what the federal reserve estimated the president wanted to do. he wants to get to that. if the cbo director is correct, he can get to 2/3s of that amount. because it went through the rule change process, there's no legal basis to challenge it. >> all right. ed lawrence for us from the white house. ed, thanks. did you have a student loan? >> i did not. my dad sent me to school and commute so i didn't have to do room and board. i never got to live in a dorm but i was debt-free. thanks, dad. i bought my first house at 25. >> john: college was so cheap when i went to school, didn't cost that much. thanks for joining us. i'm john roberts. good to be with you. >> sandra: i'm aishah hasnie. stove starts right now with martha maccallum. >> martha: thanks, guys. good afternoon. i'm martha maccallum. this is "the story." remember this?

>> never discussed with my son or my brother or anyone else anything having to do with their businesses, period. >> martha: those businesses, which we have talked a lot about, the relationships, which we have also dug in to here are what republicans are probing this very moment behind closed doors on capitol hill. they are speaking with the man at the center of the screen there with the glasses on. he is younger brother james biden involved in many businesses that overlapped with hunter and others of his business associates. hunter biden, he's up next. he will testify next week in the ongoing house impeachment probe. so are they getting anywhere with all of this? that is one of the biggest questions that we will dig into this afternoon. james telling lawmakers today "i never asked my brother to take any official action on behalf of

me, my business associates or anyone else. there's a few things in there that may be carefully worded. we'll talk about that in a moment. remember last week hunter's former business partner, tony bobulinski, who was completely ignored by the department of justice, even though he had lots of evidence to presents to them, he told congress last week that joe biden was "the brand." being sold by the biden family. so former federal prosecutor andy mccarthy and brook singman standing by. first to david spunt covering this live for us. brings us us to speed. hi, david. >> hi, martha. good afternoon. good to be with you, a long day for the president's younger brother, jim biden. this interview began at 10:30 and expected to go in to the early evening hours. jim ignored questions, walking in to the building this morning.

>> did you use your brother's name to help sell influence, sir? >> when it comes to joe biden. >> today we're largely going to focus on the precandidate time. the money, the business, the brand. that will be the focus of today's questioning specifically relative to jim biden's involvements, james biden's involvement with cffc. >> the cefc is the chinese company that has ties to the communist party and hunter biden, the president's son. in his opening statement today, jim biden said i've had a 50-year career in a variety of business ventures. joe biden has never had any involvement or direct or

indirect financial interest in those activities, none. democrats down played jim biden's testimony so far and the impeachment probe pointing to a court filing from yesterday that alexander smirnoff who accepted millions the bribes had contact with russian intelligence. >> i think it's time for chairman comer and the republicans to fold up the circus tent and get back to work for the american people. >> there is no -- any indication that that will happen. hunter biden will be here one week from today and we expect a much bigger presence outside, martha. >> martha: lots to dig in to here, david. thanks very much. live right now, president biden making a stop in los angeles. he flew there earlier today. he's with the city's mayor, karen bass. let's see what we can hear here.

much at this point. it's interesting. this was not on the schedule. then we got word from the travel pool that he would be stopping at a cafe in los angeles. he's traveling there today with karen bass. he's in the state to do fund-raising. that's what happens on the coast when you see politicians headed

to new york or los angeles. raising money is a big part of that equation for them. it's also an interesting sort of distraction from what is going on on capitol hill where his brother is answering questions, heated questions from some of the republican lawmakers that have been trying to nail him down on his involvement in these businesses and whether or not they overlapped with sending any money to the president who we see there. the president is also going to announce a $1.2 billion sort of work-around for people to be relieved of their student debt, which is an enormously controversial move. no doubt one that is designed to sort of help to ramp up his support among younger voters, which has deteriorated dramatically, especially on his support for israel against hamas. so lots of money going back in people's pockets that owe money on students loans. that's something that conservatives think is unfair.

