relatively youthful nature of the gen x as people come through. there is change in washington. we've known each other a long time. i will look different on monday. >> yeah. i've been really struck by these confirmation hearings. it is almost like democrats have sort of surrendered and you are exactly right. the idea the bidens will walk out of town and start claiming that oh, we could have won this, they tried, they failed, they lost, and they've left the democrat party in a disaster. >> dana: what will you do on your first weekend of "fox & friends" if you lose your voice? >> i don't know, it is a real problem. i will try to shut up. >> bill: 20 more hours. >> dana: congratulations. >> bill: a lot of tea and honey. >> harris: we now have breaking news, secretary of state antony

blinken is expected to speak at any moment. we don't know exactly the subject but we do expect him to at least address the status of the cease-fire deal between israel and hamas. the prime minister of israel netanyahu has delayed the cabinet vote on that deal claiming hamas has created a last-minute crisis. now as soon as blinken steps up to the lectern that you see live on the left of your screen, we will take it live. and tell you what happens. right now four of president-elect trump's cabinet nominees are facing questioning from u.s. senators during their confirmation hearings. remember yesterday was a big day, attorney general pick pam bondi was in the spotlight for hours. today character witnesses are testifying on her behalf. another round for pam bondi. as the transition, the vision of donald trump moves forward, a grim farewell speech from the

current oval office and president biden. he struggled with the prompter but we'll show you a bit of it. i'm harris faulkner and you are in "the faulkner focus." president biden took parting shots, of course political, and our nation's future. he talked about that, too. >> president biden: this is a dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people. today an oligarchy is taking shape in america of extreme wealth, power and influence. it threatens our entire democracy. we must not be bullied into sacrificing the future. americans are being buried under and re an avalanche of miss and disinformation. social media is giving up on fact checking. the truth is smothered by lies told for power and profit. >> harris: well, several writers are tearing into that speech.

miranda devine writes self-deluded biden is spending his last days as president showcasing the lies and cementing his tarnished legacy. another wrote. goodbye and good riddance. americans like me are glad to see joe go. a third this one a headline, you see it there from the daily caller, from terrorism to the border biden uses his final days to leave behind a mine field of ob stock also for trump. fox news got a take on biden's legacy. >> corruption, dei, too woke. >> open borders, lawfare to president trump and all the americans they tried to intimidate. >> he is old. >> during the presidency he seemed not there. >> a lot of what his legacy is is the withdrawal from afghanistan in spite of the fact he was following up the previous

administration's plans but they made mistakes and people died. >> harris: so you see that people knew what was going on in this country at the highest levels of government and that informed their voting. so if democrats want to know why they didn't win they should listen to the voters. two new polls are shedding some light on where voters' heads are right now. biden's favorability is at 33% matching the lowest of his presidency. on the other hand, donald trump is at his highest favorable rating with half of voters with a positive opinion of him. republican senator marsha blackburn of the great state of tennessee is a member of the judiciary and veterans affair and finance committees in "focus" now. senator, what is happening to biden as he leaves in terms of how the public sees him? >> harris, the public is saying bye-bye. they are so pleased to see him leave because just as you said,

the american people are smart, they know what is going on, they are sick of two tiers of justice and treatment and crime in the streets, the open border. they are furious with how eroded our reputation is on the global stage. and they know that joe biden couldn't get anything done. donald trump gets elected, the trump effect goes into play, and now you are beginning to see things move. so people watched in dismay and horror as that exit speech last night and they thought why did he do this? i mean, they are glad to see him leave office. >> harris: it's interesting what we showed was just a little clip but if you watched it in its entirety it sounded like he was trying to find his way with the prompter. i don't say that to pick on him

but this is the last time people legitimately will see you as the commander-in-chief. i just think in its totality it took me back to june 27th and the debate that sank his ship. >> yes, you are right about that. why would his family have allowed him to do that? last night he obviously was not in shape to give that address. and yet you see the pictures of the vice president and her spouse, of jill biden, of hunter and his wife. they are all sitting there. why did they allow that to happen? and the same thing with that debate back in june. but the thing is, the american people know that this administration has not served them well. our enemies do not fear us, our border is wide open. there is crime in the street. deaths from fentanyl and drug trafficking and sex trafficking and human trafficking and there

