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well this year's oscar nominationons stirring up controversy. now the academy has announc a major move. . all week celebrity spoken out and taken to social media calling for diversity among the nominee. some said they were boycotting the show. >> now as we are told, the academy has addressed this oscar out cry. >> nominations reflect the academy. the academy reflects the industry. like hollywood.

>>reporter: it has been days of unscripted drama in hollywood. now the academy is hoping to rewrite the script. by pledgingo double its number of female and minority members by 2020. the move a response to the out cry from some of hollywood biggest stars regarding the look of diversity among this year's oscar nominees. academy president cheryl boone isaac release ago statement saying the academy is going to lead and not witness for the industryry to catch up. these new measures regarding govern and voting will have an immediate impact and begin the process of significantly changing our membership composition. >> complexity of this issue, >> complexity of this issue, everyone is beautiful and deserving an it's fantastic but it feels like it's going the wrong direction. >>reporter: will smith who startedhe me haveie cop concussion which some feel he was snubbed for addressing the

morning america. but he's not alone. earlier this week will's wife jada pintt smith also taking a stand. >> i will not be at the academy award and i won't be watching. >>reporter: and director spike lee addressing the issue. pressing the movie industry to take responsibility for not offeri as many leading roles to actors of different ethnicity. >> you have to think about the diversity within the academy.. ate not as diverse as like our society looks. >>reporter: these actors bring to light the results of study done by the l afternoon times on the academy voters. they found 94 percent of the voters are white. 76 percent are male. and the average age of voters is 63 years old. >> there's a regressive slide towards separatetowards separatism, towards

and that's not the hollywood thth i want to leave behind. >>reporter: another change? members voting status will be limited to period of 10 years. previously all active members received life time voting rights. in the news plex, 7 news night team. comg up 7 news at 10:00. officer making slam dunk with group of kid after taking a different approach when respond to go a call. you take a live look at washington, d.c. t.very, very white and snowy out there as they get wallop by winter weather. what can we expect at home, phil. >>reporter: they are not used to getting over two feet of snow there. we are not used to seeing temperatures dipping into the 40's across south florida. here are a few safety tips most important is be careful if you use space heater. keep them away from walls, furniture, they could catch fire and as precautionary

issued a cold weather emergencyissued a cold weather emergency. they are asking the homeless to please seek refuge at pompano beach city hall broward outreach center saturday night sunday morning very cold outside. we have more on our local

an officer responding to complaint when he quickly shows a group of kids he's one cool cop. the caller said the kids were being too loud. >> but instead of sending them home hee took a shot at a different approach. check it out. >> how are you. you believe somebody is callingng and complaining about kid playing basketball on the streets.

white of the gainsville police department hotels -- rolls up on a loud gym of basketball. >> i don't have anynyroblem witness ix after questioning the two people he finds at the scene officer white does something unusual. he begins to play basketball with them. >> i ain't real good. >>reporter: and as what always happens when some one is shooting hoops, others soon join in. soon the shoot around turns in a dunking cononst. before long enough kids turned out for a full court game but by then it was time for officer white to go. >> all right guys i'm going to go. do me a favor obviously i have no problem playing basketball in the street but if you can try try not to be too loud. >>reporter: well before he left the officer asked the kid if ty played there every day. he said would he come back with some of his friends to play a pick up game.

rainy day here across south florida. especially in fort lauderdale. setting a record there over two inches of rain the previous record for this date was over an inch, miami just under an inch of rain bent 3 quarters of an inch in key west. right now still partly to mostly cloudy ses. temperatures in the 60's. key west a temperature of 71. pressure is falling. wind out of the west south west. this wl continue to pick up overnight and right now the humidity is at 90 percent. here's the stormtracker. still a couple of showers sitting in the eastern gulf of mexico. if they hold on we may see some of that moving in along the coast during e overnight. so here's the front. it continues to moze away. item attached to an area of low pressure causing that bibi winter storm across the middle atlantic states and the northeast. by tomorrow highs will struggle to reach thehe mid upper 60's. it's down right windy and then from saturday night through sunday morning temperatures will drop here across south

in to the mid upper 40's and with the wind it can make the temperatures feel a lot colder. the wind chill could be right around the low 40's so it will be very chilly for our standards here across the area. small craft advisory tomorrow. gale warning across the coastal waters we can expect the wind gust here anywhere between 30 to 40 knkns. sea up 6 to continue feet. biscayne bay choppy. for you throughout the florida keys you are looking at a small craft advisory. gale warning. also some coastal flooding especially on the gululside as the winds come if and kind of push some of theater on shore. coastal water will be extremely rough. next high tide dade and browardnext high tide dade andbroward. 8:48 in the morning. 10:31 for lower key. water temperature 69 degrees. now for tonight i am going to leave just a small chance of a shower across south florida. wind will start to pick up.

even as much as 30 miles per hour for the keys. overnight low in the mid to upper 50's to the low 60's tomorrow, well, partly cloudy skies across south florida. highs once gechbl they are going to struggle to reach the upper 60's. here's your extended outlook. sunday morning for the miami marathon. temperatures will be in the upper 40's. remember broward county has that cold weather emergency already. by monday still chilly. then we warm-up for the middle of next week. that's the 7 on 7.

