blasts the u.s. announce new sanctions on russia today just after first lady dr. jill biden cross the border into ukraine. nbc's mike memoli when into the war zone with her, and we'll have him live in just a few minutes. and today, we are stepping into the culture corner y'all, and digging into topics making their way into your group chats like the attack on dave chappelle. on symone sanders, and i have something to say. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it is mother's day and we're starting with the development that frankly i think we should've ever mother disturbed about not only their own reproductive freedoms, but also their children's and everyone else says. senate minority leader mitch

mcconnell, folks, told usa today that a, and national borscht ban is possible if the senate gets the votes. let that sink in. a national board in ban is possible, the most powerful republican in the senate is saying sure, you are women, you and your ability to make decisions about your own health care, about your own body that could be illegal in all 50 states, sure. well, for team acosta graves is here to help us unpack exactly what's going on. she's the president and ceo of the national women's law center, and i cannot think of a better guest to kick off today show, for team of thank you for being here. >> listen, i'm so happy to be here, congrats on your new show. >> thank you so so much. look, 15, two weeks ago i don't think anyone in this country maybe you and the -- could imagine this conversation. but now it seems as though mitch mcconnell is leaning into

the conversation. what's your take? >> listen, folks on the ground have been trying to sound alarm, the people in this country really didn't believe that. and that's because it is unprecedented to think that we're gonna go back 50 years. that we're gonna go back decades into our rights in our country, now we're seeing mitch mcconnell leading into, kevin mccarthy lean into it, they're saying that they want to ban abortion, they're hopeful that the draft leaked opinion becomes the law of the land. >> it just feels chilling and i know there are a lot of people that are maybe looking forward to this week because the senate said they're gonna hold avoid this week trying to codify roe into law. i am someone that believes that this is more of a showboat because they're not the votes there to pass the bell, so the bills in a fail. let's play with democratic senator amy --

from minnesota had to say just about that very point. take a listen. >> if we're not successful in passing this in the senate, we'll do everything to do so, -- we're not one for public and voted for to codify roe v. wade, if we're not successful, then we go to the ballot box, we marched straight to the ballot box and the women of this country, and the men who stand with them will vote like they've never voted before. >> so, fatima, what can average americans do here? >> listen, more than 26 states have joined mississippi asking the supreme court to ban abortion. we expect to see states accelerate -- abortion out of reach in this country if the draft opinion goes into effect. so, the senate has to act, they need to pass this law, and if it does not pass them and that is up to all of us to hold our policymakers accountable at the

federal and state levels. this is the time to ask everyone in this country who's side are you on, what did you do when they tried to ban abortion. >> well, you tweeted something along these lines, when to put it up on the screen for folks. you said quote, whether my basic freedoms are protected should not be left to polls or popular vote. it should not swing wildly from election to election. you also say that if bans happen it's not gonna stop abortions, elaborate on that because that's something a lot of folks have been making the case for, i really want you to break that down for people? >> one in four women have reproductive age of had an abortion. the only difference is right now, many people don't talk about it. they don't tell their stories so this isn't gonna stop abortion, people who needed abortion abortions before role, are gonna continue to need. at what it is gonna do is put forward further in the shadows, further out of reach, make it

harder especially for low income women, women of color, make it hard especially for those who have contact with systems. it's gonna criminalize doctors, criminalize women in particular, so i don't know if that's a country i want to live in. i don't have a majority vote on whether i'm equal or not, and if we were to hold that vote i want to be clear that the vast majority of people in this country support abortion. >> yes, it consistently polls over 60% and every poll that has been taken. so, fatima, are you telling this is when asked i asked because i knew you're someone who listen to. i know many people inside the administration including those in the west wing, value what you have to say, so give us what the inside scoop is, what's the plan here? >> so, here is the thing everyone has to do all they can including this president. i was really glad to see the vice president speak in such clear terms this week she said,

how dare you, that's that sort of outrage i want to see. and they've said that they are going to have a government wide strategy, so we need to see that, we need to see them pushing hard for the women's health protection act, we need to keep seeing them push hard to remove the filibuster so this thing can actually become the law. and we need to see them speaking loudly, and clearly again, and again supporting people on the ground. we are facing an unprecedented public health crisis that is steps away. we need to get ready at all levels. >> that's the advice he gave to the white house? >> it's the advice i've consistently been giving to anyone who will listen. [laughs] >> fatima goss graves, thank you for being here, thank you for doing the work that you are doing. i want to bring in now a political columnist, someone who's a former colleague of mine, ana marie cox, thank you for being here i'm very excited to talk to you because you

