NBC Nightly News - 1992-08-27

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[0:00] Washington's two-lane death trap tonight

[0:02] [music] at 6:30.

[0:04] >> Tempers flare after Hurricane Andrew.

[0:07] It's gone, but not forgotten. In the

[0:09] Persian Gulf, the no-fly zone's first

[0:12] days without incident.

[0:14] And in Los Angeles, street shootings now

[0:16] deadlier than ever.

[0:20] [music]

[0:21] >> This is NBC Nightly News with Tom

[0:24] Brokoff. Tonight, sitting in for Tom is

[0:27] Katherine Kurrick. Good evening. The

[0:30] numbers are staggering. More than

[0:32] 800,000 homes and businesses in

[0:34] Louisiana and Florida without power or

[0:36] water. Officials are declaring Hurricane

[0:38] Andrew the worst natural disaster in

[0:40] terms of dollar damage in American

[0:42] history. NBC's Roger O'Neal in

[0:45] Louisiana. How bad is it?

[0:47] >> Well, it's bad, but it's not as bad as

[0:49] Florida for sure, Katie. But in some

[0:51] Louisiana towns tonight, officials are

[0:53] urging people not to come back. There's

[0:55] no food, water, or electricity. It's a

[0:58] plea being ignored.

[1:01] On Highway 90 southbound toward the Gulf

[1:03] of Mexico, tens of thousands of people

[1:05] were headed home today. To what they did

[1:08] not know. Hurricane Andrew was an

[1:10] indiscriminate rucker when it hit. In

[1:13] Morgan City, where the eye of the storm

[1:15] came ashore, a seaw wall broke the

[1:16] surging waters of the Gulf and saved the

[1:18] downtown. But just a few blocks from the

[1:21] water's edge, there was lots of damage.

[1:24] The wind tore away the roof of Ed

[1:25] Mayan's place. The rain ruined

[1:27] everything that was inside.

[1:30] Alan Hawkins was one of the few people

[1:32] who never left. He was afraid of

[1:34] looters. Today, he's afraid of

[1:36] hurricanes.

[1:37] >> I would recommend it when they say

[1:38] leave, leave cuz it's really it's it was

[1:42] frightening.

[1:43] >> The electric company says it could be

[1:45] Monday before electricity is restored

[1:47] across the state. 600 workers from

[1:49] outside Louisiana are in the state now

[1:52] helping, but those 120 mph winds cause

[1:54] an awful lot of damage. New Iberia is

[1:57] still in the dark. And with the power

[2:00] likely to stay off for several more

[2:02] days, ice became a commodity people had

[2:04] to have.

[2:05] >> Got to save the meat and the baby's

[2:07] milk, right?

[2:08] >> Instead of selling fresh fish, the owner

[2:10] of Gator Seafood was driving to Baton

[2:13] Rouge, 50 mi away, to bring back

[2:15] truckloads of ice. In a small town, when

[2:17] there's trouble at home, neighbors help

[2:19] each other. But there have been reports

[2:21] of price gouging.

[2:23] >> Roughly about $1,600 $1,500. from this

[2:26] rented truck parked along the side of a

[2:28] road two men from Florida were trying to

[2:30] sell chainsaws and generators. They said

[2:33] at below cost,

[2:34] >> but none of the 20 or 30 people we saw

[2:36] as ended up buying. I think they ripping

[2:39] those off.

[2:40] >> You said you price one down the road.

[2:42] >> Yeah, down the road was $300 cheaper.

[2:44] Same generator. The same generator.

[2:46] >> In some neighborhoods, most of the homes

[2:48] are still livable, but that's not the

[2:49] case in the tiny fishing and resort

[2:51] village of Cipamore Point. James Faulner

[2:54] is one of the old-timers here.

[2:55] >> This is this is really terrible. Really,

[2:58] this is the worst I've seen since

[3:00] Hurricane Audrey.

[3:01] >> Just a little while ago, the state's

[3:03] agriculture commissioner said he thinks

[3:05] the damage to the state sugarce crop

[3:08] will top $1 billion. Katie,

[3:11] >> thank you. Roger. President Bush this

[3:13] evening announced that several thousand

[3:14] federal troops are being sent to Miami

[3:16] to help in relief efforts there. In

[3:19] Miami's Dade County, the anger of Andrew

[3:21] has given way now to the anger of the

[3:23] people. A quarter of a million are

[3:25] homeless tonight. One out of every eight

[3:27] houses in the area destroyed. NBC's Noah

[3:30] Nelson reports.

