never came home. >> trace: but, first from fox this memorial day, the holiday weekend was a washout for millions of americans. and what's left of tropical storm beryl still soaking huge parts of the southeast right now. before it weakened into a tropical depression, the storm knocked out power to tens of thousands of people across florida and georgia. flooded roads and broken branches made for dangerous driving as folks headed home from vacation. a holiday many might rather forget. beryl stormed the florida shore overnight with 70 mile-per-hour winds. that's just short of hurricane strength. it whipped up choppy seas and dangerous rip current. lifeguards warrant tourists to stay out of the water. not everyone listened. >> the undertow -- undertow was one way. it was difficult to stand. it was all right it was fun. >> not so fun for folks south carolina when their boat went under. the coast guard rescued three stranded people and a dog. beryl is still on the move tonight. now taking aim at the carolinas. and expected to drench some places with up to a foot of rain. we have team fox coverage tonight. meteorologist audrey with where this storm is head next. we begin with elizabeth plan. she is live with the latest in jacksonville beach, florida. elizabeth? >> hi, trace. this is certainly a storm for the history books. for the first time in the century this is the second named storm in the month of may before hurricane season starts in four days. what does that translate to? a botched memorial day for ten its of thousands of people coming down to jacksonville beach alone. that's because these beaches closed for swimmers. the reason that people come down to the coast memorial day is to enjoy these waters. they have been closed since saturday. we spoke with the mayor about the economic impact. he said despite the fact that they did take a hit, there were no injuries and no fatalities so jacksonville beach and jacksonville dodged a bullet. take a listen. >> you have got a lot of limbs down, debris out there. we want to make sure people are safe. we don't want people going in the water. it's dangerous. it's all about safety now. i thank god he was smiling on jacksonville and we are very blessed to really be where we are right now. >> so, yes, trace, the worst of the storm is over. can you see here that we're standing in 30 mile-per-hour winds. the storm conditions will continue until at least tomorrow evening. trace? >> elizabeth prann on what is a very very lonely jacksonville beach. elizabeth, thank you. we are now looking at where this thing is heading next. let's bring in audrey. this system is still on the move? >> that's true, trace. right now the center is located on the georgia/florida border and bringing heavy rain to north florida and southern parts of georgia. as it goes into the day tomorrow. we are expecting it to turn north and slightly northeast as we go through the day on tuesday. moving over areas like savannah, georgia and charleston, south carolina. wednesday it will actually reemerge into the atlantic and possibly strengthen back into a tropical storm as we get into the day on thursday. the good news is, it's going to move off into the northern atlantic. a cold front approaching the northeast is going to be deflecting it out for the ocean. for the northeast i'm expecting high surf as well as and rip current along the beaches. trace? >> audrey, as we unofficially kicked off summer over the weekend. some of us were actually stuck with snow. >> that's true. believe it or not. we started off the unofficial start of summer out in montana with some snow. they actually recorded measurable snow, several inches in the elevation down to about 4,000 feet. places like great falls on the surface did get 2.9 inches of snow which breaks the previous record set in 1977 which was a trace of snow back then. very unusual to see snow each late montana, trace? >> trace: audrey, thank you. well, america will be there for you. that from president obama speaking to military veterans on this memorial day. a day in which we honor all of the brave men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of this nation. this morning, the president and the first lady paid a visit to arlington national cemetery and the tomb of the unknown soldier. and the president noted that for the first time in nine years americans are not fighting and dying in iraq. then he made a trip to the vietnam war memorial to honor the more than 58,000 americans who died in battle in southeast asia. [bagpipes] >> the president went on to say that the nation must remain committed to our vets and the families of fallen soldiers. ed henry is live at the white house with more. ed? >> well, trace. what's interesting the president you will remember won the nobel peace prize his first year in office. he has always been a little bit struggling to balance sort of wanting peace but also being a war-time commander and chief. he was doing a little bit of that today as he tried to comfort families as you noted while he was at the wall, the vietnam war memorial families dating back many many years two more recent families who have lost loved ones in iraq and afghanistan, he made clear that the nation really honors their sacrifice. take a listen. >> i cannot begin to fully understand your loss. as a father, i