good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington with breaking news for more than 30 million fully vaccinated americans. the first formal health guidelines, people who weeks after they receive both of their pfizer or moderna shots or single johnson & johnson shots. here's what you need to know, fully vaccinated people can visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors without wearing masks or distancing. they can visit with low-risk individuals without wearing masks or distancing and refrain from quarantining or testing following known exposure if their asymptomatic. for now they should be able to

take the cautions in public by wearing a well-fitted mask and distancing and avoid medium and large-size in-person gatherings. >> these new recommendations are an important first step in our efforts to resume everyday activities in our communities. however, we remain in the midst of a serious pandemic and still over 90% of our population is not fully vaccinated, though we are working hard to get there. >> joining me now, nbc's tom costello and dr. ben gupta is back with the institute of health metrics and evaluation at the university of washington. tom, this is a big step. dr. john torres has says all along the first and biggest question he gets from people throughout all of this is when can i see my grand kids, and now the answer for fully vaccinated people is, you can.

>> that's exactly right. it's the same in my own family, as would expect. and as you know if you get the pfizer or moderna vaccine, you need two doses so the protection kicks in fully after two weeks. so they're saying these steps will not take effect until two weeks after the second dose. on the johnson & johnson vaccine, two weeks on the single dose j&j vaccine. right now we're looking at about 2 million people a day being vaccinated. they hit an all-time high saturday of 2.9 million. these numbers are starting to climb rather dramatically and we expect that to continue to climb over the coming weeks and months. one big issue has been -- and i had this conversation on friday with an epidemiologist as harvard, if you have been fully vaccinated, then do you really need to wear a mask if you go to the grocery store, or if you're out and about? if you're at a restaurant and not eating for that moment, and

his answer was, it probably is a good idea for two reasons. number one, we're not sure yet you don't spread the virus even though you're not personally sick. they're pretty confident but not sure. and secondly, if you're in a grocery store and someone is not wearing a mask, it just creates tension. people are starting to ask each other and then confront that person, why aren't you wearing a mask? to avoid that kind of civic tension inside settings, it's probably better we all continue to wear the mask, send the same message and protect those who may still be vulnerable. >> yes, that messaging is so important, just spread the word wearing a mask is really not a difficult thing, dr. gupta. when are we going to get information about how long you have the protection once you're vaccinated? what is the durability of the efficacy? >> good morning, andrea. we're learning as we go, unfortunately.

so the individuals who got the vaccine first, for example, in the phase three clinical trals that started back in 2020, we're following those individuals, the companies are, pfizer, moderna and others. they're getting tested for antibody levels to see if they're still protected. we're hoping the answer is at least a year, especially because we're all expected to raise our arms up again, our sleeves for a booster shot in 2022. but the answer is hopefully a year but we still don't know yet. i will also quickly say the cdc guidelines are an acknowledgment on the current state of knox of vaccine efficacy, as tom nicely laid out, but also at the same time it's the balance between the head and the heart. what we know, the science suggests you stay out of the intensive care unit, you will be protected from severe infection with any of these vaccines against any of the variants, that's clear. what remains unclear, as tom said, could you still be a carrier of the virus if you're

exposed and infected and unwittingly pass it on to say household members whom you're visiting who may not yet be vaccinated? that's the heart component. that's why they're saying grandparents, if you want to see your grandchildren and visit your unvaccinated adult children, do so unmasked, but recognize there's potential for transmission. >> and i want to emphasize we don't have new travel guidance yet and we do have guidance about even vaccinated people avoiding medium and large-scale gatherings indoors, indoor gatherings. that is something ruled out. just got a minute left. but i just want to raise a couple things. first of all at the white house briefing, they announced the president is giving a primetime address thursday, march 11th. this is the first observation of the pandemic. we reported on friday on sunday

on "meet the press" the inequity in the distribution, the fact people of color are not getting access to the vaccine. it's not just what they don't want it as often. in fact, that's not the data, at least in maryland. the data are they are not getting access to the vaccine as much as white people. it really is a problem. >> it is a big problem. it's recognized as such. for example, in maryland, more than a third of the population is african-american yet only 6% vaccinated are black. and why, what's the problem? in underserved areas it's a matter of logistics and people who don't have internet, can't even afford internet. some people don't even have a cell phone. when you talk about those people getting vaccinated and helping them why it is important to prioritize that, that's why you

