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just past 1:00 p.m. in the east, 10:00 a.m. out west. here is what's happening. with three days until the final debate and a little over three weeks until election day, new polls are giving us a sense of the state of the presidential election. hillary clinton has widened her lead among women in battleground states. the new cbs/yougov poll shows him with an inedge. the nbc/wall street journal poll shows her with an 11-point lead. the abc news/washington post poll shows a more narrow lead, though still leading. the lead is within the margin of error. all of the polls were taken this week amid controversy for both candidates. wikileaks releasing e-mails from the clinton campaign. and new allegations of sexual misconduct against trump. two of trump's supporters are weighing in today on his handling of them. >> i don't defend him when he wanders off. i told him over and over,

presidents have to be disciplined. in that sense, hillary is probably better trained to be president except she's the most corrupt person to get the nomination of a presidential party. >> i don't believe any of them? >> they all fit a pattern. i find they come 27 days before an election. i know how the clintons conduct an election. they conducted an election about as dirty as it gets. i find it impossible that people remember 30 years ago and 20 years ago and eight -- come forward now right at the very end to push these things. i find these hard to believe. does he talk like a guy sometimes when you are hanging around and you tell jokes and stuff like that? sure. does he act like a gentleman? absolutely. >> here is what vice-president joe biden told chuck todd on "meet the press" this morning about these allegations. >> in his own words -- i don't have to go to the accusers. when a man says -- what he said

is the textbook definition of sexual assault. the idea that she lets me do anything because i'm a celebrity is just sick. and what's wrong is we have to change the whole culture here. no man has a right to touch a woman, to raise a hand to a woman, to abuse a woman for any reason. >> new reaction from vice-presidential nominee tim kaine on the wikileaks e-mails. >> not only are these e-mails an effort by wikileaks and russia to try to destabilize our election, but second, you can't assume that they're all accurate. one of the e-mails that came out this week referred to me. it was completely inaccurate. i don't know whether it was inaccurate because the acceptedaccepted sender didn't know what they were talking about or it had been doctored. anybody who will try to cyberattack and try to destabilize an election, you can't trust they will maintain

h honesty about what they are dumping. >> we have reports on both campaigns. hallie jackson and chris continkristin welker in the bureau. we have some new reporting to share. what have you heard about this? >> reporter: listen. one state operative there in arizona, which on our battleground map is now a tossup, this typically red state. they are saying one of our colleagues who works covering mike pence, donald trump, saying that he believes that in fact donald trump is going to lose the state. he is predicting a loss here saying barring something unforeseen, trump is going to lose arizona and you are still not seeing the type of activity you would expect to see if he is expects to save it. we're just over three weeks out, remember, from election day. this is somebody who is involved in the state, somebody who h

concerns about donald trump. that's an interesting development. we're talking about these allegations of a rigged system from donald trump as you are discussing. it's something rudy giuliani was pressed about. listen. >> what he is really talking about is how 80% to 85% of the media is against him. look at "the new york times," i read it every day. i don't know why. it aggravates it. donald trump was bad in school. donald trump had a business failure. donald trump did this or that. >> reporter: there you have giuliani, one of his surrogates out for him, saying, when donald trump says it's rigged, he is not talking about the system, he is talking about the media. that's a distinction that donald trump has not necessarily drawn when he is out at the rallies. it's in the a distinction that many of his supporters are necessarily drawing either when they talk about what it means to have a rigged system. >> he is asking a lot of the

spo supporters, go out and make sure -- >> reporter: be election observers. >> good point. kristin welker covereri erining clinton campaign. the new batch of wikileaks e-mails, did it do anything to damage the campaign ? >> reporter: what it has done is create a series of thorny questions that they have to answer in the days leading up to election day. if you don't like hillary clinton, this will reinforce some of the negative stereo tapes thtape s. but if you are a supporter, it's hard to see anyone really changing their support because of what is in these hacks. having said that, the clinton campaign very intent upon trying to shift the narrative. they're not authenticating the e-mails. as you heard tim kaine say, there are questions about whether some of the e-mails might be doctored. they're trying to put the blame on russia. u.s. officials have said they believe these hacks are the

