Tantrum. Hes contradicting his sons original story about the Trump Tower Meeting with russians saying the purpose was to get dirt on Hillary Clinton. Well, if trumps lied about the purpose of the meeting once it became public, and just over a year ago the president himself dictated the statement to his son saying we primarily discussed the program of adoption of russian children that was popular and active with American Families years ago. But emails from donald trump, jr. Show the premises of the meeting from the get go was to get dirt on clinton. Now, the president admits the meeting was for Opposition Research and admits its no big deal. Hes wrong. Its a violation of federal law. Dana bash reporting that trumps advisers want him to stop tweeting about the meeting. Lots to discuss now. Cnn contributor frank bruiny and Global Affairs analyst max booth, a senior fellow on the affairs of foreign relations. A recap of the days news. Took the stand today incriminating really his former boss paul manafort. A multimillion dollar tax evasion, bank fraud, hiding offshore accounts. Its fascinating but how do you think this is going to tie to the Russia Investigation if at all . It doesnt directly tie to the Russia Investigation, but i think in terms of optics as people watch all of this, it doesnt paint a picture of a group of men and donald trump is among them in the broader sense who play outside the rules, who bend rules when it comes to the financial stuff. Who are playing with players, oligarchs, that word thats been banned from the courtroom. And i do think it lends a general impression from the general public of people who have secrets to hide and those secrets coming out. What i think what was so interesting today is that rick gates also admitted that hes a liar, that he cheated paul manafort. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Right, so how do you figure out that testimony which is very damning because Defense Attorneys are going to get up and say have you not admitted youre a liar . And is it all the best people i hired all the best people. People who are accused of Money Laundering, tax evasion. Theyre all the best people. I hire the best scammers. That tells you all you want to know about the president who hes surrounded by and people who not only have these suspicious and suspect links to the kremlin but as we were hearing from testimony today, people who were outandout crooks. Thats who the president is surrounded by. Hes downplaying the role, it was just a few months. But gates stayed on with trump even after manafort left, and now hes cooperating with mueller. What does that mean for the president in. I think it means big trouble
for the president , which is why i think youre seeing some of this lashing out thats going on. The fact he is lashing out in kind of racist ways is a classic pattern with him. Because when hes Feeling Pressure he tries to do something that energizes his base, whether its trashing the media, Dog Whistling about americans or what have you, admitting to collusion. I mean lets not lose sight of that. This is crazy, the fact we had a president who more than a year ago basically admitted on tv he was committing Obstruction Of Justice when he fired fbi director jim comey and said he was doing it to stop the investigation of the russia thing. And now hes basically admitting to collusion, admitting that this meeting that happened at trump tower was about getting dirt from the russians and so hes looashing out in all sortsf
erratic ways because it feels like the room is closing in around him. Frank, sources telling cnn and dana bash that trump is being urged to stop tweeting about this Trump Tower Meeting. But this is after he sent out a tweet that the meeting was about getting dirt on Hillary Clinton, which is of course is not what they said initially. Initially it was about adoption. Initially he didnt dictate that the Press Release or statement that don junior made. And they have tried to get donald trump to stop tweeting before. This is not the first time that a tweet has gotten him in trouble and that people around him have said mr. President , lets go easy on twitter. I think its going to be live by the tweet, die by the tweet. Max, ive got to play this for you. Because earlier today don junior was asked about these contradictions. He was on laura engrams show. Heres what he said. Theyre hitting you on that for contradictions. Theyre calling it worse than contradictions, obviously. Hello . Donny, what is your reaction to all that . Were going to see if we can reconnect with donald trump, jr. On this because we cant seem to hear him. Donny, you hear that . We dont know where he went. I know where he went. Hang on, dont answer that. Lets talk about it. So interesting time to drop off and two minutes later he came back on the radio show and said this. They were playing the recording and then they got cut off. It was a 20 minute meeting and ended up being about essentially that was nothing relevant, and thats all it is and thats all theyve got. You know, thats not the premise that got them in the room and it was essentially a bait and switch to talk ability that. And everyone has basically said
