Base and President Trump made two appearances on convention night. A number of Convention Speakers bragged about the president s response despite the u. S. Death toll approaching 180,000. Mr. Trump also welcomed six americans freed from captivity in other countries. His son donald jr. Was one of the nights keynote speakers who launched a blistering attack on joe biden. Hes pledged to repeal the trump tax cuts which were the biggest in our country. After eight years of obama and biden slow growth, trumps policies have been like rocket fuel to the economy and especially to the middle class. Biden has promised to take that money back out of your pocket and keep it in the swamp. That makes sense though considering joe biden is basically the loclness monster of the swamp. He sticks his head up to run for president and then he disappears and doesnt do much in between. Former u. N. Ambassador nikki hailey praised Donald Trumps foreign policies citing his withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal and his phase 1 trade agreement with china, but she also took aim at joe biden. Last time joes boss was obama. This time it would be pelosi, sanders, and the squad. Their vision for america is socialism and we know that socialism has failed everywhere. They want to tell americans how to live, what to think. They want a government takeover of health care. They want to ban fracking and kill millions of jobs. They want massive tax hikes on working families. Joe biden and the socialist left would be a disaster for our economy. And one of the stranger moments of the night came from a Trump Campaigns Kimberly Guilfoyle who quite literally turned up the volume on democrats. Dont let the democrats take you for granted. Dont let them step on you. Dont let them destroy your families, your lives, and your future. Dont let them kill future generations because they told you and brainwashed you and fed you lies that you werent good enough. Cnns senior political analyst mark preston joins us now from washington. Good to see you. Good to see you, rosemary. How did the first night of the rnc go and how did it compare to the dnc last week . In terms of success, in terms of reaching out to Donald Trumps base, if you looked at the themes tonight, the ideas of the suburbs being taken over, this whole sense of donald trump being one who can protect you, so for the base it worked well. I think for folks in the middle, i think they were a little bit squared th scared that could take people back. Tim scott, he resonated and did very well. Donald trump, i think he feels very good about how his convention went, but i only think its going to become even more and more amped up heading into tonight, heading into tomorrow, heading into the final night. Yeah, because, mark, most of those speakers tried to paint a pretty bleak, dark, and scary picture of American Life under a possible biden presidency, even after promising to deliver a more optimistic and hopeful convention. So how did that go over and which speakers do you think stood out . Well, i mean, theres no doubt lets go with the highs first for donald trump. I think that tim scott did a really good job talking about opportunity and trying to come pa compare and contrast how africanamericans can pull theirselves out of poverty from the donald trump policies instead of the joe biden policies. He was the anchor. He did a very good job. Nikki hailey did a good job of establishing herself here in the United States, specifically amongst republicans all across the nation that shes still in the game and shes loyal enough to donald trump but dont count her out for the future. And then i think if you go back into the first hour of the convention where you had a father who lost a daughter during the terrible shooting down in parkland in florida back in 2018, i thought that was very effective. Now the scary ones, the mcincludes ski family, this is the family in st. Louis, missouri, who were seen brandishing weapons as a black lives matter protest was protesting and marching up their street, they certainly sent a message of fear. So didnt Kimberly Guilfoyle as did her boyfriend donald trump jr. As well. There was a little taste of everything, but i do think that discussion for the next few hours heading into tonight is going to all be about fear and how donald trump is trying to rile his base up. It was interesting. Donald trump jr. Was the one speaker who had the opportunity to humanize his father, the president of the United States of america, but he didnt do that, did he . He was more like a political speaker. In many ways was ramping up for his own fathers speech, which were anticipating on thursday which obviously will be written out and it will be prepared but we do know that he tends to go off and riff. I think what we saw in donald trump jr. Is what donald trump wanted to hear his son say as he was preparing for perhaps the biggest speech of his lifetime on thursday. Donald trump has raised hopes in america promising a covid19 vaccine will come very soon in his words. We were told to expect surprises this week during the convention. Any idea what that might be and what the rest of the rnc might offer . I think if you saw what happened this past evening where he had hostages that were repatriated back to the United States, freed, i suppose, from their captivity from some of these nations, i think that was a pretty good moment for donald trump. I think they could have humanized him. I dont think they necessarily did. I think donald trump was surrounded by folks