This is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. We begin tonight on the other side of the world with a natural disaster. A chine of islands in the South Pacific that makes up a countrycalled vanuatu has taken a direct hit from a powerful cyclone with wind close to 170 miles per hour. Neighbor you havent heard of vou before but you may very well have seen it. This group of islands was one of the locations where the longrunning reality show survivor was shot. Today, the president of vanuatu says many of his people have no Running Water or communications and is asking the United Nations for help. Heres seth doane. Reporter residents tried to solvage what they could in the capital city of port vila. Many rode out the storm in emergency shelters. Cyclone pam hit this chain of islands in the South Pacific with nearly 170mileperhour wind. Early reports suggest entire villages may have been destroyed. Alice clements with unicef described the ferocious storm. It felt like the world was coming to an end. The winds were incredibly strong uplifting roofs, destroying Community Infrastructure like hospitals and schools. Obviously, affecting housing and casualties as well. Reporter vanuatus population of 267,000 is spread over 65 islands. It was the location of cbs survivor in 2004. Communication is down, so many of the islands are cut off making damage estimates and death tolls hard to determine. But the u. N. Says 90 of homes in the capital may have been damaged. Vanuatus president was at a u. N. Disaster planning conference in japan. Im speaking with you today with a heart that is so heavy. I stand to appeal on behalf of the government and people of vanuatu to the Global Community to give a lending hand in responding to this very currentica lamb tee. Reporter aid groups say getting residents food water and shelter are the biggest priorities now. Jim, the death toll is expected to rise as communication is restored with outlying islands. Axelrod seth doane covering for us tonight in beijing. The Southern California beach town of venice, california, usually known for its sun and fun is reeling tonight over a Sexual Assault investigation at its high school. The disturbing allegations involve 14 boys and two girls all underaged. Heres omar villafranca. Reporter the arrests happened quickly in classrooms. Los Angeles Police officers took eight Venice High School student into custody stunning classmates like josh noonan. They were shocked just like me. Whats going on. Whats why are they getting arrested . Why why them . Why them . Like, these kids are pretty popular. Reporter the boys are as young as 14. All are underage. All face felony Sexual Assault charges. The attacks allegationedly date back to 2013 but Police Accomplice say most were in the last two weeks, some happening on campus. L. A. P. D. Commander andrew smith. Some of these were forced sexual acts, Sexual Assaults. Others were consensual with individuals who are too young to give consent. Reporter Kumiko Howard is the girlfriend of one of the suspects and came forward to defend him. He wants them ton that hes not hes not guilty like, hes innocent, and he denies he didnt do nothing bad to that girl. Reporter investigators say theyre looking into digital evidence of the crimes. Senior Allen Hernandez says students were circulating pictures. It didnt look like anybody was forced. It looked like they were all you know, trying to have fun eye dont know. That doesnt sound right but you know. They all looked like they were doing it willingly. Reporter police are still looking for four teenaged suspects in this small beach community. Axelrod we have a major recall to tell butonight. Blue bell ice cream is sold in 23 states, mostly in the south. Three people have died after eating Blue Bell Ice Cream tainted with a toxic bacteria, and as mark albert reports they ate it in all places at the hospital. Reporter five people in this hospital in wichita, kansas, became infected with listeria over the past year. At least four of them ate ice cream served by the hospital. The three people who died were all older adults. The ice cream was made at this blue bell creamery plant in brenham, texas. The c. D. C. Says the machine that made these 10 products caused the outbreak. Blue bell c. E. O. Paul kruse tells cbs news the company removed all the tainted products from stores last month. No question, absolutely we apologize. Reporter plu bell is responsible for this listeria . No question. Reporter listeria symptoms include fever, muscle aches diarrhea and vomiting. Department of Health Spokesperson said there may be more cases. Symptoms can appear three to 70 days after consuming this bacteria, and we continue to monitor situation. Reporter listeria kills an average 260 people a year in the u. S. And sickens 1600, according to the c. D. C. The largest nationwide listeria outbreak was in 2011 when 33 people died from tainted cantaloupe. It was just tragic. I still think about him. Reporter paul schwarzs father, paul air, world war ii veteran, was one of them. We shouldnt have to take a bite of cantaloupe or ice cream and possibly get sick and die. Its just its just unconscionable that this happens. Reporter blue bells c. E. O. Tells us he does not know how the contamination happened but will likely scrap the 1 million specialty machine that meat product. This is the companys first recall in its 108year history. Axelrod mark albert in our washington newsroom tonight, thank you. We have a new study to tell you about tonight. What appears to be awe breakthrough in treating Heart Disease. This has to do with which noninvasive test used for highrisk patients. Dr. Hooman yaghoobzadeh joins us right now. What does this study tell us, doctor . Well, weve never had a study that compares head to head the two ways that we typically work up patients who have chest pain. This study takes a look to see when somebody comes in with chest pain what, tests the doctor should order. One test is a cat scan which is a way to actually look at arteries and see if there are blockages and how tight the block are. The other test is a stress test which doesnt look at the actual blockage but looks at blood flow to the heart