that in testimny already. So this is nothing new. Okay, does it sound to you, throw, like the president s son is still disappointed that the russians didnt deliver dirt on Hillary Clinton, the dirt he expected . Except we know that they did. We dont actually know, don, what happened at this meeting. We actually have to take the word on donald trump, jr. And the others that they didnt deliver dirt at this meeting, but actually a few months later they started delivering dirt through wikileaks. I really think while its hugely important to focus on this meeting because this is i think the tip of the iceberg that reveals the level of collusion that was occurring, i suspect theres a lot more and some of which has already come out including the contacts that roger stone had with wikileaks, roger stone had with guccifer 2. 0. Theres a lot more there and at the end of the day i suspect were going to find out that
President Trump himself was i intimately involved in whatever was going on because weve seen that donald trump himself was personally supervising the pay off to that playboy playmate. And now we know he knew from hut Michael Cohen is apparently prepared to testify that donald trump, sr. Knew in advance about this june 9 meeting. And suspect hes not only nervous for his son but himself because the truth is starting to emerge, and its highly damning for him. Thank you, gentlemen. I appreciate your time. Up next, the new book everything trump touches dies. Were going to speak to its author, republican strategist rick wilson. The chili pepper sweatout. Not cool. Freezing away fat cells with coolsculpting . Now thats cool coolsculpting safely freezes and removes fat cells with little or no downtime. And no surgery. Results and Patient Experience may vary. Some common side effects include temporary numbness, discomfort,and swelling. Ask your doctor if coolsculpting is right for you and visit coolsculpting. Com today for your chance to win a free treatment. Booking a flight doesnt have to be expensive. Just go to priceline. Its the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip and still save up to 40 . Just tap and go. For the best savings on flights, go to priceline. With our largest variety of crab all year like new crabfest combo. Your one chance to have new Jumbo Snow Crab with tender dungeness crab. Or try crab lovers dream. But hurry in. Cause Crabfest will be gone in a snap. If you have moderate to thsevere rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. Ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion. Humira can help stop the clock. Prescribed for 15 years, humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contributes to joint pain and irreversible damage. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened;
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turn to something they didnt expect. And theres this long train of bodies and policies donald trump has left on the ground because of the way he is and who he is as a person. And i think that scales down from, you know, if you go to work for him your life turns into a living hell, your reputation is shot. Unfortunately, it also scales up to the character of the country and the way we are seen in the world and the way we treat each other. You afraid the countrys going to die because of it . I dont know if were going to die. I truly believe america as an amazing Immune System and sometimes it takes a long time to kick in. Its like the churchhill thing, itll do the wrong thing until the last second. Someone who was at the meeting said, well, what do you think . Whats your honest opinion . And i sent them you talking about everything trump touches dies. And i said if you believe in it,
then go at it with full force and dont say im sorry i shouldnt have done it. But if you dont believe in it, then you made a major error because your credibility is gone. I think there are a lot of people who would sacrifice their credibility for him. Look, these are some of the many people you say have tarnished their reputations by following the president s policies. How is that different . Look at that list growing. In other administrations theres generally a sense that when you depart at the white house, theres sort of an easy transition out as a general rule. White houses tend to not fire people willynilly. The Trump White House fires people at a rate that exceeds all the previous white houses combined in the first year and a half. Theres a broken system in the middle of this and theres a Cancer Eating at the heart of it, and thats donald trump. He does want to be managed or handled or behave in the ways a president is expected or needed to behave as a national leader. Youve seen it. Its the tweeting, the constant tabloidstyle professional wrestling beeves with people. And those are signs of a very weak man. Those are signs of a weak character and a weak leader. And hes got a super power which is his twitter feed and a network thats dedicated to him all the time. Besides that this is a guy basically wondering around in the dark. Hes wondering around scared when mueller is going to drop the hammer on him, wondering around scared because of his tax returns. Remember he didnt participate in the fox debates or whatever, and he sort of like bullied them into his dorner because i guess they realized his base was watching and they wanted more trump. Because before they were not