[3:35] >> Tempers explode over what has become a

[3:37] precious commodity here. Ice.

[3:42] >> For victims of the hurricane, shortages

[3:44] of almost everything. Long lines and 90°

[3:47] temperatures have frayed patience and

[3:49] stamina.

[3:51] >> While waiting in line for ice, this

[3:53] woman passed out.

[3:55] >> But today, in one hard-hit area, a truck

[3:58] showed up with tons of ice. And for a

[4:00] little while, there was enough to go

[4:01] around. It

[4:02] >> ticked me off to see somebody charge $5

[4:05] back. I mean, that made me so mad I

[4:06] wanted to kill. Don Kaiser from

[4:08] Bradenton, Florida said he knew people

[4:10] would be in need, so he borrowed a

[4:12] friend's truck, got some ice from a

[4:14] [music] local restaurant, and drove the

[4:15] truck down. He arrived early this

[4:18] morning. People loaded up with ice and

[4:19] anything [music] they could carry. There

[4:21] was even enough to give those in line a

[4:23] cool sip while waiting.

[4:24] >> All the same one, people in need. It

[4:28] ain't the different kind of faces.

[4:29] Today, there's no black, no white. They

[4:32] all need ice. They need food, clothing,

[4:35] and now they need some shelter.

[4:37] >> Volunteers made homeless by the

[4:39] hurricane pitched in to unload the ice.

[4:41] >> Andrew gave everybody, you know, a bad

[4:43] crystal. So, this is my cook to

[4:45] everybody.

[4:46] >> Kaiser says he'll go back to Bradon, get

[4:48] another truckload and drive down more

[4:51] ice. He says sharing is the only way

[4:54] people can get through times like these.

[4:56] >> I hope one of these guys, if it destroys

[4:58] my house, please bring me some ice and

[5:01] some water. Noah Nelson, NBC News,

[5:03] Miami.

[5:05] >> NBC's chief financial correspondent,

[5:07] Mike Jensen, is in the hardest hit area,

[5:09] Homestead in South Florida. Mike, how

[5:12] are the people there rebuilding their

[5:13] lives?

[5:15] >> Katie, today the insurance agents hit

[5:17] town handing out checks. But for every

[5:19] homeowner who got one, every business,

[5:21] there were a thousand who didn't.

[5:24] >> This was unbelievable when I came

[5:26] through the back door and saw that the

[5:28] the roof was gone and quite a few of the

[5:30] walls have been knocked down.

[5:31] >> [clears throat]

[5:31] >> I see we've lost

[5:32] >> John Ninhouse is one of the lucky few.

[5:35] His insurance company handed him a check

[5:37] for $100,000.

[5:40] >> You've been to natural disasters all

[5:41] over the country.

[5:42] >> Yes.

[5:43] >> You were at Hurricane Hugo.

[5:44] >> Yes.

[5:45] >> How does this compare?

[5:50] This seems to be a lot worse than Hugo.

[5:53] When I when I saw Hugo, I was

[5:55] overwhelmed and this is just much much

[5:58] worse.

[5:59] Victor Bulis knows his gas station

[6:02] convenience store was wiped out. He owes

[6:04] the bank a million dollars and he hasn't

[6:06] even been able to get his insurance

[6:08] agent on the phone.

[6:09] >> What does a pump like this cost? Just

[6:11] one pump?

[6:12] >> Uh about

[6:15] between 15 to $18,000. One of each one.

[6:20] >> And you've got five of them.

[6:21] [clears throat]

[6:22] >> Bulis says he may not rebuild because he

[6:24] may not have any customers. They live

[6:27] here or they did. Now they're lining up

[6:30] to file insurance claims and many of

[6:32] them say they won't get enough money to

[6:34] rebuild.

[6:36] For now they're just trying to survive.