have got mobile units going out in baltimore to reach these people. in addition there's that history in the african-american community in which they were used as guinea pigs for decades and there's a bad history, for example, even involving johns hopkins, that esteemed university and hospital setting which back 40, 50 years ago was using african-americans as beginy pigs. that is hard to get over for some people and that mistrust is there. that said, you talk to african-american leaders and they say, listen, forget that right now, we've got to get people vaccinated. it's a high priority right now in our community and we're working as fast as we can to make that happen. g. >> tom costello, dr. ben gupta, thank to you both. i should mention we will be carrying live the president's speech thursday night as part of our expanded coverage all day thursday. governor cuomo visiting a mass vaccination site this hour,

while remaining defiant, unwilling to bend to political pressure when it comes to five separate women allegedly inappropriate behavior from the governor over the past two decades. >> i was elected by the people of the state. i wasn't elected by politicians. i'm not going to resign because of allegations. the premise of resigning because of allegations is actually anti-democratic. >> the latest major political blow to cuomo comes from the state's senate democratic majority leader, for the first time calling on the governor to resign. coupled with the questions over the governor's handling of nursing home data during the pandemic are an unnecessary, unwanted daily distraction, in her words, for the state. joining in he now, kathy park, "the new york times" political and kpadant and stacey layer. good to see you both. first, the government going to

the javits center mass vaccination site, we don't know if he will take questions, or just be in defiance like he was last night. >> andrea, that's exactly right. he said he's going to step down and this is coming as two more women came forward with inappropriate behavior. a former aide of his while he was the hud secretary and she broke her silence to "the washington post" and wnbc saying there was an incident back in 2000 where he asked her to his hotel room. she thought it would be a professional meeting, however, that didn't happen. allegedly, he crossed the line. take a listen. >> i stood up to leave and he walked across from his couch and embraced me intimately. it was not just a hug.

i pulled away. he brought me back. i pulled away again. >> now, in a call with reporters yesterday, the governor said that this did not happen and added hinton is a longtime adversary of his and has been critical of him for years. meanwhile, another woman came forward and she was also a former aide of the governor. she said on more than one occasion he made her feel uncomfortable, and in response to that he said he did not mean to make anyone feel unwelcome. andrea, as you know, there's an investigation that has been launched by the attorney general's office and is right now in the very early stages. andrea? >> and lisa, you wrote about governor cuomo as part of a larger story you were writing about cuomo and governor

desantis. focusing on cuomo, you drilled down that this puts democratic party leaders, looking at the larger issue for democrats, the allegations have left his party divided between those who believe he must leave office and others who worry thads party is eating its own. focus on that, you had others leap like those did on senator franken and many regret that, stating they didn't give him a chance to respond. now you have them hanging in so far but not the state leaders in albany, they're now saying enough is enough. >> exactly. of course, in every situation of sexual harassment is a different situation. i think folks who did jump out on al franken, senate democrat, would say that's a different case and there were more allegations. but this does get a larger issue for the party.

during the trump era, democrats positioned themselves as defenders of me too and that was a good position to have, particularly as defenders of president trump. now there's been concerns even within the party that the party moved too quickly to oust some of their own and some of that dynamic is playing right now with governor cuomo. but what we are seeing is with every new accuser as allegations come out from more and more women, i think that position gets harder for democrats to hold to. i think it does start to be some momentum building for a resignation at the very least that he won't run for a fourth term or possibility of some kind of impeachment. i think those latter two things are the things many folks that still support cuomo are more concerned about. but momentum does seem to be building for some kind of action against him and the question really becomes how long he can fend this off for. >> and another thing i'm thinking about, he's been the head -- new head recently

