House with nbcs hans nichols. This bomb sheel tweet effectively confirming hes under investigation. Its stunning because yesterday he didnt answer shouted questions about any of this now the confirmation. Reporter this is the investigation not into collusion with the russians but the obstruction of justice part of the investigation. Ive read the president s tweet several times and whats clear is hes referring to Rod Rosenstein. He wrote a memo to President Trump where he laid out the case for firing fbi director james comey. He got similar advice from Jeff Sessions. Its clear from this that he thinks the person who is investigating him is not Robert Mueller, the special counsel but in fact Rod Rosenstein, the same Rod Rosenstein that President Trump nominated to be Deputy Attorney general. This is a remarkable turn of events when you look at who the president nominated to fill out his Justice Department officials, he only has three that have been senate confirmed. When you look at the total number of people that hes nominated, under a dozen. And the position of Deputy Attorney general needs to be senate confirmed. Even if the president did fire Rod Rosenstein and thought he was turning against him, leading the investigation, the person underneath him is an attorney named rachel brant. Another trump appointee. You include Jeff Sessions and those are the only three people that would have the authority to remove Robert Mueller leading the investigation in which the president himself seems to confirm is into obstruction of justice. It comes as we got this very curious statement from Rod Rosenstein overnight. Tell me what hes saying and why its so significant. This seems to be a general defense on anonymous sourcing. And if theres any specificity to it, its criticizing u. S. Officials. I would note that after the most recent reporting that Rod Rosenstein may have been referring to, a Washington Post report, an investigation into Jared Kushners finances. They lated updated the story and said u. S. Officials. The criticism that sometimes the officials dont say whether theyre american or nonamerican. It seemed like the post cleaned that up. As you and i know, a lot of times when we say officials here we try to be as specific as we can. It could have been an oversight from the Washington Post that rosenstein seized upon. But they cleared it up and its clear its coming from u. S. Officials. He of course in general is decrying the leak, the unauthorized disclosure of information which is something we hear quite frequently just over in the west wing. Absolutely. It certainly fits into all of the talking points that were hearing from the house. Theyve gone after the leaks and the anonymous sources. One more thing before i let you go. There were other headlines as it relates to Jared Kushner and of course Vice President mike pence getting his own outside counsel. This is significant and underscores the gravity of this investigation. No one ever wants to lawyer up. Richard cohen is a respected lawyer around town. Hes now, the Vice President office confirm, will be served as mr. Pences personal lawyer. The other investigations weve had is this idea of the Washington Post looking into the finances of Jared Kushner, what sort of Financial Arrangements hes had with a bunch of other countries. And then the other really significant moment, this piece of news this morning, the fact theres been a request of preservation from documents from the trump transition official, from the general counsel of the trump transition to anyone who was working on russia or ukraine related matter, mentions carter pink, mentions paul manafort. Thats lawyer speak. Let me put it in basic terms for you. Dont shred any documents. Thats what that edict is coming from trumps own transition officials. Thats an indication they could be expecting some subpoenas quite soon. All of it highlighting the fact that the probe continues to expand. Tremendous reporting. Thank you so much for that from the white house. I now want to bring in former federal prosecutor Kendall Coffey and my panel here, White House CorrespondentSara Westwood and National Political reporter for the boston globe, stead herndon. Kendall i want to start with you and that stunning tweet. I in my head hads a split screen of the president tweeting and his own outside Council Reading the tweet. Can you break down the legal implicatio implications. Why is this so significant . The president is obviously recognizing there is indead an investigation and hes punching back. One of the things i keep seeing in this is a white house reaction that is simply not consistent with recognizing the serious ness of the matter. You look at some of the other people, theyre staying as quiet as possible. Theyre listening to their lawyers. And so what we continue to see is frankly more of a political reaction to what is going on with the special counsels office, to what is going on with the investigation rather than a thoughtful recognition that there could be some serious issues here and its time to deal with them accordingly. For correspondents like myself who cover the white house were witnessing a incredible divide, you have his staffers, the people charged with talking to the press saying theyre not going to discuss the russia probe at all. It is in fact only the president discussing the russia probe. Does he not potentially risk getting himself into more legal jeopardy with these tweets, this lack of message disciplining . Abts absolutely. At the time james comey was fired, the official documented statement was based on the recommendation of the Deputy Attorney general. Who was the one that connected that to russia. None