials say one of the best ways to protect american forces in that region is to constrict the irgc's funding, shep. >> shepard: rich edson live at the state department.

and more breaking news. this just in to fox news. three u.s. troops and one contractor have been killed in a roadside explosion in america's longest war in afghanistan. that's according to senior u.s. defense officials. lucas tomlinson reporting live at the pentagon. lucas? >> shep, just moments ago, the u.s. military says three u.s. troops and a contractor were killed in a roadside bomb outside america's largest base in afghanistan, bagram air force base. three troops were wounded and they've been evacuated and received medical care. this brings the total this year to eight americans being killed in afghanistan this year following 13 killed a year ago, shep. >> shepard: lucas tomlinson live at the pentagon. thank you. ahead, more on the breaking news from the collision admissions scandal. we told you felicity huffman

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>> shepard: more on the news in the college admissions scandal. this woman, felicity huffman is pleading guilty. judge andrew napolitano is here. looks like there's another dozen of them according to the associated press. they're lining up to go guilty, guilty. >> this is the smartest thing that they can do. one of those is the former chair of one of the finest law firms in the united states. a lawyer that knows what he's doing. >> shepard: what did he do? >> the same as the others. these are guilty pleas to the lowest potential crime from which they could plead, conspiracy to commit mail fraud. shep, there is a couple of points here.

one in my view, those that plead in the earliest batch, the first batch, will get the best deal. that's the way that prosecutors operate. two, there's no jail time cap on these guilty pleas. normally when you plea guilty, the government agrees to reduce your exposure. as far as i can tell from the document we've seen, which are just preliminary, there's no such reduction here. >> felicity huffman was accused of paying $15,000 to have a proctor boost her older daughter's sat scores. i wasn't aware of that. >> i don't think they existed. when you took them -- they didn't exist when i took them. >> shepard: apparently she's accused of and clearly has pleaded guilty to boosting these sat scores with some kind of proctor something or another. >> the guilty pleas have not occurred. the defendants have not set foot in the courtroom. >> shepard: she's agreed. >> they have agreed.

the agreement consists in the filing of a document called an information. an information states the charge and the defendant's agreement to accept the charge. you bypass a grand jury. shep, you save the government a tremendous amount in resources and in time. the government will take that into account at the time of sentencing. >> shepard: felicity huffman has agreed to plead guilty in her part of this and 12 other described as associated press in this way prominent parents will plead guilty in this scheme. they're lining up to plead guilty. you start messing with the feds -- >> there's no defense to it. they were caught on tape. some people pleaded guilty that don't think they are guilty but they want to end it. >> shepard: usually you plead something guilty to something lesser than. >> they are pleading guilty to a

fraction of what they were charged for. that they did get. what they did not get and maybe this will come at the time of the entry of each plea, which is a verbal back and forth between the judge and the defendant, that has not yet occurred. maybe at that time we'll know if there's a maximum on the sentencing. >> shepard: if this is happening at these elite schools, to what degree is this happening across the nation? every school is not a state school with low admission standards. there's different levels of admission standards across the country. if you're rich, influential and busy body parent, you want to get in there and help your kids, you wonder how often this is happening. >> one of the things these 13 could do to further reduce their exposure is to reveal to the government other instances of which they are aware that are not in this conspiracy. when singer, the guy that orchestrated the whole thing, when he and his lawyer left the

courthouse after his guilty plea, this is last month, the lawyer said to molly line and some of the others that were there, by the way, my client helped over 750 people. >> shepard: wow. >> this involves just 30 or 40. >> you don't know this, but molly line is on the line with this. see what i did there? 700? is that a true? >> yeah, the judge made a point important here. this investigation is far from over here. >> shepard: come on, molly. 700? is that what he said to you? that's the juice i want. >> look, i didn't hear the beginning of what the judge said, but i will say prosecutors have said this is far from over. there's more charges in the wings. one of the things that is interesting on friday, i had a chance to speak to the -- who heads everything up here in boston. they're also still considering the possibility of charging students in this case.

