helicopter last weekend. you'll remember that attack killed 30 americans and 8 afghans. let's bring in nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. what do you know about how this went down? >> reporter: most of the details are being released by the military, particularly by general john allen. he briefed reporters at the pentagon. he says that after the attack took place, when the helicopter was shot down, a manhunt was launched, and that eventually soldiers were able to track down a group of taliban fighters, including the specific insurgent that fired that rpg that brought down the chinook helicopters, 22 of them navy s.e.a.l.s, they were killed by an air strike from afternoon f-16, and that the militant leaders were killed. however, the initial taliban leader that was the subject or the target in the raid that the

s.e.a.l.s were initially launched, that taliban leader is still at large. >> richard, i know you'll keep us posted through the day, thank you. over the past two days, stock had an 1,100 point swing. late yesterday stocks were back, right now 30 minutes into the trading day, you can see back down again almost 400 points, again below that 11,000 mark. we have a live report from cnbc coming up in jux a bit. the weak economy and high unemployment have made for a test of presidential leadership. how is barack obama doing? let's bring in "the washington post" opinion writer dana milbank and bill press. the headline today is "a test for obama's view of a one-term

presidency." you'll remember he said he would rather be a one-term good president. is it too late? >> well, yeah, i'm not sure you get the choice of a good one term or lousy two terms. you have to be good in the first term to get the second term. the president is in more trouble than i or i think anybody expected he would be at this point. a lot of it is beyond his control. this is just what's going to happen when you're in this kind of awful economy. you can expect his nim bers to be low. he's even irritating many in his own political base. they think he's just not presenting himself in a message way. he's not negotiating hard enough with the republicans. i think he's making a bad situation much worse. i think this is a real low point for this president. >> this is a surprise, isn't it, bill? he was elected because of his great communication skills, somebody who really built a lot of good relationships, good

inclusion coalitions. what's your impressionfus goingn here? >> first his ratings are low. there's one bit of good news, and that's congress has an 18 approval rating now. i snowe we're setting the bar awfully low, but that's the only glimmer of hope these days. i have to tell you honestly, when we were called to the white house for that statement monday, so here the downgrade, the dow crashes, and we have a terrific accident in afghanistan. i'm thinking, what is the presidents going to say in what's he going to do? particularly what's he going to do? >> you were expecting something bold? >> i was expecting something bold. he was either going to slam the s&p or the tea party or call congress back in session or something. i have to tell you, honestly, when he finished, which was so flat and really didn't say anything, i thought to myself, you know, for the first time, this man could be a one-term president.

i think this is a test right now as a moment of leadership, he's got to take control and show leadership, and he hasn't done so yet. >> danny, you kind of started this, you wrote a piece and there have been others questioning the president's leadership. maureen dowd called him the withholder in chief. is it a policy thing? a personality thing? what does he do? >> i think it's a bit of each of those. he's always prided himself in not responding to the back-and-forth, now, that may be an admirable trait. the problem is when you're in a crisis, and we have several crises going on here, and the president seems detached or aloof. people feel he's not tuned into their problems and the real problems of the country right now. this is a problem with his style. he's a very nuanced thinker, he likes to seek consensus, but what americans are looking for,

it seems, is looking for a president to really lead them on, to charge the hill, whether he's right or wrong in his policy, but to be forceful in stating that policy. >> i wonder, bill, is there a disconnect -- does there have to be a disconnect between a nuanced thinker and somebody who states very forcefully for the american people policies, programs that will make them feel better. you should he should call congress back. some people are suggesting he shouldn't go on vacation, what does he do? >> you know, maybe no set formula. whatever it is, he's got to do something, i believe. i do think it's obscene for congress to be on the beach while america is burning, and i think it would be a test and show of leadership to take control. if he does it he's got to do it with a specific agenda. if i were in the white house advising him, i would call congress back, give a speech to

a joint session of congress and lay out a specific agenda on jobs to get americans back to work and say this has got to be our focus and get off all this talk about debt reduction. the number one problem facing the country is not how much we pay down on the debt. it's 15 million americans still out of work. >> that's exactly what the polls show. dana, is there any rumblings that he's ready to do something? >> there's certainly a lot of rumbling, do something, do anything -- >> but not at the white house, huh? >> we're not getting the impression from these guys. >> because i'm reading that the economy advisers are reeling, and i guess that's understandable. >> jay carney said the other day we'll be part of this process, but we're not going to lead it. why the hell not? >> is that the question, why the heck not? >> i'm sorry. >> it's not so much what the policy is that people are waiting to hear. the truth is a lot of people

