good monday morning. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. here are some of the top headlines we're following on "world news now." president trump is spending martin luther king day at his mar-a-lago resort after saying he is not a racist. more talks this morning on the korean peninsula. officials from the north and south trying to hammer out the details of north korea's participation in next month's winter olympics hosted by the south. and they plan to meet again in two days. surveillance video shows the car hitting a median in southern california, launching it into the second floor of a building. two people in that car suffered minor injuries. the driver is suspected of driving under the influchbs

drugs. demandipending on your poin view, it was the minneapolis miracle or the new orleans nightmare. rob nelson is depressed this morning. those are our top stories on this monday, january 15th. from abc news. this is "world news now." robin roberts, you know, so many other people are like, who-dat, minnesota. >> we're going to start things off with steps being taken to make sure the missile alert in hawaii never happens again. >> many are questioning why it took so long for the mistake to be corrected. and now president trump is weighing in on the situation without being specific. abc's richard cantu reports. >> reporter: president trump

sunday night responding to the false incoming missile alert that sent hawaii into a panic. >> we're going to get involved. they made a mistake. >> reporter: the veteran technician who triggered the alarm is now off the job. hawaii's governor saying it all happened because a wrong button was pressed. officials temporarily suspending future drills and chaining tngi rules. two people are now required to si simd out a missile alert. the horrifying alert on saturday morning. residents heading for bunkers. tourists marching into basements, hunkering down fearing the worst. >> because things going on in north korea, i continued to take it serious at first. >> kim jong un was the happiest guy in the world yesterday because his nuclear program has done what he wanted it to do,

and that is be able to strike fear in the hearts of the american people. >> reporter: hawaii residents lived with the fear of an attack for 38 minutes. >> the fact that it took so long for them to put out that second message to allay fears that this was a mistake, a false alarm is something that has to be fixed. >> reporter: the fcc which heches manage the alert system is launching its own investigation saying the government of hawaii did not have safeguards to prevent the submission of a false alert. president trump is pushing back against allegations that he is a racist following claims that he used defame language. he said he wants people who will come into the country and make america great and strong again. the president told reporters that he's anything but racist.

>> did you see what various senators in the room said about my comments? they were amazed. no, no, i'm not a racist. i am the least racist person you have ever interviewed. that, i can tell you. >> so the comments were attributed to the president as he rejected a bipartisan daca deal for immigrants brought to the country as children. after tweeting that daca is probably dead, he said they're ready, willing and able to make a deal and claims that democrats don't want to make a deal. and there are conflicting reports coming from the senators who were in the oval office with the president at the time of that controversial conversation. democrat dick durbin is standing by his claim that the president repeatedly used a vulgar term to describe haiti and african nations and republican lindsey graham is quoted at confirming durbin's account. but two other republicans who initially say they did not recall the president uttering the words specifically came out

with a more forceful defense. >> i'm telling you he did not use that word, george. >> i didn't hear it, and i was sitting no further away from donald trump than dick durbin was. >> last night, a spokesman for the durbin accused the gop senators of changing their stories and attacked their credibility. and one of the harshest critics is poised to call him out again. jeff flake plans to deliver a speech slamming the president's attacks on the press and will compare him to josef stalin. flake, who is not running for reelection will say that the truth is more battered and abused than any other time at the hands of our country's most powerful figure. we're hearing from the california man accused of calling in a prank that turned dead any kansas. the suspect expressed remorse as he sits behind bars. in the meantime, investigators think he could be responsible for more than a dozen similar

cases. here's abc's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: the california man accused of that prank 911 call leading to the death of a stranger 1500 miles away breaking his silence. >> i just wish i could have like rewound somehow, you know, and just never done it. >> reporter: 25-year-old tyler buri bear ris is facing charges. police charging him because of this bogus call. >> i shot him in the head and he's not breathing anymore. >> reporter: police raced to the address given on the call. unaware, 28 yar old andrew finch opening the front door. police say when he lowered his hands, one officer fearing he had a weapon opened fire, killing him. investigators later discovering, finch, unarmed, had nothing to do with that call and no apparent connection to barris

who exprised his regret. bearris, said in the same interview that he has been paid to make calls. he would not say if he had been paid to make this call. eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. and there was a very close call for 50 people hided for a casino ship off the florida gulf coast. their shuttle boat caught fire and the passengers jumped into the chilly water as flames destroyed the boat. luckily, the captain had turned back and the water was only eight to ten feet deep. they were able to wade to shore. only my noinor injuries. and we have video of a car in southern california going airborne, nearly missing a car and nearly missing a bus. it got lodged in the second floor of that office building. two people in the car suffered minor injuries. the driver is suspected of

driving under the influence of drugs. luckily nobody else further this. a storm is on its way to the northeast. and many communities have already had an ice problem. this is just adding to the misery. frozen rivers are jamming and backing up into communities like in vermont. the deshane family may not have a home to bring their baby to. while ashley and josh were at the hospital, their family members were being evacuated from flooded homes. and overnight, temperatures ranging from minus six to just 30 in the florida panhandle. over to health questions. there's a less than one in three chance that the flu vaccine will work for you, but doctors say get the shot anyway. this vaccine is estimated 30% effective on the h 3 n 2 strain, but being vaccinated is about reducing the risk of getting

