Making the wrong decision to hurt everybodys life. Reporter no one is holding back emotions. So many people from chp officers to firefighters had kids here went to school with 12yearold lana carlos. She and her sister were crossing the road on monday. 24yearold hayward resident joshua birnl turned himself in Tuesday Morning to the chp officers say he showed no remorse, didnt admit to anything and wasnt willing to answer questions. Video captured the gruesome incident. He is being charged with vehicular hit and run and manslaughter. Reporter the chp had a good image of the f150 pickup truck. Officers said byrne was making a left turn but may not have seen the two girls in the crosswalk. Once he hit them, he didnt stop and drove away. He found it in his heart to turn himself in. It was a matter of time before we would get him. Reporter lanas mother and family are grieving her. She is a very special, sweet, sweet little angel. She loved everybody and touched everyones life. She is very close to god. She carried her bible around in her backpack. When this happens, these are our neighbors. I feel very bad for the family. Everybody needs to take care of each other and slow down. Reporter officers from chp, Castro Valley are stepping up patrols of this intersection. You can see how busy the road is. It is a pop hard shortcut for people trying the avoid congestion on 580. Three schools are very nearby within a half mile in each and every direction. This crosswalk where the girl was struck and killed is heavily used. Live in Castro Valley. David louie, abc7 news. Federal and local officials in the United States are ramping up their concern over the coronavirus of today, the cdc issued a warning saying brace for a likely outbreak in the United States. There are now 57 coronavirus cases in the u. S. Weve also learned the two patients at Travis Air Force base in fairfield were transferred today to hos in contra costa county. Also today, San Francisco mayor london breed called for a Proactive Public Health emergency. Even though there are not any new cases in the city. We need to allocate more resources to make sure that we are prepared. We need more help to do outreach to the community and to put those resources to work today. New warnings that the virus came just hours after President Trump declared the situation well under control in the u. S. Even as his administration asked congress for an additional 2. 5 billion to fight in the outbreak. Democrats are blasting the white house saying, it does not have a plan to deal with the virus and seemingly no urgency to develop one. That concern rattled u. S. Financial markets for the second straight day. The dow plummeted 871871871871 worldwide, the number of cases continues to grow. Nearly a thousand people are now sick in south korea. In italy, a total of 322 are now being treated. Ten people have died there. The number of cases in iran has reached 95. That includes the man who was in charge of containing the spread of it in his country. A total of 15 people have died in iran. Overall, more than 80,000 people have tested positive for the virus with more than 2,700 deaths. A show of support today for had in Ann Kirkpatrick who was fired without cause. Now live from Oakland City Hall with more. Reporter good evening. The chief was very emotionally overwhelmed by the huge support. She said she is awol of integrity and wasnt going to do anything special for anyone just to keep her job. The applause for police chief Ann Kirkpatrick is for her time at the top. I didnt want to just be a chief. I wanted to be a leader. An honorable leader and a woman of integrity. Thank you. That is so sweet. Several hundred people including the retired officers and support staff came out to pay tribute to their former chief. By my termination, you have destabilized the stability of this Police Department and it destabilizes the Community Safety when do you that. Kirkpatrick was fired last thursday without cause by the Oakland Police commission. But a document says it may be in retaliation for her unwillingness to do special favors for the police commission. Listen to your employees. Tell us reasons for why you let her and go let it be something valid. If its not, reverse the decision and bring her back. This officer says morale is down since the firing. He says hell stay on but hes not sure others will. It is a very somber mood. There have been, plenty of people have mentioned about looking for other places because there have been a lot of negative things one after the other. This is a significant one. Barry donlan, president of the Police Officers association, says the country is watching. Finding a replacement will be tough. Theyll look back and see the events of last week and say any given thursday i could be gone by an unaccountable Police Department decides they dont want you anymore. Reporter i received an email from the chair woman of the commission. She said she will likely issue a statement on thursday before the start of the meeting. Also, robert is the federal monitor. But a spokesperson says he was here for regular meetings and not to discuss kirkpatricks firing. Reporting live, abc7 news. All right. Thank you. Lets turn to our weather. Spencer got to get outside and end j enjoy it. Oh, yes. Its been a beautiful day. Sunny, dry and very nice. You can see we have the clear skies. Ill move out of camera frame so i can see the monday or the. From sutro tower looking out over the bay, you can see the reading sare 74 here in San Francisco and in oakland in redwood city and gilroy, 76 in san jose. Another live view from emeryville, across alcatraz. Other readings, 78. 