muscle. Each test has its benefits and limitations and the results of this study show that both tests are very good at keeping the rates of heart attack and death at two years very are low. Axelrod how will this best be applied . If a doctor doesnt know if somebody has Heart Disease or not and theyre not on cholesterol medicines or rasp rin, a cat scan may be a better idea if the doctor wants to fiend out more about what happens to heart rate and Blood Pressure with exercise a stress test would be a better idea. Axelrod so what does that mean in terms of patient care . So it means that physicians are able to use either test with the confidence to know that both tests are pretty good at trying to inform what the next step is, for example does the patient need a catheterization or not. Axelrod so this really is a significant advance. Yes because weve never had this kind of comparative study between two tests and before, doctors were just guessing at what test to use. Now we have the data to be able to back it up. Axelrod dr. Hooman yaghoobzadeh, thank you so much for being with us. Thank you. Axelrod secretary of state john kerry will be in switzerland tomorrow, ready to resume negotiations with iran over its nuclear program. Almost sure to come up, the letter 47 republican senators sent this week to iran warning that any deal will not last beyond president obamas term. In egypt today, secretary kerry discussed the letter with our state Department CorrespondentMargaret Brennan. Reporter with the clock ticking, secretary kerry said this is the last chance. He has until the end of march to hammer out a deal with iran. Will there be an extension . So, we believe very much that theres not anything thats going to change in april or may or june that suggests that at that time a decision you cant make now will be made then. If its peaceful, lets get it done. And my hope is that in the next days that will be possible. Reporter the wild card is whether hard liners at home scuttle the deal. This week, irans Supreme Leader questioned whether president obama has the power to implement an agreement. That after 47 republican senators led by junior senator tom cotton published an open letter saying theyll make sure the deal does not hold after mr. Obama leaves office. Is a deal now in jeopardy . Well, i dont know yet. When i negotiate for the first time on sunday night with foreign minister zarif, ill have a better sense of where we are. But what i do know is this letter was absolutely calculated directly to interfere with these negotiations. Reporter so how do you clear the air . Are you going to apologize for this letter . Not on your life. Im not going to apologize for the for an unconstitutional, unthought out action by somebody hohas been in the United States senate for 60some days. Thats just inappropriate. I will explain very clearly that congress does not have the right to change an exclusive agreement. Reporter sunday will be the first facetoface meeting since that political firestorm erupted, and kerry told me that up to this point, negotiators havehave made progress on limiting Irans Nuclear technology, but now its time for some tough political decisions. Axelrod Margaret Brennan traveling with the secretary of state in egypt. Margaret, thank you. And you can see more of margarets interview with secretary kerry tomorrow morning on face the nation when one of bob schieffers guests will be senator tom cotton who wrote the letter to the rawnlz government. Newly released footage shows how a baby was rescued from a submerged car. And remembering the dancing machine who stole the show the gong show when the cbs evening news continues. Axelrod last saturday on this broadcast, we reported on the rescue of a baby girl in utah naismed lily. She was found in a river upside down in her car seat her head just above the water. Tonight, vinita nair has the remarkable police video that shows just how lily was saved. Say im okay. Im going to make it. Im just really tired right now. Reporter 19monthold baby Lily Groesbeck is healthy and alert after surviving the car crash that killed her mother. What have you got . Reporter jarring video from a policemans body camera gives us glimpses of the scene as he raced toward the frigid river. The car was found upside down in the water with lily and her mother inside. The policeman was met by other officers and firefighters who decided the only way in was to flip the car over on to its side. Pass her up. Pass her up. Go, go g. Reporter police and firefighters then struggled to free lily from her car seat, which had been dangling right above the water. Come on baby. Reporter they rushed her to a waiting ambulance. Paramedics suctioned lilys nose, while the officer performed c. P. R. What do you need . Suction reporter lily was transported by helicopter to primary Childrens Hospital in salt lake city. The upside down vehicle was first spotted by a fisherman last saturday. Police say lily was there for 14 hours before she was pulled out. They are still investigating the cause of the crash. Lilys mother, 25yearold jenny groesbeck, was killed. She was engaged to lilys father, deven trafny. I havent really wrapped my head around that yet. She was the love of my life and im going to miss her a lot. Reporter but baby lily is home, safe and sound. Say byebye. Axelrod the u. S. Dollar is strong, but some analysts say there is a downside. Thats next. Axelrod the u. S. Dollar is now stronger against the euro than its been in more than a decade, surging 32 in the year. This past week, it hit a 12year high against the euro, which means, among other things, its a good time to book that trip to europe. But there is also a downside, and here to explain is our Business Analyst jill schlesinger. So what is going on here . Reporter a countrys currency is really a way to measure its economic strength. And right now here in the u. S. , we might not have great guns Economic Growth but it is far better than what were seeing in other developed countries like japan and europe. In fact, the u. S. Probably is on track to grow at about 3 this year. Europe, maybe less than 1 . Axelrod so you hear strong dlark you think good news. Reporter certainly good