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writing down what's ahead may eliminate stress, which allows you to fall asleep faster. >> i have a theory. >> writing down the things you already did is supposed to give you a dopamine hit that gets you excited. instead, you write all the things you have to do, then you don't have to worry about remembering it. >> no. >> so then you can relax and go to sleep. what if the to-do list is so long it stresses you out. >> it's a reminder of all the things you slacked out on. >> now you know why we work the overnight shift. >> and why you're awake with us. [ snoring ] coming up, selling out the super bowl. >> if you wanted to buy a 30-second commercial you're out of luck. what will the ad wizards dream up for the big game? and the firefighters credited with saving a family. first, a look at today's

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if you're feeling a little chilly this morning, you could try to warm up with this up-close look at the sun. it was captured by a nasa spacecraft. what we're seeing here is called an arch of plasma. bursting off the sun's surface. nasa says the patterns are quote, confused. so are we, but it looks cool. >> it looks cool. is that going to screw up all our cell phones and the satellites? let's hope not. >> i'm confused. more than 9,000 filipinos are out of their homes after a volcano exploded. the most active volcano in the philippines. there are ash clouds around the mountain located about 200 miles from manila, the capital. a dangerous eruption is possible. and a mezzanine floor has collapsed. at least 28 people have been injured. hundreds of students were said to be visiting the stock

exchange at the time of the collapse. authorities are ruling out terrorism. the cause of the collapse, though, is under investigation this morning. and now to dramatic video showing a family throwing their three children out of a third storey window to save them from a raging fire. that fire was engulfing their home at the time. >> we're also hearing from the firefighters who were on the scene and waiting on the ground with open arms for these kids. here's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: draubts helmet cam video reveal the moment firefighters pull up to a raging fire engulfing an apartment complex. firefighters grabbing their equipment as fast as they can, coming face-to-face with angry flames, all while hearing childrens' frantic screams. watch as a firefighter makes this incredible catch. a child thrown to safety from the third floor balcony by her parents who are trying desperately to get out.

another firefighter, captain jack e jack jackie peckrell catching another, a newborn twin. >> i got about halfway up there, a he and here comes the baby. >> s >>. >> reporter: she leads the fire station. their bravery saving countless lives. >> everybody knew what they had o do. >> reporter: more than 80 people live in that building. amazingly, no one was seriously hurt. stephanie ramos, washington. >> this video is hard to watch. unbelievable nobody got hurt. >> lucky for those kids. coming up, we're turning back time in honor of mlk jr. day. >> opening the vault on this special day. you're watching "world news now"

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♪ happy birthday to you >> i can't listen to stevie wonder and not go into my stevie wonder mode. ♪ happy birthday he would be 91 today. and in honor. >> martin luther king, junior. >> we're opening up our vault. >> and turning back time to 2013 when diane sawyer marked the anniversary his iconic "i have a dream" speech. >> that is the crowd gathered at this washington monument today to remember the electrifying speech 50 years ago. we all know dr. martin luther king was a towering force in civil rights, but he was also a man under pressure, to say the words that would change minds and lift souls. it was all written out, but did you know that the words "i have a dream" appear nowhere on those pages? his advisers said he should be trying something new, so how did

it happen? at the feet of abraham lincoln, they sang and they waited. offstage, the 34-year-old reverend martin luther king seem add little tired as he told abc news he hoped to reach the hearts of good people of all races everywhere. >> their consciences allow the disciplined, dignified, yet determined protest and demand for freedom now. >> the dream, his dream, a refrain he'd been using in speeches on the road, but it was not part of the speech he prepared for that day. his advisers told him he needed something new. but suddenly -- >> i still have a dream. >> yes! >> it is a dream deeply-rooted in the american dream. >> when i heard him say "i have a dream", i said oh, expletive deleted, because we'd been up and down the steps all night work on this alternate ending

climax. >> adviser wyatt t. walker who said think all recognized that dr. king was now alive, transformed. >> we were all wrong. >> little black boys and black girls would be able to join hands with little white boys and little white girls and sisters and brothers. i have a dream today. >> so did gunny gundren. >> it was not just for black people. it was trying to raise all people up, allman kind. >> so did the late civil rights leader, dorothy hight. he ended with the words of an old hymn he used to sing. >> free at last, free at last. thank god almighty, we are free at last. >> on one day, one man with a dream, lifting a nation on the wings of hope and history.

