the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the overnight news. i'm elaine quijano. it apparently started as a family disputed and ended with eight people dead, including two boys and a deputy sheriff. the killing took place at two separate locations. the suspect is 35-year-old willie cory godbull. he gave a chilling interview to a local newspaper. tony dokoupil has the story. >> i just wanted to live! i just wanted to love my family! i just wanted to love my wife! >> reporter: willie cory godbolt's tirade ended here. near his home in mississippi. he calmly described the shooting spree that left eight dead, according to police. >> my intentions were to have y'all kill me. i ran out of bullets.

suicide by cop was my intention. >> reporter: police were called to remove godbolt from private property. >> i was having a conversation with her step daddy and her mama and my wife. >> reporter: he alleged lid shot and killed a sheriff's deputy and three women at the first home, about 70 miles south of jackson, the state capital. the deputy was identified as 36-year-old william dur. >> people didn't even live at the house. but that's what they do, intervene. >> reporter: four more people, including two juveniles will shot and killed at two homes near by before godbolt was arrested at 7:00 a.m. on sunday. he spoke to a clarion ledger reporter on the scene. >> so what's next for you? >> death. death. death. >> reporter: mississippi plans

to charge godbolt with one count of capital murder and seven counts of first degree murder. the governor thanked officers for their sacrifice and asked residents to pray. the fbi is looking into possible hate crime charges against a man accused of stabbing two men to death aboard a train friday in portland, oregon. police say the victims confronted the suspect while he was yelling anti-muslim slurs. miryea villreal. >> reporter: honoring the men they call heroes. today as memorials grow at the site where the attack ended, family members celebrate the lives of the victims. this 53-year-old was an army veteran who served three tours in iraq. standing up for people was in his character. best leaves behind three sons and a daughterle. the second victim, a

23-year-old, recently graduated in college. his mother says her son was a hero and will remain a hero on the other side of the vail. 21 year old michael fletcher survived the attack and once wrote a poem about prejudice against muslims after 9/11. the three men were stabbed on a commuter train while trying to end an anti-muslim tirade against a young woman wearing a hijab and her friend. police say the alleged attacker, jeremy christian, is known for his extremist views. he was taken into custody shortly after friday's fatal confrontation. muslims and other supporters are rallying together online. a fundraiser for the victims has already raised over $200,000. oregon governor kate brown. >> to the muslim communities of portland and oregon, please know that i stand with you, and i will do everything i can to ensure that you safely thrive in this great state.

>> reporter: people continue to come by and leave tributes of love and support here at the station of the head of the security transit department says that all of the trains do have security cameras on board, but elaine, it's unclear receipt now whether this incident was captured on tape. >> miryea villreal, thank you. president trump is back in washington following his nine-day, 15,000-mile trip to the middle east and europe. today errol barnett discussed the trip and what's ahead for the president with our chief washington correspondent john dickerson. >> what did president trump accomplish on hess overseas trip? >> he pretty much got the stage craft of it right. some bumpy parts to his trip to nato. but i'm not sure that the president thinks of it. a little friction is okay. but in saudi arabia what they launched was the important part of this trip, which was to basically reorient the united states in concert with sunni leaders to put pressure on iran

and to, and on extremists across the region and the world. >> the president may well pull out of the paris climate agreement. how significant would that be? >> well, if the president pulls out of the paris climate agreement, it is obviously a signal to european leaders that this is a different kind of president. he listens to allies but only so far. >> president trump is back to tweeting his unedited opinions this morning, telling people among other things, quote, many of the leaks coming from the white house are fabricated lies coming from the fake news media. are his supporters still buying that same excuse? >> his pourers buy that line. it's a shrinking group. a lot of the things he has called and is calling fake news thinks that a, they are supported by officials and members of both parties. the things he said are fake and made up are now a part of a special counsel investigation. >> the president's son-in-law

and adviser jared curb nkushner under skroout any. >> he's said he is willing to talk to investigators. so going back and changing that would be a problem. but if he becomes someone that the investigators, the federal investigators talk to about what the president may or may not have said about influencing or trying to slow down the fbi investigation, jared kushner has to worry about what he says to those investigators. staffers who work for a president can get in jeopardy if they are defending the president the way you might in a public kind of pr campaign, versus the scrutiny and thethe rigor. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

british airways is recovering from a major computer meltdown this weekend that forced hundreds of cancellations and delays, caused by a power supply problem. dimarco morgan has the latest. >> reporter: british airways flight the slowly resumed sunday afternoon, but not without a weekend of turbulence. thousands of flights were grounded, causing a traffic nightmare on the tarmac. lines of stranded travelers stretched from one end to the next of heathrow and gatwick airports. >> we've been in line about five hours, and we have no idea how long we'll be in line. the rest of the day i'm sure, and we probably won't fly out today either.

