carla burgess the kindergarten teacher in bowie ready to start. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we have team coverage to help you get off on the right track. we're monitoring the traffic and school buses and students make their way to school across prince george's county. >> we begin with chuck bell and a look at the weather. a great looking way to get the school day and school year started. skies are mostly clear out there. remember that movie "trading places," looking good. >> enjoy it all. plenty of sunshine today. hourly temperatures, some of the cooler spots in the shenandoah valley are in the 50s this morning. we'll be mostly in the 60s between now and 7:00 or 8:00 this morning. back in the mid and upper 70s by noontime and afternoon highs today only in the low 80s. 81 in martinsburg and charles town,

83 in fres -- fred driksburg. let's good to melissa mollet. >> 95 not fun. still slow northbound in the fredericksburg area. lorton road, right side of the roadway is blocked. beltway is behaving itself overall this morning. northbound, southbound, no problem. we have a delay on the red line. expect delays to shady grove because of a switch problem outside of glentmont. it is 6:01 and it is the first day of school in prince george's county. thousands of students returning to the classroom this morning. >> it's an exciting day. before you send your kids out the door, though, don't forget that first kay -- day of school photo. here's one from skippy stweeting nbc washington saying my son is ready but my daughter is still

use the #first day face. david culver is showing his first day face in bowie this morning. he's joining the bus drivers heading out for day one. good morning to you, david. >> reporter: hey, eun and aaron this is my first day face but really i need a first day look. i always feel the need to wear a jacket when i'm covering a school-related stories. sometimes i get confused for some of the high school students. we'll keep that separation today. behind me, the buses are getting ready to head out to some of the bus stops. teachers up early getting ready and students, of course, this is day one, but for some of the teachers i caught up earlier this week, they had been prepping their classrooms for several weeks. all of this for the first day. >> this is our kindergarten hall. >> in a few hours, little feet will follow mrs. car

her 34th of year of teaching. still a squloi because of kids. >> to see the students and how excited they are the first day. how excited they are to come. >> the little ones, they make you lav. if you are having a bad day, they can make you smile. >> mrs. tonya morsel still smiling after two decades of smiling. >> reporter: she and mrs. burgess spending hours together and on the phone hoping today, the first day is just right. >> i would say that 90% of this is our money, our time. >> and theens welcoming students into a bright, warm classroom, no matter the personal expense. >> we don't even think about it. where we go into stores, we go different places and oh, it's we have to have this for our students. >> running off little sleep but ready to take on the new school years. >> i'll be taking deep breaths. >> she's had lots of

incredible to think teachers too also feel those first day jitters. we'll have a lot more coming up. we'll be speaking with the school ceo, dr. kevin maxwell. if you have questions, feel free to tweet me or facebook me. you can see buses headed out to pick up kids. that's the latest live here in bowie. i'm david culver. back to you. the prince george's county is watching their bottom line. we sat down with kevin maxwell. he says building a robust budget is a challenge this year. he wants to be able to increase resources for the county's 200 centers. his wish list is finding money for a universal breakfast program. he also wants to expand all day pre-k. >> we're seeing good results for that. all day pre-k students are imin

than students in our half day kinder gartens. >> dr. maxwell also wants to make sure there's more money to pay teachers. he says he doesn't want to train teachers and not be able to keep them in the county. we're getting fresh new numbers on the race for the white house. survey monkey on line tracking poll was released showing hillary clinton maintaining her lead nationally. kristin wright has a look at those numbers from the live desk. >> the big news coming out of this new poll, the results out for the first time at 6:00 a.m. hillary clinton holding on strong to a large lead over donald trump. the nbc news survey monkey poll of registered voters puts clinton ahead of trump, 50 to 42%. this is an 8-point advantage. to clinton is maintaining a steady lead. she was nine points ahead in the poll last week. meanwhile, trump is

he made his pitch again last night at a rally in ohio, saying he as president would strengthen inner city. >> and i say it with such a deep-felt feeling. what do you have to lose? i will straighten it out. i'll bring jobs back. we'll bring spirit back. you'll be able to walk down the street without getting shot. >> the new polling numbers say only 8% of black voters support trump and 22% of hispanic voters. now, earlier this month, an nbc news wall street journal poll showed support of only 1% of black voters. >> kristin wright for us. thank you. 7 minutes after the hour. things are improving but the situation is still dire in louisiana this morning. 13 deaths blamed on the widespread flooding there.

