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and elevation and an hour and a half from curry village. one case involved someone who had mild conditions and is recovering. that person stayed in numerous locations in the high sierra area. we cannot necessarily to the point where exactly the person might have gotten the virus. >>pam: what is the status of the cleanup? >> that is a good point. facie that they continued to fall levels and clean the tents and even down in curry village. has anything changed since the disease? disease? the quick answer is no. >>pam: are their cases outside the u.s.? >> that is a good question. warnings have been issued to 39 countries across the world fell basically saying, you have to be aware, there could be more than 2000 cases that might have come through that area
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from outside of the country, specifically in france, they're looking into suspected of the virus cases linked to yosemite. >>pam: to the latest investigation into monday's shooting and murder of a california highway patrol officer, the officer was shot by a driver during a traffic stop on interstate 680 near alamo. he was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead last night. the suspect was shot and killed by another chp officer. dan kerman joins us live from the contra costa county sheriff's office in martinez. >> investigators are leaving no stone unturned.
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>> investigators are looking into his possibly suffering from bipolar disorder. sheriff's t speaking with us with any details, nothing that went on in the interview with the suspect's parents or what they found on the computers. the investigation is continuing. >>pam: the memorial continues to grow outside of the chp
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field office in martinez where the officer was stationed. many place flowers outside of the front door in honor of the fallen officer does one day after being pronounced dead. one sergeant told haaziq madyun that he is not only copen with a loss of a fellow officer, but the loss of a close friend. >> someone will have to explain to the kids with their dad was. >> it is a very emotional time for the chp sgt as he reflects on the life of fallen officer and a close friend. he was a good guy in and out of uniform. he was always positive and upbeat.
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>> the sergeant says that the officer was committed to keeping the public sees which involved making stops out on california's highways. >> one of the dangers is, you never know what you're going to get or what will happen. bob it was a shock to me. >> today we're learning more about the suspect. maureen kelly spoke to one of his last employees by phone.
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>> christopher lee seat worked at a software development company for four months as a contract employee. he says lacy was good at his job. >> he was very smart. a software engineer. >> the work from his home but met with his team to once a week. his former boss described him as a serious, a clean-cut man who was a little bit of an increased. >> i thought that it was an under the surface anchor. it was something he could not really the your finger on. >> his former fans lawyer did not think he was capable of such a violent act. back
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>> a facebook page has been set up encouraging officials to dedicate a portion of interstate 80 in honor of officer. people are still flooding facebook offering condolences. but koop >> stay with kron4 work continuing coverage. >>pam: there is developing news out of the east bay, a gunman has forced several schools to go into lockdown. jeff bush's joining us live near the scene with an update.
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jeff >> , a costa county sheriff's deputies just store to the house to the right on your screen. they are looking for the suspected of shooting that happened around 2:00 p.m.. sheriff's deputies came out and found the dead man in a car some witnesses reported that the suspect ran to the house committee if for this affected nearby schools for several hours. falafels were locked down for a couple of hours. for lockdown have lifted of the gunman is still at large 50 if
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for >>catherine: for assistance to the full 50 fulfill foggy have tough president bill flynn and 355. >> and no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have a fully repaired all of the damage that he found in just four years at the miss black fact that clinton is move
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would run that even the texas of issues. including hatred from the far right. >>president obama: although often disagree with republicans, i never learned to hate them the way for facing to hate our president for. >> the lasting image of the evening was his appearance on stage at the end of his speech. of service they bill clinton set the bar very high if. a crowd will also hear from the vice-president fury if
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>>pam: ahead at 5:30 p.m., a brutal crime that caught national attention. now, one of the suspect of makes its fleet in court nearly three years after the crime. we will have of it coming up. tom brokaw rushed to hospital, what his health care is being blamed on a specific sleeping medication. >> amazon held a press conference chillon of a new tablet and if they lower the price of their entry level devices pam of the new flexion tablet has of features we have not seen. that is coming up in my tech report.
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" >>pam: >> ortega was named as an active participant in the assault that happened during and after a homecoming dance back in october october of 2009
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the other five men are due in court october 5th. police say as many as 20 witnesses to the rate however no one called 911 for more than two hours. >> a jury has convicted a former illinois police officer of ordering his wife. this is peterson just minutes after the guilty verdict. he now faces a maximum 60 year prison time. he was convicted in 2004 2004 a the death of his wife's body was found in their bats have. the depth was initially ruled an accident of the case was reopened after his fourth wife vanished. he is suspected of killing her as well but has not been charged in her disappearance. >> a scare for passengers on a u.s. airways flight, the plane was headed to dallas when it was turned back to the philadelphia airport if after reports that a passenger was carrying explosives on board. authorities say it turned out to be a hoax.
