The socalled biluild back bett plan. America gave us the betts prepared workforce in the world, you saw what happened. Think about after world war i and how america moved. We were the best educated overall country in the world. We led in the 20th century. We know 12 years is not enough to compete in the 20th century. The earlier our children begin to learn, the better for themselves, their families and their nation. You all know the statistics and some of your teachers and husbands used to talk to me about this. It was really basic. When you come from a home where the mom or dat have books on the shelves and on the coffee table and read, and you come from a home where mom or dad cant read or has a Sixth Grade Education or has a little difficulty, the child coming from the middleclass heard will have heard a million more words spoken than the child coming from a middleclass home thats what you all know, you Start Talking to them when theyre in the cradle. You engage them. Theyre the people who sit at the dinner table and still talk. Theyre engaged. So many homes, mothers or fathers dont have the capacity or inclination to do that. Right now what are we doing . Were lagging behind. Today only about half of the 3 and 4yearolds in america are enrolled in Early Education at all. Germany, france, the uk, latvia, their numbers are over 90 . According to one study, we rank 12th among advanced economies when can tums to the percentage of our young people who have attained any sort of posthigh school degree. We rank 12th in the world. This plan gets us back on track. Well make two years of highimbalance preschool avai he quality preschool for every child in america. We increase pell grants for students. Well increase it by 500, so it becomes 1900. The Bill Investments in our workforce, providing muchneeded Breathing Room for our families. I remember when we moved to wilmington, we finally after four years, dad could buy a house. We lived in, quote, a development. Its a lovely area, a suburban area, but a 3bedroom splitlevel home. We had four kids and my grandpop who lived with us, or another relative for all those years we lived there. My headboard my bed was up against the wall where my dad and moms bed was up against the wall. I look back, it was great no us having grandpops and relatives there. I dont know how my parents quite did it. I remember one night in high school. I could feel my dad was restless, i could hear it in bed. I asked my mom, whats the matter with dad . She said, he got bad news. His company is no longer going to pay for health insurance. Guess what . My dad said, all were looking for is a little Breathing Room, a little bit of extra room. A little Breathing Room. How do we compete in the world where especially moms cant join the workforce because they cant afford child care or elder care, or they have to stay home . Here in pennsylvania, the annual average cost for child care is 11,400. Its higher in other places, twoparent family, two kids spent 22 of their income for child care. I was a single dad for five years. I got elected to the senate, got a phone call when i was hiring staff, saying my wife and daughter had just been killed. My two boys were seriously injured. They were hospitalized for a long time. So thats why i eventually started commuting, but i continued to commute, because i could no more afford i was making a lot of money then. Granted, i was listed as the poorest man in congress for 36 years, but i didnt think my job was to make money when i was in congress. This is not a joke. I cant no more afford child care than fly, but fortunately i had a hell of a family. Those values i talked about. My sister and her husband, after a little bit, they gave up their home, i came home one night and they had moved into my home, to help me raise my kids. Five years later, when i met and married jill, i came home after the wedding, they had moved out. My brother, jimmy, my best friend, my mother, they all helped me take care of my kids. I couldnt have done it. So i understand how in gods name do people make it . If you look at the world of advanced economics, and those with advanced economies, the countries invest an average of each of those countries, an average of 14,000 per year in statesponsored child care. America invests 500, 28 times less than our competitors. You all know it. 30 years ago we ranked seventh in the world among advanced economies. Today we rank 23rd. Women are becoming, not a joke, better educated than men. If you look at and i do, about five College Commencements a year, four of those five, the valedictorian from the last ten years has been a woman. If you read the data now, were worried about the number of men attending college. Once again, our competitors are investing, and were standing still. My build back better plan is designed to get us moving again. It will cut the cost of child care for most pennsylvania families in half. No middleincome family will pay more than 7 of their income for child care under my proposal. [ applause ] it would help people get bark to work and make ends meet. Everybody talks about by the way, im going to Say Something selfserving, but i got on pretty well in the senate for a lot of years. A lot of friends, for real. Kind of like bobby, theyre friends. We used to travel together a lot. Heres the deal though. What i was able to do, we passed the American Rescue plan in the first month of my administration, which has allowed us to have all the funding for covid. When i started off, there were 