two hours later, and then opened fire on the island of utoeya -- a man opened fire on the island of utoeya at a youth camp. the attacks are considered the worst violence since the second world war. i asked for confirmation of the huge number of casualties. >> that is the latest figure from the island, 80 young people were shot on this island. >> this is a shocking development, because we have heard that around 10 had been killed. we thought many people were escaping into the water. it is very difficult to comprehend what happened on that island. >> it is very difficult for the police to comprehend too. we have many people working on this island and it is a very difficult situation. we want to be certain about the numbers. that is the latest confirmed no. now, 80 people dead on the island. >> are you concerned at that figure could potentially go up? >> it can, but not so much since the last picture. >> if you could just bring us up-to-date on the police operation, our police still searching for bodies and are there still any young people on the island? >> there is still an ongoing operation

the shooting rampage on at utoeya island became his final act of violence. most of the victims were teenagers. at that has been a harrowing time for the survivors. >> i am starting to smile at a bit now. >> we will never forget this. but we will also bring something good, i think. in some time, i hope it will be a place for youngsters again. at that authorities have identified all of the victims, but it is likely to be a long time before the survivors find a sense of closure. >>> when you fail the first time, try again, that is what republicans are doing in the u.s. house this friday. after yesterday's sudden decision to postpone the vote on legislation to raise the debt ceiling, members of the house are once again debating the republican plan and the hopes of voting on it today. they held a caucus earlier today to round up enough votes to pass the plan. john boehner has reportedly modified the plan, trying to push congress to approve the balanced budget amendment to the constitution. the action this week has been in the u.s. house. the players, republican l

the subject and the situation in utoeya island will now be the subject of an enquiry. >> there are many reasons for having this commission. i want to have a complete overview and a map of exactly what happens, and i think it is important for the families that this is complete -- and a map of exactly what happened. was there a time when you thought you were not going to survive? >> yes. >> you can close, did you not? >> yes. >> are you through the worst, or is the worst still to come? >> the worst will be to know all of the names of the people who were dead, and i think it will be hard to go to the funerals and meet the families, and i think it will be hard to one day wake up and realize that we have to get back to life, but to work, and get back to normal. >> this person was lucky. she left the island of two hours before the shooting. she wants to stressor pride in the multicultural as some of norway and a tolerance that he wanted to destroy. >> my story tells a lot of opportunities norway gives to all youngsters. including muslims, because in how many countries, can you be the daughter

many are asking why it took them almost 90 minutes to reach the island of utoeya when the shooting began. the commission is almost certain to look into the issue. the attack in norway has increased scrutiny of the far right scene. police have raided 21 properties linked to suspected right-wing extremists. they have seized ammunition, weapons, and propaganda. there is a neo-nazi group that wants to drive foreigners out of germany. the group has been under surveillance since march, but there is no evidence it was planning any type of attack. serbian president boris tadic is appealing for calm after ethnic serbs in kosovo stormed the border crossing and set it on fire. boris tadic call the attackers hooligans and said the violence is not helping people in kosovo. violence flared on monday, when costs above sent police to take control of the border post. -- kuntsevo sent police to take control of the border post. that sparked clashes, leaving one officer dead. >> the border crossings have been closed and roads blocked. media reports of gunfire at one checkpoint. because of a police group tri

the bombing of the governmental quarters, we got the news that teenagers were being slaughtered at utoeya political youth rally was being held. >> and has the government said anything about that, the politics, the main bomb goes outside an office building where the prime minister's office is, then the gunman goes on this horrif horrific shooting spree at a youth summer camp, but a labor party summer camp, has anybody said anything about motivation and the connection to the politics or is it just viewed as against the government or specifically something to do with the labor party? >> well, earlier today there were speculations that islamic radical groups could be behind this terror attack, you know, this terrorist attack, now, however, it seems something more domestic. whoever is behind it seems to be politically motivated. the prime minister has said he doesn't want to speculate on the motives yet, but we do have one professor of the police academy who suggests that this could be the work of extremists. he said that what happened in oslo today reminds him of the oklahoma bombing, but as

the police in norway say that ending their search for bodies on utoeya island but senior officers couldn't confirm that all those missing had been found. anders breivik has admitted to killings there. from oslo, the bbc's jon brain. >> at the cathedral, the floral carpet continues to grow. ivan knows one of these tributes could have easily been for him. he came face to face with the gunman and lived. >> he started shooting around me and he got several of the guys around me and then he has to -- had to reload his gun and then i got my chance to get away and i ran into the water and i started swimming. i got my clothes soaked and started swimming. >> and was he still firing at you? >> yeah, then he reloaded his gun and started firing again. he went down to the water and shot many of the people trying to escape from there. luckily he didn't get me. i was just lucky. >> the majority of the people on the island did escape anders breivik but doesn't mean they completely avoided harm. the skithe treating the -- psychiatrist treating the victims said many are suffering. >> this is an act of a huma

meanwhile, police are continuing to search for people who were reported missing on utoeya island. >> oslo central station. the country is on edge. abandoned suitcases spotted. it was harmless, but norwegians are haunted but -- by what happened five days a large car bomb launched a massacre last friday. a shooter went on touse -- to shoot children at summer camp. >> was there a time when you thought you were not going to survive? >> yes. >> you can close to it? >> yes. >> are you through the worst of it, or is the worst still to come for you? >> i think the worst of it will be to know all of the names of those who are dead. and then i think it will be hard to go to the funerals, to meet the families, and i think it will be hard to wake up and realize that one day, we have to wake up and go back to work and to function as normal. >> one woman was lucky. she left the island of two hours before the shootings. she wants to stress surprised in the multi-cultural wisdom of norway and the tolerance that was there. >> my story tells a lot about the opportunity that norway gives to all. >> inc

the police are also arriving by boat to utoeya, we are not sure what's happening now, we are waitingor them to pick you up. now they have taken him. and the mother with the text messages you just heard, that is mary ann bremness, i read them today, just hearing them again, it gave me goose bumps, how did you feel listening to that? >> i understand that this sounds so really dramatic and so it was. so it gave me goose as well to hear it again. >> i want to ask you about your daughter, 16 years of age, she survived. i know some of her best friends did not. how is she doing today? >> she has her ups and downs. but mostly she's doing fine. i think we had to see in the long-term how it will go. we don't know any consequences yet. >> let's go to friday afternoon, your daughter julie calls you, the first words out of her mouth is mom, don't panic. as a mom, did you panic? >> i didn't. she called us and then she said, mom, don't panic, there's a man shooting here. so i didn't know what to believe because i thought there was some sort of game or something. so i didn't realize at first how ser