giving him adulation. Lets look for those kinds of moments when they talk about president ial surprises over the next couple of nights. This is not your ordinary convention, rosemary. Well be watching. Mark preston, many thanks. Thanks. Speaker after speaker sounded an alarm what would happen to the country if biden were elected. They predicted america would enter into radical areas, neighborhoods would not be safe, guns would be taken, all messages that fire up the president s base. Look at whats happening in americas cities, cities all run by democrats, crime, violence and mob rule. Democrats refuse to denounce the mob and the response to the chaos, defund the police, defund Border Patrol and defund our military. And while theyre doing all of this, theyre also trying to take away your guns. Look at the positions they have taken in the past few months. Democrats wont let you go to church but theyll let you protest. Democrats wont let you go to work, but theyll let you riot. Democrats wont let you go to school but theyll let you go loot. President trump has spotted against their crazy ideas. Biden, harris, the rest of his associates will fund this nation, want open borders, close schools, will selfishly send your jobs back to china while they get rich. Donald trump won just 8 of the black vote back in 2016 and current polls show a vast majority of black voters support biden in this election. There was a concerted effort to appeal to them monday night. Joe biden said if a black man didnt vote for him, he wasnt truly black. Joe biden said black people were a monolithic community. It was joe biden who said poor kids can be just as smart as white kids. And while his words are one thing, his actions take it to a whole new level. In 1994 biden led the charge on a crime bill that put millions of black americans behind bars. President trumps criminal Justice Reform law fixed many of the disparities biden created and made our system more fair and just for allamericans. This is no time for sleeping in the basement. Joe biden has had 47 years to produce results but hes been all talk and no action. Just like so many of the democrats who have been making promises to the black voters for many decades. Yet the democrats still assume that black people will vote for them no matter how much they let us down and take us for granted. Were sick of it. Were not going to take it anymore. The days of blindly supporting the democrats are coming to end. Just because someone loves and respects the flag doesnt mean theyre not caring about social justice. I care about all of those things. So does donald trump. He shows how much he cares about social justice in the black community through his actions and his actions speaks louder than stickers or slogans on a jersey. Evan c. Crude is a republican strategist and author of go gop gps. He joins us now from new york. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. What was your overall thought and what did the lineup of speakers reveal about where the gop is heading and what it stands for . Well, with the exception of tim scott and nikki haileys speeches, i found the Gop Convention was just speaking to the base. It wasnt trying to broaden the appeal of the Republican Party and donald trump. It was trying to defend donald trump and also say that he was the greatest president ever and that is something they really cant afford to be doing right now when they need to be bringing in new voters into the fold. And as a republican strategist, i have to ask you, where did all the hope and optimism go that the gop promised . Instead we heard messages of fear and division. How successful are negative messages like that . Do they work . They work for certain audiences but the problem the Trump Campaign faces right now, the audience it works for is already going to be voting for him. Theyre going to use this as Proof Positive to say, see, we already have this enthusiasm from this exact night and what has been happening, but its not going to reach out to the suburban housewives who are fleeing the gop or White College educated voters or Older Americans who are 65 years and older who have been fleeing the party much more so over the past 3 1 2 years. If im the Trump Campaign, i dont know why theyre doing this and i think they need to change course fast. President trump again repeated monday that the only way he can lose the election is if its rigged. He continued his false claims about mailin voting and grim warnings about stolen elections. What is the president trying to do there, do you think . Hes delegitimizing the election within the eyes of his own followers. If he doesnt win its saving up to his legacy, he was a loser, he will be cheated. He might not contest an election, say i was cheated, it allows him to do a pr strategy. The gop and the party had struggled to settle on a message from joe biden and kamala harris. Did they find it . No, they havent found it at all. Theyre offering conflicting messages. They say joe biden is weak, senile, completely a puppet but at the same time he has an intricate plan to introduce mar marxism in the country. I dont understand what the line of attack is and the coherent message they are putting out there. We talk about how we need to have race, have a lot of candidates going out and giving signaling, not noise. Were hearing a lot of noise and no real signal and coherence. Right. Just hours before the rnc kicked off President Trump said there would be a vaccine for covid19 very soon, he said, and his campaign told us to expect surprises during the rnc. What do you think this means . And did they deathly avoid talking about the 177,000 americans who had died from covid19 so far. First of all, the president has to address covid19 but he is absolutely not doing it the right way. They had a revisionist history video play saying that he had this amazing response. 