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first, we are just two weeks from election day. former president trump is holding a town hall with latino leaders here in miami before heading back to north carolina. the battleground that a harris campaign official tells nbc news seems to be slipping away for her. democrats also fearing possible cracks in the blue wall states jeopardizing what the campaign sees as a central part of harris' path to 270. the vice president sits down with hallie jackson while former president obama joins governor walz in wisconsin, one of the three critical blue wall states where early in-person voting started this more than. vice president harris was in wisconsin monday with former republican congresswoman liz cheney, making her final pitch why she believes trump's own behavior makes him unfit to hold office. >> i think it does lead us and it should lead us to observe

that he is increasingly unstable. but you don't have to take my word for it. listen to the people who know him best. the people who worked with him in the white house, in the oval office, in the situation room. they have each talked about the chief of staff, that donald trump has contempt for the constitution of the united states. >> with 14 days to go, 16 million americans have cast ballots. their votes now locked in. when my colleague vaughn hillyard pressed trump and the rnc chairman about the process, both admitted there's no sign of fraud, but there are still, for them, seeds of doubt. >> have either of you seen any cheating, incidents of cheating that leads you to believe this election will not be fair? >> i haven't. unfortunately, i know the other side. they are not good. but i have not seen -- michael,

have you seen anything that looks suspicious? we're very early in the process. >> we are early in the process and we are tracking across 50 states to make sure the systems we want to have in place are in place. >> vaughn, joins us from florida. also with us is gabe gutierrez covering the vice president, phil rucker, and john kasich. vaughn, what has the main issue been for trump today at that town hall with latino leaders in miami? >> reporter: there's been very little substance as it goes to policy directly impacting latino communities. for donald trump, he is using this as a backdrop to suggest and show polling that shows him with gains among hispanic and latino voters, which in order to pull off an election win two weeks from now, a major pathway

electoral share from georgia and florida, where democrats maintain they have a shot for a kamala harris victory and will arizona and nevada. for donald trump, i want to let you listen to part of his remarks. he is covering in his formal fashion a range of topics. he is noting that harris is not on the campaign trail, asking why she's taking a day off. she's doing an interview with hallie jackson. donald trump was suggesting he has been on the road for 52 straight days on the campaign trail, which is not exactly accurate, yet donald trump is trying to use this and draw that comparison at a time in which he has been questioned about whether the extent that he is exhausted and has the ability at the age of 78 to serve four more years in the white house. take a listen. >> i said, where is she campaigning today? she's got a day off.

you got 14 days left for the presidency and she's taking a day off. this is not what you want. this is not what you want. >> reporter: later tonight, he will be taking a plane here from florida and he will go to a rally in north carolina where early voting is underway. he made three stops in being in income yesterday. that's a battleground state he won in 2016 and 2020. if he were to lose that state, that would put the map in question for him to 270 electoral votes into serious question. you see him going to north carolina tonight, which is the home state of the rnc chair. >> governor walz and former president obama are in wisconsin today with the harris campaign. they are saying they are having possible anxiety about holding the blue wall there? >> reporter: good afternoon. you saw that map you put up. focus on the blue wall straights. that's critical for the harris campaign.

as you mentioned, a senior harris campaign official says there is a thought that maybe wisconsin or michigan might fall off. of course, that official stressing that it's more likely michigan to fall off. although, a campaign spokesperson did push back on that saying that public polling has a race that's extremely close and that harris, according to a "washington post" poll and "detroit news" poll is ahead. this goes back to how close this race is and how critical it will be for the harris campaign to really focus on those blue wall states. they voted in unison since 1988. hillary clinton, famously lost them in 2016. joe biden won them again in 2020. especially in michigan, the concern is, jose, that potentially because of arab american voters and their disdain for how the biden-harris administration handled the israel-hamas war, will that translate into a loss potentially in michigan for the harris campaign? you saw the vice president

focusing on those blue wall states quite a bit yesterday, going there with liz cheney. now we are also learning that bruce springsteen, the rock icon, he is kicking off a "when we vote we win" concert series that will start on thursday with the vice president and former president obama in georgia and then continuing on into next week in pennsylvania. certainly, the blue wall straights plan to be critical for the harris campaign. there is some anxiety among democrats that there could be issues there in the blue wall in michigan and potentially they could see some trouble in north carolina in the wake of hurricane helene. >> phil, north carolina has a back and forth state. 20,000 votes determining one way or another how they decide for the presidency over the last couple of election cycles.

