>> excuse me? [ inaudible ] >> just about an hour ago, president trump was abruptly ushered out of the white house briefing room because of a security scare. the white house was put on lockdown, and the president says he was taken to th office by the secret service. it didn't last long, because the president returned ten minutes later to continue his briefing and said there had been a shooting outside the white house. >> but there was an actual shooting, and somebody has been taken to the hospital. i don't know the condition of the person. it seems that the person was shot by secret service. so we'll see what happens. >> we've learned the suspect shot at somebody, but that person does not work for the white house. the secret service responded and returned fire. good afternoon. i'm kristen zee. >> and i'm larry beil. now to the other top story. governor newsom says there's just no money in the state's

piggy bank to fund the president's unemployment plan. he said it would cost the state roughly $700 million per week. here's melanie woodrow with more. >> reporter: for unemployed california residents, an additional $600 per week of unemployment benefits expired at the end of july. president trump signed an executive order that would give $400 a week in enhanced federal unemployment benefits through the end of december. now the governor says california won't be able to contribute the state's required 25%. stlz is no money sitting in the piggy bank of the previous c.a.r.e.s. act to be reprioritized or reconstituted for this purpose. simply does not exist. >> reporter: he said ste as lge as califorurn gove to fron those >>eporte goverr d whealifornians who need that money will get it.

meantime, 3/4 of renters have fallen behind on their rent, with the majority being in the latin x community. dr. mark elly provided an update on the failure. 295,000 backlogged records were processed over the weekend. the cases are now ready and available to local entities to be processed. >> making sure the positives are really positive, the negatives are really negative. >> reporter: the cases will be reported by the state once finalized in the next 48 to 72 hours. the governor said the trendlines continue to look favorable, while he focused his comments on unemployment and evictions, journalists listening in focused their questions on the state's data system failure, and dr. sonia angels' resignation over the weekend. >> the one thing i won't do as a human being is get into detailed te her for onversaon her leadership and stewardship. melanie woodrow, "abc7 news."

now, california is clearing its backlog of 300,000 covid-19 tests that were caused by the technical problem melanie just mentioned. we are seeing a rise in cases.r today, new cases. that's 1,000 more than the seven-day average. the state has confirmed 66 additional deaths from the coronavirus. about 5600 people are hospitalized. that's below the two-week average of 6300. the seven-day positivity rate is at 5.8%, the state's benchmark is 8%. coronavirus cases in the bay area have almost doubled in the last month. the bay area and extended counties had just over 32,000 cases this time in july. now there's nearly 64,000 cases. the biggest jump was seen in alameda county, which saw nearly 6,000 new cases in the last month. while deaths did not double, there was a significant increase. almost 300 covid related deaths were reported between july and now.

with that as backdrop, this was the first day of school for students in oakland. and it began with mixed reviews and without an agreement between the school district and the teacher's union how distance learning should proceed. leeann melendez takes a look at what worked and what could improve. >> it was a mild disaster. >> reporter: oakland parent reginald mosley said his three children had a hard time connecting to zoon because of connectivity problems. eventually two of them. >> none of the chrome books worked on my wi-fi. it could be because i had so many other things on the wi-fi, i just didn't have the band width. so i was trying to shut everything off. >> reporter: he is a h2 studenut onl showed uittas tang attenddance w, the better dewhnohed. these

so when trying to do attendance, you're like, where is the a for absent? where is the p for present? >> reporter: she worked from home, but teachers have the option to work on site in their classrooms. the principal described the first day of classes for one kindergarten teacher. >> had a really structured morgue for her kids to get to meet each other, get to meet other and build some of the routines. in a similar way we would do in the first day of school, but doing it virtually. >> reporter: even though classes started today, the district has yet to agree on how many hours of live instruction will be finally delivered. negotiations started late on july 6. >> bottom line is, we're hoping to have our teachers in front of our students a little bit more in the live education that our kids need. >> reporter: the union is also asking for more flexibility for teachers with children at home who are also learning online.

