tonight a classic turns 50. nightly news begins now. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. good evening. there's been another terrible outburst of violence, this time a shooting at a jewish community center. the 73-year-old man identified as a veteran of the ku klux klan is identified and it's being treated as a hate crime. in the face of this tragedy, one woman has come forward to talk about the loss of both her father and her 14-year-old son, both cut down by the gunman. mindy corpran talked about the loss while exhibiting strength. >> you know, it was a horrible act of violence and my dad and our son were at the wrong place at the wrong time for a split second. he was with us for a wonderful 14 years. he had a really full life for a 14-year-old, and we were very blessed. people keep saying, how come you're so strong? and i'm strong because i have family. i'm strong because i have faith. i know that god did not do this. i know that there are evil, evil actions, but what we do have is each other and we have love. >> mindy corpran who came upon the seen yesterday to learn her father and son had both been killed in this shooting along with one other victim. our report tonight from nbc's ron allen. >> reporter: reese underwood was a high school freshman, eagle scout, and performer, as seen here in a recent school event. ♪ his grandfather dr. william corpran, 69, had taken him to audition for a musical competition. they were shot and killed in the parking lot. mindy corpran discovered her father's body and then her son. >> it didn't feel like a crime scene to me. i had two family members lying on the ground and i feel confident from what i heard that they didn't feel anything. >> reporter: mindy first shared her family's grief at an emotional vigil last night, stunning the crowd of mourners. >> i'm the daughter of one of those killed and the mother of the son who was killed. >> reporter: also today, prayers for teresa terry lamano, 53, mother of three. she was at the jewish retirement home visiting her mom, as she did every sunday. >> she's just a kind, loving person. it was just a victim of a senseless and crazy and awful tragedy. >> reporter: tuesday she and her husband planned to celebrate their 25 years of marriage. hate allegedly drove 73-year-old frasier glen cross also known as glen miller to murder three innocent people a. well-known wipe supremacist with a history of racist activities. >> i think glen miller has always been a ticking time bomb. it was just a matter of time before he would go off. >> reporter: authorities say the victims were random. reat and his grand father, methodist. mindy, catholic. minute di's brother lost his dad and his nephew. >> it takes no character to do what was done. it takes no strength of character. it takes no backbone. it takes no morals. it takes no ethics. all it takes is an idiot with a gun. >> reporter: at reed's audition, one song he planned to sing is "you'll miss me when i'm gone." >> i got to listen both those songs before he left the house. i waited for my dad to pick him up and make sure everything was okay, and i had him sing it one more time and i got to kiss him and tell him i loved him. >> reporter: reet's grandparents moved to this area recently to be close to the family. now that family is planning a memorial service. the suspect could be charged with hate crimes and murder as soon as tomorrow morning. >> ron allen starting us off tonight outside kansas city. we turn now to news overseas. tonight in ukraine, there were growing concerns about pro-russian forces tightening their grip in the eastern part of that country as they move, in effect, building by building. they've already taken over another government building in another city as an ultimatum from kiev has now passed so far without action. we've made our way behind the barricades and we report from the city of donetsk. good evening. >> reporter: as the takeovers grow, they come more emboldened. to use force, some are saying it could be just as bad as doing nothing at all. the crowd cheers, the russian flag is raised over another building in eastern ukraine. the police station seized by prorussian. video on the internet unverified by nbc news shows ukrainian police given orders by a russian military officer. he says he's a lieutenant colonel. even shows id. we saw separatests giving orders to police. we were not allowed to talk to them. outside young men build barricades, some brought money, food, supplies. this is what the people of eastern ukraine want. one of the separatists wants a referendum to break away from the government. why are you hanging the russian flag outside. it's for protection he says, everyone here wants to be russian. in a few hours that they have been in control at this police station, you can't help but wonder who is behind the coordination. look at the tires, sandbags. there is a tremendous amount of discipline and coordination among the men securing this position. on saturday, well-armed uniformed men in formation occupy the police station. more evidence the u.s. and ukraine say that russia is behind a sort of slow motion invasion of eastern ukraine. as many as a dozen cities and towns now have government buildings controlled by prorussian separatists. the government warned it would retake the building and position convoys but let its own deadline pass today so far without using force, worried any violence would give russian forces just across the border an excuse to move in. brian, from what we've been seeing and hearing from the ground, there is no good military option for the government. this evening the president turned his sights to the united nations asking them to send peace keepers to the eastern part of the country to try and help stabilize the situation. ayman mohyeldin. in the city of donetsk tonight, thanks. reports today of a russian fighter jet buzzing an american warship at sea for an extended period of time and at a low altitude, as low as 500 feet. for more on that as well as the diplomatic side of this, such as it is, we're joined by andrea mitchell in our d.c. news room. good evening. >> reporter: tensions did increase dramatically after the buzzing of a u.s. warship by a soviet