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these institutions -- this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions your station from viewers like you. thank you. william: welcome. the cease-fire between the israeli and lebanese governments and including the militant group hezbollah that went into effect early this morning appears to be holding. we spoke to the security official who helped secure the deal. reporter: today in southern lebanon, a rare and precious feeling, hope. families displaced by 40 months of war rushed to return home.

lebanese soldiers rushed to the country's borders, the first step in implementing the cease-fire. a celebration of its destruction. they said the u.s. designated terrorist group into the war with victory but i great cost. the united nations says airstrikes damaged or destroyed nearly 25,000 homes. >> i have no other place to stay so i am forced to do this. we say that as long as we are safe, everything can be compensated. reporter: on the israeli side of the border, soldiers today patrolled through areas no longer under rocket fire. inside lebanon, israeli commanders plan to withdraw, also claiming a form of victory, killing most of the leadership of hezbollah and removing their weapons from near the border. for the more than 60,000 israelis who fled at their home last october, some have nothing

to return to and they feel skeptical that the cease-fire can hold. >> we fear that hezbollah will start again to build forces. reporter: the agreement calls for the israeli withdrawal to conclude within 60 days, alongside hezbollah moving fighters north about 17 miles north of the border. i am joined by the special envoy who led the negotiations. thank you very much. it has been a bout a day since you announced the cease-fire. is it holding so far? >> so far it is holding. a couple of little things here and there to be expected on day one. i think of most importantly at about 9:00 p.m. our time, 4:00 p.m. local time, people woke up to the first time in almost 14 months without bombardments, raise, sirens, drones, etc.

for most of the people living in south lebanon and northern israel, this is been a mineable day. reporter: one of the key differences between this agreement and the one that ended the last war is for the u.s. to chair a mechanism that will monitor and judge violations on both sides. the first question is will that chair be a u.s. military official? >> the chair will be both from the u.s. military and civilian foreign policy national security apparatus. they will look at the monitoring and making sure any violation is repeated immediately. and dealt with immediately. not by us but by a lebanese security forces. reporter: some in lebanon fear that the u.s. is chairing the mechanism is primarily designed to call out hezbollah operations

and therefore provide a green light to israeli military operations in lebanon. how can you assure parties in lebanon and jan that that is the case? >> i have spent a lot of time in lebanon throughout the years. most lebanese were demanding that the usb that chair of this. during negotiations, every one of the parties except hezbollah wanted the u.s. the on the committee. i think they know that we can work both with the israelis and lebanon. the u.s. has been the largest supporter and trainer of the lebanese armed forces over the years. more than any other country. i think there is a lot of trust. reporter: there is a letter of assurance to israel. have you given them wide

discretion? >> the agreement has now become a public document. it says that lebanon and israel retain the right to self-defense as prescribed under international law. the president of the u.s. yesterday specifically said that if there are any violations that pose a direct threat to israel, meaning that it has not been handled through the mechanism, they would have the right to defend themselves under international law. that is our commitment. we did not make that a secret. that is part of the agreement. the expectation is that the lebanese army will be able to prevent such violations and if they do happen, they will be mitigated or destroyed or dismantled or discouraged in a matter that -- mayor that does not require anyone else to take any other military actions.

that is the goal of israel and the lebanon and the mechanism we will be chairing. reporter: you have mentioned the lebanese armed forces. they will have to secure southern lebanon and all of lebanon's borders with some 10,000 forces. officials have long said they do not have the resources to be able to do that. how will you help get them there? >> if you see the agreement, what i tried to do in this document was to learn the lessons from mistakes that was made earlier. there was no implementation. it called for things that even at the time were not realistic. it called for 15,000 lebanese army troops. not possible. the cease-fire that has now going to affect means and nobody is shooting anymore. but the israeli military is still in lebanon. they will withdraw in phases. within the next couple of weeks

as the lebanese army advances to the south and deploys there. the reason for that as they do not have the capacity. what i see happening is about 5000 lebanese troops will be deployed to the south in the coming 60 days and then and the several months after that, we will do additional recruiting and training of more troops to be able to go down south and get from 5000 to 7000 to 8000, etc. it will probably take over a year to get the 10,000. reporter: beyond the question of capability, i want to ask about political will and maneuverability for the lebanese armed versus given hezbollah's political strength. will they really be able to take on hezbollah? >> you talked earlier about the mechanism. there is another big difference. the end of the war in 2006,

