made at the indianapolis 500. good monday morning. i'm molette green. >> and i'm adam tuss. aaron and eun are at the pool. we're here for you. but this memorial day, we have team coverage on everything you need to know from the parades and road closure to the memorial day events happening. >> but first let's get the holiday forecast fromyn rickett. >> good morning. kind of a gloomy cloudy start to the day, but would you go to the pool today? >> i would because the temperatures will be in the 80s. we'll get a little sunshine out there. >> lauryn ricketts says it's a pool day. so good advice for you. i'm not really a pool person necessarily. but nonetheless, i think that you will get enough sunshine to make it pool worthy. though we are off to a murky looking start. these clouds will gradually

afternoon. but by and large, not a whole lot of sunshine here the first part of the day. you can see on storm team 4 radar just a couple sprinkles way up across parts of northern maryland. no rain around the d.c. metro area, but a whole lot of cloud cover. couldn't rule out a stray sprinkle. not much to impact your day. we will break out into a fair amount of sunshine, enough to make today about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. we were only 74 with the rain yesterday. we should be 84 degrees this afternoon. again still carrying a small 30% chance for showers into the afternoon. but again, if you need to go to the pool, don't forget your spf. >> thank you so much, chuck. today is memorial day and all over our area, there will be tributes to remember the brave men and women who died for our country. >> and one will take place at arlington national cemetery where thousands of soldiers are buried. justin finch is live with more on the

>> reporter: good morning. we can tell you large crowds are expected here as well. already we have seen flags and place cards for the fallen here as well as mourners gathering to have a moment of reflection or two here at the wall. and later today, there will be a ceremony here to honor the men and women who have served. a culmination of a week of tributes in our area. we know that on sunday, 300 plus volunteers did place 160,000 flowers on graves of the fallen at arlington national cemetery. and today some 75 volunteers will hand out 30,000 roses to visitors and their families at arlington. they will be based at the welcome section where many iraq and afghanistan service members are now interred. and we know that president trump as well will be visiting arlington national cemetery today. there will also be a national day of remembrance today at 3:00 this

where they will have their ceremony today in honor of the vietnam veterans who have given their lives and sacrificed so much for us here. back into you. >> justin, thank you. folks are gearing up for the national memorial day parade in d.c. today. that parade itself runs along constitution avenue between 7th and 17th streets. road closures begin starting at 9:00 this morning. it doesn't kickoff uni willti u. several roads will be closed beginning 1:00 around the national mall and all closures should wrap up around 5:00 p.m. and due to the holiday, metro won't open until 7:00 this morning. the all five orange line stations are still closed. red line the rhode island avenue station is closed to concrete repairs. buses are replacing trains betweenro

all others are running trains a. every 20 minutes. parking is free today and no mark train service today. and we have a complete roundup of memorial day events happening around town inside the nbc washington app. montgomery county police on the lookout for a group of people who beat up a man outside a motel killing him. detectives say the 24-year-old was attacked outside the day's inn on 13th street yesterday morning. he died at the hospital. police don't know why he was attacked, but are treating the death as a homicide. in the district police are looking for more than one person involved in a shooting that left one man dead and several others injured. police are describing the incident as heartless and callus. it happened just south much bloomingdale neighborhood on q street northwest early saturday. 32-year-old similharvey jones w killed. men

if you know anything, give police a call. a planned u.s. navy parachute jump won't happen, this is one day after a jump went terribly wrong during fleet week celebrations killing one parachutist. that was the dispatch call you just heard when the member of the navy s.e.a.l. leap frog team went down. his chute mal chunfunctionemalf. his name has not been released. also this morning police in manchester are raiding apartments in another attempt to find people connected to last week's attack. they searched three places just are this morning and arrested a man. right now 14 people are in custody. 22 people were killed in the bombing there and you're looking at a memorial service for one of they will. look at all the people who came to remember and honor martin hess. he was 29 years

in addition to those who were killed in the attack, dozens were also hurt and 19 of those victims remain in critical condition. president trump is tackling domestic issues. he weighed in to the health cared debate on twitter yesterday. he said i suggest we add more dollars and make it the best anywhere. obamacare is dead. the republicans will do much better. the house has passed the republican health care plan, but it's still pending in the senate. meanwhile people protesting against the president took their message to his golf club in northern virginia yesterday. that club hosted the senior pga championship and trump family members say talks ever hosting that tournament in loudoun county started before president trump thought of running for office, but protesters say they are worried about the president's potential ethical conflicts and they hope that president trump would visit his golf course yesterday, but he didn't show up.

