shot anybody that was from spn. it was a crazy time. >> when it is out? >> in the fall. >> exciting. >> eva, it's been a real pleasure. >> so exciting to talk to you. >> i've really enjoyed it. >> a well-known singer silenced. amy winehouse known by many for her drug and alcohol abuse, then her music, found dead in her london home. tonight reaction from hollywood, plus a long list of singers who have died at the young age of 27. >> it was terrible. i can't understand really what happened. >> massacre in norway. a home-grown terrorist kills nearly 100 people. most of them children gathered at a youth camp. tonight the suspect is talking to police. a little girl with a heart of gold instead of asking for birthday presents, she asked that people help children half a world away.

tonight her life comes to a tragic end, but her legacy lives on. good evening, everyone. i'm don lemon in atlanta. we welcome our viewers tonight watching around the world. you're in the "cnn newsroom." >> tmz says this is the last time i'm i winehouse was on stage, three days ago in north london. she supported her 13-year-old goddaughter, an aspiring singer herself. tonight the world is mourning the singer blessed with a voice beyond her years but cursed with addictions that may have cut them short. london police say they do not note what killed the grammy award winning singer. they found her today in her apartment. but many are speculating her death is connected to her substance abuse. "showbiz tonight's" kareen wynter joins us from los angeles. good evening to you. winehouse's father is now

returning to london. >> over this tragic news, we just learned that her dad mitch winehouse, he got word of his daughter's death, listen to this, don, after he got word, he was in new york, he hopped on a plane back to the uk. it turns out mitch winehouse, the aspiring jazz singer was in new york at the time rehearsing friday with his band getting ready for his big debut here in the states. he canceled his upcoming show on monday and flew home with his manager who also managed his daughter. imagine that, mitch, a former cab driver turned singer flying home tonight to be closer to his daughter, don. >> celebrities have been mourning since the news broke. what have you been hearing? >> many stars, are sad she died so young. they're not totally surprised by winehouse's death with all her struggles with drugs and alcohol. listen to what a few had to say. >> the thing about addiction that i learned from playing a

bunch of these guys that are addicts is that it's not wrong or bad to want to get out of the pain of mortality. that's what we're trying to do, and a lot of artists are just too sensitive for the world. >> yeah, i just heard about amy passing away today. i'm a big fan of her music. and i don't know her personally, but it's always tragic when someone goes. it's just sad. i mean, she's very well gifted and very talented. >> those were actors kellen lutz as well as val kilmer. kilmer interestingly played singer jim morrison in the film "the doors." remember that film? morrison like winehouse also died at the age of 27, but the big mystery in all of this right now is that police don't know how the singer died, if it had anything to do with drugs, perhaps alcohol and won't put that piece of the puzzle

together until they perform that autopsy which could come as early as tomorrow, don. >> do we know what led police to her body? >> well, you know, the circumstances, don are, still quite bizarre. paramedics found the body today in her london apartment. we've seen the eerie video of paramedics placing the stretcher in ambulance. police got a call to head to a home which matched her address saturday afternoon in response to a woman found deceased. she was pronounced dead on the scene and don, today, an incredible scene outside the singer's home. hundreds of people from fans to police trying to contain that area, many fans are just shocked over this talented singer's short life. an international star who won a handful of grammys back in 2008 with that unforgettable album "back to black." but her personal demons often overshadowed her talent. she was booed off a stage last month. she did a short stint in rehab

after that performance where she checked in and checked right back out of rehab. it really was a story of the latter part of her life, a star with so much promise who had to battle personal demons in the public eye. one thing i want to adhere, something our producer denise kwan found out. interestingly enough, her 2007 worldwide break through album "back to black," it's number one right now on amazon.com as well as itunes. you can imagine all the amazing things that this troubled singer could have done in life if things hadn't ended so tragically. >> thank you, karine. >> just kind of stepped in and thought they were being the good guys by just stepping in and strong arming me into a rehabilitation center, but just didn't really need it. >> that was amy winehouse in 2007 just two months ago, the singer's staff issued a statement saying they were doing everything they could to "return

