Everybody, on this National Cookie day. Yes. Its monday, december 4th. From abc news, this is world news now. National cookie day, not National Cookie dough day. Cookie dough day is a different day. Im confused. I think we should move on. We are going to move on. Were going to begin with the president s twitter attacks against his own Fbi Department as it investigates any collusion with russia. In a series of tweets, the president said the agencys reputation for fairness is in tatters, the worst in history. Lawmakers and others rushed to defend the fbi. Former attorney general sally yates wasnt having it saying the only thing in tatters is the president s respect for rule of law. The president , in the meantime, may have turned up the heat on himself during the twitter storm. Heres abcs david wright. Reporter the white house is racing to explain this tweet from real donald trump that appeared to admit for the first time that the president knew his former National Security adviser had committed a crime. I had to fire general flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. Now the president s lawyer insists he drafted that tweet for trump. Another white house official admits it was sloppy. The issue is significant, because former fbi director james comey gave sworn testimony that the president urged him to go easy on flynn. I took that as a direction. I mean, this is the president of the United States with me alone saying i hope this. I took it as this is what he wants me to do. Reporter comey did not back down, and trump ultimately fired him too. I think what were beginning to see is the putting together of a case of obstruction of justice. Reporter the president tweeted, i never asked comey to stop investigating flynn, just more fake news covering another comey lie. He also attacked the fbi, tweeting after years of comey with the phony and dishonest clinton investigation and more, running the fbi, its reputation is in tatters, worst in history. And trump also raised questions about a top investigator fired last summer by the special counsel after allegedly sending antitrump tweets during the campaign. This president has been obsessed with this investigation, always saying theres nothing there, but each week another shoe drops. Reporter a rare public appearance by another top trump adviser. Youve been in the news the last few days. To say the least. Reporter soninlaw, Jared Kushner. Sources familiar with the investigation say hes the very Senior Member of the Transition Team who, according to the flynn court documents, directed flynn to reach out to foreign governments during the transition, something flynn later lied about. The special counsel continues to build his case. Now, with Michael Flynns help. If there was coordination between the Trump Campaign and the russians, i cant think of a person who would know more about that than flynn. Reporter as for former fbi director comey, he is now shooting back, taking to instagram to post a montage of fbi agents hard at work. He writes, the fbi is honest. The fbi is strong. And the fbi is and always will be independent. A quote from his Opening Statement to the Senate Select committee. David wright, abc news, the white house. David thank you. We saw Jared Kushner there. He was making a rare public appearance at a forum on the middle east in washington. He acknowledged there are many stumbling blocks to achieving peace between the israelis and palestinians. However, his fatherinlaw has had a history of accomplishing things other think is impossible. We do think it is achievable. And we think there is a lot of reasons why this is a time why it should happen. President trump may decide today whether to keep the u. S. Embassy in tel aviv or move it to jerusalem. The palestinians say jerusalem is a deal breaker, and kushner said at the forum that the president has not yet made a decision. President trump was notably absent from last nights kennedy honors. Not only did the president and first lady not attend the performance, they also canceled the usual white house reception. The white house says that that was done so that honorees could enjoy it without any political distraction. And today congressional leaders will start the process of combining the tax bills that were passed separately by the house and senate. Mow the senates version was passed over the weekend in the middle of the night. No democrats voting for it. Among the differences between the bills that must be reconciled is the mortgage interest deduction. Its capped at 5,000 in the house. But in the senate, its 1 million. And theres difference in how the bills treat the medical expense deduction. Separately, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says there will be no Government Shutdown this week. Some democrats said they would try to force a shutdown unless congress resolved the future of d. R. E. A. M. Ers program. Alabama Republican Senate candidate roy moore has some new momentum in his Campaign Just over a week before election day. A new poll has moore up six points against democrat doug jones. Another poll shows jones ahead by three points. An overwhelming number of alabama republicans, 71 , say they dont believe the Sexual Misconduct allegations against