cannot begin to imagine what it is like to hear that knock on the door and learn that your worst fears have come true. but as commander and chief, i can tell you that sending our troops into harm's way is the most wrenching decision that i have to make i can promise you i will never do so unless it's absolutely necessary. and that when we do, we must give our troops a clear mission and the full support of a grateful nation. >> now, the president also mentioning as you noted that this is the first time in nine years on a memorial day when there are no u.s. troops fighting and dying in iraq that is a not-so-subtle reminder he ran against the war in iraq, he made clear he would wrap it up. he has done that trace. >> sound like mitt romney was even more director in his memorial day day remarks today. >> he was. he was appearing in san diego at a veterans event with john mccain who as you know was on "fox news sunday" yesterday charging in his words the president has a feckless foreign policy, is not showing leadership around the world and that was john mccain. sis surrogate. here is mitt romney today suggesting that the president has made the country less safe. take a listen. >> i wish i could tell you that the world is a safe place today. it's not. iran is rushing to become a nuclear nation. as the national sponsor of terror around the world, the thought of fissile material in the hands of hezbollah or hamas or other terrorists is simply unthinkable. >> bottom line is that there is more than 22 million military veterans all around this country. they are a voting block and right now gallup has done a poll suggesting that mitt romney has about a 24 point lead amongst military veterans. president obama has a four point lead among nonmilitary veterans. that gives you an idea that mitt romney has an edge with that community. trace? >> ed henry live at the white house. ed, thank you. an air canned -- canada passenger jet made emergency landing after jet engine shut down. the jet had taken off from toronto in route to japan with 334 passion jerusalem and crew on board. police in toronto say that falling chunks of metal from the plane may have damaged at least four cars. the flight returned to canada. there were no injuries on board. well, 250 miles above earth, astronauts did not have this memorial day off. instead, they have been busy. unloading supplies from the very first private cargo ship to dock at the international space station. a live report on that is next. plus, it has now been five decades since america began major operations in vietnam. coming up a look back at the war and what the president says we must do to honor its veterans. does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4glte network and motorola, whatever you want to do... droidoes. see how the carrots i grow make that new stouffer's steam meal so tasty. actually, the milk from my farm makes it so creamy, right dad. dad can see... boys! don't you think stouffer's steam perfect bag should get some credit? my carrots. my milk. 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try doing it in zero gravity 250 miles above the earth. astronauts on the international space station today beginning to unload cargo from the space x dragon capsule first privately owned craft to dock with the uss. it arrived friday with a half ton of food clothing and scientific splice. we're told uploading or unloading should take 25 hours. check out new pictures from aboard the iss. this is a picture of an astronaut. he took it over or of the sunrise over the south pacific. pretty cool, right? and here we have a time laps photo of the space station, the earth and stars. the astronaut reportedly took multiple 30 second exposures and blend the photos on a computer. here is another look from a different angle. right now there is work to be done. jamie colby is live with more. jamie? >> trace, great to see you. those pictures are just the beginning. they're doing some really cool stuff up in space. no r and are for the astronauts, that's for sure on board the international space station. they spent memorial day unloading that cargo from the first private space craft ever to visit the lab. it's called the dragon. it's bringing more than a thousand pounds of cargo with it it's a private space craft. it made history at 5:53 a.m. eastern time saturday docking with the space station. take a look at this. this is the hatch opening after the iss expedition 31 crew successfully attached space x's dragon capsule to the station. as i said, this is the first time a private company has taken part in this necessary step to keep the space station operational because, as we all remember, shuttle program retired. nasa officials are therefore hagel this as a new frontier for special activities in space. >> this is mission control houston, official hatch opening time for the space x dragon face craft 4:53 a.m. central time. expedition 31 drew getting their first look inside this brand new space craft that arrived at the space station yesterday. don pettitte giving the thumbs up there as well as the rest of the crew. seemingly everything looks good. >> it looks good and it looks cool. i'm glad we could see these pictures. in addition to delivering the supplies and performing a fly under inspection, that drag done capsule