here's cbs's roxana saberi with a story. >> reporter: to wales, searching for olitude. this is it? building 30 years. >> reporter: he found purpose. after serving with british army in afghanistan over a decade ago, alan suffered from post traumatic distress disorder. marriage broke down, one day so did he. >> pain killers, hoped not to wake up. >> reporter: but you did. >> woke up next day. >> reporter: homeless, but far farming family let him live and build on the land. salvation. >> today creating something for other people. >> reporter: local res aotr tro, spiry 32-year-old. charity index offers fitness, skills training and counseling with therapists like gareth noble. >> there's always a future, belief is important. >> reporter: hopes to finish the third and final floor this fall. more space for more healing. roxana saberi, cbs news, sirhowy valley, wales. >>> that's "the cbs overnight news," for some the news continues, others check back later for "cbs mornings" and cbs.com. i'm norah o'donnell. >>> this is cbs news flash, i'm matt pieper in new york. florida and new york vote

>> roxana saberi in london, thank you. >>> a farm just outside kansas city is growing more than just crops in its fields. cbs's janet shamlian has more in tonight's "eye on america." >> reporter: there's more than food growing on this patch of farmland. a crop of boys becoming men. >> one! >> reporter: it's a two-year agriculture-focused free entrepreneurship class called boys grow, offering mentoring to 14, 15, and 16-year-olds, many lacking important life skills. >> the soft skills we teach are skills that they're going to be able to continue on, but they have an opportunity to learn them out here. >> reporter: after working in the juvenile justice system founder john gordon was looking for a way to inspire kids, like kendrell kirkwood. >> he told me to go to college, college is worth it, do everything that i probably wouldn't want to da because next thing you know i might want to do it. >> reporter: there's a need in the kansas city metro area where data indicates there are nearly double the number of youth homicides compared to the national average. and in missouri black students

margaret. >> brennan: roxana saberi in london, thank you. well, tonight's "eye on america," the important life lessons being taught down on the farm, when we return, in just 60 seconds. rcjuidnsy iswi t jt cropsin its fields.an food growing on this patch of farmland, a crop of boys becoming men. >> one! >> reporter: it's a two-year agriculture focused free entrepreneurship class called boys grow, offering mentoring to 14, 15 and 16-year-olds, many lacking important life skills. >> the soft skills we teach are skills they will be able to continue on but they have an opportunity to learn them out here. >> reporter: after working in the juvenile justice system founder john gordon was looking for a way to inspire kids, like kendra kirk wood. >> he told me to go to college, college is worth it, do everything i probably wouldn't want to do because next thing you know i might want to do it. >> reporter: there is a need in the kansas city area where there are double youth homicides compared to the national average, and in missouri black students are

here's cbs' roxana saberi with one british army veteran's story. >> reporter: mikey allen came to theitude... so, this is it! >> yeah, this is the castle i've been building now for the last three years. >> reporter: ...but he foundtlee be purpose. after serving with the british army in afghanistan over a decade ago, allen suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. his marriage broke down, and one day, so did he. >> i just kept eating pain killers and eating them and eating them, with the hope not to wake up. >> reporter: but you woke up. >> i woke up the next day. >> reporter: he was homeless, but a farming family let him live, and build, on their land. his castle became his salvation. >> building this has been a big coping mechanism for myself. >> in the meantime, i guess, it is creating something for other coping people. >> reporter: each week, local residents and other troubled veterans visit, inspired by the 42-year-old. his charity, endex, offers fitness sessions, skills training, and counseling with therapists like gareth noble. >> as bad as things are, there's always a futur

