it was on its back but no longer, back in a big way. brian kilmeade has a great show about putin. >> dana: we'll keep you updated on everything that's happening. we have amazing reporters there and great anchors to get you through it. here is harris. >> harris: collectively around the globe overnight we held our breaths as the russian terrorists attacked europe's largest nuclear power plant. the shelling set off a massive fire there. but the goal apparently was perhaps not to actually destroy it and set off a nuclear disaster. putin wanted to control that enormous energy source inside ukraine and now he does. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus". the putin's army taking over that power plant in southeastern ukraine, the

international nuclear watchdog agency says it has not detected any radiation leaks so far. but ukrainian president zelenskyy says the threat of a meltdown at this particular power plant could spark a nuclear disaster far worse than chernobyl. those are his words. and zelenskyy keeps pleading with nato and allied countries to enforce a no-fly zone. not just over ukraine, but for all of europe. >> tell us how many people have to die, how many limbs have to fly away from people's bodies? how many people will wait until that moment? >> harris: general jack keane standing by with reaction. republican congressman michael mccaul in "focus" as well this hour. and we have live fox team

coverage. mike tobin reporting in western ukraine. connell mcshane in poland. we begin with trey yingst in that capital city under assault. at all times 24 hours a day by russian forces, the capital city of kyiv. trey. >> good morning. fighting erupted overnight at this nuclear power plant. a city in the southern part of the country. officials say no radioactive material was released it took russian shelling and small arms fire. russian forces have seized the plant known as being the largest in europe. the incident left the international community on edge with concerns that clashes were taking place so close to radioactive material. with the russians now in control they will be able to weaponize and leverage this facility that supplies ukraine with 25% of its energy. the u.s. embassy put out a tweet saying it's a war crime

to attack the nuclear power plant and putin's shelling of europe's largest nuclear plant takes his reign of terror one step further. >> russian people i want to appeal to you how is it possible after all we fought together against the chernobyl catastrophe consequences? tell your authorities, go to the streets and say you want to live. you want to live on earth without radioactive contamination. >> the attack on a nuclear power plant comes as russian forces move closer to the ukraine capital. russian defense minister released a video showing tanks and soldiers crossing into the kyiv region. there have been intense air campaigns in areas outside of kyiv with schools and residential buildings hit in the past 24 hours. the sheltion are indiscriminate. the images that we have don't even really give you a taste of what is happening across this country. there are cities in the

southern part of ukraine mariupol for example, the port city taking heavy russian shelling. they will being surrounded by russian troops and at this hour you can hear sirens in the distance here in the capital of kyiv. this city is under attack as we speak, harris. take a listen to what is happening across kyiv. >> harris: we can hear it as you speak. quickly before i let you go, the southern port that one of which we've seen fall. you mentioned mariupol, what are people saying? the news is still able to flow enough in that nation -- it is getting louder where you are. the news is able to flow in that nation for them to know inside areas where you are that there is problems on the south -- southern part of the country. >> absolutely. look, in the south the russians are looking to expand their front line so they can create a land bridge from crimea, anaire of land they annexed in 2014 to

control important industrial areas and move in more troops and work their way eventually toward kyiv. we understand you can hear now the city is under attack but as the ground and air campaign against this city continues, the russians are going to look to basically encompass the entire city, encircle it and move in forces. they can do it from the south. the critical port cities will be important to the russians as they look to continue their invasion into ukraine. >> harris: we'll let you pull into where you need to be. they are fast and furious now the sirens. they aren't too far from you. thank you very much. in "focus" now general jack keane, retired four star general, fox news senior strategic analyst and chairman at the institute for the study of war. thank you for being here today. first of all i want you to react to some of trey's reporting there on what would seem to be strategy by putin. i have been calling his russian

forces terrorists because they are raining down terror by hitting civilian targets. >> there are two wars taking place. one in the south and north because they are so different. the one in the south is finally beginning to succeed from a russian perspective. they have taken kherson, a critical city in the south. surrounded mariupol on the east and forces are approaching odesa, they have amphibious landing ships and likely sending forces from kherson in that direction as well. the purpose and strategy the russians are using here is to cut the ukrainians off from the sea, which is where all of their imports and exports transit and to build the land bridge we've talked about many times to crimea. that will likely succeed and take several more days. the units that are doing this are from the southern military district.

