This is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. Glor and this is our western edition. Good evening. President trump said on twitter today that he used tough language but not the words others attributed to him during a Controversial Oval Office meeting. A number of those in attendance yesterday described the comments as profane and racist. Today, there was new reaction and new recollections of the day. Here is chief White House Correspondent major garrett. Reporter in the face of new allegations of racism, President Trump today signed a proclamation honoring dr. Martin luther king, jr. No matter what the color of our skin or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by god. Reporter and ignored reporters questions. Mr. President , are you a racist . Reporter during a Bipartisan Oval Office meeting on immigration yesterday, the president allegedly said of haiti, el salvador, and countries in africa, why do we want all these people from expletive countries here . We should bring in more people from places like norway. On twitter today he wrote, this was not the language used, although the president did not specify what language he was referring to. He added, never said anything derogatory about haitians other than haiti is, obviously, a very poor and troubled country. It is not true. He said these hatefilled things, and he said them repeatedly. Reporter illinois democratic senator dick durbin attended the meeting. He used these vile, and vulgar comments calling the nations they come from bleep , the exact world used by the president not more not just once but repeatedly. Reporter durbin said South Carolina republican Lindsey Graham pushed back against the president. In a statement graham said, i said my piece directly to him. But his fellow republican senators david perdue and tom cotton said they, did not recall mr. Trump using a vulgarity. Both are stalwart supporters of the president. House Speaker Paul Ryan reacted today in wisconsin. So the first thing that came to my mind was very unfortunate, unhelpful. Reporter utah republican congresswoman mia love, whose parents emigrated from haiti. I doubt that a comment like that would have been made if somebody like me is sitting across the table from you. You also had people that were very fine people on both sides. Reporter the president has been accused of making racially charged comments before. Last summer he sparked controversy over his reaction to violence at a white supremacist march in virginia. And during the campaign, his calls for muslim bans and attacks on a Mexican American judge drew condemnation. Is donald trump a racist . I am the leastracist person that youve ever looked at. Believe me. Reporter governments in haiti, botswana, and senegal, requested meetings with u. S. Embassy representatives in those countries to formally complain about mr. Trumps remarks, and the african union, which represents 55 countries on the continent, said the president s remarks dishonor respect for human dignity. Jeff. Glor major, thank you very much. It was eight years ago today that haiti was hit by a magnitude 7 earthquake that killed well over 200,000 people. More than 50,000 refugees from that disaster were given temporary protection status here in the u. S. The administration is ending that status in july of 2019. In this country, the flu has reached epidemic proportions. The c. D. C. Reported today that the virus is now widespread across the entire continental united states. 20 children have died, just over 100 died last flu season. Here is our chief medical correspondent, dr. Jon lapook. Reporter in ohio, richard and Valerie Rieben are mourning the death of their fouryearold son, jonah, from flu. He had Underlying Health conditions. One of the most difficult things that ive ever had to do was tell my other children on saturday morning that their little brother wasnt coming home. Reporter the c. D. C. Reported 20 pediatric deaths so far this season. At this time last year, there were three. Theres a lot of flu happening right now. Reporter dr. Dan jernigan is the director of the c. D. C. Influenza division. We saw that the season started early, back in november, and has had a really rapid rise and is probably peaking right about now. Reporter flu peaks most often in february. Of the 49 states where the flu is widespread, these 36 are the hardest hit. California has had 42 adult deaths, up from nine last year. Kentucky, 36 deaths, up from four. And oklahoma, more than four times as many. This year, the predominanting virus is h3n2, and in years where that one is the more common virus we see a lot more hospitalizations, lots more cases and also more deaths due to that influenza virus. Reporter that strain disproportionately affects people over 65 and children. Hospitalizations in those two groups is rising. The number of people being hospitalized has doubled in last couple of weeks. Reporter there are still three months left in the flu season so its not too late to get a shot, which takes two weeks to be effective. John, also, President Trump went to walter reed sips his taking office. They said the president is in Excellent Health and will get more details tuesday. What typically happens in these evaluations . It routinely involves a headtotoe physical examination and routine testing of blood counts, cholesterol, glucose, liver and kidney function and other testing as needed depending upon the circumstances. There are specialist stand big for evaluation of the skin, heart, whatever is needed. Jon glor dr. Jon lapook, thank you very much. The search for the victims of california mudslides has entered a fourth night. The latest official word is that five people are missing. That number has fluctuated widely. At least 17 were killed. Carter evans is in Santa Barbara county. What does it mean to you to have these . Everything, i have nothing else. Reporter lalo barajas found the family photos a half mile downstream from his home. When the torrent of mud and debris rushed down