3,000 people in shelters. half the number as last week or half as many people as last week but still a lot of people. some folks have spent most of their waking hours cleaning up homes that have been destroyed. >> it was my life. i grew up here all my life. >> i lost everything. it's gone. >> today, president obama is traveling to louisiana to see the damage for himself and to talk to the people there. about 100,000 people have applied for federal aid. while people in louisiana are dealing with debris left over from the flooding, there are volunteers in virginia who are rescuing pets left stranded. peta volunteers made a 20-hour trip to help animals stranded in baton rouge. the hope is to free up space at shelters in louisiana. >> i felt i need to do something.

contributing how i can. >> once the animals are treated, they will be put up for adoption. a manassas man is accused of selling fake concert tickets and they are looking for his victims. shannon seefer sold fake tickets. when police took him into custody, he had fake tickets to adele, barbara streisand. he's charged withing for and false identification. call police if you think he sold tickets to you. georgetown is known for night life and police are investigating an assault ash -- around the time the bars close in that area. a woman was grabbed and are thrown into the grass. police urging walkers to keep an eye out especial

metro transit police need your help to catch a cell phone thief. take a look at the photo on your screen. these are people of interest in this case. police say they boarded a green line train about 6:15 sunday night and snatched a phone from another rider before hopping off at the georgia avenue station. call metro police if you can identify anyone in these photos. a random stabbing in virginia and we're getting our first look at the suspect in this case. find out why the fbi is now getting involved. there were americans everywhere and some were scrambling to get back to u.s. soil. why a rafting trip nearly caused an international incident. and chuck bell says now is a time to get your car washed. weren't you thinking about that, aaron? >> no. >> get your weaer and traffic th

>> stop it! listen to him. this weather is picture perfect. >> fort mead. >> we're going to change your name to aaron brr. although i think that one may be taken. temperatures in the 50s. yesterday indeed, delightfully cool. open window weather for sure. shenandoah valley, and northern maryland. closer to the city, it's milder. bus stop weather, temperatures in the low to mid 60s early. mid to upper 60s by 8:00 this morning. coming home this morning, temperatures near 82 degrees. cloudless sky outside this morning. shorts, t-shirts and sunglasses is all you need to be outside for any period of time. umbrellas and ponchos not needed at all. morning run, add a mile or two if you can. pool day, don't forget your spf. afternoon school activities, full of sunshine. and car wash,

aaron probably doesn't wash his own car. head over to melissa. she washes her own car. >> metro service as far as the red line here this morning. we have delays to shady grove because of that switch here outside of glen mont that's causing some problems this morning. northbound bw parkway before the beltway, crash reported on the right shoulder but not seeing any real slow down there. travel times 270 south looking fine. top of the beltway, outer loop, running fine at 11 minutes this morning. a little delayed. 66 inbound and 95, you can't complain there. schools in parts of florida are not taking any chances when it comes to the zika virus. many are handing out uniforms with long sleeves and bug spray for free.

it's recorded 37 home grown cases of zika in the case. not everyone is concerned. >> many have applied insect repellent. but there are no worries. >> there is no evidence that the zika virus is dangerous for children. in fact, they are unlikely even to show symptoms as is the case for most people. families say what they are worried about are the kids' pregnant mothers and the potential for serious birth defects. i team has found many people in this area are concerned about mosquitos and standing water this morning. after receiving several calls and emails about viewers about standing water complaints, theism team found calls to local health departments have popped as much as 270% so far this summer when compared to all of last year. experts say you need to tip and toss water at least once a week so mosquitos can't grow into those biting pests that we ate so much.

