any day. but it is especially so today, david, on this 75th anniversary of d-day. >> it sure is. let's head south. today, heavy rain continues along the gulf coast. some places got a month's worth of rain in 24 hours. a man was killed on a flooded road in baton rouge, louisiana. >> reporter: baton rouge rescue crews rushed into action this morning, saving this woman who was trapped by the flash flooding. the storms dut s dumping three of rain in louisiana, turned deadly. one man was killed as he tried to escape his car. 40 miles west of baton rouge, parts of henderson, louisiana, are submerged. and if the water wasn't enough, the wind made it worse. multiple tornadoes were reported. one barreled through baton rouge, flipping cars, tapling trees and shredding the roof off

of this complex. the swollen arkansas river has put a strain on aging levees and wiped out some communities in arkansas and oklahoma. >> it wasn't much. but it was ours. we have five feet of water. we lost everything. >> reporter: the loss, amplified by the latest forecast, calling for more rain in the next few days. the trump administration said they're going to push forward with plans to slap tariffs on experts from mexico starting monday. the president is demending that mexico do somewhere to crack down on illegal immigration from central nesamerica. >> reporter: clashes erupted on a mexico highway, as 200 police officers and immigration agents blocked migrants on wednesday.

mexican officials say the confrontation is chracking down on illegal migration. the president says mexico needs to do more or there will be a 5% tariff on all goods on monday. >> i'm happy with it. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that mexico offered to deploy 6,000 troops to its border with guatemala. but the white house said that was not enough. mexico plans to change its asylum policy. so that they would get asylum in mexico, rather than the u.s. both sides should want to avoid tariffs. >> the tariffs could be very costly for the u.s. economy, the consumers in the united states, and the mexican economy.

>> reporter: arump and his mexican counterpart have not spoken directly. and, david, they are the only two people that can strike a deal. we want to turn back to our d-day coverage now. for years, a widow in maryland has been fighting to have her late husband's heroism recognized. roughly 2,000 of them were at normandy. and they all served in segregated units. their contributions were often overlooked. waiverly woodson jr. was a medic, when he stormed the beach in normandy 70 years ago today. 90-year-old joanne woodson was his wife. >> some of them were so wounded. there was nothing you could do but give them a last rites.

>> reporter: according to a history channel report, woodson saved hours to save lives. he treated 200 men before collapsing with his own injuries. >> he should get the medal of honor like the rest of the guys did. >> reporter: in 1993, a u.s. army report concluded that racial bias was a reason no african-american world war ii service members received the medal of honor. after that, seven did. woodson was considered. >> it's pretty clear, had he been a white soldier, he would have received the medal of man honor. the only t has stood in the way was the color of his skin. >> reporter: a fire destroyed nearly all of woodson's records. and without those documents, the army says it cannot reconsider him for the medal of honor. i'm reminded that your husband

helped to free the world but had to battle for recognition. >> that's how we think about it, too. >> we thank you. and we thank him for our service. mr. woodson died in 2005. he did receive the probronze st. but joanne says she's not going to stop fighting for that medal of honor. up next, we have new developments in the mysterious death of five american tourists. of savings and service.

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some d-day veterans traveled thousands of miles to be here for the 75th anniversary. but the trip was much shorter for one american. mark phillips introduces us. >> reporter: among the veterans honored here today, was a man with a long, untold story, named charles norman shay, who took part in a ceremony earlier this week. shay is 94 years old, and led a commemoration for the 29 native americans who were killed in the fighting buried here. >> private bennie allen dewitt. >> reporter: charles shay n up in the community in

maine. attended high school. drafted into the army and trained as a medic. that brought him to the carnage of omaha beach. >> mortar and artillery coming at us. and when the ramp went down, the men that were standing in the front, some of them were killed immediately. >> reporter: others were so badly hurt, they couldn't drag themselves out of the surf. >> many men who had been wounded were laying and could not help themselves. and the tide was socoming in ve fast. >> reporter: but charles was faster, returning time after time to drag the men up the beach. >> i hope i saved the life of

many. 10 to 20. >> reporter: others say it was many more. he received a silver star. lately charles shay has to be c fallen brothers in his final years. >> i've been here for o do you any you will stay here now? >> it will be my last place. i will die here. >> reporter: but not yet. >> i believe i can talk with the souls of the men who wanlder around the beach here. i want to assure them they are not forgotten. >> reporter: mark phillips, cbs news, normandy. to every one of our veterans, we say thank you. that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of you, the news continues. or others, check back later on in the morning. we have the morning news. and of course, you don't want to miss gayle and the guys on "cbs this morning." i will be back tonight for "the

cbs evening news." i'm david begnaud. thanks for watching. have a great day. this is "the cbs overnight news." >> welcome to "the overnight news." i'm don dahler. president trump wraps up his trip to europe today and heads back to washington, where an international crisis is brewing. the president is vowing to impose tariffs on all mexican m imports. but it doesn't stop the flow of mi yagrants to the u.s. border. >> reporter: clashes erupted along a southern mexico highway. as 200 imation0 migrants from central america on wednesday.

