after an accident in bucks county. we'll tell you what we're learning about the crash. fbi sends out a nationwide warning. churches in the u.s. on high alert for possible attacks this holiday weekend. those stories, but first the man with the plan, meteorologist chris sowers has an update on the accuweather forecast. in case you'redering, any snow christmas morning? >> reporter: no, looking live at the commodor barry bridge, the fog is settling in, the rain is coming down in buckets, all in all it's a miserable morning around the delaware and the lehigh valley. it's a quick-moving system. it should be out of here by afternoon, we could see peeks of sunshine before sunset. it's not a washout, the morning looks like a washout, but that's about it. double scan live we set it in motion for you. the good news the cold air is up here, all the frozen

precipitation is in upstate new york and new england. the delaware and the lehigh valleys are seeing rain. everybody is seeing the same thing, steady, driving rain. 35 in quakertown. >> reporter: pottstown, 35. warring, 36 degrees. kennett square, 37. warm front in the lifting through, all these numbers are going to continue to climb over the next few hours. vineland, 41, cinnaminson, 39. glassboro, 38. wide by any, 42, the villas, 47 degrees. forecast for today, morning clouds and rain, peeks of sunshine this afternoon, high temperatures topping out around 49 degrees, look at the weather headline, it turnings mild as we head -- it turns mild as we head into next week. temperatures mild and cold shot new year's weekend.

we're counting down to christmas, santa arrives in the area in less than a day. 14 hours, 58 minutes -- 14 hours, 57 minutes, 53 seconds away from the area. he made rounds overseas and dropped off millions of presents to russia not long ago. time is running out to check off things from the holiday wish list. if you waited until today to start your shopping, you're not alone. stars are open, they are ready to help you out, kohl's has been open 24 hours. even this week some retailers are calling it a night at 6:00 p.m. action cam caught up with several shoppers in andora neighborhood taking part in the midnight madness. >> i bought jewelry this morning when i was here. >> reporter: this is not your first time today. >> third time. >> i'm always out on christmas eve or the day before.

i don't like to go early and my son changes his mind every other day, anyway. >> shopping frenzy continues as the final hours of holiday shopping continue. target and kmart not open for 24 hours, they will stay open until 10:00 p.m. tonight. for some a christmas eve feast would not be complete without a stop at a south philadelphia bakery. the action cam was there for many people the indication and and -- cakes and cookies for the big holiday tradition. and part of the tra decision -- tradition so to line up outside the bakery before it opens. john drove an hour. >> we see the same people every year, don't know them outside the line, but we see the same people year after year.

>> this year they set up tents and heat lamp also because of the damp rain and forecast, they had a food truck in case you got hungry waiting for desert. a record number of americans are expected to travel this weekend, according 1.2 million in philadelphia. if you're traveling by air call 1-800-phl-gate to information on delays. airlines have added 100,000 seats to get travelers to their holiday destinations. this morning we're tracking concerns about a holiday terror warning. federal authorities are on high alert after isis called for attacks on churches across america. abc gloria rivera has more. >> reporter: this morning a new warning from the country's top

counter terror teams as christmas arrives. isis is calling for its supporters to target church around the u.s. in a joint bulletin fbi and homeland security are urging everyone to be vigilant. isis published names to a website of churches in the u.s. calling on supporter to attack them. >> even people with no direct ties to terrorist organizations can be a threat to the county. >> reporter: they under sympathizers to carry out aspirational attacks. recommend in the -- reminiscente germany attack. anis amri drove a massive truck through the christmas market in

berlin. anis amri was killed in a shootout in milan after a manhunt stretching across europe. >> the time now, 9:06. we have an update on the story that was breaking news just a few hours ago. 14 people were hurt during an overnight crash on i-95 it happened in bucks county. it happened between woodhaven and academy roads around 3:30 a.m. you see the scene there. we know that all 14 people were traveling in a large van when it ran off the road and rolled over several times, multiple people were trapped and had to be rescued from the van. the victims were transported to four different hospitals, no word on the extent of those injuries. we know the southbound lanes of i-95 in that area were shut down for a brief time following the crash, but they have since reopened. this morning, investigators are trying to determine what caused this fire last night in philadelphia's germantown section. the fire destroyed a row home

bayington street we were told there were no injuries. less than a month before donald trump's inauguration, the president-elect has vowed to expand america nuclear's capacity. the transition team said they received a very nice letter from vladimir putin urging trump to act in a constructive and pragmatic manner to restore the frame of the bilateral cooperation. the exchange comes after trump and putin expressed the need to strengthen their country's nuclear arsenals. this morning, star wars actor carrie fisher is in the intensive care unit. the 60-year-old experienced medical trouble during a flight from london. she was treated immediately after the plane landed in los angeles. her brother said she is receiving excellent care, but he could not classify her condition.