trays under flower pots, kids toys andgutters. we'll tell you what happened when they started making phone calls about this fountain in downtown washington. ryan lochte may lose over $10 million over his lifetime because of his problem in rio. four sponsors dropped the olympic swimmer. speedo was first, ralph lauren and a skin care company followed and a mattress company. lochte apologized over the weekend for embellishing over vandalism, not a robbery at a gas station. he could also face sanctions from usa swimming. a special surprise for kids at children's national medical center. >> one of our favorite olympians, five-time gold medalist katie ledecky stopped by. she visited a patient at

yesterday. he encouraged patients to reach for their dreams. she just returned from rejoe and will soon head over to stanford. i'll get a chance to sit down with her. stay tuned for that. montgomery county is redeveloping the area from around white flynn mall. >> it has a new name. it's being called the pike district. it's located along both sides of rockville pike from the gross convenient nor road. >> it will change the way you feel about rockville pike. it may take time to get used to the new name. >> white flint is changing. so is rockville pike and in today's world of rebranding, new things get new names. it's now called the pike

>> white flint hasn't gone away. it just has a new name. we've got all the wonderful parts of white flynn. the metro station, we have a new name. >> branding for the pike district presents a challenge. >> where is the pike district? >> where's the pike district? i don't know, what's the pike district. >> it may be construed as north bethesda, but it's really rockville, to me. >> will you use the pike district? are you comfortable with that? >> sure. >> some like the name but find it hard to remember. >> i feel like it's going to take a while for everyone to get adjusted to pike district. >> you had to think for a moment. >> a little bit yes. i kind of forgot it for a second. >> and if that isn't confusing enough, i went into two businesses located right next door to each other. one said their mailing address was rockville. the other said north bethesda. that's the latest from the pike district. back to you.

going to take a minute, you know, to get used to that. a d.c. community activist and son of the late mayor marion barry has been laid to rest. family and friends of christopher barry paid their respects tonight. funeral services were held at the temple of praise in southeast washington. he died earlier this month from an apparent drug overdose. he was 36 years old. i'm kristin wright at the live desk. new numbers in this morning from that awful flooding in ellicott city just a few weeks ago. $22.4 million in damages and repairs at least. howard county is estimating that. it could go up. the storm hit about three weeks ago and now these damage estimates confirmed what everyone believed, ju how awful it was. 107 homes damaged. 90 businesses. howard county right now requesting $12 million from the

rebuild. so still just an awful situation there. back to you. good morning, everybody. there is nary a cloud to be found in our eastern sky this morning. sun rise coming up at 6:29 this morning. it will be a beautiful day to be outside today and anything you want to do. no weather-related snags or snares coming your way today. 68 at national airport. that's one of the warmer locations, along with annapolis and some of our bayside communities. you get away from the water and urban heat isle, it gets almost chilly. 59 in sperryville. what a nice day today. plenty of sunshine. will he humidity. not much of a breeze today.

afternoon highs only in the low to mid 80s. perfect night for baseball. the orioles clipped the nationals by one run last night. let's hope for a road victory since the nats are in baltimore for the game. temperatures are near 80s at the start. planner for tomorrow. another nice day. warmer tomorrow. temperature to mid to upper 80s. definitely a warming trend as we get toward the secondi half of the week. friday a real hot day with highs in the low to mid 90s across the area. back here in ten minutes with four things you need to know about the forecast. we'll give you the whole ten-day outlook in 30 minutes. as far as the metro goes, we have those delays to shady grove because of that earlier problem outside of glen mot. northbound bw parkway. that crash being reported there. we aren't seeing any slowdowns.

have the normal inbound slow down there on 210. 19 miles per hour as we're approaching the beltway. lorton road, still have the right side blocked. 66 looked good. normal slowdown as you are headed southbound at old hundred. 622. a strange rescue for canadian emergency crews with nearly 1,500 americans accidentally floated over the border. >> these stranded floaters weren't on boats. they were on iner tubes and raft. winds pushed them into canada and many of them tried to swim back to the u.s. but weren't able to. canadian authorities eventually busted them back across the border. that flow down has been happening without permits for at least 30 years. i wonder that will end the tradition after that. >> check f

you could get pushed right across the -- >> i can't swim from michigan to canada. it's not going to happen. >> the country line is in the water, i think. >> i'm still not swimming it. >> we've seen it happen around here, but not like this. find out how these creative crook were able to get away with $250,000 worth of stolen wheels. if you have a moment, top and take a look at this video. police want you to see it to

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the fbi is looking into a stabbing attack at a roanoke apartment complex. the man was yelling allah akbar. he went to the hospital to seek treatment. he's in jail facing malicious wounding charges. prince george's detectives hope new surveillance video will help them. customers remember

store clerk as a nice guy. there is a reward for $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest. customers are planning a car wash on saturday to raise more money for the reward. school kids could not have asked for better weather. those new jeans might come in handy this morning. we have your weather forecast straight ahead. >> reporter: hey there, i'm david culver live in bowie. first day of school here in prince george county and we have got the facebook live going. we want to show you around the bus depot. let's take a how does a girl go from this... oh, "f" off.