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fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. ♪ ♪cha,cha,cha >> back in 2000, e-trade says they wasted $3 million on this commercial featuring a dancing chimp. we say money well spent. >> by this time next week we will know who will be playing in the super bowl. for fans of the steelers, they've got commercials. marci gonzalez with a preview. >> reporter: never mind what happens on the field. for many, these are the most memorable moments of the super bowl. in 2017, 36 of the big game's 4

the commercials will released early. but this year is ditch. >> not as many brands are being forthcoming about what they want to do in the super bowl. sor. >> reporter: so far only two brands have shared a sneak peek. >> dude, it was an m&m's commercial. >> reporter: they kept the big reveal for the big day. >> they are trying to bring it back this year and keep consumers guessing, keep them on their toes and completely surprise us on game day. >> reporter: and pepsi releasing this clip, with cindy crawford reprising her role from that famous 1992 ad. with a 30-second clip costing $5 million, some are using social media. oreo proved you don't need to win the game, power out, you can still dunk in the dark.

the timely tweet becoming a popular trend. >> people are distracted. their attention spans are shorter. for some brands it makes senses to sit the t v-out av out and d something fun on social media. >> reporter: advertisers are buying even bigger chunks of time. there are expected to be more longer-form commercials than ever before giving advertisers a chance to tell stories they hope will have even more of an impact. marci gonzalez, los angeles. >> i like that. i like the idea of waiting until the game to be able to sigee th ads. >> yes, i want it to be a surprise. >> if you're a steeler's fan, no surprise, you do not have a date on sunday. this is championship sunday. the matchup. the patriots, the jaguars. >> hey, jack, how about that e

this morning on "world news now," questions of racism on this martin luther king day. >> hear the president's answer when asked if he's a racist, insisting he's the least racist person. this as republican senators stand up for him, disputing that he made vulgar comments to describe african countries. and new fallout after the panic in hawaii. the scramble to make sure it never happens again. but why did it take 38 minutes to give the all clear. moments of panic for passengers on this plane, skidding off a runway and sliding down a cliff, stopping a few feet from the black sea. we have new video from inside. and the miracle in minnesota. the weekend's playoff action is capped off with a stunning play at the end of the game. we'll show you the many twists

and turns along the road to the super bowl on this monday, january 15. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> they were a little bit excited. >> it was just as they planned. wait a minute. >> you and the team, what, what, what just happened? >> they were all depressed about it. >> what a game. >> for you to come back, what's your, lynda? who are you again? >> hi, everybody. >> welcome back. >> it's great to be back. >> great to have you back. >> busy monday. >> thank you, jack. >> busy monday to have you back. we're going to is that right half hour with a flat denial from president trump. when have you heard this from a president, a president having to insist that he's not a racist. >> the denial follows the uproar over racially-charged comments made during a meeting.

dick durbin says the president made those comments, cincluding using profanity. and john lewis said he is a racist. >> did you see what various senators in the room said about my comments? they were amazed. no, no, i'm not a racist. i am the least-racist person you have ever interviewed. that i can tell you. >> so the comments in question were made as the president rejected a booipartisan daca de. after tweeting that daca is probably dead, he said they're ready, willing and able to make a deal but claims democrats don't want to make a deal. >> you have senator tom cotton and sonny perdue of georgia who

said the president didn't say those words specifically. but a couple days ago, they said in a joint statement, we do not recall. you do get the sense in the sunday shows that there were talking points that many of the republicans came out with, claiming that the president didn't say those words specifically. >> that's a very specific response. >> denial. it's caused quite an uproar on social media as you can imagine, and a lot of other leaders are pouring in with their comments, but in terms of the bill itself, there are a few other things going on. the democrats have tied imgreat lakes bi-- immigration bill to e funding. so. >> a whole lot of stuff they were hoping to get done by this friday. >> doesn't look like it's going to happen now. >> so the president will be at his resort in florida today for the mlk holiday. but back in washington, the vice president mike pence laid a wreath at the memorial to martin

luther king jr. he said he took the words of the founders to heart to forge a more perfect union. and next to the fallout from the missile warning in hawaii. and procedures to avoid a repeat have already been put in place. >> the mistake had more than a million people believing they were the target of an incoming missile. the hid of the fcc calling what happened absolutely unacceptable. abc's jim avila reports from honolulu. >> reporter: the veteran technician who sent hawaii into a panic that a ballistic missile was a mere 12 minutes from impact has been removed from the command center and will not be allowed near the button that sent the alert until after extensive retraining. this as hawaiian officials change the way they sild oend o alerts. >> the u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. >> reporter: it took 38 minutes to correct.

