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Tom: Hey everyone, it is Friday, February 26. I am Tom Hanson, and Channel One News starts right now.

All right, first up today, the privacy battle between Apple and the FBI continues to play out, with Apple refusing to unlock an iPhone belonging to a terrorist.

Just yesterday the director of the FBI, James Comey, made his case in front of the House Intelligence Committee. His comments come as the New York Times is reporting that Apple is working on a new security feature that will make it impossible for the government to break into iPhones.

A federal judge ruled last week Apple had to help the FBI unlock the iPhone of Syed Farook. He is one of two terror suspects who killed 14 people during a shooting spree in San Bernardino, California, in December. The FBI said the phone could contain important details in the terrorism case.

But Apple is fighting the ruling, arguing that it would violate its First and Fifth Amendment rights as well as do serious harm to the security of the company's products. And for the first time, Apple’s CEO spoke out about it in an interview on ABC News's "World News Tonight” with David Muir.

Tim Cook: What is at stake here is, can the government compel Apple to write software that we believe would make hundreds of millions of customers vulnerable around the world, including the U.S.?

Tom: Before a House committee Wednesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch maintained the government isn't overstepping its boundaries.

Loretta Lynch: It's a long-standing principle in our justice system that if an independent judge finds reason to believe that a certain item contains evidence of a crime, then that judge can authorize the government to conduct a limited search for that evidence.

Tom: Apple has already provided the FBI with information from the suspect’s iCloud account.

Now, if you didn't know, basketball players have the highest rates of sudden heart attack deaths of any U.S. sport. So now doctors are turning to the b-ball stars to figure out why.

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center released the study that examined the hearts of 500 NBA players. What they found was really interesting, which is that the size of the heart can increase with height, so the heart of a taller person is bigger. But the aortic root, which connects the body's main blood vessels, does not get bigger with height, and that could lead to heart attacks.

Dr. David Engel: Aortic root diameters actually reached a plateau, so no matter how big you get, there was a certain limit.

Tom: It is something Isaiah Austin found out after a heart exam. At 7-foot-1, he was built for basketball, and after two standout years on the court at Baylor University, he was heading for the 2014 NBA draft when doctors told him he was at risk for a sudden heart attack if he continued to play on the court.

Isaiah Austin: Aw, man, I miss it every day. You know, it's my first love.

Tom: So instead, he turned to golf.

Now, this week has been a roller coaster in politics, with certain candidates dropping out, firing staff and falling behind while others are rising to the top. We have got you covered with our OneVote in One Minute.

Keith and Arielle: You got DNA on track:

OneVote in One Minute.

We're another week closer

to closing this question

of who will lead the eles

and the donkeys this election.

The fight is getting mean:

insults and mudslinging.

No one's going down without

going down swinging.

A showdown in the West,

the Nevada caucus.

A lot of voters said

the whole thing was a mess.

Clinton grabbed the gold

in the Silver State.

Minority voters —

well, they thought she was great.

Bernie’s still got game;

young voters feel the Bern.

He's not far behind,

but those wins he's got to earn.

Winning, winning, winning —

Trump did it again.

He hit a trifecta

now with three big wins.

Rubio and Cruz

fight it out for second place;

they're so far behind,

it's hardly much of a race.

Jeb now has a period

ending his campaign.

Big money couldn't help him

overcome his last name.

Don't forget the other two —

yes, Carson and Kasich.

They still in the race

but need a win to make it stick.

Now it's time to soup up

for next Super Tuesday.

A dozen states will vote

all on one super day.

Tom: That is a wrap of headlines.

Now we also want to give a quick shout-out to all of you who sent us e-mails regarding our story on the Virginia Tech students helping out with the Flint, Michigan, water crisis. We accidentally mislabeled them as University of Virginia students, and we appreciate you guys pointing it out, so thanks for sending us those comments.

All right, after the break: why Hollywood gets an F in diversity.

