historians think this time of year was chosen but flowers would be in bloom. >> we want to thank you for joining us, and we thank our veterans for their selfless service to our country. >> i'm in today for shepard something i. we begin with a mass murder in california. word the attacker's parent raced to the scene to try to stop their son. too late. in colorado, desperate moments after an enormous mudslide came roaring down with people in its path. today, search for survivors. the chocolate billionaire, the new president elect of ukraine but can the candy man calm the crisis? and even as he talks peace, word of new air strikes in the region. also, honoring america's military veterans. one soldier asking vets to tell the stories of the flags they

carried into battle. that's all ahead on the memorial day edition of "shepard smith reporting." the parents of the killer behind the mass murder in california knew something bad was bat to hap but as they raced to santa barbara to stop their son they heard on the radio the shooting started. a friend of the family says the killer, eliot rodger, e-mail his plans to his therapist. that therapist tipped off rodger's parents. police say he slashed his roommates in hit apartment before he unleashed his terror. investigators say he killed six people, injuring more than a dozen, and then shot himself in the head. he called it's day retribution in the rambling manifesto which goes on for 140 pages, writing about his loneliness and anger at women

because he was 22-year-old woman. he wrote he would take great pleasure slaughtering women and the men they dated instead of him. >> girls are not worth like his time or something along the lines of that, and had a really negative attitude towards girls. >> the killer's behavior raised red flags long before this. police interviewed him actually back in april, after his mom saw disturbing videos he posted to the web site youtube. officers say they interviewed him at the time but said he came across as shy and polite. not a would-be killer. claudia cowen is live in isla vista, california. >> this is a community in mourning. residents here in isla vista have now had a few days to digest the overing event -- horrifying events of friday night. many leaving flowers the crime scenes, including this one, the

sorority house where two young women were killed. blocks from here 200 people gathered for a memorial service at a church, including many college students. the pack of the church, posters with pictures of the victim as well as one of the shooter in his sermon, father don says in these bad times he sees the best in people. >> people who are here tonight, students will rise above this and somehow find meaning through tragedy. this doesn't mean the end of happiness. it doesn't mean that you have to simply shut down emotionally. >> the six innocent students who died ranged in age from 19 to 22. they were all from california. five others who were wounded friday night remain hospitalized but we're told they're expected to survive. >> i know a lot of the focus has been on the women that died in

this but there were also young men who died as well. you know, in all honesty, that's my alma mater so i have followed this story in a different way, and i know there are things planned for tomorrow. >> that's interesting you mention that. i actually went to ucsb as well and lived here in a sorority house in isla vista, and hits close to home. classes are canceled for tomorrow on campus, the chancellor saying the day should be one of healing and reflection as well a memorial service to honor the victims will be held at the university's stadium, and attendance is expected to be quite large. back to you. >> cloud ya, cowen, we share that and so many people share in this tragedy unfortunately as well. thank you very much. joining me now, trinity taylor, a junior at uc santa barbara who witnessed the shooting and helped a victim to safety. are you with is. >> hi. >> eye know your journey has been intense.

i understand you were inside your parent just off campus, heard something. did you know what it was? >> no, i didn't. what i thought was potentially fireworks, so when i looked out i ran to my balcony and looked out and then when i looked below me i saw people running. and then i started to think, this is gunshots. >> wow. you were up on a balcony, what did you do? >> well, i was looking below me and i saw people running every direction, and then that's when i caught the girl who had been shot on the bike, and everyone kept running past her. and it made me feel really antsy and i was also upset everyone kept running past this girl who was clearly hurt, and at that point i ran down my stairs to

help the girl. >> what did it look like? >> could i tell she was injured and she had makeup streaming down her face so she was very distraught and looked very injured. but i wasn't sure that she had been shot. i could tell that -- i could see what appeared to be some blood on her leg, and when i arrived to her she asked me if she had been shot, and i wasn't 100% positive she had beenot because the wounds were so mall. i didn't know what a gunshot looked like and there was blood there and i didn't know if it was her blood or what was going on. i just knew i had to get her to safety. >> at that moment, what are the options running through your head? you have to be thinking, also need to take cover. what did you do with this young woman? >> i think it was just an instinct, and i thought i would -- i was right below

