With Victor Blackwell and christi paul. You can just see the sun on the horizon, the light is picking up a hill bit. We hope have you some sunshine in your future. We have a little more than two weeks now until the election. This weekend, both President Trump and former Vice President joe biden are focusing on key middle ground battle states. President Trump Campaigning in michigan and wisconsin specifically. So its the schedule to host two rally styles, masks optional. No social distancing. Both of the states are seeing huge spikes in covid19 cases. Lets start with Sarah Westwood in the white house. The president is on the defense trying to hold on to states he won in 2016. Thats right, victor and christi. The Trump Campaign is out in full force this weekend with a little more than two weeks until election day. The president perhaps trying to make up for some of the time he lost when he was essentially side lined for more than a week with his struggle with coronavirus. As we saw this week he is set to hit multiple states per day on the home stretch of the campaign. That continues today where hours from now he will travel to wisconsin and michigan for a pair of campaign event. But that is coming against the backdrop of a potential spike in the u. S. Wisconsin where he will hold that rally in janesville saw record cases for two consecutive days ahead of the president s visit. Yesterday at an event aimed at seniors, the president struck an optimistic tone about the u. S. Progress of coronavirus. My heart breaks for every grieving family that has lost a precious loved one. I feel their anguish around i mourn their loss. I feel their pain. I know the terrible pain that they have gone through, you lose someone and there is nothing to describe what you have to bear. There is nothing to describe it. My message to american Seniors Today is one of optimism, confidence and hope. Your sacrifice has not been in vain. The light at the end of the ton sell near. We are rounding the turn. Now, its not exactly the case america is rounding the turn when it comes to covid19. Yesterday, the u. S. Registered 68,000 new cases. That was the highest oneday total for the u. S. Since july. So still surges in a lot of place around this country. The president remarks theyre fit with a strategy all alone. His approach is to downplay the virus, the possible outcomes. Its not necessarily a message that has been gaining traction among voters, though. Because he had been through this final stretch behind in many battleground states with joe biden beaten by a wide margin nationally. I do imagine, were not seeing a ton of social distancing. Even though masks are encouraged, theyre not required. We often see guests at the president s Campaign Events without face coverings when they attend. The governor of michigan, democratic governor gretchen whitmer, her Office Released a statement saying, we always are concerned when there are large gatherings without masks and social distancing. There is a risk of ap outbreak when this happens. So we encourage people to wear their masks and practice social distancing. Of course, the president may be atempting to make up ground during these stops. He has a lot of ground to make up as weve mentioned in the polls and he is heading into the final debate of the campaign this week with a full slate of Campaign Events. All right, Sarah Westwood, appreciate it. Thank you so much. I just want to reiterate some of these numbers for you, michigan and wisconsin, two of those states where the president is holding rallies, she said. They are seeing spikes in coronavirus cases. Michigan reported more than 2,000 new confirmed cases and 14 people who died yesterday. The u. S. Surgeon general says cases in wisconsin are quote going in a wrong direction, take a look at this right now we know 31 states have a rise in cases compared to last week and 14 states reached their highest ever sevenday average of new daily cases. Joe biden is expected to campaign in North Carolina tomorrow. Yesterday, he spoke with voters in michigan. Cnn is following the latest from washington. So, i know there are some big names that will be hitting the trail for biden. What are you learning about whats to come here . Reporter well, christi , victor, joe biden is back in delaware today. But he does have some big figures out on the trail for him today. Elizabeth warren is out in wisconsin and former nba hall of famer Magic Johnson is in his home state of michigan hitting the stump for joe biden. Pretty soon wide will be have help from the biggest name in democratic politics. Former president barack obama will be hitting the campaign trail in philadelphia on wednesday. This is his first appearance for joe biden in what will be a hands full of several stops he will be making in the final two weeks before the election. The Biden Campaign believes the former president can help mobilize black men, latinos and young voters to get out to the polls for joe biden. Now this will be a solo stop. Joe biden is expected to be deep in debate prep on wednesday ahead of the second matchup against President Trump. But there is a possibility that the two men could appear together in those final days be every the election. Now, for joe bidens part, he was in the battleground state of michigan yesterday, where he, once again, honed in on the coronavirus pandemic and criticized the president s response. Take a listen. He said, i think last night, in his town hall, i didnt have the pleasure