2 Million People in america that had gone a vaccine. Well, guess what . Were up to 190 million. Thats how we got it mpaid for. But what it meant was, that, you know, right now theres a whole new attitude thats out there. So that act we passed, we provided for a child tax credit. You heard my introducer speak to it. Because we were in such dire straits, we were able to put in position a tables cut f tax cr middleclass people. We have over 55 corporations in america that dont pay a single solitary penny in taxes. Now one cent. They made 40 million a year. But when you talk about a tax cut for middleclass people, by what we did, increasing, making a refundable tax cut, the way it works now, if you made enough money to owe more than 4,000 in taxes and you had two kids, you got to deduct it. He heres the deal. The fact of the matter is if you didnt make that kind of money, you didnt get the benefit at all. Because you didnt have more than 4,000 in taxes, you know, you still paid. We said, all right, temporarily wield make sure theres a child care tax credit. One kid until 7, 3600 a year, and one over 7 to 17, you get 3,000. We upped it from 2,000. It can the Child Poverty in pennsylvania by 50 . Its a flatout tax cut for ordinary people. Thats what it does. I make no apologies for it. Look, folks, theres so many things we can do to change the way in which we work all of this. I realize im going on here, but the fact is theres so much at stake, so much at stake. Look, the fact is that most of all, who it does is, you know, we have a Sandwich Generation that exists. Many of you are part of that generation. You have a mom or dad that needs help when they get older, and you have a child that needs help if youre going to be in the workforce. Its hard as hell. Hard as hell to make it work. Youve got to give these folks a bit of Breathing Room. The single greatest champion for elder care is this guy right here, bobby casey. Not a joke. Not a joke. [ applause ] the way it work right now, if you qualify for medicaid, there are 820,000 seniors or people with disabilities, that are on a waiting list to get home care, which theyre entitled to. How many families are living this story . Your parents get older, they need help getting around the outs, making the meals for themselves, dont want to put them in nursing homes, not only because of the cost, but because of a matter of dignity. They do better, they live longer if they can stay in their own home, but you also dont have the time or money to take care of them at home. Youre looking for an answer to your parents can continue to live independently. In in order to get into the nursing home, you have to sell everything you have. You cant have any private property. You have to empty your bank account. You have to do it all to move into a nursing home. Im not saying theyre not valuable. They are extremely valuable, but thats not where i remember my uncle was, moved in with his wife into an assisted living center. The folks who had built the facilities. It was a lovely facility, asked if i would come and speak on the opening of it. Were walking out and i said, mom, isnt this beautiful . She said she looked at me, and she said this is for old people, joey, not for me. But think about it. For millions of families, this is the most important issue theyre facing. When bobby fights for something, he never gives up, in case you havent noticed. So were going to expand services for seniors, so families can get help, well trained, good professionals, to cook, to get groceries, to help them get around, to installed railings. When my mom moved in with me, we finally talked her into doing it, and guess what . My sister takes her up you remember this, jean, talking about this, too. She takes her up to get her prescriptions, driving her back, gets out of the house, and it was a little home off of our home. She wouldnt physically move into the house, even though we had done the whole thing over forrer. Shes just standing there, and moves and breaks her hip. She didnt trip or anything. She broke her hip. Well, guess what . Just having a railing, just having a place where she can walk from one room to the help and help her in their ohm home with the dignity they deserved. We found this is more popular than anything else im proposing. We all feel that obligation to our parents. We want them to live with dignity, but American People understand the need. Its a matter of dignity and pride. Look, thats what both these initiatives are about, and frankly more about giving people a break. Theyre about positioning our country to compete in the long haul. Earlier this year, moodys projected the investments im talking about will create for the next 20 years, an average 2 million additional jobs per year, good payi ing jobs. We can make these investments and be fiscally responsible. The infrastructure bill, the roads, bridges, internet, the whole deal, they represent less than 0. 