with a water hose and routinely told them to fight each other and even tripped them and laughed at the children when they fell. sarah jordan worked in the monkey room with the other women, she was responsible for the care of several toddlers. i was during the fall of -- it was during the fall of 2013 she allegedly abused several children in her care. lisa andrew's daughter is one of the alleged victims. today she said her daughter would often times wake up with nightmares after being in jordan's care. dropoff at the facility became difficult after the alleged abuse. andrews saying before we would drop her off and it was not a problem. but there came a point we would drop her off and she was screaming. mothers and fathers told the court today after the children moved from the newborn to toddler room and under jordan's care they showed sign of separation anxiety, aggressive behavior fear of water and they were moody.

another apartment testified one of her children stopped in her tracks when she saw sarah jordan's mugshot on tv and it was a look on her face that something was wrong that "still sends chills down my spine." minnieland released a statement saying they did a background check of all the employees and it reported the incident once it heard of them. but we hany here today at the prince williams county that directly contradicts that. for this case it will continue to tomorrow. the second woman accused in the incident goes on trial next month. reporting live in manassas virginia suzanne kennedy abc7 news. alison: thank you. to maryland now an appeals court postponed the second trial in the freddie gray case the case of goad goods goods was -- the case of caesar goodson was supposed to begin today but the appeals court said it cannot go forward

unless a ruling is issued on william porter's testimony. a judge ordered porter to testify and he refused citing the fifth amendment rights of self-ing crim nation. porter's case ended in a mistrial. he faces a second trial in june. leon: let's talk about the weather now. back on the goofy roller coaster we have been having all winter here. alison: we are talking tomorrow maybe we might see snow flakes to go with this. doug hill is here. what are we talking about? doug: no expectation of the accumulation here. strong cold front and will get gusty. is it nice outside the belfort furniture weather center. clear skies as you look at the

torpedo museum in alexandria. people along the dock. fine night. the temperatures will drop in the 30's. at 30 at the reagan national. overnight, widespread 20's. the numbers range from 28 in cumberland, 32 in winchester. 389 at fredericksburg. 36 at andrews air force base. clear skies or mostly clear skies. i will drop to 20 in martinsburg. 22 in hancock. frederick at 23 degrees. for what is coming our way tomorrow, snowshowers that are developing ahead of frontal system. pushing through the midwest and across the mountains tomorrow. michelle: two people are in if hospital after a two alarm fire broke out at an apartment complex in annandale. fairfax county officials say it started at 10:00 this

morning in the 4900 block of americana drive. 60 firefighters were on the scene battling the fire. three apartments were involved. the red cross is now assisting residents who have been displaced. leon: one year after smoke filled the metro tunnel killing a woman to make 80 others sick the agency now is trying to reassure the customers it's working to improve safety. in a letter published in the "free express" newspaper that is handed out at metro stops metro g.m. paul wiedefeld said progress is being made but he warns the infrastructure upgrade would take months or years to complete. tomorrow on the one-year anniversary, passengers are planning to announce lawsuit against metro. michelle: a former minister and his wife are dead and the 4-year-old child without parents after a m.d.-suicide -- murder-suicide. stephen tschida has more. stephen: they cofounded a church a couple of blocks

away. he is a former mince center. the parents of a grown daughter and a little girl. apparently dead in a murder-suicide. sheriff deputies responded to a call from a neighborhood late last night in this condo development in lanesdown. they found a man and woman dead. the 5-year-old daughter in the home but unharmed. >> we saw the van pull up. stephen: investigators say the little girl was home when the incident began. they say andre is -- andre howell is believed to have fatally shot his wife naomi and turned the gun on himself. they were high school sweethearts but neighbors say they knew there were problems.

