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before you even know you're pregnant. more than $1 million has been raised online for three good samaritans in portland, oregon who were stabbed while helping two women targeted during a hate-filled rant against muslims. two of the men were killed. president trump tweeted the attacks were unacceptable. the victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. mireya villarreal has more. >> he told us to go back to saudi arabia. and he told us that we shouldn't be here and to get out of his country. >> reporter: 17-year-old destiny mangum and a friend riding a hijab were riding a commuter train on friday afternoon when they became the victim of jeremy christian's racist rants. now they have a

those who stepped in to defend them including the two who lost their lives. >> i just want to say thank you to them and their family, and that i appreciate them. because without them we probably would be dead right now. >> reporter: the 23-year-old and a 53-year-old were allegedly stabbed by christian and died from their injuries. does it surprise you what he did that day on the train? >> honestly, no. >> reporter: eric best is the oldest of ricky's four children. >> we were taught, every one of us kids, he made sure we were loved. >> reporter: the third good samaritan is recovering after having his throat slashed. witnesses helped police capture christian after the attack. the 35-year-old is a convicted criminal, serving nearly eight years in prison on robbery and kidnapping charges. he has attended white supremacist rallies captured on

this is him one day before the attack. >> looks like we've got a christian or muslim [ bleep ] bus driver. >> reporter: the mayor condemned the attack. >> clearly what happened on that train was an act of terrorism. what happened on that train was a hate crime. i want to make it very clear. we do not tolerate that here in portland, oregon. >> reporter: the mayor wants to stop a protest sponsored by an alt-right group. he's asking the federal government to step in and revoke their permit. he has yet to hear back on that request. jeremy christian is set to be arraigned tomorrow. >> thank you very much. the u.s. military is on the ground and in the air over northern iraq this memorial day helping government forces liberate mosul. just a small part of the city remains under isis control but the enemy is not giving up. charlie d'agata is there. >> reporr:

forces video shows the house-to-house fight in the final assault. the battle has gone on for seven months, longer than anyone predicted, costlier than anyone wants to admit. the u.n. estimates that 200,000 residents remain trapped inside the dense, urban terrain of the old city and warns they're in grave danger as iraqi forces try to hunt down isis fighters hiding among them. an abandoned home has become a front line command center. this screen shows a live drone camera zeroing in on suspected isis targets. he sit says sparing the civilian population is the single biggest obstacle. queer we're using this technology to watch movement of civilians to protect them from harm. but the narrowee

difficult for isis to deploy its most deadly weapon too, car bombs. they showed us a whole range. some of these larger vehicles are tractors. these are ordinary civilian cars. they've had this steel reenforcement, but only in the front, to protect them from being stopped before they reach their target. car bombs aren't the only worry for civilians trying to escape. there are reports that militants have booby trapped homes with bombs and they have trapped children. given that civilians are used as shields, the militants are not going to give them up easily. it makes it difficult for airstrikes, but they are continuing, targeting 49 isis vehicles in and around mosul in the past few days alone. >> charlie, thank you. as america remembers the fallen this memorial day, david rt

advances being made in tweetire the wounded. >> reporter: just looking at brandon corona, you would never guess what he's about to do. >> i'm at peace with it, my family is at peace with it. >> reporter: he's asked doctors to cut off his leg. he gave up trying to save it. >> did was all rod, screws and bone that didn't grow back right. it looked like a leg, but it wasn't a leg. can you see the residual hardware that brandon had in his ankle. >> reporter: the doctor amputated his leg in a six-hour operation at brigham and weomens hospital in boston. he used a new procedure. >> in the past, all that has been asked of an amputated limb is to provide an adequate padding surface for a prosthetic. >> reporter: the new procedure connects the front and back

working together and communicating with the brain. >> that is what allows us to walk normally without looking at our feet. >> reporter: the surgery is experimental. the goal is to connect brandon's stump to a new generation of smart prosthetics now under development at m.i.t. that would move like a human foot. >> if we can elevate amputation to an equivalent form of salvage or an equivalent form of therapy, that, in some ways, is a major win for patients. >> reporter: two days after his surgery, all that's left of his lower left leg are the screws that used to hold it together. >> i am happy that i have lost my leg and i'm ready to start recovering again. >> reporter: if the new procedure doesn't work, he will use a standard prosthetic. either way, the ruin the leg that has been ruining his life for the last few years is gone. coming up next, new sy

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a giant water slide at a brand-new park in dublin, california, was closed for the holiday after a 10 year old boy flew off the slide on saturday. here's dimarco morgan. >> reporter: you can see in this video seconds after plunging down, the boy's body hit the pavement like a rag doll. amazingly, he was able to get up and walk away with minor cuts and bruises, the ride has since been shut down until further notice. >> whenever we have an incident, no matter what magnitude where anyone gets injured, we will shut the slide down and make sure that the slide is on rating safely. >> reporter: the ride is operated by the city of dublin and had just opened for business this holiday weekend. it was another

millions of visitors who flock to water parks this time of year. sadly, in a different incident last year, 10 year old caleb swab was killed instantly in kansas city, kansas. he was riding what's considered the tallest slide in the world, 17 stories high. the ride was delayed three times for safety concerns. here, this video shows rafts flying into the air. 28 states have rules over rides while nine have none at all. >> we need to spare no money in developing regulations that are consistent across all 50 states. there's absolutely no excuse or reason why a 10 year old child shouldi should be ejected from a water slide. >> reporter: inspectors were