of hearing it. I was doing one myself. He said, we have turned the corner. As my grandfather were here would say hes gone around the bend. Turn the corner, my lord. Its not disappearing. In fact, its on the rise again. Its getting worse as predicted. Now, in these final weeks before the election, joe biden is really honing in on the issue of healthcare. As the campaign believes it extends to so many facets of the election right now from the coronavirus pandemic to the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and to republicans efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care act. This is something, healthcare was a winning recipe for democrats back in 2018 when they won back the house and thats a recipe that the Biden Campaign is hoping to replicate heading into the election. Now tomorrow, joe biden is heading to the battleground state of North Carolina. Hell be campaigning in durham as early voting is under way and hes trying to mobilize his supporters to get out in these final 17 days be every the election. Victor, christi. Arlette, thanks, so much. You saw there the dualing town halls thursday we now know that biden came out well ahead of the president now has just one more try, obviously. The president does to try to reach voters on that National Stage when he and biden meet thursday in the final president ial debate. Lets bring in cnn brian stelter. Brian, how close were the numbers . I think most people expected President Trump to prevail in this ratings faceoff. Instead it was joe biden with 14, 15 Million Viewers on abc. That compares to 13 million for trump. On three different channels, so trump went in here hoping to beat biden in the rating. Actually, the opposite happened. Biden was ahead. What does that mean . Does that speak to trump fatigue . Does it show people are tired of watching the president and antics on stage at these events or people are more curious about biden and want to check him out one more time in october . The ratings probably mean a lot of things and obviously votes matter more than ratings. But it was a big surprise to see trump losing to biden in this headtohead race. When you talk about numbers and optics and how many people were there how many eyeballs there were. Thats a trigger for this president. How is the Biden Campaign reacting to that . It absolutely is. I remember a decade ago he used to scribble messages about his apprentice rating when he didnt think i was giving him credit. He cares deeply. We have not heard him comment. We heard from the Biden Campaign saying yesterday it turns out more people were interested in watching a leader with a clear plan to get this pandemic under control and americans back to work. Versus this is a Biden Campaign about a liar whose incompetence got us into this mess. So the Biden Campaign taking a victory lap when it came to that ratings race. Now looking ahead, there was supposed to be a debate last thursday we would have benefitted if this were a real debate. There is one more debate next thursday, so far it seems like both candidates will show up. You neff know what the president will do next. Maybe hell end up trying to fet out of it. But that will be really critical for this president behind in the polls. Thats going to be his last chance to make a pitch to 60 to 70 Million Viewers all at one time. The president seems at least checking his twitter account for comfortable tweeting elements of his stump speech and going out to rallies than what happened on thursday night. Was he able to get the message across better than he was able to at the first debate . I think the deep story the president is telling is he is up against everybody and everything. That its a campaign resentment against the socalled deep state and the media and every institution you could imagine. Thats the story he tells us at the rally. Thats the story he told us about the mvp town hall. Savannah guthrie was against him, nbc was against him. If you take away the message relay, its this Grievance Campaign that you know everybody is maligned against him and thus his voters. Thats what he is trying to tell people. Thats what he did at the town hall as well, obviously we know in the polling, that Grievance Campaign did not seem to connecting with america. He is pulling a probably sevenday stint if not longer. Good to see you all. I know you are, thank you for getting this for us as well for being with us. Brian stelter there, he will be on, of course, his show, reliable sources tomorrow at 11 00 a. M. Eastern right here on cnn. All right, speaking of that town hall. We heard this at the president s rallies. When he says the cdc found 85 of people who wear masks contract the coronavirus. We got a fact check for you. Actually, ill drop the tease, its false. Well give you the truth. And containing covid is obviously a struggle around the world. Were going to check in on a situation if europe. 