right now we're tracking wild weather at the live desk where heavy ice, wind, rains are making it difficult for people to get home. >> i'm meteorologist chuck bell. we have sunshine out there. it's a nice mild day but how long can we stay in this bonus territory? i'll let you know coming up. russia launching strikes. why they're turning their attention closer to turkey's border. we're live as shoppers pack stores and head online to score some of the best deals of the year. "news4" midday starts right now.

we're watching for developments right now as black friday shoppers swarm stores. take a look at this. sometimes, folks, it can get ugly like it did in kentucky overnight. we can show you this video. in fact, two videos showing two different fights at two different malls. we don't know if they made it or because they missed out on the major deal. tough talk for the u.s. and turkey coming from russian president vladimir putin. putin said russia will keep cooperating with the united states and its partners to fight isis in syria, but added that cooperation will be in jeopardy if there are any repeats of turkey's shooting down of a russian jet earlier this week. new at mid-day, a man killed a boy. it was in a gang shooting.

police are holding a news conference about the arrest right now. here at the live desk we're watching out for nasty winter weather brewing in the midwest. it could be a mess for people trying to get home from thanksgiving. a big ice storm is hitting the country's midsection right now. snow, heavy rain is causing flood warnings and flash flood watches in parts of texas, oklahoma, arkansas, and missouri. not only that, it is now the rainiest year dallas has seen. in nebraska, part of interstate 80 outside shut down because of hazardous conditions. right now across the midwest people are getting rt for travel o outa outages. despite all that no local cancellations so far. back to you. and good morning, everybody. i'm "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell. bright sunshine out there for now in washington.

a little bit of a haze layer still out there as well, but it's a mild day. a lap around the parking lot in northwest washington. it's a glorious day to be outside. get outside and enjoy it. temperatures will be way up in the 60s, maybe closing in on 70, potentially even tomorrow. then rain chances sneak in. going out to do a little outdoor shopping today? temperatures about 59 degrees at noon, mid to upper 60s during the peek of the day and temperatures near mid-50s at 8:00. we'll start looking at the weekend coming up. >> thanks, chuck. a man who jumped the white house fence has been charged with unlawful entry. joseph caputo jumped the white house fence wearing the american flag. president obama and his family were, in fact, inside for the holiday. caputo was arrested by secret service agents after he took a few steps. his family confirmed he took a

photo of himself in front of the white house a few days earlier. this is the seventh time in two years that somebody has jumped the white house. the most serious was when omar gonzalez made it all the way into the white house carrying a knife. and then in april jerome hunt took a bus from california just to jump the fence in d.c. in chicago, major protests starting in just about an hour over the black teenager who was killed by a white police officer. a warning now, some of the video we're about to show you may be disturbing. it shows some of the incident as demonstrators are calling for the police superintendent to step down. police did put out this new dash cam video. in the video you see the officer shoot laquan mcdonald driving

through a restaurant parking lot. there's no audio so we don't know what's saying. >> that was the attorney for the mcdonald family as well as a chicago pastor. protesters are marching on michigan avenue. a major retail corridor starting at noon today. black friday kicked off at 6:00 a.m. in old town, lengs ya. take a look at this huge line outside a knitting store? are you kidding me? david showed me this morning. nearly 100 folks to get in and get those deals. this is the sixth year black friday sales in a row for those who love to knit. they enjoyed 30% off yarn this morning. apparently it's very expensive hobby and this was where you wanted to be at if you like to knit. >> folks from all over our region there. that's pretty incredible. they told customers they had the healthiest puppies in the nation but in 60 seconds where

animal rights activists are planning to rally against a shelter. they seize all the animals at dreamy puppy. the officers are checking to see if 40 to 50 puppies are healthy and old enough to be sold legally. county workers declared the building unsafe. so far no charges have been filed against the business. >> right now nothing says holiday like now. you're going to see familiar faces if you're heading out there. the parade is celebrating 25 years. its theme is home sweet home. there is a new weather threat to the south.

