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November 29, 2023
• U.S. Urges Israel to be More Precise and Surgical Targeting Hamas in Gaza to Limit Civilian Casualties; CNN's Jake Tapper Speaks to Families of American Hostages; Threat Assessment Ahead of NYC Tree Lighting. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Two Freed Hostages Arrive In Israel; Israel Says It's Assessing Hamas Claim That Youngest Hostage, A 10-Month-Old Boy, And Family Members Are No Longer Alive; Today: Final Day Of Current Truce; Talks Underway To Extend; President Biden Challenges GOP's Economic Vision In Colorado; 180 Palestinians Released From Prison During Truce. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Red Cross Convoy Arrives In Israel With Freed Hostages; Mark Regev, Senior Adviser To Israeli PM Netanyahu, Discusses Talks Underway To Extend Truce, Hamas Claiming Young Hostage & Family No Longer Alive; Congress Tries To Thread Needle On Israel-Ukraine Aid Package; Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY) Discusses Isarel-Ukraine Aid Package; Virgin Atlantic Flight First To Use 100 Percent Sustainable Fuel; Critical Climate Conference Will Be Hostage By Oil Giant. Aired 2:30- 3p ET
• Ongoing Truce Negotiations Between Israel And Hamas; Release Of Russian-Israeli Women Held By Hamas; U.S. Hostage Envoy And Secretary Of State Involved In Talks; Potential Extension Of Truce; Uncertainty Surrounding Hostility Resumption. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Today: Final Day Of Current Truce, Talks Underway To Extend; Interview with Juliette Touma, UNRWA Communications Director; U.S. Military Aircraft Crashes Off Coast of Japan; Tuberville Says Talks Underway With Senate Republicans To End His Military Blockade; One-On- One With Palestinian-Israeli Knesset Member Mansour Abbas. Aired 1:30- 2p ET
• Liz Cheney Blasts Republicans in New Book; Hamas Hostage Releases Continue. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• IDF: Assessing Hamas Claim Youngest Hostage And Family Members Are No Longer Alive; Former President Jimmy Carter Arrives At Wife Rosalynn's Funeral; Expulsion Vote For Rep. Santos Now Expected Tomorrow. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Will Hamas-Israel Truce Be Extended?. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Israel-Hamas War; Sixth Group of Hostages Scheduled for Release Today; Present Truce Coming to an End Today, Negotiations to Prolong it Now Under Progress; Vatican: Pope Francis Heeds Health Recommendations and Cancels Trip to Dubai; Remembering Rosalynn Carter; Today, President Jimmy Carter Will Attend His Wife's Burial Ceremony; Interview with "Exploring the White House", "First Women", and "First in Line" Author Kate Andersen Brower. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Today, Final Day of Current Truce, Talks Underway to Extend; Israeli Military Raid and Clashes Reported in West Bank; Oath and Honor, Liz Cheney's New Book Paints Scathing Portrait of the GOP. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Israeli Military Raid in Jenin; Omer Lubaton Granot is Interviewed about Family Members Released; Expulsion vote for Santos Tomorrow; Air Force Osprey Crashes off of Japan. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Sixth Group of Hostages to be Released; Blinken Talks about Extended Pause; Joel Rubin is Interviewed about Extended Truce in War; Cheney's New Book. Aired 9-9:30a ET


November 28, 2023
• First Of Three U.S. Aid Flights For Gaza Arrives In Egypt; Lawyers: Hunter Biden Willing To Testify On Capitol Hill; PA Water Authority: Pro-Iran Group Claims It Hacked Pitt-Area System; Record- Breaking Cyber Monday Sales Crush Expectations. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Remembered At Memorial Service; IDF: 12 Hostages Freed Today Now In Israeli Territory; Freed Hostage Learns Brother Killed and Hamas Holding Body. Aired 3-3:30p ET
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• Today: 10 More Hostages Set To Be Released After Truce Extended; Jimmy Carter, President Biden To Attend Rosalynn Carter Memorial; All 41 Workers Rescued From Collapsed Tunnel In India. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Pennsylvania Water Authority Hacked; Emergency Aid Faces Uncertain Future in Congress; Israel-Hamas Truce Holding. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• GOP Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Will Have Support from Koch Network; Israel-Hamas War; More Details About Prisoners' Imprisonment Comes to Light; Interview with The Jerusalem Post Senior Columnist and Editor Yaakov Katz; Sports Illustrated Deletes A.I. Generated Articles; Rosalynn Carter's Funeral to be Attended by Jimmy Carter and President Biden; All 40 Workers Pulled from Collapsed Tunnel in India. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• CIA Chief Burns in Doha to Push for Broader Hostage Deal That Would Include Men, Soldiers; Today, Ten More Hostages Set to be Released After Truce Extended; Israel Confirms Death of a Third Hostage in Gaza. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is Interviewed about Ukraine Aid; Hunter Biden Willing to Testify; Workers Being Rescued in India; U.S. Flying Aid to Egypt; New Video of Warfare in Ukraine. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Today: 10 More Hostages Set To Be Released After Truce Extended; Family Of Hostage Omri Miran Gets Confirmation He's Alive In Gaza. Aired 9-9:30a ET


