♪ anchor: anything -- good evening. tonight, mike johnson hangs onto his speaker's gavel in the u.s. house, but a razor thin majority means more battles ahead. people in new orleans try to return to some sense of normalcy as law investment -- endorsement continues to investigate the attack.

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of these individuals and institutions. ♪ and friends of the news hour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your station from viewers like you. thank you. anchor: welcome. it was a dramatic beginning to the 119th congress as republicans prepare for unifi control of government in washington. despite a handful of initial holdouts, mike johnson of louisiana was reelected speaker of the house on the first ballot, earning support from all but one member of his party.

he spoke about his priorities for the coming year. >> we have a lot to do and we can do it in a bipartisan fashion. we must fight inflation. we will extend the trump tax cuts. anchor: speaker johnson will now have to wrangle a narrow majority to implement trump's agenda. we have been tracking the maneuvering all day. a dramatic day. gh how this boat unfolded. >> maneuvering is the right word. walking into the house today, it seems the odds were against mike johnson winning on the first vote or even today at all. there were 12 members that i knew if you had serious doubts and were ready to vote no. initially he only received 216

votes. those members were members of the hard right. they care about the debt and the deficit. they think johnson botched the last funding deal. they believe he has not been a strong enough speaker. but over the course of an hour, thanks to phone calls with trump , a couple of the members switch their vote and johnson was able to become speaker anchor: on the first vote. tell us more about why they changed their minds. was it just those calls? what does that mean for what comes ahead? >> there is almost never universal agreement in the capital. but there is universal agreement that trump did this.

it was not enough to get a dozen members over the finish line for johnson. instead we saw marjorie taylor greene on the phone on the chamber floor trying to help negotiate and spread the word and get the trump message out. the members who spoke with trump said it was conversations with him that made them reverse course. >> we had a lively conversation. i was very honest with the president, which i think everyone ought to be, that we needed a stronger negotiating position. i think we need a very strong republican conference. i wanted some changes. >> those members told us that they left with the understanding that speaker johnson would put more hard right members on negotiations. he said there was not any direct promise.

this is the easy part to some degree. at the same time, democrats told me they were not surprised that johnson was in a pickle. they were surprised that he won on the first vote but not surprised that things started on a roller coaster. >> what i say to my colleagues across the aisle is we are ready to work with them. where we can. >> this is the easy part. a couple of republican members expected to join the trump administration. >> the easier part is behind him now. he managed to capture the gavel on the first ballot but how secure is his speakership? >> the could still be endangered the fitting on how things go. tonight, the house passed a new rules passage that could make it tougher for republicans to oust him.

also they are getting ready of the -- rid of the office of diversity and inclusion. we had house freedom caucus members sending a letter to warren johnson that if they do not meet his commands -- if he does not meet their demands, they could use this method to oust him. today was the first state in the senate. republicans with 53 seats, the largest majority in a decade. john thune noon is now the republican senate leader. he is the first republican leader in the senate -- first new one since 2007. that was the year the iphone was invented. a generational change happening today in the u.s. senate. anchor: a big day on capitol hill. thank you. ♪

anchor: we start today's other news with a surprising twist in donald trump's hush money case in new york. the judge in that case ordered the president elect to appear for sentencing next friday. that is just 10 days before his inauguration. the judge said he found no legal impediment to sentencing but added that trump would not face jail time. a jury found him guilty last may of 34 counts of falsifying business records related to a payment to a adult film actress. his attorneys wanted the case thrown out. he has denied any wrongdoing. a soldier who took his life outside of the trump hotel in las vegas said he was trying to draw attention to the country's problems. investigators said they uncovered a note from a phone in which he wrote that his actions were not a terrorist attack,

rather it was a wake-up call. americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence. what better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and exposes? investigators say they do not believe he held a malice toward from and that he suffered, from his service. >> although this incident is more public and sensational than usual, it appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily decorated combat veteran who was struggling with ptsd and other issues. anchor: pentagon officials have not said if he was suffering from mental health issues. they are turned over medical records to police. seven people were injured in the blast, none of them seriously. in south korea, authorities are considering a next steps after failing to a the impeached president. he has repeatedly resisted attempts by investigators to question him over his declaration of martial law last