many are based out of crimea in russia and the fact that this -- these units have trained together and exercised together for a number of years and i think it is a contributor to the success they are enjoying. in the north operations are largely stalled as our reporters are reporting. they even tried a third axis to come into kyiv the last couple of days and that got stalled as well. so they have real challenges there. a lot of them are logistic challenges but they are also dealing with the units themselves. he brought units into belarus now conducting the main effort on kyiv from the eastern part of russia. many of them are hodge podge of units never exercised on large scale together before. and yet they were given the task of the main effort. they are having significant logistics problems as we have been accurately reporting. >> harris: that has to be a

benefit to ukraine. excuse me, i want to get this in here quickly. that has to be a benefit to ukraine forces as they wait for ammo to show up. it has taken awhile for those materials to move to where the forces are fighting russia to reach them. quickly let's get to this. ukraine claims it has killed a top russian general. the most senior figure to have been killed during the invasion so far. they say it represents a major blow to russia's operation. the general just one of more than 9,000 russian troops ukraine says it has killed since the invasion began more than a week ago now by a day. you are talking about deficiencies in the fighting force. what does this do, taking off a top general? >> well, it's notable and see a leader and the unit suffers as a result of it. but it is not the degree of significance that they are claiming. no general on that battlefield

out there that's indispensable. the fact is what's happening with the organizations are the issue. the reason why the operation in the north is stall ukrainian resistance is a factor, logistics the other ones. as the vehicles we've seen pictures of them sit on a road and they are so vulnerable. the ukrainians are able to take advantage of that. particularly at night when they are able to operate with cover. i also believe there is a lot the united states could be doing here. we have covert capability to intradikt those convoys. there is risk associated with that to be sure. you have to look at the cost and benefits of it but we have developed this capability over a number of years and it gives us denyability. we can also help covertly to bring in supplies. right now what's happening is ukrainians have to go to poland at the border to pick up the supplies and drive them back. at some point the russians will

likely cut that off. we have to be prepared to conduct aerial resupply and pinpoint air drops and landing in remote airfields. it's our willingness to accept the risk. will we accept the risk is the issue. >> harris: i have to lot to cover with you and want to pause you there respectfully. are you the person with all the expertise on the one thing that zelenskyy says he wants right now. you mentioned anything about airspace and you get everybody's attention because we have some of the best fighter pilots on the planet. but we cannot engage pro voc actively. you are talking about air support where we could play a role. go into detail on that. >> what i'm saying we can conduct covert operations to conduct pinpoint air drops and also to resupply at remote air

fields that don't have lights. we have all this capability. can't get into the details but generally speaking we have conducted covert operations before for years. we have the people to do that. we have an intelligence agency that goes to title 50 to do something like that. the president has to issue a finding and there is risk associated with it. i'm not suggesting there is not. it has to be looked at carefully but it certainly should be on the menu of things that we should be looking at particularly if we are all in and dead serious about giving the ukrainians everything they need to help. >> harris: we better be. >> this is a part of that and part of the strategy. >> harris: listening to zelenskyy who has one of the best abilities right now certainly far outreaching vladimir putin who has been at it for years as a president of another nation, i guess you could call him that. he is a dictator. but zelenskyy out weighs putin's ability to communicate. if you listen to him, he is saying that's the kind of help

he needs, that and the intelligence. everybody has to be all in but if we're part of that, general, i know from your own history of leadership, our men and women are more than ready to do that covert work. real quickly what's the risk? >> well, the risk is detection and the fact that well, it looks like we committed an act of war against the russians. that's the risk. and our national security team will take the president through those risks and options. my concern with this administration from the outset has been their timidity and the fact that they -- they are somewhat risk averse. what i'm calling for here is a little imagination and spine. and i think we can provide some significant help to the ukrainians and minimize the risk of going the war with russia over it. >> harris: i just wrote that

