good monday morning. coming up on "early today," hate crime? that's the question as a man with a ku klux klan past is charged with killing three people at jewish centers. 10,000 evacuated, a massive wildfire, at least a dozen killed, hundreds of homes destroyed. new details this morning. time to go underwater. mh-370 investigators are deploying a sub deep into the indian ocean as a new oil slick is located. plus, a situation in ukraine is getting worse as u.s. options diminish. beef lovers beware, prices skyrocket to levels not seen since reagan was president. and major spring storms are stirring up trouble across the country. it is monday, april 14th. "early today" starts right now.

good morning. i'm frances rivera. we begin on this monday morning with a brazen tragedy on the eve of passover. a gunman opened fire at two jewish centers near kansas city, killing three people. among the dead, a 14-year-old eagle scout and his grandfather. here's what we know right now. the suspect, 73-year-old frazier glenn cross is under arrest. law enforcement officials tell nbc news he's a former ku klux klan leader. jay gray brings us the latestment. >> reporter: three people are dead after shots rang out on the eve of passover at two jewish community sites at a kansas city suburb. >> there is no other word to describe it, just panic. >> reporter: investigators say a man armed with multiple weapons opened fire at a jewish community center and then moments later at a retirement home. >> several shots were fired at that location and witnesses stated that the suspect left the location soon after. several minutes later we received a call from a second

location of shots fired at village shalom retirement center. >> reporter: the shooting spree started as dozens were gathering for a singing competition at the community center. >> just rushed in the theater. we thought it was weather at first. >> people ducking down under tables and yelling at us to get inside. >> reporter: a man in his 70s is being held by police, someone they describe as a person of interest. >> we have a suspect and yet i would caution everybody to understand suspects are not convicted. suspects are people of interest. >> reporter: witnesses say he was shouting an anti-semitic phrase from inside a patrol car after his arrest. >> we're investigating it as a hate crime, we're investigating it as a criminal act. we haven't ruled out anything. >> reporter: mindy corporon lost her father and son in the massacre. >> we all grieve in different ways. and i want to tell people thank you. >> reporter: this community now begins one of its most sacred holidays in unthinkable pain. jay gray, nbc news.

there are new developments this morning, the search for a missing flight 370. for the first time crews will send a robotic submarine deep into the indian ocean. its mission is to determine whether there is previously detected underwater signals are from the missing jet's black boxes. it can create a 3-d sonar match and chart any debris found on the sea floor. >> i would caution you against raising hopes that the deployment of the autonomous underwater vehicle will result in the detection of the aircraft wreckage. it may not. however, this is the best lead we have and it must be pursued vigorously. >> officials are also investigating an oil slick found near the detected pings. crews have collected the sample, but it will take several days to analyze. flight 370 disappeared on march 8th when 239 people on board. ukraine is teetering on the

brink. a stark statement at an emergency security council meeting last night. tensions escalated sunday when pro russian militants took control of government buildings in eastern ukraine. let's get right to nbc's danielle lee in washington. good morning. tell us exactly what is at stake here. >> reporter: hi, frances, good morning. we're talking about the future of an entire country. and if ukraine does dip into an all-out war, that's going to have implications all around the world. right now, the u.s. is trying to use whatever means it can diplomatically to stop any more violence. in ukraine this morning, rival clashes continue. towns to the east are bracing for military action. pro russian separatists have taken control of key buildings in several towns and are defying government orders to pull back or face ukrainian troops. >> the security council is called to order. >> reporter: the violence prompted an emergency u.n. security meeting last night. the obama administration is

accusing russia of escalating the crisis. >> we are beaing bombarded by russian disinformation and propaganda while the ukrainians are being confronted with incitement and violence. >> it has all the telltale signs of crimea, professional, coordinated. >> the authorities do not want to listen to those who do not accept the imposed dominance in kiev of national radicals. >> reporter: the u.s. is trying to help diplomatically. jack lew is preing paring to ta about aid later today. sanctions have been hurting russia's stocks. but senator john mccain says the u.s. must go further. >> we ought to at least, for god's sake, give them some weapons, weapons with which to defend themselves. >> reporter: that's now under consideration as experts worry you cr ukraine could be getting