month, which they say could amount to rebellion. today officials showed up at his residence to carry out a warrant to detain him. they withdrew after a six-hour standoff with presidential guards. scuffles broke out between police and demonstrators outside. >> we the people cannot agree with this unjust warrant. if a warrant is doing this and the president is set, what laws should normal citizens follow and what laws can protect us? anchor: others are disappointed that the attempts to detain yoon failed. his future ultimately depends on south korea's constitutional court. also in south korea, hundreds of people had to be rescued today after a large fire broke out in a commercial building in a

southern city. over 80 vehicles were dispatched to the scenes. they say it began at a restaurant. the exact cause is unknown. israeli strikes in gaza killed at least 42 people overnight and into the day. emergency responders say more than a dozen women and children were among the dead. israel said it struck hamas command centers across the strip and asserted that measures were taken to limit harm to civilians. some people say they can only hope for peace after 15 months of war. >> the midst of this rubble, this tragedy in which we are all living, we hope that the free

world will look at the palestinian people and work for a cease-fire to stop this bleeding out of mercy for these afflicted people. anchor: an israeli delegation was set to resume cease-fire talks today. hamas officials say they hope to reach a deal as possible. the head of the faa says boeing still has work to do one year after a panel broke out of an airplane midflight. the outgoing chief today said there it needs to be a fundamental cultural shift at boeing that is oriented around safety and quality over profits. he also said that federal oversight will continue indefinitely. the faa grounded all similar planes last year and limited production of new planes. boeing said it has taken steps to improve safety including other for workers and random

quality tests. on wall street today, stocks bounced higher. the dow jones industrial average gain more than 300 points on the day. the nasdaq jumped more than 300 points as well. the s&p 500 snapped a five-day losing streak, adding more than 70 points. still to come, why president biden blocked a japanese company bid to buy the u.s. steel corporation. the u.s. surgeon general calls for cancer warnings on alcohol. and our guests weigh in on the week's political headlines. >> 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. anchor: the city of new orleans is inching back to normalcy after the new year's truck attack that killed 14 people in

the famed french quarter. our reporter is back with this report on how residents are coping with the tragedy and what comes next. >> how could this happen in my neighborhood? this is where i live, this is where i work. it cannot happen here. reporter: he has lived in new orleans his entire life. and in the city's french quarter for 15 years. he said the attack on bourbon street has left his tightknit community in shock. >> a lot of people don't realize it is not just bars and restaurants. there are residents who live here. we are having to cope and process this now. this is a big situation for us to overcome but i think we well. we will make it. we are not leaving. they are not going to run us off. we will stay. reporter: he co-owns a bar and guesthouse on bourbon street. >> i hope this is a catalyst to getting better police protection. usually something like this you

learn from it and then you fix the shortfalls. i'm hoping that is what happens with this. reporter: a longtime resident blocked him from bourbon street just hours before the attacks. she also wants to see some changes. >> i think one of the difficult conversations that has to take place in the city is how do you manage pedestrian and vehicular traffic? this is a city that people can walk. during mardi gras, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the streets. and cars are allowed to drive down the streets. it does not make any sense. reporter: she is chair of the french quarter management district which was created to help the area recover after katrina. >> you mourn the loss of life. but terrorists want to instill fear in the people who they target. that is not what we are going to do here in new orleans. reporter: some sense of normalcy

has returned to the french quarter and bourbon street with musicians and football fans again filling the neighborhood. but with more police and sidewalk protections in place. meanwhile, authorities are trying to understand more about the path to radicalization by the suspect. late on thursday, the fbi released photos of him walking through the french quarter about an hour before the attack. in an image of the cooler he placed containing a explosive devices. there are concerns about possible copycat or retaliatory attacks. isis has not claimed responsibility for the attack but it supporters celebrated it online. 15 people remain hospitalized at a couple of area medical centers. residents continue lining up to donate blood for the wounded. he moved to new orleans six

months ago. he was on bourbon street just a couple of hours before the attack. >> there was such a surreal thing to see the celebration of happiness, the energy that new orleans is known for at midnight and then wake up the next morning and see a completely different picture. coming out to this blood drive, it feels a little bit more rejuvenated. reporter: she is still in shock but she said new orleans is a city of survivors. >> this attack has made me feel focused. this feels like something i can actually do. i can actually give and do something. in these situations there is often not much you can do. reporter: he was born and raised here. she said it is important to show that his city will not be >> >> intimidated by a terrorist. he did it to cause mass chaos and fear. we not -- need to not give him what he wanted and try to keep

