Phone . That is crazy. Where is that . Thats got to be almost 16 blocks away . What our team found that could cost you in an emergency. This is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening, everyone. Using vulgar language, President Trump today questioned why the United States would allow people from haiti and africa into the country, describing those places using an expletive while suggesting people from norway might be more acceptable. He reportedly made the comments during a white house meeting with a Bipartisan Group of senators. The white house tonight is not denying the president made the remarks. Now, we want you to know our report includes that expletive once so that you can hear the complete quote for yourself. Of course, it may not be appropriate for some of our younger viewers. Nbcs Peter Alexander has details. Reporter the president tonight apparently uncorking another astonishing statement. Complaining to lawmakers in the oval office about protections for immigrants. People from, quote, all these shithole countries here . According to a democratic aide familiar with the conversation, mr. Trump was referring to african nations and haiti before suggesting the u. S. Should have more people from norway, whose Prime Minister he met yesterday. A white house spokesman not denying the president s words but saying certain washington politicians choose to fight for foreign countries. But President Trump will always fight for the american people. It comes as lawmakers try to hammer out an immigration deal with time running out for hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants called dreamers. The crass remark punctuating a wild day in washington with President Trump fiercely criticizing the controversial Foreign Surveillance intelligence act or fisa just hours before congress was set to vote. The president resurrecting his unfounded attack on the Obama Administration claiming, this is the act that may have been used to so badly surveil and abuse the Trump Campaign by the Previous Administration and others. Community immediately erupting. I thought the president s tweets, once again, were irresponsible and not thought through. Reporter even republicans frustrated. The tweet is a mistake. The president is supporting the vote today. If youre a member of the Intelligence Community and you woke up this morning and saw that tweet, its hard for me to describe the outrage and consternation. Reporter the president posted his tweet that contradicted the white houses public position after this direct appeal from a fox news analyst. Mr. President , this is not the way to go. Reporter President Trump later this morning appearing to reverse himself, get smart. The white house in damage control with chief of staff john kelly hustling to the hill and paul ryan getting on the phone with the president. If it goes down, we dont know what the terrorists are up to. The consequences are really high. Reporter the program ultimately passed. Tonight, top democratic lawmakers are blasting the president s vulgar comment, one calling it unforgivable. Here at the white house an official tells nbc news President Trump felt particularly frustrated when todays immigration discussion turned to the visa lottery system, a program that he wants to end. Lester . A lot of news from there tonight. Peter alexander, thank you. The latest on another major story weve been following. Authorities fear the death toll will rise again as search teams race to find seven people still missing in the flooding and mud slides in southern california. Now officials have identified the 17 people confirmed dead in this disaster. Four of them are children. Nbc News National correspondent Miguel Almaguer is on the ground and in the air again for us tonight. Turn around the flash floods right there. Reporter this is the moment get out of here go reporter the force of nature arrived. Oh, my god, mom people think of water like a river. You wouldnt last two seconds. Its a blender of huge 50foot foot by 5 foot boulders grinding. Reporter somehow this man and his family escaped what so many others could not outrun. I dont know how anyone could survive this. Reporter after searching for his mom, josie, hayden gower learned her body was recovered overnight. Diane brewer lost her best friend. I never could imagine such a scene. Reporter from above it looks like a war zone. The coast guard plucking families, even pets, where search teams on the ground could not reach them. Theyve been in the air here now three days, but now no sign of survivors. Just a mud flow from the mountains all the way into the ocean. The shoreline marred with debris. Highway 101 shut down into next week. Hey, oprah, how are you . Reporter montecitos famous residents grateful for what they still have. I am going to do whatever i can for the rest of the community. Reporter theres been more than 100 rescues. Inga gilbar carried out of her home by firefighters when mud poured in. We had no idea what a flash flood was until i saw this torrid raging river coming down with car and rocks. Reporter tonight, the mud slide may be over, but so many of whats been carried away will never come back. Authorities say more than a hundred homes have serious damage. Theres real concern that neighbors could be trapped in debris fields like this one. When that mud came pouring downhill, it was powerful enough to blast holes right through homes and rip them apart. Anything inside could have traveled up to two miles away. When many survivors return back to their homes, their houses will be unrecognizable. Lester . The force of those flows in that video continues to astound us. Miguel almaguer in california, thank you. Now to those new developments about your tax t to take an extra close look at your upcoming paychecks. The irs today released the new tax tables for companies to calculate how much tax to withhold from employees paychecks. But the irs says employees should take it upon themselves to doublecheck their employers math. Nbcs tom costello has the details. Reporter if youre like millions of americans wondering whether the new tax law will mean more takehome pay, a warning tonight. You may need to do your homework. The irs says its up to all of us to doublecheck our paystubs starting next month to make sure employers arent taking out too much tax or too little. The irs only rolled out the new tax withholding tables today. Theres a lot of work left to be done, but were estimating that 90 of the workers will see an increase in takehome pay because of the tax cuts act. Reporter the white house is anxious for americans to see that higher takehome pay, but so far employers have had to use last years tables to calculate withholdings. Emer by midfebruary. Theres a lot of confusion. Weve been handling phone calls for the past three weeks. Reporter boston cpa jeff levines advice for middle class americans dont change your personal exemptions to increase your takehome pay, at least not yet. This tax law has been promoted as a major tax law change. The real savings might not be as large as they think. So if they make a