actually live in texas, correct? >> i do, yes. >> you are living in texas, your home state, okay. >> people are like why do you live there? >> yes, okay will no mess with texas. a lot is happening in texas i would argue that texas is one of the states that is ground zero for a number of fights in this country right now and the possibility, or not even possible it just be clear, what happens when roe v. wade is overturned, is definitely an issue that folks are discussing in texas. antiabortion advocates they say that the goal is to add civil penalties to the states trigger laws, which left would be clear would make abortions illegal 30 days after roe is overturned, and wondering what's the conversation are that you are having with women in texas right now? >> oh, we're getting ready. we need to be ready now. abortion is functionally

illegal in texas right now. it's illegal after, is it eight weeks, and that's way too early for most women even know that they're pregnant. so, for me i feel like the time for politics is kind of over and yes, vote, everyone should vote, right, voting is important but at this point i'm looking to organize with local abortion plan providers. i'm literally today just filled out a volunteer application to help drive women across the border if needed, i think this is the time to really reach out and start doing things on the ground, marching is great, go dating is great, everyone should vote. but we're in a scenario here where there are women in your community who might need your help, today, not tomorrow, today. >> so, are people scared in texas right now, i'm trying to get the feeling what's the temperature there, they're

scared? >> oh yes, women are scared. i was talking to a neighbor of mine today, who's had abortion access in the past, and i'm of an age who knows if we'll ever really personally need one, but i might, i'm a woman. and it is concerning, i'm also relatively well off white women so probably i could go, but that's a probably, and they the legislators taking action so that everyone is going to suffer. poor women and women of color already suffering, this is already a problem. i want everyone to understand that, we are living through what the rest of the nation is going to face. that if you think that's gonna be a problem in your state, if it's not a problem in your state, you should look to organize with local organizations who are already helping provide women -- i also want to say something here, which a lot of us have been trained in -- i think maybe we should start using the word abortion, a fair

amount you know. >> using the word, abortion yeah. well, i believe using the word abortion but also describing what it is we are talking about, because i think that oftentimes people hear here labels and they're like i don't that's not a word i want to get into, but we're talking about the ability to make decisions about their bodies, the ability for women to get the health care that they need full stop. it's not just democrats win in, or republican women, it's women, right? >> i just want to add that my mail order pharmacy was late giving the birth control this month, and you know what, i got a little scared. because you know what, they might come out or come after birth control next, that something we don't mention, the griswold is a case we don't mention in this draft opinion. i think we need to start thinking this way, sometimes i feel like especially with the right we get made fun of, those of us who really care about

this for talking about handmaid's tale, or talking about these draconian measures that might come for us. but it wasn't that long ago that this was happening. and it's not too far in our future, and i think i can get emotional about this. women are going to die. and women are going to suffer, we're gonna have the choices taken away from them, and because of the state 11 because of how much because of the color of their skin. and that's a country island leveled, in my best to vote for the candidate to support my ideals, but also this is a chance we're if you're ever asked what you did, fatima said this to what do you do when they made reproductive care illegal? what were you where were you when you -- people what are you willing to do. and that's a call i had to all of your viewers, a call that i make two men and women of course, what are you willing to do to help the people in your community get access to the

care that they need? >> i appreciate you for speaking frankly so candidly, and passionately about it. it just strikes me because i think a lot of people could watch this conversation and say, they're just really being dramatic or oh, they really need to take down the hysteria. but it is real, it is actually happening, and -- you said that the rest of the country is essentially talking about what you are living right now, you're talking about volunteering to drive women across straight line so they can seek the health care that they need. i'm thinking about the emotional toll that takes on a community? >> yeah, i mean you know this, the emotional toll has been taken, right, poor women and women of color have already have had a hard time accessing abortion in this country. it's gotten harder and harder. in some ways we're gonna see

