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. police in baton rouge, louisiana say it was an ambush. three officers shot and killed, three others wounded less than two weeks after two white, batten rouge cops shot and killed alton sterling who was black. david begnaud is in batten rouge and reports that the gunman was well armed. >> reporter: this was the shooter gavin long caught on surveillance tape. today louisiana state police released stilling. long was wearing a mask, dressed in all black and walking with an ar-style rifle. colonel, do you believe that this man was specifically targeting cops? >> absolutely. cold, calculated, articulate in his manner. >> reporter: describe that rifle in the sling he had to me. >> it was almost conformed to

his body. the sling that was around his hip and his shoulder. it was almost fixed to his body to where when he had a chance to grab it and put it in action, it's all right there. steady, focussed, deliberate. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: the gun fight lasted nearly eight minutes. an eyewitness captured video as she was caught in the crossfire between police and the gunman. long with a rifle in his hand and a gun at his side walked past civilians. his own intended targets? law enforcement officers. >> he had all those civilians standing around. discounted them. didn't look at them. he looked in that mission car. it was empty. backed off, said target two. >> reporter: eyewitness photos show the s.w.a.t. team on the move. it was s.w.a.t. that eventually killed the gunman.

>> that shot that our s.w.a.t. team made was a hell of a shot, but it had to be made. we had to neutralize the threat right there. >> reporter: all three law enforcement officers died within 30 feet of each other. it was deputy garafola who left his cover behind a dumpster only to die rushing to the aid of a baton rouge police officer. >> no greater love has a man than to reach out to your brother. that's what we do in this profession. >> reporter: that shot from the s.w.a.t. team that killed the gunman was fired from 100 yards away. the chief calls it remarkable. only one shot, and it killed the gunman. people have asked, was there a second gunman. tonight the colonel is saying there's no reason to suspect city one else anyone else is involved. >> and to be clear, the gunman was armed not only with the rifle you saw in david's report, but also an ar-15.

david, thanks very much. seven children lost their dads yesterday in baton rouge. manuel bahorkis tells us about the fallen. >> reporter: he was 41. he had been with the department less than a year. brad garafola was a 24-year veteran and father of four. he grew up on these streets. charles cavalier's nephew, 32-year-old montrell jackson was also killed. >> he was big in stature, 6'4", 240. but he was a big baby. you couldn't help but like him if you knew him. >> reporter: on july 8, following the deadly police shootings in baton rouge and minu minu minnesota, he wrote that he was exhausted. i swear to god i love this city.

out of uniform, some consider me a threat, he wrote. the city must and will get better. his words seem so profound. what do you think he symbolizes now? >> to me, all be remembered as someone who wanted to do what was right. and he loved his community and his family. i hope he can be remembered ago someone who loved what he was doing. he wanted to be a policeman. >> reporter: he also wanted to be a father. it happened just four months ago. the chief trained jackson as a recruit. they spoke just days after the dallas police shootings. >> i went down in third district and was talking to the guys, trying to lift their spirits. he ended up giving me the pep talk. i didn't give it to him. and that was the last time that i spoke to montrell. and i'll never forget it. he is a true hero. >> reporter: two officers who were injured in the attack have now been released from the hospital, but a sheriff's deputy

remains here in critical condition. >> the killer traveled from kansas city, missouri to target the baton rouge police. dean reynold is in kansas city. >> reporter: gavin long didn't leave much of a mark until he decided to kill police men in baton rouge yesterday. an ex-marine, he used to dispense youtube advice as a life coach, personal trainer and nutritionist. >> 60% of the food we eat should be raw food. >> reporter: once devoted to the nation of islam he later said he was a member of the sovereign citizens nation as well as an african-american offshoot of that group. the sovereign citizens movement ejects federal authority. the group is seen by law enforcement as a growing domestic threat. after his association with that group began, long's posts grew more extreme. he was in dallas soon after five officers were murdered there and

called their deathis justice. >> it's only fighting back or money. that's all they care about. revenue and blood. >> reporter: peaceful protests, he said, never work. >> 100% of revolutions have been successful through fighting back, through bloodshed. zero have been successful just over simply protesting. >> reporter: but on the sfreets where he lived, his neighbor shou shook his head. >> killing? what purpose. >> reporter: he had no criminal record. the police here say they never had any contact with him. >> dean rent oelgd, thanks very much. many of the missipolice protest we've seen have arisen after officers went unpunished after