November 27, 2023
• Remembering Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter; IDF: Red Cross Says 11 New Hostages Are With Them, En Route To Israel; Suspect In Shooting Of 3 Palestinian Students Pleads Not Guilty. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• IDF: Red Cross Says 11 Hostages Are With Them, En Route To Israel; Former President Carter Expected To Attend Wife's Memorial Service. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Israeli PM's Office: Families Of New Group Of Hostages To Be Released Have Been Notified; Musk In Israel Amid Backlash Over Anti- Semitic Post; Qatar: Agreement Reached To Extend Truce By 2 Days; Ballistic Missiles Fired From Yemen Toward U.S. Navy Ship; IDF: Red Cross Says It Has Received New Group Of Hostages. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Hostage Handover In Gaza Expected Soon; Israel-Hamas Truce Extended For 2 More Days; 58 Hostages Released So Far, Including 40 Israelis; Ongoing Negotiations Between Israel, Hamas, And Qatar. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• DOJ Investigating Whether Vermont Shooting Was A Hate Crime; Qatar: Agreement Reached To Extend Truce By 2 Days & Red Cross Key Player in Facilitating Releases; Israeli Military Gives Update On Hostage Deal, Truce Extension. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Next Steps in Israel's Offensive Against Hamas?; Israel-Hamas Truce Extended. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Qatar: Agreement Reached To Extend Gaza Truce Another Two Days. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Sources: Deal Close On Release Of Fourth Hostage Group; Sources: Talks Underway About Extending Truce By 2 Days. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Day 4 of Ceasefire, Hostage Negotiators Encounter New Difficulties; Interview with former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and "The Empty Throne: America's Abdication of Global Leadership" Co-Author Ambassador Ivo Daalder; Remembering Rosalynn Carter; At Atlanta's Carter Center, Rosalynn Carter Will Rest in Repose; After 3 Palestinian Students Were Shot, Suspect in Court; DOJ Looking into Possibility of Hate Crime in Vermont Shooting; Agreement Closes on Fourth Hostage Group Release, According to Sources. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Hostage Negotiators Face New Obstacles on Day 4 of Truce; White House Doesn't Know If More American Hostages Will Be Released; Israelis Celebrate as Freed Hostages Reunite With Their Families. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Missiles Fired at U.S. Navy Ship; Israel and Ukraine Bill to Senate Floor; Elon Musk in Israel. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Hostage Negotiators Face New Obstacles On Day 4 Of Truce; Three Palestinian College Students Shot In Possible Hate Crime; Source: 40 Plus Hostages Taken On October 7 Not Held By Hamas. Aired 9-9:30a ET


November 24, 2023
• Freed Hostages Being Flown To Hospital From Israel Air Base. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• First Group Of Released Hostages Now In Israel; 24 Hostages Released On Day 1 Of Israel-Hamas Truce; Biden: Eliminating Hamas Is A "Legitimate Objective". Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Biden Speaks After Hamas Releases 24 Hostages; First Group Of Released Hostages Now In Israel; Biden Says Two-State Solution Now More Important Than Ever; 39 Palestinian Women And Children Released; 24 Hostages Back Safely In Israel; Interview With U.S. Mission To The United Nations Former Spokesperson Hagar Chemali; Interview With Center For Strategic And International Studies International Security Program Director Seth Jones. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• 24 Hostages Released In Gaza As Biden Expresses Optimism And Hope For Further Rescues. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Israel-Hamas Truce Starts, First Captives Are Released; Interview With IDF Spokesperson Major Doron Spielman; IDF: First Set Of Freed Captives Arrived In Israel; Biden Will Speak Soon Following The Liberation Of 24 Captives. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Hamas Hostage Releases Begin. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Red Cross Says 24 Hostages Have Been Released; First Hostages Released As Israel-Hamas Truce Begins. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• First Hostages Released As Israel-Hamas Truce Begins. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Israel-Hamas Truce Starts, First Captives are Released; Hamas Releases 13 Israelis and 12 Thai Nationals; Now, Israeli and Thai Captives are Entering Egypt; Convoy of Red Cross Enters Rafah Crossing from Gaza into Egypt. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• 13 Israeli Hostages, 12 Thai Nationals Being Released by Hamas; Sources Say, White House Monitoring Hostage Transfer in Real Time. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Thirteen Israeli Hostages Held By Hamas Expected To Be Released. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Any Moment: Hamas Due To Release First Hostages From October 7 Attack; Any Moment: Thirteen Hostages Held By Hamas Expected To Be Released; Americans Not Expected Among First 13 Israeli Hostages Freed Today. 9-9:30a ET