other than the president himself. And for him to get through this, at some point there has to be more thought to the legal consequences rather than political reactions to things that he doesnt like to hear about or read about. Kendall im going to bring in my panel. Sara, let me play a sound bite from morning joe. The political fallout. Lets take a listen. Look, i think the president can do some very good things with twitter. Hes done some very good things with it. But my advice is its better not to comment on it. Let the professionals do the job. The more quickly they can do it and get it done, the better off youre going to be. Sara, the fact that you have republicans repeatedly saying, lay off the twitter, how much is this making the Republican Party jittery, not only the stunning develop thamt the president is under investigation but because of this message discipline or lack thereof. The less President Trump says publicly about the investigation, the less he can get himself into trouble down the line if more information emerges. Republicans in congress are struggling to come out from under this cloud, to move on their agenda thats been stalled for more than a month. Clearly this isnt helping. And the president s tweet this morning was contradictory. Remember after james comey was fired, the white house came out and said this was a result of Rod Rosensteins recommendation and President Trump goes to lester holt saying no, i made the decision. It just shows you how muddy the waters still are. Lets look at that exchange and then im going to get your reaction on the other side for analysis. I was going to fire regardless of recommendation. So there was he made a recommendation, highly respected, very good guy, very smart guy. The democrats like him. The republicans like him. He made a recommendation. But regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey. As sara points out, the president is contradicting himself. As this investigation expands, how damaging is it politically . Thats been an interview thats come back to haunt the president significantly. We had a message coming from the white house saying that the fbi comey was fire specifically because of the mentions, the reasons that were given in those letters and then we had in that interview him saying i was going to do it regardless. And so that contradictory message, that lack of discipline has been the reason this things has expanded. The reason they cant seem to shut it down. Even republicans in congress who have often agreed with the president s message, agreed with the president colkol policy wis. Weve seen Mitch Mcconnell say i wish he would start tweeting. Weve seen republicans largely supporters of him and backing his policies on things unpopular still be upset when it comes to tweeting because that has been the vehicle, while it helped him in the election, a legal jeopardy is a different things. And so many republicans concerned its putting their agenda in jeopardy. Kendall want i want to talk about the significance of the Vice President hiring a lawyer. This is answer investigation that is expanding. Everyone expected it to. Thats what happens when there is a special counsel in place. What the you make of this move by the Vice President . I think its a smart move. Not that i think hes in any legal jeopardy but hes going to eventually be brought in for questioning from the special counsel. He obviously had interactions with flynn who is a very very significant person in all of this. And he wants to make sure that even if hes not worried about looking bad criminally that he doesnt get damaged politically. And to do that you get a smart experienced lawyer, which he has, who help yos navigate it so that the moment of truth comes in the interview, your answers are credible, consistent and youre fully prepared. Thats a good move and i believe that a lot of others around the white house may be thinking the same way and there may be more people lawyering up. I think youre right about that. Thank you so much for helping us understand these breaking developments. I want to turn now to another Big Development this morning. Russia claiming its taken out one of the most wanteds terrorists in the world, the leader of isis reportedly killed in a may 28 sair strike. Lucy is in our london bureau. Help us to understand this. Theres a lot of skepticism in part because al baghdadi has not been heard from in quite a long time. Theres been no confirmation at this stage neither from the pentagon, the u. S. Led coalition tweeting just a few moments ago, coalition cannot confirm death of baghdadi. No definitive proof. Welcome that day. Even Sergey Lavrov said he cant confirm the death of the isis leader. The only information we have is coming from the russia defense. They say on may 28 300 fighters gathered to plan their escape from raqqah, a city currently under assault by the u. S. And its allies. Russia drones dispatched a group of fighters and bomber jets to strike. And in a statement russia said i sis leader al baghdadi attended the meeting and was killed in the air strike. The Ministry Says it warned the u. S. Of the strike in advance. There have been several reports of his death in the past, including least weekend when the Syrian Television announced baghdadis death by an air strike. He was only publicly seen once. Some reporting suggesting shes hiding in the thousands of square miles of desert rather than living in mosul and raqqah where the american troops are fighting isis. 