just as we come on the air, the first of two big decisions that could keep the government running. i'm barbara harrison with what's next as the clock ticks. i'm kristin wright, breaking now, an incident at a local school sends someone to the hospital. details are just coming in. and i'm melissa mollet. bidding farewell with an emotional sendoff. the tearful and symbolic good-bye to a navy s.e.a.l. who died while riding his bicycle. and i'm lauryn ricketts, a blustery day out there. temperatures will drop before christmas. we'll talk about it in a few minutes. news4 midday starts now. developing right now, an

incident at westfield high school in chantilly in fairfax county. the building was partially evacuated a short while ago. firefighters are trying to clear out smoke. the smoke came from a student's cell phone and that the battery might have been punctured. one person was taken to the hospital. we don't know if it's a student or teacher. we do know they'll be just fine. barbara? >> thank you. developing now on capitol hill, the house votes to pass the spending bill. a huge step in keeping the government running past tuesday. right now the senate is debating the bill and will cast their vote later today. looking live at the white house, it's a busy last day before vacation in a few hours, president obama will host his final press conference of the year. you can watch a special report on nbc 4 at 1:50. then later tonight, he will fly out to san bernardino to

privately meet with families affected by the latest mass shooting. he will then be heading to hawaii for their annual vacation. temperatures are moving nicely through the 40s. but they pretty much stayed static throughout the morning. you know what? we'll continue to drop just a bit as we continue. so, we've got gradual clearing out there today. sunshine trying to peek through. we'll be blustery today. we have winds gusting up to 20, 25 miles per hour. it will be a little on the cool side out there. we will be warming up next week, but we'll have some rain coming with that christmas forecast. we'll show that you seven-day coming up. i'm molette green live at arlington national cemetery. dozens of cyclists pedalled

their way from bethesda to this cemetery all for fellow cyclist, a 64-year-old man who died simply riding his bike. >> next group, line up! >> reporter: before sunrise bikers meet in bethesda and ride off in groups of ten along the crescent trail. >> it's first about honoring captain holden and his family. he was passionate cyclist. >> reporter: this two-wheeled kacaravan takes them to the lincoln memorial to escort hold ton his final resting place at arlington national cemetery. the retired navy s.e.a.l. died doing what he loved, cycling. >> it's going to be a somber ride. people are concerned for their safety. they hope tim's memory will activate some changes in the laws. >> reporter: in late august, a car hit holden not far from his

home in bethesda during his morning bike ride on massachusetts avenue. many of the bikerers didn't know him personally but share his passion for cycling and are using his story to raise awareness about safety. >> we assume a certain amount of risk when we get on our bikes. many of us daily. and i guess i felt like it could have been any one of us. he deserved that support. >> reporter: holden's five daughters each received a u.s. flag along with his widow. a special exception made for the retired navy captain and navy s.e.a.l.'s family. he survived the persian gulf war but not this bike ride he took in august near his home. later today on new 4, megan fitzgerald takes you inside arlington national cemetery where he received a full military honor burial.

i'm molette green for new 4. melissa? >> thank you. one person is in the hospital this morning after crash nothing a building at fairfax. you were talking about this a lot this morning this happened on fairfax boulevard and maine avenue. a suv slid off the road and ran into a t mobile building. back in 2013, a man died after crash noing into that same building. no one inside the store was hurt. a college student from herndon has died in an accident at school near philadelphia. michelle buck was hit by a car last night. this video in from up there. the school's president said michelle was well respected by her professors and peers. she was on the dean's list and

played in the string ensemble. barbara? developing today, bernie sanders campaign under fire from his own party. the democratic national committee says a glitch allowed the campaign to access the confidential donor database. it included information from hillary clinton's campaign. sanders campaign says it never downloaded or printed the list. it also fired a staffer. today republican presidential candidate ted cruz continues his campaign blit nz virgini blitz in virginia. >> your weekend could be off to a slow start. the traffic alert that could affect a lot of you. and just one week to go. the last-minute crunch is on for that perfect holiday gift. wait until you hear how some stores are trying to make it

