What you need to know about the flu shot. And in new york city what theyre calling the miracle on the subway. How did they get her out . Good evening and its great to have you with us on a busy friday night beginning with President Trump and that growing firestorm facing massive backlash over his profane and racially offensive comments at the white house. The president trying to backtrack from the comments on a day celebrating dr. Martin luther king jr. , a report asking are you a racist . Tonight outrage pouring in and one democratic senator describing what happened in that meeting applauding the republican he says stood up to the president. Abcs chief White House CorrespondentJonathan Karl leading us off tonight. Reporter on a day when he is under fire for racially explosive comments, the president signed a proclamation honoring Martin Luther king, jr. , even joined by a member of the king family, but he couldnt avoid the blunt question, are you a racist . Mr. President did you refer to african nations, did you use [ bleep ] to refer to african nations . Mr. President are you racist . Mr. President are you racist . Reporter early this morning, the president attempted damage control over the vulgar insult he used in his meeting with members of congress, tweeting the language used by me at the daca meeting was tough, but this was not the language used. Adding, never said anything derogatory about haitians other than haiti is, obviously, a very poor and troubled country. But nowhere did the president deny directing that profane insult at african countries. He said these hateful things and he said them repeatedly. Reporter democratic senator dick durbin was in that oval office meeting. He said haitians, do we need more haitians . And then he went on and started to describe the immigration from africa. Thats when he used these vile and vulgar comments, calling the nations they come from [ bleep ]. The exact word used by the president. Not just once but repeatedly. Reporter later today, senator durbin detailed more of the president s comments. He said put me down for wanting more europeans to come to this country. Why dont we get more people from norway . That is exactly what the president said. Reporter durbin says republican senator Lindsey Graham challenged the president on the spot. For him to confront the president as he did, literally sitting next to him took extraordinary political courage and i respect him for it. Reporter today senator graham said i said my piece directly to the president yesterday, ive always believed that america is an idea, not defined by its people but by its ideals. Other lawmakers condemned the president s comments as blatantly racist. Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein saying, quote, the president s expressed desire to see more immigrants from countries like norway must be called out for what it is, an effort to set this country back generations by promoting a homogenous, white society. And prominent republicans weighed in. First thing that came to my mind was very unfortunate, unhelpful. Reporter congresswoman mia love, a daughter of haitian immigrants, said, the president s comments are unkind, divisive, elitist, and fly in the face of our nations values. And former Republican Party chairman Michael Steele was asked point blank if he thinks the president is a racist. Yeah i do, at this point the evidence is incontrovertible. Its right there. Reporter its far from the first time the president has made racially insensitive comments. Theres what he said about mexicans on the very first day of his president ial campaign. Theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists. And some, i assume, are good people. Reporter and his comments following the rally of White Supremacists in charlottesville last august. You also had people that were very fine people on both sides. Reporter but today at the mlk, jr event, the president tried to strike an entirely different tone. No matter what the color of our skin or the place of our birth we are all created equal by god. Lets get to jon karl at the white house tonight. Jon reaction to the president s comments pouring in from around the world . Reporter the remarks were condemned around the world. The African Union put out a statement demanding a retraction and apology quote, not only to the africans but to all people of african descent around the globe and the governments of haiti summon the top u. S. Officials at the embassies to ask for an explanation for the president s words. The president also canceled his visit to london saying he was unhappy with the new u. S. Embassy there and the president trying to connect the decision on that new embassy to former president obama . Reporter it had been reported that the president was planning to visit london in february and he announced via twitter he is cancelling that visit because of the bad deal the u. S. Got on the u. S. Embassy in london and that deal was the responsibility of the Obamacare Administration but in fact it was the Bush Administration that began the move to the new u. S. Embassy. Jon karl leading us off. Thank you. The powerful winter storm tonight at this hour. Dangerous snow and ice at this hour. More than 70 million in the path from mississippi to maine. More than 40 vehicles involved in a pileup on interstate 40. Near nashville. Temperatures are about to plunge more than 30 degrees and heres eva pilgrim on the Chain Reaction crash. Reporter tonight both hands on the wheel for millions, this powerful winter storm bringing