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It will be another 20 years before the next total Solar Eclipse is visible in the contiguous United States. Were covering all the angles of this truly rare event. Cms rosa flores, ed diarra, harry he hadnt they are all in the totality zone. Rosa, let start with you. Youre curve ville, texas. What kind of crowds are expected there the crowds are texas size wolf, but can you see me right now . Because i really cant see anything. I think i might be experiencing totality. Well, no totality is not happening just yet we do have a little bit of cloud cover, but ive got to say wolfe a while ago. I couldnt see any blue skies. The blue skies are starting to happen. So these clouds might be parting as if were saying having the proper eyewear is key for humans and also perhaps for animals. I have some guests here with me land from bandera, and her little littles, and i have a few other people if you want to come right closer to me around me because our pets are so integral in our families. And im wondering if littles has glasses for the eclipse littles does not have glasses, but i do have a pair. And if if she pays attention at all, which im not sure, she will, ill cover her eyes. So with my hand or ill just set her up in my lap and get into her little carrier bag. So littles will be protected . Yes do you have glasses for your pets . We have a couple extra day. We have a couple of years. Now. Are they smaller classes are large or glasses . Do they look like these . With the special code on the back . The official ones are the no, theyre just those and one of the things that makes carville so special is that its experiencing to eclipses in six months you told me that you were here for the one prior . Yes. Why is it so special to be incur well, for this one too . Well, its just all of the people and we just get together and its so expensive where i live in bandera. So i can park here for free and enjoy the wonderful experience of all the carville people. And she gets to walk around the river. So were found she has from bandera, we were just there. Thats the cowboy capital of the world as it is cowboy capital of the world. We do shootouts on main street and its a lot of fun thank you so much for your time. I appreciate it. And whorf according to the mayor of the city, there are about 100 people. That means the population of the city is going to grow about fourfold by the time totality begins, wealth back to you, exciting de, for so much of the country. Indeed, rosa flores in curve of texas for us i want to go to cnns have 11 darrow right now. Hes in dallas, texas, the largest us city in the Path Of Totality. Ed, youre there at the dallas zoo. Tell us what youre expecting there . Well, weve got a great day planned wolf, were going to be monitoring the Animal Reaction to the total eclipse. There are a number of zoos that are in the path of this eclipse. And so were going to be monitoring them were actually going to be asking for help from the public as well, because theres very Little Research that has been done to Animal Reaction to what happens, what animals do during the total eclipse. Were here in the dallas zoo and the savanna area. Weve got elephants over here. We got zebras out there. This is tobago. The giraffe over here who will be our cohost during this time. And its a little bit of a prima donna is they dont really stand next to you when youre doing the live shop, will entice the bug over here with some, with some lettuce at some point. And one of the things that theyre going to be watching for is just the reaction. And so a couple of things to expect is in 2017 during that eclipse, some animals behaved in a rather odd way at times. And even though it happens quickly, so one of the things that theyre looking for is just that Animal Reaction. It could be anything from they think its nighttime. They put themselves to sleep. It could be that theres the procedure threats, so they gather around their young flamingos did that. So we will be trying to monitor this as best as we can here during the eclipse. And if you anywhere in the path of this eclipse, if you see anything about animals reacting to what, what is happening out there, its gonna be a really interesting time. And we spoke with some of the officials here at the dallas zoo to get their perspective on what therell be looking for and watching very closely here throughout the day were just going to be monitoring the animal behavior, making sure that they seem comfortable. And just seeing if we see anything that seems a little bit out of the norm. Were not really expecting to see too much because my hunch is that theyre probably going to expect assume that its sort of like a like a Thunderstorm Rolling inward it gets really dark, really quick, but well see well, if you know, millions of people all across the dallas, fort worth area, as mentioned, this is one of the largest areas with the greatest population being able to watch his eclipse today to little bit cloudy today. But you know that darkness will settle in a great deal of excitement building up for what were expected to see here this afternoon, wolf eda Official Zara at that zoo, worried about the almost that will be outside who may be looking at the sun that could damage their eyes as well, right well, its one of the interesting questions were going to get into that throughout, throughout the morning, in the afternoon as well. Its actually theyre not something that theyre terribly worried about. It and it has to do with more than the animals