performed a series of system tests that are required for nasa to clear to come home after orbiting the space laboratory. this space x dragon blasted off in its historic journey on a rocket amazing to watch. it takes some 25 hours as you said trace to unload more than a thousand spowndz of supplies. there is food and clothing and a lot of technology. when the hatch closes wednesday, that capsule will be prepped to return to earth, loaded with all that cargo, sent on its way and it's interesting, trace, the california-based space x is the first private company to send a vessel. and the first of what nasa is predicting will be a lot more. the company is run by a billionaire that represented helped create papal. i heard a rumor there meaive champagne may have been champagne. >> it does look good. it does look cool. jamie colby. >> take care, trace. >> you too. terrifying moments on the water as three generations of one family desperately fight to stay afloat. it looks like one of them did not make it details on the search and rescue efforts coming up. plus a memorial day march like no other. we are there as some veterans finish a mission nearly 2,000 miles in the making. ♪ [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] we began with the rx. 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[ applause ] [cheers and applause] >> navy seal veteran ruiz these final steps mark the end of a long 1700 miles. but ruiz knows the journey is far from over for the families of fallen heros. they are the reason his battle wages on. >> memorial day to us, to guys who have best friends and good friends who we have lost in service to the country is much more than just a barbecue, a three day weekend and a mattress sale. it's about recognizing the sacrifice that some individuals have made and rising the sacrifice that their families make every day. >> ruiz is one of the organizers of a relay walk called carry the load. a cross-country trek spanning nightbeat states and the district of colombia. to honor those who have carried our nation with their service. >> every single family member in america who has lost a service member, a firefighter, a law enforcement official in service to the country they get up every day and they still have to move on. they put one foot in front of the other every single day. >> may 1st ruiz and his team set out from west point. >> here we go. >> the starting point chosen as recognition of the army's monumental sacrifice. they walked reflecting on the price of freedom. even receiving a hero's welcome in laverne, tennessee. the 27-day around the clock operation covered some 60 miles per day, thanks in part to hundreds of volunteers willing to put their best foot forward. >> we have been met by single individuals and a couple hundred cities we were in. it's a sign they do want to do something on memorial day. i don't think in a country we have defined what that something should be. >> for ruiz each step personal as he has lost some 40 comrades in the line of duty. 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[taps] >> but cooper is not done. >> there are tens of thousands of guys who died elsewhere in the pacific theater. >> he appears in a second documentary and has plans for more. he wants every soldier missing in action found. >> they are still there. how many? nobody knows. >> well, the pentagon puts the number of missing in action from world war ii at more than 73,000 military personnel. trace? >> dan springer live for us in seattle. dan, thank you. the former british prime minister tony blair testified today in the wake of the phone hacking scandal at the news of the world newspaper. news corporation, the parent company of this network, should down news of the world earlier this year. amy kellogg has the details from london. >> trace, former british prime minister tony blair told a judge led inquiry today in london that rather than take on the all powerful british media during his years in power, he chose instead to actually manage that media. and that included having a fairly close relationship with the head of news corporation, rupert rupert murdoch. murdock's papers were largely supportive of tony blair while he was in office. though the media mogul and blair did disagree on policy issues. blair was quite pro-european integration. he he used his platform today to he believes the media needs to reform. particularly when t comes to the blurring between fact and commentary in the press and tabloid excesses in the country which he pointed out were not confined to news corporation. the testimony went on for showers -- hours interrupted by a heck clear. a man who breached security at the courts of justice. >> jp morgan six months after he left office. >> the man said to be a documentary film maker called blair a war criminal because of iraq. he was taken off by police and ultimately released without charge. blair and to be unrattled by the incident. he fears it will be the moment most remembered from today's hearing. trace? >> amy kellogg reporting from london. amy, thank you. human organs are sold black market at a rate of 1 per hour. dramatic rise in years. that's the estimate from the world health organization. it reports the global demand for kidneys and other organs is seriously outnumbering the supply as more patients