>> they had arguments. everybody has arguments but theirs seemed to be more frequent. >> the daughter is 21. she lived with her grandparents and goes to college there. she told me she drove to northern virginia to get her little sister the 5-year-old girl and take her to her grand parents home. she said she is having trouble processing what has happened to her parents. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: understandable. thank you. today the district is taking steps to fight back against worldwide problem. d.c. bureau chief sam ford lays out how the district is planning to combat human trafficking. >> one, two three. >> mayor muriel bowser observed human trafficking awareness day, signing a memorandum of the understanding with the u.s. home land security. the city will cooperate to stop human trafficking. >> it victimizals men and women -- victimizes men and

women of all ages and colors. >> they arrested two for advertising children for sex. a mother found out and called the police. it has been called modern day slavery. >> we are looking at a tremendously large criminal enterprise that is profitable. >> they will increase the effort at the d.m.v. and they say what raises red flag. >> someone else is holding a birth certificate and doing the talking for them.on't make eye contact, they say nothing. there is something wrong with that when the individual is 25 years old. >> we heard of the foreign ambassador that brings a maid here and keeps heller in slavery. the -- keeps her in slavery. that's rare. the cases here involve young men and women exploited for wages or for sex. reporting from northwest washington, sam ford abc7

news. alison: a number hard to comprehend but almost everyone wants a chance to learn how much $1.4 billion is. that is the current estimated jackpot for wednesday's powerball drawing. a cool half billion dollars after taxes. if you take the lump sum. maryland bureau chief brad bell out amongst those with the powerball fever tonight. hey, brad. brad: hey, you're taking a lump sum right? everybody is. we are at bowie. this is a hot corner here. the way it goes with live tv nobody there is now except for phil the lottery man. grayous in his eagles -- courageous in his eagles sweatshirt and packers hat. he is selling tickets all day long. you can see the reason. $1.4 billion at stake. they are not buying tickets. they are also sharing their dreams. >> at risk in bowie even the

powerball sign never imagined a jackpot this big. stopped at millions. the lure of a $1.4 billion payday is bringing up the people who never play the numbers. >> it has been 20 years since i bought a ticket. brad: this is so much fun to dream. >> buying a house. new house. brad: some advice from a pro about what to do when we win. >> get an attorney. brad: financial adviser says don't think of terms of how much you can buy with $1.4 billion or how you'll spend it. think of how much more you can make with it. >> you want to make sure that you have an adviser team that is going to look at you holistically and how we are

going to make the money last in terms of the preservation. how it will grow. it will be a lot of people trying to get their fingers in the pie. you will have to be selective on who you talk to. brad: make plans make the money grow. invest it. it would be fun to spend it. we will be back at 6:00 with some more dreams from people buying the powerballickets. in bowie, brad bell, abc7 news. leon: i can tell you how much $1.3 billion is. it's enough. that is all you need to know. [laughter] all right, buddy. there you go. it wasn't the way the skins fans want to see it come to an end but it's time to say goodbye to what was a surprising and a successful redskins season. the players cleaned out the lockers today a day after the packers eliminated from the playoff. the buzz is about what rgiii left behind in his locker. some think it's really weird.

we have it for you coming up. erin hawksworth has a report on that later in the newscast. alison: but still ahead at 5:00 -- new allegations in the trial against a man charged with killing two college students. but this time the allegations are against the police. ♪ ground control ♪ leon: mourning the lost of an artist that trandsgended music -- that transcended music. how the world is remembering david bowie. alison: trapped 900 felt in the -- 900 feet in the air. >> a lot of us own selfie sticks but today a man pleaded guilty in court for using that device. i'm kevin lewis. up next the crime he

alison: a man accused of devicing a homemade selfie stick to spy on his female neighbor pleaded guilty in court. kevin lewis explains where the case goes from here. kevin: 60-year-old donald beard walked in the courthouse and pleaded guilty for building a selfie stick and using that device to spy on his female neighbor. >> why did you enter today's plea? >> sorry i'm with the media. you can't touch the camera.

>> he left the court in no mood to chat. he routinely attached a camera to a long metal pole and would walk to the second floor balcony in his north bethesda apartment where he would hoist the pole to get a picture of the woman upstairs. a woman looked outside and saw the pole swinging back and forth and she called the police immediately. they uncovered 16 video on beard electronic devices. a clip showing the middle age woman topless. beard told the police the surveillance mission was for investigative purposes. claiming the neighbor was spending time with married men and she wanted to catch her in the act. >> this is a unique crime you pled guilty to. why do you not want to comment? >> talk to my attorney.

