merry christmas to you and your family. >> you, too. merry christmas to you. this is "don lemon tonight" and i need everybody to pay close attention. okay? this is serious. don't you think we've seen this movie before? i keep reporting the same thing i've been reporting for almost two years now. we're devoting a lot of attention to the growing covid crisis because it's really, really important. we want to help save lives and to make sure people don't become infected if you don't have to. what is so sad is those are almost the same words we were saying two years ago when the pandemic first took hold in the country, growing covid crisis. i thought i finished saying that. growing covid crisis. here we are again. we should be over this pandemic by now or have it somewhat under control. aren't you tired and fatigued? i know you've got to be. the numbers don't lie. the average daily number of new cases was just under 120,000. today, the tracking data shows from john's hopkins university shows that it's going up, pushing that number way up to nearly 122,000. hospitalizations are soaring. the number of americans dying every day from covid 8% higher than just one month ago. do i have your attention yet? here is the problem we're facing. too many of us let our guard down. i do it sometimes as well. we all slip up every once in awhile. have the mask below your nose. we're in a room and should have a mask on and don't. nobody is perfect. okay? we're in the midst of a surge of a highly contagious delta variant and omicron is here and spreading extremely quickly. that variant was detected in the u.s. only 17 days ago and here is what the cdc director is saying about it. >> at least 39 states and over 75 countries have reported confirmed cases of the omicron variant and although delta continues to circulate widely in the united states, omicron is increasing rapidly and we expect it to become the dominant strain in the united states as it has in other countries in the coming weeks. >> experts are warning that omicron will put more pressure on our hospital system, which is already stressed out. the cdc warning that new hospital admissions could hit record levels in the coming weeks and the list of cancellations and postponements growing by the day. the nfl for example postponing three games this weekend. the nfl remember in the beginning? excuse me, the nba shut down. remember that? professional sports started shutting down and we knew wow. in hockey, a bunch of games have been postponed across the nhl. right here in new york city where i'm broadcasting not far from where i'm from, that's where the virus is spiking. a number of broadway shows had to cancel performances and radio city's annual christmas spectacular starring the rockets cancelled for the rest of the season as omicron spreads in the u.s. discouraging news from a study in britain where researchers are reporting there is no evidence the variant is any less severe than delta. everyone said okay, doesn't appear to be as severe, maybe a little sigh of relief. we'll see. dr. fauci reports the two-dose vaccine regimen many haven't received may not be enough protection against omicron because the vaccines wane a bit. he said the best medicine is to get the booster shot. >> that's the reason why we are really encouraging very strongly that when you're eligible for a boost to get boosted because the data i showed indicated with omicron, the level of protection goes really rather low in a range that may not be as protective as we like but yet, when you get that boost, it goes right up there. >> so before we can get the booster, guess what? we need to get the vaccine. and amidst this surge, 72 million americans are still unvaccinated. 72 million. what are they waiting for? what are you waiting for? covid has already killed more than 800,000 americans and that toll is climbing, as well. if you're not yet vaccinated, listen to this. this is a very blunt warning from jeff of the white house covid team. >> for the unvaccinated, you're looking at a winter of severe illness and death for yourselves, your families and the hospitals you may soon overwhelm. 160,000 unvaccinated people have already needlessly lost their lives just since june. and this number will continue to go up until the unvaccinated take action. >> we are also learning today that the ceo of southwest airlines testing positive for covid. remember it was just two days ago we reported gary kelly testified at a senate hearing unmasked and down playing the wearing of masks aboard airliners. watch this. >> i think the case is very strong that mask don't add much if anything in the air cabin environment as very safe and very high quality compared to any other indoor setting. >> well, and tonight kelly says that he now supports the federal requirements to wear face masks on airplanes. we certainly wish him a speedy he recovery. a setback for kids ages 2 to 5 with pfizer. two child size doses it is testing are not producing kpt spe -- expected immunity so it's adding a third dose. that will delay the emergency use authorization for 2022. >> at least from what pfizer is saying, by the time they get all of the necessary data and go through all of the procedure of getting emergency use authorization, unfortunately, it's not going to be until the second quarter but you want to get the right dose and the right r regimen for the children. so you don't want a delay, you want to get it right and that's what they're talking about. >> tonight, once again, i know it sounds like ground hog's day, we've got a growing covid