>> everyone in my household needs to be online at 9:00 a.m., according to our schedules this year. which means i'm going to have to assist my 9:00-year-old, get online, help her while i'm also teaching. >> reporter: both sides are now hoping to finalize an agreement by early this week. leeann melendez, "abc7 news." santa clara county is taking action to help ease the digital divide as students prepare to start the year online. today, supervisors announced $7 million in funding. the money will help at least 15,000 students. the move comes after the city of san jose announced a partnership with at&t to install 11,000 high-end hot spots within the city. the college football season could be completely postponed as soon as tomorrow because of the coronavirus. this is a really complicated situation and involves the health and safety of players and billions, yes, billions of

dollars. the bigtime programs like alabama, they make over $100 million a year on football. that money supports all the other sports at the school. so the ripple effects are major if games are not played this fall. alabama is a member of the southeast conference. the s.e.c. really wants to play for obvious reasons. the pac 12 and big 10 are leaning heavily towards not playing or pushing football to the spring. let's bring in chris alvarez on what is a rapidly changing story, including breaking news we got just minutes ago affecting san jose state and their program. >> reporter: within a half hour, the mountain west conference just made it official, they have post poped all fall sports, including football. no official statemnts from any of the power five conferences yet. the hope, optimism or desire to play college football or fall sports is different from region to region, school to school, which makes this issue all the more complicated. we did see big names like jim harbaugh put out a statement which said he thinks it's safer

for athletes to be on campus because of safety protocols at those schools. clemson quarterback trevor lawrence tweeted he believes it's s teammates. it looks like the pac 12 will be voting on their season for fall sports tomorrow. several players from stanford and cal are on that committee. they voiced their concerns about safety and eligibility, larry. >> yeah, look, the players want to play if it can be done safely. but the school presidents are toing to make this decision. obviously, there's economic concerns, but health and safety is huge here. and this call is made more difficult by some new studies suggesting there could be some long-term health problems from covid-19, in particular heart issues. and chris, schools don't want to be responsible for long-term health care. and that is a big factor for sme of the conferences that are weighing in on this.

and they haveo my di larry. the liability for some of these schools, if someone were to get badly sick or dare i say it, die, it would be extreme. so you have to remember, these are student athletes not getting paid. the nfl is different, professional athletes. as we talked about earlier, the nfl might be easier, because you have 32 teams, one commissioner. whereas in college football, there is no commissioner, there's different conferences, athletic directors. we just saw the it to the spring. we're waiting to see what the power five schools probably do tomorrow. but this could happen within minutes. we don't know, as the tom kndom start to fall. it is a daunting task for these other schools and kvenconferenc larry. >> and schools, alabama, michigan, that have a lot of prospective nfl players don't want to push to the spring because that's when they're

getting ready for the nfl draft. those players who believe they have pro careers. so there's a lot of different agendas and trying to get it all sorted out and everybody satisfied, health, safety, long-term. it looks like we're leaning to not having a season, but we have to wait and see. chris, thank you. and when we come back, congresswoman jackie speier joins us. we'll talk with her about president trump's executive orders and the big changes at this year's professional businesswoman's conference, going where it's never gone before. plus, congress and the president at an empass over helping the american people. where things stand. i'm spence christian here to give you a look at brief relief from the heat, and i do strongly underscore brief. i'll have the accuweather

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with americans needing help and the $600 a week from the c.a.r.e.s. act gone, what will happen next in the form of government help? joining us to talk about that is congresswoman jackie speier. congresswoman, so good to see you. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> i like your virtual back ground. it's making me feel very zen already. but what we're about to talk about is stressful. president trump signed several executive orders, one would be a $400 per week unemploymentoyment

ex-tension. another would suspend the payroll taxes. one, this is clearly not the $1 trillion democrats wanted for local and state governments. but could it be helpful in the shorm term? >> well, it could be helpful for like five weeks. this is not a five-week problem. this is going to take us another four to five months before we're going to be in a position where the economy can just begin to come back. so what the president has done is illegal. he has also appropriated money from another fund, from fema, and put it into this new account. but that fema money, that $40 billion, is there for hurricane season and firestorms. something we know all too well. so that's a problem, too. and most states can't afford the 25% match. so you're down to $300. and if you don't have the match,

he's not willing to give it all. i think it was dead on arrival, but he wanted to do something at his golf course with all of his, you know, golfers looking on. so it was a bit of a show, frankly. and i think what we need to do is just get the negotiations completed and get the food back on the table and the roofs over people's houses. and that's only going to happen with a continuation of the unemployment. >> you answered my second question, which is are these orders constitutional. i think you expressed your opinion on that, and no doubt there will be legal challenges. but whose court is the ball in right now? of course, the clock is ticking for americans as you mentioned. >> so the ball is in the court of the administration to work in conjunction with both speaker pelosi and the democratic leader schumer in the senate. they've already come down a trillion dollars. they're asking the republicans to come up a trillion, so we would agree at $2 trillion.

