That idiot absolutely knocked a family to its knees for no reason. Were finding out more about the man accused of gunning down three people including a 14yearold and his grathd. The family calls it a senseless killing. Officials say it is a hate crime. Youre watching cnn newsroom. Im rosemary church. Im john vause. We would like to welcome viewers in the United States and around the world. Were keeping an eye on the sky. Youre looking at a partial eclipse. The moon is changing colors pause its passing through the earths shadow, reflecting some of the suns rays. Were told the socalled blood moon will reach its peak or total eclipse starting at six minutes past the hour. So we will have more on that a little later. And well keep a live picture up on the bottom of the screen a little later so you can keep an eye on it, as well. Also happening this hour, were expecting Oscar Pistorius to return to the stand for a fifth day of crossexamination. Yeah. The South African is defending himself against charges of premeditated murder in the shooting death of Reeva Steenkamp. On monday, the prosecutor again tried to expose inconsistencies in pistorius testimony. Listen you said you were vulnerable. You felt vulnerable. Am i right . Thats correct, my lady. But you approached the danger the two doesnt make sense. In fact, you knew that reeva was behind the door, and you shot at her. That is the only thing that makes sense. You shot at her knowing that she was behind that door. Its not true, my lady. The crossexamination was so intense that pistorius broke down a number of times. The court had to be adjourned twice so he could gather himself. Heres the exchange between pistorius and the prosecutor. We havent spoken about reeva. We havent spoken about anything now. But youre getting emotional. Why . We were speaking about reeva, my lady. Mr. Pistorius, youre not using your emotional state as an escape, are you . No, my lady. I cant remember how i opened the doors. I cant remember how i opened the doors. I cannot see how that would cause you to be emotional if you cannot remember how you opened the door. I just dont. I did not fire at reeva and we will have much more on the trial coming up. Well hear from our legal analyst in pretoria. And of course well bring you todays crossexamination as soon as it gets underway. For our viewers in the u. S. , early start and new day will also have special coverage of the trial throughout the morning. The white house says brim and Vladimir Putin had a frank and direct conversation on monday. Yeah. The u. S. And russian leader spoke by phone about the crisis in ukraine. Mr. Obama urge Police Department putin to press pro urged putin m to help prevent the use of force. But as prorussia unrest spread, the acting president called for u. N. Peacekeepers in eastern ukraine. Europe is blaming russia for the crisis and is threatening more sanctions against moscow. Russia insists it is not interfering with events in ukraine. And as jim sciutto reports, the u. S. And others say thats simply not true. [ crowd noise ] reporter in one eastern ukrainian town after another, prorussian militant storming government buildings and seizing them at gunpoint. As Ukrainian Forces responded, the sides exchanged gunfire, killing at least one. Today russian president Vladimir Putin said he is alarmed by the violence. [ gunfire ] reporter but u. S. Officials place the blame firmly on him and his government. Russia continues to engage in pro provocative actions in eastern ukraine. The mere presence of the troops in addition to what else theyve done inside ukraine creates a threat of destabilization within ukraine. Translator unfortunately, the fact is that the armed seizure of buildings in six eastern ukrainian towns yesterday and several more today mirrors the tactics Russian Forces used in the early stages of the crimea invasion. [ gunfire ] reporter its a charge russia, however, flatly denies, describing the protests as peaceful. And accusing the u. S. Of orchestrating the demonstrations that overthrew ukraines previous prorussian government. This is hypocrisy beyond limit. Reporter the white house confirmed that cia director john brennan was in kiev over the weekend saying the visit was part of a bradder trip to europe. Broader trip to europe. Still, tensions are extending far beyond eastern ukraine. Today a russian warplane flew by the uss donald koch in the black sea at close kbauquarters times. Attempts to reach 12 times. Attempts to reach them failed. The shuttle diplomacy continues. Secretary of state john kerry to geneva this week to meet with Russian Foreign minister lavrov and Vice President joe bide tonight ukraine next week biden to ukraine next week. All the way, u. S. Officials warning of more sanctions and further military maneuvers if russia escalates which they accuse russia of doing now. The additional steps have yet to materialize. Cnn, washington. Okay. For our viewers in north or maybe south america right now, you may want to look out the window or stay where you are. Heres what were about to talk about. A total Lunar Eclipse is in progress. Turning the moon a copper red. Nasa calls this a blood moon. And it will be its most red about 40 minutes from now. Some of the best viewing locations are in dallas, denver, and los angeles. Looks pretty spectacular. Its underway right now. Our ivan cabrera is following it close he hes a space geek. In front of the moon. Its begun. How excited are you . Well, very excited. I would say if the scale went up to an 11, i would be at an 11. Look at that. Wow isnt that awesome . There it is. We have entered the umbra