moore. The idea was repeated by some members of a group called bikers for trump. Who held a rally to support him. How many times he ran for office, and we havent heard anything. We do not need a man that is not in support of our Second Amendment rights. A few weeks ago, senator Mitch Mcconnell said moore should end his campaign because of the allegations against him. Now he says hell let alabama Voters Decide if moore should be in the senate. And there are new developments this morning in the Sexual Assault case of a former swimmer from Stanford University. Brock turners legal team is appealing the verdict saying that what happened between turner and a woman at a party was consensual. Heres abcs marci gonzalez. Reporter brock turner whose six months sentence sparked outrage across the country is appealing his conviction. The former star Stanford University swimmer served just three months behind bars. Now more than a year later, his attorney filing this appeal, claiming the actual evidence does not support any of the three convictions. Saying turner, who maintained the encounter was consensual, did not get a fair trial. She was completely unconscious. Reporter the District Attorney argued the then 22yearold victim referred to as emily doe was intoxicated when he sexually assaulted her. Two students say they witnessed him on top of her and chased him away. The victim read a powerful statement in court that went viral, in part telling turner you tried unyieldingly to save yourself, your reputation at my expense. The distinct attorney telling abc news turner received a fair trial and was justly convicted. Nothing can ever roll back emily does legacy of raising the awareness of Sexual Assault. The judge who issued turners controversial sentence is facing backlash, but if this appeal is granted, it will be presided over by a different judge. Marci gonzalez, abc news, santa monica, california. Our thanks to marci there. A winter storm is moving across the Northern Plains overnight bringing snow and strong winds. By tomorrow morning it will be much colder throughout the midwest. It will feel like Single Digits in many areas. The cold air will keep marching east as they do and may trigger lakeeffect snow off the great lakes. Woohoo we expect temperatures below average for much of the eastern u. S. For the next two weeks. 19 in burlington, vermont. Zero in minneapolis, chilly thats the feelslike temperature. Thats the important one. Christmas is a few weeks away, but for some, santa came a little early this year. They hit the slopes for the sunday Santa Charity event. Theyve got some speed. Lots of santas. And check out what happened in north carolina. One kriss kringle there apparently wanted to practice coming down the chimney. Yeah. He rappelled down the mountain in chimney rock state park. How big of a chimney does he expect . The climb is 300 feet, and hes going to be doing it again next week. Okay. All right. Because why not . Hell do it three more times next saturday and in between, he and mrs. Claus will be handing out presents. We hope he makes it to christmas day. Be careful. Coming up, were having a cocktail party. No, not that kind of cocktail. Were talking shrimp cocktail and some very enthusiastic shellfish eaters, mind you. And before you shop for gifts online, make sure you know what youre getting. Well tell you how to avoid buying counterfeit toys. And remember to find us on facebook on wnn fans. Com and abc wnn. Youre watching world news now coughsah hey, chad i missed you. Ah i was in the tree watching you, and then i fell. Im not eating pizza from the trash. Then i discovered mucinex. Huge difference. One pill lasts 12 hours, and im good. Oh, here kitty, kitty. Ah not a cat, not a cat why take 4hour medicine . Just one mucinex lasts 12 hours. Start the relief. Ditch the misery. Lets end this. I love you, droolius caesar, but sometimes you stink. Febreze car vent clip cleans away odors for up to 30 days. Because the things you love can stink. Im joy bauer, and as a nutritionist i know probiotics can often help. Try digestive advantage. 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Shield the it from public view. Absolutely. Because someone else would be waiting for it. Someone else just wrote the most troy things ever. It really is. We love detroit. I guess the building is not used to implosion on a sunday until 1 00 p. M. Too soon. Like rough football jokes. Theyre hoping that gravity will take care of the issue . Yeah. That ought to work, right . Wait and see. All right, we have a new warning this morning for consumers with just 20 days until christmas. A number of Holiday Shoppers are finding that some of this years most popular toys and Electronics Sold online are fakes. Heres abcs erielle reshef. Fingerlings, one of the hottest holiday toys. I wanted to surprise my children with it. Reporter so when mom lois found them on walmart. Com, she ordered them immediately. But when the package arrived there was miswording on the package. The product inside wasnt, you know, wasnt secured. The color was leaching off of the product onto their hands. It was just really scary. We were really disappointed. Reporter turns out her toys were fake, sold by a third party on walmarts website. Walmart gave her a refund, telling abc news, we take these issues very seriously and have zero tolerance for sellers who list items in violation of our service. Toys, among a litany of items frequently knocked off many more than 1. 