instead of starting a business, because they were uncertain about their health kcare situation. we had met families who had seen the children suffer, because of the unsecertainty of health car. and we were committed to getting this done. and that is what we have done. and that is what kathleen has do done. yes, we lost the first quarter of open enrollment period with the problems of healthcare.gov, and there were problems. but, under kathleen's leadership, her team at hhs turned the corner, got it fixed, got the job done, and the final score speaks for itself. there are 7.5 million people across the country that have the security of health insurance, and most of them for the very first time, and that is because of the woman standing next to me here today, and we are proud of her for that. that is a historic

accomplishment. that's right. and by the way n the meantime, alongside 7.5 million people being enrolled, health care costs under kathleen's leadership are growing at the slowest rate in 50 years. i keep on reading folks saying, they are not doing anything about the costs, exempt that they are slowing in growth for the first time in 50 years. medical records are moving from the dog-eared paper to electr electronic systems. she looked into health care fraud and returned billions of dollars and record sums to the

medicare trust fund. and all totaled her work will be benefiting familyies and this country for decades to come. and so we want to thank kathleen's husband, gary, the first man of kansas, and her fabulous sons who have shared her with us, and kathleen, i know your dad who served as the governor of ohio who inspired you to serve in the public service, and passed away last year. and kathleen, once again, we want to thank you for the service to our country. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> hey.

>> thank you. >> all right. >> we know that there is still more work to do at hhs, and there is more work to do to implement the affordable care act and another enrollment period in six months from now, and whole array of responsibilities to meet at the large and very important agency. and i could choose no manager as experienced, as competent as my current director of the office of management and budget, sylvia matthews burwell.

sylvia is from a small town, hinton, west virginia. so she brings the common sense that you see in small towns. she brings the values of caring about your neighbor and ordinary folks to some of the biggest and the most complex challenges of her time. she's a proven manager who has demonstrated her ability to field great teams, forging strong relationships and deliver excellent results at the highest levels, and she has done it both in the public and the private s sectors. as coo and later president of the global development of the gates foundation, sylvia worked on the cutting edge of the world's most pressing health challenges. as the head of the walmart foundation, and a member of the board at met life, she gained first hand experience into the how insurance markets work and how they can work better for businesses and families alike. here as my budget director at

the white house, she has already delivered results. after all n the years since she arrived the deficit has plunged by more than $400 billion, i'm just saying. that has happened during that time. when the government was forced to shutdown last october, and even as most of her own team was barred from reporting to work, sylvia was a rock. a steady hand on the wheel who helped to navigate the country through a challenging time. once the government was allowed to the reopen, sylvia was vital to winning the two-year budget agreement that put an end to the manufactured crises that we had seen here in washington to keep full focus on growing the economy, and creating new jobs and expanding the opportunity for everybody who's seeking opportunity. and all of the while, she has helped to the advance important

initiatives to bring the government into the 21st century, and including the efforts to speed up job creation by dramatically speeding up ttu mitting process for big infrastructure projects, and so sil v sylvia is a proven manager, and proven results, and she is going to need to be a proven manager, because these are big tasks and challenges, and covering more families with economic security that health insurance provides to ensuring the safety of the food and drug supply to protecting the country from the outbreak or the bioterror att k attacks to keeping america at the forefront of jobs creating medical research, and all of the dedicated scientists and researchers at the fdc, and the nih, and the cdc and all of them are an extraordinary team, and sometimes the american people take for granted the incredible

network of outstanding public servants that we have, who are helping to keep us healthy and helping to improve our lives every single day. so i want to thank steven -- sylvia's husband, and matthew and helene, for sharing wife and mom longer, and we will miss seeing you around the white house, but we know that you will be doing an outstanding job as the secretary of the health and human services. i hope that the senate confirms sylvia without delay. she is going to be doing great. the last time she was confirmed unanimo unanimously, and i am assuming that not that much has changed since that time. and with that, i want to give them both an opportunity to say a few words starting with kathleen. >> thank you.