snow, ice, sleet, and rain. In indiana an icy glaze on everything including roads. Troopers warning drivers to be careful and prepared. Have a full tank of gas, have some food in the car with you, have a charged cell phone. Reporter and on interstate 40 in Carroll County tennessee the highway a tangled mess of vehicles and auto parts. Walter kohler and his wife nearly killed after a Chain Reaction crash at least 40 cars and semis piled up. My wife screamed and somebody hit us in the back, spun us out to the side here and then another semi truck that couldnt stop hit us in the front head on collision so we got hit in the from and the back. So this pickup here thats your truck . Thats my truck. Reporter overnight treacherous blizzard conditions from kansas to the dakotas to wisconsin. This car in missouri losing traction in fresh snow swerving across i29 doing a full 180, wheels spinning to get out of that ditch. And in the east thawing conditions caused ice jams along the great lakes in upstate new york. And flooding near pittsburgh ruining this entire lot of brand new cars. This dangerous driving continuing into the night and eva joins us live from jfk airport. This storm affecting flights as well. Reporter thats right. Flights here delayed. This fog making it difficult to see. Nationwide more than 5,000 flights delayed. 1,000 canceled today. David. This storm on the move and bringing bone chilling cold and lets get to rob marciano live on new yorks west side highway. We can see the fog behind you as well rob. Reporter yeah, its bad. The warm side of the system bringing its own set of problems. You cant see the bridge behind me. Because of the fog and on the other side new jersey, spots shut down because of low visibility. Look at the precip. It is huge. Sleet and snow through kentucky and tennessee and ohio, pittsburgh getting into the frozen precip and albany as well tonight. Difference at midnight. 55 in new york. 18 in syracuse, raining through the morning and daytime tomorrow. Boston could see flooding and temps fall below freezing and any slush will flash freeze and then were back into the fridge on sunday. David. All these wild temperature swings continue. Thank you, rob. Next the deadly flu declared an epidemic across america. Late today the cdc out revealing that the rate of hospitalized children under 5 years old has doubled in just two weeks. Flu season likely reaching its peak right now with 49 states reporting widespread flu. Health officials reporting at least 7 pediatric deaths just this week. Heres Steve Osunsami with what you need to know. Reporter already, this mother, this little boy, and even this personal trainer, have all died from this years flu. The cdc tonight is calling it an epidemic, with 13 more weeks of the flu season to go. This is just a problem bug. We hate it when this bug shows up. And we probably are going to see a lot of hospitalizations and deaths. Reporter here in atlanta, where they showed us today their plentiful supply of flu shots for anyone who needs, hospitals are seeing a flood of patients. Compared to last year, weve tested nearly twice as many patients as we have the year before and were seeing about four times as much flu. Reporter and theres another problem. Hospitals need bags of iv fluid to treat the flu and theres a shortage after Hurricane Maria shut down a factory in puerto rico. At mass general in boston, theyre having to give patients gatorade instead. In northern idaho, an entire School System had cancel classes. There were so many cases. This new york doctor explains to our tj holmes that the virus can live for up to 24 hours on Revolving Doors and elevators. Dont touch a door with you hands. You can push it with your elbows, you can push it with you back, anything thats not going to touch your face. Reporter across the country, hospitalizations of children under 5 have doubled in the last two weeks. This particular strain of flu is hardest on children and seniors. David. Steve thank you. Dr. Jen ashton is back with us and we have reported interesting things about the flu shot itself. We have known it takes two full weeks to kick in but now we have learned at some point it starts to kick in and lessens the symptoms no matter what. But you were telling us even if the flu shot isnt a Perfect Match for the strain, it still helps. Absolutely. Anyone listening tonight if you have not been vaccinated get that vaccine. There is some data that suggests that if you get the vaccine and you get the flu after that, you face lower risk of serious complications like pneumonia, hospitalization even death, particularly in children and your symptoms may be less severe. Some protection is better than no protection. If you get the shot and get the flu anyway, it still helps . Absolutely. Thanks so much. Were going to turn to the deadly mudslides in california. There are still gas leaks, no Running Water and they are spray painting warnings in the mud where pools once stood so rescuers and families dont fall in when they return. Rescue crews are still searching for possible victims. Still some hope tonight. Take a look at this live picture. Youre looking at highway 101 still buried in mud. Still closed tonight and standing where there should be traffic is our matt gutman who has been covering this from the start. Good evening matt. Reporter good evening david. Officials say they have no estimate when they might open this crucial freeway and the reason is that theres concern there may still be victims here in this sludge. That as this turns