crisis to talk about. so i want to begin with dr. robert. the chair of the university of california san francisco department of medicine. doctor, thank you so much for joining us. let get the questions out and educate the folks who are watching. good evening to you. you have seen this new u.k. study that shows omicron shows noless disease than delta. many are thinking it's milder but what are the larger implications here? what do you think of the study and what should people know? >> there are other studies from south africa that are more hopeful. you know, a week or two ago we didn't know any of the three variables, is it more infectious and evade the immune system and more severe? we know it is more inif he cannous -- infectious and invades the immune system. the cases will skyrocket. they are doing that in new york and miami. if it turns out to be a little bit less severe or the same as delta, then we're in pretty bad shape. we'll see a ton of cases. it's got to be much, muchless severe to save us. >> even if -- again, for the viewer, even it's a little bit, still trouble. got to be -- >> yeah, i mean, the math is sort of like this. let's say it's 30% less severe but we're seeing three, five, seven times for cases. that works out badly. that still means the average person has a little bit lower chance of going to the hospital and getting super sick and dying if they get this, this virus but so many more people are getting infected that you're still going to overwhelm hospitals. you're still going to have more people get super sick and more people go to the icu and more people dying so our hope is that it turns out to be much, much less severe but the u.k. study makes that appear somewhat less likely than it would have been before that study. >> you know, this is is anecdot but hearing more people i know, more co-workers, more friends, more people i come in contact with have -- are testing positive. what the heck is going on? i know it's anecdotal but what do you make of that? >> it's anecdotal but real. we're seeing the data begin to come out. we don't test as much as we need to for variants but the places that are doing more testing are seeing substantial surges in cases and they're mostly omicron. and so yeah, i'm having the same experience that you are. i've been doing this for two years now and in the past day, i've got more calls, questions, text messages, you know, so and so, my brother just got infected. what do i do? do i need monoclonals? it is very real. look at south africa and england and new york, i think what we can expect, this one is not going to be in question anymore. we're going to see a very, very sharp uptick in cases two. weeks ago i would have said not until january but that's wrong. we'll start seeing it in the next week and doubling time is two to three days. you go from one to two to four to 16 to very big numbers very quickly over the course of a very short period of time, much, much faster than we've seen in the prior surges. >> okay. so then what is your advice to people if they're asking you what do i do? do i need monoclonal antibodies? what do you tell them? >> there is a little nthing, th monoclonal antibodies we used for delta aren't working well for omicron. you need to get boosted. you need to do everything you can do to make your immune as hardy as can be. you need to up your game with avoiding infection. if we find out this is enormously less severe, then maybe we'll all say, you know, all right, we're all going to get infected but we don't know that yet and i think at this moment we got to be more careful. i now wear an n 95 any time i'm inside with people i'm not 100% sure are boosted. i stopped indoor dining. i'm still willing to fly to visit family. if you're scheduled to do that in the next week, it's okay. i wear an n 95 and wear it the entire flight. if you're seeing unvaccinated people or people that are highly vulnerable, you can make the setting much, much safer if everybody tests themselves that day and morning. >> i'm selfishly asking this question but applies to most people in the audience. should i still get on a plane and go see my mother who say woman of a certain age for the holidays because i don't want to bring something home to her, you know? a lot of people have that question. >> of course. assuming she wants to see you, don, i would do it. >> that's true. >> the reason i would do it is, you know, this is going to be a tough winter, but unfortunately, there is no guarantee next winter will be any less tough. we're stuck with this thing for the future and we have a lot of tools to make the encounter safe. if you combine high quality masking and combine ventilation and if she's truly vulnerable, i don't know what the certain age is but if she's vulnerable, if she's immune sup pressed or not fully vaccinated, if you test yourself an hour before you see her, and it's negative, you can be quite confident that that encounter is safe and you can hug her. so i think at some point we have to say we're going to live our lives as well as we can but try to diminish the risk to the degree possible. >> that was my motto until we got this surge in cases and breakthrough cases. now what about for the younger folks? like my great nephews who are -- one of them is not old enough or anyone in the audience with young people in their family not old enough to get vaccinated, would you suggest being around them? would you suggest wearing masks? >> i think it's tricky. that is another good use of rapid tests. it would be best if everybody wore a mask around