result of russia and the clinton campaign making the point that they're trying to meddle in the u.s. election and may be working with the trump campaign. this is what vice-president biden had to say to chuck todd. take a listen. >> we're sending a message. we have the capacity to do it. the message -- >> he will know it in. >> he will know it. it will be at the time of our choosing and the circumstances that have the greatestism pact. >> the vice-president firing a warning shot to russia. secretary clinton and her campaign also trying to compare this to watergate as a way to shift the narrative over these wikileaks hacks. you have that third presidential debate coming up. she will undoubtedly get tough questions about the content of what is in these e-mails. i anticipate what you are going to see her do is what we have seen her campaign do is to shift the narrative and point the finger at russia. >> is there an indication that this is really her major focus,

answering questions about the e-mails? >> reporter: i think it's going to be one of her focuses. i also think strategically, take a look at what she did in the second debate. to some extent she tried not to get into extended back and forth with donald trump whether she d disagreed. go to the website. you will see the facts. tried to talk about her policy positions. the clinton campaign feels as though that is the way that they want to try to end this election, talking about the policies, the positive things that she's going to bring to the tau table. there's a broader sense that's getting lost. so i think you are going to see that reflected in some of her ads as well. >> thanks as always. joining me now, molly hooper and rosie gray. a welcome to you both. molly, beginning with you, trump is now suggesting that he and

hillary clinton should take drug tests. suggesting by that indirectly that hillary clinton may have taken drugs before the last debate. can you tell me what he is talking about and how this should be interpreted? >> i think they should both take drug tests. have i have no idea. this is a very interest, unusual tact to take. trump has brought up hillary clinton's health in recent -- in the past few weeks. it's something that plays to his base. again, really rallies up his -- fires up his supporters. i'm not sure where that comes from. i don't think a lot of congressional republicans on the house or senate side will defend it. >> okay. you think they both should take drug tests just to get it out of the way? you were joking, right? >> i was joking. >> just checking. rosie, trump pushing this claim that the media is trying to rig the election. he has been saying that over and over again. who is he is talking to? is it just his base? i'm curious what he expects to

gain. independents, will they vote in his favor? >> what he is trying to do is basically claim that if he loses the election, it was part of some grand conspiracy against him rather than him actually just losing the election. i will note that although his surrogates keep saying that this rigged talk is about the media, trump himself tweet aed a few minutes ago he expects it will be rigged at polling places as well. >> okay. i want to talk about some of the polls and look at it now with a broad base here, molly. your takeaways, the numbers we are getting in today. >> the thing is, it's interesting. i talked to several gop strategists recently since the tapes came out. they said, you know, we would have expected -- this is the general feeling. they would have expected the polls would have changed more dramatically than they have. it goes to show there's so many people in the country that are

opposed to hillary clinton and vice versa with hillary clinton maintaining her lead even though all these wikileaks documents come out, one strategist barry bennett who was ben carson's former campaign chairman and short time trump adviser told me, he said, you know, the untold story of this election is that half of the country thinks hillary clinton is a liar. the other half think donald trump is a lout. since this election is going to be a change election, do a majority of the country want to vote for donald trump? that's why we're not seeing as much movement in the polls. >> what about from your perspective, rosie? >> there's -- we live in a polarized country. no matter what happens, i think with trump and obviously we have seen a string of very damaging revelations for his campaign, there's going to be a certain percentage of people who will vote for him no matter what. that will probably be the case for the rest of the election.

the question is whether or not he can reach out beyond his base of support to attract undecideds or people who might not be part of the base. he is not making much of an effort in that direction. >> what about the campaign events tomorrow and tuesday that donald trump has, molly? is he doing anything debate prep? >> well, you know, i haven't heard that he is doing a lot of debate prep. personally, in my opinion, i don't know if he wants to go that route given the last time that he was on a debate stage with chris wallace. chris pressed him on his business dealings back in the mid '90s and the early to mid '90s and the bankruptcies he filed. it's unclear. i think that one thing that we have seen with trump this election is that he really feeds off the energy in the crowds. so if that works for him, great. it's unclear what he is doing behind the scenes.

>> is there any sense that we're going to get key surrogates like rudy giuliani come to his defense against the allegations of sexual misconduct? what do you think, rosie? >> we're seeing that. i was watching the sunday shows this morning, rudy giuliani was on several of them basically saying that these are just allegations. so his surrogates are coming to his defense when it cops to these sexual assault allegations. that's something that's happening. >> okay. thank you so much. a well respected election predicting website says my next guest has a path to the presidency. how could evan mcmullin become president? i will talk to him next.