from a search and rescue operation to one of recovery. Reporter tonight most montecito residents ordered out, replaced by an army of 1,250 First Responders. Its important we give our crews the ability to get in there and access these areas and do what they need to do without interference. Reporter the order affects about 9,000 residents. There are hazards everywhere here and aside from this quicksand like mud, i want you to hear that. Thats a gas pipe that ruptured and whats astonishing is that it is still going. Other dangers include swimming pools now completely concealed by layers of mud. Reporter parts of highway 101 that major artery still submerged. Debris reaching the ocean and engulfing not only homes but the chapel at la casa de maria. And Historic Hotels like the montecito inn. Its pretty unbelievable and were just starting the basement which has about 8 or so feet of dirt in it right now. Reporter tonight we are seeing the faces of many of the victims ranging in age from just 3 to 89yearold jim mitchell. He had just celebrated his birthday. Married to wife alice for more than 50 years. Both perished. David engineers tell me the debris flows here were so colossal they havent been able to access all the areas affected and they say enough boulders and dirt came roaring down that mountain to fill 1 million dump trucks. Matt, thank you for your reporting night after night. Next this evening news coming in about the president s health. President trump had his First Physical since taking office. There is word from the president s doctor. He says the exam went exceptionally well and the president is in excellent health. Details will be discussed early next week. Much more ahead on world news tonight this friday. Breaking news after the death of a college student. A suspect in custody at this hour. What authorities have now revealed about this young man right here. Also, the urgent manhunt after a suspect fires several shots at a police officer. And authorities now hear he may be holding a woman against her will. Take a look at this image, this was incredible. 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Not yet identifying him but calling him a suspect in the death of 19yearold College Sophomore blaze bernstein. His body found tuesday in this local park six days after leaving his parents home. Blaze was a brilliant colorful man who shined light on all of the lives of the people and communities he touched. Reporter in an affidavit obtained by the Orange County register but later sealed a High School Friend told police he picked up bernstein before midnight to hang out but that bernstein walked off into the park by himself and didnt return. After waiting an hour, the friend reportedly says he drove to his girlfriends house, but police say he couldnt recall his girlfriends name or address. Investigators also reportedly noticed scratches on his hands which the friend claimed were from a fight club. After todays arrest, blazes mother tweeting revenge is empty, it will never bring back my son. My only hopes are that he will never have the opportunity to hurt anyone else again. 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A frightening scene in new york citys subway. A young woman passing out as a train pulled into the brooklyn station. Photos showing the 22yearold law student trapped between the rail and platform wall. New york city firefighters worked for 20 minutes, pulled her free. Shes in serious condition tonight and expected to be okay. And the 450 million mega million mystery now revealed tonight. The 20yearold, 20 years old who simply wrote on facebook, oh, my god. Shane missler opted for the 281 million lump sum he says he hopes to use the money to do something good for humanity. We hope so. When we come back, a little boy and his simple wish come true tonight. Who is our person of the week . burke at farmers, weve seen almost everything so we know how to cover almost anything. Even a swing set standoff. And we covered it, july first, twentyfifteen. Talk to farmers. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. 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A car going just 15 Miles Per Hour hit a woman crossing the street in berkeley and the impact was enough to kill her. Thanks for joining us. The crash happened just a block off berkeleys busy avenue at the intersection of channing way and fulton street. That intersection just recently reopened. Abc 7 News Reporter joins us live from the scene with the very latest. Carlos . Reporter thats right. Officials just reopened that intersection about an hour ago, but this is a crosswalk where the 70yearold woman was crossing when she was struck by a vehicle coming westbound here on channing way. The driver of that vehicle driving a city car. He or she was a city worker. When they failed to see the woman, hitting her, eventually killing her. But we do want to show you some video from the scene here. The accident happened just before 1 30 this afternoon. A city of berkeley employee was driving the city car, came to a complete stop at the intersection. The driver did not see the woman who was at the crosswalk and hit her. She was pronounced dead here on scene shortly after that. Witnesses say that the driver was not speeding, was going about 15 miles an hour when the accident took place. The driver is not facing any charges but officials think that there was some type of city work happening on the street that might have affected the drivers vision. There was city of berkeley Maintenance Work being done