Especially the fact that one of the officers is now going to turn states witness. That really shocked the crowd on the inside there. After this was all said and done there was a small group of protesters who took over the intersection behind me. In fact, look at this video. The da himself had to step down and have a conversation with them trying to quell this crowd that wasnt letting any traffic pass. He had a long conversation with them. They wanted to know why the officers were not going to be arrested tonight. These are 11 charges against officer rolfe. The first charge is felony murder. This is a death as a result of an underlying felony and in this case the underlying felony is aggravated assault with a Deadly Weapon and the possible sentence is for a felony murder conviction would be life, life without parole, or the death penalty. Reporter Fulton County District Attorney announced charges against the two Police Officers involved in the Rayshard Brooks shooting. At the time that the shot was fired, the utterance made by officer rolfe was i got him. The city of atlanta says you cannot even fire a taser at someone who is running away so you certainly cant fire a gun, a handgun at someone who is running away. Reporter brooks widow was inside the courtroom as the District Attorneys team displayed in large photographs showing the last moments of his life. It all started friday night. Two officers responded to a call about a man sleeping in a car and blocking the wendys drive through. Hello. Whats up, my man . Reporter for 20 minutes the officers talked to brooks, but after brooks failed a breathalyzer test, he resisted arrest when officers tried to handcuff him for suspected drunken driving. The three are seen here fighting on the ground. Brooks runs away, taking one of the officers tasers. As the officer chased him brooks points the taser over the shoulder at wolf who then opens fire. After brooks was shot the da said rolfe kicked him. The other officer, devin bronson, also faces charges for aggravated assault and two counts of violation of oath. At the time of the photograph, he is standing on the body of mr. Brooks. Reporter but he has turned into a state witness. He plans to make a statement regarding the culpability of officer rolfe, but he indicated that he is not psychologically willing to give that statement today. Wolf, as you can imagine the pain in that room especially from the family, just this afternoon the family had another News Conference where they talked about the loss theyve had. Listen to arab on broo listen to Rayshard Brooks wife talking about the pain. I felt everything that he felt just by hearing. What he went through. And it hurt. It hurt really bad. Now, wolf, were just getting new information here that is going to sort of throw everything off. We had been told by the attorney for officer devin bronsnan that he is not going to be an attorney for the state. We should also throw in there that gbi is doing their own investigation. They say they were unaware the da was going to move forward with these charges today so this is getting even messier by the moment. But once again i want to say this. We just got this news as we were inside the news story there that brosnan will apparently not be a states witness. That is unusual. The da did say he agreed to be a state witness and now his attorney is saying he has not agreed to be a state witness. Well try to clarify that. Thank you. We want to bring in cnn anchor done lemons as long as Elliott Williams a former Deputy Assistant general and the cofounder of the National Coalition of Law Enforcement for Justice Reform and accountability. Thanks to all of you for joining us. Elliott, you could i dont know, we could speculate about why the da says he was going to be a state witness. Now his Attorney Says he is not going to be a state witness. I think that is pretty unusual. Lets talk about the big picture right now, the fired Police Officer Garrett Rolfe 27 years old now facing 11 charges including felony murder which carries a potential death sentence. What stood out to you from what we heard from the District Attorneys announcement . A number of things, wolf. The speed with which this all happened. To use another georgia case that happened recently remember the case of ahmaud arbery, not shot by police but obviously another what we call racially motivated killing that happened in georgia. It took two months for them to decide whether to proceed with charges. Also in minnesota quite recently the george floyd matter took some time to put the case together. This was a matter of days in which you had a number of significant murder and felony charges that came. So that is number one the big part. Number two, this open question as to whether brosnan is going to testify. If he were going to it would be profound because of what you hear as the thin blue line of how reluctant officers typically are to testify against each other. Well see how that plays out. But even the mere fact that it was an issue was significant. And then number three, the big sort of legal question, what this was about for the prosecutor was, is he going to charge murder . He going to charge felony manslaughter . You know, voluntary manslaughter, or nothing . This was always going to come down to, can the prosecutor prove that mr. Brooks presented or didnt present an imminent harm of serious bodily injury, right . And, clearly. Based on what he laid out today the prosecutor believes that mr. Brooks did not present any harm. He talked about how there