large change to their withholding deductions, they may end up owing taxes at the end of the year or face a penalty. Reporter next month the irs will roll out a new online calculator to help americans determine whether their employer is withholding too much or not enough tax so they can then ask their employer to make any necessary adjustments. Tom costello, nbc news, washington. And were already seeing the effects of those tax changes on american companies. Today walmart, the nations largest private employer, announced plans to raise wages, hand out bonuses and increase benefits. But theres some bad news for employees and walmartowned sams club stores. We get details from gabe gutierrez. Reporter tonight a pay raise at the nations biggest retailer. Wages at walmart will now start at 11 an hour, up from 9. Eligible employees will also get up to 1,000 bonus depending on their years of service. Karina hanson in texas, works at walmart with her husband. Any extra income, that bonus, is awesome. That just means we get to spend a little bit and put into savings account for our three kids for their future. Reporter but the news comes on the same day walmart announced it was closing dozens of sams club stores. Walmarts one of more than 100 companies passing on savings after congress cut the Corporate Tax rate to 21 including jetblue, southwest and american airlines, a handful of banks, at t and nbc Parent Company comcast. Our historic reductions to the business tax will raise annual Household Income by an average of 4,000. Thats a tremendous number. Reporter policymakers are divided on how much of this financial optimism is due to tax cuts and how much is due to low unemployment. At the end of the day, were running out of workers. When you run out of workers, you got to pay more. Reporter Companies Like walmart are having to find new ways to keep the employees they have. And with corporate profits expected to soar, wall street hit another record high today. Lester . Gabe gutierrez, thanks. After a slight warmup from the deep freeze across much of america, here it comes again. Tonight 60 Million People are under Winter Weather alerts as a huge ice storm moves across the country. Snow, ice and freezing rain could create slick and dangerous conditions tomorrow morning affecting the commute in cities like detroit, indianapolis, nashville and memphis. And forecasters are warning, as the ice builds up, it could bring down tree limbs and cause widespread power outages. Emergency raging across the country. This year even people who got the flu shot are getting sick. So why is this season so bad . We sent nbc medical correspondent dr. John torres, who is an emergency room doctor himself, to one of the busiest ers in the nation to get answers. Reporter at may mond idys Medical Center in brooklyn, dr. Aon the dixon and his staff are seeing a 30 spike in flu patients. How many patients coming in the door with the flu have not gotten the flu shot . Weve seen a fair number of people even if theyve gotten the flu shot are still getting ill from the flu. How do you feel . Blah. Reporter people like murial greenblatt who gets her flu shot every year. I was getting very weak. I couldnt walk. Reporter children are getting sick, too. Many schools are closed. Why is the flu so bad this year . The vaccine is only 30 effective against this years strain. Which is more aggressive than those in recent years. So those younger folks have not been exposed to that strain of virus and theyre more susceptible. Reporter doctors say go to the hospital if you have trouble breathing, cant keep fluids down, have a fever over 100 for more than a day. If the symptoms are very severe, come to the emergency department. Reporter another reason this flu season is so bad, it started early. But experts arent sure whether its peaked or if it will continue to get worse before it gets better. Lester . Dr. John torres, thank you. Now to the scandal swirling around a gop rising star. The governor of missouri, a former navy s. E. A. L. , admitting he cheated on his wife, but hes denying explosive allegations that he threatened to blackmail the other woman. And theres late word tonight prosecutors in st. Louis are launching an investigation. Nbcs blake mccoy is in missouri with the story. Reporter hours after delivering his televised state of the state speech thank you to sheena, my beautiful wife and our first lady. Reporter missouri governor eric greitens, a former navy s. E. A. L. And republican rising star, released a joint statement with his wife admitting an extramarital affair. Before eric was elected governor there was a time when he was unfaithful in our marriage. This was a deeply personal mistake. Eric took responsibility, and we dealt with this together honestly and privately. The admission follows a bombshell local news report with a man who says hes the exhusband of the other woman. His identity concealed by the tv station. He says he secretly recorded his wife during counseling. Weve altered her voice. I met eric a year ago, and i instantly had a big crush on him. Reporter in the recording, which nbc news has not verified, she says the governor threatened to blackmail her with a naked photograph to stay quiet. Details the governors attorney calls outrageous and false. No sign of greitens today looking for the governor. Is he here . Either at the capitol or the governors mansion. Tonight fallout, already calls for an investigation. One fellow republican tweeting, stick a form in him. In statement of her own, his wife sheena saying its between them and god and telling those who wish to peddle gossip to stay away from me and my children. Blake mccoy, nbc news, jefferson city, missouri. Theres a lot more ahead. Still ahead, what if 911 cant find you during an emergency . Flawed call Centers Across the country that could mean the difference between life and death. And those who serve. The 6yearold boy who survived the unimaginable gets quite a homecoming. S when we switched our auto and home insurance. Liberty did what . 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Firefighter duncan and during one of those hospital visits, duncan talked to ryland about some day taking a ride in his fire truck. He goes, well, lets go right now. I said, i dont have it here right now. He said, well, go get it. I said, i cant go get it. Well wait for the doctors to say you can go, then ill pick you up in it. Reporter as any 6yearold will tell you, a promise is a promise. And duncan kept his. This afternoon, firefighters, Police Officers and other First Responders escorted ryland home in duncans fire truck. The people of Sutherland Springs were there for the big homecoming on the main street of this little town. He was sitting in the truck waving out the window. He looked like a little kid on christmas morning. One of our angels is coming home. Reporter a community that was broken is now rebuilding by relying on their faith and each other. Spending part of your evening with us. That is nightly news for this thursday night. Im lester holt. 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