in just 60 seconds for a major hurricane

good morning. once again i'm "storm team 4" meteorologist chuck bell. we're in the upper 50s to low 60s in a few spots. no rain on "storm team 4" radar right now. there's a lot of rain. if you're expecting any relat e relatives to come in from the midwest, cincinnati, chicago, detroit. so an ice storm across parts of the -- southern parts of the a great plains. luckily we won't be dealing with any of that. that being said our rain chances do start to increase for the second part of the day tomorrow and looks like on sunday a pretty good chance for rain especially the first half of the day, and not much in the way of

sunshine. seven-day forecast coming up in a few more minutes. see you then. just in, the white house christmas tree is here. we have a live picture. we want to show you the 18.5-foot fraser fir that just arrived a little while ago. it's going to be presented to first lady michelle obama by the pennsylvania growers who grew the tree. the tree lighting is happening this coming thursday, december 3rd. so we're kind of waiting for something to happen here. not a lot happening because the tree just now arrived to the white house. we do expect to see some activity and movement in just a few minutes. erika? >> thanks, kristin. we'll check back as things start rolling. right now a hurricane just over mexico. hurricane sandra just made landfall. it grew to a category 4 storm before it hit land. it's expected to get weaker. it is one of the biggest shopping days of the year.

coming up next, molette green braves the

>> reporter: i'm molette green inside a live busy mall. live shopping equals big

spenders. that's the sound more chants want to hear on one of the busiest days of the year. in a mall all decked out with cheer, crowds looking to see the discounts. >> headphones. we're probably going to get like some electronics like a tablet or something like that. not a flat screen tvo anything though. >> i started at 5:00. >> reporter: many young faces in the crowd, retailers are banking on millennials this year to especially be wowed. and shop till they drop, but even they won't buy unless there's a discount and deal with or without their parents, some going store to door in their pjs looking for a deal. >> just bought these pjs and she bought some jeans to wear at school. >> yeah. it was 40% off. >> reporter: brookstone has 50% off signs all over the store. customers are buying but say the

biggest savings are not in brick and mortar anymore. >> probably not because online you can get a lot better deals without having to leave your house at like 5:00 a.m., but it's fun to go out. >> reporter: but the manager says he has something here shoppers online won't find any time of the year. >> online is cheaper, but here you get good customer service and you know if the product works. >> reporter: now, the unemployment rate is considered at a low level right now, meaning there are more people out working and possibly they have more disposable income to spend throughout the holiday season. but here's the trick. the national retail federation says people are still looking for those deep discounts, you know, the ones that we saw during a recession, and they're holding off on buying until they see something they consider a real deal. that is the latest live from westfield montgomery mauchlt molette green.

back to you. >> thanks, molette. you might see pro. ers at a d.c. walmart. that's near the union station area. demanding a living wage. the demonstrators are asking for more regular schedules and a $15 an hour pay for walmart workers. a man is in custody in the district this morning accused of committing a rash of taxi cab robberies. police arrested anthony jones on wednesday. they say he's the man responsible for eight robberies over the past eight weeks. all the robberies happened in the southeast and northwest areas of the district. detectives say he targeted drivers early in the morning and late at night. they're now looking into the possibility that he may be linked to other robberies as well. if you're heading out, plan on temperatures to be in the mid-60s and dropping back down into the mild upper 50s by 5:00

or 6:00. a chance for a couple of showers coming our way on sunday. that could slow things down a little bit. that's when the next real change in the weather arrives is late saturday into the early parts of sunday with a chance for a few sprinkles on your saturday night and light rain into your sunday morning. hopefully we can start to get that rain to taper off by later on sunday afternoon. saturday forecast next time i see you. >> we'll check in with you then. in this thanksgiving season we're introducing you to three people all linked by a determination to beat cancer. here's their story of gratitude, healing, and heart and why they're thankful. >> i pushed it. >> reporter: the first book 5-year-old finn krimmen has learned to read is called "i can push." this is a little boy who's pushing through a lot right now and isn't a afraid to show it.

>> so they put the needle in your arm? >> no. in my port. >> your port? >> the bump. >> that's fort. >> yeah? >> does it hurt? >> no. >> it's the worst day of your life as a parent. >> a year and a half ago finn's mom and dad got the diagnosis. >> they tested his blood and immediately found leukemia cells and all of a sudden, you know, we were cancer parents and you just don't ever think it's going happen to you. >> reporter: the chemotherapy does what it come to expect, takes the hair, wipes the immune system. >> sometimes you feel sick afterward? >> yeah. >> but it's fighting off finn's cancer. >> this is my fight song. >> it's a familiar war for 4-year-old scarlet kosten. that's the fight song she's singing.