[6:39] This is about onethird of a line of

[6:41] people waiting to buy staples. That's a

[6:43] problem. And so is housing, including

[6:46] boats. A lot of people here live on

[6:49] boats. Thousands of them were damaged

[6:51] and many of them simply disappeared.

[6:54] >> We don't have any insurance in our boat.

[6:55] Um, our boat was our home. Uh, we lived

[6:58] on our boat.

[7:00] >> To make things worse, some merchants are

[7:02] gouging, jacking up prices on things

[7:04] like generators and roofing, making life

[7:07] that much tougher for an estimated

[7:10] 63,000 families in southern Florida

[7:14] whose homes have been destroyed.

[7:17] Katie, as you said earlier, by most

[7:19] estimates, this is the worst natural

[7:21] disaster in American history. But here

[7:23] in Florida, the real tragedy is the

[7:26] personal one. That is the one that you

[7:27] see on every street and in front of

[7:29] every house.

[7:31] >> Okay, thanks Mike Jensen. When nightly

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[8:39] More than 20 American war plananes flew

[8:41] over southern Iraq today, making sure

[8:43] Saddam Hussein keeps his planes above

[8:46] the 32nd parallel. So far, no incidents.

[8:49] All the fighters returned safely to the

[8:51] USS Independence in the Persian Gulf.

[8:54] NBC's Stan Bernard is aboard the carrier

[8:56] where all hands are on high alert.

[9:02] >> The launch of the first air operations

[9:03] to patrol the 32nd parallel. Navy

[9:06] aircraft here for months on training

[9:08] missions have turned to potentially

[9:09] deadly serious missions. These are the

[9:12] teeth of the mission. Primarily the

[9:14] Sparrow and Sidewinder missiles designed

[9:16] to knock other aircraft out of the

[9:17] skies. But if the Navy pilots detect

[9:20] Iraqi radar locking in on them from the

[9:22] ground, some of the planes are armed

[9:23] with HAR missiles specifically designed

[9:26] to take out radar sites.

[9:28] No one would explain why a laserg guided

[9:30] smart high explosive bomb was being

[9:32] loaded.

[9:34] Lieutenant Hood, whose call sign is

[9:36] Spike, is a veteran of Desert Shield.

[9:38] What's different this time? I think you

[9:40] don't have quite the fear of the unknown

[9:43] that took place during Desert Shield,

[9:45] Desert Storm. Uh Sodom Hussein was a

[9:47] little bit of an unknown quantity. Now,

[9:49] at least we have a feel for uh what his

[9:53] capabilities are and what our

[9:54] capabilities are.

[9:55] >> Spike was not being smug. He said he and

[9:57] his fellow pilots have to guard against

[9:59] being complacent. He said any enemy can

[10:01] have a good day on an American flyer's

[10:04] worst day.

[10:05] >> Flying a Tomcat is a inherently

[10:06] dangerous business. It's a relatively

[10:08] older aircraft and uh you always got to

[10:11] be prepared to uh get out of the jet if

[10:13] it's uh not performing the way it

[10:15] should.

[10:16] >> The air crews were briefed on what to

[10:17] expect and the tactics were laid out on

[10:19] how to counter any moves by the Iraqis.

[10:22] Saddam Hussein has said his forces would

[10:24] resist the imposition of the no-fly zone

[10:26] and these air crews have to take that as

[10:28] a serious threat even if it proves

[10:30] empty. While this new effort to bring

[10:33] Zam Deil is built as an allied mission,

[10:36] the French contribution has not yet

[10:37] arrived in the region and the six

[10:39] British reconnaissance tornado jets

[10:41] which were due to arrive in Daran today

[10:43] is seen as more symbolic than anything

[10:45] else. These first flights took off in

[10:48] daylight and they won't return until

[10:49] after dark. The operations will go on

[10:52] around the clock and then are likely to

[10:54] settle into a routine. Stan Bernard, NBC

[10:57] News, aboard the Independence in the

[10:59] Central Gulf.

[11:01] In political news, Robert Mosbacher was

[11:03] eased out today as chairman of the Bush

[11:05] reelection campaign. And polls show that

[11:08] the big bounce the president got from

[11:10] the Republican convention is melting

[11:12] away. NBC's John Cochran at the White

[11:14] House, the Bush people are even

[11:16] reworking their campaign tactics.

