motive for murder. motive for murder. cbs news learns what fueled the newtown, connecticut, school shooting. the gunman, adam lanza, believes he was in competition with another notorious killer. murder charge. olympic sprinter oscar pistorius is back in court this morning and charged with the premeditated murder of his model girlfriend. and "in focus," we'll show why so many wild events like the russian meteor are being caught on camera. captioning funded by cbs good morning, good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with a possible motive behind the deadly connecticut school shooting.

cbs news has learned that the gunman, adam lanza, may have been motivated by the massacre in norway back in 2011. connecticut police say that theory is not accurate. susan mcginnis is in washington with more on this. good morning, susan. >> reporter: anne-marie, good morning. law enforcement sources tell us there is evidence adam lanza was obsessed with anders breivik, the killer in a massacre in norway in 2011 where 77 people died, and they say they know why lanza chose sandy hook elementary. the shooter in the sandy hook elementary school massacre may have taken his inspiration from a mass murder that took place in norway a year and a half ago. investigators tell cbs news that 20-year-old adam lanza saw himself in direct competition with anders breivik. [ screams ] >> reporter: breivik killed 77 people in july of 2011. eight died in a bombing near a government center in oslo, 16 others were shot at a teen camp on a nearby island.

our sources indicate landers was obsessed with breivik and was trying to top the oslo shooter's body count. the shooting spree started with a murder of his mother that morning and then headed to sandy hook elementary where he killed 20 children and six adults. investigators say he picked the newtown, connecticut, school because it was the easiest target with the largest cluster of people. lanza was an experienced marksman. he and his mother made multiple visits to nearby gun ranges for target practice. and we're told he spent hours a day playing video shooting games in the basement of his home. officials are reaching out to the online gaming community looking for anyone who might have been communicating with lanza. now, officials have not publicly released any evidence they have linking lanza to any motive or obsession with breivik, and connecticut state police say the investigation into the motive is not complete.

so any statement regarding his intent is speculation. back to you. >> thank you. following contentious debate, four gun control measures passed the colorado house yesterday, and they are headed to the state senate. the colorado house voted to limit gun ammunition magazines to 15 rounds, require background checks for all gun transactions, impose a fee for gun buyers to cover the costs of the checks, and ban concealed weapons on college campuses. during the debate, vice president joe biden called democratic lawmakers to push for their vote. overseas now, this morning we expect to learn more about the prosecution's case against double amputee south african olympian oscar pistorius. pistorius arrived at a pretoria courthouse this morning for a bail hearing. he's charged with premeditated murder of his girlfriend. funeral services for reeva steenkamp are being held today.

we have more from kelly cobiella from our london bureau this morning. kelly? >> reporter: good morning. oscar pistorius is in a south african courtroom right now fighting for his freedom. prosecutors as they had promised in the run-up to this trial have charged him with premeditated murder, a crime for which if convict ed convicted could mean the rest of his life in jail. we're hearing new details of the night of the murder according to prosecutors. pistorius fired four shots hitting steenkamp with three, and crucially to their case of premeditated murder, that pistorius put on his prosthetic legs before walking to the bathroom where steenkamp was hiding to shoot her. prosecutors say he then broke down the door. pistorius says he thought he was shooting an intruder. anne-marie? >> so we're hearing more details about the case that the prosecution is building. this wasn't a trial, though. what was the purpose of today's hearing?

>> reporter: no, this isn't a trial. this is actually a bail hearing. both sides, prosecutors and the defense, will put out their versions of what happened that night. prosecutors do not want him released on bail, hence the premeditated murder charge. his defense attorneys will say this was all a tragic accident and he should be released on bail. >> what about the victim's family? any of her family members in court today at all? >> reporter: not from what we understand. we hear that pistorius' brother and long-time coach are both in court this morning. but steenkamp's family is said to be in her hometown of port elizabeth. her funeral is today, and we understand that they are there rather than in the courtroom. >> kelly cobiella, thank you very much. back in this country now, a strong storm system threatening blizzard-like conditions is pushing into the upper midwest. and a winter storm watch is posted this morning in kansas and nebraska. there are windchill advisories

