life but not her will to survive. painting a plane is no small task. we take flight with united as the airline changes its colors. and on the front lines at home.

canine companions on a mission to serve veterans. >> i just said i think that's what i need. lcome to the noevr overnight news. it is memorial daw. a time to remember the service men and women who paid the ultimate price in the service of our nation. for most of us that means parade barbecues, maybe a trip to the beach or a solemn trip to the cemetery. but for thousands they'll be watching the skies. oklahoma took another direct hit when an ef-3 tornado carved a path of destruction through el reno just west of of oklahoma city. >> somewhere in that somebody died. >> reporter: she woke up staringute cracked window watching her neighbor's trailer

roll with 12 people including children inside. >> she pounded on my window saying she couldn't find jaden, which was her 3-year-old and i said i'm coming, i'm coming. >> reporter: between sky view memorial park and a -- broken bones to life threatening trauma. >> going to be a trying time for us but we're going to get through it. >> reporter: across the plains a week of stormy weather flooded parts of orarkansas and oklahoma and they predict the arkansas river will crest atricered levels. last week el reno saw high water. now it's piles of debris and raw emotion. >> the scariest part was trying to get out of the house and the second door wouldn't open. because i wanted to get out and find those kids. >> reporter: she said everyone in the split trailer survived. authorities are using dogs to

search through rubble but dozens have homeless, leaning on neighbor for food, shelter and support. officials in el reno set up a website. and meteorologist is here to talk about all these tornados. this has been an active period. >> look at the jet stream. it would have some waves. but this is an extremely amplified pattern with the jet stream going to alaska and a warm bubble of air and believe it or not still snowing in the mountains. that is budding heads with this record heat and humidity and all these disturbances causing tornado outbreak after tornado outbreak outbreak in parts of the plain states. unfortunately the possibility of more severe weather.

some in the northeast and midatlantic. pittsburgh, new york. the bigger outbreak -- maybe large tornados in the western plains. overnight tonight and tomorrow into the great lakes, places like shaug oo could see severe weather tomorrow. so not best on memorial daw. >> thank you. >> you'recome. a woman in hawaii who was missing for 17 days after going for what was skposuppose pood bt hike was released from the hospital today. she was found dehydrated and injured. >> reporter: after 17 days and 16 nights a fork in the sky led to a miracle. >> all the sudden they said should we go to right or the left. we said the right it was like divine intervention. >> reporter: riding in a rescue chopper they dediscovered amanda clinging to life on a water fall in the hawaiian rain forest.

amanda had lost 20 pounds, suffered a fractured leg, abrasions on her ankles and a severe sunburn but she still had her smile. >> to be honest, it was so incredibly over whming. we crying and screaming and laughing. >> reporter: then for the first time in two weeks she called her dad. she went missing after going for a jog on may 8th. on friday she was plucked from isolation and air lifted to safety. >> it did come down to life and death and i had to choose. and i chose life. >> reporter: speaking from her hospital bed, she thanked the more than 200 volennunteers tha scoured the forest. >> i have so much thanks and gratitude for the people that searched for me and prayed for

me. >> reporter: president trump says he had a productive day in japan. he had hit the links and the sumo championship. but the tweet praising north korea's dictator is a most unwelcome development in japan. >> so if can kim jong-un is not violating his promise to you by firing small weapons as you said in your tweet, what would you consid arviolation? >> i think kim jong-un or chairman kim, as some people say, is looking to create a nation that has great strength economically. i think he's very much -- i talk to him a lot about it and who's very much into the fact that he believes like i do that north korea has tremendous economic potential like perhaps few other developing nations anywhere in the world and i think he is looking to develop that way. he knows with nuclear that's never going to happen.