instinctually are more concerned with whats happening around them. In fact, one person we talked to hear from the zoo said, animals a little bit smarter than humans in this regard that we dont have this. They dont have this inclination to want to look up to one to whats going on theyre more interested in whats going on around them. So theyre more likely to look down to see if theres any kind of threat or around them. So theyre not terribly concerned about the animals looking up at the sky and Staring At The Sun all right Ed Lavandera At The Dallas Zoo for us, well check back with you. Thank you very much. One of the largest events during todays eclipse is in Niagara Falls, just outside my hometown of buffalo, new york. Theyll see totality at around three, 18 later this afternoon, cnns harry enten is on the scene for us, harry, i see youre ready with any thing with your Buffalo Bills helmet on right now you know, well, if i got a represent look, we got the beautiful Niagara Falls over yonder. But yet the weather does not seem to be cooperating with us at this particular point. That clouds have settled in on fortunately, and more than that, it just started drizzling a little bit. Im just feel like its typical Western New York, right . You we just cant seem to catch a break, whether it be with the weather or football, but yet we still do have a ton of folks who are coming out here. We have the crowds with us and im going to be joined here by The Roar Backer family who havent joined us from all the way down. And i believe tampa, florida, right . Yes, tampa, florida. And why did you decide to come all the way up here to Niagara Falls for this eclipse, will actually be did the one in 2017 in South Carolina. And it was just great. Just watch those four minutes of just scargo and dark and it looks an opportunity to come back to upstate new york. And see some bills fans. Yeah, its right. And its another eclipse how worried are you guys about the weather . No, i think its going to clear up. I think that theres just too much excitement. Its going to go away so you can see i liked optimism idol. I like this optimism and i should point out Niagara Falls, last hand clips about 99 years ago, were not looking forward to another one for at least another century. Walf. So the fact of the matter is, i love the optimism. Yes, things are tough and dirty, but when its too tough of those other folks, its just right for us whether it be football or what . Whether it be for this Solar Eclipse. Thats Coming Up Wolf well said, folks in Western New York are optimists to be sure, i know that firsthand, harry, thank you very, very much. Thank all the folks around you as well. And to our viewers, stay with cnn throughout the day today, we have reporters in the zone of totality all across the united it states and mexico. And if you didnt get a pair of those eclipse glasses, can you still view it safely somehow . Stay with us your life. In the cnn newsroom . Huskies will play. Makers for that shall championship this is the greatest stage and all its going what dreams are made of moments they talk about for a lifetime, we will she you in phoenix well done viv he got the presence, the balloons, and the raptor cake. Now how about something to put a smile on your face . Has been dental provides complete, Affordable Care with dentists and labs in one place. 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Com im lauren fox on capitol hill, and this is cnn we are just a few hours from a where were you kind of event the Solar Eclipse of 2024 from texas to maine more than 30 million americans will be in the socalled Path Of Totality later this afternoon, cnn meteorologists Allison Chinchar is over writhes weather center. Alison, will it be clear viewing for most people . I think thats the real question is whether or not Mother Nature is going to cooperate with all of these people that planned to go outside and look up. Now, heres the thing. There are still going to be plenty of fantastic places to view this, especially say, areas like southeastern missouri keeps your for example portions of Southern Illinois and Southern Indiana that includes places like evansville. These are all going to be spots that are expected to have very little cloud cover, if any, this afternoon, another good spot is going to be up into the northeast essentially from burlington, vermont all the way up through caribou main, plenty of sunshine there. Now with that said there are going be a couple of spots where we are looking at pretty significant cloud cover thats going to extend from Niagara Falls up through rochester, new york, and then also another area concern is going to be texas. Now, the main concern here is a lot of strong to severe thunderstorms. The good news is the storms themselves are expected to be after the eclipse, but we all know those clouds start to increasing well ahead of the storm so the real question is how much cloud cover do we have before the storms begin to set it in . Another concern is once the eclipse is over, and all of these folks get back out onto the roads to head home or wherever they came from, then they may encounter some of those storms. And that includes very large hail, damaging winds and the potential for some tornadoes, especially across states like texas, oklahoma louisiana, and arkansas. But all is not lost for some areas, dallas, weve got some clouds but may still have some sun peeking through a place like indianapolis will actually start to see the clouds decrease as we head into the afternoon, making it much nicer by