our spirits up as best as possible and get the city back to where it needs to be. reporter: president biden and the first lady will travel to new orleans on monday to visit with grieving families and local officials. monday is also 12th night, which is the beginning of mardi gras season here. anchor: you are there in the french quarter, tell us more about what city officials and law enforcement are saying about security measures there and more broadly in new orleans. reporter: with the official reopening of the french quarter here, local officials are saying that they are increasing security permanently, not just for large events. in a statement today, the new orleans police department said to protect the integrity of our security efforts, we will not be sharing specific details about operational plans. rest assured that we continuously evaluate and adjust these plans to keep the community safe. mardi gras is beginning here soon. also the super bowl is coming

next month. generally this is a very busy time for the city. many of the residents we spoke to said that tourism can be a bit of a blessing but also a little bit of a curse. here in the french quarter, tourists frequently outnumber the residents who live here. the residents we spoke to said the increasing number of tourists has at times potentially putting target on the city but they also said that the tourism industry is key to the vibrancy of the city and to its uniqueness. it is something the city's economy thrives on. anchor: we know the investigation into the attack continues. what new have we learned about what police and law enforcement are learning? the spi continues to maintain that the suspect acted alone.

they said they found chemicals that could have been used to make omit explosives. we should also note that the name of the 14 victims have been released. president biden confirmed that he has spoken to the families of those victims. anchor: reporting from new orleans tonight, thank you. reporter: thank you. ♪ anchor: president biden said he would prohibit the sale of one of america's iconic companies to a japanese company. he said he would block nippon's purchase of u.s. steel because a strong domestically owned and operated steel industry represents a natural -- national security priority.

we are following this story. reporter: u.s. steel is an iconic brand. it holds up the empire state building in the san francisco bay bridge. it helped build the machinery that helped win world war ii. during the presidential campaign, both candidates opposed this deal. a senior administration official says the committee that reviews foreign investment in the u.s. split. the trade representative opposed it. that sense the decision to the white house. we turned to a senior fellow in economic studies at the brookings institution and a fellow for asia-pacific studies

at the council for foreign relations. let me start with you. the committee that reviews investments in the u.s. split between the national security agency saying they approved the deal and the u.s. trade representative saying it opposed to the deal. what does that say about today's decision? >> it is pretty striking. the only power the president had was to say it was a threat to national security. he essentially overrode the national security apparatus and the treasury. that tells me this is a largely political decision. both trump and biden have stressed the importance of making it in america. they were both courting the steelworkers union in pennsylvania. this seems largely a decision made on political grounds.

the president said this is important to national security. but what nippon steel was saying was we would still make it in the u.s. reporter: there has been no official japanese response to this announcement. what were the japanese expecting heading up to those? >> i think this is a drama that has been unfolding for over a year. initially i think the japanese government in particular was quite quiet. they did not want to enter the fray. they understood it was a presidential election year. but as we got closer, i think there was an effort to really speak out. the prime minister said this would go through. he said this would affect

companies. foreign investment is vital to the u.s. japan is one of the top countries for foreign investment. it is very helpful to the american economy. reporter: how much of an outlier is this? the u.s. tends to like foreign investment. >> we love it when european car companies build plants in south carolina or tennessee.

we are subsidizing a taiwanese company to make computer chips in the southwest. i'm concerned that will discourage foreign investment in the u.s.. it reflects a kind of growing anxiety and hostility to globalization in all of its forms. a combined company would've been a formidable competitor to the big chinese steelmakers. those are the ones that have been the target of so much animosity both u.s. steelmakers and policymakers. reporter: that leads us to the u.s. strategy on china, which has been based largely on creating alliances between east asian countries.

they said they were quite troubled by the decision. >> i think it challenges u.s. strategy. particularly in the in the pacific where we are seeing china exert its influence. they engage in far more extensive coercion. there is a tension here. it is important to see in this deal the specifics of the deal. this is a time where the u.s. is asking allies and partners and friends to do more to enhance the competitiveness of countries competing with china. we are asking allies to help us.

to help locate plants and manufacturing capacity of the u.s. to think about investing in technological innovation along with us. the economic security component of our national security along with our allies is critical. we cannot allow a foreign company to determine productive capacity. but there is this broader dimension of the economic security of the u.s. in which we really do have to partner with our allies and friends, japan foremost among them. reporter: prickly and the time we have left, what happens next?

