as the nation pauses to pay tribute to its war-dead, the military takes on the task of addressing the growing number of sexual assaults within the ranks. ♪ yes jesus loves me the bible tells me so ♪ the children of moore, oklahoma help to heal the nations ravaged town as president obama tours the town to survey the damage. >> as i said, aisle keep our word. >> reporter: a word to grab. some of the inspiring off beet commencement addresses to the class of 2013. >> money is not everything. wealth, it's a means to an end. >> what you are is the present. captioning funded by cbs this is the "cbs morning

this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, may 27th, 2013. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm alexis christoforous. it's memorial day when this nation stops to remember the troops who gave their lives in this country's service. for the fifth time president obama will honor the war-dead by placing a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at the arlington national cemetery. earlier this month the pentagon estimated there were as many as 26,000 military members sexually assaulted last year, an increase over the 19,000 estimate assaults in 2011. and several recent incidents have added an emergency to the discussion. there are growing results. tara mergener in washington. good morning. >> good morning, alexis.

both president obama and the defense secretary addressed the issue in graduation ceremonies this week in saying sexual assaults undermine trust and discipline. and on capitol hill there are more cries now to protect military members. the obama administration made sexual assault crimes a front and center topic during speeches to the future leaders of the military this weekend. on friday president obama took up the issue at the naval academy graduation. >> we have to be determined to stop these crimes because they've got no place in the greatest military on earth. >> and saturday defense secretary chuck hagel delivered the same message to the army at the u.s. military academy. >> this scourge must be stamped out. we're all accountable and responsible for ensuring that this happens. we cannot fail the army or america. >> west point cadets have seen firsthand what sexual assault inflicts on personnel.

two weeks ago a first class sergeant michael mcclendon was charged with secretly filming female cadets in the showers at the bathroom. congress is also taking up the issue with legislation that would crack down on offenders and prohibit commanders from overturning sexual assault convictions. >> what has to happen here is legislation to ensure that we can take the reporting out of the chain of command. >> the bill would also punish military members found guilty of sexual assault with dismissal or a dishonorable discharge. >> commanders who allow this to continue to flourish, quite frankly, should be fired. >> a bipartisan group of female senators have announced plans to introduce a similar bill. and according to the pentagon, sexual assault in the military are up 35%, alexis, since 2010. >> tara mergener in washington this morning. thanks. floodwaters are beginning to drop in the san antonio, texas, area, but more rain threatens the region today. at least three people were

killed by the weekend flooding. on some roads the water was 10 feet high. san antonio recorded 9.8 inches of rain saturday. that's the second highest daily rainfall in history. president obama says the tornado destruction in moore, oklahoma, is, quote, pretty hard to comprehend. the president visited what was destruction a week ago. 24 people lost their lives when the massive storm destroyed some 12,000 homes. bigad shaban reports. >> reporter: students received a standing ovation and a public memorial service to honor last week's victims of the tornado. ♪ jesus loves me, yes, i know >> reporter: the teacher asked her students to play a singing game to drown out the sound of the tornado ripping through moore, oklahoma. >> debris started falling everywhere around us and then it turned black, and i don't remember for a while.

i just kept singing. ♪ we will rise >> reporter: through song and prayer, hundreds gathered for the emotional service. hours earlier president obama visited the hard hit town. >> letting everybody here know that you are not alone, that you've got folks behind you. >> reporter: the president toured plaza towers elementary school where seven students died. he asked americans to help moore rebuild. >> there's no doubt they're going to bounce back, but they need help. >> reporter: with entire neighborhoods wiped out here in moore, some residents worry how long it will take to rebuild. john and molly ring lost their home, and just a few miles away, so did their daughter. >> it's just awful because my two grandchildren live here, and there's nothing. >> reporter: the couple struggle to find anything they could recover. >> yeah. there's just nothing left. >> reporter: john and molly ended their search with just an empty suitcase, a few items for their grandkids, and a sense of loss they say they've never felt before.

bigad shaban, cbs news, moore, oklahoma. washington state officials say temporary bridges are expected to be in place across the skagit river within weeks. last thursday a truck with an oversized load clipped part of the interstate 5 bridge causing it to collapse. the bridge links one of the major travel corridors across the coast. a new permanent bridge is expected to be completed by autumn. a 17-year-old high school student will be arraigned tomorrow. he'll be charged in an alleged plot to carry out a deadly columbine-like attack at his high school in albany, oregon. when police searched grant acord's home, they discovers detailed plans. terrell brown has more. >> reporter: police say they found six bombs hidden in the floorboards of grant acord's bedroom. the district attorney said the 17-year-old had a plot to blow up his school.