he is a very smart man. he gets it well. so i think he is going to try at some point -- i'm in no rush at all. the sanctions remain. we have our hostages back. we, as you know, areontig to th remains. a lot of good things are happening and there's been no nuclear testing for two years. i looked at a chart the other day. there wereman a numbers that were very high like ten, 12 and 18 having to do with missal launches and nuclear testing and for last two years zero and zier zero. so i am very happy with the wray it's going and intelligent people agree. >> reporter: not bothered at all by this monocle? >> i personally am not. >> reporter: hool e'll receive

honor when he meets the newly installed emperor. >> dr. stanley: remember this: cannot change the laws of god. when he has visited you in some form of adversity and he brings you through that, that's like he has increased the strength of the foundation of your life and your faith in him. [music]

iran's foreign minister says teheran would defend itself against any military or economic aggression. she spoke on a high-profile

visit to baghdad. >> reporter: as the u.s. prepares to send more troops to the middle east to counterwhat the pentagon says is a heightened threat by teheran. they described its presence in the region as its weakest in history. on a visit to baghdad, iran's foreign minister sounded more diplomatic but equally defiant. he said we'll face any effort for a war against the people of iran whether military or economic with steadfastness and force. men a iraqis, including these demonstrators in baghdad friday night are calling on the u.s. and iran to keep their country out of the conflict. iraq hosts mer than 5,000 american troops and a wide-range of local militias. some of which the trump administration says have received orders from teheran to

plan attacks on americans. we asked a senior leader of an iraqi political block about the allegation. have you had any sign of of that? he told us i don't think any iraqi groups will target americans or american interests in the near future but it the war starts and things go badly this is something you can never predict. so it's unpredictable though, you're saying. iraq would follow iran? side with iran or the u.s.? iraq is forced to take a side, he said, it won't be with america. and he said its country stands with its neighbor, iran and offered to mediate between teheran and washington. so the delicate balancing act continues. coming up why rolling thunder says this memorial

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rolling thunder is going out with a roar this memorial day weekend a a 32-year run, tlouns of motorcyclers are making their final rude in washington d.c. today. security demand and the cost of p permits are to blame. president trump is hoping riders return next year. it began as a way to raise attention for u.s. service men missing in vietnam. finally tonight the wounds of war can cut deeply. in a nation where 20 veterans die by suicide each day, dogs are on the front lines to keep them safe at home. >> reporter: with his gentle devotion to president george h.w. bush, the dog named sully won a permanent place in our hearts.

but cliff miller fell in love with the lab years earlier. at just eight weeks old the pup was chosen by their community service group, friends of america's vet dogs, the it long island based charity depends on done au donations from ordinary people. i think people would be surprised they're not supplied by a grateful nation to their vets. >> back then it was actually a disgrace the way the vets were treated. and now is the opportunity that we as a group of just friends, that if they need a service dog to have a better life, we can actually do something to make that happen. >> reporter: a nurse for 27 years and treated 9/11 victims. soon after was assigned to an emergency room unbaghdad.

what was that like? >> we were having rock andts mortars lobbed in all the time. i think it hits you a little bit later. you become almost robotic to what's going on. >> reporter: after ten years in the united states army she decided it was time to hang up her uniform and return to civilian life. >> i was put into the warrior transition bebattalion in bethesda because i had an attempt in this way. >> reporter: an attempt? suicide attempt? she was having trouble functioning. going out in public made her anxious, sleep eluded heir. but a chance hospital encounter changed her life. >> one of the boston bombing victims was at walter reed. he had a dog, comrade. and he was just coming to me.

i just said that's what i need. >> reporter: vet dogs kauts upwards of $50,000 to raise, train and care for but she was determined. >> about four months after i actually retired out of the army i got the phone call and i was like ho, my god. >> reporter: that dog is eddie. a bit off a goof ball when he's not working. but all business when he is. the 4-year-old brindal labrador never leaves heir side. >> i could not believe this was possible. but i have night terrors and eddie interrupted my nightmare, night terrors the first night i had them and i was like in tears the next day. if he did nothing else for me but that, life was going to be great. >> eddie has opened up the world to her again getting sharon oout of the house and into social

situations, something she never thought she'd be able to do. and sully is part of a team of rehabilitation dogs in bethesda,er maryland. it's not always medicine that heals. sometimes just having a friend can work miracles. don daler, cbs news, new york. still ahead the art of flying. why airlines obsess over the paint on their planes. when crabe stronger...strong,

