i have signed a declaration of emergency for the state of louisiana. all of the assets, all of the personnel that stayed in louisiana, all of our agencies will do what is necessary to respond to and help the people recover from this disaster. >> right now at 5:00, recovery efforts under way in louisiana after storms triggered deadly tornadoes. we will take you to the new orleans area with the latest on the damage. how much is the recent rain easing the drought? we will look at where things stand. also, a controversial measure placed on hold. the san francisco police commission altered the plan on

police stops. good morning to you on this thursday. i am marcus washington. >> i am laura garcia. we have a lot to get to this morning. we want to start out with team coverage on the climate in crisis. within the hour we should receive the latest drought monitor update. and we are looking at some of the latest macro trends as winter approaches. >> how is it looking, kari? >> we are looking at last week's drought date because it comes out within the hour. the way it stands right now we are still seeing the worst of the drought, the exceptional drought happening in the central valley and the southern sierra. here in the bay area we are seeing some of the extreme drought reaching into the north bay and a severe drought for much of the rest of the bay area and we know that even with a little bit of rain this drought has been going on for 20 years, so it's going to take a lot of water to get out of a drought this severe. we are going to monitor for that as we have seen our reservoirs

running critically low, and we will get more updates on that as we head into the show and get that update within the next few minutes. >> thank you, kari. and then our team coverage continues from researchers tracking our drought conditions. >> yeah, it's drought monitor thursday. especially after this weekend's rain, the recent rainfall has brought inches of rain to the bay area. let's go live outside really quickly to the reservoir in los gatos. we are waiting for the sun to come up, and of course, that drought monitor update to come to us, but after years of drought reservoir levels are so low that it's going to take more than a few heavy storms to fill them up. we wish we could solve the drought with the substantial rain we have seen, but unfortunately, the golden state

is dry. and we still need many more storms to help us keep the snowpack through the spring and into the summer months. a climate tall gists. >> normally this time of year we like to see a storm roll in every three to five days, so when you get the windows of one, two, hopefully not longer than that, weeks of high pressure kind of blocking storms from making their way into california, we start losing ground, so we start falling below average. we would love to see somewhere in the area of 50% of the average to get some of the recovery from the embedded drought conditions. >> i'll keep an update and follow that closely within the

next half hour, but for now i will send it back to you guys. >> thank you. we do have a follow-up for you this morning. this is coming out of san francisco where police commissioners there are tabling a decision on new limits for traffic stops. under the proposal police would no longer be able to stop things like things for throwing trash out the window or parking in a no parking zone, and this is a practice where proponents say officers use minor infractions to look for more serious crimes like drugs or weapons charges. the commission was supposed to discuss that measure last night but at the last minute was pulled from the agenda, which this is an idea of picking up the matter, they say they will do that in january. one commissioner cited new

feedback. >> in the last week we received additional feedback including from the department of disability and aging services and two members of the board of the mta as well as from sfpd chief who had feedback in the early stages as well as the public. >> the language in the proposal only covers certain kinds of police stops and would not impact stops related to things like speeding or running a red light. >> it's 5:05. happening today a man accused in the grisly death of his girlfriend. he is accused of using a samurai sword to kill the 27-year-old mother. the suspect has a history of mental illness and domestic

violence. also today, these four gang members tied to this shootout are scheduled to appear in court. a follow-up raid netted the shooting suspects in oakland. each is set to be arraigned today. developing for you on the gulf coast, some frightening moments seen live on television. cameras captured a tornado touching down in the middle of a newscast. we want to show you that video from that nbc affiliate. >> there it goes. you can see the tornado -- here it goes. >> it's dead center -- >> houses are shaking in algiers. you can see one large tornado on one side of the screen -- now we have the power flashes. it's on the ground. get to your safe place right now. >> i remember a situation like that when living in oklahoma. it was a system that continues

to deliver a powerful 1-2 punch. >> marcus, good morning. it's been a wave of deadly destruction with tornadoes across the region. 26 reported in the last 24 hours. you can see behind me the destruction left behind here in louisiana, and the toll is three people dead or 30 injured. one of the dead was confirmed in this area. we spoke to one of the neighbors that owns one of the homes that used to be here. the home was flipped over and destroyed and pushed about 40 feet in the opposite direction. his car was parked out front and when he came back the car had also been moved by the tornado. this is just the destruction that we have seen. the tornado warnings, the alerts were just popping nonstop on wednesday as we reported all throughout the state of