fisher is known for her actorring role of princess laya in the star wars trilogy. we'll have more from those on board the flight. we know what caused the foul odor happened around philadelphia and south jersey, it came from the paulsboro of sulphur gloucester county. die die -- dioxide. the chemicals were uer reportable allowed. nor norad watches the skies for threats, but they are tracking santa claus, he was last seen in japan. his next stop will be tokyo. that sleigh is going slow there. ifis going, you can find a linko

the norad santa tracker on our website, 6abc.com. kids he is coming to your house very soon, be patient. there's much more to come on "action news," saturday morning, frightening moments for the minnesota vikings are we'll take you to the scene after the team's plane slipped off a runway in wisconsin. you cannot help but smile when you see this dog, minutes away you'll hear how he is making a difference for patients and statue at local hospitals. >> reporter: we're dealing with heavy fog and rain, i'll let unl when it clears out. we're tracking milder temperatures in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, details after this.

>> so glad you stayed with us on a christmas eve, 9:12 your time, 40 degrees, sky6 live hd over city hall and dilworth park there, you see the christmas tree and the rothman ice skating rink. where is the snow. >> reporter: the rain is coming down, let's get you outside, let's get you that shot, you can't make out the skyscrapers in the background, we have low ceilings and patchy fog starting

to settle in. the rain is coming down steadily across the a large portion of the area. let's flip it over to the radars, there we go, you can see the pocket of green across the state of new jersey and southeastern portions of pennsylvania. we'll make a couple of zooms over philadelphia county. very heavy rain from riverside in cherry hill, new jersey, and other side of the river, jenkintown, willow grove, moderate rain. the tail end is actually off to the west, you can see like reading, appears at which e coming to an end here. allentown picking up light rain or drizzle. but more is on the way. temperatures, now, we have a warm front in the process of lifting through. all these numbers will start climbing here over the next couple of hours.

38 degrees, fairly chill in the lehigh valley. 40 for philadelphia, that's not bad for this time of the year. millville, 41. cape may, 47. atlantic city at the airport, 48 degrees along with the rain we have the fog. we're down to 1.7 miles in wilmington. 2 1/2 in allentown. 2 miles in philadelphia. less than 2 miles in millville. trenton, just a mile. take it easy out there on the roads, again, the visibility kind of messing up the -- fog messing up the visibility is what i am trying to say. the rain is coming down in sheets. it's making things difficult. lots of ponding on the roadways. moisture is coming to an end, but more is starting to build across central pennsylvania. that has to pull through, so we're not in the clear just yet. future tracker 6, lunchtime showing the rain overspreading the i-95 corridor and interior sections of south jersey and the jersey shore. we'll see a little bit of

clearing later this afternoon. peeks of sunshine that will continue through the evening hours, just in time for midnight mass or christmas eve services, everything should clear out nicely. temperatures will be fairly mild at least for late december starts with temperatures in the upper 30s. for today, morning rain giving way to peeks of sunshine later this afternoon. it will be damp out there, but mild. 49 degrees is the forecasted high. again, you get the idea here things are slowly starting to improve as we get into the afternoon. 42 by 11:00 a.m. and raining, 1:00 p.m., 45 and cloudy. 3:00 p.m., peeks of sunshine, 48. by 5:00 p.m., peeks of sunshine 46 degrees, if you're heading out for midnight mass, temperatures around 36 to 38 that will be the range in numbers there, underneath a partly cloudy sky. for christmas day it looks nice, cooler than today, high temperatures around 46 degrees we'll call it mostly sunny and pleasant. it will feel a whole lot more like christmas than last year. last year on christmas eve we

