tonight, remembering mike wallace. >> i had no intention of leaving until you tell me what's on your mind. >> a pioneer beloved by millions and feared by those in the line of his fire. under arrest, a sigh of relief for a city gripped by fear. tonight police take two men into custody after a seven-hour shooting spree. inside north korea, tonight richard engel with a rare look at one of the most secretive countries on earth, and the military base ta has world leaders on edge. drawing the line. folks who thought they lived in one state, suddenly told they live in another. and now the border war is on. and brewing controversy.

a major shakeup, and a big change for agent 007. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. we start here tonight with the passing of a true television giant. longtime "60 minutes" correspondent mike wallace, a man whose unflinching interviewing style sent more than a few shady politicians and swindlers into a cold sweat, is dead tonight at 93. as part of the most successful television news magazine ever, wallace defined the notion of a no holds barred interview as capable of making his subjects squirm as he was provoking them to anger. but most important provoking the answers his audience wanted. mike wallace raised the bar for all of us who work on this side of the camera, and there was no tougher competitor when it came to landing the big get.

>> why would brian mcnamee want to betray you. you haven't answered the question, mr. president. that's not very nice. >> reporter: he was aggressive. and unrelenting. >> i have no intention of leaving until you tell me what's on your mind. >> reporter: mike wallace's straight-to-the point questions were as revealing as they were often uncomfortable. >> and he calls you imam, his words, not mine, a lunatic. >> reporter: he was there every sunday on "60 minutes." >> you like this, 40 million people have to see me do this. >> reporter: he was born may 9th in massachusetts. he did both news and entertainment. the turning point came in 1956, on an interview program called "nightbeat." >> i'm mike wallace. the show is "nightbeat."

what kind of people are your friends? >> reporter: a winning template for wallace when in 1968, "60 minutes" was launched. >> it's a kind of a magazine for television. >> reporter: he faced down a who's who of newsmakers. in 1998 his airing of dr. jack kevorkian euthanizing a man led to kevorkian's conviction for murder. years later he sat down with wallace. >> i want you to live up to your reputation. what's that? >> you've got the strength. >> reporter: wallace said his personal low point was in 1982, when a $120 million libel suit was filed by retired general westmoreland in which wallace said the commander misled the public about progress in the war. westmoreland eventually settled for an apology. but it sent wallace into depression. >> what happened to me is that a marriage broke up, i had to move out of my house where i had

lived for 22 years. and i was on trial for libel smaultly. >> reporter: he stepped down in 2006, but continued to land big interviews for 6"60 minutes." >> allow me to finish with the nuclear dossier first. >> you've finished with that. you've finished with that. >> translator: no, it's not finished, sir. we are just beginning. >> oh, that's what i was afraid of. >> reporter: in 2005 he told the late tim russert how he wanted to be remembered. >> how should we remember you? give me the epitaph right now. >> tough but fair. >> tough but fair. amen. >> mike wallace was married four times and leaves behind his current wife along with his son fox news host chris wallace and two stepchildren. residents of tulsa, oklahoma, are breathing a huge sigh of relief. police there say they've made a pair of arrests after a citywide shooting spree left three people

dead and two others wounded. the question is, what provoked the attacks. charles hadlock joins us with the latest. charles, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. police in tulsa are not calling friday's shooting spree a hate crime, they call it murder, plain and simple. but they might file hate crime charges if the evidence takes them there. ♪ a somber easter sunday service in tulsa. >> some folks don't have their family members with them right now. some folks are not enjoying this easter as we are. because their relatives have gone on. >> reporter: for nearly 48 hours, neighborhoods in north tulsa were gripped with fear until today when police say they captured two men allegedly involved in the shooting spree that left three people dead and two wounded. >> it sickens me, it angers me. this is not what tulsa, oklahoma, is about. >> reporter: police say the suspects were roommates,