73, pet loop willa, napa, 72, fairfield, 78, concord, 76. Livermore, 73. Official readings to find out whether or not weve set any records, were still waiting. As we look at the forecast animation, unsee going into the weekend, there is a system going our way that may produce some showers. I wont give it all away now. Ill have more later. Damaging new allegations against placido domingo. A Union Representing opera performers found more than two dozen people who said they were sexually harassed or witnessed inappropriate behavior by the tenor. It allegedly took place while he held Senior Management positions at Washington National opera and los angeles opera. The 79yearold issued a statement addressing his accusers correctly saying i want them to know i am truly sorry. I accept full responsibility for my actions and i have grown from this experience. New details in the College Admissions scandal. The hot pocket heiress has been sentenced to prison for cheating the admissions process for her daughters. She is one of two dozen prominent parents including actress felicity huffman. She was sentenced to 21 months in prison, calling her one of the most culpable parents charged. Actress lori lawfulin has a stat just conference this week on her case although she is not expected to attend. The good b. A. R. T. Weve got good, the bad and the ugly on b. A. R. T. Plus, the recycling revile. And a new twist on economy. VoMike Bloomberg has a recordgue of doing something. As mayor, he protected womens reproductive rights. Expanded Health Coverage to 700,000 new yorkers. And decreased infantmortality rates to historic lows. As president , hell build on obamacare, cap medical costs, and will always protect a womans right to choose. Mike bloomberg a record on Health Care Nobody can argue about. Mike im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Abc7 is committed to building a better bay area and part of that means building a better b. A. R. T. Today abc 7 news crews are out riding all day long to get an idea what riding on b. A. R. T. Is like for commuters. We started early this morning, and now abc7 News Reporter luis pena who is tweeting up a storm and testing the wifi on b. A. R. T. Locations joins us live right now. Reporter weve seen the good, the bad and the ugly. For the 4 00 p. M. , well only show you the good. Then well show you the bad and then the ugly. Just sit back and watch all the goodness we found today. I just ran into a field trip. Theyre coming from berkeley. The fact so many kids can come to the city. Theyre actually heading to the exploratorium. What did you think . I think it is fun. I like the new train. There is a bunch of things on it. Reporter i just met florence. Hi, florence. Hi. Reporter shes lived in the bay area for 60 years. You take b. A. R. T. Once or twice a week. What is the good . The good, it is reliable. It gets me to the east bay with ease. Reporter so we just got to west oakland and we just met turf nation. Who are you guys . Were turf nation. Were a community of dancers all together, different groups here to have fun. Spread positive vibes on the train. Reporter turf nation are all time pros. Their dance made me feel like i dont know how to dance and im colombian so thats embarrassing. You can see me trying to bust some moves over there. Something interesting is that they all to go school or have jobs and they dance for fun. They say we dont have any music or tvs. So bring some supplies, some joys to people riding b. A. R. T. You talked about the good, the bad and the ugly. Overall, do you feel like its good . Reporter theres definitely good, theres bad and theres ugly. We all know this. We ride b. A. R. T. We have to high flight good things. Those kids came out, they were happy. They were on a train and they got to the to go exploratorium. We saw a lot of bad. Car breakins. We saw the ugly. Some of the agents were telling us, there is a lot of theft. So theres a little of that. We have to highlight all of. We ride b. A. R. T. And we know whats out there. Thank you. I think b. A. R. T. Should hire luz as an ambassador. Exactly. You want the takeaway to be overall happy. Lets get to drew tuma. It seemed like today was one of the smoother commutes weve had. Amy hollyfield wrote the connector from antioch to pittsburgh and then she was on concords line. This was at 5 10 a. M. In the morning. We have seats filled, Early Morning standing commuters. You fast forward about five hours, by 9 40 a. M. , you can still find the b. A. R. T. Trains are pretty packed. B. A. R. T. Is saying, starting in march, their goal is to increase capacity by 45 on the transbay 2 by adding ten car trains on all those lines during peak xhout hours. I think thats good news. And one thing weve been hearing a lot. Parking. Take a look at this. Look at the new parking garage, owned by the city. Right next to it you have a parking garage owned by b. A. R. T. That is completely filled because it is only 3 a day. To get into that one, some people have some pretty unique ways of getting in there. I dont need to be on a train until 7 45. A lot of