>> reporter: the computer glitch affected baggage tracing and check in. many were left with no choice but to leave their bags behind and sleep in the airport, not long after both incoming and outgoing flights had been canceled. >> things can happen, but the problem is the staff was not informed, would not come explain to us, so we had to go find people in uniform and ask them things, and they had barely any idea what to say. they were embarrassed about it. >> reporter: the airline ceo, alex cruz posted a message on twitter. >> i know this has been a horrible time. i want to apologize for the fact that you've had to go through these very trying experiences. >> reporter: the airline ceo says there's no evidence of a cyber attack. passengers have the option to rebook or receive a full refund. at jfk, things are running smooth lay. this weekend, iraqi forces began what they hope will be the final push to drive isis out of

the city of mosul. charlie d'agata reports from the front line. >> reporter: we're in an area of western mosul, a region taken over by iraqi pours not long ago, and this is what it costs to get rid of isis. the destruction is everywhere. it's staggering and stretches on for miles. that is an isis car. you can still see the decal there. the combination of airstrikes, artillery, mortar and of course isis suicide car bombs that have leveled buildings and cost the lives of hundreds of civilians. over the past couple days, there's been an uptick in the hostilities between both sides after the iraqi forces announced a launch of a new offensive, to take over the old city. now we have three iraqi forces coming from the south, the north and the west putting gt pinch on isis fighters that remain, and they're penned up against the tigris river. the old city densely populated and tightly packed with narrow

roads and alley ways that make it difficult if not impossible for iraqi armored vehicles or heavy equipment to get in through. that means the iraqi forces have got to get out and fight this battle on foot. and that gives isis something of an advantage. it also makes it much more deaf for u.s. airstrikes to pinpoint with great accuracy any of these suspected isis positions hiding among the civilians. they know they're running out of time, with an estimated 200,000 civilians still trapped inside the old city. their safety is of paramount importance. elaine? >> charlie, thank you. this weekend, the pentagon identify the american soldier who was killed in an accident in syria on friday. 22-year-old etienne murphy was an army ranger on his first deployment. the cause of the vehicle rollover is under investigation. a member of a u.s. navy s.e.a.l. skydiving group was killed today in a parachuting

accident. it happened during a fleet week celebration across the harbor from manhattan. abo about 3700 are in the city for fleet week. take a look. >> this is just to show kind of what the divers are doing down in the water. we go to 190 feet. sometimes deeper than that. so a lot of people can't see what we do counsel there or see the deeps of diving rigs that we use in the navy. and this shows all of it. the people you're seeing out here are actual sailors, divers, people that do these jobs every single day. you're seeing them coming here, taking a break and coming to interact with the public. i love seeing the excitement on the faces. that never gets old. >> i want to get in the tank! >> it was really good, and it was cool. >> really awesome.

>> it feels like i'm at boot camp. >> while i was going down the stairs he got out and splashed water all over me. >> we bring this here so they can see what it feels like and looks like to be under the water. it's been great. the hospitality of new york city citizens and everybody else from o out of state has been wonderful. it's been eye opening and humbling. >> we're honored to have them with us. coming up next, how ipads are transforming the way blind and visually impaired students interact with the world.

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ipads. teachers for the school for the blind say ipads are revolutionizing the way their students learn and react. >> reporter: at one of the oldest schools for the blind in the ous the u.s., students are seeing the world for a new way. some like jessica carim have no vision at all. >> technology is changing all around us. and it's kind of great to be a part of that. >> reporter: she's a 11th greater at the new york institute for special education. where dr. bernadette cappen showed us how students have traded in these old, clunky braille writers for tablets that can do much more. >> it's an opportunity for them to be increasingly more lit rl and to have material at the same time as their sighted peers. you can have screen enlargement,

the voice over for the totally blind. >> reporter: jessica navigates hers with ease, using a bluetooth enabled braille writer. >> problem lably the best thing you get to do your homework on the bus. >> reporter: this tenth grader is legally blind in one eye and can only see shadows and light with the other. but his lifelong dream is to make movies. and with his tablet, it's quickly coming into focus. >> i love it. i try and get every opportunity i can to go outside and like shoot something. >> reporter: teachers and students here say thanks to this small gadget. >> very good. >> reporter: the possibilities are now endless. >> one more time. >> reporter: kenneth craig, cbs news, bronx, new york. still ahead, 48 hours investigates the cases that haunt the ncs. is.

