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high the floodwaters went. >> i'm surprised by that in what otherwise you would not assume could generate a water height that went up in some cases almost to the windows of the homes, literally over your head. that is pretty amazing. >> meanwhile, as the president traveled to new jersey the taliban overseas announcing the formation of a new government in afghanistan with several acting ministers. we're going to take a look at what this means. and also we're going to talk with a afghan singer, songwriter and tv personality who was able to flee her homeland. we're also following two big stories from texas. governor greg abbott signed a bill that puts sweeping new restrictions on voting despite democratic efforts to block that

legislation. and the justice department vowing to protect people who seek or provide abortions and fight back against that new texas abortion law which is the most restrictive in the nation. we're going to talk about all of this with texas democratic representative. we begin this hour overseas in afghanistan. here to start things off for us, raf sanchez live in qatar and our pbs news hour white house correspondent and msnbc international affairs analyst. raf, let's start with you and the formation of the new government. the taliban announcing the ministers. what do we know about who they selected? >> the taliban announcing the acting government of the islamic emirate of afghanistan. the prime munster is a figure

that was in government in 2001 when the u.s. unvaded. 20 years on, he is once again in power in afghanistan. the name though that really jumps out on this list of ministers is hakani, that al qaeda linked insurgent group. he is on the fbi's most wanted list. there is a $5 million bounty on his head for his role in a suicide bombing in kabul back in 2008 that killed seven people including an american citizen. there are a number of hakanis that are also on this list of ministers. there are no women in this government. that is not a surprise given what we know about the taliban. but there had been some thought they would include women in minor roles so try to appease the international community. that is not to be. they have gone ahead and aboll

-- abolished the ministry of women affairs. >> with the taliban new government, is there any chance we see official recognition from the u.s.? we know the u.s. has been dealing directly with the taliban on a host of issues security coordination while the u.s. is there at the airport do. we have any indication what the white house plans to do going forward with this new government? >> it's a key question. it's a question as of right now has gone unanswered by the white house. let's remember that military officials say they did coordinate with taliban during the evacuation efforts. at times giving the taliban names and information about people that needed to get out of afghan allies and americans. that being said, you heard military officials also say this is a terror group. they are ruthless. they are going to watch how this government treats women. before they make any moves to see what can be recognized.

the other thing to note is that the taliban is still at this point really keeping thousands of people in afghanistan who want to get out. there are reports of people that are desperate to get out of that country. there are reports that four americans have been able to make it out by land. there are 100 americans that are still in afghanistan who want to make it out. so the bug question is how are the diplomatic relations going to be had if the country is moving to qatar. it is even though this is now a week ago, the u.s. was able to say we're officially out of afghanistan, our u.s. time, there is a real entanglement of the biden administration they have to deal with. they have those people left behind. there is a real question of what to do with a government in times might have people who are part of a terror group and if if not itself fully seen as a terrorist group. >> so going back to raf's point about this new afghan government. they're still trying to take control of the government. they claim they have full

control. after a recent wave of fighting or glashs in the valley. it is described by those that want to oppose the taliban's rule. what reception are the taliban getting in the valley and perhaps other rural areas in afghanistan where 70% of afghans live outside of kabul and other areas? >> i think we're going to have different reactions and we have been seeing those different reactions. let's remember, the afghans are toured of war. they've had 40 years of war. so they are content with the fact that fighting may stop. they know there is continued in fighting. the fear right now is a possible civil war. not just in the capital of kabul but we're seeing ethnic tensions rising throughout the country. we are seeing women going out on the streets in different provinces not just in kabul, not just in harat. they're going out there trying to fight for their rights until the very last second that they

can. i think today's announcement proved that we're not dealing with the new taliban. this is a repeat of the old taliban. we have a lot of figures there from '96 to 2001. and we have the sons including hakani's son who is now the munster of interior. sorry, defense. >> so, raf, congressman said this weekend that there are airplanes with american citizens being held hostage at the international airport. the state department has denied a hostage situation. the senator was furious with inaction on the part of american officials. we saw the first overland evacuations of americans. that was essentially allowed by the taliban. why the holdup with the planes? what is the latest? are the taliban whether in doha or afghanistan offering any reason why they're not allowed

