And inside the mind of a killer. Tonight we talked to a doctor who has studied the brains of murderers for decades and has said he has found a very specific pattern. And lawmakers tonight voting on a solution to avoid the fiscal cliff. Does this solution mean anything . Lets go outfront. Good evening, everyone. Outfront tonight, a new phase in the newtown, couldnt could not shooting investigation. We are also learning some new details about adam lanza. The 20yearold gunman behind last weeks or ifg Elementary School shooting. This is the Small Community tries to heal and makes sense of what has happened not even one week ago. There were six funerals today. Three of them were for first graders. Allison wyatt, Benjamin Wheeler and catherine hubbard. Family and friends said goodbye to substitute teacher lauren russeau, Anne Marie Murphy and principal dawn hochsprung. All have been hailed as heroes for trying to protect their students. I remember hearing laurens boyfriend saying they had just celebrated their oneyear anniversary and he thought that relationship was forever. Deborah, let me start by ask go you, what is this new phase that the investigation is entering into . Reporter what it is, it is all about motive, motive, motive. Investigators are trying to figure out why he did what he did. And adam lanza took very great pains to get rid of virtually the brunt of the evidence which was the computer, smashing it to bits. Destroying the hard drive. What we can tell you is that investigators were here at the home for the last couple of days. Today they walked the grounds. They were outside, walking the perimeter. They went through the outside as thoroughly as the inside getting their hands on everything they cox cell phone records, documents, files, any sort of video game that may have been inside the house. All of that they were trying to piece together. They pulled out about lunch time today. We spoke to the lieutenant in charge of all this. He speaks right now, for the time being, they are done for now. That means theyve gone through this house with a fine tooth comb. If there is reason to come back to the home, theyll do that. Right now they do feel that theyve got as much evidence as theyre probably going to get. If something comes up later on, something they didnt think about, they were return. This house is still theirs. It is still a crime scene. It has not been released. Right now as far as an onscene presence, theyre gone. The crime lab pulling out just before lunch. I know that the shooters mother, nancy lanza, was also buried today. What can you tell us about that . Reporter whats so interesting about it, she was the first victim. She had returned to this house. She had been away about three days. She came to this house. Investigators believe she was shot in the head early friday morning. The first victim. She was buried at an undisclosed location. Were told in kingston, new hampshire. Thats where she grew up. Thats where she was from. It was a very private service. The gunman, her son was not buried with her. It is not clear whether the body will be released or whether they will want to hang on to it to do further tests about what was going on. You talked about aspergers. The investigation about whether he had some underlying psychiatric disorder that theyre testing. Nancy lanza knew her son was getting older. He was 20 years old. She was trying to find out what he would do for the next stage of his life. And theres new information that she had even considered possibly putting him in the army. Maybe cryptology because he was so intelligent. She thought maybe that was a way to harness his intelligence. She wasnt shirking her responsibilities. She just needed to figure out what to do with her son now that he was getting older. Thank you very much. And deb referring to adam lanza and the fact that he may have been interested in joining the military. Obviously this is of high interest to everyone who wants to understand what happened here and why. Now, apparently, adam lanza made his interests known in 2009 when he was 17 years old. Thats just around the time he stopped taking classes at western connecticut state university. Now, this is according to the connecticut post which first broke the story and has this latest development on adam lanzas interest in the military. Maryanne, thank you for taking the time of i can you spoke to one of nancy lanzas good friends. She told you adam was interested in joining the military. What was about it the military that made him interested . Reporter i think he had, what were piecing together from ellen and other sources is that he had a fascination for a long ways back with things militaryrelated. Military equipment. He was a very, very bright young man. And when he first expressed that interest which was around the time he was ending his course work at western connecticut state university, initially his mother was very supportive of the idea and thats what several sources have told me. She was initially very supportive of it because it would have given him organization, structure, a career path even. And he was a very, very bright person. But as time wore on and she thought about it more and what she knew about her son, she realized this might not be the best path for him. Why did