>> well, i want to start by thanking you, mr. president, and mr. vice president, for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime to serve in this cabinet. i want to thank my hhs family, many of whom are here, at least the health leaders are here for their incredible work, and my personal family, represented today by our older son, ned, and my wonderful daughter-in-law, lisa, and my husband gary is on the bench today in kansas doing the multiple hearings which he does each and everyday and our youngest son is in ecuador, but they are with us in spirit. the president has already made this case, but i want to re-make it. hhs is an amazing department. it is full of bright and tall talented and hardworking people who believe strongly in our important mission. providing health care and essential human services to the all americans. now, inscribed on the walls of

the humphrey building where your office will be are the words of the namesake, and what hubert humphrey said is the moral test of government is how that government will treat those who are in the dawn of life, the children, those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly, and those who are in the shadow of life, and that really, i think describes what we do at hhs. from our work on birth to kindergarten initiatives to providing for the elderly, and disabled, our employees help their friends and neighbors everyday. the researchers in nhih labs and the scientists working to improve new drugs and devices are helping to change the face of humanity by advancing new cures, research, and innovation. we are advancing public health in the u.s. and around the globe with anti-smoking efforts and promoting maternal and child health. and finally behavioral health and physical health issues are

going to be considered both part of essential treatment, and that is a big step forward. our work, as the president said, look out for a safe and secure food supply and glow bam market, and our sharing of the expertise and advances to help win the hearts and the minds of the nations across the globes. we have done transformation work in communities across the country that will never be the same again. so at any point in our history, that mission would be highly rewarding and some of the most important work that anybody could do. but i have had an additional amazing opportunity. no one has ever had this before. i got to be a leader of hhs doing during the most historic time times. we are on the front lines of a long overdue national change, fixing a broken health system.

now, this is the most meaningful work that i have ever been a part of, and in fact, it is the cause of my life. and i knew it wouldn't be easy. there's a reason that no earlier president was successful in passing health reform, and despite decades of attempts, but throughout the legislative battles, the supreme court challenge, a contentious re-election, and years of votes to turn back the clock, we are making progress. tremendous progress. and critics and supporters alike are benefiting from this law. my professional work as a legislator, and insurance commissioner and governor have been tremendously helpful in navigating the policy and the politics of this historic change. but at the end of the day, health is personal. it is personal to all of us. family illnesses and personal health challenges touch us to our core. i have spent time as a daughter navigating care for ill parents.

as a mother and now a grandmother, and i have experienced and worried about prenatal care and healthy babies, and we have had family health challenges, as all of us have, and in finding the right care it can be difficult even with the best context and the right resources. so, the personal reward for me at the end of the day are the folks who are approaching me, the strangers who are approaching me at a meeting or pass me a note on the plane or hand me a phone with someone on the other end saying thank you. their stories are so heartening, and about finally feeling secure and knowing that they can take care of themselves and their families. the president was in austin, yesterday at the lbj library commemorating 50 years in the civil rights efforts led by

lyndon johnson. and 50 years ago my father was part of that historic congress. he served in the congress with the passage of medicare and medicaid with head start and those programs are now in the agency i have had the honor to lead. it seems like a wonderful passing of the baton, and the affordable care act is the most significant social change in this country in that 50-year period of time. so i am so grateful to have had this opportunity. i appreciate all of the effort and support. i have thanked my cabinet colleagues here on the front row, and not only here on the front row, but they have been part of the all hands on deck effort to make sure that the 7.5 million people were able to the sign up for affordable health care, and so thank you, mr. president, and what i know is that sylvia in the year that i have had the opportunity to work with her is a trusted and valued

friend, and a great partner, and she will be a terrific leader for hhs. so i will turn it over to sylvia. [ applause ] >> first, i'd like to thank you, mr. president and mr. vice president for the trust that you have placed in me in my role at omb, and your confidence for nominating me for the new role. as with we all honor kathleen's accomplishments today, i want to personally thank her for her friendship and support this year. i want to express my heart felt thanks to t thanks for the team at the office of management and budget and the congressional counterparts with whom i have

had the privilege to work with closely throughout. omb is an extraordinary institution, and credit to the p professionalism and commitment of ombs people that we have been able to meaningfully improve the office of budget and management over the last year. i want to thank my family, especially my husband steven, and it is their support that allows me to serve. i'm humbled, honored and excited by the opportunity to build on the achievements that kathleen, the president and so many others have put in place. if confirmed by the senate, i look forward to carrying on the important work of insuring that children, families and seniors have the building blocks of thelthy and pthel t lives and whether it is the affordable care act or funding childhood act, or funding the

