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live where you live. this is abc 7 news. >> just have patience. >> some words of advice as people try to detour around arod sink hole in the east bay. >> it's not the only road work drivers have to deal with tomorrow. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm dion lim. we begin tonight with the record work affecting an entire city. alameda a sink hole there at a main route has been causing traffic jams all weekend. >> cal tran says we can expect delays at the posey tube to be all week. both lanes will be closed from 10:00 tomorrow morning through midnight. kate. >> reporter: a sink hole on the oakland side of the posey tube is creating trouble for
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cmmuters. >> it's pretty bad. >> usually ate ps not a problem, but now it is. >> reporter: an underground storm drain failure create it had hole on saturday and now they won't finish repairs until the end of the week. so one lane of the two lane tunnel is closed to drivers trying to get off the island through the work week. >> beings that it's all week is a big concern for me and a lot of other people said it's a concern. >> reporter: the posey tube is one of the main arteries off alameda. but there are other ways. like the park street, fruit vail and high street bridges. >> if you need to buy tickets once you get on board go forward. >> reporter: and the ferry which steers you clear of all cars. >> i appreciate taking the ferry. you don't have to deal with the congestion, it's an easy commute. >> reporter: for those taking
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public transportation, they have created several detours for affected bus lines. you can find those on our website, abc 7 news.com. we have more rod work to tell you about, this time in san francisco. some emergency suer work is going to be done tomorrow morning to repair a sink hole. the main street is hays street between occtaif ya and van necessary. the road work is set to run monday through friday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. now to austin, texas where another bombing sent a man to the hospital with injuries. investigators are on scene gathering evidence. the police chief is urging everyone within a half mile of the blast to stay in their homes until at least daylight so they can deem the neighbrhood safe. >> do not go near anything at
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this time. given the darkness, we have not had an opportunity to look at the blast sight to determine what has happened. >> police found a second item in the area, a backpack and they're clearing it now to make sure it's safe. the award for information has increased to $115,000. we're learning about political talks that took place in san francisco. h.r. mcmaster met with his southern countsouth korea counter parts. president trump accepted an offer to meet with kim jong-un face-to-face by may. chp is looking for help in a road rage incident in that left a woman and child
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injured. >> reporter: a woman suffered moderate injuries, a young girl believed to be five or six years old suffered major injuries. the chp said it may be the result of road rage. >> makes you think twice about going and driving on the freeways. >> reporter: for people who regularly drive that stretch of roadway, the news was disconcerting to say the least. >> someone cuts you off, let it go. i don't like anybody driving on the side of me. >> reporter: the chp hasn't said if they obtained any clues, they haven't released any suspects or descriptions. they're hoping for tips from the public. >> they saw something at that time or they could have heard it or seen the incident that occurred, gun shots going off, just anything out of the ordinary. >> reporter: the number to call is lilian kim, abc 7 news.
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a celebration of life is set for tomorrow for three women who died in the shooting at the veteran's home in yountville. the ceremony will be open to the public to honor the lives of three workers, jennifer golick, a wife and mother, jennifer gonzales sushereba was nearly 7 months pregnant. her husband said she will be remembered for her unconditional love and giving heard. christine loeber dedicated to helping veterans heel. they were killed by veteran albert wong before he was shot s and killed. a building in san francisco's north beach has been red tag affidavit a massive fire ripped through it during last night's st. patrick's day festivitie festivities. it started on union street and burned through vacant residen s
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residences. smoke and water damaged about a half dozen businesses on the lower flow. >> you feel like you lost your kid, your business. this is a kid to me. i love it. i still have hope to bring it back again. >> drone view 7 captured these images of the building. one firefighter did suffer minor injuries when he fell off a truck for cleanup. new equipment will be used in the search for a missing ske skier from richmond. a helicopter with heat sensing technology will be looking for tom ma larky. he never returned to his cabin after skiing. stormy weather has hampered efforts so far. the sonoma county sheriff's