the mountain tuesday morning, the home he lived in with his partner of 17 years, peter flore, was right in the path of giant boulders. What did that sound like . I never heard anything that it was just, i mean, every time one big one would hit, it would just, like, tremble the whole house. The whole house was just moving. Reporter just minutes later. The mud broke through the glass and i ran back to where peter was at and he yelled at me, get up to something high. Get on higher ground. We jumped up onto the bathroom counter, and it was not 15 seconds after that the walls burst open, the mud came in and shot us both out of the house. Reporter one minute youre in the house, the next youre in this river of mud. The next thing peter yelled out to me was, lalo, grab on to some wood and dont let go. And that was last i heard of him. Reporter peter was swept away and his body was later found. Lalo was able to survive by clinging to a tree. During the thomas fire, their home was in a mandatory evacuation zone, and they left, but this time, the evacuation orders for their neighborhood were voluntary. I wish they would have made it a mandatory all the way because reporter you would have left. I would have left. Reporter this is all thats left of their home now. Lalo says that peter was the kind of guy who would do just about anything for anyone. As far as the evacuation is concerned, the Sheriffs Office tells us it issued voluntary and mandatory evacuation orders based on the best information it had at the time. Jeff. Glor carter, thank you. A lot of talk in california right now on this voluntary versus mandatory evacuations. Treacherous weather is hitting the eastern third of the country. Ice and snow caused a huge pileup on interstate 40 in tennessee. The highway was closed in both directions. Heavy snow, ice, and rain are in the mix overnight from the Mississippi Valley to northern new england. Inland areas could get a foot of snow. In syracuse, new york, the temperature is expected to drop from 60 degrees today to 13 tomorrow. Turning now to social medias struggle with false stories, many of them are spread by bogus accounts known as bots. John blackstone tells us a couple of College Students who have invented a botbusting weapon. Reporter at the university of californiaberkeley, two College Juniors studying Computer Science are challenging twitter to do a better job battling fake news. So one of the things we want to see was where did this fake news originate from . How did it become so popular . Reporter digging deep into twitter, ash bot and rohan patay found many of the most angry and partisan tweets on both sides come not from real people but from computers, automated twitter accounts known as bots. So you can just go in and click that, and in a couple sections we get a classification. Reporter using Artificial Intelligence they created a bot buster, available to anyone at botcheck. Me, that reveals if a tweet likely comes from a computer. The bots are retweeting and amplifying voices in Twitter Community that otherwise would not be as amplified. Reporter so one person could put a tweet out and then put together their army of bots that throw it out across exactly. And it seems like all of twitter is saying it. You see hashtags coming up and even individuals. Reporter fake news stories about the 2016 election went viral, gaining readers and credibility, calling into question twitters ability to monitor its platform. In a blog post, twitter said its battling the bots, catching about 450,000 suspicious logins per day. But the students say their bot buster is helping discover thousands of bots on twitter. This really annoys us, and were going to put out something cool for our friends to use and all of a sudden we have thousands of daily users every day. Oh, my god, theres definitely something here. Reporter a pair of College Students might not win the war against fake news, but theyve given those battling to defend the truth a new weapon. John blackstone, cbs news, berkeley. Glor it took more than 40 years to bring ku klux klansman edgar ray to justice of three civil rights workers, james chaney, andrew goodman, and michael schwerner, in mississippi. He died last night in prison where he was serving three consecutive life terms. He was 92. Now to some other stories were following in the evening newsfeed, President Trump has called Irans Nuclear deal with the u. S. And other nations the worst deal ever. Today he kept it alive, granting iran another reprieve from economic sanctions. He is threatening to pull out of that deal unless it was amended in 120 days. In a latenight tweet the president said he will not visit london next month to open the new billiondollarplus u. S. Embassy. He said its because president obama made a bad deal to sell the site of the old embassy, a move that was initiated during george w. Bushs presidency. Londoners noted mr. Trumps cancellation today, displaying a wax figure outside the embassy. Kentucky today became the first state to require medicaid recipients to work in order to receive benefits. Beginning as early as july, recipients will have to complete 80 hours a month of work, school, community service, or job training. The requirements will not apply to those who are pregnant or medically frail. There is much more ahead on tonights cbs evening news. Reporter this is what started out as a joke on the internet. Theyre putting poisonous laundry pods in their mouths. And now its just gone too far. Reporter they call it the tide pod challenge. Glor the International Odyssey of a floating shack. It was really heartbreaking. Reporter 60 years ago, the caldwells left for their honeymoon in the poconos. Were here. Reporter now, thanks to a group of fifth graders they finally get to have it. Was this worth waiting 60 years for . Was this worth waiting 60 years for . 