her to her best" after she cut short her tour. celebrity addicts often don't give themselves enough time to recover according to dr. drew from our sister network hln. >> when an opiate addict goes into treatment, it takes months to years to treat. one of the most serious ricks to that recovery for celebrities an particularly musicians is they return to their career, return to the road far too prematurely. it's absolutely predictable what will happen. the fact is, you know, funny thing, people look at these stories and go addiction treatment doesn't work. the crazy thing about addiction is part of the disease is a disturbance of thinking where the addict themselves convinces themself they don't need to listen to or do what they're being told do. if they will do the recovery process on a daily basis, just simply do it, they will be fine just the way a diabetic is fine. i found the ocean and

started swimming. >> was he shooting at you in the ocean? >> yes. it didn't hit. >> were people around you hit? >> yes. >> that young man escaped with his life but so many others did not. two attacks in norway. at least 92 people dead, 85 of them at a youth camp and seven in the capital oslo. so far one man arrested and charged in both attacks identified by local media as anders bearing breivik, described as a right winger, but police now say they haven't ruled out the possibility that others were involved. a man who identified himself as his attorney spoke to broadcaster tv 2. he says breivik believes the terrorist attacks were horrible but "in his head, they were necessary." that attorney promises breivik will explain himself at a hearing on monday. the accounts from the youth camp

and utoya are chilling. witnesses say a man showed up in a police uniform reportedly he asked the campers to gather around and started firing with a machine pistol because the camp is run by norway's ruling labor party, investigators believe this attack could have been politically motivated. the attack followed a car bombing outside a government building in oslo. a witness saw breivik buyism tons of fertilizener may. that material may be used to make bombs. from norway's prime minister, in this was more than an assault against his country as jim boulden reports, he has a very personal connection to this tragedy. >> reporter: in an early morning press conference, the prime minister said he feared he would know some of the young people killed on the island. he visited every year since 1974. >> it's special havoc and difficult when it's people i know. and i know quite a few of those

who lost their lives. i know their parents or several others who lost their lives. and this happened at a place where i and my -- became politically active and i said earlier today that it was a terrible for youngsters. >> the prime minister called a meeting of his cabinet saturday. there were a number of government buildings badly damaged friday. the prime minister called on all norwegians to do what they can to aid those affected by the biggest one day of killing in the country since the second world war. >> for some of the victims, it was over before they knew what was happening. others were hunted. the gunman taking his time, stalking them down and the survivors as diana mcnail reports are still fighting through their shock. >> young survivors sob in each other's arms. the prime minister tries to console the inconsolable. as police and the red cross continued their search for the

dead, those who survived tell of the horror they witnessed. the killing spree where a lone gunman was able to fire for 19 minutes unchecked. >> he seemed calm and seeped like he was just taking photos when he was shooting people. >> what was he wearing? >> he was wearing fake police uniform. it looked like a saloon rifle. >> and his expression, it was blank? >> completely blank. >> but he was shouting? >> yeah, combat. >> come back to those swimming for their lives as he fired in their wake. many were hit. boats now troll the water for their bodies. for others the water was the only place to hide. >> i started swimming onto the fjords and got halfway and got cramps because i have been laying so long in the water so i got some of the locals saved my life with.

>> so you -- hid in the water? >> yes, because all the other places were full of people. >> hundreds of young people had gathered here for a political summer camp, a tradition of the ruling labor party which the prime minister attended in his youth. >> translator: what was my youth paradise has been turned into a hell for all of the people that were involved yesterday. it has made a major impression in the meetings, to meet the people that survived and the people that got ashore. >> young people determined not to let this nightmare break them. >> it's important that we stay together and keep strong. we can't let a coward like that stop us. because going on to an island with only youth and killing them and they have no way to escape, that's a cowardless act. >> diana mag nay, cnn near utoya i land, norway. >> they're running out of time to raise the debt ceiling. a late saturday meeting was held

without the president. was any progress made on the debt ceiling negotiations? and this guy's got the right idea but when will the rest of us get to cool off from the extreme heat going on across the nation? a live weather forecast is straight ahead. many of you are asking for information through social media. reach out to us on twitter, facebook, cnn.com/done, four square, my book available at barnes & noble and anywhere books are sold.