the indy 500. and he made some history. >> takuma sato is the first asian driver ever to win the race. he had to make a comeback after a pit stop for a problem early on. in fact sato only took the lead with three laps to go. and check out how happy he was to finish in first place and he ku dumped milk all over himself. that's a tradition. >> you're supposed to chug the milk? >> not supposed to dump it on yourself? >> apparently not. >> he won, so do whatever you want. >> and this is the video that may have every parent questioning the safety of water rides at the amusement park. my details on the safely implications swirling after this incident. plus memorial day salute, a local high school student travels thousands of miles to deliver a touching tribute to a fallen soldier. and i'm

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temperatures are making it into the 80s for daytime highs today. we may have to dodge an isolated hit or miss shower or two during the middle portion of the day, but that is about it. not a bad pool day. could we have more rain for the workweek? we'll let you know what to expect. chuck has your 5 day forecast coming up. 6:11. search crews will be back in the

to find a missing person after their car was swept away from a raging floodwater in branson. two people were found dead inside the same car while two others escaped. it happened early yesterday morning when a powerful storm dumped 5 inches of rain in that area. check it out, this peaceful protest in las vegas turned violent and two people are now in skral this mornijail this mo. >> they were calling for action about a black man killed by a vegas police officer this month. and then a bystander and protester started fight ppg you can s pentagon. police arrested 10 but released most with only a citation. a chilling confession from a man accused of going on a shooting rampage in mississippi. eight people including a sheriff's deputy died. police say the shooting started saturday night after an argument good willie godbolt and his

of their children. after his arrest, he confessed to a reporter that he wanted police to kill him. >> suicide by cop was my intention. i didn't expect to live not after what i'd done. >> he says he killed the deputy because he, quote, got this the way. he's facing capital and first-degree murder charges and police have not yet identified all of the victims. that is the sound of the rolling thunder. for the last 30 years on the memorial day weekend, bikers have rolled in to d.c. to call attention to prisoners of war and those missing and killed in action. the tradition continued this weekend with the bikers riding across the memorial bridge and into thunder alley. they say it's a way to honor those who gave the ultimate

wall, so i neighboring a point to come here every year. he was killed in vietnam. so on this is my tribute, my way of giving him respect. >> the rolling thunder organization estimates there are more than 80,000 u.s. personnel unaccounted for since world war ii i. >> and one montgomery high school has four students who were killed in service to our country. >> and aaron gilchrist shares how a teacher and student made sure all four are not forgotten. >> are we going to do a run-through? >> reporter: this retired arm colonel commands the program at a high school. when he took the job, one of his first missions was to take his cadets to arrest lilington ceme section 60 where many of the war dead there and afghanistan are

students that had pain killed in action who were in section 60. >> reporter: a tribute cased a attorneys a wall, and four of its graduates have died in service to their country. this specialist killed in 2006, private davis cloos ass of '05 9 died that same summer. and sergeant class of 2000 also died in afghanistan the same summer. three of them are buried the arlington. >> it was bothering us that we knew there were three in there and the other one was in al salvado salvadore. >> reporter: and like others, the body arrived for a dignified transfer, but his family wanted him bared in his native country. after that field trip to arlington, something didn't sit right with the

he wanted to make sure that there was a tribute for him like other soldiers buried here. colonel shelton knew the tribute would require a trip to he wiee salvad salvador. >> it was months and finally came to me and said i want to honor him. >> reporter: this 18-year-old is a junior and also a native of he will salvadore. for this year's spring break, he was going home. >> i wanted to represent the program at the school over there and i feel proud for what i did. >> reporter: in his full dress uniform, he carried a wreath to place on the sergeant's gravesite in a slow refverent march. >> and it was done very well. >> reporter: but it meant finding the cemetery, reach rg out to the family and securing a wreath before he left the u.s. this video brought his fellow cadets to tears. >> it was actually when they saw the video that it hit home,

