here's shep. >> shepard: it's noon on the west coast. 3:00 at the white house where president trump says it doesn't matter if he talked to the president of ukraine about investigating joe biden. a whistle-blower reportedly says the president made a promise to a foreign leader. a watch dog calls it of urgent concern. but congress is still trying to find out what the whistle-blower knows. also, we'll talk to a high school student who rescued a toddler and her mom from the deadly flooding in texas. and we'll hear from a guy that ended up in the middle of a swarm of sharks with his daughter. i'll ask him what he did when the sharks started biting. first, breaking news out of utah. the highway patrol has just confirmed four people are dead

after a horrible bus crash. happened on a state highway in the southern part of the state near bryce canyon city. still waiting for video to come in. it's about 200 miles south of salt lake city. highway patrol confirms multiple critical injuries and officials say they dispatched multiple air ambulances and rescue crews. additional investigators on the way. more as it comes in to the fox newsroom. topping the news today, president trump responding to reports that the urgent whistle-blower complaint reportedly about him apparently involves ukraine. at least ukraine. that's what sources tell "the washington post" and "the new york times." the post has reported that the president made a promise to a world leader during a phone call a promise so concerning that a whistle-blower reported it. the times has since reported there are multiple instances detailed in a complaint. fox news has not confirmed either. here's what we do know. on july 25, the white house says

the president talked with a newly elected president over the phone from the ukraine to congratulate him. a report from the ukrainian government reads in party, donald trump is convinced that the new ukrainian government will be able to quickly improve images of ukraine, complete investigation of corruption cases which inhibited the interaction between the ukraine and the u.s.a. corruption cases. more on that in a moment, a few days later, july 28, the former director of national intelligence dan coates announced his resignation. in august, his personal lawyer, rudy guliani met with a top representative for the ukraine president, who was a comedian before taking office. during an interview yesterday, on cnn, a quite extraordinary one, rudy guliani was asked whether he talked to ukrainian officials about looking into business dealings by the former vice president, joe biden's son in that country. first he said no. and then he said well, listen to

this exchange with chris cuomo on cnn. >> did you ask the ukraine to investigate joe biden? >> no. actually i didn't. i asked the ukraine to investigate the allegations that there was interference in the election -- >> never anything about hunter biden? >> the only thing i asked about joe biden is to get to the bottom of how lusinco to dismiss the case -- >> so did you did ask ukraine to look into joe biden. >> you just said you didn't. >> shepard: and the subject matter about which they were speaking is a debunked conspiracy theory. in august, president trump asked his national security team to review the $250 million in military aid for the ukraine. and on september 9, top house democrats released a joint statement announcing a ride-ranging investigation into what they called the trump-guliani ukraine scheme

writing -- >> later that same week, the trump administration lifted its hold on the military aid for ukraine. yesterday the inspector general for our spy agencies held a private briefing with members of congress behind closed doors. atkinson deemed the whist whistle-blower complaint credible and urgent. he declined to reveal to the lawmakers the substance of the complaint. the president has said he's done nothing wrong. but he's not said the complaint should go to congress for investigation. today the president said the whistle-blower is partisan, but then said he doesn't know who it is. john roberts reporting live from the white house. john? >> good afternoon, shep. the president insists that this is all a political hack job as you pointed out saying the whistle-blower is partisan.

the president was talking with scott morrison, the australian prime minister in the oval office about this. the president insisted that all of his conversations with world leaders are completely appropriate. listen here. >> the partisan whistle-blower. shouldn't even have information. i had conversations with many leaders, always appropriate. anything i do i fight for this country. i fight so strongly for this country. it's just another political hack job. that's all. >> the house speaker nancy pelosi released a statement on this a short time ago curious that she was careful to stay away in that statement from any reference to ukraine. also saying that the reports raise grave urgent concerns for our national security. pelosi adding if the president has done what has been alleged, then he's stepping into a dangerous minefield with serious repercussions for his administration and our

diplomacy. pelosi adds that the whistle-blower should be affordle all protections under law so he or she can come forward. in the oval office, the president said he didn't know who the whistle-blower is or what has been alleged or which phone conversation the whistle-blower was referring to. the president did seem to reference that july 25 call with the ukrainian president when he said that the conversation was completely appropriate. listen here. >> i can say that it was a totally appropriate conversation. it was actually a beautiful conversation. >> [question inaudible] >> i don't want to talk about any conversation other than to say great conversation, totally appropriate conversation. couldn't have been better. >> in that oval office question and answer, the president did not deny that he talked to biden. he didn't want to talk about it.