agree there's not a whole lot the government can do to pull us quickly out of the economy, but perhaps he could forcefully or more 230rsfully articulate immediate action on the maul mum better the things the government can do. >> thank you, gentlemen. it's great to see you. in the meantime republicans have been ripping harry reid for the senators he picked. patty murray, max baucus, john kerry, the three democrats charged with finding up to 1.5 trillion in cuts. now, most of the criticism has been falling on murray, because she is chair of the strongly political democratic senatorial campaign committee. the rnc chair said, she's the fund-raiser in chief. the select committee is no place for someone whose top priority is fund-raising and politics. alan simpson was in congress for 18 years, never shy about sharing his opinions, also the cochair of the president's commission on fiscal responsibility, so he's somebody

with a deep interest in this. senator simpson, thank you for joining me this morning. >> it's always a pleasure. a gorgeous day in cody, wyoming, high, blue skies, 60 degrees. go ahead. >> there are probably a few people in washington who wish they were there with you, but there's work to be done. >> oh, boy. >> what do you think about these three picks? >> yes, plenty of work to be done. i heard you just speak about the selection of the three. max baucus was on our commission and it was very uncomfortable, because max, my neighbor to the north, and we came into the senate together, rarely hardly participated, and he was a member. he is chairman of the finance committee, and feels at competition with kent conrad, which is not good, because conrad moves and does things, and max is just holding back. he hardly -- he didn't come to many of our meetings. when he did, he simply said we

have to collect taxes that we haven't collected, and he's talking about balance and this and that, but i say to my friend max, boy, i don't know how helpful that's going to be. and patty pluralie, i heard what you said. john kerry will be a participant, he will do good work, he really will. i know him. it's touch to watch. now mcconnell says he'll only put people on there who will promise under no circumstances not to raise any revenue. where are we going? >> is this an exercise in futility? >> well -- it's too late now to put the gang of six on there. these are people that grappled with this since january of 2010. you don't need new facts, you just neat to get at it. they don't want to get at it or they wouldn't have put together the weak package that they did. >> obviously something has to be

done. i guess the question is, where do you start? as somebody who spent so much time looking at these issues, are there areas where you think they can start? how do they at least begin to come to some sort of consensus? >> they can pick up a 67-page report that's written in english and using terms like going broke, shared sacrifice, we're all in this together, and it's very specific. that's why nobody touches our report, because when they can battle into the vapors about cutting this or doing this, in our report, we say exactly what you can do to restore the solvency of social security. we say exactly what hits we're going to put on medicare, and nobody wants to touch the specifics. so these guys are home on vacation now. you should go to their townings and say i don't want to hear your babb. what specifically are you going to do? and watch them take the heat. >> senator alan simpson, always a pleasure to talk to you, and

boy, 60 degrees sounds good right now. >> it is indeed. come back out. >> come on another time. >> okay. enjoy it. thank you. caylee anthony's grandparents made a surprise first appearance since the verdict, but where is casey? have they talked to her? tens of millions from across the nation were spent on the wisconsin recall election. the battle to take control of the state senate fell short. republicans retained four of the six seats up for grabs. [ woman ] jogging stroller. you've been stuck in the garage

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thanks for the downgrade. you should all be fired. there's a new poll showing negative views of the tea party are growing. 18% thought tea party members of congress would have a negative effect. that's jumped 11 points to 29%. arnold schwarzenegger's oldest daughter gave an interview to "harper's bazaar." and levi johnston, remember him? he had his day in "playgirl" now his sister is getting herds. mercedes johnson po-- johnston posed in "playboy." and she ripped bristol palin. can't these kids just get along? and as the outrage grows over the picture of a wide-eyed michele bachmann, some may sigh wild-eyed "queen of rage" tina

