an obese child is take friend his mom and placed in foster care after authorities compare it to child abuse. eight different states heard similar cases and at what point does weight become child abuse? a teen whose tweet got the governor mad at her. she was supposed to apologize. did she? should she have to apologize? >> the "news nation" is following developing news. newt gingrich is on the way to south carolina. he is ramping up ahead of the primary in january. local papers are reporting he is opening offices and building up staff. he told supporters that if he wins south carolina, he will win the nomination. the three-day swing is fresh from the major endorsement from the union leader, a conservative paper. also about one hour ago, barney

frank announced he will not seek reelection after serving 16 terms. a big part of the reason was under the state's new redistricting map. you have to win over hundreds of thousands of new constituents. >> i don't want to be torn between my obligations. >> john harwood is monitoring both of the stories for us. let's start off in south carolina. looking at the cash on hand, forget the endorsements so we can debate what matters. we know that cash matters and according to our first read team, mitt romney had on hand $353,000. >> cash matters and organization matters. newt gingrich so far doesn't have either one. he has a chance over the next month to try to convert the poll numbers he has and the momentum

he has into money and some boots on the ground in iowa and new hampshire and south carolina. he has a long way to go for so much of this year. it's just newt gingrich and his wife and a couple of people. he has to ramp up quickly and mitt romney has been running for five years. >> i read that mitt romney's folks were saying newt who? are we supposed to believe they are not worriyed? i say this because we have seen the flavor of the month and we know the story line. timing is so significant here that newt gingrich is peaking at this point against mitt romney. >> if you are going to get hot in the political campaign, you want to get hot late. however, mitt romney's campaign has every reason to feel good about their positioning. many are resistant to mitt romney. his poll numbers have a ceiling, but he does have money and organization. he has an opening in iowa if he

can seize it. he could end this race quickly if he wins iowa and new hampshire. >> barney frank saying bye-bye and the president releasing a statement saying this country has never had a congressman like barney frank. the representatives will not be the same without him. house democrat saying america and the principals for which it stands have been well-served by congressman barney frank in his three decades of service. this man knows how to fight hard and loud. not afraid of a tv camera. what kind of void might there be for the progressives and liberals? >> an exceptional intellect and legislator and wit. he showed it in the news conference when he took on newt gingrich. he ought to be in jail because of how he approached the housing issue.

he said he didn't think democrats would get to go full bore at it. >> let's bring in our panel. msnbc contributor michael smerconish and hutchinson, analyst and contributor for thegrio.com. good to see you. i heard you did something interesting recently in florida. tell our audience what you decided to do. >> black friday i watched newt on the campaign trail. it was funny because i tweet and said is this how i should use my time and somebody said do you dislike your family that much? i wanted to go hear him defend himself in a conservative and very white and very republican community in southwest florida. three nights after what he said about illegal immigration. he tried to make a practical argument. he won a lot of points with the crowd and i don't think he yet answered all the questions that exist in the minds of

conservatives. some here and the state when he talks legality. people can debate all day long, but what's interesting is it appears to be a dig at mitt romney. they wrote we would rather back someone with whom we disagree than one who told us what he thinks. we want to hear. >> i would say that's a pretty difficult, probably difficult words for the romney campaign to have to swallow. mitt romney spent a lot of time in new hampshire and a lot of money in new hampshire. what this is telling conservatives in particular across the country is that we don't really like anyone, but newt gingrich is more palatable than mitt romney. that's a lot to be said given the fact that an argument could be made that gingrich has flip flopped himself on many issues.

>> the argument could be made and has been made in significant ways that if the word is flip flop, he has changed his stance on a number of issues. absolutely. as he goes further down in the electoral process, he is going to have to answer those questions. more than anything else, this is just a huge problem for mitt romney. the question he has to ask is if he should be the republican nominee, will he win it or is he going to achieve the status through the process of elimination? >> it's interesting that one of the articles said that mitt romney needs a knockout early. when you look at the calendar on january 3rd. south carolina where newt is focused, january 21st and florida. if he does not do something big and early, we could according to at least some see a long primary as we saw with barack obama and hillary clinton. speaking of clinton, i want to