was a 41minute lag from the time this all started before the shooting. He talked about, frankly, the mechanics of tasers and how tasers are not actually a threat. They talked about the Standard Operating Procedures of the police department. All of these things create a picture that the prosecutor wanted to get out into the public that this individual did not pose an imminent threat or frankly any threat at all even after having been patted down. And that ultimately the killing was in terms of the law with malice aforethought. The shooter had known he was going to kill somebody and went ahead and did it. Felony murder carries in georgia either life without the possibility of parole or perhaps even the death sentence. You know, the other officer on the scene, 26yearold Devin Brosnan facing lesser charges, aggravated assault, some of the actions he took after brooks was shot in the back twice. As a former Police Officer yourself, what do you make of brosnans role in this killing . First, let me say how interesting it is that he was announced as a state witness earlier in the day and now it sounds like he has backed out. I can assure you he received a tremendous amount of pressure from his fellow officers immediately when they learned that he was even considering testifying against his partner. He certainly had some responsibility in the situation. We find out that he stood on top of mr. Brooks after he was already down and fighting for his life. That speaks to a dereliction of duty when you have a duty to offer care to someone youve just grievously injured. So he failed in that aspect. And he is charged thusly. I just state were at a critical moment where these officers have been charged. That is important. In minneapolis that officer has been charged. That is important. We need to see this thing through all the way to conviction while we do the massive work of trying to remake Police Culture and the criminal Justice System that we see desperately needs to be remade. Don, i want your thoughts big picture at the same time these charges today were filed against these Police Officers, but we remember the former Police Officers responsible for George Floyds murder, what, four weeks or so ago, in minneapolis were still a long way off from any convictions in either case. Clearly this is going to go on for quite a while. But do you see this, what were seeing unfold right now, as some sort of sign of progress . Of course any little bit is a sign of progress. You know, for the longest time, forever, up until now, we usually dont see these situations play out like this. Officers can say they were in fear of their lives, for their lives, and then get away with whatever happened at the scene whether they were guilty of killing someone or misconduct or not. That is not happening. I have to tell you that i am actually surprised by these two, you know, in minneapolis and now atlanta. Especially the speed with which these charges have come down. But i have to say that this is, wolf, you asked me for a big picture. This is the whole world is upside down. This is an unstable and unusual time for families of victims of Police Brutality and police abuse. For Police Officers, for bad Police Officers, who are not trained properly, and Police Departments who were once able to operate with impunity wont be able to do that. Police officers are saying, my gosh. The way that i conduct myself and the way i do my job, that has changed. For white folks who are waking up to this racism now because they are seeing it play out. For the black people who look like the people who are on those videotapes for dying in the middle of the street whether shot by a shotgun for someone pretending or thinking they were a Police Officer or killed by an actual Police Officer. The sports world is turned upside down. Athletes now are feeling empowered. They are going against the league and corporations. You have the head of the nfl now Roger Goodell saying, black lives matter. Also you have it is an unstable time for millions of americans who are dealing with the coronavirus. They dont know if it is coming or going especially when listening to this president. Then you have an unstable and ineffectual leader who by all accounts is in the dark ages when it comes to race, our health, and, also, the times that were living in right now. Policing in america. It is an unstable time. And people dont know which way to turn. Unusual. Im surprised but yet again not surprised because it is such an unstable time. It is an important point. Don lemon thank you. Thanks to my guests as well. Were just getting in right now the statement that officer Devin Brosnans attorney has put out. Officer brosnan has not agreed to testify. He has not agreed to plead guilty. He honestly told the das Office Everything that happened during a lengthy goes on to say lengthy interview yesterday he will continue to tell the da or the gbi, Georgia Bureau of investigation, or any other investigator what happened. But he is absolutely not guilty of any crime and will not plead guilty and has not agreed to be a states witness. That statement from Amanda Clark Palmer and don samuel the attorneys for the former Police Officer Devin Brosnan. More on that story coming up, also more reaction to the charges against Rayshard Brooks killing, the charges involved in the killing, and how it may play into protests for Racial Justice around the country. Ill speak with the nfl star Malcolm Jenkins who is a new cnn contributor. Well be right back. Heres huge news for veterans with va loans. Mortgage rates have dropped to all time lows. By refinancing now, you can save 2000 a year. And newdays va streamline refi shortcuts the process. 