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Reporter well the president will be here in this theater thats in the heart of little havana. Thats a political signal and a place hes been welcomed today based on the signage i saw on her way here. Part of what the Trump Administration is saying theyre trying to empower the cuban people and deemphasize the power of the government and military structure. This is a huge turn around from the normalization of what president obama brought about after decades of a real freezeout between the United States and cuba. What will not change is the embassy plans for the United States in cuba. What people will see in their own lives is if youre an individual wanting to travel to cuba, that will be changed. There will still be opportunities for american to visit but there will be different restrictions. There are a dozen categories with educational groups and business groups would be able to visit but simply booking your spring break will. Harder under this policy. The policy goes into effect today. The time line for when the changes will be based on how the regulations change. This is about trying to deemphasize any kind of u. S. Spending toward the military in cuba, for example, hotels they may own. Now there are democrats who were consulted on this but there are much louder voices coming from capitol hill saying this is a rollback in an unfortunately that caters to a limited group. Of course the cubanamerican community in florida is a powerful group. President trump needed their support in the election. This is a place that he loves to talk about his electoral victory. I could imagine that could come up today. But this is also about keeping a promise that he made and there will be controversy in this but it is not an entire rollback of the changes brought on by president obama, one of his signature achievements. But there will be some differences and part of what the trump seem is saying they believe this will put more emphasis on empowering cubans and to emphasize human rights. Something we dont always hear the Trump White House leading with. But this is clearly the product of a lot of bobbying by President Trump by influential people, including senator marco rubio in florida who was helpful in craft this plan. We just witnessed President Trump boarding air force one about to take off for miami. You see his top advisers there trailing behind. I want to go now to ambassador huddleston and ask you about what we just heard from Kelly Odonnell. You heard her make this point, that the goal, according to the white house, is to put the emphasis back on the people and to deemphasize the military. What do you make of that and is that an accurate assessment of what is going to happen here . Well, i think its completely inaccurate. The cuban people and the american people, vast majorities of both want us to have good relationships. And having good relationships means that there will be investment in cuba. And if theres investment in cuba, even in the tourist industry, which the military controls, then that means youre reducing the power of the military in cuba, not enhancing it. So to me this explanation doesnt make any sense at all. What were talking about is senator marco rubios punitive cuba policy, which is to go back to a policy that punishes the revolution and the castros. His argument of course would be that the Obama Administration gave too much to a regime that has been very tough on its own people, that has starved so many of its own people. What do you make of his argument and how do you square that . How do you get around that very real challenge that there are real concerns about how the castros have treated their people . You know, we have concerns about human rights all over the world. Particularly in countries in which President Trump has been visiting or has or its leaders have visited him. Im thinking about egypt. Im thinking about turkey. Im thinking about saudi arabia. But of course we care about human rights and we care about human rights in cuba. But actually Political Prisoners have been reduced greatly in cuba. Cuba has Economic System in which everyone has more or less enough to eat. Free education, free health care. What cuba lacks is individual freedoms. And when the u. S. Threatens cuba, those individual freedoms in fact become more are lessened rather than expanded. If we really want to see an expansion of human rights in cuba, that means taking down the embargo, taking down restrictions and having more inner change with cuba. Weve tried that failed policy for over 50 years. We know it doesnt work. All were talking about here is domestic politics once again. A powerful group, including senators and cubanamerican legislators want to punish cuba and this is an opportunity because trump, President Trump not only made a promise to them but he needs this support of marco rubio and ted cruz and senator menendez. And ambassador, were running out of time. I want to get you on another point, which is that this could also limit information sharing between the two countries. And i know that cuban officials have been talking to the Trump Administration trying to make the case that they have actually helped to make the u. S. Safer over the course of the past year. What do you make of that argument . Have cuban officials been effective at all at persuading the Trump Administration not to limit intelligence sharing . Well, its a place where theyve been most effective is not so much intelligence sharing but sharing of information about crime, narcotics, trafficking and cooperation on health and environment. Those have been the really key areas that help both of us. Also, we have now a potential of 6 billion in investment and cuba has provided 12,000 jobs. This is really going to hurt those people that defepend on a growth of trade and friendship between cuba and the nieUnited States. But one quick final point, if i might. What this new policy has done, the rubiotrump policy, it opens the door once again for russia to return to cuba. All right. Former ambassador, thank you for your insights. Really appreciate it this morning. Thank you, kristen. And congressman Steve Scalise remains in a Washington Hospital this morning. What doctors are saying about his condition. Were live at the hospital. Thats next. Liberty mutual stood with us when a fire destroyed the living room. We were able to replace everything in it. Liberty did what . Liberty mutual paid to replace all of our property that was damaged. And we didnt have to touch our savings. Yeah, our insurance wont do that. 