that's something that hasn't been completely ruled out. something that they're still talking about internally essentially. to give you an idea of the other parents that decided to plead guilty as the judge talk about this longer list of folks beyond the most famous faces. james buckingham, for instance. one of the moms that has chosen to plead guilty. she's the ceo of a marketing company in los angeles. she was asked by singer to provide a handwriting sample from her son so the talented test taker could actually take the test in the best way possible to mimic her son's handwriting. when she sent the sample, she said good luck with this in her note. that's one example of among the parents that have chosen to take this route. >> shepard: i want to get something in real quick. i want to tell viewers this. the question was, did the kids

know? we just got a statement from felicity huffman. it said my daughter knew nothing about my actions. in my misguided and profoundly wrong way, i have betrayed her. this transgression toward her and the public i will carry for the rest of my life. she says her little one didn't know. >> and the government agrees with that. the government views the children and the schools as victims. >> shepard: molly? >> so i will say, in a similar stance as well, the statement from gordon kaplan that he put out, that he takes full and sole specialty. i'm deeply ashamed of my behavior and actions. i apologize to my family and friends and students that been accepted through their own hard work. he also says i want to make clear that my daughter whom i love more than anything is a high school junior and is not accepted to a college unless it's of her own. my daughter did not know anything about this and is hurt

the most by this. another parent taking to take full responsibility. prosecutors have talk about how there was a range of knowledge. there were students that had no idea of what their parents had done. >> shepard: if the parents -- if the students knew nothing, judge and the parent did this on their own -- sometimes parents do things like this note so much for their kids but the friends at the country club or whatever. look at what my kids done when you're actually paying for it. those kids shouldn't be punished. they're victims in a huge way. >> some of them are well into their undergraduate educations. they're being examined by their universities, the university of southern california has been foremost in this and deciding, well, students here, look how well they do. i don't think they'll be kicked out. >> shepard: molly, you've been following this from the beginning. you wonder if the flood gates

are about to open. just based on your reporting and your own conversations. 50 involved in this right now but hunts more potentially. >> we do wonder about the flood gates, this story is so big and so broad. it's hard to believe there could be more names somewhere down the road or something along those lines. i curious about what the judge has to say about the people that were not on this list. these are the people that have chosen to plead guilty. there's others that have said we're taking this to trial like the colburns. they said they're going to move forward with this. when the complaints were issued less than 30 days ago, there was a 30-day window that started ticking that is up friday. we'll see more action among the names involved by the end of the week. it's notable the names that are not on this list. so just looking at the pocket that we're looking at, there's still developments to be had as it stands. as you mentioned, shep,

potentially more to go. >> as you know, the government can pile on the charges. so you have a great incentive to plead guilty when the evidence of guilt is there. why should you be confronted with five charges and roll the dice in front of a jury when you could reduce it to one charge in front of a judge that might be more sympathetic with you. that's what has happened here. >> and gregory colburn and his wife, amy, they do face the additional money laundering charge. they said they're going to trial, attempt to clear their name. it's interesting to see how many other parents take that same route. >> look, the recipient of the bribes has pleaded guilty. to these people that want to go to trial, the guy they paid will be the principle witness against them. >> shepard: makes the mountain harder to climb. >> sure does. >> shepard: the full statement

from felicity huffman. she says she's ashamed hoff the pain that she caused her daughter, her friends and the educational community. i want to a model guys to them and especially i want to apologize to the students that worked very hard every day to get into college and to their parents that make tremendous sacrifices to support those children and do so honestly. my daughter knew absolutely nothing about my actions and in my misguided and profoundly wrong way, i have betrayed her. there transgression towards her and the public i will carry the rest of my life. my desire to help my daughter is no excuse to break the law or engage in dishonesty, felicity huffman. trace gallagher, you've been watching this.

what else? >> you talked about what you and molly talked on there, how big this scandal could get. we're doing a story out west here about a stanford student that was just expelled for lying about her experience on the stanford sailing team. this student got into stanford the regular way. but because she lied about her experience with sailing, she was kicked out. her parents apparently did make a $500,000 donation to the sailing program once she was admitted to stance -- stanford. because she lied, she was out. she was not in any contact with rick singer in newport beach that was the mastermind or ringleader of this whole thing. you talk about the reporting being done locally. they talk about rick singer as just the very tip of the iceberg. this is a cross-country thing

that the fbi is investigating. because rick singer was doing it with famous people here in southern california, they say there are these types of schemes going on all across the country that are now kind of being delved into a little bit, investigated and as the weeks and months and years go by, we'll hear a lot more of these cheating schemes because it wasn't just a one-time thing here in southern california with a couple of people from yale involved. this is going on a little bit in pockets according to officials across the country. it's fascinating when you read what felicity huffman is pleading to now, the potential charges. we don't know what she will face her and what lori loughlin will do in her next court date. it does come down to paint this bigger picture of what a widespread problem this could be for students who are now in

school, students who have graduated and may have their diplomas revoked because of this scandal and other situations, shep. >> shepard: trace gallagher, molly line, judge, thank you all. >> welcome. >> shepard: a fox urgent now. remember the chinese woman arrested at the president's resort in palm beach, florida last week? remember she had four cell phones and oh, by the way, a thumb drive with malware all in it? she's back in court today for a bail hearing. a decision now pushed to next monday. so a week from today. so she will stay in jail until the 15th. we're learning she apparently had much more than the four phones and the malware and all the rest back in the hotel room. phil keating is rolling in palm beach county. phil, what else did they find? >> items that could be interpreted as innocent or highly suspicious. as you mentioned, the bond