it's an enormously popular issue with a huge group of voters that owe money on those loans. so very controversial. you can see him working the room here. if he says anything or get any good insight in to the conversations happening there, we're bringing those to you. with me is brook sinkman, reporter for fox news digital and andy mccarthy, former u.s. assistant attorney. this testimony by jim biden is highly anticipated. he's there under oath to answer truthfully the questions that he's asked about his involvement with joe biden and their businesses. andy, i want to ask you first about what happened yesterday, which is that david weiss moved to charge one of the lynchpins really in the investigation against the bidens who was a former fbi informant. they say he was closely involved with russian intelligence and

had essentially discounted his testimony where he said that there were two $5 million bribes given to joe biden and to hunter biden as part of the dealings that they were involved in in ukraine. so let's talk a little bit about that move by weiss who hasn't been aggressive against the bidens but suddenly has undercut one of the main tenants of the case that republicans have built against the biden business ventures. >> yeah, i think that weiss' main job here is to protect president biden. he went a long time without charging hunter and then tried to disappear it on a sweet heart deal. he charged hunter because he didn't get away with that. when he plead the tax indictment against hunter, he took pains to keep the president's name out of it even though the income he got was exploiting his relationship

with the president. i'm skeptical about what weiss does because of his track record. a couple of things about smirnoff. it's unfortunate that the republicans in the house teed it up this way. i don't think he's a lynchpin of the burisma angle of their investigation. they had immense evidence that there was corrupt activity involved in that before hearing that there was an fbi informant that said that there was $10 million in bribes. smirnoff's information about that was not -- is not connected to what the house republicans already had about burisma. i think the democrats are trying to spread the idea that he's the key to the case because now that his testimony is obviously been knocked down by the false statements charges, that makes it looks like the case collapses. it doesn't for example disappear the $24 million that went into

the biden's coffers from agents of corrupt and anti-american governments. secondly, this whole business about whether russian disinformation, i think this is a very peculiar complaint. there's stuff in there in the end that said smirnoff was told that hunter stayed in a place in kiev that the russians had wired. there are no charges in the indictment or the complaint that relate to that information. it's like they just threw that in in the end. normally the fbi and the justice department would tell us, this russian intelligence stuff, that's highly classified. we can't just like let that out in to the public domain. yet it seems to me that he threw like a number of paragraphs in there at the end aprosros of what's in the complaint. >> martha: fascinating.

it's a question -- you're right, that these -- this bribery issue came up very late in the game. it certainly seemed to be a crucial piece of evidence in terms of actual money that was footing to the bidens. now david weiss says he's working with russian informants and democrats are claiming that that's the jenga piece that makes the tower fall down. you're saying the tower could still be standing without it potentially. let me bring in brook. you have been reporting today about people in this room, what they're learning from jim biden and how heated it may or may not be getting. what are you learning? >> there are sources saying that this testimony has been going on since 10:00 a.m. the president's brother came in with an opening statement, which we obtained early this morning. he said the president was never involved in his business dealings directly, which of course as you mentioned earlier in the show, it's very careful

language as we saw the white house in the past several months say repeatedly the president was never involved in his son's business dealings. the president never spoke with his son. he never benefitted financially. do they all mean the same thing, which is the statement they're sticking with today. that's something that i think is important to keep an eye on. sources in the room right now are focusing on these payments, these loan repayments that james parentally made to joe biden. there was a $200,000 check that he labelled as a loan repayment to his brother and a $40,000 check again loan repayment. so i know republicans are asking questions about this. we're waiting to hear what jim biden is saying. hopefully we'll get a read-out later. >> martha: one of the things that we looked into, what is jim biden business been? what does he do? what is his profession? we looked into it in 1973, he was a nightclub owner in

delaware. then he tried to drum up business for a legal firm at one point and then tried to gain investors -- we have a list -- tried to get investors involved as a health consultant. it's spotty. those are the only things we could find on his resume in terms of what he's been doing. dabbling in this, dabbling in that, which is interesting. we'll see where they take this. we'll follow your reporting on this. thanks for being here today. andy mccarthy, thank you as always. great to have you with us today. >> thanks. >> martha: still ahead, karl rove joins us and trump attorney alina habba after the town hall last night. how will the former president seek to pay this $355 million plus within 30 days? we'll talk to her about that and more on the trump agenda. former kgb spy, jack barski