>> i think the first thing we will have to look for is if these companies sue and say this is not an accurate legal decision. who knows what will happen there. another u.s. steel company was a better for u.s. -- bidder for u.s. steel. they don't have the resources that nippon has. reporter: thank you very much to both. >> you are welcome. >> thank you. ♪ anchor: alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the u.s. followed tobacco use and obesity. it causes 20,000 deaths each

year. alcoholic beverages have a -- should have a warning about those risks. welcome back. >> thank you so much. good to be with you again. anchor: there were some things that stood out to me from your findings. only 45% of american adults are aware that consuming alcohol increases the risk of developing cancer. how did those numbers strike you? why is awareness so low? >> it was very striking for me when i saw this. it became very clear to me that we have to tell people what the data is telling us. there is a link between alcohol

consumption and cancer risk. we put out this advisory: not only for more public education but a change to the alcohol warning label. there are warnings about drinking while pregnant and driving and operating heavy machinery. those things have actually soaked into the general understanding of what we should do with alcohol. people should know about the cancer risk as well. i have called for reassessment of the guideline limits around alcohol. currently people are told they can drink one drink a day, two drinks if you are a man. anchor: those are federal recommendations. >> that is correct. even within those limits, the risk of cancer starts to increase. those need to be reese -- reassessed and revised. anchor: do you know what the limits should be? >> they should be revised down.

overall what the guidelines say is look at the overall impact. here it is worth noting that many people were led to believe over the years that alcohol is good for your heart. we know that story is a lot more complicated. while there may be some benefits to some types of heart disease with moderate drinking, that is still being investigated and debated. there are other types of heart disease like heart failure and high blood pressure itself where the risk increases with drinking. we know for certain with a high degree of confidence that there is a link between alcohol and cancer. anchor: tcu needs for alcohol to be more aggressively regulated? >> i think there certainly needs to be much more public awareness. we need to think about how the

overall impact of alcohol should factor into decisions of fouts how we encourage consumption. this is not to a regulatory matter. from a cultural perspective, we have to think about the messages that we send to people through movies about, other media that alcohol is the right way to deal with stress or the right way to deal with anxiety. i hear from people who sometimes say, this is just something that i need to cope at a very difficult time. i get that we live in stressful times. when you hear data like what we put out today that alcohol causes cancer, it is an important truth. i think a lot of that has to shift. what i want people to know is less alcohol consumption leads to less cancer risk. if you are drinking a couple of times a week, that is safer than

drinking every day. anchor: we know new warning labels would require congressional action. do you have any indication that this is something they would like to push through? >> i'm certainly open to talking to anyone. typically cancer prevention has been something with broad support. a lot of times people get cancer and we don't know why it has happened. i've seen the devastation it causes in peoples lives and in families. here we have an opportunity to resist -- reduce the risk. in 1964 when the surgeon general

released the first report on tobacco, the next year congress followed up to pass legislation to put a warning label on cigarette boxes. they have the power to do this now. anchor: always good to have you here. thank you for coming by. reporter: thank you for having me. ♪ anchor: last night, our economics correspondent took us inside a community college program that trains manufacturing workers of tomorrow. >> we are really suffering right now. reporter: suffering from a lack of workers. i have been hearing the same complaints for years. >> the work is there. reporter: we just need workers.

even 10 years ago, south carolina's bmw plant was doing all it could. >> they pay for your college. you will get a degree when you are done. you make good money while going to college. i could not see anybody turning it down, really. reporter: and yet most young people do. >> there is a vacuum and we are always looking to bring people in. they come along really well. reporter: despite promises. >> this new american industrialism will create millions and millions of jobs.

it will massively raise wages for american workers and make the u.s. into a manufacturing powerhouse. it has been touted as the next big thing in jobs by both parties. in the past, factory workers made up a third of the workforce. there are some 19 million working age men out of the workforce. the manufacturing revival will get many of them back to work. >> i was just striving pass. they said they were hiring. i decided to put my name in. it worked out. he got paid while training on the job.