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This new death further proves these are by no means isolated incidents in our country but rather part of an urgent and pervasive problem going on. I assume you agree. Yeah, i think for people talking about Police Brutality and policing for a long time. These events have been horrific and have shaken our country at its core but at the end of the day for the black community this is what weve been dealing with. I think it is, you know, we talk about our system like it is broken and a lot of times i ask people, when was it fixed . As a black person, policing has never been fixed in this country. Its never been for us. Unless we start to change this narrative around policing to turn it on its head and doing Something Different about facing from what weve been doing then the small reforms and things being thrown out there now will just keep us in the same direction. So i hope this moment is one that we really take to literally about face what we are doing and head in a new direction. We saw the charges against the exPolice Officers in the george floyd killing. Now we have the very serious charges for these officers. In atlanta responsible for the killing of ray shard brooks. Do you think police are increasingly at a minimum being held accountable for excessive use of force . I think that is yet to be seen. These are good steps, you know, you have the da do a quick investigation and come back with murder charges and you end up with arrests and charges. That is just the first step. We still need to make sure these turn into convictions. Because if not, then, you know, all for nothing. Like i said, this is all while were still trying to figure out how we radically change how we do policing to stop these type of incidents from happening. It is okay to get justice and get accountability after the fact but we also want to make sure these things dont continue to happen as we move forward. You still play in the nfl. The president is speaking out right now about athletes kneeling in protests. I want you to listen to what he said. I was very disappointed in the nfl when they came out with the statement. I was very disappointed in u. S. Soccer. We support u. S. Soccer and now they go out and they say that you can do whatever you want. No. We have to show respect for our flag and our National Anthem. Just gave that interview. What is your response to that simplification of this movement . I would simplify it myself and say before i became an athlete i was black. When i am done being an athlete ill still be black. Unless we want to address these issues we want to continue to use our platforms as best we can to get change. And whether that is kneeling during the National Anthem or using, you know, your platform writing opeds and being in the streets protesting people are going to continue to do this and show up and speak up until this is done. If we want to get back to the time where we can just enjoy sports, lets move on, move forward as a country, fix our problems, and we can all get back to enjoying americas pastime. All right. Malcolm, thanks very much. Once again welcome to cnn. Good to have you here as part of our team. Malcolm jenkins our newest cnn contributor. Just ahead, as coronavirus cases rise in 21 states well tell you where the spread is most serious right now. Hot hot no no no no no, theres no space there maybe over here . Oven mitts oven mitts everythings stuck in the drawers im sorry oh, jeez. Hi. Kelly clarkson. Try wayfair oh, ok. Its going to help you, with all of. This yeah, here you go. Thank you oh, i like that one [ laugh ] thats a lot of storage perfect. Youre welcome i love it. How did you do all this . Wayfair speaking of dinner, whatre we eating, guys . Iredefined the wordng thschool this year. Its why, at xfinity, were committed to helping kids keep learning through the summer. 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Reporter for six days in a row now texas has set new records for the number of covid19 patients in the hospital. I think weve opened up too soon. Reporter arizona also just smashed a record, nearly 2,500 new covid19 cases in a single day. This week we did hit our capacity in our covid designated icu unit. Reporter the judge just threw out a legal effort to stop President Trumps megarally slated for saturday in tulsa, which just saw more cases in a day than ever before. The people who come to the rally dont care about them except a photo op because it will kill some of them and some of their family and friends. We should have done everything we could move this to some other time because as you all heard our numbers are spiking. This could be a super spreader. Reporter oklahoma one of ten states now seeing their highest average daily new case counts since this pandemic began. Then a few days or a week later youll see a spike in hospitalizations and a few days later a spike in the deaths. Reporter American Airlines says it just ejected a passenger who refused to wear a mask on a new york to dallas flight. In south korea everyone on public transport must now wear one. With an aggressive test and treat program, south korea has kept its covid death toll to 279. In the u. S. We are now over 117,000. And carrying out about 500,000 tests a day. All of the experts myself included think we need three, four, 5 million at least per day. Were just not getting