hit 71. christmas day we hit 68 degrees, remember this, we have spring-like thunderstorms across south jersey, all the lightning and downpours did not feel like the season last year. it will be more seasonable this year. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, close to 50 today, 46 sunny and nice for christmas day. up to 50 on monday, a whopping 57 on tuesday, there's the mild air. it's going to come at a cost. we'll see rain developing during the afternoon. that's with an arctic front. that arctic front drops the tempts down by week's end. 42 for wednesday, mild for thursday, back up to 48. chilly again for friday, high of 42. right now new year's weekend appears as if both saturday and sunday, the highs are 0s. that will feel -- 30s, that will feel like winter. >> i don't like the snow, no secret. but a little snow on christmas. >> reporter: it would make you feel better.

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waking up in minnesota after a frightening language at an airport last night. the team's plane skidded off the runway and became stuck in a you can't -- grassy area. nobody was hurt. the team tweeted they were at a hotel. vikings play the packers today at 1:00 p.m. a pennsylvania woman was reunited with her cat that she lost two years ago. she ran away two christmases ago

in north carolina. years later somebody found him and brought him to a north carolina vet that's when they discovered he was micro chipped. they contacted his owner who was thrilled to know the cat was alive. she drove 7 hours to pick him up the next day. 1980s reboot of the any kind -- nintendo classic is a hot item around the holiday that has them reminiscing about their own favorite gift. karen rogers and tamala edwards take you down memory lane. >> 1980. >> reporter: was that a good year? >> a lot good things happened let's see what's inside. my little poney. in life sometimes you need to find a unicorn. how cute is that?

>> how much time did you spend? i'm a little upset. i never. >> these i love, you remember this? >> they look better here than when i did them. >> they call them the willie will i lilly. there was an ipad you had a magnet. >> how much did you love those. shrinky ding, tam was never a child because she was busy reading. we're going to play shrinking ding right now. >> like all things they clutter the house. here's mine. how cute is this let's see. that's cute.

shrinky ding time, are you getting excited tam? okay, shrinky dings are going in, are you ready? >> i'm ready. >> it wasn't plugged in, the first rule of shrinky ding you plug in the toaster oven. we should not be in the kitchen. >> they are starting to curl up. >> it's done. look at that. look how cute they are. thank you 1980 for the great gifts that we got. a reminder how much we love being kids at the holiday season, introduce shrinky dings to your kids. happy holidays, merry christmas. p

with us, 9:25, in sports this morning, the sixers head west and the game goes south. here's jamie apody. >> reporter: good morning, sixers head coach brett brown said he wanted to use the road trip to figure out what to do with his sticky big man situation. joel -- embiid and okafor started game. early on embiid on the floor, 27, sixers at 13 at the half. embiid paid a visit to the fans in the fancy seats. mcconnell only had 6 points. the suns would storm back to win it in the 123, 116. it was a game that didn't matter for the eagles, but the big win came with a big loss.

running back ryan matthews suffered a learn -- herniated disc in his neck that will require surgery. carson wentz hitting nelson agular in the second quart. two inter -- interceptions by malcom jenkins, eagles finally pull one out. >> we've been in so many close games, to finally finish one like this, we knew we could do it, all along, to finally finish it's puts a good taste in our mouth. >> we've been so close for a lot of games this year, a few plays different each game, a lot of different outcomes the whole season. it's good to start to pull ahead and win the tight ones. >> guys get to go home and

enjoy christmas with there families and come back on monday an the go beat the cowboys next week. on twitter, beau alan asking carson wentz was beating the giants on your christmas list? >> yes, it was. owls held their first practice yesterday. they take on wake forest on tuesday, 3:30 p.m. in the military bowl. interim coach foley said they are excited but taking it seriously. >> the loss to houston and the boca bowl is putting our kids in a different mind frame. i like it. >> it's not a mantra, but it's a blessing to go out there and get this for the university. >> it would be, that's sports,

this morning, merry christmas and happy hanukkah, everybody. there is much more to come on "action news" for this saturday morning, carrie fisher is rushed to the hospital, we'll tell you what we are learning about the medical emergency that the star wars actress suffered on a plane. weeks after an 18-year-old is found dead, police make an arrest. we have the latest on the on going investigation. plus, we have the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast with meteorologist chris sowers when "action news" at 9:00 a.m. continues. >> happening on "action news"

saturday at 9:00 a.m., star wars actress carrie fisher is rushed to the hospital. this morning we'll share what we're learn being the medical emergency she suffered on a fight to los angeles. shots fired at a ups driver. where he went to find million attention. plus, he pioneered the greatest names in rock and roll history. more on bill graham's story. >> chris, a christmas miracle tomorrow? >> reporter: the plan for today, there's no christmas miracle, no snow in the forecast, one, two, you'll need the umbrella especially during the morning hours because we're dealing with this mess that's pushing through now.