now we get down to the part of you decide, we report. whoever the whistle-blower was is one of many people on the phone conversation with the president when he was talking to selenski or some other world leader or had access to transcripts that would have been circulated afterwards. how is it that one person who had access to those phone conversations or the transcripts decided it was serious enough to come forward. michael atkinson that was appointed by president trump as you pointout at the top here found the information to be urgent and credible, serious enough to bring it to the attention of congress. the exact substance has not been disclosed to congress. one of the interesting side note here, matt whitaker was on fox news earlier today. he believes that enough people know the substance of this complaint that by monday we will all know what was in it. >> shepard: i wouldn't be surprised at all. john roberts at the white house.

thanks. alex little now, criminal defense attorney, former assistant u.s. attorney and former cia analyst. good of you to be here again. thank you. >> good afternoon. >> shepard: rather than leaking say to a newspaper or someone else, this whistle-blower goes through what is deemed the proper channels. the next step is the inspector general says a, it's credible, b it's urgent. the next step is to send it to congress. that hasn't happened. is that legal? >> it's not what the law says should happen. here's a hole. apparently if the whistle-blower is making accusations about the president of the united states which appears to be the case, the administration is taking the position that it's outside of the purview of the inspector general because the president is not part of the intelligence community. it's an argument that has logical sense to it. it raises the question of when someone in the administration finds evidence or believes the president has acted in a manner contrary to u.s. interests and

potentially illegally, who is he supposed to tell? >> shepard: but he's supposed to do -- as prescribed by the law as put into effect after 9-11, this is how it's supposed to work, isn't it? >> absolutely. this is where -- the law is clear. after seven days, the director of national intelligence is supposed to report this to congress. so this is -- you get to the limits of what the law says and how you affectate the law. people break the law all the time. somebody has to force the issue. here congress has to force the issue. >> if the inspector general says it's urgent, to me that means it's a matter that needs attention right away, urgent. then could the inspector general do something on his own, could the whistle-blower act in some other way besides going through the proper channels and still be within the boundaries of the law? >> that's what they have to argument. the inspector general is in a terrible position. this is not the normal practice. he tells congress there's a

complaint. he doesn't tell congress the substance of the complaint. that's not normally how it happens. normally he says i'm going to send information to congress and sends it to congress. so he's trying to get protected, so are the whistle-blowers trying to get protected. i suspect what will happen is that eventually the information will go to a member of congress. once it's in the hands of congress, they have a lot of -- more options what they can do with it. >> shepard: thanks, alex. >> thank you. >> shepard: in addition to the president's comments on the whistle-blower matter today, he made some additional note worthy statements. the president says china is hurting badly from the trade war, but that the united states has not been affected. though the trade war is escalating next month, he said it will not affect the 2020 election. the president threatened to release thousands of isis prisoners to europe. discovering the military, he said before the trump presidency, our nuclear was tired, but that it's now in tippy top shape. and that before he was elected,

the military did not have any ammunition. updating the breaking news. still just a map. there's no video yet. our first images from that deadly bus crash are in. these are photographs. you can see this thing is horrible. this is brice canyon. troopers say this was a tour bus, hit a guardrail, flipped over. four dead. reports as many as 30 hurt. multiple critical injuries. you can see the roof of the bus peeled back like a sardine can. more on this as it comes in. ahead, the hero her football player that risked his life to save strangers from a flood. he jumped into the action and to rescue a woman and her toddler. next he will be with us live as reporting continues on a friday afternoon. fact is, every insurance company hopes you drive safely.