you do not need to go to college to operate these. a friend referred him. >> i think the best experience you can get is more hands-on compared to learning in a classroom. >> there is a strategic reason to revive manufacturing in america. we are seeing the recognition of vulnerabilities in global supply chains. the head of the ohio manufacturer's organization says this is driving more re-shoring. the jobs will be there.

we will continue to grow. a lot of people want to do that. they want that to happen. the company has to work hard to recruit them. we have created great partnerships with our local high school. we have signing days. then we employ them inside tire businesses and factories. we give them the opportunity for a job. we do virtual reality. the virtual perspective. we show them the manufacturing capability. reporter: why these firms only making such strenuous efforts now? i asked the head of the manufacturing association. >> i think desperation has brought them together. reporter: these are seniors on a welding track at a local high school. with all the high-paying jobs,

why not more kids in the program? >> you don't know how the opportunities you can get from that line of work. they may not know the benefits of going into manufacturing. >> i think you have to find the right one to still have that motivation. as a whole, i think a lot of them are less motivated. or they are motivated toward an easier job. >> i think people have less motivation to work because there are so many other avenues of work they could do. reporter: like they see online. >> i see stuff on social media where people make millions of dollars. that seems like the easier way to go. reporter: she says the mood is shifting some. >> we have teachers who were in the industry and now they are teaching. they do a great job of telling

kids about it. i think that is why it is growing. reporter: in most places, it does not seem to be growing fast enough, especially given all the baby boomers aging out of the workforce. maybe a worker shortage will not be a program. >> we can automate. reporter: the age-old question. >> i have always been frustrated by this. reporter: the idea that high-tech will illuminate manufacturing jobs entirely. >> that is probably the most common question i get. technology has always been destroying and creating jobs. the second part is important. that there is dynamism in the u.s. economy. right now there is no shortage of labor. i don't see that changing anytime soon. reporter: too many old folks

hanging it up. a manufacturing renaissance without the workers to sustain it. not so fast. the historical data suggests no such revival as he documents in a new book. >> as countries develop economically, the share of manufacturing jobs rises in the seats. reporter: the long-term outlook may not favor factory jobs at all. historically they teach long ago. >> after that there is a downward trend. this is not just true of the u.s. it is true of most companies, almost every developed country in the world. reporter: u.s. bureau of labor statistics says that there will be very few jobs added. >> we are going to have a

manufacturing boom. reporter: trump like democrats before him is betting otherwise. they make life or death jet engine parts. they depend on foreign-made machines. >> these are japanese machines. they go into a plane. it is made in france. the global community working on specific components. reporter: right now if i come to you and say let's make a machine here in america, how long before we could pull that off? do we possibly have enough human power coming out of schools? >> it will take a lot of engineering talent. to design equipment like that. it would take five or six years,

easily. reporter: assuming there is a job surge in manufacturing at all. ♪ anchor: mike thompson's reelection as house speaker revealed a small but loud majority -- minority in his conference that could threaten republican priorities. we turn to the analysis of our guests. a busy day. let's talk about mike johnson. he manages to hold onto the speaker's gavel but not without a fight. what does all of this say to you about the stability of the

majority and his speakership. >> i was reading a biography of nancy pelosi. one of the things she said was being a mother of five young children was the best training to be speaker. he was kind of an accidental speaker. he came in after the ordeal with kevin mccarthy. i think he has done well to manage the caucus. he did some bipartisan deals. he has been more serious on policy than i would've purchased -- anticipated. i think people looked at him and thought not so bad. there was a little rebellion of a few people for a few minutes. but that is tiny compared to

what kevin mccarthy was facing. my hope is they have a pretty decent speaker. the republican party is less nihilistic. you need to govern. nancy pelosi would say strength is in diversity but power is in unity. if they can get some unity, they will have some power. >> good luck with that. i do have to agree with you that speaker johnson is way better than i thought he would be a year ago. i thought his move to hold the vote open in and twist some arms and when the speakership was a very smart move. but this idea that they are serious about governing, i'm not so sure given what we saw just a few weeks ago we came to the budget. great job in punting or whatever

the sports metaphor is. it is one thing to heed the commands of donald trump when he is not president. it is another when he is president and you're trying to govern with a caucus that does not want to eliminate the debt ceiling but the president does. those will be some of the frictions that will put the skills of mike johnson to the test. anchor: three people really matter with is very slim majority. most people don't care about the speaker battle. they care about how this body is going to govern. >> that will be tough.