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united airlines believes it's time for a new look. so out with the old and in with more blue, pain that is. they're changing what's known as its livery. even flying art has critics. >> reporter: when united airlines brought up the lights on its new look t was a change year thins making. it took nine days for the old paint to get stripped away and the new look to come to life, thanks to 140 gallons of paint. it now boasts three shades of blue, the name got bigger and boulder. the gold line on the bottom is out and the blue swoop is in. >> it symbolizes who we are by

connecting people and uniuting the world. we are a much more energetic and exciting airline than we were a few years ago. so everything we've done >> reporter: when spirit and united merged, they kept the united name and the continental paint job but it dates to 1991. though it did come with a theme song. ♪ we're the brightest star in the sky ♪ ♪ together we're going to fly >> reporter: airlines want to stand out in a crowd. this is why they invest time and money to make their planes look good. >> reporter: usually for themselves but sometimes for a movie or even hello kitty. but it can be a flying canvas, rising like a ren waw against the sky. perhaps the picasso of plane painting is jetblue. more than nearly ea dozen

different tail fin designs from sports teams to blue prints. >> it's art in the sky. >> reporter: patron of the high flying arts. sglirlts expensive to paint a plane, so you have to anyway. you might as well do something fun that brung as little bit of joy. they don't want to take a flight. they want to fly. >> reporter: they wanted to go retro but the airline isn't even 20 yet so they couldn't just van go back in time. >> we had to reengineer and imagine what jetblue would look like if they ehad been around then. >> reporter: the cost to paint a plane can top $1 hn thousand and once you paint it, you better like what you get because that paint job lasts about seven years. cbs news, regan national airport, have virginia. coming up horses are running wild in the west.

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wild horses are an iconic symbol of the american west. there are 88,000 across the country and they're protected by law. but that's led to problems, including starving horses. >> reporter: the rapid reproduction of of wild horses is creating a crisis. >> we're estimating there's 88,000 wild horses in america right now. >> reporter: and how men a can the land sustain? >> 27,000. >> reporter: galloping up to 40 matter of principle rr, these mustangs symbolize freedom. we met gus of the bureau of land management. >> freedom has consequences.

>> reporter: those can be over grazed land and starving horses. that's why they round up thousands of horses each year but the humane society and wild horse campaign say the round ups can be dangerous, looving some horses injured or dead. or they might be adopted and illegally sold for slaughter. they spend 50 million of the $8 million budget to hold the horse. so blm did simple math. rather than pay 2,0$2,000 to ca for a mustang, they'll pay $1,000 to do adopt a mustang over its lifetime. we visited an adoption in livingston, texas where rebecca brought her 11-year-old granddaughter, abbey.

you know mustangs don't letman a epeople touch them. >> this is a special horse. >> reporter: they must have no history of animal abuse. those approved get -- well, a completely wild horse and $500 up front. the other 500 comes one year later. >> it's beneficial but it's not why we're here. i can see why they're doing it so more people take a chance on a wild horse. >> reporter: they're taking home their very first mustang. >> i look at their eyes. see if they make contact with you. >> reporter: she plans to spend her $1,000 payment on a trainer and horse supplies. >> let me get your package together. >> our husbands can't get upset with us because we're bringing home money. >> reporter: but when you see this kind of human/horse connection, it doesn't seem the money matters at all. >> i just think it's about finding a home.

