Nightly News Full Episode - September 22

>>> BREAKING NEWS, JIMMY KIMMEL, RETURNING TO TV JUST. DAYS AFTER DISNEY. ANNOUNCED HE WAS. BEING PULLED OFF THE. AIR INDEFINITELY. CAMELS SUSPENSION. REVERSED, AFTER DAYS. OF FALLOUT. THE COMPANY SAYING. IT PULLED THE SHOW. BECAUSE OF ILL-TIMED. COMMENTS, BUT. HUNDREDS OF STARS.

INCLUDING TOM HANKS. AND MERYL STREEP. CALLED THE MOVE A. DARK MOMENT FOR. FREEDOM OF SPEECH. >>> THE WHITE. HOUSE'S. CONTROVERSIAL AUTISM. ANNOUNCEMENT LINKING. ACETAMINOPHEN DURING. PREGNANCY TO AUTISM. THE PRESIDENT, MULTIPLE TIMES, SAYING DON'T TAKE. TYLENOL, THOUGH ITS. MAKER INSISTED IS. SAFE. TENS OF THOUSANDS. GATHERED FOR CHARLIE. KIRKS MEMORIAL. THE EMOTIONAL MOMENT. HIS WIFE SAID, I. FORGIVE HIM, ABOUT. HER HUSBAND'S KILLER. BUT IN THE NEXT. SPEECH, PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAYING HE. HATES HIS OPPONENTS. TONIGHT, HOW HE IS. DIRECTING HIS AG TO.

TARGET POLITICAL. FOES. >>> AS ISRAELI. STRIKES BLESSED. THROUGH GAZA CITY, THE CLASH OF THE. UNITED NATIONS, AS. MORE THAN 100. NATIONS RECOGNIZE A. PALESTINIAN STATE. >>> PRICED OUT, HOW. RISING HOUSING. PRICES HAVE FORCED A. GROWING NUMBER OF. AMERICANS TO MOVE. INTO RVs. TONIGHT, WE WILL. SHOW YOU LIFE IN. THESE CRAMPED. SPACES. >>> BUILD A FORTUNE. THE SURPRISING STOCK. SURGE MANATT FROM A. TECH COMPANY, BUT. FROM BUILD-A-BEAR. HOW THE BELOVED TOY. STORE IS A CRUSHING.

ECONOMIC. EXPECTATIONS. >>> NO LAUGHING. MATTER. IN THE MIDDLE OF A. COMEDY SHOW, A MAN. COLLAPSES FROM. CARDIAC ARREST. HOW THE CROWD WORKED. TOGETHER TO SAVE HIS. LIFE. WE REUNITE THEM, TONIGHT. NIGHTLY NEWS STARTS. RIGHT NOW. >>> THIS IS NBC. NIGHTLY NEWS, WITH. TOM LLAMAS. >>> GOOD EVENING. IT HAS BEEN NEARLY A. WEEK SINCE JIMMY. KIMMEL'S SHOW WAS. SUSPENDED, BUT. STARTING TOMORROW,

THE LATE-NIGHT. COMEDIAN WILL BE ON. THE AIR ONCE AGAIN. DISNEY ANNOUNCING. KIMMEL'S RETURN. AFTER WHAT IT CALLS. , THOUGHTFUL. CONVERSATIONS, SAYING IT PULLED THE. SHOW LAST WEEK. BECAUSE OF COMMENTS. THAT WERE ILL-TIMED, AND THUS. INSENSITIVE. ABC AND DISNEY FACE. PRESSURE FROM THE. SEC, AND MAJOR. STATION GROUPS, AFTER KIMMEL MADE. THE COMMENTS IN THE. WAKE OF CHARLIE. KIRKS KILLING. BUT, THE SUSPENSION. WAS MET WITH. CONCERNS ABOUT. FREEDOM OF SPEECH, IN HOLLYWOOD, YOU. CAN SEE THE LIST, HUNDREDS INCLUDING. MERYL STREEP AND.

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ALL. NBC NEWS HAS REACHED. OUT TO MEDIA. COMPANIES. SO FAR, NO COMMENT. TOM? >> LIZ KREUTZ WITH. THE NEW REPORTING. WE THANK YOU. >>> AT THE WHITE. HOUSE TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID.

