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live where you live, this is "abc7 news." >> i'm not going to let false accusations drive us out of this process. and we're looking for a fair process. where i can be heard, defending my life long record, my record of promoting equality for women, starting with the women from when i was 14 years old. >> we are hearing from brett kavanaugh for the first time since the accusations of assault. today, kavanaugh and his wife appeared on fox news saying they are not going anywhere. good afternoon. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. new developments in the supreme court showdown. >> in about one hour, a rally against brett kavanaugh is due to get under way at uc berkeley. this comes as the rhetoric for and against him ratcheting up in washington, d.c.

>> hey hey, ho ho, kavanaugh has got to go. >> dozens staged vocal protests outside the supreme court and on capitol hill. a number of arrests were made. the demonstrations come a day after a new allegation emerged against the nominee, deborah ramirez claims that kavanaugh exposed himself when they were freshman at yale. republicans are blasting democrats and defending kavanaugh. >> judge kavanaugh is an outstanding person, and i am with him all the way. >> this is what the so-called resistance has become. a smear campaign, pure and simple. >> democrats, led my senator die than feinstein, are calling for an immediate postponement on any further action on kavanaugh's nomination. they still want the fbi to investigate the claims by christine blasy ford who accusing kavanaugh of sexually

assaulting her when they were teenagers. both are expected to testify at a hearing on thursday. >> he's slashing out to them, as well. in a letter to feinstein, he says he won't withdraw, writing the coordinated effort to destroy my good name will not drive me out. the vile threats of violence against my family will not drive me out. dr. ford also sent a letter, saying i have one motivation in coming forward, to tell the truth about what mr. kavanaugh and his friend, mark judge, did to me. ford added she's willing to meet one on one with senators to tell her story. grassley responded in a letter, describing himself as fair treatment of you, and adding that he looks forward to her testimony. >> joining us today here in the studio is congressman mark. thank you for coming in. >> my pleasure.

>> before the jaallegations fro dr. ford and ms. ramirez, most people were it's interesting that republi n republicans waited nine months and now we're in a big plusrush. >> you mentioned marria eed merk garland. republicans are saying this is just retribution for garland not getting nom natted. >> we all have our opinions when we're republicans or democrats. the process should be that we have open, transparent hearings so the public can see both sides. but they should have an investigation.

>> in 18991, it was clarence thomas and anita hills. democrats were in charge then, and anita hill felt like she didn't get a fair hearing. now the gop is in charge. what can be done to ensure a fair process? >> we have to be fair, but the country for the last 30 years, we've been going through this transformation where women need to be respected as equals. that's the clash here. i think we have to realize times are changing. we have to have a process. respect everyone. and let the public decide for themselves. >> last week, you and three other lawmakers called for california's attorney general to investigate abuse. what's behind that? >> again, i was raised in the catholic church, went to a catholic high school. i never saw any of this. but the sooner we have an investigation, the sooner we bring justice for the victims and the sooner we clear the name

for most of those priests who never did anything like this. because the assumption of the public is that this is what you get with a priest, and that's not true. they have bad ones, and we have to make sure that justice is served. >> so it is beneficial for both sides to -- >> both cases are about justice and the process and transparency, and then we all get to decide when we see it and know the facts. and we have professionals do the investigation. >> thanks, > out of fairness, we reached out to john fitzgerald with an invitation to appear but he declined. the stanford university law professor is launching an action committee to target politicians who commit or ignore sexual

allegations. she led the campaign that ended with voters ousting judge perski. critics said the sentence was too light. the man expected of being a rapist made a court appearance in sacramento today. >> roy waller was arraigned on 12 counts of aggregated sexual assault. our reporter is live outside the courthouse in sacramento where he spoke with some of the alleged victims. carlos? >> reporter: the hearing was quick, it lasted about five minutes, but it was emotional for two of the victims who wanted to come face-to-face with their alleged attacker. dressed in an orange jump suit, roy charles waller faced a judge as well as some of his alleged victims. waller shook his head as the judge read him the 12 counts of aggravated sexual assault he's been charged with. >> he needs to be locked up leae