177,000 americans are dead because of the bad response that this administration had and at the same time they trotted out a doctor who was a surgeon to say donald trump did everything right but if you go and look at this doctors credentials, hes a dentist. Thats the best my party could do . Im not an antidentite, but im absolutely offended. Then with the vaccine, im very worried that they will trot out a vaccine before its ready. Theres a reason why we have trials and that this has to go through a process and were moving at very fast speed and there is no doctor trying to put the brakes on a vaccine saying lets kill more americans and keep people at risk throughout the world just so we can stop donald trump. The president said over the weekend that theres a deep state conspiracy against him, and this is absolutely reckless, dangerous, and irresponsible because if we get a vaccine out there that isnt proven and it turns out theres Serious Health side effects or its efficacy isnt at what it was supposed to be, were set back even further and its just not appropriate. Evan, thank you so much. Appreciate it. Thank you. And still to come, a nurse says she is in awe of how mr. Trump is handling covid19, this despite so many deaths across the country. And we will hear what else his supporters had to say about the pandemic. Were back in just a moment. Hes. And focus to win the day. Unlike ordinary memory supplements. Neurivas clinically proven ingredients fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. Take the neuriva challenge with our moneyback guarantee robinwithout the commission fees. So, you can start investing today wherever you are even hanging with your dog. So, what are you waiting for . 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As a health care professional, i can tell you without hesitation Donald Trumps quick action and leadership saved thousands of lives during covid19 and the benefits of that response extend far beyond coronavirus. As a physician ive seen firsthand how these breakthroughs have saved countless lives. As a patient, ive benefitted from the expedited therapies made possible by the swift action of this administration. President trump truly moved moun tons to save lives and he deserves credit. As a nursing supervisor i am so in awe of your leadership. Honestly i know people have said interesting things but it takes a true leader to be able to ignore all of that stuff and do what is right. For more i am joined by dr. Jonathan riley. He is a cnn moeedical analyst. Good to have you with us. My pleasure. Just hours before the Republican National convention kicked off, President Trump said he believed a vaccine would be announced very soon. Sources tell cnn that white house officials raise the possibility of emergency use vaccine before phase 3 human trials are completed. How concerned are you about the possibility of this happening to help the president s reelection prospects . More concerned about a vaccine not ready for release to be released. From the beginning i think the administration has set the wrong tone by calling this operation warp speed. What the administration should have been calling this is operation safety. Operation safe speed. Emphasizing safety. Theres a lot of vaccine distrust in the American Public and i think the notion we might be rushing a vaccine into use does not do a lot to reassure the public. In our best year we barely vaccinate 60 of the public for the flu. We have an anticancer vaccine for hpv and less than half of our public gets that. We have a long way to go to educate the public. The possibility that this administration might license it for use using an emergency use authorization before we have adequate efficacy and safety data is terrifying. Presumably the president thinks its worth while going in this direction because he appears to be doing it purely for his election prospects but as you say, its just only half of the American Population that say they would take a vaccine like this with it cutting corners. Right. A lot of president s motivations appear to be solely focused on reelection. His reluctance to wear a mask. His acknowledgment that testing was making him look bad in his desire to slow things down. His desire to open states early. All of this policy is being made with an irresolvable conflict of interest, which is that he is running for reelection. The irresolvable conflict is what happens when its not ready but the president demands the release. We saw it with the convalescent plasma. We saw how willing the leadership is to be coerced by the president. So i am concerned. Right. As you mentioned, it isnt only the vaccine. On saturday President Trump accused the fda trying to hurt him politically by slow walking approval for the covid convalescent treatment or therapy. Then the very next day mr. Trump commended the fda and announced it had approved this treatment for emergency use when days before the fda had made it very clear it wasnt ready for approval. What does that signal to you . It signals shameful political pressure on the part of this administration for only one purpose, that is to elect the president but i hope convalescent plasma works. The problem is we dont have a