are two tiers of justice and people are ready to get this over with. >> harris: i want to get to this. biden's goodbye is a hello to 2028 for democrats who are desperately searching for new leadership. new polling shows voters don't know who that new leadership will be. top responses about who voters see as leaders of the democratic party are i don't know, and nobody. what is it like being on the hill? look, you all have to work together to move forward. you have the majority in the senate, but you want to work together. i know the spirit of how things get done on capitol hill. how will that go? you don't have to talk to the democrats unless you need a 60% majority. >> but harris, i want them to come to the table and work with us. i would hope they learned something from the november elections that as we saw in the

hearing with pam bondi yesterday, you had some of the senate judiciary democrats who were trying to relive 2020. they didn't want to talk about crime. they didn't want to talk about human trafficking or the border. they didn't want to talk about the expertise that she brings to the job. what they wanted to do was say are you going to go after this person or that person? well, what are they telegraphing there? they think those people did something wrong is what they're telegraphing. what the american people are saying to the democrats is look, you people need to get over yourselves. you need to realize inflation is killing us, crime is killing us, gangs are in communities, we're not highly regarded around the world, every town is a border town, every state is a border state, work with us. let's make america safe and

prosperous and healthy and let's do these things that are going to benefit the american people and let's do it together. i welcome any democrat out there come work with me. >> harris: the audience sees me nodding. that's what voters told me in the voters' voices until election night. they were still talking about look, these are the things. so why not use your last days for your legacy to be maybe just picking one that you would like to at least be working on before you leave? instead we've seen a slew of commutations and shots at trumps and voters' need for the border to be addressed. all those things. interesting to watch the legacy grab. speaking of which illegal immigrant crime front and center with inauguration on monday. the u.s. senate, all of you senators, may hold another procedural vote on the laken riley act as soon as today. republicans are warning democrats not to try to water down this bill. the bill is named after that

22-year-old georgia university students who was murdered. that nursing student murdered by an illegal immigrant. and convicted of it. it would mandate that illegal immigrants accused of theft and burglary be detained and deported if convicted. it also lets states sue the federal government for harm caused by illegal immigrants who commit crime. and it allows states to demand the state department stop issuing visas to people from countries which do not accept deported nationals. the legislation already passed the house, cleared two procedural hurdles inside the senate. now these democrats and senator sanders who sees himself as a democrat socialist voted against that bill coming to the floor for a vote. republicans say passage is critical and there is some bipartisan support. let's watch and quick go back to the senator. >> if this had been lawed in laken riley might well be alive today.

>> it should be an easy yes vote for every senator. >> if you do anything against an american one, you ought to be held and deported. >> if you have a criminal record and or you are engaging in criminal behavior, then it should be controversial that they have to go. >> harris: take me inside the conversation a little bit. senator. have they always talked like that? was it always bipartisan support? is something shifting? what can happen moving forward with this bill? >> we are going to get this bill passed and yes we'll have another procedural vote on it. we have amended the bill. we will get it back over to the house. we want this to be the first thing that goes to the president's desk. and for some period of time i've had the clear act that has many of these provisions and the democrats have never stepped forward to support it. and there are some democrats who did learn something from the

november election. and as you saw fetterman, trump carried that state. illegal immigration was a big issue. i give him credit for coming to the table and saying yes, we need to do something about this. more democrats should be working with us. you have to bear in mind if you illegally enter the country, it is a crime. it is a crime. that's why it is called illegal and as much as this administration tried to make illegal legal, we know that these criminal illegal aliens need to be sent back where they came from and never set foot in the united states of america, never, ever. >> harris: senator blackburn, thank you very much and, of course, for bringing us up to speed what's next with this bill and learning that it would be when it passes, if it passes,

the very first thing you do in the new year under a new president. thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> you got it. thank you. >> harris: the israel/hamas cease-fire hostage release. the deal for that announced yesterday is now on hold hanging in the balance. israel says hamas is now breaking its word. plus president-elect donald trump is getting a lot of credit for a possible deal largely due to his threats to hamas look, let the hostages go or there will be hell to pay is what he says. here is the father of an american israeli hostage. >> it took that statement by president-elect trump to rattle the cages of the intermediaries, qatar and egypt. israel, of course, mostly hamas. >> harris: president biden, however, celebrates the potential agreement without even acknowledging trump's role. in fact, when he was asked about it, he said is that a joke? that trump had anything to do