brown was on "morning joe. ". >> the intensity in her eyes is in all the photographs of her. this is the thing that's connecting with people. people in the crowds saying, something about her tells me i should follow her, and there is something about with the eyes looking out. she has a very, very -- this very intense demeanor. >> so this was from a light check, though. is that correct? >> no, it wasn't a light check at all. absolutely nonsense. there's no light check. no, our photographer took pictures of her. there was no precondition about how these pictures would be seen. we don't ever do that. >> karen hunter is a journalist, publisher and msnbc contributor. mark tapscott. good morning. if you didn't think so before, do you think maybe, karen this could at least among republicans turn michele bachmann into a sympathetic figure? could it help? >> it could help her with her base, but it does help with the

broader american people, because she looks crazy. i don't think that they did any photoshopping or touched up the pictures. >> we've all taken bad pictures, but as tina brown pointed out, all the pictures had a runaway look about them. >> when asked if it's sexist, gloria steinam said it was borderline -- it's so hard for nim first toss prove that we're evenhanded, because right-wing antifeminist women so rarely do anything defensible. >> this is one of the most ridiculous issues we have talked about in a long time. there's not a single person watching this show or producing this show or anchoring this show or commenting on this show who could not be caught in exactly that same pose at any time during the day. >> i take those kinds of

pictures all the time. >> i don't take pictures like that. >> i practice. >> come on, karen. >> i'm telling the truth. >> let's get serious about this. >> seriously, tina brown joked, but i don't know that it's a joke, mark, that rick perry wishes he could get this kind of attention and that it's true, michele bachmann is getting press over this, and there's the saying all presses good press. >> as long as they spell your name right. >> now he's going to stop on sunday in waterloo, michele bachmann's hometown after deciding he's going to announce on saturday in south carolina while the rest of the republican field, or most of it, is in ames, iowa. what do you think is going on with rick perry here, mark? >> i mean, it's been clear for at least a month that michele bachmann would probably suffer the most, and the most quickly, if perry did get into the race. that's exactly what's playing out here now.

part of the problem, just to go back one second more, part of the problem with that approach, it object secures more serious problems with a candy like bachmann, who, for example, has, with romney, made public the least detail about what she would do if she were president about the economy right now. let's talk about that kind of thing. >> i hate that i agree with him, but i do. >> on that happy agreeable notes -- >> it's okay, karen. other people do it. >> we're civil. that's the problem. >> thank you both. >> well, 10,000 extra police officers did calm the streets of london, but not some of the rest of the country. following the worst riots the city has seen in more than 30 years, unrest continued to spread across england as brazen crowds of young people ransacked stores and toorched cars for a fourth night.

michelle kosinsky has the latest. >> reporter: this was a landmark dr we're in north london right now, and it burned to the ground. rioters set it on fire. there were people living in there, apartments. they lost everything. some said if they knew they never would be back, they would have grabbed things dear to them. with 16,000 police on londsen streets, maybe it's no wonder that finally there was a somewhat quiet night, at least here in london, but as you mentioned, elsewhere there was serious tribl n birmingham we found that three men were killed by a hit-and-run driver as they trying to guard their street. there's word now that the driver has been arrested. we know that a london man is in critical condition. a couple days ago when there was trouble here in the city, he stood up to an angry mob, tried to stop them from setting something on fire, and then they attacked him and posted video on

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profiler, and msnbc contributor clint van zandt. the area is full of valleys and far west, they say the local terrain is inpredictable. how tough does it make fbi? >> it will be a challenge. there would be fbi agencies, forest rangers, state conservation officers, people who know the territory out there. with these three, i think they have a fantasized vision they'll remain on the run, the so-called gang of three that they are, but i think the area, law enforcement will be able to close in on them. all it's going to take is one tip from a camper, a hunter, somebody else that sees them, a vehicle, something like that. they may think they can go out in the woods and hide, but it will be short-lived. the only challenge is when the authorities go to arrest them,

will they do the smart thing, which is surrender? or do the sum thing, which is try to shoot like they did at a deputy who chased them last week. >> you mentioned about this band of three. the fbi has been looking at their texts, different comments by family members. they do apparently think they're on some type of mission, completely committed to each other. what kind of people are we dealing with here? put on your profiler hat? >> if we were the agents running this case, we would look at the emotional glue that holds them together. if it was three bank robbers who came in for the sake of a robbery, we could split them up easily, but they're kind of bonded. my hope is lee gray, the woman, she's 29 years old. notwithstanding some people refer to her as a stripper with a machine gun, because her last job was in a club doing exotic dancing. hopefully she's the smarter one