now is sort of that difficulty spread across social classes and the color people that don't have a problem, while i still have access to those things, well i still have the agency and ability to help, it's on me to do it. i need to point out, this is extremely unpopular, overturning roe is extremely popular, the republican party doesn't seem to care about votes anymore. they have been able to rule as a minority party, right? and they don't care if it's unpopular, they're gonna do their best to make the ballot box irrelevant, as long as they have those five on the supreme court that are willing to make these kinds of decision they're gonna keep going back to the supreme court and keep trying to undermine everything we have done. every way that we've made progress especially for women and especially for people of color and i think, i want people to think practically again on the ground, what can i

do, what can i do today about this. >> well, anne-marie, we appreciate you for me here, we have republicans on the show someone asked them those very questions, thank you for your time, and i'll talk to you soon. >> thank. you >> coming up, more my exclusive interview with dr. bided, you haven't seen anywhere else she gets real deep about her role as a mother, and the internal struggle in that balancing act, all mothers around the country can relate to. we'll bring you that, plus the major news about her surprise stop inside ukraine where she met with the first lady of ukraine, plus the trump train wreck is still hear y'all. the -- defense secretary basically the former defense secretary esper tell this new york times do not let this guy back into office. all of that is ahead. office. all of that is ahead all of that is ahead ♪ limu emu ♪ and doug. ♪ harp plays ♪ only two things are forever: love and liberty mutual

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slovakian border into ukraine this morning. to show support for the nation as it continues to whether russian attacks. doctor biden also met the first lady of ukraine, olena valencia, who said she felt biden's love and support on which certainly is a solemn mother's day for the people of ukraine. doctor biden said quote, i thought it was important to show the ukrainian people that this war has to stop. the people of the united states stand with the people of ukraine. nbc's mike -- is traveling with the first lady. welcome, mike. thank you for being here. >> hello there. >> mike. you were there when the first lady crossed into ukraine today. tell us all about that, if you will. >> yes, simone, this was quite a moment. i was one of a journalist who traveled with the first lady, about 20 minutes into ukraine and city of user off, this was something that obviously had been a secret up until the

moment we arrived. in fact we could not report on the visit until we were most of the way out of ukraine and crossing back into slovakia. this was obviously significant moment. this was the first time the world had seen first ladies alencia in public since the ukraine invasion began. this is the first time a u.s. first lady has traveled into an active combat zone and about a decade and a half -- but it's really also interesting for this one moment today and put it in a larger context. doctor biden, this is a triple bottle showing not just supporting admiration for ukraine's neighbor, who have done so much to welcome refugees, and show support and assist ukraine with their efforts to assist russian aggression, but also, for dr. biden, very personally about showing support for the mothers of ukraine, and this was one mother to another mother as one of the first ladies said to me later, this was really something she wanted to know

how her counterpart was dealing with this. she is a mother and she says she's not seen her has been. she's been able to hold her children's hand every night, but not to see her husband, and that's taken a toll on her. so let's get called this an act of courage for the first lady. the first lady really ending a trip that she has thinks has been assess that shows a stand for the people of ukraine. >> so powerful. nbc's mike memoli. traveling with the first lady. we were so glad you are there. thank you for joining us. when i sat down with the first lady just before her trip, she told me one of the reasons she was going to ukraine was because of the traumatic images she saw of moms in the area and all the titles that dr. biden has, mom, particularly holds a different place in her heart. take a listen. you are a wife, a mother, a grandmother. the first lady of the united states. you are a teacher. let's talk about doctor biden, the wife and mother. you became a wife and a mother on the same day, right?

>> yes. >> talk to me about how you felt the first time hunter called you mom. >> oh my gosh, i can remember it. it's so vivid in my mind. i remember it. we had been married maybe a month or two. so, i was actually in the bathroom getting dressed, and the boys ran into say goodbye because they were going to catch the school bus. they said bye, mom, see later. it was just so natural. i did not say a word. i just said by, have a good day at school. ever since that moment, it was always mom. and you know, it meant so much to me that they just did that on their own. you know, simone, as women, we are working moms. we have to figure it out. every day. you figure out how to get those lunches packed and how to get the books bagged and how to get the kids up.

we figure it out. >> i think there are a lot of young women especially, who in hearing you say that will feel inspired, and i think a lot of mothers that will just take a sigh of relief and say yes, she did say it. i often heard you can't really have it all. you gotta choose. but i think some people can look at you and say maybe you can have it all. >> it doesn't mean you have to do everything perfectly all the time. some days are better than others, but i think, you know, if you give yourself that space and that grace and say, well maybe i can do better tomorrow. because you do have those days that you question yourself. did i do this right for my kids? did i say the right thing? that i hurt their feelings? but you know, it all comes back. if you have love in your heart for your kids, you know, my kids have supported me every step of the way. that was so important to me.