the time the eclipse takes place. Allison chinchar with the latest allison. Thank you very much. The excitement over this upcoming celestial event continues to grow as the hours tick by. But before you join, millions of americans in turn, your eyes to the sky, make sure your eyes are protected and protected well, cnn medical correspondent meg tirrell is joining us right now. Meg, what happens if you look directly at a Solar Eclipse without the special glasses well, if you can actually damage your eyes in as few as a few seconds, looking directly at the sun, the injury is called solar retinopathy, and it can take a few hours for you to actually notice those symptoms but if they do set in, it can include things like blurry vision, sort of a hole in your vision altered color, just sort of wonky vision. And unfortunately permanent vision loss can be possible. This has been documented with previous eclipses and sometimes it even happens when you think you have safe glasses, but it turns out they arent actually the certified darkest lenses that you really need to look at the sun. So youve got to be very careful and how you enjoyed the eclipse today. That includes animals as well, right if you have a dog or a cat, lets say at home, keep that dog or cat inside, dont let that dog or cat go outside and look at the sun yeah id be surprised if theyre looking directly at the sun, just sort of understanding whats going on. But what you really need to make sure and i dont know that you can get your animals to wear these, but you yourself need to wear a really safe glasses. These are 1,000 times darker than even the darkest pair of sunglasses. They only let in the smallest fraction of the suns visible light. And you need to make sure there iso certified. And if youre still not positive that youve got really good glasses because there are unfortunately counterfeits out there. You can test them by putting them on and looking at the brightest light you can find that should only be faintly visible even then, if youre not positive, theyre good only look at the sun for a couple of seconds but time through them, you can still enjoy the eclipse. 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Tractive, trusted by millions of pet parents around the world saved 20 for a limited time this source, but Kaitlan Collins tonight at nine much more coming up on the total Solar Eclipse Crossing Over north america. Thats coming up soon, but theres other news were following as well, including this new this morning, donald trump is now offering his clearest dance yet, im one of the most contentious issues in american politics. He says, Abortion Rights should be left to the states in a video posted earlier today on truth social, the former president of bragged about his role in overturning roe v. Wade, while also spreading misinformation that Democrats Support, quote execution after birth. Listen i was proudly the person responsible for the ending of something that all legal scholars both sides wanted and in fact demanded be ended roe v. Wade, they wanted it ended it must be remembered that the democrats or the radical ones on this position, because they support abortion up to and even beyond the ninth month the concept of having an abortion and the later months and even execution after birth of course, trumps claim that democrats believe in execution and after birth has been repeatedly disproved. And the claim that both sides demanded the end of roe roe v. Wade, is false. Lets discuss this in more with republican strategist, former rnc Communications Director doug hi Former Specialist System to President Biden, megan hayes, meghan, President Biden is now responding to trumps latest statement earlier today, accusing him of lying about his position to win the election. And he wrote this. Let me put it up on the screen let there be no illusion if donald trump is elected and the maga republicans and congress put a national portion ban on the resolute desk. Tesk. Triple sig into law. So well democrats be able to successfully hit trump on this very sensitive, politically charged issue of Abortion Rights for women . Yes, i think so. I think theres also an issue that its bipartisan overwhelmingly and very conservative states have Ballot Measures fail to accomplish what maga republicans would like to accomplish. And this is just another example of the maga republicans and trump just trying to take away freedoms from the american people. Its interesting, duck trump says he wants to leave Abortion Rights up to the states, let the states decide. And they got different views clearly. But a recent poll shows the vast majority of americans support a row right to abortion, including 43 of republicans. How much of an issue is this likely for the former president coming up in the general election . This is going to be one of the defining issues for the election. If youre a democrat, this is where you want to be. This is terror firm or for you and what weve seen in special election, certainly in the midterm elections greatly benefited democrats trump here is stating what has been the classical republican position on this. We want to send it to the states, but the reality is once you do that states are sort of legislating out loud. Youll see South Carolina do one thing, texas do another that can define the issue negatively for republicans its why its very risky territory for trump to be in. And ultimately what hes doing here resorted to use a bad pun. Hes sort of half pregnant on this issue when hes not really going to satisfy anyone. Pro lifers are