down. what a four star general says you need is some imagination and a little bit of spine. you have given us some things to work with. a pep talk and facts and experience and i'm grateful every time you are in focus, general. thank you. >> great talking to you, harris, as always. >> harris: i tell you what i'll carrthat into the weekend. imagination and a little bit of spine. vladimir putin is also interested it would appear, in a fight over words. he is going after independent news coverage inside russia. one station stormed by russian police. also this hour. >> they are not able to go out of kyiv unfortunately. they don't have any way because my colleague was shot by russian soldiers when she tried to go out of kyiv to estonia and she was shot. she is dead now. >> harris: some stayed to fight. some stayed to support those fighting, and now some are very

stuck inside the capital city. unbelievable story of bravery and resilience as ukrainians try to escape putin's aggression leaving everything behind. that's part of our coverage and massive amounts of people now flowing over the borders of several countries. fox business's connell mcshane is live with an update on the refugee crisis from poland. that's where he is, followed by texas congressman mike mccaul headed later and all in "focus." stay close.

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>> harris: still impressing the world with their fight as they push back vladimir putin's army as it presses to destroy every city inside ukraine.

others are fleeing, more than 1.2 million have left. poleish born congressman says he is still optimistic. >> ukrainians will keep on fighting. there is no way that russia can hold and occupy the territory that it is capturing. there is absolutely no way if putin wins this in the sense of controlling and occupying and governing a ukraine in which every single man, woman and child is against him. >> harris: texas congressman michael mccaul ranking member of the house foreign affairs committee headed to poland later today with a bipartisan delegation. first of all, let's start there. well tomorrow and i'm so glad you are in "focus." what do you hope to accomplish when you get to poland? >> well, we are going to go where nato meets russia right on the front lines and many

things. two primarily. what are the humanitarian conditions on the ground. you mentioned 1.2 million people fleeing. it will only get worse, harris, as these tanks when they circle kyiv like a ring of steel and then bombard it, there will be many people fleeing. there is talk about this agreement to allow women and children to leave the country. that will be the main focus. for me particularly the guy that signs off on the foreign weapons sales is what happened? why didn't we get these if sooner before the invasion rather than waiting after the invasion and now that we're trying to play catch-up and it is late in the game, right? how are we getting these weapons that the ukrainians have asked for, zelenskyy wants, how can we get those in so that they can -- the problem is, i don't think they will prevail in the short term. i think putin will bring the hammer down but you will see a

long-term resistance. there are 40 million people in ukraine and they hate the russians. >> harris: if they didn't hate them before last wednesday they certainly hate them now. you said there is a guy in charge of foreign weapons sales. there is one guy? >> no. the foreign affairs committee and senate foreign relations. every time we sell weapons to foreign nations, the ranking member and chairman sign off on those weapons. my concern was last november -- remember this started last march over a year ago, that the president held up these -- both the stingers, the javelins, the ammunition, the sniper rifles and gets them in finally like days before the invasion and now we have another package that we want to get into ukraine but now secretary of defense austin is saying it is difficult now with the russians in there. >> harris: difficulty has never

stopped us before. did you hear the general? there is a lot we can be doing. general keane said covertly. what kind of appetite is there to actually do something still while it matters? it is so slow. i watched the state of the union the other night. why didn't the president turn around to the house speaker and say i'm talking about putting more money and things on the table. let's get it through the house. >> there is a lot of frustration. i've been asking the intelligence community and the state department these questions. i think the general put it really well. we need some imagination and some spine. right now we have 40 miles of a convoy of all their tanks, really harris sitting ducks. why can't we come up with some plan to take them out? it would avoid this what will be a really bad scene, bad images coming out of ukraine and a lot of destruction and death. they are getting drones from turkey and i want to look at all options on the table.

we'll be meeting with the 82nd airborne over there and i want to see what can we do creatively to get weapons in to stop this nightmare from going forward? >> harris: congressman, we have an opportunity now and i will ask that you stand by with me while this reporting happens if you have a moment. i want to get your response. the united nations latest estimate 1.2 million ukrainians. so many more are coming. nearly half a million are children. let's watch. >> when we heard the bombing, we just jumped into our car and we left. we were taking turns with my husband while we were driving. it was really, really difficult. six days non-stop we were barely not sleeping, you know. so yeah, we got to the border and then we had the say goodbye. i was crying all the time while we were driving and he said i want to go back.

