eric: president trump again slamming the election criticizing mail-in ballots and the results and the integrity of the nation's electoral presses itself. he was at rally in georgia continuing what officials say are the president's baseless claims about voting and the presidential election results. contradicting attorney general bill barr, federal, state and local officials across the country who say there's no evidence of massive voter fraud to back up what the president says, this as georgia is doubling -- georgia's senate race, heads to final stretch less than one month to go, hello, everyone, welcome to

america's news headquarters here on the fox news channel i'm eric sean. hi, arthel. arthel: hello, i'm arthel neville. the president leading a peach state rally last night for republican senators kelly loeffler and david perdue who face off with john s -- ossoff and raphael warnock to decide which party controls the senate. tonight senator loeffler and last night the president criticized the 2020 election but also urged supporters to get out and vote in the upcoming runoff. >> the stake in this election is control of the u.s. senate and that really means control of this country. the voters of georgia will determine which party runs every committee, writes every piece of legislation, controls every single taxpayer dollar, very simply you will decide whether

your children will grow up in a socialist country or whether they will grow up in a free country. arthel: we have team fox coverage charles watson in southern georgia where the president spoke last night but we begin with mark meredith, hi, mark. mark: president trump tried to fire up his base to keep the senate majority republican hand, however, also last night the president had plenty to say as he attacked some democrats, the media and even some republicans, the president appeared thrilled to be back out on the campaign trail last night. thousands of his supporters bringing cold temperatures on an airport tarmac to attend the first rally since last month's election and while the rally was supposed to be focused on the senate georgia races the president reflected on his own political future. >> we are going to win back the white house again. [cheers and applause] >> a friend of mine said, don't worry about it, sir, you're way up in the polls, you'll win in

2024, i said, i don't want to wait until 2024. mark: trump campaign has urged state lawmakers in georgia, michigan and elsewhere to overrule the results ahead of the electoral college vote but one republican senator says the trump administration acknowledges changes are coming in january. >> somebody said that the president in effect has conceded when he ordered the general service administration to begin the transition. and so if by damaging our democracy you mean that the next administration won't be prepared, that preparation is taking place. mark: president trump is spending his sunday here at the white house after that trip to georgia, no events on the public schedule but it is going to be a busy week for the trump administration as we get ready for thursday's meeting with the food and drug administration, they're going to be evaluating pfizer's covid vaccine candidate and officials say they are confident this would be good-news result for the

american people. >> we are looking at having multiple vaccines, fda approved, and close to 40 million doses of fda approved vaccine released by the end of this year. mark: the president has urged the fda to speed up approval's process. later on this month they will be meeting to consider moderna candidate and many people eager as you know, arthel, to get this relief. arthel: absolutely, mark meredith live at the white house, thanks, mark. eric. eric: arthel, the president rallied the georgia voters last night, his legal team back in court pushing forward with court fights in battlegrounds after string of loses in courts across the nation. 46 counted so far, judges ruling that there is no evidence for the claims as as systematic election fraud and other issues. in fact, georgia's republican lieutenant governor calling the president's fraud claims a, quote, mountain of misinformation. charles watson live in adelsta,

georgia where the president was last night. charles: focus on all important senate runoff races but, of course, president trump was the star of the show. president trump commanded hundred if not thousands of excited supporters who stood for hours in chilly temperatures to see and hear what the president had to say in his first rally since his election loss last month. aired out personal grievances but did get around to georgia senate runoff races which puts perdue and loeffler against democrats jon ossoff and raphael warnock, president trump encouraged supporters to get out and vote for the incumbent senators, move that would prevent democrats from stealing another election. >> you know, a lot of people,

friends of mine say, we are not going to vote because we are angry. if you don't vote, the socialists and the communists win. they win. georgia patriots must show up and vote for these two incredible people. charles: while president trump was a hit at the rally, there seemed to be no lost love between the president's supporters and senators perdue and loeffler who could barely get a word in at one point as the crowd shouted, fight for trump at them. >> i want to say something personal for president trump, we are going the fight and win those two seats to make sure you get a fair square deal. god bless you, mr. president. >> we got a chance to speak to trump supporters out at rally yesterday, a lot were skeptical, a lot were still unsure whether or not they were going to vote in the senate runoff races so it could be a lot harder for