news for consumers so new england to booking your trip abroad if you can afford it, what about people who buy imported goods like clothing electronics, automobiles . Very good news there. Your dollar will go farther. But, if youre a big company a manufacturer, an exporter, the stuff that you are sending abroad is now more expensive. If youre a large multinational like cocacola or both, you are deriving so many profits overseas those profits could come under pressure. Axelrod how long is this all expected to last . Reporter i spoke to some currency traders and they believe because of the strengthening u. S. Economy that we could see this last for another couple of years, maybe not as dramatic, but maybe well buy more imported olive oil from italy and maybe some french wine. Axelrod sound good. You had a long list, im sure. Reporter yes. Axelrod jill schlesinger, thank you. Thank you. Axelrod to his friends and family he was gene patton but the rest of us knew him by a different name. Gene gene the dancing machine. He was an nbc stagehand when gong show host chuck barris spotted him off to the side dancing by himself and decided to put him on the show. Gene patton died this week after a struggle with diabetes. He was 82. Still ahead, Serena Williams makes an emotional return to a tournament she boycotted for 14 years. Axelrod tennis star Serena Williams is known for her toughness. Its been at the root of many improbable comebacks. But last night, at the tournament in indian wells california, was perhaps of the most improbable of all because Serena Williams had vowed never to play indian wells again after being booed off the court there years ago. As Jericka Duncan reports, williams was welcomed back warmly. Please welcome the number one player in the world, Serena Williams cheers and applause reporter the oneminute standing ovation by a soldout stadium served as confirmation, Serena Williams was missed. At last nights bn paribas open, she defeated monica niculescu, but williams says being able to forgive was an even bigger victory. I dont feel like i have to actually hold the trophy at the end of this. I feel like im already holding a trovey and just being here is a huge win. Not only for me but for so many people. Reporter the last time she played here was in 2001. The crowd booed the then19yearold before and after she beat kim clijsters. That year, serena was set to play her sister, venus, but due to an injury venus pulled out. Angered tennis fans alleged their father Richard Williams engineered the outcome. The family said some people shouted racist comments at them so they vowed never to return. But 14 years later serena had a change of heart. At a News Conference before the tournament, she explained why. I thought it was really good timing, not just for me but for americans in general to step up and say, we as a people we as americans, we can do better. We can be better, and we are better. Reporter New York Times sports Columnist Bill rhoden all the things that are going on in the United States, she put it all together and its almost like she said, okay i will make the first step. Reporter in an Instagram Post today serena said, sometimes you have to face your biggest nightmares head first and conquer them. Her next match is on sunday. Axelrod thank you. A homeless drifter puts down roots in a garden. Axelrod with our thoughts turning to spring now just six days away, we close tonight in a welltended garden. As carter evans shows us, the man who maintains it is homeless put not without roots or purpose. Jeff harmes is exactly the type of person many of us see and turn away from. How long have you been homeless . Close to 30 years. Reporter and where is home for you . Its over by the freeway in the woods. Reporter last year, harmes parked himself on this median. Slowly out from the dirt grew a garden terraced and filled with art. You have ever gardened before . No. But i went with it, man reporter what did that median look like before . We didnt have anything there. Reporter it was kind of ugly. It was ugly, sha. Andy hashroun owns a wine shop in Atwater Village near downtown l. A. And like most who drive this street, he noticed something magical happening. Hes doing a great thing. Its making the city beautiful. Reporter soon, other neighbors began showing up with plant and more. Where did you get book . The guy across the street donated all these. Thats exactly what im going to do. Im going to put one stone thing all down on that first landing right here. Reporter while we were here steve branch has by with the latest donation. I love these. These are like vibrant succulents. Reporter harmes as a child was given a diagnosis of depression with scottic features. He began living on the street when he was just 17. How much money do you have in your pocket right now . Probably about 10 cents. Reporter which is more important to you getting the nation or seeing people smile in their cars. Definitely smiles. Reporter technically he shouldnt be here but tom labonge said he wouldnt interfere. He made this place beautiful. Usually we dont allow people to live in the parkway or hang in the parkway but i look the other way. Okay. Hey, marshall thats my buddy right there. Hes helped a lot. Reporter people seem to appreciate this so much. It makes you feel good. The only thing i can say is my special contribution to the universe. Reporter jeff harmes may never leave the streets but those now entering his universe couldnt be more grateful. Pleasure meeting you. You too man. Youre an inspiration. Reporter carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. Axelrod and thats the cbs evening news for tonight. Im jim axelrod in new york. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh determined to keep her memory alive. Celebration of life for a murdered mother. How one community is determined to keep her memory alive. A thankful family for three years of effort. And the record the others could see a a Community Gathers to celebrate the life of a young mother killed trying to protect her children. Good evening. We start with breaking news in livermore. A 10car wreck on 580 has left at least one person dead and six others injured. The crash