>> it's just nice to know that she has a little place to escape. we have never been more supported and felt more loved in our whole life because of people like zach who just decide to take a moment and spend it with megan and getting to know her. >> and megan tells me that zach and his family have been asking her for updates on how she is doing. all the best to this extraordinary young lady. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on social media and watch more from our show on youtube. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. and right now on "andrea mitchell reports" former president trump spends easter on social media railing against the criminal charges against him and the judges presiding over his trials while hawking

trump-branded bibles on line as his massive legal bills pile up. record numbers of israelis protesting against prime minister netanyahu overnight for a ceasefire and hostage release as the idf does withdraw from gaza's shifa hospital and meetings on alternatives to an all-out offensive in rafah. i will be joined by a filmmaker on a new documentary as the kennedy family bands together against robert kennedy jr.'s third-party challenge to president biden's re-election. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. today's weather could not dampen the joy of the annual white house easter egg roll, a tradition dating back to 1878. president biden jokingly told participants eggs roll faster in the rain, but the morning storms

did mostly clear in time. this morning's fun follows an easter sunday message saying, warmest wishes to christians around the world. the simple message is a stark contrast to donald trump who posted 77 times on social media this weekend. he started with happy easter, then devolume fd into attacks against prosecutors in the cases against him. on good friday he posted pictures of a pickup truck emblazoned with a doctored image of president biden hog-tied and lying on his side. a trial is set to begin two weeks from today in his hush money trial. and promoted his business venture, a $60 king james bible that includes copies of the constitution, the bill of rights, the declaration of independence, the pledge of allegiance, and the lyrics from a country anthem "god bless the usa" that mr. trump uses as the

walk-on music at his rallies. critics say the former president is promoting christian nationalism. earlier today at the white house, president biden told nbc's al roker, voters want the negativity to end. >> i just think people are so tired of the negativity that is propagated. they just want to get engaged, to change things, and i'm optimistic. i really am. >> when people are saying, but, mr. president, i'm feeling -- you know, my buck isn't going as far, what do you say to those folks about the economy and what's going on? >> well, i say we have the best economy in the world. we have to make it better. we really do have the best economy in the world. jobs are up more than they've ever been. we're in a situation where the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. we have people -- look, i think we're going to find out that what happened is a consequence of the crisis we had on health. it has a lasting effect.

we're ready. i mean, i think the country is ready to come together in a way -- i mean that sincerely. i'm truly optimistic. >> we start with nbc's vaughn hillyard, senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell, and msnbc co-host of "the weekend" and former rnc chairman michael steele and federal prosecutor and legal analyst paul butler. so, vonn, first to you. easter sunday, donald trump's anger social rant on truth social. talk to us about how this rolled out. >> there are more than 75 posts over the course of several hours on easter for donald trump's sake as we have seen him do over the course of especially the last year. two particular posts he shared pieces written by right-wring commentators. one that with the headline, quote, the crucifix of donald trump, and donald trump is the chosen one, and using donald

trump's plight as coming from the supernatural and that donald trump in november will return america to greatness. you also saw him mock transgender day of visibility on a couple other posts. you also saw him in one particular post say, quote, happy easter to everybody, even those who despise me. for donald trump, of course the easter holiday, he spent it at mar-a-lago, for him using his faith and the christian religion against joe biden and a pathway to share his grievances. >> we saw the president kick off the egg roll and help some of the youngest participants, the optics could not be more different in this case. this is the contrast. >> to the extent of the suggestion over the last year of

trump being persecuted, this is tough. i think if anybody were to follow his social media, it is clear the lines of which he's talking about. the contrast to joe biden in the last 24 hours, i think the images in so many ways and what you just heard him talking with al roker speaks to that to a great degree. >> and, kelly, i want to talk about something that senator raphael warnock said, a senior pastor at ebenezer baptist church. he was on cnn expressing his disapproval about the -- well, the breakdown and what should be the separation between church and state. let's watch. >> the bible doesn't not need donald trump's endorsement, and jesus in the very last week of his life chased the money changers out of the temple. i love my country, and one of the tenets of my country i love is the separation of church and