republicans to pull off the races than originally imagined, eric. eric: charles, thank you. arthel. arthel: right now we will bring in judy miller, pulitzer-prize winning author, judy, how did you see it? did president trump deliver a winning message for the gop candidates, one that will galvanize his voters, his supporters to the polls? >> judy: well he certainly was stumping for two senate candidates but trump being trump he was also stumping for himself as we saw again and again in a 135 tweets this past week, most of his attention was on his own grievances and his own false claim that he was robbed, that the election was rigged and that wasn't in the teleprompter script, by the way, according to maggie of the new york times.

he managed to this past week issue just four tweets about the pandemic which is killing so many americans, but in terms of the rally, he did what he had to do, let's see whether or not georgia voters are fired up enough to get out because, remember, the last time in georgia the margin was 12,500 votes out of 5 million votes, so turnout is going to be crucial. arthel: so is it fair for calling members of the radical left or it's a crowd-pleasing claim? >> it's more of the latter, more what we expect from president trump. to call the democratic party socialist and now we've gone over the top, we are right into communist territory and the communists are going to take

care over if, in fact, the voters of georgia vote in favor of the democratic candidates. if they don't, it's almost certain that the republican controlled senate will have a legislative check on president biden's agenda. this is a very, very important vote but there's a huge gap. there's early voting in december 14th, then we have the actual election day itself in january, much depends, both for president trump but even more for joe biden on whether or not georgia voters turn out and whose voters turn out. arthel: tomorrow in georgia is the last day to register to vote in runoff election. so was there an obvious litmus test on display for potential second run for the white house in 2024. did he test the waters last night? >> judy: he always does that and he does it in a coy and unusual way. he said he hoped that a 2024 new

election campaign would not be necessary obviously because he still is opening or at least claiming that this election result could be overturned. there's no indication that that's going to happen. there's no indication even in georgia that georgia will do anything that president trump wants them to do. jeff duncan, the lieutenant governor said this morning that the governor was not going to call a special session of the legislature. arthel: judy, i want -- i want to jump in only because i have one more question that i want to get in before we run out of time here. what do you expect from this president once he is no longer -- he no longer holds the office, he leaves, though, with a formidable voting block and strong fundraising capability, can or should republican leaders try to regain their footing as the gop once was just a short

time ago? >> judy: you know, arthel, i hope the republican party reclaims its soul. i mean, it has become the party of trump. once trump is gone, what does that mean for republicans. i think it's absolutely clear that they might find the platform and the positions that so many americans came to see as republican party positions that were taken over by donald trump. trump is going to come back here to mar-a-lago, supposedly, at the moment he's licking his wounds and firing his tweets, he has been a fundraiser, $315 million since his defeat, what he does with that money is largely up to him, but i hope that republicans will be able to develop some courage and walk away from someone whom a majority of americans decided should not bear a second term. arthel: okay, we will leave it

there. thank you, judy, letting me -- take care, be sure to keep it on fox news tonight to see georgia's senator kelly loeffler debate her democratic challenger reverend raphael warnock. martha maccallum kicks off our special coverage. that's tonight at 6:45 eastern. eric. eric: arthel, the nation is now under siege from coronavirus. infections spreading forcing local officials to take brother and sisterric actions before it gets worse. most of california heading to strict new coronavirus lockdowns starting tonight as the state surpasses 1.3 million infections since the pandemic started. the san francisco bay area was not included in the state order, several counties there except for san mateo county, they are deciding to adopt the plan to make sure there are no more

deaths. christina coleman live in los angeles with more on the drastic actions that california is being forced to take, christina. christina: hi, eric, well, the entire bay region has not reached the thresh hold for the new lockdown, however, health officials from 5 bay area counties say they will go ahead and start the lockdown today citing the surge in cases and hospitalizations. the new stay-at-home order is triggered in areas when icu capacity drops below 15% overwhelming hospitals is a major concern right now. the southern california region which encompasses large population centers like la, san bernardino and san diego now has 12.5% icu capacity remaining. the san joaquín valley icu capacity took a nose dive since friday, now at 8.6%. that area includes central california, so those two regions will start this new stay-at-home order at 11:59 tonight. the new order instructs