7-eleven so i knew i had to get her into safety and 7-eleven was right there. so i grabbed her and trying to move her into the store and she was a little bit in shock and asking me questions while i was trying to get her there. >> you know, i shared with our audience moments ago, cloud ya cowen week both alumni from that college campus and we know how close knit that community is. a lot of people know each other. it's not a tremendously large university. are you hearing a lot more about eliot rodger today? >> no, haven't been hearing anything too much. but there's -- just locking out right now from my balcony i can see a little memorial with flowers and -- and people are there mourning everyone, just a day of mourning. >> tough day for you.

have you checked back with that person you helped save? >> um, no. i did find out it was one of my really good friend's friends. so that was odd to find out. but what happened after that was another guy came by as i was trying to get her into the 7-eleven, and he helped me, and that's when i made the 9-1-1 call, and 7-eleven opened their doors so we were able to get in there, and they directed us to the become of the 7-eleven. and that was when the fear i think really hit me. because i didn't know why they were directing us to the back of the 7-eleven, so i thought they were coming and i didn't know if they were going to come inside the building and shoot us or what was happening. but -- >> very frightening. >> we opened up the door to the bathroom and set the injured girl on there and the man helped

me get the rest of the way in, he took off his belt and wrapped it around her to apply pressure. >> so glad you made it through and the young woman you helped save. others didn't. they're in our prayers. we appreciate your first-person condition of this. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> on this memorial day as we remember the men and women who died serving our nation, officials are doling with the growing investigation involving more than two dozen va fa sills and now the obama administration is reporting it will let more vets get private cared. the department of veterans affairs wrote each of our facilities is enhancing clinic capacity, and where we cannot increase capacity, increasing the care through nonva care. those republicans and democrats have called on the va to let private hospitals get more involved. all comes after reports, as you probably know by now, of coverups at some facilities,

including one where at least 40 veteran us may have died while waiting for medical treatment. president obama talked about the controversy today. >> we must do more to keep faith with our veterans and their families and ensure they get the care and benefits and opportunities they have earned and they dough serve. -- they deserve. these americans have done their duty. they ask nothing more than our country does ours. now and for decades to come. >> lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say the president could do more by dumping eric shen -- shinseki. >> is this new? >> no. the announcement by secretary shinseki came on a sat saturday of a holy o -- holiday weekend. the va already has the ability

to send veterans to private doctors. the va assistant departmentty undersecretary for health confirmed as much. >> does the va have every legal authority it needs to pay for a veteran's whose care is delayed to receive care outside of the va system? >> to my knowledge, sir, yes. >> the va said it spent $4.8 billion or 10% of its overall health costs at nonva hospitals last year, and from 2008 to 2013, outpatient visits to private doctors grew by 72%. the question is, why weren't more veterans informed about their right to see a private doctor if the va couldn't see them? >> i know the inspector general is looking into this. what about the attorney general, eric holder, anymore talk about him actually looking into this? >> well, some democrats started calling for attorney general eric holder to investigate. what could amount to not just the scandal but a crime.

>> i've urged secretary shinseki privately and in fact publicly to request and involve the department of justice. >> for the first time since the va scandal broke, vice-president joe biden speaking to verns at the and a half on -- naval observatory, addressed the scandal. >> that is a sacred obligation, and we're behind right now. the va is having problems. and we got to get to the bottom of it. we got to get to the bottom of it. >> the president and vice-president, along with the chairman of the joint chiefs, are still backing secretary shinseki. >> president obama is back in d.c. now after the unannounced trip to afghanistan to visit our troops. a look at his comments about the future of american forces there. we want to know, who are you remembering this memorial day? let us know on shepard smith's