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rif right now at 6:30, david culver is on facebook live this morning. grab your phone. check it out. he gives you a behind the scenes look. storm team 4 by 4 out in the community welcoming kids on their first day back. first, though, spraying for mosquitos. what we're learning about the fight against the bug bite in

montgomery county. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. it's 6:30. we're kicking off the first day of school with a fantastic day. chuck bell, way to deliver! >> i've got a smile now. my first day face. that's the hash tag we're using. first day face is a good one. look at this great picture. the disk of the sun now officially up. the 4 things you need to know about the forecast. nice and cool outside this morning. it's going to be a winner of a day. if only the rest of the school year could be this nice. a warming trend is headed our way toward the second haft of week into the week. not much in the way of rain chances. it looks like it could be a long dry stretch of weather ahead of us. temperatures today nice indeed. sunny, sunny, sunny, and sunny are the four best ways to describe today. new troubles in first 4 traffic here's melissa with the latest.

northbound at fairfax county parkway. crash reported on the left shoulder. hopefully it won't be slowing folks too much right now. live picture, 95 just north of prince william parkway. you can see the normally volume. the crash still reported on the right shoulder. now we're starting to see some delays here headed northbound on the parkway just before the beltway. big look at the beltway. overall, you can see we don't have any major issue on the beltway this morning. blue line delays at largo town center. king street, red line back on track. no pun intended. that worked pretty well. it's 6:32 right now and zika is a worry across the country but here at home the west nile virus is also a big concern. health official have taken precautions to keep you safe after the virus was found in mala

more with what you can do to protect yourself. >> reporter: experts say long sleeves and pants is a good way to prevent yourself from getting beaten by a mosquito but let's face it it's not practical when we have this hot weather. what's really important that you have bug repellent and you spray yourself. here's the problem, health experts say not only have a few mosquitos tested positive for west nile in montgomery and prince george's counties. one person in western maryland has been infected with the virus. there are a few things you can do to try and prevent these bugs from breeding. experts say fix dripping faucets. turn garbage can lids upside down and flip over weigheding pools. the idea is to try and get rid of all that standing water that may be around your house or at play grounds so they can try and keep these bugs away. back to you. >>

it is the first day of the school in prince george's county. 130,000 students will return to the classrooms today in maryland's second largest school district. another 900 in the head start program will go back to school on monday as planned. now the program recently lost its $6.5 million federal grant. you still have summer left. here's molette green. >> i have an index box to put all my index cards in so i won't lose them like i did the last time. >> reporter: classes start any

a high schooler and a middle schooler get ready. >> i'm excited, but at the same time i'm not because i didn't have a lot of free time over the summer. >> reporter: she's a straight a student and athlete who has already used her books and supplies in a summer program to prep for high school. so mom isn't worried much about grades, just a little jitery about a change in their routine. >> it's just now i have children in different spots where i'm used to having everyone at one school. now i have to adjust that. >> it's supposed to help me in math with angles. >> reporter: experts say excelling in the classroom comes with the right start on the first day. >> when you can teach your child to calm down, slow down, experience things one thing at a time, learn things one thing at a time, it has been proven to reduce anxiety and also it's been proven to increase academic and athletic performance. >> reporter: since anxiety can impact performance in the classroom, experts say talk to your kids a lot and even to their teachers how things are

