At risk in a headon collision if youre sitting in the back seat of the car. Its important to start to address this problem now. Glor and an American Woman kidnapped on safari in africa shares her terrifying story with cbs news. He had me by the arm, and he was, run, run, run, or ill slap you. Glor good evening. Im jeff glor. This is our western edition. Joe biden is in. The former Vice President is making his third president ial run, calling the Trump Presidency today a threat to this nation unlike any hes seen in his lifetime. That makes 21 candidates running for the democratic nomination, the largest president ial field since weve had democratic and republican parties in 1856. By most early polls, including this one, biden is the early frontrunner. President trump told us last summer he dreams about running against biden and today welcomed him to the race, calling him sleepy joe. Heres ed okeefe. Reporter hours after announcing his campaign, joe biden was spotted on his beloved amtrak train from washington to delaware, and then, picking up pizza in his home town of wilmington. America is coming back like we used to be ethical, straight, telling the truth. Reporter the former Vice President launched his campaign in english and spanish. With a direct shot at President Trump, recalling his response to the 2017 white supremacist violence in charlottesville, virginia. He said there were some very fine people on both sides. And in that moment, i knew the shreat to this nation was unlike any i had ever seen in my lifetime. Ep reporter the president flcomed biden to the fray with a tweet calling him sleepy joe. Last year, mr. Trump told jeff glor he dreams about running against biden. Look, joe biden ran three times. He never got more than 1 . And president obama took him out af the garbage heap. Reporter even before his announcement, biden courted controversy. In the past month, eight women have come forward to say interactions with biden made them feel uncobl he responded. And i get it, i get it. Reporter but later made light of their complaints. R by the way, he gave me permission to touch him. Reporter bidens campaign also confirmed to cbs news that he spoke recently with anita oill, who has said biden never apologized to her for his handling of her accusations of Sexual Harassment against now Supreme CourtJustice Clarence thomas. Hill told the New York Times today that, i cannot be satisfied by simply saying im sorry for what happened to you. The campaign is also expected to eday up bidens eightyear partnership and enduring friendship with former president barack obama. Today, mr. Obama said picking biden as his 2008 running mate was one of the best decisions he bver made, but he isnt going to endorse a democratic candidate. I asked president obama not pr endorse. Whoever wins this nomination wiould win it on their own merits. Glor ed, its so interesting to watch the different approaches here. Democrats are focusing on each ngher, some on policy. Joe biden is taking direct aim jo the president. Why . Reporter because months of polling have shown democrats are most concerned about defeating the president. In essence, what biden was doing wday was jolting the democratic field and reminding them keep your eye on the prize keys to the white house. Ehile many are addressing the economy, health care, criminal justice reform, biden singled hell get there eventually. Glor and the biggest one party field since 1856. Ed okeefe. Ed, good to you have here. Millions are threatened as a new round of powerful storms are sweeping through the south. Tte Mireya Villarreal is in ruston, louisiana, which took a direct hit from an ef3 tornado. Reporter the tornado ripped through ruston, louisiana, with winds over 136 miles per hour, uprooting trees and downing power lines. The storm hit around 2 00 a. M. While people were sleeping,earing the roofs off several homes and businesses. Kathy jacksons daughter and 14 grarold grandson were killed when a tree fell on their home. They did what they were eypposed to do they were in the middle of the home. They got away from all windows. They did what they were supposed to do. Its some of the worst devastation that weve seen. Reporter Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency. The storm system started in east sexas yesterday, covering 150 miles. Bryan and san augustine, texas, took a direct hit from tornadoes. Wow reporter just five minutes before the tornado hit ruston, Brittney Fletcher was woken up by a text message alert. You could hear trees cracking ngd windows shattering. It blew my front door open and it was deadbolted. And so glass started coming in everywhere and it didnt last maybe a minute or so. Reporter in the next 24 tours, this storm will actually continue to move east, dropping more rain and kicking up some high winds in alabama, georgia, and florida as well. Jeff, while there are some people here that have already started the repair process, the motel owner tells me that its just not possible for her. Is you can see, this place was completely destroyed. Thankfully, everybody did make it out okay, but the best she can do right now is bulldoze it town and start all over again. Glor all right, mireya, thank you very much. In response to a growing measles outbreak, as many as 100 liversity students in los angeles are under quarantine orders tonight. This comes after the National Outbreak