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>> the president then gave a solemn speech honoring what he called patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. president obama returned to the is this morning after a surprise stop in afghanistan. he used that trip to address the future of fighting there and what he says has become america's longest war. the president says the drawdown of american troops will bring the war to, quote, responsible end, unquote, but not all american forces will be leaving soon. what more do we know about the number of troops? there's something coming on wednesday from the white house. >> on wednesday the president will address west point graduates, commentment address at west point, and lay out a foreign policy agenda. aides say it will involve the u.s. using all the tools at our disposal. we expect as many as 10,000 u.s. service men and women will remain in afghanistan to continue training afghan forcess

and lead counterterrorism missions. that's a third of what is there now. the goal is to keep afghanistan from slipping back into the control of the taliban. the president met with top military commanders at bagram. he said he is upbeat about the reports on the progress of training afghan soldiers. later he said he is optimistic about an agreement to keep a limited military presence in the country. >> with that bilateral security agreement, assume can it is signed, we can plan for a limited military prepares in afghanistan beyond 2014, because after all the sacrifices we made we want to preserve the gains that you have helped to win. >> both of the candidates in next month's runoff election have promised to -- the deal that hamid karzai backed out of. the front runner in the race for

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the man who will lead ukraine says he is ready to deal with russia. but he had some very tough words from to the pro-russian rebels. early result shows he won the election. he is a billionaire making his fortune from the chocolate industry. he supports strong ties with europe and wants to meet with

russian officials. they say they're ready to do the same but the new leader says he will not negotiate with pro-russian rebels. >> they're just terror, that's the case, and if you expect they will find out the support of these people, no way. no chance. >> secretary of state john kerry today congratulated ukraine on the election, saying it shows the ukrainian people want to live in a democracy in a peaceful country. the president-elect says his first act will be to visit eastern ukraine where the deadly fighting has been raging for months. we saw a new attack today at an airport. smoke rising from the airport in donetsk after an air strike. officials closed the airport, canceled flights but say the rebels are not in control. former state department senior adviser is here now.

the author hoff the book "smart power: between diplomacy and war." first question for you has to do with the new elected president and what he said about the pro-russian rebels. is it that simple? >> the ukrainian military has had mixed results and actually poor results in operations against pro-russian rebels, especially at the away. it's unclear if the rebels regrouped and are running the airport but it's wise to say he won't negotiate with them directly but vladimir putin will decide what degree of unrest is occurring. >> over the last few months, people going to the polls for different reasons. why is this different with this man? >> well, this is the first time ukrainian people have spoken

since they deposed the pro-russian, some might say puppet, that was in power before honed and it was a pretty big mandate. wasn't just one candidate that poroshenko was up against and he won 55%. the final results are not certified. but he won an outright majority so it's a pretty clear voice he will have in mandate from the ukrainian people, should should give him a fair amount of slack and leeway. >> i would imagine that wider europe has been watching this, very nervous over the last few months, but for america, what does this mean? >> well, it means we have a willing partner if we're willing to sort of accept one in ukraine. the problem is we have not really come up with a coherent policy. we head made life difficult for a few friends of putin. targeted sanctions that prevent them from visiting the united states, even though they never would have. but we have not developed a clear political response, something that, like the cold

war where we made clear we stood for freedom and democracy and so did our partners, and explaining that putin stands for misery and oppression, and not just for people outside of ukraine. actually, within his own country, explaining that to russians again as we did during the cold war. things we haven't done. >> it seems like that would be a simple narrative. i wondered why that hasn't happened. >> part of it is this obama administration's unwillingness to say that we are not morally equivalent to countries like russia. to say that, for example, even russian speakers outside of russia, russian outside of russian, have it better under ukraine's government, more rights than under putin. but we approach the world as if we're on a moral equivalent with the bad guys. that's been reinforced unfortunately snowden. we need president or presidential candidate to come and say, we're not perfect but we do stand for freedom and democracy and we're better than people like putin.

>> christian whiten, thank you for joining us on this memorial day. >> thank you. >> coast guard teams showing how they perform search and rescue missions with a demonstration right here in new york city you. can't take your eyes off the screen. and to d.c. where the national memorial day parade began just about an hour ago. but hundreds of active duty service members marching. it starts with little things. tiny changes in the brain.