play what the former president had to say and praised the new candidate. >> he tries to think of a conservative version of an idea that will solve a legitimate problem. for example, last night i watched the national security debate last night. newt said two things that would make an independent voter say well, i got to consider that. >> is this a jedi mind trick? what is this from the former president? >> as you know this far many, many times when clinton was in the white house and newt gingrich was speaker of the house and made over the budget and so forth, there was respect that he developed to romney. the bigger question was something he put his finger on. can newt gingrich and polls are showing that mitt romney would do better in the general election than the nomination of his own party. would mitt romney do well in the

general election, ie getting moderate and conservative independents. everyone knows the name of the game comes down to appealing to that segment of the population. ie the independents. at this point in time, the jury is way out. whether gingrich if he did in fact get the gop nomination could appeal despite what clinton said. polls are showing and surveys are showing and general sentiment is showing the same thing across the board. mitt romney is just about the only gop candidate that has a ghost of a chance dealing with and appealing with a broad segment of independents. the others have no chance. including newt gingrich. >> we know the dnc is out with this mitt versus mitt ad hitting him hard on the flip flops. you have bill clinton in the interview saying that newt gingrich is articulate and trying to think of a version that will solve legitimate

problems and saying he could appeal to independent voters and we know it's 100 days and we will be talking about independent voters. >> i give newt gingrich credit for having a practical solution and a practical response in the last debate on the issue of illegal immigration instead of just using the sound bytes and talking in terms of amnesty and so forth. i am very dubious as to whether he can cultivate support from the little. in the end he will be perceived. >> why do you think bill clinton would say this? >> tamron, i don't know. i think that bill clinton is brilliant when it comes to political matters. i disagree with him. i think it romney and still believe it's huntsman who could have appeal to cent rifts. not the rest of them. >> i want this dncad going after mitt romney, earl is saying it and michael smerconish is saying it despite this over newt

gingrich. it's about mitt romney from the vantage point of the white house and the reelection campaign and the dnc. >> it's about mitt romney because the bottom line is regardless of the dislike that many conservatives have for him, he has a lot of money. money plays a very important role in presidential politics. he has money to run negative ads against the president as well as against the other people he is running against. that's going to play a crucial role. >> newt gingrich has not gone up with an ad yet in iowa. thank you very much. on to egypt where polls have closed in the past few hours after the first round of voting. that historic election in the country, thousands waited for hours to cast ballots for new leaders in parliament. this is the first election since the dictator was forced from office in february. days of protest against the

current military transitional government led up to today's voting. there only a few reports. they think in parliament, they will take a back seat to the military when it comes to running egypt. todayy vote is the first part of the process that will last into next year. the latest. give us perspective on those who boycott it. >> it started very early in the day. you really get a good cross section of society. this is not a nationwide vote. this is only nine governors. we are able to get a sense of who in the nine governs voted. and those that participated, we heard from a great deal of political viewpoints and strong showing for the muslim brotherhood. we heard from liberals and muslims. the legitimacy of egypt's future

riding on the elections despite the flaws. they are correct. there those who started to boycott and feeling that this won't have the teeth or the power to challenge the military rule that is currently in the hands of the supreme council. >> live for us in cairo. thank you. joining me now is christopher dickey for news week and the daily beast is reporting elections and violent demonstrations that appear in the week's magazine. what are your thoughts on what we witnessed today? i believe it's not nationwide election. about nine areas that are participating here. >> that's right. a few weeks from now, there will be another 9 and a few weeks after that, another nine. it is complicated and if we were to start discussing how many seats are allotted in what direction, you get confused. i do. i'm sure the people do. all that said, i think it's

fantastic every time we have something resembling a free election on the arab world to see how many people turn out. we saw it in lebanon and iraq and see it now in egypt and tunisia. i think that really shows how much of a hunger there is for democracy. >> you said what resembles a free election, but many others chose to protest. this could get complicated and we know the process goes until next year. at the core is whether the people can believe and what comes out of these elections here. >> you know it's not just a question of whether the military is the new dictatorship. the military is a respected institution in egypt. the military doesn't want the civilians telling it what to do. they have huge and pretty corrupt financial interests. they don't want to be investigated the way the president has been investigated and the way his cronies have been. they want to maintain the

