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>> here at parkdale, they say manny louis was a real leader. he was the captain despite the fact that he didn't play varsity until his senior year. >> i tink it is a testament probably to the way he was raised by his mom and dad, i'm assuming the leadership skills they instilled in him and progrieded transformed our school. >> morgan statey universit emailed students and staff saying, the morgan family collectively extends our deepest sympathies and cdolences to the family. manny louis is being remembered as a superstar with a bright future that was tragicily ended far too soon. >> hisal baseb coach says he was both a leader on and off the
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field. he served in student government and was a mentor to many. this is the second morgan states universitydent lost to violence this year. shot il, kevon dicks was and killed. he was a tenor in the morgan state universyhoir. > to the ambush shooting of an uber fire and the passengers. a gunman opened fire on the driver. toepy -- >> rter: it started as a normal uber ride. three friends headedome after a night out. hitting theri dr in the hand. >> the second i heard the noise like this. >> the driver asked us noto show his face on camera.
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i thought they were fire works and then looked down to see his finger was bleeding. the doctoraid he broke 10 bones in his finger. >> tha god i'm alive. everything happened i seconds. >> he said he hit the gas on the car but the car stalled, leavinm hi trapped. the shooter got away. the uber driver tells us he has no enemies.op >> i h in a short time they will identify and we'll learn why they did it.he driver told us he came america a few yeeshs ago to give his kids a good education. he works full time and drives for uber on the side to make ends meet. now he's worries. >> if i sop drieching for a
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while, who can guarantee it is not going to happen again. >> the shooting also injured one of the passengers in the the car. they are still veinvestigating try and find the shootwr. > reached out to uber for comment. the company has been in contact and will provide information to police as needed. tropical storry is barrelling towards the gulf coast. louisiana and missouri are in its crosshairs. officials warning residents the impact could be cat strafic. >> wendy, there are three things that have officls so ed concethe slow pace of the storm, andd aitional 10 to 20
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ircch ins of rain and life-threatening storm surges. the impact is already being felled. this is in louisiana. can you see how rough the surfr aly is. thousands of families have been evacuated. the national guard has been called in toet up barriers. residents who are staying are shoring upirhe t bags, the storm is affecting air travel. check out the hole in the middle of the screen. flights are being reschedule. a lot of concern about whether the levees will hold. barry could be the real first test of the systft built aer
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katrina. >> it really hasn't changed that much but barry is showing signs of strengthening. likely becoming ae catry one hurricane. maximum sustained winds moving at 65 miles an hour. slowly at six miles an hour. the latest trackoming in. the storm making land fall and weakening. the storm surge and then 10 ton 20ches of rain will lead to hgnificant flooding. hurricaneters were out earlier today as put this into imotion. this is the path that they took throughout thetormystem today getting the latest information. at their flight level, they did pick u hurricane forced winds. they are noting that those winds
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are transferring down just yet. this storm is all about the rain associated with it. louisianaealing with river flooding, storm surge flooding and the rainfall in at forecast. >> i'll have more on that impact we could see coming up at 5:25. >> a lot of people experiencing anxiety there. >> thank you. anxiety is growing in the immigrant community with the i.c.e. immigration raids supposed to be starting. extending maryland suburb. activists are hoping send a different message. we have the latest from lawmakers and live where the life for liberty event is just
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getting under way. hi, pat. the stage is set. you see this program just getting under way. this will continue well into the evening hours. this is one of 600 events being held here and across the world. the state r latest mission to stop and end what they call human concentration camps at the border. those who live legal aid and advice to immigrants in this country, they are busy preparing for those i.c.e. raids that may be coming. of the flier is one first things you may see. a guide for undocumented immigrants. other operations li this one start very early in the morning with i.c.e. agents knocking at the door. advice. >> don't answer the door. >> with word of the pending
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raids, anxiety is high among the immigrants hes. counsel >> we are see sg elements of fear comparable to 2017. our phones are ringing off the hook. people walking in. >> president tmp says they ar targeting criminals. >> we are going to take people out or take them to their countries or put them in prison in the countries where they camo >> i don't buy it. he's saying just crossing the border is criminal. >> her mother, an immigrant from mexico who married a citizenre the harassment my mother received stayed with me as an adult. >> one reason she traveled to the border to bring supplies and why she'll bring this message. >> let the community know there
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is support and people who are fiting for them. >> evelyn acknowledged an undocumented immigrant might be too fearful to them them. friends and family will get the words of love and support back t them. back to you in studio. >> thank you. lawmakers on the hill foe cushioned onti immigra. today, a house committee looked at what some call squali everyone conditions and looking at the efftsec zero tolerance policy. >> the numbers tell quite a story here. a new report on child acceptations. r heard from freshman house members whoently visited the detention centers at the border. more than 2,600 children had been separated.