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And new reports say the pentagon will send almost 4,000 additional troops to afghanistan. The announcement could be made eshl next week after receiving full authority from the president. The bulk of the new editions will train and advice afghan forces. In London Police say at least 30 are dead and an unknown number missing following that deadly blaze that engulfed a 24story impairme 24story apartment building. Lawmakers across the aisle went on the to play in the congressional baseball game, huddling together for a prayer for House Majority chip Steve Scalise. The first pitch was thrown by Capitol Police officer david bailey who was also injured during that shooting. Msnbcs Garrett Haake joins me live now from the hospital where congressman scalise is still in Critical Condition. What is the latest after that incredible show of unity last night. Reporter even in the best Case Scenario this is going to be a long recovery for the congressman. Hes going to need several surgery to repair the damage. The good news in the short term, his surgery last night was successful. They repaired some damage to internal organs and a broken bone in his leg. But the congressman is still listed in Critical Condition today, although the hospital says his condition has been slowly but surely improving along the way. As to the investigation, fbi is now in possession of two really important pieces of evidence after they searched the suspects car yesterday. They now have his laptop and his cell cellular phone. Thats whats going to tell them about what he was thinking in the days leading up to the shooting. Reporters got a chance to ask some of those questions of the shooters wife in illinois yesterday. She didnt know much about the shooters state of mind saying he had left in late march to come to d. C. For political reasons. Reporter gdid he explain wh he was going . No. Reporter did you know where he was going . He said washington, d. C. But he wanted to work on taxes. He made preparations for leaving. Reporter what kind of preparations did he make . He sold almost everything he owned from his businesses. Reporter and kristen just within the last few minutes weve had a small motorcade pulp. I think its a Capitol Police detail. Some folks coming to visit the congressman or his family. Hopefully well get an update for you on his condition at some point today from the hospital. Thank you for that update from the hospital. I want to turn back to my panel. Weve talked so much about the political tone and the political rhetoric this week in the wake of this tragic shooting. I want to play you something that Kellyanne Conway had to say and get your reaction on the other side. You have images of the president being shot in republicers videos, being assassinated in a production there in new york city. Again theres nobody to blame but the shooter here. But the calls for tamping down also should be very there should be some introspection there. Is there going to be introspection do you think for lawmakers, for people all across the country or do people go back to normal on monday . Weve seen some talk of introspection from lawmakers. We saw President Trump call for unity, the joint interview between speaker roo ee eer ryan pelosi. But i would caution that that could seem like a transition. Weve seen that mud slinging already continuing in a story we wrote yesterday we quoted some of the conservative radio outlets saying things, blaming the other side and even on the conservative side, some saying these are the first shots of the civil war. Doesnt this need to come from the president himself . How critical is it that he changes his tone . I think you have seen his change his tone from what we would normally expect from President Trump in the wake of this tragedy and i think you have seen some remarkable restraint from republican lgb d officials given the fact it was suggested this was a liberal against the republicans who had called for the destruction of trump on social media. And yet republicans have not exploited that. They have called for a bipartisan tone and unity. Thats a good sign. Lets hope it continues. Stick with me. Jurors in the bill cosby sex assault case back at work this morning. The judge telling them to continue deliberations after they said on thursday theyre deadlock deadlocked. Were live at the white houcour with the latest. Well be back after a quick break. Of course he was strong. Intelligent. Explosive. But the true secret to his perfection. Was a heart, twice the size of an average horse. Ito become dangerous. D for an everyday item new tide pods child guard pack. 