the plate. >> akbar has style on the throw. the leg out. it tricked you for a minute. and then the fail. if you >> so if you fail, fail is style is the lesson from christine romans. >> so long. it's friday. i'm christine romans. >> lindh is say czarniak live right now. happy mother's day to you and all you moms. >> thank you. he's not a war hero. >> it doesn't matter because he's going to die anyway. >> the whole thing is disgusting. and the idea that this didn't come from the top is absurd. >> we have to do something. we are going to build a wall. >> the president erupted. much of his anger is at kirjsten

nielsen. >> this is the price of admission. >> in is sing more, i will be meeting with kim jong-un. >> this has been a bit unorthodox. the temperature has been turned down. >> the president is going to have to do two things, listen and prepare. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "new day". it is friday, may 11th. 6:00 in new york. leaks and in fighting competing with a big week for president trump on the world stage. a white house aide making awe nasty comment about john mccain. the aide says it doesn't matter, he's dying anyway. the white house is not disputing that remark about a war hero fighting brain cancer. a source tells cnn that the president berated his homeland security security in front of

the entire cabinet, insisting she is not doing enough to secure the border. >> we will be talking about what that aide said a lot. the white house put out a statement. they didn't say it was wrong, what was said. the president has said nothing about it. we'll talk about that this morning and why. president trump's lawyer, rudy guiliani, is trying to come clean and get rid of some comments that he made. he is suggested it is common practice for lawyers to make hush money payments for their clients. he said it more than once. the law firm from which rudy guiliani just reis signed, rejected that. he said he was referring to ndas not hush money and says representing trump is is the biggest case of his life. despite all of these issues, it was a significant week of foreign policy accomplishments for president trump. he pulled the u.s. out of the iran deal and brought back three captive merck's from north

korea. monday, the u.s. will open its embassy in jerusalem. a big week any way you look at it. >> reporter: that's right, chris. this morning president trump is waking up with a little bit of a high after the three americans were released from north korea detention and also ahead of the expected meeting with kim jong-un in singapore. he celebrated with a raucous campaign rally in unin last night. but here back at the white house, there are more staff troubles and stories of in fighting coming out of this building. yet again threatening to overshadow the president's foreign policy achievements. white house aide kelly sadler under fire for an insensitive comment she made about senator john mccain. a white house official saying she told staffers to dismiss his nomination of gina haspel because he's dying anyway. the war hero has been battling

brain cancer for nearly a year. mccain's wife responded on twitter. may i remind you my husband has a family, 7 children and 5 grandchildren. john mccain has a lot of friends in the united states cincinnati on both sides of the aisle. nobody is laughing in the senate. is sadler reached out to senator mccain's daughter to apologize. the comment comes after repeated attacks by president trump himself. >> he's not a war hero. >> five and a half years -- >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people who weren't captured, i hate to tell you. >> exempt for one senator who came into the room at 3:00 in the morning and went like that, we would have had health care too. >> we're learning more about in fighting in the president's senior team. a source telling cnn president trump berated homeland security secretary kirjsten nielsen,

complaining she wasn't doing enough to secure the border. >> we have the worst immigration laws in the history of mankind. we're slowly getting them changed. we want to get it quick. give me reinforcements please. >> reporter: the "new york times" reporting secretary nielsen told colleagues she was close to resigning after the argument and drafted a resignation letter. homeland security officials denying that report. president trump's chief of staff john kelly working to tamp down reports of chaos telling npr, there's times of great frustration. but he has never seriously considered leaving his post is and wishes he would have been in the white house from day one. president trump taking a victory lap in indiana on thursday night, hours after welcoming home three americans who had been imprisoned in north korea and announcing a june 12th meeting with the north korean dictator kim jong-un in singapore. >> america is being respected

again. kim jong-un did a great service to himself and to his country by doing this. >> reporter: and today president trump is expected to meet with epa administrator scott pruett who has been under fire for ethics concerns related to his travel. they will meet on fuel efficiency standards. and the president is also meeting with automaker ceos today, chris. >> abby, thank you. let's bring in john avlon and david gregory. david gregory, bad jokes are made. but in this context with mccain fighting the fight of his life, the white house puts out a statement and doesn't say the wrong thing was said. they basically put out a condolence statement. how do you explain this as anything but in decent. >> it's crude, in decent, disgusting. it is symptomatic of what's happened to our public political discourse under this president.

