Hes facing massive backlash over the profane and racial comments he said at the white house. Today the president is trying to backtrack from what he said. On a day hes 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 couldnt avoid the blunt question, are you a racist. Did you refer to african internationa nations mr. President are a racist. The president attempted damage control over the vulgar insult he used tweeting this but nowhere did the president explicitly deny directing that profane insults at african countries. He said these hate filled things repeatedly. Senator was in that meeting. He said haitians . Do we need more haitians . And he went on to describe the immigration from africa when he used these vial and vulgar comments calling the nations they come from [ bleep ], the exact word used by the president not just once but repeatedly. Later he detailed more of the president s comments. He said put had he down for wanting more europeans to come to this country. Why dont we get more people from norway is exactly what the president said. He said 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. Today senator graham put out this statement other lawmakers condemned the president s comments as blatantly racist, senator fine stain saying and prominent republicans weighed in. First thing that came to my mind was very unfortunate, unhelpful. A daughter of haitian immigrants said the comments were unkind, divisive, elitist and fly in the face of our nations are values and former chairman Michael Steele was asked if he thinks the president is a racist. Yeah i do. At this point, i mean, the evidence is right there. Its far from the first time the president made racially insensitive comments. Theres what he said about mexico ans on the first day of his president ial campaign. Theyre bringing drugs, bringing crime, theyre rapist and some i assume are good people. His comments following the rally of white supremacyist in charlottesville. You also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. But today at the mlk event the president tries to strike entirely different tone. No matter the color of our skin or place of our birth were all created equal by god. Abc 7 news the white house. President trump had his First Physical examine as president at Walter Reed Medical Center in maryland, and physician described 71yearold trump as being in excellent health. Full results of the exam expected to be announced on tuesday. Police need your help who tried to Sexual Harassment a woman in walnut creek on iron horse regional trail, east Bay Region Police says the womane t approached a woman from behind and ran away for no apparent reason, was last seen running north bound on broadway. Suffered some minor scrapes and cuts and bruises, fortunately nothing that required hospitalization. She was released at the scene. But it was a scary event. Suspect was a black male adult, thin build between ages of 30 and 40, approximately 59, wearing black beanie, white tshirt dark jeans, brown shoes with white tips. A car going just 15 miles an hour hit a woman crossing the street in berkeley the impact was enough to kill her. It happened at intersection of channing and fulton. It happened just before 1 30 this afternoon. City berkeley employee was driving a city vehiclend came to a complete stop but driver did not see the woman in the crosswalk and hit her, she was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after that. Officials think theres some city work that may have affected the drivers vision. There was city of berkeley Maintenance Work being done in the intersection and equipment in the intersection that may have contributed to some type of visual obstruction for the driver. The driver is cooperating with investigators. Doesnt appear drugs or alcohol or speed played a factor in this accident of. The victim was resident of berkeley, thoughts guys that victim and her family tonight. San Francisco Police issued 15 million arrest warrant for man suspected of killing a transgender dj and activist. Police are looking for 30yearold nguyen considered armed and dangerous. He shot and killed torres before 3 00 in the morning in the tinder loin in september fast moving fire in san jose destroyed parts of apartment building, broke out at midnight near rancho and monterey road. Huge flames came from one unit and Good Samaritans woke everyone up and made sure everyone got out, including juan and his uncle. Started knocking on peoples windows, getting the fire extinguishers to calm the flames down. Getting the people out saved liv lives. No one was hurt. All 16 residents including 5 kids and pets were accounted for. Pof the families by putting the up in hotels. The death toll from flu has killed 42 californians under the age of 65, compared with 9 same time last year. At least 19 of the flurelated deaths are in the bay area. Meantime concern is growing about a highly contagious canine flu is spreading quickly across the south bay and peninsula but can be contained. Well explain what pet owners need to know. Nothing better than seeing healthy, happy dogs at play, but theres a rush to get them protected from an outbreak of h 2 n 2 cane in outbreak as far north as belmont. Human society launched a campaign to vac in ate 300 shelter dogs and those in temporary foster homes. The facility hasnt had any flu cases and want to stay that way so bars unvaccinated dogs in entering its building. The symptoms can include coughing, sneezing, decreased appetite, and ledthargy. Can be serious. A small percentage can progress to pneumonia and small percentage of those dogs can progress to a lifethreatening illness so its important to contact your veterinarian. The Human Society is tracking its spread. Theres been no reports of transmission to people at all. Its not the same virus that is affecting people. However canine flu has been transmitted to cats in other states. Suggesting owners avoid dog parks until pets are vaccinated. Are you it might spread here. Hopefully not but its a park so you never know. Well deaf finitely take precautions. The vaccination is series of two shots two to four weeks apart and takes another two weeks for the protection to kick in. Abc 7 news. Up next a man who pulled a woman out of the path of a speeding cal train. Also a swimmer shows off bite marks to her leg. What she says about a sea lion that got too close for comfort. 