the 16-year-old student charged with bringing a load gun into his classroom is back in court this morning. police still don't know how the teen got the gun through the school's metal detectors. no one was hurt in the incident. a traffic alert that might slow you down in virginia tonight. multiple lanes on 395 northbound there will be shut down. kind of in a wave. v-do t v-dot crews are working on a pedestrian bridge. closures start at 9:30 and stay in place until 9:00 tomorrow morning. remember that big explosion? the damage from that explosion is all cleaned up. you might remember when the rocket exploded during a nasa launch in virginia. that happened more than a year ago. it cost $15 million in repairs. nasa says repairs are now finished. it's planning to test launch coming up at that site this

coming march. if that's successful, nasa will launch a supply shuttle to the iss in may or june. the big changes you will fe

it is a chilly day out there. temperatures in the 40s. we started in the upper 40s to around 50 degrees today. they have since come down a bit. we'll be anywhere in that 40 degree range for a daytime high today. it will feel cooler out there. winds coming out of the northwest. some gusts popping up now across the region. around 20 miles per hour. that means the windchill or the feel-like factor is in the 30s for most of the day. even into the afternoon. winds will still be blustery tomorrow. in fact, we'll have windchills

tomorrow in the upper 20s to the lower 30s. but then the winds will go light on sunday. by monday, tuesday, wednesday we have some chances of some rain coming our way. guys? >> all right, thank you. still no announcement on a new trial for baltimore police officer william porter. attorneys on both sides met with the judge behind closed doors just one day after his trial ended in a hung jury. porter was the first officer go on trial for freddie gray's death. the next trial is scheduled to begin in three months. officer goodson was driving the police van transporting gray. many catholics are looking ahead to next september when mother teresa will become a saint. today pope francis credited her with a second miracle and the vatican confirmed she will be canonized. the official ceremony is likely to happen in september because it's the 19th anniversary of mother teresa's death. the rush is on. hop on it here. why there's such a crunch to get

holiday shopping done this weekend and why your shopping list may not be the only thing list may not be the only thing at

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developing this midday, a 20-year-old was killed in this crash overnight in upper marlboro. marl state police say adedire olanrewaju ososanya died in this head-on crash on largo road. we're working to find out how badly the other driver was hurt. also developing, the chicago police officer charged in the

death of laquan mcdonald is expected to plead not guilty. jason van dyke is back in court today after being indicted on six counts of first degree murder and one count of misconduct. the case did spark protests after the dash cam video was released. van dyke shot mcdonald 16 times within seconds of stepping out of his police car. the former neighbor of the san bernardino shooters could get prison time. court documents reveal enriqueky marquez admitted on facebook that he was involved in terrorism. he's charged with aiding and planning terrorist activities. prosecutors say he bought the two rifles used in the massacre and plotted other terrorist attacks. a bail hearing is set for monday. the documents also detain how farook radicalized marquez.

marquez told the fbi he has and farook planned to throw pipebombs into the library or cafeteria at riverside community college where both had been students. they also planned to attack state route 91 in riverside during the afternoon rush. neither attack was carried out. we did have a few sprinkles out there today, mainly east of i-95, as that frontal system scooted through. so that triggered a few light showers, a few sprinkles on your way in. a lot of cloud cover across the region. we're getting clearing along the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge mountains. we'll have clearing 3:00, 4:00. one thing we'll continue with are going to be the winds. it will be windy into tonight. if you have travel plans overnight tonight, it will be a little on the breezy side. breezy through the day tomorrow with windchills in the 20s and 30s.

light wind for sunday. good shopping weather. good weekend to be indoors. guys? >> thanks. the maryland woman found pushing the lifeless body of her toddler in a playground swing heads back to court today. ramisha sims faces manslaughter charges. she had been in the park for almost two days. a medical examiner in baltimore said her 3-year-old son died from dehydration and hypothermia. her trial is expected to start late january. the family of a young d.c. reporter killed back in may is keeping her memory alive this holiday season. tomorrow the parents of sharnese milton will host a holiday party for the children of murder victims. milton's murder is still unsolved. >> i pray for those who hurt her. i pray for them nightly. >> anyone that may know who is in this video from the night of