there is a student in that ground in is sanduskysalvadore. >> reporter: he made the three hour trip through dangerous gang territories for this moment. a moment for a soldier who sacrificed all, aed moment his mother was able to witness nearly a decade after she lost her only son. >> she thought we forget about her son. my response to her was we never for got your son. >> reporter: a tribute to one soldier, reminder to us all of the lives we honor this memorial day. aaron gilchrist, news 4. >> have to say a big thank you to everyone who has given the ultimate sack wririfice and we remember them all. when you're given a second chance at life, how do you say thank you? >> well, this teddy bear that you see

other, and it play as sound barbara never thought she would hear again, her husband's heartbeat. yesterday she was gifted the bear by roger, one of six people who received an organ from barbara's husband who died i a car accident. >> i'm happy that these people are so well because if i can't have him, i'm glad he helped someone else. >> roger tells us that he's grateful to have the time to show his appreciation to barbara and her family. >> six people he affected that way. >> most important thing you do on your driver's license is check whether you want to be a donor. important stuff. and what will be it like? we're done with this rain. >> you're done with it. that's it. >> i want to grill out. >> we're voting the rain out then. no longer in fashion around here. still a very cloudy and gloomy looking start, but the day will

picture here early this morning would lead you to believe. sun is already up, but you'd never guess to look out there early this morning. 64 degrees currently in washington, it's really note ra not raining much, but there is a lot of fog and mist early this morning. 65 in manassas, 64 frederick, maryland. 63 martinsburg, 62 in clinton, maryland and 64 down in st. mary's county. again, a little mist and fog around the metro area, but any real steady rain chances are way out here west of hagerstown and up into part of southern pennsylvania. that is where the bulk of the rain threat will stay. this weather front will be sagging down through here during the afternoon today. might fire off one or two more rounds ev s of showers between and 3:00 or 4:00. but any severe weather threat is well to our south. so maybe a passing shower, but not really much of a thunderstorm chance for us today. so 40% about chance of mist and drizzle and light rain between now and about 8:00 this morning. sunshine bin

and rain chances later on this afternoon only at about 30%. highs today, 84 in washington. 79 in gaithersburg this afternoon. 80 in luray. and on the whole i think you will like the day. and a a little hint of a cooling trend toward the middle part of the week. low to mid-80s today and tomorrow with hit and miss shower chances. but wednesday and thursday, highs only near 80 and plenty of sunshine coming as well. here is a chance for rain early this morning and then we break out into some sunshine and here is 11:00 a.m., up to about 2:00, 3:00, that's that little hint of a shower chance going on by. and we're dry overnight tonight and then for the day tomorrow, another little chance for some showers later on in the afternoon. so not really expecting a big impact from the raindrops the next days. here is your five day forecast, only a 30% chance today and tomorrow. rain chances creeping back up on friday afternoon. coming up, i'll let you know whether those rain chances will impact yourke

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the song will give you chills every time. giving back by playing taps. mark stallings is a retired navy sailor. and he says playing the song is a way to comfort families who have lost a loved one in combat and remind them they are not alone. he says the first taps song he plays every memorial day weekend is for his father who is also buried at fort logan cemetery. >> very nice. several slides at a brand new $43 million water park in california are shut down because of what happened here. state inspectors are investigating how a boy was ejected from a ride called the emerald plunge. >> he walked away with just some scratches here, but it could have ended tragically. take a look here, we have the video to show you. the water park in central california had just open for the season friday when the 10-year-old slid off and skidded across the co

the hospital and later released. he was shot out of the slide on the right hand side, and it was a wild scene there. but luckily he's okay. undefeated! maryland terrapins women's lacrosse team didn't lose a single game on the way to the that is national championship game. it's the terps third title in four years. the terps mens lacrosse team has not won the national championship since 1975. >> a long time. but they had a chance to training all that today. they are in the title game against ohio state and they play at 1:00. so go terps. coming up, arm in arm, hand-in-hand, a community comes together, how they want you to remember the life of a local football star. >> reporter: and lot of road closures for the memorial day parade pl i'll have eth

and we have the memorial day parade, we have cookout, all sorts of activities going on. but could we see any rain? a little bit of fog and drizzle out there right now. we'll let you know how the rest of the day is shaping up.