state. donald trump is doing what he's always done. and this time it's a risky bet because the folks who buy those bibles might actually open them up. >> that was an interview with my friend dana bash. talk about that, though, kelly. >> well, certainly this is an argument democrats want to highlight, that for communities of faith, whatever faith someone believes in, that the principles in the constitution and in the founding of this nation about having freedom from religion and not having religion become a part of the public space. there have been endless court cases over the couple of centuries of this country to try to keep that separation so that people can practice their faith in whatever way they want without interference from the government. and so those who are arguing that donald trump is a return to the kinds of ideas that are not in line with the constitution and the founding fathers this is

another example. and senator warnock and his base of faith as a preacher and a person who is deeply in that community can speak to it very clearly. for president biden, he attends catholic services every week. our press pool that travels with him is always there when he attends church. he certainly did so for easter, as he explained to al earlier today. and so for the biden campaign, they are trying to show examples of where the institutions that they argue do matter in american life need to be protected and preserved and there is a very stark contrast. something as light and friendly as the easter egg roll, which is a tradition going back to 1878, the president also with the power of incumbency gets to mix and mingle with american families and to see children and to have those positive images contrast against what you've been talking about with vaughn and the rest of the panel here. so it's one of those things where the biden campaign sees

this as a point of contrast. and the more exaggerated or inflammatory things become on the trump side, they're trying to show that distinction and it's obviously up to voters to get a sense of where they think the line should be when it comes to mixing a bible with our american documents like the constitution and the bill of rights and whether those things should be anywhere in the same space. >> i don't know how much money, michael, he can raise. obviously he needs income right now. he'll get some from the sale of truth social but he can't touch that yet. he has a deadline staring down at him this wednesday, i think. $175 million, reduced civil fraud bond, maybe bible sales from this weekend, religious holiday weekend. >> yeah, i guess. $60 a pop still requires a lot of sales to get to $175 million.

donald trump has a number of avenues or, rather, banks he can go to, the rnc. that's why his daughter-in-law has been installed over there, why she's been the front person, not the chairman -- the actual chairman -- of the rnc. no one has seen or heard from michael watley. she is out there hawking this space and promoting the narratives donald trump wants promoted. we'll see whether or not someone gives him the cash he needs to post that bond, whether they back it this coming wednesday. i think to the broader point that both kelly and vaughn were talking about, this irreligious behavior, this sort of pathological bad behavior by donald trump is not only expected but drives his narratives. he'll use every opportunity,

andrea, as you reported and know well to further his goals whether it is getting delays in the court system, which seems to be willing to comply to that because they're so afraid of being political, whether it is an abuse of the political process as we see at the republican national committee, and certainly in the space he knows the least about, which is christianity itself. i would love to know which service he attended on sunday, whether he had a pastor come in to mar-a-lago or he went somewhere. the only thing we no about donald trump and his relationship to religion is somewhere along the way he met 2 corinthians and thinks that gives hem the right to speak as a christian leader which is what we've seen post this had weekend. i think the context of all of this is very, very important for voters to kelly's reporting that

they have to look at this man and what he represents and ask themselves is this in line with the founders? is this in line with tradition? and is this in line with my own beliefs and appreciation of what america is or should be? >> and a couple of legal points, paul butler, you're the legal professor, the lawyer, so talk to us about a couple of their filings, the trump filings. first of all, the threat or the disparaging incorrect comments about the judge's daughter and whether or not the d.a. can get a ruling from the judge defining what that gag order really means without having to have oral arguments and briefs that would delay the start of the trial. so they filed, the d.a.'s office filed, and are trying to get some sort of definition. it even prompted a very highly respected judge, reggie walton, a federal judge in the district,

pointed, i believe during the bush years, to say this was really bad and got a federal judge to go on camera and speak out against it. >> really an extraordinary moment for a federal judge appointed by a republican president to come out and talk about the danger that donald trump's rhetoric poses to the legal system and specifically to judges. so trump is under this partial gag order and the new york hush money case. he tweeted out something about the judge's daughter, and the court order now applies to prosecutors other than alvin bragg and court staff. and so alvin bragg says that this post on social media from tweet is a legal word that means trump is willfully in violation of a court order. trump says he's not.