he says things he has to be there and he has to fight for our country and for the whole actually western world. >> harris: historically fast exodus of that many people will have long-term implications for all of europe. poland has taken in the most of them and that's where our connell mcshane is along the border between poland and ukraine. connell, we have the texas congressman mike mccaul sitting by watching this together to react to your reporting. >> you know, harris, we've seen so many of those stories play out over the last few days that you can see and you are right, it is historic how these numbers have gotten so high to fast. you can also see how the numbers will grow from here. the u.n. says we could very well be at 4 or 5 million refugees unless something changes quite fast in ukraine. we're outside of a train

station in poland. not very far from the border. the train from ukraine came in a short time ago and people coming down the ramp and coming into this country before they make their next move. i was talking to a young woman a few minutes ago, 23 years old traveling with her grandma and her mom and she said they came from kharkiv. they got up to the capital of ukraine and next thing they know the bombs start falling near their train station. they get in a train scared to death after all of that and it takes them three days to get here. they are finally here and they are going to spend some time with family and friends at the czech republic. one side of it. the other side outside on this line some people are here with bags. some people are headed back in from a geopolitical perspective vladimir putin doesn't have many friends. possibly with the exception of belarus. not all the people in belarus are very friendly. we met a gentleman earlier today saying he is from belarus

and going the fight for ukraine. listen to this. >> i want to go help. >> where are you from original any? >> from belarus. >> you are going to defend ukraine? >> yes. i want to defend ukraine people because -- [inaudible] >> to defend ukraine you could hear that against the russian occupants. that man from the minsk area of belarus. at the same time it is an historic migration into europe with people coming in. we're seeing trains coming in constantly all day long. >> harris: the pace of it certainly and the numbers are only growing at this point. we haven't seen anything like this since world war ii. it is heartbreaking but they have support on the ground, connell, i will let you go and get back to the texas congressman michael mccaul. i want to get your first

reaction to that. >> well you're right. it is the largest invasion since my dad's world war ii. it is going to get far worse before it gets better. if these tanks go south with a ring of steel circle kyiv this humanitarian crisis is going to be exponentially worse. it will be devastating. i think putin thinks his legacy is one to reclaim the glory of the empire. but i think his legacy will be that of a war criminal. that is what we need to be talking about because that gets into his psyche. he is a very paranoid, very isolated individual and the entire world now is circling around him. your piece is very insightful. even the belarus people are turning against putin as the belarus president is joining forces with putin. i think the whole world is

turning against him and, you know, we have to have the rhetoric and messaging but also need the weapons and the power. >> harris: we still have the biggest voice in the room and the greatest fighting forces on the planet. when i hear general keane and you come behind keane and say we can do so many things covertly it is amazing what we can do. what was it, imagination and a spine. congressman, thank you. >> imagination and spine. we're the greatest nation on earth. this should not happen. >> harris: thank you for being in "focus" today. look forward to the next time. >> thanks, harris. >> harris: how much can they take? new images of widespread devastation as the shelling continues hour by hour. the attacks leveled some cities and towns already but ukrainians say they will not give in. some, like my next guest,

refuse to be driven from their home. serge in focus live from ukraine next. stay close.

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>> harris: breaking news. new images of the massive shelling damage in ukraine's capital city kyiv are coming in. remember it's about 6:30, just after 6:30 there. they are seven hours ahead of us in new york. every evening for them, every day at this time we start to really see the pictures, more than eight homes burned to the ground in that image. at least one person pulled out alive. desperate search now for more people who may be trapped. watch your screen this hour. for more pictures as we continue to get them.

>> harris: imagine escaping to get away from that, terrifying. a man reportedly based in kharkiv recorded a selfie video when a russian missile hit just above his head. the debris didn't, though, it was falling all over him. putin's forces forging ahead with their deadly and relentless assault on ukrainian cities and towns. the "new york post" cover with the title inhuman. putin butchers children. the worst is yet to come. senator lindsey graham says he sees a simple way to end this war. >> the russian people are not our enemy. i'm convinced this is a one-man problem surrounded by a few people. i hope somebody if russia will understand he is destroying russian and you need to take this guy out by any means

