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And no, its not a good-bye. its thepposite. because this little girl, adriana aviles, not long ago faced a most severe challenge. leukemia. chemo was not working for her. only a bone marrow transplant could save her. but there were no donors out there who were a match. >> she knew how dire her situation was and how scary it was. she understood. >> reporter: enter to this story a guy who lived 2,000 miles away. michael laureano, just back from serving in iraq, had started college in delaware and ...

The entire journey covers about two and a half miles through both deep water and steep climbs. the biggest concern is a pinch point in the cave that is just 15 inches across. in that area the boys have to separate from the divers in order to fit through and reach a small patch of dry land before going back down into the water. cbs news obtained these images from inside the rescue operation, showing the sheer scale of this effort. rescuers charging through the flooded cave, but also exhausted and...

Because i know that shes suffering. >> reporter: mario is one of those parents. he hasnt seen his daughter in nearly a month after they crossed the border illegally. criminal charges were dropped against him, but his daughter remains in an el paso shelter. >> ( translated ): they promised me that when i was set free that i would see my daughter in two days. its been 14 days that ive been here. >> reporter: the department of health and human services right now is where we are centering our questi...

>> reporter: the frantic search for survivors continues today in southwestern japan. over the weekend, torrential rain, at times as much as three inches per hour, inundated roads and entire towns, swallowing homes and cars, trapping people inside. some regions reportedly received three times the usual precipitation for a normal july, setting off landslides and sending rivers surging over their banks. at least 100 people have been killed with many still unaccounted for. this man held up his mothe...

Met another world leader. since that time he has met with the presidents of china and south korea twice and is now going to sit down with the president of the united states. jeff? >> glor: yeah, ben, it is pretty remarkable, and in a remarkably short period of time, kim has gone from "little rocket man" in the presidents eyes to "very honorable." major and ben, i will get your reactions to this in a moment, but first lets take a look back at the road to singapore. >> north korea is a big world p...

10 miles on every dollar they spend at thousands of hotels. all you have to do is pay with this... at hotels.com/venture. 10 miles per dollar? that is incredible. brrrrr. i have the chills. because youre so excited? because ice is cold. and because of all those miles. obviously. whats in your wallet? im not sure. whats in your wallet? if you way too often...e moves then you might have a common condition called dry mouth... which can be brought on by many things, like medication and medical condi...

Why robert f. kennedy, jr. is calling for a new investigation of his fathers murder. ond a memorial day salute to an american hero. >> reporter: he threw himself on top of another marine to absorb the blast of the grenade. this is the "cbs evening news" with jeff glor. >> golodryga: and this is our western edition. good evening, jeff is off tonight, im bianna golodryga. alberto has made landfall on the gulf coast. well have the latest on the storm in just a moment, but we begin this memorial day...

>> i received seven gunshot wounds and then grenade shrapnel, fragmentation, all over the entire body from a grenade. ( explosion ) >> reporter: sergeants major bradley kasal had charged into a building because he heard other trines were trapped inside. >> there was about a dozen other marines that all rushed to that building. we were all pretty equally committed to make a difference and save those marines inside. >> reporter: he wont talk about what he did in there. but the citation for the nav...

>> reporter: bob fuss, cbs news capitol hill. >> golodryga: long time capitol hill correspondent bobus feddi bob covered congress for us for 17 years, including the impeachment of president clinton. but he made his cbs debut as a child actor in an episode of "lassie." bob fuss was 64. our condolences go out tonight to his mother, carolyn. up next, this memorial day, how a marine risked his life to save rs comrades. life to save his comrades. diet, and exercise. slide em up or slide em down. so l...

Ripped up. those heavy rains propelled the flood waters through ellicott city here and right now you have backyards coated in mud and some windows and doors are coated as f ll. in a devastating deja vu raging rivers of water tore through the heart of ellicott city leaving homes and businesses flooded. and some residents scrambling for dry ground. >> its like up to the top of the door there. >> reporter: fire officials say about 300 people were rescued. 30 were in serious danger. still unaccounte...