they were no so protrump. So even they have sort of sold something. They recognize it. They hit 90 million households, and they recognized there was an audience that believed in donald trump because they saw this reality tv character. So what does that say then about conservatives . Because a lot of them are over there, conservatives in washington, conservatives in the country and those who work for the trump channel . The disappointing thing about a lot of conservatives is they werent really. A lot of these people for years and years were like i want to have limited government, i dont want to have the government picking winners and losers in trade deals are now enthusiastically saying lets quin tupal the size of i. C. E. , lets build this gigantic new wall, manipulate countries on their trade policies. When barack obama was president i seem to recall that was a trillion dollar deficit. Not to say nothing of the fiscal mismanagement of the country, were going to pay a horrible price on this, with a blown out deficit, blown out debt and trade wars that never end well. Donald trump is not immune of the laws of economics. As president i just wonder how you see how does the hypocrisy hit you because when you see things like kim jongun and the criticism, i cant believe that barack obama wants to meet with a dictator, i cant believe we dont meet with dictators, and all of a sudden this is the greatest thing that can happen, our president will meet with a dictator. So what does that do to you as a republican because i think democrats are like see i told you so. As a republican one of the biggest problems i have with trump is he is authoritarian curious. He doesnt believe in sort of the better angels of our nature. He likes the tough man, the guy with the Swagger Stick and the uniform. Rather than the people who builtup a democratic system somewhere in the world. He likes the putins of the world, the kims of the world and the xis and dutertes of the world. The fundamental thing is we were against a lot offa th of authoritarianism. Is it real . Ive got to tell you i think a lot of people were waiting for the opportunity to let out their much less beneficial spirits and go after people based on a lot of things that are showing out in the way the president treats africanamericans and minority folks. I think that moral high ground and, you know, for the common man of the forgotten man, i think thats all been blown out when you think about exactly i want to tell you after
charlottesville i dont want to hear anything about economic anxiety. Thank you so much for saying that. Ive got to play this. This is an amazing clip. This is from jake sherman, donald trump talking to dan rather, 1999 about john mccains military service. Watch this. The way trump looks at it, hes at least better than everybody else In The Rain Beginning with john mccain. He was captured. He flew combat missions. Does being captured make you a hero, im not sure. Does being chaptured make yo a hero, what is it . During that time donald trump wiz fighting the Battle Of Studio 54 and battling back his horrific bone spurs. Thats real heroism. Trumps treatment treatment of mccain from the beginning, the
pattern of trumps behavior they stretch way back. The Central Park Five is not so different from where hes at trying to turn back athletes who are protesting Police Violence into thugs and criminals. This is an arc thats been with him for a long time on a lot of these things. And this arc the guys he doesnt like personally, considering he avoided the draft five times, you watch this throughout your whole life, the song repeats. Here it is. I love the cover. How did you come up with this cover . Genius graphic designers. Its amazing. I like the hand. Once again the book is called everything trump touches dies. When we come back the incredibly close race in hawaii that could predict what happens to the house after the midterms. Will a democrat take a seat thats been held by republicans for decades . Its the Ford Summer Sales event and now is the best time to buy. Man on tablet preparing classic campfire trout. Say what . Trout. Trout. Alright. You dont think i need both . Why does he have that axe . Make summer go right with ford, americas bestselling brand. Now get 0 financing for 72 months plus 1,000 Ford Credit Bonus cash on a great selection of suvs. During the Ford Summer Sales event, get our best offer of the season 0 financing for 72 months plus 1,000 Ford Credit Bonus cash. Are upgrading their water filter to zerowater. Start with water that has a lot of dissolved solids. Pour it through britas twostage filter. Dissolved solids remain . What if we filter it over and over . sighing oh dear. Thank goodness zerowaters fivestage filter gets to all zeroes the first time. So, maybe its time to upgrade. Get more out of your water. Get zerowater. Get more out of your water. Im a small business, but i have. Big dreams. And big plans. So how do i make the efforts of 8 employees. Feel like 50 . How can i share new plans virtually . How can i download an efile . Virtual tours . Zipfile . Really big files . In seconds, not minutes. Just like that. Like everything. The answer is simple. Ill do what ive always done. Dream more, dream faster, and above all. Now, ill dream gig. Now more businesses, in more places, can afford to dream gig. Comcast, building americas largest gigspeed network. Century. Gentlemen, so good to have you on. Harry, this ohio strict here, the district is what, ohio 12, it elected trump by 11 points, by a recent university poll. It shows republican troy Ballers