32-year-old alvin watts, and 19-year-old jake england, both charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder. >> our investigation always includes social networking sites. >> reporter: on a facebook page appearing to belong to england taken down this afternoon, there was a status update posted hours before the first shooting, referring to the two-year anniversary of his father's murder in tulsa. though it's unclear what it means, another entry posted friday says in part, if something does happen tonight, be ready for another funeral later. police say the victims of the shooting spree did not know each other. and while all were african-american, it's unclear what, if any, motivation there might have been. >> i've heard questions about hate crime. folks, this is where the really tough work starts in an investigation. it is very premature to talk about hate crimes. we have yet to analyze all the information. >> reporter: key sha harris rushed to the aid of one of the

wounded after she heard gunshots. >> he was really calm. they couldn't believe they both got shot. it happened out of nowhere. >> reporter: police won't say what tip exactly led them to watts and england. but england's white pickup truck seen by witnesses was found burned in a neighboring county last night. watts and england are expected in court later this week to answer charges. lester? >> charles hadlock tonight, thank you. overseas, there is high anxiety as the u.n.-brokered truce between the syrian regime and rebel fighters appears to have collapsed. violence there is raging and the free syrian army said today that more than 1,000 syrians have been killed in just the past two weeks alone. nbc's ayman is in cairo with the latest developments. >> reporter: good evening, lester. it's hard to believe that in less than 48 hours, a cease-fire is scheduled to go into effect. in fact, instead of preparing for the truce, the syrian military has escalated its

attacks across the country. on friday, the state department released satellite images it says show the syrian military redeploying its forces around towns, not withdrawing from them as called for by the cease-fire. kofi annan said he was shock the by the surge in violence and atrocities. today the syrian government effectively killed the deal by demanding written guarantees that the opposition rebels will lay down their weapons. rebel fighters, though, rejected calls for any written guarantees. they did say, however, they will abide by the u.n. plan, with the collapse of the cease-fire increasingly likely even before it starts, the fear among many is that the bloodshed and violence will continue to rage. lester? >> ayman in cairo tonight. a rare look into one of the most secretive nations on earth. our nbc news team is on the ground inside north korea. granted, unpress department access to a military base that has world leaders on edge. we get our report tonight from

richard engel. >> reporter: the journey began with a bus ride through pyongyang, a view of the world's most closed capital. the streets are wide. and spotless. there are so few cars, everyone seems to walk. most buildings are austere, soviet style. apartments are provided by the self-described socialist state. then we move to a vip train, accompanied by teams of government minders. >> one person here. >> the train will take us to a military base to see the rocket and satellite north korea will soon try to blast into orbit. seldom are outsiders given a chance to see the countryside where food is scarce. the farms are collective, centrally planned. but up here, poorly funded. we don't see many tractors, few machines at all. mostly farmers with hand tools. the village houses all look the same.

after five hours, we arrive at the launch station. we brought nbc analyst jim ohberg, a rocket expert from nasa's houston space center. >> we will guide you through the launch facilities. >> reporter: he will help us verify what the north koreans are showing us. after a security check we enter a test facility. and in the middle of a room, there it is. this is the satellite that north korea says it will soon launch into orbit. it's relatively small. we're told it weighs around 220 pounds. it looks about 3 1/2 feet tall. officials here say it is fitted with solar panels and a high-definition camera to take images from the earth from orbit. but the shiny satellite isn't sparking international condemnation. instead, this is. north korea calls this the unhop 3, a powerful three-stage rocket, liquid fueled as far as we know, with enough lifting force to carry 1,000-pound

payload. this is what u.s. officials are so concerned about. north korea says this rocket is strictly for scientific purposes, but u.s. officials worry that it could easily be converted into an intercontinental ballistic missile. surrounded by foreign press, the director of the site tells us the united states has nothing to fear. >> translator: no, it cannot be used for military use. >> reporter: if the rocket were a weapon, he said, it would be in a hardened silo. back on the train, ohberg gave us his assessment. >> the rocket used for this launch has not technically been weaponized. >> reporter: if successful, north korea says the satellite will orbit the earth for up to two years providing observation. richard engel, nbc news, at the launch station, north korea. today marks the start of a pivotal week in the trayvon martin case. on tuesday a grand jury is scheduled to convene in central florida. a special prosecutor assigned to the case could bring the details

