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'I will not be intimidated' Mamdani fires back at Trump threats · DEEP INSIGHT

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  Speaker 1: It is election day in America. A year after voters
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  Speaker 1: sent Donald Trump back to the White House, Americans are
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  Speaker 1: once again heading to the polls, and with Trump's popularity
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  Speaker 1: at the lowest since he's been reelected, a number of
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  Speaker 1: key races will reveal a lot tonight about the mood
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  Speaker 1: of the electorate. One of the most closely watched contests
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  Speaker 1: the race to run the nation's largest city. As of
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  Speaker 1: this afternoon, already more than one million people have voted,
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  Speaker 1: and President Trump is trying his best to get Andrew
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  Speaker 1: Cuomo across the finish line. He posted this online today.
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  Speaker 1: Any Jewish person that votes for Zoran Mamdani, a proven
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  Speaker 1: and self professed Jew hater, is a stupid person. Trump
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  Speaker 1: also threatening to pull federal funding for the city if
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  Speaker 1: Mam Donnie wins. This morning, Mam Donnie responded this way.
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  Speaker 2: What we see in the language of Donald Trump is
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  Speaker 2: a premise as if it is decision on whether or
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  Speaker 2: not to fund the city the very money that this
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  Speaker 2: city is owned. And I look forward to utilizing every
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  Speaker 2: single tool at my disposal as the next mayor of
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  Speaker 2: the city to fight for the people of it. But
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  Speaker 2: I will not be intimidated by this President. I will
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  Speaker 2: not be intimidated by anyone because my job here is
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  Speaker 2: to serve the people of.
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  Speaker 1: This Also today, just to the west of New York City,
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  Speaker 1: New Jersey, we'll pick its next governor. The two leading
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  Speaker 1: candidates locked in a close race. If Democrat Mikey Cheryl wins,
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  Speaker 1: it'll be the first time since the nineteen sixties that
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  Speaker 1: the state has elected a governor from the same party
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  Speaker 1: three times in a row. And closer to home here
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  Speaker 1: in Virginia, the race for governor being watched closely as
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  Speaker 1: Democrats try to find their footing and hone in on
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  Speaker 1: what their message is going to be ahead of next
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  Speaker 1: year's midterm elections. We have so much to get to
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  Speaker 1: over the next hour. Let's get off the sidelines and
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  Speaker 1: head into the arena. My panels here and we have
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  Speaker 1: reporters live in New York, Virginia, and New Jersey. And
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  Speaker 1: let's get start. Arted at Mamdanni's HQ where we find
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  Speaker 1: Gloria has minot Gloria. What's the way ist there?
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  Speaker 3: Okay, See, we are inside of Brooklyn Paramount's a Theater.
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  Speaker 3: We are in downtown Brooklyn, and I have to say
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  Speaker 3: it is significant that Mamdani's camp has chosen Brooklyn as
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  Speaker 3: their headquarters tonight, and the reason for that is because
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  Speaker 3: that is the largest and most populous borough in New
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  Speaker 3: York City, and it also has had the largest share
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  Speaker 3: of the voter turnout so far. Now, I've been speaking
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  Speaker 3: with Mamdani's aids throughout the day and they are closely
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  Speaker 3: watching their returns, specifically in Brooklyn, even though this is
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  Speaker 3: not mamdani territory.
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  Speaker 4: So to speak.
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  Speaker 3: He lives in Queens and has represented a Queen's State
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  Speaker 3: Assembly district for the past few years. But they're focused
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  Speaker 3: in Brooklyn, and the reason for that is because this
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  Speaker 3: is where much of Zoram Mamdani's base is, and they
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  Speaker 3: are hoping that turnout is significant in specific areas of Brooklyn,
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  Speaker 3: including areas like four Green, where he made a stop
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  Speaker 3: earlier today alongside with the State Attorney General, Letitia James.
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  Speaker 3: What's referred to as Brownstone. Brooklyn here in New York
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  Speaker 3: City is very much Mam Donnie country, and they're hoping
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  Speaker 3: that if the numbers look good in those precincts, it
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  Speaker 3: means that he is increasing his share of the voter turnout. Now,
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  Speaker 3: as you said in the beginning. Already, this election has
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  Speaker 3: shattered records. More than one million New Yorkers have already
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  Speaker 3: cast their vote. That's already beat the record for the
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  Speaker 3: last mayoral election, and it's beat the record for the
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  Speaker 3: last presidential election, which typically has more voter turnout. Now
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  Speaker 3: we're in the lobby of the Brooklyn Paramount Theater. This
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  Speaker 3: theater has capacity for three thousand people. Mamdani's aides tell
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  Speaker 3: me they expect to fill it tonight. We are hoping
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  Speaker 3: to get inside soon. For now, they are preparing this
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  Speaker 3: venue for what is expected to be a busy and
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  Speaker 3: nerve racking evening. But as we heard it from Mombani
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  Speaker 3: himself earlier today, he is feeling confident, although not complacent,
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  Speaker 3: going into tonight. The campaign just announced they have knocked
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  Speaker 3: on three million doors. So much about any campaign, no
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  Speaker 3: matter where you're running, it is about the ground game,
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  Speaker 3: and no matter how you feel about the candidates, mam
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  Speaker 3: Nani definitely has had the strongest ground game of these
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  Speaker 3: three candidates, and we'll see if it shows this evening. Casey,
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  Speaker 3: all right.