>> we reached the defense attorney by telephone and tells us after weighing the pros and the cons he decided a plea deal was his best option. he will return to court for sentencing. a judge will ensure the selfie stick is surrendered. in rockville i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. leon: frightening scene from the houston tallest building after a window scaffold failed 71 stories above the ground. that is more than 900 feet in the air. this is the scene that played out before firefighters were able to break a window and pull the men inside to safety. both men unharmed. alison: scary. leon: crazy. alison: crazy. we are hearing the snow word, which we haven't heard this season. what do you make? doug: i think as the next cold

front comes in early tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening. there will be scattered rain showers and snowshowers. temperatures are borderline. hard to say where. i don't think it will amount to much. i think the snowshowers for a bit. leon: snow, the word snow is not that bad if the word shovel is not attached to it. doug: there you go. we will see. it will get cold after the front comes through. back to 32 by wednesday. a great look at the country club in river bend in great falls virginia. no clouds this morning. no clouds during the day. breezy on the chilly side. 33 in grace falls. we get through the night a couple highs in horizon. tomorrow is 34. waldorf is 37. 34 in aspen hill. tonight we get high

cloudiness, partly cloudy. it will be cold. winds diminish. 20 to 28. that is the range of the temperatures if you get up tomorrow morning. the temperatures will climb in the day. they will climb until the front is closer. right now there are snowshowers all over the place. with the developing frontal system. behind it is cold air. we g hours and we will notice a big change. it's cold today. tomorrow we get in the 40's. with the cloudiness lower and thicker through the day. then we hit the mid-afternoon to the early evening hours. that will be the time for the showers of the rain and snow. especially north and west of the metro area. snow in the higher elevations. that is at 4:00. 6:00 or 6:30 we could have a line of showers. rain showers to turn into snowshowers. we will be above freezing. few thousand feet up. the areas are below freezing. tomorrow night it will clear. really cold air. we have low wind chill. this is the future cast.

wind chill through tomorrow through 6:00 a.m. wednesday morning. it will feel 8:00 to 11:00 around the area. through today, the wind chills are in the upper 20's to the low 20's. once that goes through late wednesday or thursday we start to warm up again. on a ferry wheel. that is what we have going on. chance of snowshowers tomorrow evening. we will eventually get up to 45 degrees. 28 to 32 is the range on wednesday. we could see range with the next system on friday evening. 47 on saturday. we will turn colder sunday and monday. maybe by next week we will get cold again. looking and feeling more like the typical january weather without the imminent threat of any major storm. alison: not bad. leon: looking at the numbers and trying to figure out whether i should be playing

the powerball. 47 today. alison: maybe that is a good luck number. alison: still ahead, why an arlington thinks what happened to him last year gives him an edge. leon: plus remembering david bowie. the reason that bowie changed his names 15 years ago.

alison: the world is stopping to pay tribute to a man who refused to settle into one genre or title. leon: yeah. he was when you think about it a living enigma. david bowie. that is who we are talking about. he died today after a secretive 18-month long battle with cancer. michelle marsh has a look at how he is being remembered. michelle: bowie's death came as a surprise around the world and most didn't know about his private struggle with cancer. it came two days after his 69th birthday and days after the final album was released. the tribute spread across the globe. fans have left flowers outside his apartment.

he became a beacon for those mourning the loss of a man who caused music win way he expressed himself. for decades, the legendary musician bowie entertained the audiences around the world. his first hit "changes." >> he was a renaissance man a superstar. i truly believe that his death will be on par with j.f.k. elvis. >> his biographer called the singer magnificent. british prime minister called him a master of reinvention. >> today we mourn the loss of an immense british talent. genius is overused word.

but he was a genius. >> mick jagger and duran to madonna. singing to acting he did it all. starring in movies like "the hunger" and "the man who earth." even releasing his 25th and the final album black star on friday. on the 69th birthday, the album was a planned finale a parting gift to the fans. today's stars policy mourn the loss with madonna tweeting that bowie changed her life. that the influence stretched to the star. ♪ this is ground control ♪ ♪ to major tom ♪ ♪ you really made the grade ♪ ♪ the papers want to know whose shirt you wear ♪

