good morning, america. it's our second hour. what we know now about a top trump organization official's grand jury testimony. the abc news exclusive. this as former president trump suspended by facebook for two years ready to make one of his first major appearances in months. race to vaccinate. state officials getting creative leveling up incentives to get shots in the arms while the cdc issues a warning. what the cdc director calls troubling the latesthis moin post-pandemic so we're talking friendscapes. how to prioritize pals in the

foreground of your life and when it's time to move a friendship to the background. the curating concept not without its critics. we're breaking it all down. ♪ marry me ♪ wedding bells are ringing and from the dance floor to the honeymoon, we've got the post-pandemic planning trends that will have you heading down the aisle in style. plus, guest etiquette. do you have to get a second gift for those couples who got hitched during quarantine? ♪ you're a firework ♪ "gma" celebrates pride honoring lgbtq plus stories all month long. we've got your weekend stacked with the buzziest shows putting queer characters front and center and chasten buttigieg is here sharing his story with the world, making history alongside his husband, the best-selling author opening up about life in d.c. our weather team tracking record-breaking heat across the country.

storms and flashing flooding in the south, plus we're live from lake charles, louisiana, flying high with the blue angels as rob says -- >> good morning, america. he had the need for something, and it wasn't speed. >> i want to know if that was before or after. >> that was definitely before. >> the need for antacid. >> the need for a bucket of some kind. good morning, america. it's good to have you with us on this saturday. we are also closing out "gma's" global grill series, chef lorena garcia standing by, and she will whip up brazilian-style tacos. we are excited about that ready to chow down. that's a comg >> otne s volvin >> abc news has learned one of the trump organization's most senior officials has testified before a special grand jury as part of the criminal investigation into the former president's company. >> this as facebook extends donald trump's suspension for at least two years. the social media site banned

trump from posting following the january 6th capitol riot. >> the justice department says about 465 defendants have been arrested in connection with the siege while the fbi is still trying to identify 250 more people believed to have been involved. let's go back to abc's alex presha who's at the white house with the very latest. alex, good morning once again. >> reportet. yes, the fbi conducting that search as former president trump is set to speak to a group of trump republicans today. it's the first time he has spoken since february and, look, we know that both that facebook ban and these criminal investigations are on his mind. >> do you miss me yet? do you miss me yet? >> reporter: for the first time since february, former president trump's returning to the spotlight tonight speaking to republicans in north carolina. but while he's speaking today another of trump's biggest megaphones has been silenced. facebook announcing trump's ban from the platform will last at

least until january of 2023. the social media giant made the announcement friday insisting his words were kindling to the chaos on january 6th. the company pointed to videos like this posted on facebook to supporters while they were attacking the capitol. >> we love you. you're very special. >> reporter: in another post where trump called the insurrectionists great patriots and to remember this day forever. violations were worthy of the highest penalty available under the new enforcement protocols. trump's blasted the decision calling it an insult but trump's troubles haven't ended there. abc news learning the criminal investigations into the former president are revving up. sources tell abc news the trump organization controller jeff mcconney recently testified behind closed doors. to a special grand jury. that body impaneled by the manhattan district attorney will decide whether to bring criminal charges against trump, his company or any employees.

>> i have legally used the tax laws to my benefit. >> reporter: one key focus is whether trump allegedly inflated the values of assets when beneficial and deflated them for tax breaks. the former president's previously called this investigation a continuation of the greatest witch-hunt in american history. now, sources tell abc news that mcconney is the first employee of the former president's company to be called to testify, could be a signal that prosecutors are barreling deep within the company's finances, eva. >> alex presha there for us, thank you. turning to the pandemic now and the concerns for teenagers. health experts urging that they get vaccinated seeing an increase in teens being treated in the icu and as vaccinations slow across the country some states are offering more incentives for people to get their shots. abc's zohreen shah is at l.a.x. where vaccines are available right there at the airport. good morning to you, zohreen. >> reporter: hey, good morning, eva, that's right. here at l.a.x. they're vaccinating travelers.