mexican of on illegal migration. the president says mexico needs to do more or there will be a 5% tariff on all goods on monday. >> we told mexico the tariffs go on. and i mean it, too. and i'm very happy with it. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that mexico offered to deploy 6,000 troops to its border with guatemala. but the white house said that was not enough. mexico plans to change its asylum policy. so that they would get asylum in mexico, rather than the u.s. an administration source described that as encouraging. tariffs. foreign officer, said i >> the tariffs could be very

costly for the u.s. econom thea. >> reporter: a w house telbs n thighnl ade deadlyeres to pound the nation's midsection. heavy rain has rivers bursting their banks. parts of louisiana would see another six inches of rain before the end of the day. maria villa real is in baton rouge. >> reporter: baton rouge rescue crews rushed into action this morning, saving this woman who was trapped by the flash flooding. the storms dumping three inches of rain in louisiana, turned deadly. one man was killed as he tried to escape his car. 40 miles west of baton rouge, parts of henderson, louisiana, are now submerged. the wind made it worse.

multiple tornadoes were reported. one barreled through baton rouge, flipping cars, toppling trees and shredding the roof off of this complex. the swollen arkansas river has arkansas and oklahoma. >> it wasn't much. but it was ours. we have five feet of water. we lost everything. >> reporter: the loss, amplified by the latest forecast, calling for more rain in the next few days. maria villarreal, baton rouge, louisiana. the army doesn't know what caused a wreck at the west point military academy. one cadet was killed and more than two dozen were injured. >> today was a tragic day for the west point community and our united states army. >> reporter: aerial video of a training site near the west point academy in new york, appears to show a military

transportation vehicle, overturned, leaving one west point cadet dead, and the personnel carrier had a soft canopy roof covering the truck, similar to this. that's where most of the cadets were seated. >> it's very rough terrain. we want to make sure our soldiers and cadets train in a realistic environment. this is part of our realistic training. >> reporter: the injured cadets are rising seniors, part of the class of 2020. west point superintendent and lieutenant gunnel darryl williams insists the army will deal with this tragedy with strength. >> this is the united states army. we're strong here at west point. president trump is headed home after the celebration of the invasion in normandy. anthony mason was in normandy

for the day's events. >> reporter: president trump and french president emmanuel macron took the stage along the cliffs of normandy, near the spot where thousands lost their lives. and it was those who battled their way up those cliffs, 75 years ago told, who they honored. president trump paid tribute to the bravery and heroism of the living and the dead. >> to the men who sit behind me and to the boys who rest in the field before me, your examples will never, ever grow old. >> reporter: the president also poignantly singled out some in attendance. >> private picket, you honor us all with your presence. >> reporter: like 94-year-old russell picket, a private first

class who was wounded in the first wave that landed on omaha beach. he would not be denied the acceptance to stand, and get the appreciation of the crowd. >> you are the pride of our nation. you are the glory of our republic. and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. >> reporter: the french president wasted no time expressing his own country's gratitude. >> we know what we owe, our freedom. on behalf of my nation, i want to say thank you. >> reporter: many of the veterans accepted the good wishes of both world leaders and their lives, before witnessing a military flyover and a 21-gun salute. among the returning veterans,

96-year-olds jake larsen, who was just 21 when he barely made it across the beach on june 6th, 1944. >> to feel that sand brings back so many memories. >> reporter: larsen is one of a dwindling number of surviving veterans, most in their 90s. he says he is the last man in his unit still alive. >> i turned to my left, three feet from me, there was a soldier. i said, buddy, have you got a match? and he didn't answer. i looked again. and there was no head under the helmet. the soul of that boy inspired me to run for the cliff. >> reporter: just 4% of world war ii veterans survive. and those in france today, insisted the real heroes were the 9,300 buried near that beach, boys that never became

men.

this is "the cbs overnight news." the beaches of northern france are quiet again this morning after a week-long celebration of the d-day invasion. it was 75 years ago yesterday that america and its allies stormed ashore at normandy by sea and by air. it remains the largest such invasion in history. of the 16 million americans who fought in world war ii, fewer than half are around to tell the tale. anthony mason has one soldier's story. >> 75 years. how come i'm still alive? i'm still alive. >> reporter: jake larsen was 21 years old when he stormed omaha.