♪ time to guide the council if you dare ♪ michelle: we remember that. astronaut on board the international space station went viral a few years ago. he tweeted today ashes to ashes, dust to stardust. your brilliance inspired us all. goodbye starman. for bowie's final album "black star" the sales soared since the announcement of his death. his name if you are wondering was david jones. he changed it when he turn 18 to avoid confusion with the frontman davey jones or as bowie manager put it, "no one is going to make a monkey out of david bowie." leon: we heard the story from

doug hill. alison: before we go to break we want to welcome michelle the newest member of the team. great to is you. you anchor the 4:00 newscast with jonathan. michelle: i'm excited to be part of the abc7 team. i moved from raleigh, north carolina. my hometown is new york city. ready to embrace the area. i have family here. shout out to my sister she is watching in virginia. happy to be part of the team. leon: tell renee we said high. we are glad to have you on board. this place will be perfect for you. do your work. you worked in raleigh, this is perfect. little of both here. michelle: ready for the action. thank you. alison: see you soon. michelle: okay. alison: still ahead at 5:00 -- >> i was shocked when the first car came over and bang. the guy wasn't going fast. so a speed bump that is a pain

for drivers and what happened after "7 on your side" stepped in. leon: he thinks he has an edge in the wednesday powerball drawing. we'll check that out. alison: next allegations against police officers as we get the first look of evidence against a man accused of killing two virginia college students.

alison: a long night for

attorney and witnesses in jesse matthew pretrial hearing. he is accused of killing harring top and hannah graham. jonathan elias is in the newsroom with what the defense bapts to throw out. -- defense attorneys want to have thrown out. jonathan: they believed that they lied and this is the video of jesse going in court today. the officers are testifying about the evidence they found searching the charlottesville apartment. a detectivetive testified a police dog found graham's scent inside matthew's home and on the car door. we are told the judge and attorney will be there for some time so all 12 witnesses can testify. when the trial begins he faces the death penalty if convicted. in the newsroom, jonathan elias back to you. leon: thank you. george washington university

says it will revoke bill cosby's honorary degree that he receiverred in 1997. last fall the university said it never rescinds honorary degrees but the university president said it is a source of the renewed distress for survivors of sexual assault. alison: investigation is underway in italy to find a person who killed an american artist. flowers laid outside an apartment where ashley olson was strangled. she recently posted on instagram hinting that someone may have been stalking her. friends can't believe anyone who want to harm the 35-year-old. >> i never met anyone like ashley. she was special. anyone who loved her met her.

she never met anyone who didn't like her. alison: police questioned olson's boyfriend but he is not considered a suspect. he claims not to have seen her several days after the two had an argument. leon: the mother of the so-called "affluenza" teen appeared in a texas courtroom. the attorney for tanya couch asked the judge for reduction in her million dollar bail. the judge ordered her to undergo psychological evaluation. her son ethan is in mexico and looking at extradition for violating the probation after a 2013 drunk driving cash that killed four people. alison: trial of a former day care worker begins in manassas. sarah jordan faces multiple charges of child abuse at minnieland. they say that jordan and a coworker sprayed toddlers with a full-pressure hose forced them to eat hot food.

leon: police investigate apparent murder-suicide in leesburg. i appears that andre howell shot his wife naomi before killing himself. the couple 5-year-old daughter was home at the time. she is unharm and in the custody of her sister. alison: powerball climbed to $1.4 billion. the billboards are listing it at $999 million because it's not built to show the billions. no matter how big the jackpot gets the chances of winning are over one in 292 million. that's it. more likely to be struck by lightning than win big. but part of the reason that dan is feeling good about his chances. you see his car was struck by lightning outside his arlington home last year. >> if reality is, people do get hit by lightning. they do get bit by sharks.

is it possible to be that person who wins. alison: if you wonder if more people pick numbers and have the computer do it powerball says 95% of players have the computer generate number for them. the next drawing at 10:59 wednesday evening. leon: do you know anyone who else can say it with a smile? a shark. alison: optimistic. still ahead here at 5:00 -- cars hitting rock bottom. >> where a speed bump had drivers gritting their teeth and what happens when "7 on your side" got involved. jennifer: d.c. police sayto rape a woman. this one he tried to kill his own wife. wall of justice is next. leon: ahead at 6:00 --

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doug: let's look at the holiday weekend. saturday clouds. sprinkle early. otherwise 47. 42 and partly cloudy on sunday. monday dr. martin luther king jr. day 37 degrees. partly cloudy skies. dry with the exception of saturday morning the showers. look ahead to the next seven days altogether. tomorrow is an interesting day. we have colder and windy with the highs only 28 to 32. milder on friday. late night possible of rain showers saturday. highlighted in the weekend