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i think you'll be convinced. at arlington cemetery, the grave of john f. kennedy, president and war hero, born 100 years ago today. when asked how he became a war hero, he said it was involuntary. they sank my boat. >> reporter: the night before president kennedy traveled to dallas, he made a simple sketch. it may have been the last thing he put on paper. >> this was at the end of october 1962 at the

cuban missile crisis. >> reporter: she is president of the kennedy museum. >> it was out in the sea and the salty air but somehow was always the source of renewal and inspiration for him. >> reporter: victora was given to him by his father when he was 15. he named it, cared for it and sailed it for three decades. it needs to work because it's in the elements. >> it's exposed to the elements over the summer so people can see it. >> reporter: in osterville, massachusetts, we watched as it was being restored. >> you've been working on these boats for how long? >> i started 1960. a lot of history here. >> reporter: kennedy credited the boating skills he learned on victora with saving his hive in

world war ii. and in 1963, pictures launched the love affair with the young couple. >> they have boating in the dna. >> reporter: he overseas the yacht yard and oversees the v n varnishing. >> every year we give it a coat of varnish. we want to make sure the boat's in great shape and protected for all the visitors. >> reporter: it was returned to the library earlier this month, back in its prime spot on the shore line. what do you find most fascinateding about it? >> it was his, and it was so important to him over so much of his life. it's wonderful to see her here in the sunshine. >> reporter: for the stories it holds can be shared anew. >> that is the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast

york city, i'm jeff glor. this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the overnight news. i'm michelle miller. the pentagon will test a new air defense system today designed to knock an intercontinental ballistic missile out of the sky. that's never been done before. but the test takes on new urgency after the north korea launched another missile of its own, it was the 12th this year and it's rattling the earth from tokyo to washington. >> reporter: north korea has now conducted three missile launches in just the past three weeks. the latest comes after the country claimed its leader, kim jong un, oversaw a successful test of a new antiaircraft

system this past weekend. japan was quick to condemn the new lev missile launch as has south korea, whose president says he wants better relations with north korea. despite sanctions, norpt korea's capabilities continue to grow. last week they said they perfected a missile that they would start mass-producing. and earlier this month it tested what is believed to be its longest-range missile yet, potentially capable of carrying a nuclear warhead but still not able to reach the united states. 2014 was the last time the u.s. tested its west coast missile defense system, which has only worked in about half of the trials. on tuesday, the oust military will attempt to shoot down an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time. the trump administration has now sent two aircraft carriers to the korean peninsula. but u.s. defense secretary james mattis said on "face the nation" that a military conflict with no

catastrophic. >> the north korean regime has hundreds of artillery cannons and rocket launchers within range of one of the most densely-populated cities on earth, which is the capital of south korea. >> reporter: while north korea continues these missile tests, it has not conducted a sixth nuclear test, which many people have expected. when we were in north korea last month, i asked if they are still planning to conduct that test, and they said kim jong un will do it whenever he sees fit. thousands have been badly wounded in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. many have lost limbs. now an experimental procedure offers new hope to those wounded warriors. david martin reports. >> reporter: just looking at brandon corona, you would never guess what he's about to do. >> i'm at peace with it. my family's at peace with it, and my friends think i'm crazy. >> reporter: he asked

cut off his lower left leg. he gave up on trying to save it. >> it was all rods, screws and bone that didn't grow back right. it looked like a leg, but it wasn't a leg. you can see the resid yule hardware that brandon had in his ankle. >> reporter: his leg was amputated at brigham and women's hospital in boston. he used a new procedure. >> in the past, all that has been asked of an amputated limb is to provide an adequate padding surface in order for a prosthetic to be adequately mouptded. >> reporter: the new procedure connects the front and back muscles to allow them to keep working together and communicate with the brain. >> that is what allows us to walk normally without looking at our feet. >> reporter: the surgery is experimental. brandon corona is only the second patient to undergo this type of amputation. the goal is to connect his stump to a new

prosthetics now under development at m.i.t. that would move like a human foot. >> if we can elevate amputation to an equivalent form of salvage or an equivalent form of therapy, that, in some ways, is a major win for patients. >> reporter: two days after his surgery, all that's left of his lower left leg are the screws that used to hold it together. >> i'm happy that i have lost my leg and am ready to start recovering again. >> reporter: if the new procedure doesn't work he will use a standard prosthetic. either way, the leg that's been ruining his last four years is gone. it's mosquito season again in much of the country, and that means more concerns about the zika virus. since last year, more than 5,000 americans have tested positive, most contracted the virus overseas, but more than 200 caught it in florida. manuel bamore cass

miami. >> reporter: a new push for zika awareness. the cdc is still seeing up to 40 pregnant women every week nationwide. there have been no new locally h locally-transmitted cases since march, but local officials are not letting their guard down. >> reporter: jessica flores was understandably nervous as she prepared to give birth in january. she was pregnant at the height of the scare. when her daughter daniella was born, she looked and sounded like any normal newborn. no adviceable defects. her father gave thanks right on the delivery room floor. now still healthy at four months, daniella continues to be measured and monitored for environmental issues beyond microcephaly. >> she appears to be every bit a

good, healthy, beautiful healthy baby girl. but what are the risks for her going forward? >> part of the rhieason we continue to bring her baby back for check ups, we want to see are the back of the eyes developing normally, is she hearing properly. >> reporter: she says one in ten babies born to zika-positive moms have some sort of serious birth defect, but she worries that many are not receiving critical follow-up care. >> we lose about a quarter of those families after delivery, where they go back to their community hospital, their community pediatrician and they don't stay engaged with our care. and that means we don't have any data on what's happening with them. >> reporter: in south florida, crews are hitting the ground early, using larva cide. a controversial pesticide was dropped last year and residents protested. >> hey, hey, w

