jay sekulow/trump attorney: there's been no notification to any of us that the president is under any investigation.president trump's lawyer doing damage control---insisting the president is not under investigation by special prosecutor robert mueller for his firing of the former f-b-i director.jay sekulow/trump attorney: the department of justice, through its special counsel's office, would be investigating the president for taking the action that they recommended him to take. so, that is not obstruction of justice. despite the president himself tweeting out that he is under investigation --- president trump's lawyer -- trying to explain away the tweet-- jay sekulow/trump attorney: that tweet was in response to a "washington post" story that ran with five unnamed sources. and blaming twitter's one hundred forty character limit for the confusiontrump's tweet also taking aim at deputy attorney general rod rosenstein who wrote the memo recommending james comey's firing. democrats and republicans urging the president to allow the investigation to continue sen. marco rubio/r- senate intel

is jay sekulow saying trump was just reacting to news coverage? if so, why is trump deriding fake news if he believes the news? more importantly, who should you believe? is it true that the president is yelling at tv sets in the white house? why is he still watching so much tv anyway, isn't he busy? and where are the tapes? wait, are there tapes? why hasn't he cleared that up? what is the president hiding? why are white house briefings getting shorter and more limited? why hasn't trump given any interviews for five weeks? why aren't his aides all over tv defending him? are you as confused as i am? the news cycle can be bewildering but i think it's useful sometimes to watch what the president is watching. we know he loves sean hannity's show on fox news. he even retweeted a promo of the show on friday. and hannity's message night after night is that the media, the american media is trying to overthrow the president. >> the media has become completely unhinged. they're suffering from trump derangement syndrome. the truth does not matter to people th

jay sekulow said no, no, no. not under investigation. ainsley: that's president trump's personal lawyer. mr. comey himself has said he is not under investigation. what jay sekulow went on to say that's the president responding to a "the washington post" report that included five aupon must sources. steve: that'sources.steve right. >> that's the president through his significant social media platform, ainsley, telling everybody look at the irony here. steve: have you rod rosenstein saying in a memo released to the press essentially don't believe everything you read in the newspapers, considering they don't reveal the source or the agency or even the country. and then you have got an abc report yesterday, their senior judicial correspondent pierre thomas said that there has been no decision on whether or not to mount an investigation of president trump, which is exactly what jay sekulow said yesterday. >> that's right. he is the president's personal attorney. is he right into all of this. this is all conclusion in search of evidence, it se

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i spoke a short while ago to jay sekulow, a member of president trump's legal team and chief counsel for the american center for law and justice. no, he has not. there is been no information give bin the special counsel informing the president he is' under investigation. it's been consistent. again, we've received nothing about an investigation of the president of the united states. >> woodruff: but as you acknowledged yesterday, it is possible that the president could be under investigation and just simply not have been informed by it -- about it? >> well, i mean, but here's the reality. this is not something that's happened in a vacuum. there's been discussions about the russia probe and committees of the congress looking at this for nine months producing no evidence about russian collusion. so while it's true, i can't read the mind of a special counsel, we've received no notification of an investigation or a pending investigation or preliminary investigation or anything else. so what i can say is what we know is the president right now is not, has not and is not under investigatio

. >> reporter: jay sekulow, a member of president trump's legal team, said the president's tweet was not an admission, it was a reaction. >> this was his response via twitter, via social media, was in response to the "washington post" piece with five anonymous sources -- >> reporter: the "washington post's" white house bureau chief pushed back. >> the president is indeed under investigation, that it is an investigation into his potential obstruction of justice in addition to a number of other issues related to the russia matter. >> bob mueller's investigation is only getting started. >> reporter: adam schiff, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee, fears the administration is undermining special counsel robert mueller. >> the president wants to take down bob mueller. his lawyer wants to take down bob mueller. and the question is why? and i think the answer is they want to lay the foundation to discredit whatever bob mueller comes up with. >> reporter: still, republicans like senate intelligence committee member marco rubio, support ongoing probes. >> i think it's in

