were this missed port were there missed opportunities to stop the deadly rampage in a california college town? new details about the lone attacker who killed six students friday night. in a surprise visit to the troops in afghanistan president obama plans an end to the war but he returns home to face more questions about the veterans administration hospital controversy. and francis makes a pushor peace during his first visit to the holy land. the pope jumps into the israeli/palestinian conflict. captioning funded by cbs this is the this is the "cbs morning news" for monday, may 26th, 2014. good morning. thanks for joining us this memorial day. i'm marlie hall in for anne-marie green. this morning we're learning just how close police came to

stopping elliot rodger before he went on a murder spree in california friday night. his parents knew their son was in trouble. they had seep chilling online videos threatening suicide and violence. they notified authorities and raced to his side the night of the attack, but were too late. police had visited rodger three times, the last time a month ago, to check on his mental health. in a chilling manifesto rodger wrote investigators never searched his apartment. he was relieved because, quote, that would have ended everything. for a few seconds i thought it was all over. rodger convinced the officers he was okay. >> he was polite and courteous. he was able to convince the deputies that this was all a misunderstanding. >> police say rodger's first victims were killed in his apartment. cheng yuan honk, george chen and wehan wang were stabbed to

death. rodger suffered from mental illness and was under the care of a therapist. police found three semiautomatic weapons in his car all purchased legally. danielle nottingham has the deadly timeline. >> reporter: elliot rodger's rampage through a small town in a college town started in his apartment where sheriff brown said he stabbed three people to death. >> in his manifesto he made mention he stabbed them while they were sleeping. >> reporter: according to the sheriff he sent his 141-page manifesto to a college professor who alerted the police. it came too late. an attack on the sorority house. i will sneak into their house at around 9 p.m. on the day of retribution and slaughter every single one of them with my guns and knives. he made the same chilling video

posted, police believe, minutes before carrying out his plan. he pounded on the door of the sorority and when no one answered at 9:27 p.m., he shot and killed two students standing across the street, katy cooper and veronica weiss. then according to his manifesto, i will then make my way to del playa splattering anyone i can and that's exactly what happened. on his way there he stopped and went into the isla vista deli, a place he had regularly frequented. the surveillance video shows the customers hitting the floor. when the gunfire ended 20-year-old christopher michael-martinez laid dead. his father lost his only son. >> they talk about gun rights. what about chris's right to live? when will this insanity stop? when will enough people say stop this madness? we don't have to live like this. too many have died.

we should say to ourselves not one more. >> reporter: rodger sped off and began firing on a crowded street filled with students including mitch brew. >> i see there's a guy next to me who was just in shock, he was shaking and crying and trying to comfort him and everyone's called their parents and texting their friends saying stay inside. >> reporter: before the gun battle with police he kept driving and striking and struck two bicyclists. the sheriff says he then took his own life. they found three weapons in his car and 400 rounds of ammunition. it only took about ten minutes from the time rodger shot outside the sorority house until he crashed his car that ended the police chase. danielle nottingham, cbs news, isla vista, california. this morning rescue crews are rushing to the scene of a large mudslide in western colorado. it's reported that three people may be missing. the area is very remote and

there are no reports of damage to buildings. the mudslide is estimated to be about four miles long, two miles wide, and 250 feet deep. heavy rain fell in the area all weekend. just south of denver, heavy hail was the issue. roads and cars were covered, but there are no reports of injury. overnight a wildfire in alaska exploded in size and threatened a thousand buildings. the fire is burning on the key nigh peninsula south of anchorage. it's burning larger than the city of seattle. no injuries are reported. wildfires in remote parts of alaska are not unusual. an average of a million acres burn each fire season. president obama returns to washington this morning following a quick unscheduled visit to afghanistan. on the way home, the president talked to afghan president hamid karzai about the withdrawal of u.s. forces. wendy gillette reports on mr. obama's visit.

ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> reporter: president obama got a rousing welcome from hundreds of soldiers after making a secret trim to bagram airfield in afghanistan just before memorial day. >> i know i'm a little late. i was in the neighborhood and thought i would stop by. >> reporter: news of the visit to the largest military base happened only after he landed. he shook hands with troops after he promised there would be limited presence of the military in the country starting in 2015. >> america's war in afghanistan will come to a responsible end. >> reporter: president obama also met with military leaders on the ground telling them that decisions about the transition will be announced soon. >> but i thought it was important for me to make sure i check in directly with folks face to face. >> reporter: the president did not mention the ongoing scandal involving delayed care of veterans at v.a. hospitals, only telling troops that the u.s. will keep its sacred obligation