times i end up doing my makeup in the car. At least i can get out the door faster, get a parking spot and then sit here and finish getting ready for the day. And what you didnt hear, she has to park farther away, say blocks away, she also has a scoot per she whips out that she can get there even quicker. So parking is one of the bigger issues and theyre finding unique ways to combat that. Yeah. Who wants to pay 18 . Right next door, its 3. But you have to get there earlier. At least she found a solution. So many people, there is no parking spaces. And all this week we are dedicating our building a better bay area. All let let i have the bright lights in my eyes. It continues to be a bright day. A nice sunny view there from alcatraz. Some of these locations were a little bit warmer. San francisco, down 69 degrees high of 75 at sfo. 72 in gilroy and 62 at pacifica. Looking out toward golden gate, still 78 in santa rosa. Low 70s in petaluma, napa, livermore, 73 degrees its set a now record for this date. Well continue through friday and much cooler. The showers are likely on sunday. Tonight well have clear skies all across the region. Overnight lows will be a little on the mild side. Mainly mid to upper 40s. Tomorrow will be another mild to warm day with high temperatures inland in the mid to upper 70s. Low to mid 70s around the bay shoreline. And upper 60s on the coast. Now, it gets a bit warmer on thursday than tomorrow will be with highs near 80 degrees inland once again. And mid to upper 70s around the bay. And up to about 70 on the coast. Then friday it cools down a little bit. More sharply on saturday. The temperatures will drop 10 or 12 degrees from fridays highs. When might we see some rain . Heres the forecast animation. Notice sunday. We get a little rain. Moving through in the afternoon hours. Continuing into the early evening and then tapering off west might not be left with much in the way of rainfall totals. Right now, our projections indicate most locations will receive under. 05 of an inch of rain. That means from no measurable rain at all to maybe. 02 of an inch. The sevenday forecast, warm weather continues and dry through friday. It will be much cooler and a bit gusty on saturday. And weve got our showers on sunday and then back to sunny and mild and dry weather again on monday and tuesday. Thats about all the rain i can squeeze out of the forecast for you. Thank you. A sticky situation from jif Peanut Butter. It is all about a name. Coming up, a warning about those scam telephone we choose to go to the and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard. President kennedy knew settling for halfmeasures wasnt good enough. So when candidates say we cant guarantee health care for all, make College Affordable for all, combat climate change, or create a world at peace, remember that america is best when we strive to do big things, even when its hard. Im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. A change at the top of disney today, bob iger reportedly he is steg down immediately being replaced by bob chapek. He oversaw the star wars galaxys edge at the theme parks. Mr. Iger is staying on as an executive chairman and he is embracing the role. I will just as committed to the company with a different role. More than anything im committed to a successful successon process and a successful transition. The best thing for me and the company would be for bob to succeed. It is nice to have bob iger in your corner. Bob iger served as disneys ceo for 15 years. He plans on staying on as executive chairman through 2021. Disney is the parent coil of abc7. A new classic twist where a loved one calls and asks for money. Yeah. This is scary. The person on the other end of the line is not family. It is a criminal who has managed to clone a voice. How bad is this . It could get really, really bad. This is horrible. Clever criminals recreating the voices of your loved ones. And theyre using those voices to steal money from unsuspecting victims. Law enforcement agencies and the federal trade commission both warn, scammers are using Voice Cloning Technology to recreate voices for a phone conversation. Criminals use the voices pretending to be a loved one in urgent need of money. Consumers should be skeptical and ask questions that only the other person could know. Ford has announced three recalls, announcing more than arrea million of their f150 trucks. Theyre being recalled because of a headlight defect. Daytime running lamps do not dim when the main headlight control is switched on. They are also having a recall for almost 14,000 older f150s. Owners will be contacted and a smaller ford recall is in effect for fseries super duty trucks because of an axel issue. Many americans are dipping into the retirement accounts early, before the age of vinyl 1 2. And their paying hefty fines to do so. You see the irs says they have collected a whopping 5. 