judge jeanine: up next, president trump's attorney jay sekulow is standing by with reaction to all the comey news. my one-on-one interview with donald trump, jr. hillary is running out of people to blame, but that's not stopping her. tonight's "street justice," you don't want to miss it. don't go away. she blamed everybody. who hasn't she blamed? the future isn't silver suits and houses on mars, it's right now. think about it. we can push buttons and make cars appear out of thin air. find love anywhere. he's cute. and buy things from, well, everywhere. how? because our phones have evolved. so isn't it time our networks did too? introducing america's largest, most reliable 4g lte combined with the most wifi hotspots. it's a new kind of network. xfinity mobile. judge jeanine: former f.b.i. director jim comey's stunning testimony continues to dominate the headlines. jay sekulow, part of the president's legal team joins us. i want to talk about james comey's legal exposure. i want to talk about what i see as a former prosecutor real problems for james comey. let's talk about the federal re

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yesterday, jay sekulow, one of president trump's lawyers, said trump was not under investigation by the special counsel. his statements, however, contradict the president's own tweets, current confirming he was a target. last tuesday, jeff sessions testified before the senate intelligence committee.

. >> reporter: jay sekulow a member of president trump's segal team says the president's oneet was not an admission, it was a reaction. >> this was his response via twitter, via social media was in the response to the "washington post" piece with five anonymous sources. >> "the washington post" white house bureau chief pushed back. nt the president is indeed under investigation, that it is an investigation into his potential usstruction of justice in erdition to a number of other issues related to the russia matter with bob mueller's investigation is only getting started. te reporter: adam schiff, the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee fears the administration is undermining special counsel robert mueller. >> the president wants to take down bob mueller. his lawyer wants to take down bob mueller. ind the question is why. and i think the answer is they want to lay the foundation to discredit whatever bob mueller comes up with. >> reporter: still republicans like senate intelligence committee member marco rubio obpport ongoing probes. >> i think it's in the best interes

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this morning on "meet the press" jay sekulow appeared to defend president trump from an investigation he simultaneously claimed did not exist. >> the president is not under investigation by the special counsel. the tweet from the president was in response to the five anonymous sources that were purportedly leaking information to "the washington post" about a potential investigation of the president. >> the "the washington post" reported last week that the probe has broadened to investigate if president trump attempted to obstruct justice. >>> well, a heads up. if you travel by bus or troll, new septa schedules are now in effect. now the changes affect riders on septa's city, suburban and victory transit divisions. they are designed to accommodate summer ridership demands. tap the nbc 10 app to find the full list of septa scheduled changes. >>> graduation pictures for free in east oaklabor today. photographer richard roy donated his time and services for dozens of local students. he got the idea after seeing kids last year who could not afford to have pictures taken of the wardrobe and

during a tour of the sunday political talk shows attorney jay sekulow says president trump is not under investigation for obstruction of justice. sekulow's statement comes despite a washington post report which claims special prosecutor robert mueller widened the probe into russia's probe into the 2016 election. >> kushner wants to pursue a peace deal between the israelis and palestinians according to white house officials. on his agenda meetings with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and mahmoud abbas. it comes month after president trump traveled to that region. >> lawmakers in maryland want tove shared funding florida and to help pay for the troubled system as part of the proposal a capitol trust fund would be created. the 29 page plan calls for significant governance and oversight changes and asks d.c. and virginia to join maryland in contributing 170 million annually. the money would help metro with long term borrowing. >> reflecting pool on the national mall is scheduled to reopen today. it was closed for several days last week so a parasite could be removed. the paras

trump's attorney, jay sekulow, caught up in the malstrom of spin. he's going to be on the show. we'll put the questions to him about what matters to you. >> so what should you believe? president donald trump's tweets or what his attorney says? we ask a member of the house intelligence committee which one to go with next. i love that i can pass the membership to my children. we're the williams family, and we're usaa members for life. it's not just a car, (work sfx) it's your daily retreat. the es and es hybrid. lease the 2017 es 350 for $329 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. with the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides. right now save on sleep number 360 smart beds. plus, it's the lowest prices of the season with savings of $500 on our most popular p5 bed. looking for a hotel that fits... ...your budget? tripadvisor now searches over 200 sites to find you the hotel you want at the lowest price. grazie, gino! find a price that fits. tripadvisor. the future isn't silver suits anit's right no