preventment and treatment of diseases. thank you, mr. president. >> give these extraordinary women one more round of applause. thank you, kathleen, for your service. thank you, sylvia, for your great work. >> the president giving another embrace to kathleen sebelius, and the nominee to replace her for hhs secretary, sylvia burwell. you heard kathleen sebelius saying that overseeing the affordable health care act was a work of a lifetime for her, and very strong words, and also, the president and secretary sebelius noting the millions of people that have successfully signed up for the health care law. and let me bring in with us now, mark murray, nbc news senior editor and politico health care reporter jennifer habercorn.

and you and i both know, mark murray, that knowing that she would resign today, and there was a debate if she was pushed out or if this is a decision that she made? the president indicated that she said way back in march that she would resign. >> yes, the handwriting was on the wall, and the administration decided to do this once they knew that they had the millions enrolled in the health care can exchanges, and particularly after they were able to announce that 7.5 million americans had enrolled, and tamron what struck me to dday is almost the triumphant tone, and of course, in october and november, there was anything but triumphant for the administration as the website was not working, and they were enduring political problem after political problem, and they can end here in a stronger political footing. they are not out of the woods at all, because was the republicans want to talk more and more about

the health care, but the administration seems to believe that they are now able to officially close the chapter on the botched rollout, and of course, move into the other politics that we know are certainly coming. >> yes, and to that point, jennifer, mark is pointing out that the republicans are champing at the bit to repeal or in some place replace even though we have not heard the replacement of the health care law, but the reaction from many republicans under whom kathleen said she could not have succeeded. and the president says that the numbers don't lie, and she leaves with 7.5 million people on the rolls, and that is undeniable. >> absolutely. this is a strong point for the secretary to leave on, and really, it is the best news that obama care has had in several, several months. so if she wants to go tout say, i enrolled 7.1 million, 7.5 million people in health insurance, this is the opportunity to leave.

as the months are closer to the election elections, it is going to be difficult for somebody to get through the administration, and so this is the perfect time to replace her. >> and sylvia burwell, and you heard the president talk about the unanimous confirmation, mark, and he alluded to not wanting to have a battle later in the senate confirmation, but is it likely? >> well, i think that there is going to be a battle. that always happens in american politics, but i think that her chances for passage are extremely likely given that you need 51 votes, a and that means all of the democrats and minus a couple here or there, and we are not going to have a unanimous vote like she had for omb, because the politics of omb are much different than hhs and the republicans who are willing to vote against her would be exposing themselves if they vote yes for the hhs secretary, because all of the sudden in a primary election either this year or come 2016, or in the future, a primary opponent could

end up saying, that you voted for obama's hhs secretary particularly when the politics of the health care are so explosive in the republican party, and so i think that she is going to be confirmed, and we will have to see what she has to say at the confirmation hearings, but you can bet that a lot of the republican opposition and tough questions from the gop senators r. >> and mark, we expect the tough questions, but the president noted that in the next confirmation, one has to ask themselves, what has changed here? it is one thing to litigate or try to re-litigate the aspects of the health care law that republicans don't like, but it is another to target the individual and that is the risk they take with this as well, and also, again, the 7.5 million people are not democrats who signed up for the health care law. >> and that is true. but the still health care remains such an explosive issue on the republican party, and so any person who votes to confirm her would be exposing himself or herself a little bit, but you

are right, the politics have changed from the october and november, and what you are going to be end up hearing from sylvia matthews burwell and the other democrats in the months ahead, yes, problems existed in october and november, and we have moved on from them, and there is progress and any effort to repeal the health care would mean taking health care away from millions of americans. >> and before we bring in kristen welker, jennifer, she talked about her background, but what does sylvia burwell bring to the fable this the next stage of enrollment, and making sure that the website is effective and all of the things that need to be in place digitally to ensure that millions more sign up if that is the case? >> well, she brings in the management experience that hhs is going to need. they were able to repair the website, but there is a lot of hurdles that remain, you know, and the second year of enrollment starts in november, but it is coming much more quickly than it sounds, and you