7 billion in penalties from americans withdrawing money from retirement accounts like the 401 k before they hit that magical age of 59 1 2. The 10 penalty is assessed with those early withdraws of the irs received more than 5 million returns last year. They reported paying the early withdrawal penalty. The average early withdrawal was about 11,000. Youre much better off getting a loan on that and saying youll pay it back. Most will let you take a loan rather than taking a loan against yourself. Safety and service. Two things b. A. R. T. Riders want to see improve. Plus, Top Democrats squaring off in y like getting the best evewifi experiencein. With walltowall coveragetheres a win. Plus, added protection for your connected devices. Thats a winwin. Put it together with Xfinity Mobile the most reliable wireless network. Talk about a winning combo. Get xfinity internet and Xfinity Mobile for just 30 each a month. Youll save up to 400 a year on your wireless bill. Plus get 300 off when you buy a new galaxy s20 ultra. Now thats. Simple. Easy. Awesome. Click, call or visit a store today. Of millions of americans during wall strethe recession. Advantage so, my wife kat and i took action. We started a Nonprofit Community bank with a simple theory give people a fair deal and real economic power. Invest in the community. In businesses owned by women and people of color. In affordable housing. The difference between words and actions matters. Thats a lesson politicians in washington could use right now. Im tom steyer, and i approve this message. Welcome back. All week long were looking at b. A. R. T. And building a better bay area. You were named the interim chief last may. You took over on a permanent basis last month. How do you feel things are going in general . So far so good. I think were trending in the right direction. So far in the month of january, our overall crime rate has gone down 18 . Thats a tribute to some of the stuff i put in play as soon as i took over. Why dont we talk about a couple of the programs you feel are really working. I think our train team. Our newly formed train team that i put into place in january following my appointment has been really effective. We put them out on the train seven days a week. That was the time frame our ridership was asking for more presence because they didnt feel saif. I know what that, fast forward, february 10th, we put out 12 ambassadors to augment to help increase our presence on the system. So let me take this down to a personal level. For a long time, my daughter would take b. A. R. T. And she had to go to the airport. After some high profile cases, she said, i cant do it anymore. Im too scared. If she wants to take a nap, she has to worry. She feels like, especially for a young woman, she just doesnt feel safe. What would you tell her specifically to address that issue . And others who feel the same way. Give us another chance. Were turning the page. Were aggressively hiring. Were putting a lot of Police Officers back on to the trains. Thats where the crime is coming from. Under my command, one of the main priorities is to continue to hire. 39 of the new officers were lateral which is helping me put them out to the streets and the system a lot faster. They require less training. You said 63. How many do you really need . In a Perfect World . I would like the get a couple hundred to be able to put them. Another one is were getting a lot of calls for service and our crime rate a little higher. I would like to have officers at more stations to be able to do that. So obviously everything is budget. How do you get the money to do all that . I want to you look at some video here. I dont want to ambush you. I want to get your take on this. Youre working to stop fare evaders. Here you see the guy walking right through. Theres a b. A. R. T. Police officer a few feet away apparently working some other passenger who had an issue. This is fairly brazen. Hes not trying to hide the fact hes just walking right through. What is your reaction when you see that . Looking at the officer there, i dont know why. He could have been the victim of a crime, he was consoling her, it looked line she was on the telephone possibly calling someone who possibly needed her to come pick them up. It is hard to know what situation our officer was encountering. Agreed. What is your biggest challenge Going Forward . Is it just more officers on b. A. R. T. Trains . Is it the homeless . At the end of the night, they have nowhere to go so theyre trying to ride trains and they end up at the airport or what is it . The biggest challenge is presence. Presence means safety. It will take care of the other issues. The homeless know, the quality of life issues that our system encounters. I believe by getting more officers on to the system, it will help mitigate. How about in fare evasion . I know you have the barriers. It will take a while before you have the higher barriers in all the locations. At leaf in the high volume locations. So we use our fare inspectors for that. Theyre checking the fare from the riders in the Early Morning commute to help the issues generated in San Francisco. They go on stations and check fares at elevators, escalators, people coming out of stations. As you look at the next year, what are your goals . To make b. A. R. T. The safest Transit System in the country. The way ill do that is continuing to hire more people and putting them out there. Putting officers in areas that require more attention, that have more calls for service and doing that with a fixed post. Increasing our ambassador program. Hopefully getting fast pilot program. Moving it forward. Putting more fare inspectors into the system so we can mitigate whats going on. You told me, youve been with the b. A. R. T. Police for 22 years. He know you take this pretty seriously. You want