PREGNANT WOMEN. SHOULD NOT TAKE. ACETAMINOPHEN, THE. ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN. TYLENOL, SAYING. THERE IS A LINK TO. AUTISM IN CHILDREN. BUT, DOCTORS SAY. STUDIES GOING BACK. DECADES SHOW THE. MEDICINE IS SAFE. DURING PREGNANCY. HERE IS Anne. THOMPSON. >> TAKING TYLENOL IS. NOT GOOD. I'LL SAY IT. IT'S NOT GOOD. >> Reporter: IN A. RAMBLING STATEMENT. LONG ON OPINION, WITH LITTLE NEW. SCIENCE, PRESIDENT. TRUMP SAID THE FDA. WOULD TELL DOCTORS. THAT THE USE OF.

ACETAMINOPHEN, OR. TYLENOL, IN. PREGNANCY, CAN. INCREASE THE RISK OF. AUTISM. >> IF YOU ARE. PREGNANT, DON'T TAKE. TYLENOL. >> Reporter: FDA. COMMISSIONER DR. MARTY McGARRY, POINTING TO SEVERAL. STUDIES, INCLUDING. ONE FROM OUTSIDE MT. SINAI, WHICH SAYS. PRENATAL EXPOSURE. MAY INCREASE THE. RISK OF NARRATIVE. ELEMENTAL DISORDERS, INCLUDING AUTISM. BUT THAT FURTHER. RESEARCH IS NEEDED. TO CONFIRM THESE. ASSOCIATIONS, AND. DETERMINE CAUSALITY. AND MECHANISMS. TYLENOL'S MAKER. STRONGLY DISAGREEING.

WITH THE WHITE. HOUSE, SAYING IN A. STATEMENT THAT A. DECADE OF RIGOROUS. RESEARCH CONFIRMS. THERE IS NO CREDIBLE. EVIDENCE LINKING. ACETAMINOPHEN TO. AUTISM. THE MEDICAL. COMMUNITY IS NOT. CHANGING ITS GUIDANCE. . TONIGHT, THE. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF. OBSTETRICIANS AND. GYNECOLOGISTS STILL. SAYS IT IS SAFE TO. TAKE ACETAMINOPHEN. DURING PREGNANCY. >> WE HAVE BEEN. STUDYING THAT. MEDICATION FOR OVER. 20 YEARS. THERE HAVE BEEN. NUMEROUS, NUMEROUS. WELL-DESIGNED TRIALS. THAT HAVE COME OUT. THAT HAVE SHOWED. SAFETY AND EFFICACY.

>> Reporter: THE. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SAYS IT IS SPENDING. $50 MILLION TO LOOK. FOR THE CAUSE OF. AUTISM, DESPITE. DECADES OF RESEARCH. SHOWING NO. CONNECTION BETWEEN. VACCINES AND AUTISM, TODAY, HEALTH. SECRETARY, ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR., BROUGHT. IT UP AGAIN. >> ONE AREA THAT WE. ARE CLOSELY. EXAMINING, IS. VACCINES. >> Reporter: KAMI. SCHALL IS A NURSE. >> SHOW ME THE. SCIENCE. YOU KNOW? SHOW ME GOOD.

REPEATED STUDIES. >> Reporter: HER. MIDDLE CHILD, JEFFREY, HAS AUTISM. >> ADDING MORE. UNCERTAINTY, ESPECIALLY WITH. SOMETHING THAT I. CANNOT CHANGE, JUST. MAKES THINGS MORE. CONFUSING AND MORE. FRUSTRATING, AND. DOESN'T ACTUALLY. HELP. >> WITH THAT, AND. JOINS US IN STUDIO. BESIDES SENDING THIS. LETTER TO DOCTORS, IS THE ADMINISTRATOR. IN TAKING ANY OTHER. ACTION? >> THEY ARE. SECRETARY KENNEDY. SAYS THEY WILL START. THE PROCESS OF A. SAFETY LABEL CHANGE.