her death is asked to call police. if you're sick of slowdowns on the chesapeake bay bridge, and who isn't, consider a new report from the mta. it says traffic will be twice as bad within 25 years. it says the bridge would have to be twice as big to deal with the extra cars expected to be on the road then. the report also said you're safe while driving on the bay bridge, that's because the structure will last for at least the next 50 years. 'tis the season for last-minute shopping. if you're still without presents to fill your sleigh, you're not alone. megan mcgrath is live with some shoppers that have chosen to snatch up the late bargains. tell me you've been shopping on your break at some point. >> i have, but i'm embarrassed to say i mainly shopped for myself. not the greatest mother and wife, i must admit. there are a lot of people out shopping. only seven days left. everybody wants a bargain. at break and mortar stores like

macy's, you can see plenty of markdowns offered. they have coupons. another resource is your cell phone. there's lots of retailers that offer text alerts. just sign up for them. i did that at joanne's, i get a text alert, click on it, and it sends me a coupon, extra 25% off. plenty of deals out there. this is expected to be a busy weekend. they call it super saturday. forget the sleigh bells. this weekend it's the cash registers that will jingle. tomorrow is the last saturday before christmas, often called super saturday. >> some sweaters. >> reporter: retailers are offering discounts to lure in the shoppers. some sales have already begun. >> great deals. got lots of stuff, came back today and got even more. >> have fun shopping! >> reporter: it's an important time for retailers. the holiday shopping season can

determine the bottom line for the entire year. >> it's probably the second biggest day of the year for us. feel really, really good about the potential that lies ahead. >> reporter: some stores are operating on extended holiday hours. kohl's is open 24 hours a day and won't close until 6:00 christmas eve. stacy did a lot of her shopping from home. >> i did some online shopping already, i have a hover board for my husband and a couple things for my son. >> reporter: and today, we should mention, is national free shipping day. there are over 1,000 retailers who are participating. they will ship your item to you before christmas. you'll get it before christmas. just make sure that where you are buying that they are participating. and there's a website, nationalfreeshipping.com. we have plenty of tips on our app, hit our holiday gift guide.

>> thank you. good to see you. a new study says a lot of parts make mistakes when buckling their newborn infants into the car. 95%, in fact. researchers in oregon said 95% of new parents made a mistake when buckling their newborns in. here are the most common issues, loose harness, a see the at the wrong angle and a chest clip buckled too low. amazon is reportedly developing its own air delivery service. the online retailer is in talks to lease 20 boeing cargo jets. amazon is trying to avoid a repeat of 2013 when u.p.s. was overloaded with deliveries and many people got their holiday gifts late. may the force be with you. a lot of you happen to have my handy dandy lightsaber here. in 60 seconds, "star wars" pandemonium steps in why fans are talk about a discrepancy.

all things "star wars" are trending on social media this morning. "star wars: the force awakens" reached more than 667 million people in the social media world alone. "star wars" ranks fifth in the social media box office, behind fast and furious, minons, the hunger games. a week before the release of furious 7, that film had a social media reach of 865 million. "star wars" reached more than 85 million people on facebook, almost 6 million on twitter. 1 million youtube subscribers. the trailer got 574 million youtube views. here's a spoiler alert. there may be a problem with one of the "star wars" villains. according to techinsider.com, the revenge plan makes no sense. in the october trailer, we see

him telling a melted darth vader helmet that he will finish what he started. but there's no to finish. when darth vader died in 1983's return of the jedi, he was at peace with himself and his son luke. confused? seems other fans were as well. so despite the hype, "star wars" may not be the biggest grossing film ever. look at this according to goldman sachs, it will probably come in third place in the battle of the box office. it is expected to make just under $2 billion, which will land it behind titanic and avatar.

you know we've got some chilly conditions out there. mainly because of the wind. boy, they're gusting anywhere from about 15 to 20 miles per hour. so we have windchills. temperatures are stuck in the 40s. it feels just a bit cooler with the windchills in the 30s.

looks like we'll stick with these winds all day. starting at 9:00 a.m. when you wake up saturday morning, headed outside for whatever reason. maybe because it's been so warm the last couple weeks. yeah. it's going to be quite a shock to the system. we'll continue to see these winds not dying down until about 8:00 tomorrow nig. so we'll be sticking with blustery conditions. at least for the next 24 hours. you can see the weekend travel looking good. if you're headed to the pacific northwest, that's where they're having a few problems. otherwise all good around the east coast. if you love wawa, this is good news, a brand-new store opened this morning. the gas station/food mark made its debut on sully way in chantilly. soon joining the wawa will be a chick-fil-a and a primrose child care center. a scary moment at an nba game in cleveland.