to get it double. Absolutely. I take it personally. From 22 years ago to where i am today, we did a lot of good changes. And i think were trending in the right direction. We have a lot of hard working men and women in the Police Department will make this system safer for our riders. Thanks so much for coming in. From the police chief to the general manager, when bob powers took over in july, he said he would get out of his office and visit stations to talk directly to riders about their concerns. We talked with them to hear just what riders with saying. Im very pleased. I use b. A. R. T. Every workday. Sometimes it can be a little dirty. Sandy want to believe when i get on b. A. R. T. , im be going on die. I get out at different stations. It is called a listening tour. I ask them whats working and whats not working for out b. A. R. T. How can we make b. A. R. T. Better . B. A. R. T. Is getting better. Thats great to hear. I get great comments. It is very constructive from the riders and it shows how much they want b. A. R. T. To be successful because of how important it is to their day to day life. Talking to the riders about how we can make your ride better. Something that i noticed, not for me but for people who are verbually impaired. Theyre missing their trains because the announcements are inconsistent. Easily fixable. Just make sure we get the number of cars in there. Time general manager. I run b. A. R. T. , the trains, the station. How can we make it better . You know what . You asking me that question means a lot to me. Youre already making it better by asking me. What is working for and you what is not working for you . How we can make the system better. Any comments or advice . Personally, i think there should be a Police Officer at every car. That would make me feel safer. B. A. R. T. Station got there and i cant even park there. Im spending more to get to work because i have to take a lyft to b. A. R. T. I have to be there at 5 30 tomb get a parking place. It will be done within a year. If would you point me in one direction, what is working and not working on b. A. R. T. If there is not an agent in the booth, i cannot run the ticket through myself. I would like the get on an elevator thats working. And b, when people dont defecate on them. The clenl ansely xns the homelessness. Were taking everything weve heard from the tour. Were putting it into categories and well post it on our website. And then adjacent to that, what were going to do about it. My goal would be after im done during all the stations, go back out around. And to go a station. And i want to show the riders that weve improved at every one of the stations. What is working for you on your commute and how were doing and what we can improve. I love b. A. R. T. The only complaint is i think you should extend to it san jose as soon as possible. Were working on it. I am a person who was born and raised driving a car. I was born in the bay area and i want to give it up. I want to take b. A. R. T. As much as possible. And hell be at Oakland International airport frorm 3 30 to 4 30 to talk to riders. We want to hear your ideas about building a voMike Bloomberg has a recordgue of doing something. 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Were talking about what travelers are talking about. So airlines are cramming more and more seats on to jets as we all know. One carrier is looking at ways to give coach flyers some wiggle room on long flights. This is called the sky master. A grouping of six bunk beds in economy. Air new zealand itsing about installing these pods for the 16hour flight between auckland and newark, new jersey. They will decide whether to install them for 2021. They look better than i thought. It sounds fantastic but there are only six bunks on a plane that holds 200 people. Right. Its like a rotation. Its my turn and of course youll have to pay extra. How much do you think that will be . I assume you pay for the entirety of the flight. Its not like were taking turns or were going to share. I want to hear how much the fare is. It might not be very fair. Impossible foods says the company has reached a deal that makes its patties the preferred plant based burg he of disney theme parks in the and u. S. The Disney Cruise line. In case you were wondering, it will first be available at Smoke Jumpers grill in disney california this spring. That comes months after disney announced it was offering hundreds of vegan options. And we have to say, disney. Ive tried them of three times at three different locations and they were really good. If i had not known i was eating a plant based burger, i would have thought i was eating a hamburger. It is close. I think you can tell difference. The concern i have with all of these, their real products. The sodium is really high in a lot of these things. Oh, it is. It is not necessarily a nutritious as you would think. You have to check the labels. So you give up the meat but you have more sodium. Absolutely. Just check. Not every product is the same. Millennials might be making better financial decisions. Theyre making smart moves when it comes to paychecks and savings. Theyre more likely to ask for a raise. Theyre starting to save earlier and set aside part of their yearly income. Millennial parents saving for retirement contributed a median of 10 . We have a millennial here. We do yeah the