>> i can go really hike like my feet can touch the clouds. >> reporter: really she likes anything that keeps her moving, in part because brain cancer kept her in the hospital for months as a toddler. >> it's for my brain. it's like in your head. it's in your head. >> your brain, right? >> yeah. it's like here. >> reporter: in simple words on her swing set she explained to me why her brain required medicine. >> because it needs help. >> she was otherwise perfectly healthy and one night her arm started twitching at bedtime and within four days she had had brain surgery and then after that process of surgery, she had 20 days to get healthy enough to start intensive chemotherapy. >> scarlet, can you say no more chemo? >> no more chemo. >> reporter: scarlet's mom recorded the moment she finished treatment. >> no more. say hurrah. >> hurrah. >> yay. no more chemo. do you want to go for a walk? >> yes. >> reporter: the celebrating continues for scarlet just last

week. a clean scan. more than two years in remission now. >> could we imagine having two healt healthy kids playing in the backyard, i this they's the hope you have to hold onto every day. >> reporter: in this season of gratitude, the two families tell me their thanks is for the staff at children's national, nurses of emery schroeder who give that loving energy. while many of us will enjoy the holidays at home with family, emily will be making rounds. >> seeing how happy they are with all these different activities that we get to do kind of makes up for it. >> reporter: it's a gratitude that runs in a circle. this nurse, grateful for her patients. her patients thankful for her. >> last year seems so far away in many ways. >> yeah, it does. >> do you remember spending thanksgiving at the hospital

late year, finny? >> no. >> you don't remember that? >> reporter: finn's focus is clearly on the future. >> my bike goes so fast. >> reporter: he's headed for scarlets rank for remission. despite the struggle, determined to push through it all. a little encouragement there. finn does make it up the hill. all three tell me while this season cares the official nape, given their shared experiences they aim to give thanks for the little things every day. >> it's a beautiful story. thank you, david. should airline passengers be treated like cargo? treated like cargo? the one

why let someone else have all the fun? the sometimes haphazard, never boring fun. the why can't it smell like this all the time fun. the learning the virtue of sharing fun. why let someone else have all the fun? that's no fun. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. here are some of the stories lighting up social media this morning. airbus wants to build shipping containers that detach from

planes. this is a drawing for the patent that was filed. now, according to the "daily telegraph," passengers would board the cabin, take their seats before it's lifted like a shipping container onto the back of the plane. it is then fixed into place and the plane operates as normal, i guess. your fridge has to look like mine right now. loads and loads of leftovers. buzzfeed has come up with interesting and interesting ways to make them into wreck fast and in this case brunch. we ee about got interesting takes on sweet potato casserole, these are with waffles, brussel sprouts and sweet potatoes. turkey, cheese, and peppers. sweet potato puree in pan cake batter, yum. you can check out all of those recipes on "buzzfeed's" page. and get this one. they strip down to their boxers to hide in a pool in an attempt

to blend in. police arrested two men on the suspicions of stealing ipads. they jumped in the pool in only their boxers to try to avoid capture. they thought it was pretty odd and helped lead police to the arre arrest. police say they were the only two men in the pool. therest were teenagers. back to you. donald trump facing new criticism. what he said about a reporter and why trump is the one

in decision 2016 presidential candidate donald trump wants an apology, this after he appeared to be mocking a "new york times" reporter and his disability. trump said he had witnessed thousands celebrating after the

world trade tower collapse. >> he said, i don't know what i said. i don't remember. i don't remember. maybe that's what i said. >> all right. so trump now saying he denies mocking the reporter at a rally in south carolina earlier this week. all right. good morning once again, everybody. it's a nice day to be outside today. temperatures are going to climb way up into the 60s this afternoon. plenty of sunshine. hopefully you get a chance to enjoy it. we all know in november it can't possibly last that long. tomorrow clouds come back and chance for showers. tomorrow you have a dry start and it will be dry enough long enough in the day where we can get well into the 60s again. best chance for rain is in the front half of the rain. clouds are going nowhere. even in the rain stops it it stay that way. so enjoy that mild sunshine while it is here.