spray. >> reporter: the mayor hopes it won't come to that again this year. they've beefed up the mosquito control budget and are pushing awareness. >> if you don't plan on having a chieshlgsd et cetera, it's your personal responsibility to make sure you don't become a transmitter to somebody that does. all of us have to take care of all of us. >> reporter: but not every home own earn owner is up to speed. it's not gone. jessica flores told us she wesh went public to promote awareness so others can avoid the stress and ang si anxiety she suffered. >> we live in a time of zika, and this is something we're going to deal with this season and maybe next season, ultimately until there's treatment, vaccination or both. this is the world that we live in. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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president trump marked memorial day at arlington national cemetery where he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. other celebrations were held in washington and across the country. chip reid spent the day at the vietnam veteran's memorial. >> reporter: the granite wall and the names etched in it elicit a wide range of responses. some stand in silence. others pray. or offer a final salute. >> all right, david, welcome home. >> reporter: many feel compelled to leave offerings of love or gratitude or remembrance. a pair of boots. photographs, letters, even a last cigarette. each evening, national park service rangers collect the items and send them here, a

filled to the rafters with objects left since 1982. ranger janet fulthurst catalogs them and keeps them in pristine condition. >> we have a guess, 400,000. >> reporter: 400,000. >> we never fully know until we have everything cataloged, which we don't have yet. >> reporter: which could take a very long time. >> yeah. >> reporter: they range from works of art to dog tags to a motorcycle. this harley was left by the wisconsin chapter of rolling thunder, a vietnam advocacy group to remember the 37 wisconsin vietnam veterans missing in action. each item is treated with reverence, but she says some are harder than others. >> this is a letter from somebody who was engaged to somebody who went to vietnam and he passed away. >> reporter: pajamjames bosley t come home.

dear jim, you are still the chopper pilot, oh, so handsome. the ring and bracelet symbolize our youth and what might have been. >> i really identify with the lady who wrote it, just imagining my fiance and now my husband going and not being able to fill all of our dreams that we had for our future. it does have a punch, a lot. >> we want to have that visceral representation. >> reporter: jason obaboem is a curator. he wants an educational center to be built near the wall. >> what we have here is a letter. >> reporter: soon after the wall was built, this baby sweater was left by the wife of donald detmer. >> i wanted to bring you a teddy bear. instead, brought your first sweater. you are always in

i love you. >> reporter: that's typical of the things you find here. >> they are just packed with that raw emotion. >> reporter: other items, like this care package are haunting reminders of families suffering unbearable loss. >> this care package arrived in country just about the time that specialist force stuart was killed in action. and unfortunately, it was simply stamped with this date, kia. >> reporter: killed in action. >> killed in action. and that's what they saw. >> reporter: years later his family left the package at the wall. >> says stuart, mom and dad want you to have these cookies and kool-aid. >> reporter: some items left behind reflect the deep longing for closure. >> delta 71, your face haunts me, and the name is gone. >> reporter: so this photo was

how he looks but didn't know which name was his on the wall. >> couldn't identify him, couldn't take a name rubbing. in a way, couldn't complete that experience, and i think for us that's really the mission. it's to connect the faces to the names. >> reporter: boem hopes putting the objects on display along with photos of the fallen will help the families and the nation to heal. >> it will give visitors to the education center and visitors to the wall a bit more depth to that experience, to not just read the names but to see these faces and to understand that these were real people, real human beings who had lives who were cut short. >> reporter: they're still raising money for the vietnam war education center, but the plan is to build it across the road and underground, so it won't interfere with the visual experience of visiting the wall. and in addition to the thousands of objects that will be on display, they also hope to include photographs of every sile

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yeah! >> reporter: you could call kevin hart a comic, but he's more like a comedy rock star. >> we like to have a good time tonight. >> reporter: according to forbes, the 37-year-old entertainer was the highest-paid kmied yap on the planet, the runner, jerry seinfeld. >> you need an edge to succeed. my kids are growing up different. my son definitely doesn't have it. dad! wi-fi's down! >> reporter: and he built this comedic empire not so much by telling jokes but by talking openly about things people usually try to hide, like his fear of the dark. >> i grab my robe. i start scared walking toward the hallway. scared walking is

walko walkin', but you leanin' backwards just in case [ bleep ] do you know, you get [ bleep ] somebody there real quick. >> reporter: and then there are the embarrassing families about h -- stories about his family, like the time his drug-addicted dad showed up at a spelling bee. >> out of nowhere i heard, all right, all right, all right! yeah! >> reporter: does it do something for your soul to share that with everybody? those deep, personal things? >> comedy does come from pain. like it comes from pain. i could tell you some things right now that at first you'll go oh, my god. but then you'll laugh at. >> my dad was on drugs. i have no problem with being honest. it's the truth. >> reporter: and if pain really is the true source of comedy, he has a deep-well from which to draw. kevin darnell hart was born in philadelphia

younger of two boys. dad was in and out of jail. and kevin says, a role model for whatnot what not to do. >> if he hadn't made his mistakes live and in person i would probably be going down that same road in an experimental manner. >> reporter: you really think so? >> the only reason i don't do drugs is i saw what drugs do. i witnessed it first hand. >> reporter: they lived in a tiny apartment on the city's north side. and mom did her best to make it a home. you and your brother slept in the hallway? >> yeah. i would be shocked if it was 500 square feet maybe. small. >> reporter: for three people. >> yeah. >> reporter: did it feel small to you? >> no. it didn't feel small until i went over to one of my friend's houses who were doing well. i saw grass. you got grass outside your house? i don't know how you did that, that's crazy. y'all got

this ain't the school's? >> reporter: growing up in one of the toughest neighborhoods, he used comedy as armor. >> nobody wants to fight the funny guy. nobody wants to mess with the funny guy. everybody wants to be around the funny guy. that's what i was. >> reporter: girls want to date the funny guy? >> not really, not really. no, not really. not even going to lie to you. this would have been a perfect place to put that lie. this would have been a perfect place to put that lie. yes, women were all over -- no. not the case at all. i didn't know how to shut the funny off. that was my problem when i was younger. >> i don't want nobody taking some of this stuff serious. i don't want nobody coming up after the show talkon aboin' ab who's the funny one now. >> reporter: when he told his mother he wanted to try stand-up full time she agreed to pay his rent for a year on the condition he read his bible.