saving part. In San Francisco, thats impossible. You have student loans. The rent. Save, you try, we love experiences. So i like the money to go to experiences. Such a millennial its fun. You get memories. The things arent tangible. They cant fit in my apartment thats already tiny. True. So would you rather be an experiencer or an influencer . Both you can have a ton of experiences. I check first thing in the morning. Its great. Sorry. You have to Pay Attention to this. Proof that the people who make jif penal it butter. Theyre introducing a certain number with jif on one side and gif on the other. People pro announce it wrong because people say its jif. Why do you keep saying gif. But this has giffy on it allows users to share it with the j, not the g. It is a Peanut Butter with one side says jif and one side says gif. People always say gif. But it is supposed to be jif. Its jif. So jif. Im not arguing. Its gif. Its a graphic interchange format. Thats what im calling it. Im saying what the millennials say. Theyll let me hang out with them. The product is called giffy. Do they say jiffy . I think the creator, its jif. I feel like ive heard that, too. If we can prove it, will you change it . No. I promise you this conversation will be over in a jiffy. How is that . Hey there, california residents on medicare. It may come as a surprise. But medicare doesnt pay for everything. And that can leave you looking for help with some outofpocket costs. Well, heres a way to help bridge the gap. With a medigap plan, like an aarp Medicare Supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. Medigap plans help pay some of what medicare doesnt, like coinsurance and copays, reducing your outofpocket costs. 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Both the mom and baby are at the hospital. Investigators say multiple shooters burst into the hope and opened fire and they may have escaped in a car. Well keep you updated throughout the afternoon and evening. Tonight, Top Democrats are squaring off in charleston, South Carolina for another debate. Theyre arriving several days ahead of the primary. Bernie sanders is the frontrunner. Rivals are ramping up attacks as he gets closer to getting the nomination. Hes received criticism for supporting the policies of fidel castro. Election and concerns about security are very high on the alert. Good afternoon. You have more notes than anybody ive ever seen here. If i can hold these up. Ill trying to be prepared. Youre going to make me read them upside down . You know it anyway. People are concerned about the election coming up. Do you believe the government has done enough to secure the systems in. Well, i think the big challenge, if you think about election systems, theyre all run by local and state governments. The real issue is what are those governments doing about security. The Biggest Issue that we find is really with americans, most concerned about their private information. If you think about government officials, making sure theyre encrypting the citizens data. When you describe it, it sounds like whack a mole. It is hard to keep control of and ensure. Theres one gigantic database and we can tell if anyone is messing around. Absolutely. Thats where you have to have some federal government regulation about how you think about elections but also, put some of that with the local leaders. If you think about the two issues most important, making sure that identities are secure and encryption is secure in using that information. A lot of people are worried after the last election about russian hacking and how easy or difficult is it to infiltrate voting systems around the country . It really depends. You have some systems that are paper based and you cant hack in. You have other systems designed with software and depending on how well that software is designed really depends on how difficult or easy it would be to hack into it. You were in the security business. Would you prefer to go back to paper . I would at least have systems with a paper backup. Then you can be secure to know there is some other way of recognizing how it is done. I think theres an opportunity to have more electoral uses for elections. But i think making sure that those are secure with using encryption technologies. Have the paper backup. Yes. Do you think the government leaders are sophisticated or literal enough . Security operations, you have to be, i mean, if youre not all in, it is hard to take 30 seconds and go, okay, i have it figured out. I think it needs to be more sophisticated. If you think about our daily lives and how Digital Technology is affecting our daily lives, we need to be more vigilant. Just like in our house. We protect our house, we protect our car. We have to think about the same way of protecting our digital information. So doing that through secure passwords, understanding what links were clicking on on the internet, using and insisting that organizations use encryption to encrypt the information that they may be keeping. Okay. Well wrap it one. This youre in town for the rsa conference. Weve had quite a few cancellations because of fears of the coronavirus. A lot of companies are canceling things all over the world. How does that affect the conference . Do you see it continuing all over the world . Were in uncharted territory. 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