here at 3 07 eastern time. Looks fantastic. Youll see its going to continue to get even better glow and just to get that copper red which is why were calling it blood moon. Exciting stuff. Is john getting hairier and howling . That happens most days. It does, around about this time. Im just getting another myth. No, put the myth away. Another myth. Listen, if youre watching us from home, why dont you record cnn now, and then go outside your window and then record the moon i bet well put that on tv. That will be exciting stuff. Youll miss nothing. Exactly. We dont want you to miss the rest of the broadcast. For kids at home, weve now entered the umbra here. It will continue. Youre not going to miss it for the next hour and 20 minutes or so. Its going to be in the umbra. Were going to get that red hue across the moon. Whats happening is when getting the sunshine, the longer wave lengths, red light is filtering through the earths atmosphere, going at the moon and the moon is reflecting it back to us. This happens with every Lunar Eclipse. This is not an unusual event, if youre curious. Well get another if youre under the places that have clouds, like atlanta. Well get another shot coming up in october. Right now not looking good. But for the central and western u. S. , well is live shots from los angeles. Toward mexico city where it has been looking fantastic. You can see this from nasa, the observatory. Gorgeous shot. Last one. No, no, no. It comes from togo. This is a nice one actually. And apparently this holds until today. People there believe that the some of the moon were fighting during the eclipse, which is why the moon is blood red. The people in toga, some of them, believe this is a time of coming together to resolve all feuds, and january moftdy. We like that one. Yeah. Happy. Im done, thats it. Thats the last one. Last one. All this research. Hes out of research now. That was a good one. Yeah. Finish on a high note. He does deliver sometimes. Extraordinary. Ivan cabrera, many thanks. All right. Ahead, the search for flight 370 goes deep. The robotic sub scouring the demth depth of the indian ocean has already run into trouble. In the u. S. , a community in mourning. A gunman kills three people at two Jewish Community centers in whats being called a senseless crime. He thought it was the endn for his dof the conversation. D. She didnt tell him that her College Expenses were going up. Or that she maxed out her card during spring break. When the satellite provider checked his credit, he found out his daughter didnt pay her bills. But hes not worried. Now he checks his Credit Report and score at experian. Com, allowing him to keep track of his credit and take a break of his own. Already run into trouble. The first six hours a sub spent looking in the indian ocean turned up no sign of Malaysian Airlines flight 370. Thats come from the bluefin in its first 16hour mission which was cut short because it exceeded its depth limits. Search coordinator Angus Houston says air and surface operations where the aircraft most likely entered the water will soon end. A u. S. Official told cnn the copilots phone contacted a cell tower in malaysia around the same time the plane disappeared. There is no evidence he tried to make a call. For more on the submarine and whether it goes back in the water, we when it goes back in the water, we join our Erin Mclaughlin from search headquarters in perth, australia, where it is 3 13 in the afternoon. Erin, of course, as weve just found out in the last hour or so, nothing came of those six hours that the bluefin was in the water. So when is it likely to go back in the water . Reporter no timetable has been given yet. The seventh fleet u. S. Navy seventh fleet, operating the bluefin 21 on board the ocean shield, putting out a press statement saying that weather is a factor. Its not in the water yet. Important to note that that six hours involves some two hours of the bluefin 21 actually getting down to the ocean surface. It had two hours to search and two hours coming up. It was only searching the surface of the ocean for two hours. The data collected, the seventh fleet releasing the statement saying no new objects of interest found. Officials here in australia have said all along that this is likely to be a slow and stain staking process. Painstaking process. That seems to be the case. In terms of what happened, the bluefin had ascended for its search and came cross the outer reaches of the area when it came across waters deeper than the 4. 5 kilometers it was programmed to be able to deal with, 4. 5 kilometers being the edges of its search capability. Resurfaced. We understand they are reassessing that search area, perhaps shifting it to shallower waters that its more able to deal with. Rosemary . All right. Many thanks to Erin Mclaughlin reporting live from perth, australia. Rosemary, in the u. S. , kansas city is in shock after a gunman opened fire at two Jewish Community centers on sunday killing three people. One of the victims was just a 14yearold boy. Yeah. As we report, the suspect is described as longtime white supremacist. Four and five shots have been fired interest the front door. Theres a male with a shotgun. Reporter bill corporan had just pulled into the Community Center parking lot with his grandson. And now 12 shots have been fired. O say can you see reporter 14yearold reit underwood was about to audition for a singing competition, but he never got the chance. Weve got two down. Thats all were aware of at this time. Reporter Frasier Glen Cross shot and killed them. They literally pulled in, and i opened the doors to