here now is lindsey davis. >> >> reporter: more stars choose martin luther king day to >> i will not be at the academy awards. >> on facebook the actress expressing her plans to boycott the show. also not attending director spike lee released a statement questioning how is it possible for the second consecutive year all 20 contenders are white, the #oscar so white is trending again with the revelation for a second year only white actors are considered for the most coveted award. snubbed for nominations this year, edris el bah, will smith and michael b jordan. the only nomination is sylvester stallone, who decides the nominees, long held secret. in 2012 found they're 94% caucasian and 77% male with blacks only accounting for about 2%. the big screen has a lot of to tv where a record 18 black performers got nominated last year for emmy awards. lindsey davis, abc news, new york. >> i should point out late last night the academy president first african-american in that job released a statement saying, why they celebrate the achievements, she is heart broken and frustrated about the lack

lindsey davis, abc news, new york. >> i should point out late last first african-american in that job released a statement saying, why they celebrate the achievements, she is heart broken and frustrated about the lack of diversity. >> she went on to say the economy is now taking dramatic steps to alter the make up of its membership. interesting to see how this plays out. >> tyler perry nomination next year. when we come back. >>> who got the rose last night >> and the story behind deerhinan.tt0w!t^)hw! %4@-=6, tt0w!t^)hw! el@-71@ tt0w!t^)hw! ed@-13$ tt0w!t^)hw% )8h-qmx tt0w!t^)hw% kzh-l"$ tt0w!t^)hw% n-h-9k( tt0w!t^)hw% 0ph-',0 tt0w!t^)hw% s"h-7^p tt0w!t^)hw% ueh-4< tt0w!t^)hw% 7hh-(>t >>> time now for the skinny. we'll start the drama unfolding on week three of the "bachelor". >> joining us is senior bachelor analyst jack. >> good to be back. >> i baug a new bouquet. >> i love it. >> first time, first time this season new bouquet. >> yes, let's get this going. 17 women started the broadcast last night. we will start with the one on one date with lauren b. she's the flight attendant a

"it's almost like we won, even though we didn't cause our community won" [wnt lindsey davis] call it a sign of powerball fever sweeping the nation -- tickets ahead of the drawing selling at a frenetic pace of 1.3 million dollars a minute during rush hour mos: the winner, the winner. this is the winner. drawing long lines?[kayna piece] inspiring people to cross state borders - from powerball- free nevada into california we're all going to buy round trip tickets to the moon. crossing national borders in the case of canadians like this... [nightline] more than 300 million tickets sold wednesday-- that's almost one for every person in this country nat -lottery ticket printing/etc [wnt or other billboards w/the 9] for a prize, that got too big to even fit on billboards. but the cash value does come close -- lottery officials reporting it comes out to $983.5 million. the california winner who bought his or her ticket here will split the jackpot with any winners in other states ... a california lottery spesperson saying there are two others that we know of... in florida and tennessee. laure

. >> lindsey davis, abc news, new york. >> those kids are so well spoken.uture politicians, lawyers, ancho anchors. >>> coming up, a peak of some of this year's hottest gadgets. whiz shows us his favorite offerings. we'll show you those, next. >>> let's call it fashion week for geeks. the annual consumer electronic shows, it's shown off earlier this month in las vegas did not disappoint showing us some of his favorites this morning. but he is our whiz. >> i have some fun stuff. >> what caught your eye? >> these five things, a couple of more we'll be showing during the year. if you wear magnifiers these are from thin optics, it's a way to always have glasses with you. this is what they look like, they come in three magnification, you click them on, i can see fine. they're very rugged, the company says if they break, they'll replace them and they hang on. >> they just hang on like that and they come three ways. >> like this? >> you want to try them? >> pull them out, click them on your nose, the plain glasses are 20 bucks. >> you can't break them. >> that's a

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. >> you watched lindsey davis, our partner at they changed the rules to set this up. it's harder to win to create these larger jackpots. obviously, it's working because people are going crazy. >> more people are playing. we'll keep you updated. >>> coming up we have a happy ending for that group of miners. they were stuck derground in the deepest salt mine in the country. to get out safely. >>> safe at home 17 miners trapped in upstate new york. those miners were starting their shift in the deepest mean in the country when the elevator they were in stopped working. at thedespite being shaken and freezing, the miners scene until the very last of their co-workers was rescued. officers are still working to find out what caused that elevator to malfunction. >> that's a team. no man left behind, i li that. >>> have the miami dolphins found their next head coach. >> 'phins fans wants to know. coming up in this morning's sports wrap, for lysol disinfectant spray kills 99.9% of bacteria on more than just the trashcan. it's the "pungent gym bag stink" neutralizer. and the "pre