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>> harris: the outgoing secretary of state on hamas and israel and the deal now on hold. >> it is going to take tremendous effort, political courage, compromise to realize that possibility to insure the gains achieved over the past 15 months at enormous cost are actually enduring. to manage the still profound risks, to deliver on the promise of a more integrated middle east. and simply put, to force this reality there are two immediate imperatives. first the fully implement the cease-fire deal and then second to finalize a plan, effective

plan as i spelled out earlier this week to gaza's reconstruct & make the halt in fighting endure. two priority will have them normal eyes relations that a is credible pathway to a palestinian state. each of these we've delivered concrete progress and laid a foundation for success which we'll hand over to the incoming administration. together they represent historic opportunity to advance the long term interests of the united states, partners in the region, and around the middle east. ukraine as well we've seen the results of steadfast american leadership. we rallied and kept together some 50 countries to help ukraine defend itself. ukrainian courage and also western resolve and fire power ukraine repelled russia's invasion and took back half the territory it originally seized and commitments from countries

around the world that help ukraine stand on its own feet militarily and democratically and ambitious -- cutting off russia's biggest banks, reducing europe's reliance on russian energy, oil and gas almost to zero at this point. as a result of some of our latest sanctions russian oil tankers are piling up along the chinese coast unable to off load. ukraine will continue to stand as an independent democratic nation anchored in the west with the freedom to choose its own future. >> harris: we went to that live as the secretary of state outgoing antony blinken was talking about the deal between israel and hamas and you could hear the questions being shouted at him because he made a statement that talked all about the things that biden administration had done to secure that deal, blah blah blah and all of that. those questions today are coming because that deal is on hold.

we know why. because netanyahu said the israeli cabinet won't vote on this yet. hamas has done something to bring it to a halt. that brokered deal has now been put in limbo. so he moved on and said i'll take questions but i want to go on with my speech. when he gets back to the questions we'll check back in perhaps. right now this is his goodbye and we know he is leaving. let's move, though, and stay on the topic. israeli prime minister netanyahu thanked both president-elect trump and president biden for their help in negotiating that now on hold cease-fire hospital acknowledge release deal. biden celebrated and declined to even mention trump at all shortly after the deal was announced. watch. >> president biden: this is the exact framework of the deal i proposed in may. exact. and we got the world to endorse it. >> who takes credit for this, mr. president, you or trump?

>> is that a joke? oh. thank you. >> harris: trump posted this. this epic cease-fire agreement could have only happened as a result of our historic victory in november as it signaled to the entire world that my administration would seek peace and negotiate deals to insure the safety of all americans and our allies. republican lawmakers are giving trump credit. >> the entire world recognizes that this was the trump effect. >> president trump made clear that all hell would be there to pay if hamas did not release the hostages. >> there has been negotiations for a long time. it had not borne fruit. the fact is this is now being done just on the eve of president trump being sworn into office strikes me that he had some impact on that. >> harris: "focus" now the ambassador at large and atlantic

council senior fellow. great to see you, ambassador. your thoughts, your reaction to this is that a joke from joe biden about the fact that anything that trump could have done in the last few days in telling hamas exactly what would happen if they didn't let those hostages go by the time he took office. what is your reaction that biden asked if that's a joke? >> i don't think hamas thinks it's a joke. look, the deal that was on the table yesterday was on the table three months ago. what has changed? president trump got reelected. i actually can't believe that the biden administration is trying to deny the obvious, that everybody in the world knows. two things happened. one, president trump got reelected, sent an unmistakable signal to hamas and other terrorists around the world that we'll stand behind israel 100% and back them to the hilt.