she change her mind . Did she tell your sources, ellen or others why it was she suddenly thought this isnt good for him . Reporter yeah. For a long time, adam, one of the things he had going on was sort of a phobia about being touched and having physical contact with other people. In his high school, when people would inadvertently, you know, make contact, it was a very uncomfortable feeling for him. And you know, she explained, you know, they had a very close mother son relationship and it was over time that she expressed her misgivings about him going into the military, the marines or any other branch. Not because he wasnt smart enough or anything like that but because of those issues with physical contact. And that was did that cause a lot of tension in their relationship when she said that to him . Did he react with frustration or anger . Reporter what im gathering from some of the other sources ive spoken to, that it was more disappointment and uncertainty about what else he might do. And what can you tell us about nancys relationship with adam in the past year . I know your interest went back before that when he was finishing classes at western connecticut. What about the past year . Was there tension . Were there any issues she talked about with friends . Reporter she was actually more comfortable with going on vacations, going on short trips, leaving him home alone. He was essentially a homebody. And he was developing interests, other interests of his own, doing some Computer Repair work, even just going out Grocery Shopping on his own. He unknown places, unknown environments had for a long time made him really uncomfortable. But they had reached a point where she was comfortable going away for a couple of days here, a couple of days there and that he was okay. All right. Thank you very much. From that reporting that adam lanza had been interested in joining the military, whether it be the army or the marines. And also, very interesting there that he had done Computer Repair work, according to marians reporting. Obviously interesting that he had done such a seemingly thorough job in destroying his own hard drives before he committed the horrible act. Outfront next, the Vice President has vowed to take action on guns. Talking about action and actually taking action are two different things. Will they be this time . 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We will act and we will act in a way that is designed, even if we can only save one life. We have to take action. But how the administration will act is still in question. Meanwhile, nra president pierre will publicly address the newtown tragedy tomorrow. It is the first time the nra has addressed it. When you say why has it taken this long, this is a dramatic shift for the nra overall. They have remained silent following other mass shootings. Outfront tonight, james carville, and the writer for the national review. Good to see both of you. James, let me start with you with the number. The nra spent 240 million in 2010. 17 million this election alone backing candidates that would support nra positions. In 2009, the nra pushed through laws relaxing the ability to carry guns on amtrak. I will admit i dont understand the need for that at all and new laws relaxing gun bans in national parks. What can we expect the nra to go along with . In louisiana they pushed a law to allow people to carry guns in churches. The bishop put the stop to that. Look, theyre very powerful group. No question about it. And they put a lot of stuff through and a lot of people not just the congress but state legislators are mortified for these guys and for good reason. They send out a lot of mail and people follow them. I think the Vice President was instrumental in passing the assault weapon ban before. He knows this. He is a good man to head up this task force but he will be in for a heck of a fight them play pretty tough. It is not an easy thing to get done here. What should the nra say . He is coming out and talking tomorrow. Is it safe to assume he will say look, we do support some kind of change. Some thing should be banned. My personal view is that the nra would be very smart to talk about gun trafficking. We have a huge problem that is tied to the fact about 1 of gun dealers who account for a very huge proportion. Some say half of the guns that are used in Violent Crime in this country. And part of the problem is what is referred to as the private sales loophole. The thing is that we try on legislate around big tragedies like this. In the assault weapons ban wouldnt have stopped Something Like this. Even a limit on magazine capacity wouldnt have stopped Something Like this. We have a huge problem with gun deaths in this country and there are a the love smart step we could take like addressing that private sales loophole. That would make a real difference. We all know, at least from what the Connecticut Police chief that, adam lanza had enough bullets to kill every child in that school. Maybe that was his intent. It seems that it was. Im curious about this whole task forceful it is great to have a task force but there are three things john avalon reported they could do now. We havent had an atf director in six years. Apparently only. 1 of 1 of people who lie on their background