randomized Clinical Trial anywhere that shows that it does. The largest study, which is not yet even in print, never compared plasma to placebo, compared it to essentially it was a registry comparing it to nothing. So we dont really have compelling data. The criteria that the fda uses for emergency use authorization literally says may be effective. Well, yes, it might be effective. We have no confidence that it wor works. Doctor, during the first night of the rnc we saw very few masks and not a lot of social distancing. Right. A stark contrast to what the dnc was doing. What is your reaction to that message being sent . The stark difference is there are actually people in charlotte. What is the necessity for this . You know, North Carolina is still in the midst of rather vigorous viral transmission. Youre bringing people from all over the country to charlotte for the convention. A ton of people unmasked. I dont get the burning urgency to do this other than to create essentially props for the president. Dr. Jonathan reiner, thank you so much. Appreciate it. My pleasure. And still to come, a second night of protests in a wisconsin city erupts after an unarmed black man is shot by police in front of his children. Remember the couple who waived guns at protestors outside this st. Louis mansion . They have a political message for america as republicans kick off their convention. Make no mistake, no matter where you live, your family will not be safe in the radical democrat america. Hike Simon Pagenaud takes the lead at the indy 500 coming to the green flag, racing at daytona. Theyre off. In the kentucky derby. Rory mcllroy is a two time champion at east lake. He scores stanley cup champions touchdown only mahomes. The big events are back and xfinity is your home for the return of live sports. In kenosha, wisconsin, police and protesters have clashed for a second night in a row after police there shot an unarmed black man in front of his children. Right now jacob blake is in stable condition after being shot multiple times by police. His situation has sparkd anger and at times violence in kenosha. Some demonstrators were seen shooting fireworks at officers dressed in riot gear near the Kenosha County courthouse. Bottles were thrown as police. At one point gas was sent into a town of protesters and people were heard having difficulty breathing. Three buildings were burning and protesters reignited a dump truck that had been lit on fire the night before. Cnns omar jimenez is in kenosha. We must warn you, some of the video is disturbing to watch. Reporter this is what parts of kenosha have become on a second night after jacob blake was shot seven times in the back by a police officer. These images come in stark contrast to what has largely been Peaceful Demonstrations over the course of the afternoon and into the evening. It was in the nighttime when projectiles were going back and forth, things began to take a turn but all of it coming as expressions of pain over what has become an all too familiar story. Two Police Officers can guns drawn closely follow a black man, jacob blake, as he tries to get into the door of his car. One officer grabs his tank top and then seven shots are fired as blake is hit multiple times in the back. [ bleep ]. Three of his children ages 3, 5, and 8 were in the car as blake goes limp. Shortly afterwards officers can be seen giving some sort of aid to blake who was later flown to a nearby hospital and is in serious condition. Police say they were responding to a domestic incident call but it remains unclear what sparked the shooting. Theres no way to be clear what was said. Benjamin crump says blake was leaving the scene after breaking up a fight between two women. Its not clear from the video if both officers opened fire. Neither have been identified. The Wisconsin Department of Justices Division of criminal investigation is leading the probe into the incident says both are on administrative leave. All officers are cooperating the Department Says. In a statement from cnn, the Kenosha Professional Police Association says as always it does not capture all of the intricacies of a dynamic incident. We ask that you withhold judgment until all the facts are known. Overnight violent protests erupted with angry demonstrators caught vehicles on fire. Dozens from the community confronted sheriffs deputies. In a statement to cnn blakes uncle said the shooting is outrageous. Who was he threatening . He had a tank top and shorts on. He had no weapon. He was going back to the car because the children needed to be checked on. Police why called for a domestic disturbance. Jacob had nothing to do with the fight. This has got to stop. Let me be clear, this was not an accident. This was bad police work. This felt like some sort of vendetta being taken out on a member of our community. Reporter there had been a curfew in place starting at 8 p. M. Local time into the Early Mornings but it didnt stop demonstrators from coming out and making their voices heard. Theres still a lot we dont know about what led up to the shooting, what we do know is there is a lot of pain in this community over how this unfolded. Roads marry . Thanks so much for that report, omar. The st. Louis couple who gained worldwide attention after pointing their guns at protestors outside their mansion are supporting President Donald Trump at the Republican National convention. Mark and Patricia Mcclosky said they armed themselves back in june because they feared for their lives and their home as the protesters