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Back in march, the handling of the outbreak led to the controversial firing by the ten captain followed by the then secretary of the navy. The uss Theodore Roosevelt returned in may after it spent a few weeks in port in guam because of that outbreak. And lets talk about europe. Theyre struggling with the coronavirus now. Several nations now enforcing more safety measures. They say listen to this, roughly 80 of countries across the continent are seeing spikes in hot spots. Europes sevenday average of new cases outpaces that of the u. S. At more than 120,000 new cases. Among the countries driving up the number is germany. Citizens there are being asked to do more to help contain the spread. France, russia and the uk are also trending in the wrong direction. Our International Correspondents have the latest. Reporter the coronavirus case numbers in france have been going in the wrong direction. As a consequence, the government is going to impose occur few, which will go on for four weeks in ten major cities. It means that people will have to stay off the streets between the hours of 9 00 in the evening and 6 00 in the morning. There will be 12,000 police out in the streets to fine people who dont comply with that. In a country that values its night life in a big way, its going to put a considerable damper on things. Another grim milestone for russia as the country continues to see record numbers for new Coronavirus Infections. For the first time, the authorities in this country recorded more than 15,000 new Coronavirus Infections in a span of a single day. Now the main hot spot in this country continues to be where i am right now, the capital of moscow, which saw more than 5,000 in a span of 24 hours. All this is happening despite the fact that the russian versus already approved two coronavirus vaccine, none of which actually went through the phase 3 tests and trials to determine whether vaccines are safe and effective. Now, the russian authorities seemed toback only ining that vaccines arent going to be available for the broader public any time soon and theyre urging people to abide by antipandemic measures. London has waived its covid alert levels to high. That is the middle tier. On saturday, londoners will be banned for meeting anyone outside their household in an indoor setting that means no pubs, bars or restaurants. Here in manchester, the mayor is in an open standoff with Prime MinisterBoris Johnson over his plans to raise the alert level of this city to very high, the top tier. The mayor argues he is unwilling to gamble the economy of manchester over what he says is an experimental strategy. Prime minister Boris Johnson we sponded by essentially hinting at an ultimatum saying he hopes the mayor will reconsider and engage constructively, otherwise he will intervene to save manchesters hospitals and the lives of its residents. The Prime Minister went on to say the situation in man chester is grave and gets worse with each passing day. That means the clock is tiktok get a grip on the virus. Our thanks, there for the headlines. Lets bring in an epidemiologist, dr. El saed. Good morning to you. So the new cases c climbing again. Just shy of 70,000 new cases yesterday, just 10 off the alltime high of around 77 thousan,000. You and others said in the fall the if you case numbers would explode. I did not expect to hit the numbers so soon . To be honest, i was saying the middle of october. I am frustrated that this is exactly the timing we are seele. We are seeing not just high level of cases. I want people to put themselves in the mental mind space. Were not thinking linear growth. Worry seeing increases every single day. That exponential growth. It looks like this surge is an albeit slower but exponential pattern. I am worried about what that means at the end of this month into october. Whether its here in the United States or your correspondents have shown us in europe. All of this is driven by the same structural changes in our behavior, people inside, spending more times indoor, having a little mask fatigue and pandemic fatigue are all of that a really wicked brew that may lead to real transmission everywhere. I want to put one more note on this. When we saw this kind of transmission earlier on in the pandemic in march and april, the virus hasnt ceded everywhere. As these structural Behavioral Changes increase, the probability that we are going to see outbreaks in every small park and big part of our country goes up. So this is really a harrowing time. People have to be careful and follow those recommendations. So what do we do . I imagine the people who are going to wear a mask are Wearing Masks. Europe, they are starting these lockdowns and some restrictions again. Doctor fauci has said that this can be controlled without the type of lockdown, that there really is a huge ap tied for. Are you at the intersection of Public Health and politics. What do we do . Well, i think, number one, people have to recognize, the only way that we can avoid the kind of lockdowns that were starting to see in europe is by doing the things that we need to do to protect ourselves and protect our communities. So you said the people will wear masks will wear masks. Im asking the people who werent going to wear masks wear masks. As we wear masks, lets not make as many, you know, as many efforts to take them off well say as we did in the past. Because at the end of the day, the mask is only available for you as its on your face. I see a lot of folks Wearing Masks under their nose or slung over their ears so they can look like theyre Wearing Masks or to take it off spirely to spend a long dinner at a restaurant. So it really is about our choices and we got to make the right ones. The second point is to say that if things do start to accelerate. We get to a point where transmission is so high and so fierce, that the only way to do it is through lockdowns, then there is going to have to be leadership to do that. We have to do what it takes to protect our communities. We