3 billion in counterfeit goods seized last year. When youre shopping over the Holiday Season you have to be very aware, especially when dealing with third parties. Reporter experts say look out for misspellings, for suspicious prices that are too low or too high, and make sure any website you order from has safeguards for consumers. Fake goods can alsbeo dangerous. Authorities have seized toys with lead in them and electronics that can catch fire. Coming up in our next half hour, a nanny watching out for more than the kids. Check out how she helped catch a package thief in the act and what youre supposed to do if youre in that same situation. But first, one of the nfls most popular players is facing criticism. Hear what gronk said after a late hit. Sports is next on world news now. Good for my teeth . Ne thats now i dont have to choose from crest 3d white comes new whitening therapy. Its our best whitening technology. Plus, it has a fortifying formula to protect your enamel. Crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. The bug stops here protection. Lysol kills over 100 illnesscausing germs and viruses, even those that may cause stomach bugs. Lysol. What it takes to protect. Oh, mercy, it was busy, busy weekend for sports. Lets start with College Football. Fans are arguing over whether the College FootballPlayoff Committee made the right choice. Very controversial. Fans of the Ohio State Buckeyes are not happy. They think their team should be in the playoffs, surprise, surprise, especially after winning the big ten title on saturday night. Yeah. So no luck. But here is whats set for january 1st. Alabama will face clemson for the Third Straight year. Clemson of course, the victory from last year, this year. Oklahoma will take on georgia. More importantly, Boston College is going to the pinstripe bowl, yeah, baby. Woo. Is that right . Boston college. Yeah oswego still doesnt have a football team. And new england tight end Rob Gronkowski grew up outside buffalo, though he may not want to go back for a while. He may have a few people angry with him over there. So gronk tapped tradavious white. What . What . While the rookie was on the ground. If by tapped you mean assaulted. White did suffer a concussion after that tap. Gronkowski apologized for that love tap and said he was frustrated after white picked off a pass. He was penalized but stayed in the game as hes allowed to. Look at that shoulder down, straight for the dive. It it he slipped. Thats all it was. And amid some chocolate, head coach mcadoo could be fired. The giants eli manning played it took you a second. They played without eli manning for the First Time Since 2004. Or to quote jack, they tried to play. Geno smith started in oakland. He was sacked three times, lost two fumbles and threw a touchdown pass. The giants lost to the raiders, 1724. If im eli, im saying, im not going in if they ask me to. By the way, that is what cold callers say when they call my house. Is mr. Mcadoo there. The seahawks flew high over the nfc east. The loss ended the eagles ninegame winning streak. And ended the streak of awesome touchdown celebrations. They play the rams in la. On sunday. And finally, the worlds best competitive eaters were no this isnt you. This is an eating competition, and it involves shrimp cocktail. It took place there in indianapolis, of course. Your all, where theyre surrounded by all that water. Joey chestnut took the lead early, downing more than ten pounds of st. Elmos shrimp cocktail. Thats one of the spiciest on the planet. Hes on the champion the fifth consecutive year. Last year he ate 15 pounds in eight minutes. Hes slowing down in his old age. Joey chestnut, only ten pounds this time, huh . Hes allergic to chestnuts, though. Pounds this time, huh . Hes allergic to chest nuts, though. Nuts, though. E breathe freely fast wmy congestions gone. I can breathe again i can breathe again vicks sinex. Breathe on. Ialmost everything. You know, ke 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. But for only 7 a month, ridx helps break down waste. Avoid a septic disaster with ridx. C is for cookie thats good enough for me c is for cookie thats good enough for me c is for cookie thats good enough for me oh, cookie, cookie, cookie starts with c we have so much cookies. Its National Cookie day, people. Who wants cookies . You want a cookie . Look at this. Tony and of course, scott. Not so good. Kendis, you want a cookie . Youd miss it, too. Anybody wants a cookie . Everybodys getting cookies, because it is National Cookie day. The 40th annual National Cookie day. Mrs. Fields hooked us up with some good cookies. Mr. Fields did nothing. The best part of this is they said oh. Oh, wow. How do you taste . Guys, i have a cookie i love thats my face. Lets see. Thats like five years ago. But its my face. The guy with hair. That looks great, right . All right. How do you taste . Ready . Its going to take a while. Ill just good. Yeah. Im going to bite into it. Not