5 of 1 of our entire growth. And the cost of the build back better bill is zero, zero. Zero. Were going to pay for it all. In addition to that, half of it is a tax cut. Its not spending money. Its a tax cut for workingclass people. Its about time, as i said and i come from the corporate state of the world, not a joke, more corporations are registered in my state than every other state in the United States combined. I represented the state of dupont, as they used to call it, for 36 years. Im not antibusiness, but im about just begin to pay your fair share. Look, folks, under this proposal im i guaranteed you that no with you making under 400,000 a year will see one single penny in tax go up. Not one. In fact, the plan cuts taxes for working people. By the way, if you know, the way you usually pay for infrastructure, is by gasoline taxes. I wouldnt allow that. That would tax people making under 400,000. Im a man of my world. Now one single penny will you pay if you make less than 400,000. By the way, you know, during auld crisis weve had with covid, theres an absolute finite number of billionaires we can count in the tax code. You know how much the billionaires made last year collectively . Theyre not bad guys, im not saying that. They made 1 trillion in increase in their collective income. Just pay your fair share you have a lower tax rate than a family with a teacher and a fire fighter as the percentage of taxes you pay. 55 of our largest corporations pay zero in income tax. Working folks understand that. Thats despite the Tax Misinformation about my plans, theyre still overwhelmably supported by the american family. They understand when families have a little Breathing Room, america is in a better spot. As i said, name me a time in American History when the middle class has done well, but the wealthy have not. Let me close with this. Its been too long the backbone of this country has been dealt out. Its time to deal them back in. I ran for president , saying it was time to rebuild the backbone of the nation. I was very precise. The middle class is the backbone of this nation. I couldnt have been any clearer. Thats why i wrote both of these bills in the first place. I campaigned on them. The American People spoke. They have no doubt about what i ran on. Both these bills were all what i talked about, but guess what . 81 Million People voted for me. More people voted than any time in American History. Their voices deserve to be heard, not to be denied, or worse, be ignored. If we make the investments, theres no stop america. Ive long said, and i mean this to every world leader i know. I tell them, its never, ever, ever been a good bet to bet against america. Never. Never, never. Which means its always good bet to bet on america. Thats what they initiatives do. They bet on america. Its about believing in the American People, about believer. About blechg. Look at the history of the injury of this nation. What becomes clear is this given half a chance, the American People have never, ever, ever, ever, ever let the country down. Just a fighting chance. No guarantees, just a chance. Thats what this is all about. It does not increase the debt. When talk about the number, we shouldnt even talk about the number. Its all paid for, written in the same piece of legislation. You pass the spending, you also pass the tax cuts and taxes that will be increased. Scranton, thanks for always treating some he so nicely. I really mean it. God bless you all, and may god protect our troops. Thank you. Im wolf blitzer, here in the Situation Room, we want to welcome our viewers here and around the world, weve been listening to President Biden promoting his economic agenda. Hes been speaking in pennsylvania, as he works to finally close the deal with fellow democrats. I want some analysis and some reporting are dana bash is with us, or senior White House Correspondent Phil Mattingly is with us. Phil, the president seemed to be upbeat, potential optimistic that his two pieces of legislation will passed. He looked at the journalists and said youve been predicting failure, but he said, i think were going to surprise them. What is the assessment . I think it was the sentence that immediately stuck out after that. He said, i think people are beginning to realize what is at stake. This is the public push, something that white house officials have been hoping to get the you want out to do. To a degree where most people didnt know the details under yesterday. They just started to leak out over oval office meetings. What is at stake is a reflection of what were hearing more and more on capitol hill, a req any there are disagreements, yes, this package will be scaled down in order to secure the requisite number of votes to secure of house and the senate. This is the end game, the only tune that doesnts have to pass these two significant pieces of legislation, in total n nearly 3 trillion, and the recognition of those stakes that the president s has focused on. Really seems to be settling in with those on capitol hill and in large part driving some of the momentum we have seen come to the forefront. It certainly is, and dana, as you know, scranton a very meaningful place for the president. How effective was he as he tries to get this plan through in the next few days. This kind of speech, not talking about the numbers, the top lines, intraparty fighting, but what exactly is in this extremely large package they hope will finally come to fruition in the coming weeks. A lot of democrats admit that that hack lost. The reality of the policies that the president campaigned on, that democrats in congress campaigned on form that is, in part, for some of these policies, it has been unclear whats going to stay in and stay out, but what the president tried to focus on today were some of the fundamentals he knows are absolutely going to be in, like the idea of putting money out there for the first time in an aggressive way, to help people take care of people in their households who need it, whether its their parent or their child, and they come out of the workforce to do that. Things