to leave? >> yes. so this has been a very confusing situation. the state department hasn't done a lot to make it less confusing. the explanation secretary blinken gave here in doha earlier is that you have american citizens with their blue passports. you have afghans with valid travel documents mixed on the same flights with afghans dheent have the necessary paperwork. the taliban is saying nobody leave on the flights until everybody can leave. the question that remains unclear is what is this missing paperwork? if it is u.s. visas, if it is uchlt travel documents, what is the state department doing to think creatively to make sure that they can get the paperwork they need? that is the frustration in

washington. secretary blinken insisted today the state department is engaging with the taliban at all hours trying to resolve the situation. take a listen to what he had to say. >> we're going to continue to engage to resolve the issues. and to hold the taliban to the pledge to let people with travel documents, including american citizens, freely depart afghanistan. >> another major focus for secretary blinken be on this trip to doha is trying to get karzai international airport in it kabul up and running again. so both americans and africans can start flying out of it. they've been instrumental as the go betweens for the u.s. taliban especially on this issue with the airport. they say the outstanding problem is they don't have an agreement with the taliban just yet on what security procedures will be in place at the airport that would allow civilian passenger flights to resume. >> all right.

thank you all very much. joining me now is an afghan singer/songwriter and tv personality who recently fled the country. thank you so much for joining us. first of all, just tell us about how you're doing and your personal experience, what it was like for you to flee your home country. when did you make the discussion to leave? i left when taliban took over kabul. i fleed in a really, really bad situation. it was extremely difficult. we had to go through thousands of people, walk through them. walk through bell lets and finally we made it. to the american army base on a c-17 plane to america. but obviously, you know, it was a disastrous situation. thousands of people are just

waiting there with their documents and they couldn't be taken away unfortunately. and they were all left behind. >> i'm curious to get your thoughts about how the international communities reacting to this taliban announced government. what is your reaction to the formation of this government and the ministers? do you believe that this time will be any different in any way? they say they want international cooperation and peace with countries. do you have any reason to believe that will be the case? >> to be honest, i'm dus appointed that the international community how they left afghanistan in the hands of a bunch of terrorists who, you know, actually showed who they are 20 years ago and back in the same plaus again. right now whatever that is happening in afghanistan, how they're a bunch of terrorists at the heads of so many minute

ministries is shouking to me. i hope the international community do not recognize taliban officially because as you can see so many of them, for example, he was a terrorist who had $5 million to catch him a few years ago because of i had links with al qaeda. so he is part of the new government. and this is not acceptable. to anybody. to any afghan around the world and it shouldn't be acceptable to the international community. i hope that they understand that this taliban are not new. they are the same terrorist that's they were. there are many women that are not involved in this government. and it's just unfair and unacceptable and it shouldn't be acceptable for anybody in the entire planet. >> what would your message be to afghan women who have stayed behind in afghanistan?

obviously you're a unflew ential figure in that country. a lot of women look up to you as well. you left that country. what would you say to the women who have stayed behind, perhaps some of them who are taking to the streets and risking lives now to demonstrate? >> i actually was quite thrilled today when i saw videos of women doing protests on the streets, demonstrations. it was so brave of them to do that. this is complete change for afghan women. you mean the women today is obviously different than the women 20 years ago. and i'm very, very proud of the fact that they standing for themselves. and they're asking for their rights. i really hope they tun with. that i really hope that the world, the international community would hear their voice and they would actually, you know, help them and they would push taliban and put pressure on them to act humanly with after

women and to give them their rights. >> all right. thank you so much for your time and insights. i greatly appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. lessoned learned from 9/11. an exclusive look inside the nypd intelligence bureau which is seeing increasing thoughts on attacks. we'll show you how they're using that information. it's the first dau of school in detroit. a district many experts are saying is an unexpected leader when it comes to covid-19 safety. we'll show you what they're doing differently in a live report next. you're watching "ayman mohyeldin reports." you're watching "ayman mohyeldin reports. before we talk about tax-smart investing, what's new? -audrey's expecting... -twins! ♪♪ we'd be closer to the twins. change in plans. at fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan.

