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captions paid for by nbc-universal television wnd and welcome to today on this saturday morning, i m amy robach. and i m carl quintanilla in for lester this weekend. a lot of people hitting the road. you and i are at work. and nice to have you here, by the way. if you are one of those people hitting the road this holiday weekend, we do have good news to report for you, how is this for sticker shock? gas prices are going down. the drop in cost could help your vacation plans, of course. but the weather may not. much of the country is now in the grips of a brutal heat wave. we ll have a look at the forecast coming up. then the case against casey anthony. the most talked about and watched trial in years now coming to an end. the prosecution and defense are expected to deliver closing arguments this weekend. we re going to go to orlando for the latest on what to expect. then there s been some speculation that cindy anthony may not have told the truth in a bid to save her daughter. we will see what her lawyer has to say when we speak with him, live. plus, a texas father s fight for the return of hess daughter. it s an international custody battle between the american man, and a british woman. she is his ex-fiancee. their child was born in the u.s., but now is living with her in england. we ll talk to the girl s father in just a moment in the today exclusive. and royal celebration. prince william and princess catherine party it up for canada day. it s the couple s first trip to north america. part of a visit that will take them to los angeles in the coming days. we ll have a live report from up north in just a moment. all right. but we begin this morning with the startling new developments in the rape case against dominique strauss-kahn. the former head of the international monetary fund, who was considered a french presidential front-runner, is now free on bail after his accuser changed parts of her story. nbc s ron allen is in lower manhattan where strauss-kahn has been under house arrest. ron, good morning. good morning, amy. it is an absolutely stunning turn of events. there s no longer any armed guards here. no 24-hour security. and no sign of strauss-kahn this morning. he was last seen at an upper east side restaurant having what was described as a $700 meal, perhaps celebrating his victory in court yesterday. and then he was seen heading out to the hamptons, the summer beach community where you ll find many of new york s rich and famous this time of year. strauss-kahn still faces felony sexual suit charges. but with new revolutions about the accuser, the case does seem to be falling apart. with his wife by his side, and a smile on his face, dominique strauss-kahn left court, free of a $6 million bond. he returned to his luxury townhouse, but he s no longer required to stay there under house arrest. which cost him some $200 per month. a dramatic contrast to the may perp walk that led to his resignation as head of the imf and seemed to ruin his chance of becoming president of france. but his attorneys claim vindication. in this country that people, especially the media, until they are all in. there will be no rush to judgment. in court, prosecutors have admitted starting with the claim she was gang raped and fleeing a brutal government when she applied for asylum in the u.s. in 2004. in a letter, prosecutors wrote she stated that she fabricated the statement. and in may, after the alleged attack at this luxury hotel, the woman had said she ran to the hallway, and reported the crime to a supervisor. but prosecutors say she later admitted, she proceeded to clean a nearby room, and then returned to suite 2806, strauss-kahn s room, and began to clean, before she reported the incident to a supervisor. after the indictment against the defendant was filed, we continued, as an office, to investigate the case rigorously, as we do, and are obligated to do. that investigation raised concerns about the complaining witnesses credible. sources close to the investigation say the woman called a suspected drug dealer after the incident to discuss how to profit from it. her attorney pleaded her case before a crush of international media. it is a fact that the victim here made some mistakes but that doesn t mean she s not a rape victim. he claims she was bruised, her stockings torn, and that there s forensic evidence of a sexual attack. that s exactly what the woman s attorney fears now is that the case will not go forward, that the prosecutors will choose to dismiss the charges. he says that she now plans to come forward to plead her case publicly as a plea for justice. one redirection that strauss-kahn faces is that he cannot leave this country. prosecutors still have his passport. the case continues july 18th. while strauss-kahn s attorneys try to have the case dismissed against him by then, if not immediately. amy? all right, ron allen, thanks so much. does this mean the charges against strauss-kahn could be groped altogether? well, criminal defense attorney paul cowan joins us this morning. what are your thoughts? my thoughts are, it s almost a certainty that these charges will ultimately be dropped. the case is on july 18th for another appearance before the judge. i think there s a high probability that they may dismiss on that date. but certainly shortly thereafter. this case has been utterly strayed. it s in samples. while theoretically you could continue with the prosecution, what