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office released this video of its helicopter heading to a water rescue. they heard a radio dispatch from marine county fire to help a man who fell from his kayak. another kayaker had stopped to help keep the man afloat. the crew pull it had man into a craft for rescue. he was treated for hypothermia. five months of searching is over tonight. coming up how the search for a cat led to friends in the wake of the fires. don't let those tennessee members scare you. a little later, did you ever take part in one of those random quizes you see on facebook, a whistle blower claims that's a
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a dozen people gathered today outside an east bay coffee shop to protest the refusal to serve police officers. the cafe recreptly posted its policy on social media which asks people to leave for the physical and safety emotional of customers and staff. one woman posted this protest to her twitter account. the group who calls themselves
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propresident trump supporters waved flags while denouncing the stance. abc 7 news was at the farmer's market on clairemont avenue where the same protesters showed up to shaff. the dmv's oakland office will reopen tomorrow after being closed more than a month because of flood damages. all services will resume at 8:00 a.m. you may remember dmv personnel discovered water leaks in the building. it happened after thieves stole the copper water. well, packy the cat is back. the fluffy feline went missing after his owners stayed with their daughter in berkeley in october after losing their home to the north bay wildfires. a group of dedicated
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volunteers spent the last five months helping in the search. last week a craigslist ad helped find packy and get him back to his rightful owners. >> we were just so happy. when we saw those pictures, it was like your heart starts beating and you just can't believe it. but we knew it was him. >> such a sad and compelling story with the fire and them having to flee in the middle of the night with nothing but the two cats, then one of the cats disappearing immediately. so we both really wanted to help. >> when the cat is found, you feel like your cat has been found because you're so emotionally involved in the situation with the owners. >> his owners invited both to their home today for a thank you lunch and a visit with the cat who brought them together. a routine patrol turned into a whale of a surprise. wait for it. the chp's golden gate division posted this video to its
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facebook page. there it is, they spotted their first whale of 2018. it was moving slowly, heading north up the coast. > a none is getting a lot of credit today for a win. >> they did it with just seconds left. a last minute shot and a lucky bounce. and just like that, loyola chicago entering the sweet 16. we've told you before about this team. early on upsetting the university of miami with that buzzer beater three-pointer. what makes them special is their secretary weapon. a 98-year-old nun cheering and praying for them every step of the way. >> sister jean. >> after last night's big win,
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each player giving her a hug. her story going viral. the internet exploding with sister jean memes, including this one. she's an academy adviser and team's chap lan. she even has her own custom made nikes. just 5 tall right in the huddle. this was before the start of the game. >> don't let those tennessee team members scare you with their height. height doesn't mean that much. >> reporter: truth be told, she didn't have them advancing this far in her brackets. >> i didn't think we'd go sweet 16 now we may go more than that. favorite story of the night. new details about two big winning tickets in the $455 million power ball drawing. one ticket in pennsylvania matched all six numbers, 22, 57,
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59, 60, 66, and the power ball number of 7. the exact location in pennsylvania where the winning ticket was sold hasn't been released yet. a ticket in southern california had all five numbers excludeing the power ball number that was sold in santa monica and is worst $1.2 million. in accue weather we have a mild and try start to the work and school week tomorrow. that quickly changes on tuesday as our next storm brings back rain. brings back rain for several days, in fact. >> live doppler 7, tonight we had a lot of cloud cover today and it's starting to break down slowly. no issues with precipitation the next 24 hours. with the cloud cover over head, numbers have been slow to fall. we're stuck in the 50s and still at 52 in san francisco. down to 42 in napa and 45 that
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current number in san ramón. over the next 12 hours, clouds right now clearing skies after midnight and that will allow temperatures to fall quickly early tomorrow morning so our coldest spots in the north bay dropping into the low 30s over the next 12 hours, 33 in santa rosa. you need the winter jacket first thing in the morning but don't need it by the afternoon. a brighter looking day. a lot of sunshine on the docket for monday. the 12-hour planner showing you the cool start early on. the sun angle warming us up quickly. by 4:00 it's a warm afternoon with everyone in the 60s, if not the 70s in some spots. 70 in san juan, 64 and sunny in san francisco. 66 in vallejo. the rain returns to the forecast on tuesday. the storm impact scale on tuesday, a light system here,