he says the court order applies to court staff and their families but that doesn't include the judge, so d.a. bragg is asking for a clarification on that point. >> and also today trump's lawyers are moving to dismiss the entire case claiming there is too much prejudicial publicity, pretrial publicity to get a fair trial. one could argue it's basically his statements on truth social. president biden has certainly been absolutely clear in not talking about the cases themselves, because he doesn't want to get into that mess talking about something under the justice department. in any case, will this succeed? can they get a fair trial in new york when there's been so much publicity about the case? >> he absolutely can get a fair trial, so it's not that jurors won't know anything about the case. that's not the standard. the standard is whether they can objectively judge these fairly

technical legal crimes that trump is charged with. and i think the jurors will be capable of doing that in manhattan as they do every single day. >> paul butler, thanks so much. and vaughn hillyard, kelly o'donnell and michael steele. the wake of destruction, the idf withdrawing from shifa hospital after a raid israel said killed hundreds of hamas fighters. hundreds of bodies were found in the devastation by hamas-run palestinian health organization. that's all next when "andrea mitchell reports" is back in 60 seconds. stay with us. you're watching msnbc.

there are virtual talks on alternatives to a large-scale invasion of rafah after israel's prime minister abruptly canceled

the talks in washington last week in anger over the u.s. permitting a u.n. resolution that israel opposed to pass rather than vetoing it as the u.s. always has in the past. this after massive protests in israel overnight and over the weekend. the biggest in the nearly six months since the start of the war. tens of thousands of people, including the families of hamas hostages, took to the streets in tel aviv and jerusalem, in fact, all across the country blasting prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his right-wing coalition as an obstacle to an immediate ceasefire and the release of hostages. today the prime minister is recovering from what doctors say was a successful hernia operation after defiantly insisting, again, he will attack rafah despite u.s. objections. even as the virtual talks were about to get under way. inside gaza, israeli soldiers have withdrawn from al shifa hospital after a two-week raid, claiming more than 100 militants

were killed. hamas denies continuing to use it as a base. at least 21 patients died in the hospital siege according to the world health organization. the head of the group saying, quote, hospitals must be respected and protected. they must not be used as battlefields. of course, hamas has been known to use the hospitals to use civilians as human shields. a lot of action. we have these virtual meetings. we understand secretary blinken will participate in those meetings, so it's not just the military, it's diplomats as well. he was supposed to be with the national security adviser last week, the closest adviser, longtime adviser to netanyahu. raf, how important were the protests? >> reporter: well, andrea, these are the largest protests that we have seen in israel since the

start of the war. you'll remember for the first ten months of 2023, before the october 7th attack, israelis were on the streets in enormous you numbers every single week protesting then against prime minister benjamin netanyahu's plans to weaken the supreme court. they are protesting now calling for early elections, calling for a ceasefire deal to free the hostages. they are calling for more members of the ultra orthodox jewish community to be conscripted into the military, something most members of that community do not serve in the military, but there is a lot of frustration amongst secular israelis as the war enters its six months, that the burden of military service is not being shared equally across society. we should say, andrea, even though israelis are on the streets in large numbers calling for elections, that doesn't mean there will be elections. netanyahu does have a majority government. it's a majority that stretches

from the far right, his original partners in coalition, to those who joined the government after the start of the war. but polls show a majority of israelis want an election now, and if there was one, that prime minister netanyahu's party would be defeated. he is throwing a little bit of political red meat to his right-wing base today saying that he is planning to ban al jazeera, the television station that has been critical of israel over its reporting on gaza. that is popular with right-ring israelis and netanyahu says he will use new powers granted by the israeli parliament to do it immediately. andrea? >> raf sanchez, thank you. let's bring in the former nato supreme allied commander and co-author of the book "2054." and correspondent michael crowley. admiral, what alternatives are

there to the rafah invasion? what could be suggested for a more targeted approach rather than an all-out ground invasion, which is what the u.s. says would load to too many civilian casualties? >> this is under immediate discussion between very senior levels of the israeli defense forces and the u.s. military. these talks were put on hold during a spat last week and now are back in virtual format. i think the chairman of the joint chiefs and the u.s. secretary of defense are going to lay out some fairly specific suggestions to our israeli partners. it would include, number one, before you undertake a massive ground assault, you have got to move a million people out of rafah. that's militarily unbelievably difficult. it will take weeks if not months, but you have to get the