you've got to give cities and states the money to kind of keep them afloat. if we don't do that, there's going to be more people that will be unemployed. and the cycle is just going to keep moving and not be good for the economy and certainly not for the american people and families. >> sounds like you're going to keep fighting for that local and state help. i want to shift gears and talk about the ppwc. this will be the 31st annual year for the professional businesswoman's conference. you founded it, and now thousands attend. great energy, but this year it's going to be different. >> it's different all right. and thank goodness abc continues to be one of our great sponsors. it will be virtual this year, and rather than one day, it's going to be three days. what making that great is you don't have to miss any program. you don't have to choose between

the various seminars. you can see them all. and we have the -- probably the most diverse set of speakers we have ever had and it includes people like cate blanchett and lisa ling. and the vp of morgan stanley, and the young actress from "blackish" and the ceo of the real deal, which is julie wainright. plus a number of great women leaders from all the big companies around the bay area to give us a great deal of inspiration and to follow their life stories, career choices, and hopefully glean a lot from that. >> i was going to say, having gone many years, i feel like it's so great how you have the mentoring that goes on, thehehee

professional women. thank you so much representative. good luck to you. >> thank you, kristen. >> really popular conference. i think at this point, it's wait list only and abc 7 is proud to sponsor the professional businesswomen conference. the theme this year is for good and it's pbwc's first virtual conference. registration closed but learn more about the organization and the conference at pbwc.org. so for the virtual conference, how is the weather going to be, as people log on from their homes, spencer? >> it's going to be very nice. inside and outside, kristen. fortunately, i say ftutely because i'm enjoy thing cooldown from our weekend weather. it was a hot weekend. and today, a lot cooler in virtually all locations. look at the 24-hour temperature change, except san francisco and half moon bay, all locations are

about four to eight or even more degrees cooler than this time yesterday. and as you might know, we've had a windy pattern for quite some time. it's evident right now with gusts to 25 miles per hour. oakland, 28. livermore, 22. ukiah, all around the region, it is breezy to gusty. this is a view from our roof top camera looking across the embarcadero. 63 in san francisco. oakland, 69. mountain view 78. 83 in gilroy and 61 at half moon bay. here's a view looking westward from emeryville. you can see the advancing low clouds and fog. it's 74 in santa rosa. napa 75 right now. 91 in fairfield. 90 in concord. so it's still pretty warm inland. and livermore, 89 degrees. looking down from mt. tam, these are the forecast features. clouds and fog obviously expanding. a littlernoo

but summer's heat returns, and it could be quite hot. overnight, we'll see again the advancing low clouds across the bay, and rather widespread inland. and a little patch of green is showing up near the coast. so there may be some coastal drizzle during the early morning hours. that could be a little bit of a slowdown factor for morning commuters. by 8:00 a.m. or so, we'll see the fog and low clouds beginning to retreat to the coast. and then by midday and into the evening hours, mainly sunny days. certainly over the bay and inland. overnight low temperatures will be on the mild side, despite the daytime cooldown. upper 50s to low 60s will be the rule for our overnight lows. highs tomorrow, low 60s at the coast. low to mid 70s around the bayshoreline, maybe a couple of upper 70s. inland areas, mid to upper 80s. so don't expect any 90s. but more 90s are on the way. wednesday we'll see temperatures

bouncing back. thursday, look for upper 90s inland. friday, we might even see some triple digits. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll see a return to mid 90s inland by thursday and friday. right now, we're going with this over the weekend. but some forecast models are showing triple digits in the hottest inland spots over the weekend. so be prepared for warm to hot weather this coming weekend. and probably very little change, maybe a drop in terms by a degree or two on monday. certainly, some of this heat will be quite evident over the weekend. stay cool. i plan to. larry and kristen? >> that's hard for larry, not so hard for you, spencer. >> yeah, it is hard for me. >> yeah.s the bestr for the wee. >> i had aoke he had something he it'setr tou.

