Three Killed in Shootings at Kansas Jewish Facilities
CUOMO: Welcome back. This is the man accused of shooting and killing three people at a Jewish community center and nearby retirement home in Overland Park, Kansas. He's a 73-year-old former Ku Klux Klan leader and in custody. Reports describe him as a life long anti-Semite. The shootings coming in the eve of the Jewish holiday Passover. CNN's George Howell is live in Overland Park. The odd part here, George, he has been active on social media in recent years, right?</s>GEORGE HOWELL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Chris, a long history of hate. You know, it was supposed to be another Sunday for people here. It was a group of teenagers packed into this community center, auditioning for a play and singing competition at a nearby retirement home. Folks just enjoying the afternoon. They were all potential targets for this man armed with weapons filled with hate.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There's a guy with a rifle here shooting at people. I'm leaving.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why, is he still here?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I don't know.</s>HOWELL (voice-over): On the eve of Passover, a lone gunman opens fire at two different Jewish facilities near Kansas City.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: They were described as panic.</s>HOWELL: Panic, fear and confusion. Dr. William Lewis Corporon and his 14-year-old grandson, Reat Griffin Underwood, both gunned down at a Jewish community center, where many teens have been taking part in rehearsals and auditions.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We thought it was weather at first.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes, there were people ducking down inside and people yelling at us to get inside.</s>HOWELL: Moments later, another victim is shot and killed at Village Shalom, a retirement community about a mile away. Police arrested Frazier Glenn Cross at a nearby elementary school. As he's being taken away, he shouts a neo-Nazi slogan. Cross now faces charges of premeditated murder. Police say the suspect also known as Glenn Miller has ties to white supremacists. He apparently has his own Web site and the Southern Poverty Law Center describes as a longtime anti-Semite. A police chaplain was told by witnesses Cross seemed chilling, deliberate.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's an older gentleman, asking people if before he thought if they were Jewish or not. This sounds like very much a hate crime.</s>HOWELL: Last night, just hours after the shooting, this powerful moment at a vigil.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I'm the daughter of that gentleman who was killed and I'm the mother of the son who was killed.</s>HOWELL: You can hear the emotion in the crowd as she shares her last words with her father and son.</s>HOWELL: As you heard in the report, he went around asking people if they were Jewish, targeting people in that regard. We do expect to learn more about Cross later today, as he is due in court -- Chris, Kate.</s>CUOMO: He wound up killing two people who weren't Jewish. Just a stupid act no matter what his intentions were. Just a stupid act by a person who now hopefully is going to get to pay for it.</s>BOLDUAN: A horrible, but just hearing that mother's strength is -- almost makes you break up. It's difficult to listen to. George, thanks very much. We're going to continue to talk about this throughout the show and shed the light on the victims and try to figure out what could possibly motivate this because, you can probably understand, makes sense. Let's move over to Indra Petersons now to a track -- a check of the forecast, how's it looking. It was beautiful here this weekend, Indra, how's it looking elsewhere?</s>INDRA PETERSONS, AMS METEOROLOGIST: Beautiful in the Northeast, but unfortunately, the severe weather was out there. We have reports, five reports of tornadoes actually towards Idaho, Oklahoma, even Texas. And today, that severe weather risk is still out there. You can see the risk farther to the east stretching from Birmingham, all the way back down to New Orleans. Even this morning, we're looking at that threat for severe weather as that frontal system continues to progress further off to the east. Today, more on the Southeast, spreading into the Northeast by tomorrow. Look at the back fire here. You are talking about snow, snow out by New York City by tomorrow night. Chicago today looking for light flurries. You can see high pressure buildings in which means more cold air from Canada, once again feels like winter for a couple days. Take a look at the heavy rain first. So, definitely the flooding threat will be out there. Several inches into the Southeast, and then by tomorrow, spreading into the Northeast by overnight tonight. But here we go -- this is the snow we're talking about. Out for Chicago, yes, it was a beautiful weekend. That is long gone as even a couple inches are expected towards upstate New York as the system makes its way through. Let's talk about the temperatures, shall we? Above normal, almost 80 degrees out towards in D.C. today but notice about 20 degrees below normal behind the cold front. So, what happens, the cold air spreads farther to the East. We all start to drop farther down tomorrow. St. Louis, about 17 degrees below normal by tomorrow, and then, of course, by Wednesday, it's back into the Northeast. We're talking about a 30 degree temperature change in the northeast. By Wednesday, that cold air is here, going to feel like winter again. We do have is a lunar eclipse, the best time and place to see it, Midwest. Of course, the storm is here. Looks like tonight, 3:46 in the morning if you want to check it out. I'll be awake, I can see it.</s>BOLDUAN: That will be beautiful to see. Always beautiful. Thanks, Indra.</s>CUOMO: I'd rather be asleep. We're going to take a break here on NEW DAY. When we come back, the pinger locator is out, search teams are pulling back from the hunt for debris. It is now all about the submersible, the Bluefin 21 right now diving into the bottom of the Indian Ocean looking for Flight 370.</s>BOLDUAN: And violence break out in Ukraine this morning. Is the country on the verge of civil war? The former ambassador to NATO will be joining us to talk about if there's any hope for diplomacy.