she realizes all three have something to live for and she'll be the kind of guiding force, they'll listen to their mother that says i don't want to lose you. when they kay the authorities and they're given the choice of surrender or die, hopefully they'll make the right choice. >> let's talk about this completely different story. ted bundy's dna, a vial of blood, he had said he had killed many more people and is suspected in dozens, if not hundreds, more murders. what happens now? >> there are some who believe he was one of the america's more prolific if not infamous killers. this dna will be compared against the unsubor unknown subjects for rapes, for other types of sexual assaults for murder to try and see if in fact bundy could be -- realize when he went to the electric chair in florida, he kept playing games with the authorities.

he kept saying, you know, if you allow me to live, i'll help you identify more victims. he claimed he had many more victims. hopefully the finding of this dna will suggest if he was telling the truth when he went to meet his maker or not. >> clint, thanks for joining me. good to see you. >> good to see with you, chris. thanks. becky quick and the stocks are next.

welcome back. i'm carl parker. we're looking for a wonderful change, 76 in chicago, 77 in cleveland. that cooler air making its way to the northeast on friday. also bleeding down into parts of the southeast as well, but still hot in the southern plains. in fact, in dallas beefed 39 days above 100. we're looking at the all-time record, if we get to the 43rd, it looks like it's happening by

the early part of next week. weatherwise, very quiet for a lot of the country. we're looking at storms in the mid-south coming into memphis, tennessee. some of these areas need the rain. that's where we'll find the severe weather. back to you, chris. >> carl, thank you so much. >> you bet. we continue to follow the breaking news out of the afghanistan, where forces have killed the taliban insurgents. responsible for the attack killing 30 u.s. service members. >> at approximately mid nile on 8 august, coalition forces killed the taliban insurgents responsible for this attack against the helicopter, which we assess was an rpg round. >> now, among those killed, a taliban leader and the insurgent who apparently fired the shot believed to have brought the helicopter down. there's still one taliban leader at large.

here's a look at other stories people are talking about. this morning the fbi is searching for a missing 3 years old girl from a very small town in missouri. blees think breeann rodriguez was kidnapped, though there's no amber alert. >> we have certain criteria that has to be met to issue as amber alert. you want some type of suspect, whether a description of the suspect or vehicle. in this case we have neither, so an amber alert has not been issued, but i have to tell you, the law enforcement response is the same. >> nbc's janet sham blinn is there. >> reporter: that's what so baffling. you indicated it's a very small town, that is breeann's home

over nigh how would. it's a dead-end street, a small neighborhood, everyone has lived here for years, the community is not easy to find, and there's no traces. it was saturday afternoon. she was on her bicycle with her 5-year-old brother. they never left this street. the brother went inside for a drink of water. the mom fix fixed lunch, no fray of breeann, no trace of the bike. these parents are understandably beside themselves, looking for their daughter, not knowing where she is. here's what they had to say. >> she's my life, and i'm always with her wherever she is, and i'm not going to give up looking for her. >> i love you. you always were my princess. when i find you, we're going to find you.

>> reporter: the parents truly believe that someone picked her up, that she did not wander away, that this was a purposeful act, and they're making an appeal to just drop her off somewhere, leave her at a gas station. they feel that someone has her and is afraid with all this attention to return her. as you talked about at the top, there's no amber alert. that's because authorities say there's no indication of foul play, but authorities are saying it has not diminished the response by authorities, and there is a $45,000 reward for the safe return of breeann rodriguez, but a heartbreaker of a story. >> i don't understand how a little girl like this goes missing and they don't suspect foul play. we'll keep good thoughts for her return. thank you, janet. authorities have detained a man in aruba.