anyone 18 and up can get it. the j&j vaccine. it comes as the summer travel season is ramping up. you can see over at austin's airport yesterday it was jam packed with travelers as far as the eye could see. but the real focus in many places is not travelers, it's teens, the cdc has been warning adolescents about covid dangers based on a new cdc analysis, hospitalizations for that group now up and a third of those hospitalized in the icu. now, vaccinations overall nationwide have plunged nearly 70% since it peaked last month. dr. anthony fauci warning people that we could get another surge especially with variants floating around that could set us back to the time when we had to shut things down. now many states are trying to incentivize people with a cash lottery for vaccinated residents. right here in california governor gavin newsom announced yesterday that 15 vaccinateded californians got $50,000.

he's doing the same thing this coming week, part of the 116 million the state is giving out. >> thank you very much, zohreen. and coming up on the show as the country opens up, how the term "friendscape" can help us better navigate our post-pandemic lives. and up ahead, get ready for the season with "deals & steals" on summer accessories. plus, former president barack obama and michelle obama revealing a star-studded new project making government fun. all the details ahead in "pop news."

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former first lady michelle obama ready to put their spin on "schoolhouse rock." the dynamic duo are two of the executive producers behind "we the people," the new ten-episode animated show teaches everything that makes democracy great, from citizenship to, yep, paying taxes, because that's great too. the former president taking to instagram posting, quote, some of our favorite artists got together with amazing animators to remix civics and the star-studded lineup includes lin-manuel miranda, andra day and janelle monae just to name a few. and mrs. obama said that the show is a rallying cry for a rising generation that's ready to take on the world. can't wait to watch, and "we the people" starts streaming the fourth of july on netflix. all right, and in music

news, billie eilish dropping a brand-new music video that she directed herself. take a look. ♪ you ain't nothing but a lost cause ♪ ♪ and this ain't nothing like it once was ♪ >> so this video, off "happier than ever," racking up 23 million views on youtube since debuting just on wednesday and this after eilish announced a north american tour set to kick off in 2022. you won't have to wait that long to see billie on stage, the superstar keeping busy headlining four music festivals this summer, and she also posted this fun tiktok of like behind the scenes and i'm a billie eilish fan now. if you guys see it, you might judge me. she looks like she's so fun. i want to see her. >> friendscaping this segment. >> i'm in the foreground of your friends, dan harris. and fiy,rview king its way social the music mogul

stopping by lebron james's hbo max interview "the shop: uninterrupted" and opening up about the day he found out that he would be inducted into the rock & roll hall of fame. but it didn't take long for reality to set back in. >> i got the announcement. i was like, wait. >> thank you, thank you. i was -- thank you, guys. i was taking blue to school. i was like, this ain't no celebration. she walked away, i was like, yo. your dad is in the hall of fame. i'm in the hall of fame. she's like, bye, dad. >> that's how it is for parents, right? >> that's exactly how it is. >> tina lawson helping that clip of her son-in-law go viral. posting on her instagram that a hilarious video, alongside this priceless photo of blue ivy

herself summing it up all with the caption that's my blue-blue, she's extremely hard to impress. when your mom is beyonce. it makes sense, right? blue has won a grammy. tough to impress that 9-year-old. >> kind of reminds me when my son said my next book should be called "ten percent poopier." >> that might already exist. >> yeah, exactly. get my lawyers on that. janai, great "pop news." thank you. you're definitely in the foreground of my friends. speaking of which, now our "gma" cover story and new concept that may be the key to navigating our post-pandemic social circles. zohreen shah has the story. zohreen, what's going on here? >> reporter: good morning, dan. you've talked about this a lot. about letting go. about dropping your attachments. well, one "new york times" opinion writer is talking about the pandemic ending and how it's a great time to reassess when it comes to your friends. >> you're wearing sweat pants. it's monday. >> so. >> so that's against the rules and you can't sit with us. >> reporter: it seems over the top, high schoolers ending friendships over fashion choices in the movie "mean girls."