i feel like i'm helping. you know. >> reporter: that's the overnight news for this monday. news. welcome to the overnight news. i'm elain quijano. it is memorial day. a time to honor the service men and women who paid the ultimate price in the service of our nation. for most of us that means parades and barbecues, or a trip to the beach or solemn visit to the seamitary. but for thousands they'll be watching the skies after another round of deadly storms. an ef-3 tornado carved a path of destruction in el reno, west of oklahoma city. >> somewhere in that somebody died. >> reporter: in the oklahoma city suburb of el reno, she woke

up out a cracked window, watching her neighbor's trauler roll with 12 people including children inside. >> pounded on my windowsh couldn't find jaden, which was her 3-year-old and i said i'm coming, i'm coming. >> reporter: between sky view park and what used to be a two-story hotel, it culled two pe people including 16 survivors. across the plains a devastating tornado flooding parts of arkansas and the national weather service predicts the arkansas river will crest at record levels. el roeno saw higr and now it's piles of debris and raw emotion. >> the scariest moment was trying to get out of the house the second door wouldn't open because i wud wanted to get out

and find those kids. >> reporter: she and her disabled nephew are okay too. authorities are using dogs to search through rubble, mocking sure no one is trapped. but dozens are ho on neighbors for food, shelter and support. the mayor says this city is dev stated but will bounceback by stucking together. >> thank you. and meteorologist is here to talk about all those tornados and what is amed head for memorial day. >> and it's because we have an extremely amplified pattern right now. normally it would go from west to east. have some waves. but this is an extremely amplified pattern with a jet stream going up to alaska and cold aeroin the west and still snowing in the mountains. that is budding heads, if you will in the southeast. and all these disturbances

causing tornado outbreak after tornado outbreak in parts of the plain states. unfortunately the possibility of more severe weather. some in the northeast and the midatlantic. washington d.c., pittsburgh and new york. maybe large tornados in the western plains. overnight places like chicago could see severe weather tomorrow. so not the best of memorial days. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. president trump says he's had a productive day in japan. he hit the links and sat ring side add a sumo championship. but the president's tweet praising north korea's dictator is an unwelcome development in japan. >> so if kim jong-un isn't violating his promise firing consid arviolation?ou said in >> i think kim jong-un or chairman kim, as some people

say, is looking to create a nation that has great strength economically. i think who's very much -- i talk to him a lot about it and he's very much into the fact that he believes like i do that north korea has tremendous economic potential like few other developing nations in the world and i think he is looking to develop that way. he knows with nuclear that's never going to happen. only bad can happen. he gets it well. soi think he is going to try at some point -- i'm in no rush at all. the sanctions remain. we have our hostages back. we are continuing to get the remains. a lot of good things happening and no enuclear testing for two years. during the past administration there were many numbers that were very high like 10, 12 and 18 having to do with missile

launches and nuclear testing and. >> the last two years it had zero and zeer oe. so i am very happy with the way it's going and intelligent people agree with me. >> not bothered at all by the monocle? >> not at all. >> reporter: the itinerary was carefully planned to please president trump. for lunch the japanese served double cheeseburgers made with u.s. beef. tomorrow the president will receive an honor when he becomes the first world leader to meet the new leinstalled emperor who will host a formal banquet for the president at the imperial palace. iran's foreign minister said a teheran would defend itself against any military or economic aggression. he spoke on a high profile visit to baghdad. >> reporter: as the u.s. for pairs to send more troops to the middle east to counter what the

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on this memorial day we're paying tribute to the men and women of armed service, including those who made the ultimate sack rufus. many returned home with the scars of war and some have managed to find peace in the loyal companionship of a service dog, like sully featured here at the foot of a casket of the late george h.w. bush. the legion of canine helping to heal wounded warriors. >> reporter: they can face all kinds of challenges from

traumatic brain injury to ptsd and they proven to be companions and care governors. that includes sully, on helping members of the military. with his gentle devotion to president george h.w. bush, the dog, sully earned a permanent place in our hearts. but cliff miller fell in love with tlab years earlier. the pup was chosen by he, his partner and friends of america's vet dogs for a very important job and gave him a name with special meaning. >> when we picked of the river -- >> reporter: he was nomed for a man who exhibited hero oism. >> we chose sully to honor captain chesly sullen berger,

