nbc's martin fletcher has new details from oslo tonight. martin, good evening. >> reporter: hi there, lester. chilling, racist picture of a confessed killer is emerging from his own writings. he wanted to bring about a revolution that would end a centuries-old muslim nation of europe. united in grief. norway's prime minister called friday's bomb and shooting attacks a national tragedy. in oslo, 17th century cathedral today, king harold and queen sonja cried with their people. 93 victims including about 80 teenagers sacrificed one man's obsession. his weapon, mass killing. tomorrow anders breivik will be arraigned in court. his lawyer said he wants to explain. but he already laid it all out on the internet. friday breivik posted a chilling 100-page manifesto which he says took him years to write, with chunks of it lifted from writings by the unabomber. in the very first sentence he wrote -- it is better to kill too many than not enough. later, we do not want to do this, but we're left with no choice. and finally -- i believe this will be my l

nbc's martin fletcher joins me now from paris. martin? >> reporter: hi, kate. france is buzzing today, nobody here is saying strauss-kahn is guilty or innocent. but they do say that the rush to judgment was never fair, and the latest news proves it. the news hit france, as they say here, like a thunderbolt, special reports on all tv networks. the case has riveted france. it brought down the man who was favored to be the country's next president. to some in this cafe, the sudden twist is a morality lesson. one should have waited before judging people and destroying someone's life in seconds. others were less kind. >> i feel anyway his image is rocked. >> reporter: nevertheless there is a fever of speculation today in france. will strauss-kahn come home vindicated? might he still have a shot at being president? his political colleague, jack lang, a former education minister, thinks so. >> he's a good man, a good candidate. >> reporter: it isn't just politics, though. after strauss-kahn was arrested, hundreds of french women took to the streets in paris in support

>> martin fletcher in oslo tonight, thank you. norway hasn't known this kind of terror since world war ii. it's a place where gun violence is rare and bombings are virtually unheard of. now oslo takes its place in a long list of places forever scarred by large scale mass murder. tonight, michelle franzen with the survivors' stories. >> reporter: as the search for victims continues, a very different search is under way at the place where families have come to identify victims or wait for news of those still missing. here they are looking for answers. initially the teenagers thought it had to be a prank. >> he came and started to shoot and we all thought it was a joke. >> the reason i thought it was a game or, i don't know, something else, was -- it was like not high sound shootings, it was like silencer or something. so it sounded like fireworks. >> reporter: the reality was horrifying. >> he just was like shooting everyone. he wasn't thinking. but it feels like a nightmare. i don't believe this is true. >> reporter: as the massacr

nbc's martin fletcher has been covering the story from the start. he's with us tonight from oslo. martin, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. norway's police today said fewer people have been killed than thought, not 93, but 76, with some still missing. that is small relief for a country that can hardly believe what just happened. anders breivik was brought to court this morning, the face of a mass killer. police described him as calm and unaffected. breivik admitted he carried out the killings but claimed he was not guilty. the judge ordered him held in custody for eight weeks, the first four in solitary confinement. an hour earlier, across norway, two minutes of silence for the victims. later, a mass in memory of the victims was canceled at the last minute, too many people came. >> i think we're trying to take the city back to show human energy after such a powerful and vicious act. >> reporter: but then, chilling news. police revealed breivik told them there were two other terror cells. in his 1,500 page manifesto posted on the internet last week, breivik wrote in 20

martin fletcher, nbc news, oslo, norway. >>> the pressure is on in washington, d.c. right now. the latest republican deadline for a deal came and went late this afternoon and the president then invited the top two congressional democrats to the white house for a meeting tonight but did not include any republicans. meantime, republican leaders said if they cannot reach an agreement with democrats by tonight, they would roll out their own plan on the budget. talks between president obama and house speaker john boehner blew up on friday. now the race is on to come up with a plan both sides can live with to beat the august 2nd deadline to raise the debt ceiling. boehner all but dared president obama to follow through on his promise to veto any plan that does not raise the debt ceiling through the 2012 elections. without a deal, the nation hits its debt ceiling and defaults in just nine days. >> it must be extended in a way to give certainty to the economy and not some short-term gimmick. >> there is going to be a two-stage process. it's not physically possible to do all of this in