lebron james went for a loose ball and dove into the wife of pga golfer jason day. ellie day had to be carted out on a stretcher. lebron tweeted his apologies overnight saying he hopes day is okay. a local school principal is out of the jobs. the concerns that local parents raised that led to the change. and caught on camera. a terrifying encounter for a police officer as he was pulled over along the side of a highway.

who coined the term "side bread?" because there's nothing "side" about this bread. it may look like the moon. but it's the star of the show. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. that sound. like nails on a chalkboard. but listen to this: (family talking) that's a different kind of sound. the sound of the weekend. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop.

a former navy s.e.a.l. was laid to rest today at arlington national cemetery. tim holden was blocks away from his house when he was killed riding his bicycle this happened back in august. friends and family and about 200 bicyclists rode on the capital crescent trail to the lincoln memorial. they hope to raise awareness about bike safety and encourage others to share the road in the area. developing on capitol hill, the house votes to pass the $1.1 trillion government spending bill. that will keep the government running past tuesday. the next step happening now, the senate is debating the bill and it's expected to cast their vote later today. today president obama meets with families from the san bernardino terror attacks. >> after assuring americans that the government knows of nothing

else in the works, tracie potts has more for us on this developing story. >> reporter: later today president and mrs. obama meet privately with families from the san bernardino attack. the government filed charges against enrique marquez, the man who bought two of the four guns used. he's charged with helping syed farook in earlier attacks. >> counterintelligence officials do not have any specific and credible information about an attack on the homeland. >> reporter: lawmakers are not satisfied that the administration knows who is crossing our borders. >> you can see why we're scared to death that the state department is not protecting the american people. >> reporter: tashfeen thmalik w

allowed in after talking about jihad. >> they made the wrong call. >> reporter: the san bernardino investigation is ongoing. >> untangling the motivations which terrorist propaganda motivated and in what way remains a challenge. >> reporter: the fbi is trying to figure out what shooters were doing in the hours after the attack before they were killed. now we know as of this week that those two have been buried privately at an undisclosed cemetery in california. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. we continue to see temperatures holding steady in the 40s. we continue to see wins as well. they will pick up and stay with us overnight and through the day tomorrow. temperatures will be in the 40s, we'll get some clearing as we continue into the afternoon. i will show you here, we have that cloud cover. by 3:00, we have clearing. maybe a few rain showers east of 95, most of us will be dry. clearing out tonight.

temperatures will drop pretty chilly tonight and tomorrow, but at least full sunshine tomorrow. but we'll have the winds tomorrow, not dying down until about 8:00. windchills for much of the day in the 20s and 30s. we'll show you the seven-day coming up. parents had their voices heard, now a maryland principal is out of a job. it's been nearly a year since parents filed complaints about a teacher reportedly spanking students at dora kennedy french emersion school in greenbelt. we reported how the principal allegedly ignored the complaints. he's been dismissed by the prince george's county school district. the teacher in question now works at a school in montgomery county. a missing 19-year-old college student has been found dead. the family of paul mcguinness jr. says the teen's body was found yesterday on 18th street in an alley behind madam organ's

bar. he was missing since tuesday night. >> my son was with him. thought he was coming out of the bathroom. he never came out. >> reporter: his family believes mcguinness fell while using the stairs on the back section of the bar. bart has been closed while police investigate. a teen who killed two men during an altercation earlier this year has been convicted of murder. 16-year-old jabar taylor was also con vinvicted of malicious wounding and criminal solicitation. this happened back in june. taylor stabbed three men during the altercation it started when taylor's older brother approached a vehicle in the drive-thru and tried to yank the driver out. he will be sentenced in february. an employee of the district court system in montgomery county is facing charges after being accused of taking inappropriate pictures. israel mangroo was arrested last month after a co-worker accused him of taking the pictures.