hezbollah arguably fought israel to a draw. that is not the case here. they are extremely weak at the moment. they have lost military and political capacity. their leadership has been decimated. much of the leadership that has been there for the past several decades is not there. there is a moment of opportunity for lebanon to rise up and establish the sovereignty of the state, the strength of the state. that is what we intend to help together with the french and other allies to help the lebanese do. not just supporting them with the resources a commitment that they need but also the economy of lebanon to rebuild and continue prosperity. reporter: what is preventing iran from filling in those gaps that hezbollah has? >> they are going to try but i

would say that iran is significantly weaker today than they have been. part of this agreement is to make sure that the rearming which happens from iran through syria is at least diminished and slow down if not eliminated? reporter: who is responsible for that interdicting of weapons? will russia play a part of that? >> there are a couple of parts of this. part is what happens inside syria and what happens in lebanon. this agreement is about what is happening inside lebanon. the agreement calls for the lebanese state to take control of all border crossings. authorized and unauthorized. the lebanese army and there are other security services responsible for those border crossings to make sure that they assert control. there is a second question of what happens inside syria. that is a matter for a different conversation on a different day.

reporter: thank you very much. >> thank you. take care. ♪ william: we start the day's other news here in the u.s. the fbi is investigating bomb threats and swatting attacks against several of president trump's appointees. in a statement, a spokes person said they were targeted with un-american threats to their lives. separately, trump has trapped keith kellogg to the special envoy for ukraine and russia. he served as chief of staff on the national security council during the first trump term. he is poised to play a vital role as trump has signaled that

he wants to bring a swift end to the war. a couple of closely watched congressional races were called today, leaving just one undecided. derek tran defeated the incumbent in the 45th district in california. in iowa, she won reelection in the states first congressional district after a recount confirm her victory. that victory gives republican just -- republicans just a bit more breathing room as they look ahead to holding a razor thin majority. the final undecided races in california. three americans who have been imprisoned in china have been released today in a rare diplomatic breakthrough with beijing. one of them is seen here in a photograph held up by his son. he had been jailed since 2016, accused of spying. another was sentenced for espionage last year.

the third was sentenced to death on drug charges. on a separate but related note, the state department lowered its travel warning to china today, saying that americans should exercise increased caution. the previous guidance have been to reconsider travel altogether. the u.s. and they asked -- and out sanctions on allies of nicolas maduro. this comes months after he declared victory in a presidential election. the sanctions target military officials allied with him. this comes a week after the biden administration up in their -- recognize the opposition leader as the nation's president elect. the governor of ohio has signed into law a measure that would ban transgender students from using multiperson bathrooms that fit their gender identities.

the new laws as public and private schools must have separate facilities for the asked -- exclusive use of males and females. ohio joins at least 11 other states that have similar bathroom laws. two dozen states have laws that dictate what sports transgender athletes can play. on wall street today, stocks slipped ahead of the thanksgiving break. the dow jones industrial average fell more than 100 points. the nasdaq act -- also shed more than 100 points. the s&p 500 snapped a winning streak, giving back about 20 points. in south korea, the biggest snowstorm in more than 50 years blanketed the nation's capital. up to 10 inches of snow fell in parts of seoul and nearby areas. hundreds of flights were

canceled and icy conditions disrupted traffic, but many seemed happy with the weather, including a pair of giant panda twins at a korean zoo. they are seeing snow for the first time in their lives. before putting turkey on the table, millions of americans will first need to navigate the thanksgiving travel rush, which is expected to be the busiest ever. tsa was prepared to screen 2.9 million people at airports across the country today. they expected even more on sunday with people coming home. car traffic clogged highways this afternoon. forecasters say it should be smooth sailing for those planning to hit the road tomorrow. perhaps no one will be further from home is thanksgiving than these nasa astronauts. they shut off their holiday fare ahead of tomorrow's feast. >> we are thankful for zero gravity. it is fantastic. our family and friends were lifting up prayers for us, we

are grateful for that. we are grateful for a nation that is a spacefaring nation. it lets us live free and say what we are -- think is important to say. william: they have been on the international space station since june, much longer than expected because of safety concerns. their families will be thankful for their safe return, which is expected in february of next year. stilto come, held donald trump's reelection fits into a broader acceptance of authoritarian leadership. judy woodruff explores how psychology can help bridge divisions this thanksgiving. and a new exhibit highlights the intersection of art and the brain. >> this is the pbs news hour, from our studio in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university.