a human. >> reporter: rozland anderson was one of the victims that escaped. >> i seen his face when i was in fear. this time i see his face when he's in fear. >> reporter: she and others were able to come face-to-face with their alleged attacker today after more than 20 years. >> i don't know if i glaered, but i was pretty angry. >> reporter: the suspect allegedly started his crime spree in 1991. >> i don't know if i can describe how much i i've waited and waited. when you wait this long and you want this so much. >> reporter: investigators used dna evidence to crack the cold case. waller was arrested on thursday at uc berkeley where he worked for the last 26 years. waller's attorney expects this

case to go to trial. >> hopefully this case is probably not going to eect that o the accept. >> i want him to know that he didn't break me. he did not break me. and i know what's coming for him. >> reporter: and waller will be back in court next month on october 30th. if convicted, he could face life in prison. reporting live, "abc7 news." >> carlos, thank you very much. a body found at the bottom in newark is identified of a woman who has been missing. the 66-year-old was found off of highway 80 on sunday. she had last been seen august 17th and considered to be at risk. she was using numerous prescription medications which she had left home. in this east bay, a brush fire broke out.

this one was year cordero way, just up the hill from a fire from yesterday. homes were evacuated but none damaged. the parks police were called in to help with air drops on the fire. police are asking them to call them if they have any information on the fires. >> now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. >> and fire danger is running high. good afternoon, everyone. take a look at the red flag warning until 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. it's a combination of northerly wind gusts to 35 and low humidity, 5% to 15%, which means any fires that develop will spread rapidly. right now in the hills, we have that down sloping wind at atlas peak gusting to 11. inland areas in the low 90s right now. but look at the coast. only in the 50s and 60s. live doppler 7 hd showing you why the cost is so cool. the fog is around. i'll have the rest of the forecast coming up. >> already, sandhya, thank you very much. a rough road ahead for rod

rosenstein. a scare today from the deputy attorney general as he was summoned to the white house, but he n out yet. >> up next, one on one with the mayor of san francisco. and just a reminder, find your ally. logon to our website, abc7news.com/takeaction. there are links to resources on all sorts of topics, workplace harassment, human rights, school safety. we have links to your local lawmakers.

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streets who are shooting up. i want to get the needles off the streets. ichaloemerge, and i kno >> it's been 75 days since london was sworn in as mayor of san francisco. she joins us today to talk about her accomplishments, challenges and priorities moving forward. thank you for stopping by. >> thank you for having me. >> i know you're super busy. for any administration, they say the first 100 days is critical. you're at 75. what do you think is your proudest accomplishment? >> i feel like it's been longer than 75 days. but one of the things i'm most proudest about is fulfilling a promise, that is pushing for $50 million for a possible bond for modular housing. we've been able to discover $100 million that we can use to build

modular housing, which will be affordable housing for the so i'm excited about making sure we have more police officers on the streets, the plaza is looking better than ever, and moving forward in identifying properties that we can use to build more affordable housing, developing relationships with the private sector to get them committed to supporting our efforts to build more housing. developing the relationships, making commission appointments, hiring new staff. i mean, it's been an eventful 75 days. >> no question, housing is on top of the mind for everyone. another one is crime, especially car break-ins. we had 30,000 cases of reported break-ins last year. and only 2% resulted in arrests. in fact, we did a story recently which people were putting signs on their cars, little notes to say please don't break into my car. what can be done? >> car break-ins this year are down, but it's still a real challenge. so you know that we've made some

gains in terms ofg changes to o laws and trying to go after committing those crimes, but that's not a solution. part of it is we have to look at making some real change and we have to make sure that there are consequences. and i think that's one of the biggest challenges. >> more enforcement? >> there has to be, especially in the hot spots, places where tourists visit, and having discussions with the chief around his operations in those areas, which is why car break-ins are down around the city, because of a lot of the work the police have been doing. >> you mentioned tourists. that leads to my next question, which is conventions have been canceling on san francisco and tourists cite the problem, cleanliness of the streets is another problem. and we've been seeing piles of garbage. even dan ashley sawacrossstreet.