fighter jet. it happened saturday in a point of view case in a standoff that could easily spin out of control. in the black sea, off the coast of romania, the russian attack plane made 12 passes over the uss donald cook for 90 minutes ignoring radio calls from the ship, diving just above sea level, very close to the destroyer. today the white house also accused russia of to meanting unrest in ukraine as it had previously. >> the similarities are striking. the evidence is compelling that russia is supporting the efforts and supporting them. >> reporter: the cia john brennan was sent to ukraine but denies russian claims he was helping mobilize the military. with tensions rising president obama and vladimir putin talked. russia says russia blamed the kiev government, calling on obama to prevent force and bloodshed and claiming russia's alleged interference was based on inaccurate information. tonight the white house responded saying that call was at russia's request and was frank and direct. and the president made clear during the call that the diplomatic path was open. the u.s.'s preferred way ahead, but that russia's actions are neither consistent with or conducive to a diplomatic solution. this, brian, was clearly a very tough call. >> andrea mitchell in the dc newsroom tonight. andrea, thanks. a staggering toll in nigeria today after a bombing at a bus station outside that country's capital killed at least 71 people, injured over 120 others in the middle of the morning rush. no claim of responsibility so far, but nigeria's president is claiming the same islamic extremist group behind previous attacks that left a total of 1500 dead in nigeria so far in 2014. the pictures out of chile tonight show something that isn't supposed to happen in the modern era. a fire that galloped through an entire city, in this case, part of a coastal city. officials say it burned a massive section of the city and could take upwards of three weeks to fully extinguish. so far, it has killed at least 13 people, destroyed over 2,000 structures a total of 10,000 people were evacuated at the height of it from their homes. the fire started in a wooded area, then moved quickly in a densely populated area saturday night torching just about anything in its path. now to the missing malaysia airlines plane. it's been nearly a week since any signal has been heard that might be a ping from one of the aircraft's black boxes. they are now taking the search understood water deep below the indian ocean off the coast of australia using a robotic submarine. katy tur is with us from perth, us a tail yeah, where it's now tuesday morning. good evening. >> hey, there, brian. tuesday morning, day 39 out here, an ocean shield traded in the pinger for blue fin 21, the robotic submarine. it took two hours for it to get to the bottom of the ocean, about three miles down. there, it will create a 3d sonar map of the ocean floor. it will do that for 16 hours before it comes back up, and they analyze and download all that data. when all is said and done, about a 24-hour process before they have any real answers. they will do this in sections. the first section is where their best hopes lie. although ocean shield didn't hear any new pings during the week, it did detect an oil b slick down sea from where it had been searching. experts say it's unlikely to be part of mh 370 after all this time, but they will analyze it nonetheless. >> katy, thanks. the pulitzer prizes, both the guard been a newspaper and for snowden bottoms. "boston globe" one for coverage of the boston bombing. tyler hicks of the new york times won for photography for his indelible photographs of the mall massacre in kenya. it's his second pulitzer for photography. and pulitzer prize for fiction went to author dana tarp for her novel "the gold finch." still ahead, a frightening ebola outbreak that doctors are calling one of the most challenging they have ever seen. and later, a rare late night show, this one in the skies above. in medical news tonight, many of the world's medical professionals, especially in the field of infectious disease and public health is feared of a major outbreak in one of the deadliest diseases known to the planet, the ebola virus. in recent weeks it spread quickly in west africa killing more than 100 people raising concerns it could move quickly beyond there and pose an even broader threat. our report tonight from our chief foreign correspondent richard engle. >> reporter: health officials are taking no chances as they race to contain an outbreak of the world's deadliest virus, ebola. there is no cure or vaccine and for the first time ever on this scale, ebola has broken out in an urban area, in the capital of guinea in west africa. population, 2 million. dr. tim jagatic from doctors without boarders works from there and spoke to us by phone. >> in the urban area, we have more possibilities for more contact with people moving around different parts of the city. people leaving the city, leaving different parts of the country, possibly leaving the country. >> reporter: ebola is not easy to catch. transmitted only from direct contact with blood or saliva but it's highly lethal. the world's health organization is very concerned. >> this is one of the most challenging ebola outbreaks we have faced and the reasons why this is one of the most challenging outbreaks, is that first, we see a wide geographic disbursement of cases. >> reporter: more than 100 people have died in this outbreak. it traveled quickly starting just weeks ago in a remote jungle spreading to the capitol and crossing into liberia and sierra leone. authority with borders with guinea have sealed those borders. medical officials set up isolation units and screening at airports to prevent the virus going global. what are the chances it could spread to the u.s.? >> it could be extremely unlikely there would be an outbreak in the united states by the very nature of how this virus gets transmitted from one person to another. >> reporter: experts don't know if the virus is contained or still spreading. although health officials do not expect ebola to spread to the united states, this shows, brian, we increasingly live in a global village connected by