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a man was removed from a plane and questioned. >> there was no emergency. there was a threat that was unfounded. no one was ever in any danger. the man briefly taken in for investigation has committed no crime. >> it was a nasty trick and police are still investigating the incident. >> tom brokaw said out a tweet saying that he is ok after being taken to hospital. the former anchorman said that he thought light headed during a television appearance this morning. netflix he said he had taken off sleep medication >> thousands affected by hurricane eyes are getting help buying food. these were the lines in normans. people were waiting to apply for food stamps.
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some said they had to wait three hours. >> for all of the heavy rain dumped by hurricane is it, most of the farmland in the u.s. is still in the grips of a drought some areas are in even worse condition than before. new government reports show the most of the drought drifting slightly west stretching from the bottom of south dakota to north texas. some areas did get a little bit of relief including indiana and illinois. >> we are born to take a look at satellite and radar. a system was bringing us top of showers and isolated thunderstorms has passed out of our area. in a chance of isolated thunderstorms in the south bay for the rest of the evening.
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we will see the fog rolling into the evening hours. we keep up the coastal fog, we are expecting a lot of sunshine tomorrow afternoon. currently, san francisco is sitting at 53 degrees. oakland is in the mid-60s. 82 in a concord. future cast 4 is showing a mix of '60s, '70s and '80s. by 8:00 p.m. temperatures will off into the 50s and 60s. it looks like will be weak enough to morning to widespread fifties' indicated by the blue color on your screen. by noon we will be into the '60s, '70s and free afternoon highs it looks like the warmer spots are going to be hitting those '80s. in the south bay is going to be beautiful. we will see more of the '80s in the east bay inland valleys.
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87 expected to the livermore valley. slightly cooler along the east bay stores. it will be cool along the beaches only getting to about 60 degrees at ocean beach. a little bit warmer as you have further south. mid-70s in palo alto of redwood city. in the north bay, 79. 80 degrees expected for napa. here's a look at your 7 day around the bay. it is showing us that things will warm up for the weekend: of a ban on sunday and then warming up again and to the next work week. if you want weather news and traffic at any time check out our 24-seven channel, comcast 193. >> was nile is as bad as it
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has ever been. nearly 2000 people have been infected with was not all this year. 87 people have died. here is the latest maps indicating where most of the cases are turning up. in california, 55 confirmed cases in two deaths. texas has almost half of all cases and 35 people have died in texas from west nile. >> in the bay area, the crews and cost-conscious the county will be fogging denied targeting mosquitos trying to prevent the spread of west nyack. there will be focusing those efforts in discovery bay and byron, specifically along highway 4, byron highway and the surrounding roads which we have indicated in red. the insecticide will be sprayed from 7:45 p.m.-11:00 p. m. weather from bidding. >>pam: checking the thursday
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commute started this the golden the, you can see traffic moving at medium speed north and south alcaeus on the bay bridge, there are no problems there. we we will be right back, the office prokofiev
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>>pam: one of fires burning in california. four days after a wild fire started in los angeles, residents are allowed to return home. the 4,100 a. fire in the san gabriel mountains and no longer poses a threat. dozens of people returned to and evacuated mobile home park in a store in the area. about 25 residents refused to leave when the fire started. the cruzes say that rain helped to bring unity to the
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asked >>pam: taking on an increase in crime in one bay area city, with san jose police are doing differently and how they say their actions are paying off. if the last day of the democratic national convention. the president is slated to speak in an hour and a half. dramatic new images from coast you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will.
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you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will. >>pam: eight people killed in 11 dates including the stabbing of a man inside of a safeway store. now, the violence appears to be under control.
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rob fladeboe explains what police have been doing in reaction from the community as well. hall xi >> two weeks ago on the other was afraid to go shopping, even during the day, not anymore. >> it is better now. death >> santiago and others say it is because there are more police on the streets, more police shaking down the gang members who are blamed for 13 of the killings of four this year. >> keyboard getting pulled over more, a lot more motorcycle cops. i have not seen a lot of groups just hanging out on the st. lucia >> in response to community outrage warsaw police overwhelmed by three homicides in one day, there is a new
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>>pam: back to our decision to thousand of coverage. this is a live picture from a convention center in charlotte, north carolina. and the governor of montana is at the podium. everyone is awaiting the speech of a president obama. joining me now to talk about the convention, our political analyst. we just mentioned that the jobs report comes out tomorrow. everyone is waiting on those numbers. he had to show how he can move the country for, how does that tie in with this economic situation? >> right now it seems that is the talk about asians and choice. the choice about being in this together verses you are on your own.