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>> it's what the day is about. as americans we will not forget the sacrifice for fallen soldier is around the globe in manhattan thousands of memorial ribbons were tied to a fence. gold represents troops killed in afghanistan. green, prayers for peace, and the blue ribbons for the people of afghanistan.

and the national memorial day is underway in d.c. veterans from every war since world war ii-taking part, and leading the way, 98-year-old retired lieutenant colonel richmond cole, serving as the copilot during the doolittle attack. we have fox team coverage. lea gabrielle is live in new york city but first to peter on the national mall. what is does the lieutenant colonel say about the parade. >> he is a real american hero. he, as you just said, copilotted the first big raid on the japanese home islands in 1942. he is now 98 years old. he is here today. got as firm a handshake as anybody that you will ever meet, and he said it's uncomfortable for him to get an individual accolade like being named the grand marshal of this parade, but he says he is here to honor all the world war ii veterans

who could not be. >> i don't know but -- it's a bittersweet trip i'm. i'm here but i can't -- there are guys that should be here, too. >> members of all branches of the armed forces are here today at the parade. not just the parade. a block away in the shadow of the washington monument one afghan war veteran is writing the namessed of every single -- by memory. one main theme and that is just saying thank you to everyone who paid the ultimate price for our redom. >> that is cool video showing them put that together. thank you very much an amazing week here in new york city. armed forces day last weekend, and then fleet week, giving

military men and women a chance to explore the big apple and gives us a chance to show how much we appreciate that. today the u.s. coast guard dome machine straighted how it carries another missions. lea gabrielle is right in the middle of the demonstration. >> we were on a 45-foot coast guard patrol boat in the middle of this as the demonstration was happening. we could feel the prop wash from the helicopter. it was like hurricane force winds. gave the crew an appreciation what they rescue swimmers have to deal with in the water. the rescue swimmers jumped from 15-foot hover and dolphin helicopter. now, once you reach the victim in the water, he popped a smoke bomb and then a flare to help mark the spot. and then the helicopter hovered

overhead and hoisted q swimmer and the victim into the helicopter. >> the coast guardu the smallest of all the military branches and the only one that falls win the department of home lean security. so it's important for the public to learn about our mission and who we are. >> today is a beautiful day but the coast guard executes these missions day and night, and sometimes in some pretty extreme conditions on the water, and as a pilot i know what it's like flying around on the water at night. sometimes you can't tell the sky from the sea. so very challenging work they do and something we should all appreciate. >> your work as a pilot is from being a veteran. thank you for your service, lea, and i know this day has a special meaning to you as well. >> you know, harris, it does. today i'm reflecking on the friends i served with and those who i lost when they were serving, both in training and combat. and i'd like to take a moore to honor one of my closest friendss

from flight school nathan white. he was killed in a mission over iraq in 2003. actually shot down by friendly fire. nate was married to a beautiful woman and passes his legacy on with this three children. he was an incredible pilot, honorable person and a true friend so i'm thinking about him. >> we asked our viewers to tell white us who they're thinking about. >> searching for survivors after a wall of mud roared down a mountain. the mudslide said to be roughly four miles across, up to 250 feet deep in some spots. now the hunt for survivors. >> doctors set to start placing badly injured patients into suspended animation. how do they do that? does it work? we'll bring a doctor onboard the deck and ask. is the better choice for him,

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rescue teams in colorado are still looking for three men who reportedly went missing after a giant mudslide. now officials say there are concerns about another slide happening. this one yesterday near a town 40 meals of grand junction and 240 miles west of denver. sheriff officials say the slide covers an area two miles wide, four miles long. that's a big chunk of the earth. and they say the slide is also 250 feet deep in many places. the same as lake michigan. they say to call it massive would be an understatement. deputies say the area is very unstable and they're watching a gigantic mound of dirt they say could cause a new second mudslide to come down on top of the first one and it's in a remote area no buildings no major roads affected at this point. two major wildfires burns for days in two different parts of the ken tri. the first one in northern

arizona and it is fire danger period time of the year there. oak creek canyon, 20 miles south of flag staff. the area typically brings in tourists. so far the fire has not destroyed any homes but firefighters say hundreds of structures could still be in the path of this thing. crews are fighting the flames from the ground and the air. you can see that in the video. they say the fire is 25% contained. i have not seep rain -- seen rain in their forecast. >> this one is in alaska. mandatory evacuations where a wildfire has charred more than 240 square miles. about the size of the city of charlotte. hundreds of firefighters battling this. the national guard has sent two helicopters to help. the fire first broke out last week in the kenai peninsula, part of the wildlife refuge. investigators suspect the fire

