begging for acknowlement, or even asking, diminishes dignity, diminishes power, and we are a dignified people. her husband, will smith, is one of the actors of color who did not get nominated this year despite critical acclaim for his performance in "concussion" pinkett smith now says -- it's time to re-evaluate things: maybe it's time that we pull back our resources and we put them back into our communities, into our programs. pinkett smith is not alone in her many have vented over the lack of oscar diversity. for the second straight year the hashtag "oscars so white" has been trending online. spike lee meanwhile says he's boycotting the ceremony as well. in a post on social media the director asks quote "how is it possible for the 2nd consecutive year all 20 contenders under the actor category are white?" both stars said they wish their friends involved with the oscars production the best -- and pinkett smith praised chris rock -- who will be hosting the show next month. i'm jeremy roth reporting. at 6:30 on more access -- will host chris rock drop out of the award show? plus - persp

"begging for acknowlement, or even asking, diminishes dignity, diminishes power, and we are a dignified people. " actress jada pinkett smith released an emotional video today to explain her decision. her husband will smith is one of the actors of color who was not nominated, despite a critically acclaimed performance in "concussion". spike lee says he's boycotting the ceremony as well. movie fans are also frustrated. the hash-tag "oscars so white" is trending online for the second year in a row. most of us check our phones before we go to bed. staring at that bright screen in a dark room not only hurts your eyes, it affects your sleep. some smart phone companies are re- designing devices apple will release a new mode for phones in its next i-o-s update. it's called "night shift", and it changes the screen to a warmer setting that's easier on the eyes. the mode also figures out your location and turns on automatically at night. it was the perfect day to take a mini- trip, and head to the mountains. why employees at lee canyon resort say it's a better time than ever to play in the snow...

begging for acknowlement, or even asking, diminishes dignity, diminishes power, and we are a dignified people. her husband, will smith, is one of the actors of nominated this year despite critical acclaim for his performance in "concussion" pinkett smith now says -- it's time to re-evaluate things: maybe it's time that we pull back our resources and we put them back into our communities, into our programs. pinkett smith is not alone in her frustration... on social media - many have vented over the lack of oscar diversity. for the second straight year the hashtag "oscars so white" has been trending online. spike lee meanwhile says he's boycotting the ceremony as well. in a post on social media the director asks quote "how is it possible for the 2nd consecutive year all 20 contenders under the actor category are white?" both stars said they wish their friends involved with the oscars production the best -- and pinkett smith praised chris rock -- who will be hosting the show next month. i'm jeremy roth reporting. lee has been nominated for two oscars before. he says the "real battle" is n

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begging for acknowlement, or even asking, diminishes dignity, diminishes power, and we are a dignified people. her husband, will smith, is one of the black actors who did not get nominated this year despite critical acclaim for his performance in "concussion" pinkett smith is not alone in her frustration... on social media - many have vented over the lack of oscar diversity. for the second hashtag "oscars so white" has been trending online. lots of people talking about this one on social media, scholastic is pulling a controversial new picture book about george washington. it's called "a birthday cake for george washington." it contains upbeat images of washington's cook and slave named hercules. in a scholastic blog post, the author claims the story was based on historical research and was meant to honor the slaves' resourcefulness. amazon readers gave it one star. adlib to weather expects to help close to 14- night's end. a normal winter day, it's just 700! we caught up with aaa earlier today as workers helped stranded drivers. officials say they expect even more calls tomorrow. they

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begging for acknowlement, or even asking, diminishes dignity, diminishes power, and we are a dignified people. her husband, will smith, is one of the actors of color who did not get nominated this year despite critical acclaim for his performance in "concussion" pinkett smith now says -- it's time to re- evaluate things: maybe it's time that we pull back our resources and we put them back into our communities, into our programs. pinkett smith is not alone in her frustration... on social media - many have vented over the lack of oscar diversity. for the second straight year the hashtag "oscars so white" has been trending online. boycotting the ceremony as well. in a post on social media the director asks quote "how is it possible for the 2nd consecutive year all 20 contenders under the actor category are white?" both stars said they wish their friends involved with the oscars production the best -- and pinkett smith praised chris rock -- who will be hosting the show next month. i'm jeremy roth reporting. tracy morgan is coming back to t-v. the actor and comedian is set to star in a pilo

over 200 oncologists and cancer research centers, and philanthropists involved, and what everybody acknowledcknowledges privately and what they hope they can do, i may not be the convener or bring them together. >> and what do you want to do? >> i want to break down the silos and have a meeting of access to all of the information that all of the researchers have, and one another's researchers as well, and a conduit to get out to the places not just the great cancer hospitals in t, you know, the centers of the study, and to get to oncologists out in the field the information that we have that they don't have access to. >> and let me ask you as we head into the state of the union, is there a moment that you will remember with the president? >> well, yeah, there is one. he may be embarrassed. my -- i remember when beau was having trouble with his speech, and my son, beau biden was the most fastidious and honorable guy, and i knew that if my son thought that he was losing his cognitive ability, he would have resigned. thank goodness, there was no cog any anytive effect, but it was affecting the

even the attorney general, the president's attorney general came to congress and acknowle e acknowledged, the law is the law. the president can't do that. the president can't send prisoners to the states. and so he can send whoever proposal he wants -- oh, by the way, chris. the law banning transfer of gitmo detainees to america was put into law by democrats in congress and has been in law ever since and recently signed in law as recently as december. so look, he can send them wherever he wantis, but the law is the law. i would be amazed if the president would then try and direct our military to carry out orders where they knowingly are breaking the law. i can't imagine he would do that. send whatever plan he wants but this just goes -- this is just another chapter in the store rit president trying to make it up as he goes. but you know -- this limits places him in the constitution. if he tries to break the law, he will be called for trying to break the law. >> that's the point, though. that you and other republican leaders said the same thing about obama care and some of the changes he