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it is saturday april >> good morning, i am chris nguyen. let's start with lisa argen p>> it is clear right now. warmer than we were yesterday, 51 downtown. 43 gilroy and half-moon bay. another preshot for y-shot for . 51 in concord. wi we are three degrees warmer in oak l oakland. >> bay side and in land continue
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to cool in the coast. look at those in land temperatures near 80 degrees. we'll talk to your neighborhood and a look at how long this warming trend will last in a few minutes, chris. >> lisa, thanks. mrs. bush will be celebrated in a private funeral for about 1500 guests. her houston church will welcome beloved members. natalie bru nnell is live in houston. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning chris, we are a few hours away and we are getting new details of the upcoming funeral service, the busch family released their statement saying barbara bush selected her son jeb bush to deliver the
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farm barbara bush requested a simple funeral. >> no fuss, just friends and family, her husband held her hand until the very end. he greeted the public yesterday as they paid their respects to mrs. bush. >> it is an emotional time. she was loved a whole lot. >> high profile names, the obamas and the clintons and melania trump. president trump will not attend. mrs. bush's children and grandchildren expected to offer readings from the bible and honor the memory of their beloved enforcer. her grandson's pearce is celebrating the comfort knowing that mrs. bush lived a full and happy life. >> it was a life really well-lived. our family because of her peace is more peace than we probably would be otherwise. >> reporter: mrs. bush will be
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laid to rest on the grounds of the george bush library in college station. that's about 90 miles northwest of houston. she will be buried alongside their daughter, robin, who died at the age of three from leukem leukemia. natalie brunell, nbc 7 news. . >> due to add security and respect for the bush family, president trump will not attend. 6:03 is our time. a dozen people were taken to the hospital for a fentanyl related overdoses. abc 7 news reporter has the story. >> reporter: you never know when it will turn foggy at golden gate park except on april 20th. when everyone smoked at the same time, the sky turned blue and dp gray and blue again.
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>> reporter: 20,000 people packed for the annual 427. >> i am from canada and i flew here just for this. man, san francisco knows how to smoke. >> it was the first gathering since marijuana legaliz legalized. >> the sponsored event that's not sanctioned by the city of san francisco. no arrests to speak of. we did issue a number of citations beyond the park. >> reporter: around 3:30, a series of sobering medical calls. >> we found at least two or three who were not breathing when our personnel arrived. ma paramedics used narcan on several people. a dozen were transported to near by hospitals and four people declined medical care. >> reporter: in years past, there is been up to five tons of garbage removed following the 420 celebration. sponsors are helping fund the
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clean up. >> reporter: by 5:30, organizers cleared the meadow. the plumes of marijuana smoke was not limited to hippi hill. police kept an eye on the event from a distance. abc 7 news was in san rafael last night where officers were stopping drivers at a dwi check point. they want to emphasize that dwi does not always mean booze and officers who are trained at aiming at someone who's high. >> we are trained to look at signs of impairments of marijuana and drugs. police took two people into custody. we have a cannabis watch section on our abc7news.com and on our app and gate tet the latest new
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cannabis. the san ramon school may have stopped the incident. katie mar kat kat katie marzullo. the plans came to light after another student learned the plot and went to school's administra administrator. >> the first reaction is i am so happy that student said something and then when i stopped and thought about it, how scary. >> in a letter to parents, the student had planned to harm his classmates in 2021, his senior year when police investigated, they found evidence that led credibility to the claim. their principal's letter went onto say quote ", the district considers this offense to extremely serious and will take appropriate disciplinary consequences as per california
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code." >> this mother did not want to be identified but she like many with us grateful to the student who came forward. >> we had a conversation at the dinner table at night and i re-iterated to my children, if you see something, you have to say something. >> the district attorney's office will decide which charges to file. katie marzullo. news of that arrest, hundreds of students joined the walk out honoring the columbine massac massacre, students at oakland gathered around the football field to rally against gun violence and outside mill valley, students vowed to make their voice hear. a berkeley coffee shop that was accused of racial-bias three years ago closed its door yesterday.