ON AS A DOMINICAN. PRODUCTS, AS WELL AS. A NATIONAL PUBLIC. SERVICE CAMPAIGN, AND IT WILL ALSO. ENCOURAGE CLINICIANS. TO USE THE LOWEST. DOSE OF ACETAMINOPHEN. , FOR THE SHORTEST. PERIOD OF TIME, IF. IT IS NECESSARY FOR. PREGNANT WOMEN, TOM. >> WE THANK YOU. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP. TONIGHT ALSO CALLING. FOR HIS ATTORNEY. GENERAL TO. INVESTIGATE SOME OF. HIS POLITICAL. OPPONENTS. THIS COMES AFTER HE. JOINED TENS OF. THOUSANDS AT THAT. EMOTIONAL SERVICE. FOR CHARLIE KIRKS. >> Reporter: PRESIDENT TRUMP WITH. ANOTHER PUSH FOR. ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM. BONDI. AFTER HIS. CONTROVERSIAL POST. URGING HER TO.

PROSECUTE THREE OF. HIS POLITICAL FOES. THE PRESIDENT, SATURDAY NIGHT, POSTING ABOUT A. FORMER FBI DIRECTOR. JAMES COMAY, DEMOCRATIC SENATOR. ADAM SCHIFF, AND NEW. YORK'S DEMOCRATIC. ATTORNEY GENERAL, LATISHA JAMES, WRITING, THEY. IMPEACHED ME TWICE. AND INDICTED ME FIVE. TIMES OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE. SERVED, NOW. >> NIXON HAD HIS. ENEMIES LIST, BUT IT. WASN'T SO EXHAUSTIVE. AND BLATANT AS THIS. >> Reporter: BUT, THE WHITE HOUSE. TONIGHT INSISTING. THE PRESIDENT IS NOT. LIBERALIZING THE DOJ. >> HE WANTS ACCOUNT.

ABILITY FOR THESE. CORRUPT FRAUDSTERS. WHO ABUSED THEIR. POWER. >> Reporter: THIS. COMES AFTER TENS OF. THOUSANDS PACKED THE. MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR. CONSERVATIVE. ACTIVIST CHARLIE. COOK. >> THE GUN WAS. POINTED AT HIM, BUT. THE BULLET WAS AIMED. AT ALL OF US. >> Reporter: WITH. THE PRESIDENT. EMBRACING KIRKS. WIDOW, ERICA. >> AFTER CHARLIE'S. ASSASSINATION, WE. DID NOT SEE VIOLENCE. WE DID NOT SEE. WRITING. WE DID NOT. SEE REVOLUTION.

INSTEAD, WE SAW WHAT. MY HUSBAND ALWAYS. PRAYED HE WOULD SEE. IN THIS COUNTRY, WE. SAW A REVIVAL. >> Reporter: IN ONE. OF THE MOST POIGNANT. MOMENTS OF THE. NIGHT, JUST 11 DAYS. AFTER HER HUSBAND'S. MURDER, ERICA KIRK. FORGIVING HER. HUSBAND'S ALLEGED. ASSASSIN. >> I FORGIVE HIM. I FORGIVE HIM. BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT. CHRIST DID, AND IT. IS WHAT CHARLIE. WOULD DO.

>> Reporter: A. SENTIMENT OF THE. PRESIDENT DID NOT. ECHO, AS HE. CELEBRATED CHARLIE. COOK. >> HE DID NOT HATE. HIS OPPONENTS BUT HE. WANTED THE BEST FOR. THEM, THAT IS WHERE. I DISAGREE WITH. CHARLIE. I HATE MY OPPONENTS. AND I DON'T WANT THE. BEST FOR THEM, I'M. SORRY. I AM SORRY, ERICA. >> DERRICK JONES IS. NOW IN STUDIO. WE SAW THERE, THE. PRESIDENT HAS. ORDERED THE AG, ON. SOCIAL MEDIA TO GO. AFTER POLITICAL FOES. IS HE ACTUALLY DOING. IT?

>> IT IS HARD TO. KNOW FOR SURE. BECAUSE THIS. AFTERNOON THE. ATTORNEY GENERAL. APPEARS TO HAVE. FOLLOWED ANOTHER. ORDER FROM THE SAME. SOCIAL MEDIA POST. AND SWORN IN A NEW. INTERIM U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE. EASTERN DISTRICT OF. VIRGINIA WHERE THE. LATISHA JAMES. INQUIRY HAD BEEN. BASED. WE WILL BE WATCHING. TO SEE IF IT RAMPS. UP. >>.