hearing was pushed until next monday, so still no resolution she bonds out or gets bond or there the judge is going to deny bail altogether. she, of course, is the one that lied her way to mar-a-largo two weekends ago when the president was in town but he was in the golf club at the time so he was never on property during this whole episode. as part of the prosecution team's argument, they offered up additional things that they found. they say when they went to her hotel room, they found $8,000 in cash, credit cards, a signal detector radio frequency device, which can detect whether a hidden camera is in the room, nine usb cards, a fifth cell phone. when the secret service arrested zhang, she had four phones and a

thumb drive with malicious software. she's charged with making false statements to an office and entering a restricted property and could get five years in prison, shep. >> shepard: do the attorneys or the judge to whether this woman was a chinese spy or are we supposed to look at it and go -- >> they briefly touched on that. that's when the defense team was grilling the secret service agent. all of these things that you found on her, does that maybe you think espionage? prosecutors said that's not what this is about. some do believe she is a spy. >> the fact that the woman was in that location at that time is absolutely no accident at all. there's no doubt in my mind it's some sort of an intelligence operation and potentially an operation that may have been

sanctioned by the chinese intelligence service or the government. >> she was just escorted off the property in a white van to where the feds are holding her. she will be here next monday for the finalization of the bond hearing and her arraignment when the judge will determine whether this does go to trial. shep? >> shepard: phil keating live in the palm beaches. more breaking news. financial law enforcement services say they charged a man with a plan to steal a u-haul truck and blow it up in the crowds at -- back up. and plow it into the crowds at the national harbor neighborhood in maryland just south of washington d.c. take this truck and plow it through the crowds. right now this person has only been charged with stealing the

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>> shepard: chloe sullivan was the sweetest thing on that smallville show. she was. lois went there because she thought she was dead. but turns out, she wasn't dead. but allison mack is in a world of hurt. she was the actress that played chloe in smallville. she pleated guilty to charges in a sex slave case involving a cult-like group in new york. if you think that is something, wait till you hear the details. allison mack cried -- there she is -- as she apologized in court in brooklyn today. she admitted she did indeed manipulate women to becoming sex slaves for the group's ringleader. she could face up to 40 years in

prison. this comes just as jury selection for the case is set to start. the group accused of branding women with a symbol that looked like ranari's initials and forcing them to have sex with him. he says he's not guilty. anything that happened was consensual. she said though, allison mack, that she kept a sex slave for a couple years. laura reporting live in new york city. laura? >> hi, shep. well, a lot going on today with this case. allison mack's plea deal came just before jury selection got underway as potential jurors in this case were asked about their views on sex addiction, sexual deviants and body modifications, referring to the branding. it ties in the case that revolves around this man, keith ranari. this was a type of pyramid scheme that involves slaves and

masters and sex and punishment. prosecutors say that ranari recruited and solicited women for commercial second acts. he would brand them around the bikini area and force them to sexual acts. the complaint details the branding. during the ceremonies, slaves were required to be nakeded and the master would order one to film while the other held down the slave being branded. several face a long list of charms and the trial will last several weeks. raneiri could face up to life for this. >> shepard: you mentioned the billionaire.

what about his daughter. >> claire bronsman was slept into the world 16 years ago and embraced the business model offering members self fulfillment workshops. prosecutors say she became involved in recruiting women for their leader and made use of a private jet she used to cooers recruits to joining the organization. she reportedly bought an island in fiji that was used for a retreated. she was released on a $100 million bond. more to come on this as jury selection is underway. >> shepard: laura, thank you. there's more breaking news. word now that the trump administration is planning to tighten rules for cuban baseball players. in essence, it's going to be very difficult to get a cuban player in the major league

baseball. blake burman is live at the white house. we had this for years and years. why now? >> i just spokes with an administration official. here's the bottom line. the trump administration is trying to send a signal that when teams pay cuban baseball players to come over here to the u.s., they want to make sure that the money doesn't go from the player to the cuban baseball federation. because as they see it, the cuban baseball federation is the cuban government. translation here, they want to make sure that the money goes to the players doesn't get back to the cuban government. what is unclear is whether any potential action is imminent or might be taken by the trump administration or the treasury department itself. john bolton somewhat teed this up over the weekend where he sent out the following tweet. cuba wants to use baseball players as economic pawns selling their rights to american