i'm getting calls. kevin, where's the rent. and one night after, it may have been a month, maybe, a month of back and forth with me and my mom, i opened the bible. and then a bunch of rent checks fell out. she had them dated throughout the year. >> reporter: did she get to see your success? >> no. >> reporter: nancy hart died in 2007 and kevin somehow managed to find humor in that, too. >> like i said, my mom died from cancer. everybody knows this. except my uncle richie jr. funeral's over. it's an emotional time. i'm talkin'. my uncle comes up. i want to let you know, whoever did this is going to die tonight. >> reporter: do you think abou

to see me now? >> no, because she does. you know. i got an amazing angel. you don't get here by yourself. i'm not over religious at all. but i'm religious enough to believe -- >> reporter: she's there? >> 100%. >> all right, look. keep reminding yourself that weddings are for the women. you're not supposed to enjoy yourself, doug. if you were, there would be big screen tvs. >> reporter: kevin hart has made more than two dozen movies, many box office hits like the ride-along series. >> i'm not the little man, you are. >> hey, don't start something if you don't want to finish it. >> what, you're about 3'10? >> reporter: he has a growing family, one on the way

new bride. as hard as he works, he plays stupid. like getting arrested in 2013 for drunk driving. do you think that was a big wakeup call, the dui, like i'm not going to play stupid any senator. >> wh-- anymore? >> i don't drink and drive. >> reporter: now he gets around l.a. in a rolling command center, usually working the phone. he talks about moving away from the buddy films he's known for. in fact, he just wrapped a more dramatic role with nicole kidman and bryan cranston, but this is a guy who knows where his heart is. >> i'm never walking away from comedy, never. >> hey, man, i've got a bottle of water. you can tell he drinks way to h much coffee, because he has too much energy. >> i love the fact that i have a craft that i can perfect as long as i want

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it's graduation time for the class of 2017, and some famous people are taking to the stage to offer advice. here's some of the highlights. >> none of us can make it alone. none of us. not even the guy that is talking to you right now. the greatest bodybuilder of all times. not even me that has been the terminator and went back in time to save the human race. ♪ >> i'm here as a cautionary tale. i'm the world's greatest advise i adviseer, not because i'm smart, but because i've screwed up every way possible. >> and when something seems designed to set you back,

strong. and the quality of your life will be based on the quality of your relationships. >> as you leave here, go out there! get in the way! get in trouble! good trouble! necessary trouble! and make some noise. >> it's really good to be idealistic. but be prepared to be misunderstood. anyone working on a big vision is going to get called crazy, even if you end up right. >> you can't let them get you down. you can't let the critics and the nay sayers get in the way of your dreams. >> and i will say this. you're nothing if you're not the truth. so i have made, i've

living. i've made a living, i've made a life. made a fortune, really, fantastic. [ laughter ] >> everyone advises the commencement speaker to say the one thing that the students will remember 40 years from now, whether you're in french quarter or the oval office, no good can ever come from tweeting at 3:00 a.m. ♪ and i ♪ will always ♪ love you ♪ will always love you ♪ class of 2017 >> and that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back a little lateror

from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm michelle miller. honoring america's heroes. >> words cannot measure the depth of their devotion, the purity of their love or the totality of their coe.urag >> and the president gives his embattled son-in-law a vote of confidence. also tonight, donations pour into the families of good samaritans killed trying to stop an anti-muslim rant. >> they lost their lives because of me. tiger woods arrested on suspicion of dui. we'll have more from where it happened. and on the 100th anniversary of his birth, celebrating jfk's love affair with the sea. >> when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail it or to watch it, we are going back from whence we came.

this is the "cbs overnight news." president trump made his first visit as commander in chief to arlington national cemetery. he visited a section where the fallen from the wars in iraq and afghanistan are buried. among them, second lieutenant robert kelly, the son of the secretary who was kill the by a land mine in 2010. the president is also defending his son-in-law. we begin with errol barnett. >> reporter: falling tradition, president trump honored fallen service members on memorial day, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. >> we can never replace them. we can never repay them, but we can always remember. >> reporter: but over the weekend, the president was on the attack, criticizing what he calls fake news, five times. the president's son-in-law and adviser jared kushner is now at

meeting with the russian ambassador, sergei kislyak during the transition and suggesting a back channel of communication with the kremlin. mr. trump defended kushner in this statement to the "new york times," saying, quote, jared is doing a great job for the country. i have total confidence in him perhaps more importantly, he is a very good person. secretary of homeland security kelly says while he doesn't know of any kushner back channel, it would not be unusual. >> anytime you can open lines of communication with any one, whether they're friends or not so good friends, it's a smart thing to do. >> my view of it is i don't like it. >> reporter: but republican senator john mccain who is visiting australia, disagrees. >> i don't think it's standard procedure prior to the inauguration of the president of the united states by someone who is not in an appointed position. >> reporter: jared kushner was the chf

trump's overseas trips to saudi arabia, israel and rome which the president saw as a success. but still, there is a growing sense that kushner is weakened and vulnerable for the first time. >> errol, thank you very much. the president had barely returned from europe when word came that north korea had conducted another missile test. this one is believed to be an older scud missile that threw for about 280 miles before coming down off the coast of japan. ben tracy is following this. >> reporter: north korea has launched nine missiles this year. three in the past three weeks. despite international sanctions, its capabilities continue to grow. last week the country said it perfected a medium-range, solid fuel missile it will start mass-producing. it is not capable of hitting the united states. but the u.s. military is preparing for a missile that eventually can. on tuesday it will attempt to shoot down an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.

it's the first test of a west coast missile defense system since 2014. north korea's latest missile test came just a day after its leader, kim jong un, oversaw a test of a new anti-aircraft system which would be used to defend north korea in case of airstrikes by the united states. the trump administration has now sent two aircraft carriers to the korean peninsula. secretary of defense general james mattis told cbs's "face the nation" north korea's actions are a direct threat to america. >> but the bottom line is, it would be a catastrophic war if this turns into combat, if we're not able to resolve this situation through diplomatic means. >> reporter: now president trump weighed in on twitter, saying north korea's latest missile test shows great disrespect for its neighbor china. the president wants china to keep pressuring north korea to give up its weapons program, but what china wants is for the saber rattling to stop and talks to start.