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But the socalled tide pod challenge can kill. Those colorful detergent pacs are highly concentrated and poisonous. So far this year, theres been a 20 jump in the calls to Poison Control Centers from teens exposed to laundry pods. New jersey poison center. Reporter half the calls were due to intentional misuse. The problem goes beyond attentionseeking teenagers. The brightly colored pods can be mistaken for candy, as this photo shows. The Consumer ProductSafety Commission says two toddlers ate them and died. Seniors with dementia are vulnerable, too. Eight died after eating the pacs. Proctor gamble, the maker of tide pods told us they should not be played with, whatever the circumstance is, even if meant as a joke. Safety is no laughing matter. The new tide pods child guard zipper bag. Reporter Anne Marie Buerkle said her agency has been working with manufacturers to reduce the dangers. Weve worked diligently with industry making the film on that packet even more tough so it isnt as easy to puncture and reducing the toxicity and the strength of laundry detergents. Reporter but don huber, with Consumer Reports says theres more manufacturers could do. We believe the manufacturers should make them less attractive, less like candy and food to reduce any confusion for people. Reporter p g insists color did does not play a role in accidents with Young Children. Rather, they say access is the problem. And parents should keep laundry pods high up away from small children. But some researchers recommend that parents of Young Children not buy those pods at all. They say, jeff, that parents of young kids should stick to regular liquid detergent instead. Glor very interesting story, anna. Thank you very much. Coming up here, imagine the possibilities, like ice skating on mars. Iabetic ner, these feet. Grew into a freewheeling kid. Loved every step of fatherhood. 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In 1957, they were married in north carolina, then drove eight hours, only to be turned back for being black. How did they put it . Did they give you a reason . First, they pretended i didnt have a reservation, where i actually brought my copy. And then, of course, they said, if we said yes, our guests would very unhappy. Reporter they had to stay at a blackowned Hunting Lodge instead. Men with these big guns. Reporter not what you were planning on for your honeymoon . Not what we were planning on. Reporter prodded partly by that experience, gil immersed himself in the civil rights movement, working side by side with Martin Luther king, jr. Today, he speaks about the movement, which is how he ended up at bear tavern elementary in titusville, new jersey last year. He told the honeymoon story, as hed done 100 times before, but for whatever reason, this group of fifth graders really took it to heart. At the end of the story, i was, like, thats just terrible. It was really heartbreaking. Just because its just so wrong. I feel like this is the worst thing someone could do to someone. Reporter even months after the caldwells visit, kids like emily eschleman, are still this affected. You feel bad for them . That they had to go through that . A ton. Reporter a ton . Yeah. Reporter which is why each fifth grader wrote a letter to mount airy. One said, the caldwells made me think about not only standing up for myself, but standing up for others and fixing mistakes that were made in the world. In closing, the kids requested an allexpensepaid honeymoon redo, which they got. applause it makes me feel really good inside, because we know that even though were just kids, we made an impact on the world. It was really magnificent to know that kids cared that much. Oh, the rug feels so nice. Reporter i should mention that the original mount airy was torn down years ago. This is a new building with new owners, who were just so impressed with the kids, they wanted to help make it right. Was this worth waiting 60 years for . Reporter obviously, this is not does not make up for decades of racial injustice, but its a step and a sign that we can get there. Steve hartman, on the road, in the poconos. Glor that is the cbs evening news for this week. Im jeff glor. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org south bay commuters may have to kpix5 news begins with new drama over the b. A. R. T. Extension to san jose. South bay commuters may have to wait even longer to hop on a train. Good evening. Im allen martin. Im veronica de la cruz. B. A. R. T. Says it will be late. The vta says it will be on time. Were hearing two different stories about the opening of the 10mile extension. Kpix 5s len ramirez is l it will run from the warm spring station at the fremont border to the berryessa station in east san jose. Kpix5s len ramirez is live with the tussle over the tracks. Len . Reporter b. A. R. T. And its Santa Clara County partner vta have worked together the past 10 years to bring b. A. R. T. To san jose. As you can see from the infrastructure behind me, it is now almost completely finished, but at this end stage the two agencies appear not to be on the same page. B. A. R. T. Officials are warning of another possible delay in its san jose extension pushing the opening date three months later into the fall of 2018, but b. A. R. T. s Partner Agency tva tells channel 5 that b. A. R. T. To san jose is still on track to open sometime in june. June is the target date that was committed to for passenger service, so yes, that is what we are aiming for. That is the current timeline. Reporter the disconnect has to do between track testing and certification. Vta has completed construction and said its now working side by side with b. A. R. T. Testing moving trains up and down the new sets of tracks, but b. A. R. T. Said it needs up to six more months of testing on its own when it takes full control of the tracks in march and that could push opening day back until september. Now vta is trying to nudge b. A. R. T. Into cutting that time in half. What we are doing now in our dynamic testing is using their resources and dedicated staff to help condense that time frame and thats what we