plus george will speak with jay sekulow coming up later on "this week" on abc. we will move on now to a deadly attack on american soldiers overseas. u.s. officials say an afghan army soldier who is being trained by our troops turned on them opening fire. >> abc's stephanie ramos is in washington with who is claiming responsibility for this attack. good morning, stephanie. >> reporter: dan and paula, good morning. the taliban did not waste any time claiming responsibility for this attack. incidents like these have gone down in recent years, but this shooting rampage is bound to influence how president trump and his national security team respond to the fight in afghanistan. american soldiers ambushed in a deadly insider attack in eastern afghanistan. according to pentagon officials, an afghan army soldier aimed his weapon on u.s. service members there to train him as part of the train, advise and assist mission. three u.s. army soldiers killed, one more wounded. the taliban says they're responsible releasing this photo of the alleged attacker who was killed. >> i

yesterday, jay sekulow, one of president trump's lawyers, said trump was not under investigation by the special counsel. his statements, however, contradict the president's own tweets, current confirming he was a target. last tuesday, jeff sessions testified before the senate intelligence committee. he called suggestions that he colluded with russians during the campaign an appalling and detestable lie. he engaged in a heated exchange with democratic senator ron wyden. sen. wyden: general sessions, respectfully you are not , answering the question. gen. sessions: what is the question? sen. wyden: the question is, mr. comey said they were matters with respect to the recusal that were problematic and he couldn't talk about them. what are they? gen. sessions: why don't you tell me? they are none, senator wyden. there are none, i can tell you for absolute certainty. this is a secret innuendo being leaked out there about me, and i don't appreciate it, and i tried to give my best and truthful answers to any committee i have appeared before. people are suggesting through innuendo that i have b

responding for the president, new trump lawyer, jay sekulow, only on "this week." key senators from the intelligence and judiciary committees are here for what's next in the congressional investigations, plus, insights and analysis from our "powerhouse roundtable," everything you need to know on the showdown that's put the trump presidency on a perilous new course. >> announcer: from abc news, "this week" starts now with abc news chief anchor, george stephanopoulos. >> good morning. the hype was big and the hearing delivered. it was a blockbuster reaching 89 million on facebook, 19 million more on tv. what they saw like so much in this young trump presidency, something that's never happened before. an fbi director fired by the president under oath accusing the white house of lying and strongly suggesting the president himself committed an impeachable offense. comey also confirmed that he told the president three times that trump was not personally being investigated for colluding with russia, and trump took that as vindication in an early friday morning tweet but i

jay sekulow, and michael bowe, who we don't have a picture of. here is mueller steam, a couple of missing faces. those are some of the individuals that he has assembled. who has the better team? >> bob mueller has the most experienced team with the justice department done with criminal prosecutors. i mean, very, very serious, high-end, white-collar criminal. >> martha: on the president's tm very fond of jay, we know him so well. john dowd is among the more senior people in the criminal defense bar in washington, d.c. he knows everybody, as well. i'm very fond of marc kasowitz but he's not a criminal defense guy. he's a team leader and a strategist. i think you will see a lot more faces on the screen the next time we do this. >> martha: george, thank you. good to see you as always. that's bringing david bossie, the president of citizens united, served as a deputy campaign manager for the trump campaign. and marie harf, former spokesperson for obama. both are fox news contributors. welcome to have you both here. david, you listen to these conversat

so he's being investigated. >> it was going to be very hard for jay sekulow to outdo donald trump's new york lawyer, marc kasowitz, who got basic facts wrong in his first public statement in defense of the president, when he claimed that james comey's testimony was total vindication of president trump. marc kasowitz defended donald trump on the losing side of the trump university fraud case in which donald trump was forced to pay $25 million to the students he defrauded at trump university, a university whose very name was a fraud because, of course, it is not, was not a university. marc kasowitz also led donald trump on some of his most ridiculous, most frivolous, most impossible lawsuits, including suing bill maher and suing tim o'brien, who wrote a book about donald trump. marc kasowitz and donald trump not only lost that lawsuit against tim o'brien, but in the process, donald trump was forced to give an under oath deposition in which he was caught in lies 30 times. and that deposition now lives after that lawsuit. and who can forget donald trump's in-house lawyer at trump tower, mic