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Nate Republican Leaders have two week to get a Health Care Bill fully written and voted on before the july 4th recess. If that doesnt happen it kicks the can down the road and prevents progress other own issues central to the trump agenda. Kay scasey hunt is on the hill us. Casey, give us the reality check. How far along with Senate Republicans . Are they making Real Progress . Reporter well honestly its hard to tell because of the way this process is become conducted. Its this working group of 13 republican senators or so who have been trying to figure out basically a compromise that will get them 50 votes. Theres obviously a lot of concern about some of the provisions in the house bill, especially around medicaid, Opioid Funding et cetera. Weve got both republican and Democratic Senators complaining about the way theyre going about this. Now we do have a couple people i think expressing some doubts about that july 4th deadline in the last 24 hours of so. But thats still the leaderships goal. It seemed like an aggressive deadline when Mitch Mcconnell said it but you know how things work around here, if you dont set a deadline like that fb if you blow through it, youre setting the deadline a little further out in the future. So i think realistically the members of congress have through the summer to try and tackle independent legislative initiatives if you will. When we get into the fall were going to be facing a lot of governing by crisis which is to say that the funding runs out for the government. Theyre going to deal with the funding bills and thats going to shove any of this stuff to the side. If they want to do it, theyve got to do it now and its not clear right now that the republicans have the 50 votes to be able to move this forward. A lot of important paints oiu bring up. Let me get evan to weigh in on some of this. Talk about the fact that a lot of this is being done behind closed doors. What do you make of that apro p approa approach . Is it effective . I make two things of it. First, i think doing it behind closed doors is because the republicans fear the pr fallout. This is a toxic bill and nobody likes to see the sausage made and that sausage is really bad on top of that. And doing it behind closed doors is not helpful to the overall goal of fixing obamacare. In you look at it in 2017 onethird of all counties in the United States have only one insurer or even no insurers. And in 2016 that number was 7 . So obamacare is clearly broken. When you do it behind closed doors it doesnt allow input from people who have good ideas. This should be written by the committees that deal with it. The Health Committee would be a great place to do it and we could get ideas from republicans ap democrats that get behind the telemedicine that could lower the cost of care and increase the quality of care without making massive changes to way that medicare or medicaid works. Take is inside what youre hearing from members of the Republican Party, of the republicans that want to see progress on health care. What happens if members of congress, if senators go back to their home districts without getting anything significant done . I mean how much urgency is there to make sure they can show some progress, can tell votes hey, were trying to carry out the promises that we made to you. Well what were seeing here from the people i have spoken to on the senate side, they know theyll end up passing some sort of a bill thats different from the house version of the bill. By july 4th, you think . Are they saying by july 4th . I would say closer to bastille day. They want to be able to say listen, we as the senate did our job. We passed a bill. They know in reconciliation the gulf is so wide that it will be impossible to bridge and that this bill is going to likely fail there. If it fails there, thats a huge problem for us in 2018. It could be better off in the long term in that maybe republicans and democrats will come together and craft a bill to fix obamacare that is long lasting and actually has a meaningful impact that lower to cost of care and increases the quality of care. I want to bring my panel back in. Sara, one of the striking developments this week, and there were so many, was that the president , we learned, referred to the house house care bill as mean. And then he urged Senate Republicans to try to get a deal that was more generous. How much does that ruffle feathers on the house side but make it really tough for Senate Republicans as well . Obviously Senate Republicans are struggling to get members on board because theyre afraid that theyre going to face blowback by cutting regulations too deeply. It doesnt help to have the president out front saying this is mean. But you saw much more legislation. President trump was inviting members over for bowling. You havent seen any direct interaction from the white house and the senate so far. I think there is a recognition in the administration that there has to be leadership from the top because Senate Republicans are just not getting there on their own. Pick up on that point, do you think were going to see the president get more engaged as we get closer to that all important july 4th deadline, which Senate Republicans have imposed on themselves . It would seem so. I mean, the comments he made in private would suggest that hes happier with the place that the senate gop bill is going. I would say it is interesting because we dont know whats in it. It is difficult for us to understand and ask questions about what is in the bill. We havent really seen a full defense of the bill from people on the gop side. They have had that kind of behind closed door process. To pick up on sarahs point, there are vulnerable members of the house gop who voted for the American Health care act. These are now people who are going to have to go back to their districts and say, the president himself called what you voted for mean. Thats going to