louisiana as the storm made its way through. we saw images where the storm destroyed structures. local authorities told us they had to rescue people from some of those structures. of course, the power was cut off to a lot of customers and thousands were left without power. we have seen crews working overnight to restore that power. as the storm continues to make its way east. marcus? >> thank you so much. kari, i know you have been monitoring this. when the storms come they can take out anything in its path. where are we standing now? >> we are seeing it push off to the east. as far as the tornado threat this morning it has gone down for parts of georgia and south carolina but we will continue to monitor that as we go throughout the day. it was really a particularly dangerous situation yesterday with the storms firing up along the gulf coast. but the same storm is also producing a lot of heavy snow. up around minneapolis, there were blizzard warnings in effect as this storm continued to move

off the east and now it's targeting the east coast. we are watching a storm off the coast being blocked by high pressure, and we will see an increase in cloud cover and not expect much out of this. we are seeing cold temperatures and the freeze warning continues for all the areas shaded in purple, and in the blue, that's the frost advisory that includes our coastal areas. that will be reissued tomorrow morning. we are below freezing in sonoma as well as santa rosa and we will watch the temperatures get close to freezing in the tri-valley as well as the south county. we will have more on that and what is ahead for the weekend. mike has been gas prices fall, and hopefully you are finding good -- better deals. can't say great. >> this is great compared to a few weeks ago, kari, because we are talking about prices under 4 bucks. and contra costa county,

concord, 3.19 a gallon, and that's great. and then the south bay, we will turn to santa clara, and the platinum on washington street, 3.89 here, and that's a popular price. and then to the roads, we're looking at a smooth drive. good news, the active closer of 680 looks like it has reopened on-time this morning, and some folks are diverting over to 84, but northbound 680 here coming through sunol. everything is moving better. >> we're moving on as well. ready? the party is back on in the workplace. more companies are holding their holiday parties, but there's a new twist. how working from home is

factoring into the festivities. >> and then we have business tech. >> when we come back, we will tell you about this very big surprise, beary big. one family got a surprise after realizing their food was swiped from their front porch. from their front porch. stick around we will talk about

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right now at 5:13 on this thursday morning, as you are heading out in antioch, a heavier coat needed once again. we are in the mid-30s and temperatures will stay that way through 8:00. it's mostly clear. we will see a few clouds in the mix today and we're keeping it cool, highs in the low 50s here. we'll check out all our microclimates and the weekend as well, coming up. the golden gate bridge, they cleared the cones and crews. the approach out of san francisco once again easing towards the north bay. santa rosa, 101 moving at speed towards this not-so-busy bridge. elon musk has sold billions more in tesla stock despite saying he wouldn't. that stock was down again on

wednesday. the car company has lost $700 million in overall value since its all-time highs. and then the federal open markets committee raised a half point on wednesday, and that's a smaller hike than usual, but the head of the fed, jay powell, was very stern at his press conference, warning the fed would raise rates higher than usual and keep them longer than planned. i am not saying powell is not telling you the truth, but sometimes a stern word from the fed about raising interest rates works just as well as actually raising rates. it's like when your dad said don't make me pull this car over, and he didn't have to pull the car over for you to get the message to stop whatever you were doing. and then plenty farms will shut

down its urban vertical farm in san francisco. elon musk suspended a twitter account that kept track of his personal jet, and it comes despite when musk promised to never block that account. it was a college kid that was tracking the plane using a publicly available technology called ads-b. it's publicly available data track planes through public skies. people track airplanes all the time, if for no other reason than to tell you when to leave for the airport to pick somebody up.