dozens of pieces of history hitting the auction block just about any of it can be yours if you want to own a piece of camelot. items from the famous kennedy winter estate in palm beach, winter estate in palm beach, darling. on set to be sold. >> love the accent.

about the auction. >>reporter: they were america's royal family. president john f. kennedy and first lady jackie. the couple spending a lot of time at their family's sprawling palm beach estate. the 11 bedroom mediterranean home recently selling for 31 million dollars. the content inside now up for auction. >> here we have the beds that were in the president's bedroom but when john and jackie married these were the beds that they slept in when they were in the house. >>reporter: jfk parents joe and rose k knedy find the ocean front estate in 1933. the the home became known as the winter white house. president kennedy even conducting business here. this small library is known as the cabinet room. >> these are the chairs where when president elect kennedy interviewed the gentlemen for his cabinet this is where they sat.

dressing table of rose kennedy. as you can see it hasn't been touched by any one. it has so much character. whole family sat at this massive mahogany table the highest priced item in the lot. the opening bid will begin at 4000 dollars. >> there is no way to predict how high the bidding is going to go on the lot when it belongs to family like the kennedy. >>reporter: these pieces available to those interested. >> this is where the predent had many, many massages because of course had he back trouble. >> own ago piece of history i don't care how unpopular brown furniture is i still love it and. >>reporter: who is the container store when you have this. rose kennedy came out of her closet you can see she has a they think for everything reveer. girls. nightgown. who knew that rose kennedy was so organized? this is their lawn furniture

it's so cool. this came out of the kitchen. you can see they had the pot from here but this could fit if any kitchehetoday. it's just so cool. the auction will take place in west palm beach this saturday. if you are interested go to our web listed here for more information and who knows, you too can own a piece of camelot. >> wonderful period of time and so much history and it's thrilling to think you could even have one small piece of it. >porter: in west palm beach, vanessa, 7 news. >> up next here on the night team. first place florida panthers got off to hot start depends defending stanley cup champ in sunrise tonight. >> 7 sports is next with all

hi everyone. hockey night in south florida. first place florida panthers end 4 game losing skid again the best team in the west chicago black hawks. midway through the first no score. riley smith goes 5 hole, 14th of the season. 1 nothing panthers. seven minutes later out front to brian campbell. that quick wrist top shelf 2 nothing. final seconds of the first and

beats scott how dididhat go in. 3 nothing. still in the second less than 3 minutes in. back after missing 4 games with a concussion. the flopper. tenth of the season. panthers end up winning 4 nothing. the roberto stopped all 27 ots for 72 career shut out. >> didn't do anything flashy. got puck in and out and their key guy we were strong on them so we needed that game. that was a big boost for our club and we have to keep this rolling now. >>reporter: the depleted miami heat lost 3 straightot good news before tonight's game in toronto. wade was ruled out at noon but started despite a bad shoulder. heat only 9 healthy bodies in one. heat down 11. nice move inside 22. miami down 9. final two minute of the firs half. back door cut lay n.heat dowow 16 at the break. third quarter heat still down 16. kyle drives find the 3 ball. rose had 33. heat down 19.

back. bosch miss as 3 gets own rebound lay it n.had he 26. heat down 9. over two minutes to play.heat down 12 f.kyle steals from it josh. lays it in and the foul. heat g g blown out. 4 straight losses for the first time this season. despite going to the fba finals this last season and leading east with 30 and 11 record the cavaliers fired second year head coach david black today. assistant coach former nba player takes over as head coachplayer takes over as head coach. james said had he no input about black being fired. canes men basketball tomorrow at high noon at the b uc. 15 rank miami host lake forest t.canes average 65 points game and 5 acc game. average 85 and 12 non-conference match up early the season. the coach knows they need better ball movement and he thinks he has a solutionand he thinks he has a solution. >> offensively we have b become

we will be instituting a newdrill find out not only today but tomorrow and monday if the drill is being impactful. >>reporter: we'll see fit work>>reporter: we'll see fit works. conference champmpnship game leading to the superbowl set for this sunday. tom brady and new england patriots faces denver broncos. pats fifth consecutive trip to the afc title game. new england favored by three but still a lot of work to be done before facing the broncos. >> few more days couple more days to take advantage of to go out there and tightin things up. usually goes down to best team preparing is usually comes out on top. team like this the type of game it is you have to go out and you really have t/ hunk down. >>reporter: carolina panthers ready to play ininhe elements sunday. charlotte gets a lot of snow. panthers deal with old man winter best way they can

naichlts cold out there still trying town that you. >> get in the hot tub in a second. get out of this. item like rudolph out there. >>reporter: we are your station for the championship game sunday night cardinals panthers show down on 7. coverage begins at 6:00. odds maker have the panthers and patriots moving on to

gee there were. as i was saying. yes that's a wrap for 7 news first at 10:00. ciao ciao. >> don't go too far away.

danger on duty for south florida officer. police say a gun man ambushes him firing shots and the whole thing comes to a crashing end.

in south florida hospital.