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of police officer derek chauvin's trial for the death of george floyd in indianapolis has been delayed for at least one day as prosecutors seek a court of appeals ruling on prosecutor's attempt to re-i state a third degree murder charge. the trial judge had previously struck it down. chauvin was charged with floyd's desk after kneeling on his neck about nine minutes late may, caught on video, setting off a nationwide protest. we're near the courthouse, where there's increased security ahead of what they expect to be the start of actual jury selection today. shaq, first of all, the confusion over this ruling, the prosecutors had lost their attempt on third degree murder and now they want clarification on the trial judge having ruled against them from the appeals court now before they start the jury selections and this is a big deal for them, that could be critical for their attempt to prove the case. >> that's exactly right, andrea. we came into this day knowing

there may be uncertainty with that ruling and that's why things are on hold now. jurors have been sent home and jury questioning won't start until tomorrow at the earliest and the court is in recess as the state is going to the appeals court to say, we want this trial to be put on pause for a little bit until the appeals process can play out. that's why things are on pause inside the courthouse. but outside the courthouse, i'll tell you, we're a couple blocks away from the courthouse. it's a sizable group here. locals in minneapolis, students, religious groups, parents, all kinds of people rallying around. but as you are here, you continue to hear the nervousness with the trial. listen to how people nervous are what will happen. >> i guess nervous anticipation.

some of the same feelings that came up at the end of may when george floyd was murdered and coming up again and i know it's coming up for a lot of people. >> i see these barricades coming up. i think maybe this is something, scott, there isn't going to be justice and that there isn't going to be peace and they know it already. like the verdict is set. ♪♪ >> now, the judge will continue to hear motions later this afternoon, but, again, because of that appeals process, we could potentially be seeing a delay in this trial. we just don't know how that will turn out yet. >> shaq, you will be on this as long as this trial takes. thank you so much. joining me me now is janai nelson and associate director for the naacp defense fund. first of all, the importance of a third degree murder count issue, how big of a deal is this for the prosecution to try to rescue it? >> it's quite significant. we want to make sure in a case

this serious every possible charge is being levied and offered for the jury to consider, considering the facts of this case that are so incredibly egregious. the jury deserves to consider every possible avenue for third degree conviction and the third degree murder charge allows for yet another opportunity to hold derek chauvin accountable if they believe the prosecution met its burden. and that's critically important. we don't want to see justice denies because of the incorrect charges were brought or because not sufficient charges were brought. so it's very important to get it right and to take the time to get it right. there's so much riding on this particular trial in terms of the integrity of it, in terms of the quality of the prosecution, and i think that it is important that everyone feel that justice

was done, that procedure was followed, and hopefully justice in the end will prevail. >> here's george floyd's brother talking to my colleague craig melvin just in the last hour. >> you have seen the video. my brother was tortured to death while he had a smirk on his face. and if you can't get justice in america for that, what can you get justice for? >> and as we await the start of jury selection, how important is it going to be to get a jury that represents the constituency and the country rather than, let's say, an all-white jury because the defense has tremendous leeway, they have more objections, don't they, peremptory challenges and the prosecution? and there are some really detailed questions that went to these jurors. not only did you see the video,

but have you ever marched in a protest? did you carry a sign? what did the sign say? that's really -- it's significant kind of voir dire. >> that's right. there are many questions to central jurors, including what media they consume and all sorts of questions that are meant to ferret out whether they will carry any bias. of course, we know being aware of the crime, being aware of the facts and being aware of protests does not necessarily mean that you will be biased. the real question is can you hear the facts in this case and make an objective decision about whether the prosecution has carried its burden? that is really the operative issue. and you raise the issue of racial discrimination and jury selection, which is something that the naacp legal defense fund has fought against for decades. it's something that we have encountered since we got in the business of engaging in the

protection of civil rights, and defending clients of ours, who were originally in the position of defending individuals who have been wrongly accused or denied their constitutional rights in a trial. so we're very concerned about ensuring that this jury in this jury selection process is not tainted by racial discrimination. you're correct the defense attorneys here and prosecution, they have the opportunity to use peremptory challenges and other mechanisms to carefully curate the juries. but what they don't have the right to do is discriminate on the basis of race. that is something everyone is going to have their eyes trained on to make sure this is a fair process. this jury should reflect the pool of jurors in this area, in the minneapolis area, that you reflect the diversity of that area. it should reflect all of the demographics of the area, which

we believe should yield a racially diverse jury pool, jury ultimately at the end of the selection. >> janai nelson, thank you so much for giving us the context of all of this. and royal fallout, meghan markle and prince harry's explosive claims about the royal family, including racism. bucking house palace responds. that's next. is ext. is ♪look at what's happened to me.♪ ♪i can't believe it myself.♪