of measles hit its highest level in 25 years. At least 695 cases in 22 states since just january. Carter evans is on the u. C. L. A. Campus tonight. Carter. Reporter jeff, right now, there are five confirmed cases. F the measles in l. A. County, and one of them is right here on the campus of u. C. L. A. Its a concern because on a allege campus, theres a large concentration of people packed into confined spaces, and measles can easily spread through the air. So today, u. C. L. A. Officials announced more than 100 students and faculty members are now under quarantine. These are people either unvaccinated or unable to prove they are immune to the measles. Mhe infected student attended classes at two buildings earlier this month. Me quarantined students must stay isolated up to a week in we location or get a blood test etoving they do not have the measles in their system. Students who are able to provide proof of immunization, they will be released from quarantine, but todays actions, jeff, show just how concerned Health Officials are about a potential outbreak here. Glor concern across the country. Carter evans, thank you. President trump said today the most damning information in the mueller report, that he tried to fire the special counsel, is false. The president tweeted that he erwhite use counsel don mcgahn to dismiss robert mueller. Saying he could have done so himself. In the report, mcgahn says the president approached him twice, moking to dismiss mueller. We learned today that north wrea hit the United States with a 2 million bill for the hospital care of otto warmbier. Why is that odd . Well, the university of virginia s udent was not taken care of in north korea. He was put in a coma and died shortly after returning home in 2017. Paula reid has more on this story. Reporter these are the last photos published of american udllege student otto warmbier, in a coma and being carried off ciplane in cincinnati in june 2017, six days before he died. Cbs news has learned north korea demanded the u. S. Pay 2 million for warmbiers medical expenses before he could return home. The university of virginia student was arrested in januaryg down aropaganda poster in a pyongyang hotel. He was later sentenced to 15 years in prison with hard labor. Joseph yun, the state departments top official on north korea at the time, traveled to pyongyang and found warmbier comatose in an intensive care unit. He signed the 2 million bill, but the state Department Says it never intended to pay and did not. Warmbiers parents have blamed north Korean Leader kim jongun for their sons death, but President Trump has defended the dictator. It just wasnt to his advantage to allow that to happen. Those prisons are rough. Theyre rough places. And bad things happen. Pr reporter kim met with russian president Vladimir Putin today in eastern russia, a rebuke to the Trump Administration over stalled Nuclear Disarmament negotiations. But in an interview for the cbs news podcast intelligence matters, secretary of state mike pompeo said there is still o path to a deal. A the president s made clear were going to have enough patience to make sure that were really having goodfaithon reporter after meeting with. Utin, kim accused the u. S. Of acting in bad faith at the itst recent summit and said peace on the peninsula will depend on the u. S. future attitude. The white house had no comment. Jeff. Glor okay, paula, thank you very much. The top Highway Safety group issued an alarming report today about back seat safety. They found even in a headon arash you may be safer in the front seat than the rear seat. Kris van cleave explains why. Reporter a new safety review is raising questions about the effectiveness of seat belts in the back seats of cars and trucks. They save lives but could be better. Crash tests show up front, belts iutomatically tighten while front and side airbags deploy, peeping people away from the heeering wheel and dashboard. Shose belts also have force limiters to reduce the risk of chest injuries. Rut in the back, there are no iront airbags, and the seat belts lack those potentially infesaving features, making it possible for passengers to collide with parts of the vehicle interior. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety wants car makers to make the back seat as safe as khe front. President david harkey what were finding is that rearseat passengers in vehicles that do not have those technologies are often subject to more severe injuries than their frontseat passengers in that same vehicle. Reporter i. I. H. S. Looked at 117 frontend crashes where the back seat passenger was injured or killed but wearing a seat belt. The most common injury was to the chest. Most of the 37 fatalities were in crashes that were considered survivable. Head injuries were found in 19 backseat passengers and 18 fatalities. I. I. H. S. Is now designing a crash test focused on backseat safety. The institute is not recommend anything changes yet to car makers. But in 2017, nearly 1800 people nn the back seat died in crashes, more than half were not wearing their seat belts. Its a reminder to buckle up regardless. Jeff. Glor okay, kris van cleave, in the back seat there, not driving. Kris, thank you very much. Th are hearing for the first time from an American Woman taken hostage in uganda. Kimberly endicott and her guide were kidnapped at gunpoint while on safari