>> ben thank you. a program note. tomorrow cbs this morning will visit the northern most air base in the arctic circle. tiger woods was arrested in south florida over the weekend and charged with driving under the influence. >> reporter: police say tiger woods was pulled over around 3:00 this morning near his jupiter, florida home. it's not clear whether he was suspected of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs. he was released without bail. a winner of 14 majors, the 41-year-old golf legend is recuperating from an april 19 back surgery that will keep him off the course for the rest of the year. he told fans the long-term prognosis is positive. all i can do is take it day by day, but i want to say unequivocally, i want to say professional golf once again. once thought to be an unstoppable force on the golf

course, woods was a dream for companies. >> i am deeply sorry. >> but he lost major sponsorships in 2009 when his personal life brought him a level of notoriety he was not used to. he crashed his suv into a tree and blamed the prescription sleep aid ambien. and several extramarital affairs became public. his wife divorced him, and he took a four-month hiatus from pthe game. his last major title was at the 2008 u.s. open. since then, he has been plagued by injuries and poor play. >> he deserves to finish his career on a better note than appears to be now. >> reporter: golf writer aman lynch. >> tiger woods played golf at a level no one before him or since him has played and may never play again. it's hard to play when your best days are so far behind you in the rear view mirror. >> reporter: we reached out to woods' agent but did not immediately hear back.

if found guilty under florida law, woods can be fined up to $1,000 and face six months in prison. >> thank you very much. it started with a family dispute. late saturday night, a mississippi man went to a house looking for his estranged wife and two children. the police were called, and there were gunshots. when it was over, eight people in three homes were dead, one of them a deputy. the suspect, willie godbolt was arrested hours later. his wife and kids were not hurt. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

more than $1 million has been raised online for three good samaritans in portland, oregon who were stabbed while helping two women targeted during a hate-filled rant against muslims. two of the men were killed. president trump tweeted the attacks were unacceptable. the victims were standing up to hate and intolerance. mireya villarreal has more. >> he told us to go back to saudi arabia. and he told us that we shouldn't be here and to get out of his country. >> reporter: 17-year-old destiny mangum and a friend riding a hijab were riding a commuter train on friday afternoon when they became the victim of jeremy christian's racist rants. now they have a message for those who stepped in to defend them including the two who lost

>> i just want to say thank you to them and their family, and that i appreciate them. because without them we probably would be dead right now. >> reporter: the 23-year-old and a 53-year-old were allegedly stabbed by christian and died from their injuries. does it surprise you what he did that day on the train? >> honestly, no. >> reporter: eric best is the oldest of ricky's four children. >> we were taught, every one of us kids, he made sure we were loved. >> reporter: the third good samaritan is recovering after having his throat slashed. witnesses helped police capture christian after the attack. the 35-year-old is a convicted criminal, serving nearly eight years in prison on robbery and kidnapping charges. he has attended white supremacist rallies captured on social media. this is cell phone

christian just one day before the train attack. >> looks like we've got a christian or muslim [ bleep ] bus driver. >> reporter: the mayor condemned the attack. >> clearly what happened on that train was an act of terrorism. what happened on that train was a hate crime. i want to make it very clear. we do not tolerate that here in portland, oregon. >> reporter: the mayor wants to stop a protest sponsored by an alt-right group. he believes it will incite more violence in his city. he's asking the federal government to step in and revoke their permit. he has yet to hear back on that request. jeremy christian is set to be arraigned tomorrow. >> thank you very much. the u.s. military is on the ground and in the air over northern iraq this memorial day helping government forces liberate mosul. just a small part of the city remains under isis control but the enemy is not giving up. charlie d'agata is there. >> reporter: iraqi security forces video shows the

final assault. the battle has gone on for seven months, longer than anyone predicted, costlier than anyone wants to admit. the u.n. estimates that 200,000 residents remain trapped inside the dense, urban terrain of the old city and warns they're in grave danger as iraqi forces try to hunt down isis fighters hiding among them. an abandoned home has become a front line command center. this screen shows a live drone camera zeroing in on suspected isis targets. the staff general says sparing the civilian population is the single biggest obstacle slowing the advance. we're using this technology to not only pick out the enemy but watch movement of civilians to protect them from harm.

but the narrow streets make it difficult for isis to deploy its most deadly weapon too, car bombs. they showed us a whole range. some of these larger vehicles are tractors. these are ordinary civilian cars. they've had this steel reenforcement, but only in the front, to protect them from being stopped before they reach their target. car bombs aren't the only worry for civilians trying to escape. there are reports that militants have booby trapped homes with bombs and they have trapped children. given that civilians are used as shields, the militants are not going to give them up easily. the densely-populated neighborhoods make it difficult for airstrikes, too, but they are continuing, targeting 49 isis vehicles in and around mosul in the past few days alone. >> charlie, thank you. as america remembers the fallen this memorial day, david martin has this story about the advances being made in treating

>> reporter: just looking at brandon corona, you would never guess what he's about to do. >> i'm at peace with it, my family is at peace with it. and my friends think i'm crazy. >> reporter: he's asked doctors to cut off his leg. four years after it was crushed by a land mine in afghanistan he gave up trying to save it. >> it was all rods, screws and bone that didn't grow back right. it looked like a leg, but it wasn't a leg. >> you can see the residual hardware that brandon had in his ankle. >> reporter: the doctor amputated his leg in a six-hour operation at brigham and women's hospital in boston. he used a new procedure. >> in the past, all that has been asked of an amputated limb is to provide an adequate padding surface for a prosthetic. >> reporter: the new procedure connects the front and back muscles, allowing them to keep working together and communicating with the brain.