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And get to the heart of what matters. A south bay man who heroically saved a woman on the cal trains track said he knew he had to act fast. He pulled the woman from her prius that became immobilized seconds later the train slammed into the car pushing it 100 feet and flipped if into the air he went into action knowing he didnt have much time to get to the driver. I just snatched her out the car and ran 50 to 60 feet to get to this corner over here. By the time we got to this conner, five or six seconds later, boom the train hit her car. The driver was shaken but unhurt, the woman appeared grateful. She said something about the the stuff in her car. Everybody said youre alive. So she looked at me and said im alive. She didnt speak lot of english but her way of saying thank you. Said he doesnt consider himself a hero. New details on injured san Francisco Police officer who is well enough after three surgeries to move back to a rehab center. The officer was patrolling on a bicycle october 18th when a fleeing driver hits him with a car that driver was arrested. Officer suffer traumatic brain injury and had surgery to replace portion of his skull and two more surgeries to take care of complications and now back to Santa Clara ValleyMedical Center where he is able to move and talk. Done iations on the go fund me page you can find on our link, search for elia. Well, three former employees of north bay motor cars were arrested on charges they em bezels more than 6 million. Federal agents arrested he and two other employees. The three made payments on fraud u lent invoivoices invoices to advertisi advertising. Occurred from 20102016. The latest swimmer to be attacked by sea lion in San Franciscos aquatic park said she will be getting back in the water. She starts same way every day, singing to the creatures she shares the park with. Happy morning to you handy morning to you. But thursday wasnt a happy morning, a sea lion bit chan on her knee. Just whack, i tell all the sea animals im a friend to you but i dont know this one become so mean to me. Chan said shes been swimming in the ocean more than 30 years and her first brush with a sea lion was three months ago when one got under her body. I said this is not a dream what happend. After she was bit thursday she called for help. Fellow swimmer was in. I started swimming with her, said do you want me to pull you, she said now can swim i just cant kick because the sea lion bit had he on my knee. Chans son was er doctor. He said youre very lucky, mom. She plans to continue swimming as early as next week. Abc 7 news. The big wave surf competition at mavericks could still happen on tuesday. The World Surfing League announces it would not be held on monday because of less than ideal conditions but are saying tuesday looks better. Theyll call it tomorrow. 30 elite surfers are standing by including for the First Time Ever six women. The contest was cancelled last year after the former organizers went bankrupt. With more on the weather conditions lets check in with spencer christian. Things are looking good for the weekds. If you like sunny weather we have a good serving of it. Lingering fog around the bay area. Patchy fog overnightle todays fog didnt burn off much of if until the afternoon. Its 54 in San Francisco right now. 50 in oakland. 52 mountain view. 50 at gill roy and half moon bay. A clear view of the bay bridge and much of San Francisco. 42 in santa rosa. Mid 40s in nevado and fairfield. Live clear view of San Francisco. It will be a dry and mild weekend with a wet pattern on monday, Martin Luther king jr. Day. Most of next week will be wet. Heres a look at the forecast animation starting at 10 00. Little bit of fog near the coast and bay moving out to sea. Sense fog will spill through the delta. Some will linger into the mid day but most will be sunny by mid day and most of the fog over the delta will disappear in the afternoon hours. Overnight low temperatures mid to upper 40s. Chilly in the north bay upper 30s in napa and lake port. Tomorrow look for mainly sunny skies by the afternoon. Highs in the low 60s on the coast. Mid 60s at the bay. San jose 64. Mainly low 60s inland east bay one or two places top out at 64. Now lets talk about rain chances, near zero over the weekend. We have substantial chances of rain just about every day next week. Its first wave of rain monday and tuesday ranks one on storm impact scale. Light intensity expected to produce under half inch for the bay area. Up to inch inch locally. Monday morning will be wet by mid day as the rain pushes south and east in the north bay. Will wind down late in the day, seconds wave of rain early Tuesday Morning will continue through perhaps wednesday and then like i to get a break, at least thats how it looks right now. 7 00 next tuesday rain fall of third and inch in most locations perhaps more in parts of the north bay. Heres the accu weather sevenday forecast. Dry weekend. Periods of wet throughout next week. Might be dry on wednesday but chances of rain wednesday seem to be increasing. Expect a wet and soggy week. Okay spencer thank you very much. All of the Major Credit Card Companies have agreed on one thing to the u. S. Supreme court will take on a case that could have us paying a sales tax on everything you buy on the internet. South dakota is asking the justices to over turn 1992 Supreme Court ruling that allow companies to avoid collecting the tax. The state and local governments could have collected up to 13 billion more in sails tax in 2017 if they were allowed to. The court will hear arguments in april with ruling by late june. Wells fargo is going to close about 800 branches because more people are banking online and on their phones. Some analysis believe banks are trying to Curb Services from unauthorized scandals that cost the Bank Billions in Legal Expenses and millions in fees. For wells fargo will still have 5,000 branches in the u. S. More than any other bank. Visa has joined all other Major Credit Card Companies plans to stop requiring customers to stop signing their receipt. With new Technology Like chips in credit cards signatures are less necessary as a safety measure. Visa said fraud dropped 66 two years after chip cards were launched in the u. S. More people in california leaving the coast and moving inland according to the state department of finance population of inland counties is growing faster than coastal areas which have traditionally be coveted for people to lay down roots but suspect lack of Affordable House something changing that. Some of that is explained by the immigrant whos come to california from abroad and then they move else where after they have settled in the bay area. The Fastest Growing county in the state, placer, east of sacramento. The search continues in Southern California tonight for mud slide victims. You hear the stories from around the world where people have been missing eight or nine days and found alive. Hope remains but is dwindling as each hour passes. Also ahead sending a secret into space. Well at the time you much as we know about tonights launch from Vandenberg Air force base. And honoring the legacy of Martin Luther king jr. How stanford is paying tribute. Live where you live, this is abc 7 news. A fire crew searches for survivors in the mudsoaked community of montecito. After the destruction of the tuesday mud flows. The nightmare is far from over from communities in montecito death toll has risen to 18, 6 people remain missing. More than 1,000 firefighters on the ground shoveling dirt, digging through the mud and debris, with six people no stone is unturned. They are going through with search teams and search dogs and peeling away some of the layers and using some of their technologies, listening devices and telescopic cameras. The smell of Natural Gas Utility Companies are working on shutting off the broken water mains and gas lines while First Responders are peeling back the layers of whats left from these homes. Fire