californians to stay home as much as possible and to stop mixing between households. 20% and restricts restaurants to only takeout, closes movie theaters, wineries, live audience, sports, family entertainment centers and amusement parks. >> this is time limited, it's based upon the facts, it's based upon what's happening on the ground, it's based upon epidemiology, it's based on upon transmission rates, it's based upon what's happening by region regions. christina: we also want to give you an update on the viral video reported on in the past few days, in it the owner of a restaurant in sherman oaks, california said she was upset to find meal tents to shoot right next to patio had been shut down by city. angela spokes with fox news on her way to a protest at an la

county supervisor's home. >> i came in to give last paychecks and bags of groceries to my employee and saw 200-person tent with tables set up and a catering truck for a movie company in the same parking lot within 5 feet away. i mean, 20 steps away from me, so that's really what really upset me yesterday. christina: la mayor garcetti responding to controversy, my heart goes out to ms. martin and those in salon who have to comply with guidelines that closed outdoor dining. mr. garcetti says no one likes restrictions and i do support as hospital icu beds fill capacity and cases increased by 500%. we must stop the virus before it kills thousands of more angelinos. the dining area has been removed

since post went viral, that shoot was for nbc tv series, eric. eric: that's unbelievable. i mean, it's unbelievable, she can't have diners in the restaurant yet they are shooting over there it's okay, you know, beyond belief. thank you. arthel. arthel: we will continue our coverage of california's lockdowns in just a moment, dr. joins us next to talk about what impacts the new restrictions may have on the spread of the virus. and all the ways schwab can help me invest. this is andy reminding me how i can keep my investing costs low and that there's no fee to work with him. here's me learning about schwab's satisfaction guarantee. accountability, i like it. so, yeah. andy and i made a good plan. find your own andy at schwab. a modern approach to wealth management.

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arthel: strict new coronavirus lockdown begins tonight for most of california in areas where hospital intensive care units are at least 85% full. that includes the vast region of southern california and the san joaquín valley. several counties in the san francisco bay area were not included in the order but still decided to adopt the state's plan. meanwhile health and human service's secretary alex azar reacting earlier today to the nationwide surge in cases. alex: overcrowded indoor restaurants and bars, it is multihousehold indoor gatherings where we let our guard down. these are the things that we need to protect against.

if we go too far and we defer to governors on the steps that they need to take, it's their call. if we go beyond science and evidence, we will undermine public support. arthel: dean at brown university school of public health. doctor, thank you for joining us on this sunday morning. you know, from the beginning messaging on the virus has been infected, even the president telling americans that the virus was a hoax and mocking people for wearing masks. now many affront to freedom or only mingle with people inside their bubble. now at this critical moment with such resistance how can scientists, doctors and nurses win this war on the coronavirus? doctor: first of all, thank you for having me on, it is a fabulous question. it's probably the biggest

question we -- challenge we are facing in the country is could wanterring -- countering the misinformation. we don't have all of the facts obviously, we don't know everything, but we have learned a lot since march and we do know that masks really do make a difference and we can see the effects in places that are not wearing masks, things are really out of control but masks alone are not enough. they are one part of the solution. that's why other places even with good mask-wearing are also struggling. arthel: do the rolling lockdowns work? doctor: first and foremost, this is is where not i wanted us to be. we have learned what is safe and what is less safe. we know outdoors is reasonable safe, indoor gatherings are the most dangerous things. and my sort of plea had been for months if we can act smartly, if we can reduce some of the indoor gatherings, we won't have to get to a point where we have to shut

things down. lockdowns do work in curtailing the infection but they have massive cost in other ways to our society. i feel like it's frustrating when you find yourself here, we should have been able to avoid this. arthel: yeah, meanwhile we talk about the vaccines and they are on the way, it's good news for everyone. i do have a cluster of questions on the subject. first of all, if i take the vaccine, how long would i be immuned? would i need to take a shot every year like the flu shot? which vaccine should i take and can i still infect others when i'm immune? doctor: four fabulous questions and the short answer is we don't know any of them definitely but let's take them on. vaccines moderna and pfizer both look to be effective and all the data suggests they are pretty safe. we don't know how long immunity lasts and, you know, and obviously we haven't had vaccines around for that long, i would say they lost a year or maybe longer. i doubt they are lifelong, i can

