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arrested in connection with a robbery in central park, where they connected to the other robberies in apart? there was another one at 7:30 and one in the morning the other night. ben: taskforcesed by governor cuomo calls for an overhaul of the common core curriculum. changed. good morning, i am ben simmoneau. december 11th, friday. this is the big surprise. it is a big deal tinny but not a big deal to most people. ben: anybody else. maybe you and john. two weeks until christmas today. can you believe that? have you done your christmas shopping? juliet: i haven't started. you actually notice you dropped something? ben: my wife rags on me.

she is so funny. with much. juliet: when we first met his wife always like what? was so quiet. if you are just -- you were so -- no, no, no. the wheels come off completely. no, no, no, i love you, you know that is why is this little spit fire, she is hysterical. and now. but she doesn't. very witty, she is funny. thank you. >> meteorologist: just keep moving. here is what we have, dense fog advisory in parts of the tristate man leasable county until 8:00 this morning and there have been quite a few reports of visibility being down to a quarter mile or less, parts of the jersey shore including ocean county and points to the

thing you need to be on the lookout for. hitting the roads if you got to drive, the fog, slow it down if you get into the dense fog, quarter mile visibility in islip as well as belmar and you want to use your low beams because that tends to blind you if you use high beams with ongoing traffic. your temperature at central park, 48 in newark, 46 in bridgeport, 39 in poughkeepsie, a lot of clouds and some fog in long island, coastal areas where it is most prevalent but we start with cloud cover but clouds break up and move to the northeast as time goes on. and temperatures making a big showing over the next several days, 60 yesterday. it is pulling up, the jet stream is far north, cooler air is to the north over canada as opposed to the states, most of the

the east of the rockies. we have morning fog out there and some sun in the afternoon, high temperatures 62 degrees in the city, pretty cloudy tonight, mild with lows from 38 to 51 and high of 63 tomorrow, 65 sunday, that is a record high forecasts that starts to cool down a little bit answering showers come through monday. let's see what is going on. it is pretty early construction delays, we can count on that. ines: overnight construction wrapping up, we have a problem on the garden state parkway south bound before exit 98, there's an accident blocking a lane. in queens you are fine on the lie, grand central, frogs neck bridge looks good, let's take a look at your commute on the george washington bridge, a construction cleared away and so have the delays, no problems with the lincoln or holland tunnel this morning. as for the trains everything on or close to schedule, gridlock other day. juliet: gridlock alert day,

we start with breaking news going over to the bronx. she firefighters have been battling a 6 alarm blaze and there were several injuries, several firefighters hurt, robert moses is live in it is now under control. what can you tell us? >> reporter: it is. breaking details, got a couple minutes ago, nine injuries we are told, six firefighters, three civilians, fortunately all our might. check it out as you go down valentine avenue to the south. the original fire building is still smoke pouring out of the roof. the fire began last night at 11:42 p.m. 26 valentine avenue. the wall of flame travel north rapidly, leaping from one house to the next to the next to the next, all told at least eight homes word damaged or destroyed.

i mentioned were minor. the red cross is here at the scene helping those who have been displaced. i spoke to two men who were staying at 2100 valentine avenue, one of the homes that was destroyed and they told me what it was like to get out. >> i'm sleeping and heard a bunch of racket. next thing i heard was a bunch of breaking glass. that is when i walked into the hallway and saw the living room was full of smoke. there are firefighters saying you need to do that now. >> when i opened the door to come out. the flames were coming, in house and moved on down. >> reporter: both of those men have to find other places to

that home was pretty much dead. it it was going to be totally overhauled and that is true of the of the seven homes that were destroyed. these buildings are right next to which other. it is easy to see the flames console easily travel. at this point is too early to determine if this fiery that all suspicious. we are waiting to hear from the 5-year chief if new information comes out of that. that is the latest from the vote section of the bronx, back to you. ben: thanks very much. juliet: monday's facade collapse getting worse and worse for people on the upper east side not only is traffic going to be a complete nightmare again but you have to deal with the beginning and building sounds and construction sounds, an entire building, not the original building but another building had to be evacuated because of fears of falling bricks from the original