roxana saberi, cbs news, wales. >> o'donnell: that is tonight's "cbs evening news." night. >> judge judy: you found this dog. they did scan her and found a chip. >> the owner, she said she was coming. >> judge judy: but she never came. >> correct. >> announcer: an abandoned dog ends up in yet another home. >> judge judy: you charged her $200 for the dog? >> right. >> announcer: then it was on the move again. >> the vet informed me that they would not be able to give her back to me because of the chip. i've just been completely devastated. >> announcer: "judge judy." you are about to enter the courtroom you are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. captions paid for by cbs television distribution sarah bauer is suing mary mcleod for the return of money she paid for a dog and punitive damages. >> byrd: order! all rise! this is case number 58 on the calendar in the matter of bauer vs. mcleod. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. ladies, have a seat, please. >> judge judy: ms. bauer, this is s

cbs's roxana saberi has more from london. >> reporter: in a region of france renowned for its wine, wildfiresfirefighters are struggling to contain the blaze near bordeaux that's forced thousands to flee their homes. countrywide, roughly 220 square miles have gone up in flames so far this year, nearly six times the annual average. blazes are also breaking out in spain and portugal, fanned by consecutive heatwaves and little to no rainfall. with more than 60% of theno european union and the u.k. now under a drought alert or warning, reservoirs and rivers are receding. on germany's rhine river, a crucial commercial route, some ships have cut cargo to avoid running aground. here in england, the first six months of this year were the driest in nearly five decades. coupled with the recent record high temperatures, that's left the ground at farms like this one parched. mike swerling has had to buy costly supplements and dip into winter feed because the grass his sheep normally graze on is too dry to eat. >> this is the driest i've ever known the farm. people are going to have to realize soon that i

roxana saberi has more on that story. >> reporter: mikey allen came to the mountains of wales searching isn't it. >> yeah, this is the castle i've been building the last three years. >> reporter: but he found purpose. after serving with the british army in afghanistan over a decade ago, alan suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. his marriage broke down, and one day, so did he. >> just kept eating painkillers, eating them, eating them, business the hope not to wake up. >> but you woke up. >> i woke up the next day. >> reporter: he was homeless, but a farming family let him live and build on their land. his castle became his salvation. >> building this has been a big coping mechanism for myself. in the meantime, i guess, creating something for other people. >> reporter: each week, local residents and other troubled veterans visit, inspired by the 42-year-old. his charity, "endex," offers fitness sessions, skills training, and counseling with therapists. >> as bad as things are, there's always a future. belief is important. >> reporter: alan hopes to finish the castle's third and f

roxana saberi paid a visit to one former british soldier who is rebuilding his life brick by brick. > allen hauls stone after heavy stone and log after log up a mountain in wales. so this is it? >> yeah, this is the castle i've been building now for the last three years. >> reporter: allen didn't plan to build a castle at first, but as the foundation took shape, he began rebuilding something else, his spirit. >> the goal has created some form of hope. it's kept me alive to a certain degree. >> reporter: it kept you alive? >> yeah, i think so. >> reporter: wow. skill and luck kept him alive when he served with the british army in afghanistan over a decade ago. but death was never distant. one day on patrol, he saw an afghan police officer step on a taliban mine. what happened then? >> there was a big explosion. me and my colleague went sideways, skidding across the floor. the best way to describe it, it looks like his legs had been stuck together with super glue, just all different directions. his torso was twisted sideways. >> reporter: back in wales, allen suffered from post traumati

roxana saberi has more from england. >> i don't know if i really want to do this, but i'm going ask. i'm h >>ah, it'nt. rr:s b cuter than a rat. >> yeah, they're cuter. >> reporter: they may be roads dents, but they're one of the uk's most endangered animals. millions of water voles used to live along the country's waterways. but with their numbers plunging 95% in recent decades, they're now protected and bred in sanctuaries like this. why do voles matter? >> voles are a very important part of the ecosystem. they feed on plants, they big burrows and they're food for other animals. so they're part of the food chain. >> reporter: whenever one creature is threatened, she says, so is the balance of life on our planet. >> if you impact one species, it can have knock-on effects on other species that rely on it. >> reporter: that's exactly what's happening around the world. the u.n. says around one million plant and animal species like the black rhino and the mountain gorilla are at risk of extinction. more than at any other time in human history. and that climate change, pollution, defores