unvaccinated people but that's -- it's tough to do. you're with your loved ones and want to give them a hug and be in the same room and comfortable so i think that is a setting where if everybody tests themselves before the encounter, these are the rapid tests you can buy at a pharmacy, they're not as cheap as they should be but they're quite accurate in terms of the question you're trying to answer, which is am i infectious that day? and so if you -- if everybody who is about to see the 3-year-old tests negative with the rapid test and if everybody is fully vaccinated and boosted, i think you can say that's going to be a safe encounter and i think we need to begin doing that kind of thing. >> so one more question. you said you don't dine indoors anymore. is it a false sense of security? i ask this question last night to andy. here in new york city, you have to show your vaccination card and everyone walks in and wear their mask until they get to the table. usually, not all the time. is that a false sense of security? everyone is vaccinated and boosted. show your card and should we continue to do that? >> couple things come up. first of all, you know, you can buy -- >> not just in restaurants but closed places is what i'm asking. i get to the bigger point. should we be around restaurants and be around people for new years? that's my point? >> i'm more careful than i would have been a week or two ago and it's sad. i don't want to be that way. you can buy a fake card for $10 online. that's the problem. the card is, the requirements is you're fully vaccinated. that's two shots. that's not fully vaccinated anymore. you need a booster to be fully vaccinated. i got to the point where i think being indoors with other people whose vaccine status i'm not sure of in a place with relatively poor ventilation is not safe enough and i'm comfortable dining outside but i live in san francisco, not new york and so i understand that's not really feasible right now. so i am more careful and the good news is this thing is probably only going to last for a couple months. in south africa, they saw a huge spike and it's beginning to come down so we may be in hunker down mode for a couple months and after that, it may burn through itself fairly quickly and it's okay to go back to normal. we have to be more careful for the next month or two. >> is that the same advice for holiday parties? >> a big holiday party with people whose vaccine status you're not 100% sure of and when i say 100% sure, they got fully vaccinated and a booster, i would be careful. if it's a big holiday party and you want to go in, i would be wearing a holiday mask. i've seen a lot of big holiday parties cancelled and that's a prudent thing to do now. >> wow. best advice that we've gotten. thank you. i really appreciate it. be safe. >> happy holidays. >> thank you. the holidays are upon us. we're talking about christmas eve one week from tonight and new year's eve and the covid spike causing concern for holiday gatherings. what are the safest ways to enjoy the holiday season. we'll talk more about that and more answers, next. ray loves vacations. but his diabetes never seemed to take one. everything felt like a 'no'. everything. but then ray went from no to know. with freestyle libre 2, now he knows his glucose levels when he needs to. and... when he wants to. so ray... can be ray. take the mystery out of your glucose levels, and lower your a1c. now you know. try it for free. visit freestylelibre.us >> man: what's my safelite story? 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>> well, first, i would say we tend to talk a lot about the different strains ochof the vir but what makes the spread accelerate is the gatherings and travel. if we just prakare practical ab the strategy traveling to loved ones, the rapid tests available as a way to reduce the risk during the gathering itself and, you know, if you can be outside, be outside but honestly, we have a host of defenses right now and those who have vaccinated and boosted should feel some comfort that they may be exposed, they may get milder infection but we haven't seen a lot of evidence that there say higher risk of severe disease. i think we have to avoid speculation now in terms of what may or may not happen in the next month or two ahead and try to live our lives. >> joe, it's good to see you. i didn't think we would be talking about this two years later. i mean, you know, the entire pandemic we were talking about healthy and safe buildings and here we are again. you're saying the current playbook for dealing with this pandemic won't work the same way with omicron, things like contact traciing or isolating fr ten days. talk about that. what needs to change here, sir? >> hey, don. good to be on. we've been talking about ventilation for two years. we have very little if any spread outdoors so what do you do? you make the indoors like more like the outdoors. bring in more outdoor air and we've been talking about ventilation for two years now. we have a new threat and new tools. i'm optimistic in a sense we're not defenseless at this point. omicron is ripping through and the next eight weeks will be difficult and the playbook changes and has to change because the virus are different. it replicates much faster so things like taking a test 72 hours before a flight is meaningless because we see people test negative on day one and test positive with the rapid test 24 hours later. that's an important change. contact tracing will become less effective. the best most quickest contact tracing we have