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national security threats, including cybercrime. >> in june 2012, a group posted and claimed that they had hacked into a navy database called the smart web move. >> reporter: the smart web move database used to relocate military personnel around the world contains the personal and private records of every member of the united states armed forces and their families. >> this was quite alarming to us. we didn't know at this point if this was a terrorist group. we didn't know if these were foreign adversaries. we just didn't know. >> reporter: ncis investigators scoured the internet and found their answer in of all places, twitter, discovering that a hacking group, team digital had executed the break in as well as 50 other intrusions into corporate and government data sites. >> that was really the break in

the case. >> reporter: social media revealed a stunning fact. the perpetrator of one of the most damaging cyberattacks on the u.s. navy was one of their own. >> nick knight was a 27-year-old navy enlisted member. he was a systems administrator on a nuclear aircraft carrier. >> reporter: ncis suspected knight wasn't working alone, and when asked, he didn't hesitate to give up his partner. >> his response was daniel kruger. this other individual that we identified as thor. >> this type of case looks like it's a couple kids tacking in for fun. has much greater ramifications. >> reporter: in fact, the navy spent close to $500,000 to recover interest t recover from the cyber break in. >> you can see the full report, tuesday night on cbs. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,

we end tonight with steve hartman and an old friend many of us grew up with. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: whenever evil claims a victory, as it did in manchester, people search for words of hope. and this week, that search led many back deep into their childhood, to "mr. rogers' neighborhood" of all places. ♪ it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood ♪ >> reporter: it was mr. fred rogers who once said, when i was a boy and i would see scary things in the news, my mother would say, look for the helpers. you will always find people who are helping. thousands shared that quote on social media this week, including a writer for "entertainment weekly" named

anthony breslican. >> mr. rogers said that, and i knew from experience that mr. rogers was like that in real life. >> reporter: which is why when anthony shared the helper quote, he added a personal story from when he was in college that made it all the more poignant. on twitter, he began, i was struggling, lonely, dealing with a lot of broken pieces and not adjusting well. then one day he walked into an empty room with a tv on. >> and there was mr. rogers. i stood there mesmerized. >> reporter: he watched the entire episode and felt a little better, but says the real fix came a few days later. >> yeah, i'm going downstairs to the leeb of the student union, and the elevator opens, and mr. rogers is standing there. i got in the elevator. and he said, were you one of my television neighbors? and i was like, yes, i was one of your neighbors.

>> reporter: anthony told him how he'd just watched the show and how it made him feel better. >> he sat down and said would you like to tell me what was upsetting you? i didn't have anybody i could talk to like that. i felt like his trolley car. i fell off the track. he put me back on, and that was all i needed. at one point i said i'm sorry, i hope i'm not tying you up from somewhere you need to go. and he said sometimes you're in the right place. >> reporter: mr. rogers was just in the right place today, reminding us to look for the helpers, the global leaders and caring neighbors across the world who still outnumber evil, a million to one. steve hartman, on the road in los angeles. >> that's the overnight news for this memorial day. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back a little later for the morning news and is cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano.

this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the overnight news. i'm e-hain key haw know. it apparently started as a family dispute and ended with eight people dead, including two boys and a deputy sheriff. the killing spree took place at three separate locations in rural lincoln county, mississippi. the suspect who has a criminal record is 35-year-old willie cory godbolt. he was arrested sunday and gave a chilling interview to a local newspaper. tony dokoupil has the story. >> i just wanted to live! i just wanted to love my family! i just wanted to love my wife! >> reporter: willie cory godbolt's rampage ended here, handcuffed and bandaged on a

country road in mississippi. he calmly described the shooting spree that left eight dead, according to police. >> my intentions was to have y'all kill me. i ran out of bullets. suicide by cop was my intention. >> reporter: police were called to remove godbolt from private property when an altercation developed saturday night. >> i was having a conversation with her step daddy and her momma and her, my wife, about me taking my children home. >> reporter: godbolt allegedly shot and killed a sheriff's deputy and three women at the first home, 70 miles south of jackson, the capital. the deputy was identified as 36 year old william durr. >> people that didn't even live at the house. that's what they do. they intervene. it cost him his life. i'm sorry. >> reporter: four more people, including two juveniles, were shot and killed at two homes nearby before godbolt was