18 past with breaking news from london. secretary of state john kerry just spoke and said the u.s. and britain are considering imposing economic sanctions on russia and syria because of the conduct in aleppo. kerry huddled with his british and french counterparts along with gust state leadelf state l >> we are discussing using every mechanism available to us. but i haven't seen a big appetite in europe for people to go to war. >> those talks had begun with a call for a cease-fire in the two-year-old civil war. it fell apart after just five days. on friday, a contestant on the fifth season of the "the apprentice" alleged donald trump twice made unwanted sexual advanced on her in 2007. >> i pushed his chest to put space between us. i said, come on, man, get real. he repeated my words back to me, get real.

as he began thrusting his genitals. he tried to kiss me again with my hands still on his chest. i said, you are tripping right now. attempting to make it clear, i was not interested. >> mr. trump denies there was a story saying, i never met her at a hotel or greeted her inappropriately a decade ago. let's bring in john berry. you put out a statement denying your cousin's accusations. how do you know these incidents didn't take place? >> actually, i asked summer at the restaurant if she had ever had dinner or donald trump ever asked her out. she said, you know, he is a gentleman and she just said no. i did ask her that question. >> when was this restaurant

conversation? >> this was about three or four months ago. >> what has she told you directly about her interactions with trump? >> she just praises him up and down. he is a mentor. she just said he is -- he has the biggest heart. he will go to children's hospitals off camera, visit burn victims. just all good stuff. when she -- >> in a previous interview you said you have not voted before. how did you come into contact with the trump campaign? >> i actually -- i was at work. i saw her on tv. when she started crying, i almost fell off my chair, because that is not her personalty. her personality is strong. it's been 11 years, 12 years since she's been on the show. she said nothing but good things about donald trump.

she even invited him to the restaurant. they told her no. she wasn't very happy about that. i was at work. i called a close family member and i asked if they can call fox news, because she's lying. 100%. >> how close are you to your first cousin? >> pardon me? >> how close are you two? you and summer. >> throughout the years, we weren't very close. actually, i baby-sat for her years ago, her and her brother a couple times. but in the last six months, when i was working with her, we came -- became very close. >> you weren't close at the time while she was a contestant on "the apprentice"? >> no. >> so her recollections about that have only been pretty much within the last six months to you? >> pretty -- well throughout the years i would visit. she was managing my uncle's

restaurant. he had two of them. one has closed down, the one she was managing. i would go in there for breakfast. we would talk. >> you don't do thanksgiving and holidays together and that sort of thing? >> you know, she's -- she doesn't show up for that stuff. she kind of just stays in her own little world, i guess. >> i want to mention -- >> the family just -- she barely comes around. >> i want to ask you what your cousin's attorney said. there's a statement she gave us about you. here is a piece of that. how do you respond to that? >> you know, my uncle has been in business since '79. i was 14 when i started with my uncle. i just gave my age away.

throughout the years, i've been helping my uncle off and on. actually, my uncle owns the restaurants, not summer. she claims she owns sunny's. that's not true, 100% false. summer comes in and out throughout the years, working. she will leave, come back. you know, we just had a management disagreement. that's all. >> will you be voting for trump? does the list of allegations against him from eight women other than your cousin, does that give you pause at all? >> no, no. i don't -- >> no to what? no to pause or no to voting for trump? >> i will vote for donald trump, absolutely. >> the other allegations, they don't bother you? >> no. >> why not? >> i don't believe -- i think everyone is coming out of the woodwork now at the last minute.

i honestly feel hillary clinton is behind all this. >> you know, john, so i asked you how closure to your cousin. the amount of time you spend together. it doesn't seem to me like you two are kindred spirits to say the least. how do you know that her experience didn't happen? >> i'm just telling you what she told me. i asked her if you guys ever went out and she said, john, he is a gentleman, he is charming, he is handsome. she just praised him up and down. >> do you think that she would be inclined to -- >> i was not a donald trump supporter. she converted me to like donald trump. >> do you think summer would be inclined to tell you if she had been sexually accosted by him in any way? >> i think she would have. summer likes to talk.