separate powers and that's at play here. they don't want to rule and govern the country and be responsible for running the day to day affairs of the government. they would rather civilians be responsible for that. it makes for a complicated situation. you have a lot of them who feel that the military and whatever the faults is the only institution that can hold the country together right now. a lot of people protesting against it that went and voted today. it's a complicate and dynamic situation. it's not easy at all. >> thank you very much. for the analysis and what happened in egypt as we follow these elections. thank you. up next, the latest from syracuse where assistant basketball coach bernie fine was fired in the wake of the sexual molestation investigation. there calls for the head coach to step down as well. what fine's wife allegedly said during a secret recording. then a 200 pound third grader is

taken away from his mom. the state said the child's mother did not do enough to control his weight. has the state gone too far on this one? plus -- >> i probably have like 60 followers on twitter. i didn't think it would be like everyone would be freaking out. >> it's been five days since a high school student was ordered by her principal to apologize to the governor of kansas over a tweet of all things. today was her deadline. the question is, did she buckle to pressure and apologize? how did it even get to this point? it's today's "news nation" gut check. find us on our twitter page.

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nation." the attorney's office has taken the lead in the child sex abuse investigation of the former syracuse university assistant basketball coach. fine was fired sunday night after a third man accused him of molestation. the latest come after the release of a recorded phone conversation said to be between one of the alleged vehicles and fine's wife. during the call they discussed the alleged abuse. the man said he experienced as a ball boy. darren rovell has more. they are taking over and looking for any possible victims they can bring charges on fine this time around. i want to play the tape between bobby davis and fine's wife. let's take a listen. >> i don't know everything that went on. i know everything that went on with him. maybe canny are not aware of it, but he had issues.

barney is also in denial. i think that they did the things he did. >> the only one that he had ever dwn it to? >> no. i think there might have been others, but -- >> this was obtained by espn and it happened in 2002. is this why we saw fine be fired? >> i think so. obviously we had multiple investigations. espn and the local paper and syracuse have been investigating for a long time. couldn't really wrap it up. this was enough for syracuse university to say they had just cause. someone like his wife and obviously espn put it out after they can id bernie fine's wife

had said what she said about him. that was deemed just cause. the question now is, is he next? >> that is the question. you have been tweeting on this. this is the next shoe to drop. you are talking child abuse here. >> right. obviously i'm dealing with the business of sports and that has nothing to do with what's going on from how horrible the facts might be. jim might have not known about this, but it doesn't really matter. a lot of people think that his comments when this first came out where he essentially called the accusers liars and extortionists trying to get money from syracuse and bernie fine or whoever based on the penn state situation. that i think a lot of people think is a disgusting enough thing and just cause to fire him. it doesn't have to hold the same

burden and standard that penn state thought it had where joe paterno and the coach didn't have enough or didn't do enough when he was presented with what he was. this is a question that will be up to them to decide. i think whether they think it's right for a long time and probably had as much power. >> you mentioned the school chancellor and the tape was never provided to the school. it took place six years ago when they did their investigation. we will see what happens next. thank you very much, darren. coming up, a critical supply route in pakistan is still blocked after a deadly air strike. the latest on the tense relationship between the u.s. and pakistan. it's a new low. plus, a small victory for occupy protesters in l.a. after officials issued a deadline to

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meeting with leaders. let's look at the results. >> we have seen the incredible transformations that have been taking place throughout north africa and the mideast. what hasn't changed is the fundamental bonds that exist between the european union and the united states. our common values and our common belief in the rule of law and democracy and freedom. in a free market system. all those things bind us together as do the extraordinary economic and relationships we have and the people to people relationships that we have. this is an important relationship. these are not always the most dramatic meetings. we agree on so much. sometimes it's hard to make news. as the world's two largest economies and as each other's

most important trading partners, we spend a lot of time focussing on how we can continue to grow economies and create good jobs on both sides of the atlantic. a large part of the conversation revolved around the euro zone crisis and they have been actively engaged with the heads of government and heads of state in europe to try to resolve this prisz. i communicated to them that the united states stands ready to do our part to help them resolve this issue. this is of huge importance to our economy. if europe is contracting and having difficulties, it is great to create jobs here at home because we send to europe and it is such an important trading partner for us. we have a stake in their success and we will work to try to