dangerously close to a regional war. obama administration is threatening more sanctions on russia on energy, banking and mining. frances. >> danielle lee from washington, d.c., thank you. now to the deadly wildfires in chile that have devastated the pacific coast city of valparaiso. firefighters are battling lingerering hot spots from the blaze that erupted saturday afternoon. flames leaped from hill top to hill top in the city, killing at least 12 people and destroying more than 2,000 homes. more than 10,000 people were forced to evacuate. now makeshift shelters in santiago, the capital city, are taking in the newly homelessment on sunday, firefighters took to the air, dropping water from planes and helicopters to contain the blaze. neighborhoods on six densely populated hill tops have been reduced to ashes. the president toured the damage calling it a tremendous tragedy and claiming it could be the worst fire in the city's history. a fiery bus crash in southern mexico has killed at least 36 people. according to the state

government, a passenger bus en route to mexico city slammed into a broken down truck and burst into flames sunday. the bus was consumed by fire, burnt so badly that the only metal frame and parts of the wheel remain. four people survived the crash with injuries. extreme weather wreaked havoc across several communities. saturday, over 60,000 lost electricity when strong winds downed power lines. falling trees crushed cars and damaged several houses. a small plane was up ended. no serious injuries or deaths were reported. nbc's birthday boy, bill karins, has your monday forecast. what a birthday weekend for you, happy birthday, we have some -- >> like 75 at my house all weekend long. that was nice. winds were horrible in the midwest and lucky no fatalities. we haven't had any tornado fatalities. that's good. we're doing all right. in west, we started out with a little wet weather as we went throughout the begin of april.

now it dried out. a beautiful day yesterday. temperature was 67 in l.a., a little cool. 71 in san francisco. gorgeous. 79 in medford. as we look at the storm in the midwest, we're left with a pretty nice monday. not too many weather concerns, maybe some low clouds. this is the april rainfall totals. the reason i'm bringing this up is that i don't know if we'll add much to this, especially in the drought areas from southern oregon, all the way down to nevada and also into arizona and california. over next ten days, our long range computers aren't pegging much rain at all, maybe a drip or two. in other words, looks like the end of our rainy season has arrived. forecast for today, a nice monday, a warm monday in l.a., 84. vegas, 78. enjoy.

unfortunate for the northwest, not quite as lucky. they'll deal with on and off rain and showers pretty much all week. >> oh, no. the weekend -- >> better weekend. >> bill, thank you. a haunting story of what was found in one utah house by the new owners. plus, knew details in the investigation of the deadly bus collision with a fedex truck. you're watching "early today."

welcome back. on this monday, new details continue to emerge in the investigation into the fiery bus crash in california that left ten people killed. the ntsb says there were no skid marks left by the fedex truck that slammed head on into the bus. that means the driver never hit the brakes. investigators are trying to figure out if the driver fell asleep or possibly suffered a health problem. reports of the fedex truck being engulfed in flames before it hit

the bus are disputed by miles hill who was sitting right behind the bus driver. >> it was in perfect condition. it exploded upon impact of the bus. it was not on fire at all. >> the ntsb is revisiting proposals to improve passenger safety on buses in light of the tragedy. a woman believed to have given birth to several babies before killing them is now in police custody. authorities in utah say megan huntsman gave birth to seven babies between 1996 and 2006 and then killed at least six of them before storing them in boxes in her home. the police captain in the case called it, quote, emotionally draining. a woman who was attacked by a bear in florida has been released from the hospital after receiving 30 staples to her head. her husband described the scary ordeal. >> the bear actually had my wife's head in his mouth and started to drag her toward the woods. the bear's jaws let her head