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level one, light to moderate showers at times. the winds remain light, and most cities winding up with half an inch of moisture on tuesday. tuesday, stop the clock, 6:00 in the morning the bulk of the precipitation still off the coast. we start out tuesday with a fair amount of cloud cover. the rain quickly fills in and by midday we're tracking the showers moving on shore. this is a southern slider of the storm, meaning the southern half of our viewing area likely to see the rain tuesday, into tuesday evening it's on and off showers to finish out the night tuesday night. less than a half an inch of moisture across the region. not out of the question if one or two downpours set up it could be higher than that. look at the week ahead across the state of california, and the next five days the heaviest of the rain looks to stay in
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california right now. look at l.a. more than 3 inches of rain. there is a lot of rain coming to the state but the heaviest looks to be focussed in l.a.. sunny and mild, spring arrives tuesday and showers arrive with spring. showers on wednesday and light through thursday. and even into friday morning. and then mild for the weekend. >> you know wt i monday? >> hum? >> play hooky day. >> pick of the week. >> if you're going to play golf, you might want to play early in the week. coming
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vacuums walked straight into the arms of police. >> this happened at a costco in seattle and it was caught on video. you can see the officers arresting the woman sitting in the driver's seat of the toyota. officers responded to the report of shoplifting in frog before the two exited the building. you're on candid camera. >> oops. how embarrassing. >> we had a couple thieves in march madness today. stealing some titles. several upsets including
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abc 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> the madness of march continued today with several top seeds getting knocked off. we tip off in the west. top ranked xavier facing my seminoles of florida state. seminoles trailed by 12 in the second half. they go on a run to end the game. the putback tied at 68. a pair of free throws made fsu down 2. he takes care of that with a three. xavier one last shot. air ball. florida state on to the sweet 16 for the first time since 2011 with a 75-70 victory. it wasn't the only upset of the day. north carolina taking on texas a&m. aggies up 14 at the half against the second seed. and tar heels hogg with the three. trying to start a comeback. denied by tony morales. robert william. easy bucket. texas a&m with the upset of the 86-65 that final. nevada and cincinnati.
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the wolf pack trailed by 22 with 11 minutes left. they went on a run to close it out led by cody martin who had 25. tied -- but 13 seconds left. martin miss, josh hall rebound, puts it in. he had 14. nevada with a come from behind upset. 75-73. former wolf pack star celebrating with head coach, interesting shirtless celebration. the team that everyone thought was the final for candidate was michigan state. they ran into syracuse who was the last team picked for the tournament and had to win a play in game to move on. never count a jim bayhiem team catches it, fires the shot in midair to bank the three, that was sweet. 25-22 michigan state at the half. under a minute half, one point orange lead. step back jay, michigan state
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now down 2. 2.4 left, missed free throw, half court, no good. 55-53 the final, on to the sweet 16 for the orange. kansas stay takes on the cinderella story of tournament, university of maryland baltimore, but the dance is over for cinderella. xavier's sneed steals it, finishes with the jam. then cleans up the barry brown miss. to send umbc home. k-state on to the sweet 16, 50-43 the final. this abc 7 sports report brought to you by river rock casino. coming up, some noise. isn't this exciting. >> it is when your school wins. >> it's going to be a lot of fun
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in the sweet 16. >> his florida state seminoles. you were there how long ago? >> me too. >> what a zing. >> i have to take my shoes off to count too. the president is set to make an announcement on cracking down on illegal opioid use. >> his plan includes the death penalty. what we're learning about the cirque du soleil performer who died during a performance this weekend.
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this is abc 7 news. >> nice to see you for the second half of the newscast. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm dion lim. a sink hole in the posey tube could cause delays during the work week. one lane is closed in the direction from alameda to oakland. the repair job could go all week long and drivers are advise today take an alternate route. the california highway patrol is looking at whether road rage was the reason for a shooting on thursday. investigators have not released a suspect or vehicle description and are asking for leads. a building has been red tagged following this fire. at least six businesses have smoke and water damages. no one was hurt and the cause is still under investigation.