[11:18] >> That's right, Katie. Until now,

[11:20] Republicans have implied that Bill and

[11:21] Hillary Clinton are slothful about

[11:24] family values, but that apparently

[11:26] hasn't helped Bush much in the polls. So

[11:28] now he's tying the character issue to

[11:31] something that voters really care about,

[11:33] jobs.

[11:35] Today, the president said Clinton's plan

[11:37] to raise taxes on foreign investors will

[11:39] cost jobs for Americans working in, for

[11:42] example, Japanese-owned auto plants.

[11:45] >> Bush accused Clinton of exploiting the

[11:47] fear of foreign ownership.

[11:49] >> I know his reputation for opportunism is

[11:53] the kind of guy who will say anything,

[11:54] do anything for political gain. Clinton

[11:57] said he only wants to close tax

[11:59] loopholes for foreign industrials.

[12:01] >> I don't think American companies should

[12:02] pay more of their income and taxes than

[12:04] foreign companies who do the same

[12:06] business here.

[12:06] >> Later, Bush tried to cash in on the

[12:08] anger some voters have toward lawyers as

[12:11] he read a fundraising letter for Clinton

[12:13] from the head of the Arkansas Trial

[12:15] Lawyers Association. And he said, and I

[12:17] quote directly, I can never remember an

[12:21] occasion where he failed to do the right

[12:23] thing where we trial lawyers are

[12:25] concerned. Well, I don't want to do the

[12:27] right thing for the trial lawyers. I

[12:30] want to do the right thing for the

[12:31] American people.

[12:32] >> By attacking Clinton on specific issues,

[12:35] Bush can avoid the kind of criticism he

[12:37] got after attacking the Democrats last

[12:39] weekend. I was struck by the fact that

[12:42] the other party took words to put

[12:44] together their platform, but left out

[12:46] three simple letters, G O D. Bush's new

[12:50] chief of staff, Jim Baker, decided that

[12:52] kind of attack makes the president look

[12:54] bad. So Bush banged away today at

[12:57] specifics like Clinton's tax plan. But

[12:59] then he proposes, and this is factual, a

[13:02] $220 billion in new spending, plus the

[13:07] largest tax increase in history, $150

[13:12] billion.

[13:13] >> Wrong. In 1982, Ronald Reagan and his

[13:16] vice president, George Bush, presided

[13:18] over the largest projected tax increase

[13:21] in history, $152 billion.

[13:25] That new Bush added strategy of just

[13:27] talking issues still needs some work.

[13:29] For one thing, some of Bush's charges

[13:30] are just wrong. And for another, by the

[13:32] end of the day, he was inviting an

[13:34] audience to compare Bill Clinton to a

[13:37] slippery pig. Katie,

[13:39] >> thank you, John. Meanwhile, Ross Perau

[13:42] will be listed on the November ballots

[13:43] in California and New York. Perau

[13:46] withdrew from the campaign last month,

[13:48] but honored filing requirements today in

[13:50] both states to be listed as an

[13:52] independent candidate. Since

[13:53] withdrawing, he has spent $3 million on

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[15:36] On America Closeup tonight, our

[15:38] continuing series on American education

[15:40] in conjunction with NBC's Brokaw Reports

[15:43] this Saturday and USA Today. Tonight,

[15:45] yearround schools. A survey out today

[15:48] says most parents favor a longer school

[15:50] year, but admit that it has good and bad

[15:52] points. Most year-round schools are in

[15:55] the Far West, but the number of students

[15:56] who attend these schools across the

[15:58] country has almost doubled in one year.

[16:01] NBC's Bob Dodson reports on year round

[16:03] schools from Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[16:07] >> Hi guys, good morning.

[16:09] >> Summer's over.

[16:10] >> I got to go to work.

[16:11] >> The McConnell's barely notice.

[16:14] They go to class year round.

[16:17] >> Hey, Nikki.

[16:18] >> Public schools are experimenting with

[16:20] the idea in 22 states.

[16:22] >> Our traditional schedule is two months

[16:24] shorter than the Japanese. Shorter than

[16:26] every other western nation except

[16:28] Belgium.

[16:30] >> This is all I could want.