people's homes in the second building. the families at 346 east 60 third street had a couple hours to pack up their stuff and go. first avenue between 57 food and 65th still closed. contractors they are trying to move along so they can reopen the streets by monday but the building department has not given a time line. ben: there have been a couple robberies in and around central park, police may have caught a gain of violent robbers who were targeting people, four suspects were arrested yesterday, the youngest just 14 years old, the oldest is 20, the gangs was in the park by east 70 third street in east drive when they punched a 19-year-old man in the face cancel his i found, that is a boat house there. the suspect could be connected to two other robberies in the past couple days in and around the park. juliet: jury deliberations in the federal corruption trial of senate leader dean scelos and

jurors asked to listen again to the wiretap and other secret recordings. the one time powerful republican is accused of using his position to strongarm three businesses into giving his son adam $300,000 in fees and benefits up. scelos and his son have denied wrongdoing. ben: andrew cuomo put together a task force to make recommendations about the common core curriculum, curriculum n.y. state along with any other state, 45 others have adopted. there has been some pushback. juliet: i talked to parents of kids and is common core thing and they don't understand what is going on here. a lot of parents want to overhaul the system or completely get rid of it. teresa priolo is here to give us the details on the latest on this. >> reporter: we heard stories about these tests they give, they are so convoluted and adult intensive them but this 15

our teachers teach, the way our students learn and everyone is assessed is all wrong, giving the controversial set of standards a big fat f and reworked. >> most parents are very against but stress on common core and test. >> reporter: if common core could get a report card it would be failing miserably. that is the finding from a task force implemented by andrew cuomo and now that panel is recommending and a four year moratorium. >> any movement away from that. >> reporter: common core set of national education standards were developed in 2009 as a uniform set of skills that students should mastery in each grade to the college ready but around the country many states are finding it isn't doing that instead pushing educators to teach for the test creating stress on students and calling

our teachers. in new york the common core makes up 20% of how teachers are evaluated but that might soon change. the test for suggest overhauling how students learn, how they are tested and how our teachers are as tests. the recommendations, 21 in all, include a hold on linking test to teacher performance reducing the amount of test days and their link and getting students and community feedback on the quality of those tests. governor andrew cuomo doing an about-face embracing the change saying, quote, the common core was supposed to ensure all our children had education they needed to be collagens career ready but it actually caused confusion and anxiety. that ends now. the complete 180 coming in the wake of 20% of new york students sitting out the test in april. the recommendations unveiled hours after president barack

prohibiting the federal government from mandating states adopt standards like the common core. the recommendations need to be first approved by the governor and then the border regions. the governor has raised these suggestions so it seems he will be on board with this. the legislature recently appointed several new regents who have been critical of the state's current test and evaluation system. it stands to reason this is going to go through. they will meet next week and again in january so these recommendations could be approved as soon as monday. it has a lot of parents quite happy somebody's hearing them out. ben: bill deblasio is undergoing surgery today to read kerri area. the error's office said he developed a injury recently with a hernia and occurs when tissue pushes its way through a weak spot in muscle. bill deblasio's case it will be an outpatient procedures are relatively minor. he will be off today and

expected to have a public scandal sunday and will return to work on monday. much more to come this friday morning. the governor of connecticut taking action against guns because he says federal government will not. we will tell you what he will do. juliet: the weekend looks beautiful, so warm. toasty even. >> meteorologist: maybe we should go to the beach and get a free meal. let's show you what we have out there, some morning fog, warm and dry as more sunshine comes to you, you start at 52 with clear sky coming at you later on in the day, some fog out there, cloud cover, takes a little time to burn off so stay inert, average high today around 45 degrees. what we are looking at today, find out. it is on myfoxny.com with daily and hourly forecasts. everything is broken down our by our, download at the apple itunes store and google play