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elm wood cafe were covered with brown paper and a sign thanking the community for their support. bell told the chronicle the recent starbucks racial-bias reminded him of his encounter at e elm wood cafe. protesters accused the chancellor of not doing enough to help with homelessness. the campus provides food pantry for students in need and has launched new programs providing emergency housing. state regulators shut down a
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private college. silicon valley university enrolled 4,000 students mostly from other countries. it is under investigation for being a visa mill where students get u.s. visas but a poor education. its founder is under investigation for misappropriating $35 million. the yupuniversity opened in 197. time now with our meteorologist lisa argen is tracking our forecast across the bay area. >> warmer than yesterday, 80s coming into play for our in land valley. a niece morning where the fog i down to the central coast. golden gate bridge camera, 50 degrees downtown and 49 and oakland and numbers in the upper 60s downtown. we'll talk about the rest of the weekend and the week ahead which features still warmer than
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average numbers. that's all moments away. >> lisa, thanks. we may have seen the last of this. north korea's stunning announcement of its nuclear program and why not everyone is buying it. >> they all started realizing wait a minute, we all had a gross experience like that. >> tired of dealing with harassment from customers, a if you're looking for anbloom incredible selection of the brands you love, this season's newest trends for a fraction of what you'd pay at department stores, ♪ you gotta go to ross
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every treaty or promise north korea made have been broken. we need to verify and verify. >> reporter: the north korean statement did not mention anything about the reclusive weapon arsenal. >> this is all many preparation of the potential meeting between donald trump and kim jong-un next week. kim is meeting with south korea's president as a first step. >> reporter: president trump reacting to the news friday evening tweeting north korea has adpr agreed to suspend all tests and close up all test site. this is very good news, big problemi progress, and looking forward to our summit. no date have been set so far. it is queen elizabeth 92nd
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balance she birthday, she will attend the concert as the holdest reigniol. this is a tradition of the queen spending her birthday privacy. she became queen at the age of 25. she has reigned for more than 66 years. the me too movement is calling out sexual abuse in some high profile industries. but, diane sawyer, abc special last night focused on the hidden harassment still happening to many women. our kristen sze has a success story of an innovative plan to keep the staff safe. >> reporter: it is a busy evening for home room mac and cheese. this is a family restaurant. >> owner erin wade is talking about the moment she learned her female staff was getting a lot of unwanted attention from
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customers. wade tried to create a diverse and inclusive business but one particular incident was a game changer. >> he was a father of four kids and he reached up the shirt at one of our hosts and touched her stomach and told her she was sexy. >> they all started realizing hey, wait a minute, we all had a gross experience like that. >> reporter: many worried their managers would not take it seriously. cayla swanson is now a manager was a server when the woman finally went to the owner with their concerns. >> there was a sharing of experiences between the male management staff and most of the female servers. >> reporter: the entire staff worked together to create a solution now posted on this chart. the restaurant has a color code system. yellow is a weird vibe that feels unfortunatable and orange is inappropriate comment could
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have sexual under tones and red is when customers make owe vert obscene comments or touches the employees. >> reporter: the staff uses the color code to get help immediately. >> so i have an orange at table two and they let the many know and the manager has an automatic action to take. >> reporter: orange requires the manager take over to serve the table and red gets the strongest response. >> we address the situation right with the customer and saying it is inappropriate. if you would like to stay this has to stop. >> reporter: code red alert is now rare. several employees told us they like the system but did not want to talk on camera. the restaurant gave us a cell phone video of a server who used a color alert of the code red situation. >> all i had to do is exchange a few words and that made me feel better. >> it is simple and effective. >> reporter: and it is good for business. >> the fact that we create a
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safe and warm place for our staffs it is part of our recipe for success. >> reporter: kristen sze, abc 7 news. now, your forecast with argen. >> good morning saturday morning to you. it is cool out there. low 70s were the highs and yesterday right here along the santa cruz area. you can see a few patches of fog out there. 49 in san jose and 50 in mountain view as well as san francisco. looking at low 40s gilroy and half-moon bay. emoryville, clear and you will have a lot of sunshine today. mid-40s with 47 napa. 49 in fairfield. 51 in concord livermore. 44 degrees and finally downtown here clear skies. fog is not insight here. clear and cool, warming trends