resolve this issue in the near future. i appreciate the leadership of both item in trying to address this. with regard to security, we agreed to make sure we continue to place pressure on the iranian regime to stand down when it comes to the development of nuclear weapons and emphasizing that we continue to hope for a resolution that allows them to use peaceful nuclear energy that is consistent with the obligations. we have a shared stake in progress in afghanistan that serves as a leading donor in next week's conference. it will be an opportunity to make sure the security and development agenda is sustainable. meanwhile with respect to aviation security, they have been cooperative and in particular, thanks to the leadership of the president, we

have been able to make progress and exchanging intelligence that can keep our persons and assure and for preventing terrorist activity from taking place. >> we spent a lot of time discussing how we can be supportive of the best elements of north africa. we continue to encourage democracy and transparency and continue to encourage economic development because we both agreed that the aspirations that were expressed in egypt and tunisia are not simply political, but economic issues. we have to support increased opportunities for young people. these are very young populations

and if they have a sense of a future for themselves where they work hard and use stills and talents to support their families, the likelihood of the successful transition will exist as well. of course these problems don't only exist in the mideast and north africa, we discussed for example the situation in belarus where we stand shoulder and shoulder and see a return to the rule of law. we agree we want ukraine to continue down a reform path and we want to do everything we can to encourage that. so both on security issues as well as on economic issues, we could not have a closer partner than the european union. there many issues that don't get a lot of attention.

our cooperation on clean energy and green jobs are continued exploration of ways where we can get increased regulatory cooperation and facilitate ties and a range of work done by both the council and the european commission that benefits our peoples directly. in a multitude of ways. i am appreciative of the partnership i formed. i hope to have a good visit. they will be going to capitol hill. i am sure they will receive a warm reception. from the senate majority leader. i hope they have a good visit. thank you. >> thank you. let me first thank you. >> there you have president obama with his remarks following his meeting with three top european union leaders. the president remarking of course on the debt crisis

affecting the euro zone and security issues involving iran and afghanistan. a wide range of things the president is referring to there. saying the united states will act decisively and help in this transition as we have this global crisis. we know what happens in europe affects the market. the president is attempting to deal with it joined by the european union leaders at the white house. a critical nato supply route from pakistan to afghanistan remains closed after forces let air strikes that ruled out dozens of soldiers. leaders claimed commanders at the bases pled for hours to stop coalition forces. funerals were held over the weekend and nato officials describe the incident as a "tragic and unintended promise to hold a full investigation." we have the latest. first let's talk about the critical supply that is down still. >> hi, tamron.

pakistan were outraged that 24 soldiers were killed. one response was to close down two border crossings to nato convoys. it's a lifeline for nonlethal supplies that they bring in to land-locked afghanistan. 30% of the supplies come through these convoys, but the convoys are not allowed to come in or out. at the moment they were blocked off and shut down the use of an air ways. it is use to launch drone strikes in the past. pakistan is thinking of other ways to punish the u.s. and nato for doing this to their troops on their ground. on their land in pakistan and possibly withdrawing their offer to negotiate with the taliban and bring the taliban to the table to stop the 10-year war here in afghanistan.

another option is to boycott the bond conference in germany where countries around the world will gatherer to talk about afghanistan's future. pakistan is thinking about not attending that either. all of this being said, we talked about this all time low in the relationship among the u.s., nato, and pakistan. what we don't talk about is the fact that the u.s. and pakistan need each other and there is distrust, it's a necessary evil for all parties involved. many people involved say they will find a way to mend the relationship. right now the pakistanis obviously very angry at the fact that they lost 24 soldiers on saturday. >> live for us in pakistan. developing news out of los angeles. representatives from the occupy los angeles camp just held a news conference to announce legal action for clearing out protesters this morning. police told the occupiers to leave by midnight.

four people were arrested. there is a small victory and protesters said they have been told the chief said he is not in any rush to forcibly remove anyone. a long time grudge between two canadian football veterans turns into a shoving match. they were brawling. this tops the look at news around the nation. sad to see. a football league alumni and 73-year-old gave a to 74-year-old arch rival from moscow. he told him to go shove it. wow. his flower. they started what you see here. apparently the pair have been at odds since 1963. move over hatfields and mccoys. the atlantic hurricane season ends wednesday and only one hurricane hit the united states this year. this is not a jeopardy question. it was hurricane irene. it was the first to strike the u.s. since hurricane ike three years ago.