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we have labor day celebrations coming to a close. millions of american parents are looking to an uncertain school year ahead. in kentucky where many schools have been in session since last

month, a fifth of districts have had to return to remote learning because of covid-19 outbreaks. this is in a state where less than 6 in 10 residents have had even a single dose of the vaccines. and in texas, schools reported over 51,000 cases among students and 13,000 among staff in just a few weeks prompting school closures there. but a different story is unfold right now in detroit, michigan, where administrators are hopeful that layering a series of robust protective measures will keep kids in if the classroom. joining me now with more is nbc news correspondent live in detroit. heidi, tell us about the approach this district is taking. why administrators there are optimistic so far about the school year ahead. >> detroit is one of the most impoverished school districts in

the nation. they're showing what they're capable of with that money. they're doing a multilayered approach. they made major ventilation upgrades and some school buildings that are old. another major plague is regular testing. they have a student body of 40,000 kids and staff that they aim to test every week. it will take parental consent for the students. what they don't here is parents fighting them over masks. most everybody is onboard here. a lot of paurnts are agreeing to this. the superintendent told us that in his city they're going to do everything they can to avoid what we're seeing at some of the more anunt areas which is the kids getting kicked back into virtual. >> i do believe there are people that are enforcing masks and social distancing and other mitigation strategies and still say weekly testing is jst too much too much. from our perspective where only 40% of the population is

vaccinated, we see this really as a no other option. >> so here's the truth. it's really the wild west out there in the words of one public health expert who i talked to when it comes to mitigation efforts in in the schools. the cdc gave guidelines. they're not requirements. some schools are doing all of them. some schools are doing none of them. and this is an example of a potential, potential success story here but these schools, these districts got about $10 billion according to the under the american relief plan in order to testing. so the question to the leader is to ask why they're not doing it. they said to pick up your phones and call your superintendents. >> all right. thank you live in detroit. it will be a long school year. heidi, thanks for that profile. for more on this i want to bring in a pulmonologist ben gupta.

great to you have back on the show. what is that reaction? is this proof that schools can open safely if they take these rigorous steps and recommendations? >> good afternoon. every zip code in the country, every school district should be adopting. to some degree another, masking, of course, is common sense at this point. we don't have to talk about it. vaccines, required vaccines for eligible staff, certainly students 12 and up is critical. the point about testing, we've had testing in place for 18 months. we've had cheap rapid testing that is available now for school districts. schools are not taking advantage of it.

can you keep an organization healthy and safe and otherwise operational. this applies to schools. >> so with the surge, dr. gupta that we're seeing in cases, a lot of people are eagerly awaiting their booster shot. when can people expect to get their third shot if at all? >> well, sit tight. right now, the reason why you're seeing senior fda scientists resign over this issue is because there isn't data to justify boosters for all. whether it's pfizer, third shot, moderna third shot. there isn't data for the general population otherwise healthy less than 65 to justify giving many of us a shot. and so it gets to the point that you should sit tight if that is

you. st if you have an elder individual in your home, somebody who is 65 or older with a compromised condition, of course they should get a third shot. but rest of us, we should hang tight. wait for the data. right now we do not see evidence of waning immunity against keeping away from the hospital if you're otherwise healthy and less than 65, so sit tight. >> the new variant is a cause of concern. i believe it's been detected in all 50 states, the world health organization is suggesting it may be resistant to the vaccines currently out there. how concerned are you about this variant? what should we know? what should we do? >> we think this variant may be circulating as early as this spring. so i'm not terribly concerned right now. i think more variants like this will pop-up that will cause you to test positive. two doses of the vaccine will protect you against the hospital. lots to learn about this. what i will will say is the delta variant remains front and center. a hospital in oregon talking to

individuals, icu staff, many colleagues dealing with delta surges down there. i spoke to dr. david zoney. he directs an icu in oregon in port lant. this is what he had to say about what's going on down there. >> just not supply of personnel and equipment and beds. we can't care for everyone. and that's a really challenging situation that we're in right now. this is a completely preventable problem. the patient that's are coming to the icus today, the ones requiring ekmo, this is an opportunity to avoid all of this. getting vaccinated will make a huge difference. we don't have vaccinate the patients on ekmo in our units i'm not aware of anyone in our network that is in that situation. >> ecmo is the machine that allows people to get their blood oxygen. we use when it i ventilator is

