captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ >> mason: tonight on the "cbs evening news," we're on omaha beach in normandy for ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the allied invasion that turned the tide in world war ii. earlier in england, president trump read from a prayer delivered by president franklin roosevelt the day of the operation. >> "by the great and by the righteous of our cause, our sons will triumph." >> mason: we will look at how cbs news brought the war live into american homes. >> this place even smells like an invasion. >> an ohio doctor is charged with 25 counts of murder in patient deaths. >> dr. husel ordered fentanyl to be administered in excess of medical standards.

>> arrests along u.s.-mexico border surged again last month. >> the border is a disaster. it's not a crisis. it's a complete, utter disaster. >> mason: and later, tom rice, who parachuted into normandy in 1944. at 97, he jumps again, as we remember d-day 75 years later. >> mason: good evening. i'm anthony mason, reporting from the american cemetery in normandy, france, the final resting place for more than 9,300 americans who died in the allied invasion. it is early morning here in france, june 6, exactly 75 years since d-day. a ceremony here will mark the anniversary. on that morning, more than 150,000 troops landed on the normandy beaches, many of them teenagers facing combat for the first time. german guns killed more than 2,500 americans that first day.

months of heavy fighting followed in northern france, but d-day marked a turning point in world war ii. victory over nazi germany would come less than a year later. 16 million americans served during world war ii. fewer than 500,000 are still alive. on wednesday, 300 d-day veterans and world leaders gathered for ceremonies in portsmouth, england, the main launching point for the invasion. more now from ben tracy, who is traveling with president trump in ireland tonight. ben? >> reporter: anthony, the president is spending the night here in ireland at a golf club that he owns in between these two d-day events. now, he's one of many world leaders who have come together to remember perhaps the greatest moment of the greatest generation. it is only fitting that the tribute to one of the most remarkable military operations in history took place on both land and in the air. recreating part of that fateful

day in 1944, warplanes dropped hundreds of parachutists from the sky, including veterans from the normandy invasion. >> "almighty god, our sons, pride of our nation..." >> reporter: president trump read the prayer that franklin roosevelt delivered to the nation on d-day. >> "some will never return. embrace these, father, and receive them, the heroic servants, into thy kingdom." >> reporter: ten d-day veterans took the stage, representing both their fallen comrades and the many who have since departed. these humble heroes, their pace slowed by time, brought heads of state and royalty to their feet. queen elizabeth, now 93 years old, said she had feared the 60th anniversary, 15 years ago, might be the last such ceremony with living veterans attending. >> but the wartime generation, my generation, is resilient, and

i am delighted to be with you in portsmouth today. >> reporter: after the event, the president and the queen said their good-byes, the official end of president trump's state visit to britain. but before leaving london, mr. trump sat down for an interview and was asked about not serving in vietnam due to bone spurs in his feet. >> do you wish you would have been able to serve? would you have liked to serve your country? >> well, i was never a fan of that war, i'll be honest with you. i thought it was a terrible war. i thought it was very far away. nobody ever heard-- you know, you're talking about vietnam. at that time, nobody ever heard of the country. >> reporter: the president says he's now making up for not serving by providing more funds for the military. this afternoon, mr. trump arrived in ireland where he met with the country's prime minister before heading to his golf club. now, the site of that meeting between the president and the irish prime minister was a bit odd. they actually ended up meeting in the v.i.p. lounge at the airport. that is because the president wanted to have the meeting at his golf club. the irish government did not. they preferred a nearby castle.

the compromise was the airport. anthony? >> mason: ben tracy in ireland. thanks, ben. on this day 75 years ago, americans awaited the news of the long-planned invasion of france. cbs radio reached 27 million homes in 1944, and that's where many tuned in for the latest on the battle. >> reporter: it was the news americans had been anxiously waiting to hear. >> allied naval forces supported by strong air forces began landing allied armies this morning on the northern coast of france. >> reporter: when the invasion of normandy, code-named "operation overlord," got underway in the dead of night... >> this morning on the -- >> mason: ...radio reporters on cbs news world roundup were already on high alert. >> that's what the office of war information wire says. >> everybody listened to these broadcasts because everybody had a vested interest in that war. >> mason: by air and sea, an