>> which includes a plan, diagrams, maps of the school, weapons, explosives, check lists. >> reporter: an explosives team recovered pipe bombs, a napalm bomb, molotov cocktails, and a bomb made with drain cleaner that they say was modeled after the columbine high school shooting. >> this is a case where a person possessed several types of bombs as part of a larger plan to carry out assault on the occupants of west albany high school. >> reporter: police conducted two sweeps of the school and found no bombs. they declared the building safe. still nerves were rattled. >> you send your kids off to school and you think they're going to be safe. and then something like this happens, and i'm just thankful there was no school today. >> reporter: the plot was interrupted thursday night when the police received information. he's being held in a juvenile detention facility.

acord faces charges, including manufacturing and possessing a suspected device and attempted and aggravated more. he'll be arraigned on tuesday and will be charged as an adult. the district attorney said the court did not target a specific person or group and his motive is unknown. terrell brown, cbs news, new york. overseas, no one has claimed responsibility for two rockets fired into a hezbollah-controlled area of beirut. the rockets tore through an apartment and car dealership yesterday. four people were wounded. on saturdays he bow la's leader said the group had taken a side of the president in his battle against rebel forces. coming up on the "morning news," new trouble for rutgers university sports program. the newly named athletic director faces allegations of abuse from former players. this is the "cbs morning news." the "cbs morning news." capellas rough economic times have led to an increase in clinical depression. drug and alcohol abuse is up.

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roared through the nation's capitol sunday for the 26th annual rolling thunder ride for freedom. the event is aimed at bringing attention to prisoners of war and troops who are missing in action. it gets its name from a u.s. military operation during the vietnam war. ten people were injured during a nascar race at the charlotte motor speedway in north carolina. a nylon rope supporting an overhead camera fell onto the grandstands and landed on the track sunday. the camera did not come down. a fan said it all happened so fast. >> that camera that was coming around is right over us, right in the "d" section. and something snapped on it, the cable went down, and just about 15 seconds later is when the cars started coming around. >> there were no serious injuries. no drivers were hurt, but several cars were damaged, forcing a 30-minute delay until they could be repaired.

kevin harvick won the race, his second victory of the year. rutgers university's embattled athletics department is dealing with a new controversy this morning. the school's incoming athletic director hired to clean up the program is being accused of mistreating student athletes when she was a volleyball coach at the university of tennessee, and this latest black eye for the school has governor chris christie promising to get answers. >> it is a new day, it is already fixed, and there's no one that doesn't agree about how we treat young people with respect. >> julie hermann was introduced as rutgers's new athletic director earlier this month. she was hired away from the university of louisville to fix a troubled athletic department. in april men's basketball coach mike rice was fired after video surfaced showing him miss trooeting pltrooet ing players after practice.

soon after director tim pernetti also stepped down. >> we will no longer have any practice anywhere any time that anybody couldn't walk into and be pleased about what's going on in that environment. >> reporter: but now there are allegations hermanm miss trooeted players while she was the women's volleyball coach at the university of tennessee in the 1990s. the new "star-ledger" uncovered the letter. the mental cruelty as we as a team have suffered sun bearable, the players wrote, and they accused herman referring to them as whores, alcoholics, and learning disabled. hermann tells the newspaper she does not recall the letter. but during her time at the university of tennessee, she was involved in another situation. an assistant coach says she fired heinlein for getting pregnant. it was used as evidence in the trial. >> i hope it's good tonight. we don't want you coming back in february with a few surprises.

it would be hard to have a baby in there. >> reporter: a jury awarded heinlein $150,000. hermann was asked about the video during her news conference. >> there's a video? i'm sorry, there's a video? there's no video, trust me. >> rutgers officials say they knew about the lawsuit when they hired hermann. her former boss at the university of louisville says her treatment of players comes as a shock. attempts to contact her were unsuccessful. straight ahead, your monday morning weather. and giving back. the gesture of unity and support from the winner of this year's boston marathon. ♪ the joint is jumpin'

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game four is tuesday night. in baseball, the new york mets put a stop to atlanta's eight-game winning streak. in the seventh inning dan uggla puts the braves on top with a towering home run to left field. but in the seventh inning ike davis puts the mets ahead for good with a two-run single. new york wins, 4-2. an emotional victory in the indianapolis 500 for tony kanaan. the brazilian wins for the first time ever at the brickyard after finishing second or third three other times. kanaan celebrated with a traditional bottle of milk. and the winner of this year's boston marathon had a special gift for secretary of state john kerry. lelisa disease sa returned his marathon medal to john kerry. he did it to honor the victims of the marathon bombing. kerry represented massachusetts in the senate for 28 years. when we return, inspiring

words from the president to a pop star. we'll hear some of the season's best commencement speeches for the class of 2013. we'll hear some of the season's best commencement speeches for the class of 2013. look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. with three of your daily vegetable servings ♪ they start hu. scholl's for up