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the question is, will the american people trust him with the next four years or are they going to do a knee-jerk reaction. for >> in this speech tonight he has outlined the goals. in the question that is on everyone's mind, is there a plan? is there a way that the arithmetic adds up? that is what people will be looking for. it all depends on whether or not they want to wait until the debates. >>pam: last night, bill clinton's speech, just about
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everyone applauded, did he really do the heavy lifting? faugh did he say the president from having to deal with some of those issues? >> the president did a master class on how to read but an entire convention. for the president, it eases the burden for him and nevertheless the president needs to connect with the american public on what he is going to do in the next four years, that will make a difference in their lives. >> does the president risks being overshadowed? fifthfifth >> he is the president and had a different perspective on the economy than president clinton.
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there are two very different speakers. it is a different feeling. >> described the pressure that the president is under. if >> he has the jobs report will be released tomorrow. how does he agree that into a speech? >>pam: if you would like to connect with our political expert, you can connect to them on twitter or read his political web site. >> you can watch on
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interrupted commercial free coverage of the democratic national convention just as we did for the gop. >>catherine: we're getting in video showing what happened when coaster rica was hit by that sizable earthquake on wednesday. this was the scene inside of a busy bakery. a 7.6 is one of the strongest ever hit the country. we do know that one person did suffer a heart attack. there was a lot of damage. >> here is the russian president line with birds.
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south >> stay with us, we will be right back.
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>>pam: amazon.com lowered prices on entry level devices and showed off new devices, gabe slate shows you these new amazon tablets. >>gabe: this is the new kindle fire 8.9 in. tablet. before this the kindle fire was only offered in a small 7 in. size. this new version is closer in size to the ipad and brings the kindle fire officer in hardware, of cranston and features to the ipad. >> it is only 8.8 mm 8.8 mm. it has a camera,
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high-definition screen, faster processing and better wi-fi technology built in. it has a lot of bells and whistles. the ipad does have slightly better suspect's overall but amazon is offering it for $200 cheaper than the high tat. that is hard to resist. >> what is the ultimate tablet feature? 4g l.p. wireless. amazon is also releasing a higher and more expensive 4g version of the kindle fire tablet off. " >> the data plan will be $50 less for one year of service ferry if fact >> the bigger fan the fires
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will cost $300. a dozen have the market until november 20th. amazon assign assigned bohol >> a wi-fi + 3 g. version was a bad $180. >> note amazon will offer the entry-level for only $70. >> here is a live look outside
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and the mt. tam cam. we will see the fog rolling in in the overnight hours. >> we will continue to feel a slight warming into the work week. my tenant occupancy along these pictures in parts of the north bay. >> currently sampras's focusing at 53 degrees. immensities in oakland.
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>> low 83 martinets mark. upper 60s for alameda and los 70's for the base force into the north bay we are expecting was the upper seventies. it is expected to the napa valley. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. warming into the weekend and by tuesday, upper 80s. for news, weather and traffic
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check out comcast 193. >> this man is being escorted by a security guard from a farmer's market in sentences go >> this bandage on his face, that is from the day before when he fell face first into the fountain because he had too much to drink. there is a lot of drinking going on in san francisco. these people are drinking inside of a bus shelter. they are not waiting for a bus. to the average person these are a few people having a conversation around a garbage can. the reality is there are drinking liquor and hiding the bottle in a trash can so that the police did not catch them. apparently, it works. if caught drinking in public you could see issued a ticket.
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if you get a ticket for public intoxication and you ignore the ticket, under a new program you could be forced into rehab for five days for each ticket you ignore. >> i get drunk every day. >>stanley: do you like it? >> every day. i get about full pack a day. >>stanley: the core are going after chronic offenders and not your average everyday drinker unless you start to wreck of tickets and ignore them. >>pam: if you have a comment or story idea for stanley,
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e-mail us. we will be right back.
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you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will.
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you're on timeout leo! some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof! some things will.
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>> a clear skies outside in san francisco and we are expecting a warmer day tomorrow.
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>> in hopes of trying to figure out what happened, investigators are interviewing his parents. we also know that investigators are combing through computers, servers and a thumb drives found in his home. sources have told kron4 that he did suffer from bipolar disorder cents a senior in college.
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investigators are also looking into that. >> authorities are not giving us any information about what happened. they are born to take the time with this investigation and really build a profile of who leased it was to determine why this happened. >>pam: the united states flag is at half staff outside of the siege of the field office in martinez. >> those wishing to pay their respects have started a memorial of flowers.
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>> this officer gave me a ticket to be to go on franklin canyon road. he apologized when he gave me the ticket.
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>>pam: today, here is a look back on some of those ride along as. >>stanley: since 2006, i have had the privilege and honor of riding along with officers from the california highway patrol golden gate division. the golden gate division covers the highways and byways
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from solano to san jose and everything in between. >> every officer is a student i have shared the roadway with well cars zip by, they have shown nothing but professionalism. >> you often hear people say an officer was on a routine stop before the record there is nothing routine. >> of the over 50 ride along, never has a segment in exactly the same.