>> if you are outdoors, seek immediate shelter in a building. >> reporter: they knew there was no missile in three minutes. >> this is not a drill. >> reporter: the mistake causing chaos, like this father pushing his daughter down a manhole for safety. others calling loved ones for the last good-bye. this lucky family had a house with a world war ii bunker. >> the part that made me panic was the part at that said this is not a drill. >> it will be a two-person. the application is selected, there will be two people there watching. >> reporter: the congresswoman who first tweeted that this was all a false alarm had these harsh words. >> it's epic failure of leadership. it's unacceptable that it went

out in the first place, but the fact that it took so long for them to put out that second message to allay fears that this was a mistake, a false alarm is something that has to be fixed with people held accountable. >> reporter: the fcc which helps manage the emergency alert system launching its own investigation, saying the government of hawaii did not have reasonable safeguards to prevent the transmission of a false alert. we went inside the building that monitors incoming threats and alerts across the islands. >> this thing yesterday was, was a big mistake on our part. and i want to make sure that we work to get the credibility back. >> reporter: and there are questions about whether the federal government is ready for the real thing. a white house official telling abc news the trump administration has yet to test formal response plans in the event of a nuclear missile attack on the united states. and now we're learning why it took 38 minutes to let the people of hawaii know this was a false alarm.

the application that would have told them that was not loaded into the computer. and it took those 38 minutes to get it done. jim avila, abc news. >> north and south korea have met again for a second round of talks. this time to work out details of a planned visit for a north korean art troupe. kim jong un has agreed to send it to the olympics next month. the north criticized the south korean president for giving president trump credit for getting the rival countries to hold talks. at least one person is dead after a huge earthquake hit off peru's pacific coast. it measured 7.1. it toppled adobe homes in small rural towns along the coast injuring dozens of people. there was some damage in communities that pope francis is scheduled to visit this week. so far he's not planning any changes to his eye continitiner.

and arctic temperatures are back in the northeast. this was the scene in vermont. about six miles from the canadaen border. temperatures are below freezing from northern florida all the way up north. and a new alberta clipper storm sweeps in over the womorning bringing light snow. we have new accounts of terrifying moments on board that flight in turkey. >> one passenger says the flight swerved after landing and stopped short just before hitting the water. are your there it is, seen in drone footage you almost can't believe. a boeing 737 passenger jet stuck halfway down an it cliff's edge in turkey, noise down, dangling there a few feet from the black sea.

the pegasus airlines had skidded over that cliff. inside a baby crying, cell phone video showing 168 passengers and crew evacuating quickly. many passengers spoke of panic in the plane during the incident. fire crews pumped water on the plane, a few plumes of smoke could be seen. crews began the difficult task of lifting the jet back up the slope. and this image, that plane just hanging there, flashed across the world. investigators will now try to determine how and why that plane left the runway. some reports suggesting it might have hit a bird or even an animal. but passengers are saying it's a miracle they all made it out alive and unharmed. terry moran, abc news, london. >> and one muir note aboore not hot said the right engine suddenly spid up for no reason. and there are many passengers

who back up that account. >> i can't even imagine being on that plane. more news ahead including the manhunt for a driver who hit a police officer in time's square before speeding off. and later in the mix, tired of working on land? try out to be a mermaid. >> under the say. >> under the say. >> under the say. >> under the sea are so overwhelming, they can send you... ...and your family running. introducing febreze one for fabric and air. no aerosols. no dyes. no heavy perfumes. it cleans away odors for a pure light freshness... so you can spray and stay. febreze one, breathe happy.

. it's hard to tell, but that's actually a casino boat with dozens of people on board. as it goes up in flames, some passengers jumped into the 60 degree waters north of tampa. everyone made it to the shore. more than a dozen had to go to the hospital. the boat takes passengers to a casino ship that by law operates offshore. the captain turned the vessel around after realizing it had engine trouble. authorities are trying to determine exactly what went wrong. and a new york police officer is recovering after injuries he sofred in times -- suffered in times square. a driver took off and ran the

officer down in the process. other cops chased that car on foot, but the drivers went off in several directions. >> police investigation is under way. the recovering officer reportedly suffered injuries to his legs and his back. and there's new video from those moments after that major jewelry heist in paris. that's said to be one of the suspects escaping. oh, wow, on a scooter. three suspects are in custody, but two others are on the run right now. police have recovered all the merchandise stolen, worth more than $5 million. and how would you like a fast, environmentally-friendly car that you can just toss in the fireplace when you're done with it? >> so in western canada is home to the fast els log car, the cedar rocket. it is combined with parts from a mazda sports car.