seen the ravage this virus can have. This surge has the potential to be way worse than it was in either the spring or the summer. Simply because of the changes in behavior here so weve got to be careful. Let me play this lie the president has been telling. And then i want you to tell us what the truth is. This is from thursday. That as far as the mask is concerned. Im good with masks. Just the other day they came out with a statement that 85 of people that wear masks catch it. They didnt say that i know that study. Thats what i heard and thats what i saw. So whats the truth . The truth is that this, what he is misquoting a study that was done which is called the case control study and just explain the design here. You got a certain number of people who got sick and then a certain number who didnt get sick. You match them up and look at the differences in how they behave. Once people knew they were sick. They went and asked them, did you wear masks . 85 said, yeah, we wore masks. Like we talked about victor, there is a thing about being very fastidious about wearing your mask when you feel like wearing youre mask. Of course, when you are already sick, did you do the thing you were supposed to do to protect yourself . Most people say, yeah, of course i did. When sometimes that might not be the case. So you are talking about a very small number of people in a very specific kind of study design that were asked after the fact after they got sick if they wore masks. So he is misquoting that article again to try and politicize mask wearing to play to his pace so that there looks like will is two sides to an issue. The science is quite clear on this question. Mask wearing protects folks from covid19. It protects communities from covid19 and regardless of what the president wants to misquote a study, this is the truth and this has been consistent with all of the signs that we have seen. Always good to have you, sir, thank you. Thank you, victor. All right, coming up, i know you are wondering, why congress and the white house cant find some Common Ground on this new stimulus deal. The politics that are at play. Well talk about that when we come back. Light in all of us that cannot be extinguished. 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Voter enthusiasm and concerns about the coronavirus pandemic can contribute to a surge in early voting. Next hour, were going live to atlanta with the latest on the early vote there. And as millions of people are struggling financially during this pandemic, some of you may be wondering when or even if you will see a second stimulus check. Thats all up in the air at this point. President trump has been urging congress to pass a big stimulus bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and secretary Steven Mnuchin at a stalemate. The Senate Republicans balked at the 1 trillion package mnuchin offered pelosi. Mitch mcconnell set up a meeting on monday for a standalone bill we are told costing about 500 billion. The money would be to extend to Small Business paycheck protection program. Lets talk to the economic supporter for the New York Times, always good to have you with us. He is the author of the riches of this land, the untold true story of americas middle class. As we get started here, i want to listen to something notable that President Trump said regarding the stimulus at this town hall on thursday. Lets listen. The problem we have is nancy pelosi, she couldnt care less about the worker. She couldnt care less about our people and we should have a stimulus and i want a stimulus. The republicans want to approve a stimulus. The problem is she doesnt want to do it because she thinks its bad for her election. We should have stimulus. This was not our peoples fault. This was chinas fault and shes pen amizing our people. Im ready to sign a big, beautiful stimulus. Jim, fact check that for us, will you please . Sure, in any negotiation as the president well knows, you need a multiple parties on board to make a deal happen and in this case its certainly not just nancy pelosi and the democrats who are not willing to find the compromise that would get everyone on the board. The republicans in the senate, for example, are nowhere close to being on board with a 1. 8 trillion or 2. 2 trillion as the democrats in the house want in the bill and President Trump hasnt personally intervened here to get his party on board to bring all the sides together. So what weve had over the course of now several, frankly maddening months for people that watch these talks is a very slow march of discussions that have not led anyone to an incentive to actually say, okay, fine, well make the deal on your terms instead of mine. Everyone, all side here, really seem to think they are just fine going into the election without a deal. A strategy to this, pros and cons for both parties, democrats and republicans is signature on this, not doing anything on this prior to the elections. First republicans what is their increptive to hold on to this . The big encryptive for republicans is twofold. First is ideological. There are a lot of Senate Republican whos dont think the economy needs stimulus or would do better with more stimulus. You have to think about their electoral calculations. Many Senate Republicans arent so much thinking about this election as future elections, future primary elections in 2022 or 2024. They want to be on the correct side of nice cam conservatism for their election. So theyre resistant to a