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>> and take my hat off to every california highway patrol traffic officer. >>pam: another person have died from hantavirus. in total, six people from california and one from pennsylvania and another from west virginia have contracted the virus. three of the eight have died. j.r stone has been following this story since it broke. >>craig: there are eight hantavirus cases linked to yosemite national park. i was in the park last week. this is one of those signature cabins that was actually closed because people were getting sick.
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this tent had actually been cleaned and rodent proof. seven of the eight cases are pending pointed to the signature tent cabin area. even though they have been road and approved, this area is still close to the public. today, we're learning of a new case originated in another area of the park.
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to >> one person in california, one in west virginia and one in pennsylvania has died. what are not just talking about the united states, 39 other countries if have been advised by the united states about what is going on at yosemite national park fifth fi there are two suspected hantavirus cases in france. >>pam: branded mccarthy underwent a two hour surgery last night. he was struck in the back of the head by a ball during last night's game. after the game he was taken to hospital where he received two different ct scans that revealed a hemorrhage. another ct scan was taken today. he is currently resting in the critical care center of the hospital.
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>> a lot of sunshine out there this is the view from the golden gate bridge. it is beautiful brief we will see the fog rolling in overnight. currently, san francisco think this is sitting at 53. >>pam: the final night of the democratic national convention this evening. the president will accept the nomination as he tries to keep his job. more on that we sit there with michael our political analyst.
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>>catherine: this is the president's big night. he is born to make his case for reelection at the democratic national convention in north carolina. you are looking at live at one of his speakers.
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>> let's finish what we started and reelect president barack obama.
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>> i cannot wait to share my vision for the future. >> one person who most likely will not be turning it is the competition. once the dnc wraps up, both tickets will be in full campaign mode headed into november. there is not a day to waste. >> a number of big-name speakers have already stepped to the podium. the big names are warming up the crowd for the president, all making a case fair reelecting him is a must.
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>> a vice president joe biden is expected to speak tonight during the 6:00 hour. the president will take the stage sometime during the 7:00 hour. we will have a full recap coming up tonight at 8:00 p.m.. >>pam: joining me now, our political analyst is here. the president is under so much more pressure than he was back in 2008. what has to be his take-home message to those not in that convention center? >> this is the hardest speech of his career without a doubt.
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>> his favorability rating is low. >> are they going to give him their vote in november?
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>> biden is a very smart man on many issues, particularly foreign policy. who is he designed to target? he is gone for the catholic vote in the the white middle-class vote.
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if anyone has watched the convention so far they have been hitting from the and paul reinhart on national security which is ironic. one of the most telling thing is that john kerry did, he slammed mitt romney for not mentioning troops in afghanistan during his speech in tampa.
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>> here is a live look outside in san francisco from our roof camera. a lot of sunshine, we are busy fall were turning overnight with clouds pushing into the inland the area. we will be waking up to coastal fog and low clouds expecting sunshine and a slightly warmer temperatures. future cast 4 is set for this hour. '60s, '70s and '80s. things will cool off this evening. we could be waking of the wide spreads 50 tomorrow morning. here's a look at the numbers started off in the south bay.
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for the most part, low seventies through oakland, san leandro and hayward. >> for those of you who want weather, traffic ended news anytime, check out our 24-7 comcast channel 193. we will take a quick break here and he's right back.
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>>pam: this week's new releases
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, plus a wall street trader goes on in international hunt to find his family. >> bradley cooper takes the work of another offer from a past generation and thinks no one will ever know but he's terribly mistaken.
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>> another round of sunshine tomorrow. '60s at the coast from the '70s for the day. we will take a break and be right back.
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are the president's star connections helping or hurting? as some question whether bill clinton upstaged him. i'm brooke anderson from the dnc. "the insider" is on. an electrifying endorsement of president obama. >> bill clinton simply owned the room. >> the lengthy rows speech with chelsea and wife hillary looking on, how the president's star power tonight could trump clinton's speech. as romney's party criticizes his hollywood connections. the new attack ad. >> you think i don't see you with sarah jessica parker and george clooney. >> some part of the electoral college gets turned off by
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celebrities telling him what to think about things. simon cowell on why a new "x factor"/"the voice" war just erupted in star watch. plus -- >> rihanna's hair shocker, hours before tonight's vmas. jennifer hudson's new tearful oprah sit-down with her sister. on their family's murders. >> why they're now telling all to lady o. and -- behind the scenes of taylor swift's new ad, as her boyfriend's kennedy cousin gets confronted about their relationship. >> are you listening to any taylor swift songs these day? >> taylor and conor. madonna and jfk jr. the kennedys and hollywood through the years. now from hollywood, "the insider" is on. those kennedy star connections run deep. welcome to "the insider." i'm debbie matenopoulos in for kevin frazier. more from here in hollywood in a moment.

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