>> it's an electric vehicle. it was too complicated to make it run on gas. it can travel at nearly 50 miles per hour. >> 5-0. ? >> we got this! >> it goes 0-50 in five minutes. i want to be inside your head right now. i don't, okay. coming up, the saints player who wants to hide his head in the sand. he missed the tackle at the end of the game that's being called a miracle, but was it really so miraculous? sports is next on "world news now," as you try to recover lyrics: ooh-oo child lyrics: thing's are gonna get easier. lyrics: ooh-oo child,

lyrics: things'll get brighter. lyrics: ooh-oo child lyrics: thing's are gonna get easier. lyrics: ooh-oo child, lyrics: things'll get brighter.

♪ so, i was thinking last night was the sort of night where you kind of feel sorry for people who don't like football. >> yeah.

>> because holy crap. that was an ending in minnesota. >> nfc and afc championships are set, and what a game for the fourth and final divisional playoff. the viking horn was blowing in minneapolis, minnesota, also the site of the super bowl by the way, the vikings found the hole for the first score of the game. >> then the home team followed that up with another score. and for quarterback case keenum, celebration here. he brings back the mannequin challenge. oh, not bad. >> i like it. >> somebody didn't tell number 61. >> the saints come back after a punt. that left drew brees to find cameron for another score. brees marches down the field. that sets them up for a field goal. half a minute left. the saints take the lead with this kick. >> yeah. >> and now just 14 seconds left

in the goes long ball. stepan diggs is a lucky man right now, running it as the clock runs out. he didn't even know how to celebrate. >>he wasn't planning on it. >> the minnesota miracle. >> so the team -- >> score! >> was clearly in shock. the stadium's in shock. the saints are in shock, but the vikings team twitter account responded to that play, what on the world just happened? >> they couldn't even get the grammar right. >> trying to figure it out. but, a big congratulations to the vikings. >> this is where they are hosting the super bowl bowl has gotten in the playoffs yet. >> is that so? >> could be a home team there in the playoffs. >> pretty cool. >> in the super bowl. next we head to steeler country,

how did that work out? >> jack! >> and the jaguars are -- >> looking forward to the pro bowl. >> the jaguars stunned the crowd scoring three touchdowns in the first quarter. and his first of fived td pass. big ben tried his best. check out this pass. >> the jaguars kept the pressure on. roethlisberger here made some big plays, he's a big man. but that back court pass to bell for another touchdown. >> love it. >> backwards. look at that. smooth. the steelers then executed a terrible on-sidekick. >> whoops. >> jack, you don't want to watch this part. >> the jaguars' winning field goal, making it out of reach for

pittsburg pittsburgh, 45-42. >> at least they're not going to go on and get beaten by the patriots. >> jacksonville's first afc championship game since 1999. meanwhile, this will be the patriots' seventh straight championship game. both games are on sunday. >> hi guys. it's barely lunch time in australia and it's already been a horrible day for the americans playing in the aussie tournament. >> venus williams was just beat by a swiss player. and sloane stephens was defeated in the first round. she and williams will have their next shot at a major in may at the french open. finally, an embarrassing moment for a the player who decided to play one on one with a police officer. >> ooh!

that's some fake moves. ah, the kids are just, they just ran out. that was so smooth.

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♪ time for the monday mix. and this video speaks for itself. >> we're going to start things off over in the uk where a british butcher got locked in a freezer and was rescued by an unusual source. here he is, demonstrating how he walked into the freezer, and suddenly the door closed and what did he find? >> a sausage. >> yep, black pudding to be specific. on nearly three and a half-pound sausage. there is an emergency button on the freezer, but it was frozen. so he used the sausage to bang his way out of the freezer. in other words, the sausage saved his bacon. >> oh, ho, ho. you nailed that one. >> i was trying to get us back

on track. >> the visuals of it. >> let's move on, quickly. >> banged his way out. [ boing noise ] >> nailed it. first -- [ laughter ] >> must have been a good freezer, though, you know? >> had the locker frozen. that's a good freezer. >> my first day back, they're trying to make me -- >> let's have that effect again. >> let's move on to something wholesome and everything that sh go -- is good with america. >> mermaids. mermaids. >> 250 mermaids auditioned over the weekend. you've heard this one of about. for real, this is for like a park in florida. the weeki wachee spring state park. this couldn't be anymore wholesome than the previous

story. so this is something they do. probably about 40 pass the three-phase audition process. but it's kind of cool. it's for the show that debuted back in 1947. in the weeki wachee springs state park. >> whoa, whoa. >> oh, hey, there. you get the part, kendis gibson! >> here you come. >> it's a merman. >> let's go to a houston highway where the scene was a little different than your typical highway chase that we see in l.a. all the time. here it is. that is a remote control car on the highway, doing the same speed as the actual car driving. >> that's really -- >> go little car, go! >> you can hear some of the cackles. some people clearly have not let go of that sausage. [