and americans have a choice, leaders in our country have a choice. do we want the seal broken permanently and we want this to pass as public dialogue that young people listen to and think, well, that's just politics today. no, is not. it is in decent. it should not be something that becomes normal in our public life. this is, again, another sign of the trump effect. he's the one who started this kind of dialogue about mccain himself going back to the campaign, saying he was no war hero because he was captured. it's such disrespect and in decency at awe time when someone in public life such as a huge person in public life in john mccain is going through such terrible illness. the fact that the white house doesn't do the right thing shouldn't be surprising. >> no, it shouldn't. >> and the fact that congressional leaders don't take this opportunity to stand up and say, enough, enough is also

something they are going to have to be accountable for. >> this is systematic of a deeper or problem within the conservative moment. hating john mccain has been industry for folks on the far right for a long time. what's different is the president elevated it, as david said. flow comes from the top, and that flows through his administration. the fact that there is not the decency, gut is decent seu, to not kick an objective american hero, it is stunning, it is indicative of the at months fear. it is not not connected to its moral compass. the pow, a leader of their own party in the 2008 election, that that person is not respected but instead attacked for the sin of a little bit wipolitical indepe. that is important to understand. his sin is not playing to whoever is empowered at a particular time, the republican

party. >> that is such a great point. look, donald trump again sort of started this. sorted as public awe way when he went after john mccain and pows. what people sometimes fail to understand with all the snarkiness is there are families involved. cindy mccain, john mccain's wife, tweeted to the aide, kelly sadler, who made this remark, may i remind you that my husband has awe family, 7 children and 5 grandchildren. megyn kelly, who is on "the view," has to in public go through the crucible of watching her dad's disease. so we understand she will address all of this today. and kelly sadler i think called meghan mccain directly to apologize. >> say it was a bad joke. it was not animas driven, that

she doesn't hope as some kind of equation between what mccain is doing now. that doesn't matter. this isn't about is sadler. it is about her boss he said nothing about this. it's a layup in politics. you don't have to have grown up in the business or worked on campaigns to know that. when somebody in your charge says something disgusting about somebody in the fight of their life, you speak up. it's obvious. unless you're okay with it. play the sound of the president talking about john mccain. >> he he's not a war hero. >> he's a war hero. five and a half years. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. i like people who weren't captured, i hate to tell you. >> except for the one senator at 3:00 in the morning and went like that, we would have had health care too. we would have had health care too. >> the evening we were going to terminate obamacare, we got a bad vote. you know about that, right? that was not a nice thing. >> we had it except for the one vote. you remember that beautiful night.

it was defeated, but one vote changed. >> it's okay to be angry at your opponents. we see it all the time down there. but how you disagree matters. we all know that the reason donald trump isn't tweeting right now, didn't is say anything last night even though you know he's damn well aware of this is because he's okay with taking a shot like that at is john mccain. >> that's the bottom line. most of the sound you just played outside the remark of him not being a hero, that's all fair game. >> it just shows the tone. >> but my point is, it's actually helpful montage because it shows the two ends of this, right? something completely in decent that he said to savage john mccain and his reputation. john mccain said politics ain't bean bag. he is going to take on a member of his own party who cast a vote that sunk his version is of

health care in an attempt to repeal the obama era health care plan. that's the difference. this is where you're right. this is the president of the united states who yet again does not recognize that the office is bigger than him. that to have a white house staff is to represent a great institution of this country. and you don't allow it to be undermined by a young person who makes a real mistake and had the decency to call mccain. >> this is not a tough call. leadership, step up and condemn it for saving honor and courage in american politics that john mccain almost uniquely stands for. >> my favorite jab on the show is that? you hear that? that's the sound of mcconnell and ripe saying nothing in the face of something they should be saying something about. >> one last note on this. the snarkiness is contagious.