>> those rules aren't re. y reeathay >>ecset st wassgti. >> you can't sit with us. >> reporter: but as we emerge from pandemic isolation, is it time to rethink which friends should get a seat at your table? a recent "new york times" column tackling the issue about how to rearrange your post-pandemic friendscape saying covid-19 provided an excuse to shed unsatisfying and unfulfilling relationships and now is the time to reassess which friends you let back in your life. >> a lot of us have undergone a lot of personal growth over the last year and a half. if our friends kind of can't keep up and if our relationships can't flex and change, then they're not going to last. we're not static and a friendship can't stay static. >> reporter: she says to think of them like a landscape or a frie friendscape. some friends come and go with the seasons, a few might need extra attention to thrive while others are tried and true evergreens, and it's okay to let go of those that aren't worth

the effort to maintain. some readers have taken issue with part of the "times" piece which implies people should consider dropping friends with depression or obesity, some commenters calling it fat-phobic, and another tweeting, depression is bad enough without opinion pieces telling people to ditch their depressed friends. that's why this doctor says it's important to cultivate a broad range of friendships rather than cutting people off. >> we want to make sure we have friends from all different walks of life, different jobs. whatever diversity can bring into it because it pushes us to be better and it helps us to grow and understand the world. >> reporter: so we reached out to the reporter about the controversy. we did not hear back but, look, overall this is really a fascinating piece and the bottom line is we should think about a relationships and what makes us happy. dan. >> definitely true. i'm not cutting any friends. i can't afford to lose any friends. >> we're your evergreen friends. >> exactly. >> you're stuck with us. speaking of which, rob, one of my evergreen friends, he is down in louisiana giving us the

forecast this morning. robert, what's popping? >> well, the forecast is for pain because i know you want to see some highlights we showed in the last hour. if you missed the ride along i did with the blue angels, here's some of that footage. we pulled a hard g pull right off takeoff and that got me in the mood and then after a half hour of rolling around the skies, they did some even higher g maneuvers and 7 1/2 gs. i went night-night. yeah, bye-bye. a little nappy-poo in the air there because my eyes went great. come out here, mary joe. she's the director of the international air show and this lineup. one of my favorite publications. which means a little something extra. it's not blue angels here on the cover. this is something extra you needed here in lake charles. >> absolutely, absolutely. we needed to this to happen and we worked for 18 months to bring it here, and even through the covid, the two hurricanes back-to-back, the freeze and the flood about eight days ago, we

pressed on and we made it happen. the team always never wanted to give up and it's going to bring so much hope here because people here really need it. >> you and so many of your volunteers still dealing with damage to your own homes. >> absolutely. >> yet you managed to put this together. >> that's right, most of them are living either on their driveway in a camper or in half their house so it's -- but we got to pick ourselves and keep going. you can't give up. >> our hearts go out to you and we want to shine a light on what you're doing and your recovery and we'll be behind you the whole way for sure. we're going to try to get some clear skies in here. >> rain or shine we'll make it happen. good saturday morning. respectfullying cool at the shoreline but warm inland. so a large temperature spread. gusty winds with us throughout the afternoon into tomorrow but then even windier as we get into next week with

temperatures well below average. maybe even some showers by the end of next week. 75 in fremont, look for 80. mid 80s to near 90 inland now to "deals & steals," the official kickoff to summer is near so now is the time to stock up on summer accessories, lucky for us tory johnson is here with spectacular savings on fashion and you can get them all by pointing your cell phone camera at that qr code. right there on the bottom of your screen. thanks so much for being with us, tory. we are thanking our lucky stars for this deal right here in front of me. what do you have for us? >> oh, eva, i like what you did there. this is a new launch from one of our favorite small businesses, amelia rose. it is their constellation necklace so it's a beautiful little charm with cz accents an that is alrey yered r te piece it comes on a beautiful custom card with each zodiac sign.