possible. >> mike tobin in live in ukraine. >> we're looking at mariupol on the coast of the sea. therefore because it is on the water it has key strategic value. that city has been under withering artillery and rocket fire for five days. civilian struck rurs are being hit. civilian casualties numbers aren't being totaled. because of the images like cities from mariupol a member of the cease-fire delegations a lot of pressure being put on his counterparts and bargaining in good faith when it comes to the deals like they struck yesterday with the creation of a humanitarian corridor. here is that delegate. >> their main target is to try to show they aren't so cruel as they are being seen now by the whole world. >> as we look at the map you

can see mariupol off to the east on the coast of the sea. we've been talking about kherson. no independent confirmation that it is in russian control. we also reported yesterday that russian ships were heading off in the direction of odesa to the far west of the country. another key city because it is right on the water. thus far, no big battle has materialized in odesa, back to you. >> harris: thank you very much. that 40-mile long russian convoy is still sitting some 17 miles outside of kyiv. one member of ukraine's parliament says, quote, soon kyiv and kharkiv will be totally erased from the map. it is going to be a second aleppo. kyiv and the world keeps watching it telling us that we are doing the best we can. serge was born and raised in kyiv and decided to stay in his

city with his wife and two young sons ages 4 and 10. serge, when did you make that decision? was there a window of time when you could have left and tell me what that looks like now, your decision to stay. >> sure. actually that opportunity to leave is right now -- it exists right now. we can leave any time we want. there are a few corridors that would allow us to go out of the city but we made the decision to stay on the first day, the second day, the third and actually every day begins with a decision. but we stand by our decision to stay because we are on our home soil. we are at our home. we are in our country and we don't want to go anywhere. >> harris: are there many others like you? i want to ask my team to share just the two videos that serge shared with us today. you see in what looks like a bomb shelter area. this is your city. let's start there.

what are you experiencing, and it is already just about dark where you are again. >> it is, yeah. the situation is you get used to the sirens. you get used to the explosion. only the hard hitting explosions that make the skylight up of fire is of concern and when we moved out to the subways two times. on the second day and the day before today. and other than that we just hear the sirens and move on with our lives and try to keep our kids busy with their regular routines. we go out for walks. even though the sirens are blaring but the people hang out and there are a lot of people that stayed, that made a decision they wouldn't go anywhere and be on this territory because this is our territory and this is our homeland and this is where we were born, live and where we belong. >> harris: are you a ware at how much you are putting pressure on the rest of the world to help and inspiring

others like yourself, families? i have two children. inspiring others around the globe with your bravery and your love for your country. >> thank you, harris. i do believe we put a lot of stress on the world and a lot of pressure on the world but it is not enough. the world needs to do more. as you just mentioned earlier today, the u.s. has to do more. european union has to do more. we need more weapons. we need to sky to be safe so our kids don't wake up asking why the sirens go off again and whether it is bad fireworks is what we tell them going on whenever there is an explosion outside. we need more help and no pressure is enough and it needs to stop. it will not end in ukraine. it will go above and beyond. >> harris: you think this is just the beginning for putin sf >> i definitely do, yes. because of the bombings of civilians in multiple cities across the country, this is not going to end here.

we are dealing with a delusional man that has been lost in his own ideas and he has sent people to die on our territory and our people are dying as well. this man will not stop before anything. threatened nuclear plants, the biggest nuclear plant in europe was threatened because they were bombing it. nobody is safe. it is not ukraine versus russia. this is the battle of the world against one person that has to go. >> harris: and you stay and capture us and make sure that we know that message. you give us a window of time to make a difference. i want to go to your next video now that you took inside of a shelter area where i see a lot of children. and you talk about making that decision with your wife every day do we stay? there are other families clearly like you. what will make a difference for all of you when you wake up that day and say no, it's time

to go? >> we made a decision on the first day and we stick by it that if the bombs start raining down on civilians in kyiv on civilian houses then we will go and the safety of our children will prevail and do everything to keep them out of reach of these bombings of innocent people. until that happens we try to need a normal life. kids are doing their regular course going outside and play videos games. we try to keep our children as mentally safe as possible. they know it is war going on but we try to have them as safe and as -- it is important for us as well. >> harris: when you said you get used to the sirens and the explosions unless they come with a giant flash, i thank you for putting it in words that we all understand so clearly, that part of this is just bravery on top of bravery. you get more powerful each day. we pray for you, serge, your