November 23, 2023
• Violent Clashes In Dublin After 5 Injured in Knife Attack; Musk Faces Defamation Lawsuit After Accusations On X Claiming Jewish Man Had Far-Right Neo-Nazi Links; Families Await Release Of Hostages With Hope, Anxiety; President Biden Spends Thanksgiving On Nantucket With Family. Aired 4:30-5p ET
• Israeli Military Warns There Could Be "Changes At Any Moment" Before Friday Hostage Release; Aid Trucks At Egypt-Gaza Border Before Midnight ET Truce. Aired 4-4:30p ET
• State Of Emergency Declared By Kentucky Governor Following Train Crash That Leaks Molten Sulfur; Eric Adams, Mayor Of New York City, Accused Of Sexual Assault; 2015 Sexual Assault Against Jamie Foxx By Unnamed Woman; Former Model Accuses Axl Rose Of Sexual Assault In 1989; In Southern Lebanon, Israeli Military Hits Hezbollah Targets; IDF Retaliates With Strikes After Hezbollah Targets Israeli Military Installation In Northern Israel; Houthi Assault Drones Taken Down By U.S. Warship In Red Sea; While Gag Order In Effect, Trump Criticizes New York Judge And Clerk. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Qatar: Truce At Midnight ET, Hostage Release At 9AM ET; Israeli Forces Continue Striking Gaza Ahead Of Truce; Aid Trucks At Egypt-Gaza Border Before Midnight ET Truce. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Growing Outbreak Of Respiratory Illnesses In China Is Sparks Serious Concerns; Truce At Midnight ET, Hostage Release At 9AM ET; Interview With Son Omer Neutra Taken Hostage Orna Neutra; Interview With Son Omer Neutra Taken Hostage Ronen Neutra; Icelandic Authorities Considering A Plan To Pump Water Into Any Molten Lava. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Israel-Hamas Truce Begins: Hostage Release And Humanitarian Aid In Focus. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Kentucky Governor Declares State Of Emergency; Car Explosion At U.S.-Canada Border Not Terrorism; Qatar: "Working Very Closely" With U.S. On Truce; Interview With Former State Department Spokesman And Former Assistant Secretary Of State P.J. Crowley; Israel-Hamas Truce Begins At Midnight ET; NYC Mayor Eric Davis Accused Of 1993 Sexual Assault; Hostage Release To Begin At 9AM ET Tomorrow. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Mental Trauma Facing Released Hostages; First Group of Hamas Hostages Set For Release. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• NY Mayor Eric Adams Accused Of 1993 Sexual Assault; Young Michigan Voters Weigh In On Biden, Israel-Hamas War; Qatar: Truce Begins At Midnight, Hostage Release At 9:00 A.M. ET Friday. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Israel Arrests Director of Al Shifa Hospital; Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Set to Begin Friday. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Qatar: 13 Women and Children to be Released 9AM ET Tomorrow; Interview with Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt; Car Explosion at U.S.-Canada Border Kills Two, Injures CBP Officer; College Graduate Sues Elon Musk for Defamation. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Qatar Says, 13 Women and Children to be Released Friday 9:00 A.M. ET; Israel Confirms Receiving List of Hostages Expected to be Released; Israeli Families Await Release of Hostages With Hope, Anxiety. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Qatar: Israel-Hamas Truce to Begin Midnight Tonight ET; Qatari Official Says 13 Women and Children will Be Released Friday 9 A.M. ET. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• FBI: Soon: Qatar Announces When Israel-Hamas Truce Will Begin; Qatar Giving Update On When Israel-Hamas Truce Will Begin; Qatar: 13 Women & Children Among First Hostages To Be Released. Aired 9-9:30a ET