i was interested in your thoughts on this with trump telling vaughn there's no signs of election cheating as of right now. still warning about the other side. what is this argument geared towards? >> yeah, jose, clearly i think trump is trying to lay the groundwork to then contest the election result if he decides to do that come election day. millions of americans around the country, including in north carolina, have started voting early. there's been no reported evidence or instances of any sort of fraudulent activity. that's what trump was referring to in the comment. he certainly has cast doubt about the validity of the overall result. he has been doing this for months now, really trying to lay the groundwork in his public comments and also in the comments you hear from his advisors and allies within his broader political movement to question the resolve to wage legal challenges if he decides to do so and really sow doubt in

the minds of americans as to whether they can believe the results we might see on november 5th or thereafter. >> john, i want to play for you part of liz cheney's message to michigan republicans on monday. take a listen, john. >> if you are at all concerned, you can vote your conscience and not ever have to say a word to anybody. there will be millions of republicans who do that on november 5th. >> do you think there will be millions of republicans that on november 5th will do that? >> i don't know if it will be millions, jose. i don't get this strategy of having liz cheney out there. telling people, you can vote however you want and you don't have to tell anybody and all that. these endorsements, as you probably know, they don't mean a heck of a lot. there are a few people that can endorse and help, obama being

one of them. i don't get the liz cheney thing. i don't know which part -- who she represents. does she have some sort of a cohort? i really don't get that. i don't think that is -- i don't think it's very influential. i think the harris campaign, the way that i see it -- i saw the interview on fox news or saw clips of it. i thought she did a good job. i think the harris campaign kind of went into what we say in football, into a prevent defense. i think they went into a prevent defense before they really had a lead. i think that's what they are struggling about now with two weeks to go. they should have been out there more and they weren't. relying on liz cheney, i don't think that's an answer to their problems. >> vaughn, gabe, phil and john, thank you very much. appreciate it. joining me now is mitch landrieu, national co-chair of the harris campaign.

i thank you for your time. just thinking of what john was talking about, for example, today, an entire campaign day two weeks before the election was spent with liz cheney. who do you think that is targeting? >> john is my friend. i haven't talked to him for a bit. i hope he is doing good. i disagree with him. the vice president and the entire team have been traveling to every swing state. if you look at the schedule, the vice president was in three states yesterday, not just one. weeks before that, have been aggressively going to all of the swing states. the point is that there is an issue that is bigger than whatever minor differences we have about policy agreements, and that's the protection of democracy. when you have bernie sanders and liz cheney and dick cheney and 25 of the people that worked with donald trump all saying that, hey, he shouldn't be anywhere near the oval office, when you highlight that, i think it makes a big difference.

let me recall for you that when president trump was going through the primaries, after he had won, in a number of other states, nikki haley got 20% of the vote. while i agree with john that not every endorsement matters, when you have 100 republicans aligning with you, let me knock on your head, think about what's going to happen, i think it matters. the vice president has been very aggressive in the prosecution of a case. she's been doing a good job. i agree she did an excellent job on fox. she will continue to do that where she tries to find a vote wherever we can get it. >> i'm thinking, reminding a couple of years ago -- rewind things in your own mind a couple of years ago. did you think you would be saying that dick cheney is a part of the -- >> no. >> remind and tell me what would you have told yourself. >> first of all, i would have never believed it. it goes to the issue of how

upside down donald trump has caused our world to be. when he got elected, he governed in chaos. he governed in chaos during the covid crisis, after his election he told the biggest lie, that he instigated an insurrection and he is telling a lie again. when his lips are moving, he is lying. i think people ought to not just laugh that off but that think about that as a character trait for the leader of the free world, the most powerful person in the world and making sure the american citizens have the important knowledge they need to make good decisions about our future. donald trump has demonstrated time and time again that the way he approaches the world has negative consequences, isolates america, makes us weaker. he will continue to do that e. he will be better at being bad this time. these going to be close. everybody knew it was going to be close. it's been close for four cycles. i don't know why anybody is surprised about that.