>> thanks, chuck. you know, while many stores opened last night, many chose to opt out of the madness. about a month ago many retailers said their doors would be closed today. the aim, to encourage mens to #upoutside and enjoy the day with their family and friends. many offering free entry to encourage you to head out today and enjoy this beautiful weather. a lot of you might be planning to do your holiday shopping at some outlet stores. maybe that's the way you want to do that. ahead, what landed them in court whamd you can do to watch out for to make sure that you're spending and getting everything you want for your

right now stores in our areas getting birthday. folks doing some browsing there. shoppers have been out since early this morning trying to get some of the best deals of the year. meanwhile a dangerous mix of snow, sleet, and flooding is heading've. gusty winds tore through an open market in northern california yesterday. 11 people were hurt in that. 20 inches of snow have fallen it parts of northern california and almost a foot in oregon all making for a messy journey home for many after the holiday sell braces. heavy rain and snow will now head east bringing potential flooding from the great lakes to

tex texas. speaking of the flooding down in texas, look at all the rain down here, believe it or not, some of the moisture across west texas is from hurricane zran. it's coming up over the top of the arctic air. we have freezing rain and sleet across much of western oklahoma and much of the state of kansas. so where is all that moisture coming? eventually it's coming right toward us. nothing to worry about today. going into the rest of tomorrow staying dry, but clouds increasing tomorrow. rain chances sneaking back on us by late in the day. showers late saturday night into the first part of the day on sunday. with any luck, though, we can get all that rain to turn off by 3:00 or 4:00 in the f an. that's the latest run from the computer models. we'll keep you posted on that and keep you up to date on our washington app so you can plan out your weekend. >> thanks, chuck. we're watching developments in

mali where two people are in custody for last week's terror attacks. two gunmen ran into a hotel last friday. they killed 19 people including a woman from takoma park. both gunmen were also killed. now, this morning police say they have arrested two people in connection to the attack, but it's not clear how they're connected. belgium lowered its terror threat thursday but the government says there's still a serious risk. the manhunt for two suspects continues near brussels and elsewhere. over a thousand raids have been carried out across europe. one of them, the mastermind of the paris attacks was, in fact, killed. this morning fairfax county police still trying to track down a man wanted for triple shooting in alexandria. they're looking for andre williams. police also seized more than a dozen items from an apartment including bullets, casings,

syringes, and pills. we now know the name of a man killed in landover. plea say someone shot davis. he was from forestville, 23 years old. police have not arrested anyone. they're offering a $25,000 award in that case. members of the california band eagles of death metal are opening up about the paris terror attacks. the group was performing at the bataclan and were about an hour into their show when terrorists stormed the concert hall. they sat down for an exclusive interview with the founder of vi vice. >> people started dropping to the ground. injuries, deaths, you know, and then also running -- there was nowhere to go, so they basically ran into me, toward me, and jumped down below my console and i was still standing up and i can see the gunman and he looked right at me and he shot at me and he missed. that that full interview is

available on vice.com. right now pope francis is in kenya. cheers erupted as he visited impoverished neighborhoods in nairobi. he highlighted the need for adequate and dignified housing. he said it's upsetting the ecological balance. children were wearing t-shirts with the pope's photo on them. d.c. watt is suing the environmental protection agency. the lawsuit epa is sitting limits based on speaks of e. coli level in its treatment plant, not actual levels. it could include updates with a billion-dollar price tag jo you may be planning a trip to the stores for the holidays but are you really saving?

here's what landed some in court. >> reporter: people shot outlet stores for one reason. >> it's cheaper. >> you get more for your money. >> reporter: consumers say they save big. >> you get a better deal. the outlets, it's almost like 60%. >> not everybody is sold on the hype. >> reporter: don't believe in the price tags. >> he's filed lawsuits. the lawsuits accuse michael kors, kenneth coal, north strom rack and others of fraud, claiming deceptive savings. >> they've made it up. >> the price tags look like this. a compare at or manufacturer's suggested retail price followed by a substantial savings, but since the item may have never sold at a regular retail store and made specifically to be sold at the outlet, the consumers think they're getting a better