unprecedented force of military might advanced on a 50-mile stretch of normandy coastline, including here at what the allies called omaha beach. hitler's troops were caught off- guard. flying fast and low in a b-26 bomber plane over utah beach, 26-year-old cbs newsman richard c. hottelet watched as the first wave of 160,000 allied troops plowed through rough water as they faced relentless german artillery. >> the flights ahead of us dropped their bombs. the guns on the ships off shore resumed fire. the bombs and the shells burst together on the target. >> mason: within hours, hottelet was on the radio, reporting the first eyewitness account of the assault. >> 4,500 feet up, our plane was rocked by the concussions. we got the stench of the explosives. >> mason: hottelet was one of the murrow boys, a group of daring correspondents who, along

with their leader, edward r. murrow, risked their lives to report on the front line. >> that was first time in history that the american people had been able to receive that type of immediacy from credible journalists who they could trust. >> mason: murrow earned the respect of the american public after filing radio reports from london rooftops during the bombing blitz. on d-day, he read allied commander general dwight eisenhower's iconic communique to the soldiers of the allied forces. >> i have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. we will accept nothing less than full victory. good luck. >> mason: and nothing less than full victory is what his forces gave him. it was an epic achievement. we'll be back later in the broadcast with the story of a d- day paratrooper who made a dramatic return today. but now let's go back to new

york and david begnaud, who has more of today's news. david? >> begnaud: anthony, thank you very much. good evening, everyone. we're going to begin in ohio. a doctor there has been charged with murder in the overdose deaths of 25 patients. authorities say the deaths were intentional. the victims were between 37 and 85 years old. they died from excessive doses of painkillers. that's according to hospital officials. here's dean reynolds. >> doctor, what do you have to say to the patients' families? >> reporter: first, critical care doctor william husel lost his job, then his right to practice medicine, and now he could lose his freedom. today at his arraignment, his coat and tie were replaced with handcuffs and a jailhouse jumpsuit, in keeping with someone who stands accused of murdering 25 of his own patients, one of the biggest homicide cases in u.s. history. prosecutors said the 43-year-old doctor knowingly ordered potentially lethal doses of the painkiller fentanyl for those patients, with no other purpose

than to hasten their deaths. his arrest followed a six-month criminal investigation. tom quinlan is the columbus chief of police. >> this breech of a doctor's oath is vile and worthy of today's actions, and that begins the process of holding this accused killer criminally accountable. >> reporter: investigators found husel ordered doses that were ten, 20, and even 40 times more than deemed appropriate, often after telling a family member their seriously-ill loved one was actually brain-dead. helen young's husband of 46 years died in husel's care. >> he said, "mr. young's kidneys are gone. his lungs are gone. he's brain-dead." i said, how did all that happen at once? i said, how in the world did that happen? >> reporter: officials say it's unclear what husel's motive may have been. his attorney said he was trying

to ease his patients' pain, not kill them. but, if convicted, he could face 15 years to life on each one of the 25 counts. david? >> begnaud: dean reynolds with an incredible story from chicago tonight. thank you, dean. we have new numbers tonight from the u.s. customs and border protection about how many migrants were arrested last month after illegally crossing the southern border. more than 132,000. that is the highest monthly total since 2006. president trump is calling it a crisis. his frustration is growing, and he says he's on the verge of placing tariffs on all imports from mexico. here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: customs officials are calling it a full-blown emergency, fueled by a surge in families trying to cross the border. since january, roughly 440,000 migrants have been apprehended. that's more than the entire population of cleveland, ohio. >> mexico can stop it. they have to stop it. otherwis jble

to do business. >> reporter: in ireland, president trump threw down the gauntlet. he vowed to slap tariffs on all mexican goods next week, if mexico doesn't do more to prevent illegal migration. the tariffs would start at 5% and climb to 25% by october. >> if they go high, then companies are going to move back into the united states. that's all. it's very simple. >> reporter: but his own party is rebelling. >> i'm afraid it might endanger some american jobs. >> well, let's hope this doesn't happen. >> reporter: mexico is one of america's biggest trading partners. a trade war would drive up the price americans pay for everything from avocados to automobiles. mexico's president said today he's optimistic there will be an agreement, as congress threatens to block the tariffs. >> i think that this is dangerous territory. this is not a way to treat a friend. it's not a way to deal with immigration. >> reporter: does the house have the votes to override a

presidential veto on tariffs? >> we're not talking about overriding. we haven't seen anything yet, except a tweet. a tweet. >> reporter: mexico's foreign minister met with vice president pence and secretary of state pompeo this afternoon. white house officials say the point of the meeting was to hear the mexican proposals for stemming illegal immigration. david? >> begnaud: nancy cordes, thank you very much. coming up next on the "cbs evening news," they got burned in a timeshare scam, and they're not alone. and later, why some people want to reopen every case handled by a former sex crimes prosecutor in new york city. in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. when ywith the dealershiparvana, you'over their high prices, worrying if you got a good deal. it's why we invented the new way to buy a car