>> the vice president today focusing on latino men specifically. she will speak with telemundo as well as with nbc. i'm wondering, the importance of latino voters is something that every single year in our country, 1 million latinos turn 18 years of age, 1 million every year. mitch, is the latino voting block -- do you think it's been well served by any politician? >> first of all, as you know, the latino voting block is not monolithic. that's one of the mistakes people have made. the latino voting block represents a huge and broad spectrum of the folks that are in the united states. it shouldn't surprise anybody that some folks self-identify as liberals, moderates, independents and republicans. i know that in the harris-biden

administration, there was an incredible focus for four years making sure that we actually focused on that community. congressman that was on before made a good point about all of the things that had been done and will continue to be done. we are in a campaign. you have to earn everybody's vote. figure out where the votes are, who you will fight for. that's why she's going to texas. she's going to texas to highlight the very simple fact that donald trump put three supreme court justices on the supreme court who eviscerated roe v. wade and put women's lives at risk. the states have taken the freedom to take women's rights away and put their lives at risk. this is a multi-dimensional race. we are going everywhere, talking to everybody. i feel good about where we are. i'm not saying the race is not going to be close. i think the vice president has done an excellent job. we have a great team on the ground. we built this campaign for the ground game. as you can see from polling, i

don't know what all the anxiety is about the blue states. we are ahead in pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin and nevada. we will continue to do that. we will run it all the way through the table. i believe we will win. donald trump is not correct and never has been that the election is going to somehow be untoward. donald trump is not going to lose this election because it was stolen. he is going to lose because the american people have chosen a new pathway forward and they are tired of his chaos. >> mitch, just want to reaffirm -- we have this report out today there's some concern in the harris campaign about these blue wall states, michigan, et cetera. you are saying that's -- you all are completely confident? >> listen, it's going to be a close race. there's no way else to say that. you wake up every day, you should be concerned about everything. that doesn't mean you don't have confidence in your ability to deliver. we have always thought, we have always known -- it happened the last three or four election

cycles -- this comes down to fourth down and goal. the question is, who is better prepared, who has the better candidate, the better message, better team? we feel confident in our ability to deliver for the american people and to create a new path forward for all of us. >> it's always a pleasure. i appreciate your time. >> thanks. good being with you. andrea mitchell is traveling with antony blinken in israel as he makes another push for peace in the middle east. andrea speaks with a former hostage and hear her plea for a deal to bring her husband and the other hostages home. there are more than 100 hostages still in the hands of hamas. we will dig down into down-ballot races in key states that could decide the balance of power in washington. we are back in 90 seconds. you are watching msnbc reports. . and to fight heartburn, why take 10 antacids throughout the day when you can take 1 prilosec. for easier heartburn relief, one beats ten.

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department and middle east negotiator. secretary of state blinken back in the region, as are you, trying to in his case reach a cease-fire deal and bring the hostages home. what are the chances of this happening? >> reporter: very, very slim. the terrible situation of the explosions over lebanon just today, two apartment buildings collapsed, were levelled by israeli air strikes in beirut. two children we know died, several children died in the -- among the 18 people founded in the rubble, according to the lebanese health service and to our correspondent there. the crisis continues. gaza, people are starving. there have been air strikes there. this as secretary blinken was landing, all this happening. the pressure from the u.s., from blinken today with netanyahu to get food into northern gaza, a

trickle of trucks have gotten in. they have not gone to the people who need them because of the continuing air strikes. the u.s., the president said last week at a meeting in germany, the war in gaza should end now and get the hostages home. now you have the spreading war in lebanon. the u.s. supports them attacking -- israel attacking lebanon near the southern border but not on beirut and pressing israel to keep its expected retaliation against iran proportional. that means to keep with what they have been told by the israelis that it will not hit nuclear sites, that it will not hit energy sites, that they will go after offensive weapons and try to avoid escalating it to the point where iran's expected response will spread to a wider war. >> i know, you spoke with a former hostage whose husband is being held hostage in gaza. what did she tell you?