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like to hear at the wall. we have an arrest. gary moore wanted on firearm charges by the state police is locked up and will face a judge. will that be the case for melvin latney? police are looking for him in a violent attempted rape an robbery case. staying in the district homicide detectives are looking for john james for murder. they are on the hunt for william lewis. he is also wanted in a murder case. let's move to arlington county where ariel gonzalez perez wanted for attack on family member. police adding pereira to the wall tonight. set the wall of justice in motion. the spotlight this time around is on ariel gonzalez-perez. take a look at him. the police need your help to find him. the 26-year-old is accused in a domestic violence case and police say he began hitting his wife. he wasn't happy with breakfast. >> particularly concerned

about this because he assaulted the mother of the children. the argument started over his unhappiness with the way she prepared breakfast. >> he is 5'6" weighs 160 pounds 26 years old with black hair and brown eye and wanted for assault and battery of a family member. police want him off the wall of justice and put him behind bars. if you have seen him call the police. see you night week with the "fighting back: wall of justice." i'm jennifer donelan. alison: breaking news now from southeast washington. metro police arrested a bank robbery suspect. nathaniel moon accused of robbing a wells fargo in arlington last thursday and charged attempting to rob another bank december 30.

leon: still ahead at 5:00 dose of reality for fantasy sports. find out which may be illegal. >> they are concerned that it's dug to pieces. that

alison: this is a picture you don't see every day. thank goodness. car swallowed by a sinkhole in missouri. look at that. it was caused by a water main break. crews used the crane to lift it back to the street. the car was hauled away. leon: unbelievable. neighbors say a new speed bump was doing more than slowing down traffic. but as we see now after "7 on your side" stepped in things are rolling smoothly again. reporter: a noise for this neighborhood now all too familiar. >> the first car came by and crunch. >> robert richardson works on the robert along the lanier place northwest. this week the regular buzz of traffic hitting a new course. >> if you don't notice it you are really going to do damage to it. >> neighbors say you can hear

the noise from way down the street. when you get up close, you can see why. >> i thought people were driving faster but that wasn't the case. >> she lives over the speed bump that was reinstalled and he knows the damage it can do first hand. >> i hit a speed bump. it tore the undercarriage. damage was done. >> not long after the abc7 team contacted ddot contractors were on site smashing ripping and hammering as fault. ddot tells our team they will replace the speed bump with a smaller one and they appreciate the community letting them know and work for corrective actions as soon as possible. neighbors along the lanier place northwest the sounds of demolition means smooth sailing again soon. alison: okay. let's get a check of how it looks now on the roads.

jamie sullivan on traffic watch for us. hey, jamie. jamie: better news. we are going to start with metro. we did have single tracking on the blue and the yellow line. this is earlier because of an equipment issue. no longer single tracking but the delays are up to 30 minutes. normal stop now on the blue and the yellow line. not the case anymore. clear on the green line. if you are heading out of d.c. on the freeway the volume is closer to the 11th street bridge. south to 295 toward the national harbor or north toward eastern avenue. you can get around.

slowing and we have it north on 270 near father hurley boulevard. i love this shot. this paints a great picture of the volume this afternoon. again 270 traffic this is typical. alison: the drive to work tomorrow could be smoother. the new h.o.v. ramp on 395 and seminary road opened this afternoon. new lanes provide a direct connection for h.o.v. drivers heading to and from the mark center and seminary road in alexandria. the ramp is opened to the vehicles with three or more people as well as buses like other h.o.v. lanes they will reverse direction. depending on the time of day. leon: looking ahead. coming up tonight at 6:00 p.m. on the evil of the "state of the union" address we look at -- on the eve of the "state of the union" address. we look at the promises. we also explain a controversy happening at a local mall.