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i prisoned by putin's regime in russia. these are images of her being hauled off, blind folded to her cell. the kremlin security service claims the 33-year-old committed treason by donating $51 to a charity that supports ukraine. her family says she traveled to russia to be with her family. her 90-year-old grandmother, mom, dad and sister and they are pleading for her release. >> her family is not a well-off family. i don't think they can pay any money to bill her out or anything. so it's going to be -- the end of her life, beautiful life of a beautiful person if we do not help her. >> martha: jack barsky was recruited as a sleeper agent for the soviet union. he spent ten years in new york collecting information, getting close to people that made foreign policy decisions. he speaks out publicly about his experience in the then ussr. jack barsky joins us now.

good to have you with us today. what is your reaction to the apprehension of this woman, a duel russian american citizen, manages a spa in california and is also a ballerina. >> yeah, first of all, arresting americans is nothing new. that happened during stalin's time all the way through to today because an american prisoner is an asset that you can trade. this has been happening throughout history. what really makes my head spin, the brutality with which they proceed against this young lady who -- they go out in public and say it's $50. so there's nothing that putin does -- nothing being done that isn't controlled by putin in

this realm. so there's nothing that he does that he doesn't really think about. so my guess is that he wants to scare more people. scare everybody. the world as well as the russians, his own citizens. so it's mind-blowing. >> martha: you make a great point, jack: the fact that they are out there with this idea that $50 to the ukraine cause will lead you to prison in the soviet union does send a terrifying message. also it sends a message to the united states where there's a lot of discussion over funding the war in ukraine and where all of this leads. what did you think about what happened to navalny? does this together paint a picture of an emboldened putin at this point? he has evan gershkovich who we want to be brought home. >> he's ratcheting things up. and navalny as you probably

remember, that game that they both played, that has been going on for a long time. ended in navalny's death. initially it was -- when he started entering politics and he was an opposition, maybe ten days in jail, 20 days in jail, then a verdict overturned and reinstated, in and out, in and out. at one point they tried to poison him. now they killed him. i think the reason is that he got too close to the corruption at the highest levels in the government. >> martha: jack barsky, good to talk to you. good to have you with us today. >> you're welcome. thank you. >> martha: new york attorney general letitia james put trump's assets on notice until the former president forks over nearly $355 million in that

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>> martha: new york attorney general letitia james says she will go after president trump's properties if that's what it takes to get him to pay the penalty in his civil fraud trial. a half a billion due in 30 days plus interest. he said he did nothing wrong. he's outraged by this decision. he made that clear last night in his town hall in laura ingraham. the former president's attorney, alina habba joins us in just a moment. first to kelly o'grady reporting live outside of trump tower here in new york city. high, kelly. >> hi, martha. that's right. attorney general letitia james making very bold statements that she could be coming for new york properties of the former president's just like the one behind me. watch. >> if he does not have funds to pay off the judgment, then we will seek judgment enforcement mechanisms in court and ask the

judge to seize his assets. >> now, if former president trump doesn't pay the fine, the state would have grounds to mount a case to seize some of those new york properties because until an appeal is filed, the penalties do stand. he does owe $450 million if you include that interest, which he will have to hand over or post a bond to mount that appeal. while trump avoided last night answering if he would sell off real estate properties to fund that he stood firm on his innocence and he's flushed with cash and teased one strategy his legal team plans to use, the size of that fine. >> they say it's the most egregious punishment anybody has ever seen. tim scott knows that. the eighth amendment. excessive bail shall not be required for excessive fines imposed, for or cruel or inusual punishment inflicted. that's the eighth amendment. >> one argument would be that that fine is unconstitutional.

we await that appeal within the 30-day deadline. back to you. >> thanks very much. with that, we bring in alina habba, attorney for former president trump. great to have you with us. thanks for being here today. i want to start with that piece of sound from the town hall last night with laura ingraham. the former president, donald trump. watch this. >> it's such a huge amount of money. you have to decide whether to put up that bond in escrow. are you going to do that? >> i'll tell you what we're going to do. we'll have a lot of cash. that doesn't mean he can take it. you know what he did? he looked at my cash and said we'll take all of his cash. >> martha: alina, welcome, first of all. thanks for being here. does that indicate that the former president plans to pay this bond, whether he will do the bond or pay this outright in cash because he says that he has that much cash. is that the case? >> i actually agree with my