suffer from diabetes and blood pressure. the black market will continue to grow adding, quote, the stakes is so big, of the profit so huge that the temptation is out there. when it comes to new lungs, doctors say getting a smoker's lung beats getting nothing at all. according to a british study, patients who received those lungs had a much better shot at survival compared to folks who stayed on the waiting list. still your odds are the best if doctors can give you a nonsmoker's lung. the american lung association reports that roughly one in five adults currently smokes. well, there is some scary moments apparently on takeoff forcing a pilot to turn back. this video is just in to fox news. it was a southwest airline 737 taking off from burbank a short time ago. but as it began speeding down the runway, we're told the pilot reported smoke coming from one of the engines. but he was able to abort the takeoff and return to the terminal as you see there. there are no reports of any injuries. >> well, it looked like one town couldn't afford a memorial day parade. until the citizens decided to do something about that. and found a way to honor their veterans. next. >> well this memorial day one community proved that patriotism can overcome tough times. the shaky economy left some towns scaling back or canceling memorial day events. they couldn't scrape together the cash for parades which can cost tens of thousands of dollars. so folks in one city took it upon themselves to make sure to get our fallen heros the recognition they deserve. rick leventhal is live for us in new rochelle, new york. rick? >> and, trace, memorial day parade has been a long standing tradition here in new row chilly, like many other cities and towns in america money is tight and budgets have to be trimmed. civic celebrations could be the first cut. in the community couldn't raise the 40 grand to pay for the parade and the barbecue, it just wasn't going to happen. >> the economy has significantly affected our budgets. we raise our money through property taxes and sales taxes and fees the economy has gone down so we have taken a large hit in sales taxes. property market has dropped significantly so property tax revenue has been reduced. >> with city money going to police and fire and public services and not parades. citizens stepped up along with local businesses, a car dealership, a local college all contributing to the cause to honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice and thanking veterans, including peter, who served with the marines in desert storm and led the fundraising effort. >> fourth of july is the birthday of our country, but memorial day, without those that have sacrificed and laid down their lives for this country, this country would be nothing. >> and the they will probably have to go through this same drill again next memorial day and july 4th is also in doubt, trace, if the locals can't raise the cash themselves, they may have to go watch fireworks somewhere else. >> rick leventhal live in row chilly, new york. thank you. >> kenya: it happened in the capital city of nairobi. a witness says a man left a bag at her stall and it exploded. authorities blocked off streets and tried to usher hundreds of peo >> police tried to usher hundreds of people from the scene. hospital officials say at least four people hurt seriously. china, crews battled massive flames in a chemical plant in an eastern province. witnesses reported seeing the fire from up to 4 miles away. we are told it broke out last night, after an explosion in a workshop. more than 100 firefighters put out the flames early this morning. nobody hurt. inr indonesia, authorities arrested a 56-year-old british woman, accusing her of trying to smuggle $2.5 million of cocaine in her luggage. customs officials say an airport x-ray screener found the drugs in the lining of her bag. they say they believe she was bringing the coke to three other brits and an indian national. a conviction could mean a maximum penalty of death by firing squad. afghanistan, more than 200 people taking tae kwon do training at this camp in kabul. the sport's grown in popularity since 2008, when an afghan tae kwon do competitor won the country's first gold medal. that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 seconds. t who has been missing for more than a week. 21-year-old university of louisiana student mickey shunik last seen leaving a friend's house around 2:00 in the morning. surveillance cameras recorded her on her bike at that information on this late model four-door white pickup truck also caught on the surveillance cameras. some fishermen found the missing student's bike under a bridge about 25 miles from the spot where she went missing. dozens of police are now searching that area. well, some civilians paying respects to a world war ii veteran through a home makeover. and he is just one of dozens of veterans these workers plan to help. the details on that next. everyone in the nicu, all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment. i wouldn't trade him for the world. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. if you're caring for a child with special needs, our innovative special care program offers strategies that can help. crazy, right ? 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