here's musk's airplane as it landed in austin yesterday and it has not taken off since. musk can't suspend you for looking at it or suspend us for putting it on the tv channel, and i will say the policy change at twitter came after he suspended the account. the guy that ran the account had no idea the rules had changed. >> interesting. he's doing a lot of things over there. >> a lot of things. >> another sign the pandemic crunch is starting to wane as holiday parties are making a comeback, and in some ways things are not quite the same. experts are saying many of the parties will be on a smaller scale especially because so many people are working remotely. close to 60% of companies will hold in-person parties, and that's up from 26% last year, and just 5% in 2020. before the pandemic, three

fourths of all companies hosted holiday parties. and then a puppy abandoned at sfo will finally arrive at his forever home. the person chose to keep going without their pup at the airport, and american airlines stepped in and today a united employee will take the puppy home just before the holidays. and then a man is dealing with a porch pirate, stealing his food. >> all the nuggets are fried. poof, just like that. didn't want the salad, though. >> you see what he's talking about, that big black bear

stealing his order from off the porch. that man said, the nuggets are gone. this is where black bears roam freely, and officials say there are nearly 1,200 black bears -- >> i wonder if he wanted the sauce. >> i thought if you went to florida you only had to worry about gators -- >> and the iguanas. >> apparently not. >> wow. >> bears, iguanas and -- >> gators. >> well, i guess we do have to deal with that in some places over in the sierra. >> oh, yeah, bears. >> not alligators, though. >> i want to stay in california. >> it has been pretty cold here. feels like we transported our weather coming in from canada or something because it has been so

cold. we have more frosty mornings ahead. all of the areas in blue are included in a frost advisory meaning you have to scrape the frost of the windshield before heading off to work, and then freezing temperatures for the inland valleys shaded in purple. it is pretty dangerous, especially for people who are in houses as well as anything outside having to deal with these chilly temperatures. our plants and pets should definitely be brought inside. our temperatures dipping down to 32 right now in santa rosa, and 31 in sonoma, and we are also almost to freezing in dublin. 33 degrees there. we have seen the fog return to novato, and otherwise open areas are seeing fog developing. in san francisco, it's clear and we start out at 44 degrees. we will see a cold morning

start, but a few clouds this morning compared to what we had yesterday. it was completely clear and sunny and today we will have filtered sunshine. 57 degrees in novato and napa. mid-50s for much of the east bay and tri-valley. tonight a look at our cold temperatures. cold once again. a lot of spots below freezing as well as more freezing temperatures ahead. i am showing the overall weather pattern because this will be making big headlines through christmas week. the first polar vortex rolling through the midwest and push into the south, that could impact travel plans. for us here in the bay area, we will see a couple weak storms moving on the coast on tuesday as well as thursday. what we are expecting to see, rain here in the bay area, now the chances are slight.

if you are shopping small businesses this saturday, it will be in the low 50s for highs and morning temperatures near freezing once again. mike, you have been tracking the roads. any issues popping up? >> there's a change in the tri-valley, and it has changed for the better. looking over here towards 680, that did clear. the last couple days as they started the closure overnight, and it made traffic a little tougher on the northbound. this morning, back open on time and maybe folks gotten into their groove, and that's good because there will be overnight closes possibly through april from the first of the year. and then alameda eastbound on 880, a earlier crash and crews are there. cold conditions, bart gives the same warning, they will slow the

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his shoulder injury in the loss to indiana. it happened after he made the swipe at the ball. he's scheduled to have an mri, and the frustration is only mounting in the fourth quarter after draymond green was ejected after a technical foul. the dubs lose to indiana, 125-119. and the 49ers will find out how hraud they can be. >> they are playing one of the noisiest stadiums anywhere, and tonight will be a huge task for quarterback, brock purdy. purdy summed up what needs to be done. >> we win the game and just do our job and look at it like it's another game and do our thing, then we will do just fine. >> not only is this a short week for the niners, but the star

player, samuels, is injured, and nbc bay area will have a live postgame show scheduled to air at 8:00 p.m. coming up next, the top stories we are following for you today, including tracking fresh power. up ahead, meteorologist, kari hall, has a look if you are heading up to the sierra. and then not having done enough to address harassment and hate speech and accusations of rape from its students. ahead, the response from cal matime andri

right now at 5:30, a bay area university facing allegations of harassment. we're live this morning with details on the investigation and new response from school leaders. workers at the bay area's busiest macy store planning a major disruption two days before christmas. reaction from shoppers. we're waking up to another chilly morning. a little frost on your windshield. meteorologist, kari hall, tracking the forecast in an early weekend outlook. never too early to start thinking about the weekend. >> nope. >> this is "today in the bay," streaming live on roku, apple tv