not because of his ability to save all those people inlanding the plane. those particular flying skills came about when he was a united states air force fighter pilot. >> reporter: the long island based charity that provides services dogs to veterans depends on donations from ordinary people. and raises morthan anyone else. i think a lot of people would be surprised these dogs arant suplus by a grateful nation to these vets. >> reporter: the vietnam vets we're returning from combat back then, it was a disgrace the way the vets were treated. and now is the opportunity that we, as group of just friends -- that if they need a service dog to have a better life, we can actually do something to make that happen. >> reporter: men and women like sharon, a nurse for 27 years and treated 9/11 victims. soon after insenlisted herself

the army and found herself in a hospital in baghdad. >> we were having rockets and mortars lobbed in all the time. >> reporter: did you have an idea how it was effecting you emotionally? >> i think it hits you later. you almost become robotic to what's going on. >> reporter: after ten years she decided it was time to hang up her uniform and return to civilian life. >> i was put into the warrior transition battalion in bethesda because you know i had an attempt. >> reporter: an attempt? suicide attempt? >> because i had so much guilt and all these things that had built up. >> reporter: she was having trouble functioning. going out in public made her anxious and sleep eluded her or

was woke up by enight terrors. but a chance encounter changed her life. >> reporter: one of the boston he hdog, comrade, and he can kept coming to me.ogs co upwards of $50,000 to raise, care for, and train. >> i wanted to dog but i was working towards this dog so it was about four months after i actually retired from the army that i got the phone call and i was just like oh, my god, i'm going to get a dog. >> reporter: that dog is eddie, a bit of a goof ball when he's not working. >> eddie, door. >> reporter: but all business when he is. the 4-year-old brindle labrador never loovs her side. >> i woke up and i could not believe this was possible. but i have night terrors and

eddie interrupted my nightmare, night terror the first night i had him and i was in tears the next day. if he did nothing else for me but that, life was going to be great. >> reporter: so is being out like this something you could have done before eddie? >> no. like i said i used to do a lot, a lot of isolation. >> reporter: not any longer. eddie has opened up the world to her again, getting sharon out of the house and into social situations. something she never thought she'd be able to do. like having lunch with her family and as for that other lab, sully, well, he now works at the same hospital where a service dog showed sharon there might be a way out of her ptsd. sully is now part of a team of rehabilitation dogs at walter reed medical center in bethesda, maryland. >> we have a list of ward patients where they get visits

every day. he knows certain offices he lukes to go in and visit people in and certain wards and clinics he absolutely loves. >> automatically calm you down. they put things back in folkess, right? >> reporter: navy sailer robert hunter. >> it's really nice walter reed does this for us. this among other things. >> reporter: and 11-year-old who was diing a negotia was diagnosed with a rare immunity disease. >> it just makes you feel a lot happier to have the dog with you. >> reporter: it's not always medicine that heals. >> sully, salute. yes, goo

an iraq war veteran returned home with a song in his heart. actually a bunch of songs. ♪ your love >> reporter: on stage army veteran, michael trotter jr. is fearless. together he and his wife, tonia, perform as the duo, the war and treaty. ♪ >> reporter: 15 years ago ewhen

trotter deployed to the war in iraq he was understandably terrified. >> i was afraid and i want everybody to know i was afraid. you signed up. you're here. let's bite. >> reporter: he dropped out of high school and at 19 he eebecame a father, enlisted in the arm a eas a way to support his daughter. >> i have made the mother of all mistakes. then you meet the girl the gals and if you're lucky you meet your missing family members and you connect. >> reporter: chapten robert jr. could tell he was struggling. sheets heard trotter liked music and suggested he learn to play a piano that had been dis covered in the palace they were based. >> he was like on your free time come here and find home. >> reporter: trotter practicesed regularly, his thoughts never far from the former owner.