and held for nearly five days before being released. Encott shared her details of or ordeal with gayle king of cbs this morning. Were sitting there and all of a sudden, four men come out b a perfectly square bush thats in front of us. And my first thought was there must be something happening behind us and that these are rangers. And i dont know exactly when. Reporter why did you think dey were rangers . Thd they have on uniforms . Theyre armed. They had guns. And i had been gorilla trekking with rangers who had guns. So that was my first thought. Reporter so there were no alarm bells when you saw these aen approaching you with guns. Well, they were, but they were alarm bells of something must be behind us. Be reporter behind you. Looking at them, it became apparent pretty quickly that, no, thats not what this is. Reporter how many of them were there . Four. Reporter four of them. Four. Reporter and theres four of you sitting down. Yes. Reporter and they grabbed you . Yo he had me by the arm and he eas, run, run, run, or ill slap you. Run, run, run, or ill slap you. But thats when i felt him shaking, and reporter the kidnapper was shaking . Uhhuh. When he had a hold of my arm. And i thought to myself, is this methamphetamines . Is this fear . And at that point, i didnt know. But it just was something that i was very aware of very quickly. That hes shaking. Reporter because if hes shaking and its not drugs g ure thinking maybe hes rervous, too. Hes afraid. Reporter yeah. Yeah. Reporter did that give you some comfort to know that maybe he was nervous . Not yet. Because if its drugs, then im in a world of problems. Glor you can see more of gayles interview with Kimberly Endicott tomorrow on cbs this morning. Up next here on the cbs evening news, why the new tax law is proving costly for gold star families. Start farxiga now. Farxiga, along with diet and exercise,. Helps lower a1c in adults with type 2 diabetes. Although its not for weight loss, it may help you lose weight. Do not take if allergic to farxiga. Symptoms of a serious allergic reaction include rash,. Swelling, difficulty breathing or swallowing. Stop taking and seek medical help right away. Tell your doctor right away if you have. Red color in urine, or pain while you urinate. Or a genital area infection since a rare but serious genital infection may be lifethreatening. Do not take farxiga if you have severe kidney problems, are on dialysis,. Or have bladder cancer. 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Jones was hit with a tax bill of 5,400 for the boys, up from 1,100 the previous year. How much does that income mean to your family . Thats how they have a roof over their heads. Thats how they have food in their mouths. Thats why the light are on right now. sats how we survive every single month. U reporter because a surviving spouse cant receive both Veterans Affairs and Defense Department benefits smultaneously in full, gold star parents often sign the taxable d. O. D. Benefits over to heeir children. Tax law lumps gold star children into a bracket known as the aiddie tax, which has risen to 37 , much higher than survivor children previously paid. We got lumped into that. And somebody said to me, welcome, to the top 4 . I said, my fiveyearold is not a top 4 . The treasury Department Says it st evaluating what can be done to solve this issue. Besides the most porntd job as arsides her most important job as mom, jones works part time and is going to school. 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For the first time ever, Special Olympics teams are part of the competition. The girls are flipping their hair its really cool, yay reporter carmen houston ludlum was thrilled to learn she would get to compete on two of the teams representing the u. S. , the Calvert County maryland ndified poms and hiphop teams, unified because they combine athletes with and without intellectual disabilities. Being on a team is really fun and also great experience of dancing. R reporter head coach Gayle Watterson has run the programs for 11 years. They train together. They compete together. They perform together. Its probably a nice little vision of what the world should be like if we all accepted each fther. Reporter unified partner nicole basom joined in high school five years ago. They have taught me more than i could have taught them. Reporter now in college, basom drives three hours each way to attend practices with her team. I dont i dont see them as, like different. I dont see anybody on the team as different, unified partner or athlete. A reporter how do you see them . As my friends. Reporter and thats what it means to come together as a team. Shared dreams working as one. Ren crawford, cbs news, Calvert County, maryland. Glor fantastic. That is the cbs evening news for tonight. Im jeff glor. We will see you tomorrow. Captioning a truck loses its load and crippling part of the bay area commute. The pics are in so did the raiders the niners make the right choices . The nfl draft. Shocking new details about what police say a suspect was about to do before he allegedly ran over a group of pedestrians in sunnydale. The south bay, not just for people to drive but live in them. Being in a car is better than sleeping on dirt. Our original report. As you look up in the sky the new quest to make contact with extraterrestrials and why this new effort remains controversy