and online. on the left, some of the progress on our gingerbread house. they started building it about an hour ago. >> you know, this is what you could see, and maybe we need a little more snow. it's looking good. i like it. >> it's a $2.3 million in the bay area. >> i was thinking 2.8, but, hey, got to get it reappraised. san francisco's fairmount hotel is where our bob redell is hanging out this morning. that's coming up at 5:45. >> that's a gingerbread house. you realize that, right? >> wow. i want a piece. >> let's head over to

meteorologist, kari hall, on what you can expect as you head out the door. >> that looks pretty good. if you don't see the frost yet there could be condensation on the windshield, and you have to turn on the wipers but if it's cold enough you might have to do scraping. it's a freeze warning for all the areas in purple. right now we are freezing in sonoma. in san josé, 38 degrees. 43 in oakland. as we head into today, we will see the fog rolling around parts of the north bay, but elsewhere it's fairly clear. pleasant hill, mid-30s to start and we will reach into the low 50s. elevated tracks, and we talk about elevated roadways and tracks, similar situations. potential for icy tracks, so there could be a problem with the braking, so that's why bart

slowed the tracks down. and warning, because a lot of folks waiting at outdoor stations for all the rail systems. the roadways, smooth drive and no delays, and 680 reopened after the overnight closure. back to you. cal state's maritime academy in vallejo this morning facing multiple allegations of harassment, sexual misconduct and racism, and now the university is responding. >> ginger, it sounds like the allegations have been simmering for sometime now? >> yeah, they are, marcus. students say they have not done enough of the allegations from its students. the school is not addressing their claims urgently, and cal

maritime says they have been looking into the claims and taken measures to address them. cal maritime's response says quote, our administration, faculty and staff are working day-to-day to ensure that we are moving our diversity, equity and incollusion and title ix initiatives forward. the university also wrote about the opening of an inclusion center and training to help reset behaviors, but according to an "los angeles times" report, the misconduct has been happening for years, both on campus and during training cruises that last several weeks in the sea. and a student says she fought for more than a year to eliminate gender-based policies regarding grooming. >> they are happy to take credit

for all of our work. we had to force them to do the right thing, and then they also try to whitewash it later, with, look at us doing all this wonderful work. we should be proud of the work we accomplished. we have done this work despite them. they have been road blocking. >> last night the students held an emergency meeting to write a letter in support of the students involved in the times article, and they are hoping the vice president and president step down. the vice president did announce he was stepping down next year. >> thank you. 5:35 right now. happening today a man accused of abducting and killing a central family valley in october appears in court for a preliminary hearing. he plead not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder. investigators say he kidnapped a 4-month-old girl and her parents and an uncle and later killed

them miles from the company's trucking company office in merced. and cameras captured them hours before they died. the search is under way in the north bay for a missing petaluma woman. she's 68 years old and may have dementia. the petaluma police department issued a silver alert. last night somebody saw her, they thought, on mountain view avenue and surveillance footage caught her on petaluma boulevard south. officers are getting increase increasely worried about her because of the cold weather. if you have information about her, contact the police department. several hundred workers at macy's are threatening to strike at the macy's in union square.

last night we spoke with sympathetic shoppers. >> i am working but on my two weeks holiday, paid holiday, and otherwise unpaid holiday is hard for my life. >> i didn't know that or i would maybe shop somewhere else. >> more bargaining sessions are scheduled between now and the 23rd. and then the second of two days in meetings in oakland to hear reparations. they are determining who should be eligible. state lawmakers will have the final say. today's meeting starts at 9:00 a.m. and a new bid launch by elizabeth holmes attorneys, the judge allowed her time because

she's second with her second child. last week her attorneys filed an appeal to obtain a new trial. her legal team will present their motion for release in january. 5:37 on your thursday morning. whiteout conditions at palisades tahoe this morning. that's what it looks like high up in the sierra. kari is keeping track of the forecast. they had so much snow up there. anymore anticipated? >> no, dry head into the weekend. maybe fog rolled in at the camera and that didn't show us too much. right now heading up to 32 degrees in south lake tahoe. for the next couple of days it will be near or below freezing all throughout the day and dropping into the teens on sunday. if you can't make it to the snow, how about some ice? we will have the reopening of the ice rink in san francisco, and there will be a lot of people out there in san francisco this weekend. it reaches into the low 50s as