surprising, i taste a little salty. Nutritious. You taste cranky . Okay. So happy National Cookie day, everybody. Enjoy. Thank you, mrs. Fields. Im going to eat all of these. So somebody overindulged in florida. Not on cookies, though. Check out what happened to this possum. Weve said drunk as a skunk. This possum was offended by that and said ill show this possum who is boss. Apparently, the possum in okaloosa broke into a liquor store and helped itself to a few different drinks of choice. How did he get the bottles open . Apparently, he was downing some bourbon when the wildlife people came in and rescued the possum. Im not so sure the possum was happy to be rescued. Nobody likes going to aa. Do you think that possum is like, hi, my name is. Hes been treated and released. The possum is doing well this morning, although hes craving chicken fingers. Would you pay 5,000 for wine and beer glasses made of cheese . No. Its actually a genius idea. This is a company that brought them both tomorrow, finlandia. They make cheese as 100th anniversary. They came up with this concept. Wine and cheese. Multitasking. This morning on world news now, bending the bill. The republicans plan to change the tax code has more hurdles before the next vote. And will this oneparty push spell political success, or will democrats say i told you so if the economy falls flat. And billy bush has a new message for the president. The former tv host lost his job after the release of the access Hollywood Tape where the president now says that it may not be real. Overnight, bush is issuing a direct reply to that. And new this half hour, the nanny turned crime fighter. Shes being credited for her quick thinking, taking down a package thief after the get away car takes off. See what happens next. Shake your body shake your body Gloria Estefan making history at the Kennedy Center honors. With fears the eventual would get too political, so did it . And who else got a fancy necklace . Well tell you, coming up in the skinny on monday. December 4th. From abc news, this is world news now. Rhythm is going to get you rhythm is going to get you every time im at a party and i have a couple too many drinks and i start breaking out my dance moves, thats when im like, Gloria Estefan, you were right. The rhythm is going to get you. Thats what happens. And then everyone looks at you strangely. Absolutely. Glorias role in my life. But were going to start this hour with the republican drive to push a tax cut through congress. Now that the senate has approved its version it has to be combined with the version passed in the house. The house plans to vote today to formally set up a Conference Committee to hammer out the differences. Republicans are trying to act quickly in order to get it to the president s desk by christmas. Heres abcs stephanie ramos. Reporter the Senate Passing the sweeping tax bill in the dead of the night. The tax cuts and jobs act as amended is passed. Reporter leaving democrats fuming. About the handwritten changes. Can you tell me what that word is . If you can, you have better eyes than me. Reporter now the republicans racing to get the bill on the president s desk before christmas. Now we go on to conference, and something beautiful is going to come out of that picture. Reporter there are some major differences between the house and senate bills. Both bills would reduce the Corporate Tax rate to 20 , but the timing of when the cut kicks in is different. Jim garth owns a small restaurant in chattanooga, the tennessee. He said hes excited the about the prospects of the cut in a future. Thats what i need so i can give my employees a muchneeded increase in their rate of pay. Reporter the other difference, the mortgage deduction for new homes capped at 500,000 in the house bill. The senate keepd it at 1 million. The medical expense deduction, the house bill repeals it. The senate bill expands it. And the house bill makes the individual tax cuts permanent. The senate bill would allow the them to expire in seven years. Why not make it so you can say everybody in the middle class will get a tax cut thats permanent . Its impossible to do that. You cant craft any bill that would guarantee no one was in a special category that might get a tax increase. Reporter graduate students marching this week over the house bills provision to repeal deductions for student Loan Interest rates. It will make graduate accessibility inaccessibility to those other than in the upper class. Reporter how much will it cost . Many republicans are arguing it will pay for itself by promoting economic growth. But the nonpartisan Budget Office says the senate bill would add 1 trillion to the deficit on over the next decade. Stephanie ramos, abc news, capitol hill. President trump makes a quick trip to utah today. Hes expected to sign an executive order shrinking two national monuments. Its a move requested by state leaders, recommended by the interior secretary and opposed by environmental leaders. And native americans. Thousands of protesters demonstrated at the capital this weekend. More protests are expected today. So as the president heads to the chopper, im sure he will face plenty of questions today about his latest tweets slamming the fbi. They