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at least 18 of them under the age of two. all kept away from their parents up to sixon mths. the report found more than 200 children kept away longer than the legally set amount of 72 u . >> between 2017 and 2018, we had a high ofag 100nts committing suicide. that needs to be put inecord. the de-hume inization is not only with those families but the algts we have told to do these to these families. .c president obama set up a bill for i. why are we not guild funding i.c.e. >> they are working on bills that would tighten oversight ank woro improve standard $fs f
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migrants in custody. shocking new detarls as r. kelly is indicted. he alleged paid off a victim and her family to deny she was the underaged girl at the center of the 2007 child poshography chiel a report that kelly kept women locked in his home and weren't lowed to do anything without ermission. his attorney issued a statement saying he and his lawyers look forward to his day in court, the truth coming out. a bail hearing is set for next week. >> a new look at the video in which we hear a white officer use the n word. the action being taken even as he kdefends his force.an coming up, a possible new
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location for an amazon buildingndo a cunt down to amon prime day. a warning about one of the most popular deals you will find. >> first, we are on panda baby watch. the mom is starting to build a nest, which could be a sign ofp nancy. a live look at the panda cam. back in march, she was artificially
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atr one point, the office jumped on top of the hatch. the drugs have a streetalue of more than $500 million. the drug bust taking place back in june in international wters in the eastern pacific. montgomery county police are calling it aove to be more transparent releasing hours of body cam video in an arrest where the wheat female officer is reported using the n world to a group of black men. >> reporter: there were wide-spread calls for police to release all of the videotape. montgomery county police posting the video on y their tube channel for everyone to see.
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the acting chief said some of his officerscted unprofessionally. >> y'all [ bleep ] or something you want to get out of here faster. >> using the n world in the arrest. at least one of the men can be heard repeating the word. >> i think what i'm doing is repeating your word. >> from the officers responding to that call, he said he did lotte like what he heard. >> you will hear on the tape language that is decidedly unprofessional. it violates our department policy. >> nine officers remain understand investigation and could face disciplinary action. he office was assigned to desk duty.
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the others remain on the street. the officer areetting retrained on their conduct. they accuse the officers of racially profiling them. >> i could not believe it. >> the chief said that was not the case. mcdonald's has had trouble with loitering. he officer asked them to move along and they did not. some of them had marijuana. >> reporter: the nine officers involved have the potential of facing displinary action. >> on another subject, we unrstandhe acting chief confirmed he is not going to
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acting acting chief. this is a major disappointment.s he haeen on the department over 30 years. he said he wasisappointed and that he was going to leave it at that. i can tell you a lot of people are very surprised, wandering what does this mean for the department. there are two people still on the short list. the acting chooef and former chief in ports moj, virgina. both leading much smaller departments. this is a signal. they are looking to go in a new direction. back to you. >> thank you. new fall out from monday's flash flooding here in washington. we have learned that canal road in north rest willain closed at least another week for emergency repaired. heavy rain and flood caused a sink road -- sinkhole to open
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up. the grounding of boeing's max jet is creating problems for etited. united said ben now and september, they plan to cancel about 8,200 flights. it's working through schedules to swap out air. kra supposed to be ruking and t reaching ouwhen the book not hepossible. count down is on for primeay. looking to score a deal on a 4k tv, you nd to be wear. a warning t not all of those tv deals are as good as they seem. >> that's right. when shopping for a tv, you need to be diligent. look closely at the model
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numbers. tvs of the same brand can vary in quality and the tv is not worth it. >> a lot of time there is a mold is on sale but it is a midrange or budget model. they might promote it, you are getting a brand name tv for a really good price and you realize when you get 40e78. >> if you find a tv with a rock bottom price on prime day, look for that model on pcimaginemag. if the number is similar you will likely get the same
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performance. if the number is wayoff, the performance could actually be very different. running for 48 hours this year. starting at 3:00 a.m. >> thank you, suzanne. >> a plan to modernize. why the friday night lights will look different when the home field gets an urade. >> we are tracking that storm as it moves towards land. it moves towards land. barry is what we are talking