when you start going publicly after a war hero like john mccain, it catches fire. yesterday on fox business there was a form or lieutenant tom m mcnerny. yesterday i guess he crossed the line even for him. here's what he said about john mccain. >> the fact is that john mccain it worked on john. that's why they call him song bird john. >> that's absurd. he stayed in prison refusing to be let out when he had the opportunity to show solidarity with his fellow soldiers. >> it is both inaccurate. unfortunately, there's a lot of people with unfortunate views of the world who are on television who can make those kinds of

statements. nobody who knows anything about senator mccain, republican or democrat, would give that any attention. you know, there's lots of subset on fox news that doesn't really deserve comment. >> mccain is called the maverick. that man was thanked for what he said on that show. i know fox put out a statement saying he won't be on anymore. in the moment he was thanked for his comments. >> one less sign of i think the situation we're dealing with in this country. last fall, john mccain was more popular among independents and democrats than republicans. this is a lifelong regan republican. somebody the far left has never been fond of. that fact that he is more popular is both a sign of his broad respect in the political spectrum but also how the fringe has diminished the honor and respect he deserves over a lifetime of service. >> okay. next point. "new york times" reporting, david, that the head of homeland

security, kirjsten nielsen, was publicly berated at a cabinet meeting by president trump who was quite exercised because he felt she hadn't fixed the poorest border and was still allowing illegal immigrants into the country. no one knows what exactly it was that set him off. but publicly berated her to the point where there is some talk that she considered resigning. >> partly what is interesting, be is and it's not a surprising story that the president would go off on someone in a public setting like that. it is how often the stories leak. that's what is interesting to me. you have a west wing that is really so transparent in all the dysfunction. it just shows you it is a team that is largely not working well together. and we're talking this week about some potential success, real success and actual success

with the freeing of the hostages on the part of the president. national security and foreign policy is an area where the president and the presidency has a lot of unique control. when it comes to team building, teamwork that leads to moving the country domestically, it's a different matter. and some of these problems on his i think reveal why there hasn't been more accomplishment. >> that's a strong point. look, i'm not bothered by him going at it with his cabinet secretary. he has his policy priorities, his own style. there's no pride in politics. if you don't like it, get out. >> he controls the levers of power. he's blaming her that immigrants keep crossing in? he could have a policy. is she single handedly responsible? >> i think what was going on in the meeting is he was saying, hey, you have been given these directives to do these things and they're still not happening. that is is at least within the bonds of normal political

dynamic. >> first of all, there is the presidential philosophy, the buck stops here. and the tone comes from the top. we'll solve it together. who hasn't he insulted someone in public or personal terms. >> it's not awe style. that's not what they really believe because of what david gregory just told you. they leak in a way in awe way i have never seen, especially what was leaked about sadler. in the context of them knowing it was a joke that fell flat. that shows complete lack of faith by whoever leaked that story. they knew it was a kill shot on sadler. they knew how ugly this is about the administration. >> thank you both very much. >> ahead on "new day", we will be talking live with former defense secretary ash carter. this is a big get. you cannot ask for a better mind and more experience when it comes to talking about what we're dealing with with foreign policy right now. he's going to tell us what he

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rudy guiliani, president trump's lawyer, said it is common to pay hush money. here's what he told sean hannity. >> michael would take care of stuff like this like i do for my clients. i don't burden them with every single thing that comes along. >> what he says now is they use nondisclosure payments, not that they make $130,000 payments. let's bring in chief analyst jeffrey tube in. do they do things without telling you and have people sign nondisclosures? >> the most charitable reading of rudy's remarks were that they sometimes is sign nondisclosures without the consent of the client. but it is perfect live absurd to

suggest that lawyers routinely settle cases without telling their clients what they're doing. and that is certainly what he said to sean hannity. >> i'd be surprised if rudy ever did anything like that to be honest. michael cohen, i think it is strongly evidenced by what his pattern of behavior was, is that he probably did lots of this kind of stuff that trump was aware of, semi aware of, or unaware of. that doesn't make it okay. rudy has himself in a little bit of a bind is in his position about how absurd it is that a president would have to comply with a subpoena. listen to what he said about this exact issue back in the pretrump days. >> if the president is asked to testify, is subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury and