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how bad could it be? we have above-average temperatures again here. this has been the trend is december, a very warm one and it will continue here. we have some morning fog out there today, but you will see more sunshine in the afternoon and some cloud cover out there too so that needs to move on. tomorrow you'll see a warm and on saturday. sunday might have a few clouds in the area better record warmth, high temperature up to 65 and the record high for that date is only 64 so we may very well go beyond that. 52 at central park and there are clouds around the tristate region. keep that in mind, some fog out there in long island and along the jersey shore but that should get out of here by a clot in the morning. clouds moving through but they are not bringing in any rain or anything like that. we don't have temperatures that old enough to get snow. high pressure taking over but the main thing we're getting out of that high pressure to the

southerly flow. that is wide temperatures are responding, 528:00 in the morning, 62 by 2:00 p.m. and that is your high today for sun in the afternoon, normal high 44, tomorrow we talk it out at 63 degrees with mainly sunny skies, 65 sunday would be a record if we hit that, 63 monday, share our chances coming through that day, trying out for a couple days and another shot of rain thursday next week. let's bring in ines and see what is going on. taking a peek at things. nothing too outstanding. ines: a couple incidents, staten island heard about a car fire westbound on victory boulevard. watch out for that. got was a part way, by exit 98 blocking a lane. let's go to the cameras and look at 59th street bridge, upper and lower level, manhattan bound, queens bound, bqe looks good

trains running on or close to schedule. ben: divers are searching a small lake in san bernardino looking for clues in the deadly terror attack, the fbi declined to say what they're looking for but sources say the attackers were in the area before last week's shooting. the latest we 3 miles north of the crime scene. syed farouk and tashfeen malik opened fire on health county workers during a holiday party killing 14 people and injuring 22 others. conn's governor is taking steps to ban the sale of guns to list. juliet: kerry drew is on set talking about who is affected. >> reporter: governor madeleine says the san bernardino attack should act as a wake-up call. this from a governor who had to deal with tragedy from another high profile man shooting, the sandy hook elementary shooting intown, connecticut and more recent pieces in paris and california is why he is taking a at the nra and congress for not

he says he will sign an executive order that would ban people on federal terrorism watch list from buying guns in connecticut. the state is requesting the federal government hand over the identity of every person on the watch list which is estimated to contain 10,000 names. >> in 2000, 43 cases on what this were allowed -- have been permitted to to obtain guns, something i find very concerning and disconcerting that congress is not able to act. >> reporter: on sunday president obama urged congress to pass a federal law banning people on a no fly list from buying guns. congress is divided on this issue along party lines, connecticut has the strictest gun laws in the country passed after the mass shooting at sandy hook. in that attack a gunman killed 20 children and six adults. that happened december 14th, 2012, almost exactly three years

years. ben: said day. thank you. new polls out show different reactions to donald trump's plan to bar muslims from entering the country. juliet: wall street journal poll, 57% of adults disagree with his proposal to keep muslims out of the u.s. 25% agree. he is doing better among republicans and others who are reading terrorism as a growing concern. new york times poll found a month ago 4% of americans said terrorism was the most important problem. now the number has been 19%. in terms of support from earned the endorsement of the new england police benevolent association which represents police and corrections officers. we have a lot more coming up to talk about, the biggest u.s. airlines are banning something a lot of you are cutting for christmas. ben: those hover boards. we will tell you why when we

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power the hover board, the faa classifies them as hatters this material. internal short circuits can occur can cause it to burst into flames. this happened in arizona and cause a house to burn down, seriously if you're going to buy one of these this holiday please be careful. juliet: amazon wants to help new yorkers get into the holiday spirit by adding alcohol to its one hour delivery service in manhattan. someone like this idea. the company is offering beer, wine and liquor deliveries through prime of service from 6:00 a.m.. what is that? until midnight, seven days a week. the fee is $7.99. ben: we could afford that. juliet: delivery is free for prime members who are willing to wait four hours. we could wait until 8:00 a.m..

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news this is "good day wake-up". ben: it is technically fall but will feel like early fall, not late fall. warm temperatures, 60 degrees over ten, 65 sunday. mike woods as the forecast for this spectacular looking december. juliet: breaking news in the bronx, six firefighters were injured battling an overnight blaze in the bronx, live report on that fire. damage several homes. ben: a battle over a menorah as presidents taking action. we will look at the controversy. juliet: if you think subways are more crowded you are spot on. york incredibly observant person who thinks the ways are more crowded. record ridership. why is that, i wonder. ben: a lot of people are living in cities, they got to move around.