>> reporter: as you know, we have known her. she's been on your show. she's been with my show in washington, in tel aviv. today, i have to tell you, this time i spent with her today before she and other american hostages later tonight will meet with secretary blinken, this was the most emotional i have seen her. she feels that the death of sinwar will further endanger the possibility of retaliation against her husband keith. she was a hostage for 51 days. she described the torture that she and others experienced. now she said it's more urgent than ever because they saw the terrible condition that hirsch was in when his body was turned over, when he was executed. here is more of what she said to me. what do you want netanyahu to do? >> i would like netanyahu to

understand that if keith doesn't come home now, he is going to come home dead. i want him home alive. one more day underneath the ground, i would have died. keith would have died, too. i wouldn't be sitting here next to you, because i would be dead. i'm so worries about keith. we haven't heard about keith, anything about keith for half a year. we don't know. we don't know if he is alive. we don't know where he is. in what condition he is. >> reporter: she's so worried about her husband and the other hostages and says it's time to end this war. she's just pleading with the u.s. to put more pressure on netanyahu and pleading with her own -- with their government, she's an israeli american. her husband is american. pleading to let the hostages come home.

of course, as long as the war continues, that will not happen. >> andrea mitchell in tel aviv, thank you so much. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> thank you for letting me be a part of your program. aaron, i want to ask you about what andrea was talking about. secretary blinken is in israel, the 11th trip he has taken since the massacre. so much effort, so much effort in trying to make a difference, to try and get a cease-fire, to try to get those hostages out by the united states. does the united states, aaron, have any weight in that? >> thanks for having me, jose. look, i think u.s. leverage, u.s. pressure has been reduced to zero. it's sandwiched between two

events. in two weeks, arguably, maybe not, the consequential election. on the other hand, the proverbial shoe that's going to drop, which is an israeli response to the october 1st iranian ballistic missile attack. while the president probably has assurances from the prime minister, the target set will not include nuclear sites, if the iranians respond with anything like what they did on october 1st or they come in heavier, all those assurances are gone. you have a situation and it has existed for a year where you have two combatants, israel and hamas, and now hezbollah and israel. the stakes -- political stakes, national security stakes, and

you have a prime minister who is trying to maintain himself in power. that means a degree of controlled escalation of the conflict. i think the odds of a cease-fire even temporary, lebanon, are slim to none. i would say the same thing right now for any hamas-israeli deal. >> i'm wondering about that israeli-hamas deal on any levels. we are looking at the egyptian plan now, which is a very limited time period where there could be a cease-fire and some of the hostages could be released in that period. is there anything you think -- i'm wondering when you talk about the elections, what role or -- what role is the united states elections having in all of this?

what is it that this egyptian proposal could bring? >> the three-phase proposal, which was based on a set of israeli idea which president biden articulatearticulated, hae of prisoners. this time, unlike the november 2023 exchange, palestinians who were accused of or convicted israelis. the odds that this israeli government is going to agree to return large numbers of palestinian prisoners i think again -- i can't see it happening. as far as the cease-fire -- the egyptian cease-fire proposal, the israelis are mounting a major shift in policy into northern gaza. i think they really do, according to the so-called general's plan -- they want to move three to 400,000 people

from gaza city to another area so they can operate -- actually, lay siege to hamas and operate more effectively. if that's the case, then it seems to me no cease-fire, temporary or otherwise, is going to be possible any time soon. >> thank you so very much for being with us. it's so complicated and yesterday every minute, every second that passes is a second and a minute that goes against the detriment not only of those 101 hostages, but also for the people in gaza and for the people in northern lebanon and for the people in beirut. every single second that passes is a second where more death, grief and destruction is probably happening. thank you very much. >> thanks for having me.

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whoever wins the white hours, control of the senate will be critical to achieving their agenda. democrats hold a slim two-seat majority in the upper chamber. as many as four races are incredibly competitive. actually, in the toss-up column according to the cook political report. joining me now is a senate democrat who has been campaigning for his party's candidates in those states, senator michael bennet of colorado. it's a pleasure to see you. let's talk about these states. which are the ones you are looking at more closely? >> i have spent time in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. it's hard to believe in some respects, because i think these are among our finest candidates, some of the best incumbent senators in the country. they are running against basically self-funded millionaires, if not

billionaires, that mitch mcconnell selected to run in those states. in every place, we are in the margin of error. the work between now and election day is critical. i have also been on the phone at least twice a week, sometimes more than that, with my friend jon tester in montana who is fighting for his political life. he always finds a way to win. he needs our support in these closing days. i'm looking forward to going to nevada. we have been in arizona. this race is tied in the presidential, it's tied in the senate races. >> when we talk about incumbents, why do you think it is they are tied? >> i think part is because of the incredible avalanche of money that elon musk and others are putting into these campaigns. the crypto guys have put $45 million alone into brown's race in ohio.