being accusinged of excessive force. today a baltimore judge acquitted an officer in the death of freddie gray. the van was not involved in any accident. six cops were charged. four have gone to trial. there have been zero convictions. here's kris van cleave. >> reporter: the highest ranking of the officers charged in freddie gray's death, try of his charges were thrown out. today he was found not guilty on the three that remain, telling prosecutors while the failure to seat belt him may have been a bad judgment, it was not a criminal act. many. >> the evidence is the evidence. and unless the prosecution's going to find new evidence, nothing's the same. it's the same movie getting played over and over. >> reporter: in west baltimore,

it was peaceful. but some residents like theresa davis expressed frustration. do you feel like justice has been achieved in this case? >> no. once again we haven't got our justice served. once again. >> reporter: this latest loss by prosecutors is fueling criticism of marilyn mosby. today out of concern for their safety, baltimore's police commissioner has ordered aum of his officers to respond to all of their calling in pairs. >> kris van cleave. thank you. a new case of zika in the united states is alarming because of how it may have been transmitted. yay! and take all of his gold! and take all of his gold! ya! and hide it from the crew! ya...? squuuuack, they're all morons anyway! i never said that. they all smell bad too. no! you all smell wonderful!

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we have two important medical stories tonight. first, the case of a patient in utah who contracted the zika virus. what's interesting is it's not clear how it was transmitted. dr. jon lapook is looking into this. >> reporter: last month, an elderly man died in out use after contracting zika outside the united states. a son who helped care for him became infected despite having no recent travel to an area with active zika and no sexual contact with an affected person. so far, zika has been spread by

mosquitos, sexual contact and from mother to fetus where it can cause devastating birth defects. dr. da fee jamieson of the cdc says health officials are concerned that infection was spread by close contact with body grfluids. >> it's very important that people who are caring for critically ill patients avoid body fluids and carefully wash their hands after contact with kri critically ill patients. >> reporter: every week we learn something new about this virus. >> the largest pediatrician's group is urging doctors to talk to patients about sex. >> reporter: that's right. they say they should take a much more active role in educating patients about sex. one out of three adolescents

didn't receive information about sexuality from pediatricians. and just telling kids to abstain from sex does not work. that's why they recommend comprehensive sex education, plus promoting abstinence. >> dr. jon lapook. thanks very much. traditionally, a presidential phenomenon knee, presumptive or claimed lies low during the other party's convention, but there's nothing conventional about this campaign. >> my team in ohio wanted me to make sure you all know we are hiring. >> reporter: hillary clinton set up camp on the other end of ohio today, enlisting volunteers in cincinnati after addressing the naacp's national convention there. >> we actually have a recruiter ear tod here today. he's got a table set up in the hall. >> reporter: making clear

trump's absence. >> of course he declined your invitation. >> reporter: he's the first republican nominee to turn the group down since 1996. >> let us not forget the first time donald trump was quoted in the "new york times" was in 1973. when the justice department went after his company for refusing to rent apartments to african-americans. >> reporter: trump is doing so poorly with black voters here in ohio that in a recent poll, he got 0% of them. and here at the convention, scott, only about 20 of the 2500 delegates are black, which is on par with the party's percentage at its convention back in >> nancy cordes, thank you. up next, a real american

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. on may 15, 1967, 44 american soldiers survived an enemy ambush in vietnam because one pilot refused to leave them on the battle field. today president obama awarded that pilot the highest military award, the medal of honor. david martin spent some time with him. >> reporter: the pilots in chuck's battalion called it chump valley, because only a chump would fire into a landing zone so exposed to enemy fire. >> we had eight helicopters in this operation, and all of them got hit. >> reporter: kettles was trying to rescue soldiers trapped in an ambush. and his helo was hit by 29