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taking a look at the weather for the weekend. is it going to stay dry? >> it could be really soggy. s that really splitting hairs with the forecast. not only a mainly dry weekend. it's going to be hot tomorrow and sunday. those humidity levels in check for jy in washington. also keeping a close eye on tropical storm barry, iacting the gulf this weekend. especially louisiana and parts m ofsissippi and potentially impacting us here on thursday. more coming up at 5:50. that heat index when you factor
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in the humidity, feeling about 5 egrees warmer out there. for the most part. it is a dry evening. we'lle down to about 87. degrees. we stayn the 80s until after midnight. the act definiy on all weekendg. lon we'll have clear skies. something really cool you can in see the night sky. first, i had to put this in right away. whll the rain, mold spores coming in not just high, very high. that bumps up to the very high range. we take a look at the planner
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tomorrow, at 72 degrees. it's warm. 87 tomorrow. 92 for the high. similar to today. beautil sunshine in the forecast from start to finish on saturday. low chance for clouds out there. by 7:00 p.m., it is still hot at 89 degrees. as the soon goes down, it will get more comfortable. sunday, high of 93. mainly in parts of virginia, some sts may see rain but most of us staying dry. cutting the grass, get it done up.y before things heat kids sports, make sure they are drinking plenty of water. heading to the pool, you have the rig idea saturday and sunday. monday, back down to the 80s. by tuesday, we jump up to the mid-90hs. igh on tuesday of 94.
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>> still to come, the path way to transforming the lives of men in our community. >>'m much more clear headed and focused, determined to win. >> people who liven this community have a lot to say about the possibility of an amazon mefrz comenter cg to where they live. we speak with the developer of this place. he breaks
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>> a live look at new orleans. you can't see much there. the buy u is under all of that. rain and fog, they are bracing for an epic drenching. hurricanry bar could make land fall overnight. we'll be back with anpdated track. >> in an interview you'll only see here, the developer is skpl explaining the plans for a new center. rumored to be home for the amazon center.o the sylvania avenue in west phalia community in upper
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marlborough. >> reporter: we met with the sdeveloper to discushe latest plans for an 800,000 square foot fulfilent center. you can see the plan to sit betweensential communities. sources tell us this will be the new merchandize supplyenter. they would not confirm what was going in the building but did talk about how it would be designed. >> about four stories fall. all the employees will be on the first level. other floors will be robots and chutes to move things around. >> a woman stopped by with her own questions. >> why does it have to be so close. >> reporter: there has been push back after learning of 1,500
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jobs coming within walking distance. >> we want everyone who will have a stake in that claim there to hear from the people will have to live beside it. >> reporter: the developer says thisenter will spark what was promised. >> this center will be the catalyst to be what we need to get the retail kmoen nent off the ground. >> these are the new site plans they'll be handing out at the community meeting. a number of meetings. one tomorrow, two next week and on thursday, the developer goes back before the planning board in ather hearing. >> the developer for the project tells news 4 that destruction to improve the roads throughout the communicate in prepn for the center will begin in the fall. a man accused of raping a woman at a metro station
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appeared in court. he is said to be transported to another county. abraham taddesse raped a woman and then got on a train to the next stop. officers trailed him and arrested him a short bit later. the victim in this case did go to the hospital for evaluation. >> things getting back up to speed after a derailment. chopper 4 over the scene. can you see the gravel spilled out. am track says no one was hurt, no damage to those tracks. they say there are some delays between newarol ton and bwi
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marshal. >> the battle of the baths. compete who could donate the most blood. citizens picked a department and donated on their own behalf. theneed everyone to debatebe blood cause they are facing a critical shortage. we may be well past graduation seasonut there was still an emotional and meaningful ceremony. more than a dozen black men who were seen as a problem in their communities are working now to solution. a now with their story of redemption. >> we got to change the narrative, wave to believe we can be the change we can see. >> reporter: the young men are fathers, brothers, sons and offenderss. they are working to make sure that final label doesn'tef dine them.