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putin after alleged hacks, rudy giuliani is raising wikileaks for releasing e-mails reportedly written by the clinton campaign. >> i find wikileaks very refreshing. this is the hillary clinton i always knew existed. i never had proof of it. say something private that's different than somebody public. i have always known she was a liar. over and over and over again a phony. >> new this hour, trump is going a step further in his claim the election is being rigged. he has tweeted -- trump has encouraged supporters to visit polling sites to prevent voter fraud from happening. as we turn now to the showdown in nevada, it's the site of the third and final presidential debate wednesday. a new poll out this morning shows hillary clinton leading by six points. a two-point increase from the last survey. joining me now john rawlston, a

talk show host in nevada. with a welcome to you on this sunday. let's get your reaction on the poll numbers. why do you think trump is lagging? should he be worried? >> he should be. that poll matches up with another one done last week that showed trump up six -- the trump -- he is down six points, the same result. the revelations that have con out lately, the beginning with the tape, he started to fade. the state was a toss-up state for a long time. but i think he is starting to fall behind now. i think i can break news here for you. the hillary clinton campaign is taking nothing for granted. the president is scheduled now to come to nevada for a rally one week from today to rally the troops, early voting starts next weekend here. the senate race as you know is very, very important. the republicans are focused on that. the president will do an early

voting rally here next sunday to try to rally the troops to get early voting numbers up for the democrats. >> as you well know, that's going to be pivotal. it has been. the latino and hispanic vote, the turnout was really big the last couple of elections for obama. a recent report says, they have registered more than 100,000 new voters. interpret that for donald trump. >> yeah. that's bad news for trump here. you mentioned the turnout for hispanics for obama in the last two presidential cycles. his pan panics were 15% in 2008 18% in 2012. there's speculation that because of donald trump, turning out hispanic voters against him, that could get over 20%. that spells doom for him here. it's a big problem, too, in the senate race which is -- the senate race here could determine control of the u.s. senate.

that's bad for the republicans. >> that senate race, that's in a dead heat. joe heck who disavowed trump, he said he is not voting for him. do you think that's hurting him? >> well, people were watching when that happened. he was booed by very friendly crowd when he made that spontaneous announcement at a rally. mitt romney was there as well. when he said i decided not just to disavow trump but to ask him to step down off of the ticket, he was booed from the crowd. there's been a couple of conflicting polls that have come out. one said about 34% of republicans now would not vote for him. the other said 14% might not vote for him. either of those numbers being right, considering as you mentioned the race say dead heat, is very problematic for him. >> trump has been doubling down on the claims the election is rigged.

this mounting pressure that top republicans are coming under to defend the legitimacy of the electoral system. here is what they added. i mean, john, does the aftermath of trump losing the election worry you at all? do you think is overblown? >> i don't think it's overblown at all. i think it's something everybody should worry about. he -- as he is going down, is trying to delegitimatize the hillary clinton presidency by saying the election is rigged. it's so insidious to tell americans that when they go to vote, that their vote will not matter because the election is rigged. by the way, without any evidence whatsoever. the fact is that voter fraud in this country is minuscule and has never been measured to be significant anywhere. the fact that donald trump is trying to question the

legitimacy of the election is something that goes on in a third world country. i think it's going to be very dangerous no matter who wins the election. >> i will go further and bring you just a line from an article in which it reads, a study found that out of the 1 billion votes that were cast in all u.s. elections between 2000 and 2014, a billion votes, only 31 known cases of impersonation fraud, to your point. let me ask you about wednesday with the debate. how should trump display himself? what should he focus on or avoid? >> i'm not sure what he should do. i will tell you what i think he is going to do. i think he is going to mirror what he has been doing the last week or so since the last debate, which is flailing away, making charges at hillary clinton. i think he will talk about the election being rigged. i think he will bring up everything that he has brought up. it will be a kitchen sink debate

for trump. he will throw everything at hillary clinton. this is a guy going down who is trying to pull her down with him. and probably the republican party as well. >> john, always good to talk with you. thank you. i will ask an attorney who is a senior adviser to the trump campaign about what donald trump should say at the next debate. in the next hour on "meet the press" joe biden and mike pence on his running mate's behavior and run for the white house. not so great on the inside. her advice? use a toothpaste and mouthwash that strengthens both. go pro with crest pro-health advanced. it's uniquely formulated with activestrength technology to strengthen teeth inside and is better at strengthening the outside than colgate total. crest toothpaste and mouthwash makes my whole mouth feel amazing. advance to healthier gums and stronger teeth from day one. my check-up was great.