>> that is what allows us to walk normally without looking at our feet. >> reporter: the surgery is experimental. brandon is the first veteran and second patient to undergo the procedure. the goal is to connect brandon's stump to a new generation of smart prosthetics now under development at m.i.t. that would move like a human foot. >> if we can elevate amputation to an equivalent form of salvage or an equivalent form of therapy, that, in some ways, is a major win for patients. >> reporter: two days after his surgery, all that's left of his lower left leg are the screws that used to hold it together. >> i am happy that i have lost my leg and i'm ready to start recovering again. >> reporter: if the new procedure doesn't work, he will use a standard prosthetic. either way, the ruined leg that has been running his life for the last four years is gone. coming up next, new safety questions after a child flies off a brand-new wasl

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a giant water slide at a brand-new park in dublin, california, was closed for the holiday after a 10 year old boy flew off the slide on saturday. here's dimarco morgan. >> reporter: you can see in this video seconds after plunging down, the boy's body hit the pavement like a rag doll. just barely missing his head, avoiding what could have been a tragic event. amazingly, he was able to get up and walk away with minor cuts and bruises, the ride has since been shut down until further notice. >> whenever we have an incident, no matter what magnitude where anyone gets injured, we will shut the slide down and make sure that the slide is on rating safely. >> reporter: the ride is operated by the city of dublin and had just opened for business this holiday weekend. it was another wakeup call for millions of visitors who flock to w p

year. sadly, in a different incident last year, 10 year old caleb swab was killed instantly in kansas city, kansas. he was riding what's considered the tallest slide in the world, 17 stories high. the ride was delayed three times for safety concerns. here, this video shows rafts flying into the air. 20 states have government oversight of amusement and water parks while nine have none at all. >> we need to spare no money in developing regulations that are consistent across all 50 states. there's absolutely no excuse or reason why a 10 year old child should be ejected from a water slide. >> reporter: inspectors were there to determine what went wrong. it and two other

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at arlington cemetery, the grave of john f. kennedy, president and war hero, born 100 years ago today. when asked how he became a war hero, he said it was involuntary. they sank my boat. kennedy had a life-long love for the sea and for boats. one in particular. >> reporter: the night before president kennedy traveled to dallas, he made a simple sketch. it may have been the last thing he put on paper. but it wasn't the first time he thought of victora. >> this was at the end of october 1962 at the end of the cuban missile crisis.

>> reporter: she is curator of the presidential museum. >> it was out in the sea and the salty air but somehow was always the source of renewal and inspiration for him. >> reporter: victora was given to him by his father when he was 15. he named it, cared for it and sailed it for three decades. it needs to work because it's in the elements. >> it's exposed to the elements over the summer so people can see it. >> reporter: in osterville, massachusetts, we watched as it was being restored. by 75-year-old malcolm crosby, whose family designed the boat model 100 years ago. >> you've been working on these boats for how long? >> i started 1960. a lot of history here. >> reporter: kennedy credited the boating skills he learned on victora with saving his hive in world war ii. and in 1963, pictures launched

couple. >> they have boating in the dna. >> reporter: eagan owns the yard and oversees the yacht yard and varnishing. >> every year we give it a coat of varnish. we want to make sure the boat's in great shape and protected for all the visitors. >> reporter: it was returned to the library earlier this month, back in its prime spot on the shore line. what do you find most fascinating about it? >> just the fact that it was his and it was so important to him over so much of his life. it's wonderful to see her here in the sunshine. >> reporter: for the stories it holds can be shared anew. >> that is the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back a little later for the morning news and cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm jeff glor.

this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the overnight news. i'm michelle miller. the pentagon will test a new air defense system today designed to knock an intercontinental ballistic missile out of the sky. that's never been done before. but the test takes on new urgency after the north korea launched another missile of its own. it was the third missile test in three weeks and the 12th this year. and it's rattling the earth from tokyo to washington. >> reporter: north korea has now conducted three missile launches in just the past three weeks. the latest comes after the country claimed its leader, kim jong un, oversaw a successful test of a new antiaircraft system this past weekend. japan was quick to condemn the missile launch as has south

korea, whose president says he wants better relations with north korea. despite sanctions, north korea's capabilities continue to grow. last week they said they perfected a missile that they would start mass-producing. and earlier this month it tested what is believed to be its longest-range missile yet, potentially capable of carrying a nuclear warhead but still not able to reach the united states. 2014 was the last time the u.s. tested its west coast missile defense system, which has only worked in about half of the trials. on tuesday, the u.s. military will attempt to shoot down an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time. the trump administration has now sent two aircraft carriers to the korean peninsula. but u.s. defense secretary james mattis said on "face the nation" that a military conflict with north korea would be catastrophic. >> the north korre

hundreds of artillery cannons and rocket launchers within range of one of the most densely-populated cities on earth, which is the capital of south korea. >> reporter: while north korea continues these missile tests, it has not conducted a sixth nuclear test, which many people have expected. when we were in north korea last month, i asked if they are still planning to conduct that test, and they said kim jong un will do it whenever he sees fit. thousands have been badly wounded in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. many have lost limbs. now an experimental procedure offers new hope to those wounded warriors. david martin reports. >> reporter: just looking at brandon corona, you would never guess what he's about to do. >> i'm at peace with it. my family's at peace with it, and my friends think i'm crazy. >> reporter: he asked doctors to cut off his lower left leg. four years after it was crushed

he gave up on trying to save it. >> it was all rods, screws and bone that didn't grow back right. it looked like a leg, but it wasn't a leg. you can see the residual hardware that brandon had in his ankle. >> reporter: drfrnlts dr. matthew cardi amputated brandon's leg at brigham and women's hospital in boston. he used a new procedure. >> in the past, all that has been asked of an amputated limb is to provide an adequate padding surface in order for a prosthetic to be adequately mounted. >> reporter: the new procedure connects the front and back muscles to allow them to keep working together and communicate with the brain. >> that is what allows us to walk normally without looking at our feet. >> reporter: the surgery is experimental. brandon corona i only the second patient to undergo this type of amputation. the goal is to connect his stump to a new generation of smart prosthetics now under development at m.i.t. that would