>> it had been owned by sudomhew tain. i found it interesting i was learningan tohed by tyrannical hands. >> reporter: captain robert sheets jr. was killed by an iud. ♪ i met a soldier he was >> reporter: trotter wrote a song for captain sheets' memorial service. when say the saw how it inspired, they saw an opportunity. ♪ he left his home >> reporter: the powers that be decided that is what i would do. i would literally write songs about the fallen for memorials. >> reporter: after almost two

years in iraq and far toomany memorials, trotter returned home. he continued to write and perform, which is how he met tonia blunt at a music festival. ♪ tonia blunt had an early brush with fame. that's her in "sister act 2" performing with lauren hill. >> i kind of lost the zest for it and i wanted to be able to give the audience that fewer and i just dudvent it anymore. >> reporter: but when she met michael and heard him, sparks flew. >> they were honest. tats the thing i love about michael is he's honest. that's not something you can makeup on stage. ♪ stay with me don't leave just yet ♪ >> reporter: the two started working on songs together, got married and had a child.

but michael was having trouble adjusting to civilian life. >> one fourth of july he was up under the bed with the fireworks. he didn't tell me and it happened again. i said whatever's going on, i real ea want to know. >> reporter: she insisted he go to a veteran's hospital. >> reporter: and he had ptsd and he's like i'm not wounded. and i said that doesn't mean you're not psychologically wounded. ♪ >> reporter: tonia encouraged muc tool play her some of the songs he'd written while he was in iraq. ♪ inside she would cry >> reporter: that because the

entry point to michael allowing me to know what was going on through the song writing. soi started to har the songs and lusn on the lyrics and it was letting me in without him sitting me down to say this is what happened. ♪ >> reporter: in august the war and treaty released their debut album "healing touch." he travelled to nashville to hear his old army buddy perform. last time they saw each other they were bunk mates in iraq. >> i remember his singing and thinking i really hope he continues on with that . >> reporter: most of the war and treaty songs aren't memorials, although in a way you could argue they all are. >> on my back sits the spirits

of those fallen

we leave you this memorial day with a vietnam story and a happy ending that was nearly half a century in the making. here's steve hartm >> reporter: insad hble wendell, he keeps the letter that he says got him through the vietnam war. >> it's written by a girl in the 6th grade. >> reporter: you didn't know this girl? >> nope. >> reporter: john was a 23-year-old army helicopter gunner. >> when you got up in the morning, you always wondered whether you would see the sun go down at night. >> reporter: and because he had such a deadly job in such a thankless war that little girl 's note mattered. it arrived christmas day 1970

and simply read in part dear service man, i want to give my sincere thanks to going to war to fight for us. the class hopes you will be able to can come home. signed donna k. obviously it could have gone to any soldier. but john took very personally. it's not just the letter, right? >> dam sure isn't. >> reporter: does it mean as much to you today as it did when you got it? >> yeah, fact is i think it means more today than it did when i got it. >> reporter: because she said thank you? >> yep. >> reporter: not long ago he even asked family members to find this donna k but they couldn't. at least that's what they told him. she's actually alive and well and about to deliver a second thank you message. this one in person. >> i remember writing the letter in the sixth grade. i was amazed that i could have the opportunity to write to a serviceman and maybe make his

life a little simpler for a couple of minutes. >> reporter: you took this assignment seriously? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. >> reporter: and she continues to talk it seriously. that's why she flew all the way from florida to surprise this unsuspecting soldier. >> you're real. >> reporter: john's anonymous girl in the letter now the friend before him. it has become almost cliche to thank a veteran for his oror her service. >> i don't believe it. >> rr: but john says we still need say the words because they're not only appreciated. sometimes they're desperately needed. >> i can't believe it. >> i'm here. >> reporter: steve hartman on the road in wendell, idaho. >> thank you so much. >> and a heart felt thank you to all our veterans and especially the families of those no longer

with us. that's the "overnight news" for this memorial day monday. that's the "overnight news" for captioning funded by cbs that's the "overnight news" for this memorial day monday. it's monday, may 27th, 2019. this is the "cbs morning news." state visit. president trump meets with japan's prime minister as mr. trump responds to tensions in iran and north korea. deadly weather from tornadoes to flooding, heat and hail, even snow. the late spring storms have millions brace for more. and all gave some. some gave all. honoring american heroes on this memorial day. good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york.