civilians out of the line of fire. that's going to be very hard. short of that, you use very targeted approaches, special forces. you're going after only four battalions of hamas right now. you can try and do that without the kind of aerial bombardment. use your drones wisely. use your unmanned wisely. get your special forces out in front. get your engineers out in front. but i don't want to underestimate how difficult this is going to be for the israelis. for them to launch a massive, knock down the walls, bomb dropping assault with a million civilians unacceptable globally. i hope they don't do it. >> but, at the same time, let me ask you a follow-up question -- the u.s. has just approved another munitions agreement -- well, it was a prior agreement -- but more bombs, more bunker buster bombs, 2,000-pound bombs, 500-pound

bombs, so they are resupplying israel with weapons at the very moment that they are in disagreement with israel's ways of pursuing the war including not opening the crossings and not getting more land crossings open to get more aid in so we wouldn't have to be build that go pier which is arguably a sitting target. you know, for terrorists. so, admiral, people are asking, certainly senator van holland was asking over the weekend, how does this make sense politically or militarily? >> these are exactly the right questions to be asking, and the administration has taken a very, shall we say, calibrated approach to trying to put pressure on the israelis to reduce the collateral damage. and, so far, it has overall reduced it but not sufficiently, and i think the next step, if

benjamin netanyahu does follow through with a massive ground assault, i think the u.s. is going to be forced to stop sending any kind of offensive weapon. so watch that space depending on what the israelis decide to do. >> michael, what's your read on this? is this the wrong time for the u.s. to be authorizing these weapons? and, at the same time that we've seen these big protests, a majority of israelis want rafah to be invaded and hamas to be routed out so there's kind of a split screen here in terms of the israeli political climate. >> yes, so, the first question, andrea, for president biden, it's not yet the right time to cut off weapons. it does seem as though going guns blazing into rafah, particularly without a plan to really protect civilians, which a lot of officials don't think is plausible. they don't think you could

execute a plan like that, that it's just too many people to move to safety. biden is not ready to do it in advance, but i think if the israelis go in, that is possibly going to be a turning point. we've said that before in this conflict. the president is reluctant. on israeli politics, you make a good point about what the majority of israelis want because there is a lot of discussion in this country about netanyahu and his right-wing coalition. senator schumer went to the senate floor and gave a speech saying bibi has to go. netanyahu to a significant degree reflects real public opinion in israel. he's not an outlier who -- yes, cobbled together an unlikely coalition that requires right-wing support, but his views are not wildly out of line with those of israeli society. there are a lot of dissenting israelis who don't like a lot of his policies particular lip his domestic policies.

when it comes to the war on gaza, i'm not sure you would see a sea change. a two-state solution, i'm not sure you would have a completely different outcome if netanyahu is out, and that's a problem for president biden. >> in fact, netanyahu seems to be focusing on the two-state solution which really is raw with israelis, the israelis who suffer on october 7th and the majority of them, at least from what our reporting is, are not in favor of a two-state solution. that is still a minority point of view. one other thing about al jazeera based in qatar that is so strange, because we know that netanyahu gave the go-ahead to keep paying money to hamas and hamas in gaza because he thought the israeli policy was to

support the repayments that were keeping hamas both in doha, some of the leaders, the political leaders, and in gaza as the governing organization because they thought that was keeping them contained. for them to now go against al jazeera seems to be very strange. michael? >> andrea, everything changed after october 7th, so you're absolutely right. netanyahu thought that hamas was a problem that was a lid on that problem, it could be managed. hamas was terrible, was an enemy of the state of israeli but they were not an existential threat, and if qatar was sending money into gaza it was keeping the people basically fed and housed, and netanyahu didn't have to worry about it. everything changes and the israelis see al jazeera, hamas

propaganda, suffering in gaza. it doesn't talk about the october 7th attacks. it has no sympathy for israel. al jazeera is providing support to the enemy. everything has changed after october 7th and i'm not surprised to see this honestly. >> qatar is the go-between for the hostage republic leases which the majority of israelis do want the hostages to be republic leased. >> qatar has the largest u.s. military base in the region in doha. >> importantly. admiral, thank you very much. michael crowley, thanks to you. and a new hbo docu-series is next. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. n msnbc. [car door shuts] [paparazzi taking pictures]

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a new documentary series from hbo is tackling the rise and fall of synanon, a california-based drug rehab center started in the 1950s that devolved into a cult-like group. former members credit it can saving their lives, but the group lost its way under the militant rule of its charismatic leader. >> synanon was a golden child of the world. >> the population grew.