IMMIGRATION POLICY. WON'T CHANGE. SO FAR, HE HAS NOT. COMMENTED PUBLICLY. ABOUT THE REPORT. TOM? >> KELLY O'DONNELL, THANKS TO YOU. >>> NOW TO THAT.

MAJOR HEADLINE FROM. THE U.N. TONIGHT AS. MORE COUNTRIES SAY. THEY PLAN TO. RECOGNIZE A. PALESTINIAN STATE. ANDREA MITCHELL. JOINS US IN STUDIO. THE U.S. AND ISRAEL. BOTH STRONGLY OPPOSE. THE MOVE? >> Reporter: EXACTLY, TOM. ISRAEL AND THE U.S. STAND LARGELY. ISOLATED ON THE. WORLD STAGE, OPPOSING A. PALESTINIAN STATE, THEY SAY, BECAUSE OF. THE HAMAS OCTOBER. 7th ATTACK. ISRAEL'S PRIME. MINISTER, NETANYAHU, SAYS A STATE WOULD. REWARD TERRORISM, AND ESCALATED. AGAINST THOMAS, STRIKE IN GAZA CITY. AT THE U.N., THE. FRENCH PRESIDENT,

MACRON, AND SAUDI. ARABIA ALONG WITH. 150 OTHER NATIONS. SUPPORTING. STATEHOOD, A GOAL. THAT HAS BEEN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY FOR. DECADES UNTIL NOW. THE PALESTINIAN. LEADER, FOR THE. FIRST TIME, COULD. NOT ADDRESS THE. GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN. PERSON, APPEARING. VIRTUALLY, BECAUSE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT. DENIED HIS VISA. ALL OF THIS BEFORE. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S. BIG ADDRESS TOMORROW. TO THE U.N.. TOM? >> THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO OUR. SERIES, PRICED OUT. THE SURGE OF PEOPLE. LIVING FULL-TIME IN. RVs AS THE COST OF.

OWNING A HOME RISES. I ONE MEASURE, TWICE. AS MANY PEOPLE ARE. LIVING IN RVs THAN. FOUR YEARS AGO. ELLISON BARBER. TRAVELED TO. TENNESSEE TO LEARN. MORE. >> IT ACTUALLY HAS A. QUEEN SIZED BED, WHICH IS HARD TO. BELIEVE. >> Reporter: FOR GUS. FRANCIS, THIS IS. HOME. A 20-YEAR-OLD CAMPER. THAT HE BOUGHT FOR. $5000, PARKED IN AN. RV LOT IN GRACE. HILL, TENNESSEE, JUST NORTH OF. CHATTANOOGA. >> I HAVE MY.

ROSARIES FOR. PROTECTION. BOOKS AND BOOKS. >> Reporter: NOW. RETIRED, HE WORKED. FOR DECADES AS A. COMMERCIAL DIVER, AND HOPE TO LIVE. CLOSER TO HIS. WIDOWED MOTHER, BUT. WHEN HE SOUGHT A. MORE CONVENTIONAL. HOME, >> I CAN SEE HOW. PEOPLE WITH A NORMAL. JOB MAKING $15 PER. HOUR CAN AFFORD AN. APARTMENT WITHOUT. MULTIPLE ROOMMATES. >> Reporter: ARE YOU. ABLE TO USE THIS FOR. NOW? >> NO, I DON'T USE. IT AT ALL. I EAT A LOT OF SOUP. >> Reporter: MEALS. ARE MADE IN THE.

MICROWAVE. THE STOVE, UNUSED, FOR FEAR OF A GAS. LEAK. RIGHT NEXT DOOR IS. DEBBIE WILLIAMS. >> WELCOME TO MY. HOUSE. >> IS THE LITTLEST. ONE. >> Reporter: SHE. SOLD HER HOUSE IN. KENTUCKY TO BE. CLOSER TO HER. GRANDCHILDREN. BUT, HOUSING PRICES. NEAR CHATTANOOGA. INCREASED BY ALMOST. 50%, SINCE 2020. >> APARTMENTS ARE. ABOUT 1200 PER. MONTH, BUT THEN YOU. HAVE YOUR UTILITIES. TO PAY. THIS IS PERMANENT, PLUS IT INCLUDES --. IT IS LIKE 550 PER.