cancer test getting a boost by two of the richest men in the world. that's coming up at 6:00. alison: upstate new york hit hard with ice. look at the pictures. the waves from lake erie caused part of a restaurant and a car to freeze. eng nears are designing -- engineers are designing a is a-foot wall at the restaurant to extend 1300 feet to prevent winter storm damage in future. if that is not the picture of freezing. unbelievable. leon: the crazy thing is those folks live there take it for granted. that is every winter. alison: especially after yesterday. warm and then cold today. doug: we are turning warmer tomorrow. colder on wednesday. 10 before 6:00 at the capital wheel in the national harbor. glow above the horizon. week from today, this time next monday is brighter than

that even as the daylight hours get longer. 38 at reagan national. 29 in hagerstown. 37 in manassas. 34 in baltimore. we expect the temperatures in the metro south and east in middle 20's. colder for the west. snowshowers across the midwest. this area in blue, the winter weather advisories are widespread. on our sign of the change we see a possibility of the scattered rain showers and the snowshowers north and west through the afternoon. rain showers through metro and 4:30. gusty winds and the cold air you will feel tomorrow.

and for the day on wednesday.struggle to hit 32 with the sunshine and gusty winds on wednesday. on saturday and sunday we will get in the holiday weekend, warm up to turn cooler and back to the chilly stuff this time next week. that is latest. back to you. alison: okay, doug. leon: the sun is setting on skins' season and maybe rgiii's time in washington. erin: it seems barring a minor miracle this is rgiii's final game as a member of the redskins. the future with the team has yet to be determined. the players cleaned out the lockers today after the season ended last night. media crowded around rgiii to get a comment from him and find out about his future but he didn't want to talk. he did leave a letter on a poem by mother teresa. part of it reads "people are often irreasonable irration

and self-centered. forgive them anyway." his teammates had nothing but praise for him. >> he handle it perfectly. a nonstory. he didn't distract. he did everything they asked him to do at practice. >> he took a backseat. about his character. erin: the loss to the packers hurt but most feel positive it's special to build on next year. they like the direction that the team is headed. leon: i feel like we fill the holes. we get an off-season to fill

the holes on the team. >> ultimately the goal is to win the championships. we don't that. they will take the steps to build a roster and try to get a championship. hopefully we're part of it. erin: emotionally exhausted. redskins fullback young joins me at 7:00 for the weekly showing. to put a bow on the playoff run. it will be interesting. he said it hurt. leon: he will tell you what is next. alison: thank you. leon: regulating the online sport betting site. alison: the lawmaker who says he has the power to do it.

alison: so regulating online

sports betting is a hot topic. leon: now it's up for debate in maryland. who can make a difference? we take a look. reporter: among those in the crowd maryland comptroller. he talked to us about the daily fantasy gaming extension of the fantasy sport to some pete using stat. >> why should we shut it down? reporter: on the verge of an opinion from the maryland attorney general on whether daily sports gaming required a ballot initiative? something that mike miller added this week. >> i never questioned the motive. a long-time advocate for the casino industry. >> he says the issue is less

about sports leagues like the nfl and more about casinos trying to weaken one of the competitors. >> why would we do that? we feel competitive with them and we want to own them. first you put them out of business. >> he says he has the authority to regulate the site. >> we have regulations in place quickly. to be comfortable with. alison: that is it for the "abc7 news at 5:00". leon: here is what is ahead at 6:00 -- alison: president obama's final "state of the union" is tomorrow. what to expect in the last address. look at whether the president has followed through on cash promises. leon: 2 trial for the office -- the second trial for

the officer accused in freddie gray's death was supposed to start today but it doesn't. alison: david bowie a look back at his life. "abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. leon: we are more than 24 hours away from president obama's final "state of the union" address. alison: the chief political reporter scott thuman joins us live from the white house with a preview and whether the proposal from years past are a reality. hi scott. scott: i just spoke to the most press secretary about that. it's tough when you have a congress by other party. the president not being eye to eye with that body. it's more challenging if you look at what has been accomplished or what has been missed in years past.

do the dreams become a reality? >> our economy is in crisis. scott: in 2009 he promised measures to bring unemployment down and the stock market up. delivering on both fronts. a year later he vowed to hunt down terror leaders and barack obama is dead. the story will tell you -- historians tell you most "state of the union" promises have fallen flat. >> if you did analysis of every promise every proposal that every president since thomas jefferson you will find the rate being low. >> take gun control. >> gabrielle giffords deserve a vote. the families of newtown deserve a vote. scott: but congress didn't agree and obama had to resort to watered down executive action.