Balderson with a single point lead. Whats going on . This is district thats been held by the republicans since the 1980s. John kasich held the seat when he was in the white house. Its an ancestrally republican district. What weve seen is a large shift towards the democrats. If you look at the other shifts so far it makes a whole lot of sense. And thats why its so emblematic what might occur in the midterms because its part of a pattern. This seat has been held by republicans for decades, larry. But balderson he was ten points ahead of oconnor about six weeks ago. So tell me about this momentum. Why is this so important . Well, its important because its the last special Congressional Election before the november elections. Its really the last impression that at least activists and the party people will have of what actually is happening on the ground. And look, if oconnor, the democrat oconnor actually wins this, its going to send shock waves through the republicans around the country. Even if he comes close it will be very, very significant. As harry was just saying, this is part of a pattern not just in Congressional Elections but also state legislative elections that have occurred since trump took office. What does that tell you . You said even if he comes close hes pretty close in the polling. And democrats have outspent
republicans five to one. And this is an area that is traditionally republican. Yeah, and its not just trump. Mit romney carried it by 10 points, almost the same as trump and as you or harry mentioned this was governor kasichs district. 35 years of republicans. So if you could have a district that switches, the last district before the election that switches parties to the democrats, i think its going to have a major impact at least on morale on both sides. Down for the republicans, up for the democrats. Its not far, harry, from the 18th district, but both districts largely white. Theyre suburban. Democrats have a young challenger in Danny Oconnor there like they did with danny lamb. Is this the same play book here . I would sayites not t its ne play. The 18th had a history of electing democrats. And thats what makes this district so unique because it doesnt have a history of electing democrats. As donald trump liked to say, i like to poorly educated. If they can win here then there are a ton of well educated districts not just in the midwest but in the south and midwest, well educated districts that have historically may have been republican. What do you think, more educated theyre more likely to be swayed and listen to reason and facts than the poorly educated. I would say those are your words not mine. Larry is the best person to ask about that. But i would say that well educated districts have been shifting away from the Republican Party. Weve seen it throughout the polling in 2017 and 2018. And so this is the type of
district that if well educated republican districts are going to flip, this would be one of those. Larry, you want to respond before i ask you the other question . Look, listen to what governor kasich said. This is his district. He knows this area well, the columbus area. What did he say on sunday . When he runs into suburban women from his old district they tell him theyre totally turned off to donald trump. Thats the key demographic that could switch from republicans to democrats. Even though only 40 in the district approved of trumps performance as president , 46, you know, thats almost half. What do you think, is trump visiting, is that going to help or hurt him . In this particular district i think it could hurt every bit as much as it helps, maybe hurt more. Some of the local reporters who went around that hall and tried to interview local residents
reported that most of the people werent even for the district. The same with the license plates. Local reporters notice things like that. This was the trump base, the trump colt tcoming to see the colt leader. I dont know if it indicated much of anything about the results. Thank you, gentlemen. Appreciate your time. When we come back sources telling cnn trump might be wondered don june, is implicated. Michael dantonio, ill ask him about that next. U lost weight . Of course i have ever since i started renting from national. Because national lets me lose the wait at the counter. And choose any car in the aisle. And i dont wait when i return, thanks to drop go. At national, i can lose the wait. And keep it off. Looking good, patrick. I know. vo go national. Go like a pro. Or if you have received a vaccine or plan to. If you have inflammatory bowel disease, tell your doctor if symptoms develop or worsen. Serious allergic reactions may occur. See me now. Im still clear. How sexy are these elbows . Get clear skin that can last. Ask your dermatologist about cosentyx. President trump is being urged by aides to stop tweeting about donald trump, jr. s 2016 meeting at trump tower with a russian lawyer. So lets bring in now cnn contributor Michael Dantonio the author of the truth about trump. Good evening, sir. You wrote a great piece tonight in this title, to protect himself trump is willing to undermine his son. You say the president will do the unthinkable for most people, betray his son to protect his own hide . Oh, i most definitely think he would. You know, think about being Donald Trumps son. It must be the most disorienting thing a person can go through. A father is supposed to provide a stable environment, to provide moral guidance, helpfi form the character of a child. Donald trump is a Serial Liarwholiar whos betrayed everyone in his