marched through their neighborhood. The couple who are attorneys accused Democratic Leaders of encouraging chaos on americas streets. Whether its the defunding of police, ending cash bails so criminals can be back out on the streets the same day to riot again or encouraging anarchy and chaos on our streets, it seems as if the democrats no longer realize they should be protecting citizens from criminals. Not a Single Person in the out of control mob you saw at our house was charged with a crime, but you know who was . We were. Theyve actually charged us with felonies for daring to defend our home. And still to come, they say the night celebrated a land of promise. After the break, we look at why the other speakers of the Republican Convention say America Needs four more years of President Donald Trump. And u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo is breaking with tradition to talk domestic politics abroad when cnn newsroom returns. Free deodorants only mask odor . Secret aluminum free helps eliminate odor instead of just masking it. And is made with three times more odor fighters. 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Speakers made the case that donald trump on the economy and Foreign Policy and blasted Democrat Joe Biden as a puppet of the radical left. Cnns Kaitlyn Collins has more. Reporter well, in the days leading up to the first night of the Republican Convention you saw the president s aides saying it was going to be an optimistic look at the future at 2020 and what that was going to look like Going Forward if donald trump was reelected. What you first got was a dark, at times bleak picture of where the United States is and where they think it will be if joe biden is elected as president though they did try to get back to that optimistic place later in the evening with speeches from people like nikki hailey and tim scott compared to the president s son, donald trump jr. One thing they did try to do during the first night is rewrite the president s response to the coronavirus pandemic casting it in a progressive, vigorous terms even though we know in reality the president was slow to address the pandemic and even denied it at times as he dismissed it along the way for several months never starting to take it seriously until some experts said it was truly too late. Another thing that the Trump Campaign and the Republican Party tried to highlight during the first night was the president s relationship with black voters. They had several people come out and testify to the president s character. Hirschel walker saying hes personally insulted when the president is referred to as a racist given that they are friends for so long. The question is whether or not that can change any voters minds. What the campaign was trying to do is put out this effort to have voices of color representing and speaking on behalf of the president. Kaitlyn collins, cnn, the white house. Joining us now from long island, new york, from skype is the author of the truth about trump. Thank you so much for being with us, michael dantonio. Great to be with you. You watched the first night of the rnc and listened to the various speakers including donald trump. What did you think overall . Well, i thought that they were sounding many of the themes that candidate trump sounded when he ran into 2015 and 2016, and it was very much a return to i imagine the 1960s when young donald trump was frightened by the protests in the american streets and the Civil Rights Movement because he was right back at the law and order theme trying to scare the day lights out of americans suggesting as george wallace, the infamous racist in the 1960s, that somehow the lives of americans in the suburbs, and by that he indicated white americans in the suburbs, were somehow in danger. And so that came through loud and clear to me was that he wanted his base to be excited and frightened and thereby motivated to somehow save themselves and save the country from this specter of joe biden. Yeah, there was certainly a lot of language of fear, wasnt there, after the promise of hope and optimism. I did want to ask you because more people have died in the u. S. From covid19 than anywhere else in the world. Its the Biggest Issue in this president ial race although the rnc side stepped the issue. How likely is it that President Trump can turn his fortunes around with the sudden approval of covid plasma therapy on sunday and mr. Trump promising a vaccine will come very soon, perhaps before the november election . Well, he certainly is trying to turn things around, and even the fdas approval of plasma therapy for people in the first stages of coronavirus disease, its important to remember that people must be given this within three days of having symptoms or it really doesnt work is a bit of a sleight of hand because that therapy has been available. 