like universal preaccount. He obviously went to scranton to try to connect himself, his misdemeanorleclass roots that hes talked about for decades, to what he wants to do here, and its obviously something hell talk about in his town hall tomorrow night here on cnn, and as the differences begin to abate inside the party. Well see how he does. Its a critical moment indeed. He will need all 50 senators to support this compromise, including senator seinema. Theyre really word about her right now, even if senator martialing supports this compromise. You can see President Joe Biden will participating in a cnn town hall, an exclusive town hall tomorrow night. Anderson cooper will be the moderator, the president will be answering questions from the American People, Atomorrow Nigh at 7 00 p. M. Steve bannon is a step closer to being held in Contempt Of Congress with a full house vote of the resolution scheduled for tomorrow. Cnns senior legal affair analyst paula reed has details. Reporter lawmakers urged fellow representatives to find steve bannon in Contempt Of Congress, after he defied a subpoena. Were not asking to talk to steve bannon on a whim. We believe he has firsthand specific not that the Congress Needs to have to conduct our investigation. Reporter cnn has learned the gop leaders are recommending a no vote on the referral and trump allies, saying the investigation is an attempt to distract from bidens failures. You cant talk about inflation, real wages gone down, give me a break, this is a political theater, i dont know what is. But fellow republican and vice chair liz cheney reminded lawmakers why they need to talk too trump allies. They believed what donald trump said, that the election was stolen and they needed to take action. She specifically referenced Bannon Comments made on january 5th. All hell will break loose tomorrow. Its not going to happen like you think its going to happen. And he was right. Ask the over 140 Capitol Police officers who fought for hours and we are injured. There is no doubt that steve bannon knows far more than he says on that video. Reporter laid tute tuesday, Committee Voted Unanimously to send proceedings to the house floor. Of the dozens of witnesses contacted by the committee so far, bannon is the only one that refusing to completely not participate. Trump also seeking to block the committee, filing a latenight request tuesday, seeking an injunction to stop the National Archives from turning over some of his white house records. They suggest that President Trump was personally involved in the planning and execution of january e6. Reporter a vote by the full house is scheduled thursday. If it succeeds, the matter will be referred to the u. S. Attorney in washington, d. C. , but the decision on whether to proceed with prosecution ultimately lies with merrick garland. Its not clear which way he will go. Its also not clear if these toefr efforts to hold bannon in content are having the intent. His lawyer said at this point his client is not willing to comply. Congress adam kinzinger, thanks as usual for joining us. Why is bannons testimony so important to your select committee youre willing to go all the way to Justice Department, potentially, with a criminal referral. All you have to do is look at the history of steve bannon with donald trump. You see his comments the day before, and theres a lot of other information out there, but i think the key is this. You know, you cant resist a subpoena from congress. Congress has the same authority, in essence, as a court. You cant recyst a subpoena from court. While we hope and expect the Justice Department will take up the contempt, when we need it. Some will not resist subpoenas to this level. Its very costly to do that, as it should be, because consequence this isnt the january 6th committee or the congress. Its the American People demanding transparency and accountability. A lot of your republican colleagues will vote against this referral. You know that. Yeah, sadly its not surprising. I hope its not just two of us voting for it. I think you can look back at a lot of statements where the house held eric holder in contempt. It will be interesting to compare those speeches to today, and this is a direct assault on the u. S. Democracy in the capitol. Liz chen aye even suggested that bannon might have been, in her words, personally involved in planning the attack on the u. S. Capitol on january 6th. Is there any evidence that he was directly responsible . I dont want to get into the evidence we have or dont have. Obviously were going to continue to find out who we need to find out. But you played the sound bite, saying tomorrow will be wild. Either he was clairvoyant, or he knew something. I predicted violence on january 6th, but i never expected it would be to this level, that they would sack the capitol. Steve bannon seemed to know something, and we wanted to know what we have an opportunity for a nonpartisan commission made up of former members, he had an opportunity to seat republicans. He pulled them, so thats i think if theyre whipping against, as ive heard they are, against this vote for contempt, yes. Look, the day after the insurrection, Kevin Mccarthy said that Donald Trump Holds the responsibility for this. Two weeks later, he went down and recent receipted his political life when he met with him in maralago. Since then hes done nothing but doing Donald Trumps bidding. Look. People have to stand up and say this is wrong. If you think about the heroics on flight 93, it