accused of murder of his girlfriend, reeve steenkamp, a well known model in south africa, seen here in a cellphone commercial and a fixture on the red carpet. the two of them were a couple that demanded attention. pistorius lived in this luxury estate. here in south africa, crimee in the stories going around, that he shot his girlfriend, mistaking her for an intruder. but police have other suspicions. police say they received reports of neighbors hearing shouting before the shooting. >> reporter: pistorius's story of determination, legendary. his legs amputated when he was 11 months old. but with a pair of prosthetic blades, he was as fast as lightning. >> i've been given a phenomenal talent and i work hard to be where i am. >> reporter: he rose to paralympics champion and the first double amputee to compete in the olympics. but today, as word of the shooting spread, this nike ad with the words, i am the bullet in the chamber, was taken down from his site. >> he is someone who is celebrated as a humanitarian. to be in this position, it's shocking. >> reporter: just yesterday, steenkamp

accused of murder of his girlfriend, reeve steenkamp, a well known model in south africa, seen here in a cellphone commercial and a fixture on the red carpet. the two of them were a couple that demanded attention. pistorius lived in this luxury estate behind high walls and electric fence. here in south africa, crime is rampant and that may be one of the reasons for the rumors going around here, that he may have shot his girlfriend, mistaking her for an intruder. but police have other suspicions. they said there have been incidents in the past in the home and they received reports of neighbors hearing shouting before the shooting. >> there has previously been incidents at the home of mr. pistorius. allegations of domestic nature. >> now pistorius begins to fly. >> reporter: pistorius's story of determination is legendary, his legs amputated when he was 11 months old. but with a pair of prosthetic blades, he was fast as lightning. >> i've been given a phenomenal talent and i work extremely hard to be where i am. >> reporter: he rose to paralympics champion and the first double amputee to

. >> the family of reeve steenkamp want answers from oscar pistorius who remains in jail charged with her murder. the former model and law school graduate was his program but police say he did not call paramedics and night of her death. he will appear in court tomorrow for a bond hearing and he might possibly be released. from magazines to movies, models seem to be getting thinner and thinner, but one country is outlawing models under a certain of bmi. it will be illegal to have a bmi under 18.5 in advertisements and no photo enhancements. much of the law was propelled forward by one of his models that died from anorexia and he said it is the dark side that has to be addressed. >> a child looks at the tv and they want to be skinny for no reason is because they saw beautifully and skinny girls. that, we can change. >> they are coming to new york in april to try and persuade top fashion companies to ban models there as well. >> forget cyber monday and black friday. presidents' day could be the new savvy shoppers best kept secret. >> coming up, what you could save big bucks on before the

his girlfriend, model reev reeva steenkamp was found this morning. he became one of most famous athletes if the world. dubbed blade runner because of his high-tech prosthetics, he is a double amputee. a spokeswoman confirmed previous reports of domestic disturbances at his home. >>. [ inaudible ] >> i'm not going to elaborate -- [ inaudible ] >> the prosecution says pistorius will appear in court tomorrow morning. the story, you might recall, he won two gold medals and a silver medal at the olympics in london. >>> coming very close to shore now, those passengers are finally getting cell service and we are seeing more images from inside the crippled vessel. we have a live report as the ship is coming home. >> plus, set lord of the rings and is finding they are cred precious in the world of science and astronomy. meet the man who is literally finding new moons. a story that will make the bay area proud. >> and politically charged flash mob. inside after bay area prison. we talked to the man who started it all. >> and good afternoon. i'm jeff live at at

account that he had given about what happened on valentine's morning last week at his home when reeve wra steenkampiend, was killed. however, the main deal at trial is perhaps in june, but there was great relief from his family. they began crying and embracing each other inside the public gallery of the court. then they locked arms and stood in silence, and they prayed, and tonight they've returned home. they were driving through the streets of pretoria in a huge convoy with a great deal of emotion, and he has been released on bail of around $100,000. as part of that condition, he must report to a police station twice a week beginning on monday, andrea. >> thank you very much for all those details. appreciate it. >>> next, the man behind this year's oscar no, ma'am mated documentary. five broken cameras. stay with us. ♪ [ male announcer ] from the way the bristles move to the way they clean, once you try an oral-b deep sweep power brush, you'll never go back to a regular manual brush. its three cleaning zones with dynamic power bristles reach between teeth with more brush movements to remove up to

hearing oscar pistorius' version of what happened the night he fatally shot his girlfriend reeve are virginia steenkampon the same day her family laid her body to rest and are demanding more answers. in a bail hearing this morning, pistorius broke down as his attorney read a statement describing the night pistorius shot steenkamp in the bathroom of his home. oscar pistorius said he felt a, quote, sense of terror that night and felt that an intruder had broken into his home. steenkamp's family ordered a private funeral. chapman, can you tell me a little more about that statement read by pistorius' attorneys, at least his version of what happened that night? >> reporter: that's right, tamron. pistorius' lead attorney read out an affidavit by pistorius that said they were deeply in love. he in no intentions of killing reeva steenkamp and that it was a pure accident. his version of events said that he woke up, was alarmed that there was possibly an intruder in the home. went without putting on his prosthetic legs with his .9 millimeter handgun by his bed. yelled for the intruder to identify himself. shot f

steenkamp accidentally. the grief-stricken father wants him to come clean. >> it's only oscar and reev tharkts know the truest come out with the honest truth. >> reporter: on sunday, the saga took another sharp twit with news that the runner's older brother, carl, is charged in the death of a woman in 2008 who was on a motorcycle and she collided with his car. over the weekend, the last image of steenkamp emerged. it shows her smiling as he drives up to the entrance of pistorius' house. hours later, she was shot dead. oscar pistorius is not aloud home. police have removed the bullet-riddled bathroom door. their investigation continues today and in the many days to come. robin? >> all right, amy, thank you very much. >>> josh with the other stories now. >> the coast guard searching south of san francisco for four people, including two young children, missing after they sailboat sank on sunday. they had no life raft but were trying to make one out of a cooler before they abandoned ship. >>> and a 6.2 magnitude earth wake shook eastern japan this morning. it lasted about 30 seconds. so far, no serious damage h

steenkamp was laid to rest in an emotional ceremony. listen to her uncle. >> we are here today as a family. but there's only one thing missing. it's reeve is a. >> it's okay. >> cnn's robyn curnow is in johannesburg with more. very emotional scenes both at >> hi there, piers. we did hear from oscar pistorius his version of events, his story. it's all here in this 11-page affidavit where he paints a picture of being fearful of terror of horror of an intruder coming into his house. the defense arguing that he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder and that's why he shot at her. however, for the state, they say that's no justification for shooting somebody through a bathroom door. they say this was premeditated murder. they managed to convince the magistrate who agreed with them, which makes his bail hearing even more difficult. the onus now is on his defense team tomorrow in that court to prove exceptional circumstances, that he deserves bail and, of course, many people watching with great interest because oscar pistorius is a hero in this country. and they desperately want to believe this version of events. but as was said in court today