>> chuck began to amass wealth. >> they started to see chuck as a god. >> there were rules synanon were founded and they were solid until they weren't. >> learn to live the way we do. if not, go somewhere else. >> joining me is the director and executive producer of the synanon fix which premieres today. rory this is a different type of cult. people beat their drug habits. former members don't regret being a part of it. talk to me about the destructive side, the controversial side you dug into with a lot of new documentary material. >> yeah, thank you for having me here. it's nice to be with you, andrea. what was fascinating to me about the synanon story was really that it came from this place that was incredibly innovative and forward thinking. it was the first drug

rehabilitation program for narcotic addicts, for heroin addicts. they didn't have any place to go at that time. they either went to prison or they went to a mental health hospital, but there were no drug treatment programs before synanon. and this was an innovative program that really changed people's lives especially in the beginning, but, unfortunately, as you point out, over time it devolved into what many considered a cult. it was, in the beginning, the pillars of synanon were there were no drugs and alcohol and there was no violence. by the end, they had more -- they had bought more firearms than anybody in the history of california, and they had an open bar in the facility. and so seeing it go from one extreme to the other over a couple of decades and really hearing from the people on the front lines who lived through synanon and what they experienced is a fascinating

story. >> what were some of the abusive tactics they used against patients or members? >> yeah, well, so there were a number of mandates that happened over time. in the beginning it was -- you know, you weren't allowed to have sugar and you had to exercise, but those slowly over time started getting increasingly concerning to the point where people were forced to have abortions and vasectomies. and then, by the end, there was an attack with a rattlesnake against one of the lawyers coming out against synanon. so it really went to a much darker place at the end. >> wow. now you and your generations of your family, actually, were at the white house on st. patrick's

day posing for a family photo with the president and it was notable because, of course, your brother rfk jr. is running against the president. why are you backing the president over your own brother? >> well, i'm a huge fan of president biden's. i think he's done a fantastic job and doesn't quite get the credit he deserves over the last four years in terms of policies that he's enacted and changes he's made that i think have been enormously impactful and positive. the truth is that i love my brother, and it pains me to come out against him, but i am very concerned with the stakes in this election, and i'm very concerned from the polls i'm seeing that he takes many more votes from biden than he does from trump. and i think this election is going to come down to a handful

of votes in a handful of states, and i'm concerned that his campaign and running for office as an independent is going to lead to trump's election. and i feel that that will be catastrophic, honestly, for not just our country but for the world. i feel that the stakes couldn't be higher, frankly. i would love more than anything to sit out on the sidelines on this one and not be in this position, but i don't feel like i can do that. >> understandable. family and -- it's complicated. thank you so much, rory kennedy. really excite body this synanon documentary on hbo max debuting tonight. thank you. >> take care. and race to reopen. acting labor secretary julie sue joining me to discuss the huge task of reopening the port of

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this weekend workers used a giant crane to remove the first piece of the mangled steel from the remains of the fallen francis scott key bridge, the first step to fully reopening the port. but that will take a long time. earlier today the captain of the port established a small,

temporary channel to allow smaller ships into the harbor. president biden will head to baltimore this friday, the white house announced, to view the wreckage. joining me from baltimore, acting secretary of labor, julie, we heard there were 8,000 workers impacted immediately. what are your concerns? is there anything you can do to ameliorate their problems? any payments, temporary jobs? tell us what you're working on. >> thank you so much for having me. as you know, this tragedy really does impact working people when we look at it, we look at basically three categories. the first is obviously support for the families of the workers who tragically lost their lives. the second is the workers who are doing the difficult, important work of the cleanup and eventually the rebuild, making sure they are protected.