wasnt todd beamer alone. It was everybody standing up saying weve had enough, were going to sacrifice ourselves, and right now we need more republicans to stand up, and lead your people. Tell them the truth. You notice the truth. Is there any chance, Congressman This Criminal Referral will prompt bannon to starred cooperating with the select committee . I think its certainly the case, particularly if you see Real Movement in the Justice Department. After tomorrow, it will be out of our hands. We have other tools in our tool kit, but our focus on this dont resist consequence. You dont have a right to resist congress. This is of the people, by the people and forthe people, governance of this kung. Thank you so much for joining us. Take care, wolf. Up ahead, well talk about major plans to make conselling, as he tries to find a deal for his Pramila Jayapal is here with us, next. Wealth plan that covers everything thats important to you. This is what its like to have a dedicated fidelity advisor looking at your full financial picture. Making sure you have the right balance of risk and reward. And helping you plan for future generations. This is the Planning Effect from fidelity. I was not expecting to learn about my heart health from my genetic reports. But now that i have this info, it feels like i can take even more control of my health. Do you know what the future holds . Are you a christian author with a book that youre ready to share with the world . Get published now, call for your free publisher kit today Breaking News this hour, President Biden speaking moments ago in his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania, trying to sell his sweeping agenda to workingclass voters, as they appear closer and closer to reaching some compromise. Lets discuss with congresswoman jayapal. Thank you so much for joining us. I know youve been talking extensively with President Biden. It looks like hes ready to make some imagimajor concessions to o get some of these through. Parental leave, scaled back climbed measures. Do you think the Progressive Caucus will back these compromise proposals in order to get the deal . Wolf, thanks for having me. Youre right, we have been in deep conversation with the president around the fire priorities that the Progressive Caucus put out five months ago. What im very happy to say is all five of those are still on the table in a significant way. What we said to the president when we realized even though we have 98 of democrats in the house, the senate and the president with us on the build back better act that we marked up, the reality is thats not enough. With the two senators we had to cut back the price tag. The way we did that is just shorten the time frame for some of these investments. So that is where we are. All of our priorities are included, and let me just say, wolf, what that is is we would provide child care for every family in the United States so that no family provides more than paying more than 7 percent of income in their child care. Prek across the country, making sure were investing in care for our seniors with home and communitybased care. Making sure were taking on the climate crisis. This, of course, is tricky. Were trying to figure out how to cut our carbon emissions. Were looking at the different ways to see that and still keep all 50 senators on board. Then, of course, investing on housing and taking on immigration and medicare expansion. All of those things are on the table, wolf. A hypothetical question, its a serious one, though. Say democrats dont have the 50 votes they need in the senate to pass it, the Vice President of the senate would cast the breaking tie, if senator kirsten ci cis kyrsten sinema, for example, does support the 1. 2 infrastructure package, do you thing you and other progressives would vote for the infrastructure package, and leave with that, as opposed to getting nothing . Wolf, were going to get both bills across the finish line. Im very confident of that. What if senator sinema votes thats nowhere we are. I believe shes negotiates in good faith. I believe well do both bills. Wrong its going to happen well l lose. I can assure people the president has been terrific on this. I myself met with him for an hour and a half, just the two us of on monday morning. I met with him yesterday with a group of progressives. I know hes doing the same with others. Let me just say, this is a good thing thats happening right now. We have all talking to each other. I talked to Senator Manchin Good today. I met with them the other day for a couple hours. This is all good. This is what should be happening. Im proud of the Progressive Caucus for keeping this all together, keeping us in the fight, to really leave nobody behipped. Were going to get it done. I really believe it. The president said the same thing, i think im going to surprise them. Congresswoman jayapal, thank for you joining us. Thank you, wolf. A stunning announcement from the fbi, Human Remains have been discovered during the search for brian lauren rest. Laundry. Options . Plans we can build on our own, or with help from a Financial Consultant . Like schwab does. Uhhh. Could we adjust our plan. Yeah, like if we buy a new house . Mmmm. And our son just started working. 