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this morning on "world news now." wild weather, a brief winter thaw is causing some big problems, ice jams and flooding. plus the arctic blast is causing treacherous driving conditions for many out there. we have the latest forecast just ahead. and a flat denial from president trump, insisting overnight that he is not a racist. the denial comes following the political uproar of the racially-charged comments during the meeting on immigration. and how a car ended up lodged in the second floor of a building. >> new video shows the car speeding and then going airborne. the latest on the investigation. >> whoa. and heavy lies the head that wears the crown. queen elizabeth get the candid opening up about the crown jewels and the dangers of wearing them.

also hear the secret hiding place even she just learned for the first time. that's coming up in the skinny on this monday, january 15th. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> she's staring at it as if she hasn't seen it in, you know. >> maybe it's been a while. >> it's been 60-plus years. they've locked that thing up. >> i'd be like this. >> this is mine. we're going to start this half hour with the winter storm moving over the u.s. >> temperatures are below freezing all the way down to the central gulf coast. snow is falling around the great lakes and as far south as st. louis and the clipper is of mo moving all the way to the east. sbl b >> but it's the frigid cold. >> reporter: from maine to connecticut. another round of brutal sub-freezing temperatures.

the thaw creating ice jams, causing this river to spill over. these cars stuck and submerged. in kent, the overflow wreaking havoc at this school. the base of that score board encased in at least four feet of frozen flood waters. this soccer field now an ice rink. in vermont, icy water lurching down the river, turning six and a half-miles of route 78 into a sheet of ice. this drone video showing the arctic seen in new york. jason corbin driving right into this treacherous stretch of the parkway. >> i thought i'd be able to go through. >> reporter: climbing onto the roof of his sunken truck, documenting his way to be rescued on facebook. >> guys, when you see a lot of water, do not go through it. >> reporter: there are still plenty of ice jams. the floodwaters are receding,

anywhere there's ice on the roads it's not expected to go anywhere anytime soon, erielle reshef, connecticut. and there's more ice on the way for connecticut and the rest of the east. >> the cold temperatures are being followed by snow from a fast-moving storm. rob marciano has the forecast. >> reporter: that is the flash freeze we were talking about with the extreme drop in temperatures, and we're not going to warm up the next 24 hours. so the frozen flood will remain. look at these temperatures, below freezing all the way to the gulf coast. snow in chicago on the increase, anywhere from two to four inches. three to six in milwaukee, one to two in indianapolis and detroit. and this presses off to the east. look at texas.f texas. san antonio to austin. could see significant icing during the day on tuesday and

then snow getting into the i-95 corridor. >> very unusual for that forecast in san antonio and austin. president trump was asked again if he is a racist, and this time he answered the question, telling reporters that he is not. two republican senators who were in the oval office meeting during the immigration session are backtracking a little bit on their initial statement, now calling for reports of vile statements a gross misrepresentation. last night, a spokesman for dick durbin, the lone democrat in the room accused republican senators of changing their stories. david wright with more. >> reporter: a war of words over the president's words. several republicans who were there in the room for that oval office meeting on immigration reform now dispute that trump ever uttered the vulgar epithet attributed to him. >> i'm telling you, he did not use that word, george. >> i didn't hear it, and i was sitting no further away from donald trump than dick durbin was. >> reporter: senator durbin was the only democrat present. he tells a different story. >> he said these things.

and he said them repeatedly. >> it made me sad. it made me cry. >> reporter: congressman john lewis made it clear who he believes. >> do you think president trump is a racist? >> i think he is a racist. >> no. no, i'm not a racist. i am the least racist person you have ever interviewed. that i can tell you. >> reporter: at his florida golf course, trump denied he ever made any offensive remarks at that closed-door meeting. >> did you see what various senators in the room said about my language? >> reporter: the vulgar language isn't the only thing he takes issue with. there's also this quote from an interview with the wall street journal. >> i probably have a very good relationship with kim jong un. i have relationships with people. i think you people are surprised. >> reporter: the white house now accuses the journal of misquoting the president as saying he has a good relationship with kim jong un. insisting he was speaking