william: donald trump has selected one of the nation's most prominent critics of covid-19 lockdowns and mandates to lead the national institutes of health. he famously co-authored what is known as the great barrington declaration, a manifesto that advocated for allowing covid to spread among most people in order to achieve herd immunity. it was widely criticized by top public health officials at the time. for more on this pick we are joined by the head of the pandemic center at the brown university pool -- school of public health. so good to have you back in the program. he is tasked with running the nations preeminent biomedical research organization.

what do you make of this pick? >> it is very controversial. typically the people tapped to lead this organization are people with a long history of doing clinical research or maybe they have spent a long time doing laboratory research. the is an economist -- he is an economist. he works more on policy. of course the secondary controversy is what you reference, during covid-19 he was a very outspoken critic. he was one who really questioned a lot of issues. people worry whether his approach to this job would be driven by dogma versus evidence. reporter: i went back and read the declaration. there is a part of it that has some grains of truth. that was the low risk that covid

posed to young people and the larger risk of keeping them out of school so long. when you look at that, how do you look at the time? >> there are some things i agreed with him on. calling out school closures as being particularly harmful was something i very much agree with him on. obviously it is also true that those of advanced age were always at a greater risk. those points, he was quite right on. what was quite challenging about the declaration was that it proposed we only sequester those at high risk and let everybody else go out and get infected. even if you thought that was a reasonable idea, it is unpractical because you cannot sequester people at high risk. that is where the real controversy comes from. it was quite hard to figure out

the right thing to do. people of all sorts, myself included, did not get everything right. william: when you are in charge of marsh erring the federal government sonorous resources in deciding what the aubusson and whatnot aubusson, what is the concern with someone like him at the helm of that organization? >> the concern for anyone tapped for this position, which is very important, this is the place where if you have a loved one with a rare disease or cancer, it is where you are going to look for cures. it is critically important as a driver of the economy. for every dollar that they spend, it contributes about 2.5 times that in economic activity. you want anyone who is going to leave that agency to do so

driven by evidence, not dogma. you want them to fulfill the obligations of the role and not necessarily out of some perceived loyalty to the person who appointed them. that is true for everyone. it is my hope that as a physician and a researcher, he will be driven by evidence. he does have scientific training. it is my hope he will use his scientific bites to make decisions based on evidence. as the evidence drives him, not due to personal grievances or any perceived dogma or biases. william: when you look at him within the constellation of trump's other selections, obviously we have rfk junior at the very top of the pyramid, he has been a wellspring of misinformation about vaccines. the former congressman will run the cdc.

he has also falsely linked vaccines and autism. when you loo at these individuals who will be running the nation's health policy, what is your overall sense of how this will go? >> my biggest worry is really about the nomination for the secretary of the department of health and human services, robert f. kennedy, jr. he is really in a class all by himself. whereas i have some disagreements with some other nominees, these are people who have training in the areas where they will potentially be overseeing. they are people who have engaged in some level of considering evidence. rfk junior stands out as a french character. he has really made a career out of not only not paying attention to evidence but pushing consistently debunked talking

points just to fulfill an agenda that is really way outside the norm. it is really quite fringe. it is really quite considered wacky in many instances. some of his views are simply very strange. i am quite worried because the head of hhs is the boss. even if you have good people with good training and credible scientific minds, the question always is, what will they be able to do given the fact that the person who might run the department is really one who is prone to favor conspiracy theories of actual evidence? william: as always, thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. ♪ william: today, u.s. official

said that ukraine should consider dropping the age of eligibility for military conscription from 25 to 18 years old. it is a stark knowledge meant that ukraine simply does not have enough troops to fight the seemingly endless volume of russian soldiers, especially now that they are being bolstered by north korean troops. our special correspondent looks at this dilemma and ukraine's sometimes harsh solutions. ♪ reporter: the promise of excitement, thrill, and adventure. this is one of a hundred ads designed to excite ukrainians to fight. but some are not well-suited for the role. he is one of them. >> i avoid any violence. i cannot imagine for now that i will shoot someone. if i have the option of to go to