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. getting close to 6:30. a foggy start. and a look at when we could finally get a break from all of it. >> we'll take it. and holiday contributributes in nation's capital. son-in-law scandal. president trump is responding to allegations that jared kushner is now part of an investigation into russian election meddling.

just about 6:30 on the dot. and taking a live look outside at the vietnam veteran s memorial. crowds are starting to show up. >> and in this live look, as americans paying tribute to our fallen heros. >> it is monday morning, memorial day here in washington, d.c. hope you're having a good morning. i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm molette green. aaron and eun have the day off. a lot of people have plans outdoors including yours truly. so let's get straight to the forecast with chuck bell and lauryn ricketts. the pressure is on, get rid of the fog. >> yeah, we're trying to get rid of it for you. >> all everyone is talking about is going to the pool and 409 dogs. no invitation for us. >> you knneed to help me out, im

>> three kids? we're the one that told you not have the extra dock be tacockta night. outside temperatures in the low to mid about 60s, so mild and humid and foggy start here this morning. here is the war memorial there early this morning, it will be a cloudy start to the day. more than enough sunshine to get temperatures back into the 80s. and only a hit and miss chance for a shower come can go up later this afternoon. we have done all we can to help adam. >> we have. now the ball is in your court. >> we'll take the forecast for today. thanks. >> leave the kids out of it. lots of ceremonies and celebrations happening around town this memorial day roers. and that includes the national memorial day parade here in d.c. >> and that means a number of roads will be closed for all the festivities. aimee cho joining us live with what you need to know.

we are downtown at 7th and constitution. that is where the parade will be taking off in just a few hours. take a look at the man on your jean, that shows the parade route. starting at 9 om, 7 avenue will be closing. constitution between #6th and 9: 9: 9: 9:009 ths. all of 9d roads should be back are . president trump will deliver his first memorial day address at arlington national cemetery today. he is also expected to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier, it is dedicated to service members whose remains were never identified.

are and of course the holiday means lots of changes and closures. >> and we're letting you know what is open and what is closed out there.federal government and most banks are closed. there is no mail delivery except express mail. on the road, lane restrictions will not be in effect on 3395, 66, 95 skrets lan 5 express lan open to northbound travelers. metro is running on a holiday schedule. parking is free at all metro lots. >> and there is a lot happening and we have a complete roundup of all the events inside the nbc walking app. people coming together to protest messages of hate. a small group of people held a protest this weekend outside the

offices of white nationalist rich are arrested spencer. they protest there every other week, but this time they were responding to discriminatory messages on flyers. protesters want their children to know how to stand up against hate. >> i would like to believe that someexplicit and implicit racism will be a thing of the past in their generation but it not, we need to teach them to stand up. >> after the flighter ehe flyer the mayor says the city deannounces discrimination in all forms. police are working to find who hung a noose in a tree. a smithsonian police officer found it friday night on the grounds near the hirsch glt horn museum. if you have any information, d.c. police want to you call them. we're waiting to learn the identity of the navy s.e.a.l.

noort fr not far from the statue of liberty. the parachute malfunctioned and he died. and montgomery county police say a man died after he is beaten by a group of people in the parking lot of the day's inn yesterday morning. they don't know why he was attacked, but they say this is now a homicide investigation. nearly 20,000 affected to attend a parade in rockville this morning. it begins at north washington straight and martins lane and ends on east montgomery avenue. coming up, did you see this? the dramatic crash at the indianapolis 500. it wasn't the only big moment of the day there. why this whole die was oay was the record books. and why a federal judge tossed out a case against hillary clinton.

and i'm meteorologist chuck bill bell. a cloudy and cool start, but it will turn into a decent day to head to the pool and have those barbecues. a check of the forecast and a look on down through the weekend coming right up.