double scan live we set it in motion for you, the freezing line is all the way up here, we're not dealing with any frozen precipitation in the delaware and lehigh valleys. that's all the way up here across upstate new york and new england. the tail end appears to be pushing through the far western suburbs now, but there's more activity out through here, that still has to push through, as well. looks like the next several hours will be wet followed by a lot of clouds and hopefully late in the day we'll see peeks of sunshine and things will start to dry out. salt sat lots of clouds out to pittsburgh, that's a good 300 miles to the west. all this has to cross the region before we start to see breaks in the activity like they are beginning to pick up now across the ohio valley. for today, here's what you need to know, morning rain and fog. visibility is down to 3 to 4 miles across a large portion of the area. wet roads equal slow traveling conditions. it will not be slippery because of ice, but wet roads create

slick spots, as well. slow it down. peeks of sunshine in the afternoon. let's go hour by hour, gray and gloomy this morning, periods of rain. 1:00 p.m., 45, 3:00 p.m., peeks of sunshine, 48. 5:00 p.m., 46 shooting for a high of 49 degrees, gray? >> thank you for the update. we turn our attention to the outpouring of support for actor carrie fisher who suffered a cardiac arrest on board a plane from london to los angeles. >> reporter: carrie fisher surrounded by family after suffering a medical emergency on a flight from london to los angeles. >> reporter: the iconic actress stopped breathing 15 minutes before landing. her fell passengers jumped into action to help her. >> we have nurses assisting the passenger. they are working on her right now. >> reporter: l.a. fire

department rushing to the tarmac to find fisher in cardiac arrest. anna akana said. the medical team providing advanced life support on the way to the hospital, where her daughter was seen in this video arriving later in the evening. fisher is in intensive care. >> i love you. >> reporter: the 60-year-old best known for staring in the star wars trilogy reprizing her timeless role princeton as he is laya last year in the force a wakened. >> i've been princess years, so stop now, i got in character and never got out again. >> reporter: the daughter of legendary parents, debby rends and eddie -- reynolds and eddie

fisher was in london promoting her book. she was on the graham norton show and finished up shooting a new season of the amazon series catastrophe. mark hamle tweeted as if 2016 couldn't get any worse, sending all our love to carrie fisher. thoughts and prayers for our friend and everyone's favorite princess right now. >> that was abc's adrien bankard. police make an arrest to a murder in berks county. police found an 18-year-old dead near a cliff on mount pen below the pagoda. at first they were not sure if he fell or if this was foul play. four men smashedded their car

windows and assaulted him. they do not know what prompted the attack. two suspects were arrested, two others are out there on the run. this morning there is a multiagency search for burglar whose been breaking into stores across three counties in the area. police connected the suspect to a dozen smash and grab thieves, 6 in philadelphia, five in bensalem, bucks county, one in radnor township, delaware county. the crime spree started november 19. investigators say the burglar breaks into stores overnight by shattering glass doors and uses a hammer, he is lightning quick. in and out within minutes before police respond. police say they realize he is hard to identify with his face covered in the surveillance video. they hope seeing his getaways vehicles an older model mercedes benz sedan might help generate tips. shots were fired as a ups driver in chester. this guy kept his cool after

being grazed by a bullet. he made a quick-thinking decision to drive to a nearby car dealership where he knew ambulances were often serviced. >> he came in because it was safe. we have police around, we service a lot of chester vehicles and we take care of the paramedics. sure enough there was a paramedic here who took him in and took him up to the hospital. >> he was ain't to get the help he -- he was able to get the help he needed. police don't believe he was the intended target, likely truck by a crossfire shooting that happened at 10th and highland. investigators think careless smoking started a fire that killed a man and left 6 families without a place to stay around the holidays. the two-alarm fire started at 1:30 p.m. in pottstown, montgomery county. the victim's brother identified him as 50-year-old david duke.