the war or to go to the jail, i will choose to go to the jail. reporter: others have chosen to leave the country. these men were caught leaving. dozens have been drowned or rescued. many are smuggled out of the country in the back of vehicles. for now, he has something got into hiding. >> i have to look around. all of my actions are blocked. i don't use any bus, metro. i wanted to avoid a situation where i stay long in the streets. reporter: young men are often being stopped by recruitment officers. if i were ukrainian wishing to avoid national service, this would be a very hazardous place

to be. they can approach me and asked to see my documents. if i -- if they are not in order, i could be summoned. if i refused to do so, anyone can retain me. they are being sent off to training centers and then to the front. scores of videos being -- amending dragged off the street have appeared on social media. he was tricked into driving straight to a training camp when he voluntarily updated his details. >> he was very polite. he said do not worry. we will come back.

i was like a prisoner. i was confused. they did not give me time to go home to kiss my wife. there have been videos of officials with piles of cash. this enables them to skip military service. the ukrainian government declined our request for comment. president zelenskyy has condemned the scandal. >> i expect swift and decisive action from law enforcement. >> i think a lot of people don't

want to go there because they see how corrupt it is. reporter: despite this, the mobilization drive is built acting -- attracting recruits. >> basically we have a couple of choices. we do not fight and we all die and russia will occupy us and kill us, rape us. the other choices to join the military and fight. then we have a chance to win and have a safe life. to me, the choice is obvious. reporter: there are not enough young people making this choice. hundreds of thousands volunteered at the beginning of the war. now the majority are drafted, some against their will. on the front line, a lack of

recruits is sorely felt. we visited a utility -- a unit. shortages are major problems. troop shortages are just as critical. in particular, an acute lack of infantry. do you feel any different because of the recruitment drive? >> them -- no, we don't know where the newly mobilized people are. almost nothing has changed for us. reporter: many on the front are close to exhaustion. some have not had a break since they first signed up in 2022. his face told a different story. >> we feel the fatigue from this war. but we know if we give up, the situation will be far worse than it is now. we are tired and set up with

this war. reporter: glossy recruitment campaigns continue. try to persuade young people to replace the thousands who have been killed and injured. ♪ william: donald trump ran a lot of his campaign promising retribution for his enemies and asking absolute loyalty from his supporters. now as he prepares for a second term in office, we have a look at what that might mean for democracy. reporter: 55% of voters said they were very or somewhat concerned that trump would steer the u.s. toward becoming an authoritarian country.

more than one intent of those voters supported him anyway. to discuss this further, i am joined by the professor of philosophy at yale university. thank you so much for joining. why did voters acknowledge and express fear that the country could very well tipped toward authoritarianism under trump but then on the other hand they still voted for him? >> the idea that democracy is a value upon which voters vote or plays an priority on his false. voters prize a number of things over democracy, especially voters who have regularly lived in a country where you can replace leaders with elections. the idea that democracy is a value is something that schools and universities try to

emphasize. but it doesn't mean that people are born that way. reporter: trump is openly embraced a number of strongman leaders including viktor orban. he has also said he would be a dictator. he is expressed a desire to seek revenge against his political enemies and he is also threatened to use the military against civilians. if donald trump ends up governing like a strong man, what does that mean for the future of democracy? >> he will end up governing like a strongman. his pick for defense secretary regards political opponents and university professors as the real enemy. every indication we have is c will rule like an authoritarian.

maybe not step down from power. certainly just the levers of power. so that trumpism remains in power for some time to come, perhaps a very long time to come. for a long time, people said that the u.s. was too large to do what viktor orban did. he took over the media, forcing the media to sell to his cronies and friends. the thought was to u.s. is too large for that. could elon musk just purchase the entire media? reporter: you said the sides where there. that voters might say yes to a strongman leader. are there any historic parallels are past examples that you think mirror the moment the country is in right now? >> every authoritarian situation