[16:37] >> But year round doesn't necessarily mean

[16:40] more. use colored pencils to do the

[16:43] coloring.

[16:44] >> Only six public schools in the country

[16:45] have actually added extra days in the

[16:47] classroom. Most that switch merely

[16:50] reshuffle the schedule. Shorter

[16:52] vacations more often to keep kids

[16:54] focused on what they have learned.

[16:57] >> Eastern or Western Hemisphere. Rebecca,

[17:00] >> Western Hemisphere.

[17:00] >> Western Hemisphere. We spent almost no

[17:03] time reviewing where with the

[17:05] traditional schedule, it took most of

[17:07] the first month of school before we

[17:09] actually were moving into new material.

[17:13] >> Sardinia.

[17:15] >> Rebecca Fredman volunteered to attend

[17:17] one of Albuquerquey's full-time schools.

[17:20] I'm thrilled because I used to be very

[17:22] frustrated at seeing that that uh that

[17:25] waste of time

[17:27] >> spent in the fall trying to bring these

[17:29] kids up to the level that they were, you

[17:32] know, the previous year.

[17:33] >> Filling classrooms year round may

[17:35] relieve overcrowding,

[17:38] >> but it has also caused Anita McConnell's

[17:40] daycare costs to skyrocket. Her kids

[17:43] don't all have vacation at the same

[17:45] time.

[17:46] It's tough enough to find good daycare

[17:49] and babysitters when you're working

[17:52] anyway, but then you have a schedule

[17:54] that changes constantly. Really makes it

[17:57] interesting.

[17:58] >> This is Stephanie's first day in sixth

[18:00] grade.

[18:01] >> For some reason, I think I'm going to

[18:02] have a tough day.

[18:04] >> No fighting.

[18:06] >> Brad and Mark are off for a couple of

[18:08] weeks.

[18:09] >> Sweet, loving children. Bye.

[18:13] >> Stay tuned. We'll be right back. Home

[18:16] alone

[18:20] >> waiting for the babysitter.

[18:21] >> Who is it? Jennifer.

[18:24] >> Hello.

[18:25] >> Hi, guys.

[18:26] >> The McConnell's cross town neighbor,

[18:28] Carol Friedman, loves the staggered

[18:30] schedule of year round school.

[18:32] >> She can do things with each of her four

[18:34] children she could not do with the whole

[18:36] family.

[18:37] >> Three, two, one.

[18:41] >> Now I can see it.

[18:44] This is a good one, Zach.

[18:45] >> Yeah. Perfect.

[18:46] >> Perfect.

[18:48] >> I know. I was having all the fun.

[18:50] >> That's not possible for a parent who

[18:52] cannot stay home.

[18:53] >> I love you, sugar.

[18:56] It's okay.

[18:58] I'm the one that's tired. Yes. And I'm

[19:01] stressed, but they pay. They're the ones

[19:03] that aren't getting the childhood. I had

[19:06] one.

[19:06] >> Even with year round school, not

[19:09] everyone can count on quality time. Not

[19:12] when oneon-one becomes one on none.

[19:18] Bob Dudson, NBC News, Albuquerque.

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[21:35] >> Here's a quick check now of some of

[21:37] today's other news around the world.

[21:39] Mortar fire continued over Bosnia's

[21:41] capital. Nine people killed while

[21:43] standing in a bread line, 20 others

[21:45] injured.

[21:47] A fifth night of violence by right-wing

[21:49] German youth against foreigners. This

[21:51] despite the pleas of local leaders and

[21:53] residents that this bigotry end.

[21:56] Back in this country, a red Camaro

[21:58] became the last car to roll off the

[22:00] assembly line of a GM plant in

[22:02] California. 2600 people out of work.

[22:06] John Chancellor now with some thoughts

[22:08] on the presidential campaign's new

[22:10] number one issue. John

[22:11] >> Katie, 10 weeks to go before election

[22:14] day. Who wins? Who knows? The winner

[22:17] lose issue is the economy and today's

[22:19] figures are ominous news for the

[22:21] president. It is now likely the economy

[22:24] will not look much better by election

[22:26] day. There's another potential problem.