it. Reporter and there are nine mayors in texas who want the power to make masks mandatory in their city, but the governor wont give it to them. They wrote him a letter saying, we think you would agree a healthier economy starts with healthy people. Wolf . Nick watt in l. A. For us. Thank you. Lets get more on the president s tulsa rally that is coming up and the risks as his administration spreads some false information about the pandemic. Our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta is joining us. You tried very hard to get some answers on all of this from the white house. Reporter thats right, wolf. The white house officials are refusing to say whether the president or the Administration People catch the coronavirus at the trump rally this weekend. An Administration Official tells us the president and his team are in denial, the word denial being used here, when it comes to the pandemic. With President Trump expected to hold a rally this weekend in oklahoma white house officials are dismissing any questions that the administration might be responsible for exposing the thousands of supporters expected to attend to the coronavirus. In other words, rally at your own risk. Will the president or the white house take responsibility if people get sick and catch the coronavirus at this rally on saturday . So the campaign has taken certain measures to make sure this is a safe rally, temperature checks, Hand Sanitizers, and masks. We are taking precautions. You are not requiring people to wear masks. They will be given a mask and it is up to them. Cdc guidelines are recommended but not required. There is already a disclaimer telling attendees the president and other event organizers cannot be held liable for any illnesses. White House Press Secretary tried to compare the exposure at the rally to the dangers while attending a baseball game but hold on. Pro Sports Events with crowds have been scrapped for weeks. As any event you assume a personal risk. That is just what you do. When you go to a baseball game you assume a risk. Thats part of life. It is a personal decision of americans as to whether to go to the rally or not to go. Reporter with covid19 cases on the rise in tulsa, Oklahoma Health officials are urging attendees to be techted for the virus before and after the event. Public Health Experts are warning the white house they could be putting lives at risk. The people who come to the rally dont care about them except as a photo op because theyll kill some of them and some of their family and friends. A disinfectant where it knocks it out. Reporter ever since the president suggested americans could inject themselves with disinfectants to ward off covid19 mr. Trump has sidelined his own Coronavirus Task force. An Administration Official tells cnn they just dont want to deal with the reality of it. They are in denial. Former Vice President joe biden is blasting mr. Trumps handling of the pandemic. Weve lost lives. Weve lost businesses. Weve lost paychecks. Now thanks to Donald Trumps bungling, we may lose some of the progress we had begun to make. All because hes lost interest. Reporter asked whether he would attend the tulsa rally task force dr. Anthony fauci who is 79 years old told the daily beast i am in a high risk category. Personally i would not. Of course not. On the administrations efforts to curb Police Brutality white house officials said the president would support proposals being pushed by gop senator tim scott aimed at cleaning up Law Enforcement practices. We hear you. I think this package speaks very clearly to the young person who is concerned when he is stopped by the Law Enforcement officers. We see you. Reporter democrats insist the republican bill does not go far enough. We dont need a window dressing, toothless bill. We need to take action that is real. Reporter the press secretary was asked why so many white house officials are no longer Wearing Masks around the west wing after a brief period when staffers were using them in response to an aide to Vice President pence contracting the virus. Mcenany said the masks are recommended but not required at the white house another reminder the president and his team are not interested in being Public Health role models on this issue. Indeed. Thanks very much. Just ahead well talk about all the late breaking developments in the coronavirus pandemic and more with the New York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman. Well discuss right after this. The other issue. Oh. Im scratching like crazy. Youve got some allergic itch with skin inflammation. Apoquel can work on that itch in as little as 4 hours, whether its a new or chronic problem. And apoquels treated over 7 million dogs. Nice. And. The talking dog thing . Is it bothering you . No. Itching like a dog is bothering me. Until dogs can speak for themselves, you have to. When allergic itch is a problem, ask for apoquel. Apoquel is for the control of itch associated with allergic dermatitis and the control of Atopic Dermatitis in dogs. 