not enough. now vaccinated people are taking this capability of. we don't have enough of it. rationing of kaur is happening as we speak in icus across the country. every viewer needs to know that. that is not some ill-fated future destination. it's here as we they. we need to reckon with that reality right now. >> yeah, it's an absolutely grim picture. dr. vin gupta, thank you. always appreciate your time. >> thank you. in the 20 years since 9/11, terrorists evolved but so have law enforcement strategies. we've got an exclusive like into the new nypd unit focused on domestic terrorism and it's doing something now that didn't happen before 9/11 to help stop new attacks. you're watching "ayman mohyeldin reports." you're watching "ayman mohyeldin reports. when you really need to sleep you reach for the really good stuff.

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the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks appeared in a courtroom for a hearing at guantanamo bay. it's taken nearly 20 years to prosecute them, the lessons learned in the aftermath of the attack have not taken as long to implement. the 9/11 commission detailed problems with sharing information across the intelligence community and law enforcement agencies and since

then law enforcement agencies developed new systems to prevent another attack from occurring. joining me now with more on this nbc news investigative correspondent tom winter. good to see you. you got exclusive look at how the nypd is adapting to new threats. what you have learned? >> that's right. we did want to ask them about whether or not the lessons that we learned from 9/11, the lessons of the intelligence community and whether they were acted upon. we asked the nypd about the new threats. they say not only are they battling isis and al qaeda who remain relevant, particularly so in light of the attacks that we saw at the kabul airport, they also battling this new height ened threat of domestic terrorism and even cyber threats. >> new york city's police department is not afraid to show force. but in the shadows in places

they don't allow cameras, the brains of the department work 24/7. >> i would imagine after these vents that we're going to see a pickup. >> there is the nypd's intelligence bureau. >> we decided that if we really want to do this right, we have to have a dedicated force that is specially trained. >> the man in charge, a 37-year veteran nyp cop from the beat. determined to try to stop the next terror attack. building on the lessons from the past. >> i think if you look it at the 9/11 commission report, the failure was the failure of sharing of intelligence. so, you know, you don't want to be the person that is holding a piece of information and then something happens. >> we were there the morning after a bomb ripped through a crowd in kabul, afghanistan. nbc news granted exclusive access to the days intelligence briefing. >> this update is based on our initial assessment. >> the focus, making sure no suspected terrorists are sneaking into the flood of afghan evacuees.

>> they're being vetted by the dgsi which is our equivalent of the fbi. >> right way, he spots a potential problem. >> it's been some reporting from the uk that some of the people there were actually notified. >> or some other kind of watch list. >> the lesson of 9/11 says, identify the threat overseas before it comes home to new york city. how? 15 nypd posts across the globe. so essentially the sun never sets on an nypd detective? >> no. >> assistant commissioner based athe a secret location in lower manhattan says there is more plots than ever. >> there's been 51 plots and attacks against the city in the last 20 years. half of those, 25, have been in the last five years. >> a rising number originating at home. >> other actors like racially ethnically motivated violent extremists, white supremacists,

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against it. allegations that the nypd intelligence bureau that they spied on the community. he didn't command the unit at that time. mistakes were made back then. he asserts they're on sol you had ground now legally and reports by a independent panel that looks at the nypd investigations has through early last year confirmed that on top of that he says that the amount of muslim officers that are within the ranks of the untell jens bureau is comforting to him because he believes they would be the first to raise their hands if the allegations were brought forward again if there was any sort of effort to spy or anything close to that on that community. >> all right. tom winter with that eye opening report. thank you as always, my friend. tomorrow msnbc films and peacock presents memory box, echoes of 9/11. it is a new documentary telling the story of september 11 recorded in a vud yoe booth right after the attacks and then 20 years later.