is the likely hood that a jury of 12 people will find guilt beyond a reasonable doubt given the problems with the complaining witness story? very, very minimal chance of conviction. speaking to that the prosecutors say this hotel maid lied to a grand jury about the events surrounding the alleged incident. you heard the defense there pleading with the media and the public saying, hey, you know what, it doesn t mean a rape didn t occur. but this is pretty much a worst case scenario for the defense team. it s an absolute worst case scenario. i ve never seen a case for the attorney for the victim in the case is attacking not only the person who she says raped her, but the district attorney. she s saying basically that she was abused by the district attorney s office in manhattan. that they didn t treat her fairly. and so she s gone to war with the very agency that s supposed to be protecting her. and i think the lies that were revealed yesterday, while some prosecutors might say, well, we could deal with this, we could still handle the case, she lied about the existence of a prior rape. there s a telephone call to a boyfriend that is recorded, by the way? absolutely recorded. because he s in custody and she doesn t know they re recording telephone conversations. in which she says, you know, he s a rich guy, i m going to get money out of this. i know what i m doing. so she s implying that she s bringing the case against strauss-kahn for money. they also find at least five bank accounts in different states where luge deposits of money, maybe $100,000, have gone into those accounts. probably drug money being launlderred. maybe the boyfriend s lonny. i guess we ll see as that develops. and then she lied on her tax returns and several other issues, as well. prosecutors don t believe she would hold up well under cross-examination. what about the dna evidence that the prosecution was relying so heavily on early on in this investigation? well, you know, that s a great question. because the dna evidence is still there. and as bad as things look for her, for the complaining witness, strauss-kahn doesn t return to france as some kind f of, you know, an angel. there s clear forensic evidence to indicate that he had sex with her in that hotel room. and as a result of the forensics examinations that were done. so the only issue is whether it was forcible sex or consensual sex. i think in the end you ll probably, or a jury would probably conclude that it was not criminal, but that s not to say it was right. all right. paul cowan, thanks so much. we appreciate it. nice to be with you, amy. and now here s carl. amy, thanks. this is a big weekend in the trial of casey anthony. both sides have rested. the jurors should have the case tomorrow. nbc s kerry sanders is live in orlando to tell us what happened in the courtroom on friday, and kerry, it seemed like yet another bombshell. a big bombshell. remember here, casey anthony is accused of the first degree, premeditated murder of her daughter, 2-year-old caylee. and prosecutors say that she used duct tape and chloroform. and a big piece of evidence that they presented during this trial was searches on the home computer in the anthony home for chloroform. those searches were made three months before little caylee died. well, during this trial, cindy anthony, casey s mother, got on the stand and she said, you know what? i made those searches. i wasn t at work that day, i remember the day, i was looking for some information about the plants in the backyard, and whether they might be making my dogs sick, and that was me. well, the prosecution, using this time leading up to their rebuttal case, pulled the records from cindy anthony s employer. they got those records off the computer, they had a compliance officer come in from atlanta and lo and behold it showed not only did she turn in time sheets for that day, but her computer records on the main frame showed she was at work, logged in. so she could not have been at home using that, and really, that chloroform evidence is powerful as it was, it was the reasonable doubt if cindy might have been on the computer. now it appears that the jury no longer has to consider that as reasonable doubt, because the computer records seem to be pretty substantial. carl? obviously, kerry, we ve still got to get through closing arguments. even at this stage, is there any indication from the jurors as to how they might be leaning? you know, i have sat and looked at the jurors, and they are very much poker faced. i ve seen them with their note pads taking copious notes on some rather obscure things that i didn t think were important. at other times i ve seen them perhaps a little bit bored, wandering eyes around the courtroom. but mostly, i ve seen them poker faced and not showing any sort of sense of surprise. even when some of the most horrific photographs were shown, provided by the medical examiner s office, of little caylee s remains, they were very nonplussed. they did not display anything, and so it s a tough one to read. but the closing statements, the closing arguments will be tomorrow, and then the jury will be charged, and they can begin their deliberation, and there s no real timetable when they come back, they come back, carl. kerry sanders, thank you for that. once again, here s amy. carl, thanks. and now to the fourth of july holiday weekend. for millions of americans it s a time to hit the road. it s also the time to save some money. nbc s aididi roy