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Theres no income verification, no appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. Thats me. Put your va home loan benefits to good use. Call my team at newday usa. This breaking news a new statement just released from the attorneys for exPolice Officer garret rolfe charged in the shooting death of ray shard brooks in atlanta. The statement says this. Mr. Brooks violently attacked two officers and disarmed one of them. When mr. Brooks turned and pointed an object at officer rolfe any officer would have reasonably believed he intended to disarm, disable, or seriously injure him. Well follow up on that first statement coming in from the attorneys representing the exPolice Officer Garrett Rolfe, 27 years old. Also other news, the Trump Campaign now moving ahead full speed with its plan to hold a rally in tulsa, oklahoma this coming saturday despite growing concerns that a huge number of people potentially could be infected with the coronavirus at an indoor rally of this type. Lets get more analysis on what is going on with the New York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman joining us. Thanks very much. In your new klum thcolumn just in the New York Times you write the president s response to this pandemic, in your words, absolutely devilish. And you go on to say this. Let me read a couple sentences. We have a president who instead of wearing a mask turns defiance of mask wearing into a heroic act of defiance against liberals and forces 1,100 west point cadets to travel back to campus and quarantine for two weeks so he can get a photo op. You agree not to hold donald j. Trump for president , i think liable. You argue that there are these are steps the administration could be there are steps the administration could be taking to make the pandemic less dangerous and you ask why arent they . What is the answer . You know, wolf, the point i was really trying to make is this, that i think historians, you know, they may go easy on President Trump for what he didnt do back in december or january when the right thing to do around the coronavirus was widely debated, some unproven, and a lot of it hard. But today where we are right now the steps we could take to preserve both lives and livelihoods are clear, proven, theyve been demonstrated in the field, and actually they are relatively easy. Wear a facemask whenever youre out in public. Okay . Maintain social distancing as best you can in public and at work places. And avoid super spreader events like a big rally where youll be close to people and theyll be shouting and screaming and spreading the coronavirus. This actually is relatively easy stuff, which we could do to keep the virus from resurging while we wait for a vaccine. The fact that the president wont do the easy stuff, the known stuff, is positively devilish. I heard you quote his white house spokesman as saying, masks are recommended at the white house but theyre not required. You really want to ask her, are brains recommended and not required . What are you people possibly thinking . By the way, wolf, how does this work for trump . Because the average person actually isnt that stupid. Theyre not going to go to the restaurant. Theyre not going to go to work. Theyre not going to go to a rally if they think theyll get sick or transfer the virus to someone who is vulnerable. Most people will not do that. So the economy wont even come back the way trump hopes. It is just flat out stupid. Why do you think, tom, the president is so set on moving forward with this potentially very Dangerous Campaign rally in tulsa . I really it is literally beyond me, wolf. He thinks that this will somehow appeal to his base by defying the supposed liberal consensus that you should wear a mask and social distance and prevent super spreader events. There is nothing liberal about this. Mother nature is not interested in liberal or conservative. She has no clue where the border is between oklahoma or texas. You can see how all of this is spreading to all of these different markets where it didnt hit early on. And so i have no idea what goes through his mind. I think there are only two things on Donald Trumps mind and you see this in the bolton book. One is how to get reelected and the other is donald trump. And Everything Else be damned. Were learning new details and we have a copy now of the bolton book, the john bolton book, the president s former National Security adviser and more on this coming up later this hour but in the book he says that during a 2018 meeting between the president and the north Korean Leader kim jong un he writes this. He said, pompeo, secretary of state, passed me his note pad, on which he had written he is so full of the s word. I agreed. Does that surprise you at all . Well, you know, trump has the distinction now of two secretaries of state describing him with barnyard epithets. Secretary of state tillerson was quoted as calling him a freaking idiot after a meeting in the pentagon only he didnt use the word frigging. Now pompeo is describing him as being full of manure only he didnt use the word manure. What does it say to you, wolf, that the people closest to him, his closest advisers, hold him in such contempt . I really have never seen this in my time covering National Security. But it should be a warning sign to all of us how inappropriate he is as the leader of the free world. Well have more on this coming up. Tom friedman, as usual, thanks very much. Just ahead well get more of the shocking accusations from the president s former National Security adviser john bolton. Also well take a closer look at how Wearing Masks and taking precautions to prevent the virus has become all of a sudden so political. I am in so much debt. 