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continues today and above average yesterday. we were around average and yes, these numbers are well above average for april. if you are headed to the beach, we'll have the cool sea breeze though so temperatures in the mid-60s here. 53 is the ocean temperature and 74 in santa cruz today. look for 79 in san jose. that's up about 3 degrees compare to yesterday's readings. downtown upper 60s. 72 in oakland and 75 union city and check out the 80s here in in la land east bay. >> low 80s for ucoyou concord. out towards 74 in heyward monday should be the warm eps d by tuesday, very similar so you can see this is going to be a
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len think warm spill for in land valleys. beautiful day on the warm side both today and tomorrow. downtown today is the warmer day and let's say japan town, 69 degrees and we'll get a bit of cooling, we'll rule out for a stronger sea breeze tomorrow of mid-60s downtown. today in japan town should be pleasa pleasant. this evening, 6:05 night game for the athletics. mid-60s, mild and dropping into the 60s. over night we'll see numbers drop into the mid-40s north bay and 50 around san mateo. a dry and sunny and warmer weather starting with today. mid-80s in land and low to mid-60s for the weekend. slightly cooler tomorrow. look at the cooling. not much on tuesday. we'll see a few more patches of fog through the middle of the week and it is going to take
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towards the end of the week. download our accu weather app. >> go out and enjoy it. lisa, thanks. plus, ahead, a teenager's proposal to the rock got the response at the marine mammal center, the environment is everything. we want to do our very best for each and every animal, and we want to operate a sustainable facility. and pg&e has been a partner helping us to achieve that. we've helped the marine mammal center go solar, install electric vehicle charging stations, and become more energy efficient. pg&e has allowed us to be the most sustainable organization we can be. any time you help a customer, it's a really good feeling. it's especially so when it's a customer that's doing such good and important work for the environment. together, we're building a better california.
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>> there should be some time to celebrate earth day. help clean our local bay, we want to keep these amazing animals and their homes clean and healthy and driving. the aquarium of the bay is hosting two cleaning events at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. >> the great thing of keeping san francisco bay clean is a lot of people don't realize that once upon a time we are going to lose it. a long time ago right before the 50s. there was a plan where they twoowant to change the san francisco bay to water ways and channels. citizens like me and you decided no, it is not going to work and they decided to fight for it. these waters are extremely important for us. we have to learn how to share it and make sure we take care of you can register at the aquarium website or show up to the two locations that i mentioned. on saturday, the el presidio
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site. the free event is from 9:00 until noon. after you help save the planet. reward yourself with a nice cold beer. the juicy brew in oakland is at classic car west featuring 22 beers around the country. there are two tastings, 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. tickets start at 21 bucks. go to our website on abc7news.com and we'll link you up with hoodline. i am sending a message to a very special young lady and her name is miss katy.katy.katy. the high school senior had quite the surprise when dwayne johnson responded to her tweet inviting him to the senior prom. she was not able to come. to the delight of her friends,
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it is half past the hour on this saturday morning, thanks so much for joining us, i am chris nguyen. we are off to a cool start. let's get a check with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning to you chris. we have some 40s but check out the trade off here with the beautiful start. the sun comes up about 40 minutes ago. low 40s in gilroy and half-moon bay. this is walnut creek. clear here with 44. 47 napa, good morning fairfield, 49 for you. we are a few degrees warmer this afternoon. temperatures will be anywhere from 5 to 10 degrees above average. by 10:00, we are in the mid-60s from san ramon. >> 2:00 this afternoon, upper 70s, concord and livermore. we are still in the 60s at the coast. today is comfortable at the
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shoreline where numbers are warming up. by 7:00 tonight, we are still in the 60s. if you have some plans, we'll talk about the trends and highs for your second half of your weekend a few minutes away. >> lisa, thanks. breaking news where police are investigatiing a shooting that left one person dead and five injured at the bay view district. it happened around 11:00 last night. police have not released any information about the suspect. we are waiting for more detail e from san francisco police. the invitation only funeral of barbara bush will start in a fw hours in houston. a public viewing took place at her home in houston last night. america's 41st
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many women wore pearls to honor her signature look. she died on tuesday, she was 92-year-old. >> the party is claiming a conspiracy that hurt their candidate. the democratic party is launching is own attack with the president alleging russia and the wikileaks conspire to damage hillary clinton and tilt the election to donald trump. >> i olove wikileaks. the dnc pieced together previously known reports of ranging contacts of trump's aids and their leak of damaging information. >> it has been amazing of what's coming out. >> another one came in today.