says no, not going to do it. >> you don't have a choice. >> let it happen. you just -- >> marinate in that. >> it has never been about the law, david gregory. this is all about political opportunism. i am haunted by the likeness of this situation, which we lived through once already with clinton. >> hold on. before you answer, listen to what rudy guiliani says now 20 years later. >> what happens if robert mueller subpoenas the president? will you comply? >> well, we don't have to. we can assert the same privilege other presidents have. >> you have to do it. you don't have a choice back then. >> i love to play those two sound bites for rudy guiliani now is and see how he explains it. a couple of points. one, i can't imagine any client being happy with a lawyer

representing him or her who has been as wrong as rudy guiliani has been, as imprecise as rudy guiliani has been. is lacking in command of the facts as he's been. and this is all playing out on an international stage on television. i'd be really worried about that. the other thing is of course this is just about politics. this is just a political brawl under the guise of legal representation. i love this description of this kind of legal under world that rudy guiliani says he's part of. you know, jeffrey and i know a lot of lawyers and some of the best in the country. guess what people, they don't operate this way because it's not how it is is done without the client's consent and paying hush money. it's garbage. >> but trump likes him being on offense. especially when you put the

attributes out there, loose, imprecise and often wrong on the facts. he's got the right client. >> you're hired! >> let's talk about what vice president pence said to nbc news and for the first time seemed to really issue his own verdict on the mueller investigation. so here's the vice president. >> it's been about a year since this investigation began. our administration has provided over a million documents. we fully cooperated in it. in the interest of the country, i think it's time to wrap it up. and i would very respectfully encourage special council and his team to bring their work to completion. >> can i just say one thing, i think there's absolutely nothing wrong with what mike pence said there. >> you think it's okay to wade into an ongoing investigation? >> in the way he expressed himself, every administration that gets investigated hopes

that an investigation gets wrapped up. i think just particularly when you compare what pence said to what trump has said over and over again, witch-hunt. nothing to be seen here, i just think we need to modulate our outrage. there is not improper about what mike pence said. >> the only thing where he gets out of the context of the normal is to think that a year is too long. as we know, no disrespect, you were in the business at one time. you like to drag them out, these investigations. i would be surprised if cohen's situation is over within a year. >> it is certainly true that a year is not a long time in -- >> benghazi was four years, and that was just political. >> that's right. but expressing frustration -- >> sure, qualifying. >> -- is part of the game too. >> by the way, that was mike pence. i'm sure in his mind is he was thinking what i'm going to say is this is a witch-hunt, fake news, and that's what came out.

that's him in fifth gear, basically. i'm with jeffrey on this. i think it's totally -- you know, i'm sure mueller is saying we should wrap this up as soon as too for the good of the country. >> right. >> does it have any bearing. >> it would get wrapped up a lot faster if the president submits to an interview with him. >> yeah. >> all right. now let's talk about what we keep learning about what michael cohen was up to and where he was getting money not leadup to becoming president and afterwards. at&t, as you know, is trying to buy time warner, apparently paid him not $200,000 but $600,000, jeffrey, for what? for his expertise? for slicking the deal with the president? hard to know. let's face it, he's not a telecommunications expert or a merger expert. >> what we -- this whole story about the money that has been paid to michael cohen from

novartis, at&t, korean company. >> columbus nova. >> right. it reminds me of one of my mentors, michael kinsley liked to say kinsley's law. the scandal isn't what's illegal. it is what's legal. it is what society chooses not to punish. as far as i can tell there's nothing wrong with this because washington operates by these sleazy rules. >> nothing illegal. >> nothing illegal. plenty wrong with this. >> yes. >> especially for the number one guy who said i'm all about cleaning up the swamp. this is the biggest alligator we have seen. >> evan bayh, trent lott, what do you think they're selling? >> corey lewandowsky. >> they get rich. >> to be fair, though, jeffrey, a lot of former senators who are selling policy expertise.