be difficult for them to do. Think about people who are vulnerable in 2018 and really stuck their necks out there to back the president , came over for that kind of celebration on the rose garden. Now, the white house has done a full 180. It is a slap in the face. Kasie, i want to go back to you and talk about the timing of all of this. Based on my conversations, if Senate Republicans cant get something done this summer, theyre up against some really tough deadlines. In the fall, the debt ceiling, among other things. How much urgency is there to get something done before the fall, and what happens if they dont . Whats your sense . Yeah, look, i think there is incredible urgency to get it done before the fall. Its why they set the july 4th deadline. It was, i think there was a sense it was an unrealistic deadline. Again, sometimes to get things done, especially in the senate where everything moves like ma l malaysis, you have to set a earlier deadline. If they dont get it before the recess, the chances for it to get through diminish significantly. Republicans know that. Then youll run into the debt ceiling, youll run into the end of the fiscal year, potential for a government shut down. This is going to get pushed to the wayside again. Senate republicans are feeling pressure from the white house, yes, but also from the voters theyre going to be facing pretty soon. Dont forget, the midterm campaigns, yes, they are in 2018. That is not that far away, if you are somebody running for reelection at this point. If they dont get this done this summer, they will have basically squandered the year that they had to do make legislative achievements without electoral pressure. Thats a significant thing. I would say fantastic point. Go ahead. Kasie is right. But the white house rose garden celebration is what i worry about as a strategist. I think democrats are licking their lips at being able to have a split screen ad of a republican congressman celebrating passing the ah doctor,ahca, and the other side is a mother who cant get access to health care for a sick child. Itll be devastating when they use those ads against us. We have to leave it there. Thank you so much for joining me. Appreciate it. Nbc news confirming President Trump reversing a key campaign pledge, going back on a plan to deport dreamers. Were going to tell you what it all means. Thats next. Stay with us. Thank you so much. Thank you so were a go . Yes we got a yes what does that mean for purchasing . Purchase. Lets do this. Got it. Book the flights hai si si ya ya ya what does that mean for us . We can get stuff. Whats it mean for shipping . Ship the goods. Youre a go you got the green light. That means go oh, yeah. Start saying yes to your companys best ideas. 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This is a reversal from a president who promised to deport the same individuals. Were bringing Kelly Odonnell back with us from miami. She has so much information. Break this down for us. Whats the significance here . There are so many layers of history to this. Remember, this is the anniversary of the president announcing his candidacy and, perhaps, some of the most volatile comments he made entering the phase of public life was about immigration. Immigration propelled him in the republican primary. Two years later, very quietly, without an official rollout, but within a release from the department of homeland security, which has responsibility for this area, what the Trump Administration is doing is two parts. First, theyre talking about the fact they arent going to rescind a program, also from the obama era, that dealt with foreignborn parents of american children, and deferring deportation action against them. Thats been tied up in the courts and hasnt gone into effect. Within the same document is the real barnburner here. The president , who had been so outspoken about immigration, is softening his stance. Weve had signals about this, kristen, where the president has talked about dreamers, the young people brought here without choice, and have lived almost as, you know, american citizens, fully embracing american life. They will have this opportunity to remain in the country with a status that is legal under this, to get work permits and that sort of thing. This is a Big Development. It is a reversal but one we saw coming. It happens on the anniversary of the president s announcement as a candidate. It is significant. Politically, how will this news be received . Obviously, some of his supporters might not be happy, but you have a lot of dreamers briefing a sigh of relief today. We had President Trump signaling this before. Had shown some sort of sympathy towards Young Children who had come here. I think in my reporting, what ive seen at rallies and other places, even in situations where people were fairly harsh on the act of immigration, there was some idea that maybe children should be spared from that sort of language. So i dont think there is going to be a lot of blowback. I think in terms of the fringe, the far right, the hard line side, there will be some disappointment. All right. I dont see a large scale piece of political blowback. Were out of time. Great conversation. Thanks for joining me. Thanks for watching this hour of mississipsnbc live. Im kristen welker. You can find me on so he should kwelker msnbc. I know well be seeing you later on. Good morning. Im ali velshi. I am stephanie rhule. Theres a lot going on today. Lets get you started. Including the president of the United States now confirming that hes under investigation along with his soninlaw. Lets break it all down for you. 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