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assault on the ukrainian people. today, it is facing more sanctions forward. i know we are all probably sitting at home right now thinking, more sanctions? why? let me explain to you why. there are really only a handful of things that the united states of america can do to help the ukrainian people. one key thing that the united states can do is send them weapons that they need. the united states is doing that. another thing that can be done is to impose sanctions on individual russians, banks from russia, businesses, just to name a few. the united states has consistently done that. this round of sanctions is incredibly important. today, president biden was in a meeting with g7 leaders. here is the proof. we've got the photo. look at this picture. he is in this meeting helping rally our allies to impose sanctions that would cripple russia and hopefully lead to

the stop of this war. this group meeting took place just before russia's victory day, which is tomorrow, may 9th. ukrainian officials fear russia may launch new and more deadly attacks tomorrow. the president is in wilmington, delaware right now. where he had that virtual meeting today, and this is where we will also find nbc's allie raffa. ali, let's start with the sanctions. who are what are they targeting? >> simone, even before this virtual meeting between presidents biden, zelenskyy and his g7 leaders, we learn from a senior biden administration official about a neutron shove sanctions on russia. here are few -- starting today, americans can no longer provide accounting and management consulting services and russia, and also u.s. advertising dollars and broadcasting technology will be cut from russia's top three tv

stations. the senior biden administration official says that western companies were among the top advertisers on the stations, contributing upwards of 200 billion dollars in ads. that will also be more control over russian military and factory exports. 2600 visas for select russians will be restricted. the u.s. has also sanctioned to large russian banks that have not been targeted in previous sanction packages before. this is all coming as we know as president biden requests a ninth aid package for ukraine. this is a total of $115 million to ukraine. it is just -- time will tell if that actually does happen. there's not been any movement on that. >> nbc's allie raffa. thank you. we are going to discuss with our political panel. let's get our political panel in here. aisha roscoe is the host of weekend edition on npr, daniel moody is the host of the work

podcast, and michael singleton, a republican political consultant and contributor for the boston globe. greetings, panel! great to see all! happy to be here. thank you for your time. i want to piggyback off of white ali was just talking about and what we just learned on ukraine. particularly that the u.s. and the g7 -- we know they've doubled down on sanctions against russia, additional aid to ukraine's the works in congress. aisha, i want to start with you, and wondering what your thoughts are on this continued strategy of sanctions and how it might play at home? >> i mean the administration is trying to put pressure on putin and trying to get him to change his actions. there is, as you said earlier, not a whole lot that they can do, but the part of the issue that they're going to run into at the g7 now saying they're going to do an embargo of oil. they would say they would do an oil embargoed on russia. the issue with that is you

already have high energy prices in the u.s. at this very moment and we know when we go to the gasoline pump, prices are high. this is going to affect them and make them go higher and there's not much biden can do about that, but if you don't affect oil you are not affecting the putin regime. that is their main source of money. >> talk about the facts. those are facts, ayesha rascoe. let me bring you in on this. how do you think this will fare for republicans in congress? you heard -- wilmington with the president right now. she said the aid is being held up. how is this going to affect the republicans who are holding up the state? >> i think from the republican perspective, simone, the idea is to focus on inflation, gas prices, focus on the fact that they've had to increase rates, essentially for the first time in a very long time and that means the basic cost of goods are going to increase significantly and part of the

reason is to make things more expensive, so it becomes more difficult to buy home. your credit card debt, that's going to go up. if you have to get a loan for your kid to go to college. those interest rates are going to go up. i'm going to imagine from the republican perspective, by holding off on these things and makes their argument more palatable, more cogent to say this is why we should empower, look at the state of the economy. this is directing you and impacting you directly. in your everyday. some people, $25, $50, 100-dollar increase every month on their expenses could make a significant difference. >> i agree. it could make a difference. i would just note, my grocery store bills are still very high. by my porch ops. when my fiancée goes, y'all know i'm not the chef. it's chef sean. but shermichael, i want to follow up on this point. there are some good things happening with the economy, right? we could talk about unemployment.

