and among the dead, 20-year-old anne gieske, a junior from the university of kentucky and the niece ofhio congressman brad wenstrup and 20-year-old steven blesi, who was on a semester abroad from georgia's kennesaw state university. blesi's father said that when he called his son, a policeman that had found his phone answered. >> i can't tell you the pain that is. i wish i would have not let him go. >> reporter: david, the victims were from 14 countries. the vast majority of them in their 20s. the youngest still in middle school, and we've been watching this memorial grow by the hour. those monks holding vigil, the white carnations, the post-it notes over my shoulder. korea has declared a week of national mourning. david. >> just a horrific scene. matt gutman in seoul for us, matt, thank you. >>> there is news tonight in a case here at home in the murder of two teenage girls in delphi, indiana. tonight a suspect is now under arrest charged with the murders, and authorities revealed just today that he was hiding in plain sight for five years. abc's alex perez in indiana tonight. >> repo

anne gieske from the university of kentucky, niece of brad wenstrup, republican congressman from ohiosi from georgia's kennesaw state. steve blesi is his father. >> the embassy called us late saturday night and when they said the words "are you sitting down," i knew what the next words were going to be. >> reporter: their families, along with dozens more across korea, are reeling with grief, after receiving news no parent should ever have to hear. the korean government declared a week of national mourning, and says it will pay for the funerals of the dead, and the medical care of the injured. norah. >> o'donnell: elizabeth palmer, thank you. we turn now to the u.s. supreme court, where justices heard arguments today in two cases on affirmative action in college admissions. the rulings could dramatically alter how universities consider race in evaluating applications. as cbs chief legal correspondent jan crawford reports, the court's conservative majority appears skeptical. >> reporter: the extraordinary arguments, nearly five hours long, were contentious, as the justices grappled whet

anne gieske from the university of kentucky, niece of brad wenstrup, republican congressman from ohio from georgia's kennesaw state. steve blesi is his father. >> the embassy called us late saturday night, and when they said the words "are you sitting down?" i knew what the next words were going to be. >> reporter: their families along with dozens more across korea are reeling with grief after receiving news no parent should ever have to hear. the korean government declared a week of national mourning and says it will pay for the funerals of the dead and the medical care of the injured. norah. >> elizabeth palmer, thank you. >>> we turn now to the u.s. supreme court where justices heard arguments today in two cases on affirmative action in college admissions. the rulings could dramatically alter how universities consider race in evaluating applications. as cbs's chief legal correspondent jan crawford reports, the court's conservative majority appears skeptical. >> reporter: the extraordinary arguments nearly five hours long were contentious as the justices grappled with whether consid

american student anne gieske was among the victims. >> humble, well-liked by the other students. a natural leader. she was a one of a kind kind of kid. >> reporter: david, police launching a massive investigation, assigning three times the number of officers to that investigation than the number of officers that were here on-hand the night of that crowd crush. david? >> well, that gymnasium filled with personal belongings was really something, matt, thank you. >>> back here at home and to a passing to note tonight. the rapper known as takeoff has been shot dead in houston. the shooting on the balcony outside a downtown bowling alley. security guards nearbied heard the shots but didn't see who fired them. takeoff was a member of the trio migos. he was just 28 years old. >>> when we come back here tonight, news of an emergency my name is douglas. i'm a writer/director and i'm still working. in the kind of work that i do, you are surrounded by people who are all younger than you. i had to get help somewhere along the line to stay competitive. i discovered prevagen. i started taking

them, one of them, anne gieske, a nursing student at the university of kentucky she was part of a study abroad program in south korea the other victim, steven blesi, the 20-year-old was a business major at kennesaw university in georgia. in a statement, his father wrote in part if i could take his place, i would officials say nearly 150 people got hurt in the crowd on top of the more than 150 killed our correspondent from our sister network sky news reports on the tragedy still shaking south korea and the world. >> reporter: in seoul, there's a sense the grief touches everyone from the eldest to the youngest, they came today to pay their respects at the memorial in the city center, people signed condolences and showed reverence to the dead. the shock, the despair, overwhelming the human crush that claimed so many young lives has shaken this country. relatives left reeling people like this man, who lost both his grandson and his granddaughter. and this is what his loved ones faced. a sudden, deadly surge partygoers toppled and trampled. piled on top of each other in the light of day, it'

among the dead two young americans, anne gieske and steven blesi both 20-year-old students doing a semestershe shared photos of them hiking and smiling for selfies just hours before the tragedy. many parents here flooding a community center to find support. >> truly heartbreaking. additionally, much of the world will be watching brazil today to see what outgoing jair bolsonaro will do. bolsonaro lost sunday's presidential runoff election to lula da silva by less than two points and so far he has not officially conceded. in fact, bolsonaro has remained out of public view since election night and has not delivered any remarks since losing. one of brazil's largest newspapers reports his team did draft a concession speech for bolsonaro to give yesterday but then he didn't. bolsonaro has hinted for months that he and his team may challenge the election results if they do not go his way. since sunday's election loss bolsonaro supporters have set up 200 road blockades in 18 states and the nation is bracing for the potential of further unrest. we should note bolsonaro, a close alley of former u.s.

among the dead, two young americans, anne gieske and steven blessy, 20-year-old students doing a semesterhours before the tragedy. many parents here flooding a community center to find support. >> nbc's janis mackey frayer with that report. >> that is just a horrible, horrible scene that keeps getting worse. >>> let's turn to ukraine, the mayor of kyiv says energy and water supply has been restored after yesterday's shut down, but many parts of the country remain in the dark as russia continues it attacks on ukraine's infrastructure. nbc's molly hunter has more. >> reporter: this morning, the capital city recovering from major attacks on critical infrastructure, the russian military essentially laying siege to cities across the country. late last night, president putin threatening this is not all russian could have done. a senior u.s. military official telling nbc news monday's strikes had widespread impact on ukraine's power grid. a senior u.s. defense official adding they're directly harming the civilian population. also new overnight, a senior u.s. defense official, and senior u.s. mil

ann gieske and steven blesi. two students abroad. she shared photos of them hiking and smiling for self eies hours before the tragedy all the victims have been identify now a vast majority were m tin their 20s, most of them young women. >>> with only one week left until the midterm elections, members of both major parties are calling for calm and civility, this as a suspect accused of attacking the house speaker's husband is due to make his first court appearance today. and new charging documents reveal disturbing details about that assault our jay gray has the latest. >> reporter: already fueled by controversy, mudslinging and rhetoric, the midterm elections now framed by federal charges after the attack on the husband of speaker pelosi. david depape facing charges of assault and attempted kidnapping, charging documents revealing he was carrying zip ties and duct tape along with the hammer he used to strike pelosi into the head he broke into their home with plans to hold speaker pelosi hostage and break her kneecaps if she lied to h