know, they need to get insurers on board, and make sure that the insurers remain in place to sell the insurance, and make sewer that the website is fixed and fix the problems on the backend of the site where the consumers' application actually goes to the insurance company, so they need that management experience that the president was touting today that sylvia burwell showed at omb. >> and let me bring in kristen welker at the white house, and we watched the atmosphere there, and definitely, i don't know, people in d.c. like to call it victory laps and spiking the football, but nevertheless, we know that kathleen sebelius' comments certainly indicate at least today that she is in a hi higher note than we watched in some of the contentious hearings when she was grilled and a number of awkward interviews at the low point of drying to convince people -- at the low point of trying to convince people that it would work here. >> and yes, and you heard from mark as well, but the president

spoke about the final score speaks for itself. and the comment of 7.5 million people who have enrolled in health care, and of course to the question of whether or not she was pushed out, i think that you heard the high parade, because the white house wants to underscore the point that she wasn't,p peand that it was her decision. but there is broad agreement with the administration that it is time to move on with an hhs secretary that is not battered and bruised and time for them to get ready for the second enrollment period. >> thank you all for coming in, and by the way, the president is headed to new york where he is going to speak at the national action network at their big event, and of course, reverend al sharpton is the president of the national action network, and he is going to be speaking at 4:00 on voting rights, and we will be covering that for you as well. >> meanwhile, ten high school

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and now moving on to the other story, a tenth person has died in a horrific fiery crash between a tour bus carrying high school students and the fedex truck in california. five of those killed are teenager os teenagers on the way to visit a college campus, and cell phone video shows moments after the crash in the town of orland outside of san francisco. it appear ed thed that a fedex crossed the freeway and slammed into their bus. the witnesses said that it sounded like a series of explosions, and some of the students had to kick out the windows to get out of the bus in addition to the students killed, the drivers and three shchaperos died in the crash, and more than 30 others were injured. ntsb investigators are on the

scene determining what happened. >> most of us were trying to get out, and so students that were there broke the windows, and that helped a lot of us get out safely. >> and you see the injuries on the face, and they say that our thoughts and prayers are with everyone involved in the tragic accident on i-5 in california. we will be cocan operating fully with the investigation. and what are the witnesses saying happened? >> well, you know, i think that you summed it up real, real nicely. for most of yesterday, chp was handling it, and they said that about 6:00 thursday evening the accident broke out. for all of yesterday, it was nine folks who were declared deceased, and then very, very

early friday morning, chp was able to confirm that the tenth had died at the hospital. that person was taken to a burn unit at uc davis medical center where they passed away, i believe it was late thursday night. >> and matt, do we know anymore from the witnesses though how this collision happened? what happened here? >> yeah, you know, well, chp told us that all throughout thursday that the basically we had a fedex truck that was driving southbound on the 5 very, very well traveled freeway here in california. and that truck from what i was told crossed for unknown reasons crossed the grassy medium from the southbound lane into the northbound lanes. and as it did that, it sideswiped a vehicle a passenger vehicle, and after it sideswiped

that vehicle, it went headon with this charter bus carrying the students, and both the bus and the fedex bus exploded and that is where the witnesses hear the explosions and saw the flames. >> when you look at the image, the flame and the intensity and we heard from the young boy, the 17-year-old, you could see that the injuries on his face, taand the horror of trying to get off of that bus. unimaginable for the children, for the chaperones as well. do we have anymore information on the injuries whether or not those injured are in critical kcon dission, the status? >> yeah, you know, we have spoke with folks throughout the night. last i was aware a couple of hours ago, two folks at one hospital were in critical condition, and there was a new relatively new patient at the uc davis medical center who was in

critical condition, and scores more who had suffered more minor injuries and bruises and bumps and cuts as you can see on that young man's face. probably, upwards at one point of 30 people suffered injuries we were told, but at last check, aware of three people that were critically injured. >> it is unbelievable. matt stevens with the "l.a. times" thank you for joining us, and we will keep the audience up to date on this story that is just even hard to process when you see that video. police are learning more though about the 16-year-old suspect accused of stabbing 21 classmates and a security guard in his pennsylvania high school this week despite the earlier conclusions about alex hribal, sources tell nbc news that there is no reason to believe he was a victim of bullying and that he was targeting anybody specif specifically. he is still being interviewed, and being held on bail, and