hamas knows this guy means business. then the second thing that happened was over the past number of months, israel ignored the biden administration's advice and applied maximum military pressure to hamas, eliminated its top leadership, eliminated its foot soldiers and is also hezbollah up in the north up in lebanon. that kind of military pressure gave israel the space it needed to say yes to the deal. credit to netanyahu, credit to trump. that's why we got where we are today. >> harris: i thought they had changed some things in the same deal. if it is the same deal as three months ago if biden planned this interesting timing. there would have to be something that changed. what i hear you and others saying who give trump some credit is that it was trump. >> i think trump is the variable here that accounts for hamas's new-found willingness to say yes

to a deal that they could have gotten months ago. there are some other changes. israel held the line on remaining in the corridor between gaza and egypt to make sure that hamas can't use tunnels to resupply its fighters. israel held firm on the ability to reinstitute hostilities in the event hamas -- terrorists promises are not worth the paper they are printed on. it was a critical move for israel to insist on. >> harris: a new opinion piece trump forced netanyahu to make a deal with a deal argues it is a bad deal explaining hamas will be able to replenish its depleted ranks. exactly what you said. 700 or more terrorists would go straight from israeli prisons to the streets of gaza. by releasing these hardened killers israel is repeating a mistake it has learned 100 times

the hard way. releasing large numbers of terrorists ignites waves of terror. lieutenant colonel was with me on "outnumbered" yesterday as the story was breaking. >> if we've learned anything from history with hamas and arafat trained them to deal with foreign entities like the united states was that war is deceit. any deal they strike is usually done only to give themselves some sort of advantage for a period of time to where they can reengage what they were doing before. >> harris: your thoughts on that. >> hamas is not sur end en during clear. they have been clear it was a great triumph and they'll repeat it every chance they get. why didn't netanyahu take this deal? i think let's be clear. these sorts of choices are

agonizing for any leader. the israeli social compact is that israel will do whatever it takes to get its people back. hostages that are civilians or soldiers, even if that means paying an enormous price in terms of releasing convicted murderers who have been sentenced for terrorist crimes. that unfortunately is the reality of this deal. >> harris: is that the sticking point in the cabinet? >> i don't think we know. they are being tight lipped. there might be hamas digging in its heels on who they want released or who they are going to release which israeli civilians they'll release. >> harris: this killer or that killer. >> that tends to be the membership ranks of hamas is cold blooded killers. >> harris: thank you to get your time and expertise. sigh of relief for los angeles and all of those areas that were bracing for explosions of fire with the high winds on top of

them the last couple of days. now official eaves have lifted the highest red flag warning. however, crews are still working and assessing the real damage. we are learning more information on the leadership failures ahead of what i've called the inferno hurricane with the 100 mile-per-hour winds driving this. questions now whether all of this could have been aided by or prevented by better leadership. what they knew that we didn't know. plus an 11-year-old child captured her family's terrifying evacuation from their pacific palisades home. >> we're literally driving into the fire. >> we're under the fire right now. >> oh my gosh. >> it's right there. it's right there. right there, come on, jesus. >> harris: she prayed openly as she struggled to make it out. that's their family right there. god bless them.

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>> harris: breaking news, legendary major league baseball player bob euchre has died. he was a hall of famer played for six seasons and eventually became the voice of the milwaukee brewers, bob gave brewer fans play-by-play for more than 50 seasons. his popularity translated to the small and big screens. he was in a series of miller light commercials and in the abc sitcom and had a role in the movie major league and hosted "saturday night live." he leaves us. he was 90 years old. >> the last 24 hours there have been little to know fire growths with the exception on the palisades we have had several

interior pockets continuing to burn. threat still exists with structures and critical infr infrastructures. >> harris: we just got our official daily update on the southern california wildfires. a painful week learning of deaths, injuries and massive destructions but some welcome news for los angeles. the highest red flag warnings put in place because of those strong hurricane-force winds has now been lifted for the first time. and for the time being. 24 people perished. 40,000 acres burned. but put that into perspective how close that homes were. more than 12,000 and counting buildings were decimated. more outrage as photographs now show democratic los angeles mayor karen bass at a cocktail party at the u.s. embassy in

ghana. she was attending their inauguration for their new leader as the pacific pal sides were erupting into fire. "l. a. times" has gone great reporting. fire officials could have put engines in the palisades before fire broke out. they didn't. many are pointing blame at recent budget cuts. >> we are screaming to be properly funded to make sure that our firefighters can do their jobs so that we can serve the community. >> did the city of los angeles fail you and your department and our city? >> it is my job to stand up as a chief and exactly say justifiably what the fire department needs to operate to meet the demands of the community. >> did they fail you? >> yes. >> harris: a fox new review of the l.a. fire department's budget reveals $17.6 million were slashed from the department. i told you that the very first