we go into the next several days, a mix of sun and clouds with looking all good there. if you want to head to the beach, santa cruz is going to be a nice clear destination, but only reaching into the 50s over the weekend. mornings starting out in the upper 30s. heading to the north bay for wine tasting and local shopping as well, and our temperatures will reach into the mid-50s over the next few days, but we are going to see a lot more sunshine. mike, you have been watching the roads and bart. what is going on? >> the roadways are moving smoothly and we will update the rails in a second. we wanted to show you the typical build for san josé on schedule, and we predicted the overnight closure and there's a crash in that area as well, southbound 680 just past mission north, and we have a crash and it sounds like everything is off to the shoulder and no disturbance in the flow in both

directions. and the last couple of days had closures that were extended, but it's open. and that bart is slowing down system wide because of the frost. cal train will get back to its normal service after sunday but they have a project continuing this week so less service options. >> thank you, mike. ahead on "today in the bay," reaction from friends and family to the sudden and unexpected death of steven "twitch" boss. and then adding more

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we take a look at san josé, it's in the upper 30s right now, all clear and another cold start. we will see a few more clouds today compared to yesterday, but

still staying cool with highs in the low to mid-50s. we'll check out all our microclimates and talk about the drought monitor update in a few minutes. we see a good amount of traffic and spaced well on the span, but it's more than we might expect at this time, and they already activated the metering lights, and we will track the build. i will keep my eye out for anything unusual that may have queued this timing. remorse and shock over the death of stephen "twitch" boss, known to millions as a long time deejay on ellen degeneres' talk show. he took his own life at the age of 40. authorities discovered his body inside an l.a. hotel room.

he appeared on the fourth hour of "today" where he reunited with his theater coach. >> that day was a joy, a joy to say to him how proud i am and how proud we in montgomery, alabama, are of him. >> he had such a spirit about himself and such a joy, which shows you never know what somebody is going through. if somebody you know is struggling or in a prices, there's somebody waiting to help 24 hours a day. just dial 988. you can remain anonymous. you are not alone. >> no, you are not. the man that turned gilroy into the garlic capital of the world has died at the age of 88. he was the founder of christopher ranch which became

the nation's largest garlic company and major employer in gilroy, and relatives say he died with his family members by his side. >> condolences to that family. it's a quarter to 6:00 right now. >> the trade war that is really changing how silicon valley does business. >> yeah, and with whom they do that business. the u.s. deeply concerned about what the chinese may do with our technology especially in the future of artificial intelligence. the white house expected to add 30 new companies to the do-not-sale list, and the department of commerce which enforces that has not commented. the entity list bans companies from selling technology to certain entities unless they have okay to export licenses.

both china and the u.s. competing for influence in africa. president biden hosting the leaders of various african nations last night at the white house, and promised new funding to help african companies to modernize their technology. the senate held a committee hearing on wednesday on cryptocurrency. and when it comes to cryptocurrency, the emperor has no clothes. >> the cryptocurrency industry represents the largest ponzi scheme in history. in fact, by the time the dust settles, crypto may represent a

fraud. >> one of the biggest points made in that hearing, all that wealth that you hear about that somebody bought bitcoin here and now it's worth ten times more, and all of this wealth is stored as digits, and the person with all that money should not that is in dollars. we're tracking everything happening in washington and answering your questions as well on social media, on twitter. you can find me @scottmcgrew. >> thanks, scott. it's 5:48 right now. a holiday tradition returns to san francisco. >> today in the "today in the bay"'s bob redell has the best assignment today. i am hungry just watching behind you. >> reporter: but you can't eat

it. it looks tempting, but if you eat it, i don't know, something bad will happen. i have michelle here with the fairmount in san francisco. >> happy holidays. >> reporter: run down the numbers. >> the house is 23 feet high. 22 feet wide. it has about 3500 gingerbread bricks and 1,500 pounds of royal icing. >> reporter: there's plywood underneath, and it's not supported by gingerbread, but what is impressive, is the gingerbread takes a long time to bake and sticks on there. >> yeah, we start baking in july, and they freeze them a week before thanksgiving, and then we decorate it with sees candy. >> reporter: what makes it