authorities believe she may have drowned and giordano was detained after a statement on the internet raised questions. attorneys for lieuies sanchez and marvin norwood are expected to ask the judge to reduce their bail. charges against them include assault and battery. brian stowe remains hospitalized after the beating, having suffered severe brain injuries. now to what's being called a miracle. a 12-year-old boy was caught in an undertow and declared clinically dead when rescuers found him. the story doesn't end there. here's natalie morales. >> reporter: 12-year-old dale ostrander, a non-swimmer was swept out to sea from a strong rip current off the coast of washington. rescuers crisscrossed the ocean, desperately searches for the boy

for 20 long minutes. they found him under water and unconscious. he lifeless body rushed to the hospital where his pulse finally returned. his parents, chad and kirsten raced from their home three hours away with their faith in god, but a grim prognosis from doctors. >> they were very clear that he had been under water too long, been without oxygen too long. >> likely he's going to die. no matter what happens, everything is going to be good, because we have a strong faith in good, and he's never let us down, and good things will come, no matter if it hurts us, if we have to say good-bye to our son. they never expected him to loif. they expected him to be a vegetable, never walk, never talk, never say a word, and that would have been fine. >> but sunday night, three days after dale's limp body had arrived at the portland hospital, dale surprised

everyone by opening his eyes. >> dale, opening your eyes -- >> and that was the first response we got. >> his parent describe dale as an average boy who likes to play with legos and tell bad jokes. on monday just days after being plucked from the ocean, it was dale who delivered more good news. >> we were trying to get him to cough, and come on, dale, cough, and he coughed once. okay, you need to do it again. i don't need to is what he said. >> we're like, look -- >> everybody said, he spoke, it was amazing. the whole room is wow, okay, i guess he doesn't need to. >> we had people praying all over the world. >> doctors say dale still has a long way to go, but his parents are just leap to have their son back. >> they expected him to die, so -- >> so anything at this point is bonus. >> that was nbc's natalie morales reporting. you could get whiplash following the stock market after the fed made that rare promise to hold interest rates near zero for the next two years.

the dow plunged 200 points, then shot up 600, but look how the market is doing today. they have erased not all, bus mor most of the gains. beck,? >> you mentioned whiplash, that's what i'm getting, honestly in the last five minutes we have seen massive moves. right now the market is down 360 points on the do you, 352. you can watch it tick by tick. that's actually good news. about ten mys ago, it was down farther. volatility is what's happening today. stocks down across the board. about every one of the stocks in the sectors you look at will be in the red. financials seem to be leading the way. there's concern about european banks. it's hard to spread out what the rumors are, but when you hear these things start to move, it does spook investors. the dow is down by 342 points

right now. all of that volatility, all of that concern we have seen, we had a lot of people saying we got through it, maybe we put a bottom in, that's not the case. >> let me ask you about apple. they surged yesterday, pushed the company past exxon mobil to become the world's most valuable company. what's fueling their growth? is it all i pads? >> it's the i pads, the iphone, one of the few industries, few companies that's seeing people willing to dish owl money and open their wallets for. in fact, yesterday it became the most valuable company in the world yesterday for a moment. it's still doing that once again today. we're looking apple shares have been down about 2%, exxon mobil, which has been the most valuable company for a long, long time based on market capitalization, was down, so it looks like apple is challenging exxon again. it's a situation of having a line of the key products that people are willing to open their wallets for. >> maybe if i can't afford a

greek cruise, i'll look up greece on my ipad. >> exactly. make you feel better. >> thank you very much. caylee's grandparents made a surprise appearance. george and cindy anthony talking for the first time since their daughter's acquittal. kerry sanders has more from orlando. >> reporter: good morning, chris. if caylee anthony were alive, tuesday she would have turned 6 years old. so on tuesday, right here, folks showed up to remember among those who showed up, to the surprise of everyone, casey's parents, george and cindy. >> i've always wanted to hug you. >> reporter: well wishers hugged, and they marched in memory of caylee. ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: they joined in song for their deceased

granddaughter. this is the first time her grandparents have emerged in public since their daughter casey was found not guilty of murder. >> we support you. >> reporter: what would you say to her? >> i can't really comment about anything i would say right now. >> reporter: those words are perhaps even more significant, as it's possible that casey anthony will be forced from hiding back to orlando. while a jury acquitted casey of murder 16 months before that trial, casey pled guilty to passing bad checks. >> i just wanted to let everyone know that i'm sorry for what i did. >> reporter: she was sentenced to a one-year probation. >> has anybody forced you or coerced you into doing this. >> reporter: even though the department of probation told her her probation was completed, the judge who accepted the plea deal said he meant for casey's probation to begin after she was released from jail. now it falls to the chief judge,