>> yeah ryeah. >> translator: the witnesses we

have talked to, it's made it more -- it's a big jigsaw puzzle. we have to investigate this. yes, a lot of things have to be investigated. i know details are contradictory. >> translator: what will happen with the roadblocks in this? >> translator: we're continuously looking at the safety levels. the police can never give 100%

security. what we can do now is scepter all information as the case progresses with safety precautions. it's a continuous consideration. the police cannot be naive. this has been a type of individual with a large capac y capacity. here a lot of shock waves were released. we have respect for that he may have had accomplices and other bombs in places. we need to believe the development that we see.

the safety will continuously be considered. we will continue to be available for the public. we'll give the city back to the public and gradually normalize the city. the crime scene will be a crime scene for a long, long time. we'll continue and give them the necessary time to make all types of investigations that they need to do. it will be up to the technicians to consider the things they need. >> translator: what about the young forces? will they continue in the city? >> translator: the armed forces will support the police, but they separate. it is distinguished between them and the police, but it does not

mean that we are in a worse situation. we have a contingency plan and support each other in productive cooperation and we will continuously have a dialogue with the armed forces in terms of guarding the center to give the necessary capacity. we need to be patient. we understand that you are impatient and the public may be impatient and we need to understand -- accept that we are measured by all the orders that we give and the information that we give is accurate, especially with respect to families of the dead and to the public in general. we will assess things today. at the same time we are not naive this is a situation in which we turn every possible

stone. will there be anything beyond the visible condition. of course, the police have visible and invisible safety precautions, and we have to be prepared. the manifesto is more than 1,500 pages long. this has to be investigated in greater detail. we focus our work on the information we receive from the investigators. >> translator: have you got technicians working inside the damaged buildings? how difficult is that? >> translator: we have building experts considering the safety continuously. it's very demanding. until now nobody has been injured as part of the investigation. which is why we take the time we

need that we see necessary before we go further. thank you very much. >> johan fredericksen. we heard from him yesterday, helping people understand what information they had, what they can and cannot say. you heard many of the questions addressing this 1,500-page manifesto that we have been telling you about purportedly by the suspect. the police only saying that they're reviewing everything that they have, that the suspect identified by local media will be charged with both the bombing in oslo and the shooting on the island and that he asked for everyone, the press and the people, to be patient as they go through all of the evidence. and, of course, the country is preparing to hold a service in remembrance for those who were killed in about 30 minutes and

cnn will continue with that. we'll continue with our birminghaming. we'll continue with our news right after this.

right now. one man is in custody for a pair of deadly attacks in norway but police aren't ruling out the possibility that others aren't involvedle. local media is side fieing this man as the only one in custody run by the ruling labor party. before that, seven others died in a bombing in oslo.

we're tracking developments on the debt ceiling talks. congressional leaders from both parties held a late afternoon meeting trying to forge some sort of deal and met for less than an hour this morning at the white house with president obama. no deal yet, about you they have agreed to try to reach a compromise in the next 24 hours or so to avoid disruptions to the financial markets. retired army general john shalikashvili has died. born in poland, he was the first foreign born chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and came to the u.s. as a teenager and reportedly learned english from watching john wayne movies. president obama today called him a genuine soldier, statesman who extra -- whose extraordinary life represented the promise of america. the general was 75 years old. shocking video out of syria.

soldiers and security forces some in plain clothes storming a mosque in the city of alepo. they beat people with sticks, dragging some of them away. significantly, they entered the mosque with their shoes on which is considered extremely offensive in islam. cnn cannot confirm the authenticity of this video but syria has been racked by anti-government protests and fierce reprisals by president bashir al asad's regime. a cross made of steel beams from the fallen world trade center is now at its permanent new home moved from a church in lower manhattan to the nearby site where the national september 11th memorial and museum will stand. a construction worker discovered the perfectly formed cross standing upright in the ground zero. it was blessed by a priest before it was moved. gunfire rang out at a car show in kent, washington today.at least seven people were injured and rushed to hospitals. but their injuries are described as nonlife-threatening.

one man was hurt but declined treatment. police say the shooting may have been gang related. witnesses say it appears to have started with a fight and escalated to gunfire. cnn founder ted turner is being honored for his commitment to philanthropy receiving the service legacy award from singer usher new look foundation which mentors young people. turner has devoted himself to environmental conservation, youth empowerment and other causes. >> i want to thank you for this wonderful, wonderful honor. and i believe service is extremely important and giving back is important. and i try and do it in my daily life. and to be recognized by this wonderful organization means a lot to me. >> former president bill clinton received the service legacy award last year. usher started his new look foundation 12 years ago. 500 young people from around the world came to atlanta this week to attend the global conference