rounds. he switched helos and led another mission back into chump valley. he dpreets any suggestion it was too risky with a mixture of contempt and disbelief. >> they requested the help to go extract the last 44 men. i guess i volunteered. i mean, that's what the war was about. >> reporter: don long was one of the 44. what was were your chances of getting out of there. >> none at all, probably. >> reporter: all he could do was hide from the enemy and pray for the sound of helos. what broke the silence? >> that whop, whop, whop, in the distance, and your blood flows, and you say they're coming back. >> reporter: he received a radio call from headquarters. >> there were eight troops who had not gotten out of the river bid, were still there. i simply assured them that i would go back in and try to get

them out of there. >> reporter: this time he went by himself, the target of all the enemy fire. with eight more loaded on board, his shot up helo was dangerously overweight. >> it flew like a two and a half ton truck. >> reporter: in all, he had thrown into chump valley four times. that makes you a pretty big chump. >> i guess so. i've been called worse. >> reporter: today nearly 50 years later he can be called what he deserves to be called, resippen yebts of the nation's highest honor. david martin, the pentagon. and that's overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check pack with uba for the morning news and full convention coverage on cbs this morning. from the site of the national convention in cleveland, i'm scott pelley.

this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the overnight news. i'm don dahler. the republican national convention is under way in cleveland, amid some of the tightest security in memory. the gathering will nominate donald trump and mike pence to lied the gop in-- lead the gop the election in november. the latest ambush in baton rouge, louisiana left three officers dead, and we're learning more about gavin eugene long. david begnaud has more. >> reporter: almost everything from the killing of those officers to the take down of the gunman was caught on

surveillance video. cameras are all over the place. one on the convenience store building, another on the overhang as people were filling up their cars. and in the distance there's the car wash area where one of the cameras captured one of the officers vacuuming his patrol car prior to being shot. a source describes the gunman as moving with such precision, sneaking around the corner of a building, pausing and waiting to open fire. that describes the movements as tack cal and gifted and makes it year this guy knew exactly what he was doing. rapid gunfire is heard on cell phone video, taking place during the deadly assault. >> officer down! shots fired! officer down! >> reporter: the shooting began sunday morning when baton rouge police responded to a 911 call about an armed man. >> he was wearing all black, standing behind a beauty supply store, holding a rifle. >> reporter: the suspect, it

29-year-old gavin long opened fire on the officers minutes after at the arrived on scene. long was killed in a shootout which lasted roughly eight minutes. >> hero is not even a word for those police officers, those sheriff's deputies and city officers. >> reporter: three officers from two different departments were killed in the standoff. brad garafola, 41-year-old former marine matthew gerald and montrell jackson who had just become a father. three others were taken to the hospital, one in critical condition. charles cavalier is officer jackson's uncle. >> he died doing something he loved, i guess that's the way he lived. >> reporter: sunday is a blow to the community still reeling from the death of alton sterling. baton rouge mission fatally shot sterling earlier this month, sparking protests.

officer jackson posted his thoughts on what happened to facebook, quote, i'm working in these streets, so any protesters, officers, friends, family or whoever, if you see me and need a hug or want to say a prayer, i got you. this latest tramdy is another devastating loss for police departments across the country. just over a week ago, dallas lost five of its own officers, targeted by a gunman. gavin long laid his trap for police on his 29th birthday. he was from kansas city, missouri and liked to post his views online. dean reynolds has more. >> reporter: gavin long was an ex-marine sergeant whose tours of duty included iraq and japan. but last year he aligned himself with a fringe group, which federal authorities have called a growing, domestic threat. >> peace, love and positivity. what's up, everybody? >> reporter: gavin long posted his thoughts in a series of youtube videos. >> i thought my own thoughts. i made pie own decisions.%

i'm the one who got to listen to the judgment. >> reporter: the 29-year-old described himself as a life coach, nutritionist and personal trainer. he wrote three books. in a video posted nine days before the shooting, long said he was affiliated with the spirit of justice. >> don't affiliate me with nothing. yeah, i was also a nation of islam member, they try to put you with isis. no. >> reporter: last may, long filed paperwork in jackson county, missouri to change his name to cosmo. he declared himself a sovereign citizen, part of a group at that briefs government and lawn enfore -- law enforcement doesn't hold any authority. the organization called sovereign citizens was called a growing domestic threat to law enforcement. and the fbi considers sovereign citizen extremists as comprising a domestic terrorist movement. this video, which long said he