here is lindsey davis. >> more stars choose martin luther king day to take a stand about the lack of diversity in this year's nominations. >> i won't be watching or at the academy awards. >> she's expressing her plans to boycott the show. also not attending director spike lee released a statement how it is possible for the second consecutive year all 20 contenders are white. the revelation after the second year in a row only white actors are being considered for the most coveted award in, snubbed for nominations, edris, will smith and bikele b. jordan, the only nominee from predominant black cast is sylvester stallone, who decides the nominee, long held secret. in 2012 los angeles times investigation found academy voters are nearly 94% caucasian and 77% male with blacks accounting for about 2%. the big screen has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to tv where a record 18 black performers got nominated last year for emmy awards. york. >>> first african-american in that job, cheryl released a statement saying while they celebrate the extraordinary nominees, she is quoted here fru

sot: "it's almost like we won, even though we didn't cause our community won" [wnt lindsey davis] call it a sign of powerball fever sweeping the nation -- tickets ahead of the drawing selling at a frenetic pace of 1.3 million dollars a minute during rush hour winner. this is the winner. drawing long lines?[kayna piece] inspiring people to cross state borders - from powerball-free nevada into california sot -- we're all going to buy round trip tickets to the moon. [karla pkg] crossing national borders in the case of canadians like this... karla pkg wspowerballwedpkg3 - canadian traveling to u.s. to buy tickets: "everyone's got the fever" [nightline] more than 300 million tickets sold wednesday-- that's almost one for every person in this country nat -lottery ticket printing/etc [wnt or other billboards w/the 999] for a prize, that got too big to even fit on billboards. but the officials reporting it comes out to $983.5 million. tag: the california winner who bought his or her ticket here will split the jackpot with any winners in other states ... a california lottery spokesperson saying

sot: "it's almost like we won, even though we didn't cause our community won" [wnt lindsey davis] call it a sign of powerball fever sweeping the nation -- tickets ahead of the drawing selling at a frenetic pace of 1.3 million dollars a minute during rush hour mos: the winner, the winner. this is the winner. drawing long lines?[kayna piece] inspiring people to cross state borders - from powerball-free nevada into california sot -- we're all going to buy round trip tickets to the moon. [karla pkg] crossing national borders in the case of canadians like this... karla pkg wspowerballwedpkg3 - canadian traveling to u.s. to buy tickets: "everyone's got the fever" [nightline] more than 300 million tickets sold wednesday-- that's almost one for every person in this country nat -lottery ticket printing/etc [wnt or other billboards w/the 999] for a prize, that got too big to even fit on billboards. but the cash value does come close -- lottery officials reporting it comes out to $983.5 tag: the california winner who bought his or her ticket here will split the jackpot with any winners in other s

"it's almost like we won, even though we didn't cause our community won" [wnt lindsey davis] call it a sign of powerball fever sweeping the nation -- tickets ahead of the drawing selling at a frenetic pace of 1.3 million dollars a minute during rush hour mos: the winner, the winner. this is the winner. drawing long lines?[kayna piece] inspiring people to cross state borders - from powerball- free nevada into california we're all going to buy round trip tickets to the moon. borders in the case of canadians like this... [nightline] more than 300 million tickets sold wednesday-- that's almost one for every person in this country nat -lottery ticket printing/etc [wnt or other billboards w/the 999] for a prize, that got too big to even fit on billboards. but the cash value does come close -- lottery officials reporting it comes out to $983.5 million. the california winner who bought his or her ticket herereill split the jackpot with a a winners in other states ... a california lottery spokesperson saying there are two others that we know of... florida and tennessee. lauren lyster, abc new

game issued a statement promising big changes to help fix hollywood's diversity problem abc's lindsey davis has the latest a host of hollywood heavyweights are announcing a boycott of the two thousand sixteen oscars not be the academy awards watch jada pinkett out on tinsel town's biggest night in a long day for the acknowledgment respect any by. also joining the boycott. director spike lee who challenge the academy's lack of diversity this past november while accepting his old honorary oscar. we need to have some serious discussion of diversity and get some flame openness lee wrote in an answer and post monday many cannot support it and pose the question how is it possible for the second consecutive year all twenty contenders under the actor category are white. last night. the academy's president cheryl boone isaacs responded to the brewing controversy admitting a statement that she is heartbroken and frustrated about the lack of inclusion and promising the academy is taking dramatic steps to alter the makeup of our membership while the academy does not release the demographic info on its