he is a rebel leader. he was on steve bannon's show saying he wanted everything they due to be related to the deficit. he was talking about medicaid cuts and medicare cuts. that is something the third rail does not even begin to cover. so how serious are they about this kind of stuff? they claim they are serious but there is no way to do any of the things that trump once to do. anchor: should democrats stepped in to help republicans get the votes they need to pass some of this legislation? >> only if it makes sense. only if it helps the american people. only if it is something they can argue that it will help.

because this is in the best interests of the country. they are the ones very interested in governing. he is going to need democrats. i think it is incumbent upon him to come to democrats with legislation they can actually do. anchor: there is also contexts and working. we saw the attack in new orleans. we saw president biden's response. in the new cell trump coming out immediately claiming -- blaming everyone. it is a different context entirely. what do you make of that response? >> this is a long national nightmare. everything is over politicized.

the guy in new orleans seems to have been self radicalizing. that is not mean he had contact with isis. the case of the guy in las vegas is perplexing. people are weird. troubled people to troubled things. that doesn't mean there's a political meaning to it at all. that doesn't mean there's any conspiracy theory we have millions of human beings in this country and they can do somewhere and stuffs. trump tends to conspiracy eyes everything. >> i'm glad he stuck the landing. we cannot have this conversation without talking about the impact of a former president and incoming president, the same person, who jumps in with no

facts. and people listen to him. it is incumbent upon our leaders to be responsible. do not get out ahead of the facts. to bring some column to a situation that is very scary and harmful and hurtful to people. we are going to go to four more years of this with a president who pops off in the middle of the night, early hours of the morning, with no facts whatsoever. this is how we got here. anchor: i want to get her taken another headline. president biden announced he would block the sale of pittsburgh-based u.s. steel by a japanese based steel company. both companies have lasted the decision. was this the right move in these final days for him? >> no.

we need some kind of remnant of a steel industry in this country. nippon was going to reinvest implants around the country -- in plants around the country. japan is one of our firm allies. the union leadership is not whether union members are. the members often wanted the deal. the leadership in washington did not. there has been a rising tide of xenophobia and nationalism. i think it is a big mistake. anchor: i need to ask you about next week, this moment we will be marking as a nation, the passing of jimmy carter. the politics and our nation are very different right now from the time she was living and leading in. what are you in this moment taking away from the legacy of president carter? >> i was a little kid when he

was in the white house and actually wrote him a letter about the iranian hostage crisis. i could not understand weber but he was being so mean to the president. i got a response. not from the president but from someone in the white house. i have it somewhere in a box. i tell that story only to say that it was the first time i ever wrote to a president. in looking at his life, he spent 10 times longer out of the white house that he did inside. i remember as a kid people were yelling at him, people did not like him. and yet 40 years after the fact, the glow around him because of the work he did after his presidency is something to see, we have democrats and republicans praising him for what he did, especially outside of the white house. i cannot imagine we will see

that again. >> i wrote him a letter saying why can't you deregulate the trucking industry? anchor: a different kind of letter. >> this stuff with habitat for humanity, he brought face into politics and a very admirable way. he was not overbearing with it. he was from a time when you go back and read those essays and columns during his presidency, it was so long ago. it was such a different culture. we have had such a political decline. babe ruth hit more home runs in jimmy carter's lifetime than any active player today. that is a long time ago. when jimmy carter was born. anchor: the sports references leave you confounded. we will have much more remembrances next week.

thank you so much. ♪ anchor: be sure to tune into the show tonight. they will discuss vice president harris's role in certifying the election that she lost a trump. this weekend, and online stand that has fleeced victims of trillions of dollars. before we go tonight, we say goodbye to a dear member of our family. our vice president of operations is taking his well-deserved retirement after nearly a decade with pbs and almost 40 years in this business. he spent 30 years in the industry before joining us. you have seen his work in action every single day without ever

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