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6:40 on a tuesday morning. first day of school in prince george's county. good luck kids on your way out the koor this morning. it's nice and cool out in the shenandoah valley. some spots in the 50s this morning. most everybody in the nearby neighborhoods are in the 60s and that's where we'll stay for the next couple of hours. afternoon highs getting mostly up into the low and mid 80s. a nice day today. even nicer tomorrow. a little bit warmer tomorrow with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. if you are thinking about getting away to the beach for the week, friday, saturday, sunday into the beaches, it looks nice. temperatures near 90 on friday. better on weekend. a heat wave coming our wayas

ten-day forecast coming our way as well. here's melissa mollet. broken down vehicle on i-95. tow on the scene. it's slowing things down as you are headed southbound on 295. northbound on bw parkway, it's gotten quite a bit darker in the past couple of minutes. travel times, 270, slow, 66 inbound not bad at 43 miles per hour. 95 to quantico, not bad. team coverage on the way to school at prince george's county. >> david culver is live for us. david, good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, we've got a lot more still coming up here. we're at the bus depot. you can see a lot of buses moving on out and we're going to talk in a few minutes to dr. kevin maxwel

he will address some of the scandals facing the school over the past year or so and how he plans to address those in this new school year on

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struggles, and allegations of abuse. i got caught up with dr. kevin maxwell. school ceo here. i asked him one of thing as he approaches this new school year, how is it that you create trust amongst parents, students, and his staff. >> that weren't involved in that are as appalled as i am at the conduct of their colleagues, so i don't -- i don't really sense a lack of trust on behalf of our, our faculty and our staff members. they know what the right standards of conduct are. they are disappointed in their colleagues. they know that their colleagues have put us in a bad light and they are determined to do something about it to make sure that everybody understands that does not represent prince george's county. it represents a handful of our 20,000 employees, and they are going to continuous to do what they do, which is educate our children and do a really great job at it. our parents, gh

have a question, but the vast majority of our parents are happy with their schools, happy with their teachers. >> dr. maxwell went on to mention some of the positive things he's looking forward to. among them arts integration programs at more than 50 schools here. something they are very much looking forward to as they begin the first day of school. meantime, bureau chief, tracee wilkins, she will be at pointer ridge almostary school and look for her coverage and follow her on facebook and social media to see what they experiences as she meets some of the students heading out this morning. back to you. david culver live for us in bowie. >> don't forget those first day face photos. how cute are these guys? use the #firstdayface. it's not just the students we're looking for. parents, you may have some smiles on faces.

teachers. decision 2016, hillary clinton will attend fund-raisers in california today. last night, she attended a fund-raiser at the home of magic johnson and his wife cookie. >> while in california, inclinton appeared on "jimmy kimmel" last night. he asked her if there was any truth to the rumors about her health. >> i don't know why they are saying this. i think on the one hand it's part of the whacky strategy, just say all these crazy things and maybe you can get some people to believe you. on the other hand, it just absolutely makes no sense. >> kimmel went on to dare clinton to open a jar of pickles to show her strength. if you can open your jar of pickles. you know you are really strong. donald trumpst

ohio made another pitch to minority voters. he said if he's elected president, he will straighten out the problems in inner cities. >> i say it with such a deep-felt feeling, what do you have to lose? i will straighten it out. i'll bring jobs back. we'll bring spirit back. we'll get rid of the crime. you'll able to walk down the street without getting shot. >> trump has made a pitch for minority voters, particularly african-american voters several times over the last week. a recent nbc wall street journal poll found trump getting 1% of african-american support. new numbers from an nbc news survey monkey on line tracking poll show hillary clinton maintaining her lead nationally. that race stands at 50% for clinton and 42% for trump. the race virtually unchanged from last week. it has a margin of error of plus or minus

as students head back to school today, that means more young drivers will be back on the roads. nbc's tom costello has a look at how to keep your children safe. good morning, tis the season. kids are heading back to school. more kids have their licenses now starting new school year. we're entering the three deadly months on the road for teenagers. is there a way to program the car with certain limitations so you can keep track of how fast your kid is driving? in fact there is, you can get a report car. distance traveled. how fast they were driving. automatic braking system. all of that at your fingerprints -- fingertips. we'll talk about that and how many nations roads and kids dying. police say thieves broke into a dealership and used jacks d