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>> it does make it easier than ever before for anybody to go cast a ballot. it does also, however, make sure that it is harder for people to cheat at the ballot box in texas. >> all right. the justice department stepping in to another huge political fight in texas. in a statement the attorney general saying that the doj will continue to protect women seeking an abortion in the state. garland says the doj will not tolerate any violence or intimidation against people trying to obtain or provide abortions or other reproductive health services in texas. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins us from washington. good to see you. attorney general merrick garland had this will also to say, the department will provide support from federal law enforcement when an abortion clinic or reproductive health center is under attack. how exactly will doj go about doing that? i good he is what is the

definition of the word attack they're using here? >> he's talking about the 1994 law that are known as the face act. and it was passed in an era when people were attacking abortion clinics and throwing bombs through windows, pouring acid into the locks, chaining doors and confronting patients in the streets. that's the reason to the act. that's why it was passed in the first place. and when garland says today is this gives us the legal authority to make sure as a federal matter that nobody is trying to impede someone who is legally trying to pursue an abortion. of course, the problem is now with the texas law into effect, its very difficult to do that in texas. >> pete, let me ask you quickly. what more have we learned about the justice department's plans to challenge the texas law now that the supreme court has basically, you know, refused to block it? >> not much. >> not much, they want to do it.

they say the department is urgently exploring all its options. the trick is what is the best way to defeat this law if that's what the government wants to do? it is one thing to try to duke it out one by one. f. people start filing these lawsuits. but what the government wants to do here is come up way to defeat the law itself. and there are several questions here. one is can texas give the authority to people to do something that texas itself can't do? texas itself under the constitution's -- under the supreme court's ruling on abortion, texas itself can't ban abortion before a viability. but this law says people can sue if someone per suzanne abortion after six weeks. so how does texas get to give somebody the authority to do something that it can't do itself? those are the legal challenges here. >> all right. we'll see how this all plays out. pete williams in d.c. thank you as always. joining us now to take a closer look that is texas democratic

state representative jasmine crockett. representative crockett, great to have you back on the show. what do you make of justice department's response there, you know, just generally to the situation playing out in texas regarding abortion law. and what more do you want to see from the biden administration and congress when it comes to protecting a woman's constitutional right to get an abortion? >> yeah. first of all, good to see you. sadly enough, there is not very much that the justice department can do. we need federal legislation. we need federal protections. i feel like i am a broken record at this point. we initially started talking about we needed the protections as it related to voting rights. but the reality is that we have had so much bad legislation this session whether it was guns, whether it was women's rights as it relates to their bodies, voting rights. we need federal oversight in the state of texas because the state of texas can't be trusted to act

right. so one thing i do want to point out, i want to see how the federal government decides that they want to play with this is the fact that normally there is a burden of proof that exists. and right now the question is how do you prove that a woman actually had an abortion? just because she walks in doesn't necessarily tell you what services it is that she was actually seeking. nor what services it is she actually was treated for. and so you know, there is no way that texas can somehow violate hipa. it's different from income a car accident and you're saying you caused damages to me. and so now i am going to open my medical records to you as part of proving up my damages. that is not the position that the plaintiffs are going to be in. and so i don't see how someone can actually successfully prove these cases any way, at least when documentation from the doctor. because no doctor should be turning over these particular medical records to these random vaj lantys. >> you brought up an interesting

point about what texas is doing. you talked about, you know, the gun rights issue. you talked about the voting rights issues of the challenges that your party is facing there in that state right now. can you talk to us obviously 2022 is a big election year. what is it that democratic party and the democrats need to do, excuse me, on a state level to reverse these things if that's what you want to do and to gain control in the state legislature? >> one of the things that happened today is my governor went to rural texas, right? far east texas, and signed in this new voting law. this is a one-two punch that the republicans are trying to deliver to us. number one, they want to make sure they suppress the vote. number two, they want to make sure they jerry gerrymander their districts. now based on the legislation that you have seen in this session, you would think that there was some great disparity in the votes.

but it really wasn't that many that made the difference in us actually flipping the seats. and so now they're looking for protection. we actually start redistricting tomorrow. i'm headed back to austin so we can deal with that part of it. but the other issue we have in texas is texas is a nonvoting state. part is the vote is suppressed. we have to get our base out. i think right now our base is energized. honestly, we have a monster sitting in the governor's mansion that we still don't have nun that officially announced they're going to run against him. i truly believe that is going to be the hot ticket item. we need someone really strong at the top of the ticket to bring people out to the polls. but we as state representatives, we have to stay on top of it. i'm in a safe democratic seat. i can't say mun is over, fine. i won't worry about the general. i have to worry about the general too. >> all right.