of her investigation to the grand jury or she could announce her own conclusions about whether to file charges against george zimmerman. we wanted to show you incredible pictures from an overnight inferno in southern california. that's a gas tanker truck that overturned and burst into flames after police say a suspected drunk driver slammed right into the back of it. both drivers escaped the crash unhurt. tonight billions around the world are celebrating christianity's most holliday. a mass were on the steps of the st. peter's basilica. the pope called for peace in syria and across the middle east. in washington, the first family walked to church before heading back to the white house for easter dinner. in georgetown, texas, thousands turned out for the annual easter on the hill service. featuring this year, a 20-minute q&a with tim tebow.

the pastor said it's the pope and tebow right now, we didn't have enough room to handle the pope, he said. when "nbc nightly news," over the borderline, folks who thought they had been living in one state for years, suddenly told they actually live in another. later, a brewing controversy over james bond's new drink of choice. ready? as i'll ever be. break a leg! i used to love hearing that phrase... but not since i learned i have... postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture. i want to keep acting but a broken bone could change that. so my doctor and i chose prolia® to reduce my risk of fractures. prolia® is proven to help make bones stronger. proven to help increase bone density. i take prolia®. it's different. it's two shots a year. [announcer:] if you take prolia® (denosumab) you should not take xgeva®. prolia® can cause serious side effects, including low blood calcium levels, serious infections...

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house on four acres of land near clover, south carolina, has been home to judy helms, but now she's upset, because surveyors believe she may actually live in north carolina. >> i feel like i've been expelled, cast out, just pushed out. >> reporter: when judy bought the land, a survey map showed it was clearly in south carolina. but the line now cuts her property in half. the house is in north carolina. her horses and house for her dog tough are in south carolina. potentially a huge headache in terms of insurance, utilities, and a higher state property tax. >> it's going to be higher.

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we wanted to show you this scene from across the pond in england, the "titanic" memorial cruise set sail today from southampton, retracing the ill-fated voyage nearly 100 years ago. the rms titanic sank in the north atlantic on april 15th, 1912. the memorial cruise is carrying 1309 passengers, the exact same number as the "titanic." many of them crowded the decks to wave good-bye in their period costumes. passengers will eat similar food as "titanic" passengers and

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finally tonight as we mentioned, there's a big shakeup coming to the longest running movie series in history. after 50 years of sipping vodka martinis, shaken, not stirred, james bond is said to take a swig of beer in the upcoming 23rd installment. that's got a lot of folks buzzing. here's nbc's kristen dahl gren. >> reporter: it may be the world's most famous drink. >> shaken, not stirred. >> reporter: so when fans heard in the latest film james bond would be swigging a beer --

>> i must be dreaming -- >> reporter: moviegoers themselves were shaken. >> that's different. not like him. unusual. >> reporter: heineken placed its beer in the "sky fall" as part of a bigger advertising campaign. >> the name is bond, james bond. >> reporter: 007 daniel craig will also be featured in a heineken commercial. and though on the big screen the star will still also sip those iconic martinis, the change in taste may be the biggest example yet of the power of product placement. >> heineken is just another beer until somebody identifies it as the sophisticated beer. >> reporter: from reese's pieces in e.t. to raybans in "risky business," advertising is now a $1 billion industry. but perhaps nobody does it better than bond. this is the car bond drove in

the most recent film, the astin-martin dbs. but he ditched the astin for a bmw. bmw and seven other corporate partners paid over $7 million funding the entire production budget. products were so pom nent in "die another day" it was jokingly called buy another day. >> they said, look, it costs a lot to make these movies, we have to find a way to economist. >> reporter: hthe multimillion dollar question now, the man who is so precise about his drink -- >> shakening, not stirred. >> reporter: be able to convince that bond is a beer man. nbc news, los angeles. that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be here