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low visibility out there with some fog in place. with some clouds. but we will start to see a little bit of clearing as we continue through the day. we'll also have hit or miss showers as we go through the midday. so if you're heading out to any of the parades, maybe a small

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>> anytime that they can learn more about one another and why that they are doing everything. coming up, smoke in the tunnel. some cases will never see a day in court after the deadly incident on metro. >> reporter: it is a dare of salute, service and thank yous. i'm justin finch with a look at local memorial day celebrations. salute, service and thank yous. i'm justin finch with a look at local memorial day celebrations. salute, service and thank yous. i'm justin finch w

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. memorial day, the special tributes and parades and road closures begin in just a few so the first chance for the sun to make a comeback. back home and back to work. president trump returns to new questions about russia and his son-in-law is under scrutiny. >> i don't see any big issue here relative to jared. >> there ought to be a review of his security clearance. teen tragedy, a community rallies in honor of a high school football star killed in a crash. trouble, oh, my goodness, what a huge crash. >> wild race, the twists and turns of the indianapolis 500, this one was one for the history bo

welcome blacack. today is memorial day and all over our area people will be remembering the brave men and women who died for our country. >> we're watching the weather as well to see how it will impact you in tand the events that you may be attending. we start with justin finch with more on the ceremony happening there. >> reporter: good morning. the service stat starts at 1:0. setup already under way. the service will honor men and women who have served and also the addition of three new names to the wall which now totals at 58,318 killed or missing in action. and arlington national cemetery, some 75 volunteers today will hand out 30,000 roses to visitors and troops families. president trump also set to visit arlington as

and yesterday more than 300 volunteers placed 160,000 roses on graves at arrelington, too. visitors are streaming in, some veterans themselves who say sites like this help us hold on to our history and also frame our future. >> it's certainly a somber day, a reminder of how lucky we are to be here. and to remember our brothers who aren't. it's just a little todose of reality. >> reporter: and as you can see, a number of flowers and flags and name card, mourners coming by to take moments to reflect, also visitors stopping by to read the names as well. in addition to tributes today, this big one here at the wall, there are others as well that you can take part of. national moment of silence at 3:00 local time. back into

>> justin, thank you. folks are gearing up for the national memorial day parade in the district. that parade runs along constitution avenue between 7th and 17th. road closures start around 9:00 this morning. everything doesn't kickoff until 2:00. several roads around the national mall will also be closed starting around 1:00. and all road loclosures should wrap up about 5:00 tonight. and let's take a look at the rare dhar. you c radar. you can see weather is moving out. we have to work that fog, too. coming up, wiee'll lutz you kne how the weather will impact your plans. go download our app and you can watch the radar. a moving tribute to a young can life lost. loved ones remembered 17-year-old norman

night. he was a student at quinn park high school inbrandywine. he died in a car crash. they chanted 51, the number of his jersey as they walked to his parent's house in clinton. his teammates organized the vigil as a way of coming together and supporting his family. >> we just showed love to his parents, his mom and coach hayes and the football team because it hurt. so just wanted to bring the whole school together. >> white was killed tuesday night after losing control of his car in clinton. prince george's police still trying to figure out what happened. anyone with information is asked to give them a call. you may be one of the people worried about all the children that we hear about going missing in washington, d.c. the city just started a website to try to explain how many of them are found. missing.dc dot governor show that 90%

children reports, only 28 are still missing. we have an interactive map on nbcwashington.com of all the open cases. the names of the children, what they look like and where they were last seen. it was a dark day for metro when a train filled with smoke at the l'enfant plaza metro state hurt dozens and killed one woman and now many of 240es who sued metro appear to have reached a settlement. the plaintiffs asked for 25 cases to be dismissed. one turn representing several will not say why. the lawsuit filed by the family of the woman who died was not dismissed. a top u.s. official is considering a ban that could have a really about impact on you if you fly overseas. >> homeland security secretary john kelly told fox news sunday that he is thinking about banning laptop computers in cabins of all international flights in and out of the u.s. he says it's due

but he cautioned that a final decision has not been made yet. he didn't say when he would make the final decision. back in march officials banned devices larger than mobile phones on flights from 10 middle east and north african airports to the united states. a white house official tells nbc news that jared kushner is being told to lay low. it comes after reports that kushner sought to set up secret back channel communications with russia. nbc news reported last week that kushner has come under fbi scrutiny in the rush are sha investigation. investigators believe he has significant information relative -- relevant that is to their inquiry. that didn't mean that they suspect him of a crime or intend to charge him. and developing this morning, north korea has test launched yet another missile, this is file video of a previous launch. u.s. military officials say it appears to be a short range ballistic missile that was