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>> shepard: from high school football player to hero, the teen in texas saving a young woman and her daughter after their s.u.v. went into a ditch full of water. that s.u.v. eventually sank. you can see the top of it here. see here above the banner. 16-year-old jayden payne said he reacted when he saw them and felt like their lives were more precious than his and worth the risk. he says by the time he reached them, the little girl's head was completely under water and the mother was struggling. the mother called him her guardian angel. parts of southeast texas are under water and the scenes are incredible after days of nonstop rain from what is left of tropical storm imelda. three people have been killed. hundreds rescued. one report of more than 1,000. the national weather service now estimates more than 40 inches of rain fell in some localized areas. with us now from houston is

jayden payne, the high school hero student and his mother, cynthia. good to see you both. >> hello. >> her life and the child's life was more precious than yours. that's pretty incredible. what was going through your mind? >> that i -- i don't know. i just had to rush to action. i thought their life would be more precious an more valuable than mine. i haven't -- i know that i'm 16 and still young, but i felt like they need to live their life more than i experienced. i feel like they should experience more. >> shepard: so you said i saw it and i reacted. >> yes, sir. >> shepard: so you didn't think oh, this is dangerous. maybe i shouldn't do this. you just jumped in. >> shepard: no, nothing was going through my mind except for saving them. >> so as you're going to them

what are you hearing and seeing? >> the lady, she said get my baby, get my baby. i looked. she took her baby. that's when i jumped in. >> shepard: and where did you see the baby and describe where the baby was and the condition and such. >> so i know she told me her baby was in the back of her car. and her seat, the little baby seat. and when i seen her get the baby -- she picked the baby from underneath the water and put her on like her shoulder. she had one arm to swim with. and then i seen the baby, she looked fine. i could tell that water went in her mouth. she was panicking. >> shepard: what was in your mind when this was over and you realized they're going to live, that was crazy? >> i was like, did something that most people wouldn't do. i was like -- i felt like i saved two of god's children. >> shepard: oh, my god.

cynthia, you just mind be brimming with pride over there. >> yeah. i get emotional when we talk about this. because i had to watch him literally take off running. i watched him just dive into the water. i was like please just watch over him while he does that. because i can't replace him if anything happens. he's it. i'm very proud. lets me know that my teachings have paid off. >> shepard: i understand cynthia that you and jayden and the two people that he saved are about to all get together in a few minutes. tell me about that. >> yes, sir. i got a phone call from the station. they said how the grandfather was seeing his granddaughter's picture all over the news. he wanted to meet jayden.

so they're reuniting the mom and the daughter with jayden. the funny thing is she lives in our condos. so we're neighbors. >> shepard: a small world. they'll be loving on yeah forever. because of the banner, i'm not sure the audience can see. jayden's t-shirt says "respect all, fear known." is that how you rolled today? >> yeah. that's my -- that's the aldean football team. we fear nobody. >> shepard: it's all working. nice to meet you, jayden. cynthia, all the best. >> nice to meet you. >> shepard: we'll let you know how the reunion goes. in an hour, president trump is expected to receive a list of potential targets that he could potentially hit in iran. this is not to say we're about to go to war with iran. the pentagon comes up with things. possibilities for the president. the president makes decisions. that is just after he said he's

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development fund, which will be cut off from our banking system. this will mean no more funds going to the government or fund terror. this is on top of our oil sanctions. >> secretary state mike pompeo says this is in response for iran's attempt to disrupt the global economy. that attack on saudi oil facilities over last weekend. he says this active aggression was sophisticated in its planning and brazen in execution regardless of attempts to shift blame, the evidence points to iran and only iran. pompeo returned late last evening after the last couple days meeting with officials in saudi arabia and the yunited arb emirates. >> shepard: i ran is not having it. >> no. they say they had nothing to do with the attack and their foreign minister is explaining his comment that if his country was attacked, it would mean all-out war. he said iran has no desire for

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>> shepard: fox urgent. tens of thousands of high school students skipping class to demand action once and for all

on climate change. organizers with the global climate strike say marches are taking place across the nation and 150 countries around the world. the live pictures coming from san francisco where the crowds are huge. the strike ahead of a united nations climate summit next week. bryan llenas is in new york city. the cops shut down streets in lower manhattan. bryan? >> shep, that's right. so the protests here in new york city started at noon at foley square in downtown. there's tens of thousands of people, so many that we had to stand outside so we could have signal to broadcast to you right now. the crowd moved from foley square to battery park in downtown. this is perhaps the largest in the nation. hundreds of strikes around the country from san francisco where there's thousands of people there in downtown protesting. this is a youth-led movement and then you have not just here in