loose and then started on her arm, she said. >> what an awful thing to see. officials with the fish and wildlife conservation commission killed four bears sunday. unclear if any of them were involved in that attack. a decidedly subdued looking pope francis marked palm sunday with a service for 100,000 people in the vatican. the pontiff did perk up later, though, taking holy selfies. look at that. time to get down to business. we send it over to cnbc's sima modi. >> get set for sticker shock the next time you fire up the grill. average beef prices hit $5.28 a pound in february. the highest since 1987. that's due to smaller cattle herds and a surge in demand for u.s. fees over beef. some are cutting steak portions to offset prices. the irs expects to receive 125 million e-filed returns this year. it is cheaper for uncle sam. it costs the irs 15 cents to

process an e-filed return versus $3.50 for a paper return. corporate earnings are in focus this week as the market looks to regain some ground. as it is coming off its worst week since june of 2012, among the big names reporting results, ge and google. >> thank you so much. one major prom accessory your kids may not have thought of, chicken corsages. kfc is promoting the drug stick and a wristlet. and first time, you're seeing first ever vending machine in place at an eagle, vail, colorado, expensery, they have to verify age and have cameras to confirm their identity. and to round out this rather unconventional biz block, how about some ice cream mixed with the blue pill, viagra. a british ice creammaker created

a flavor called arousal. it has 25 milligrams of viagra mixed into the concoction. keep that ice cream away from the children. still ahead, a big day for bubba and his bottom line and the rest of the sports highlights. that's next.

this morning on "today," the start of a new series, one day, one deed. a look at people who inspire and give back. today, hear about a talented photographer helping sick children live out their dreams. time to turn to sports this morning. let's get started off with bubba watson who got his second green jacket in three years. trailing two shots behind jordan spieth with the final round here. watson swatted the 20-year-old bib to become the tourney's youngest winner. he took the crown and celebrates with his wife and son, also joining the two-time winners

club. with the win, watson tops the money earners list. and a first in baseball. did you see this, the red sox skipper chewed out the ump after a replay of a rule that the runner was safe. a few choice words, a blurred mouth, he's the first manager to be ejected for arguing a reverse call this season. an orioles ball girl showed some hustle here, but she makes a huge gaffe. it looks good. but she's fielding a fair ball thinking it was a foul. whoops. her catch likely to keep toronto from scoring but couldn't keep baltimore from losing 11-3. a false bomb threat at to a. third criminal case is troubling to the 49ers who expressed some disappointment in a statement. a celebration continues for the uconn huskies. over 200,000 fans showed up at hartford to cheer the men's and women's college basketball

champs. 2004 was the last time both programs stopped with a championship. >> did you intentionally take the photo as a promotional attempt? >> no, no. i don't know. i talk to samsung. i talk to sam. they tell me it is no problem. >> "saturday night live" resurrected the infamous selfie with david ortiz and president obama to get some laughs. and a thumbs up to "snl's" keenan thompson. a little bit of bib papi, a little bit of al pacino scar face, say hello to my little friend, you decide. speaking of movie lines, which one of harrison ford's movie lines is asked to repeat the most. and who ruled the weekend? details next.

welcome back on this monday morning. preparing to get out the door,

the weather looks pretty nice. i don't think anybody needs the umbrella today throughout the west or the inner mountain west. a little cool light jacket will do in many areas. the afternoon hours, you'll carry it home, for medford, southward, bakersfield, san francisco, all the way down to san jose, l.a. looking really warm, warmer than yesterday, around 84 degrees. tomorrow when we begin the on shore flow to the northwest. looks like it will be with us for much of the upcoming week. we have showers in the forekaca, late afternoon tomorrow. not going to be a lot of rain, but as i mentioned, kind of more cloudy, today is definitely the best day to get your sun and get outside. temperatures aren't too chilly in seattle. more of the dreary type weather. >> at least that can be five days of clouds. so the one of sunshine, we'll take it. >> your glass is half full. >> always half full. got to keep it positive. what line do you think harrison ford gets asked to quote the most? >> get off my plane. >> is that what you guessed?