>> if we can elevate amputation to an equivalent form of salvage or an equivalent form of therapy, that, in some ways, is a major win for patients. >> reporter: two days after his surgery, all that's left of his lower left leg are the screws that used to hold it together. >> i'm happy that i have lost my leg and am ready to start recovering again. >> reporter: if the new procedure doesn't work he will use a standard prosthetic. either way, the leg that's been ruining his last four years is gone. david martin, cbs news, boston. it's mosquito season again in much of the country, and that means more concerns about the zika virus. since last year, more than 5,000 americans have tested positive, most contracted the virus overseas, but more than 200 caught it in florida. manuel bojorquez reports from miami. >> reporter: the

start of summer means the new push for zika awareness. the cdc is still seeing up to 40 new pregnant women every week nationwide. there have been no new locally-transmitted cases since march, but local officials are not letting their guard down. >> reporter: jessica flores was understandably nervous as she prepared to give birth in january. she contracted zika when she was seven months pregnant, at the height of florida's zika scare. when her daughter daniella was born, she looked and sounded like any normal newborn. no visible defects. her father gave thanks right on the delivery room floor. now still healthy at four months, daniella continues to be measured and monitored for developmental issues beyond microcephaly. she appears to be everyit

good, healthy, beautiful, baby girl. but what are the risks for her going forward? >> part of the reason we continue to bring her baby back for check ups, we want to see are the back of the eyes developing normally, is she hearing properly. >> reporter: dr. kristin curry heads the program. she says one in ten babies born to zika-positive moms have some sort of serious birth defect, but she worries that many are not receiving critical follow-up care. >> we lose about a quarter of those families after delivery, where they go back to their community hospital, their community pediatrician and they don't stay engaged with our care. and that means we don't have any data on what's happening with them. crews are hitting the ground early, using larva cide. a controversial pesticide was dropped last year and residents protested. >> hey, hey, we don't want no spray.

>> reporter: the miami dade mayor hopes it won't come to that again this year. they've beefed up the mosquito control budget and are pushing awareness. >> if you don't plan on having a child, et cetera, it's your personal responsibility to make sure you don't become a transmitter to somebody that does. that's what our message is here. all of us have to take care of all of us. >> reporter: but not every home owner is up to speed. it's not gone. jessica flores told us she went public to promote awareness so others can avoid the stress and anxiety she suffered. is it just something we now have to live with? is it ever going to go away? >> we live in a time of zika, and this is something we're going to deal with this season and maybe next season, ultimately until there's treatment, vaccination or both. this is the world that we live in. >> the "cbs overnight news" will be right back.

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president trump marked memorial day at arlington national cemetery where he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. other celebrations were held in washington and across the country. chip reid spent the day at the vietnam veteran's memorial. >> reporter: the granite wall and the names etched in it elicit a wide range of responses. some stand in silence. others pray. or offer a final salute. >> all right, david, welcome home. >> reporter: many feel compelled to leave offerings of love or gratitude or remembrance. a pair of boots. photographs, letters, even a last cigarette. each evening, national park service rangers collect the items and send them here, a massive warehouse in maryland, filled to the rafters with

objects left since 1982. ranger janet fulthurst catalogs them and keeps them in pristine condition. do you know the total number of objects? >> we have a guess, 400,000. >> reporter: 400,000. >> we never fully know until we have everything cataloged, which we don't have yet. >> reporter: which could take a very long time. >> yeah. >> reporter: they range from works of art to dog tags to a motorcycle. this harley was left by the wisconsin chapter of rolling thunder, a vietnam advocacy group to remember the 37 wisconsin vietnam veterans missing in action. each item is treated with reverence, but she says some are harder than others. >> this is a letter from somebody who was engaged to somebody who went to vietnam and he passed away. >> reporter: james bosley didn't come home. his fiance carol,

ring and charm bracelet wrote, dear jim, you are still the chopper pilot, curly haired, blue eyed and oh, so handsome. the ring and bracelet symbolize our youth and what might have been. >> i really identify with the lady who wrote it, just imagining my fiance and now my husband going and not being able to fill all of our dreams that we had for our future. it does have a punch, a lot. >> we want to have that visceral representation. >> reporter: jason boehm is a curator. with the vietnam veterans organization. he wants an educational center to be built near the wall. >> what we have here is a infant sweater. >> reporter: soon after the wall was built, this baby sweater was left by the mother of donald detmer. >> i wanted to bring you a teddy bear. instead, brought your first sweater. you are always in my heart, how i love you. >> reporteha

>> some of those early objects, what we refer to are close to the loss are just packed with that raw emotion. >> reporter: other items, like this care package are haunting reminders of families suffering unbearable loss. >> this care package arrived in country just about the time that specialist force stuart was killed in action. and unfortunately, it was simply stamped with this date, kia. >> reporter: killed in action. >> killed in action. and was sent home to his family. >> and that's what they saw? >> and that's what his family saw. >> reporter: years later his family left the package at the wall. >> says stuart, mom and dad want you to have these cookies and kool-aid. it's time they gave them to you. they send all their love, gary b. >> reporter: some items left behind reflect the deep longing for closure. one left this photograph. >> delta 71, your face haunts me, and the name is gone. >> reporter: so this photo was left by someone who knew him by how he looks but didn't know which