big deal. Thats making it hard for Mitch Mcconnell and the senate to get the votes in the package. What about the democrats . The democrats, as the president alluded to, the democrats do not have a huge incentive to give the president a big win before his election which will put them in the negotiating pos of theyre willing to do a deal mostly on their terms. They have watched as the president has come closer to their position over the last few weeks. The president , photographically, made it easier on them when he abruptly called off negotiations on twitter. Which he almost immediately reinstated so the democrats keep telling me, we want a deal, we want to do something. We dont know if republicans will be there for it. So we will not compromise on important things and reach a deal until the president and the Administration Come to us. Okay. So last couple of seconds here, what is the take take away for people at home wondering, i dont know how im going to pay my rent this month . What is the realistic time line for this . I think its very up realistic to think we are going to have a deal passed on the president s desk be every the election. There is some possibility that that could happen after the election. But many people in congress are preparing for the thought that the next stimulus bill that the economy might not come until after the next president ial inauguration next year. All righty. Jim, grateful for your thoughts this morning and your expertise. Thanks for being with us. Thank you for have something e. Of course. 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There were four days of hearings this week. Maybe you saw some of them. Sophia nelson, good morning to you. Good morning, victor. So you this week you wrote that and let me quote you here that hell broke loose when you say you found judge Amy Coney Barrett to be likable but you would not confirm to vote her. Explain what happened and why you wouldnt confirm . I heard earlier in your segments the senate had brought up how much she was a mom and how many times. That itself the likability factor. And what i was saying on my twitter feed was to my followers, i might not vote for this judge, her philosophy might not be mean. However, she is likeable. She is already have likeable. Thats what they want. When women are powerful, whether its Kamela Harris or Hillary Clinton who wasnt likable and that came up time and time again, it can backfewer on her. So likable palpable, it often works in our favor. So when you heard that reference to her family over and over, lets put up the numbers here for our viewers. This is the New York Times analysis. They analyze son, daughter, wife, all the mentions of family. These are the recent nominee whos had children, minor children, under the age of 18, 68 references for barrett. Yes, she has seven children. But scalia had nine children under 18 at the time of his confirmation. He had nine children. Some were under 18 and only about 16 references here. And you heard that and it was endearing. Some of us might wonder. They didnt ask the men. Why are they asking her about it so often . Cmon, we know the answer to that. There is a double standard still. Yes, its 2020. Yes, weve come a long way. However, we still have a long way to go. Look at the way Kamela Harris has talked about still. Look at the disrespect even Senate Colleagues dont want to pronounce her name right to make judge barrett, who is a federal judge, shes going to full the seat of a beloved justice in ruth bader ginsberg. By the way, guys, she is going to fill the seat. They have the votes so what i was saying to folks is, you kind of are going to have to get yourself comfortable with this. The game that theyre playing is by that i mean the republicans on the Senate Committee is, shes this wonderful mom. Shes got two black children that shes adopted. Shes a great lady and it plays also really well with their base, victor, as they have a severe gender gap right now going into this election. Lets look at this exchange from senator ted cruz, now, i believe on tuesday senator cruz went on a 26minute monologue, didnt ask the judge to respond to anything and then he asked her four or five questions. Heres what he asked judge Amy Coney Barrett. Judge barrett, do you speak any Foreign Languages . How about music . Do you play any instrument instruments . For you and your husband, you got seven kid, how did you all manage through the lockdowns and Distance Learning . What was that like in the barrett household . What led you and your husband to make the decision to adopt . I think its one of the most loving and compassionate decision and family can make. So your children have been wonderfully well behaved. I think you are an amazing role model for little girls. What advice would you give little girls . No question about it, the jurisprudence, your children are well behaved. What can you tell the girls of this nation. Let me move on. I got other things and not a lot of time. You say the media only likes women within they are liberal. What supports that . Yeah, i mean, if you go through and are you citing my piece in the daily beast which folks can read. I went through like the most beloved women in the United States, the most popular, the most admired, if you look at ten women, victor, nine out of ten are going to be what you call liberal political Democratic Women again like a Michelle Obama or a Hillary Clinton or a Kamela Harris or you know whoever happens to be in the