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well, just a few hours ago a south african court adjourned in the oscar pistorius murder trial, and gary neil, prosecutor, focused on pa

pistorius's claim of not being able to hear his girlfriend reeva steenkamp not screaming through the bathroom door. >> i wish she had let me know that she was there, but she did not do that. >> listen to my question. after you fired the first shot, did she scream? >> no, my lady. >> are you sure? >> yes sh, my lady. >> would you have heard her? >> i don't think so, because the gunshot went off and my ears were ringing. >> exactly. how can you exchoose that she was screaming if you cannot hear. >> and joining me is msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom, and legal analyst for avo.com, and this is an extraordinary week for this trial with oscar pistorius on the stand, and what do you make of the line of questioning regarding whether reeva steenkamp was screaming. and logic says that you would hear this, and that is not the case, because he says that she was still breathing when he broke the door down.

>> and this is so important, because five neighbors have testified in the case that they heard her screaming, and he said that was me, because i have a high-pitched voice, and so it fwhoutz first sot that killed her, and the final shot, and so surely she would have screamed, and she said, get down, there is a burglar, and he didn't respond or look for her and listen for her, and all of that is hard to belie believe. >> and let me hear another exchange where the prosecutor was describing reeva steenkamp's state of mind. >> and you are standing behind the door facing the front, you, that was shooting. >> yes. >> and if she was scared, she would have been hiding in the toilet. >> well, i can't say what she would have done. >> i think that you can. >> can the state say that?

is. >> sure, because he can make the argument, and i love this pr prosecutor, because he is taking a lot of heat for being aggressive, but he is not having tea with the queen. he should have to answer the questions and i have written a book for the prosecutor in the zimmerman case not being aggressive enough, and so he should drill down and look at the inconsistencies of the stories, and that is what he is doing. >> and now, this week, between the tears and what some believe is an avoid answer of answering the questions directly, do you believe that oscar pistorius is helping his case? >> well, he has established a baseline that he is an emotional line and cry iing and weeping a sobbing and vomiting in the trial. and before the cross-examination, and the fact that he is doing it in the cross-examination really doesn't add to it, and it does not make much difference, but the judges and the twos a sor s -- assessos

who are like professional jurors are not going to be swayed by that. >> and the judge is telling him to get it together. and you have the members of reeva steenkamp who is listening, and they are not falling apart, and we can't get the answers from him, and it does not negate that he is going through something emotionally, but they are in the same courtroom. >> and they are holding it together the, and everybody else is behaving professionally as you do in the courtroom and he is losing it day after day, and today, he said that he is very, very tired, and the judge said do you need to take a break, because you are very tired. and with oscar pistorius, it is all about oscar pistorius, and it is getting old. >> well, we want to see what happens here, and thank you for your insight. and now we have the president's announcement of a change of leadership at the department of health and human service, and that announcement just in the last hour, and here is recap of the news this week.

>> today is equal payday. equal payday. and it is nice to have a day, but it is even bet ter to have equal pay. >> many ladies i know feel like they are being used as pawns. >> i real ize that contempt is not a big deal to our attorney general. >> never think that was not the big deal to me. don't ever think that. >> and i don't need lectures from you about contempt, and -- >> i don't need them from you as well. >> and i will think about it, and i'm going to continue to think about it for a while. the hard questions are why? why would you want to do this? >> i told you -- >> home boy. >> you can't touch this. >> stop. >> hammer time. >> okay. well, joining me live is msnbc news political editor mark murray, and quite an ending there that eduardo put on the "week in review." and now that is capped off with

the resignation of kathleen sebelius, and the fact of whether there is going to be a battle over her replacement. >> when you began the week of the montage, health care was not in the news, and talk about the equal pay, and the ryan budget, and talking about the 50th anniversary of lyndon johnson's signing of the civil rigthts ac, and of course, the kathleen sebelius resigning, and replacement for her, and this is now back in the news, and people will talk about it sunday and the week ahead, but the democrats feel like they are on stronger footing certainly than they were in october or november. >> yes, that seems to be the case. and mark, let's talk about how you say stronger footing transition to the shoe event with hillary clinton. a lot of people have been chatting about it, and it is buzzy, but it is very scary. i mean, that shoe came so close to hitting her. it did not.