imagine people needing to get a booster shot. we will have to see how the vaccines go. that's a really critical question. there's a lot of data that is being compiled and looked at and i think in the next few weeks we will have a better sense of how to answer that question. we just haven't gone through all of the data yet. arthel: you're studying as we speak. okay, so some low-income workers forced to take a chance and work while infected. the gamble is that of exposing someone else or feeding their family and now with millions of americans facing eviction, many may have to go to shelters, live with families in smaller homes or in their cars unfortunately. what is the best way for lawmakers to navigate this intersection of the pandemic and the economy? doctor: yeah, this is so incredibly frustrating because

we are not talking about, you know, many, many months of suffering. we've got 2 or 3 months of very difficult times ahead. lots of infections, this is not the time when we want to have people taking risks with infections or their lives. so what i have been begging congress to do, only congress has the power of the purse train to the this, get money out to people, give money to small businesses, help restaurants survive this. i promise that as winter ends and we get into spring, life will get much better, we will get vaccinations out to a large chunk of american people, things will really start turning around. we got to get through the next few months. those are the critical months and there's only one way, we have to help support people through this period. arthel: yeah, and once we get to that -- over this hump and get to the spring, the summer, do you feel that we could get back to closer to normal, i don't think that we would go back to normal in my opinion ever, but back to closer to normal by next

fall? doctor: yeah, look, it's just going to get better and better over time, right. what i expect in the spring we would do more things but for larger gatherings you'll still be wearing a mask especially indoors. by the summer time a lot of stuff we can do probably even without masks, especially in areas where you might have 80 or 90% vaccination rates,ishfections would have gone way down and some high-risk things we will need to continue paying attention to for a long time, testing will get better, like it's all going to get better as spring and summer goes along. it's just the next couple of months will be really hard. arthel: well, thank you, let's hope when it's time we all get -- enough of us have vaccine so we can have immunity and go freely that we would return to. doctor, thank you very much for returning this sunday. take care. doctor: thank you.

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arthel: troop drawdown in afghanistan, the pentagon is cutting the number of soldiers stationed there by half as peace talks between the afghan government and the taliban are progressing. benjamin hall live in the afghan capital of kabul, benjamin. >> good evening, arthel, the drawdown is seen in two very different ways depending on who

you are, on the capital city and other cities, people are terrified that the drawdown will be taliban rule and the peace will disappear. if you go to rural areas, the taliban coming back and taking over is the only way to secure law and order over 20 years of fighting. we saw this dichotomy, difference, have a look. >> the taliban are not only knocking on the door of kabul, they are already inside kabul. districts like this are taking over in taliban at nightment when night falls, they come in and put road blocks and kill people who work for the government. the people who work and live here know that's exactly what's going to happen when the u.s. least. >> but for many people that's not a terrible concept, they are war weary and many tell us they would welcome the taliban taking over if it brought them security. at the end of the day, they want peace and stability. they don't mind who gives it to them. >> for better or worse the u.s.

drawdown is happening, the aim is to, though, go from 5,000 u.s. troops to 2,500 in end of january. but there were 13,000 troops here at the beginning of the year. this has been heavily criticized by many people but peace talks between afghan government and taliban are ongoing. secretary pompeo urging for political settlement and, indeed, some hopes that cease fire may be announced in the next week or so. that being said the big question whether taliban will renounce al-qaeda. there's evidence to suggest that al-qaeda leadership is in areas and u.s. intervention was to prevent country being used to launch attacks against the west. without that security guaranty, many people feel this is just too early to be believing, arthel. arthel: a lot of lingering questions, benjamin hall live in

afghanistan, kabul. >> people saying that russia was a greater national security threat. listen, you know, russia is a threat there to be taken seriously. they have, you know, the largest nuclear weapon stockpile from the soviet, still left over but when you look at top 10 economies in the world, the united states is number 1, china is number 2. russia is not on the list. eric: director of national intelligence john ratcliffe saying the incoming biden administration needs to be up front about the growing threat to us from china. last week wall street journal op-ed ratcliffe called beijing the number 1 threat to national security, so what actions should president-elect biden enact when he moves to oval office, gordon chang, senior fellow, author of coming collapse of china, long-time familiar face in fox news channel and expert on all things beijing. gordon, if you had an