reports. getting away means staying at a hotel with a deal only 30 miles away. taking a little vacation somewhere not very far away. doesn t take long to get here. we re actually traveling pretty cheap. reporter: this family in atlanta is traveling by air, but no hotel. we re getting picked up from the airport, instead of having to rent a car, and we re staying at a family s house. reporter: paring down for marcella means staying home. i cannot afford anymore to go anywhere. are you kidding me? to go anywhere reporter: gas prices have dipped 45 cents recently. but they re still 80 cents higher than they were this time last year. that, with rising hotel and car rental rates, has road travel down. you re going to have some people who will economize by traveling shorter distances. shortening the duration of their trips. reporter: people aren t the only ones cutting back. cities like chicago and austin have canceled fireworks displays because money is tight. weather conditions, drought and wildfires have snuffed out fireworks in arizona, texas and new mexico. some of these high heat and very dry conditions that we find ourselves in, that could be an incredibly dangerous things to do. the mercury is rising. temperatures across much of the country will be five to ten degrees above average. it s going to be a very tough weekend to be outside. i m sure a lot of people are going to want to be near water. for those looking for sizzle on the grill, the average cost of a cookout this year is over $61. up more than $6 from last year. america s most popular destinations like the beach this year in southern california are sure to be crowded this holiday weekend. whether americans will open their pocketbooks while on vacation remains to be seen. for today, adidi roy, nbc news, los angeles. and while it is beautiful here in the northeast, many parts of the country are in the middle of a brutal heat wave. bill karins is outside on the plaza with today s extreme weather. good morning, bill. good morning. it is the type of weather that makes firefighters nerve otherwise all across the southern half of the country. we re in the grips of this historic drought and this heat is unrelenting. high pressure continues over the southern half of the country. that s the area in red. the jet stream which gives you relief is now all the way up in canada. so there s really no hope any cool weather is coming any time soon. we could see our 12th 100 degree day of the year in oklahoma city. phoenix today 116. even by their standards, that s extremely hot. and some of that heat is now spreading into mississippi and louisiana. so you get the picture here. it s great if you re buy the beach, if you re by the pool. don t be playing with the fireworks and drought areas. going to be a dangerous monday in the deep south. all right, bill, thanks so much. chris jansing is at the news desk with some more of today s headlines. good morning to you. good morning to you, carl and amy. good morning, everyone. we begin with president obama renewing calls to limit tax breaks to the wealthy. in his weekly address, the president said nothing is off limits in the budget debate, including tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. but republicans are calling for deep spending cuts, without any tax hikes. and with the deadline looming to raise the government s debt ceiling the senate has canceled its fourth of july break to deal with the crisis. minnesota state government is shut down for a second day and no new budget talks are scheduled this holiday weekend. lawmakers headed home to their districts where they re sure to get an earful. the shut down means state parks and pools, as well as rest stops are closed this fourth of july weekend. the governor and lawmakers are deadlocked over how to close a $5 billion budget deficit. some good news on wall street. the dow closed friday up nearly 170 points after an unexpected rebound in manufacturing. that ends the best week in two years. the dow adding more than 600 points for the week. and now to libya, where moammar gad if i is threatening to attack europe. the defiant libyan leader says if nato does not stop his in our neck of the woods, the weather should be pretty nice, as well. but we will have a warm-up. this morning not bad. we have some 50s in martinsburg and winchester. it s 59 manassas. 71 at our nation s capital. this afternoon we pick up 20 degrees more. 91 here. annapol annapolis, 88. 92 in fredericksburg. lots of sunshine. we ll hold up on the thunderstorms until tomorrow. that s a look at your weekend forecast. carl? all right, bill, thanks. for tennis fans, it doesn t get much better than this weekend, both the men s and women s finals takes center stage at wimbledon. mary carillo has a front row seat and she joins us this morning with more. mary, good morning. what a tournament it has been already. i wanted to get your take on the women s side, because it seems like, with the exception of maria sharapova, all of the really favorites were eliminated early on. what explains that? did they get too comfortable too soon? carl, it s one of these things where, nine of the last eleven years here at wimbledon, a williams sister has won. five for venus williams, four for serena williams. but in the last year, especially from serena, she won this so easily last year. she s barely played since then. they ve had juries, they ve had illness. when they got here frankly they were both full of rust and they couldn t kick it