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they earned a new distinction, graduate. >> i never even thought about the future. it was always living for today. nv really thinking about where would i be if i was lockedp. >> the program showed him the potential he was wasting. through mental health services and training, he's on the cusp ofin launch his own business. >> i always had thoughts and dreamsnd aspirations of starting my own business and being the huge gardener. i didn't have the push or the foe skus. >> same for robert. he won the program's outstanding ambassador award and is workingh to start own clothing line. >> a clearer head. >> their walk is different. their spirit is different. genius.'s the they have improved themselves
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and the communities are better for it. >> they majorit did play a part in the community. now they want to give back. >> now thearest part, sustaining the progress they've avmade. >> you to busy yourself and you will become it. rortd in th northeast for news 4. >> each member will now begin six months ofze subsidi emfloiment. in theis hory, more than 90% of graduates are employed and only one has re offended. >> the creative way their managing to save their home. >> howou a gr stepped up to help after hundreds of donated books weren destroyed ie nodding. >> a hot weekend.
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about stanley caulkins, he ran a jewelry store. he died last year. they are binging back his memory of a sculpture of him sittg on a bench as he often did. >> part of south king street will bow closed by 9:30 and :00. history will be made this high school football season. becoming the first team to play all of their games inside. >> they need a large and practical renovation. they need bathrooms andht lig. enter st. james. inside, a full sized football fi wd. >> weant to be part of the community. to have a opportunity to host these student athletes.
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we are excited. what a great opportunity for ourids andhe community. this is such a first class facility. > first thing i think about is the kicking game. >> the head coach ross isn't the only one to raise thoof question. its peek is 65 feet. >> two times our kids had a ttle issue tracking the ball. that's the first thing that comes to my mind that i would think about and get used to. >> we look at the kids coming in kick. if we were the washington redskins, itan might be issue. >> i don't think it will be an issue. >> i think our kids are jacked up to play regardless if we play at our place or t pirce or st. james. i look forward to it. >> if anyone is wandering why tc
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small and medium sized businesses. last year, they cashed in on prime day. we got a prayer look inside a fulfillment center in baltimore as they gear up for this. they've been stocking up for e , so they'll be ready for the two-day shopping frenzy. many of the items here are actually from local businesses. >> we have 41,000 small, medium sized businesses in the state ot marylands use amazon to not only sell bute provid that great prime fast shipping speed. >> if you want to make sure your prime purchases are coming from small businesses. shzop on store front or e the hand mad pages. prime members can now get one-day shipping on many .rchases as well >> that is great.
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>> you just have to find those little three lines on the top and that will have a little drop down. >> good to know. >> great news for children's book store in old town alexandria. currently closed for repairs after the flash flooding that daugedreds of books in the store. the owner said these were damaged because they were donated to a local charity, the companion center. tweeting that they wouldove to repla the books toake the donation. hat a great thing to do. barry is a big storm. it doesn'ta mtter what we are calling it. this thing is a rain maker, that's the focus here. >> water is the biggest enemy in evry way right now.
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two types of levees there, one being jlet comped from katrina, the other set to the mississippi banks, those have not been rebuilt since 1957. those will get tested out thegr. lookin outside doesn't it look lovely. clear skies. we have something great going on always somet cool to see. go outi tonght or tomorrow after dark. you'll see the moon and jupiter. that ans they are very clos together. get kids out there, you can also
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see jupiter's four moons. we loot the weekend forecast and start off saturday and sunday. 72 at 7:00 a.m. we warm to 92 degrees. sunday,e warm to 93. most of the weekend is completely dry. there is a small chance of an isolated thunderstorm. sunday in the evening hours out tof portions o virginia. if you live in those counties, you might be dealing with rain but most ofou are dry this weekend. if you get outn i the garden ana e chrysanthemums, you want to give them a light pinch. >> an extra large iced tea.