hypothetically. trump called it fake news. listen again. >> i probably have a very good relationship with kim jong un. i have relationships with people. i think you people are surprised. >> reporter: the president heads back to washington monday and faces the threat of a government shutdown and a continued fight on immigration reform, and the democrats are likely to lick those two issues. they want concessions on immigration or else they won't fund a temporary funding measure. david wright, abc news. west palm beach. and north and south korea sat down for a second time this week. they discussed the north korean art troupe that will be heading across the border to the olympics next month. the meeting went on despite a veiled threat by the north to pull out of the games because the south korean president gave

trump credit for getting the two sides to talks. and new procedures are in place to avoid an epic repeat of the panic on saturday morning. the veteran technician who mistakenly sent the alarm has been removed from the state's command center. two people are now required to send any future alert and emergency officials have made it easier to cancel a false alarm. they've been criticized, because it took 38 minutes to correct this mistake, even though they knew there was no incoming missile within three minutes of saturday's alert. it's now a recovery effort following the deadly mudslides in southern california. the death toll is up to 20 people. and at least four are still missing. nearly 300 buildings were damaged or destroyed by the mud and debris. it could be several weeks before the freeway there, the 101 is reopened. a two-mile stretch of the road

was expected to be ready for traffic today, but clearing it has been very slow going. eight months after being released from prison, former soldier chelsea manning has launched a bid for the u.s. senate. and posted a video saying we need someone to fight. president obama granted manning clemency after she served part of a sentence for leaking documents. known as bradley manning before coming out as transgender, she just turned 30, the minimum age to be a senator. she's running as a democrat from maryland. on this martin luther king holiday, a texas fifth grader is doing her part to bring action to his words. >> she used his words to call on her fellow students to fight social injustice. she took the top prize at a speaking competition in houston. she fought a case of nerves to speak out for children fighting poverty. >> i believe all of these children who are joining hands are not hungry, have had a good night's sleep and a decent home and have received the best education and the best health care, then it they will be able

to say that dr. king's dream has really come true. >> wow, watch her go. her speech was inspired by the homeless people she sees every day as she heads to school. she said dr. king would be disappointed in america's efforts to help the poor. fifth grade, she's got to be 10, 11 years old? >> yeah. >> i'm worried about my job. you stay in school. okay? >> congrats to her. coming up, the gender pay gap in hollywood and michelle williams speaking out after it was revealed that mark wahlberg got paid a whole lot more than she did to reshoot a movie. the movie scene so many of us loved. hugh grant jumping from room to room. something, one way of describing it. the movie "love actually." find out why he didn't want to shoot this scene as we look at the forecast. ♪ jump in

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typical scene from orange county, california. looks like it could have been created by bo and luke duke from the "dukes of hazzard," doesn't it? that's a car lodged in a dentist's office on the second floor of that building. >> surveillance video shows the car come across the road, hit a median and launch into the air. two people in the car. >> ooh, missed the bus. >> just misses a car and just misses a bus in the other direction before plowing into the office. luckily, it was a dentist's office at nighttime. >> the driver is suspected of driving under the influence of drugs. >> is that why the car was so high? >> he was late for an appointment. >> he was late for an appointment. >> is that why the car was so high. >> it went -- >> it did. >> second story. so michelle williams is breaking her silence after she was paid a lot less than mark wahlberg for the reshoots for

"all the money in the world." >> mark wahlberg announced he would be donating the $1.5 million paycheck to the time's up organization. here's abc's marci gonzalez with the details. >> reporter: michelle williams applauding mark wahlberg for donating his reshoot fee after that pay controversy. >> how much would you pay to release your grandson? >> nothing. >> reporter: while williams did the same, for just $80 a day. >> is this a joke? >> reporter: reportedly unaware of her co-star's earnings. >> he said not only would i, but i'll give you back my salary if that would help. >> reporter: now writing in a statement, the most powerful men in charge, they listened and they acted. if we truly envision an equal world, it takes equal effort and sacrifice. wahlberg donating his entire reshoot fee to the time's up legal defense fund in michelle williams' name.

"saturday night live" calling out wahlberg during a skit. >> it would be so cool if it didn't take a week-long public shaming to do the right thing. >> reporter: the talent agency which represents both actors and brokered their deals donated another $500,000 to time's up. >> i think women are going to start playing a tougher game and expecting more from their agents. >> reporter: and williams says she shares the credit with everyone who stood up for her. marci gonzalez, abc news, hollywood. >> wahlberg is like worth $68 million. i'm saying, he can spare 1.5. it's great. >> i'll take any money you want to spare if you want to hand it over by the way. >> we have a pay equity problem here. she gets paid more than i do. >> i'll take whatever you want to give me. when we come back, time's up for this.