>> martin fletcher in our london bureau tonight. thanks. >>> when we come back here in new york, how one family could help find treatments, maybe even a cure for alzheimer's. >>> and later, used and abandoned by drug dealers, now the effort at making a difference for some friends in need. >>> we're back and here's the question. if you're at special risk for alzheimer's, would you want to know? today at the conference in paris, scientists presented solid evidence that it may be detectable as early as 20 years out before there are any symptoms. robert bazell speaks to families known to carry a gene that brings on the disease. >> reporter: when there is a cure for alzheimer's disease, this family will likely have played a role. their father vince had a rare gene that brought it on at an early age. he was diagnosed in his 40s. each of his children has a 50/50 chance of carrying the gene and if they have it, there's a 50/50 chance that they pass it on to their children. >> it's something that we talk about openly. we don't want to keep i

martin fletcher, nbc news, oslo, norway. >>> as the u.s. prepares to withdraw troops from afghanistan, another setback to report tonight. a suicide bombing has killed the mayor of kandahar, afghanistan's second largest city. the mayor who, by the way, was a dual afghan-u.s. citizen was killed when an assassin detonated explosives hidden in his turban as the mayor met with tribal elders. >>> we have been reporting this week on the famine affecting millions in the horn of africa. today, a plane carrying the first airlift of urgently needed nutritional supplements landed in somalia. the shipment will be distributed to medical facilities to help starving children. >>> when we come back, the troubled life and far too early death of an olympian we got to know in vancouver. speedy as he was, he couldn't outrun his demons. >>> and later, closing the doors of an american institution after more than 100 years. >>> the games will be ready. the taxis will be ready. and all of the people of london will be ready to welcome the world's finest athletes to

nbc's martin fletcher following the latest for us out of london. , thanks. >>> al qaeda fighters are in somalia and vowing to keep up as international aide workers out of their country even as the u.n. warns that a worsening famine could kill up to 800,000 children. warning that the images that we are about to show you may be tough to watch. parts of kenya and somalia are an air rid and drought-stricken wasteland. we are joined by the president of the unicef. >> thanks for having me on. >> these images are disturbing. get us up to speed of what is happening there. >> well, 11 million people in need of help and 2.3 million are children and close to 800,000 of those kids are truly at the life-death moment. it is the most horrific famine we have seen in years there, and unbelievable. >> americans are watching this right now, and what can they do? >> lots. first of all, they can donate to organizations like unicef there on the ground that have been on the ground for quite some time and are trying desperately now to replenish what we have there and conti

nbc's martin fletcher is monitoring developments for us from our london bureau tonight. martin, what's the latest? >> lester, norway's prime minister called for calm and unity in this difficult time. norway, of course, known as a small, peaceful country. that was shattered today in the hardest way. it is the worst attack on norway since world war ii. 3:30 in the heart of the capital, a massive bomb blast outside the prime minister's office. at least seven dead, 100 wounded. debris over half a mile away. across the street, the oil ministry was in flames. >> buildings were on fire. it was complete chaos in the streets. we saw injured people being carried out of the building. >> the people were basically shocked. people were confused. people were asking what happened, how could this happen? and they weren't really aware of what to do or where to go. >> reporter: police suspect a car bomb and with fear of more bombs, police warn people, leave the city center or stay at home. two hours later, another attack, on an island an hour away. a man dressed as a policeman approached a

nbc's martin fletcher is following the developments from london. what do you have, martin? >> the bomb seems to targeted oslo's main government building. 17 stories high. yet almost all the windows blown out. the office of norway's prime minister was damaged. he wasn't in his office and he wasn't hurt. although there are reports that at least eight people injured. two deaths reported so far. there's also reports that some people may be trapped inside the building. it's in the city center, an area of office buildings, caves, shops. damage spread over half a mile. there was panic when the bomb exploded. people knock over chairs in caves running away. they were afraid that could be another explosion. nobody did claim responsibility yet. there are investigations by the police into whether or not the bomb was a car bomb. earlier this month norweigian police areased three men suspect of the planning bomb attacks in oslo. at the time they said they may have had connections with al qaeda, but that's pure speculation. >> i'm getting a note from the associated press that the office o