minutes before landing in the sea of japan. a judge has thrown o lawsuit against hillary clinton brought by the parents of two americans killed in ben gaz. the lawsuit alleged that clinton defamed sean smith and tyrone woods when she disputed allegations that she lied about what happened at the u.s. did inlow matt tiin l diplomatic com pound. and the lawsuit also alleged that the use of the private e-mail server caused their death. the judge ruled there was there wasn't enough evidence to support either charge. another person is in custody for that terror attack at an ariana grande concert. >> police in manchester arrested a 23-year-old man after raiding flooe different places. this all happened just this morning. police say a network was behind the bombing in manchester. 14 people in total are in custody. 22 were killed and several people are still in critical condition can right

from veterans hospitals across the u.s. and now federal authorities have launched dozens of new criminal investigations into possible opioid and drug thefts by employees at those hospitals. the associated press reports that the v.a. inspector generals office opened 36 cases good between october 1 and may 19 and that is a jump from a similar period the year before. got to check this out, frightening moments at the indianapolis 500. wow. but everyone is okay amazingly. you can see one went flying through the air here spinning all around. car broke into a ton of pieces. both drivers got out of the cars and we are taken to the hospital. safety measures are even better today than even just a few years ago ago. >> that is incredible. he walked away. and the race picked u

never happened before. so/ there. >> you got milk? >> get this man a bowl of cherrios. >> teamwork. and what are we looking at? all eyes are on you. >> don't be fooled by all the clouds out there right now. low clouds and fog, mix ast and drizzle around. still chance for a few showers today, but really the story for today will be from

afternoon. more than enough sunshine coming back later on in the day. tomorrow no more than a passing shower or two, and then we really start to dry out and have nice weather coming our way wednesday and thursday. but right now, it looks gloomy outside. 64 degrees with full overcast and light wind. but radar here showing hartley anything in the way of organized rain across the area. there are more showers out in the mountains of west virginia and that little ripple of moisture in the atmosphere, that is our late morning into early afternoon rain chance. but notice how much clearer the skies are back out to our west and south. so i'm optimistic that your outdoor plans will go off without a hitch. a lot of great outdoor events today. let's go over to lauryn ricketts. >> yeah, a lot of things going on this memorial day. so if you are planning to getting out, maybe a few hit or miss midday showers, but we're

get out and enjoy anything you need to do, whether it be yard work or a little pool time or maybe some cookouts. so again, hit or miss showers from the mid-morning to early afternoon. we will be drying out later on this afternoon. so i'll say green for everything. just keep an eye to the sky. also you can download the nbc washington app and check the radar in case the sky gets dark around noon to about 2:00. so again, an isolated shower about the time the made emorial parade starts. but we won't have a lot of humidity, so it will be warm but comfortable out there. and how is the rest of the week looking? >> just that little chance for rain today and tomorrow with highs in the low 80s. dry weather for wednesday, thursday, friday we'll start dry. temperatures right around average. average high now is 79. friday afternoon a good chance for showers coming in, and it looks like

linger into saturday as well. so sunday likely to be the better half of the day of this coming weekend. and then more cooling weather comes back for early next week. no expected in the next ten days. it's 6:56 now. here are the 4 things to know before you head out. president trump heads to arlington national semg takceme deliver an address and expected to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. preparations under way for the national parade. road closures start at 9:00. several roads all around the national mall will be closed around 1:00 this afternoon. close to 20,000 expected at the ceremony and parade in rockville. that gets under way at 9:00. our own melissa mollet is emceeing the event. the parade begins at 10:00. jared kushner president trump's son-in-law and senior

low, it comes after reports he sought to set up secret back channel communications with russia. the "today" show will have all the latest next. and very cloudy start, but we will get some sunshine for your memorial day. a lot of your outdoor plan, just have a backup plan in case a stray shower, but no washouts today. >> and that does it for ne"news toda today". >> and the "today" show coming up next. we'll see you in 25 minutes.

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