came two days after his former National Security adviser pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. Michael flynn struck a deal with Robert Mueller whos investigating russian influence on the president ial election, but the president himself is saying that the fbis reputation is in tatters, the worst in history. This as a top democrat on the House Intelligence Committee thinks this is only the start. I do believe he will incriminate others in the administration, otherwise there was no reason for bob mueller to give mike flynn this kind of a deal. That plea agreement does not indicate that theres very much else there. The president s tweets about the fbi included one that may cause him some bit of trouble. He said he had to fire flynn because he had lied to the fbi. That right there may raise questions about obstruction of justice. New this morning, President Trump is catching heat from former tv host billy bush. In todays New York Times, bush is accusing the president of quote, indulging in revisionist history for reportedly denying it was his voice on the access Hollywood Tape. The New York Times has reported that the president has privately told aides that the voice making lewd remarks about women was not his. Bush says of course he said it, we laughed along without a single doubt that this was hypothetical. Hot air from americas toprated bloviater. Along with me, there were several other guys on the bus. Every one of us assumed that we were listened to a crass standup act. He was performing. Surely, we thought, none of this was real. Well, now we know better. The u. S. And south Korean Air Forces are now conducting a massive fiveday drill. The exercises are said to be the largest ever conducted by the two countries. They include hundreds of aircraft, including two dozen u. S. Stealth fighters. Lindsey graham said now is the time for u. S. Military families in south korea to leave. Graham also said he believes conflict with the north is getting close. Its crazy to send spouses and children to south korea given the provocation of north korea, so i want them to stop sending dependents, and its time to start moving american dependents out of south korea. The air force drills come a week after north korea fired its most powerful missile ever. Kim jong uns regime claim the exercises push the peninsula to the brink of war. Breaking news now from florida. A 4yearold girl missing since saturday night has been missing has been found dead chelsea noel walked out of her house in port st. Lucie wearing just her nightgown. She was autistic. Did not speak. And a man will be in court today in connection with the missing frisina. Rodriguez is in custody. Frisinas parents say theyre seeking counseling. As they troy to work through things. A blockbuster deal could reshape the Nations Health care industry. Cvs is hoping to purchase aetna for 69 billion. Now cvs runs nearly 10,000 drugstores and 1100 walkin clinics. Wall street analysts say if the acquisition is successful, it would fuel an expansion of Health Care Services at cvs. Big day today, not only is it National Cookie day, but its also a big anniversary. You might want to put your phone down if youre texting. All right, cool. We just passed a historic milestone in the history of texting. It was exactly 25 years ago that the worlds first ever sms, Short Message Service was sent. The british engineer sent the text from a computer to the mobile phone of the director of vodafone. There were two words merry christmas. Those two words were the beginning of a seismic change in how we communicate with each other. Heres how we reported on the growing phenomenon in 2001. The latest edition of the concise oxford dictionary came out today with an interesting new section on abbreviations, such as bblr, call back later, and hnd, have a nice day. It sounds to some people like a whole new language, and it is. Heres abcs ned potter. Hello and an exclamation point is a capitalized a. And now youre thinking why not just give me a phone call. Reporter but look around, and instead of calling you will see more people texting. Its cheap, its cool, its just like email but with you all the time. It will never catch on. It will never catch on. Be one of those trendy, faddy things. Send a text right now. Remember when you had to dial each individual letter for each number . Then there it was t9 next. Mindblowing. It was easy. You could just say, you up . Coming up, the worst get away driver ever. Left behind an apparent package thief, caught by a very angry nanny. So what happened . And d. J. Khaled celebrating another one. His birthday bash brought out an elite group of partygoers. Hes celebrating another one. Were going to run through it in the skinny. Youre watching world news now. Nny. Youre watching world news now. Studying to be a dentist and she gave me advice. She said. My daughter is. Dadgo pro with crest prohealth. 