>> sure. >> they are selling knowledge of the way the senate works, or in some cases, access to the administrationment a lot of lawyers get hired too because they have worked as prosecutors. they may know people in the justice department. or they have a reputation that lus them to be heard. so those can be good hires. what's outside the realm here is that here's his personal lawyer. >> right. >> who actually was on retainer to pay hush money to porn stars. and you have at&t wanting to make sure they are close to the president. i'm assuming that somehow he will be in the orbit to have is some influence. that's how desperate they are. >> it is a parameter of the russian probe. this is a group of men mostly, right? women, but mostly men, who are open for business. it is speculated. that's why they went to the meeting to get information about hillary clinton because they were open to the suggestion of let's do a deal about what we want. and this is the most obvious

manifestation of it. >> all right. david gregory, jeffrey toobin, thank you. escalating tensions between iran and israel. that's not nothing -- it's not something new. the question is, why now? we have protests in tehran. does this suggest that we are on the brink of something very, very ugly? we have live reports from tehran and jerusalem, a very big event coming up for the united states very soon, next. kevin, meet your father. kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin kevin trusted advice for life. kevin, how's your mom?

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>> reporter: hi, chris. yeah, those protests just came to an end. they were massive. these protests were much larger and directed specifically at president trump and israel as well. a lot more chanting death to america, burning on american flags, spitting and stepping on american flags. hardliners had a clear message for president trump. no matter how hard they are on iran, they are not going to back down. the u.s. pulling out of the nuclear agreement. but if you ask people on the iranian street they will tell you they are extremely concerned about their economic situation, about rising prices, being isolated more than they were before is and possibly being involved in escalation in the middle east as well, alisyn. >> fred, thank you for the update from the ground there. the israeli government claims it

destroyed nearly all nuclear capabilities in syria. prime minister netanyahu claims the iranians crossed the red line. what's the latest, nic? >> reporter: alisyn, good morning. netanyahu describes this as an ongoing scenario, that iran crossed the red line. a message has been is sent to assad of syria. they cannot threaten israel. they said if anyone attacks israel, they will is receive that seven times over. this is what he says we have done in the past, what we're going to continue doing in the future. so the view from here is has iran now withheld its strategic patience, its strategic decision not to strike back at previous israeli strikes on iranian

positions following president trump's decision to pull out of that agreement. did they then decide to go ahead and strike? does it mean the hard line iranians on the ground inside syria are outpacing the mod rats in the political leadership in tehr tehran? that is a question that perhaps the europeans can help solve if they can continue to keep the jpcoa. european diplomats don't believe that is possible. is it shading toward the hard liners in the ascendency, there is a potential for violence. >> you have european allies saying this is important to maintaining peace in the region and the president of the united states meanings it is all but meaningless. nic, thank you very much. this florida sheriff's deputy trying to save a baby's

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you are about to see deputy jeremy nicks. he rushes towards the woman, take the 3-month-old out of her arms. he was not breathing. instead of waiting for the ambulance he takes the baby to the e.r. himself. they got there just in time. they are happy to report that baby kingston is doing just fine because of the quick thinking of that deputy. >> boy, oh, boy. i remember taking a class on which way to do the compressions for the babies. these guys in the moment, the most fragile information, they go toward it, they solve it. >> me too. it's bad when all you can do is pray you're never in that situation, which is what i have relied on. thank god there are deputies like that around. >> no volcanic activity reported on hawaii's big island. but there is an enormous threat

looming. why? because of this steam-driven explosion phenomenon at the erupting kilauea volcano. it can propel steam sky ward and huge boulders. hawaii national park is closed indefinitely due to the threat. cnn's chad myers joins us now. what a combination of stuff they've had to deal with there. >> you think of the lava that flows downhill. i've stood on top of it and watched it go by on the big island. you don't expect this, boulders flying out of the top. the last time it happened, 1924. it could happen again. this segment brought to you by green mountain coffee roasters. packed with goodness. we have ala va lake. it has been full. it is no longer full. it is draining. it is going to leilani estates. we can't see it anymore.

when it gets to the water table, that is going to be the problem. the magma going down to the water table. you get down to where there is no more pressure holding the rocks down here. there will be a cork that flies out of this volcano, if it continues to fall. we're not saying it is is going to happen. it still could happen. this is where it has been in leilani estates. about the size of 60 football fields. but 20 miles away, this is the area that could see the rocks flying into the sky. the good news is, the entire where we think the rocks we fall is inside the national park and the national park is now officially closed. >> chad, thank you very much for giving us all of that explanation. all right. so what do veterans think of the horrible joke about john mccain made by a white house staffer. a ceo of a nonprofit for the veteran's administration will join us next.