loose in time. normally they could work their way into a tournament but they both placed quality players in the fourth round and they both got knocked out. it s not that big a surprise. clearly they have tremendous grass court games. they just weren t warmed up enough to make a go of it. now maria sharapova is the odds-on favorite. she plays a lefty czech. you might be reminded of martina navratilova a little bit. even though she doesn t volley the way her idol does. she s a very good player. it s going to be exciting to watch. of course seven years since sharapova was in the finals. you mentioned kvitova s newness to this level of the game. who has the more who has more nerves on which side is that going to be the harder hill to climb? see, that s a great question, carl. that s what we don t know. because sharapova has been struggling with her serve for the last couple of years, which is why it s been 3 1/2 years since she s won a major. she s been double faulting an awful lot. 13 in the semifinal match alone. petra kvitova plays big, bold tennis. she s got a lefty serve, a big forehand. she moves forward well. bought she s never been here, on a stage this big. when maria sharapova played here for the first time in the final at 17, she showed no fear at all. she took out serena williams, who was going for her third straight wimbledon? can kvitova come up with that? that s a very big ask for a kid who has not played on this kind of stage. but who knows. she s got a lot of game. of all the young players coming up, this is the one with the most potential. this is the one that s gotten many of us more excited than any of the kids. then we ve got the men s side. djokovic winning in the semis for the first time in seven years someone other than federer or nadal is going to be number one. against nadal. are we looking at a seismic shift in tennis? is this the new rivalry? it is. it is a trivalry, of course. i m not going to throw roger federer out of the canoe yet. he s won 16 majors. he played well and lost to a talented frenchman, tsonga. you ve got to give it to djokovic. in the last seven months he s lost only one match. only one. grass is not his favorite surface. rafa nadal known as a tremendous clay court player because he s won six french court opens. but he s already won wimbledon a couple of times. that is going to be a blockbuster final. those two guys are such tremendous athletes. they have such mutual respect for each other. they re both very, very quick. they ve both shown plenty of nerves. if i d have to give the edge to somebody, i d give it to the spaniard, rafa nadal, because he s done it before. but djokovic had a huge win yesterday to get to the final. he s number one in the world for the first time ever. he won t be satisfied. he ll be happy on monday morning when he wakes up and is the number one guy in the world but he would love to win his first wimbledon. you talk about surfaces and people say the spaniard, it s all about clay. another win on grass for nadal could do a lot to dissuade people of that impression. that s exactly right. you know, he gets compared to bjorn borg a lot because like bjorn he s won six french opens. bjorn borg won five straight wimbledon titles. rafa s not up to that yet up. but he s won on every single surface. he s won the australian, the u.s. open, here and the french. he s very much on his way to becoming perhaps the greatest ever. at the same time we ve already core natured roger federer that way. so nadal and djokovic tomorrow morning is going to be unbelievable. we can t wait to watch. mary carillo. thank you for that. have a great time. of course you can watch the ladies finals live from wimbledon beginning this morning at 9:00 a.m. right here on nbc. and still to come from england, with love. on tour with william and kate. but first this is today on nbc. and still to come on today, did his exfee unaee kidnap his daughter? the today exclusive just ahead. plus maria shriver makes it official. filing for divorce from arnold schwarzenegger. a live look outside. we re in for a beautiful day. get out and enjoy the beginning of this july #4th holiday weekend. it is 7:26. topping your news for today, one person is dead, these others badly hurt from a car crash. this happened about 2:00 this morning in the 1100 block of mississippi avenue. police say four people were in the car. one was killed. three others were rushed to the hospital in critical condition. we re still gathering details on this and we ll update you when more information becomes available. two d.c. city workers are under fire accused of sexually assaulting two teens in a summer youth employment program. earlier this week, investigators say they charged one employee with assault in the summer youth employment program, then yesterday, a 19-year-old said a file clerk from the department of employment services groped her. the first worker is currently on paid administrative leave while charges are still pending against the second. d.c. officials say these incidents are isolated, they want to reemphasize the workers safety in that program. kim martucci has a look at your forecast after this short break. it is a fantastic saturday. what a great way to kick off the hole day weeke holiday weekend. no rain 37 ju. . just clear skies. humidity will be a little higher, and by late in the day we ll probably have a few clouds around. and out on the bay, not going to be bad either there. the beaches, nice. they re going to hold