was recording from dallas, after the police killings there, condemns any peaceful protests. >> it's only fight being back or money. that's all they care about. r revenue and blood. >> reporter: his latest video claims just because you shed your physical body doesn't mean that you're dead. now court record show that long was married in 2009 but divorced two years later. he had no children and no known criminal record. police in cleveland have been planning security for the gop convention for months, but the recent violence from orlando to dallas to france to baton rouge has forced authorities to put an even tighter clamp around the quicken loans arena. >> reporter: the streets around quicken loan's arena are ringed by miles of steel fencing and

concrete barricades. every person, every vehicle trying to get to the convention site is stopped and searched. >> if cleveland hosted a super bowl, it'd be a huge vapts, a lot of barriers going up and officers walking around to make sure people are safe. it's the same thing. >> reporter: but the city has been transformed. its streets now a fortress of security zones as terrorist attacks and shootings in the u.s. and abroad increase concern about potential threating. weapons are row hintzed in and around the arena, although they are still allowed elsewhere in the city. >> this is not a military-style weapon. it just looks like one. >> reporter: on sunday, prompted by the baton rouge shooting, the hid of the missionm head of the police men's association asked the governor to suspend the open carry law. >> the number of officers we have, i'm gravely concerned

about their safety and everybody else. >> reporter: a spokeswoman said ohio governors do not have the power to arbitrarily suspend federal and constitutional rights and state laws as suggested. the swarming police presence has so far helped keep demonstrations peaceful. one man was arrested on sunday, allegedly for trying to take away an officer's gas mask. cleveland mayor frank jackson says the recent killings of police officers has also forced adjustments in the city's security plans. >> some things are minor, just being more vij length or the use of additional asseting to address those kinds of things. >> reporter: is that what happened in this situation? >> all of the above and probably some more. >> reporter: donald trump won't address the gop convention until thursday, but before he even arrived in cleveland, trump and his running mate, mike pence, sat down with an interview with lesley stahl. we'll bring you some of that chat in two minutes. you're watching the cbs

overnight news. >> extreme vetting.

the republican national convention continues today in cleveland, but delegates won't hear from the top of the ticket until later. mike pence will address the gathering on wednesday, and then on thursday, it's donald trump. before the running mates even arrived in cleveland, they sat down for a chat with lesley stahl with 60 minutes. >> immigration. mr. trump, you had called for a temporary ban on muslims entering the united states. do you agree with that? >> i do. in fact in indiana, we suspended the syrian ref jae program in the wake of the terrorist attack. we have no higher priority than the safety and security of the people of this country, and donald trump is right to articulate that view. >> in deegs you tweeted, and i quote you, calls to ban muslims from entering the u.s. are offensive and unconstitutional. >> we're going to do

territories. we're going to not let people come in from syria that nobody knows who they are. hillary clinton wants a550% mor people -- >> so you call it -- >> we'll call it whatever you want, we'll call it territories. the constitution is, there's nothing like it, but it doesn't necessariry giy rily give us tho commit suicide ago a cicide as . there are terrorist states and terrorist nations that we're not going to allow the people to come into our country. we're going to have extreme vetting. we're going to have extreme vetting. they're going to come in, and we're going to know where they came from and who they are. >> you're on the same page on that? >> clearly this man is not a politician. he doesn't speak like a politician. >> he's done pretty well. >> he speaks from his heart.

he speaks from his heart. >> well, i speak from my heart and pmy brain, just so we understand. this is maybe more important. >> let's go to trade. you have voted for every trade agreement when were you in congress that came before you. you're supporting the trans-pacific partnership that mr. trump says would rape this country, now are you going to be able to go out and campaign in support of his protectionist positions? >> i support free trade. and so does donald trump. >> really? >> i do. i'm free trade, but i want to make good deals. i'm not an isolationist. a lot of people think because i want to make good deals -- these are stupid people. these are stupid people that think that. i want to make great deals for our country. we have deals like the deal signed by bill clinton, nafta, one of the worst deals in terms of trade and economics. >> what do you think of nafta?