deal than they are. >> people get excited about the discounts that they get and these manufacturers and retailers understand that very well, so the bigger the discount you think you're getting, the more likely you are to buy things. >> reporter: in court documents the retailers have denied the allegations against them, so we reached out. most said they will not talk to us about pending ligsgation. nordstrom did tell us the allegation have no merit. the retailer admits in court documents it manufacturers products to be sold only at nordstrom rack but told "news4" that its items are not lesser quality versions of an original item. michael kors initially denied the allegations. it later settled, agreeing to pay $5 million but without admitting any wrongdoing. >> in our settlement with michael kors, it no longer says msrp with a line through it. they've eliminated that and we believe they've moved to a much more clear model so that it is

an outlet r they've agreed to replace the word mfrp with the word "value." >> knowledge is a great weapon. the more the consumer has the knowledge the more they can shop in a responsible way. meanwhile black friday is the kickoff of the holiday shopping season and this year there will be more security. the sheriff's office says they'll be out in full force in the walmart parking lot. you'll also see an increased presence on roadways and neighboring communities. a police car crashed during a chase. this in fairfax county. we're going to head to

right now we're following a police chase in northern virginia. it started in spring sfooeld, continueded on 395 and ended in alexandria a little while ago where the suspect who was being

chased apparently crashed into a fairfax county police cruiser and a virginia state police cruiser, you see video from the scene there. all of those there, we don't know much more than that. we don't know if anyone was hurt, but we do know the individual, the suspect there, was, in fact, arrested by police. back to you. >> thanks, kristin. if shoppers didn't brave the actual malls on thanksgiving they still did shopping online. adobe digital online which tracks retail sails says more than $1 billion has been spent as of 5:00 p.m. yesterday. that's up 22% from last year. target's ceo says online sales are off to a very strong start. both target and walmart launched there black friday deals online a day early. it was a thanksgiving surprise office workers definitely were not expecting. in 60 seconds, meet the wild guest that had to be

you've got check this out. workers at a lumber company in japan got a wild surprise when they showed up for work. that's a bear in an office. some workers took out their cell phones, some with fully phones. it climbed on the shelves in the office. after reporting the intruder to police. the bear was about 3 feet long. they worked with local authorities to tranquilize it and take it away. no one was hurt in the bear's office visit. >> understandable. sometimes i can't bear to come to work either. outside right now we've got a great visibility in the washington area. i bring this map up for this reason here. annapolis has only four-mile visibility. a bridge was tweeted. they suspended two-way travel. there could be brief slowdowns.

just keep that in mind. otherwiselet it's going to be a nice day tore. temperatures in the 60s. thinking about your weekend, clouds come back in. another mild one. cooler with showers much more likely on your sunday. well, if you think your stores are packed for black friday, try shopping at the biggest mall in america. we head

more than 100 million americans are expected to shop this weekend.

today the search is on for those big black friday deals and nbc's jay gray joins us this morning from the country's biggest mall in minnesota. jay, we both got an early start this morning, but i have a feeling i would feel much better if i was out like you in a mall doing some shopping. so are you hanging in there, bud? >> reporter: i think so, erika. i'm just hanging out with some of my friends here at the mall, but they're ignoring me. they're texting or something. they're too busy for me. it's busy. we had crowds that came through in waves in the morning. it's really picked up. we're seeing a lot more people. the early results in are. guess what else? the profits seem to be going up, erika. they say shopping is real good. the spending is even better. a lot of people say they're finding big dealing in this mall and across the country. online doing well also. in fact, it's up more than 200% for some retailers.

it's not even cyber monday yet. that's coming up. a lot of good things happening as far as the spending season is going. hopefully retailers say it's going to continue, that's a sign of future things to come. right now the crowds are building and so are the deems. erika, i haven't found that perfect gift for you. i'm not going to stop. >> the hunt continues. a great to see you. that mall is huge. >> see you. turning now to decision 2016, a republican presidential candidate taking a trip out of the country. today ben carson traveling abroad to meet with syrian refugees. carson visiting the refugee camp in northern jordan. recently the retired neurosur joan has faced questions over his foreign policy knowledge. he said he's strongly opposed to the u.s. accepting syrian refugees. and outside right now we're sitting in sunshine, but, again, there's a lot of unsettled weather across parts of the

midwest, so travel is being impacted a bit. here's your travel weather. if you're driving around locally, sun dwlass are what you'll need. they're all within about a 200 mile radius are all dry, so easy traveling there. air travel could be impacted later on. no troubles just yet, but if you' flying out to denver, be on the lookout. it's 107b8 2 degrees in denver right now with snow finally coming to an end. that's awe if there cold for thanksgiving. i i'm 70 any time. >> indeed we will. this year many celebrating adoing day in court. this year 25 children were welcomed into person anymore loving families at the d.c. superior court. here's "news4's" barbara harrison.

