rick: the body of at cuesed connecticut school shooter has been claimed for burial about two weeks after those killings, adam lanza s father taking responsibility for his son s remains. police say lanza shot and killed 26 people at sandy hook elementary school before killing himself. trace gallagher is live from our l.a. bureau with more on this. trace. reporter: it s interesting, rick, because the first who first claimed adam lanza s remains wanted to be anonymous. we have now confirmed that his father peter lanza did in fact claim his son s body but he made no announcement at all about any funeral arrangements and said that he will not reveal the burial site. we ve also learned that peter lanza who was a tax director at general electric has asked geneticists from the university of connecticut to scan his son s, research his son s brain for any mutations or abnormalities that could shed some light on his motive for the shooting. as you know police are still trying to come up with a
eric cantor and speaker boehner tonight. they had guaranteed they would have the votes to pass so-called plan b the tax portion but just raising taxes over a million dollars a year. that picture you showed about recess subject to the call of the chair that s washington speak for they don t have the votes to pass that plan shep. so right now they are behind the scenes breaking arms trying to get enough republicans to pass. this they may or may not be able to do that tonight. if they don t it, will show they wasted even more time and are that much closer to the cliff without a plan that makes it through the house tonight, shep. shepard: it s a drama we will watch throughout the night. we will report live once we know exactly what they have decided. investigators are reportedly examined a cell phone that belonged to the connecticut school shooter but they didn t find much, they tell us. the hartford current reports a preliminary investigation shows adam lanza did not make or receive a l
why would anybody kill his mother and go on a rampage in an elementary school? tonight there is word of a possible motive in the newtown massacre. a man who says he knew the shooter s family tells fox news.com that adam lanza was upset because his mother was planning to commit him to a psychiatric facility. we can t confirm that, but a senior law enforcement official does back it up. saying investigators are looking at whether lanza was angry over plans for his future mental health treatment. police say lanza shot and killed his mother friday morning before driving to that elementary school. there they say he murdered 20 children and six adults and then killed himself. we have team fox coverage. molly line on how kids are going back to school. first to rick leventhal with the latest on the investigation. police searched lanza s home for clues. one thing they reportedly did not find is of great interest. right. according to the hartford current, they found no