client's sentiment. i want the add something that most americans don't realize. miss james started asking for $250 million. when she got a glimpse of just how wealthy the trump organization is because they're a successful business in the state of new york, because they employ thousands of people and pay hundreds of millions in taxes to the state of new york, she upped that ask. why? because her goal was to try to hurt the president, try to hurt his family, his company. quite honestly all i can say to that without breaking my privilege and giving her a glimpse, which i would never give her the courtesy of having in to our strategy, she has no chance. the appellate record is strong, the record will be very clear to the american public and i look forward to having everyone see what we say and really get a glimpse of what happened in that 11 weeks in court. >> martha: nonetheless, that amount, is there any hail mary pass that circumvents the reality that that money has to be paid, whether it's in a bond

or in cash before you can go to the appellate process? is there any work around at all? >> so there's a couple of things, right? i'll speak generally. you can post a bond, which is an option. you can tell the judge that you should set aside the verdict because it's insane, which this is. >> martha: will you be asking him to do that? >> i will never show my cards, martha. you know i'm too good to do that. i will tell you that we have a great team. i'm proud of our team and we're working around the clock to figure out what strategically is the best move. one thing i can tell you, her goal of tearing down the trump organization, they're goal of tearing down the individuals that worked so hard, including on his campaign, his family and the list goes on and on. her goal won't succeed. that's all i'm willing to say. >> martha: what did you make of the fact that she said when she was guessing how he may come up with this money or what he might choose to sell off, she said, well, i look up at 40 wall

street every single day. >> yes. that chip on her shoulder is why we're here today. this is a woman that ran on getting trump before she knew anything about the trump organization. she made good on a campaign promise and used the judge to help her facilitate that promise. president trump is one of the smartest businessmen, one of the greatest presidents we've ever seen. if she thinks she's going to take him down, if that was her goal, which we know very well it was and she got a strong assist there in court, but i will tell you this, that goal will not be successful and that is the message i can give to everyone listening here. it will not be successful. we've seen it happen time and time again. look what is happening in georgia. look what is happening with miss james going to washington before she files the complaint. we have proof of that now. we're not talking about it because it's so damaging. this is all political. there's actually no factual basis to it. i'm really looking forward to everybody seeing our record on appeal. i hope they take the time to read it to get a window in what

are the facts. they have done nothing wrong. there were no victims and everybody made money. >> martha: we're going to get into this later. it's interesting the numbers in new york right now indicate that there are democrats that are leaning towards trump. i mean, he's still 12 points behind the current president. but it's interesting given how perhaps the overreach of this that maybe all people look at and try to figure out how this possibly makes sense. andy mccarthy wrote this in national very view. a quick thought, if i may. he said to my mind it's unlikely that trump's appeal will result in a clean win for either side. the realist in me is not banking on a sweeping appellate win for trump. i expect material relief but i won't hold my breath on the other penalties. what do you say? >> i welcome him to be part of the legal team if he knows the case better than the theme that

tried it. i've been on the case for three years. i can tell you right now, there are truly no facts that support any of these decisions. that again, i can say, will be made very clear in our appeal. >> martha: we look forward to seeing the next move in this very very complicated game of chess that has a lot of people's attention. it's an extraordinary number and it's unbelievable that there's not another step before that money has to change hands. we'll see what happens. we'll be watching. thanks, alina habba for joining us. good to see you. thank you. so chicago mayor brandon johnson meets the wrath of black residents in his city who say that the city is prioritizing migrants over people in their communities who need help themselves. we'll play you some very fiery sound from this meeting that just happened. you'll hear it coming up next. hey. you seein' this? wait... where's the dish?

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>> martha: so we just got some brand new reaction from gop presidential candidate nikki haley on the controversial alabama supreme court ruling that frozen embryos should be considered children. haley telling nbc embryos to me are babies. when you talk about an embryo, you're talking about a life. so i do see where that is coming from when they talk about that says nikki haley. we'll talk more about her candidacy and where it's going as we get ready for south carolina coming up in just moments with karl rove. in chicago today, raw anger from some of the black residents there that are accusing the city of putting migrants ahead of their own communities. watch this. >> downtown is three to four illegal families on every block begging for work and selling kit kat bars after a billion dollars was spent on them. where is that money? where is the money for the south