the united states, but around the world. over 300,000 people organizers estimate showed up in australia. they are the largest coal producer. they have to cut greenhouse gas emissions right now. there were protests in poland and germany. young people upset that they believe the adults in the situation right now are truly not doing enough to make sure that they have a planet that is safe for them. this is all led by greta thunburg, a 17-year-old that began to skip school every friday to draw attention to the need to enact really -- to help and stop climate change. she is expected to speak here in new york at any moment. shep, back here in new york city, i'll tell you this, new york city schools decided to allow kids to skip school as long as they had parents tall permission to join this protest. we spoke to one parent, one child from long island.

they didn't have per anything to skip but they believe it's important enough to skip school today. >> it's very hard for me. i felt school attendance was more important. now i realize following this movement how drastic this is and this is more important than her being in a chair in school. >> in the classroom, we didn't learn about climate change. we don't read the climate reports. >> the "new york post" editorial both blasted the new york city schools for essentially saying the schools are supporting a political point of view. los angeles school systems are supporting walk-ins. they want students to learn in the classroom. miami-dade is not excusing absences. other cities are as long as they had the parental permission. shep? >> shepard: bryan llenas live in lower manhattan. a few hours ago, the nuclear plant that suffered the worth accident in nuclear history closed down. the year was 1979, three mile

idea. the plant send radiation into the skies. the pennsylvania governor ordered children and pregnant women to leave the area. it did ignite a new wave of opposition to nuclear power in america. jacqui heinrich reporting live from new york. jacqui? >> shep, three mile island was operating at half capacity the last 40 years. now the energy company says they can't compete with cheaper energy. the partial melt down badly damaged public support for nuclear energy. the accident happened at 4:00 a.m. valves regulating heat failed sending the system into an emergency shut down. workers not knowing what went wrong tried to fix it, but made it worse. eventually radioactive gas escaped into the atmosphere. the damaged unit 2 was sealed off. since it happened, the u.s. has

not put a new new nuclear power plant into operation. the remaining reactor one at three mile island has not made money for five years struggling to compete with natural gas and renewable energy. at the closing, they pushed for policy reform. >> we're forced to use more fossil fuels, which will have a detrimental impact on the quality of our air. so i ask you to think very hard about the possibility that we will continue down this slope of closing more nuclear plants. >> the site offset more than 95 million carbon tons since 2000 equalling 20 million cars off the road. >> shepard: jacqui, what happens now? >> they have a project that could take 60 years to finish. the next few weeks, they'll

slowly let the rods cool before removing the fuel comply and then long-term decommissioning. there's private company claim they can do the job in a decade. the old unit 2 is also still standing. its owned by another company still highly radio active and encased in concrete. work to dismantle it will take 12 years in 2041. >> jacqui heinrich live. there's extraordinary new reporting that has just come out from the "wall street journal." the journal and fox news channel parent company share common ownership. it's regarding president trump's, the new investigation of sorts with a whistle-blower who has made claims apparently about president trump. the "wall street journal" has blockbuster reporting that we'll share with you next.

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>> shepard: breaking news now on fox news channel. new reporting from the "wall street journal" on the whistle-blower that filed what the trump appointed inspector general deemed credible and urgent complaint. the journal's parent company and the fox news parent company share common ownership. just out, president trump in a phone call repeatedly pressured the president of ukraine to investigate the democratic presidential candidate joe

biden's son urging the ukraine president about eight times to work with rudy guliani, his personal lawyer on a probe. remember, this is his political opponent whom he is trying to have investigated. the journal cites people familiar with the matter. quoting from the journal, he told him that he should work with guliani on biden and people in washington wanted to know whether allegations were true or not one of the people said. trump did not mention a provision of foreign aid to ukraine on that call said the person who didn't believe that mr. trump offered him any quid pro quo for his cooperation on an investigation. guliani in june and august met with top ukrainian officials about the prospect of an investigation he said in an interview. the trump lawyer has suggested that mr. biden as vice president worked to shield from investigation a ukrainian gas company with ties to his son, hunter biden. a ukrainian official earlier