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. >> nbc's martin fletcher is live in london. martin, this is good old fashioned partisan politics that we saw take place in the house of commons today? >> that's right. it's a fascinating session in parliament. still going on by the way. cameron called for himself for three hours. he called for greater transparency among the media in parliament, relentless investigation of wrongdoing, in the media, police, politicians. he denied that he or his staff tried to stop and earlier police investigation into phone hacking and bribes. he said the police know they have his total backing wherever the investigation goes, including where it concerns the man he hired to be his communications chief, andy coleson. >> martin, what i thought was fascinating was how he was trying to link this a little bit to labor and say, hey, wait a minute, this happened on your watch too. >> well, absolutely, but the problem that cameron has is that by hiring that guy, andy coleson who was the former editor of the "news of the world" apparently possibly knowing

martin fletcher live in oslo. thanks. head now to the white house where debt ceiling talks collapsed last night. now both sides are blaming each other. mike at the white house with what it all means. >> reporter: it was a public collapse. it would have been private, tense, but productive negotiations. last night house speaker john boehner pulled the plug on the so-called grand bargain, some $4 trillion in savings over ten years. the aftermath, after this burst out into the open, the president accused the speaker of not returning phone calls and the speaker accused the president of moving goalposts on the last minute. can anything be salvaged from the wreckage of these negotiations? the president has called all the major players back to the white house for a late morning meeting here at the white house, a rare saturday meeting, to try to pick up the pieces. >> on hot white house lawn, mike, thanks. we'll continue with the oppressive heat wave gripping mike and much of the nation. hate to say it, but no relief in sight. nbc

for the latest, i'm joined by martin fletcher in london. meron says that the murdochs will have, and i'm quoting him, questions to answer. so that must mean that they may be dragged back to westminster. is that right? >> well, absolutely. you know, this is the accusations that are still rather published by the two former executives and by the way, they are not just former executi executives, but one was a executive of the firm and one was a top lawyer of the firm, and they say they had given james information when he was in charge of the committee, and so if it is proven that james murdoch was in possession of the information when he told the parliament committee that he had not been in possession of the information, that is serious indeed. much bigger problems to comen than what we have seen already. >> indeed. rupert has returned home to america. >> potentially. >> and it seems that the scandal has followed him because the justice department is actively looking into news corp. as the fbi and which should rupert be more concerned about an i

martin fletcher is live for us in norway on the phone. martin, let's get to the latest. police are saying first off about this man in custody. what do we know? >> reporter: alex, he's a 32-year-old norwegian, which was a sfriz about all the speculation about islamic interests. interestingly enough he changed his facebook page a week ago and he described himself as christian and conservative. he said his favorite hobby is hunting, and the police suspect that he was the person responsible for the bomb in oslo first. in may he's said to have bought six tons of the materials used in that bombing. then he drove to the island where the summer camp, obviously, was taking place, and opened up on the kids there. that's the direction of the police investigation going at the moment, of course it's at the suspect stage at moment, alex. >> what about the other suspect? this is only relative to the shooting spree at the summer camp and not necessarily relative to helping building a successful car bomb in downtown oslo? >> at the moment that's all speculation, because if somebody helpe

nbc's martin fletcher is in london. martin, what's the latest on all this?pert's coming here. >> he's already there, chuck. he arrived yesterday and it was quite a welcome, by the way. his new york apartment, the paparazzi welcomed him as he got out of his black vehicle with his wife, called out "nice lift, wendy." "nice lift." so the slap heard across the ocean. >> what is it that we can expect parliament is going to do in september when they come back, when it comes to this scandal, sort of where is the investigation now and where does it go forward? >> it seems to be strange that after this dramatic session, emergency session in parliament yesterday they went on holiday, on vacation today until september 5. but that doesn't mean, by any means, the investigation is over or even paused because the key investigation at the moment is by several parliamentary committees, judicial committees, also of course the police are investigating and even daily news corp operations are having their own investigations. there's a lot of investigating going on while the parl