checks. Of course the ban on assault weapons. Why doesnt the president just do that now in. I think that the ban on the assault weapons, i think it legislatively expired in 2004. Pass in the 1994. I dont know. Other things seem like good ideas to me. I think there are two problems in this country. There are too many high magazine assault weapons and too many crazy people. And we ought to reduce both of them. We need fewer crazy people and fewer, you know, 30clip, 30round magazines in this country. And look, i own guns. I know a lot of my friends do. Some of this stuff is kind of absurd. And i think it makes a very good point. The gun show loophole. Some little loophole slips through and more crazy people get these things. Im for doing something about Mental Health and these high ammo magazines. Both of them are two crucial parts of the problem and both involved in what happened last friday. After the shooting of gab reel giffords, limit magazines is a good idea. That was not enacted. Who fights for that . One of the fundamental issues, there are a lot of folks in this country, democrats and republican whos believe very strongly that there is an individual right to bear arms. When youre at limits on magazines, the last time we had a limit on magazine capacity was about ten rounds. The most popular firearm in the country, the glock handgun has about 17 rounds in the chamber. And i think a lot of people are questioning whether or not limiting magazine capacity is appropriate when this handgun that is used by many people for selfdefense and other legitimate purposes would be so heavily impacted by it. I understand the desire to limit magazine capacity but i think it will be a tough thing. Wait a second. I use my firearm for legitimate purposes and i think it is perfectly appropriate to have 17 rounds in my chamber. James . Yeah. I have no idea why he needs 17 rounds in your chamber. Have you got a handgun . Ive got six. What are you going to do with 17 . Thats an argument they can make and not make. But the point is that this thing is going to be, theyre in for a tough slog. What the Vice President said, now the commission will come back in january and make some recommendations. There is no doubt, the only thing i would say, erin, this one felt different. Weve gone through these things in colorado, the Gabby Giffords thing. This feels different to me. And i think the fact that the nra has been silent for so long is a signal it feels different to them. I think this changed the ground underneath as you little bit. Whether or not it is sufficient to do something, i have no idea. There is just one thing i want to add. James earlier on said there are two pieces to this. Part of it is an underlying violence problem. You have a lot of mental illness, a lot of anger. We are a more violent country than other countries where you have high rates of ownership. Thats an unfortunate fact. The other thing i think we need to understand is that the technology for spreading violence is the real underlying issue. Think about the way we think about terrorism. A super empowered dangerous individual is a lot more dangerous now than a super empowered individual was 60 years ago. And the technology for people to create their own guns is frighteningly close at hand. So a lot of this is fighting the last battle. The truth is the capacity for deadly violence is very widespread. In the form of firearms or some other weapons. Well leave it there. A thought for our viewers, think about what happened in china last week right when this happened. 23 children were stabbed in a school and they lived. It was a knife and not a gun. It probably would have ended differently if it had been a gun like in connecticut. Ahead a blizzard threatens to ryan Holiday Travel plans for thousands. Plus the hot seat on capitol hill. Officials making promises. 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When it is all said and done, it looks like chicago, some of the suburbs could see about a half a foot of snowfall with some winds, gusting up to as high as 60 miles an hour. I wanted to show you some pictures coming out of beaver dam in wisconsin. To the northwest of milwaukee. They reported 14. 5 inches of snowfall and very treacherous driving conditions. Winds gusting to 60 miles an hour. Then we talk about chicago. Right now, chicago, light snow, fog, reduced visibility. Very misty weather conditions being reported there. But also, the wind coming out of the west and northwest gusting up to around 40 miles an hour right now. In green bay, we were at images all week out of green bay where visibility was maybe 100 feet. But it was fairly low. You can see them trying to clear off the roadways. And in iowa, lots of ireports coming out of iowa area. Des moines, ames, iowa. They had a 30car pileup there and reports out of chicago, ohare and midway saying hundreds of Flights Canceled already because the conditions there are just deteriorated so fiercely. And not just there. Across the southeast we saw damaging winds and a possible tornado in mobile, alabama. Karen, thank you very much. Obviously, very bad timing for that for so many. Still outfront, breaking news. Well take to you capitol hill. Some late developments as republican at this inassistants are scrambling to get enough