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a family night te in the circus turned into terror when an aerial accrow bat fell to his death. accrow bats swinging overhead in tampa, florida. then horror. >> they had a performer that fell from an unknown height. >> reporter: one of them plunging from 20 feet. >> we experienced him literally fall in front of us. >> that was the shocker point for everyone, i think. >> reporter: cell phone video capturing the moments after the fall. >> we wanted the guy to -- you know, get up, but he was just unresponsive. >> reporter: the tragedy happening saturday night. he was taken to the hospital and died sunday morning. on his instagram page, posting video of his solo act. he had been a cirque du soleil
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performer for 15 years. the circus company releasing a statement saying the entire family is in shock and devastated by this tragedy. the circus cancelled its remaining two performances in tampa. police are now investigating the accident. president trump's plan to combat opioid drug addiction includes the death penalty for high volume dealers. he is going to unveil the plan tomorrow in new hampshire. and president trump lashed out at andrew mccabe today. he was fired friday night and the president has taken to twitter to let his feelings be known. he requested mccabe's integrity and memos. they're worried the firing of mccabe could be a precursor to
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firing bob mueller. >> he's conducted this investigation so far with great integrity and showing results, and i don't think the president is going to fire someone like that. >> mccabe maintains he's been targeted. mr. trump didn't stop at mccabe. he made his most direct attack on robert mueller. unloading on twitter and calling out mueller by name. >> reporter: tonight, president trump escalating his attack, now targeting the very top of the russia investigation, tweeting his strongest rebukeyet at special counsel robert mueller. >> the mueller probe should have never been started in that there was no collusion or no crime, witch hunt. >> the russia story is a fabricati fabrication. >> it comes as his lead attorney is calling for the case to be shut down. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle warning trump firing mueller would have severe
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consequences. >> that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency. >> this would result in a constitutional crisis and i think democrats and republicans need to speak out about this right now. >> reporter: tonight mueller's team combing through new evidence. republicans urging trump to show restraint as his frustration nears a boiling point. >> if you've done nothing wrong you should want the investigation to be as thorough as possibly. a north bay congressman had words today for president trump's pitch to arm teachers. jared hoffman held a town hall meeting. they asked him about the idea of teachers carrying guns. he says he has heard plenty of feedback. >> i will tell you, everywhere i go, the answer is loud and clear from both students and educators and parents that this is a really dumb idea. >> hoffman alsolll
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it's a distraction from assault weapons. finding who you are by what you like on line. >> weaponizing the internet. >> the exploitation of 50,000 facebook accounts. how they use your clicks to find out who you are. >> i'm meteorologist drew tuma we have clearing skies overnight. showers quickly return to the forecast, though. the timing ahead in the accue weather forecast. tomorrow on good morning america we hear from the couple at the center of a kidnapping that police called a hoax. >> just
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tactics used to collect personal iformation on facebook and use it to influence voters. james longman has the interview. >> reporter: tonight a data kmaen tied to president trump's 2016 campaign is under investigation by facebook, accused by the internet giant of mishandling more than 50 million american's personal information. >> if you are looking at trying to create information weapons, the battle space that you operate in is criminal. >> in 2014 when just 24 years old, politics geek chris wily worked for that company, cambridge analytic. the organization helps political candidates better target voters on line. speaking for the first time on american television since blowing the whistle he claims cambridge analytic, using a third party, took data from the facebook accounts of up to 50 million americans. >> weaponizing the internet. >> absolutely. >> he says cambridge analytic would create online quizes when
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facebook users opted in to those tests they were giving cambridge analytic access to not their data, but also that of their friends. >> you reveal all these clues when you like things and follow things and if we have enough of the clues we can develop a portrait of who you are. >> armed with that info, the company had a questionable power he said. >> he will try to pick whatever weakness or vulnerability we think you have and warp your perception. >> now facebook has banned chris wiley, that third party and cambridge analytic. the company denied any wrong doing and said it doesn't use or hold facebook data. two years later the firm went to work for the trump campaign but said it never used that data. they denied using cambridge analytic data. >> wiley left the company after
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a year on bad terms he said he's coming forward now because he feels bad the impact his work had, particularly following the result of the election. vladimir putin has easily won russia's presidential election winning another six-year term. polls show him getting 75% of the vote. he is not elvibl to run in 2024 because the russia constitution has a limit of two terms however he could run if he wanted to in 2030. >> this weekend "black panther" became the first movie since avenue tar to win for five straight weekends. now they're saying it could be an oscar contender, though others are saying it's a long shot. "black panther" has now grossed more than $1.1 billion glo