>> you're absolutely right. but the truth of the matter is, nafta has provisions in that law that call for it to be reviewed that have never been, never been niche yatesed. what i hear donald trump is let is let's look at these trade agreements and renegotiate them. i really do believe when the american people elect one of the best negotiators in the world as president of the united states, we would do well, to -- >> we will bring back our jobs. we're going to bring back our wealth, we're going to take care of our people, very simple. >> more issues. water boarding. mr. trump wanting to bring back water board being, and quote, a hell of a lot more. are you comfortable with bringing backwater boarding? >> i don't think we should ever tell our enemy what our tactics are. >> what about that? what about, he's publicly said

that. >> i don't think we should -- i think -- >> but are you okay with the idea of water boarding? >> i think enhanced interrogation saved lives. >> and you're okay with that. >> what i'm okay with is protecting the american people. what i'm okay with is when people have the intent to come to this country and take american lives that we are, that we are prepared to do what's necessary to gain the information to protect the people of this country. >> let's take this a step further. we have an enemy, isis and others who chop off heads, who drown people in steel cages, and we can't do water boarding. >> why would you use their techniques? >> you know what, those techniques get information. >> are you agreeing with him? >> i am not -- >> they get information. >> what i can tell you is enhanced interrogation, gleaned information has saved american lives, and i was informed preeftsed incoming terrorist attacks on this country from

being successful. the american people expect the president of the united states to be prepared to support actions to protect the people of this nation, and i know donald trump will. >> have you answered me? >> i have. >> let's talk about the convention. you're a showman. what are you going to do to keep it from being a snooze-a-rama. >> i think we're going to have a wonderful time. we have wonderful speakers, very talented people. my family's going to speak. >> worried about violence outside? this is an open carry state. people can carry guns. there will be demonstrators. they've already said they're going to carry assault rifles. would you call on people not to carry their guns? >> i have great faith in law enforcement. if they don't want to take their guns, i think that's fantastic, but i have great confidence in law enforcement. the police like donald trump. it's law and order, and i have great confidence that they will do a great job. >> there's no question in anybody's mind that you want to win this election.

i don't think any win would don' doubt that, but what about being president? do you really want to be president of the united states? >> i want to make america great again, honestly. i'm not doing this because -- i mean, i'm sacrificing tremendous things. i could be doing other things. it's lovely to sit down with you and be grilled. that's okay. but i could be doing other things right now. and i have some of the greatest properties in the world. i could be out there -- >> would you rather be out there? >> i tell you what. i've really enjoyed this process. i've gotten to know the people of this country. i've also gotten to see the problems. and it's a movement. when you ask me the question, do i want to be? i want to be for one reason. i want to make america safe again and make america great again. that's why i'm doing this, and i love it. >> and you want to govern. >> i do want to govern. >> it's different building a movement and going in there with

the nitty gritty. >> you're not known to be a humble man. >> i think i'm much more humble than you would understand. >> as you think about the prospect of running this country, in these tough times where the world is spinning apart, are you awed? are you intimidated? are you humbled by the enorm its of this? >> you just said it best. in a world that's spinning apart. that's what i'm thinking. i'm not thinking of oh, gee, isn't this wonderful, isn't this great what i've done. i've had people who said it doesn't matter if you win or lose, what you've done has never been done before, you're going to go down in history books. i said you're wrong. i've funded my own primaries, funded a lot of this campaign. i've spent 5$55 million in the primaries. it is spinning, our country is

spinning out of control, our world is spinning out of control, and i'll stop that. >> you're not humbled or awe? >> talking with him in private settings. i love the words you used. because this man is awed with the american people, and he is not intimidated by the world. and donald trump, this good man, i believe, will be a great president of the united states. >> i love what he just said. >> and you can see the full interview on our website, cbs news.com. the overnight news will be right back. i used to blame the weather for my frizz. turns out my curls needed to be stronger to fight back. pantene's pro-v formula makes my curls so strong* they can dry practically frizz free.*á because strong is beautiful. get even stronger results with pantene expert, our most intensely concentrated pro-v formula.