off on any rain chances until july 4th. dale on facebook told me about an arts and stripes patriotic event. so lots of stuff to do today. back to you. thank you, kim. a full hour of local news, weather and sports coming up starting at 8:00. for now, back to new york. go we are back on this saturday morning, july 2nd, 2011. another gorgeous day here in the northeast. perfect to celebrate the fourth of july holiday. and as you can see, our holiday crowd out in force this morning. our thanks to them for spending part of their morning with us. back inside studio 1a, i m carl quintanilla in for lester holt, along with amy robach. coming up this morning, the final word from the casey anthony murder trial. some have called it the murder trial of the decade. it lasted 33 days. and on sunday, tomorrow, the jury will begin hearing closing arguments before their deliberations begin. what to expect? we re going to head live to orlando to find out. also some breaking news out of the trial yesterday. as the defense tried to prove that cindy anthony may have lied on the witness stand, trying to save her daughter. did she? we will find out when we talk live to cindy s attorney in just a few minutes. and then to an emotionally charged international custody battle out of texas. that s where a man says his british fiancee kidnapped their child. he accuses the woman of taking their daughter to england, and she never returned. he is now on a desperate mission to get his child back. we will talk to him in just a moment in an exclusive interview. pretty amazing story, too. then there s another royal wedding to talk about this weekend. prince albert of monaco tied the knot friday to a former olympic swimmer from south africa. it was a lavish ceremony at the palace in monte carlo. we re going to go live to monaco for all the pomp and circumstance. i think it lasted over the course of a couple of days. why not? if you can, you have the finances to do it, extend the party. before we begin in california, where maria shriver on friday filed for divorce from arnold schwarzenegger. citing irreconcilable differences, shriver s move comes just weeks after he admitted to fathering a child out of wedlock. nbc s lee cowan has the latest. reporter: after arnold schwarzenegger acknowledged not only having an affair, but having a child with a member of his household staff, perhaps divorce didn t come as a surprise. but maria shriver s filing still made headlines, and sad ones at that. citing irreconcilable differences, the divorce petition seeks the obvious, spousal support and attorney fees. but most notably she s requesting joint custody of the couple s two teenage sons. an indication, some say, this is not meant to be nasty. they re going to try to make at least the child custody and visitation of this divorce amicable. reporter: the couple s children were the centerpiece of the only public comments schwarzenegger has made since the two announced their separation back in may. we both love each other very much. we are very fortunate we have four extraordinary children, and we re tak at a time. reporter: the court documents show no hint of prenup, which means california s former first lady could be entitled to at least half of schwarzenegger s assets. and that could be substantial. several of schwarzenegger s biggest hits, including the sequels terminator ii were made during the marriage. and the former california governor still retains the intellectual property rights from much of his on-camera work. all the way back to his body building days. yard la will clearly be seeing hundreds of millions of dollars in this situation. reporter: neither side has any comment on the divorce. schwarzenegger is largely stayed out of the spot light, while shriver has been seen on hikes and walks, even in greece for the special olympics. determined to move on, but privately. as much as both sides had hinted at reconciliation, it seems now that s no longer an option. for today, lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. time for a check of the weather. bill karins is outside. good morning, carl, and it will feel a little more sticky outside. 89 in martins purchasing. back to new york city. that s a holiday forecast. amy, carl? 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[ male announcer ] the simple joy of a real fruit experience. a texas father is desperately trying to get his daughter back. he says his ex-fiancee kidnapped the girl and is now living in britain and he is fighting for his child s return. the father bart homer joins us exclusively. but first nbc s charles hadlock has more on this international custody battle. reporter: 2-year-old alessia was born in texas. that s about the only fact her parents can now agree on. just doesn t make sense. reporter: bart hermer still carries a pacifier in his pocket. a simple reminder of a doubter he can only see now in home videos. hermer met simone while on a singles cruise in italy and quickly fell in love. but before a wedding could be planned, alessia was born. by then, hermer had lost his job in a down economy. the couple decided to spend several months at her home in england. after a brief trip to the states, they encountered a british emigration officer on their return to the uk. simone and alessia were admitted, but because he had no job, no income, hermer was turned away. he accepted my passport, stamped it, said you re going home on the next flight. my mouth dropped open. reporter: the couple stayed