mangroo has been charged with illegal visual surveillance and misconduct in office. his case will be trialed in prince george's county. his trial will start late january. they were supposed to be fighting the fire not each other. now a fight between firefighters has led to assault and obstruction fire charges. christopher kelly and miller forcibly forced two other firefighters out of a fire. the fight basically boils down to a turf war. >> have a situation where firefighters are arguing, fighting, tussling over a fire scene is absolutely unacceptable. >> reporter: a new maryland law makes it a felony to assault firefighters or medics while performing their jobs. russian president vladimir putin says donald trump is the absolute leader of the presidential race. putin told reporters yesterday that he welcomed trump's

interests on improving relations between the u.s. and russia. he also called trump a bright person who was talented without a doubt. trump said he was honored and called putin highly respected. the important information that could keep your holiday decorations from disaster. and as we get into the busy holiday season, news4 midday is on the air, even if you're on the go. just open the nbc washington app and hit watch live tv now at top of the home

neurovirus. chipotle has updated food safety procedures but has not been able

to track the source of the virus. more lawsuits could be filed next year. this next story is why police say it's so important to move over when you see them on the side of the road. look at what happened to a trooper in kansas. a truck drives by and takes out his mirror. the camera shakes and you can see the bits of glass and metal spray out on to the road. the truck just keeps on driving. thankfully no one was hurt, certainly that trooper could have been. now this time of year is meant to be joyous. so take the time and make sure that you're keeping your family safe. now, one out of every three homes christmas tree fires is blamed on electrical problems. that's according to the national fire protection association. replace lights with worn or broken cords. make sure your lights have a label that reads ul, underwriter laboratories. make sure the number of light

strands that is safe to connect. and remember to water that tree every day. don't let it dry out. that's a massive fire hazard. timely make sure your tree is not blocking an exit. in 60 seconds, why maryland could be changing a long-standing state tradition and an

the nfl is expanding its relationship with snapchat. the new future lets snapchat create users videos from a particular location or around a theme. the nfl users will be age to see multiple videos of games from multiple vantage points. a little chilly out there. the winds are not helping anybody. current temperature right now in the 40s. that's where we will stay.

windchills in the 30s. you can see that cloud cover will push out of here as we continue through your friday. eventually we'll hit some sunshine for saturday. looking good saturday, fairly breezy out there all through the day on saturday. windchills tomorrow in the 20s and 30s. sunday we'll be doing better. increasing clouds later in the evening. this afternoon temperatures in the 40s, blustery

right now on news4 midday, we had a good run, but those mild temperatures we've seen all week are taking a dip in time for the weekend. storm team 4 is tracking the changes. lauryn ricketts joins us for an update in two minutes. i'm melissa mollet, a big closure here of some lanes on

395 northbound at seminary road. this is something we'll deal with friday night into saturday morning. so kind of an overnight situation here. multiple closures happening because of work on a new pedestrian bridge. these alternating closures lasting until 9:00 a.m. saturday morning. as we zoom in here, let me explain in more detail what we're expecting to happen here. 9:30 friday, that's when the one northbound lane is shutting down. 10:30, the second northbound lane. also travel along seminary road could be impacted and north van dorn street. as far as metro this weekend, actually light on the work. that's good. red line, we are expecting some single tracking. same thing on green line. everybody else, regular weekend service. red line single tracking that will happen between judiciary square, and green line, single tracking between college park and the greenbelt.

tomorrow is known as super saturday. the stores will be filled with last-minute shoppers. 90% of shoppers say they still have people on their list to buy for. that according to the national retail federation. if you want to avoid the crowds, consider this. give the gift of experience. for the first time, the nrs asks shoppers about receiving and giving the gift of experience, gifts to a concert, sporting event, cheese or wine of the month club. they found they were most popular among millennials. more than half of millennials surveyed said they would like to receive a gift of experience. and today is free shipping day. you can get some last-minute shopping done on line and save

on some shipping. if you have shopping to do this weekend, it might be a good time to get into the mall. this weekend you might want to be inside mainly because of the winds. that cold air is coming through, it will be here, it's arriving today. temperatures in the 40s. that's it. windchills in the 30s. i do have to mention all through december we have not had daytime highs that have been below normal. not even today as we started in the lower 50s. traveling this weekend, looking good. a few problems in the pacific northwest. other than that, if you're sticking around here this weekend, low 40s with windchills in the 20s and 30s on saturday. winds dying down late saturday night. by sunday, mid to upper 70s. seven-day forecast coming at you. we just learned bernie sanders will respond to accusations from the democratic national committee. the dnc says sanders wrongfully