in minnesota and the dakotas. in parts of minnesota, driving conditions are so bad, the snowplows were kept off the road. at least two traffic deaths are blamed on the heavy snow and whiteout conditions. meanwhile, a line of strong storms moved through south central arkansas last night. at least two people were injured when one home was damaged. the strong winds knocked down trees and power lines. and severe thunderstorms hit eastern oklahoma yesterday with pounding hail and rain. cbs news weather consultant david bernard has more. >> we do have active weather across the country today, but not in the southeast. it's mostly going to be dry there. temperatures in the 50s and 60s with just a few showers over north florida. looks wet across the i-95 corridor with temperatures mostly in the mid to upper 40s from philadelphia through new york and boston. across the great lakes, some wind-whipped lake-effect snows are going to be possible and quite cold behind those snows. only six in minneapolis today.

18 in chicago. omaha will only see a high of 23. it will be dry. and the other area with big storms, out west. it's going to be wet from seattle right to l.a. rain in l.a. today, 55. san francisco, rainy and 50. and heavy snows will be developing across portions of the interior. looks like more active weather on the way. this time for the plains in the form of a big snowstorm later this week. i'm david bernard, cbs news, miami. coming up this morning, burger king's twitter account gets hacked. and later, dash cam craze. we'll look at russia's obsession with dashboard cameras which was highlighted by last week's meteor explosion. this is the "cbs morning news." t week's meteor explosion. this is the "cbs morning news." [ sniffs ] bacon?! gotta get that bacon! bacon?! bacon! smokey bacon, meaty bacon, tasty bacon! bacon? ohh, la, la... oh, i say is that bacon?!

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the coast guard investigation into the disabled carnival cruise ship says the engine room fire was caused by a leak in a fuel line. the ship drifted in the gulf of mexico for five days without power or working toilets. it docked in mobile, alabama, last thursday. the coast guard says a full investigation could take up to six months. in medical news, a new study says hip replacements are more likely to fail in women than men. the study in the "journal of the american medical association" says women tend to have smaller joints and bones than men and face a 29% higher risk of implant failure in the first three years. more than 300,000 americans undergo total hip replacement surgery every year. 98% are successful. on the "money watch," a big office supply merger, and burger king's twitter account gets fried. erica ferrari is here in new york with that and more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. concerns about budget talks in washington sent most asian stocks lower. tokyo's nikkei lost half a percent. hong kong's hang seng fell 1%. wall street is back in

business today after the long president's day weekend. investors will be looking at new reports on housing and building this week. last week the dow closed down 11 points. the nasdaq also fell almost two points. officemax and office depot may merge. the "wall street journal" says the two companies could announce the merger as early as this week. officemax has stores mostly in the u.s. and canada, and office depot in the u.s. and mexico. if they did combine, they would close several stores but still wouldn't be as large as staples. representatives from both companies declined to talk about the merger. the supreme court will hear a high-stakes fight over genetically altered seeds today. vernon bowman, a 75-year-old farmer from indiana, is fighting agri-giant monsanto. he replanted some of their super weed-resistant soybean seeds, and monsanto sued him for patent infringement. bowman's lawyers say because he bought the seeds, he can do whatever he wants with them.

burger king's twitter account had a bad day. someone hacked into it at about noon monday, posting a tweet that said burger king had just been sold to mcdonald's and put up a logo of the golden arches. the account was suspended for a few hours. so far the hacker has not been identified. 50 years after camelot, personal items from president john f. kennedy were auctioned off monday. his bomber jacket sold for $570,000. the items brought in nearly $2 million and were discovered in the home of david powers who was with kennedy from 1946 until his assassination in 1953. anne-marie? go good piece of history there. thank you for that, erica ferrari in new york. coming up, the sultan of showtime. we will remember los angeles larks lakers owner jerry buss and the legacy he leaves behind. t companies. well, technically i work for one. that company, the united

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nba. >> reporter: he was not a flashy man, but oh did jerry buss know how to put on a show. >> oh! magic ahead -- >> reporter: with star athletes bringing artistry and drama to the court and the lakers girls adding sizzle, buss made courtside at lakers' games the place to see and be seen. they called it showtime. [ cheers ] >> reporter: bob steiner was his long-time friend and associate. >> l.a. had hollywood. jerry wanted to bring the lakers to the hollywood level of glamor and entertainment. >> reporter: the man with a ph.d. in chemistry created some of the best court chemistry the nba has ever seen. stars like kareem abdul-jabbar, magic johnson, shaquille o'neal, kobe bryant. after he bought the team in 1979 for $16 million, the lakers won ten championships. magic johnson spoke by phone to affiliate kcbs.