>> never in my life did i ever think that i would be standing on omaha beach on the 75th anniversary of d-day. it's like a dream come true, like i won the lottery. >> reporter: the 96-year-old vet says the beach today looks dramatically different. >> reporter: t >> the sea here is clear. it was bloody, bodies. what can a person say now, except that war is hell. just think of it, a million mines out in front of us. 2,400 rounds, shooting at you. >> yeah. >> at any one time. >> reporter: you stopped for a cigarette. >> i stopped for a cigarette behind that berm. and my matches were wet. so, i turned to my life. not three feet from me, there was a soldier. and i says, buddy, have you got

a match? and he didn't answer. i looked again and there was no head under the helmet. the soul of that boy inspired me to up at that instant, and run for the cliff. >> reporter: how does it feel to come back here, jake? >> it ooh es ooh o's one of the unbelievable things that could happen to me. even living this thing. 96 years old is not chicken feed. >> no, sir, it's not. but larsen almost didn't make it here. and it wasn't because of his age but because of funding. veteran organizations were going to help but there was a problem. >> as quick as they found out that my service records were burned up, they dropped me like a hot potato. >> reporter: but two women at his favorite coffee shop decided to raise money for him through a

crowd fundingsite >> when they told me they were going to put that on the internet or some place, i said, i'm gonna get one of the chairs here and get a tin cup and sit out in front and i'll betcha i'll pick up more here. who is going to pay money for me to go over there? >> reporter: turns out a lot of people did. how did that make you feel? >> it made me feel great because i have a book i didn't know if i could publish or not. and this is going to help me publish that. the name of the book is going to be "the luckiest man in the world." >> reporter: that's how you feel? >> that's exactly how i feel. >> reporter: headed straight towards the water? >> yeah. >> reporter: the motto of your unit is on a pin on your hat. >> to the last man. i am the last man.

>> reporter: what do you want people to know on this 75th anniversary, jake? >> don't remember me. remember all those guys that sacrificed their lives for freedom, that we all enjoy today and remember. remember freedom is not free. >> a lesson we need to be reminded of sometimes. antho antho anthony mason on omaha beach. in the 1940s, there was no shortage of people ready to march off to war. but last year, the u.s. army sor the coming year. >> we're the fake military. >> i'm snake. >> reporter: at this sold-out gaming convention, people

dressed up like their favorite characters, including some make-believe soldiers. but this is frank mut, the head of the recruiting command is looking for the next generation of soldiers. is there something about what it takes to be a gamer and what you're looking for for army jobs? >> yes. it's decisionmaking. it's about team work. >> reporter: to help the mission, the army is putting together an all-army e-sports team. playing games like call of duty. fortni fortnite. and league of legends. >> seven rounds in a row for the defense. >> reporter: and hoping to compete in e-sports tournaments across the country. >> we went to recruiters and said, what can do we different?

they said,up. guys talk all the time while they're playing the games. >> reporter: it's like a nashville television >> reporter: this is how you would strike up a conversation? >> yeah. >> reporter: chris jones is leading the recutement effort. he says the army isn't just boots and bullets. >> you can be in cyber. we have microbiologists. we have different career fields. that's why we're here, to tell you about it. >> reporter: i'm going to give you the questions of a typical recruit. you have to give me the answer. can i have a dog? >> if you're a single soldier staying in the barracks, you cannot have a dog. >> reporter: can i have a car? >> if it's y, smokjuanahe milit?

>> no. correct. >> reporter: that might be a deterrent for some gamers. >> correct. >> we're not as physically active as we want to be. >> reporter: with all of the shooter games we have, it's a great segue for kids. >> reporter: and major general m muth, says there is not a game. >> there's risk in everything we do. the army, there's a risk. if you look at the percentage in direct combat, it's a low percentage

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more than 50 american veterans of world war ii traveled to france this week to take part of the 75th anniversary of the d-day invasi invasion. mark phillips took a walk along a beach with a veteran who remembers it very differently. >> those are the ones that hit us in the afternoon. >> reporter: a lot of veterans come to normandy to come to terms with his past. for 97-year-old vern aller, this is about his life now. sharing his experience with his wife, ruth. >> we never had one tank. n at h-hour plus one, r had an hour after the invasion

began, when the beach was a killing zone. >> we were outgunned. >> reporter: you were outgunned when you hit the beach. >> we were outgunned. we were targets. they had cover. >> reporter: you were exposed on the beach. >> we were exposed. >> reporter: he was supporting the first waves of infantry. but he's never been the kind of guy to tell war stories. >> i never forgot it. you can't dwell on it. the guys that dwell on it, i suppose they're basket cases. >> reporter: but vern thought it through the once-bloody normandy country. >> we were all rookies, far as combat is concerned. >> reporter: there's a lot of

n nostalgia. but vern doesn't need any visual crews. >> you don't forget it. i can tell you stuff that happened ten minutes after we landed. >> now, he's told that to ruth. why is it important to keep it passed on? >> reporter: the kids today do not know the sacrifices that were given for their freedom. >> isn't that something, huh? wow. >> reporter: coming back did more than revive memories for vern aller. it reminded him why he had come here the first time. >> i think they should teach it at school. not just d-day. o the land andler>>we. u, the ns continues.

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