belvin perry, the same judge who presided on over her trial to decide if she must return to orlando. >> it's a mess. >> if she does return, casey may see for herself what george, cindy and other caylee mourners saw for the first time tuesday. a plan to turn the swampy area where caylee's remains were found into this -- a park to keep the memory of caylee alive. a little girl who never got to see her sixth birthday. judge belvin perry who called this probation issue a mess, could rule as early as today. if casey anthony will have to return here to orlando, this morning her where abouts remain unknown, just as her lawyers say it should be. chris? >> unbelievable. thank you, kerry. chad ocho cinco is at it again. he's trying to find his way around his new hometown of

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routine vaccination has cut the illness significantly. according to a new study, death rates have gone down 97% since vaccination became routine in 1995. i'm veronica de la cruz filling in for thomas reports. in the next hour, the fbi is calling is an incredible sighting. democrats fall short in wisconsin. what will the unioning do next? and politico calls it the grim reaper of republican presidential politics. which candidates will survive and who will get knocked out. we'll see you at the top of the hour. thank you veronica. new and growing pressure on president obama from his own party to do something about the

economy and quick. more than a few democrats are arguing the president needs a message as big as the crisis. with me notice, michael shearer, "time" magazine's white house correspondent. >> hi, chris. >> a meeting later today with tim geithner, do we expect something to come out of this? >> probably not today, but probably next week. it's clear the white house is setting up a new message blitz. next week he's going on a bus trip to the midwest, then probably will disappear for a week or two, and come back in september. >> let me ask you about that, that's one of the criticisms, he's usually going to take his family vacation. at a time like this, can he appeared to disappear for a week or two? >> the counterart is anybody paying attention? congress is on recess, he's not calling them back, there's no hope of getting them back. the white house has so far rebuffed thinks calls, mostly from the left, for them to get tougher, to take more drastic action action to take his sort

of his own hostages. their idea is this. if they stick to their plan, make it clear what they want, show the american people that they are standing in the way to getting these things. nonesh then they could win either way. this if republicans continue to block it, then they can take that issue to the election, the american people will be on their side and they'll win there. >> we're hearing from a lot of democrats and usual supporters, being critical. we're certainly seeing it written about a big headline on maureen dowd in "new york times" today going after president obama, but there's a new "the washington post"/pugh research poll that shows democrats frankly don't want obama to be

challenged by another democrat for the 2012 nomination. maybe liberals aren't as unhappy as we think they are. >> and some didn't mind this debt deal. you know, there's a pattern here, right? that things get rocky for the president, pundits pounce, the president basically ignores them and continues on his way and plays the long game. that again is i think what's happening here. the president is not going to sort of start throwing the red meat around that a number of liberals want him to throw around, because he feels like he's winning the game quietly in the long game. the president was clear he had moved numbers on issues like do you think revenue should be a part of this final deal? should we be focusing on jobs more than deficit? the american people are more on the president's side than they were before. even though the last week no

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let's go down to the wire. don't see this every day. an 18-wheeler in texas stopped traffic in, the trailer dangles from the sign. somehow nobody was hurt, but they're still trying to figure out how that truck got up there. here's good news. a soldier just back from his third tour in afghanistan kneeling and his wife and daughter race to meet him during a baseball game in washington state. the reunion stopped the minor league game and brought the crowd to a standing ovation. this kid from argentina is

shocking the sports world reportedly signing with real madrid, and he's 7. he starts training next month, gets paid next year, but he can't officially take the field until he's 16. apparently a big problem in california prisons -- inmates using their phones to check facebook. the phones are contraband, but they're getting smuggled in. somehow it's gotten so bad the state of california is asking facebook to shut down prisoner profiles if they're lock logging on while they're locked up. as part of the social experiment jonathan stark let people buy coffee on his starbucks card. all he asked in exchange was for people to tweet about it and add a couple bucks. here's the amazing part. he thinks he's gotten $4,000 in anonymous donation to keep this experiment going, but the last tweet shows the balance is at $9.20.

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