lifestyle. un, it's a really odd, because i'm not a big reader. >> reporter: really! this is the "cbs weekend news." >> ninan: good evening. i'm reena ninan. there was panic in paradise today. an descental alert went out across hawaii urging people to take shelter doing to an incoming ballistic missile. the fault alarm was eventually called off, but not before hawaiians and tourists scrambled, even saying their good-byes. carter evans has the details. >> reporter: the emergency alert caused pandemonium when it went out to cell phones this morning across the islands, and it did not mince words, "ballistic missile threat inbound to hawaii," it said. "seek immediate shelter. this is not a drill." the false alert also went out to local tv. >> the u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. >> reporter: and prompted evacuation announcements. >> please report to the lobby to receive direction to the basement. >> reporter: desperate parents put their children into manholes, terrified families huddled in closets. others shared what they thought could be their final good-byes. >> and i just want you to know they love you guys. >> we thought this was it. >> reporter: laurie callies' family ran to their basement for cover. >> my 95-year-old mother, who we were not going to say anything to until we had all the information who lives in a retirement community here called us on the phone and said, "i can't get on the floor! i can't get on the floor!" and she survived pearl harbor. >> reporter: that terror soon turned to anger. >>id said heads better role on this one. >> reporter: hawaii's senator brian schatz tweeted, "there was thrs no missile threat." cbs news spoke to him on the phone. >> regardless of whether it's human error or a computer glitch or a hack, whatever it was, it's totally unacceptable, and there needs to be better accountability. >> reporter: it took 38 minutes for emergency management officials to correct the mistake. >> i encourage them to just go ahead and tweet out, "no missile threat." i don't know how much longer we would have been waiting. >> reporter: hawaii governor david ige now says a worker pushed the wrong button during a shift change, sending the warning out to the entire state. the federal communications commission is now investigating. reena. >> ninan: carter evans, thank you, carter. african ambassadors to the united nations held an emergency meeting friday night in response to president trump's alleged remarks about their homeland. they're demanding an apology for what they call racist insults. errol barnett has latest from the president's winter white house in florida. >> reporter: mr. president, will you give an apology for the statement yesterday? >> reporter: president ended a friday event where he signed a proclamation honoring dr. martin luther king jr., by dodging questions about his views on race. >> reporter: mr. president, are you a racist? >> reporter: during a bipartisan immigration meeting thursday in the oval office, the president allegedly said, "why do we want all these people from-- expletive-- countries here," referring to immigrants from haiti, el salvador, and across africa. "we should bring in more people from places like norway." on twitter, president trump acknowledged using tough language but denied saying, "anything rogatory about haitians." democratic senator dick durbin was in the room. >> he said these hate-filled things, and he said them repeatedly. >> reporter: the african union issued this statement, noting its "infeweration, disappoint, and outrage" at the president's comments. >> the first thing that came to my mind was very unfortunate, unhelpful. >> reporter: house speaker paul ryan was reserved in his criticism of the president as this controversy jeopardizes any bipartisan agreement to avoid a government shutdown when funds run out on friday. reverend raphael warnock, the senior pastor of dr. king's ebebezer baptist churcebebezer n atlanta, called for an apology instead of a proclamation. >> what we are hearing from the white house, not just on last evening but over the last several months, is not tough words. they're hateful words. >> that's right. >> reporter: now, today, president trump spent time playing golf after he had a physical checkup on friday. white house doctor ronny jackson says the president is in excellent health and will provide a more detailed assessment once he's taken a look at test results. reena. >> ninan: errol, thank you. well the flu has officially reached epidemic levels in the u.s. it's widespread in 49 states. hawaii is the only exception. 20 children have died so far this season. tony dokoupil has more on the outbreak. >> we thought he would be fine. and now we're planning his funeral. >> reporter: flu is almost everywhere right now, including fort wayne, indiana, where lisa sanchez says her brother, jessie, succumbed this week. >> this flu just devastated his body. you don't think that that's what the flu can do to you, but that's what it did to my brother. >> reporter: a viral respiratory disease, the flu flourishes in the cold, dry air of winter. but it varies year to year in reach and severity. this year, experts say the virus is especially active and the predominant strain, known as h3n2, is one of the more vicious. >> we've seen a real surge in visits over the last few weeks. >> reporter: dr. baruch fertel is an emergency physician at the cleveland clinic. >> people in age groups that we don't normally see sick or hospitalized are being admitted to the hospital because they're presenting with severe symptoms. >> reporter: flu-related hospitalizations nearly doubled nationwide last week, according to the c.d.c., as the number of children killed by the illness rose to 20. >> it affects when they wake up from naps every day. >> reporter: parents and caretakers are waging a daily war against germs as the season peaks. >> all of our soft toys get washed. >> reporter: but experts say it's not too late to get a flu vaccine. >> patients who did get the vaccine are less sick and leslikely to go to the i.c.u. >> reporter: the vaccine is only expected to be about 30% effective against the h3n2 strain, but with another three months left in the flu season, that's nothing to sneeze at. if you hate needles, well, here's another reason to hope for spring. the flu virus seems to suffer in warmer, more humid air. >> ninan: so we need another reason to hope for spring. >> reporter: indeed. >.