. >> president trump's lawyer jay sekulow basically had one job on all those news stories yesterday, that is to say that president trump is, as you heard, not under investigation. but he had ttry to sell that idea after the president himself tweeted, and i quote here, i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. witch hunt. all four of those shows asked sekulow to respond to that tweet and as you saw, he tried to directly contradict the president's own words. he said the washington post put out a story that he was under investigation and he was trying to respond to five unnamed responses. listen to sekulow's response when he was asked to explain the president's thinking. >> he takes the action that they by the way recommended and now he's being investigated by the department of justice because the special counsel under the special counsel regulations reports to the department of justice, not an independent counsel. so he's being investigated for taking the action that the attorney general, deputy attorney general recommended him

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the comments by the lawyer, jay sekulow, directly contradict president trump's tweet friday, which read -- "i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director! witch hunt." sekulow made the rounds on sunday morning's talk shows to deny that trump is under investigation. but during a heated exchange with fox news host chris wallace, sekulow contradicted his own denials. >> so he is being investigated for taking the action that the attorney general deputy attorney general recommended him to take by the agency who recommended determination. so that is the constitutional threshold question. as i said, no -- >> what is the question? first of all, you have said he is being investigated after saying -- >> know, -- >> you just said he is being investigated. amy: six members of the presidential advisory council on hiv/aids have resigned saying president trump doesn't care about hiv. they announced their resignations in a joint letter published in newsweek titled, "trump doesn't care about hiv. we're outta here." in the letter, they wrote -- "as ad

. >> that was trump attorney jay sekulow today. that the true scandal was president obama, not doing enough on stop russian interference in the election. a claim they're making even though, and this is crucial, the president still maintains that russia may not be to blame. >> she's saying russia, russia, russia. maybe it was. it could be lots of people. it could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds. >> oh, yes. the elusive 400-pound hacker. the real story is that president obama did nothing after being informed in ball game russian meddling. his allies saying president obama, not president trump, should be called before congress the testify about russia. >> why did he do nothing? who was in the meetings when he decided to do nothing? it will turn out there's a big russian story. it is barack obama. not donald trump. you can't make it up. >> you sure can't. indeed, they would do anything to be free of the story. the problem with the argument is that there are facts the administration cannot dispute that do not bac

<jay sekulow/member, president trump's legal team:"so the president's response, i want to be crystal clear here, the president's response was as it related to the washington post report. he cannot, in a twitter statement, include all of that in there, but the washington post statement came out that morning. so there should be no confusion. the president is not under investigation."> the president's lawyer went on to say that twitter's character limit made it appear as if trump was confirming the investigation. the washington post reported last week that the russia probe has broadened to investigate if president trump attempted to obstruct justice. ( mark ) police arrested two teenagers on suspicion of credit card fraud at "the shop's at tanforan mall" in san bruno. officers say the two 19-year-old's michael evans and marissa tercero were caught late last week at the mall. an investigation revealed the men had recently used a stolen credit card at the same mall in the past. both were booked in the san mateo county jail. ( darya ) police are investigating a triple homicide after a woma

i want you to listen to the exchange between nbc's chuck todd and trump lawyer jay sekulow. roll tape. >> when did the president become aware he was officially under investigation by the special counsel? >> the president is not under investigation bit special counsel. the tweet from the president was in response to the five anonymous sources that were purportedly leaking information to the "washington post." >> i mean was this mistweeted? are we not to take him at his word? >> no. the president tweet was in response to "the washington post" story. >> i'm confused by this. why is your, why is he not taking your legal advice or other legal advice, hey, mr. president, you're not under investigation? >> chuck, you're reading more into the tweet than what's there. charles: this came two days after president trump tweeted quote, i'm being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. witch-hunt. joining us fox news media buzz host howard kurtz. howard, are the president's tweets helping keep this story alive? >> yeah, does seem like anyt