and then the third is the workers who are impacted by the closures including the closure of the ports. that is about 15,000 direct jobs at the port of baltimore, and about 140,000 indirect jobs and making sure those workers are secure, get the benefits they're entitled to, and during this time of great uncertainty, when we don't yet know how long it will take to reopen -- although we're all in on making sure that happens as quickly and safely as possible -- those workers have economic security during this time. >> and you met with the longshoremen's union. what did they tell you. >> this is an anxious time for them, right? again, they're looking at -- there's still some work being done, some work that was already in the port, but the question of how long it's going to take to reopen is very much top of mind. my message to them was that the

moment that the bridge collapsed, the president thought about the working men and women who make this country run, and his instruction to all of us is to do everything we can to make sure that we mitigate the anxiety and the harm of this moment including the economic security of workers who are going to be out of work for some period of time through no fault of their own. we're looking at ways to shore up benefits, make sure they get the benefits to which they're entitled and we make up shortfalls. >> and, be briefly, the immediate victims, of course, those who died, were mostly immigrants from mexico, honduras, guatemala, some of the least protected workers in our country. is there anything special that can be done for these -- >> that's right. thank you for noting that. these are workers who were working in the middle of the night, right, oftentimes they are both literally and figuratively invisible in the

work that they do. immigrant workers, in fact, latino immigrant workers in 2021 made up just over 8% of the employed workforce in the country, but over 14% of workers who died on the job through some kind of accident or other disaster, and it's very important for us to make sure all workers are protected on the job. this is unconscionable and oftentimes workers are the last to know when there is some kind of -- something that's going to happen, when there's a mayday call and the like. we're looking at the lessons of this and to make sure that we protect all working people when they're on the job. >> thank you so much, madam secretary, acting secretary julie su. coming up next, celebrating the extraordinary work of harry smith and a remarkable beloved colleague.

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do you think dancing helps you get along with people? >> yeah, if you dance with them, you get along. >> you kind of have to. >> yeah. >> we were so psyched for the students in harbor creek, pennsylvania when they connected with the international space station. wow. we met a lot of eyewitnesses to history. aaron has been imprisoned. carlato was of the little rock nine. >> we were just doing what we were supposed do. >> you've got it upside down, i'm sorry. there, does that look better to you now? >> thank you for the correction. mike collins told us what it was like to be alone in apollo 11. richard was a radio operator who

told us his unit spotted japanese planes headed toward pearl harbor. >> a lot of people look up to all of you as heros. >> we did our job. we love our country. >> we met alexi navalny in moscow 12 years ago. are you afraid of your life? >> this is part of the job. >> reporter: his dream would cost him his life. deb holland is one of the first two native american women elected to congress. did anybody ever tell you can't do this? >> not to my face. >> reporter: she's now secretary of the interior. >> reporter: and this couple married for 50 years. we've encountered a potpourri of extraordinary people. alan's mission to provide

chronically homeless of austin a place to live. >> what we want people do is breach the gospel often and only when necessary use words. >> reporter: dan used to love playing catch with his son who died in an accident. dan found solace by playing catch often with strangers every day for a year. mercy. and sam, a quadriplegic, took us for a ride in manhattan. he says he will walk again. you dream about it? >> eye never had a dream where i was in a wheelchair. >> reporter: and kelly is a concert violinist when she's not touring america and the world, she plays in homeless shelters. erin told us of her journey to redemption at her restaurant in freedom, maine. when you can do that, when you can forgive yourself, what does it gives you? >> strength. >> reporter: we traveled the

world with nbc. the 66 big radio telescopes high over chile are so powerful they could almost reach the edge of the universe. we fell in love with elephants in kenya. and met some of the women who are helping to save them. we waited the power and majesty of the gorillas of angola. and counted penguins antarctica. we saw how the removal of invasive species transformed the pacific into a kind of eden, yet the world's trash still watches ashore. snapshots with celebrities. julia roberts, the cast of the sopranos, cast of 80 for brady,

andy cohen, carol burnett, will ferrell, bob newhart, zac brown and cher. >> i can't believe i'm doing this. >> reporter: we said yes to a number of things over the years. so glad we did. we took a turn operating the soon to be automated pivot bridge. hard to top this. tiger cubs at the bronx zoo. joined bills mafia. shot lasers at the moon. and it all seems like it happened yesterday. >> thanks to "today" for putting that together and harry setting off on a new chapter at his alma mater central college in iowa

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