neighbors at the apartment complex were able to rescue several children before firefighters got to the scene. jewish holiday hanukkah begins tonight at sunset. the holiday commemorates the victory of the macabees over the syrians and the rededication of the temple jerusalem around 1,065 bhvment -- bc. archbishop charles which a a -- chaput will celebrate mid night mass tonight. get ready to rock, the american jewish museum is taking visitors on a tour of rock and

roll. >> reporter: bill graham pioneered the careers of some of the greatest names in rock and roll history. a new traveling exhibition tells the story. bill graham worked with the rock and roll giants like the rolling stones, led zeppelin, the grateful dead and jimi hendrix. he was lucky to be a promoter in the time when the promoter had influence over the show. >> reporter: it features nearly 300 objects photographs, rock memorabilia. >> we have jimmy hen -- jimi hendrix guitar.

live aid, our dad ran the show. >> reporter: the exhibit tells the story of graham's life born in berlin in 1931 as hitler rose to power, his mom put him in an orphanage that sent him to fr that he become a successful concert promoter t d. >> reporter: the exhibit includes rarely seen artifacts on loan from the graham family. >> our dad's career parallelled the growth of rock concert industry. >> reporter: bill graham and the rock and roll revolution is on display at the jewish-american museum. for 6abc loves the arts i'm karen rogers. >> just about 9:40 a.m., there's much more to come on "action news" saturday morning at 9:00 a.m., including "shelter

me rescue of the week." >> reporter: i'm david murphy this is duke rescued by one love animal rescue, this week's winner in the "shelter me rescue of the week" contest. you'll learn about duke and his friends later on "action news." >> how do you fit a 20-foot christmas tree into a one story house. details on one family's creative illusion. we'll get a check on the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, no snow anytime soon, showers shores has an update after this.

>> all right, welcome back

everybody, on christmas eve, kids, we have an update on santa claus, over beijing china. he delivered a lot of toys already. >> reporter: he delivered 1 billion toys, track santa at 6abc.com, you will see norad santa.org. follow along. >> you asked santa for snow, he has not delivered. >> reporter: he has mysterious ways of working things out. >> he did bring you rain. >> reporter: and the milder temperatures, is that like the equivalent of coal? let's go outside and down in cape may. we have quite a bit of rain, south jersey and the jersey shore, you're seeing the edge pushing through the western suburbs. let's take it over to storm tracker 6 live we'll make a couple of zooms here, zoomed into northwestern burlington

county, between 206 and 130. you can see the heavy rain from florence to riverside and mount holly, cinnaminson, cherry hill, you're included in that, as well. the rain is coming down at a good clip indicated by the across. all this is racing off to the east. if you go farther out to the northwest and western suburbs, there's the tail end there. pushing through allentown, reading, lancaster, the rain has temporarily stopped there. harrisburg and state college doesn't appear as if it is raining there at this point, either. there's another batch that has to pull through. we're not done for good just yet. probably around midday, 12:30 p.m., 1:00 p.m. 49 degrees is the high temperature we're shooting for today. 6, 7 degrees above average for this time of the career. the normal is 42. we start started out around 36, 37 degrees this morning. again, that's above seasonal averages. 40 for philadelphia and

millville. wilmington, 41. atlantic city, 46. cape may, 46, dover, 42. all niece numbers will climb as we get the ocean air pushing inland across south jersey and southeastern portions of pennsylvania. there's a bit of a breeze even though we're in the 40s, it feels like the 30s. you'll need the heavier jacket. 34 with the wind in philadelphia. 39 in allentown. 26 in the poconos, and 35 in wilmington. also note the fog is starting to settle in pretty nicely now, the visibility has dropped down to 2 or 3 miles. take it easy on the roads this morning. there's the second round just now pushing through state college. this will blossom -- and pick up steam and push east around midday. there's the daily end, around -- there's the tail end. around midday we shut it off in