martin fletcher in london for us. martin, thank you. >>> we want to bring in a media writer for bloomberg business week and he joins us from bloomberg headquarters here in new york. fel felix, it's good to have you on. i want to get straight to this. do you think after watching what we saw yesterday did the murdochs help or hurt themselves by the showing that they put on at that hearing yesterday? >> i think they definitely helped themselves in the short term and they got a nice bump in the markets yesterday, the share was up. i think there's still a lot of long-term questions hanging over this question. yesterday it was really interesting. i mean it was a new playbook for them. essentially you had rupert coming out and saying, well, this is a huge company. news of the world where the phone hacking took place is less than 1% of our business, i was largely unaware of it. i think that's an effective strategy to a certain degree but he came across a little bit as being out of touch with what was happening at the company a

martin fletcher is live in oslo. >> reporter: hello. the u.s. connection is a strange one.t that the man who confessed to the killing has a problem getting the ammunition to carry out the massacre on the island. in norway the most you can buy -- in the united states by mail order. he simply ordered through the mail from the united states ten ammunition groups, 30 rounds each. cost $550. got it through the mail. that is the ammunition that he used. of course, the question here is why is that kind of ammunition so easily available in the united states. why is it so easy to export it here to norway. he could have bought the same ammunition in sweden but it's much more expensive. in the united states easier to get and cheaper. that's the ammunition used by the killer here. >> martin fletcher, thank you. >>> police in new hampshire are on a desperate search for any sign of a missing 11-year-old. the girl was last seen monday night at her home. police say there's no indication she ran away. there's no sign of a struggle. michelle, what happened? >> reporter: well, that is a very

nbc's martin fletcher reports. >> i don't believe this is true. like, very -- >> it's really bizarre. it's scarey. >> it's the worst attack on norway since world war ii. 3:30 in the heart of the capital, a massive bomb blast outside the prime minister's office. debris over half a mile away. across the street, the oil ministry was in flames. >> buildings were on fire. it was complete chaos in the streets. we saw injured people being carried out of the building. >> one of the people was basically shocked. people were confused. people were asked what happened. how could this happen. they weren't really aware of what to do or where to go. >> police suspect a car bomb and with fear of more bombs police warned people leave the city center or stay at home. two hours later another attack on an island an hour away. a man dressed as a policeman approached a crowd of youths attending a summer camp. he pulled out an automatic weapon and sprayed them with bullets. children jumped off the rocks to swim for their lives. an eyewitness said she shot some of them,

let's get the latest now from nbc's martin fletcher in oslo. good morning, martin. >> reporter: alex, the king and queen of norway, government leaders, all attended a memorial in oslo cathedral this morning for the more than 93 victims while the man who did it says he did it because he wanted to change norwegian society. >> reporter: norway is in mourning, trying to understand. photos of the youth camp taken just before the shooting as norway's prime minister said a paradise island that turned into hell. desperate survivors pulled into safety. from the worst shooting massacre in memory. at least 85 murdered. >> going around killing people like it was no deal. >> he just was like shooting everyone. he wasn't thinking. it feels like a nightmare. i don't believe this is true. >> reporter: police say the suspect hunted the victims, aged from 12 to 19, shooting them for 90 minutes. but when police finally arrived, this is his moment of surrender. no resistance. he had no police record. >> we have not arrested him before or anything like that. >> repo

. >>> let me bring in nbc's martin fletcher in london. where do the investigations on both sides of the pond stand? >> reporter: contessa, here with rupert murdoch home in the united states, of course, the investigation is beginning there. the fbi as you mentioned and britain's parliament in summer recess until september 5. it may seem as if the drama's over here at least, but far from it. the government has widened its investigation of news international, rupert murdoch's group in the uk, to include other broadcasters and social media and also other newspapers. now prime minister cameron said police should follow every trail and they would have his complete support. one key target of the investigation here, the wider investigation is going to be the bbc. politicians have long had the bbc in their sights, saying it's too big, too powerful. sounds familiar, just like murdoch's empire. they have attacked the bbc from the left and the right. but every cloud has a silver lining here. after murdoch closed his newspaper, "news of the world," th