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a white house aide sparking backlash after dismissing senator john mccain's opposition to the president cia nominee by saying, quote, it doesn't matter. he's dying anyway. bad joke? really raw and ugly insult? either way, it doesn't matter. it's about the response to it by those in power. the white house isn't disputing it. but they didn't say it was wrong. they put out a statement of condolence, praying, wishing well. nothing from leaders in congress. nothing from the president himself. does this matter? are we making too much of it. let's discuss with paul rieckhoff, founder and ceo of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america. always good to see you, brother. >> good to see you, chris. >> what am i getting wrong? what if it was a joke. i don't know ms. sadler. she said something ugly and stupid. you would expect the boss to own

it, the white house to say we don't talk this way. we won't allow it this way. >> it's outrageous, disgusting, shameful. it's bad for america. it is bad for our dialogue. john mccain i have had the benefit of working with on. g.i. bill. we don't always agree, but everyone respects him. he's a tough guy. he will be able to handle this. he has family. there are people watching who are beyond him, right? we all have kids. our kids are watching. i think it is about the demand climate that has come out of the white house. you set the tone. you have to come down on stuff like this. it's bad for the country. it's outrageous. it shouldn't be allowed. >> cindy mccain is monitoring a little bit of what media john mccain takes in. let me tell you something, the white house should be thankful for that if it's true. you don't want this guy on the wrong side of you. he is a fighter. >> is this what happens when you

have a political debate now? >> that's the problem. it is. >> eye personal attack. >> fox business has this guy on yesterday, a veteran, well-known commentator. he says really ugly and untrue stuff. we need to do torture. why? because it works. it worked on him. that's why they call him the song bird. nobody calls him that. we know the story. it was horrible and ugly. he got thanked for the comments on fox business. then they put out a statement. >> yeah. >> the president doesn't say anything about these things because he said the same kinds of things himself. >> yeah. >> what does it mean to the men and women who fight these wars and is now have to hear this kind of talk at home? >> veterans don't think it's okay. they are outraged. it doesn't seem to be bubbling up in the community in that way. there is another piece of this. men and women are fighting

overseas. they say is this what's happening back home. it is is demoralizing on this level. it is factually inaccurate. torture doesn't work. we should know by now torture doesn't work. it puts our troops in harm's way, sets a bad precedent. thousands of soldiers gave up because they knew if they were captured they would be treated welby americans. if you implemented torture, people will fight to their dying breath. that makes it harder for our troops. i think most american troops want the same thing. why make it harder for them? that is a different angle on torture that troops understand, some of these policy pundits don't. >> the reality on the ground different, as you would know. policy concerns for the brothers and sisters who protect this country. still no v.a. secretary. the name brian mast, though, well-known within the washington

circles respected. the president supposedly considering him. what does that sound like to you guys? >> we worked with him. we recently introduced a piece of burns pitt legislation. we have two young vets working together. brian mast is an amputee. he's been through it. it is a new voice that someone of our generation -- >> qualified? do you think he can handle it? >> we'll see. >> but so far so good? >> he's a different kind of a candidate. he's a younger candidate. we need energy, focus, someone who can work across partisan lines. the bottom line is this has been a rotation of names. the guy in our office pool last week was kanye. we don't know who it is going to be. it's become a circus. veterans are walking in and next to president trump, there is usually next to that picture the v.a. secretary. right now there is nobody.

>> we have mother's day this weekend. god bless the moms. important for veterans too. so many moms in the service. memorial day coming up as well. what do you remember people to remember? >> we have tried to elevate, recognize, is and support veterans. 20% are women. they are fighting, dying, serving in harm's way. but the extended family, we all have mothers who are waiting for us at home. we serve with mothers. there is an important time to skfp work. flowers are nice. but taking lasting action is what we really need. a lot of action on burns pitts. 80% feel like they were exposed to toxins overseas. long-term effects are unknown. we have a bill now. that will be important. we need everybody to support that as well. >> we will get the word out as promised. thank you for your service. thank you for coming in. and the best to the moms in your

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