to veterans coming home from war. the war in afghanistan is america's longest, nearly 13 years of combat. almost 33,000 u.s. troops still remain there. wendy gillette, cbs news. >> the president returns to trouble at the nation's veterans hospitals which continues to cause concern and outrage. susan mcginnis is in washington. susan, good morning. >> marlie, good morning. many here on capitol hill want today to be a reminder that health care is something owed to the servicemen and women who do return from their tours of duty. with the v.a. embroiled in scandal, many believe that lawmakers now want a criminal investigation. >> i'm here on a single mission and that is to thank you for your extraordinary service. >> as the nation remembers those who died while serving our country, lawmakers from both parties remain fixated on the v.a. medical care scandal. many want the justice department to step in. >> only the department of justice and the fbi have the resources, the expertise, and

the authority to do a prompt and effective criminal investigation. >> about 26 v.a. medical facilities are being investigated, including one in phoenix where up to 40 vets possibly died waiting for care. over the weekend the obama administration moved to allow more veterans to get medical care outside v.a. facilities at private hospitals and clinics. but that's not quieting calls for v.a. secretary eric shinseki to resign. >> it is really time for a shakeup. i haven't even seen the level of outrage out of him that i think we ought to be hearing. >> it should be easier for shinseki to fire or demote executives at the v.a. shinseki has pledged to stay on the job and says the v.a. is working on ways to ensure veterans get care sooner. now, the chairman of the senate veterans affairs committee made some hints over the weekend about more funding being needed to provide adequate health care for the nation's

veterans. so, marlie, we may be seeing more legislation proposed soon calling for more funding. >> susan mcginnis in washington. thank you. coming up on the morning new, mid east meeting. pope francis invites the israeli and palestinian president s for a summit at the van can. this is the "cbs morning news." generation to generation. m because it offers a superior level of protection. and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. begin your legacy. get an auto insurance quote. usaa.

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suggest billionaire petro poroshenko is the winner of ukraine's special election for president. voter turnout was high for western ukraine on sunday, but it was a different story in pro-russian eastern ukraine where most people stayed away from the polls. russian president vladimir putin has promised to respect the outcome of the election and work with the winner. police in belgium are looking for the lone gunman who killed three people at a jewish museum in brussels. surveillance video shows a man firing a high-powered rifle into the museum on saturday and then walking out onto the street. a fourth person was injured. anti-semitism has not been ruled out as a motive for the attack. pope francis is in jerusalem this morning, the third and final stop of his three-day visit to the middle east. on sunday the presidents of israel and the palestinian authority accepted the pope's invitation to come to the vatican next month for a summit. adriana diaz is in jerusalem. adriana, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, marlie.

here in jerusalem, the crossroads of christianity, pope francis toured ancient religious sites and promoted relilks understanding. pope francis bowed his head and prayed at the western wall, the most sacred site in judaism. keeping with tradition, he placed a prayer between the cracks. also known as the wailing wall it's part of the ancient jewish temple and a final stop for the pontiff. >> it is an act of respect for recognition of the deep bonds of the jewish people and this place. >> reporter: the pope also meant the highest ranging jewish cleric. the third holiest shrine holds the rock. the final visit is one of the busiest. the 77-year-old pontiff is looking to bridge religious divides and promote peace. pope francis became the first pope to lay flowers on mt. herzl

named after the founder of zionism, a move that angered some palestinians. the pope also visited the national holocaust museum, a memorial of the jews murdered in world war ii. later he'll hold talks with two chief rabbis and the president and prime minister of israel. they have accepted the pope's invitation to meet at the vatican next month to pray for peace. this is francis's first self-selected visit. his visit last summer to brazil was selected by pope benedict. marlie? >> adriana diaz in jerusalem. thanks so much. still to come, what might cause the price of beer to bubble other. and in sports, it comes down to a matter of inches. ♪ ♪ i think the stars might be hanging ♪ ♪ just a little more high ♪ ♪ come on, love ♪ a new day is calling, and it feels so right ♪

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in sports, now it's a series. the oklahoma city thunder gets a big boost from a player they thought they'd lost for the season. serge ibaka scores 15 points, and the thunder beat san antonio 106-97 in game three of the western conference finals. the spurs lead the series, two games to one. los angeles dodgers' pitcher josh beckett is the owner of the baseball season's first no-hitter. beckett mastered the philadelphia phillies over nine inni innings, striking out six, including the game's final batter. >> here's a pitch from beckett. call, strike three and a no-hitter! josh beckett for the 21st time in dodger history, a no-hitter. >> it's the first no-hitter of beckett's career. the dodgers win the game, 6-0.

and it was a narrow finish at the great american race. ryan hunter-reay grabs the lead on the final lap of the indianapolis 500 and he holds off three-time winner helio castroneves by a half car length in one of the closest finishes in race history. hunter-reay is the first american to win the indy 500 in eight years. when we return, beerfest. we'll look at big business behind growing hops to supply the beer industry.