side and the west side communities? that should be the argument? if the crisis is so bad, the city council members who are so concerned should donate their salaries to the cause like a real public servant should. >> all of this asylum seeking lie, all of this is about refugees -- no, no, no. what is happening is they're emptying out the drags of their jails into the united states and to our communities. they're junking up our country. yeah, we feel some kind of way about it because it's our country. >> martha: wow. with that we bring in town hall.com editor, katie pavlich, fox news contributor. katie, what goes through your mind as you listen to these residents of chicago that clearly in that person i mind have had enough? >> well, mayor brandon johnson, who is a democrat of the sanctuary city of chicago has tried really hard to blame this problem on republican governor

greg abbott from texas. he's politely called on joe biden to give them more money, not necessarily to stop the flow of illegals on the southern border. you listen to these residents. it's common sense. this comes down to a basic resource management issue. if you read about the way chicago schools have been closed down to students who go to school there, whose parents pay taxes to sends them there, being taken over by illegal immigrants, the literacy rate in chicago public schools is 25%. that means that the people that cannot read is 75%. they are 83% not proficient in math, these students. yet they're seeing people coming in to their communities, going into their schools and their resources are being stretched at every level, which is why you've seen this issue become a national issue across the board because it affects the economy, affects medical care and education. it affects basics taxes. chicago has a ballot measure coming up in march about raising

property taxes to deal with the homeless crisis, which they of course still have as well in addition to this issue. that means that people's taxes are going to go up in a place where taxes are already very high and being spent as that young woman was discussing on things that they're not seeing a return on investment for. >> martha: it's extraordinary when you think act the fact -- i'm focusing when she said, don't tell me they're asylum seekers, right? if you look at the people that bill melugin has been speaking to in california who are coming across the border. they're flying, buying plane tickets. he said, you know, griff jenkins looked like they took a shower and arrived on an airplane, which is what they did. flying in to tijuana from china, from kazakhstan, from all of these other countries. these are not triangle country a asylum seekers pushing their way a can cross. governor pritzker in illinois says what is happening here is not our fault.

blame governor abbott. he says i will not join the chorus of people in this country that eagerly look to slam shut a door. >> abbott willfully planned the arrive value of these individuals in locations and times that would engender the maximum chaos for chicago and the asylum seekers themselves. >> martha: i don't know what happened to we're a sanctuary state. doesn't sound like it anymore. >> exactly. they can't have it both ways. they can't say that governor abbott is sending asylum seekers to their city is wrong while saying they're open to this illegal immigration. what people don't talk about, the city of chicago has a lot of crime in some of the worst crime in the country because of the cartel issue and the drug problem in chicago. the way they farm out their drugs throughout the country and the gangs and turf wars that happen there. parents are concerned. it's a city where the number 1

cause of death among young black men is homicide as a result of that gang activity and the cartels are at the root of that problem. they didn't want to talk about it. they'd rather talk about greg abbott sending people that they claim were welcome in the first place. >> martha: katie, quick question for you. there's this report that president biden will do an executive order to alleviate the pressure at the southern border and that he will talk about it in the state of the union address. he said recently just give me the money or it's not my problem. i have to sign something from congress. now it turns out he may be considering an executive order. >> well, this is a political calculation. very cynical. he's going to go in front of the country saying i signed an executive order to solve this problem. republicans haven't done anything. they rejected legislation. so i had the take my pen out and do it myself when he could have done this long before allowing ten million people in to the country that are crushing the resources of every single city

across -- from california to new york. that's going to be the play that he's making. we'll see if it works. >> martha: katie, thank you. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> martha: we're about to get live remarks from president biden this hour on a cash haul in california. announcing that the president plans through this program to bail out nearly 153,000 student loan borrowers, a new poll shows former president trump gaining serious ground in the blue strong hold of new york. so what is going on here? where is all of this shift in the country moving? karl rove and juan williams next. veteran homeowners, with inflation on the march, here's a great way to get your monthly payments under control. call newday! while credit card rates can be 22% or more mortgage rates at newday are a fraction of those rates. with one easy lower monthly payment