was man-made. that's a heartbreaker. doctors in pittsburgh will try to save the lives of ten wounded patients using a method we have only seen in the movies, sci-fi. suspended an nation. the doctors are removing the patient's blood and replacing it with a cooling solution effectively slowing the body's functions to a halt. and buying time, really, for the doctors. dr. carol ash join us and is a board-certified general internist. you said you're a fan of this. why? >> can you imagine, you're the victim of a gunshot or knife wound, you arrive in the e.r. and bleed out and go into cardiac arrest and die before surgeons have time to find that pleading vessel and repair it. this new research, and the study on these ten individuals, is cooling the body to 50 degrees, and having real problems in you.

>> 50 degrees. that's hypothermia plus. wouldn't that kill you. >> that is severe cooling but actually already did a study in pigs and took pigs, some that they didn't do the procedure with and those they did, and 90% of the pigs they did the procedure with they saw the patient -- the pigs were saved and without much impacter, at opposed to the other pigs who all died. so it's promising. we already do use hypothermia in medicine after facials have cardiac arrest. >> but in that i don't think the body is cooled down. >> not that cool. 9 to 93, but this is severe, gives surgeons time to get in there and find the bleeding. so if you can just raise that a little bit and save a few more lives, can you imagine? >> i get that but you answered one of my questions.

they're not going leave you no suspended animation like in the sci-fi movies where they discover you 100 years later and everyone you know is gone. how long would this procedure last. >> only for a couple of hours because you're exactly right, it's severe cold, unlike the hypothermia we're already using. son-in-law a -- so only a couple of hours but that allows your body to preserve the use of oxygen and save neurological function. >> should this be something that people have a voice in? because you're basically prolonging life at that point in kind of a weird way. like post life. >> that's a really interesting question you pose and what the researchers did is had town meetings, because you can't give informed consent if you're arriving and having cpr. so id that ha town meetings and said would you want this if you had the option, and every single person in the community was able to send in a card saying i don't want this, and the haven't

received a single card. >> any downsides? what happens when you wake up. >> the downside is what type of neurologic impairment might you have when we resuscitate you. that's always a downside with any type of resuscitation. these types injuries, talking about the laceration of a vessel, so if you're able to get in and repair it and slow the body down, as they saw in these pigs, there was no impairment. so i this really works it's really dramatic. >> it's hard to check the pig's brain -- >> right. subtle things you may not be able to detect but the study did not see impairment. so imagine for soldiers, not just people back here on the home front. it could mean a lot. >> from car accidents to the battlefield. >> exactly. >> when might we see it? >> i would suspect -- if they have really good outcomes you might see it quickly. if youer going to start saving lives, anytime you have something that makes that type of impact you see the fda

clearing it quickly. >> dr. ash, thank you very much. american heroes sharing their stories of the flag they care evidence -- cared into -- carried into battle honestly, the off-season isn't really off for me. i've got a lot to do. that's why i got my surface. it's great for watching game film and drawing up plays. it's got onenote, so i can stay on top of my to-do list, which has been absolutely absurd since the big game. with skype, it's just really easy to stay in touch with the kids i work with. alright, russell you are good to go! alright, fellas. alright, russ. back to work!

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a special flag day tribute to our nation's heroes. >> if you're a veteran, please share your flag and your story on facebook, instagram, and twitter, and tag -- hash tag, the flag i carried. >> i have looked forward to this moment all day. retired first sergeant matt everson and fellow veterans will raise a flag they carried into battle, and retired first sergeant matt joins us now good. to see you. >> thank you very much for having me today. >> absolutely. so glad you're here, and such an important day for you to join us. i first want to talk a little bit about your background, black hawk down. we saw a clip from the him in but this day must have very special meaning to you. >> harris, it really does and it's for every soldier, not just for me. for everybody. it's the most joyful and the most sorrowful day combined.