martin fletcher is in oslo with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: imagine norway's shock. the people here went to bed last night believing 17 people had been killed in the attacks. seven in the bomb explosion, and then ten children on the island. when they woke up this morning, they found out 84 children have been killed. not ten. 84 children. maybe more. between the ages of 13 to 19. >> reporter: it's the worst attack on norway since world war ii. 3:30 in the heart of the capital, the massive bomb blast outside the prime minister's office. debris over half a mile away. across the street, the oil ministry was in flames. >> buildings were on fire. it was complete chaos in the streets. we saw injured people being carried out of the building. >> most of the people were basically shocked. people were confused and people were asking what happened. how could this happen? and they weren't really aware of what to do or where to go. >> police suspect a car bomb, and with fear of more bombs, police warned people leave the city center or stay at home. two hours later another attack o

nbc's martin fletcher is live for us in oslo. did it take so long for the police to get there? >> reporter: well, that's what everybody here wants to know, alex. it's a bit of a disaster. as you can imagine, there were 550 kids on the island, which is right here, the island behind me. so many of them would have immediately used their cell phones to call for help. and they did. so when the police got the call, it took them at least 20 minutes to get into the area. and the reason was they said they couldn't find a helicopter in the capital, oslo, to fly here. so the s.w.a.t. team arrived late. and then when they did get here, they couldn't find a boat to take them to the island. so it took them that extra time again. so 90 minutes after the first calls were received and after the shooting began, that's when the police finally made it to the island. and of course the question is how many lives could have been saved if they'd been able to act more quickly. it's a bit early, by the way, for those questions to be actually dealt with bec

martin fletcher now with the latest from london. >> reporter: up, up and away for rupert murdoch heading home to america, after what he called the most humble day of his life. >> order. order. >> reporter: leaving behind uproar in parliament's emergency session. >> the prime minister. >> where prime minister david cameron ate humble pie, too. >> you live and you learn, and believe you me, i have learned. >> reporter: cameron had rejected advice and hired his communications chief andy carlson, a former editor of "news of the world." >> in 20/20 hindsight, i would not have offered him the job and he expect he wouldn't have taken it. >> reporter: he was arrested two weeks ago in the phone hacking scandal. it is engulfing britain's media, police and politics. prime minister cameron was accused of being too cozy with news international executives. two dozen meetings in less than two years. >> i never had one inappropriate conversation. >> reporter: as for rupert murdoch. >> might say the murdoch brand itself is hopelessly tarnished. >> reporter: still, the verdict in britain is that murdoch c

you can see a full report from nbc's martin fletcher on our website, nightly.msnbc.com. >>> president obama today spoke out about the haunting images and heart breaking stories we have been bringing you every day this week from somalia and other nations in east africa. millions of people are at risk of starving to death in the midst of famine. and the president today said the crisis has not gotten the attention that it should here in the u.s. we intend to keep covering the story. tonight, more on the children caught in a situation so dire, many are being abandoned. nbc's rohit kachroo has been covering the story for weeks and has our report. >> reporter: it is the children of east africa suffering most during this famine. and though it might not seem it, these are the lucky ones, with their families, they made it to the hospital for help. for those who don't, their fate is often far worse. that was almost the case with this 1-month-old, but when he was 4 days old, he was abandoned by the side of a dusty road near dadaab. his mother likely died from hunger along the way. but he was fou

nbc's martin fletcher is in oslo with information about a man that seems to live in a world of his own. martin, good evening. >> reporter: good evening. while the memorial candles and flowers here at oslo cathedral is a focus of the grief, the police are urging the confessed killer's claim that there are two more terror cells in norway. he's not cooperating and he insists he won't say anything about anything until he gets the food he wants. a picture is emerging of a manipulative cold-hearted killer who planned a massacre and bomb attacks for years. and as breivik told his lawyer, to strengthen himself for his deadly mission he took drugs to keep himself awake and strong. the lawyer explained how breivick could admit to the killing but plead not guilty to murder. >> he believes that he's in a war. he believes when you're in a war you can do things like that without pleading guilty. >> breivik calls his war "a crusade" to stop muslims from emigrating to europe. he sees himself as a hero who struck the first blow in the war for europe's independence. >> he has a view on reality which is