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this wikileaks is like a pressure troll. >> the multi million dollars did not name president trump but it does go after his inner circle including his son and son-in-law. his top aids could be forced to answer questions under oath. >> abc news, washington. a source has confirmed that attorney general jeff sessions say he would consider resigning if president trump would fire rosenstein. the attorney general made the statement to don mcgahn, the conversation took place after the president expressed outrage after learning the fbi raided the home and offices of his personal attorney, michael cohen. sessions and rose tonignstein h been under fire for months and have been the target of the president's angry tweets.
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yesterday the president tweeted quote, "james comey memo is just out and show clearly there was no collusion and no obstruction. he leaked classified information, who you. will the witch hunt continue"? the faith o f his former national security adviser flynn and allegation and he was filmed in moscow with prostitutes. >> comey claims in another meeting that vladimir putin once told him that russia had quote "the most beautiful hookers in the world." back he a big relief for commuters. a long awaited third lane was added on the richmond bridge. that lane is only used for peak
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time only. >> reporter: it cannot be mission impossible when it comes getting across the richmond san rafael bridge after work. >> the best thing is get off the lane. >> reporter: if you don't? >> just stuck in traffic. >> it is horrible. >> reporter: commuters have endured for years could be easing after friday. >> turn the system on. >> reporter: a ribbon cutting ceremony on the richmond san rafael use for use during peak commute time 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. we are trying to get people home. >> the $53 million project paid for converting the right shoulder and neutron i can traffic signs telling drivers when it is okay to use the right lane. 80,000 drivers use the richmond bridge daily. >> it is interesting when lane is opened and people realize they can drive in this lane with all that there. >> one thing i am concerned a bt
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is we are taking the congestion problem of marin and moving it to richmond. the mayor feared it will get driver more into traffic. >> if you have been at the richmond parkway at rush hour, it is pretty clogged. >> reporter: a second phase of the project could bring a protected path. by the way, if you are caught using the lanes outside of commute hours, you could get a fine of 237 bucks. in marin county, kornell bernard, nbc 7 news. a section of twin peaks will remain car free. the figure was blocked off traffic of 2016. the board of directrs agreed to extend the pilot program. the closure is to include safety at the popular tourist spot. a week long series centered
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through the question of life and death. several are joining the reimagine end of life, they discuss the event as much of living than dying. >> this phone booth offered the impossible, call the loved ones. >> why do we wait at the end of our lives to celebrate the people we love. >> what began at a prototype in just 30 events of 2016 grown to 175 events, attended by 7,000 people. wolve wolff is the event's founder. >> some people wonder if i am morbid. it is about life. >> finer attended from austin, texas discovers it is true for him.
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he's processing his roommate's suicide. >> her father drowned when she was 10-year-old. >> it was unfinished life he had but here i am working and inspired by him. >> payne is creating an outdoor wall draw dedicated to her father. the event includes practical matters as well. >> wolff says he's using mortality as a mirror. >> fear is a big part of it but humor and laughter and love. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. happening today. the fire department in san francisco will hold a disaster response day. firefighters along with the neighborhood emergency response team or nert will put their training into action. that'll practice search and rescue techniques and setting up command center.