arrested at 7:00 a.m. on sunday. he spoke to a clarion length earn reporter on the scene. >> so what's next for you? >> death. death. death. >> reporter: mississippi plans to charge godbolt with one count of capital murder and seven counts of first degree murder. the governor thanked the officers for their sacrifice and asked residents to pray. the fbi is looking into possible hate crime charges against a man accused of stabbing two men to death aboard a train friday in portland, oregon. police say the victims confronted the suspect while he was yelling anti-muslim slurs, maria villa riyal is in portland. >> reporter: mourners embraced saturday night, honoring the men they called heroes. today, as memorials grow at the site where the attack ended, family members celebrate the lives of the victims. 53-year-old ricky best was an

army veteran who served three tours in iraq. his family says is standing up for people was in his character. best leaves behind three sons and a daughter. the second victim, 23-year-old recently graduated from reid college in portland. his mother says her son was a hero and will remain a hero on the other side of vail. 21 year old michael fletcher survived the attack. he's a student at portland state university and once wrote a poem about prejudice against muslims following 9/11. the three men were stabbed on a commuter train while trying to end an anti-muslim tirade against a young woman wearing a hijab and her friend. police say the alleged attacker, jeremy christian, is known for his extremist views. he was taken into custody shortly after friday's confrontation. muslims and other supporters are rallying together online. a fundraiser for the victims has already raised over200,000.

oregon governor kate brown. >> to the muslim communities of portland and oregon. please know that i stand with you, and i will do everything i can to ensure that you safely th thrive in this great state. >> reporter: people continue to come and leave tributes. all of the trains do have security cameras on board, but it's unclear whether this incident was captured on tape. overseas, iraqi government troops backed by u.s. special forces are closing the noose around islamic state fighters in mosul. mosul is iraq's second-largest city, but they are confined to a section known at old city. charlie d'agata is on the front line. >> reporter: more than seven months into the battle to recapture mosul has come down to this. iraqi forces closing in on the old city from three sides. but, as they advance, the progress is being measured by

feet, rather than full city blocks. iraqi and american forces have been firing heavy artillery and mortars, which came as a surprise, considering the u.n. estimates there may be as many as 200,000 civilians still trapped inside densely-populated neighborhoods. more than 700,000 people have already fled since the offensive to retake mosul began last october. in january the iraqi government declared that eastern mosul had been recaptured. the campaign to take back western mosul began a few weeks later, with joint iraqi forces pushing in from the north, south, and west. now finally, encircling the old city. it's at the very heart of the isis stronghold here in mosul. home to the al nori mosque where the caliphate was first declared nearly three years ago.

u.s. airstrikes so crucial in the fight so far have become less effective in the maze of narrow streets and apartment blocks where isis gunmen open fire from homes with residents effectively held prisoner, trapped inside. a team of american medical volunteers told us they're bracing for a surge of patients as this new offensive gets under way, while the defeat of isis at this point seems inevitable, the only question now is how much fight is left for the militants. in previous battles with the islamic state in fallujah and ramadi, the isis gunmen were allowed to flee the battlefield. not this time. the trump administration is using a new tactic, annihilation so that the terrorist gunmen cannot regroup to fight somewhere else. john dickerson discussed this with defense secretary james mattis on ""face the nation."" >> we have already shifted from attrition tactics where we shove them from one position to

another in iraq and syria to annihilation tactics where we surround them. our intention is if the foreign fighters do not survive the fight to return home to north africa, to europe, to america, to asia, to africa, we're not going to allow them to do so. we're going to stop them there and take apart the caliphate. >> explain what it means to be moving in an annihilation posture as opposed to attrition. >> well, attrition is where you keep pushing them ot ut of the areas that they're in, john. and what we intend to do by surrounding them, is not allowing them to fall back, thus reinforcing themselves as they get smaller and smaller, making the fight tougher and tougher. we see that right now for example in western mosul. it is surrounded, and the iraqi security forces are working to get them. get them. tal afar is surrounded.