nine women have come forward to accuse donald trump of sexual misconduct. the candidate is denying the allegations tweeting that they are made up and never happened. let's bring in a.j. delgato. with a welcome to you, we're going to get to the debate, because i have watched you work. i think that you ought to be in an ifb in donald trump's ear. you could tell him what to say in the debate. it work out in his favor.

>> he doesn't need it. thank you. >> i want to go with this new poll. your candidate is now 11 points behind hillary clinton nationally. first of all, how much of that is due to the allegations against him? secondly, does he have enough time to catch up? there are three weeks left until the election. >> i'm not sure those poll numbers are accurate, first of all. to the extent that we are down a little bit and we have a challenge with women, we have had a rough week due to this media-driven narrative about mr. trump, these false, absolutely nonsense allegations about him. they have been debunked by now. it's an embarrassment on the media, not on mr. trump. when you go through a couple of them, the lead story about the plane ride that happened 30 something years ago that there are no witnesses to, the facts themselves boggle any sense of common sense that this could happen in the middle of a flight. the summer story, where we found out she had e-mailed mr. trump a few months ago praising him and asking to reconnect with him. the palm beach brunch, this

woman said he grabbed her in front of people. we find out she's in the middle of litigation against mr. trump's resort. the people brunch -- i'm sorry, the "people" reporter who said he groped her. these stories are debunked. it's a shame the media has focus on them rather than on wikileaks which is what concerns voters. >> i understand that. there is that tape. what do you think of that? >> well, the tape was mr. trump speaking using hyperbole. we have the media assuming that what he spoke of on the tape, they are running that as though that's what he does. he said he does that. no, he doesn't. he was speaking about will women let you get away with when you are a famous international new york society guy. not that he actually does those things. it was just him being silly with another guy. >> but can you see that people who did see that tape and then you combine that with these nine women that have come out

accusing him of sexual misconduct to varying degrees, can you see how that's really hurting him? is there a way to have your candidate rise above that? >> well, that's why i feel it's a coordinated attack. i do trust that american women will instead focus on not only the common sense and looking at whether these stories against mr. trump make any sense, they don't. but more so on hillary clinton's policy of going after women. i am still waiting for nbc to release the unedited interview in 1999 with juanita broderick. i want to hear about hillary clinton referring to stay at home moms as people who bake cookies. this is what women voters care about. they say these stories do not make sense. >> that tammy wynett, that was put out there in the early '90s. we have been over that. >> it's still offensive.

>> mr. trump suggests several of his accusers were not attractive enough. he commented about one, she would not be my first choice, that i can tell you. is that appropriate? is that even an effective defense? >> well, i don't think he was commenting on her looks. they took his remark from the rally. i was with him that day where he said look at her. i use the phrase, look at hillary clinton when i'm referring to the person or the story. >> but he talked --eautiful wom time. look at his business with the trump -- >> that's men. they do care about -- we care about men's looks. we talk about that. mr. trump isn't referring to anybody's looks. to the degree that he does perhaps, i don't think he was referring to her looks. if he did, when you have somebody claiming that you sexually assaulted them, you have brought looks into the equation. if somebody said, a.j. was attracted to me and touched me in an inappropriate manner, it's

relevant to the discussion whether that person is the type of person that i would normally be attracted to. he hasn't mentioned looks. if he did, it would be germane to the discussion. i wouldn't find that offensive. by the way, that's not somebody i would have been attracted to. that's normal. >> what about the question this morning -- here is what newt gingrich had to say. >> there's a big trump and a little trump. the big trump is a list tohisto feature. the big trump is creating issues that make the establishment very uncomfortable. the little trump is stupid. presidents have to be disciplined. hillary is probably better trained to be president except she's the most corrupt person to get the nomination. >> does he have a boipoint ther? how do you think donald trump should handle questions about this? >> he has extraordinary self-discipline. imagine how you would feel if there were -- there was a

coordinated attack against you with these w-- one of the worst things you could accuse a man of, sexual assault. let's look at how hillary clinton for instance responded to just affairs her husband was having. she, according to a new york time stors story, hired a priva investigato investigator. he posted a tweet or two. that's self-discipline. i'm proud to stand behind this man. in the face of a horrific attack with false smears, he has been incredibly patient and remarkably composed in bearing this onslaught against him. he wants to be your next president, at least one respected election predicted website says he has a path. shoots and burns its way into your day, i hear you. to everyone with this pain that makes ordinary tasks