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>> it was especially nice when my grandchildren were very young. >> reporter: susanne and ernest jansson enjoyed their vacation timeshare near the beaches and boardwalks of the new jersey shore for 14 years. but when the annual maintenance more than doubled to $1,500 a year, they could no longer afford it. >> it got to be too expensive. ernie and i are senior citizens. >> reporter: they received this flier in the mail from vacation consulting services, offering them a free dinner and a way out. >> the salesman was charming. >> reporter: they offered you a one-time payment of $18,000 to get out of your timeshare contract? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: why was that appealing? >> i don't know why that was appealing. i don't even know why i did it. >> reporter: the timeshare industry is now worth $9.6 billion, and in a first-of-its- kind investigation, the better business bureau discovered ten timeshare exit companies in missouri, including vacation consulting services, scamming consumers across the country.

the b.b.b.'s michelle corey says since 2016, timeshare owners in 46 states filed more than 700 complaints reporting millions in losses. >> timeshares were booming back in the 1970s and '80s. and now, these people are on fixed incomes. they can't afford them. >> reporter: the janssons put the $18,000 charge on two credit cards. after six months of payments, nothing has happened. are you embarrassed this happened? >> yeah, a little bit. yeah. >> reporter: it's okay. >> it doesn't make me feel too good. i think i'm smarter than that. >> reporter: the better business bureau says people should work directly with their timeshare company to get out of a contract. vacation consulting services told the bureau, it is seeking to implement a customer refund plan. david, we reached out to them as well, but we have not heard back. >> begnaud: that was eye- opening. thank you, meg. up next, a rescue gone wrong. an elderly patient spins uncontrollably, as rescuers try and evacuate her.

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>> mason: through the years, many d-day veterans have returned to normandy, but few have done so as dramatically as tom rice, formerly of the 101st airborne division. mark phillips is here with his story. mark? >> reporter: anthony, well, a lot has been said about how this commemoration is special, because the d-day generation is now well into its 90s. well, here's one returning vet who challenges all those age stereotypes. ( applause ) tom rice has been to normandy before, but the reception then was a lot less welcoming. >> airborne! >> airborne! >> airborne! >> reporter: tom rice is 97 paratroopers who would be dropped behind enemy lines.

their job, to prevent german reinforcements from reaching the front as the main invasion force stormed the beaches. >> chase 'em out, run 'em across fields, through cemeteries, jumping over tombstones, chase 'em all the way back to the german border as fast as we can. >> reporter: tom rice has come back to the field where he landed that night. the story he now tells to current soldiers is of a mission that did not start well. >> it was dark, dark, dark, except for all the hurricane of fire coming up, real fast. i'm glad they moved away from that. >> reporter: tom rice could have just accepted the thanks of the french nation here, but he had other ideas. he came back to jump again. seriously. >> i have a replacement left knee and the right knee is a little sore, but we're going to ignore that. >> reporter: why are you doing this? >> well, we did this-- i did this because i like to, and it's

an extended dimension that may be my personality. >> reporter: the plan was to jump in tandem, harnessed along with art schaefer. >> he's jumped at a lot of these events over the years. so yeah, it's not his first one. >> reporter: not his first rodeo. >> not his first rodeo, that's correct. >> reporter: there are not too many 97-year-old rodeo riders, but there is one 97-year-old parachute jumper, arriving in daylight and waving a flag this time. a different kind of jump, requiring a different kind of bravery. >> you okay? >> we're okay. >> reporter: tom, a little quieter jump this time. >> yeah. yeah, yeah. they aren't shooting at me. >> reporter: tom rice, a returning hero, who fell from the sky. >> mason: never mind that replacemenknee that's what i call a comeback, mark.

>> reporter: well, we can all swap joints, i suppose, on that one. but tomorrow, there is actually another vet we're going to talk to, who is a man of american indian extraction, who served as a medic here. he was decorated for saving, he figures about 20 lives. what's always interesting about these commemorations is, not so much the official ceremony, of course, and all the solemnity associated with that, but the vets you meet here. you think you know all the stories about d-day. every time you come back here for one of these things, there are new ones. >> mason: there's another great one. all right, mark phillips, thanks. let's go back to david begnaud now in new york. david? >> begnaud: anthony, we appreciate all your reporting. thank you again. cbs news will air tomorrow's d- day ceremony in normandy live, we will have a special report starting at 2:00 a.m. pacific time. that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm david begnaud. from new york, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org each morning,

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