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♪ show me love show me light ♪ ♪ show me love show me light ♪ welcome back to "gma." we are so excited -- >> who is that? >> robin. >> robin. oh, okay. sorry. >> did we just get an air horn for that? wow. >> that's janai right here. >> sorry i got confused. sorry i'm old. >> lost in the music. >> he didn't know where he was. >> exactly, right. let me just put me on. i got them in "steals & deals." >> "deals & steals." >> i can't remembr the name of the segment, either. carry on. >> moving right along. we're very excited to be

chatting with chasten buttigieg about his powerful memoir, he's first, here are the headlines we're following right now, the cdc now warning adolescents aboutcovid dangers and urging teens to get vaccinated. a new cdc analysis showing hospitalizations for younger americans is up with a third of them ending up in the icu, the pressure to vaccinate ramping up with the summer travel as vaccinations nationwide plunge nearly 70% since the peak last month. royal caribbean is getting ready to set out to sea in the u.s. again. the cruise line announcing that eight ships will begin voyages out of florida, texas and washington state starting in july. the company says that all crew members will be vaccinated against covid-19. and a ribbon-cutting newly named katherine johnson.

formerly named after a confederate soldier now carries the name of nasa mathematician katherine johnson featured in the movie "hidden figures." i love that movie. eva, sorry to interrupt you. i will not do that for janai because now it is time for -- [ air horn ] >> whatever time it is in the morning, dan says he will not interrupt me so we will see. >> okay, mark your calendars. >> yeah, all right. >> it is june 4th. time for "binge this." first up so much tv, never enough time, right, and if you're in the mood for a little episodes of "lisey's story." it's a new limited series based on the 2006 novel by the master of horror himself, stephen king, and the basic premise is that the widow of a famous novelist becomes the focus of a dangerous stalker who is obsessed with her late husband's work. oscar winner julianne moore is in the lead role and joins a pantheon of all-star actors who have starred in a stephen king adaptation, think jack nicholas in "the shining," and whoopi goldberg in "the stand."

you can see it on apple tv plus. and then when you need a good laugh, the fifth and final season of "kim's convenience" is streaming on netflix. this delightful and groundbreaking series follows a korean-canadian family running a convenience store in toronto and stars the hunky first asian marvel superhero. you would think he would be ready to move on, but the actor recently opened up to "the hollywood reporter" expressing how disappointed he is that the sitcom is comingto an end. the current show runners were actually offered another season but decided to move on, but there are 65 episodes of the series for you to binge so get to watching. and -- >> oh. >> you don't like the sunglasses. >> oh, my goodness. who are you? >> i'm going for "top gun." i can't let rob have all the cool -- >> deuce harris. >> the producers saying get to it. okay, so june is pride month. we all know that. what can we watch to celebrate? >> whether it is your first viewing or a rewatch, hbo max

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you've been promoting the book nine months. what are you learned from this experience? >> thanks so much for having me. you know, i've learned a lot in the few months the book out there, but mostly all these emails and letters i've been getting from the community and lgbtq community or their family, their friends, their neighbors, who see something in the book that makes them think, oh, that's me, you know, whether it's feeling seen as a young gay person in this country, or maybe a parent or a teacher who is trying to be a better ally. i have been overwhelmed with the response to it. it's really heart warming. >> and all of that is so important but especially for young readers. i mean, with your journey coming out, what do you hope that young readers in particular get out of your story? >> yeah, you know, i came out in conservative rural northern michigan. i didn't know anything about being gay. i thought i was the only one and i wanted to write a book that was very vulnerable and very candid because i wanted other young people who might be going through something similar to see themselves reflected in the page. i'm currently adapting it for much younger readers but wanted

folks to pick up that book and think that somebody understood their story and i think we have to share those vulnerable stories a little bit more so that people feel seen and feel like they belong. >> absolutely, and if a young chasten could see you now making history alongside your husband and sharing your story with the world, what would he think? >> if i could put a hand on his shoulder just tell him to breathe and it's going to get better. i know it sounds awful when you're younger and feels like it's never going to get better but my gosh, to be sitting here in d.c., part of a new wave of hope in washington, it's pretty incredible. >> yeah, and i'm sure very surreal too, so, before we let you go we have to ask about two of the stars in your family, your dogs. >> oh, my god. >> how are they liking being in d.c.? >> you know, they're used to a doggie door back in the midwest so they're adjusting to five walks a day but they get stopped a lot.