martin fletcher reports that police arrested him after the blast on an island summer camp for kids after he gunned down as many as 80 people there. >> reporter: it's the worst attack on norway since world war ii. 3:30 in the heart of the capital, a massive bomb blast outside the prime minister's office. at least seven dead, 100 wounded. debris overhalf a mile away. across the street, the oil ministry was in flames. >> buildings were on fire. it was complete chaos in the streets. we saw injured people being carried out of the building. >> people were shocked and confused, asking what happened, how could this happen? and they weren't really -- they didn't know what to do. >> reporter: police expected a car bomb and with fear of more bombs, police warned people leave the city center or stay at home. two hours later, another attack on an island an hour away. a man dressed as a policeman approached a crowd of youths attending a summer camp. he pulled out an automatic reupon and sprayed them with bullets. children jumped off rocks to swim for their lives. >> shocking developments in norway. >>

the northeast is now in the grip the prime minister is okay and nbc's martin fletcher is in london withng. >> hi, natalie, good morning. the main government building had all the windows blown out and the office of the prime minister was injured. there are reports of at least eight people injured and one death is being reported so far. the city center an area of office buildings, cafes, shops, damage spread over half a mile. it hassant yet been confirmed it is a bomb and no one yet has claimed responsibility. >> martin fletcher reporting there in london for us. thank you, martin. >>> the northeast is now in the grip of a heat wave that has been tormenting the midwest all week long. utility companies are warning that record demand for air  conditioning could lead to power problems. more than 2 dozen deaths are blamed on the heat wave. 29 states and the district of columbia are under heat advisories again today. >>> with just 11 days until the default deadline president obama says he is still hoping to ", do something big and meaningtle to reduce the federal deficit. officials say the pr

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nbc's martin fletcher joins us now from london. martin, what do we know? >> andrea, there are reports of people being trapped inside of buildings. that's not clear whether that's the case. there have been conflicting reports about people that were killed. it appears now two people were killed and eight injured in the area. it was a tremendous blast. that whole area is full of government buildings. the prime minister's building is 17 stories high. almost every window was broken. it was feared that the prime minister was inside the bidding at the time that he was hurt. he wasn't injured. although his office was damaged. the security people in oslo are not saying where the prime minister is for security reasons. there's also a great fear many the center of oslo that there may be more bombs. the police have warned people to leave the city center. they told people people to stay indoors. to clear the area of as many people as possible. there are suspicious packages reported outside several newspaper and tv buildings in the center of oslo. great concern about fu

. >> nbc's martin fletcher has the latest from london. a parliamentary session that be sound more like a service at a baptist church there, martin. >> it was pretty passionate, wasn't it. it duh show how passionate the feelings are in britain. this is a significant time in british parliamentary history. this is pretty unique. the power of the media, the issues of the police, and the relationships with 3 parliament and with the prime minister's office all mixed up, all at issue is how uncomfortable, how cozy is that relationship. that's what's really coming out for britain. that's what parliament is discussing. that's why they're so passionate about the criticisms of david cameron the prime minister today. this was an emergency session of parliament which he called for to try to clear the air. >> we'll have to see whether there are real implications here, consequences for the highest levels of government there in london. thank you for the lead in. the bloggers, the reporters, the business analysts are scrutinizing yesterday's testimony of r

martin fletcher joins me on the phone from oslo. martin, let's talk about what police are revealing about the suspect. what do they know? >> reporter: well, alex, he's 32 years old, and he's a norwegian. interestingly on his facebook page he updated his facebook page just a week ago, and on that he called himself a conservative and he called himself a christian and he said his favorite hobby was hunting. so this paints a picture of a man who seems to be -- well, how can you describe such a person? radical of some kind. the police are saying it looks like it was the same man who set off the bomb in downtown oslo. it appears he then got in a car, drove an hour or so to the island, which is about 30 miles away from norway's capital, and then carried out the shooting attack. that's what the police suspect, and that's what they've been saying so far, alex. >> martin, i'm curious about what we are hearing with regard to a second suspect. i just was speaking with evan coleman, a terrorist analyst, who said he believes if there's a second su