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>> amy winehouse in what turned out to be one of her last public performances, stumbling, slurring, this was supposed to be the start of her big european comeback tour in serbia. instead she canceled all shows after na. now we're left with that as a final image of a great but troubled talent. earlier i spoke with maureen oh conner from gawker.com, a site that followed winehouse's ups and downs for years now. >> aim had i been hospitalized many times for both overdoses and for falling down, for fainting, for things that signaled in her 20s, she was medical clid compromised. she had two confirmed stints in rehab. multiple times she said she wases in various forms of addiction treatment. after "back 0 black" in 2006, she pretty much couldn't hold a job, had to cancel concerts all the time, was supposed to be working on music and albums and it never quite happened.

for anyone that's known an addict, it felt uncomfortably familiar, this person is talented and couldn't hold it together. she was arrested five times over the course of the last five years of her life for drug-related charges, for getting into fights and assaults. and it's really sort of the portrait of somebody who bounces back and forth between rehab, between police stations, between toxic relationships in the last few years of her life. >> we're showing this video from the sun which supposedly shows her smoking and heating up a pipe there. we can imagine what she would only be smoking if this is indeed true. then just weeks later, or days later, she ended up in rehab after this video surfaced. is this how she's going to be remembered? i hope not. >> you know, i hope not, too. but this sadly, it was the last five years of her life she spent more time in the public eye doing things like this than she did in the public eye producing music, which i think is a great tragedy. and i guess that's the toll that

addiction takes on people. after this incident with the video actually, she was questioned by police under suspicion of using crack cocaine but actually they ended up not charging her for this because the evidence wasn't strong enough. it's sort of that life on the cusp of completely falling apart for a really long time. >> is this a lesson for young people and famous people? >> you know, i think we've seen a lot of people sort of over the years all kinds of people from years ago, kurt cobane, jimmy hendrix and today, lindsay lohan was reprimanded by the judge this week. i had a progress report for her probation. and i think that these examples, it's hard to know whether it's the fame that needs and enables these people or whether we're just seeing what regular old addiction is but on a global scale. instead of just a handful of family members and loved ones seeing an addict fall apart,

it's the entire world seeing them. >> you know what? i appreciate your honesty and candor about this. i think a lot of people will learn a lesson. thank you for that. maureen o'connor from gawker.com amy winehouse was 27 years old. many noticed troubled stars died at the same age. shanon cook looked into what's being called the 27 club. >> there's this unofficial thing called the 27 club, which in order to be in this club, you have to die at the age of 27 as a famous musician. you know, kurt cobane was 27 when he died. jimmy hendrix, janice joplin, jim morrison and now amy winehouse. of course, you have some people think there's a cultish connection here. but it's important to realize that many, many musicians have died and they weren't 27 at the time. but you know, perhaps there's something to it.

you know, perhaps by the time these young stars reach this age, they're burnt out from all the touring, from the hard living. from the drain of the spotlight. but i think more than likely it's just coincidence, don. >> because there were a number of singers who died at 21. maybe the most famous dress on the planet, the duchess of cambridge's wedding dress. we'll tell you where you can see it now. it's a very prominent place, by the way. [ male announcer ] 95% of all americans aren't getting enough whole grain. but actually, it's never been easier to get the whole grain you want from your favorite big g cereals. from cheerios to lucky charms, there's whole grain in every box. make sure to look for the white check.

you know, our next report is a kind of story that breaks your heart but at the same time, manages to give you hope. it's a story of a 9-year-old girl from washington state who had a compassion for others far beyond her years. rachel beckwith was taken from this world far too soon. but her short life is having a huge impact on people who never knew her. joe marino of komo has her story. >> rachel beckwith is among seven people hurt in a chain reaction collision on interstate 90 earlier this week. her injuries were the most severe. at harbor view, doctors realized her spinal cord was severed and told family there was nothing they could do. loved ones want herselfless passion to live on. >> she cares about other people more than herself.