opportunity to sit down with the president elect, what would you tell joe biden about china? gordon: i would tell him that china is by far the number 1 threat to the united states. you know, vice president biden in may of last year that china is not competition to the u.s., well, that drew demotrably wrong. russia is not a challenge unless it has china's backing. russia has an economy of 1.6 trillion or so. china is about 15 trillion these days. the u.s. is about 21. china is the one that makes russia a threat. china is the one that makes north korea a threat. china is the problem, not russia, north korea or iran. eric: president-elect changed tune on china somewhat and called president xi a thug, that's pretty thug. it's not my beautiful friend at

mar-a-lago like president trump had called him, a thug. here is the former vice president saying that he's going to corral allies, the europe international community to face china, not just go at it alone. here is what he said. >> it's not so much about punishing china, it's about making sure china understands they play by the rules. it's one of the reasons why we are going to rejoin the world health organization and rejoin the paris climate accord and we have to make sure that the rest of the world and we get together and make sure there are certain bright lines that the chinese understand. eric: he talks about going into the ttp, transpacific partnership, do you think that strategy will work? gordon: well, it sounds very good and trying to force china to play by the rules is something that the administration has done for about 5 decades and failed

miserably, policies have become less effective over time and really the issue is really what cost will president biden force on china because really that's the only way to do this. it's unfortunate, americans don't want to hear it, but nonetheless, china is extremely militant these days and it is trying to not only make its own rules, it's trying to avoid all rules on china whatsoever and trying to force other countries to be subservient to beijing. eric: when you deal with the technology that they immeant -- immeant on some of the devices and spreading into africa and tentacles increasing, what type of concrete specific actions do you think the new administration should undertake. gordon: well, i first of all think that we should be cutting

off trade and investment to china. i know that sounds extreme. china is the number 1 threat to the united states and it's taken steps to harm the u.s. as, for instance, we saw this year when china took steps to deliberately spread the coronavirus beyond its borders. it lied about contagiousness, it knew it was highly contagious and said it was not and locked down parts of china and forced other countries to take arrivals from china and that shows mal intent and now we have 280,000 americans who have died from this disease. so, you know, it's unfortunate but i think the only way that we protect ourselves is that we start to cut the links with beijing. eric: sobber warning about china's intentions. good to see you, thank you. gordon: thanks, eric.

♪ ♪ arthel: critics are suing oregon over a 62 million-dollar state coronavirus relief fund meant to help the black community. they call it unconstitutional. but supporters argue black americans face unique challenges and have been hit especially hard by the pandemic. dan springer has more in this story. >> grant from the oregon cares act fund was a lifeline. >> when you go for loans there's scrutiny. i've experienced it more than once myself. and so we have a little bit more difficult time accessing resources. >> matt and other black business owners are the targeted recipients for the oregon covid relief, 62 million-dollar fund of federal taxpayer accessible only to blacks. >> not to white, not to hispanics, not to asian

americans, not to native americans but only to blacks. that is unfair, that's unconstitutional and it's polarizing in our nation today. >> two lawsuits have been filed arguing the grant program violates the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment which aimed to dismantle racial segregation, but advocates cite a study showing black-owned businesses failed at more than twice the rate of white-owned businesses through april. >> black-owned businesses and would-be entrepreneurs do not have the same access to capital as other folks in our country. that's because the banks have discrimination and bias baked into their system. >> economists on going research shows after lockdowns were lifted there were actually 2% black-owned businesses than before the pandemic. whites were down 1% and asians 17%. maria garcía is suing oregon, the mexican immigrant and portland coffee shop, this

lawsuit is not antiblack or prolatino but election for officials that state has to bish collusive for all decisions and offer equal opportunities to access funds. >> the oregon fund has given out half of the $62 million in grants with most of the rest already approved so it's likely the cash will all be gone before a court steps in and rules whether it's legal for the government to help one race at the ebbing collusion of all the others. eric: well, that's a mystery, social media influencer found dead on the side of the road. so far police saying they have not ruled out foul play, family insists she was murdered. we will have the latest on this mysterious investigation next.