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>> harris: putin feeling the pressure? maybe. look at this. fox news alert latest information for you. vladimir putin today on a phone call with germany's chancellor. putin denying russia is striking cities in ukraine. come on, look at the video. putin said reports about, quote, alleged ongoing air strikes of kyiv and other large cities are gross propaganda fakes. the kremlin said in a statement pretty incredible given the video the entire world is watching. in realtime at many points of this journey. we'll bring you more of it as we get it. hum. he must still be in that room

alone 50 feet from his generals. february turned out a better than expected jobs report. 678,000 jobs added. unemployment down to 3.8%. wage growth, though, is slowing down sharply. critics are warning inflation will go up. it is going to get worse. the cost of gasoline a gallon at home surging to record levels. the average price $3.84. that's up 11 cents in just 48 hours. it is the largest single day increase since 2005 and it is up 18 cents in two days. i got that wrong. 11 cents in a day, 18 in two days. that's the largest spike ever in that time period. what you are looking at right now shows just how how much gas prices at home have increased this week. a total of 23 cents just since

sunday bipartisan lawmakers putting more pressure on the white house to ban russian oil and increase u.s. energy independence. how about having some? >> it should all be on the table including banning the import of russian oil. >> i'm all for that. ban it. >> ban the oil. >> ban the oil coming from russia. >> we haven't gone after the oil and gas sector in russia. the achilles heel for putin's war machine. i think we can start putting his military commanders under indictment for war crimes. >> harris: can you imagine how many people would be on the streets risking their lives to protest this war inside russia if the ruble actually crashes? and we don't give them oil money and no one else does? the white house, though, doesn't see it that way apparently. they are standing firm. >> we don't have a strategic interest in reducing the global

supply of energy and that would raise prices at the gas pump for the american people around the world there are 9,000 approved oil leases that the oil companies are not tapping into currently. >> nothing the administration can do to get those providers back to pre-pandemic levels? >> you think the oil companies don't have enough money to drill on the places that have been preapproved? >> harris: that snark is real, did you hear it? wow. art laffer former economic advisor for president ronald reagan. so i ineloquently -- 18 cents in 48 hours a gallon for regular gas in this country. it is already going up. can we get off of russian oil right now? >> we have to get off of russian oil if you want the sanctions to mean anything. you have to have all the other countries in the world to agree

with it so it is not just the u.s. in the u.s. cut off russian oil someone else would get more and we would get less. that wouldn't do it. if they all did it together it would have a crippling effect on the russian economy. it really would. as jen psaki said it would raise the prices here in the u.s. but sanctions are like tariffs and they raise the prices in both countries and they cause damage to both countries. that's what sanctions do. but it is the right thing to do in this situation if you want to damage the economy of russia. but the ruble has already fallen a great deal, harris. it has dropped a lot. >> harris: has it dropped enough to make that change inside russia where people come out even more in droves? thousands of them are being quietly arrested and put away and some face a life term prison sentence for speaking out against putin's war. what does it take to flip the switch for putin inside his own country? >> i don't know what it takes

to flip the switch but a 30% drop in the ruble to the u.s. dollar would add 30% to our inflation in one month. if you think of our monthly inflation rate as 7% annualized it would make it 37%. it would do a lot of damage to the u.s. economy and a lot of damage to the russian economy as well. we have had a very good employment number this month, as you know you said 678,000. if you include the revisions in the last two months it is 770,000. we're still way below the employment level we were in february of 2020. we're way below that and where below we would be if we were on the trend line. there is a lot to look forward to that doesn't look all that good. the seasonal adjustments are the reasons for this month and the month before and they'll reverse themselves fairly shortly. i don't expect good numbers coming for the next six months

to be honest with you. >> harris: uncertainty of where we go after the president said we'll wait and see how the sanctions do. well it's not going well right now. they are slaughtering the ukrainian people as they continue to fight back against the russians. we'll watch it from here. i have to let you go. art laffer, thank you so much. appreciate you bringing it in focus for today. "outnumbered" after the break. veteran homeowners- with home values at all-time highs and rates at near all-time lows now's the time to do more with your home equity. veterans are calling newday at a record pace to take advantage of the newday 100 va loan. you can borrow up to 100% of your home's value to upgrade the kitchen, add a pool for the grandkids, or have the security of cash in the bank. with an average cash out amount of $60,000, you can do more.

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