>> no. >> me either. reddit, harrison ford said that line from air force one is fans' top requested quote. when asked who would win in a fight between him and star wars co-star mark hamill, of course, he replied, me. >> luke would be in trouble. >> i think so too. the hunger games catching fire cleaned up at the mtv movie awards picking up wins for best female performance, best male performance and movie of the year. the best kiss went to emma roberts, jennifer aniston and poulter for the three-way lip lock for we are the millers. and captain america was mil mighty at the box office. rio 2 did well, with $39 million, and draft day struggled to hit $10 million. jerry lewis joined the ranks of marilyn monroe, john wayne and bob hope at a hand and footprint ceremony at hollywood's chinese theater. and captain america star anthony mackie got in a little

bit of trouble for signing some posters of his character. what was the big deal? here is the situation, he was at a michaels craft store and then he spotted the posters on sale. so he thought it would be fun to autograph them. well, the store's manager wasn't into it. disappointed. and threatened it call the police on him for defacing the items. so mackie bought 95 signed posters of himself. did the manager not know who he was? >> first, why at michaels? why is michaels selling captain america posters. >> on sale? >> the whole thing is just fascinating. >> makes it easy to buy all 95 of them if they're on sale, right? i'm frances rivera. this is "early today." we hope it is your first stop of the day here on nbc.

leading the news on nbc news.com, opponents carve anti-pipeline message into field. the 80 acre art work inraska reads heartland #no kxl, protefpr protesting the proposed pipeline. and herald sun, ivf parbl pregnant with another couple's twin in embryo mix-up. it happened at a rome clinic and the error wasn't discovered until the woman was 3 months pregnant with the twins. italy's health ministry has launched an investigation. now to other stories we're following this morning, a u.n. report released this weekend says time is slipping away to avoid major catastrophes caused by global warming. the u.n.'s panel on climate change recommends the world take major steps to reduce greenhouse

gases before it is too late. dozens of people are still unable to go home this morning as a slow moving landslide the size of two football fields creeps toward a wyoming town. the evacuations are a precaution in case the slide accelerates like the one in washington that killed 36 people a few weeks ago. and could there be another royal baby on the way? what's this? prince william may have dropped a big hit this weekend in new zealand when a woman gave the prince a gift meant for 8-month-old george, he replied, you might have to make another one soon. so -- >> interesting. >> right? we'll see. we'll watch that bump, see if it gets any bigger. a man busts an icy cool dance move after winning a new truck. it is a time honored tradition of hockey game intermission. the frozen t-shirt contest. to win a new truck, the contestants race to put on a t-shirt that is frozen solid. the winner couldn't contain his excitement, or contain the fact he's wearing a freezing shirt.

celebrated by throwing down that break dance move on the ice. that's a way to get a brand-new truck, impressive. here is a look ahead and a look back. tonight, a total lunar eclipse seen over most of north america. according to nasa, the eclipse will begin around 11:00 p.m. pacific time as the eclipse spreads across the lunar service, it will transform into a dark blood moon. on this day in 1991, the first test flight of america's first operational space shuttle columbia ends with a successful landing. >> and down it came from space, 98 tons of dead weight glider touching the earth in a perfect landing, the beginning of a new era in space. >> welcome home, columbia. beautiful, beautiful. on this monday, happy birthday to buffy star sarah michelle gellar, 37. actor brad garrett from "everybody loves raymond," 54, and baseball slugger pete rose is 75. i'm francis rivera. thank you for watching "early

today." have a great monday.

and good morning to you, it is 4:30 i'm peggy bunker. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. let's say good morning to christina. >> pretty good, pretty good. it goes by so fast. happy to be joining everybody this morning. comfortable start to the day. warmest day of the week. and temperatures today will be unseasonably warm. we're going to climb by about 35 degrees in most cities across the bay area today. take you through the rest of the workweek coming up and big cool down headed our way. right now, let's check your drive. good morning, anthony. >> we do have serious news to get to. report of a car