>> veronica says her niece always wanted to help others and set out to raise $300 to pay for clean water in developing countries. >> for her birthday she told us not to buy her presents. she wanted everyone to give money so that children and parents can have water. >> but then the accident struck and rachel's pastor at church decided to keep promoting her fund-raising mission for the non-profit group charity water. church used facebook and twitter to encourage people to give. and thousands of dollars started pouring in by the hour. >> she did what she could, and now she can't. but we can pick up where she left off. >> she has been on life support since shortly after the crash. family members decided they would say their final good-byes and tell doctors to disconnect the machines. they say even in rachel's final hours she keeps teaching others how to give. >> we just want to say thank to you everybody's who's been praying for her and want to invite everybody to the service tomorrow.

>> well, we have learned tonight that rachel died just a few hours ago after she was removed from life support. and one of the people you saw in that report was ryan meeks. he is the founding pastor at rachel's church, the east lake community church. pastor meeks, thanks for joining us now. how is the family? >> well, they're what you would expect, you know, they're mourning the loss of a beautiful young girl. at the same time, they're hope in jesus gives them something to live for beyond this and hope to see her soon. of course, the great story that life is coming out of this death with rachel's generosity. it's inspired many, and it's been amazing over the last 24 hours i think. now she's gone from i think $220 to over dean obeidallah,000 raised for clean water. >> such a young age. where does that sort of compassion come from, that sort of awareness about the world? >> well, you know, we've had an

ongoing partnership in with charity water, the organization that is 100% model where 100% of every cent goes to water projects around the world and she got to hear and listen to the founder, a friend of mine, scott harrison speak at our church awhile ago and like many others was inspired to do what she could do. and for a 9-year-old kid, a huge step of faith would be to say hey, for my birthday, i don't want anything. give to those who are in greater need. not everyone's that mature even at 90, and yet, here she is modeling for us at the age of 9 how to live that kind of life. >> looking at your picture, you can see you're at least 20, 30 years old. did she teach you as someone who i'm sure you consider yourself a worldly person. did she teach you something about life and the human spirit? >> oh, absolutely.

i mean, everyone is certainly encouraged and inspired by her story. family member who's knew her best are the ones that certainly learn the most from as they pour out their hearts and the young girl that they got to live with and love and they all say the same thing about her, just an overwhelming heart of compassion and selflessness and she continues to inspire many through this campaign as it continues. >> all right. pastor ryan meeks, we appreciate it. best of luck to you and to the family, please tell them that we are thinking about them, okay? >> will do thanks. want to look at some of the interesting news items you might have missed throughout this week because it's been a busy news week. a snarling leopard went on a frightening rampage in an indian village and attacked 11 people, including several forest guards who were mauled. vilers used knives, stone and sticks to drive back the cat. it reportedly died after being subdued with a tranquilizer gun.

remember shannon stone? a firefighter fighter who fell to his death while trying to catch a baseball for his young son at a texas rangers game. his death created a stir over stadium safety. the texas rangers have announced they are going to raise the height of all the railings in front of a seating areas to try to prevent another such tragedy by doing it. the rangers also will post new warnings around the ballpark. the most anticipated dress of the year is now on display in london. it is a gown catherine wore when she married prince william. people.com reports the ivory and white satin dress is now the centerpiece at bummingham palace's annual summer opening and stands on a special platform topped off with a tiara the queen loaned her for wedding. it is official. don't ask, don't tell is history. what does the future hold for the military? we'll hear from an openly gay service member. but first, a doctor delivers your baby, but the hospital

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the pentagon just officially repealed don't ask, don't tell permitting openly gay people to be. it is a major military milestone, especially for veterans such as jonathan hopkins, a former aermt captain who was victimized by the policy. he earned three bronze stars but was discharged after someone outed him and now serves as a member of outserve, a group for openly gay military men and women.

i spoke to him about the military's future now that don't ask, don't tell is no more. >> do you see a parallel here between integrating the military between among races and also now among gay people and straight people? >> i definitely see a parallel in getting to a state of mutual understanding. and just basically making decisions based off of facts instead of stereotypes. where i think this is going to be different is we are much further along when it comes to acceptance of gays and lesbians now today than we were in 1947 when harry truman ended or started the end of segregation by executive order. >> real quickly here, jonathan, is it generational? yes or no. >> say explain that. >> is it generational? do you think younger people in the military are more accepting? >> totally. the most concerned people are the senior personnel in the military. >> would you be reintate stated? would you want to be? >> i think there's a lot of different ways i can serve my country.