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for alternatives to major party candidate candidates, donald trump and hillary clinton and for some conservatives the decision process is starting to sound like this. >> i'll probably vote for evan mcmullen or write somebody in, but for my vote for d.c., but the reality is that donald trump is not acceptable, and he has put the republican leader and conservatives in a tough positi position. >> and the recent polls in utah which are like this one, placing the independent presidential candidate ed mcmullen in a dead lock for second place. joining us is independent presidential candidate ed mcmullen, a former cia adviser, and with a look to how you are cop trasting yourself to the republican candidate donald trump. >> i am the only conservative candidate this year. i am advocating for limited government and advocating for the fundamental ideals upon which the country is founded and

the notion that all men and women are created equal, and we have inalienable right s s to t pursuit of happiness. i am the only candidate certainly standing for those things, and donald trump is not. >> so you are saying that donald trump is not a true republican? >> well, he is a republican and the republican nominee, which is a sad thing for republicans, pu he is not a conservative. i am the only conservative in the race, and i was the chief policy director most recently before launching the campaign, and i have only voted for republicans my entire life. but something has to change when you have the republican party nominating someone who treats women the wau he does and people of different races and religions, and people with disabilities, and somebody who aligns himself with dictators oversea overseas, and this is not a person who should be the republican nominee or even a major candidate or certainly not the president of the united states, and then also, we have hillary clinton who is deeply

corrupt. sadly, i think that we are having in the country, a leadership crisis. that is why i got into the race to offer the american people a better choice. >> well, you are not going to be on the ballot in all 50 states and people want to vote for you, and do you have to allow on the write-in candidacy? >> well, i would say that we will be on the ballot or a write-in candidacy in about 43 to 45 states by election, and that is u enough for our strategy, and what we are trying to do is to deny hillary clinton and donald trump a majority in the electoral college -- >> and evan, let me read that, because i want the people the to understand how you could get to the presidency. this is from the article in 538 and your path consists according to them and let me know if you agree with this, you would have to win utah and that state has six electoral votes and then you would dead lock the electoral college and then winning would come in the house that they would vote you in.

so is that your strategy? do you think it will happen in any scenario? >> well, it can, as you described and that is laid out in the constitution. obviously, it is very, very d difficult. i have been saying that since day one and i knew it would be difficult even before getting into the race, but the point is that if we didn't get in, we wouldn't have the chance, and so we are getting in to try to give the american people something to vote for and be proud of, and we are standing for what is good and right and true, and we are going to have a chance to do what you described, but also doing someelse, we are building a new conservative movement in the country. the conservative movement is being destroyed by donald trump or at least the republican party is and what we are saying -- yes, go ahead. >> do you think that you may help hillary clinton get elected by siphoning off votes from donald trump. >> first, i am a candidate as e legitimately as any of the other candidates in the race. i have a constitutional right to run and that is what i am doing. donald trump has a right to do that and he is doing it as well. but aimi am a candidate like ane

else. if anybody is a spoiler, it is donald trump, he is a spoiler for republican party and the country, and the reality is that he is performing so terribly against hillary clinton he won't win this race, and he is being dominated by hillary clinton the most corrupt member of a modern par party, and he won't win whether i'm in the race or not, and that is the reality. >> why are you seeing the strong report in utah, specifically, utah. >> well, it is not just utah, but the mountain west in general and the reason why is that people in utah rejected both hillary clinton and donald trump in the primaries by large margins and they know that neither e over the two people are good leaders and we need t better leaders in the country, and honest and wise leaders to put the american people first, and they don't see it in hillary clinton or donald trump and that is why they are looking for something else. >> evan mcmullen and we wish you luck and thank you for your time

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