is not enough to match how fast this virus spreads between to people. so those kind of tools have to go away. some basics still work and clearly, vaccines most important, they're safe, number one, they're effective, fully vaccinated in 2022 is going to mean boosted. that's very clear at this point and i think it's really important for your audience to know, it's not too late. the benefit of the booster takes effect within days. you should go out tomorrow and get the booster shot if you're un vaccinated. most of the benefit also kicks in quickly. >> dr. ruben, the houston mayor silvester turner i talked to aduring i talked to a lot during the pandemic said he tested positive. he thought he was suffering from allergies. how often should people get tested? >> around the gatherings if you can't disregard the mild cold symptoms or sore throat this christmas or new years. you should get tested. if you attend a gathering, get tested a couple days before and the day of gets a little more reliability but nothing is immune to potential spread. those who are vaccinated and boosted have a low risk of severe infection and that's not changed, what we're observing thus far with omicron. >> joe, let's talk about, you know, these things are held in buildings, right? we're seeing radio city rockettes cancel this season. should people avoid going to large holiday events? >> well, you know, i think it comes down to the fundamentals and basics here, don. we know how to keep people safe in buildings. we know what to do. that hasn't changed. omicron doesn't change that. the recommendations we're making on ventilation have not changed. it matters about the context and what protections yo u u have in place. everyone in the space is vaccinated and boosted. that's good protection. if everybody is rapid tested negative, we see organizations move to this, i would feel good in this environment. i think size of the gathering matters, if you go to a family event. i'll be with my family, extended family and feeling good. i'm not worried about that as a high risk event. i think the reality with omicron is so infectious, i think the reality is many of us are going to be exposed to this virus in short order and the virus is going to find us in a naive immune system or one primed with the vaccine and booster. i think it's very clear at this point which way you want that virus to find you but we should do our best to minimize the likelihood we catch it or spread it to others. i agree the last comment, pay attention to the early signs of symptoms because the symptoms are coming on early with this virus. so that's an early indicator. don't ignore those things. >> joe, i'll ask the same thing i asked the doctor. should people go back to eating outdoors at restaurants, if they can? >> absolutely. outdoors is safer than indoors. i've been in new york and eating out at restaurants. the two biggest risk factors are age and vaccination status and again, if everyone is vaccinated, i like what new york city is doing. everyone is vaccinated or tested we can get back to these things. the reality is we have to learn how to co-exist with this virus. that's going to be the big change in the 2020 playbook and nba is dealing with this, the nfl is dealing with this, broadway is dealing with this, universities are dealing with this. there are a lot of discussions to say if the threat of severe disease, hospitalization, death is largely removed from vaccination booster, how do we co-exist? can we keep going to restaurants? the answer is question. we have to figure that out the next couple weeks. there will be a lot of cases and anxiety will be high and we're seeing pressures mount. >> quick last word, dr. ruben. >> yeah, agree with everything he just said. i think the key is that there is a low risk of severe disease and remember this seasonal surge, we talk about the virus but we expected this seasonal surge. it started out in the midwest. it's been fairly predictable. there is some uncertainly how long it will last with omicron and how quick the recovery will be, but we have lots of evidence that after the new year there is going to be recovery. cases are going to come down. people have to push through here. and find a way to live our lives and co-exist with this virus. i couldn't agree more. >> be safe. happy holidays. appreciate it. >> happy holidays. >> thank you. sources say who the january 6th committee sent a text about overturning the 2020 election results, our cnn exclusive is next. to 48 hours.esigned to last fop with secret, keep it fresh. available in over 10 amazing scents and aluminum free. secret ♪ when you have nausea, ♪ ♪ heartburn, ingestion, upset stomach... ♪ ♪ diarrheaaaa.♪ try pepto bismol with a powerful coating action. for fast and soothing relief. pepto bismol for fast relief when you need it most. >> man: what's my safelite story? 