life. He demands loyalty but gives none. Hes entirely malformed morally. I dont think you could think of a worse parent for a child. And he goes through trying to figure out what the right thing to do is. No wonder he exhibited such poor judgment by attendance this meeting at trump tower. And if you think that the president didnt know about it, theres some real estate id like to sell you because he absolutely knew. I have no doubt about it. And on top of it his name is donald trump too as well. Listen, you write about trumps tweets his tweet about the 2016 meeting reads like nothing, so much like an exasperated father having to cleanup the mess left by a bumbling off string who it turns out is pretty bad at plying the family trade. More than anything else that trade has been about managing
and massaging the mythology of the the trump business, were rich, were decisive, were winners and in this case donald trump, jr. Has failed utterly. Talk to us about that when you say he isnt living up to the trump Family Business . Well, the first thing you said was that, how difficult it must be for donald trump, jr. To carry that through life. The truth is senior was not so happy about naming this boy after himself. He confronted his wife about it and said what if this kid turns out poorly, what if he reflects badly on me . Donald trump, jr. Knows this is how he started out in life. So for him to then proceed and try to somehow show hes as wily, as manipulative, as deceitful as his father is an incredible challenge because hes really being taught, do all
these bad things and youll be in good with the fammily. Well, i dont think hes up to it. I really think hes a better person than his father and this is the main conflict that we have. We have a young man who is superior in terms of character to his dad and not as ruthless. But how does President Trump view loyalty because from the outside it sure seems like he is very close to his family. Well, thats all part of the packaging. You know, hes very close to his family except now we see that the danger that his son is in threatens the president. And what does he do . He goes on twitter and says, well, yes, it was about getting information but i knew nothing of it. So hes throwing this kid under the bus. And loyalty doesnt mean a thing to donald trump except as it flows to him. Look at everyone around him and how he cuts them loose once they start to cause trouble. Hes not loyal. He never has been loyal, and hes not going to be loyal to his kid. I want to ask you about Melania Trump. Shes contradicting her husband again. As you know President Trump tweeted on friday night, slamming lebron james saying, it looks like lebron james is working to do good things on behalf our next generation and just like he always has the first lady encourages everyone to have an open dialogue about issues facing children today. So is she trolling her husband, are we reading too much into this . Is it good cop, bad cop . And i have to say this is what i got the most feedback from, and i will just read some of what someone who texted me. Melania trump released a statement praising lebron, great. Shes still a birther. I mean, what do you think . Well, you know, i had it in my mind to say that Melania Trump has not exhibited the
level of racism that donald trump has. And as a person whos a White American male i have to say this president is racist. Those of us who have been racists know it when we see it and hear it. The fact that mrs. Trump was supportive of his Birther Accusations i think is very disturbing, but theres not the same pattern as exists with the president. His racism goes back decades. In the case of mrs. Trump i think that shes trolling him. I think shes she is guarding her own reputation and her own image. And like the president s children, there will be a life after the white house for her. Thank you, michael. I appreciate it. When we come back the new documentary that looks at the ties between President Trump and vladimir putin. Im going to talk to the director next. The chili pepper sweatout. Not cool. Freezing away fat cells with coolsculpting . Now thats cool coolsculpting safely freezes and removes fat cells with little or no downtime. And no surgery. Results and Patient Experience may vary. Some common side effects include temporary numbness, discomfort,and swelling. Ask your doctor if coolsculpting is right for you and visit coolsculpting. Com today for your chance to win a free treatment. With our largest variety of crab all year like new crabfest combo. Your one chance to have new Jumbo Snow Crab with tender dungeness crab. Or try crab lovers dream. But hurry in. Cause Crabfest will be gone in a snap. Serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, and if youve had tb, hepatitis b, are prone to infections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Be there for you, and them. Ask your gastroenterologist about humira. With humira, control is possible. The new united Explorer Card hooks me up. Getting more for getting away. Traveling lighter. Getting settled. Rewarded learn more at theexplorercard. Com the Doctors Office just for a shot. But why go back there. When you can stay home with Neulasta Onpro . Strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection. In a key study neulasta reduced the risk of infection from 17 to 1 , a 94 decrease. Neulasta onpro is designed to deliver neulasta the day after chemo and is used by most patients today. Neulasta is for certain Cancer Patients receiving strong chemotherapy. Do not take neulasta if youre allergic to it or Neupogen Filgrastim . An incomplete dose could increase infection risk. Ruptured spleen, sometimes fatal as well as serious lung problems, allergic reactions, Kidney Injuries and Capillary Leak Syndrome have occurred. Report abdominal or shoulder tip pain, Trouble Breathing or allergic reactions to your doctor right away. In patients with sickle cell disorders, serious, sometimes fatal crises can occur. The most common side effect is bone and muscle ache. If youd rather be home ask your doctor about Neulasta Onpro. Pay no more than 5 per dose with copay card. Ask your doctor about Neulasta Onpro. Booking a flight doesnt have to be expensive. Just go to priceline. Its the best place to book a flight a few days before my trip
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measures. You had interviews with john mccain, podesta. How did you get involved in this f film . I think what we me and my partner found was that in early spring of 2015 we were absorbed in the russia story but we didnt think it was getting a lot of main stream play, and even if it did it sort of washed over people. And we thought one of it reasons of that is its in pieces and so long you didnt get the full context of it. And we didnt think people could get that without Something Like a film or documentary to take you through the history. Thats really smart. Even when youre talking about the trials that are going on and the russian connections its a lot. It can be confusing especially to the public when youre trying to synthesize in just a couple of minutes. You said the connection between donald trump and vladimir putin, decades old. Earliest connections that you found. Not necessarily to vladimir putin, but to russian mobsters, the russian elite. The first one in 1984 where david met with trump and purchased five condos in trump tower. It make a Money Laundering haven particularly for the russian mob. As a kid who grew up in new york youve known donald trump, you know, for some time now. Your dad was even friendly with him and your father had a conversation with him years ago about selling trump. You had a conversation with him or your father . Ive had a few conversation with him in my life. My dad had been friendly with him in the past just from growing up in new york. And, yeah, ive had conversations with was there a conversation about selling something to a Russian Oligarch . Oh, there was a conversation where donald took my father to the u. S. Open, and when he came back my dads take away was that
guy likes russia a lot. This was i think 2010, around that period of time and even then was just talking of putin, talking of russia. That was the first thing id heard anything in that realm. Around 2008 i was in palm beach and heard about the sale of the property, but none of these things really kicked up a lot. He was just a guy in new york and those were just sort of things you would hear. As youre sitting watching the news as you do sometimes, im not sure how often and you see these new developments as it relates to your film, what are you thinking when you see this . I think it makes it an easier sell. With our last interview last september, and we first showed cuts to the people, we said Paul Manaforts been Laundering Money out of ukraine largely through the ukraine gas trade. People kind of look to at us with vague stairs, well, why
isnt anyone doing anything about it . As the investigation caught up to sort of our investigation of it, i think a lot of things have become a lot more plausible to a wider group of people. But thats really the only effect. We havent had to update anything. We did a real serious amount of research and got to bottom of it, i think. And we kind of had the story last september. What do you think of the whole meeting with trump tower was to get dirt on Hillary Clinton . Well, theyre trying to change it from no collusion to so collusion. Tro theyre trying to take away the narrative that collusion is a negative thing because its inevitable its going to come out. Why do you say that . Listen, if youre donald trump, jr. , for example, saying lets take that meeting, thats accepting the offer and going to
that meeting is an overt act in itself. Many people think thats the actual crime and sitting here debating it is silly. You can make the case russia hack those emails and when they attempt to thats an overt act. I think theres a lot of those. And a lot of those date back to a very long time ago. Have you reached out to the white house . Have they said anything to you . We have not, no. Nothing at all . Not yet. Any big surprises that you learned from this . I think the central figure in a lot of this is this russian mobster named semmian, and hes a very scary character. He was on the ten most wanted list of the fbi, and his lawyer is actually former fbi director sessions. And he runs a lot of the ukraine illegal gas trade with the mob and how closely tied hez is to manafort, trootrump and putin going back to the early 2000s
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