bob casey and baldwin have taken a battering of outside money. the same in montana. that has an affect. we have an antidote, get our vote out, get on the doors, get on the telephone calls. it matters. i won my first election by one vote a precinct because of the work volunteers did all over the state and because we won in colorado that year, a terrible year for democrats, we barely held on to the majority, 30 million people would have lost health care because we would have lost obamacare, didn't lose their health care. in my view, the stakes are much higher this year than they were in 2010. the races are closer. the good news is, we can make a difference by showing up. i know there are people that are going to do that every day between now and election day. we need it. >> it seems as though, senator, you are talking about the amount of money that's being spent,

there is so much money being spent, so much from all sides, right? we have record number of contributions, for example, the harris campaign. just extraordinary amounts of money. is it all money, senator, that changes people's perception of who they should or should not be voting for? >> i think not only does it do that, jose, i think it threatens our system of one person, one vote. this has been result of the supreme court's decision. we have a thing in colorado right now that's a ballot issue where there's $12 million, all

invested on one side, to impose on colorado new york city's system of rank choice voting without any discussion or debate among the people in colorado about what we want, what we care about, and with no prospect, if this thing passes, for us to be able to make changes later because of the way the campaign finance system is operating. i believe that people think that this is a cancer on our democracy and it undermines their ability to vote for the interests of their children and their grandchildren in a meaningful way. we have been combating this every single cycle. the money gets worse and worse and worse. i think the american people have to find a way either to amend the constitution, overturn what citizens united did, or at least require disclosure in all of our states so that people can't just

keep writing these anonymous checks. in the case of elon musk, he seems to not only care about it but believes that his raffling off a million dollars will help list donald trump. we need to make sure we get people out on the doors that they can cut through the mess of these campaign ads and vote for the future of this democracy and the future of working people all across this country that don't need donald trump's trickle down economics to come back to the white house. >> senator, going forward, i want to have you back on in the near future to talk about this issue. i'm seeing what's happening in argentina when the president has been proposing some widespread changes to how elections are funded. look at how elections are funded

in other countries, some good and some a lot of bad, just going forward, let's have that conversation. >> i would love to. different from the campaign issue, but in mexico, which i know you know well, the decision to elect judges down there, that's not a campaign issue strictly speaking, but it is a way of changing radically the institutions of a democracy in ways that may make it impossible ever to change it back. >> yeah. boy, i'm glad you mentioned that. let's for sure have that conversation. i think that is one of the things that most threatens the democratic system as problematic as it has been. boy, those kind of changes would make huge differences. senator, it's a pleasure to speak with you. >> thanks for having me. in the meantime, stating the on

-- obvious, vote, vote, vote, vote. how a new celebrity-filled psa is trying to fight deepfake technology that could be used to mislead voters. you are watching msnbc reports.

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from a non-partisan group featuring multiple celebrities is out today warning americans to be on alert for deepfake election disinformation. telling voters, when and how to vote this election cycle. ken dilanian is with us. good morning. etng really, really se deepfakes high tech. >> yeah, they are, jose. they have been and will be used to discredit candidates. this particular public service ad is about the issue of deepfakes being used to confuse people about how and when they can vote. in an election this close, that could matter. take a listen. it's a nightmare scenario for election security officials. it's happened once. >> it's important you save your vote for the november election. >> that was an ai deepfake of president biden's voice. sent to 50,000 democratic voters

before new hampshire's voting. experts fear more of that is coming. the best antidote is awareness. >> bad actors will use ai to trick you. >> nbc news got an early look at a new public service ad out today, featuring a group of celebrities, designed to highlight the threat of deepfake attempt at voter suppression. >> fake phone calls or videos or messages to change when and how you vote. >> could appear to come from a trusted source. >> a fake message saying voting has been extended. >> don't fall for it. >> it features actors and television personalities including chris rock, amy schumer and jonathan scott.

