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The day. meanwhile, united airlines hoping to be back at full speed this morning after a computer problem grounded more than 800 flights yesterday. big problem. it affected tens of thousands of passengers across the country from chicago to denver to l.a. nbc s tom costello has more on the latest problem for the second largest airline in the united states. reporter: it all started just after 8:00 a.m. eastern. united says a computer router failed taking off flight scheduling and passenger check in systems. that led to an faa ground stop for all united flights nationwide until 10:00 a.m. got news it happened on wednesday, one of slowest travel days of the week. the bad news it s the height of the summer vacation season. it s always frustrating when there is a delay. we have our vacation planned and travel and stuff like that. in all, more than 800 flight delays roughly 60 united and united express flights canceled. just the latest disruption cause bid computer glitches since united ....
is diana magnay. reporter: the death toll has been revised downward and now they re searching the island to try to find out what kind of ammunition he used and what the chronology of events on the island was. as you say, breivik himself is starting his period of solitary confinement. he hasn t seen his son since he was 16 years old. was horrified to hear the news. let s listen to what he said. translator: no, i ll never have more contact with him in my darkest moment. i think rather than killing all those people, he should have taken his own life. reporter: norwegians yesterday had a moment of silence, and last night a huge rose parade through the streets of oslo. more than 200,000 people. this is still a nation in shock and grieving. and, diana, breivik has said that he did not work alone. reporter: that s right. he s been talking about two groups supporting his action and he told the judge presiding over the case. that s the reason why the court was closed s ....
word. the truth is that the president wanted a blank check six months ago and he wants a blank check today. this is just not going to happen. as makeshift memorials spring up across norway, police and the public are searching for answers to friday s deadly attacks. the lawyer and suspect, anders breivik, the lawyer said his client is in insane. the suspect s father, who doesn t want to be identified, agrees. translator: no, i ll never have more contact with him in my darkest moments i think rather than killing all those people, he should have taken his own life. those are strong words from a father. translator: they are, punish thinking abo but thinking about what has happened, i still don t understand. no normal human being would do something like that. money from a u.s. defense contract is now in the hands of the taliban. the a u.s. military task force now believes that part of a $2 billion contract for troops transportation was diverted through a network ....
and travelers squashed by major airlines. but first, to the desperate race against the clock to secure what president obama is calling america s national credit card. the country could face unprecedented default if congress is unable to agree on a deal to raise the nation s debt ceiling. failure to do so could downgrade america s debt rating and could be extremely damaging for global economy purposes. let s get all the angles. we ve just learned the president will be addressing the nation later to. kate baldwin is up on capitol hill. first to you. what s the very latest, the thinking behind the president s decision to address the nation and the world tonight? wolf, the thought was that the president like lly today ha to come out put and exclamation point on a very busy day. fruns and senate democrats, laying out their plans. already today, we saw a statement from the white house press secretary jay carney, endorsing senate majority leader reid s plan. and i ll save ....
In here. i ll let the hn preside over prosecution. i have not a clue, ali. i m not sure that everybody does. it mentions in here that some of what he said was hard to say because he talked so much in military jargon. he seemed to have trouble keeping things in chronological order. this wouldn t fall under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation under new regulation that s coming in tomorrow that is going to manage how airlines spend time on tarmac with passengers. so the new regulation doesn t apply to whether or not there s somebody making threats on your plane. for everybody else, things might change oz of tomorrow. yeah, it s going to be good news for travelers. either you ve lived the horrow story or you ve heard the horror story of being delayed on a tarmac for hours and hours, maybe because of bad weather or congestion or flight scheduling. new rules that are going to go into effect hopefully will mean something better. those in the industry say they will hav ....