and people wrote in and responded. how are we tackling that? >> i will tell you, i'm driving around and walking around the streets on empyees to basically clean up our streets. part of that is the solution, but we cleaned up the tenderloin, one hour later it was a mess as if we never touched the street. we have to change behavior. we have to get people housed and into treatment. we have to address the challenges of people who struggle with addiction and mental illness, because we can do all the cleaning that we want. we can also hold residents accountable more, but we struggle with people who we're trying to help and we have difficulty with helping. >> you mentioned drug addiction and i know you've been pushing the governor to sign a bill in front of him that would allow san francisco to establish a safe injection site. in fact, you toured a model concept one in san francisco. can you talk about how that would work? >> i toured vancouver canada.

they have sites there, as well. people come in, no questions asked, and they're able to do what they need to do. there are medical professionals in those locations who oversee the process for the purposes of making sure people don't overdose. and there are also counselors and people to support individuals, to get them help and treatment. this is about an opportunity for treatment on demand. i want to address the opioid crises by not just providing a place for people to shoot up. this is about getting people off the streets who are doing this publicly, but more importantly, getting people the help that they need to get clean. >> so they don't stay homeless, as well. >> that's a big part of the challenge that we deal with. this amazing couple, as sweet as ey to be, we got them into a navigation center. the next day they were gone and haven't come back yet. it's really heartbreaking when you want to help someone, and because of their strule it's

sometimes very difficult to do so. >> all right. i want to touch upon traffic. that is a big headache for a lot of people. when you just add one more factor into the question, whether it's at&t park or a convention, it's just total gridlock. what kind of initiatives are on the table that can help out? >> part of what i want to do is spend more resources on traffic control officers. not just parking control officers. the people that you see out there during commute hours who are directing traffic, especially when there's events. i want to make sure that there's more enforcement for people who are creating challenging. we just had three accidents with pedestrians over the past week, and one death. and part of what we have to do as a city is make sure our streets are safe, that public transit is reliable. it hasn't been. and that's been another frustration is making sure that people use our public

transportation system, our bike share and other options as their priority to get around san francisco more efficiently. those are some of the things we need to do in addition to making sure we're more responsible with how we coordinate construction projects, which sometimes get in the way of our ability to move around san francisco freely. we need a long-term plan. we need to provide alternative modes of transportation. scooters are going to be out there, as well. those are a great option, but we want people to be a safe. >> mayor, many more days ahead, many more proposals as initiatives, as well. thank you for taking the time to join us. >> thank you for having me. >> eric? >> thank you. a possible season-ending injury. what's next for quarterback jimmy garafalo? and time to meet your

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touchein place for the annual s conference is expected to bring 170,000 people to moscone center. so howard street is closed between 3rd and 4th street and expect heavy traffic in the area. the event lasts through friday. you'll soon be able to visit the top of the sales force tower for free, according to a tweet from there ceo. the building offers incredible views. the top floor called the ohana floor, has no offices, just large windows. been up there, incredible to look down on the transamerica pyramid. >> right. that's remarkable. i haven't been up there, but i know what ohana means. it means family. i'm hawaiian at heart. >> as in your family is going to be real warm when the warmup hits. >> that's right. it's already warm in our

inlandies. t -- inland valleys. look at this view. you can barely see san francisco under that fog. 60 in san francisco, 69 in oakland. currently 84 degrees in san jose. going to santa cruz, here's a look at the temperatures. low to mid temperatures. it is hot in vacaville and livermore. in the low 90s. you see the fog done below, air quality is starting to deteriorate. so we have a spare the air alert for tomorrow. inland east bay, santa clara valley, moderate for the rest of the bay area. bright view looking over the smart tank in san jose. high fire danger through tomorrow evening, and the autumn heat is going to be around the next few days. so get used to it. fog at the beaches tomorrow morning. temperatures up you are forts to upper 50s. clear skies to start off inland.