i will explore those before i make a decision whether i go back in. there's other people that do want to rejoin the military. i personally loved it, as well. >> there will be a 60-day waiting period before don't ask, don't tell officially goes away now to a bizarre mystery. a woman and little boy dead within days of each other. she was found hanging naked and bound from a balcony. her family is speaking out. here's sandra endo. >> it started last monday when police say 6-year-old mack shack nile fell down the stairs of this 27-room mansion near san diego and was rushed to the hospital. two days later, 32-year-old rebecca zahel was found, her hands and feet tied together. >> what strikes you as most unusual about this case? >> the case is suspicious. there's no question about it. anytime that you have a female that's found in a backyard in a

courtyard unclothed and her feet and hands are bound, that becomes concerning. >> pharmaceutical company ceo jonah shack nile is matt's father. his son later died from the injuries. shacknai says he wasn't there when za hel died and what happened to her is still a history. >> in this case, you know, suicide and homicide at times can look very, very similar. and it's important to really take your time, process that evidence and usually that evidence will solve the mystery. >> but za hel's sister is telling people she doesn't believe rebecca would take her own life and told a cnn affiliate my sister was not depressed. my sister was not frantic. my sister was planning to call my parents the next day and planning to keep me posted about max, the next day. it's a sentiment other people who knew the victim also tell cnn. more than 15 detectives are working on the case, and

officials say they are taking the accounts of people who knew her very seriously. as for max's death, police are preliminarily calling it an accident but say it's definitely part of the equation when considering za hel. >> anytime there is a death, we look at victimology. what happened days before, weeks before, even months before. so max's case would be of interest to us. >> arizona police records show a rocky relationship between jonah shacknai and max's mother dena. with both filing domestic disturbance reports in 2008 and 2009. but the two issued a statement monday down playing those records saying, while our marriage did not work out as either of us had hoped, it did produce a wonderful son max who both of us loved very much. his loss is unimaginable." local law enforcement officials says they're waiting for what could be the missing pieces to this puzzle, the forensic reports, and that could take a

matter of weeks. sandra endo, cnn, coronado, california. >> sandra, up next, nerd heaven. have you heard about comic-con? and are you as unfamiliar with it as i am? we'll tell you what it's all about next.i'm amazed.

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san diego comic-con is a massive pop culture celebration with a fantasy and sci-fi bent. for those of you who just don't get it and don't be ashamed if that's you. here's actor seth green to explain. >> people come to comic-con expecting something. if you don't like this stuff, you're not going to have fun. it's for the people who like it. would you go to a trade show if you had no interest in electronics? when you walk into comic-con, what you will be most likely be met with is an overwhelming amount of visual stimulus. it's all this stuff specific to the genre of comics and sci-fi. super heroes and you know space and things like that. it's become a little bit like a sundance because some of the most major motion pictures being made now are based on comic book properties. i had a tipping point myself a few years ago at comic-con where it ceased to be the nerdy safe haven an that it once was where

geeks like myself could commune without fear of persecution and became a place where there's a human zoo element because there are so many other people who were like, wow, so this is comic-con. they want to be a part of the spectacle. if you intend to survive comic-con, you should have passes for every day you're there. you have to hydrate because it's really, really hot and no matter how powerful the air conditioning is, you are overwhelmed by just how many people they are. have a list of the things that you want to witness and check them off so can strategize a path through there. it's very difficult to maneuver. there's a lot going on. see you there. >> the san diego comic-con is also a future magnet for celebrities. many of them are stopping by to talk to cnn including a comic be con royalty. luke skywalker himself, mark hamill who is a amazed how much

the event has grown over the years. >> when movie companies and gaming companies started sponsorship, it just jumped dramatically because once they figured out that this was a great foundation to be a spring board to launch product, then it was all over. i remember the year when they said hey, we broke a record. there's 500 people here. that was like '74. >> all right. let's check some of your headlines at this hour. police in norway say it is possible more than one person carried out a pair of deadly terror attacks that killed at least 92 people. local media identifying this man as a lone suspect in custody now. his name is anders bearing breivik described as a right wing christian fundamentalist. 5 people died at a mass shooting an the a youth camp. seven others died in the capital of oslo. congressional leaders from both parties held a late afternoon meeting on capitol hill trying to raise the nation's debt ceiling. they met for less than an hour had morning at the white house with president obama.

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