people going to work, it is crowded. i come to subway at 11:00 in the morning where you wouldn't think it was that busy. good morning, everybody. i am ben simmoneau. juliet: december 11th. everybody built -- i had a big express. ben: you said it was the thing. juliet: a haircut. i got my hair cut. that was the event. the announcement is i got a haircut. >> meteorologist: did you bring the quote keys? juliet: i've brought you can issues you have been attacking. united airlines. heather: i will do something nice. they tried to get me with a mouse in neisseria landed didn't work. you are pretty lame.

yesterday, was it 19 of the warm enough? above normal, record highs yesterday in the low 70s, we needed to 67 not at record but temperatures were 15 degrees, 16 degrees warmer than normal. in islip and montauk, 6 and poughkeepsie topped out at 60, it is a lot and even this morning we are going to be nice and miles, 52 your temperature now, center par, 48 new work, 46 degrees, same in montauk and a lot of fog out there especially in long island. visibility number came up little bit, it was down to a quarter mile and now is half a mile, still a quarter of a mile in belmar, ocean county and suffolk county entered dense fog advisory from 8:00 to 9:00 but we had clouds rolling past the tristate region, rainmakers way upstate and back over canada. it will be dry for a while. not much going on others and warm temperatures in the

high temperature goes up to 62 degrees, tomorrows 63, 65 sunday, that is a potential record high and 63 for a high monday. let's see what is going on, try to get out the door, hit the roads. ines: expect delays southbound. all lanes subject to closure, the garden state parkway not causing delays but blocking not lane here, southbound parkway by exit 98. let's go to our cameras and see how things are going on, everything on or close to schedule, gridlock alert day today. ben: breaking news out of the bronx, six firefighters injured battling an overnight fire. juliet: the fires under control but there have been injuries, robert moses joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: big news is 89

about 74 adults and 15 children. this fire affect a lot of people, smoke coming from the top of the building on valentine avenue. the fire began at 11:42 last night at 26 valentine avenue. the plane's left from one building to the next to the next traveling north and wrecking havoc the entire day, all told nine buildings were affected by this fire and in some cases they were damaged, nine people suffered injuries, fortunately all those injuries we are told are minor, the deputy assistant fire chief at the scene told me this was a difficult fight. >> on arrival heavy fog. and before we split under control, involved nine

firefighting personnel. the cause of the fire is under investigation. they do structural valuations. >> reporter: you heard the deputy assistant chief say a causes under investigation and the reason is under investigation is it is very early on and there are three vacant buildings that were damaged cells they are looking to see who was in that, we still don't know what may have caused this. 89 people displaced and nine injured in this massive six alarm fire in the bronx. that is the latest, and ben and juliet, back to you. ben: the traffic mess continues on the upper east side. first avenue getting worse for people in that neighborhood. not only will traffic be off

building had to be entirely evacuated because of years falling bricks could come crashing down into people's homes. across the street from the building where the brakes fell, with frame building at 3:46 east 64 third st.. they had a couple hours to pack up this stuff and get out. no. of 57th street to 65th is closed. the avenue its self kind of era of the quiet. walking down the middle of it, no cars, they hope to reopen the street by monday but the building department has not yet given them a time line but it is up mess. juliet: parents will be happy about this, governor andrew cuomo calling for changes to the common core curriculum. ben: it taskforce recommended an overhaul of the academic system. teresa priolo live with the story. >> reporter: good morning. this is quite controversial, if

report card probably would be failing miserably. that is the finding from the task force implemented by governor andrew cuomo. the panel is recommending a total rebid oot and a four moratorium. there are 21 recommendations including a hold on linking tested teacher performance summary dissing the amount of test dates and their link and getting the student and community to give feedback on the quality of the tests. these are things we have been hearing from parents time and again. common core set of national education standards were developed in 2009 as a way to get a uniform set of skills students should master in each grade to make sure they are college ready but across the country many states find they're not doing that. instead putting educators to teach only for the test and creating a lot of stress on our

in new york, 20% of students act out these tests. listen to one parent. >> most parents are very against the stress on the common core and what leads to teaching for the test, i don't know anyone like that, parents or teachers. >> reporter: governor cuomo has flip flop on this issue but he is now embracing change saying, quote, common core was supposed to ensure all children have the education they needed to be collagens career ready but it has caused a lot of confusion and the anxiety, that ends now. recommendations must be approved by the governor but he is in favor of it as well as the border regions with the governor praised the suggestion, the legislature recently appointed several new regents who have been critical of the common core so it stands to reason this is all going to go through when it happen very soon. a lot of parents rejoicing this because their kids were stressed out and he going to school because of this set of standards.