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a new poll shows donald trump and hillary clinton running neck and neck in the battle ground state of ohio, which happens to be hosting the gop convention. a cbs news battle ground tracker poll shows 75% of likely ohio voters say they're very or somewhat worried about the direction of our nation, and it turns out the two candidate the aren't helping matters. the voters don't think either hillary clinton or donald trump is honest and trustworthy. republican strategist, frank luntz held a focus group. >> give me a word or phrase to describe conditions in america today. >> divisive. >> disappointing. >> angry. >> fractured. >> no faith in the system. >> nervous. >> go ahead.

>> i think donald trump has given legitimacy to a part of our country that is hateful. >> that's pretty strong. >> but i think it's true, and i think social media proves that. you've seen a lot of people on twitter, on facebook, sharing images and statements that are horrible, to be honest with you. >> i want a word or phrase to describe donald trump. >> intolerant. >> i can't even think of a word so bad. >> wildcard. >> outrageous. >> dumpster fire. [ laughter ] >> narcissist. >> destructive. >> lunatic. >> polarizing. >> division. >> ig for and the. >> i need a word or phrase to describe hillary clinton. >> liar. >> not trustworthy. >> liar. >> entitled. >> political opportunist.

>> forget how we got here, how do we fix it? >> i think we need to hear more about what they're going to do to make us america again. and i know that sounds trumpy. >> you just created a new word. >> we haven't focussed on the issues that matter to us. >> i think a third party needs to be introduced. but the third party, they don't have strong enough backing or support. >> we have to do something different. the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different resulting. we've been putting in democrats and republicans over and over again. >> if we could stop this idea of you have to vote for the lesser of two evils. people have fought and died for our rights and to give it away to two people who are so ill-equipp ill-equipped, how can you give away your vote like that. >> which candidate would you rather have speaking to america in times of tragedy like baton

rouge or cleveland. who says hillary? who says trump? please explain why. >> i think her message while it may be faulted tends to be more inclusive. >> for me, after benghazi, anything that deals with tragedy, i don't want to hear anything from her. >> i think she has compassion for american people. and i believe she has the right tone and use the right words to unify people in the end. >> you're so critical of donald trump then vote for hillary clinton. >> i could never do that. >> why not? >> it is a sure thing. with donald trump, the box of chocolate. we may get something. we may get nothing. [ laughter ] t >> the american public is tired of having to vote for the lesser of two evils. >> you guys agree with that? >> yes. >> they want to vote for a

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it is said that behind every successful man is a great woman helping him along. but for america's most revered president, abraham lincoln, that wasn't exactly the case. mary todd lincoln supported her husband's political goals but suffered from migraines and bouts of severe depression. she had wild mood swings, a fierce temper and known for angry outbursts at white house gathering. for now, a diagnosis creates mrs. lincoln in a more forgiving light. >> reporter: history has not gone kind to mary todd lincoln. wife of our 16th president. she was a tem pes with us, unpredictable force and her son eventually had her committed. sally feel's 2012 portrayal showed a fierce and sharp-tongued first lady. >> you think i'm ignorant of

what you're up to because you haven't discussed this scheme with me as you ought to have done? when have i ever been so easily bamboozled? >> reporter: this white area here is not her dress. it's her skin. >> reporter: but dr. john sotos says the famously fiery first lady was not only misunderstood but misdiagnosed. he puts forth a new theory about mary todd lincoln. her erratic behavior was caused by pernicious anemia. >> as a result, the person becomes b-12 deficient and that causes lots of problems and almost every organ of the body. >> reporter: it was a fatal illness until a treatment was discovered decades after her death. it can lead to symptoms exhibited by mary todd lincoln. pale skin, sore mouth, difficulty walking and swelling. >> the puffiness is not in a way

that would occur with an accumulation of fat. >> reporter: it can be picked up with a simple bro blood test. >> she had a sick brain. and i think to have done as well as she did with the kind of handicaps that see had, i think that deserves admiration. >> reporter: dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. and that's the news. for some of you, the news continues, for others, check back with us for the morning news and cbs this morning. i'm don dahler.

♪ it's tuesday, july 19th, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> you work hard for what you want in life. >> striking similarities. melania trump's speech, one of the high points for the first day of the republican national convention, until allegations surface that words were pulled word by word from michelle obama. >> your word is your bond. >> your word is your bond. >> those weren't the