4 out of 5 dentists confirm. These crest prohealth. Products help maintain a. Professional clean. Go pro with Crest Pro Health crest prohealth. Really brought my mouth. To the next level. He heres heres some video released sunday of a frightening moment a truck started a Chain Reaction crash on a british highway. The driver reportedly fell asleep behind the wheel. Last night he was sentenced to 16 months behind bars for that crash. No one was seriously hurt. A driver in the meantime in china probably wishes his new car was stuck in mud. Thats a pickup truck trying to pull him out of the cement there. Ooh, cement. Eventually, he got hooked onto the cement truck and it gets him out of the mess. Ooh, thats going to be a rough repair. Oops. And here at home, a wouldbe package thief is in trouble after being caught by the family nanny. And by be being caught, we literally mean being caught. Reporter it was a sight captured all too often on Home Security cameras this time of year. Those holiday deliveries, disappearing in the hands of thieves, but a warning to wouldbe grinches. Someone like kate anderson, a nanny in Washington State may be watching. It was very intense. Reporter here you see the getaway driver take off. Apparently scared by anderson sprinting outside. She tackles the accused thief, brings her back to the house and holds her there until police arrive. She literally was like i was just checking your address. No, girl, i have cameras. Reporter cameras in michigan helping stop this wouldbe thief. The homeowner seeing the video of him approaching and quickly chasing him away. The cameras not only deal with the case and the investigation after the fact. But now its able to alert the homeowners when someone comes close to their home. Reporter some advice for experts, install a system with live monitoring on your smartphone that includes alarm and voice features so you can react when youre not home. Track packages so you know when theyre arriving, then make arrangements for someone to be home or ship to a secure address. And dont put yourself in danger to catch a crook in the act. Though anderson says she has no regrets. Someones doing something wrong, i am not afraid. Maybe well just have to keep kate as our house forever. Bous bouncer forever, protecting our home. Reporter instead of approaching someone stealing from outside your home, focus on being a good witness. Identify the type of vehicle, license plate number and take extra videos and photos on your phone if can you. That will help police on their investigation. I think that get away driver missed the memo. Youre not the only one whos supposed to get away. That was a baby driver. He watched the movie, like, no, i got this, i got this. No, you dont got it. When we come back, ladies love cool j and beyond, i would say. So does the rest of the country. Plus a go ahead. Yeah, all about cool j and the big birthday bash. The skinnys next. Nys next. The skinnys next i am beautiful in every single way words, cant bring me down oh, wha oh, what a feelin when were dancin on the ceiling Lionel Richie tops off the skinny for us, because he is one of the newest Kennedy Center honorees. Yes joins ll cool j, of course, and singer Gloria Estefan at a ceremony in washington, d. C. Last nights event was the first rapper ever honored by the Kennedy Center. Hes also the youngest honoree at 49 years old. And a performance of mama says knock you ow. Listen to glorias tribute. Shake your body shake your body shake your body is that like the cast from the show . Do you think . Gloria estefan, the first cuban american to receive the award. You are bffs with gloria. We are bffs. Were twitter friends. No big deal. No big deal. By the way, the president was not at the event. He said he didnt want to create a political distraction. But there was plenty of partying going on and a big bash that took place in Beverly Hills that really drew a crowd. Is he diddy again . What is he . Diddy gathered some of his closest friends for dj khaleds 42nd birthday. Some of the notable names, fergie, chris brown, Pharrell Williams with very red hair apparently. Snoop dogg, jamie foxx, the arabian nights theme on a private estate. That is Kelly Rowland from destinys child who sang happy birthday. To the guest of honor. And khaleds son made an entrance in his aston martin stroller. Youre kidding me, right . You know youve made it when you have an aston martin stroller. And the caterer. So the party then ended with a danceoff with love. Thats sean pdiddys son there. All going at it there. That is the party event that you want to be there. Jesse williams as well. Yeah. I didnt get invited, but whatever, whatever. Hell have another one. And prince harry and Meghan Markle have made their first public appearance. Everybody was very excited. Yeah. So the crowd was psyched. Perhaps no one was as pumped at british tv reporter, alison hamped. This is their first royal event together. There she is. Allison, can you see them yet . Are they near you . Harry harry is right here. So exciting Harry Harry Harry come and get warmed up by me go on, go on. Dont give up. Wheres meghan, alison . Right, im looking for meghan, shes on the other side shout at her can you see her there . She looks amazing. Harry. I think she scared him a little bit. Shes like harry, come and get warmed up here. The anchors in the studio seemed a little less excited about it. They played it straight. Meghan spoke on camera. Harrys like, im not going to go over to that microphone. 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