they're little celebrities here on the hill but they're doing well, thanks for asking. >> chasten, congratulations again, so important not only for young people reading your book, but like you said for so many others who can learn to be good allies. it just is so important. thank you for sharing that and congratulations again. >> thank you and and you can be sure to pick up a copy of "i have something to tell you" on bookshelves now, guys. well, coming up, we've got the hottest trends for post-pandemic weddings. we'll be right back. hottest tre post-pandemic weddings. we'll be right back. if you have obstructive sleep apnea and you're often tired during the day, you could be missing out on amazing things. sunosi can help you stay awake for them. once daily sunosi improves wakefulness in adults with excessive daytime sleepiness due to obstructive sleep apnea. sunosi worked for up to nine hours at 12 weeks in a clinical study. sunosi does not treat the cause of osa or take the place of your cpap. continue to use any treatments or devices as prescribed by your doctor. don't take sunosi if you've taken an maoi in the last 14 days. sunosi may increase blood pressure and heart rate, which can increase your risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or death.

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also, bright color palettes are also really big right now. >> we like a bright color and been in our houses trapped with our walls. another trend, budgeting. how can couples save money? >> absolutely. it's a big one for sure. consider choosing an off-peak wedding date like a thursday, a friday or even a sunday. it sounds a little funny, but they're really popular right now and it helps you save money because it cuts you on venue costs, couples in 2020 had to push dates into 2021, so there really aren't enough saturday dates to go around anyway. >> yeah, everyone is getting married. it's going to be a very busy wedding season. many who had -- >> married on a monday. >> that's going to happen. >> i saw that rom-com once. >> so a lot of people had micro weddings during the pandemic, now they're throwing second, bigger celebrations so all their friends and family can come. if you're a guest at one of these double weddings, what's the gift giving etiquette? >> absolutely. i always say give what you are comfortable giving. if you gave something larger the first time around, now is perfectly fine to give a smaller

gift. even to write a really nice like heartfelt note is really great. if you didn't give the first time around now is absolutely the time to do so. consider looking at the couple's registry for gift ideas. >> so the pandemic is slowing, but, of course, safety is still paramount as we're getting through this and there's a cool new trend you have to tell us about that will make guests feel as comfortable as possible. what is this? >> definitely. i'm calling this comfort bracelets. this was an idea that was shared with me by a planner. i think it's a really good one. it helps guests kind of communicate their personal boundaries on the big day. so maybe a guest is wearing a red bracelet which means i'd really prefer to keep my six feet. whereas a guest wearing a green bracelet is fully vaccinated, ready to celebrate and ready to go. there are also so many ways to elevate this, which is really fun.a blith yoogram.ker ow many ways to make it your >> if janai only pulls the red

band out of her sleeve when i'm near, should i take that personally? >> the answer is yes. >> okay, there we go. >> yes, okay. well, thank you so much. let's see, do we have time for one more? okay, sorry. thank you so much, sarah. we appreciate it. >> i ruined it. >> we had one more question and dan ruined it as usual but we really appreciate the trends. >> that's perfectly okay. >> have a good one. let's talk to rob now. he's been -- he's had the need for speed all morning out there with the blue angels. rob, what's going on? >> well, we flew with the blue angels. that's one of the reasons we're here and we're also here to shine a light on the recovery effort, we were here during hurricane delta, during headline laura, then a month late robin and i came down with the whole "gma" team to shine a light on what's going on here and help with the recovery and now we're

back so we want to continue to follow what they're doing and we'll have a full report tomorrow from lake charles. getting sunshine for the first time. if you live in lafayette and new orleans and mobile, you're going to get the heavy end of the spectrum as far as rain is concerned. good saturday morning. a lot of sunshine to start out at the south bay. in the coast upper 50s around the bay with noon him mid and i want to take this time to acknowledge a dear friend and colleague who i've worked with for the past six years, this is his last weekend shift. he'll be on weekdays, dan manza in the field, in the studio with knee. he's an all-star producer, as s miss him on saturdays and sundays. >> we sure will. dan is fantastic.