the city. raining in the south south jersey and sunshine. some of you might see sunshine before the day is threw. skies clear later this evening, and into the overnight. we get into christmas morning it will be bright and sunny and seasonable with temperatures in the low to mid 30s, not bad on christmas day, a little wet damp and dreary this morning, 49 degrees is the forecasted high in philadelphia with that morning rain, otherwise damp this afternoon with peeks of sunshine, millville, 49, allentown, 45. trenton, 47. you get the idea it's a slow morning followed by peeks of sunshine later this afternoon. there's the forecasted high of 49. midnight mass looks good, partly cloudy skies, seasonable temperatures, numbers ranging from 36 to 38 degrees. christmas day looks very, very nice, lots of sunshine feeling more like the season, 46 degrees. last year we topped out at 68 on christmas day. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. 49 today, 46 tomorrow.

up to 50 degrees monday. that will be a late-day high. probably won't happen until 6:00 p.m., still, 50 degrees for the end of december is not too shabby. 57 tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, we cool it down, 42, 48, 42. new year's weekend looks chilly, high temperatures in the 30s. >> sorry about your snow, buddy. >> reporter: maybe next year. 9:47 this week's "shelter me rescue of the week" a mount laurel hotel has a new resident, but he has four legs. david murphy has an adoption story you have to check out. >> reporter: meet bailey an adorable little pup who is living the sweet life. >> i thought it would be a great idea to have him live here and have the guests interact with him. >> reporter: checked into a lot of the hotel in mount laurel three weeks ago and called it home ever since. >> it was out of the box.

>> reporter: although he is not your typical doorman, aloft vice president said guests love him. >> the brings the family atmosphere to the hotel. >> the employees are happy to have a companion when works get rough. >> reporter: i provides entertainment for them. when michelle approached one love animal rescue, they thought it was a great idea. one love animal rescue is a foster based rescue that does 100 adoptions a year. this is the first time adoption to a hotel. marshall is a 1-year-old beagle. nickie can't wait to cuddle with her forever family. arll0 is a hound mix who would do better in a home with another dog. foxy would prefer a low key

home. and this is duke, a 7-year-old shepherd hound mix, who loves to play and calms down in a he would like to find a forever home with kids or dogs. any of the other animal visit the one love animal rescueant tl stories, post the picture u #6as where you adopted your pets and how much they mean to you. we'll feature your stores own upcoming "shelter me rescue of the week" segments. with doing, i'm david murphy.

>> glad you stayed with us, technically speaking, the super mario run was download 40 million times from apple app store in four days, that sets a new record for the single app

downloaded in that period of time. in "healthcheck" this morning, the holidays are here and that means a boom in baking those cookies and cakes and pastries, there are more alternative flowers flours on store shelves. >> more people are staying we from all purpose flour. >> reporter: registered diet technician said more people are choosing choosing diets without the white stuff. >> white flour is more processed, so it's not healthy for you. >> reporter: with the popularity of gluten free diet we've seen a

rise in other exceptions. quinoa and buckwheat is a nonwheat grain. >> they will not spike your blood sugar as quickly as the white flower -- flour will. >> they have the same type of properties to them, with the good pro a teen, high in fiber and low in carbs. >> reporter: some can be higher in calories. >> these have the more nutrients less carbohydrates and more protein and more fiber. they can be use in cooking and baking, see how much you can substitute. when it comes to taste it's a matter of preference. some taste nuttier, others

hoppy. if you like coconut, try coconut flower. ali gorman channel 6 "action news." >> good information there, if you put a christmas tree you prgetting it to fit. one family this year is having fun with it all. aidan and scott walter builtida. the tree starts in the living room, appears like it's shooting on the roof, but it's just an optical illusion, not to worry. they put the tree and a lined both treeses to make it look like, chris, so calm down, we're back after this.

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>> so glad you stayed with us, santa over the philippines. he is getting closer. >> reporter: not bringing us the white christmas, we have rain out there this morning. most of it is east of the delaware river with heavy rain across northwestern burlington county. clearing across the western suburbs. forecast for today, morning rain, peeks of sunshine, it will be damp, highs around 50 degrees or close to it. excuse me, thn christmas day -- then christmas day, 46 degrees and sunshine. it will be nice. >> jack hanna's "wild countdown" is next, for chris sowers and the entire "action news" team i'm gray hall, make it a great day.

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