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targeting entinternational tech talent. who is behind it? canada, sort of. >> we're all looking for great talent and canada is a welcoming place. >> reporter: they are investing $100,000 in this ad campaign offering a sweet deal, targeting international tech talent feri the e, days. >> that's the thing that our government realized, they know that for every one of those people that comes in, they're creating between six and ten new jobs for canadians. >> reporter: this comes at a time when president donald trump suspended h 1 b visas to the end of this year. so canada's doors are open, and silicon valley's ceos are seeing the impact. >> sitting in the board meetings, they're trying to hire programmers from russia or other parts of the world. >> reporter: how concerned

should silicon valley be? trying to poach talent from our area. >> we should always be concerned that we are protecting and presvi tiadvantag a t h economy. >> reporter: the pandemic and immigration halt has taken a toll. but the pay in canada still does not compare to silicon valley's. >> on average, the tech workers here in the united states in silicon valley can make almost double what they're making in some of the tech hubs in canada. >> reporter: but the home is when the pandemic ends, the talent comes back or holds on. or there's always canada. in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news. up next, we look at how the bay area is playing a role in a vaccine. and until we do find a vaccine, there's one way

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building a better bay area, for a safe and secure future, this is "abc7 news." the novel coronavirus is likely going to be with us until a vaccine is developed. what does it take to create a vaccine? >> that is the question we posed to abc 7 news special contributor dr. patel, who is part of our team of coronavirus experts. >> reporter: the novel coronavirus attaches to your cells and works its way into your lungs, where it can spread to other parts of your body. how do we stop it from doing that? with a vaccine. >> so a vaccine is a way for your immune system to identify a foreign invader and prepare for an attack, even before you have an infection. >> reporter: a vaccine can stop

a virus in its tracks and keep you from getting sick. >> what scientists all over the world are trying to do is create a vaccine that's going to teach your immune system what this coronavirus looks like so you're protected against a future infection. >> reporter: vaccines are made from part of a bacteria or virus that have lost their ability to replicate and infect a person. >> and this could be the outer shell of a virus or bacteria. it could be genetic material, it could even be a weakened version of it. >> reporter: that weakened version of the coronavirus can be injected into the body and recognized as a foreign invader called an antigen. that antigen would let your body know to protect it from the virus. >> what this basically is going to do is give your immune system an idea of what the virus or the bacteria looks like. >> reporter: before the first person is ever injected with a vaccine, it has to be proven in the lab. >> once they have that part down, and there is an idea that this teaype of vaccine could wo,

they move on to phase one clinical trials, which is basically going to use a small amount of healthy adults and make sure that the vaccine has no at-risk side effects. you have to make sure it's safe. >> reporter: phase two would be to test that vaccine on hundreds of people. at this point, they're looking at the right dose and how to scale up production of the vaccine to treat millions. in phase three, thousands of people would be involved in testing to make sure that vaccine is safe and works. >> now, this entire process could also, you guessed it, take a couple of years. but this is why. because after phase three, all this data and all this work the scientists have been doing gets reviewed by the fda and the cdc. >> reporter: the whole process typically takes 10 to 15 years before a vaccine can be licensed for use. >> so a lot of people now are saying, whoa, 10 to 15 years, that's a really long time. but everything changes when we're accelerating development

because we're using previous research and a lot more collaboration and a lot more funding. which is why we're hopeful we could see a covid-19 vaccine within 12 to 18 months. >> reporter: with dozens of companies already testing out vaccines globally, researchers are hopeful the coronavirus may soon go the way of smallpox, malaria and polio, and be a part of our past. volunteers to take part in a vaccine made by moderna. about 30 centers have begun recruitment efforts, including the university of maryland school of medicine. moderna is among several to reach a phase three trial, but the first to announce and distribute 300 million doses of a covid-19 vaccine. while we wait for that vaccine, there is something that