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welcome back everyone, happening today, the baseball field at oakland high school is celebrating its tenth anniversary. the field was dedicated in 2008, it was renamed rickey henderson field to the event starts at 11:30 this morning. also, happening today, a 9-year-old boy whose letter to the oakland a's went viral be throwing out the first pitch. he lost is prized collection destroyed in the north bay fires. the a's president promised laur laur lawrence that he can throw out the first pitch. lisa, we are hoping for nice weather to bring fans out to the game today. >> temperatures will be in the
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in sports, boston takes on the athletics at the coliseum. first pitch is at 6:05. last night the giants welcome staed the starting report. >> you will like what the jiegis got last night against the angels. the sharks would go five innings and struck out four. mike trout right there. top of the fifth. it is mac williamson, his second at-bat at the year. there you go. exit velocity of 114 miles per
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hour, look at that. 3-0 giants. we have not seen a lot of smiling and boasting. >> it is contagious, andrew mckutchen. giants with three bombs in this game and wins it by a score of 8-1. >> larussa apparently is going through his mail at the ballpark. a's put up three with jet lowry. lowry four for five with two doubles in this game. jackie bradley jr., kendall grave gives it mitch moreland grand grand grand not even a month in the season
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and the red sox wins 7-3. now to the warriors, stephen curry's sprain knee has progressed to the point where he's ready to join for practice. i am told by sources in san antonio that stephen curry's pain dramatically decrease but he's not confidence at the strength of his knee. he'll be reevaluated. the problem is if the warriors and the pelicans sweep their series, round two could be moved up to the 28th, will stephen curry be ready by then? who knows. we'll see. >> game three in indy, the cavs let by 17 at the half. sweet move there. lebron finished with 28. pacers came back from the big deficit. fourth quarter, the fourth-point
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play. he had 30. cavs down two. darren collison misses no time out. jarrett smith passed the ball. >> the heat not close. pacers win 92-90 and take a 2-1 series league. that's a wrap on our morning sports, have a great weekend everybody, i am larirry >> temperatures are cool at the coast. the city warmed to the san francisco consistency will be the word for the weeks ahead. we'll see numbers comfortable. tomorrow the sea breeze kicking in in the afternoon. the warmest day should be monday and tuesday while we climb through the 60s. cooling the at the end of the week, we have to wait all week long to feel the difference
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especially in our in land valleys. look at our flag from our roof cameras. it is flatten so no wind at all. aiding of a quick warp up today. we have pretty much cloud and free conditions, down along with central coast is where the low clouds are. not here in santa cruz today, well into the 70s and you can see how ready and sunny it is. mountain view 50, it is 41 at half-moon bay. 49 in oakland. a lot of sunshine to start out in the north bay and temperatures in the 40s here from montana, you can see a little bit of the haze there. 44 in santa rosa. 51 in concord napa. from sfo, the sea breeze in the afternoon keeping temperatures still above normal but nice today and not too much warmer than yesterday. mid and upper 70s. clear and cool and warming trend
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continues today, these temperatures are well above average for pill. a little warmer than yesterday and upper 50s at half-moon bay. 79 in san jose. mountain view at 76. further north you go, you will be topping out near 80s in cl clover dale. heyward checking in at 73 and 83 for san ramon. we'll be looking for similar conditions on sunday and temperatures a degree or two warmer. monday is the warmest day of the week with upper 80s and coming up a little bit along the shoreline. enjoy it if you like the warmth. earth day san francisco, today at the civic center. pretty afternoon for you there. over night lows tonight, 40s and 50s again. looking at a pretty good evening if you are headed over to i
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should say down in the bay with mid-60s opening day. i love to see how those boats out there. 70 forecast all the way through the middle of the week. the warmest day monday, you download your accu weather app and we'll get back to average with a little fog next thursday. a long stretch for our neighborhood for having warmer than average days. >> we'll take the rain when ever we can get it. for now enjoy the temperatures and conditions out there. this is why so many people love the bay area. scientists have long wanted to study plankton to detect climate change. they were hard to keep in focus. david lewouie explains a new microscope invented by the scientist is going to solve that. >> a digital microscope that'll
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be tracking planktons. those tiny organism that's been living in rivers and ponds. his microscope will help physicists and artificial intelligence ship will look for changes, water temperature change or other threats. >> you need the data that's unprecedented and the microscope allowed us to do just that. standard microscope cannot keep in focus. this one has no lens and the component are surprisingly cheap. >> we use a board called the raspberry pie and lowest is $5 and image sensor is $8. you have a digital microscope. what we are trying to find is a water housing. we'll need a surface for which a
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happening today, the cherry blossom helicoptcontinues this . groups from hawaii and japan will be delivering performances today, there will be vendors and plenty of food booths. it starts at 1:00 at the civic center. the grand marshal will be christie yamaguchi. >> it will be a warmer day. mid-60s for the parade. low 70s over in oakland and warmer day for everyone. 5 to 10 degrees warmer and that's above average. look at those 80s for live moore. the accu weather seven day forecast. the 80s sticking all towards the week and very mild and the warmest day is monday though. maybe that rapid warm up maybe a little much for some folks but we'll still have our comfortable
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president trump. threatening to resign. abc news confirming attorney general jeff sessions said he would consider stepping down if his deputy rod rosenstein was fired. plus, a new lawsuit against the trump campaign's top officials. caught on camera, deadly police shooting. the disturbing video. police opening fire on a car in a walmart parking lot killing a man. his family struggling to understand. >> there's no justification for what they did to him. >> and the investigation this morning.
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