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>> martha: all right. take a look here. president biden leading former president trump in new york by just 12 points. remember, a trump loss by 20 points in the last two presidential elections. okay? that -- those numbers according to the fox news vote area natural cyst. the former president telling laura ingraham at their town hall in south carolina that he thinks he has a chance in new york. he may even hold a big campaign rally even in madison square garden. watch this. >> i'm going to see about madison square garden and we're going to go to the south bronx. we're going to go to queens and other areas. i think there's a chance to win new york. the people are very unhappy. >> that would be interesting, right? he would be the first republican to win new york since president reagan that did it twice in 1980 and his numbers went up in new york in 1984, four years

after of having been president. so president biden is out there today in california. he's about to speak. he's now ced more than a billion dollars in college loans. so that's a big boon for these students that won't have to pay that back. that's hugely controversial. a lot of people say look, you know, i had to pay mine back. why shouldn't other people have to. where are you going next? relieving auto loans for people? some people call it buying votes. he's not doing that well with young voters. the education department says that that will bring the total student loan relief program to $138 billion for almost four million borrowers. very, very popular with younger voters. karl rove, former deputy chief of staff for george w. bush and fox news contributor and juan williams, senior political analyst. we're waiting for president biden to speak ant this loan

issue. first, let's ask you about the new york story. is there hope for a republican presidential candidate namely donald trump in new york? >> well, it's just one poll. we have to be careful. let's see if there's another poll. by cutting the margin dramatically, his as sent shows issues like immigration and the cost to our communities of illegal immigration is coming home. republicans came close in the governor's race last time around. it's a stretch in the presidential race but i wouldn't be surprised if the numbers tighten from where they were four years ago. new yorkers have seen it up close and personal what is happening to the city of new york budget and they have seen the flights coming in to westchester county at night dumping people in to new york. >> martha: what do you think about that, juan? what do you think a madison square garden trump rally would be like? >> well, you know, i guess all trump rallies are fun. he gets his base out there and they're enthusiastic folks. in some ways, i guess from a

democratic perspective, you hope he would do it. it will be an expensive party. you think about the recent special election for george santos congressional seat. that didn't go the republican's way. you just look at the elections that have been taking place in new york state. again, it would be an unlikely outcome. but again, i think what the you have been pointing to, martha, a lot of reasons for new yorkers to be discontent at this moment. >> martha: yeah. you know, when you look at this race, we spoke with nikki haley yesterday. she's determined to stay in the race, but i want to play an exchange that i had with her about her overall intentions as a candidate. watch this. >> you said no matter what happens saturday, you are in this race and planning to stay in it. but it raised a lot of questions from people whether or not you would consider any sort of third party race because you said you didn't want it to be either of

those two guys. >> you know, my focus is running in a republican primary. it always has been. >> martha: karl, my focus right now is running in a republican primary. always has been. >> she knows she can't be a candidate for president. there's too many states that have sore loser laws. if you're running for a candidate, you cannot appear on the ballot as an independent or third-party candidate in the fall. she knows that. she's just focused on the here and now and doesn't want to get into the whole issue of what happens if you come up short. >> martha: you think those rules would hold up against her if she decided to -- >> oh, sure. absolutely. >> martha: they haven't been tested. >> they've been tested over the years. they apply not only to the presidency but to offices up and down the ballot. the constitutionality have been upheld. i don't think anybody would seriously get in to the contest.

i think there's 20 odd states or more with such laws. i don't think anybody would say i ran for president for under some party label and now i'm going to run in the general election as an independent and have any expectation that they get on both ballots. >> martha: you think she should get out? >> she should do what she wants to do. we've had three contests or four, if you include nevada. virgin islands, new hampshire, iowa and nevada. you know, it's -- we're at the start. she's entitled to do whatever she wants to do. >> martha: what is your thought on that, juan? >> well, i just think you know, i think it's 50% of republican voters in iowa and new hampshire didn't vote for trump. she's got the donors, the money people are still supporting her and look to be supporting her even after what i see as a predictable loss in south carolina. >> martha: that hasn't moved votes in the first few sessions

here. we look forward to covering it live, bret baier and i will be covering it with our great team here saturday night. we'll see what happens in south carolina. i know you folks will be watching this very closely as well. juan williams, thanks very much. karl rove, great to see you. thank you, gentlemen. >> thank you. >> martha: we're going to bring you live to president biden in california as soon as he gets in front of the microphone. running a little behind in culver city. we'll be back with more.

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