day. what we couldn't get was what would that mean in terms of firefighting? how did that play a role? 15 to 20% of the fire department's fleet is sitting out of commission. oh, the answers are coming into play. $2 million were taken from operations in the department's repair yard while another $2 million were spent on d.e.i. initiatives and a whopping 30 million was allocated for the homeless crisis which has been pushed, in part, by them not having a plan for people on the streets like illegal immigrants. this was all things coming together. you know what's at the center? leadership, or lack thereof. >> budgets are how government tells us what they care about. whether it's a state cutting millions from the wildfire

prevention budget or the cuts in the city they have an impact. everybody is looking for scapegoats. the governor, mayor, fire chief are all on that list. now, big fire truck. what i was going to say is we are told by several firefighters that when the call went out for this emergency, people showed up from around the city, the fire departments and stations like this one and there were no vehicles available for them to use. >> many of our rigs that are sitting at our supply and maintenance because we don't have the resources to fix them. >> that's the fire chief last year begging for more mechanics. why? when the palisades fire broke out every available firefighter showed up. yet many had no pumper truck, engine or vehicle to use. >> we have million dollar rigs sitting at the yard with no mechanics to fix them. >> many are here. maintenance yard. up to one in six l.a. fire trucks are broken down

unavailable because the department has no money to fix them. >> there has been a 55% overall increase for calls for service. >> compared to other major cities, lafd is grossly understaffed far below recommended levels. >> we have fewer sworn firefighters today than we had in 2010. >> a huge drain on fire resources the homeless. last year they responded to 14,000 fires and 52,000 medical calls. >> if we cut one position, if we close one station, if we close one resource, the residents of los angeles are going to pay the ultimate sacrifice and someone will die. >> next year's budgets calls for more mechanics and replacement deals they want more for e.v. charging stations and more for diversity and inclusion plan. >> firefighters can no longer do more with less. we're at the breaking point. >> we're also told that the

department's proposed budget asked for 227 firefighters to address the homeless issue. we're also told that the fire department was never told that that reservoir, which is a little lake that supplies those hydrants, that it was off line. if it had they say they could have contracted with some private water tenders to address the problem in the palisades. that didn't happen. >> harris: how long was it off line? >> it has been off line for nine months. >> harris: no one was aware of that other than the people who needed to make it known? >> dwp knew. maybe some people in the city knew. the fire department tells us they did not know. if it had, right, when the hydrants went dry they may have understood that and had the private water tenders available to provide them water. but i am told that they weren't aware of that.

when the hydrants went dry they went what the heck. that is 110 million gallons. the tanks that it supplied through gravity were 1 million gallons. so that reservoir was huge. it supplied this area. >> harris: the question of cover-up has to come up because nine months are a long time not to know something that important. who wasn't talking who should have been talking? that's just me asking a question as a reporter. william, thank you. we know the fires forced thousands of people to run for their lives. many evacuated and could get out with plenty of time. others with a moments' notice. 111-year-old child recorded her mom driving through a frightening landscape trying to get out of the pacific palisades. >> we are literally driving under the fire.

please, jesus. all our friends homes. this is the highlight we're right -- >> we're praying none of their homes get destroyed. >> oh my gosh, it's right there. you can see the flames. >> it's right there. >> go, mom. >> lord jesus, help us, help us. lord jesus. >> oh my gosh. >> it's right there. it's right there, it's right there. >> holy spirit. come on, jesus. stop the fires. oh, it's right there. right there. it's getting close down here. >> i can smell it. >> we're stuck. >> i'm scared. >> we're stuck. >> we are going to get out. let me call dad. lord jesus, stop the flames, stop the flames. protect all our houses and the people. get everyone out, get everyone out. >> harris: the words were stuck. the family in that video joins

me now. 14-year-old is on the left of mom, 11-year-old lillian is on the right of mom. julie davies is right smack in the middle. you are driving out. when did you realize it might be too late? it was time to pray and you said the words were stuck. >> well, when we got that first evacuation, we happened to be up in the highlands in pacific palisades very close to where that palisades fire started. and when we got that evacuation alert, we knew we needed to get out fast. so we got to our car and we started heading down palisades drive, the only road out of that area. and i thought we would be okay but when we got closer to the end there was already a backup of cars and what got me a little nervous is we weren't moving. i did know the fire was coming very fast and quick and it was coming towards us. so we weren't -- we at that