this year said he had no evidence of wrong doing by mr. biden or his son. after the july call between the two presidents, the ukrainian government said mr. trump had congratulated the new president on his election and expressed hope that the government would push ahead with investigations and corruption probes that stymies relationships between the two countries. the white house declined to comment. the biden campaign did not comment. last week a biden campaign spokesman said of mr. guliani's effort to pressure the ukraine, this is beneath us all as americans. the full story is lengthy. it's just posted at wsj.com. the website for the "wall street journal." again, the journal's parent company and the fox news parent company share common ownership. well, in lighter and happier news, the big day is here. millions of people signed up to storm area 51 and see them

aliens. the guy that came up with the idea said it was just a joke. but hundreds of people are showing up. let your freak fly as does jonathan hunt live in nevada. hello, jonathan. >> hey, shep. you remember that great fox show the x files? the tag line for that was the truth is out there. there's a lot of people arriving here that believe the truth is out here. out there, to be precise. that out there if you look that way is area 51, the road that you can see going through it is the extra terrestrial highway. that is the highway that probably a few thousand people ultimately by the time we get to this friday afternoon are going to travel along to see if they can find the aliens. we don't think anybody will try to storm area 51. some people did show up there in the night time hours overnight, but they just wanted to take

selfies. we talked to a few of those earlier today. listen here. >> trying to find aliens. my mom said come get her one. i'm here to do it. >> there's a guy making hats down there. he's pretty cool. he just said wrap it around my face. here we go. protection. >> so this, shep, is the alien research center just outside of nevada. this is the site of one of the big gatherings. they're expecting 5,000 people tonight. we have security on happened. thanks for being here. they're not aliens. they're real security. we have a big stage back here where we'll have performances all night. the edm d.j. is the headliner. many people think it's going to be a good time. nothing that requires the security and law enforcement that is being brought.

i talked to holland bibgy earlier. he's the lincoln county commissioner. it was a nightmare when he heard two million people were coming. he's happy that has toned down as the lincoln county commissioner. he has to know what really is in area 51. he said he wouldn't tell me. if he did, he would -- well, you know what the government would do. >> shepard: i hear you. thanks, jonathan. the celebration of e.t. life is happening in vegas because why not? the original creator of the area 51 event decided to move his party to sin city because of concerns about safety in nevada. the alienstock event brought hundreds of people to downtown vegas and live music, food trucks and rides. organizer mattie roberts says alienstock is now going on tour with a number of venues across the country looking for parties that are out of this world.

even if the whole area 51 thing is a bust, some people are still looking for aliens. dr. seth shawstack is an astronomer. nice to see you, sir. >> nice to be here. >> shepard: it's all over the news, the cigar shape things and all kinds of questions. what are we witnessing? >> well, i don't know in every case what we're witnessing. you know, there's 10,000 reports every year of things in the sky that people don't understand. a third of the american public thinks in fact that earth is being visited by extrat terrestrial beings. i'm not one of them. >> shepard: tell me what day to day is like and what it is you're searching. >> well, the study institute is interested in life beyond earth. we haven't found any but i think that will change in the next 20

years. we'll see. there could be microbial life, things very tiny that you need a microscope to see them under this sands of mars, the moons of jupiter and saturn. if you're looking for intelligent life like the people trying to storm area 51 and i hope -- >> shepard: i apologize for interrupting. but we believe something horrible is happening right now at the brookfield mall in illinois. there are multiple reports of a vehicle and driving through the mall. it sounds very bad. we're going to take a quick commercial break, find out what we can. dot the is, cross the ts. make sure we have it right. we'll be back in a moment. my insurance rates are probably gonna double.

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>> shepard: well, now there's pictures. breaking news in illinois. the brookfield mall. look at this. whitfield mall. uh-oh. i didn't know that sound was on there. i apologize for that. someone has driven an s.u.v. into the mall. people that were there are reporting scenes of chaos inside the mall. as is often the case with people who are witnessing things, we're getting reports of all kinds, everything from active shooter to chaos in the mall. but a lot of people have witnessed this it would appear that this person -- we just