basketball may be back in time for the holidays. a tentative labor deal is reached between the nba and the players. if both say okay, they will open with three games on christmas day. >> on to another topic. an ohio mom is fighting to get her 8-year-old son back after officials took him into foster care last month because the child is overweight. the third grader weighs 200 pounds. if you were wondering, the weight for an average 8-year-old boy is around 50 pounds. this case was so extreme, they had to intervene. on the child's ninth birthday. they will decide if he will return to his mom. the professor of bioethics. thank you very much for joining us. at least eight other states have looked at cases or looked at cases similar where a parent is being accused of child abuse because the child is overweight.

>> 200 pounds in the third grade is a ticking time bomb. it's risk. it's not imminent harm. that's the usual standard you look for in removing the child. not of something down the road, but is something going happen immediately. that is not true in this case. the problem with an overweight child doesn't end with the child moving out of the house because he will come back. you will have to figure out ways to change bad habits with the family. i'm not sure moving him into foster care will fix the problem at home. >> the boy's mom said listen, he's on the honor roll and a great kid and you are taking my child from me. why not intervene in a way where you educate the parent or help them? what does this do to a family where you rip this child from his home, from his mom, the parent he knows. >> rip the child into a lousy foster care system. it's already overwhelmed.

they can't deal with kids getting beaten up and sexually assaulted already. >> this foster care race is say healthy environment, it's still not your home. is the government or county going too far when they say you can remove a child based on weight. we know what obese is, but what if the child is on the way to obesity? >> it's still a bad policy. moving kids out of the home is going to be emotionally wrenching with him going to live with strangers. you are creating turmoil. it's not good for the kid. this parent for whatever reason unless you monitor the kid 365 days a year every minute, who knows where they are getting their food. they may be getting the effort to have the kid be less obese, but you can't turn to foster care. we have too many overweight kids it would overwhelm the system. >> what i was thinking is you have to wonder about the income

of the family. you have food in poor areas where they don't have grocery stores and the luxury organic grocery store. will you see more minorities and poor people targeted by this as opposed to getting some kind of help? >> does anyone think a 200 pound kid in a rich family household out in the bushes will be put into foster care? i don't. i think you are right. it will fall mainly on the single mom and on the poor who don't have the resources to resist this. inherently unfair. we have no reason to think it's going to work. there is no study that shows taking kids out of the home and putting them somewhere else is going to make them skinny. >> some say they want to take the child out of a dangerous environment. let's assume that they are trying to do what's best for the child. how do we move it past taking the child? >> if we were going to be at our kindest, you are trying to draw attention. you have to fix what's wrong at

home. you have to make the right foods and can't control the child. you have to work on the family. just moving the kid out is not a solution. >> thank you very much. the hearing is next month. we will see what happens. thank you. there is a lot going on today to say the least. here are things we thought you should know. joe biden and michelle obama were in chicago this morning to attend the funeral of former city first lady maggie daley. richard daley's wife died after a long battle with cancer. she was 68 years old. military officials say the implementation of don't ask don't tell repeal is going smoothly. general james amos said he is pleased that the soldiers were taking it in stride and it was not hurting the war effort. herman cain is dedicated to getting voters refocused on 9-9-9. he released a trailer about the overhaul and today we will get to see the five-minute movie.

>> the 9-9-9 plan is simple enough for bureaucrats and fair enough to keep the government from picking winners and losers. that is what 9-9-9 is all about. >> dancing with the stars winner j.r. martinez gets high praise from an official. leon panetta called the iraq war vet. he praised the drive to find success after being wounded on the battlefield. bar tin ez suffer martinez was invited to the pentagon for a personal meeting. >> if americans are worried about their budgets, it is hard to tell from all the shopping. we are right in the thick of cyber monday. cyber sales are up, listen to this, 30% in the first hour. just in the first hour compared to what we saw last year. this comes after a record breaking black friday weekend