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shocking allegations of royal racism from prince harry and meghan markle during their oprah winfrey interview have emerged with the couple sunday night. meghan markle saying royal life left her considering suicide, and she said buckingham palace had concerns before they are son archie's birth about archie's skin color. >> in those months when i was pregnant all around this same time, so we have in tandem the conversation of he won't be given security, not going to be given a title, and also concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born. >> joining me now is royal commentator and journalist daisy mcandrew from london. thank you very much for being with us. how damaging is this to the royal family and do we expect they will respond any time soon? >> i think it's incredibly

damaging. i think it's a lot more damaging than people were expecting. i think the royal family had decided before they saw the interview that they would do everything they could not to respond but i don't think that line can be held anymore, given the explosive nature of the accusations that were in that interview. the most damaging, of course, being the one you just played out, the one that members or single member of the royal family expressed these -- what can only be described as racist -- thoughts. how else can you possibly say asking a would-be parent how dark do you think your child's skin is going to be? there's no way to touch that other than racist. and we heard objection today from miss winfrey say she wanted to make it clear on behalf of harry or meghan, it wasn't the queen or prince philip or made those comments but in doing so, she made the situation worse, of

course. another senior member of the royal family because i'm sure everybody across the uk and world wants to know who made those despicable comments. of course, if it's not the queen or prince philip, we know it's a senior member of the royal family, we know there will be a lot of whispering, is it charles. >> and harry also at the same time revealing his father at some point stopped taking his calls. let's play that. >> when we were there, i had three conversations with my grandmother and two conversations with my father before he stopped taking my calls. i took matters -- by that point i took matters into my own hands. it was like i need to do this for my family. >> so that was pretty stunning that his father, prince charles, was not taking his calls at some point, which, of course, adds to whatever suspicions there may be as to who was that senior member of the royals. >> exactly.

this interview doesn't look good for any member of the royce household but particularly, i would say, for charles. who as far as the monarchy is concerned about the most important one. the queen will be 95 next month. she can't stay on the throne for many more years to come so prince charles will be the monarch before long. he's already much less popular than the other royals, seventh or eighth, depending on which polling you believe and popularity where you are, andrea, even lower. so he's starting from quite a low base. if these stories about being an uncaring parent, possibly racist to boot, not looking after younger members of the family, particularly as harry said having seen what happened to his ex-wife princess diana, this pains a portrait of a very, very uncaring, unloving family and that's not the way the monarchy wants to be viewed. it thought it turned a corner

and was presenting itself as more modern, diverse, inclusive and caring. i'm afraid in the two hours since i saw the interview last week, a lot of the good work in the last decade or two has been blown up. >> and this as, of course, prince philip is 99 and hospitalized going through a terrible time with the family. thank you very much, daisy mcandrew, we appreciate that today. and covid-19 relief bill is one step closer to reaching president biden's desk. when will america see the direct payments? as the house is set to take up the rules on the final package tonight. this is "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. reports" on msnbc.

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the goal for democrats to have president biden sign it into law by week's end, avoiding a lapse in unemployment benefits in sending checks to americans as soon as possible. joining me now is washington democratic congressman and chair of the congressional progressive caucus. now, the senate made changes and you have to vote on it. are you going to accept those changes, and then it will be final, or does it go back to the senate, are you going to make more changes to try to relitigate what was -- what you called bad policy from the senate? >> i did say i thought those changes were bad policy and bad politics but i also said they were relatively minimal in the grand scheme of the package. and that is what i think we in the house are focused on. the progressive caucus was very instrumental in making sure this was a big, bold package coming out of the house. and i am, andrea, frankly so happy that we are going to

deliver on the promise to get money in people's pockets, to get shots in arms, to really tackle this crisis at the scale that it needs to be tackled. so i am going to be an enthusiastic yes on this. i will say that we fought very hard for the survival check. if you are a family of four, you will get $5,600 in the survival check. in addition, if you have kids, you're going to be eligible for the child tax credit, which is $3,000 per child. we are going to make sure we are putting money no vaccine distribution at this critically important time. we are making sure we're putting money into childcare, a significant investment in childcare and getting our schools reopened. really, unemployment benefits, another piece of this we fought very hard for, we would not have reduced the benefits to $300 but i will say, we did not have in