jasmine crockett, thank you for your time. president biden about to tour a neighborhood in queens, new york, to get an overview of the damage caused by hurricane ida and the aftermath. residents in new york and new jersey are pleading for help with the cleanup. pleading for p with the cleanup >> i don't know how i'm going to pay for this. the i don't know how i'm going to pay to fix the three houses. this house is gutted right down to the floors. >> we are luf on the ground in a hard hit area of queens coming up next. a hard hit area of queens coming up next.

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president biden is spending the day visiting parts of new york and new jersey that were devastated by the remnants of hurricane ida last week. he just arrived in a neighborhood in queens, new york, that was badly hit. early this afternoon he met with officials in somerset county, new jersey, before touring damage in that area. here's how one new jersey homeowner described the financial anguish many residents are now feeling in the wake of this storm. >> i don't know what i'm going to do. it's right down to the floors. i don't know how i'm going to pay for all of this. >> tell president biden to get his checkbook out. i have a pen if he needs one. we need money. we need money to help or else everyone is going to walk away. >> joining me now is rehema ellis. also joining me nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli. the president is scheduled to

tour in east elmhurst within the hour next hour. what have you heard from residents about what they're facing and what they need? >> reporter: they're facing a disastrous situation, ayman. people here were literally knocked off their foundation by a flooding wall of water in many instances. so much so that these streets, which you can't see behind me right now, this is a main boulevard, it's been shut down because of the president's visit here. they want him to be able to move freely and safely in order to visit the neighborhoods and stop at some of the homes here so he can hear for himself what it is that people are thinking. they're thinking that they don't know what they're going to do. listen to a man whom i spoke with who is on one of the streets where it is expected the president might visit, what he told me about the home where his elderly parents are living. >> this is what remains of the wall. so when the water came in here, it created like a swimming pool.

and then it was pushed. anybody that would have been on that side, they would have been dead. as you can see, it's solid block. >> reporter: and there were 13 people who died here in new york city and several of them in queens because the water was just that ferocious. it was more powerful than a concrete wall and certainly more powerful than people could hold back with just a regular front door or a basement door. so another woman was literally in tears as she was clearing out her basement yet again, but this time from a storm that she and no one here had ever anticipated to be this fierce. she said she doesn't know what to do and she is literally crying for help, hoping that the president will understand this is not just a one-time event for them. they have seen water come into their property before and have been begging for years for an upgrade in the infrastructure. they are hoping with all hope that something will happen this time with the president's visit.

ayman. >> we're looking at those live pictures of the president shaking hands with what appears to be some residents there. he's flanked as well by our new york city mayor, bill de blasio, as well as he continues touring that area in east elmhurst. mike, let's cross over to you and pose to you the question that the president is going to receive as we heard from that woman earlier from new jersey. the white house is asking congress to pass additional funds to help address the aftermath of the damage from hurricane ida. what more can you tell us about what this white house is trying to do to get money into the hands or additional resources, whatever they may be, into the hands of those affected by this? >> reporter: what's interesting about the nature of these storms now is when hurricane ida as a category 4 storm was bearing down on the gulf coast, the white house was able to issue sort of preemptive emergency declarations to try to put some resources down in the area to be ready to deal with the aftermath

of primarily a wind and rain event down on the gulf coast, but this storm as it traced its way across to the east coast and hit new jersey and parts of new york quite hard, it's now a real issue about finding resources after the fact to compensate these families for the incredible damage we're seeing and the president is seeing firsthand today. so we did hear from the administration today that they're formally requesting $14 billion as part of a must-pass appropriations bill that will basically keep the government running through the rest of the year. $14 billion to deal with all of the natural disasters preceding hurricane ida and at this point another $10 billion just to deal with ida but that price tag likely to go up. >> mike memory live at the white house and rehema ellis live with the president, as you see here continuing his tour. that wraps up the hour for me. i'll see you right back here at 3:00 p.m. eastern. "deadline white house" with nicolle wallace starts right after this quick break. nicolle wallace starts right

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