in touch by phone calls and e-mails. after a rendezvous with simone and alessia in germany, simone broke the news to hermer in an e-ma e-mail. basically said alessia and i are fine, the relationship is over. reporter: hermer filed child abduction charges but under the rules of the hague convention a court had to first decide where the child s home was at the time of separation. hermer said he provided a british court with a mountain of evidence to prove the couple intended to live in texas. he also says simone s computer contained messages, indicating the relationship was a scam. simone s attorney. mr. hermer is a fantasy. that is all fantasy. there s absolutely no evidence that my client engineered any of this. reporter: a british judge ruled the couple intended to live in england. and refused the father s request for alessia s return. this case, according to the experts, highlights the kind of legal nightmares that can happen when child custody cases involve international romance gone sour. the parents might end up really demonizing each other and spending tens of thousands of dollars fighting in court. you really should think about that before you get in to an international relationship. reporter: for now, bart hermer keeps alessia s room ready. hoping one day to have her back in texas. charles hadlock, nbc news, plano, texas. and joining us exclusively is bart hermer and his mother kathy hermer. thank you both for being with us. in fact, we heard charles talk about that pacifier. you actually brought it with you today, your daughter s pacifier. when is the last time you actually saw her and held her? the last time i saw her was october, for my 50th birthday. last october. and nothing since then? no. we ve tried and tried. but the ruling came down late last year, and since that ruling, have you had any contact with your ex-fiancee simone where you ve been able to work anything out? no. after the courts made us see alessia, they gave a court order, and so mom and i were able to see her. but after we lost the court we came back in april and planned to stay for three weeks, hoping that we d be able to see her. and we called and called and called. we were smart enough to c.c. the state department, u.s. embassy, the british equivalent thereof to try to see her. she never responded to our phone calls or text messages. have you asked the british courts for visitation rights? you would be entitled to them, correct? not necessarily. i mean, you have to go through a court system, but we were told not to go through the court system, because, you know, her habitual residence is still america. so the minute we try to reach out to the british courts, we would be acquiescing, basically submitting our jurisdiction to them, instead of keeping it in texas. reporter: we saw your ex-fiancee s attorney in the piece there, but she also issued a statement to us about the situation, she says, whatever sympathy one can have for a parent who, because of the breakdown of their relationship, does not see his or her child, the facts in this case make it clear that mr. hermer has largely been the author of his own misfortune. basically, she s saying you could see your daughter if you wanted to. well, we ve never been able to see her. we ve tried numerous times. we ve copied the evidence shows we ve copied all the agencies, and she s never responded to let us see. kathy, i know you went with your son. you traveled with your son to england, to be in court with him for some of these proceedings. talk about the relationship your son has with your granddaughter. it s amazing. she s so tiny and so young, she was like 2 years old at the time. you would think that she wouldn t remember her dad from two or three months at a time. but after i don t know, maybe 20, 30 minutes it s like a little light goes on in her head and she s daddy, daddy. she rides on his shoulders. she loves to kiss him. and she ll pull his head and kiss him. i just think that s phenomenal that there s that much of a bond still between the two of them. i know it s incredibly emotional. it s heartbreaking any time a child is separated from a parent. and from a grandparent. bart, what s your next step in this legal process? what are your options at this point? i m blessed not to have, you know, the best attorney in the southwest. i mean she s the number one. charlotte bradshaw is my attorney and she s taken my case to the next level and i m sure she ll i know you have some officials who you want to thank, too, who have been on your side fighting for you. definitely, sorry, i m going to have to switch i tried to be really quick. i just want to thank senator shapiro, senator nelson, who submitted evidence directly to the british high court to prove there was no breakdown in our relationship. this was a fraudulent conception and premeditated abduction. i ve got to thank the state department, uk central authorities who drafted article of authority letters to prove when the british court would not let me submit my evidence, jewish family services, bureau of diplomatic affairs, and definitely the global missing children s fund, who stood by me with emotional support and finally i want to thank god for giving me alessia and the strength to keep fighting for her. i love you, honey, and i promise dad will never stop fighting until you re home. it has been incredibly dive cult. thank you both for being with us. we re back after these messages. 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