MONTH, IT INCLUDES. ELECTRICAL, WATER. >> YOU ARE SAVING. OVER 50%? >> IT INCLUDES. EVERYTHING. >> Reporter: DEBBIE. WORKS NIGHTS, HELPING ADULTS WITH. DISABILITIES, AND. SAYS SHE LIKES HER. SET UP. EVEN IF THE EXERCISE. BIKE DOESN'T FIT. INSIDE. >> I LIKE MY SHOWER. IT IS REALLY NICE. AND THEN MY BEDROOM. >> Reporter: DEBBIE. AND GUS, NOW AMONG. THE NEARLY 500,000.

PEOPLE IN THE U.S. LIVING IN RVs FULL-. TIME. >> I SOMETIMES. THOUGHT MAN, IF I. COULD HAVE SAVED. MORE MONEY IN THE. PAST, BUT IT WAS IS, I DON'T BLAME MYSELF. EITHER, BECAUSE I. RAISED FOUR KIDS. WITH NO CHILD. SUPPORT. >> Reporter: DESPITE. TIGHT QUARTERS, PLENTY OF ROOM TO. BUILD A COMMUNITY. THAT MATTERS. ELLISON BARBER, NBC. NEWS, GRACE HILL, TENNESSEE. >>> WE WILL BE RIGHT. BACK.

>>> A BIG DAY FOR. MANY 401(K)s. CHIPMAKER NVIDIA. GAINING ON NEWS THAT. IT WAS INVESTING UP. >>> A BIG DAY FOR. TO. MANY 401(K)s, DRIVEN. BY CHIPMAKER NVIDIA, GAINING ON NEWS THAT. IT WAS INVESTING UP. TO $100 BILLION IN. OPEN A.I. BUT, AMONG THE FEW. COMPANIES DOING EVEN. BETTER THAN AND. VIDEO THIS YEAR, BUILD-A-BEAR. WORKSHOP. >> Reporter: CALL IT. A BEAR MARKET ON A. BULL RUN. >> THE STOCK HAS. GONE FROM TWO. DOLLARS TO $67.

WHAT IS GOING ON? >> Reporter: BUILD-A-. BEAR WORKSHOP, ADORED BY KIDS FOR. PERSONALIZED STUFFED. ANIMALS, IS ONE OF. THE BEST PERFORMERS. IN THE STOCK MARKET. THIS YEAR, RISING. OVER 50% SINCE THE. BEGINNING OF THE. YEAR, AND OVER 2000%. IN THE LAST FIVE. YEARS. BUILD-A-BEAR. WORKSHOP, NOT ONLY. OWING ITS SUCCESS TO. THE ICONIC BEAR IN. THE CLASSIC BOX, BUT. ALSO TO. COLLABORATIONS. APPEALING TO. MILLENNIALS LIKE. PIKACHU, WITH. POKIMON, AND OF. COURSE, HELLO KITTY. CEO SHARON PRICE. JOHN CALLS IT KID A. BUILDING.

>> THE KIDS WHO. FIRST CAME TO BUILD-. A-BEAR BACK IN 1997. ARE HAVING KIDS OF. THEIR OWN THE RIGHT. AGE FOR BUILD-A-. BEAR. >> Reporter: SHE. SAYS IN THE FACE OF. TERRACE, THE COMPANY. IS TRYING TO OFFER. AFFORDABLE PRICE. POINTS, STARTING. WITH SMALL, PRE-. STUFFED ANIMALS. AROUND $10. DECLINING FOR. TRAFFIC AT THE MALL, POSITIONING ITSELF. IN CRUISE SHIPS AND. AMUSEMENT PARKS, TOO. >> IT HAD BEEN THE. EPICENTER AT THE. MALL, THAT HAS. EVOLVED A BIT AND. THE BRAND AND.