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arthel: police arresting the staten island pub owner who defied new york city's

coronavirus restrictions, authorities took danny into custody last night as he was leaving max pub, max pub had its liquor licensed revoked after presty continued to serve indoors despite the city closing indoor dining. eric: well, the death of a well-known social media influencer alexis sharky remains a mystery. her body of 26-year-old was found naked under a bush in park in houston just over a week ago miles from her home that during the day after thanksgiving. a lot of people are shocked, what happened, ted williams, former washington police detective, fox news contributor. ted, her body is found under a bush by workers who just see the feet. doesn't seem that police have much to go on, what are they doing? >> well, eric, i think it's just the opposite. i think that law enforcement has

a great deal to go on down there. they are gathering evidence. i think at this stage they are waiting for the results of the autopsy report. by now i'm sure the autopsy has been performed. so i think it's only a matter of time before an arrest is made in this case. eric: do you think that it's related to her social influence work, she's been on instagram tens of thousands of followers, potentially something else? >> well, eric, i think that law enforcement are looking into that aspect of the case, but i also think that they are looking at folks that are more closer related to alexis or, for instance, her husband is one of the individuals that i'm sure they are looking at and they are trying to grasp clear of this murder. what we know from her friends is that about a year ago she

married her husband tom, they moved to the houston area. according to her friends that's been a rocky relationship as she was in the process of perhaps seeking a divorce and that allegations that tom, her husband has been physically abusive to alexis, so authorities are trying to clear these facts up one way or another. eric: some of the reports said that her friends said she was scared for her life. here is what tom sharkey did interview with ketv in houston. this is part of what she said. she wasn't happy, she was amazing woman. my wife was amazing woman, she really was. there's always sides to everything. i was the one holding her, cuddling her and building her back up. i don't need to set the record straight, i will let it play out the way it is. i know what my life was with my

wife. how do you think this will go and when do you think there could be an arrest? >> well, as i've said i think an arrest in this case is eminent. i think that once the autopsy report comes back that the evidence that they've gathered and some of the significance evidence that they've gathered is surveillance video of the area in which her body was found and i think they have a description of the car that was in the area at the time that her body was found. so i think that the way this is going to go is within the week or so from now, we will have our answer. i think that in most cases it's individuals that know the victim and i think that this is one of those cases where the individual who murdered, if this girl was murdered, and i believe she was knew this victim. eric: really tragic. ted, good to see you and we hope that they'll be justice for her

in this case. arthel: so sad. well, a surge in crime in some of the country's biggest cities. up next a dramatic increase in violence over the past years. ♪ it's down to the wire,

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eric: as coronavirus continues to devastate so many, crime has also been rising in major cities across the country. new york city and chicago among those reporting a disturbing rise in homicides and gun violence compared to years past. alex hogan live in new york city with the very latest on the troubling trend, hi, alex. alex: hi, eric, already a deadly weekend in some of the major cities across the country. chicago seen more than 700 murders this year, uptick of 55% from last year and in the last week of november murders there increased by 275%. in philadelphia according to police homicides are up 40%. among the upticks in crime, there's an increase in stolen vehicles, reports citing going up as much as 33%. carjackings creating a major problem also in minneapolis. in november the crime jumped

537% compared to last november. throughout the year, carjackings increased 331%. in 2020 shootings and homicides more than doubled amid the gun violence, however, police were able to recover more than 1,000 weapons this year. and here in new york according to nypd murders are up 38% this year which shootings nearly doubling. in 2020 shootings increased 95%. last month in november shootings spiked by 112%. police say almost half, 40% of those who have been accused have a past of gun possession and an arrest. new york city mayor de blasio applauded officers for responding to these situations and commissioner shae responding to surge in crime, work to reimagine the kind of policing new yorkers deserve is always evolving along with agency's best traditions to reflect the needs of everyone in our city. now while we are seeing this uptick in violence, robbery and

assault is down here in new york city and there's also been a quite dramatic decrease in hate crimes that were seen here in new york this year, eric. eric: reminder, we have to be thankful for the great men and women of our nation's law enforcement. alex hogan, thank you and we have more news when we come . . . . balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health.

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