not happy with what hes saying and obviously democrats see an opportunity here now, you see an opportunity. Absolutely, its going to be a Fundraising Opportunity as well as an opportunity november. Its trumps still though even in this latest statement hasnt taken a position on the proposed constitutional amendment to overturn florida sixweek abortion ban. Thats coming up. Is this potentially an opening for democrats in the state of florida on this issue . Yeah, absolutely not. Not only is fundraising issue, but its also a downballot can be beneficial to downballot and may not affect the president ial. But i do think itll be impactful on the downballot races trumps announcement garnered immediate backlash from a leading antiabortion group. Let me put it up on the screen. We are deeply disappointed in president trumps position, unborn children and their mothers deserve national protections, saying the ellos back to the states seeds the National Debate to democrats. Heres the question, should check trump be considered, should tropic concerned about this position among antiabortion elements . He should and ultimately politics is always regardless of what the issue is, a bit of janet jacksons, what have you done formulaically donald trump is out there saying only i did this and hes right. If the judges he appointed to the supreme court, donald trump, should be able to claim total victory, but you have to prove it over and over again and its why were seeing now prolife groups be disappointed with donald trump, who did what we thought was undoable and unthinkable. Whats your reaction to trumps claim that radical Democrats Support executing babies after birth. I mean, its not surprising that he says things that are totally crazy and totally lies. Thats just not true or even reason im able to think. So. I mean, there is the reaction is its not surprising coming from a former president whats your reaction . Not surprising coming from the former president. He just sends things and drives to get reactions and donald trump sometimes plays the role of a matador. He, he waves a red cape and we all chase it because hes, hes distracting us from what he doesnt want us to see. Hes very skilled at it, doug and meghan guys. Thank you very, very much. An important issue, indeed, six months into israels war against hamas the two sides may repeat, may be closer to a ceasefire deal. Egyptian state media reports and im quoting now significant progress as negotiations continue today in cairo. Meanwhile, in gaza, the idf says it has withdrawn forces from the Southern City of khan yunis, but says its far from halting ground good operations in the enclave. And it israels northern border with lebanon, the idf says it killed hezbollah commander in an overnight strike. Lets discuss whats going on with our International Diplomatic editor, nic robertson. Hes joining us from jerusalem and our Senior International correspondent then wed him and hes in beirut for us, nic first to you where do things stand right now with these negotiations, these talks in cairo its hard to judge was certainly the katara is the spokesman at the Foreign Ministry in the last hour or so, indicated that he has a level of optimism. Or though he says its not there yet we know that bill burns after the meetings late last night, sunday, gone back to washington. The egyptians, indicating that the parties could be back down within a couple of days. Its hard to tell what the mood music here is in israel and if the pullout of the idf forces and the south of gaza in khan yunis. So significant, pull out a forces if this changes the dynamic around the Negotiating Table but a hamas official in the last arrows told cnn that they still see problems and that perhaps indicates here that hamas is feeling the heat of the pressure of the negotiation not all sides likely are hamas is saying specifically on the issue of the Freedom Of Movement for people displaced the south of gaza to return to the north. The same, theres still appears to be by the terms of whats proposed to them. Israel having control or the return of those people and in Displacement Camps which would effectively mean this is not what hamas is asking for, which is for people to have complete freedom. Theyre saying that a ceasefire issue isnt readily and properly addressed for them yet, although they are indicating that they are willing to go down the phased approach rather than the lockin please ceasefire at the beginning and a phased approach as well. Theyre hinting towards withdrawal of the idf from gaza. But, but its sticking weve been close before. Its hard to read the mood music at the moment and practice best not to get ahead of ourselves too far at the moment wolf, but its possible and its in play lets see later this week, we shall see standby, ben wedeman, beirut for us, ben, what do we know about this latest strike in lebanon this strike was just one of many that have been going on sort of on a daily basis hizballah hidden israel, israel hitting butler, this commander, the israelis claimed to have killed according to sources we have was not a senior commander. He was third tier commander, so to speak. But certainly nerves are on edge here in lebanon after the idf put out a statement talking about ready . Hey, miss for the transition from defense to offense. When it comes to lebanon. And certainly what weve seen in recent days all, right indications that perhaps these rarely are in a sense, preparing for the possible eventuality of full scale hostilities between israel and his butler. They have canceled, leaves