because they couldn't figure out how to help their kids because test. over and over i heard that. moving on, veteran air traffic island. nassau police arrested him after finding two loaded guns on him during a traffic stop. police say they found methamphetamines which according to court documents the 42-year-old told officers he used to keep awake during the job as an air controller. the faa a, he no longer direct planes. according to the ntsb, he has been involved with several operational errors, two occurred when he was an air traffic controller in d.c. and reagan national. in 2010 he directed united airlines flight that almost collided with a smaller jet and later that year directed white house plane with michelle obama and joe biden too close to a military cargo jet.

subway commuters getting more crowded and intimate, and that is because it is, the mta continues to shatter ridership numbers big time. in october a record 6.2 million people rode the subways on october 29th, the most writers in a single day since the mta started tracking ridership in 1985. average weekday ridership was just shy of 6 million, the highest in more than 40 years. juliet: let's get to mike for a check of the weather. which is a better day to barbecue? >> meteorologist: 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. we have a nice stretch of whether coming up, feeling more like spring, we are talking mid spring, 62 degrees is your forecast for the day. take a look at the average high, 44 degrees, the record high only 42.

beyond the record high today so it looks like some very warm stuff out there for this time of year. this is crazy but happening and most folks are happy about it. 37 in allentown, 46 in bridgeport, 52 at central park, a lot of folks enjoy warm temperatures but we need the rain fall. it is not happening so what do you do about it? winds at this point calm in all locations from the south in belmar, but generally speaking, warmer southerly flow, the editing to deal with this morning is fog mainly in long island and the jersey shore but that is it. the clouds the we do have are not producing rain in the tristate and not going to do so. high pressure will build in and we see more sunshine as the day goes on and we don't have to worry about rain for a while, warmer temperatures work their way through the tristate region. occasionally you get clouds from time to time, clouds thickening

come on monday but not today, sunny and warm in the afternoon, 62 today, 63 tomorrow and 65 sunday, that is the forecast high, record high for that day and we are flirting with record high today, the myfoxny.com weather apps at the apple itunes store and google play store has daily and hourly forecasts and you are set to go. let's bring in ines and we will find out what is happening with the rails. ines: a couple problems, westchester starting southbound, accident by jackson avenue on the west shore. caught fire has all lanes closed has been extinguished by victory boulevard south bound, expect delays with this closure and diversion is the garden state parkway left lane blocked exit 98 and accident investigation going on, cross bronx look at the camera shot on the alexander hamilton bridge moving fine east bound was bound, no problems with the deegan, lincoln tunnel

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juliet: checking your headlines on a friday morning. the fbi is intensifying of a hunt for the killer, five years

discovered near ocean parkway in suffolk county. over the next few months ten other bodies were discovered. now the fed on living in. greg: andymac gawker garner donovan. eric garner's father died in police custody in 2015, garner, staten island district attorney user father's debt for political purposes. >> they were standing on collapse yesterday in new jersey, the men fell 45 feet, a couple of the mark critically injured the scaffolding was held up by ladders on the side of an apartment building. letters? all is investigating. ben: santa icon trying to make nicety nypd.

roots in green point. from williamsburg to lower east side. on the lower east village. organizers agreed to tweet police messages about safety and proper way is to be dave, the nuisance because of drinking noise and other bad behavior. where does the money raised go? juliet: good question with a jersey, presidents are upset after tally is remove the menorah display in town square next to a christmas tree. officials say they remove the lenore after another president threatened to sue if they didn't also put up but nativity scene. in the jewish residents is frightening to sue if it isn't replaced salt it is to central. the menorah was displayed alongside the christmas tree for years, the account says the christmas tree is not a religious symbol. so keep you updated on that.