accessed a database of hillary clinton donors. kristen welker tells us how else his campaign is responding. >> reporter: the blow to bernie sanders presidential campaign comes on the eve of the next democratic debate. the democratic national committee immediately suspending the campaign's access to critical voter information after accusing it of improperly accessing confidential data from hillary clinton's campaign on wednesday. the sanders campaign acknowledged the security breach to nbc news, and a dnc official said it lasted for about a half hour on wednesday and believes at this point four people accessed the information. the sanders campaign blaming the software vendor for a glitch that temporarily allowed access to the information. telling nbc news that the dnc is relying on an income pent vendor who on more than one occasion has dropped the fire wall between the various democratic candidates data the vendor

called the incident an isolated incident and that the staffer involved has been fired. the campaign maintains none of the information was downloaded or printed. >> that was kristen welker reporting. hillary clinton's had no comment this morning. kristen also learned it is unlikely there will be criminal investigation. mother teresa is on her way to becoming a saint. pope francis credited her with a second miracle. catholic newspapers say mother teresa will likely be canonized this september. once she is, four different countries will celebrate her as their saint. this is expected to be one of the biggest box office weekends of all time. the wait to see "star wars: the force awakens" is over. some waited hours on line. many went to midnight showings,

like my husband. the movie started playing at 7:00 last night. >> i think think did a good job of taking you through the base story and taking it to the next level. the movie already brought in $14 million overseas, that's just the start. "star wars: the force awakens" has already broken fandango's record for online ticket sales. it beat every other film's entire run before the first showing started. presales have already gone over the $100 million mark. it could bring in $240 million just this weekend. do you want to hold the light sabre? this is fun, huh? i'll give it back to you. you already got your tickets. >> yeah. >> you bringing that with you? >> i can't bring it in the movie. we will give you some ideas

of fun things you can do this friday, and some quick thinking by a pro athlete off the court during a special delivery.

i'm eun yang, here's some stories lighting up social media this morning. nothing like the social media and some royal baby photos. the duke and duchess have just released an extremely cute photograph. what a good looking family. the photo was taken at the family's london residence, kensington palace, back in october. it's the first photo of the entire young royal family of four since princess charlotte's christianing in july. she's quite the cute baby. look at that. are you looking for relaxation this busy holiday season? britney johnson has some fun ideas. >> if you're one of those who has already finished their christmas shopping, check out

some spectacular light displays in our area, search holiday lights in our app and tag us in your christmas decoration photos. you can tweet or instagra instagram @nbcwashington. a big congratulations to the cleveland cavaliers guard iman shumpert and his fiancee. they had their first baby in their own bathroom. taylor gave birth to a baby girl at home and shumpert helped with the sudden birth using the cord of his head phones to tie off the umbilical cord. how amazing is that? she's named iman after her father. great story. back to you. >> wow. that's something. >> not something you want do in your bathroom. thanks. we have breaking news from capitol hill right now. we'll go to the live desk when we come back. and 'tis the season. the national holiday that might

be celebrating something you could be wearing right now.

breaking news right now from the live desk. the senate has passed a $1.1 trillion government spending bill. we told you earlier in the show how the house passed the bill. this is a live picture of the senate floor. the house passing this same bill earlier today. it goes now to the president who has promised to sign the legislation overwhelmingly, passing the house and senate. back to you. >> well, it is a bit of a breezy day out there. yeah, we've got those winds. i was hoping the camera would be shaking at this point. i saw it earlier. the winds are going on out there. gusts up to about 20, 25 miles per hour throughout the day.

as we go into the afternoon, winds are not going anywhere. temperatures in the 40s. then we'll be around that 40 degree mark tomorrow. still breezy tomorrow, windchills in the 20s and 30s. look at this. we warm up before christmas eve. some rain chances each day next week. thank you. they're supposed to be ugly and tacky, and that's all the fun. today is national ugly sweater day. ugly christmas sweater day. it's celebrated on the third friday of december every year. >> lots of people have them now. a lot of people sharing pictures on social media, there's even a website called nationaluglychristmassweat nationaluglychristmassweaterday. com. i bought this one for my son. he wore it in all sincerity to a party last weekend. >> it's absolutely beautiful. you look terrific. >> thank you very much. yeah. thank you. maybe target will give me the sweater for free now.

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