get out. They were ambushed. Reporter investigators say cross didnt stop there. He then drove to a nearby jewish assisted living facility and shot and killed terry lamano, who was visiting hear mother. Three lives ended in a senseless, violent rage. It takes no character to do what was done. It takes no strength of character. It takes no backbone. Takes no morals. Takes no ethics. All it takes is an idiot with a gun. Reporter Frasier Glen Cross has been called a raging antisemite by the poverty Poverty Law Center which monitors hate groups. After cross was arrested, he yelled hail hitler from the highlight hitler from the back of the police car. He organized the white patriot party. Four years ago he ran for the u. S. Senate and spewed a hatefilled world view to the howard stern radio show. What is the biggest problem with the jews . They control the federal government, the mass media, they control the Federal Reserve bank. And with those powers theyre committing genocide against the white race and enslaving gentiles. I spent 20 years in the United States army. I retired as a master sergeant, two tours in vietnam, 13 years in the green beret paratroopers. Im a patriotic white man. Reporter that was cross speaking to knbctv eight years ago. Cross gave an interview to the station justifying the racist content of a newspaper he was distributing called the aryan alternative. Well never take back our country by we want to take back our country by whatever means necessary. I see 50 million white men out of work, then whitey will fight. Reporter for the families of the victims, Frasier Glen Cross is evil. Thattid idity yacht absolute knock idiot absolutely knocked a family to its knees for no reason. Investigator ares yofrgs are looking into charging the shooter investigators are looking charging the shooter as a hate crime. None of the victims were jewish. The woman who lost her son and her father in the attack says her faith is now helping her cope with this incredible loss. As i pulled up, i saw that he was lying on the ground. My first thought was that hed had a heart attack. He was just lying there. Very quickly i realized that it wasnt that. And i knew that my dad was in heaven within seconds. And i ran around the truck, and i saw my son lying there, and there were already two people with him. There were two men whom i dont know. And they were holding him, and i did not get a good look at him. I saw just that he seemed a little lifeless. It was a horrible act of violence, and my dad, our dad, and my son were at the wrong place at the wrong time for a split second. And she went on to say she takes comfort in the fact that neither her father nor her son saw the attack coming, and they felt no pain. We are waiting for the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius to get underway. He has just arrived at pretorias high court. That happened a few minutes ago. Coming up, well look at the line of questioning which can be expected from that very aggressive prosecutor. And seeing red. The first full Lunar Eclipse of 2014 is now underway. We will check out the views from los angeles and mexico coming up. Your education is built to help move your career forward. 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These are actually live pictures of the total Lunar Eclipse in progress. Nasa calls it a blood moon for its copper red color. And this is the first of four that we expect to see through till september next year. People living in north and south america will have the best view. Okay. Paul is in los angeles where thousands have gathered to watch all of this. Paul . Reporter hello, john, rosemary. Yes, indeed. Thousands, they say 2,500 to 3,000, they had to close down part of griffin park. The observatory is where people are catching a glimpse of this. Tilt up theres the moon right now. And a lot of astronomers populating the grounds of Griffith Observatory now. Were going to talk to Richard Fuentes here in a second. Hes with the l. A. Astronomical society, and richard, i want to ask you a question here. This is your first full Lunar Eclipse. Whats going through your mind . Wow, its really exciting. Extremely exciting. Its fantastic. Plus, look at the crowd. Makes it even better. Reporter part of this is the shared experience. I mean, i watched you, you enjoy grabbing someone and saying, come look through my 11inch telescope here. Thats what were here for. Reporter did any of this surprise you or what does the color look like to you . Orangey. It looks really orangey. Its getting more and more orangey. Theres still a little light on the right side of the moon. Reporter thank you very much. Just one of the many amateur astronomers enjoying the sight from los angeles. Lost him. How about that wrapping him thats causing trouble. Thats what it is. Paul there. We have nick parker on the phone i believe from mexico city. So nick, tell us what the scene is there as we take the picture. Reporter rosemary, its an absolutely packed crowd at the mexican Astronomical Society in downtown mexico. They expected about 20 people and got about 100. And its a real sort of feeling of excitement in the air. Now were seeing a situation where the moon is completely in the earths shadow. And i think everybody is really looking forward to seeing it take on that red tinge. Everybody at the moment sharing binoculars, telescopes. Theyre taking turns on the observatorys big powerful telescope which is why everybodys here in the first place. And i think a lot of people that are here have never seen anything like this even though there was one in 2011. Its quite a special atmosphere, ros