avatar: the way of water to the german war drama all quiet on the western front. and there s something for everyone. but as stephanie elam reports, organizers hope hit movies, not other kinds of hits, will be the focus. and when we re done with this, we re going to be carpeting all of hollywood. reporter: the oscars are back. the first since the slap made hollywood s biggest night the academy s biggest nightmare. it still hurts! reporter: just a week after chris rock took aim at will smith second i saw will smith get up out of his seat, i d have been halfway gone. reporter: all eyes on host jimmy kimmel, who says he will address the clap. comedians are mad about it. it s one of those things for a group of people that find everything funny, it s not funny, you know. but of course, you know, you have to. reporter: the fallout also upends oscar tradition. since smith won best actor last year. they have to find somebody to
this morning it seems like the price of everything at the grocery store is skyrocketing including the cost for tomatoes. california is the center of this country s toe mat toy production. between a punishing drought and wauser use restriction, tomato producers say there s just not enough water to meet demand. cnn s stephanie elam reports. we pick it at the peak of freshness. reporter: for 25 years it s a great product. there s aa sense of home to it. reporter: aaron has grown tomatoes in california s central valley. between the crushing three-year drought and the rising cost of growing tomatoes. we re at the mercy of mother natures. reporter: they re feeling the squeeze. we had a little over 500 acres. we that lowed 200 acres to go to
that overnight they did recover one person alive. cuban state tv reporting possible survivors trapped in the basement of the hotel specifically. now the workers say they ll continue searching until everyone is found. this week the federal government announced it was taking unusual emergency steps to boost water levels at the country s second largest reservoir, lake powell, on the border of arizona and utah. the government is saying that they will increase the water flow from northern areas and reduce the output to the south of there. this comes as additional water use restrictions are about to go into effect for six million americans out west. for more on that, stephanie elam reports. we all walk through neighborhoods where lawns are so over irrigated that they re creating a small stream on the street. you just to eliminate that level of water waste. reporter: as the mega drought drags on in the west first time in our history, 100-year history, unprecedented. reporter:
the rams, 23-20. and weather forecasters looking for the hottest ever super bowl missed the mark as well. sunday s game time at that was 82 degrees. not 90 as had been forecasted and not the record 84 degrees for 1973 s miami-washington super bowl at the l.a. coliseum. which in a convenient segue brings us to our earth matters series. as stephanie elam reports, not only does the super bowl drought continue. so does the very real physical drought, wreaking havoc on southern california. reporter: as the song g goes it never rains in southern california. reporter: it never rains in southern california. okay. sometimes it does. but not reliably. we re going for periods of a long time without rainfall and then bang. we ll get periods of very intense rainfall and flooding. reporter: those swings can be drastic. in december, almost ten inches
smith slapped chris rock. but what is clear is that will smith is showing remorse for the incident. in a post on instagram, he called his behavior unacceptable and inexcusable. he also wrote that i would like to publicly apologize to you, chris, i was out of line and i was wrong. i m embarrassed and my actions were not indicative of what of the man i want to be. there is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness. but this apology is not the end of the saga for smith. the motion-picture academy says it s launching a formal review into his conduct. cnn s stephanie elam reports. reporter: a slap to the jaw that had jaws dropping all around the world. and the academy condemning will smith today, announcing a formal review to explore a further action and consequences. this, after will smith confronted chris rock onstage for a joke about smith s wife. jada, i love ya.