[22:29] Nobody's investing in the US dollar

[22:31] anymore. Last week, it was at an

[22:34] all-time low against the German mark. If

[22:36] the dollar goes into free fall, stock

[22:38] markets could crash. Something similar

[22:41] occurred in 1987. If this happens, the

[22:44] Federal Reserve might raise interest

[22:46] rates. That could stop economic

[22:48] recovery, and the Bush campaign would

[22:50] also stop. Still, the experts are not

[22:53] counting anybody out. Ross Perau's

[22:55] voters are unpredictable and his name

[22:57] could be on 50 presidential ballots.

[22:59] Also, watch what happens in Ohio,

[23:02] Michigan, Illinois, and Missouri. The

[23:04] two parties have an almost equal share

[23:06] of electoral votes in the rest of the

[23:08] states, which means the industrial

[23:10] middle west could decide this election.

[23:12] And incidentally, the Republican

[23:13] emphasis on family values has great

[23:15] appeal in those industrial Midwestern

[23:17] states. Two other things. No one has

[23:20] ever been elected president without

[23:22] winning the New Hampshire presidential

[23:24] primary. Bill Clinton lost the New

[23:26] Hampshire primary this year, so he can't

[23:29] win. Point two, no president has ever

[23:32] been reelected with negative ratings

[23:34] over 50% this close to an election.

[23:36] President Bush's latest negative ratings

[23:38] is over 50%. So, he can't win either.

[23:42] Well, having settled that, I'm off on

[23:45] vacation. I'll see you all when I get

[23:46] back.

[23:47] >> Thanks, John. Have a good time. 30 years

[23:49] ago, four boys from Liverpool took the

[23:52] world by storm. The Beatles. Any

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[26:13] >> During the three days this week in which

[26:15] Hurricane Andrew raced across Florida

[26:17] and into Louisiana, 15 people were

[26:19] killed in Los Angeles. From last Friday

[26:22] night to Monday morning, three times as

[26:24] many were murdered. It's an epidemic.

[26:27] NBC's John Gibson reports.

[26:30] These past seven days were a record

[26:32] week. 78 homicides following a record

[26:36] July of 254 murders and 1992 threatens

[26:40] to beat the record number of killings

[26:42] set last year. The homicide cops are

[26:45] overwhelmed.

[26:45] >> It's just violent crime. Uh people are

[26:48] uh it's a violent time in our in our

[26:51] society.

[26:52] >> Some of the killings are gang members

[26:54] killing rival gang members, but gang-on

[26:56] gang violence is down. Some of the

[26:58] notorious Bloods and Crips street gangs

[27:01] are working together peacefully on

[27:03] community rebuilding projects.

[27:04] >> I ain't got no problem with him. He

[27:06] ain't no problem with me. I ain't no

[27:07] problem with nobody.

[27:09] >> Even with the truce, these inner city

[27:11] streets are still the nation's leading

[27:13] killing fields. Part of the reason for

[27:16] this surge in street slaughter is the LA

[27:18] riots. Over,200 guns were looted from

[27:21] Western Surplus. And now police are

[27:24] saying many of those guns are turning up

[27:26] on these streets being used in all sorts

[27:28] of crimes. 30-year-old Anita Robertson

[27:31] was shot and killed by a robber using a

[27:33] gun looted in the riots. She was at a

[27:35] fast food drive-thru window with her

[27:37] children when she was murdered. Police

[27:39] say a surveillance camera got a picture

[27:41] of her killer. Another gun stolen in the

[27:44] riots was used by a juvenile in a bank

[27:46] robbery. The robber was killed by

[27:48] police.

[27:49] >> I think at the root of this is the

[27:50] economy itself. the fact that folks

[27:53] don't have jobs and in that kind of

[27:55] position when when humanity is pressed

[27:58] to that level, people will find a way to

[28:00] survive.

[28:01] >> A new feature of LA nightife, the

[28:03] candlelight vigil held for murder

[28:05] victims. The next one is scheduled for

[28:07] Saturday. John Gibson, NBC News, Los

[28:10] Angeles.

[28:12] >> And that is nightly news for this

[28:14] Thursday evening. I'm Katie Kurrick.

[28:15] I'll see you tomorrow morning on Today

[28:17] and Stone Phillips will be here tomorrow

[28:19] night. Good night.

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