our package the tax deductibility of the unemployment benefits, which was added into the senate package and that's a very good addition. in total, i think we're very excited about being able to vote this out and quickly get relief to people across this country. >> looking forward, the filibuster will be a big hurdle to navigate if you're going to get any other big, controversial piece of legislation, speaking of immigration and climate change and voting rights, hr-1. listen to senator john manchin, such a critical player this week in the senate, had to say on "meet the press." >> the senate is the most unique body of government in the world, governing body in the world, and that's deliberate. it's basically designed, chuck, so minority has input. that's exactly our founding fathers. if you want to make it a little more painful and make them stand there and talk, i'm willing to look at any way we can but i'm not willing to take away the

involvement of the minority. >> how do you interpret those comments? some accountability for amendments of the future to let some of other biden initiatives through? >> i think there was certainly flexibility indicated there and i'm glad to see him saying that. i think one thing i want to be clear about though is i believe senator manchin also said he thinks the filibuster encourages debate, i would say the opposite actually, andrea, because what is happening is that the debate that happens is really anybody -- and that's why he mentioned having people actually stay on the floor, because we know the origins of the filibuster were in the power of southern white segregationists to be able to make sure that certain pieces of civil rights legislation does not pass. and so i think that we have to be aware of that and i'm glad

senator manchin is signaling some openness. i think i have talked to a lot of democratic senators who really understand if we're going to deliver on the promises president biden made open the campaign trail, that we democrats made, we're going to have to reform or eliminate the filibuster. there's just no other way around it. and the $15 minimum wage was one example of that in this last package, but we shouldn't be twisting ourselves into pretzels to try to agree, get the parliamentarian to agree with us that something fits into reconciliation. we should actually be reforming the filibuster. >> congresswoman jie apa, thank you very much, if you take up the house bill. >> thank you very much, andrea. and today is international women's day, to promote gender equality across the world. but as the covid pandemic rages out of control, women are facing

a growing crisis in the workplace. the numbers are staggering. nearly 2.4 million women left the workforce in the past year. the number of women now working the lowest in more than 30 years. the mother of three worked in the tech industry but was laid off because of covid-19. >> i think my career has been really a tough challenge because i'm in arguably a pretty important part of my career and putting it on hold, it really feels like things are just kind of passing me by. >> first lady, dr. jill biden, awarding this year's state department international women of courage awardees, addressing the pandemic as well. >> if we have learned anything in this year of sickness and sorrow, it's that we are all connected to one another, how one deadly breath can move through the world. >> joining me now is valerie

jarrett, of course, former senior adviser to president biden and author of the book "finding my voice: when the perfect plan crumbles, the adventure begins." valerie, thank you very much for being here. and in january, nearly 80% of adults who left their job were women and women still working 25% are considering downsizing their careers or leaving the workforce entirely according to a recent survey, so we've got a real challenge here as we come out of the pandemic to get women back in the game. >> that's exactly right, andrea. and hello, as we celebrate international women's day, i think we should keep in mind this pandemic laid bear and exacerbated the challenges facing women here in the united states and around the world. here women still only make 82 cents on the dollar compared to men, far less for women of color. we know disproportionately the

responsibilities of childcare for women and childcare is not affordable, so women trying to work at home are ones trying to make sure their children are on zoom, trying to make sure the family is working functionally in this extraordinarily stressful environment. we're also seeing an increase with women with postpartum depression during this pandemic. all of this just lays bare the enormous responsibilities and burdens falling on women, and as you pointed out, women are losing their jobs in the workplace 3-1k compared to men. the question is what do we do about it and how do we close that gap? and why it was so important to see the biden administration today announce a creation on policy of gender policy equity to ensure that women and girls all across america and the world are able to close that gap, and taking an all of government