miles taylor is part of represent us, the non-partisan group that produced the ad. >> what we can do is make people aware this is the new spam that tries to deceive them and make sure they don't fall for that deception. >> joshua graham is the ceo. >> it could tip the whole election. >> the ad seeking to show viewers how easy it is to produce convincing fake video. >> voting is your right. >> don't let anyone take it from you. >> i love you. amy. i'm sorry. i'm not even american. >> experts are urging americans to get information about voting only from official sources. they say, if something seems off, it probably is. >> so sorry. >> this is the united states. there's no one place to get information about all these different state and local polling places. experts say, go to your state's

secretary of state website, county election board. don't rely on video or audio sent to you. pursue the information yourself. >> ken, just released intelligence assessment is addressing russian efforts to undermine democrats in the upcoming election? >> it's attributing to russia a fake video that got a lot of play on social media last week that makes some false allegations against the vice president's candidate tim walz. it goes on to discuss potential efforts by foreign adversaries, but potentially iran, after the election to foment bogus allegations of fraud between the time the polls close and the time that the result is certified. that's a moment of vulnerability for the united states, particularly in this climate. the intelligence agencies are raising concerns that our foreign adversaries are going to try to exploit divisions. they want americans to be on the lookout for that. these are classified intelligence assessments that they are declassifying and releasing to public because they

want to promote awareness of what's coming down the pike. >> i'm so glad we are focusing on this. we're not talking about russia but china and iran as you say, cuba has been doing it. these are players that want to disrupt this election and the after affects of it. ken, it's great seeing you. thank you. >> you too. thanks. how a democratic candidate and, doctor, in the key state of wisconsin is trying to flip a critical house seat where the economy and abortions are the top issues. you are watching msnbc reports.

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win this? >> this is our sleeper district for the cycle, jose. just watch. there are three reasons why we can win this. first of all, the district, it is a vacant seat. the person who previously occupied this seat was mike gallagher. he was incredibly popular in the district with republicans, democrats and independents alike. but remember when he voted against the impeachment of mayorkas? his party here divided. they ostracized him, he left. this is a vacant seat. it is here for the taking. and remember wisconsin's partisan gerrymandering, a problem we fixed this spring? well, here in this district we were profoundly affected. last cycle a third of the state's seats went unchallenged by democrats. there wasn't even a candidate to vote for. and that meant people didn't get out and vote. it is different this time around. we have candidates who are engaged, enthusiastic, doing the work on the ground, they are going to increase voter turnout

on every level for me, for senator baldwin, for kamala harris. it is inspirational. that's only the first reason. the second reason is these are independent voters. they're not blue, they're not red, they're green and gold. these are green bay packer fans. and we, when we're knocking on doors in places like clintonville, and whittenburg, places where people have not talked with candidates in ages, they're so excited to be able to share their voices because they have felt left behind. and then, of course, finally, it is the candidates. it's me, the sixth generation wisconsinite, the mom of four boys, the ob/gyn doctor who brought abortion back to wisconsin against trump-endorsed tony wied. this is the fellow what takes second billing on his own yard signs. he's such a rubber stamp for donald trump. he has been sued for stealing utilities from a neighbor, and for selling cigarettes and alcohol to minors. this is a guy who has no history

of public service, and, frankly, his message doesn't resonate with people. so we're out there -- >> doctor, very quickly, sorry to interrupt you, very quickly, the issue of abortion, you think, is going to be one that will motivate a lot of people and maybe wouldn't be coming out? >> oh, for sure. every day when we're on the doors, this is what people are talking to me especially about because i'm an ob/gyn doctor and, you know, they're worried about this. we were alt a fund-raiser in rural wisconsin last night and i asked a woman what she cared about and she said abortion and abortion. even though this is known to be a catholic district, and you would think that catholics would not be for reproductive rights, that is absolutely not the case. i was raised catholic. i've taken care of women in this region who are catholic, catholics use birth control and receive abortion care at the same rate as everyone else. >> dr. kristin lyerly, thank you for being with us. appreciate your time.

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