steve: jay sekulow seeming to lead now in many respects the trump team push back on that. ainsley: that's right. president trump did send out a tweet on froon day, and it said i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director, witch-hunt. so the top of that tweet he said i am being investigated. jay sekulow was on with chris wallace yesterday on one of the sunday shows. brian: he was on all of the shows. steve: he he will be on this one today. ainsley: chris asked him the president tweeted i'm under investigation. is that true? is he under investigation? listen to what the president's attorney, jay sekulow, had to say. >> the president has not been notified by anyone that he is under investigation. that tweet, chris, was in response to the "the washington post" story that alleged that five unnamed sources, anonymous sources leaked to the "the washington post" that the president was, in fact, under investigation. so that tweet was in response to that. there has been no notification of any investigation, nothing has changed s

let's talk about jay sekulow and his twisting himself into a press toll try to explain away donald trump's tweets. who do we trust here? if he is saying you can't trust the president and what the prix says it feels like both their credibility is getting in the way. >> yeah, i mean sekulow on sunday did what we call the full ginsburg. this is an old washington expression that relates to monica lewinsky's lawyer back in the day when bill clinton was under impeachment and means you go on all of the sunday shows and spin on every one of them and just because you do it over and over again doesn't make the more effective. the fact that he hasn't been notified that he's being under investigation does not mean he's not under investigation. and the wheels of justice griped slowly. these investigations take time and mueller is so experienced at this he's doing it in a methodical way. we may not hear much. he's not a leaker and might be weeks if not months before we learn much more substantive. >> can you argue this is an effective political strategy. muddying the waters saying this is all about leak

sekulow, a member of president trump's legal team. >>> now to the bill cosby trial. after saturday, a judge declared a mistrial in that sexual assault case. cosby's defense team claimed victory, but as nbc's ron allen will tell us, the prosecution is not giving up. >> reporter: jurors arrived by bus back home in pittsburgh, refusing to talk about their epic deliberations, deadlocked on the fate of bill cosby. cosby remaining silent. aggravated indecent assault charges still hanging over him. while representatives read a statement from his wife, camille. >> how do i describe the district attorney. heinously and exploitively ambitious. how do i describe the judge? overtly arrogant and collaborating with the district attorney. >> reporter: but prosecutors sounded confident as well, wo without hesitation saying they'll put cosby on trial again. >> our plan is to move this case forward as soon as fopossible. >> reporter: a statement from andrea constand adding these proceedings have given a voice to the many victims who have felt powerless and silenced. including some of

a member of mr trump's legal team, jay sekulow, was sent out this weekend to clarify that the president was just referring to media reports and that he was not under investigation. but then this happened. now he is being investigated by the department ofjustice because the special counsel under the special council regulation reports to the department ofjustice, not an independent counsel, so he is being investigated. you have now said he is being investigated after saying he was not. no. you just said that he is being investigated. no, chris, let me be crystal clear so you completely understand. we have not received, nor are we aware of any investigation of the president of the united states. you just said two times that he is being investigated. no, you are putting words in my mouth when i have been crystal clear that the president is not and has not been under investigation. i don't think i can be any clearer than that. i don't think i can be any clearer than that. i'm confused and bamboozled. first of all he said he was under investigation, for something that the doj told them to do,

jay sekulow got into it about whether trump could be under investigation without knowing. >> i do not appreciate you putting words in my mouth would have been crystal clear the president is not and has not been under investigation. >> you don't know is not under investigation. >> you are right. i can't read the minds. >> you are in agreement. cheryl: sekulow says john street was in response to a story in which the president was being investigated. cheryl: more on this. senate republicans are working towards a fourth of july deadline is set for themselves to draft legislation to repeal obamacare. at the same time, democrats are planning on ways to slow down. democrats are upset they are not allowed to take part in drafting the gop replacement bill. amy klobuchar was a member of the democratic party that passed upon a care upon a care in 2009. here's what she had to say. >> doing this behind closed doors is not what we do at the affordable care act. i'm hopeful this is an opportunity given what we see across the country with prices for prescription drugs were overcome back together. che