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down to a looarge and back up t an extra large. feeling humid. this weather is perfect forgetting out to the local beach. in the mid-80s tomorrow and upper 80s there. finally starting to warm up. plenty of sunshine. tt is certainly hot on tuesday. wednesday, anor hot day with the high of 96. what's left of barry just in the form of some rai showers, nothing very serious could impact our area on thursday. something we'll keep an eye on. friday the high of 96. xt weekend, looking dry with high temperares in the low 9 90s. >> she saw a need in her community and did something about it. now this former redskin cheerleader is helping young
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girls in many ways. this week's harris' heroes. >> la tash casey wanted to create a sister hood for school ed girls. she figured dnce was the best way to bring them together. her possible squad is this week's harris' heroes. >> time for rehearsals and her dancers. look closely they are learning much more than these moves. >> having self-determination, believe in her self and leadership. >> it inspired me to start this program. i thought all of the life skills i learned while i was a red skin cheerader, needed to be taug to youngers.
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pom stands for positive out looking. >> she says all you need to do is practice. the squad has danced at nursing homes, parades and half time shows. >> when i got on stage, i get butterflies. when i start dancing, it just goesy. awa >> casey's husband works t creatingheir merchandizing. and their daughter watches mom teach their classes. >> iem extrly proud of her. just to see the girls she's touched. >> her inlaws nominated her to be a harris' hero.in >> anyth where i get to show what we are doingat and cree a
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platform is ale bing. >> the parents tell us they feel like casey is the real blessing. >> that'shere they get the foundation for lot of things in life. if you start that way, you are und to do whatever you want to do. >> no doubt. these less ones last the rest of their lives. orking ngs to this hero in her community.n >> do't be fooled by seeing those little girls there dancing. the pact is far and wide. theoffer a summer camp. low cost and scholarships are available for families.me check it out at our nbc washington app.>> o they do it all year? >> all year-round. >> they must be in order to get 600 girls in there. >> it is just the two of them
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doing this. really making an impact. >> and a very cute little baby. give her a little shoutut. thanks, leon. >> ahead at 5:00, hundreds of families dpas the likelihood of fingced from their home. but they found something to keet them p keeping these residents from an uncertain future. >> we all know each other now. it u allowed to stay he ander
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>> an amazing story of a d.c. community coming together. families facing the likelihood of being forced out of their apartmt. how the residents banded together toave their homes. >> marjory law and ronnie are neighbors. they've lived in this southeast community for decades. ronnie is a retired meat cuttern livon a fixed income. marjory lives on her disability check. a few years ago, the developer put worthing ton woods up for sale. >> we were devastated. hat would happen is, i was
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afraid we would no longer be able to afford to live here. >> that was my first thought, my gosh, we are going to have to move. >> their fear was shared by most of the nearly 1,000 people who live here, most low income families. >> i wouldn't be able to afford to live here. we've seen people being displaced. >> theynd out about a d.c. law called topa which gives renters the first right to purchase if a building goes up for sale butuying a home is out of reach here much less the price dag. in order tdvtake atage of the law, they would have to getg all of the nehbors to form ne of us had any experience.ion.
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>> theyhe assigned t topa rights to the developer of their chose. >> today, the mayor was on hand to celebrate. now the neighbors are no fear of being forced out, their tenant's association owns 15% of the complex. another benefit. >> situations like this bonds people. it causes us to work together, get along. thats why this neighborhood is so ser veen we've made friends with each other. >> don't you love that >> they are not the only ones. >>nt 18 apartme communities have exercised those topa rights since october of 2017. sohere. genius. >> good for them. >> news 4 at 6:00 starts now.
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>> bracing for impact. this storm is selt to make landfall for a number of hours. >> good evening, one place that does not need anymore rain is new orleans. let's take you now and show you some live pictures. getting an update. we'll listen in and give you an update from what is going on. we have some pictures of big rain drops. this is only the beginning. this is the live map from flight aware.com. you can see lot of planes staying away there. >> this is dauphin island off the coast of alabama.
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several streets expecte to flood. >> i'm glad i'm going home and hat barry won't get here until after i'm gone. >> tracking the timing. we have the update. >> barry is set to make land fall early in the. morning the biggest threat is the amount of water it bings. heavy rainfall. para of louisi will see 10 to 20 inches. it still remains a tropical storm but will likely strengthen just before making land fall and come back down to tropical storm strength. new orleans is already deing with flooding. not just rain from the storm that is theish here here. the rivers there, the mississippi river are already running high. the levees there can onlyle hand
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