baseball, america's past test should not enable the regime in venezuela or cuba. many player had a treacherous journey to get here. baseball teams have been able to negotiate with themselves. victor mesa was paid $4 million for the marlins. that's been the shift. but the trump administration wants to make sure that money doesn't make its way back to the cuban government. >> shepard: tough life being a marlin's fan. >> i know. we're head of the red sox. >> shepard: give it five minutes. >> i will. >> shepard: after a decade in pow, benjamin netanyahu is facing what could be the political fight of his life. polls showing a tight race as israeli voters get ready to hit the ballot box. that's tomorrow. and netanyahu making a bomb shell campaign promise that

could be a death pillow to all of the peace talks of the palestinians. it's reminiscent on what happened years ago, the same day before the election, go and right, anti-palestinian. it's a formula. he's vowing to annex parts of the west bank. it's a controversial move that the secretary of state, mike pompeo, refused to comment on earlier today. prime minister netanyahu's campaign is touting his close relationship with president trump and pro israel actions that the trump administration has taken like pulling out of the iran nuclear deal, moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem and recognizing the disputed golan heights as israeli territory. but netanyahu is facing enormous corruption scandals back him and his opponent a former israeli chief is calling for new leadership. even if netanyahu loses the majority of the vote today, which he may well do according

to the analysts, he could still cling to power by forming an alliance with a smaller far right group of political parties, which could change things. trey yingst reporting live. trey? >> tomorrow's election is seen as a referendum for benjamin netanyahu who is faces charges or corruption and bribery. he spent the day walking around the largest market and posing for photos. he's lighting in some poles where his opponent is ahead in others. he faced some scandals after he said his phone was hacked by the iranian government. the prime minister is resorting to more extreme positions including the position to annex the west bank. that could haunt him if he does win. >> president trump's relationship with him factoring

heavily into this election. >> the prime minister is wasting no time using the political capital that has been given to him by president trump. the president last year made the decision to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. he also recognized the golan heights as parts of israel days ago. netanyahu put out an ad where he's praised by trump. despite his past support of the prime minister speaking of the weekend in las vegas, president trump did not endorse either candidate. shep? >> shepard: thanks, trey. coming up, you could get the death penalty if you take a selfie in one spot. where that is and how come coming up. firsthand the unique challenges in that sector? coming out here, seeing the infrastructure firsthand, we can make better informed investment decisions. that's why i go beyond the numbers.

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pilots and pose a safety risk. they haven't explained how the pictures might be distracting but they're comparing selfies to things like drones and saying the pilots could lose focus. so now there's a sign with loud speakers telling people to stay out or else. the else is a $1,200 fine or 20 years in prison or the death penalty. that's according to thailand's 1978 aviation act, which we pulled up, but could not find the wording. the bottom line, thailand does have a death penalty, but it's rarely used and there's no selfie takers on death row, shep. >> shepard: it can be deadly just getting close to one of those jets when they're landing. >> very true. that's a big concern for the airport authority. although the planes are 20, 30 feet above you, the noise is dangerous. and even the thrust.

many people talk about how strong the jet wash is. in 2017 on the caribbean island in st. maarten, a 57-year-old was holding on to a fence that separates the beach from the airport and she was hit by a jet engine blast that killed her. jet blast has injured many people over the years on tarmacs, shep. >> shepard: that one in st. maartens, there's a good bar there. a fun spot. thanks, trace. american air lines extending flight cancellations through june 5 because of the grounding of those 737 max 8 and 9 planes. investigators have said they see clear similarities between the two crashes and months apart that killed hundreds of people. according to a preliminary report from the ethiopian government, the pilots did everything according to the manuel from the plane.

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>> not just social media but style sites, search engines will be scrutinized by the world's independent regulator, that is in the british parliament passes it. it's not just companies but individual senior executives that culled be viable. theresa may says for too long they have not done enough to protect users and children and young people from harmful content. we're trying to keep people safe, she says. there's been growing global calls for live stream video, like the terrorist in new zealand. this is another one, that we're committed to prioritizing the safety of users and striking an appropriate balance of keeping users safe. facebook founder mark zuckerberg said that he welcomed more oversight and enforcement, shep.

>> shepard: susan li, live in new york. the final bell is ringing on wall street. the arrows are down on a monday afternoon. off less than 100. "your world" with neil cavuto is coming up next. this is fox news channel. >> i just want to thank the president again for the tremendous opportunity to serve this country. i'm forever grateful of the men and women in dhs that work so hard to execute their mission and protect the homeland. >> i wish the focus was on the actual problem facing this country, the crises facing the american communities and american neighborhoods along the southern border. when we were -- when we were down there, having a conversation -- the face of the crisis are the people who have had loved ones killed and murdered by people in this country illegally. >> shakeup at the border. kirstjen nielsen is out.