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  Speaker 1: Gloria Pezmuno for us, Thanks very much for that. Now
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  Speaker 1: let's head to Virginia where Brad Todd joins us live
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  Speaker 1: in the arena from Aldi, Virginia. This was a town
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  Speaker 1: that voted for Republican Glenn Younkin in the last governor's race.
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  Speaker 1: Before that, it went for the Democrat, Ralph Northam. Brian
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  Speaker 1: Trump didn't endorse the Republican in this race, and of
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  Speaker 1: course Abigail Spamberger, the Democrat, is the heavy favorite.
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  Speaker 5: What are you hearing, right, Casey? That dynamic is interesting
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  Speaker 5: here because not only did win some earl series the
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  Speaker 5: Republican not get President Trump's endorsement, but the Republican candidate
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  Speaker 5: for Lieutenant Governor John Reid did not get full throated
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  Speaker 5: support from Republican Governor Glenn Younkin, who actually asked Read
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  Speaker 5: to get out of the race. Early in this race,
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  Speaker 5: we are hitting the rush hour surge of voters here.
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  Speaker 5: A bunch of them just came in and this place
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  Speaker 5: has already been packed with activity all day long, almost
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  Speaker 5: a thousand voters coming through this precinct, which is one
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  Speaker 5: of the busiest precincts in Northern Virginia. Our photojournalist Manny
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  Speaker 5: is going to go in ahead of me.
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  Speaker 3: Now.
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  Speaker 5: There are a lot of reasons here why we love
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  Speaker 5: covering elections here in Virginia. One is to show the process,
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  Speaker 5: which I'm going to show you in a second. One
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  Speaker 5: other one is history being made here in Virginia. Manny,
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  Speaker 5: come on over here. I'm going to show you the
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  Speaker 5: ballot here. History is going to be made here in Virginia,
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  Speaker 5: no matter who wins. Because Casey, you were just referring
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  Speaker 5: to it, Abigail Spanberger is on the ticket. No matter
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  Speaker 5: who wins, Abigail Spanberger or win some earl series, Virginia
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  Speaker 5: gets its first female governor as of tonight. Also, Gazala Hajmi,
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  Speaker 5: the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. If she wins, she
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  Speaker 5: becomes the first Muslim to hold state wide office in
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  Speaker 5: the state of Virginia. So history being made is a
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  Speaker 5: big reason that we're jazzed about being here today. Another reason,
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  Speaker 5: as we walk over here among this line of voters,
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  Speaker 5: in between the voters here, sorry guys, thanks very much.
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  Speaker 5: Another reason we love covering these races is to show
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  Speaker 5: you the process because here in Virginia they have changed
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  Speaker 5: the rules. In years past, they did not let us
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  Speaker 5: into the voting rooms. We had to stay outside and
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  Speaker 5: could maybe peer in from a long distance. Now we
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  Speaker 5: get access, and we can show you voters checking in here.
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  Speaker 5: They're standing in line, they get their paper ballots over there.
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  Speaker 5: They go old school here in Virginia with paper ballots.
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  Speaker 5: Then they go to these voting stations here. There are
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  Speaker 5: nine of them set up, and the voters themselves have
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  Speaker 5: full ownership of their paper ballots. They are the only
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  Speaker 5: ones that can handle them. They're the only ones that
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  Speaker 5: can put them into the counter right there. Another reason
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  Speaker 5: we love covering these races is because we get to
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  Speaker 5: speak to voters in real time about what is really
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  Speaker 5: driving them. Mariam Geradi is a voter we spoke to
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  Speaker 5: just a moment ago. Immigration was first and foremost on
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  Speaker 5: her mind. To take a list.
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  Speaker 4: I always vote since I became a citizen, and that
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  Speaker 4: was twenty years ago, and I migrated from Keny originally.
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  Speaker 4: My family is back home in Kenya, and how I
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  Speaker 4: see how things are going on, like with families being
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  Speaker 4: separated as a human being, as a mother, separating families,
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  Speaker 4: especially children from their mothers or fathers. I don't believe
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  Speaker 4: in that. So that made me come out and also
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  Speaker 4: come and vote.
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  Speaker 5: So that's one big issue. Another one is the government
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  Speaker 5: shut down tens of thousands of government workers live here
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  Speaker 5: in Loudon County. A lot of them told us that
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  Speaker 5: is really driving them to come out to vote today.
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  Speaker 5: Their anger over that. You know, this county, Casey has
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  Speaker 5: just been growing by leafs and bounds. Judy Brown is
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  Speaker 5: the head of the County Board of Elections here in
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  Speaker 5: Louden County. When she first started in the job forty
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  Speaker 5: years ago, there were thirty voting precincts. There are now
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  Speaker 5: one hundred and seven voting precincts here in Louden County.
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  Speaker 5: It has exploded in relevance and importance. That's why the
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  Speaker 5: candidates are here, and that's why they've been really emphasizing
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  Speaker 5: coming here during the campaign.
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  Speaker 1: Okase, Yeah, and Brian, for any of us who actually
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  Speaker 1: live in this area, driving the highway that takes you
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  Speaker 1: to Lodden County will tell you exactly what you just outlined,
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  Speaker 1: which is that it has exploded in population. Brian's Hedd
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  Speaker 1: thank you very much for that reporting.