so sad we grieve for all these young men and women that left is way too young, but we look around at all the freedom that we all enjoy every single moment of the day, not just in this country but all around the world and that's the greatest celebration we can have. but it is a wonderful day and we hope that everybody is enjoying the freedoms that so many have sacrificed for. >> we are blessed by the service of those who are still identifying and those who we have lost. i want to talk about hash tag the flag i cared. tell me about the campaign. >> a great campaign. thank you for asking. this is the bicentennial of the star spangled banner, and living here in baltimore, maryland, it's a pretty big deal. the folks at the star spangled banner house where mary pickers stowed the actual flag that was written about, we thought it would be a great day on flag

day, june 14th to invite veterans to come with family and friends to bring the flags they carried to war, of all conflicts. so we're pretty excited that we can celebrate our veterans, the army birthday, kick off this bicentennial, and most importantly, give the respect to our colors that our nation should. >> i know from just clicking on the hash tag and going to what people are saying, people are already leaving their stories. what are some that stick out in your mind? >> you know, every single one of the stories is as great as the next. whether it was the young man from afghanistan, whether it was the iraq, some vietnam friends, they're all just -- they're beyond fascinating and that's what we're just so hoping to capture. thousands is really what we're shooting for. thousands of stories of the

flags they carried. every flag that has been in battle and been back here, soldiers all have a story to tell. >> tell me your story. >> you know, i've got a couple. but you were very kind on the introduction to say that i inspired this movie "blackhawk down" and that's really not true. that's being too generous. i was one of the men that fought that day. but i've always remembered, that was the first time i win to battle, the first time i wore an american flag on my shoulder, on the battlefield, and the fact that i still have that here today that my daughter is gore to carry is fantastic. and the other is a flag i had in somalia and iraq that i kept with me my entire career that my wife had framed and it's hanging in our house in a great spot.

so those are probably my two simple stories. >> first sergeant matt everrersman, we showed the viewers the psa going before the campaign that you guys are kicking off. i just asked on twitter for everybody to give me their stories on this memorial day hash tag the flag i carried. >> thank you so much and hope you'll join us. >> absolutely. take care. >> thank you. >> and we will be right back. stay with us. help keep teeth clean and breath fresh with beneful healthy smile food. with special crunchy kibbles and great taste, it's a happy way to a healthy smile. beneful healthy smile food and snacks.

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turn and couldn't come back across the border. secretary of state john kerry talked to mexican officials about the marine last week. >> a dramatic statement about the lack of security in the australian parliament. >> the senator says he brought a fake stick of dynamite into the building. officials stop screening visitors because of budget cut. and five endangered white tiger cubs are the new stars at a zoo in austria. they're one month old and officials say they're doing fine. they say says rare for a tiger to have five cubs in a single litter. the one male cub was named after president obama. >> earlier in the hour we asked you, who are you remembering on this memorial day? and lillian has been monitoring your tweets and facebook posts

and they have been scrolling by. can we share some? >> cap says, today i think about how wonderful it would have been to have my father, don here to see his grandson. another twit follower says, my husband has send on a ballistic missile sub for 13 of his 22 years and my son is a weapons officer. >> okay. so that's facebook and twitter. let's go book to facebook. >> right here, my father-in-law, member of the greatest generation, paper argue born survivor, u.s. air force colonel retired, lift a warrior -- lived a warrior's life. miss him. >> keep them coming. thank you, lillian. on this day in 1864, president abraham lincoln formally established the montana territory. the united states had gained the area decades earlier as part thereof he louisiana purchase. lewis and clark were the first known settlers to explore the territory. montana wouldn't become a state

for another 25 years, but the u.s. officially got a new stretch of land 150 years ago today. thank you for sharing your stories on this memorial day via twitter and facebook. our thoughts and prayers to those we lost, and now neil cavuto. >> memorial day. barbecues. swimming pools, and the unofficial start of summer. but whatever happened to the recovery summer? >> we're spending more now this summer than we the summer of recovery. this summer you'll see even nor ripple effect out there. the pace on the ball is moving into it's highest gear here. >> remember that? the white house predicting up to a half million jobs would be created each month. that was back in 2010 when we were still digging out from the recession. guess what? we're still digging. welcome everyone. i'm in for neil cavuto, this is "your world." so, four years later and we're still close to zero percent growth. st