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here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. the number of small so-called craft beer brands has grown in recent years, and with it the part of the agriculture business that supplies a key

ingredient. but as jill wagner reports, trouble may be brewing for brew masters. >> 12,000 kegs a year. >> reporter: kelly taylor has been brewing beer in brooklyn for almost a decade. in that time, the craft micro brewery business has exploded. >> this is where we add the hops. >> reporter: and so has demand for a key ingredient in his specialty ales and lagers. these are hops. they'll smil delicious. which helps give beer its flavor and aroma. craft brewers like taylor use about five times the hops as big beer makers. >> hops are an extremely important part of the beer. it's a very important flavoring component. >> reporter: in the past ten years craft breweries has skyrocketed and so has the price of hops. the national average has now doubled what it was in 2004. most hops in the united states are grown in the northwest, but there's been so much demand that hops farms are cropping up across the country.

carmine istvan realized it was an untapped market. he recently converted four acres at his upstate new york gardening center to grow hops. istvan said he gets calls from local brewers every day looking for hops. >> based on what we see, we can usually do 500 acres jeff to supply new york state. >> reporter: the growth of farms that plant hops could keep prices in check, but taylor says if they spike again, it could send the price of a beer bubbling over. jill wagner, cbs news, brooklyn, new york. thousands of people turned out for the 25th national memorial day concert on the mall in washington. ♪ the concert's mission is to unite the country in remembrance and appreciation of the fallen and to serve those who are grieving. ♪ god bless america our home sweet home ♪

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,,,,,,,, thousands of motorcycles roared through the streets of washington on sunday. the 27th annual rolling thunder rally drew thousands of motorcyclists from across the nation. the event honors military veterans and aims the call attention to those who are still missing in action. a first of its kind mission is under way to wake up a sleeping satellite. nasa had written it off until a small group of science fans raised money and convinced the space agency to let them borrow the spacecraft. mark albert reports. >> reporter: 36 years ago nasa launched this disco-era satellite to study solar weather. it discovered how solar flares can disrupt communications on earth. it also became the first satellite to chase down a comet

and confirmed it's essentially a giant ball of ice. but as newer more sophisticated satellites went into orbit, nasa eventually put the aging bird out to planetary pasture. >> so it's a smart satellite? >> it's a cleverly designed satellite that doesn't really have a computer. >> so how smart is it? >> your toaster is smarter. >> reporter: it may lack smarts but it's still capable of running experiments. so keith cowen and others convinced nasa to turn it over to their group of space enthusiasts. >> we've sort of taken command of the abandoned spacecraft and are giving it back to the people who paid for it. >> reporter: $150,000 raised by crowd funding online will pay for programming, hardware, and use of radio telescopes. all of the new data will be open to anyone so they can make their own discovery about their own weather patterns or how the

solar area ages. >> this is a satellite that nasa had no intention of using again. >> reporter: jeff yoder at nasa helped broker the deal. >> with this unique arrangement it will really stimulate the next generation of findings. >> reporter: but the reboot team hungered down at the team in puerto rico now faces a more urgent decision. it's off course and may be headed to a collision with the moon. when's your next chance? >> there is no chance. it will be decades from now. >> this is it. >> this is it. >> race to recover a relic. mark albert, cbs news, washington. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest on the investigation into the deadly santa barbara rampage. we'll get an update from bob orr and hear from the family of one of the victims. plus, we'll take you to the first ever pot fund-raiser by the colorado symphony. and norm times film critic a.o. scott will be in the studio with a summer movie preview.

finally this morning, an early father's day present for the dad of a major league baseball prospect. conrad gregor of the minor league quad city river city bandits socked his first home run of the season saturday, and that's his dad in the right field stands making a bare-handed catch. that's the "cbs morning news" for this monday. i'm marlie hall. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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happy memorial. mostly clear skies and the fog is holding just off the coastline and will it hold off the remainder of the day? >> we've seen accidents outside and cleared one on westbound 80. are you trying to use binoculars? >> there's no traffic. update you on the road work as well. >> thank you. the first three victims of friday night's killing spree in aye esla vista. >> reporter: david, a one of the first victim's of