where retailers raked in $52 billion. today nearly 123 million people are expected to shop online. i am joined by "washington post" business reporter danielle douglas. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> help us understand. we know unemployment, 9%, millions are out of work and have been out of work for months, weeks or years in some cases. people are watching what they spend or at least they were prior to black friday. are people spending money they don't have? >> i think there a couple of things going on. for one, just being in the field myself, there a lof lot of folke spending money for things they had saved up for. a lot of people saw the door busters were the best and perhaps the most viable for them to obtain items they wanted for a while. the other thing we are seeing, consumer debt has been trending down in the last quarter, however consumer savings has

also been trending down. it's possible that some folks are tapping into the savings in order to afford these goods and services. >> that's interesting because when you look at the stats out there, americans these days, middle america doesn't have any savings. >> that's unfortunate. the thing that we are noticing is that a lot of people are buying gifts for themselves, which is an interesting trend we saw last year. i get the sense that we will see tighter budgets more so than before. even if they are shopping now. >> we are seeing people trying to open up credit cards and the store credit cards to get these things on the list. i guess in some cases maybe just to find a slice of happiness as you pointed out to buy a gift for themselves. >> there is not definitive data yet, but i have seen information that shows that folks have been

using their existing credit cards to make purchases. >> what does it say in your opinion about the feel of the overall economy. we keep hearing that consumer confidence is down and people are worried about the direction of the country and if the right decisions are being made regarding our economy, they'ring willing again to go online and buy things that maybe you don't need. you just want. >> it's interesting to see the difference of what they tell them and what they do. i get the sense that even though there a lot of macro economic matters at hand that folks said impacted the way they would spend this holiday. that's not translating when we see the record breaking numbers. >> the dow is up today and a lot of it according to the analysis is because of a strong black friday. that is a boost of confidence if people are willing to go out and spend cash. thank you very much. >> the walking dead has its

mid-season finale and plans for the kardashian christmas gets canceled? i am addicted to the walking dead. >> we know what you did last night. watch the walking dead season finale. this is not the end for the show. there is the second half and it's already renewed for a third season. the finale was hugely successful in that it revealed a plot twist that a lot of people say was not twru this series based. we have a little bit of it and if you haven't seen it, you don't have to turn away. take a look. . >> which way is it going go? >> we don't know if we are going to find her. >> there is a clip of it. that is hugely successful. >> it's more of the zombie genre

that is doing well on television. you don't have to be a typical networkish show to do really well. these cult hits are indeed hits. kind of a change in television as well. you mentioned our favorite family in the world, the kardashians. a lot of people are wondering what they will do with a hole in their christmas television viewing calendar. it was never totally on the books to begin with. >> people were wondering? >> now it is going to be canceled because the marriage shockingly did not work out between kim kardashian. i'm kidding. it's not a shock. no special was on the books to begin with. that said, it wasn't something that had been thrown around, but it wasn't in progress or production or anything like that. >> i'm so confused. no kardashian christmas. bottom line.

the very latest entertainment news. logon to today.com or be a fan of the scoop on facebook. coming up, new developments in today's "news nation" gut check. it is a doozie. kansas governor sam brownback issued a statement after a high school student is ordered to apologize after she sent a less than flattering tweet about the governor. details are next.

by the way, you can join the "news nation" and find us at our twitter page@"news nation." we have an update on it, but let me set it up. an 18-year-old high school senior refews to apologize to the governor of kansas for a crude comment posted on line. she was ordered to write an apology to sam brownback after she posted a comment to twit they're said in part just made

mean comments at goff brownback. he was attending a government program at the time when students from schools all-around and said she did not make the comment, she was just joking with a friend. it sparked a national debate and now sullivan has more than 10,000 followers on her twitter page. before the tweet she had 60. the governor's office mentioned his name and called the program to complain to sullivan's principal. they ordered her to fire off a letter of apology and she had until today to do it. >> i don't agree with the majority of the things he is trying to pass or not letting pass. >> in the past hour, governor brownback has issued a statement and it actually comes in the form of an apology to the teenager. in the statement released, the governor said my staff overreacted to the tweet and for

that i apologize. freedom of speech is among the most treasured freedoms. the governor deciding that heel do the apologizing and not the kid in high school. what does your gut tell you. was the principal over the line when asking her to apologize for her tweet? go to facebook to vote. take a look at what the "news nation" is saying about the billboard. they said it was anti-semitic and taken down. do you think the ad was offensive? 55% said yes and 45% said no. catch us every weekday here on msnbc. martin bashir is next.

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