November 22, 2023
• Vehicle Explosion At U.S.-Canada Border; Breakthrough In Middle East Hostage Situation. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Israel Prime Minister Speaks After Hostage Deal; Two Dead In Car Explosion On Bridge At U.S.-Canada Border; Buffalo Airport Closes To International Flights After Border Explosion. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• FBI Investigating Vehicle Explosion At Rainbow Bridge U.S.- Canadian Border Crossing Near Niagara Falls; 2 Dead In Car Explosion On Bridge At U.S.-Canada Border. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Explosion At U.S.-Canada Border Crossing; Four Major Border Crossings Closed; Prime Minister Trudeau Takes Situation Seriously. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Israel & Hamas Agree To Hostage Deal, 4-Day Fighting Pause; WH: Biden "Personally Engaged" In Negotiation Process; FBI Investigating Vehicle Explosion At Rainbow Bridge U.S.-Canada Border Crossing Near Niagara Falls; Sam Altman Returns To OpenAI As CEO With New Board; IDF Strikes & Fighting Continue In Gaza Before Pause. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza Grows; Interview With White House Coordinator For the Middle East and North Africa Brett McGurk; Israel Makes Hostage Deal With Hamas. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Father Of 16-Year-Old Hostage Waiting To See If Son Will Be Freed; Travel Rush Underway Ahead Of Thanksgiving Day; Humanitarian Crisis Continues To Grow In Gaza. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• New York Warns of Increase in Terrorist Threats; Israel Makes Hostage Deal With Hamas. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Ahead of Thanksgiving, Winds, Rain, and Snow Poured in the Northeast; Rush Hour Travel Before Thanksgiving Day; Israel-Hamas War; Ahead of Four-Day Truce, IDF Still Hitting Hamas Infrastructure; Before Ceasefire Begins Tomorrow Morning, Explosions Visible Over Gaza; Israel and Hamas Reach a Hostage Agreement and 4-day ceasefire; 2024 GOP Candidates React to Hostage Deal; WH: During Hostage- Negotiating Process, Biden was "Personally Engaged". Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Source Says, Hostage Release, Fighting Pause to Begin Tomorrow at 3:00 A.M. ET; Explosions Seen Over Gaza Ahead of Truce Tomorrow Morning; U.N. Agency Says, Nearly 1.7 Million People Displaced in Gaza Since October 7. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Wagner Group May Aid Hezbollah; Aaron David Miller is Interviewed about the Hostage Deal; Travel Rush Underway; Altman Returns to OpenAI. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Hostage Release to Begin Tomorrow; Explosions Seen Over Gaza; Christopher O'Leary is Interviewed about the Hostage Release Deal; Biden Personally Engaged in Hostage Negotiations; Abbey Onn is Interviewed about Family Held Hostage. Aired 9-9:30a ET


November 21, 2023
• Sources: Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Imminent; Egypt: 12 Babies From Gaza In Critical Condition; Hezbollah Launches Attacks On Northern Israel After It Says Journalists, Civilians Killed In Lebanon. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Hostage Deal To Include Red Cross Visits to Hostages Still In Gaza; Sources: Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Imminent; Pentagon: Iranian- Backed Militants Used "Close-Range Ballistic Missile" To Attack Iraq Air Base. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Sources: Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Imminent; Family Member Of Hostages Talks About Potential Deal; 28 Premature, Sick Babies From Gaza Now Receiving Care At 2 Egyptian Hospitals. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Israel Considers Deal To Release 50 Hostages Held By Hamas; Cabinet Meeting Underway To Discuss And Potentially Approve The Agreement; Proposal Includes A 4-5 Day Pause In Hostilities And Exchange Of Prisoners; Families Of Victims Have A 24-Hour Window To Appeal To The Supreme Court; Israeli Government Spokesperson Emphasizes Ongoing Pressure On Hamas For Full Hostage Release; Hostage Families Express Frustration Over Lack Of Communication But Hope For Positive Outcome. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• IDF Holds Briefing As Hostage Deal Appears Imminent; Sources: Israel-Hamas Hostage Deal Imminent; Hezbollah Launches Attacks On Northern Israel After It Says Journalists, Civilians Killed In Lebanon; U.S. Fires On, Kills Hostile Forces After Attack On Iraq Air Base. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Hostage With Hamas Deal Imminent?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Biden: "We're Now Very Close" To A Hostage Deal; Right Now: Israeli War Cabinet Meeting On Hostage Deal; Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Multiple Large Explosions in Gaza; Hostage Negotiations With Hamas Continue. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Hostages Deal Between Israel And Hamas; Israeli Officials Meet On Hostage Deal; Storm Delays Possible At Major Eastern U.S. Airports; Appeals Court Strikes Down Key Tool Used To Enforce Voting Rights Act; Cosby Accuser Files Lawsuit Under Expiring NY Adult Survivors Act. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Sources Say, Hostage Deal Between Israel and Hamas Could Be Announced as Soon as Today; Federal Appeals Court Appears Inclined to Restore Trump Gag Order, But Loosen Some Restrictions; GOP Source Says, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Trump Met at Mar-a-Lago. Aired 10- 10:30a ET
• Johnson and Trump Met at Mar-a-Lago; Caroline Polisi is Interviewed about Trump's Gag Order; Hostage Deal Could Be Announced Today; Lance Ulanoff is Interviewed about Musk's Lawsuit; Appeals Court Strikes on Voting Rights. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Israeli Government Meets on Hostage Deal; Bartak Ravid is Interviewed about a Possible Hostage Deal; 55 Million Traveling this Thanksgiving. Aired 9-9:30a ET