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They had been out here searching since september 17th. The fbi has Response Teams on here looking at the evidence, processing the scene. The fbi was out here earlier and spoke with reporters. Here is what they had to say about what they found. Earlier today, investigators found what happens to be Human Remains, along with personal items, such as a backpack and notebook belonging to Brian Laundrie. They were found in an area that, up until recently, had been under water. Our team is using all forensic resources to process the area. Reporter we understand from the laundrie family attorney, wolf, that Brian Laundries parents were at the reserve when what appear to be Human Lee Mains were discovered. They caught the fbi in this area of the reserve and this park leading into the reserve had been closed, previously. It just opened to the public yesterday. So they were out here this morning, along with Law Enforcement and made that discovery, wolf. Yep. Randi, stand by. Paul, the fbi, as you heard, says it did recover some personal items belonging to laundrie including his backpack and a notebook. Could these items provide investigators with with potentially some longawaited answers . Well i think circumstantially, the proximity of these personal items to the Human Remains make it highly likely this is Brian Laundrie. I think dna testing in the next few days will confirm that def definitively. If it turns out its a suicide, its the final cruel act of Brian Laundrie because he will never be publicly held accountable, and well never know what really happened. But, you know, only time will tell after a coroner has a look at this at those remains. Paul callan, thank you very much. Randi kaye, thanks to you as well. Coming up, i will speak with nba legend Kareem Abduljabbar about Kyrie Irvings refusal to get vaccinated. Stand by. Er for longer. Hey derrick man, you gonna be much longer . Its gonna be a minute minute. Hey derrick, quit playin. 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Centers for Disease Control and preventions vaccine advisers, the Advisory Committee on immunization practices meets thursday, tomorrow, to decide whether to recommend the fdas authorization to the American People. And then, the cdc director will decide whether to sign off. Meanwhile, were also following another covid controversy rocking the nba. Charles barkley yes, Charles Barkley slamming nets star kyrie irving for refusing to get vaccinated. Joining us now to talk about the controversy, the nba legend, Kareem Abduljabbar. Hes written about it at kareem. Substack. Com. Kareem, thanks so much for all you are doing, thanks for what you are writing. I want you and our viewers to listen to exactly what Charles Barkley had to say. Listen to this. You dont get vaccinated just for yourself. Like adam said, you get vaccinated for your family, first. You get vaccinated for your teammates, second. I really am proud of the nets for putting their foot down, for saying no, were not going to deal with this half on, half off. The only thing that bug me, he still going to make 17 million sitting at home. What do you think, kareem . You agree with Charles Barkley . Does it bother you that kyrie irving is collecting the significant paycheck while leaving his team to play without him . Well, wolf, the financial aspect of it is not as important to me as the Health Aspect of it. People are getting sick and dying from this. And having to spend a long time in the hospital, near death. This isnt a joke. And being, you know, on the fence about it, going back and forth, is not helping. You know, i if he is making 17 million while he is doing this, god bless him. You know . But getting our community protected is the key issue here. And thats what i want to focus on. And i just want to be precise. That 17 million that he is going to make is for the away games even though he might not play with the team on the away games. He is not going to get paid for the home games in new york in brooklyn because he refuses to get vaccinated. I want to read something you wrote about vaccinated players who seem to support the idea that getting the shot is simply a personal choice. You wrote this on substack. Com and let me read it to our viewers. This tepid kidglove handling from players who have all gotten the vaccine appears more an attempt to preserve a Congenial Working Relationship than true support for making asinine choices. Can you, kareem, elaborate on that for us . Well, you know, it seems to me that the public image of the league and the public image of the individual players involved is a lot more important than public safety. And thats absurd. I mean, we weve got to it doesnt matter who you are, you are at the same risk as everyone else. And you should be treated and expected to comply with the Safety Measures that protect all of us. How much responsibility, kareem, do kyrie irving and other professional athletes, for that matter, have as a result of their huge platform . Well, i i think people who are followed who have a huge platform like that have a responsibility greater than just the average citizen. Young kids, especially, look up to kyrie. And and are trying to model their lives after his. And become great athletes. And his stance on this is, you know, it it its backwards. And he has to understand that. He has to be a good teammate. What he is doing is making him a bad teammate. It is making him someone who doesnt care about the other guys. If you if you bring the covid virus into an environment where people get sick, some people could get sick and die. So, you know, we we have to recognize that and act accordingly like we have some sense. Well said, indeed. 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