we can talk about the record number of people who have gotten jobs. but i do hear this argument. my question is, what is the republican plan? i do think there is a tendency for folks across the aisle to point out this is with their doing wrong. i have yet to hear from my republican friends what they are going to do. can you shed some light on the republican plan? i don't think there is one. prove me wrong, shermichael. >> sure, i don't know with the direct plan is. i'm not consultant for any republicans directly, but i would imagine if i were still advising republicans on legislatively when i think the plan should be, i would probably want to focus on infrastructure. you've got to focus on legislation that could get the economy growing and expanding. again, a part of the problem is when you have an inflation issue and the feds decide i'm going to increase the rates because of the consumer and business demands for product are going to high, of got to tamper those things down, to essentially avoid a recession, although in theory, you can

still grand a recession by continuing to increase these things. the republicans have to figure out how you temper that down. when we again, is through some type of a domestic plan, focusing on increasing domestic productivity. granted, i will say it and i know we may bring this up, democrats have yet to propose such a plan since president -- biden has been in office. i'll give credit their. -- i'm going to imagine once they come into power in the house and probably even the senate, they will likely propose some type of an alternative to the plan that democrats proposed, i believe six or seven months ago now. >> so we're gonna have to wait to see the plan. sure michael, they might need to listen to you, honey, because i've heard nothing of what you have said. somebody needs to hire you! let's get my least favorite topic out of the way. donald trump, you know it. we have to talk about it, because frankly, people are not talking about some of the crazy things that donald trump did. previously, it's how folks were shocked when he got in office. let's get into former u.s. defensive retiree mark esper, he has a more coming up.

he says in that memoir that former president trump suggested firing missiles into mexico to take out drug labs. yes. the defense secretary also said quote, he is an unprintable person, given his self interest, should not be in the position of public service. all right. do you think there's anyone in the country who is still surprised by this? anyone? frankly, that this man has had their minds changed by reports like this? >> no, i mean i think that the 75 million people that voted for donald trump are not surprised by this. i think that they are -- why not blow up mexico. these are the ways that people think which is why it's dangerous and i am tired, frankly, of these trump's acolytes after the facts, being able to make money off of what they knew. right? a sacred oath mark esper took, but he did not give that information to the american people until he was able to -- buy hawking a book. how helpful is this now?

yes, he says in there that he wanted to stay inside of the administration, because he wanted to be one of the grown-ups in the room. but don't you think that after all of the leaks that we've heard during the trump administration, that maybe knowing that this man was unhinged, and the fact that he was going to bring a war not only in mexico but iran and other places around the world? that maybe that information would have been helpful as we were going into the 2020 election? i'm just saying here, folks, continue to watch them profit off of with a new. at the time, now our democracy is suffering from it. >> you know wet? i think i need to have you back, danielle, so we can discuss the topics of people and these books, about what they knew and how they knew it. ayesha, i want to come to you, because i wonder if you think or if you have a thought or if you know, because i know you know, ayesha, i ayesha used to be a white house reporter

before she now hosts her sunday show. i'm wondering, why in your estimation, given everything that you know and heard from colleagues and npr, why these revelations so relevant? especially ahead of 2024? >> they are relevant, because donald trump is still the leader of the republican party. and it's very likely to run for president again. he has a good shot of getting the republican nomination! they are absolutely relevant, because these are the types of decisions, and this is not the only book that has shown, you know, him saying things like he wanted to take out drug labs in mexico, there were also reports that he wanted to have migrants coming across the border shot. i mean, these are books that have come out, or information has come out in books about the things that former president trump was saying behind closed doors. he said a lot of things just

out in public, right? if this is not shocking, necessarily, but i mean, to hear it laid out this way, it is relevant. >> it is relevant. ayesha roscoe, daniel moody and shermichael singleton, thank you so much and we will have you back. all right, next i cannot wait to introduce you to my culture critics in the culture corner. we are talking dave chappelle, britney griner and how we can weed out misinformation out there on what actually happened with abortion law. stick with us. with abortion law. stick with us. stick with us. you should really check in with your team on ringcentral. oh hi caesar. we were just talking about you. yeah, you should probably get out of here. ♪ ringcentral ♪