>> ninan: tony, thank you. at least seven people, including a two-year-old are missing from the mudslides. torrential rain sent mud, rocks and debris through homes in santa barbara. neighborhoods in montecito were evacuated so crews could continue the massive cleanup. severe weather unleashed chaos in the ohio river. in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, ice and floodwaters caused dozens of barges to break free. there was no one on board and no one was hurt. 60 miles south in wheeling, west virginia, dozens of barges also broke loose and damaged boat docks. a powerful storm system also caused numerous traffic accidents, including a massive pileup in tennessee. for the latest on the wild weather, let's bring in meteorologist pamela gardner of our cbs boston station wbz. pamela. >> reena, a complete pattern change across the east coast and the northeast as temperatures are running anywhere between 15 and 25 degrees below normal and below where we were at this time yesterday. 20-degree difference there in atlanta, almost a 50-degree difference across burlington, vermont; and a 23-degree difference across new york city. as we see these rash crashing temperatures, overnight the wind will be a factor. we have wind chill advisories up from the northeast, from upstate new york down through the appalachians. and also keep in mind flash freezing. if you see any standing water on the rose, that will freeze overnight as temperatures will be below the 32-degree mark. wind chill forecast, waking up to 4 in new york city, for sunday. forecast highs not getting much better. we'll be very winter-like. we have a trough here across much of the country. on the flip side, out to the west, some milder temperatures. now at the end of the week, we'll be watching for the potential for a coastal low developing off the coast of the carolinas. for now, the snow depth has at least been obliterated across new york and boston, but that, combined with the rain totals the laf 24 hours will create river flood warnings at least through tomorrow. reena. >> ninan: pamela gardner, thank you. conclude is trying to reach a deal by the end of next week to extend the obama-era daca program. it alowlz children brought illegally to the u.s. to live without fear of deportation. many are enrolled in medical schools. adriana diaz sat down with a group of them. >> every time i hear footsteps outside my door, like, there's a part of me that for a second thinks, "shiopen the door?" >> even after 20 years in the u.s., he still worries about being deported. the third-year medical student, born in mexico but raised in new mexico, is afraid that without daca, he may never be able to practice legally. >> there will be no pathway to citizenship, and we'll be forever stuck with this that makes us essentially like second-class citizens. >> reporter: alejandra duran arreola, who fled violence in mexico at 14, wants to be an ob/gyn. >> the news reminds you-- twitter reminds you that at some level, you are not welcomed here. >> i see the u.s. as my home, my community, my people, my peers. >> reporter: belsy's mother brought her to the u.s. illegally from guatemala when she was seven. >> feel like i haven't done anything wrong. i've gone to school. i've gotten good grades. i did community service. and yet, that gives me no right, in a sense. >> reporter: what do you say to folks who say, "this is a country that has to have its borders, it has to have its laws, and people have to follow the laws." >> if you have somebody that yes entered the country illegally but it was 20, 30 years ago and they're a productive member of their community, they're paying taxes, you know, what is the logic of deporting them outside of just following an arbitrary rule. >> if i had to go, i wouldn't go to mexico. i will go to europe or to canada or any other country that wants doctors. but at the end of the day, we're american-train, almost physicians. any other country would jump up to take any of us. >> reporter: the students say they are anxiously counting down the days until their daca protection expires. in the meantime, they and the medical school here are lobbying lawmakers to find a long-term solution. adriana diaz, cbs news, maywood, illinois. >> ninan: chelsea manning, the former army private who gave classified government documenting to wikileaks is run for u.s. senate in maryland. she was released from prison last may after serving seven years. she is running as a democrat and will likely challenge incumbent ben cardin. it was a terrifying ride for dozens of greyhound bus passengers. they were heading for milwaukee to chicago last night when a man started threatening to 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get this self-driving elect car on the road by 2019, g.m. filed a petition with the national highway traffic safety administration, asking to waive some standards. even this self-flying volocopter were big flairs at this year's electronics show. a new survey by the advocates for highway and auto safety found americans may not be quite ready to let go of the wheel. advocate's president cathy chase. >> we, frankly, were surprised with how concerned the american public is. >> reporter: 64% expressed concern about sharing the road with driverless cars, and a full 75% were not comfortable with disconnecting vehicle equipment like that steering wheel. what do you think it is about the concern, the reticence people seem to have about the steering wheel going away? >> they've had it the entire history of the car, so taking away such an essential component of a car is a seismic shift. >> reporter: assuming general motors can get the approval from the federal government, it believes it can start 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