. >> martin fletcher is live in london. martin, extraordinary. spell binding.se of us who love question time anyway we're in overdrive today. what is the net effect of this now for david cameron politically? >> well, there's been speculation about whether he could survive this. that speculation is probably misplaced. there's no real danger to himself or his government and there's no suggestion that he's been involved in any crime, not yet, anyway. there's a real passionate response to the question who he too close to the executives of news international. in particular the question about the quote you just played about whether he was wrong to hire as his head of communications andy coulson who was a former editor of "the news of the world" at a time when it was suspected he was involved with the phone hacking. cameron rejected all advice and insisted on hiring him. he then resigned and lab arrested. come ran's very much under attack for his poor judgment at this time. >> it's all been so interesting and certainly not going to end here. thank you so much, martin.

nbc's martin fletcher is in oslo for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: yes, several people detained. the police are investigating whether or not the killer did have help making the bomb in oslo. also, they're looking for potentially another shooter on this island here where the children were killed. now, this morning the king, the queen of norway, the government leaders, all at a memorial in oslo cathedral this morning for the 93 victims. the man who did it said he wanted to change norwegian society. norway is in mourning trying to understand. photos of a youth camp taken just before the shooting, as norway's prime minister said, a paradise island that turned into hell. desperate survivors pulled to safety from the worst shooting massacre in memory. at least 85 murdered. >> going around killing people like it was no big deal. >> he just was like shooting everyone. he wasn't thinking. it seemed like a night pair. >> reporter: police said the suspect hunted the victims, aged from 12 to 19, shooting them for 90 minutes. when polic

we're going live to oslo and nbc's martin fletcher. a 1500-page manifesto that has emerged. what's the latest coming from the police? >> reporter: well, the police, alex, had an operation in eastern oslo this morning where they detained a few people and searched an apartment, the suspicion there were more accomplices with the killer. they -- it turned out they were all released, no connection, no explosives. this morning the king and queen of norway and government leaders attended a memorial for the 93 victims. the man who did it did it because he wanted to change norwegian society. norway's in mourning, trying to understand. photos of the youth camp taken before the shooting at the prime minister said a paradise island that turned into hell. desperate survivors pulled to safety from the worst shooting massacre in memberry, at least 85 murdered. >> just like going around killing people like it was no deal. >> he just was like shooting everyone. he wasn't thinking. but it feels like a nightmare. >> reporter: the suspect hunted victims, aged from 12 to 19, shooting them for 90

martin fletcher is live in oslo. good sunday morning to you.id it take so long for police to get there, because in this world of cell phones you know people were calling in to 911. >> reporter: absolutely, alex, and that's what they're asking here in norway now. kids on the island phoned immediately the shooting began but it took 90 minutes for police to arrive. first of all they said they couldn't get a helicopter from the capital, oslo, it took them 20 minutes to get to the -- to get to the land closest to the island, and then guess what? they couldn't get a boat. so the police a keystone cops thing going on. took a long time to get to the island. when they did get to the island and called on the shooter to surrender, he did without a fight. the question is why it took 0 so long. this morning the king and queen attended a memorial service for the 93 victims. the man who did it said he wanted to change norwegian society. norway's in mourning, trying to understand. photos the of the youth camp taken before the shooting. a paradise island that t

nbc's martin fletcher is ins a lo with more. l the while norway has been gripped by shock and confusion. here they say it flowers. oslo cathedral has been the focus of norway's grief. only now five days after the bombing and the massacre are they putting faces to the anguish. names of the victims are being released, mostly politically engaged teenagers. they say here the best of a generation. dead, a dancer, 20-year-old who made it on to norway's "got talent." 19-year-old halle, a student politician. this boy's family called him a big bear, killed trying to save his friends. some of the victims were immigrants or children of immigrants, whom people hated so much by the killer, 32-year-old anders breivik. he used special bullets to explode inside the body. a doctor here said he had never seen such internal destruction. survivors may be traumatized. >> i knew it was over. i knew this was -- i'm going to die now. >> reporter: adrian, 21 years old. >> screamed out that he was going to kill us all, that this was the day that we must d