for combat units. Theyve called up reserves for the air defenses and certainly the tensions have it hasnt helped the fact that last monday, israel did strike the iranian consulate in Damascus Killing Two senior members of the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps. So added all together it certainly does give a sense of unease too many people here in lebanon, that perhaps as the possibility of a truce in gaza becomes somewhat close sure. To reality that there is a very real threat that i sent, that theres a very real sense that the threat of war could now becoming to lebanon wont. Its a real, real concern indeed, our ben wedeman, nic robertson, guys, thank you very, very much. Want to get some analysis right now, joining us, david sanger, hes a cnn political and National Security analysts. Hes also of course, or correspondent for the new york times. An important note. Hes also the author of an upcoming my new book, a brand new book thats coming out in a few days entitled new cold wars there. You see the book cover right there. Are david, thanks very much for joining us. A lot of experts believe if iran retaliates against israel for that strike against an iranian target in damascus, syria. The other day, the most likely way that iran would do it would be to tell their hezbollah allies in Southern Lebanon to start launching rockets and missiles and bombs. And haifa in tel aviv elsewhere. And israel, let hizballah do the work for iran. What do you think . Very possible that thats one way this could go and wouldnt it be the ultimate irony wolf, if after six months, we finally had a day of not no active combat or very little active combat in gaza. At this then shifted to the north and to lebanon and has built up a lot of this depends on how the iranians react to that strike that. Killed seven of their, of their commanders, including one very senior one one possibility is that they do what you described. Another possibility is they go after israeli outpost outside of israel we dont think the iranians would take the risk of attacking israel directly. But of course, thats one argument for a proxy doing it because if the urania is were to directly attack israel, that would lead to a fullscale war between israel and iran and the iranians would pay a huge price. Israel would as well. But the israelis have the military advantage. Thats right. But the chances the United States would then be sucked in are enormously high. Because of the american commitments to defend israel. And thats always been the warning to the iranians. Now its interesting that the us signaled to the uranian shortly after that attack on in lebanon that killed the iranian commanders and the had maskers in damascus. Im sorry that they had nothing to do with the us was not aware of the timing, wasnt didnt have advanced warning of the actual attack. That was a way of saying, dont escalate this in ways that could bring the us in yeah, its a really serious moment right now. Those of us who have covered the middle east for a long time, this potentially could be the start of a huge war that would be a disaster for everyone concerned. Well, you could see this tipping both ways. The good news is that if the israeli withdrawal from the southern part of gaza actually turns into the key to unlocking these negotiations, getting some hostages out, beginning to have a real conversation that would be what everybody was looking for for the past six months. If it is simply that the israelis then move for war because of their attacked from the north. Then were going to wonder what it is weve actually accomplished. Im really worried about this moment right now. I know you are very fraught one, and i know us officials in israeli officials there are very worried as well. Well see what happens. Lets hope for the best are david, thank you. Thank you. Very, very much. When we come back, well go live to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway thousands thousands of people are gathering their now to witness the total Solar Eclipse. Stay with us. Youre in the cnn newsroom get your viewing glasses ready and experience so rare, it wont happen again for another two decades. Joint cnn for live coverage around the country of the spectacle in the skies, eclipse across America Live Today had one on cnn or streams on max emilia turn off alarm. Emilia, whether reasons amelia unlocked the door. Im afraid i cant do that. Can why not did you forget something my protein shake. The future isnt scary. Not investing in it is so dramatic. 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And also because this is a giant venue that is going to have wolf, the Biggest Eclipse Viewing Party as we understand it. In the us, some 40,000 of our closest friends are going to be gathered here at the speedway with us to witness the eclipse. And thats just a piece of whats happening around indianapolis as you pointed out, wolf, this is one of the biggest and best areas in the zone of totality aldi to see the eclipse, some hundred thousand people are going to be across town taking part in all sorts of events, asylum, disco paddle, boarding on the river its one of a lot of areas in the zone of totality were cnn is going to have you covered during the eclipse, will weather is a big deal today because you see that totality, it goes over a lot of population and in areas where, you know, technically speaking, people will be in that dark zone during that time. But if they dont have a clear view, theyre not going to see all the amazing phenomena im going to add that