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on this memorial day, we're looking back 50 years to one of the most tragic battles of the vietnam war. 20 u.s. soldiers lost their lives when their camp was overrun by enemy forces. eight were wounded but managed to survive by pretending to be dead. john blackstone has the story of the lost platoon. >> reporter: 50 years to the day after most of his platoon was killed in a vietnam jungle, clifford roundtree has found

serenity on a northern california river. teaching another vietnam vet how to fly fish. >> you're right on the edge of some moss right there. a lot of us have been in combat. it is healthy for us to hang out together. you know, it's good to be here in this environment with another veteran. >> reporter: roundtree prefers not to dwell on the fight that left shrapnel in his arm. 22 men who died. >> i don't think there's too don't think about it. and their families, and the loss and the hurt that they have. >> reporter: in texas, another survivor of the battle, kenny barker, has a wall full of

memories. >> when you're thinking about it, like today, it brings you back to the reality of the time. >> reporter: that time, 50 years ago, is never far from his thoughts. >> there are very few days that go by that a sound or a smell or a sight, something, will throw you back into that. >> my whole platoon, all 30 of us are down in that smoke. >> reporter: in the ambush, victor took a bullet in the back. >> you're lying there. you taste blood in your mouth. >> yes. i thought for sure i was going to die. >> reporter: 50 years later to the day, he carried a wreath to the vietnam memorial. >> this list is the guys that were killed in my platoon that day. >> a lot of guys. >> they take up a whole section of the wall. >> reporter: back in 1982, it was renza who organized the

reunion at the wall. but he's returned many times since. >> i feel a calmness going there, and i see my friends' names and i'm okay with it. i move on with my life. >> coming home is hard. >> reporter: clifford roundtree now admits that back in 1982, he was battling to stay sober, a battle he's been winning for more than 30 years. >> it took some changes in my life to look at it in a way that i could accept it and not be at war with it. let go of some of the anger about it. >> why me? >> reporter: for kenny barker, it's not so much survivor's guilt as survivor's obligation. >> be the best you can be every day, because you can't let it 22 people down. >> reporter: for 50 years, the lives of the survivors have largely been defined by that one day, may 18, 1967. >> i have a daughter, who got

married five years ago and insisted that her wedding would be on may 18. >> reporter: hmm, wow. >> this is hard to talk about. so i tried to talk her out of it, and she said no, i want that to be a happy day for you. >> reporter: that wedding day, may 18, you walked your daughter. >> the guys who fought side by side with me that day were sitting there at the reception. and at the church. >> reporter: and on may 18 this year, the 50th anniversary of the battle, she joined her father at the vietnam memorial. >> this is victoria. better known as tori. >> glad to meet you. no crying, no crying. not allowed. >> this is so good to be here at this wall and honor these guys. >> thank you for your service. i did everything i could to make her party perfect.

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here's that report. >> reporter: by now, the songs are like old friends. ♪ midnight rider >> reporter: and gregg allman never got teared of singing them. why do you like singing so much? >> it's like going to an analyst and spilling your guts or getting something off your chest. look, here's the way it is. ♪ wake up ♪ >> reporter: there's no question the allman brothers, the bluesy jam band pioneers who all but invented southern rock turned a special place in music history. the band's musical journey began in nashville, tennessee. gregory lenore allman was born a

year and 18 days after his brother dwayne. tragedy struck early. their father was murdered by a hitchhiker when gregg was just 2. big brother dwayne had to fill the void. so he was kind of a father figure to you in some ways. >> he was also big brother. he knew that much more than me. if we had lived to be 96 and 95, i would have been baby brother, still. >> reporter: but it was gregg who first discovered music, when, as a 9-year-old he saw a neighbor with a guitar. so did you fall in love with the guitar the first time you saw it? >> man, i did. it was like sparks flying. >> reporter: gregg taught dwayne who quickly became a virtue owe so. they played together until 1969 when dwayne assembled what would be the allman brother's band. gregg was reluctant to sign on.