. >> reporter: jay sekulow is expected to be the public face of the trump defense. a team led by the president's long-time new york real estate lawyer marc kasowitz and his partner michael bowie, and bringing the heft of washington criminal defense experience veteran attorney john dowd. while this is the washington headquarters for the government's team led by special counsel robert mueller with about a dozen senior level lawyers hired so far with experience that includes the fbi and prosecuting white collar, public corruption and financial crimes cases. meanwhile, the separate inquiries on capitol hill are progressing slowly. >> first i can say categorically that the collusion or cooperation aspect of the investigation is not over. and as far as that goes, i would say we're 20% into it. >> reporter: wednesday, the intelligence committees will hear from former obama homeland security secretary jeh johnson and state election directors about the scope of the russian interference in 2016. that same day the president will revive some of his campaign energy heading to ce

yesterday jay sekulow one of the president's lawyers said trump was not under investigation by the special counsel. sekulow's statements, however, contradict the president's own tweets confirming that he was a target. last tuesday attorney general jeff sessions testified before the senate intelligence committee. he called the suggestion that he colluded with russians during the campaign an appalling and detestable lie, and engaged in a heating exchanged with democratic senator ron wyden. >> general sessions, respectfully, you're not answering the questions. >> well, what is the question. >> the question is, mr. comey said that there were matters with respect to the recusal that were problematic and he couldn't talk about them. what are they? >> i-- that-- why don't you tell me. there are non, senator wyden, there are none. can i tell you that for absolute certainty. this is shall-- a secret inwino-- innuendo being leaked out there about me and i don't appreciate it and i have tried to give pie best and truthful answers to any committee i've appeared before. and it's really-- people are sug

. >> now in the same "meet the press" interview today, trump lawyer jay sekulow appeared to contradict himself. >> we have no knowledge of an investigation, but if those leaks were correct, here's what the legal theory would have to be. >> if the president is innocent why is he afraid of this investigation? >> he's not afraid of the investigation. there is no investigation. i want to be clear here. >> and that brings us to our second pulse question this afternoon. agree or disagree, president trump's tweets have weakened his case in the russia probe. pulse.msnbc.com/america. let us know what you think there. let's now go to nbc's kelly o'donnell with the latest on this. she's at the white house where the president is expected back from camp david this hour. kelly, any explanation, you have heard these sound bites so far today. have we heard anything from the white house about these conflicts responses? >> no, the whi house i staying out of this. but as you and i were talking yesterday, i was reporting this was the position of the president's personal legal team and we saw that come to

trump's outside counsel, jay sekulow, repeatedly insisted the president is not under investigation for obstruction of justice on the sunday shows. >> let me be very clear here as it has been from the beginning. the president is not and has not been under investigation for obstruction. it's that simple. the president is not under investigation. i want to be very clear about this. the president has not and is not under investigation. >> reporter: but the president seemed to acknowledge being under investigation. i'm under investigation, he said, end quote. >> he took the recommendation by the agency who recommended the termination. >> you just said that he's being investigated. >> no, chris, i said -- let me be crystal clear so you completely understand. we have not received nor are we aware of any investigation of the president of the united states. >> so you just said two times that he's being investigated. >> no. ,t of the tweet, i just gave you the legal theory, chris, of how the constitution works. >> reporter: democrats pouncing, including the top democrat on the house committee. >

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president trump's personal lawyer, jay sekulow doubled down saying that the president is not under investigation for obstruction of justice. all this as the dow hits yet another high today. take a look at this. quite a rally going on underway, up 120 points. a gain of almost .6 of a percent. on the dow jones industrial average, we're all over it, i'm trish regan, welcome, everyone, to "the intelligence report." president trump getting his pro-growth agenda back on track next few hours. he will meet with top business leaders at white house to discuss ways to modernize the government's i.t. system. lord knows they can use some of that. there is reports today that republican lawmakers are considering canceling august recess to make progress on health care and tax reform. is this talk or are lawmakers serious about getting work done. if they can do this, what does it mean for tax reform? we're on it. first back to our top story, president trump tweeting on friday, quote, i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director, witch-hunt. his lawyer doubli

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