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and back now with our global grill series and this morning, our culinary trek around the world takes us to brazil and chef lorena garcia is the owner of chicka miami in las vegas. she joins us now to cook up some brazilian-style tacos with bananas. it's like we're using all of our strength to hold back from eating these at this moment. lorena, good morning to you. we're excited about this. >> good morning. good morning, america. how are you guys? >> yes, yes, we are good. okay, tell us about this. this is an authentic brazilian dish that you are about to show us. what type of meat do you suggest using for this recipe? >> absolutely. you have to use a tri-tip.

you have a beautiful cap of fat that melts actually when you put it on the grill and the key thicr be.osr salt sure that you season it well. >> when you season the meat, you say go heavy on the salt. why is that? >> look at this. yes. look at this. because usually you see, look at that, you see the amount, you say, lorena, are you crazy? i'm not crazy. the sea salt, the salt is going to stay on the grill. half of it is going to stay on the grill, the other half is going to stay on the fat. make sure once you put it on the grill, that's going to cook nice and easy, make sure that the grill is nice own hot. and, again, make sure that you season it well because once you heat it into the slicer, you have to make sure that it's well seasoned, okay, it needs sea salt. >> you're giving him a run for his money. in addition to the meat how do

bananas complement this dish in flavor and texture? leitions, banana ithey'rni a is sweet, ripe, perfect, and then, the tapioca flour, and this is going to give it crunch and little bit of sweetness to the meat and also to the pico de gallo that we have right here. >> show us how to put it all together in the corn tortillas. what do you top it with? >> absolutely. so check it out. i have onions, tomatoes, chilies if you like a little bit of a spice, peppers. and i what do a make very it's typical of brazil and mix lemon juice and vinegar, white distilled vinegar, make sure you cut the meat against the grain and put it in the tortilla. check it out. have this beautifully cooked, medium, medium rare. you can cook it at any temperature you want. and then you're going to take this beautiful brazilian pico

and put a little salt as well. super important. i always like my pico to be a little bit more seasoned because it's going to go on the top so make sure that this meat calls for seasoning and then you just add a little bit of this beautiful pico de gallo right on top of your tortillas with the meats. ah, so delicious. you should smell it. i wish i could have smell-o-vision for you guys. then check it out, i have these beautiful tortilla, corn tortillas, you can use heirloom or blue tortillas, or just like that, serve it with this incredible stuff on the side. this will give you sweetness, you have the citrusy and the crunchiness of the pico de gallo. here you have it, a beautiful and delicious brazilian taco. >> we love it. we're already getting started right in the studio. >> that sauce is so good.

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this unplugged device is protecting our beautiful coastlines and more. put off chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm to help keep our state golden. before we go we want to send it back to rob. i tossed my beignets on to my trousers. marciano. >> we've got the video, don't we? >>ouhow the video? >> oh, it's playing right now.

there it is. you go to sleep, night-night, rob. okboy. >> i had a dream. [ laughter ] >> wow. >> we needed a ten count from the referee on that. >> that has made my day. see you right back here tomorrow. . good morning everybody. i'm liz. firefighters will soon have a new tool to help them save lives. a hands free thermal imaging

device that's mounted onto helmets and see through smoke and navigate through burning buildings more efficiently. it sends a signal so the captain can watch what's happening. the device is naages oveloen it's complederfirefie.te san fr have a pretty fun day lined up. today they're getting new freshly made bikes thanks to the 12th annual bike build. volunteers are busy assembling the bikes for 130 first to third graders from the bay view district. once the bikes are made they get to show what they got on the bike with the skills course showing off their new wheelings. also getting safe riding and signaling tips from sfpd officers. now let's get a check on the weather with lisa. >> good morning. sounds like fun. above the upper elevations the north winds really has allowed the fog to be pretty much non existent this morning. 16 oakland and san jose and otheview frour eabalittle hazy.

the dea high ou moving in dotooakland t 78 in s upper 80s inland so a little bit of cooling in our inland valleys but we're really going to start more dramatic cooling as we get into the second half of the weekend. liz? >> lisa thank you. up next a federal judge over turns california's bans on assault weapons. how governor newsom is reacting overnight to the decision. also the governor said he was not going to lift his covid state of emergency order. we're going

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better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. developing news overnight. 10 days after the bt is shooting, a federal judge has overturned california's ban on assault weapons. good morning, everybody. it's saturday, june 5. i am liz corks. you are watching 9:00 a.m. we will have more on the surprising ruling on the states assault weapons ban in just a moment. first, let's start with a quick look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> a sunny start to your weekend.

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