Help the gossip columnist finish her latest scoop by choosing the correct verb for each blank. Pay close attention to the reporting verbs!

The pop star's agent says that she is moving to Paris next week and confirms that she has already packed her bags.

The pop star's agent says that she is moving to Paris next week and confirms that she has already packed her bags.

This is a tricky exception! When the reporting verbs are in the present tense ("says", "confirms"), we do not backshift the tenses of the original quote. The original quotes ("I am moving" and "I have already packed") keep their original tenses because the reporting is happening in the present and the information is still currently true.