is somewhat different. but there are regularities of structure. putin is an extremely popular leader in russia. people would vote for him. what we are seeing with trumpet something like mussolini. what we have is something similar to a fascists supporting group. we have billionaire oligarchs and christian nationalists. both radical and antidemocratic. once you have a large group of christian nationalists or ethnic nationalists plus oligarchs to gather, it is very hard to defeat that coalition. reporter: what could a second

trump term mean in terms of emboldening extremists or those who have far-right views about the future of the country? >> those are the people he has taken into power. these are people who believe that this is a christian nation, that it has been ruined by secularists. everyone who is not a christian nationalists or a viral and trump supporter is a marxist. this is fascism when you call everyone who is not a supporter of the leader a marxist. you target schools and universities and the press. you say they are controlled by marxist. this is the dominant vocabulary of the trumpets movement. what it augers is very problematic and worrisome. but i don't think it will result

in less popularity for the strongman leader. you have to fight for democratic values and teach its values that every citizen is important. those are not values we are born with. as they attacked the institutions that defend those values, the press come the universities, the schools, we will see a democratic culture, what we have of it, disappear. reporter: thank you for your time. >> thank you. ♪ william: just a few weeks after a divisive presidential election, millions of americans are about to sit down with their families for thanksgiving dinner. for those of you concerned with potentially difficult and even clashing conversations across the table, judy woodruff spoke

with a social psychologist about identity and communication as part of her ongoing series america at a crossroads. >> he grew up in a small town in rural kentucky with almost entirely white residence. his family was not outwardly political but they leaned conservative, like most of their neighbors. his own political police began to shift when he went away to college. that made his trips home all the more difficult. >> i could not stop getting into political arguments with my family members. i found these conversations and arguments so infuriating. but on the other hand i knew they were good, decent people who i love who i was having these intense arguments with. >> he is now a social psychologist at the university of north carolina, chapel hill.

he is the author of a new book about the psychology behind america's dangerous divide, which attempts to explain why americans feel so split over politics and why i can feel so personal. >> we get a lot of our self-esteem and self-worth from the groups that we belong to. whether it is partisan groups or racial and ethnic groups or religious groups or community group. belonging to those groups is very important for us. so much of what we do life is based on reassuring ourselves that we are good and reasonable people and the groups that we belong to our good and reasonable as well. >> you are saying that the psychological roots of this are more important than political beliefs, issues, >> and the rest of it. >>most people are all over the map when it comes to policies.

at issue beliefs. social scientists have come to realize that most people do not have a political ideology. when they have his social identities. that is what people keep coming back to when they figure out which party is my party, which candidate is my candidate. >> i grew up in rural north carolina with a conservative family with conservative views. >> is owner of a bargain raleigh, north carolina. though he is a registered independent, he is also a supporter of trump. he says growing up in a small town in north carolina, everyone around them was conservative. did you think of yourself as conservative? >> i did another was anything else. you take on your surroundings. >> i always knew because my mom

did work for obama when i was younger. i knew who i identified with. which party was best. >> she's a senior public policy major habitat for humanity on the weekend. originally from philadelphia, she also says she knew what party to support. >> it was very easy. i did not have much to think about. >> among the many social identities that people carry, where they are born, their education, their religion, he says that race is the most salient factor. this explains why even the most recent election, the overwhelming majority of black americans voted for democrats while the majority of white americans voted for donald trump. this is a correlation that he says has deep roots in our history of segregation and inequality. >> if you were born in a place

that had a lot of slavery in 1860 and you are white, we can predict with a high degree of accuracy that you are likely to support republicans. if you are a white person living in a place with stark levels of inequality, what is the most likely explanation? you are probably going to conclude that it has nothing to do with your group or your race or your history. the easiest thing to conclude is that maybe black people are not trying hard enough. that belief is one of the very strongest predictors of voting for donald trump. >> they were saying blatant

racist things. >> she says she believes race played a major role on both sides in the selection. >> some democrats that i will vote for her because she is black. but that should not be the only reason you are voting for someone. >> i'm not thinking about it like that. >> he says race was not a factor in his political decision-making. >> race has never played into that, ever. >> what role do you think race played if any? >> i think it definitely played a role for some people. for the small minded. but for the average everyday american, i think we are over that time. >> people who vote republican,

it feels like their reaction will be i am not a racist. where is this coming from? >> the point is not to call people racist. the point is to understand that what ever beliefs that some -- one side holds, we all approach any new argument or piece of evidence from the point of what i call the psychological bottom line. we all believe that i've made good, reasonable person and the groups i belong to our good, reasonable people as well. i will find a way to incorporate all of this informatics. in a way that preserves my belief that i'm a good person. >> this leads him to think differently about how to discuss politics with friends and loved ones. >> i am not arguing that everybody has a set aside all of their political differences.