but, do we know anymore about the circumstance s and this person accused of throwing the shoe? >> we don't know the name or the motive at all, tamron, and you are right, this is a secure story more than anything else, because the person who apparently threw the shoe was not invited or a participant in the recycling convention there, and obviously, hillary clinton gets security being a previous first lady, and yes, a big security story, and i was struck of the humor she responded it to, and the best quote was that i didn't know that solid waste management was this controversial aand making light of a situation that you are making a speech, and somebody threw a shoe at you. >> and at one point, mark, she asked if a bat had flown past her, and not processing what

happened at her, and nobody would at an event whether there is not a big controversy over her attendance, and interesting there, and we are happy that she is okay, and we will find out more information about the person responsible for it. have a great weekend, mark. >> you, too. >> okay. thank you, mark. a painful moment on a commercial airplane becomes a reason for change. you remember the oscar-nominated actor from "blindside" and he was on a flight and removed from a flight due to the weight. he is 500 pounds now, and he is going to talk about this incident and now how it has changed his life. they don't know it yet, but they're gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some financial folks who will talk to them about preparing early for retirement

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a change. he was told to get off of the us airways flight, because he took up two seats. but on a flight from philadelphia to rochester, no first class seats were available, and he had to sit in the economy section and he is 6'8" and he weighs 550 pounds and so he took up two seats and told to the leave the plane, because another passenger had to sit next to him, and he says that the whole event has made him more determined to make a life change as it relates to the weight, and quinton is with us from los angeles. and it is so good to to see you sh, and thank you for joining us. >> thank you. thank you for having me. >> i saw this online, and i read much of what you had to say, and first off, you said that the airline employees were very polite to you and it is not a situation where they were not trying to humiliate you? >> you know, i said it, they spoke polite. it is definitely a different way they could have handled it, but i do feel like they were just

doing their job, so at the end of the day, i was too big to fit in one seat, you know, so that is why i felt no need to fight this situation, just cooperate. >> and you were able to the buy two seats on another flight, right? >> well, no, no. the guy that asked me to get off of the plane, he booked me on the next flight, and it was a bigger plane with one with first class. >> and so you were able to get to your destination. what was that flight like? what was going through your mind thinking about i had to be, i hadded to leave this plane, get on another flight, because of my weight, and what were you thinking? >> honestly, at the time, i was just ready to get, you know, to where i was going, and i was mad that i had to get off of the flight, and i don't know for sure, but i don't think that it was a full flight going to rochester, new york, that time

of the night, and so me, personally, i would have at least tried to see if there was any other seats available where someone can sit next to each other, and there could be can, you know, like a two-seat space open, but that is just me. >> i understand that. >> i understand this all resulted in personal evaluation, not just a decision that was made to remove you from that that but made you reflect on yourself? >> yes, i mean, because one, there's no -- i'm not naive to the fact that i'm larger than life, you know guy, walking around here. very rarely do i see someone taller than me. i think that happens around espy weekend or when i go to a baseball game, other than that i dwarf a lot of people -- i'm huge. >> is it your -- i have photographs of you, particularly when you were doing a lot of red

carpets during the "blind side" and all of the praise you got for that wonderful performance. when you look at the images there, you've gained wait over that time. >> i did. >> i know you have a foundation under your name where you talk to kids about health and wellness and talk about bullying and childhood obesity. did this event make you want to change your life, if there's anybody to be changed here? i'm asking you. i don't know. >> for a while now i decided i'm going to have to lead by example. you know, the fact that i put all of the weight back on that i took off for the movie is what made me decide to start a foundation based off of that kind of problem because it's something a lot of people deal with and something that i didn't

have knowledge of growing up, you know, what a healthy lifestyle and living is. eating the right foods and cutting out the wrong stuff and you know, when you grow up where you are, you eat what's around you or do what you're accustomed to -- >> they say when you know better, you do better. i would love to continue this conversation with you as you know we had breaking news. i'd love to invite you back on and how you're living your life for an example to other. i. >> i'm here wherever you need me. >> thank you. we wish you the best. we'll keep track of this with you, okay? >> thank you. ♪ i know a thing about an ira

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