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>> yeah, i want to pick up on something that you said. the timing of the text, right? it's absolutely critical. it was sent the day after election day. many states weren't even called yet, right? >> correct. >> one text from the many that the committee now has in their hands or that they revealed. how does a panel plan to piece together all of this information, jamie? >> so, look, we have seen trump loyalists defy the committee and not testify but this is very important because it's what is going on behind the scenes. i'm told this text is significant but it's one of many significant texts. the tip of the iceberg. and what we're going to see is the committee is going to put together a timeline and now they have -- it's not just testimony, they have these texts in black and white realtime evidence of what was being said and this is all going to come out in the hearings with names attached to the text. just to under score, we have to remind everyone, mark meadows handed this over without any claim of privilege, don. >> so we can't forget what perry said, right, when he was running as a presidential candidate. this is back -- let's remind everyone back in 2015 running against trump. watch. >> let no one be mistaken, donald trump's candidacy is ser be diagnosed, excised and guarded. it cannot be passfied or ignored for it will destroy a set of principles. >> so what happened? >> be ware of the videotape. i don't know, don. rick perry should know better. all of these people should know better. i don't know how we got to liz china and adam kinzinger. rick perry was the longest serving governor of texas three terms. he was cabinet secretary. he kept a low profile. i want to read you one more line that rick perry said that day about trump. quote, he offers a barking carnival act that can best be described as trump-ism. a toxic mix of demagogues means spiritness to lead the democrat party to perdition if pursued. rick perry ignored his own warning, don. >> and now the texts. jamie gangel, appreciate it. >> sure. threats of school violence spreading across tiktok putting schools on high alert. the threats weren't scene as credible but is this the new normal? for the gifts you won't forget. the mercedes-benz winter event. get help managing your money for the life -- and years -- ahead. with fidelity income planning, we'll look at what you've saved, what you'll need, and build a straightforward plan to generate income, even when you're not working. a plan that gives you the chance to grow your savings and create cash flow that lasts. along the way, we'll give you ways to be tax efficient. and you can start, stop or adjust your plan at any time without the unnecessary fees. we'll help you go from saving... to living. ♪ play all day ♪ when our daughter and her kids moved in with us... our bargain detergent couldn't keep up. turns out it's mostly water. so, we switched back to tide. one wash, stains are gone. 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>> it's not irrational in the terms of it's not inconceivable that someone would walk into a school these days and try to shoot children, whether another sturn student or stranger. the challenge is that the threats that we face and the intelligence that is just being thrown at us every single day is really hard to manage for the layperson, for the school official and parent. you hear there is a threat and you're making kakcalculations should they go to school or not? this is what most people haven't lived with for most of their life. that's the challenge we're facing. in this particular case, because the threat was so generalized and sort of thrown out there on tiktok. it wasn't a specific individual. it was a lot of kids responding to it, either joking or amp amplifying it, most people would have looked at it and said it's unlikely to trigger school violence. that's a hard calculations for any individual school to make. so i'm simple thrympathetic to that close. >> especially in this environment with what just happened. tiktok putting out a statement saying all they found is videos of people discussing the rumor adding local authorities and dhs confirmed there is no credible threat so we're working to remove alarmist warnings that violate the policy. what does this kind of thing do to kids who see it and believe their in danger? >> live on edge in a world on edge. this is another edge should i go to school or walk into my class and it's also their parents are hovering and saying is it safe to send my kid to school? in this new not normal world as juliette said, we are having to live with questions and process and think critically and at times we over act and we have to find that balance and depend upon people to assess and help us assess whether it's a real threat or a false threat. >> julia, there is a washington post reporter named dan zack who recent recalled the threat of school violence a terror tax we all pay and in oxford, the school shooter faces a terrorism charge. is it time to recognize this as a form of terrorism? >> it is. i don't like to generalize that word. it has a specific meaning and the reason why i wanted to keep it specific, because i think it applies to conduct that we're seeing in another realm, right, in the anti democratic realm where people are using violence or the threat of violence to control our democracy and to control our levers of government. so terrorism is different than terror and i think the challenge we have right now, the exhaustion we're feeling, you don't have to have kids to feel this exhaustion but the calculations many parents are making right now is -- or one hopes is you cannot get the risk to zero. so get that out of your head. so whether it's covid or school violence or whatever it is, right? as a parent or as anyone out in society, you're trying to minimize risk in the best way possible. you're trying to maximize the protections you give your children, right? whether it's a bike helmet or booster shot or the vaccine or see something, say something but remember, there is a third piece to it, right? it's not just minimizing risk or maximizing our defenses, it is also maintaining who we are and i think sometimes i worry we're forgetting that or sort of