COMPANY HAS TO. CHANGE WITH THE. CONSUMER. >> Reporter: THE. EXPERIENCE OF. STUFFING AND LOVING, TUGGING AT BUILD-A-. BEAR'S CUSTOMERS. HEARTSTRINGS, AND. INVESTORS, TOO. NBC NEWS. >>> WE ARE BACK NOW. WITH AN UPDATE IN. THE CASE OF ROBERT. BROOKS, AN INMATE. WHO DIED IN UPSTATE. NEW YORK LAST WINTER. TODAY, FOUR FORMER. CORRECTIONS OFFICERS. PLEADED GUILTY TO. MANSLAUGHTER. THIS COMES AFTER. BODY CAM FOOTAGE.

SHOWED GUARDS EATING. BROOKS WHILE HE WAS. HANDCUFFED IN A. MEDICAL EXAM ROOM A. DAY BEFORE HE DIED. THERE WERE 10 GUARDS. INDICTED IN BROOKS. DEATH. >>> NOW TO ITALY, HEAVY RAINFALL. TRIGGERED SEVERE. FLOODING. VIDEO SHOWS STREETS. IN THE HISTORIC. CITIES COMMERCIAL. AND CARS COMPLETE. THE UNDERWATER, WITH. FIREFIGHTERS WORKING. TO RESCUE PEOPLE. STRANDED IN THEIR. VEHICLES. >>> TODAY, NASA. INTRODUCED ITS NEW. CLASS OF 10. ASTRONAUTS WHO WILL. EMBARK ON A TWO-YEAR. TRAINING PROGRAM FOR. MISSIONS TO THE MOON. AND TO MARS.

THE CANDIDATES. >>> FINALLY, STANDUP. COMEDIANS ARE. USUALLY READY FOR. ANYTHING FROM THE. CROWD. WOMEN RDN'S. >>> FINALLY, STANDUP. COMEDIANS ARE. USUALLY READY FOR. ANYTHING FROM THE. CROWD, BUT WHEN AN. AUDIENCE MEMBER WENT.

INTO CARDIAC ARREST. IN THE MIDDLE OF A. SET, THE JOKES. STOPPED AND THE. CROWD IN SPOKANE. JUMPED INTO ACTION. HERE IS ERIN. McLAUGHLIN WITH THE. VIDEO AND STORY. >> Reporter: COMEDIAN, DREW. LYNCH, WAS JUST A. FEW MINUTES INTO HIS. SET IN SPOKANE, WHEN. HE SAW SOMEONE. COLLAPSE. >>, EVERYTHING OKAY? >> NO. NO. >>, NOW. >> Reporter: 83-YEAR-. OLD DICK'S HEART. STOPPED. >> CPR STARTED. >> I CAN BE YOUR. SECOND.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN. SEE THE ENTIRE CLUB. LEAP INTO ACTION, INCLUDING TWO E.R. NURSES NEARBY. >> GUYS, CAN WE GIVE. SOME SPACE TO THE. PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT. PERFORMING CPR, PLEASE? >> Reporter: THEY. PERFORMED CPR FOR. FIVE MINUTES. THE PARAMEDICS. ARRIVED, AND THEN. >> YOU GUYS ALL. REALLY CAME. TOGETHER. IN A REALLY COOL. WAY, DID. YOU SAVED THAT GUYS. LIFE.

>> Reporter: EVERYONE IN THAT. ROOM REALLY DID SEEM. LIKE THEY WERE. CONNECTED. >> IS UNLIKE. ANYTHING I'VE EVER. SEEN. IT REMINDED ME, MAYBE, OF A TIME, A. LONG TIME AGO, WHERE. YOU HELPED OUT A. NEIGHBOR. >> Reporter: HE WOKE. UP IN THE HOSPITAL. AND TELLS US HE IS. OKAY. THE NEXT DAY, LYNCH. VISITED HIM TO. FINISH THE SHOW. >> Reporter: HAVE. YOU MADE A LIFELONG. FRIEND? >> I HAVE. THE REST OF MY LIFE. I'M AN OLD GUY, BUT.

THE REST OF MY LIFE, HE WILL BE A FRIEND. OF MINE. >> Reporter: ERIN. McLAUGHLIN, NBC. NEWS. >>> THAT IS NIGHTLY.