>> reporter: the leslie family singers were back this year to herald the beginning of another adoption day this year. one of the first of its kind in the nation and i've about been lucky to be here on this day every year when the d.c. superior courthouse is filled with balloons and babies and families like the browns who came here to make it official. the adoption of their darling new daughter, ella. one by one the families came forward. some adopting one. some adopting one more. some taking home two. and one family going home with enough for their own basketball team. five siblings that the new parents wanted to keep together and be for those five their forever family. and all the family court judges who work here at the superior court were waiting for them, waiting to sign their decrees of adoption. and someone else who works here, someone who has helped put this

event together for the last 14 years was here this time for a different reason, becoming a mom for the first time, adopting daar. this was more than 12 years ago when daar, a wednesd"wednesday'" was a bright eloquent 9-year-old who told me he just wanted to have family to love him. he's 22 now and after two years as his mentor and a year as his foster mom, leah girl it was becomes the mother of a young man who is now a senior at penn state. >> always dreamed they would be here at adoption day but i didn't know i would be here at such a late age. >> better lan than never. >> better late than never and i have a great mom. >> reporter: it was a day to rejoice and let go of the woes of what seemed would never happen and to celebrate a new day.

♪ >> happy adoption day. >> it's so moving, this one in particular. if you have room in your home and in your heart for any one of the many children that are still waiting, please call our special adoption hotline. that number is 1-888-to-adopt-me. there's also an upcoming adoption engs powe on saturday, december 5th at the carnegie library from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon. we've got more information on nbcwashington.com. right now at the live desk, we're gathering information on some sort of rescue at the c & o canal in the potomac. we know water rescue crews did go out looking for a person. they did find a person about a

half mile off the toe path. we don't know the condition or what happened but we do believe this rescue effort is over and that they have found the person they were looking for. back to you. >> all right, kristin. thanks. >> some moments may have been awkward, but not awkward enough to keep from sharing. in 60 seconds, the sometimes embarrassing thanksgiving comments t

we're following the stories you are clicking on this morning. we discovered this story on "buzzfeed." did politics make its way into your thanksgiving holiday? for many it did. twitter just lit up yesterday in terms of conversation and comments between family members. here are just a few of them. extended family is voting trump. can i place myself up for adoption, nate tweets. thanksgiving dinner with my liberal family is always the worst. if my crazy uncle starting

talking about hillary, i'm going to lose it. interesting. now, instead of being on the menu, these turkeys got a feast of their own. according to "the huffington post," these lucky birds gobbled down and ate acorn squash, pumpkin pie at the shelter in new york. they rescue our feathery friends. they were the guest of honor for sure on that one. and then last but not least, what is your favorite comfort food? well, google has made a map of some of the most searched comfort foods. this map is from last year. it seems most of the country were craving pork chops? sure.

friends are calling this moment the miracle on market street. we want to show you this video of pope francis kissing this

15-month-old. this is when he visited philadelphia back in september. gianna has a rare brain tumor. one doctor said she would not survive, but a recent mri shows her brain tumor has nearly disappeared and doctors think she will likely survive. her father calls the pope's blessing god's work but the real work was the work of the doctors who helped save her life. we have a turkey leg we think you're going to enjoy tonight. it's not something to eat. watch. ♪ whip those mashed potatoes ♪ eat the turkey leg ♪ eat the turkey leg >> jimmy fallon and rashida jones with their dance moves. he also danced with queen

latifah. have you if you try to try out our own turkey trot, please share it with us. a beautiful day after thanksgiving. it's a mild day by lake november standards. already 64 in rreston and manas. most of the rain i think will be saturday night into sunday morning. the rain should taper off but the clouds will stick around for the remainder of sunday as we get toward tuesday and wednesday of next week. enjoy the mild finish to thanksgiving. >> indeed we will. can't wait to get outside. that's it for us. thanks for joining us. we're back on air first at 4. >> you can get news an weather updates any time. just download that nbc washington app. have a great friday, everyone.

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