joining us from london, martin fletcher with the latest. martin. >> hi, mika.age control is going to happen in parliament. the meeting in parliament was supposed to begin within a minute or so of now. it's an emergency session in parliament. the star is prime minister david cameron. he's going to try to take control of this. he's going to face a grilling. why did he hire the foreman in the first place, despite warnings. how much did he know about the phone hacking and when did he know it? the question, how much did he know and when. anyone in the staff and the role in getting the police to drop or turn down the earlier investigation in the phone hacking. you'll face questions. you met murdock, the top staff. the key issue is, did corruption in murdock's newspaper spread in any form to turn down? it's going to be a fasz nating session. >> that grilling has just begun. let's listen to david cameron. getting the economy moving. helping with the cost of living, protecting from terrorism. so let me set out the action that we have taken. we now have a well led police

martin fletcher is in oslo with more. , good morning. >> reporter: police keep adding more fascinating details. two minutes after they finally made it to the island they found anders breivik in a forest clearing with his hands up, guns on the ground with ammunition. at first police were afraid to approach him. they were afraid that he was carrying a bomb, but he warrant. t the killer wanted to liver. >> >> he stalked the teenagers like a shooting gallery on an island near oslo. >> really helpless. >> 360 miles to the north, a mother said she experienced the worst hour of her life. 5:42 the afternoon. ann got the text message from hell. >> tell the police there's a maniac going around here and he's shooting. 16-year-old daughter jewel i was hiding among the rocks while the killer hunted the teenagers and shot them one by one. >> she says we're scared to death here. >> another text. >> she said i love you even though i quarrel with you sometimes, then i really almost broke down because that was so, so moving, so touching. >>

martin fletcher in london. thank you. >>> the tsa is installing new privacy protection technology in 40 airports around the country and with the new software, when travelers pass through security, a generic body outline will be shown instead of the image of a naked body that had many flyers outraged. >>> hurricane dora is now a massive category 4 storm and is picking up steam churning off pacific coast of mexico. dora could bring life-threatening waves and riptides to the coast there and will not make landfall. there have been no atlantic hurricanes yet this season. let's head to wall street. mandy drury joins us at the new york stock exchange. good morning. >> good morning, natalie. it might be really hot outside, but weak economic date from both china and the european area overnight giving global investors the chills. also if you're holding technology stocks, you want to listen up to this because we got information from both mobile phone, network equipmentmaker ericsson and chipmaker intel and they were warni

nbc's martin fletcher is in oslo this morning. martin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. anders breivik is in court right now being arraigned on charges of terrorism. meanwhile here at oslo cathedral, this has become the center of mourning. this drama is just what the confessed killer wants, to focus attention on his call for a christian war to defend europe against muslim domination. at noon local time today all of norway paused for a minute's silence in memory of the victims who died for one man's obsession. and at sunday's memorial in the oslo cathedral, king harold and queen sonya cried with their people. a nation shocked, listening with horror to the survivors of the massacre. >> he looked like a police officer. he had all the clothes and the gun and everything. >> the shooting was like fireworks or something. it sounded like fireworks. >> reporter: as breivik's lawyer said breivik planned the attack for months, but why? rarely has an alleged mass can kill ears motives been so clearly laid out. only two hours before allegedly setting off the massive bomb that killed

martin fletcher is in oslo, norway. good morning to you. >> norway is in mourning. people in disbelief that one of their own could have carried out the massacre. more details are emerging about the man who says he did it. >> reporter: the self-admitted killer warned norway in court there are two more terror cells. police said they don't believe him. at first he said he did it alone, but they're investigating as more chilling details emerged from survivors. >> no emotion. so close, so calm. could clearly see he was trained for this. >> more details about breivik too. photos show him partying with girls, a school boy, and on the internet as a hunter. his father spoke saying breivik's parents divorced when he was 1 or 2. father and son haven't been in touch for 16 years. no human being can do such a thing. my son, he said, should kill himself. the proun prince's step brother was killed, an off duty policeman pushed his 10-year-old son to safety before he was shot dead. after investigating possible more terrorists, there's concern about the performance of the police. af