tomorrow afternoon, it is going to get really hot inland. low to mid 90s. 86 in san jose. 79 in oakland. warm eer around the coast and b. 72 in santa cruz. download the accuweather app and track those temperatures any time you wish. here's a look at the seven-day forecast. mild to hot tuesday on tap. look t that, near 100 inland, well above average. upper 60s at the coast, but the heat eases off thursday. and then it's a sharp drop in temperatures around the bay, and inland as we head into friday. get a load of this, there is a slight chance, i know this sounds crazy, but on saturday, there's a slight chance of seeing a few showers, low 60s to low 70s. so even cooler weather. we'll keep tabs on that. it's still a few days out. >> all right. thank you very much.

some big moves today. >> is the president going to fire rod rosenstein? >> the possible fate of the deputy attorney general, ahead of a meeting on thursday. a man accused and kidnapping

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>> here are the stories making headlines. christine blasy ford's fear will not hold her back from testifying thursday. she's accused supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers. yesterday, another woman came forward, accusing kavanaugh of sexual misconduct atya.kavanaug allegations. a young roommate of kavanaugh, james roche, spoke with abc news reporter wayne freedman. wayne will have more at 5:00. the man suspected of being the nor cal rapist made a court today. investigators say they connected him to the assaults of ten women between 1991 and 2006. waller was arrested last week. a man accused of kidnapping denise hus kins in 2015 has requested a public defender. a day before he was set to cross examine his victim.

me tlatest. >> reporter: disbarred harvard attorney matthew muller facing kidnapping, rape, robbery, and false imprisonment charges, decided today he would rather not represent himself. >> this is a guy who is a premeditated, deliberate rapist, home invader, kidnapper. >> reporter: dan russo is the criminal attorney. mueller is serving a 40-year sentence for kidnapping quinn's fiance, denise hosekins. police initially called it a hoax, but muller was linked to the crime after leaving his cell phone behind in a foiled home invasion. quinn and huskins pushed the district attorney to file state charges after the state case wrapped up. >> it's not about revenge but about keep thing monster off the street. >> reporter: it's possible the case won't go to trial. >> i any there's going to be a

deal short of a life sentence. if he gets life, that's all bl denreil erin want. not examine his victims, as he was expected to if representing himself. >> i think that's a great thing for both of them. >> reporter: muller's next hearing is scheduled for october. melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." bill cosby was back in court today for his sentencing hearing. he faces up to 30 years in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman more than 14 years ago. the hearing began today with a debate over whether the court could designate him a sexually violent predator. that designation would make cosby subject to mandaryfetime whereabouts. >> the evaluation that was offered by the boardhrough the witness was that he should be

classified as a sexually violent predator. >> the now 81-year-old former comedian was convicted in april of three felony counts for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2004. he will not make a statement when the hearing wraps up tomorrow. the future for deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is murky after sources say he headed to the white house today expecting to be fired. >> that didn't happen, and rosenstein is still on the job, at least for now. here's the latest. >> i spoke with rod today, and we're going to have a meeting on thursday when i get back to the white house. we want to have transparency. we want to have openness. roim the fate of attorney general rod rosenstein is hanging in the balance. despite this very public hand shake with chief of staff john kelly following their meeting at the white house. at the meeting, causing mayhem in washington, as sources said

rosenstein was headed to the white house expecting to be fired. though for months the white house faced this question -- >> is the president going to fire rod rosenstein? >> i have no announcements at this time. >> reporter: rosenstein's relationship with the trump administration has been a contentious one. president trump cited a memo as his justification for firing james comey, though the president expressed a different reason, there are reports that rosenstein felt used. as the man in charge of the russia investigation, rosenstein has continued to draw the ire of president trump. the president each suggested that rosenstein was part of what he called the wichl hunt. it appears the straw that broke the camel's back is last week's bombshell story alleging that former deputy fbi director andy mccabe described rosenstein as proposing the idea of secretly recording the president and possibly looking to invoke the 25th amendment to remove him from office. rosenstein may have been being

sarcastic is what sources are saying. members of the cabinet are denying it happened. >> i'm not aware of any cabinet members that are talking about that. >> reporter: rosenstein didn't deny the report, but he issued statements saying the report sin accurate, and that there's "no basis to invoke the 25th amendment." >> looks like fall season is over for jimmy garafalo. initials announced he will need season-ending surgery on his knee. he tore his acl while making a cut in a loss to kansas city. this deals a serious blow to the niners. san francisco must go through the season with a different quarterback. the warriors come back to work refreshed after an nba title that draymond green said it was the hardest thing he has