airports where an outbreak in a remote part of west africa causes concern around the world. >> that's what makes it an urgent story overseas. another break when we come back, the most decorated olympic athlete in history may not be done with the olympics after all. this weekend at the bath iron works in maine, they christened the navy's newest naval ship. it's the first of a class of new ships named after the late admiral chief of naval operations, and attention say civilian mariners, if you encounter this in the open ocean, it doesn't look like anything you've seen before. the odd design gives stealth on radar where it appears no larger than a fishing boat. $3 billion, 610 feet long. most of the radar, armaments and crew members are hidden. it's expected to enter active service in 2016. another notable entry into the water, michael phelps says he's returning to competitive swimming. he's a 22-time olympic medalist, most decorated athlete in olympic history and turns 29 at june. it appears he's coming out of the retirement to compete at the next summer games in rio in 2016. no confirmation. and just as no one walks away after a walkoff home run anymore, it's likely the u.s. olympic team is hoping he has a few medals left in him. speaking of sports, this guarantees the name bubba will forever be associated with the masters. bubba watson won the second green jacket this weekend. florida born golfer and new father and self-proclaimed small town guy was gracious and thankful in victory and stayed true to who he is. tweeting a picture of his celebratory dinner at waffle house. as it should be. the first lady visited one of the many fisher houses around the country. they are the charity that provide extended stay housing while their loved ones are hospitalized. they helped thousands of families of wounded warriors over the years. mrs. obama brought along both first dogs today and promptly allowed herself to be decorated by stickers with a little girl doing pre-easter arts and crafts. mrs. obama visited the house. mars is already brighter in the night sky right now than the red planet has been in years. and starting tonight, the heavens are preparing an even bigger show. those with a cloudless sky above them, are going to see the rare blood moon. total lunar eclipse that will turn the moon into a coppery red. is for best spots and best viewing times, there's information on all that on our website tonight nbcnews.com. when we come back, an icon of the american road celebrates a half century on the road. finally here tonight, this is a big week for all of us who who over loved or owned a must stage. if mustangs were people, their aarp cards would be arriving in the mail. the great ford name plate turns 50 later this week. and so we thought tonight would be a great time to begin a new regular feature, as our own harry smith travels the country telling american stories. tonight, mr. smith goes to mustang country. >> reporter: you're going to see this a lot over the next couple days, herds of mustangs headed for round-up in las vegas and charlotte. >> i'm so excited for the 50th anniversary of the mustang i haven't slept in days. >> reporter: taylor cassidy has owned 68 different mustangs over the years. >> there is mike, there is tommy there's denise. >> reporter: she's named them all. she's as comfortable under the hood as she is behind the wheel. >> we love our cars. it's a passion. we went from hobby to obsession really fast for me. >> reporter: america was obsessed with the mustang from the moment lee iacocca introduced the car at the new york world's fair in 1964. a market shattering half million mustangs were sold in the first 18 months and as sales grew, so did the car's muscle. remember steve mcqueen and the mustang in the movie "bullet"? as cool as it gets. there are plenty of old mustangs still on the road. but this one, this one has a story. >> i fell in love at first sight, had my name written all over it. >> reporter: she bought the first mustang sold in america. >> i didn't realize what i bought until i drove it out of the showroom and everybody was staring at me and waving and asking me to slow down to look. >> reporter: and the mustang made an impression on her boyfriend, tom. >> what did you like more, her or the car? >> you don't want me to answer that, do you? >> reporter: tom and gail married and drove that car through four kids and some 20 years. tom parked it in the garage and said he would fix it up when he retired. some 20 years later, he did just that and now -- when you're driving around in it, what does it feel like? >> i get a lot of looks, a lot of thumbs up. people are happy to see this car. >> reporter: just like 50 years ago. harry smith, nbc news, parkridge, illinois. >> if you're a fellow mustang owner, send us the pictures of yours. that's our broadcast on a monday night as we start off a new week. thanks for being here with us. i'm brian williams, hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. nbc bay area news starts now. someone has a gone on me to get you guys to respond? >> a new fight to fight the dwindling police force. >> we are following breaking news from san francisco right now. there are major delays on bart. westbound trains were stopped for about an hour at the montgomery station because of a report that someone was under the train. it happened just about an hour ago. and we don't know at this point if the person jumped or fell onto the tracks. we also don't know the condition of that person. bart said that all trains would be back up and running in a few minutes, but it is causing delays of about 20 minutes for the next hour system wide. we have a reporter on the way to get us more information and we'll bring it to you as soon as we get it. also one of the hot buttons in san jose, and the mayor says he doesn't want any help from the county. the board supou supervisors has plan. >> reporter: well, willow glen residents here tell me be weary of numbers that may show that crime is down in san jose. they say they're not even calling 911 in many instances. >> my husband got his car stolen on south third street, and i've had my bike stolen twice. >> reporter: tamara martin has felt the effects of a smaller