fears whether it's a new outbreak and how we should live. we should be cautious but how we should live are keeping us and our children maybe more hindered than they should be. there will be a risk to our children and us and it's not good but the alternative is what? right? the alternative is living a life that's not very desirable. >> but can you be overly cautious in this environment? again, this is really terrorism more with julia and ken after this break. don't go anywhere. most. those who neet now subaru is the largest automotive donor to make-a-wish and meals on wheels. and the largest corporate donor to the aspca and national park foundation. get a new subaru during the share the love event and subaru will donate two hundred and fifty dollars to charity. thanks for coming. now when it comes to a financial plan this broker is your man. let's open your binders to page 188... uh carl, are there different planning options in here? 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>> in your question at the end of the last segment about overreacting, we can't runaround with our hair on fire. we need to be balanced. we need to be talking to other parents. we theedneed to be talking if w in a couple relationship, we need to balance these out so we're effective with our kids. we're opening the line of communication especially with listening by asking open ended questions. we'll find out how our kids feel about this, what they think the good options are. so we're in a conversation rather than feeling like we have to do all the work, we have to over protect. look, we live in a world where a lot of people are in denial, whether talking about covid, whether the over reaction is there. we could be overreacting to all the people under reacting in denial what is happening and allowing new variants to multiply. we need to not overreact and catch ourselves being, you know, saying nobody else is doing this, i feel helpless. i'm fearful. and balance ourselves and be calm with our kids to the extent we can be and ask them the open ended questions so it's a conversation. >> yjulia, truer words have nevr been spoken because you say people want to be done with covid. they want clear answers how long we need to worry about and when it's going to be over. how do we approach a world where these threats continue? look, two years now i've been saying and the growing threat, the growing covid crisis and still growing after two years. >> it is and it isn't. a couple ways i think about this now, the first is of course as the previous panel with my friend joe allen, look, this is not 2020. let's not say it's 2020. in other words, the tools we have whether it's vaccination or boosters or treatment now which is completely under played, the treatments that we have, better testing, make us stronger, make us more resilient against a virus that continues to not end but this is then the second part. i think this idea of a time when we get to unicorns and rainbows, just get it out of your head. when you keep talking about this new normal as if there is a place, this is no new normal. this is normal. i think one way to ground ourselves in particular our kids is to stop saying in two weeks. two weeks and two months and then just get through christmas. in other words, what normal is now? we're learning to adapt and manage around a virus that is killing people who are not, who do not have the defenses against it and is harming or infecting people to a much lesser extent who do have the defenses and we are going to adapt around that sort of unfortunate division in society right now and try to push people to vaccinations but i've gotten over talking about the end of covid and talked about and write about this adaptive recovery stage where we're adapting every day. i call it the new normal. we're here now. don't talk about some finish line. that will drive you nuts. it's the holidays. many of us can't see our family, maybe not the same circumstance we hoped and that's now right? we'll see what happens tomorrow and just get vaccinated, do everything you can for those defenses but stop thinking about a finish line. >> yeah, that's a very good attitude to have. i have a friend who says okay, i look at it as this is what we're doing right now. maybe in a year it will be something else. we shall see. >> yeah. >> good advice and good attitude. >> don, we have the opportunity to mobilize. each one of us can do things not only personally but in our community and our family to be part of the solution to move away from becoming part of the problem and i think we all need to do that self-audit that says am i doing anything to escalate? am i doing anything to contribute to the problem and is the way i treat other people, is the way i'm addressing this, is the time i commit to making my community a better, safer place contributing in someway to the solution? we all have that opportunity and for me, that is true patriotism. >> yeah. thank you. thank you both. happy holidays to you both. thank you. >> happy holidays. >> the omicron variant rapidly spreading across the u.s. as the dcountry braces for a viral blizzard. this country could see a million new cases a day. k. it's my livelihood. ♪ rock music ♪ >> man: so i'm not taking any chances when something happens to it. so when my windshield cracked... my friend recommended safelite autoglass. they came right to me, with expert service where i needed it. ♪ rock music ♪ >> man: that's service i can trust... no matter what i'm hauling. right, girl? 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