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and 600 million domestically. abc 7's parent company owns "black panther." >> if you're enjoying want to g tomorrow. let's check in with drew tuma for the forecast. >> we have warm temperatures moving in tomorrow, and it's one day only because the rain return os-tuesday. our next storm system off the coast in the pacific right now, churning, about 24 to 36 hours away. overnight, we have gradually clearing skies, temperatures in the north bay dropping to the 30s. you need to have your jacket out the door. into the afternoon you do not need the jacket. it is sunny and mild. 64 for san francisco, 65 oakland. 70 in san jose. the storm impact scale on tuesday, a level one light system. light to moderate showers, winds
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remain light. future weather 6:00 tuesday morning the bulk of the moisture is still offshore. it moves onshore late in the morning. midday we're tracking showers, mainly the southern half of the viewing area seeing the heavier showers. we're tracking wednesday the storm intensifying but to our south. the moisture looks to stream heaviest in the southern part of the state. l.a. could likely end up with 3 inches of rainfall after the week is over. for us we'll see scattered showers. the seven day forecast, sunny and mild tomorrow. spring arrives tuesday morning and we have showers with it as well. thursday, showers and wind, not too bad. thursday light rain. and then we clear out going into the upcoming weekend. >> did they ask you what day to
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abc 7 sports brought to you by river rock casino. warriors point guard quinn cook has a two-way contract. he plays in the g league and guaranteed so many games with the warriors. if they want to add him to the post season roster, he has to be waved. i asked him if he's more comfortable on the stage. >> minute by minute. your confidence grows by experience. i'm learning so much from these guys. they helped me out so much. that's all you can ask for as a young guy. >> i know they want you to throw off some shots. how hard has it been? >> it's cool. at first when i first replaced
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steph early in the season i was a little hesitant trying to get the guys the ball but they know what i can do, make plays, score the ball at times. i just want to stay aggressive. that's what i've been focussing on. still getting guys the ball but keeping the defense honest and taking heat off the other guys. >> draymond getting in your face a little bit, a couple times he wanted you to throw it up and shoot. >> definitely, he's your biggest critic but also your biggest fan. that's what you want from a teammate. he expects grateness from all of us. when he gets riled up and gets in people's faces it's for the etter of the team.it's for the when he's not like that we want him to get like that. he's the ultimate teammate and
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tomorrow to get to the sweet 16. stanford is the favorite but as any match in the post season you can't take anyone for granted. >> this is a different style and you have to make adjustments and you have to do that. >> it's either you win or go home. tar really tries to stress being aggressive offensively, defensively and gritty. it was like a major at the arnold palmer invitation. tiger woods made a run, but rory mcilroy went on a run and took the prize. tiger woods within one shot of the lead. until this tee shot of the day goes right, find it is bush out of bounds. he would bogey 16 and 17. 3 under par on the day, 10 under on the tournament. yesterday's leader, henrik
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stenson, one shot back of the lead. birdie try on 14, too much speed rims out. meanwhile rory hasn't won on the pga tour since 2016. chips in for birdie on 15, takes a two shot lead, part of four birdies in a row. bryson dechambeau making things interesting, only one back, but rory would ice it with this birdie shot on 18. birdied five of his last six holes he's your winner at 18 under par. >> something clicked into place with my long game and putting as well. this is the result. it's nice to see everything come together finally. if you asked me at the beginning of the year i would have had a chance to win two golf tournaments, i would have taken that in a heartbeat.
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men's final, fedder against del potro. fed just misses the line wide. dp takes it. second set went to fedder. 18-point tie breaker. goes to the final set, another tie break. nine points needed federer goes long, del potro wins. raiders and patriots doing business today. silver and black returner to new england. saves the raiders 2.5 million in cap space. averaged 28 yards per return last year. if you can trade patterson, why not crab tree? they just cut michael. this is brought to you by river rock casino. if steph and clay has the fractured thumbs and ribs, you
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need somebody to back them up in the post season. they're going to have to waive somebody if they keep quinn. under 15 games left. i would say keep quinn, but somebody has to go unfortunately. >> we don't have any names for you. >> we'll be watching. that's it for tonight i'm dion lim. >> i'm eric thomas. news continues i am extremely proud of jackie, gaby and stephanie. we worked with pg&e to save energy because we wanted to help the school. they would put these signs on the door to let the teacher know you didn't cut off the light. the teachers, they would call us the energy patrol. so they would be like, here they come, turn off your lights! those three young ladies were teaching the whole school about energy efficiency. we actually saved $50,000. and that's just one school, two semesters, three girls.
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[ camera shutter clicking ] charlotte? get me jake ballard. find cyrus, and i want the heads of the c.i.a., the fbi, and the nsa in my office yesterday. did you hear me? yes, sir. only... uh... agent fielding. i didn't call for the secret service. can i help you? we're here to help you, mr. president.
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