public view at that point. You get very few conservative women. But i also think back to your point about this notion of likability and the kind of questions that senators like ted cruz asked the judge, again, theyre playing to their base. You wonder why a Republican Party has a gender gap. Ted cruz shows you why they have a gender gap. That irin some neanderthal world stuck in the place the rest of us dont understand. Thats what the genesis of those questions was. But on the likeability factor, if were all telling the truth, the icons in our country right now are more liberal Democratic Women. They just are. Nancy pelosi, et cetera. Let me ask you this, doesnt the latter point challenge the former point . You suggested that the media only likes women within they are liberal, but if republicans senators dont know how to talk to women, lets look at this there have been more Democratic Women elected to the senate in the last 50 years than republicans elected to the house, elected governors, three women on national tickets. One in sarah palin in 2008. Is it less a reflexion of the media and more the elect toolec platform and how the party does or does not elevate with imnext . I think it is either and or. In this cycle more are running for house and senate. Many of them will not win because theyre in districts where they cant win, victor. But your point is well taken. My point is we dont hold conservative women and judge bar et is someone i think is worthy of being held up, even if i disagree with her judicial philosophy or some of the ways she approaches jurisprudence. Sophia nelson, thank you so much for waking up and speaking with me this morning. My pleasure. I will tweet out the piece because i think its fantastic. Take care, victor. You too, christi. Still ahead there is uncertainty and anxiety on the happiest place on earth, disneyland are oughted as at reopening the park. In the meantime, there is a threat of layoffs for the people that work there. clapping hey, you alright . Find the nonpartisan facts behind the real stories at usafacts. Org [sfx typing sound] [sfx typing sound] [sfx typing sound] glad to have you with us here. Disney wants to reopen its theme park in california. Californias governor says, not so much. And whos caught in the middle . Thousands of disney employees who are facing layoffs and uncertainty. Lets go to cnns Stephanie Elam with more. Reporter disneyland, its known as the happiest place on earth. But for some people, its more than a slogan. My return to disney is like my return to home. I saw it as a teenager. Reporter Designer Mark griffin gives disney that holiday magic. Hes worked more than a decade at the park. This month, he was told it would coming to an end. Disney announces theyre laying off 58,000 employees. How did that impact you . Its devastating. Were all worried about our livelihood. Im worried am i able to stay in this house. Am i able to keep a roof over my kids heads. Im 52 and on food stamps for the first time in my life. Reporter after disney worlds full opening in july, disneyland hoped as well. But californias spike led Governor Newsom to toughen the approach. On october 12th, he repeated his health first to theme parks. Theyre cities. Small cities. Theyre people from all around the world. Not just people proximate to these theme parks that come together and mix. Reporter earlier this month, disney fired back. Its chief medical officer tweeted we absolutely reject the suggestion that reopening disneyland is incompatible with the health first approach. We have taken a robust sciencebased approach. The longer that disneyland stays closed the harder the impact on the economy. Its not just disneyland employees. The entire region relies on the tourism that comes here because of the park. 264,000 jobs lost in the anaheim area during covid. Reporter anaheims chamber of commerce launched a campaign to push back against the governor. Lets reopen theme parks and reed awaken our region. 19 state lawmakers agreed telling newsom outbreaks simply arent traced back to these theme parks that have reopened. Newsom wants his own answer. Hes sent in Health Officials to conduct safety protocols in california and theme parks. We wanted to show him first hand its not what youre thinking. Walking through the park and seeing the different signage. The plexiglass. The staff that they have very visibly cleaning the hightouch surfaces. Reporter not everyone is jumping to reopen. Inez guzeman is a housekeeper at the disney hotel and one of the 3,000 local 11 Service Workers at the hotel. I love my job. Reporter she wants to go back but is worried about the virus. If i bring it back home, i could lose my mom, my children. Thats a deadly disease. Reporter mark griffin agrees safety is priority one followed closely by a return of the magic. We make the magic. The thought of losing that im in kind of withdrawals from that. Reporter is that part of your identity . Disney is my identity. Reporter Stephanie Elam, cnn, anaheim, california. It is a sad situation, i know. Were keeping our fingers crossed you can all get back to work. New day continues in a moment. Stay close. Reply all look own your look. With fewer lines. Theres only one botox® cosmetic. Its the only one. Fda approved. To temporarily make frown lines. Crows feet. And forehead lines. Look better. The effects of botox® cosmetic, may spread hours to weeks after injection, causing serious symptoms. 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