these are important differences worth fighting for. if you are looking to stay connected over thanksgiving dinner, what we need to do is ask questions about how the values and emotions and identities are working underneath. why do you believe that is important? why is that a value that you care about? now you are talking to you as people again. >> why does all of this matter? >> both sides are really fighting for what we believe the country to be in what we wanted to be very it is tearing us apart in so many ways. if there is one refrain that i hear again and again and talking to people it is that i am so exhausted by this. i wish i could just have a normal thanksgiving dinner with my family for one.

there is a lot of desire in the country to give pass this. we just have not figured it out. >> would you like a glass? >> yes. we have all different walks of life come in here. we just wanted to have a community place where everyone can feel comfortable. >> he is still trying to find a way to talk to friends with different political views. >> i have a diverse group of friends all across the spectrum's. we don't talk about it. it is kind of taboo. i like this person too much to talk about politics. that is the state we are in and that is very sad. >> she's not sure she can keep speaking to trump supporters in her life. >> i think it says a lot about how people are ok with sexism and homophobia and racism.

it is showing that there is a home for that in america. frankly it is disgusting. >> what is your thinking right now about people who voted for him? >> personally i am detaching >> myself from his supporters. does that mean cutting off friendships and relationships that you have had? >> yes. >> in the wake of a bitterly fought presidential election, while some americans try to set politics aside, others say political choices are fundamental to their definition of who can be a friend. very much a house divided as we headed to the holiday season and beyond. ♪ william: experiencing art is a

highly subjective experience. what draws one person to a given work can completely turn off somebody else. there is a new exhibit about the intersection of art and neuroscience that explores how our brains process aesthetic experiences. this is part of our ongoing look at the intersection of health and art. >> on a recent evening at scottsdale, a neuroscientist at a museum educator led a tour of an art exhibit exploit intersection of beauty and the brain. he's a leader in the field of narrow aesthetics, which sees how the brain experiences beauty. >> is one of the more important

things that we react to. we react to people based on how they look. we react to our environments. this is a fundamental aspect of what it means to be human. reporter: d exhibit is a visual exploration of this field. it asks some meta-questions. what is our brain doing when we look at art? >> one of the things we are trying to do is try to give people some tools to look at art that is informed by research. this is where the idea comes from. reporter: it is a system for engaging in an artwork. typically when you have this, you are activating all three at the same time. i grouped it into those three categories. i chose artwork that strongly represents this.

she curated this exhibit. she had always been curious about what draws people to certain pieces. >> i found out that science is asking the same question. we have been asking the same questions. reporter: the exhibit contains pieces that may be more objectively pleasing to the ipad there are discordant objects in the show that might cause one to question what the aesthetic is at all. >> i wanted to bring in a piece

that will confuse you. reporter: this painting might be more accessible to the average viewer. it is a rendition of the brain. >> is him in profile. it is deep in the front-end in the center of your brain. reporter: it is an area of the brain that shows increased activity when a person is resting or engaged in personal reflection. there was a state she was in at times. >> i would like people to

challenge their way of looking at the brain. experiencing it. communicating and sharing. that is how we learn and grow. reporter: his work explores what is at stake when we think about beauty in society. >> we discriminate things pretty well. that is a problem.

people who are attracted get higher pay. they get hired more easily. reporter: he is hoping that exhibit visitors will come away with tools to engage more deeply with the world. william: that is the goal. we think this is a vehicle for self-discovery. what is it telling you about yourself? this becomes a vehicle for people. reporter: the exhibit runs through mid-january.

♪ william: remember, there is a lot more online, including a look at how the nationwide ache shortage is affecting grocery prices. that is the news hour for tonight. on behalf of the entire team >> >>, thank you for joining us. major funding has been provided by the ongoing support of these individuals and institutions. and friends of the news hour, including these people -- the ford foundation, working with visionaries on the frontline of social change

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