>> i was accepted to college to be a dental surgeon. >> reporter: no way. >> and my brother said man, we've got to go out here and tear up the road for a while. i said i'll tell you what, i'm going for two years and i'm going back to med school. i got out there. in two years i was so far in debt debt i had to stay. >> reporter: in debt perhaps, but along the way, gregg found he had a gift. ♪ >> reporter: for song writing. ♪ sweet melissa >> reporter: was there such a person asth melissa? >> no, but there was a person i had dreamed up. and i had everything written but the title. and i was ♪ back home i would always run with sweet barbara, with sweet

mary jo, ♪ and i just was flabbergasted, you know? >> reporter: inspiration came to him in of all places, a grocery store. >> i was the only one in the store except for this one spanish lady. and she had this little toddler. she was everywhere, and one time she just took off. down this one aisle. the lady just freaked out. and she just went melissa, melissa, come back! and i went, oh, lady, i could kiss you. melissa. that's it! >> reporter: the band released two albums, gaining little attention until 1971. when they recorded a performance at new york's legendary fillmore east. ♪ i don't know why ♪ took all my money

♪ wrecked my new car >> reporter: the album catapulted them to worldwide fame. to this day, it is considered one of the greatest live albums of all time. ♪ sometimes i feel ♪ oh, ♪ sometimes i feel >> reporter: their wildest dreams had come true. but just three months later, it all came crashing down. do you remember when you lost him? is that day clear in your mind? >> yeah. yeah. too clear. >> reporter: on october 29, 1971, dwayne allman was riding his motorcycle downhill crest avenue in maken. when a truck turned in front of him. >> he had two speeds, man. 100 and park. >> reporter: dwayne allman was dead at 24.

♪ lord, i was born a ramblin' man ♪ >> reporter: the band carried on, with guitarest dickey betts shouldering much of the load. ♪ hope you'll understand >> reporter: but with his long blond hair and gritty, soulful voice -- ♪ sat down, wrote you a long letter ♪ >> reporter: fwreg got most of the attention. more than he'd bargained for, after his high-profile marriage in 1975 to cher. >> i remember going to the grocery store and just seeing my face everywhere. i'm like, what is happening? she says, i told you, i told you this would happen. >> reporter: cher told you that? >> yeah, she warned me. >> reporter: they were married for about four years. one of allman's multiple marriages.

he leaves behind five children. ♪ i ain't wastin' time no more >> reporter: over the decades, the allman brothers disbanded and regrouped several times. ♪ go downtown, baby >> reporter: playing a celebrated yearly residency at new york city beacon theater until breaking up for good in 2014. ♪ i'm no angel >> reporter: allman also made a series of solo albums. the last one will be released this coming september. ♪ and the road goes on forever >> reporter: it seems the man who first sang "the road goes on forever" more than four decades ago wasn't too far off. so you're going to do it -- >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: till you just can't do it anymore. >> they have to take my a ss ou there on a stretcher.

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we end tonight with steve hartman and an old friend many of us grew up with. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: whenever evil claims a victory, as it did in manchester, people search for words of hope. and this week, that search led many back deep to their childhood to "mr. rogers' neighborhood" of all places. ♪ it's a beautiful day in the neighborhood ♪ >> reporter: it was mr. fred rogers who once said, when i was a boy and i would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, look for the helpers. you will always find people who are helping. thousands shared that quote on social media this week, including a senior writer from entertainment weekly. >> that quote almost seems too

good to be true. you see these quotes, it will be abraham lincoln saying something. >> reporter: and he never said it. >> i knew from experience that mr. rogers was like that in real life. >> reporter: which is why when anthony shared the helper quote, he add a personal story from when he was in college that made it all the more poignant. on twitter he began. i was struggling, lonely, dealing with a lot of broken pieces and not adjusting well. then one day, he said he walked into an empty commons with a tv on. >> and there was mr. rogers. i just stood there, mesmerized. >> reporter: he watched the entire episode and felt a little better. but says the real fix came a few days later. >> yeah, i'm going downstairs to the lobby of the student union and the elevator opens and mr. rogers is standing there, and i got in the elevator. and he says, were you one of my television neighbors? i was like, yes, i was one of your neighbors.

>> reporter: anthony told him how he'd just watched the show and how it made him feel better. >> he sat down, and he said, would you like to tell me what was upsetting you? i didn't have anybody that i could talk to like that. i feel like his trolley car. i fell off the tracks, he put me back on, and that was all i needed. at one point, i said i'm really sorry. i hope i'm not tying you up and you have somewhere else to go. and he said sometimes you're in just the right place. >> i look for the people who are trying to help. just in right the place again this week, reminding us to look for the helpers, the first responders, the global leaders and caring neighbors across the world who still outnumber evil, 1 million to one. steve hartman, on the road in los angeles. >> that's the overnight news for this memorial day. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back with us a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm elaine quijano. ,,

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