ever done. >> their focus is clear for the upcoming season. >> reporter: the latest champ banner already hangs in the rafters. they head into this season, their final at oracle arena, knowing the future is uncertain. >> nothing lasts forever in this league. we want to keep this going as long as we can. >> my sole focus is trying to get this -- win another championship and enjoy the ride along the way, because it goes by fast as we all know. >> you just have to enjoy the moment, enjoy the now, because there's going to be so much speculation as to what's ahead. nobody knows what's ahead. >> reporter: but the addition of another all-star starter, as well as an infusion of younger players, keeps the challenge this season fresh. even for a two-time mvp. >> we know how to play the game, we got basketball master stas kn -- masters that know what to

do >> my drive has only increased. i'm seriously like a mad man right now. i mean, on paper it looks great. of course, we have to go in and put the work in. but the potential is scary for this people. it's on us to bring that potential out. >> honestly, i don't feel expectations anymore. because our expectations are so high, that i don't really feel expectations from anyone. >> reporter: in oakland with the warriors five all-star st mindy bach, abc 7 sports. >> they look ready. >> that's going to be an interesting lineup to watch, folks, with damarcus cousins in there. are you registered to vote? tomorrow is national voter re registration day. >> and big day at the united

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joining me now is anthony chavez. if that name sounds familiar to you, it's because your grandfather was ceasar chavez. you probably carried a season everywhere you walked. so you grew up learning about grassroots organizing. >> yeah, it was always around us and being discussed at the dinner table and really thinking about what it means to be engaged civically and to help build the power. that makes a difference in everyday people's lives. >> tomorrow, september 25th, is national voter registration day. you're helping out with getting more latinos registered. why is that important? >> it's really important because about 30 years ago, over 30 years ago, here in california, my grandfather was giving a speech and he said like the other immigrant groups, the day will come when we latinos win

the political rewards which are keeping with our numbers in society. the day will come when the politicians will do the right thing out of political necessity and not out of charity, and today is the day. >> what makes young voters to critical to this? >> i work at the education trust west. so there's a lot affecting students of color and low income students. we just had a report that came out last year called the majority report. in the state of california, with more than 6 million public school students, more than half are latino. so if you think about all the coming years, the latino community population is going to be the majority color. >> we're talking about such a rich culture, a culture to be admired. but we also have this political atmosphere. how do you talk about that to

people? >> well, i think what it's about, instilling a sense of hope, faith in the political system. i think my grandfather used to say it's not about perfect political systems. but it's more perfect participation. so in california, we have over 7 million latino voters. that's the largest bloc of latino voters in the nation. but only less than half of them vote regularly. it's worse in midterm years, but the solution is simple. it's lot of hard work and organizing. the only way to increase turnout is to increase registration. so we need political parties, private business, and philanthropy to get out there and educate the public and let them know their voices do matter, and when they show up at the voting booth, they can make a difference that will affect their daily lives. >> you don't like the government you got, one way to get rid of it, to vote. thank you so much for stopping by.

>> thank you. >> thanks, eric. we have a reminder to take action and find your ally on our website, abc7news.com/takeaction. we have all those resources on our website. >> thanks, kristen. take a look right now, we are going to be seeing the sun and fog. mild inland. foggy along the coast during the nighttime hours. 50s and 60s by 10:00 p.m. if you're stepping out, there's definitely fog out. it's thick along the coastline right now, but clear inland. tomorrow afternoon, clearing across most parts of the bay area, with the warming trend continuing. highs in the low to mid 90s, along the coastline, 66 in half moon bay, 94 in livermore. it's the type of weather you expect to see in the summertime where you have the

microclimates. wednesday, near 100 degree readings for some of the hot spots along the coastline, staying comfort in the 60s. the heat moderates, dropping down to the mid 90s. by friday, much cooler. most areas in the 70s inland. 60s along the coastline. we'll go mild to hot tomorrow with the autumn heat on wednesday. that heat does ease and it will be sharply cooler friday, moving up to the slight chance of a shower on saturday, with only 60s and 70s for the upcoming weekend. we're starting to switch up the pattern a little bit. >> sandhya, thank you. >> 13 familiar faces hit the dance floor for a new season of "dancing with the stars" tonight, competing for coveted miribald trophy. we talked to grocery store joe and marilou letten.