stick? >> royal icing. it's powered sugar, egg whites and flower. >> people can rent this out? >> yeah, it can seat about ten people, and you can have meals there throughout the season or tea. >> reporter: i am not a tea guy. but i drink coffee. if you come here to the fairmount in san francisco, it's a holiday tradition and it's wonderful and it's a great atmosphere for you and your family. laura and marcus. >> that's cool that you can go inside. >> it's cool they can do all that with gingerbread. >> and icing. you can't go inside our little creation. >> our team here on "today in the bay" has been constructing their own gingerbread house. i don't think it can compare.

>> it's a tahoe cabin. >> yes, yes! >> yeah, getting into the christmas spirit. >> i have to say as we all talked about it when jason brought it here, we are putting on the show and the crews are contributing it -- to it, too, that's good. >> yeah. whether you are building a gingerbread house or making plans this last week before christmas, we are going to have chilly mornings ahead and getting an update on the drought monitor. across the region, it has been widespread. we were seeing about 2% of our state in the highest level of drought, and mostly in the central valley. it now has shrunk about by 1%. that's the update this morning. we are seeing a slight improvement here. we will have a full report on

the impacts of the drought and what we are expecting the rest of the season coming up at the top of the hour. we are going to see more dry weather ahead. the storms we were hoping to see next week are looking to stay to the north of the bay area, so if you are making travel plans for christmas week, as of right now it's looking like our rain chances are slight. we are dry over the next few days and our temperatures in the mid-50s. more freezing mornings and then keeping slight rain chances in the forecast for early next week. >> thank you. happening now, child obesity is impacting the cdc's growth chart. u.s. health leaders are extending the tool to track growth and development in children. that index is now capped at a maximum of 60, as childhood obesity rates quadrupled. it was previously at 37.

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the time is 5:56. welcome back to "today in the bay." turning to the climate in crisis, as we move toward cleaner energy, corn is fueling the agriculture industry as ethanol fuel rises, and last year the industry was worth $86 billion with 90 million acres

planted, mostly in the heartland of iowa as well as nearby states. california produces about 20% of the nation's corn. a warming climate is challenging one of the largest drivers of the u.s. economy. >> temperature changes, climate changes, we will need to have adaptation. >> we will need to repurpose them in more directed and targeted ways to reduce nitrogen runoff or address certain climate issues and things like that. >> the recently signed inflation reduction act now gives incentives for using more environmentally climate-friendly farming practices. the way corn is produced is key to removing harmful carbon from our atmosphere while fueling our vehicles and the economy. for more stories like this, go

to nbcbayarea.com and click on the climate in crisis tab. >> thanks, kari. new for you this morning, some new criticism on the royal family from prince harry and his wife, meghan markle. >> i am happy to lie to protect my brother, and they were never willing to tell the truth to protect us. >> he reveals his brother yelled at him, and meghan claims the royal family blocked her from getting help when she was suicidal. the golden globes announced eddie murphy will receive an award that dates back to 1952. it's handed out every year to somebody who has made an outstanding contribution to

film. prior recipients include oprah winfrey. the golden globes airs live here on nbc bay area on january 10th starting at 5:00 p.m. breaking right now at 6:00, the most recent downpours causing barely a ripple when it comes to california's mega drought. we have team coverage for you this morning on the new drought update just into our news room. what will it take to declare the drought over? a controversial measure put on hold. this is "today in the bay" streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and online. here we go. thursday morning, 6:00 right now. thanks for starting your day with us. i am laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. we want to get to the team

coverage with our climate in crisis. kari hall just got the update. how is it looking for us? >> still in the drought. we have been in a drought for 20 years, and it's expanding across the west and the drought does continue, and with the update i just got 15 minutes ago we are seeing slight improvement for the exceptional drought that has been ongoing in the central valley. as we get a closer look, we can see how much of the dark red you can see further to the south of the bay area as we get a look of the update this morning, notice how it shrunk about 1%. there was minor improvement. we will see our extreme drought for parts of the north bay as well as the severe drought that is happening further off towards the north and across much of the rest of the bay area. so we once again are in this drought. what is the update you have got,