>> when i first had to call to tell him i had hiv, i had never seen dr. buss cry. we sat there and cried together. and he held me like i was his son, you know. and i'm never going to forget that moment. >> reporter: jerry buss once said he just wanted the lakers to be l.a.'s team. >> every day when i walk down the street, at least two or three people come over and say, "i want to thank you for what you've done for me, for my family, for the city of los angeles. it's been great entertainment." and they make a point to say thank you, and i appreciate that. >> reporter: jerry buss put on an unforgettable show. bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. a clash of two of the biggest powers in women's college basketball. number three uconn taking on top-ranked baylor and reigning player of the year, brittney griner. she played rough though. first she pulled uconn's

stephanie dolson to the floor during a transition. then griner called for a flagrant foul and takes dolson to the floor again. in the second half she scored a free throw for the 3,000th point of her career. she finished with 25 points. baylor wins 76-70. take a look at this free-throw attempt from a division two women's game over the weekend. the player on georgia college's team comes up short of the shot. georgia college lost the game to columbus state. better than i would have done under pressure. when we return, candid camera. why so many cars in russia are equipped with dash cameras like the ones that recorded last week's meteorite. last week's meteorite.

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here's a look at today's forecast. in some cities around the country, washington, d.c., 51 with rain. atlanta, morning thunderstorms. st. louis, windy, 38 the high. denver, partly sunny, 47 the high. seattle, morning showers, 49 the high. scientists in russia are hunting down fragments from the meteor explosion friday. so far researchers from the federal university have found at least 53 pieces from a lake, most of them less than a halfinch. they do believe that fragments as big as two feet might be found. the meteor was the largest recorded space rock to hit earth in more than a century. it may also have been the most documented thanks to video taken by dash cameras. as we report, cameras come standard now in russian cars. >> reporter: the once in a lifetime event was over in

seconds. moments after a meteorite streaked across the morning sky and exploded above the russian city, video of the celestial event flooded the internet. a majority of the footage was recorded purely by chance. captured by small dash-mounted cameras that are now the latest fad among russian car owners. motorists have turned to dash cams for self-protection. visual proof to fend off charges from possibly corrupt police officers and from insurance scammers who often stage accidents like this one captured here. in a country where the highways are as lawless as the wild west, the footage is more than just a tool against corruption. it's become a national online obsession documenting carnage and mayhem on the country's roadways.

>> reporter: from gruesome car crashes to extreme road rage, this new russian reality show has few limits. last december this video of a plane crashing into a moscow highway went viral. on friday morning, those same cameras turned to the sky to capture an event few people will ever see in their lifetime. terrell brown, cbs news, new york. i can't promise this video you're about to see will be as stunning as what you just saw. but some police in poland found it easier to catch a pig on camera than it was to actually catch the pig. the animal escaped from a nearby farm and managed to outwit and outlast the cops. finally got -- they finally got a big netted, but the pig got away from that, too. after two hours and much squealing, they eventually caught it. bet they wish there were no cameras around for that, though. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the

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already in the news thorntion, a doctor takes his own life after he's accused of secretly videotaping his patients. wjz is live with more as police search for them. new details in the murder of a university of maryland eastern shore student. what police are hoping will catch his killer. and back in court, olympian oscar pistorius charged with the murder of his cover model girlfriend has another hearing. could he be granted bail? more news, first warning weather and your first traffic report of the morning in a couple of minutes. ♪ i've got something for you too. (announcer) fancy feast delights with cheddar. a meal that is sure to delight your cheese lover.

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