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We hadnt known anybody who had it personally. Governor, mayor, everybody says its fine. We go out. Its a friends birthday. It was a mistake. My experience definitely of course we do feel foolish standing in front of all the people we knew. We were pushing it. She says she has since been contacted by complete strangers at the same the bar has shut down again. In new york city people crowded outside bars last weekend, several seen not Wearing Masks. On the Facebook Page of a group called reopen nc, a burn your mask challenge, and someone cooks a hot dog over a mask. Medical experts say tonight thats apathy and outright fatigue at play with millions of americans who are dropping social distancing. Weve told them from the last three months your connection is now through a computer screen, through zoom, through phone. You cant see people. You cant see the expressions of smiles on their faces because were covering them. Thats emotionally exhausting. That said, the virus doesnt care if were tired. But its a tail of two americas. While millions are shedding masks and crowding beaches and bars, millions of others are staying home, Wearing Masks, distancing. The disconnect could be due to the mixed messages coming from the trump administration. Members of the task force like dr. Anthony fauci warning this pandemic is by no means over. Spikes are occurring in at least ten states and distancing is critical even in places reopening. Even when you do proceed according to guidelines youve got to be careful to make sure that to the extent possible you physically distance yourself and you wear a mask literally at all times. But at the same time, the head of that task force, Vice President mike pence writes an oped in the wall street journal saying theres no second wave, blaming the media for inciting panic. Pence, trump and others repeatedly attending events where they gather with people and pressing ahead for a rally in tulsa where tens of thousands are expected, masks optional. It has a direct negative consequence on the Public Health of this country. Its disgraceful. Dr. Jonathan reiner says its criminal endangerment for the trump team not to require people to wear masks. They say the campaign is taking precautions, giving out masks, handing out Hand Sanitizer and temperature checks. One source told cnn that the white house or team never asked for blessing for the rally, that official saying, quote, they know better. Interesting indeed. Thank you. Coming up as were learning more about john boltons shocking allegations against President Trump in his book, bolton is also now speaking up. Well have that when we come back. Sir. We need a doctor. [running footsteps and siren] youre talking about a first generation american from the streets of the Imperial Valley who rose to beat the odds. 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Wolf tonight so many questions have been answered and yet there are so many more questions now that weve obtained a copy of john boltons forthcoming book and the National Security adviser goes into great detail explaining some instances with the president which he characterizes as clear cases of obstruction of justice, information that definitely some House Democrats would have loved to know several months ago during the impeachment inquiry when john bolton did not appear to testify before the house. A number of instances beyond even just ukraine. He talks a lot about china and the president s relationship with president xi of china and we have a full screen of one clip here where he says he turned the conversation to the coming u. S. President ial election, alluding to chinas economic capability to affect the ongoing campaign. He stressed the importance of farmers and increased chinese purchases of soybeans and wheat in the electoral outcome. Obviously an explicit ask here which john bolton described as problematic. He said he felt it was really a shocking thing to dask of a foreign leader, especially like xi where the relationship should not be as cordial and trusting. The book details relationships with foreign leaders at the white house. He talked to martha radic, upcoming interview, clip aired today, where he talked specifically about the dynamic with president putin of russia. Take a look. I think putin thinks he can play him like a fiddle. I think putin is smart, tough. I think he sees hes not faced with a serious adversary here. I dont think hes worried about donald trump. And so wolf, you see he talks about certain dynamics like that one with putin but also just the president s tendency to be a little bit checked out when it came to certain intelligence briefings. He said that he didnt understand a lot of the issues that were brought forward to him. And even some of his advisers questioned some of his judgment at times. Beginning, vivian, to go through this book over here, we have a copy now. You have a copy. I guess almost all the journalists in washington now have a copy of this book entitled the road. Presumably theres going to be a whole lot more details in there, not very pleasant reading for the president of the united states. Vivian, thank you very much for that report and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Erin burnett out front starts right now. Out front next, the breaking news, the former officer who shot a black man in atlanta charged with murder. Campaign rally, as coronavirus cases in that state rise. Republican senator tell residents to stay home. Senator lankford is out front. And the john bolton book, trumps former National Security adviser says trump asked the president of china to help him get reelected. Thats what he said happened. More details from the reporter who read an advanced copy. Out front
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