Tom: As the Academy Awards rolls out the red carpet for Sunday's big night, the University of Southern California released a new report that puts the issue of diversity in entertainment back in the spotlight. And the results aren't so glamorous. Azia Celestino explains.

Azia: The two-year study gives a failing grade to every Hollywood movie studio and almost all TV outlets, showing a huge gap in under-represented groups.

Stacy Smith: I think the prequel to “Oscars so white” is “Hollywood so white,” and I think our study makes it really clear. Hollywood is a straight white boys' club.

Azia: The report looked at more than 400 films and TV shows across major companies that include all broadcast networks, most major cable channels and movie studios, as well as several streaming services. 

It found the gender gap runs deep. Only one-third of speaking characters went to females, even though women represent 50 percent of the U.S. population. Overall, the study found just over 28 percent of speaking roles went to racial or ethnic minorities. And more than half of all media content failed to portray an Asian in a speaking or named part.

Smith: We need to see directors from under-represented racial and ethnic groups being hired, women being hired behind the camera and a value placed on inclusive stories.

Azia: This report comes just days before the Academy Awards, which has been criticized over its lack of diversity for nominees this year.

Jessica Wolfsohn: I mean, there should be more representation in the nominations.

Woman: I feel like people should be more accepting of others to recognize true talent. That comes from all groups of people and not just one.

Patrick Steele: Until you change the structure of something, you can't really expect much of different outcomes, not just with the Oscars but just society in general.

Azia: Azia Celestino, Channel One News.

Tom: And it is not just by race; only 2 percent of speaking roles were LGBT.

All right, after the break, we are taking to the skies with the Next Big Thing.

Tom: This week's next big thing will have you soaring for the finish line, but before we get ready, set and go, let's see what you thought about last week's.

We told you about Netflix Socks, a do-it-yourself pair of socks with built-in technology that detects when you doze off and pauses your Netflix episode. So is it the next big thing? Fifty percent of you said, “Yes! This idea rocks my socks.” But 50 percent of you also said, “No, I will sleep on this one.”

Some of you were fans.

Class: Socks rock!

Class: This is Mr. Spencer's men's chorus from Shasta High School in Redding, California, and we think Netflix Socks will be the next big thing.

Tom: Others of you were saying no, in multiple languages.

Class: This is Ms. Fairchild’s senior English class from Dehlco, Louisiana…

Class: We are from Ms. Devaine's ESL class in Prairie Lake High School in Minnesota. We do not think the Netflix Socks are the next big thing. We hate it so much that we can even say it in three different languages. This is Russian; this is German; and this is French.

Class: This is Mr. Fink's first period itopics class in Dayton, Ohio, and we think that Netflix Socks are not the next big thing. Brah, are you too lazy to hit the pause button?

Tom: Love those responses. Thanks, guys.

All right, move over, NASCAR, because this week we have got a next big thing that has robots racing through the sky.

It is drones like you have never seen before, unmanned and hitting speeds of up to

80 miles per hour, whizzing in and out of empty stadiums. Pilots from all over the world converge to places like this for big-time races. One of the first official championship races took place just a few months ago in California.

Man: This is a pretty impetus event that is gonna hopefully be the catalyst for a whole, brand-new drone sport: competitive, amateur or professional.

Carlos Puerdolas is known for his drone videos online. He is now trying to make a name for himself in the racing world, and he knows it is not easy.

Puerdolas: So you need a little bit — you need to build a little bit of muscle memory to be able to do it really fast.

Tom: Pilots navigate the courses by first-person view — seeing through goggles that show video transmitted with little cameras mounted on the quad copters. And just like car racing, spectators are bound to see a few crashes.

Man: You'll see them going around and literally people going under someone else, clip a prop, break someone else's prop and keep going on. It's intense — it really is.

Tom: But don't worry; fans are kept safely behind nets.

So what do you guys think, is drone racing the next big thing? Vote and weigh in over at , or, better yet, send us a video response to NBT@.

All right, guys, the weekend is just hours away, and of course we will see you right back here on Monday. 

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