we can do to help. anybody who has fully recovered from the coronavirus can save lives simply by giving blood. joining us live now is dr. ross herren, the medical office we are the american red cross. doctor, thanks for joining us. how effective is the plasma in blood from recovered patients in helping to fight the virus? >> so the plasma after somebody has recovered from covid-19 has antibodies in it that can be at high levels. those antibodies can be quite effective at fighting off the virus in a newly infected individual who is very sick. there's been quite a few studies started. and each of the studies have shown that the plasma is quite effective at reducing symptom length and symptom severity. >> now, educate us here, because we know when you give a transfusion, we have to have matching blood types. otherwise, there's a problem. does it work the same way with plasma or can it work with

anybody? >> well, for the most part, we like to have matching blood types, if possible. at least compatible blood types. blood types that are more rare, such as group ab patients and for them, we can transfuse cross blood types without too many adverse effects, so they don't have to wait too long to get their product that's been donated to the community. >> how does somebody qualify to give blood specifically for this purpose? >> they have to be diagnosed with covid by a health care professional and then be 14-day symptom free. at that point, you can go to red cross web page and enroll as a potential donor. we'll collect all your data and make sure you're eligible to donate and then you'll be set up for an appointment to donate at a red cross blood drive site close to you. >> after a person recovers, how long is their blood still viable forgiving to virus patients?

because we have seen in some studies the antibodies in the blood only last for a few months. is it the same for the plasma? >> that's still being studied. that's a great question, because we don't really know quite yet. some people do lose their antibodies within three months. most people have gone four months or more with their antibodies. and we don't know how long they'll continue to have them. one of the things about donating covid plasma is when you do donate covid plasma, we test for antibody to make sure it's still there before we release that product as a trans fusible product. >> where are we in terms of supplies? is there a shortage? how are we doing here? >> we were doing better until the recent surge. so starting in early july, with the surges around the country, our inventory, which we had, which is in the 6,000 units or so level, has now plummeted to be in the hundreds of units. so we do need a whole new group of donors to come out and

donate, as well as individuals who have already donated can return and donate again. so we're pretty dire straits right now for covid plasma, because it's been a heavily ordered product around the country. >> yeah, understandable. is most of the blood or the plasma going to hospitals? >> yeah, it's all going to hospitals, usually with severely affected patients. most of them are in the icu are on ventilators. >> for people that have more questions, is there information on the red cross website? because if they have recovered 57b and want to help, that could be a great resource. >> redcross.org has great information. >> dr. haren, appreciate your time and all the work that the red cross does. thanks so much. >> thank you. the president of oakland

based clorox appeared on "good morning america" to address the worldwide shortage of wipes and other products to fight covid-19. >> we are making more disinfecting products than we ever have before. since january, we're able to make 100 million more disinfecting products than we did before, a 50% increase. and specific to wipes, we're making nearly 1 million packages every day and shipping them to stores. >> she encourages customers to sign up with retailers to get notices when products hit the shelves. the ceo of clorox told reuters the company won't be able to fully stock stores until 2021. so have you sent back your census form yet? if t, cs takers ti no do you think it's way too early to think about holiday

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distance during the interviews. the data they collect determines how much federal funding that cities receive. so drew, would you feel safe as a census taker right now going door to door? >> they're going through a training course, and they understand how to keep themselves safe as they go door to door. i don't think i would have a problem. it's really important, like you said, to count how many people we have in this country among other things. it tells you how many representatives your state gets and that could affect the electoral college with the number of votes your state gets. so it's important to get an accurate amount of poem in this do -- people in this country. so i would have no problem. >> spencer, i don't know who would be more hesitant, somebody who is walking up to a stranger's door or the person who peers out their door and says who is that out there? i'm not open thing door under any circumstances. >> that's a good point.