point it was uncertain how long we were going to be stuck there and we were nervous about the fire coming so close. it was coming down raging all around all of the cars, all of us. >> harris: we are looking at some pictures that you sent and i see a trampoline in the backyards and girls with friends, it looks like jumping on that trampoline. 14-year-old big sister, i'll start with you. what's left? >> well, i think -- i think what's left, there are some buildings that are still standing and some of our friends' homes but most of it is gone. most of all the things we love and all the places we used to go to are all gone. so it has been really hard but we're still hopeful that, you know, god will come through and help everyone through this time, yeah.

>> harris: lillian, what was your experience? which one was working the cell phone camera and capturing all of this? >> i was. >> harris: tell me. what made you do that? >> well, my mom was like oh my gosh, look at the sun. it was like red and the clouds were all over. i thought they were clouds but i9 was actually smoke and i saw the flames and we were like oh my gosh, the fire is right there. and so i just started recording it and looking at the fire because it was like just all over. it was really scary. >> harris: were you and your sister praying, too, along with mom? >> yeah. well, it was just me and my mom in the car. >> harris: oh my goodness. so you had to learn all of this? that had to have been really hard. >> yeah. yeah. it was. my mom she called me. i was at home actually and she

called me and i was like what? it was just crazy. so yeah. >> harris: i'm glad you all are okay. lillian, thank you for being heads-up enough to capture a little bit of what was going on. i'm so grateful to the good lord you are all fine. you have the things that you've lost but you have each other. thank you for being here. >> thank you. thank you for having us. >> harris: i loved hearing the words go, mom. and she did. democrats still trying to find answers now for their election drubbing. looking for a leader. who will lead the dems? one representative said her party is so out of touch right now she won't caucus with them. she is in "focus" next.

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>> harris: democrats are looking to dig out of a deep hole after november's elections and one michigan state representative says her party is so out of touch she will no longer caucus with them. in a recent interview she condemned partisan resistance rhetoric from democrats saying anyone with common sense is turned off by it. once again those are democratic talking points which shows a disconnect from people period. in focus now michigan state

representative is with me. glad to have you today. first of all, what have you been telling your fellow democrats about that disconnect that you see? >> i would say more so it is just not really understanding how the process works and they wanted me to go down on floor and vote no on bills. well, that sounds great in theory but when you have a bill that says for homeless people and i vote no on that bill, the only thing people are going to see is me voting no against homeless people when actually the bill entails tent cities. that is not helping anyone that is homeless. no one else knows that. they see you voting no and against homeless people. so that's one of the reasons. >> harris: i know you've met with both biden in trump in 2020. what was your kind of relationship with each of them in those short meetings? what did you talk about.

we have a picture of you in the oval office and another picture -- you look beautiful there, with joe biden. >> thank you. well, actually i was the first elected official to actually endorse joe biden. but i would have to say after covid happened that meeting with president donald trump was definitely a lot easier, more enjoyable. he helped me raise over $840,000 for my district. in mercury one, yes. that helped bring in ppe. >> harris: you understand why people voted. you are a black woman, a politician on the left. do you understand why democrats and independents and blacks and women were voting for trump? >> no, i completely understand. now do people like it or expect it or accept it absolutely not. you are a black woman in lansing, really in an old white man's world.

so to be able to work on the other side of the aisle is not heard of. no one really likes the fact you are doing that but if i was a white man, they would just pat me on the back and they would say great job. >> harris: it doesn't sound like you are very happy with your party right now. we're short on time. are you okay with the democrats? you aren't going to caucus with them. >> i'm not going to caucus with them because of their talking points and fact they are disconnected. using the same rhetoric that lost them the race. why would i caucus with a group that is totally disconnected? i know how to read a bill. i don't need someone to tell me how to vote. clearly they have messed up the entire voting system as it is. why would i do that? i'm better off being by myself reading my bills and getting things done for my district. >> harris: congresswoman in the state of michigan, you are strong. we appreciate your time today.

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