approach to it, working with the private sector and not-for-profit sector to be sure we close that gap. andrea, chair the united states of women who grew out of our white house council on women and girls. we look forward to working with the gender equity council the biden administration formed and take what we learned from the horrendous pandemic and be sure we're focusing on those issues so important to women, paid leave, paid sick days, workplace flexibility, affordable childcare, environment free from sexual harassment. we know domestic violence has gone up during this pandemic as well and we have to make sure it isn't happening in the workplace. all of the different ways in which barriers and structural and cultural have impeded the opportunities for women and girls. >> how much do you think the childcare credit might help? >> oh, it's enormous. even before the pandemic, if you were to ask women what are the

primary reasons they drop out of the workplace it's because they can't afford childcare. on times they're paying more for childcare than they were making themselves. so recognizing the importance of that childcare credit and overall relief package, which i should mention i'm so heartened to see it is moving forward. and forget the sausage-making in washington. i look at it through the lens of the impact it's going to have for americans worrying about whether or not they will pay their rent, get evicted from their homes, have access to the shot, send their children to school without worrying about whether or not they will contract the virus. these are all issues that are being addressed in this bill. is it the perfect bill? no, but we cannot afford to let purpose be the enemy of the good. it will bring important relief immediately to americans struggling all across our country. >> and i wanted to also convey my personal condolences to you and your family because i flow that vernon jordan is your first

cousin through marriage, and so very close to you, and as we remember him and all of the times that you were so close with him, i know, at howard university, where his funeral will be held. with that his legacy is so powerful. >> thank you very much, andrea. and that you for that photo. we were having a quiet, gossipy moment in the middle of a tremendous commencement ceremony and he was a huge part of my life, over three decades. i will miss him on a very personal level, not to mention the extraordinary contribution that he made to so many people around our country. he was a mentor to countless people, and i appreciate you remembering him. he certain will i considered you a dear friend. >> and, of course, the memories will overflow tomorrow at howard university, his alma mater, where he gave so many speeches, where services will be held, private services.

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the biden administration is propoing sweep changes between the taliban and current kabal government in afghanistan. in a letter from secretary blinken not yet authenticated by nbc news, secretary is warning afghan president that former president trump's withdrawal of u.s. troops from the country by may 1st is still under active consideration by president biden. joining me is admiral former nato supreme allied commander. he's the co-author of the book "2034." i want to can you about this

afghanistan letter from the biden administration because u.s. nato supreme commander were in charge of afghanistan. we have the nato troops there. >> i call it hardball negotiating. the bhieden administration has made some smart moves in afghanistan. keeping ambassador who is a trump appointee but really knows the terrain. he's afghan american. he's a former u.s. ambassador. he's a tough negotiator. keeping him on the case makes sense. if the ambassador will have credibility, the administration has to say to the afghan government, look, we're serious. if you will not work hard to conduct a negotiation with the taliban, our patience is not infinite. that's the signal of the letter. i think it will be well received

and we will get a table full of negotiators. if we can get iran at the table there, it might help us in our negotiations with iran on other pressing matters. i think so far so good by the biden administration. >> in the one step forward, one step back, the forces were firing drones and other targets. how is that going to impact the biden administration attempt to work diplomatically in a multi-lateral context with iran. we have a bumpy road ahead. we saw not only the incident you alluded to but a week ago an attack on a big israeli car carrier conducted by iran. what iran is doing is signaling

the biden administration that they will be tough at the negotiating table and that it's not going the be an easy walk back into an agreement with them. that's okay. i don't think anybody serious will happen in terms of an incident and in particular iran has to get through presidential elections coming in june. look for a deal in the second half of the year. >> what are we face on the cyber front where there's reporting, first of all from the new york times that we're planning to take action against russia and now there's talk of a new cyber attack, possibly from china. >> of course. cyber is the thing that would keep me awake at night. the number one concern was cyber

and cyber security. we're coming off the back of this massive solar winds, 40 0 of the largest companies in the united states attack virtually every organ in the u.s. government. almost certainly came from the russian federation. we have to respond. i think it will be a measured response. lurking on the sidelines is clie that which is a rapidly evolving in cyber capabilities as well. i think the biden team will have their hands full in the world of cyber. >> the newest book is a novel. your righting is incredible. it's 2034. a novel of the next world war. thank you. i'm going to dive into it and we'll talk about it the next visit. thanks very much. that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. mtp daily is up next. reports. mtp daily is up next network at a record pace.

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