this show of the moon and sun are going to be displaying for us. So indianapolis has it, vermont, a couple of other places, but it may be dicey going through that zone wolf and you make a good point. Briana indianapolis is certainly the only city where people have traveled to see this happen. What other locations are expected to get a great view of this moment . Yeah because so many were starting all the way from mexico when we do coverage starting here, coming up at Noon Eastern All The Way get a for mexico, all the way through the us, going up through canada. And we have some really fun stuff plant. Absolutely. We have reporters. Not only in mexico, but in texas as well. We have pete muntean, whos going to be on a Solar Eclipse flight. Hes gonna be in the air as the eclipse is totality. Were going to be live at a mass wedding in arkansas. 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Will the mens programs pretty darn good to as one five National Titles defending national champ, the favorite in this game. But if anyone, i think well give them a real run for their money. I would say it would be the purdue boilermakers. So should be a good one tonight. And as you said, then the College Season that weve talked so much about, of course, will be over yeah, well be watching that game for sure. On the womens side, South Carolina completed their undefeated season as we all know last night with a win against Caitlin Clarks iowa for the womens championship what does the excitement around this tournament meant for this sport . Its been amazing it has well, if, and i think its going to change the way we look at Womens Basketball and womens sports forever. And it is because of this one person 22 yearold Caitlin Clark. She has brought eyeballs and fans and tv ratings, the likes of which weve never seen womens sports in a game that is, of course youre so passionate about and the nation is basketball or whatever of our National Games and so i think it is. So fascinating to see what has happened. We have seen Kinda Macho Guys who wouldnt, couldnt care less about womens sports. All of a sudden, wishing they could have a ticket to watch. Youre play as she barnstormed the nation selling out arenas. It really reminded me of the 1999 womens world cup in terms of the way the nation fell in love with what weve created because of title nine. And i think Caitlin Clark is the individualized version of that 1999 team that was so wildly popular and 25 years later, title nine, the full blast of title nine that Caitlin Clarks generation got in terms of wanting our daughters and our nieces and our granddaughters and The Girl Next Door to achieve in sports the way theyre brothers have always gotten that encouragement. And look at what we have is an extraordinary moment. I think both, not just in womens sports or in sports, but in our culture, american culture, in terms of what we are creating because of title nine. Yeah, i totally agree. I want to get your reaction. Kristie, to something South Carolinas head coach, dawn staley said about Caitlin Clark last night. Listen to this i want to personally thank Caitlin Clark for lifting up our sport she carried she carried a heavy load for our sport and it just is not going to stop here on the kalisa tour. But when she is the number one pick in the wnba draft, shes going to shes going to lift that league up so what are you expecting, christine nephron, Caitlin Clark has the next level. She clearly will be the number one draft pick in the wa nba well, Caitlin Clark has gone in terms of College Basketball and shell be back in a week he talk about an opportunity to continue to have this superstar lead the way. The wnba draft is a week from tonight, im sure it will have the highest tv ratings. Its ever had as she goes to indiana and as we know, theres already incredible interest in the wnba as well for example, the las vegas team, they play in the 12,000 seat arena. Theyve already moved their july game against indiana to a 20,000 seat arena. And of course, Caitlin Clark hasnt even been drafted yet by indiana thats what were seeing and im going to yes, well see a lot more of it and also credit to dawn staley, one of the great coaches, male or female in the country, just incredibly classy moment there. We congratulate her to be sure. Will Caitlin Clark, christine, play for the usa Womens Basketball team at the Olympic Games and france this summer well, shes certainly should and im reporting that right now. We saw an undercurrent from some of the current players. One of the reasons i think dawn staley spoke out as she did was because we heard some less than flattering things from some of the big names like Brianna Stewart and Diana Taurasi and so the question is of course, she should be put on the team because she will bring fans and interests to a team that wins so much wolf. Its, its kind of a weird thing to say that theyre almost too good for their own good. But ive covered all these olympics and the Womens Basketball team gets really short shrift in terms of media attention. Caitlin clark would change that and we bring eyeballs to all of them and yet there seems to be some resentment. And im reporting that story and its truly stunning that they wouldnt welcome someone who would only list the game. And of course, any of our National Governing bodies, Usa Basketball is one of them. One of their key things in addition to wanting to win metals, which of course this us wins team has now lost since 1990 two, but also to grow the game. 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