letters are being stored at the james farley post office as part of operation santa. this is a great tradition, time honored tradition in new york city in its 100 third year. the program allows charitable organizations and members of the public to respond to children's letters, you can walk in off the street and look through letters and see what kids are asking for, kids in need and buy something. volunteers call operations and cut a gift. >> happiness of knowing you are helping your child or a family in need. that have the things they need or want like giving back, and in helping hand to somebody in another family. juliet: americans a very charitable. this is something great to get involved in. ben: all you need is valid id, this runs through december 23rd. usually a couple holes in there, usually not expensive, 10, 15,

difference in a child's life. juliet: the knicks on the road took on the kings in sacramento. ben: new york's net hoping to snag a four game losing skid but did not look good early on, they were down by 14. they clawed their way back ten second on the clock, they get within two but it was not enough to hold the knicks. 99 to 97. juliet: the gnats. the fourth quarter, this play puts, by five and a few minutes later got a little intimate on the court, aggressive, spinning bodies, colliding bodies, they extend their lead with my favorite, and there it goes. the sixth time they've it met, the score over the sixers. ben: i am having a hard time on the santa icon website fighting

ben: we will try to get that to you. good morning. >> meteorologist: doesn't feel like christmas right now, does it? a little warm. pretty much everybody is happy, some folks are freaking out because they won't get a white christmas. temperatures like they are. looking for a change at some point. reporting clear skies, there are clouds in the tristate region. winds from the south at 5 m.p.h. and the wind on a lighter side. let's look at temperatures across the country and we are not the only ones with mild temperatures come as you come through the east of the rockies you have a lot of that warm air here, a little cooler in central and northern plains states in the midwest but everyone else prewar for this time of year the reason being the jet stream configuration has cooler air

you see the orange, yellow and red you have the warmer temperatures, blending of the to the blues but the jet stream holds up the colder air. not only through today but this weekend and next week, temperatures showing up again. it won't last long, winter around the corner, cloudy skies here, fog as well but precipmakers back up over the great lakes in canada not a problem for us in the tristate, we don't expect any rain for a while. areas of fog this morning will burn off, some sunshine this afternoon, high temperatures 62 degrees, southerly wind makes us nice and mild, today we will see a sunny day, 63, 65 for the forecast high sunday, if we hit 65 that would be record high temperature for that date.

generally speaking as we head into next week, all those temperatures in the next seven days are above normal, average high 44, 43 by the end of that 7 day forecast. let's bring in ines and see how that is affecting the commute. ines: haven't seen a lot of fog but accidents, southern state parkway and accident westbound, exit 27 a lane blocked with that. the south bound by victory boulevard because of a car fire has been extinguished. fdr drive southbound, delays as you approach 60 third street and accident has one lane blocked, northbound side you are fine, lincoln tunnel little buildup in volume. same goes for the holland why let someone else have all the fun? the sometimes haphazard,

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ben: santa icon asks participants for a $10 donation, the money goes to several charities list on the web site including city harvest so it goes to a good cause. anna: if you are not going to stand pat, and tomorrow you can celebrate, frank sinatra would have been a one hundred years old. let's tell you at few facts about cold blue eyes. anna: a lot of events i going on

funds fact, frank sinatra was supposed to be named martin but the priest mixed up his name at his baptism at his mother took it as an omen to go with the name he got defeated this on my way. is daughter said he thought it was self-serving and self indulgent despite being a huge hit for him and his early fans were by his manager who didn't want to take chances and at 5 foot 7 apparently he wore lifts in his shoes. you can do all kinds of things tomorrow to celebrate his life. juliet: hoboken is wonderful. you should go to rio's rendezvous. anna: jon stewart advocating of the renewal of the anti act which gives health care to 9/11 first responders. steven colbert dave him a donald trump make of the joke being he would have to be dressed as the

attention to what he is saying. >> mind that from. these 9/11 folks -- let me tell you something! these 9/11 first responders on the most top notch diamond produce. anna: very funny. stuart has been working to draw attention to the bill which is up for a vote. he is urging people to use the hash tag worst responded to get congress's attention. without the tension the and the act will expire next year. miss universe pageant is going to be hosted by steve harvey, great choice. it will be live from planet hollywood resort and casino with contestants from 80 countries competing for the crown and the title of miss universe. miss universe where sunday december 20th on fox. juliet: thank you very much, lovely seeing you today.

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