>> i wasn't expecting it, but chris harrison threw it out there, you're going on "dancing with the stars." >> i think athletes do well on this competition show. however, gymnast has nothing to do with dance, i can tell you that. >> oh, come on. the gymnasts always do well in dance. the premiere begins tonight at 8:00 right here on abc 7. the k-pop ban bts appeared today before the 73rd assembly of the united nations to discuss their love myself campaign. the event today focused on the launch of a generation of a new unicef partnership that offers education and training for millions of youth worldwide. breaking barriers, teaching lessons and making a difference for some bay area students today. and i'm michael finney.

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two homeless encampments in the south bay moved as santa clara county prepares to move

them. one of them is hope village, a model some want to make permanent. this is the second move in less than a month. a labor union allowed hope village to temporarily use land it owned with a moveout deadline of today. crews began prepping a more permanent spot just down the street, but that meant another homeless camp already at the site had to vacate. both camps can move back to the lot once ready. >> rather them having to move, they're going to move to the pa back and we'll take the front. >> they're expected to move back on thursday. san francisco is kicking off transit week with a new bill that could provide needed funds for transit. the governor signed the bill that would allow the city of san francisco to charge a fee to rideshare companies for each ride originating in san francisco. a cent study showed that uber and lyft added an extra 20% more traffic in downtown san

francisco. the bill will be left to voters slated for 2019 ball watchers, yb kind of. >> and we could have a new option. michael finney is here. michael? >> i don't think they taught me that in "j" school. a new kind of health care could be coming to california. the governor signed a staff to study the feasibility of a public option health insurance coverage. supporters say it would be direct competition for private entities in the state and that would drive down premiums and other costs. we could be in for an interest rate hike. analysts expect the

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grand father, also pilots, inspired her, and she described the determination it took to get her to where she is today. >> i believe that people understand the definition of perseverance until you have to use it and employ it for many, many months, years and then it dawned on me, now i understand. >> it was put together by sisters in the skies dedicated to inspiring students of color. an east bay city -- according to the comparison of california cities, only fulsome had a higher score by about three points. other bay area cities that made the top ten in the state are at number three, dublin at number five, danville, number seven is

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coming up tonight on "abc7 news" at 8:00, is the season premiere of "dancing with the stars" followed at 10:00 by "the good doctor." say with us for "abc7 news" at 11:00. the east bay city of dublin, over an accused ikia store. >> they will consider the project tomorrow night. while some say they would welcome the popular store, opponents claim the popularity could cause problems. here's laura anthony. >> reporter: right now, it's just 27 acres of dirt and gravel next to interstate 580 in dublin. but if they have their way, it would be the first new store in the bay area in 15 years. >> we've spent quite a bit of time getting to know the community. >> reporter: a spokesperson says it would be smaller than the

predecessors in east palo alto. >> 317,000 square feet would be the store. and 97,000 square feet of retail with about six acres of open space. open opponents say it's too much for their town, especially a franchise that's known to draw customers from far and wide by the tens of thousands. >> customers as far away as modesto, stockton. according to the document, they'll attract around 18,000 vehicles on weekends. with that overflow is going to clog dublin boulevard, and then it will become a nightmare. >> reporter: and do whatever isf the cars. some wonder if this is the right fit for their town.

>> the last thing the city of dublin needs is another strip mall. >> reporter: the commission is planning to vote, and then move on to consideration next month. laura anthony, "abc7 news." >> now you can get the latest news any time with the "abc7 news" app. but i want to ask you a quick question. i don't live too far away from the area in terms of the traffic. if they added an ikea, are there traffic concerns? >> absolutey. in the afternoon and evening, yeah, i think that is one of the concerns they're talking about down there. >> get the latest on the "ab news" app on this and other stories. get the news you want with your phone in realtime. and by the way, they will h t it completed by 2021 if

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