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, mostly sunny. 77. atlanta, partly sunny, 86. st. louis, cloudy, thunderstorms, and 82. denver, 83. seattle, 64 degrees. this is the time of year when millions of students graduate from college, but for many, a big challenge awaits them. finding a job in a very tight economy. commencement speakers may not be able to help them find work, but they can offer them words to live by. ♪ >> you know, i have to start by tweeting this, so just give me one second.

i'm a professional, so this will only take a second. >> so your diploma is really not a ticket to show off what you know. you know what it really is? it's permission to admit to yourself how much you still have yet to learn. >> all your lives people have been telling you you are the future. relax. you're not. that's way too heavy a burden to have to carry. what you are is the present. >> you can change the way you think about other people. you can choose to see their humanity first. >> money is not everything. wealth, it's a means to an end, and the end isn't a full bank account. the end is a good life. >> it betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you can do? in our benign self-absorption, i

believe we have given you a gift, a particular form of independence because you do not owe the previous generation anything. thanks to us, you owe it to the chinese. >> what a privilege it is to enrich our lives through music, the incredible universal language of the soul. ♪ >> class of 2013 dismissed! thousands of people observed the memorial holiday weekend at a concert at the u.s. capitol on sunday. ♪ >> veterans and active duty troops were honored for their service. the concert is a

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a former u.s. marine is a former u.s. marine is going the extra mile for a cause. he's trying to help veterans who were severely injured in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. it's a unique effort for this vietnam vet, something that gets a lot of notice in the tiny town of murphys, california. carter evans reports. >> reporter: for rick ryan, it began with a quest, walking every day, hoping to escape the demons of vietnam. >> are you the walker? >> i'm the walking man of murphys. >> reporter: in murphys, california, people began to notice. their attention, first surprise, then inspired him. >> what's going on? >> same old thing. walking for the vets. >> reporter: each time someone waved, ryan would wave back and donate 25 cents to a ucla program called operation men for soldiers disfigured by war.

rick's wife, joann. >> a quarter at a time. and it's something that's helping him mentally and physically and emotionally. >> hey, how are you doing, roy? >> good. >> this is our man. this is our hero. >> reporter: soon residents offered more than moral support. >> well, it's nice to finally meet you in person. >> nice meeting you, young lady. don't mind the glow. thank you for the donation. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: they opened their wallets as well. >> i just thought it was cool what he was doing. a simple act of kindness. >> reporter: auto shop owner danny sherman. >> then you find out what he was doing and it just meant a lot for me. >> reporter: here's how much it meant to him. >> $5,000. this is unbelievable. i don't know what to say. the veterans thank you. >> well, we thank you. keep up the hard work. >> reporter: the trickle of donations has become a flood. >> right around $30,000.

the walking is doing me good and it means we've got a good community mere. all of it, all of it comes from this town. that's pretty cool. >> reporter: this month ucla's operation men honored ryan. so did some of the patients. army specialist joey pulk. >> from one to another we proudly give rick ryan, united states marine corps gives new meaning to boots on the ground. i'd like to present this to you with our compliments. thank you very much. >> reporter: now to come here and see these guys that you've helped, does that just bring it full circle? >> yes, it does. >> thank you for your service. >> thank you for yours. >> reporter: back in murphys, rick ryan continues to walk and sing. ♪ america, can't you see >> reporter: somewhat off key but somewhat on point. carter evans, cbs news, los angeles. and coming up after your

local news on "cbs this morning," two senators are pushing for the u.s. to arm rebel fighters in syria. we'll get reaction from former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general richard myers. plus the nation's failing infrastructure. we'll find out how safe we really are. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. i'm alexis christoforous. have a great memorial day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com alexis christoforous. have a great memorial day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

it's me this is kpix 5 news. >> and good morning. it is memorial day monday may 27th, 2013. i'm brian in for frank. >> i'm michelle griego. time is 4:30. first check of weather. it's a holiday. people want to bbq

. >> talking about the possibility of a little rain. chance of showers. the clouds already beginning to roll in. more coming up. >> traffic is nice and light. everyone is off today for the holiday. traffic coming in to san francisco looks good. don't have a lot of overnight road work. more about that coming up. >> today is the day the united states pays tribute to those who have died defending our freedom. >> cate caugurian is in san bruno where ceremonies are planned. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you both. today will be a somber day of celebration. also pay tribute to our own local heroes. several organizations worked over the weekend to prepare today. there were 3,000 volunteers including boy and girl scouts. put down flags at the