70,000 americans have received it, but President Trump loves nothing more than a good show and i think he timed this announcement to advertise this socalled new therapy in hopes that it would give him some momentum. And the vaccine issue is similar. Ironically hes following Vladimir Putin down that trail with promoting a vaccine that may or may not be available and the russian people are not exactly flocking to receive the one in russia thats been tested in such a limited way. So hes obviously keenly aware of his difficulty in facing reelection. Hes putting the power of the government behind this effort and his very significant skills as a promoter. Of course, that plasma therapy announcement came in the same week secret tapes were released of President Trumps sister calling him a liar and cruel and someone without any principles. It came after his former advisor, steve bannon, was arrested, and the announcement of the imminent departure of kellyanne conway. A lot of bad news for the president. How might all of these negative situations impact his reelection . Its a stunning thing for us to observe that no matter what happens in Donald Trumps administration, no matter what is said by the people who know him well, his base of support only declines slightly. You know, hes someone who relies on the solid 40 to 43 who wont leave his camp. Thats how he functioned as a businessman as well. He never thought he should sell to everyone, he just wanted a devoted core of customers. So this week has just been terrible for him, but hes had many, many terrible weeks. Michael dantonio, thank you so much. Pleasure to talk to you. Thank you. U. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo will address the Republican National convention tuesday night in a prerecorded message. Pompeo filmed his address in jerusalem where hes been meeting with Prime Minister benning nin netanyahu. Just last month he stressed to state Department Employees they should not engage in politics. Apparently its okay for him to do so because the state Department Says hell make the remarks in his personal capacity at no cost to taxpayers. Oren lieberman joins me now from jerusalem. Good to see you, oren. Apparently its do as i say, not as i do. What more are you learning about mike pompeos address to the convention . Reporter he recorded his speech from the King David Hotel with the old city of jerusalem behind him. He had a mike, teleprompter and setup with the old city as his background. In terms of what hell say, no real surprises there. What hell show is a highlight of Donald Trumps policy. That includes being tough on china despite President Trumps positive rhetoric of china at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. Jerusalem will feature and so will jerusalem and the united arab emirates. As you know, its not just the speech itself, its the decision to give it here despite what appears to be secretary of state mike pompeos own advice to the con contrary. He said you may not engage in any political activity even on personal time and outside the federal workplace. That last line is significant. When we asked how is it he is giving a speech, his offices answer was this was in his own personal time. There are others in the state department who have given similar advice. Deputy secretary of state wrote in february that employees of the Department Must make sure their representation overseas is not perceived as partisan and then in december of last year Legal Affairs for the Department Said the Senate Confirmed appointees may not attend a Political Party convention or conventionrelated event. Despite that, it will be aired tonight on the rnc. Many thanks. Tune in for our continuing coverage of the Republican National convention, thats at 7 p. M. Tuesday in new york. Wednesday at midnight in london and 7 a. M. In hong kong. Still to come, parts of the u. S. Dealing with two deadly threats. Wildfires in california and storms in the south. One of those storms could reach the coast as a hurricane. Well take a look. Back in a moment. And focus to win the day. Unlike ordinary memory supplements. Neurivas clinically proven ingredients fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. 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Lets turn to our meteorologist pedram jaff very harry. Good to see you, pedram. What is the latest on the two storms . Good news as you noted there with marco. Raining itself out. Another 50 to 100 millimeters of rainfall along the coast. Thats a far cry from what was said to be a hurricane as it approached land. Want to show you whats happening as it comes to Tropical Storm laura. Within the next several hours. This is the last land mass that will interact across the mountains of western cuba. The ingredients intensifying. Its near the coast and 20 celsius down across the central portion of the gulf in the lower 90ed. 32 degrees celsius. Its cooler and dealt with wind sheer will take a southern trajectory. It will allow it to strengthen quickly. Its watching for rapid intensification late tuesday into Late Wednesday. Thats when we think the strongest of the storm system can be confirmed. Were taking it up to a category 2, strong category 2. The National Hurricane center warned this is the bottom of the threshold. The top could be category 3 or category 4. That could happen tuesday or wednesday. We think landfall would be sometime Late Wednesday into the Early Morning hours of thursday. Approaching houston near lake charles, louisiana. Could be a major story. Thank you so much. Wildfires in california have caused more deaths and destruction this year than in all of 2019, but unlike previous years, thousands of evacuees are also trying to protect themselves from the coronavirus. At last check more than 1. 5 million acres have burned so far. 7 people have died. More than 14,000 firefighters are battling the flames, and californias governor says the state is using every resource at its disposal. Thank you so much for your company this hour. Im rosemary church. Ill be back with more news in just a moment. Do stay with us. Experience the ultimate sports hub. Where you can find games, news and highlights. 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