>> couldn't identify him, couldn't take a name rubbing. in a way, couldn't complete that experience, and i think for us that's really the mission. it's to connect the faces to the names. >> reporter: boehm hopes putting the objects on display along with photos of the fallen will help the families and the nation to heal. >> it will give visitors to the education center and visitors to the wall a bit more depth to that experience, to not just read the names but to see these faces and to understand that these were real people, real human beings who had lives who were cut short. >> reporter: they're still raising money for the vietnam war education center, but the plan is to build it across the road and underground, so it won't interfere with the visual experience of visiting the wall. and in addition to the thousands of objects that will be on display, they also hope to include photographs of every single person whose name is on this wall.

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kevin hart a comic, but he's more like a comedy rock star. >> we like to have a good time tonight. >> reporter: according to forbes, the 37-year-old entertainer was the highest-paid comedian on the planet, the runner-up, jerry seinfeld. >> you need an edge to succeed. my kids are growing up different. my son definitely doesn't have it. dad! wi-fi's down! >> reporter: and he built this comedic empire not so much by telling jokes but by talking openly about things people usually try to hide, like his fear of the dark. i start scared walking toward the hallway. scared walking is when you walkin', but you leanin'

do you know, you get [ bleep ] somebody there real quick. >> reporter: and then there are the embarrassing stories about his family, like the time his drug-addicted dad showed up at a spelling bee. >> out of nowhere i heard, all right, all right, all right! yeah! >> reporter: does it do something for your soul to share that with everybody? those deep, personal things? >> comedy does come from pain. like it comes from pain. i could tell you some things right now that at first you'll go oh, my god. but then you'll laugh at. >> my dad was on drugs. i have no problem with being honest. it's the truth. >> reporter: and if pain really is the true source of comedy, he has a deep-well from which to draw. kevin darnell hart was born in philadelphia in 1979, the younger of two boys.

and kevin says, a role model for what not to do. >> if he hadn't made his mistakes live and in person i would probably be going down that same road in an experimental manner. >> reporter: you really think so? >> the only reason i don't do drugs is i saw what drugs do. i witnessed it first hand. >> reporter: they lived in a tiny apartment on the city's north side. and mom did her best to make it a home. you and your brother slept in the hallway? >> yeah. i would be shocked if it was 500 square feet maybe. small. >> reporter: for three people. >> yeah. >> reporter: did it feel small to you? >> no. that's all you knew. it didn't feel small until i went over to one of my friend's houses who were doing well. i saw grass. you got grass outside your house? i don't know how you did that, that's crazy. this is yours? y'all got to play in that grass? this ain't the school's?

man, that was cool. >> reporter: growing up in one of the toughestneighborhoods, he used comedy as armor. >> nobody wants to fight the funny guy. nobody wants to mess with the funny guy. everybody wants to be around the funny guy. that's what i was. >> reporter: girls want to date the funny guy? >> not really, not really. no, not really. not even going to lie to you. this would have been a perfect place to put that lie. this would have been a perfect place to put that lie. yes, women were all over -- no. not the case at all. i didn't know how to shut the funny off. that was my problem when i was younger. >> i don't want nobody taking some of this stuff serious. i don't want nobody coming up after the show talkin' about who's the funny one now. >> reporter: when he told his mother he wanted to try stand-up full time she agreed to pay his rent for a year on the condition he read his bible. >> she's like, read your bible, you'll be

i didn't read the bible. time kept going, and like, i'm getting calls. kevin, where's the rent. and one night after, it may have been a month, maybe, a month of back and forth with me and my mom, i opened the bible. and then a bunch of rent checks fell out. she had them dated throughout the year. >> reporter: did she get to see your success? >> no. >> reporter: nancy hart died in 2007 and kevin somehow managed to find humor in that, too. >> like i said, my mom died from cancer. everybody knows this. except my uncle richie jr. funeral's over. everybody's outside consoling one another. it's an emotional time. i'm talkin'. my uncle comes up. pats me on the back, says kevin, i want to let you know, whoever did this is going to die tonight. >> reporter: do you think about, gosh, it would be nice for her to m

>> no, because she does. you know. i got an amazing angel. you don't get here by yourself. i'm not over religious at all. but i'm religious enough to believe -- >> reporter: she's there? >> 100%. >> all right, look. keep reminding yourself that weddings are for the women. you're not supposed to enjoy yourself, doug. if you were, there would be big screen tvs. there would be gambling. >> reporter: it seems somebody's looking down on him. two dozen movies, many box office hits like the ride-along series. >> i'm not the little man, you are. >> hey, don't start something if you don't want to finish it. >> what, you're about 3'10? >> reporter: he has a growing family, two kids from a previous marriage, and one on the way with his new bride. but, as he

as hard as he works, he plays stupid. like getting arrested in 2013 for drunk driving. do you think that was a big wakeup call, the dui, like i'm not going to play stupid any more? >> when i woke up, yes. >> it's not that you don't drink anymore, you just don't drink and drive. >> i don't drink and drive. >> reporter: now he gets around l.a. in a rolling command center, usually working the phone. he talks about moving away from the buddy films he's known for. in fact, he just wrapped a more dramatic role with nicole kidman and bryan cranston, but this is a guy who knows where his heart is. >> i'm never walking away from comedy, never. >> hey, man, i've got a bottle of water. you want something? it's always one guy. you can tell he drinks way too much coffee, because he has too much energy. >> i love the fact that i have a craft that i can perfect as long as i want to. and the beauty of stand-up

everybody needs, everybody likes laughing.

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