tires off cars and trucks. the criminals are professionals who travel from city to city stealing tires. time for weather and traffic on the ones. bravo chuck bell. it is my kind of weather. >> mr. brr over there. he thinks it's a little chilly. i had all the windows open on the car. sunroof open. >> really? >> absolutely. >> two is about all i can promise you before things start to heat back up again in the tail end of the month of august. mostly clear sky out there. august for the month is still 4.7 degrees warmer than average and the measure of really hot days, days 95 or higher, those are the ones you really suffer through. last year, we only had eight days, 95 or higher. this summer, so far, we still have at least two more chances for these. we've had 18 days 95 or higher this summer and

could add to that stockpile. it is 68 in washington, 61 lorton, 67 in front royal, virginia. 63 in leesburg. 57 degrees in gaithersburg. it's such a nice job, i'm going to vanish in thin air. hourly temperatures today hovering in the upper 70s by lunchtime. high pressure large and in charge, nary a cloud anywhere up and down the eastern seaboard. 84 today, 87 tomorrow. back to near 90 on thursday. friday, 94. that could be a 95 degree day if we're not clear. absolutely no chance for rain anywhere in the next ten days and another chance at 95 or higher coming up next tuesday. let's go over to melissa in first 4 traffic. good morning. taking a look at traffic here this morning. northbound bw parkway before the beltway crash on the right shoulder, this is a

backup, excuse me, bw parkway northbound just before the beltway. slow down. 295 at eastern avenue that's cleared out of the way. no more worries. 4 northbound at talbot road, crash there. inbound 210 going 12 miles per hour as you are approaching the beltway. 66 starting to get pretty slow as you are headed inbound through the manassas area. as far as 95, two different issues. northbound at fairfax county parkway on the left shored. 270 at montrose, normal volume there headed southbound. maybe a tad slower as folks start getting back to class and work this morning and taking a look blue line, that delay has just disappeared. guys. thanks, melissa. it is 6:53. the zika virus is not the only concern when it comes to mosquitos. now health officials are warning about an outbreak of the west nile virus in maryland. news 4 meagan fitzgerald is live with more on what you can do in

bethesda. >> reporter: good morning. it's the things a lot of us already know. wearing long sleeved shirts and pants and protecting exposed skin, but the temperatures we see in august not always practica practical. officials say use insect repellant. here's the issue. health experts say they are seeing mosquitos in prince george's and montgomery county that are testing positive for west nile virus. they confirmed one case, one person has been infected in the western part of maryland. so a lot of things that folks can do. if you've got some tires hanging around on the outside of your home collecting water, make sure you drain that water out and also say wading pools or trash can lids that might be upside down, flip those over and, of course, those baths thaw use for the birts -

themselves, change those twice a week. get rid of standing water around your home or parks, that is a breeding ground for these mosquitos. it's certainly a way to try and prevent yourself from being infected. reporting in montgomery county, meagan fits jarrell, news 4. target plans to focus more on technology. the chief information officer says the aim is toen hans the customer experience in stores. efforts such as instore order pup for items brought on line. with your business report, i'm landon dowdy. 6:55 right now. here are 4 things to know before you head out the door this morning. >> president obama will head to louisiana today to survey damage left behind from those massive floods. more than 60,000 homes were damage and 13 people were killed.

since an earthquake shook our area and we're still cleaning up from it. only the washington monday yum has been totally repaired. >> hour county is saying the cost of this month's devastating flooding in ellicott city is at least $22 million and that number could be higher as they clean up the coming week. >> it's the first day of school in prince george's county. 130,000 students will return to class today. it's the second largest school district in the state of maryland. and your ten-day forecast. it's a great day to get the car wash and you get to drive a clean car as far into the future -- as long as you don't park near any birds. you get a clean car for quite some period of time. sunny or cool for the next day or so but turning into august back into the 90s later this week and into the weekend. >> he's offering to clean everybody's car. >> it's $250 a car. >> $249 a pop, no problem. northbound b wx parkway, x-ray orben right shoulder has a three-mile backup for this in

everything else looking pretty good. on the beltway, 270 southbound at montrose going about 45 miles per hour. not so bad either. >> thank you, melissa. appreciate that. that is the broadcast this morning. we pressure you waking up with us. the "today" show is next. we'll be back with 25 minutes with your weather and traffic and breaking news. enjoy your day. make it a great tuesday everybody have a investigate day at sch

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