i think most of us who are conscientious about putting on our masks anyhow for people at the door. so people who answer the door are wearing masks, there should be some level of comfort or safety, i would hope. >> yeah. i mean, there is definitely a risk, and you're stand thing talking to someone. but it is important work, because they're cutting short the census taking by one month, so by the end of september, they need to be done. and 40% of americans are still not counted yet. so what can we do? please do be careful if you're a census taker knocking on doors. royal caribbean is considering testing passengers for the coronavirus when they resume sailtopped operations inh but hope to restart in november. the cdc lifts its no-sail order. a company executive said testing will very likely be part of their reopening plan. royal caribbean reported a $1

billion loss for the quarter, but the company said they are seeing a remarkable demand for bookings of 2021 cruises. not a lot of detail at this point, spencer, of how they might do the testing. but i would think you would almost have to be a requirement in an environment like that. >> oh, i would think so. especially with all the problems that we had when covid first became an issue on cruises earlier. so yeah, i don't know what the procedure will be, but it has to be pretty complicated, complicated maybe is not the right word. >> comprehensive is what you meant. that's a better word. >> we're in simpatico like that, we know. >> we are indeed. >> droew, what would it take fo you to get on a cruise? >> i think i might be in the minority here. even before the pandemic, i've never been on a cruise or wanted to go on a cruise.

so this on top of everything, i don't think i'll be going on a cruise any time soon in the future. so this really doesn't change my mind about being on a cruise ship. how about you, larry? i don't know about you. >> yeah, i'm not a big cruise guy to start with, but the thought of being on some vessel in the middle of the ocean with 2,000 strangers or whatever the number is. not really in a hurry to sign up for that. i would like to know what the definition of remarkable demand is amongst prospective travelers. but i guess we'll see. the head of new york's mass transit agency is calling on apple to come up with a better way for iphone users to up lock their phones without taking off their masks. the mta chairman says riders have been seen removing their mavengs to unlock their phones using the facial recognition technology. this dels pspite a recent updat that simplifies the process. they are urging an toll accelerate the deployment of new

technologies and solutions and says the mta is willing to work with the tech giant to get the word out. i look at this as a first world problem, but sit somewhat ironic, because the newer phones have the facial recognition. the old phones with a fingerprint, that's not a problem. so spencer, i'm trying to remember what kind of phone yu have, but it's been so long since i've seen you in person, i can't remember. [ laughter ] >> well, i have the iphone 8 plus. and i use the fingerprint recognition feature. are they making it now so that you can't do that? it's only facial recognition? bring me up to date on this. >> i think it's facial and pass code, right? >> yes. yes. >> why don't people just use the pass code? >> drew, what were you saying? >> it does let you use it if it can't recognize your face within

five or so seconds, it makes you type your code in. so it's a first world problem that it doesn't recognize your face in five seconds, but you can get around it by putting in your code. >> i'm here in the second world with my iphone 7 where i have to use my fingerprint any way. metallica will have its first concert of 2020, but you will have to head to a drive-in movie theater. they will record a show that will be played at hundreds of drive-in theaters in the u. and canada on august 29. there are shows in sacramento. ticket also cost $115 per car. >> wow. >> who is excited for that this spencer, excited for that? >> i am, actually. because i went to a metallica concert in 1989.

i took my son, jason, who was then 14. we went to see metallica and the cult. there was a third band that obviously never made it big, because i can't remember that band's name. but it was great. so i would definitely go to a drive-in to see metallica, for sure. >> yeah. larry, don't you think you would do that if it's paying per car, then just back like eight people in there, all family, of course. >> kristen, you're advocating the opposite of social distancing. >> no, i said family! big families! living under the same roof. don't you live with eight people in your household? >> i misunderstood. actually, it's a good deal if you have a bunch of people with you. it's not that bad. i'm just stunned that spencer went to a metallica concert. i do not see him as a metallica guy. that's the beauty of "the four at 4:00."

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hundreds of fish died. the department of fish and fe sayame be warning people not to fish or let your dog near the lagoon. they say itl bloom. let's check out the weather forecast with spencer. hey, spencer. >> okay, kristen and larry. once again, look for widespread low clouds and fog with low temperatures on the wild side, mainly upper 50s to low 60s. tomorrow will be a bright, sunny day. a bit cooler than today. 60s at the coast, 70s around the bay. 80s inland. look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have a big warmup coming our way near the end of the week and the weekend. upper ninths to near 100 in the warmest inland spots. so a brief break from this past weekend's heat. that will get us ready for next weekend's heat. larry and kristen? >> all right. >> mr. metallica, thank you. when we come back, david

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