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calling the culture corner. we are literally in a corner. it's where we are going to talk about conversations circulating in the group chats, but that's not all. we are going to look at what is driving them and to do that i have some incredible culture critics with me today. alicia johnson is a political strategist and chief impact officer, and mark is the author of a new book, seen and unseen, technology, social media and the fight for racial justice. welcome, y'all, to the not -- the culture corner. yes! let's start off with our favorite topic today. that is dave chappelle.

i'm sure you all saw the news we're comedian dave chappelle was assaulted on stage during when his shows. we all talked about that. chris got slapped at the oscars for weeks. we don't not need to rehash the slaps. i do think there are some people out there who feel jokes don't need to be made, and on the other hand, there are people who say look. they're coming to a comedy show. you didn't have to be there. your thoughts? >> to quote the great chris rock, i ain't saying it's right, but i understand. on the one hand, no, no, this is what i'm saying. i don't think anybody needs to use violence or rolling up on a comedian. i understand the frustration of dave chappelle. he has said things that are transphobic, deeply hurtful and trans antagonistic. i understand where there is anger. i don't have this person was mad about that or something else or just not doing well, but either way, i understand the frustration. i understand, but it is not correct. you cannot assault people. if you do, you run up, as they say, in the bible, you get done

of. that's exactly what happened to him that day. i think we've created a culture that normalizes that. all that pull-up is on site. i'm gonna do this when i see you. all this culture on internet and social media normalizes this activity, and i hope the thrashing that he received will dissuade others from engaging in similar practices. >> lord. alencia, your thoughts. >> i kind of agree with mark, that our culture has normalized violence. beyond internet, we've just had a president normalizing violence on his campaign trail and went in 2016. right? i also agree we cannot condone violence, but i will say, even all the aftermath and all the quick jabs that dave chappelle said, the verbal jabs, that he said afterwards, he had a conversation with the attacker backstage. there were some mental health issues. it's also found that the sky, he actually had an out for dave chappelle. but here's something we're not talking about. he had a weapon. it's actually a very serious

issue, if this is what's going to happen to comedians. now i didn't appreciate that howard stern was saying, you know, will smith slapped chris rock was breeding violence against comedians, i don't think that to be true, but i do think that that is an underlying -- people are frustrated and looking for an outlet. unfortunately, this got to get out on dave chappelle. >> okay. i want to make sure we get into talk about britney griner. the wnba star is still detained in russia. after she was accused of smuggling cannabis oil in her back. the state department now says that she is being illegally detained. now, let me just say, britney griner, where any major male athlete in the nba, this would be on page news every day. which say you, mark? >> i say she ain't gotta be major. even if she were a minor male athlete. if she was the 12th person at the end of the sacramento kings, we would be outraged, but the problem here is that one, we don't respect women athletes.

one, we'll even us misogynists it culture that does not respect women broadly, and on top of that women athletes are just afterthoughts, too often, and finally, the fact that -- trying to even make enough money, it's an atrocity. she's one of the greatest players ever. >> that's why she was in russia. the wnba season has started. we should let folks know. there were some tributes to griner. one of her teammates, rihanna stewart, talked to tiffany cross yesterday and listen to her message to the white house. >> my message to the white house is bring britney home. help her get home. she deserves to be back with her family, her friends, the wnba. the wnba is not the wnba without her. help get her home. please. >> alencia, is america care enough about this? >> we don't care enough about it. we should be joining the wnba with the rally cry for not only brittani brian are coming home,

but raising the wages and salary of the w nba players, they make -- >> alencia johnson, mark lamont hill, we did not get into misinformation and disinformation, so you all will have to come back. thank you so very much. all right. after the break, everyone, my first sin moment. but a special tribute to my mother who i affectionately call -- the new documentary diamond hands, the legend of wallstreetbets is coming to msnbc next sunday. you can stream it the next day on peacock. it is the inside story of the game stop short squeeze and the people who took on some of the nation's most powerful financial institutions. i saw it. it's amazing. make sure you watch it. amazing make sure you watch it

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