November 20, 2023
• NBC Poll: Younger Voters Becoming Less Supportive of Biden; President Biden's Age Criticized By GOP Presidential Contenders; "Father Time Is Undefeated": DeSantis Criticizes Trump For His Age; With Age As A Campaign Issue, Biden Turns 81 Today; 6-Week Abortion Ban Would Be Signed If Haley Is Governor Of South Carolina; Federal Court Rules Against Toll Used To Enforce Voting Rights Act; Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter Dies At 96; Interview With President Carter Biographer Kai Bird. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Families Of Hostages Meet With Netanyahu, War Cabinet; Sources: Negotiators Nearing Deal For Gaza Hostages; Appeals Court Appears Inclined To Largely Restore Trump Gag Order; NBC Poll: Support For Biden Slipping Among Young Voters. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• OpenAI In Turmoil After Mysterious Firing Of CEO Altman; Appeals Court Appears Inclined To Largely Restore Trump Gag Order; Thousands On Alert For Possible Volcanic Eruption In Iceland; TSA Predicts Record Airport Numbers Over Thanksgiving. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• OpenAI CEO Fired Amidst Turmoil; Microsoft Hires Altman; Premature Babies Evacuated From Decimated Hospital; Intense Clashes At Gaza Hospitals. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Biden Celebrates 81st Birthday Amid Growing Concerns About His Age; NBC Poll: Voters Give Biden Poor Marks On Israel-Hamas War; Funeral, Memorial Plans Announced For Rosalynn Carter; Defense Secretary Reaffirms U.S. Support For Ukraine, New Security Package Announced; World Briefly Surpasses 2-Degree Warming Limit For First Time. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Appeals Court Hears Arguments On Trump Gag Order; Israel Releases Footage From Inside Al Shifa Hospital. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Tributes, Remembrance Pour In For Rosalynn Carter; Biden Turns 81 As Polls Show Age An Issue For Young Voters; Microsoft Stock Hits All-Time High After Ousted OpenAI CEO. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• 28 Babies Evacuated From Al-Shifa Arrive In Egypt; IDF Releases Video From Inside Tunnel Shaft On Al-Shifa Hospital Compound; Trump Legal Team Fights Gag Order In Election Subversion Case. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Despite Mounting Worries About His Age, Biden Celebrates His 81st Birthday; According to Polls, Biden May Face Difficulties Against Trump; Sam Altman Joins Microsoft days After Being Sacked by OpenAI; 500+ Staff at OpenAI Threaten to Resign, Calling on Board to Step Down; Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin Makes Surprise Visit to Kyiv; Russia's War on Ukraine. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Appeals Court Hearing on Trump Gag Order in Election Case; 28Babies Evacuated from Al-Shifa Arrive in Egypt; Tributes, Remembrances Pour in for Rosalynn Carter. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Rosalynn Carter Memorial Plans; Stewart McLaurin is Interviewed about Rosalynn Carter; Rep. Josh Gottheimer is Interviewed about Israel; OpenAI Employees Threaten to Quit. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Soon: Appeals Court Hearing On Trump Gag Order In Election Case; 28 Babies Evacuated From Al-Shifa Arrive In Egypt; Sources: Negotiators Nearing Deal For Gaza Hostages. Aired 9-9:30a ET


November 17, 2023


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