down by a man dressed as a police officer. also developing today in washington d.c., we have now just over a week until the government won t be able to pay all of its bills and president obama says he has been left at the altar. yesterday was an extraordinary day in washington d.c. the president and the house speaker in the day by calling each other out in news conferences. also in washington d.c., congress failed to authorize funding for the federal aviation administration. you know the faa? the agency in charge of keeping you and me safe when we fly. thousands of people could now be out of work. officials say this will not threaten your safety if you fly. we will get into all of that from the cnn center. this is your cnn saturday morning for july 23rd. noon in oslo, norway. we need to start with the breaking news out of norway. 91 people are dead at the hands of what may have been a lone gunman. look at the pictures. when i describe this, this may bring to mind memories
attacks. also he didn t pull the trigger. face-to-face with the killer, a survivor s terrifying account. i am richard quest in london. this is cnn s world report. good morning to viewers in the united states, and around the world. police say a 32-year-old norwegian man arrested on friday may have been involved in the oslo bomb blast and the massacre on the island that left at least 91 people dead in total. local media are naming the man as anders behring breivik. police are not confirming his identity, but when asked about extremism in norway, the prime minister told the news conference police were aware of active groups. translator: compared to other countries, i will not say that we have a big problem with right-wing extremists in norway, but we have had some groups, and we have followed them before, and our police is aware that there are some right-wing extreme groups, or at least has been some groups of that kind in norway. but, again, i very much underline that w
we want to get you caught up right now. survivor describing how he avoided the gunman that shot up a youth camp in norway. 85 people died following a bombing in the capital of oslo which claimed seven lives. police have suspect in custody. michael, what s happening now? reporter: yeah. i can tell you, we ve just heard on local media here that the lawyer for the suspect in this case, his name is anders behring breivik, the lawyer is telling the local television here that the shooting suspect believed that his actions were atrocious, but necessary. that s within the last few minutes. his lawyer saying that he believed his actions were atrocious but necessary. and how atrocious were there? 85 people, most of them kids killed over there on that island, a couple of miles from where i stand right now. behind me is the hotel that s all day been a center for parents of those kids and parents of kids who survived this as well. coming together. they have been having counselling her
no deal on the debt ceiling, but it is a new day. our sources say president obama is trying to koex members of his own party, while cutting as much as $3 trillion in spending. that is going to mean changes in health and retirement programs, also puts off tax reform, something a lot of people felt is very important, until later. the details are very fluid. no agreements yet. congressional democrats are very nervous. the president trying to figure out a way to work it out. he s holding a two-hour meeting at the white house. he did that last night. writing about compromise in this morning s usa today. some of the cuts would target worthwhile programs that do a lot of good for our country. there are cuts some people in my own party aren t too happy about and frankly, i wouldn t make them if we didn t have so much debt. this is a sales pitch to the american people, many who want less finger pointing and more action. i blame both parties for the stalemate. all the people re
shuttle. we are now less than one hour away from the final space shuttle landing. just in the last half-hour, we got a go for landing from nasa. the deorbit burn took place in the last couple of minutes. in the burn, the shuttle s engines are fired to help it slow down before it hits the atmosphere. in less than 30 minutes the shuttle and crew will start to feel the effects of the atmosphere. they ll be about 80 miles above the earth at that point. as the shuttle comes through the atmosphere, it heats up to about 5,000 degrees on the outside. when it breaks through the atmosphere, many of the folks in florida will hear those famous son iic booms. about five minutes before the landing, the commander will take manual control of the shuttle and pilot it to the grounds. when the orbiter hits the runway, it will be going 220 miles an hour. the shuttle will land for the last time ever at 5:56 a.m. eastern time. and just so you know, nasa is considering this a night landing. the lan