don't have context for you. we have this video and we have a lot of people reporting on this. we have police who are headed there as well. but somehow someone got a vehicle into the woodfield mall in shomberg illinois and they appear to be driving through the halls of the mall and clearly causing destruction. stores at the woodfield -- this is basically chicago -- stores are on lockdown. and this vehicle is driving through it. multiple people reporting that they got away from it, saying people are running out. now we have a witness on the phone. roger stacker is on the line with us. robert, tell us what you're seeing and what you know. >> we were just standing around near the entrance. then behind the counter, of

course. >> shepard: you have a store there? >> pardon? >> shepard: you have a store there? >> yes, we have a store here. >> shepard: so you're standing at your store. >> yes. behind the counter. then i see a lot of people running towards the exit. we are located near sears. i heard a lot of bang and all that, shots fired. >> shepard: you heard shots fired sir? >> yes. >> shepard: go on. >> and i heard about maybe three or four shots, at least four. people running and saying run, run, run. and then the security came. before the procedure, we put the gates down. then the mall security came by to tell those that didn't have the gates down to put the gates down. and then they ask shoppers to leave. then i saw the police and other state troopers with guns in their hand, looked like machine

guns in their hand. they were asking people to leave. they're still around looking for the person. that's about it. the mall is quiet. everybody is down. >> shepard: do you know if shots were fired by a police or by a suspect? >> should be suspect. there was nobody around. there were no cops around at the time. >> shepard: i see. do you know if anybody was hurt? >> no, i didn't. i did see cops going with -- or some equipment, you know, that they were -- equipment. i was inside. we were supposed to go outside. so i don't know if somebody was injured. >> shepard: breaking news. stay with us if you would, sir. we just got word from wgn television in chicago that the driver of the s.u.v. is now in custody. back on the line again. sorry? two people have been injured. we don't know the extent of their injuries. we don't know how the two people

were injured. we know two people were injured. sir, did you see this driver? were you able to get a sight of whoever did the driving? >> no, sir. we're in the mall. no way for us to know that. >> shepard: now live pictures from chicago. this is obviously outside the mall. how long ago was this, sir? >> about i'd say 20 minutes ago maybe. 20, 25. >> shepard: just randomly somebody is driving a s.u.v. through the corridors of the mall. that sounds pretty horrifying. >> no, i don't think anybody would come inside. so there must be somebody inside the mall with a gun. it's a covered mall. so naturally somebody came inside with a gun. >> shepard: did you see the s.u.v.? >> no, no, no. there's no way to see anything. we're totally inside. there's in way to see the

parking lot. >> shepard: we're airing pictures of a s.u.v. in a mall. >> that's news to me. that would be somebody else. i don't know where it would come from. and from the sound of it, it's not too far from my store. the entrance is quite far. but anything is possible. >> shepard: yeah, i must tell you, hundreds of miles away, i'm not sure but i'm sure glad you're okay and we're looking at live pictures from outside the mall now. these pictures coming in to from us from wflv who have cameras there. police have set up crime tape. all the best, sir. hope things go well. our hope is there are two people injured, wgn in chicago is reporting chicago is not far away, reporting that the driver

is in custody. it's a rather large mall, as you can see. i suppose it's possible this could have happened in an area where the man there wasn't able to see it because it seems pretty clear in the early going here according to the reporting of wgn in chicago that the driver is in custody. it's pretty insane thing to see there in the beginning, again, the only reports that we have are two people were injured. at this moment, i don't know the extent of the injuries, but i can tell you that whoever did the driving is in custody. there you can see the front door or a door to the mall is crashed in. so i'm not sure, but i mean i guess a s.u.v. could have driven through there and crash that out. stands to reason. i don't have specifics what a crazy sight to see. let's go back to the video. this is video. we're not going to play the audio again. as you heard, somebody had an

expletive there. who wouldn't if all of a sudden you're browsing around bed, bath and body works and here comes a s.u.v. in the middle of the mall. we don't know if the s.u.v. hit anyone. we can see there's some damage and we don't have any idea what the motivation may have been. we have no idea. we won't speculate. you can come up with a million different scenarios what could have happened or why they might have done it. our guest said there were shots fired. police have not confirmed that. i'm not doubting him. i just letting you know, police haven't confirmed that. again, this is the woodfield mall, schaumburg illinois, not far from chicago. we'll have continuing coverage throughout the afternoon. neil cavuto will follow it. additionally, the final bell is ringing on wall street or will

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