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♪ skinny ♪ so skinny bow down for the queen. no, not beyonce, the queen. who has just given the closest thing ever to an actual interview. >> hmm. >> and we're learning some surprising things in the documentary. the coronation. >> that's right. watch as queen elizabeth sets her eyes on the st. edward's crown for the first time since 1953. she then decides to get a little test. pick it up a little bit. >> it is heavy, yes, it is. it weighs a ton. it's very solid, isn't it? and it is impossible to tell which is front and back, i suppose. and you can't look down to read the speech. you have to take the speech up. because if you did, your neck would break. it would fall off. so there are some disadvantages

to crowns. >> there you go. >> there are some disadvantages to crowns. so the crown weighs more than four pounds there. the queen learned something new during that interview. during world war ii, the crown jewels were buried near windsor castle in a cookie tin to prevent it from falling into nazi hands. >> aka, if we had been there, weigh wouwe would have found it right away. we're here to get the jewels, oh, i just want a cookie. over to saturday night live where things got political. and the show got some help from former cast members. fred armisen was back to play michael wolff, the author of "fire and fury." >> and bill murray stopping by with a wig, multiple collared shirts, very much looking like the former chief strategist there. take a listen. >> you took the biggest long shot in history, and you got him

elected president and unleashed this monster of biblical proportions on the universe. >> michael wolff, that's the sweetest thing anyone's ever said to me. >> so murray as the bannon cannon says he's working on a line of skin care products as well as wrinkled barn jackets for guys. >> lots of collars. it might be the best dance scene of all time. >> "saturday night fever." >> that was a good one. >> "dirty dancing"? >> that's a really good one. hugh grant in "love actually", where he lets loose at 10 downing listening to the pointer sisters' "jump." turns out he didn't want to do the scene. >> why not?

>> apparently, there was a technical issue, he said. he didn't understand how he started off listening to the radio in his bedroom and goes dancing through the whole place. he says i wouldn't be able to hear the music anymore. >> surround sound speakers? when he pointed it out, his directors just said, don't worry, it's the film world. >> some are pointing out the whole thing could have been fixed with a pair of ear buds. >> there is that. it wasn't that long ago. didn't we have like -- >> surround sound? >> yeah, in every room of 10 downing? >> of course he didn't have to be listening on a little boom box. next time we'll be here. and finally, an actor who clearly keeps his word. david harber plays a police chief on "stranger things." when a high school student asked how many retweets she would need for harber to take her school pictures he played along setting the bar 25,000. guess what. 25,000. she did it, and here they are posing for the pictures.

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♪ so, from d.c. to ice jams, cops who love donuts, and the iconic sports caster we lost. >> it was a busy weekend. here now our weekend rewind. >> republicans and democrats are weighing in on the reports of the president using profane and disparaging language while describing countries that send us immigrants. including hit haiti and many african nations. >> he said these hate-filled things, and he said them repeatedly. >> i didn't hear them, and i was sitting no further away than dick durbin was. >> there are hazards everywhere. aside from this quicksand-like

mud, i want you to hear that. that's a gas pipe that ruptured and as astonishing as that, it's still going. >> rising temperatures, relentless rain causing flooding and overtaking roadways. showing what an ice jam can do. >> and in new york, an investigation into a police officer who really likes donuts. sorry, we had to. this kind of doughnut. a driver waiting at a red light caught the whole thing on camera. the officer was in an empty, snowy parking lot. an internal review is under way. >> we are, this morning, celebrating the life of the legendary sportscaster keith jackson known for the catch phrase "whoa nellie." he was also known for being the voice of college football. the he pe he spent more than 50 years as a sports caster.

most of the years he reported for abc sports. he spanned four world series and ten olympics. he was 89 years old. >> sideline, touchdown! unbelievable! vikings win it! >> we've got a group of fighters, you know, guys who fight to the end. >> oprah, are you running? >> well, i am a celebrity, so i'm qualified. but i'm different from donald trump, because i'm actually a billionaire. so who knows. i mean, there's only one job in the world more powerful than being president. >> and what's that? >> being oprah! >> "morning joe" crew on snl seemed to be happy about that. >> they were hoping it was favorite things, and then it wasn't. it was oprah's campaign speech. don't miss on updates on wnnfans.com. >> you get a vote, and you get a vote. everybody gets

making news in america this morning -- president trump defending himself against accusations that he's race is. >> i am the least racist person you have ever interviewed. >> the president's new response overnight after lawmakers say he used vulgar comments to describe haiti and african countries. false alarm fallout. new details about the missile scare in hawaii. how did the emergency alert get sent out. and why it took more than 40 minutes for a correction. man overboard. a boat crew scrambling after a sailor gets launched into the sea during a race. the dramatic rescue caught on camera. and creative escape. the butcher who credits a frozen sausage with saving his life. miracle in