. >> lindsey davis, abc news, new york. >> data plan within the contract's period. >> it depends on what contract says. if you read the small print, generally, though, they wouldn't do it if you were in the middle of a contract period. if you signed up for two years and say you're going to pay this much a month, very doubtful they would change it. what often happens is people get passed that two-year period and they think there is forever. they're allow today have this deal forever. that's not how it works. they generally have to give you 30 days, they normally give you 60 just to make sure there's no hassle and then they can do what they want. >> my mail was stolen. the police said they arrested someone who had my credit card. now they're trying to open credit in my name. >> you want to get a credit freeze. it's kind of a hassle and it costs a couple of bucks. credit freeze means almost no one can go in and take a look at your credit report. well, no one will issue a loan or a credit card without seeing your credit report. so it really puts all the funnelny business to bed. the problem

"it's almost like we won, even though we didn't cause our community won" [wnt lindsey davis] call it a sign of powerball fever sweeping the nation -- tickets ahead of the drawing selling at a frenetic pace of 1.3 million dollars a minute during rush hour mos: the winner, the winner. this is the winner. drawing long lines?[kayna piece] inspiring people to cross state borders - from powerball- free nevada into california buy round trip tickets to the moon. crossing national borders in the case of canadians like this... [nightline] more than 300 million tickets sold wednesday-- that's almost one for every person in this country nat -lottery ticket printing/etc [wnt or other billboards w/the 999] for a prize, that got too big to even fit on billboards. but the cash value does come close -- lottery officials reporting it comes out to $983.5 million. the california winner who bought his or her ticket here will split the jackpot with any winners in other states ... a california lottery spokesperson saying there are two others that we know of... in florida and tennessee. lauren lyster, abc n

. >>> lindsey davis reporting. california lottery has a list of the lukeiest stores in the bay area. each city has at least one store that has sold two tickets worth 1 million dollars or more. as we messages earlier cavanaugh liquor no. 1 is luckiest of 5 winners bought the ticket there exact location of the lucky stores near you go to our web site. >>> and you can get saturday's winning numbers with the 7 news app down load it now for your mobile device and unable push alert and we'll let you know immediately. >>> we have much more ahead for you on this friday night. one of the most flood prone years around but figure being done to fix the problem at this marin county flooding hot spot. >> main entrance to yosemite could be closed for days. latest on the big rock slide. >>> and conveyor belt of storms >>> and conveyor belt of storms is lining up. drew has the >>> in marin dry morning still led to problems of what is a chronic sore spot for commuter commuters. this park and ride is closed because of flooding. wayne

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here now is abc's lindsey davis. >> reporter: more stars choose diversity in this year's nominations. >> i will not be at the academy awards and i won'ting watching. >> reporter: on facebook, actress jada pinkett smith expressing her plans to boycott the show. also not attending director spike lee released a statement how it is possible for the second consecutive year all 20 contenders are white. the #oscars so white is trending again. with the revelation after the second year in a row only white actors have been considered for the most coveted award in hollywood. snubbed for nominations, idris elba, will smith and michael b. jordan. in fact, the only nominee from "creed's" predominantly black cast is sylvester stallone. who decides the nominees, long held secret. in 2012 los angeles times investigation found academy voters are nearly 94% caucasian and 77% male with blacks accounting for about 2%. catching up to do when it comes to tv where a record 18 black performers got nominated last year for emmy awards. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> i should point out late last night, the

john davis trucking was ordered to pay more than 4- and-a half million dollars in damages to amtrak. and here's lindsey matherly with a look at the forecast. warm and dry conditions as high pressure shifts to the east today. the next storm will impact the region starting friday with strong winds, rain, and high elevation snow. a cold front will bring lowering snow levels friday night and saturday. expect travel impacts in the sierra and western nevada throughout the weekend and possibly into early next week. main changes to the forecast for this morning were to increase snow totals above 8000 feet / issue a winter storm watch for the sierra friday night and saturday, and increase western nevada and the eastern sierra friday afternoon. some light rain will occur today along and north of i-80 as a bit of warm air advection crosses the and>>> welcome back to "gma." are on a daring adventure from norway to the u.s., but they've had to be rescued nine times at sea in the past seven months. do they think it's all worth it and they certainly have their critics. we'll let them respond. we're going to talk to t

john davis trucking was ordered to pay more than 4- and-a half million dollars in damages to amtrak. and here's lindsey matherly with a look at the forecast. warm and dry conditions as high pressure shifts to the east today. the next storm will impact the region starting friday with strong winds, rain, and high elevation snow. a cold front will bring lowering snow