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Norway's Terror Suspect in Court; Cause of Winehouse's Death Unknown; NFL Players, Owners Agree on Deal; Debt Talks Hit Impasse; Hotel Maid Breaks Silence; Norway Gunman Staying in Jail; Teens Mauled by Bears; Same-Sex Couples Marry in New York
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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: All right, it's 10:00 a.m. on the East Coast, 7:00 a.m. out West. Hello, everyone. I'm Kyra Phillips. Here are some of the other stories that have us talking this morning.
In Norway, a court hearing for a confessed killer. Anders Behring Breivik reportedly wanted to explain himself for the terror attacks that killed some 93 people.
After public struggles with substance abuse an autopsy scheduled for Amy Winehouse. The troubled singer was found dead in her London apartment Saturday.
Bottom line, you'll get your football. Nfl.com reporting that both players and owners have agreed in principle on a deal to end the lockout. Training camp could start as early as Wednesday.
The debt talks collapse and the deadline pressure builds. Democrats and Republicans have walked away from the negotiating table and are forming their own separate plans.
Meanwhile, the deadline grows more ominous. House Speaker John Boehner says his colleagues must approve a plan by Wednesday in order to avoid the August 2nd deadline.
We're covering all the angles of this developing story. Dan Lothian is at the White House. Kate Bolduan is over on the Hill. Dan, let's go ahead and start with you. You know, President Obama has canceled two fundraisers tonight so does that signal just how urgent this has become?
DAN LOTHIAN, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Well, yes, it does. And if fact, they've been signalling that urgency now for quite some time, but as Secretary Geithner said yesterday on "STATE OF THE UNION" here on CNN that they're almost running out of runway.
Of course, you and I know what happens when a plane gets to the end of the runway and doesn't lift off. So that's why the president called this bipartisan group of congressional leaders to the White House on Saturday, to try to figure out what they have, what options they have to raise the debt ceiling.
And then Democrats back to the White House yesterday, the president met with them. The bottom line on the side of Democrats and the president in particular is that whatever deal is put on the table has to extend the debt ceiling through the end of 2012. Why? Because this White House believes that if it's difficult to get something done now it will be much more difficult to get it done later.
It's sort of in the midst of the election cycle. In addition, there is a concern that if there isn't a long-term deal that it would still be difficult for there to be any stability in the financial markets.
PHILLIPS: So, Kate, let me ask you. You know, Boehner says that the House must vote by Wednesday in order to meet this August 2nd deadline. Is that universally accepted or what do you think? You know, a scare tactic?
KATE BOLDUAN, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That is their target. I think that's the safest thing we can say right now. The target would be that they would need to kind of unveil something, roll something out today in order to vote on it on Wednesday.
But the timing and how the calendar would work is still a little squishy because at the same time, Kyra, we have on a separate track the Senate, the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, he's now working on his own plan.
So it's a question of how would that proposal move through the Senate at the very same time? Harry Reid, of course, now pushing for another plan that would raise the debt ceiling through 2012 that would come with some $2.7 trillion in debt reduction.
While I know our viewers' eyes can glaze over very quickly when it comes to the details of each of these proposals especially when we don't know, which if either is going to be the basis of some compromise, this is what people really need to know.
The breakdown over the weekend seemed to center on and Dan kind of noted it and I know you have as well, Kyra, the level of certainty, no matter how a deal is structured, the level of certainty in the plan that the debt ceiling would be raised no matter how it's structured through 2012.
And that's the big sticking point where the stalemate came over this weekend. We don't clearly have any agreement on this now. We'll be tracking it throughout the day.
PHILLIPS: All right, great. We'll track it with you. Kate, Dan, thanks so much, you guys.
All right, we've got breaking news now about you and your football. It looks like there is a deal out there to end NFL lockout. David Mattingly has been following the negotiations out of Atlanta here. And so you're getting word possibly what could happen today?
DAVID MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, nobody right now talking about the details of what was going on but nfl.com is reporting that they were talking way into the early morning hours today. About 3:00 they broke up and now they're going for a vote. CNN has confirmed with the players' union that there will be a vote today among the player representatives. Then at sometime later it will have to go to the players and 50 percent of the players will have to approve the deal that's on the table.
Remember, last Thursday the owners very enthusiastically voted for this deal and it is a sweeping arrangement where it will last for ten years, a revenue sharing deal for 10 years.
That is unheard of in major league professional sports. So this is a very big deal for the NFL players and owners alike. At this point it looks like the players are moving forward to that potential deal.
PHILLIPS: OK. So we'll obviously find out the specifics about the deal, but bottom line, are we going to miss anything? Will things start right on schedule with regard to games?
MATTINGLY: So far, we've learned this on Thursday, so far they've had to cancel the first preseason game, which was the hall of fame game in Canton, Ohio. That was not going to take place because of the pressures they were under.
In fact, Commissioner Goodell came out and said there is a great sense of urgency here. The players really need to act quickly on this. It looks like they're doing that.
They were looking at having training camp open this weekend and allowing players to come back on their own the middle of this week. If they get that vote done soon they could still stay on track for that and we could still have some football.
PHILLIPS: Probably will save a lot of marriages too because there's going to be a lot of dedicated football fans won't be so upset.
MATTINGLY: But these things are also money machines. We're talking like a lot of money for all these hometowns with these home games. I mean, just in Atlanta alone, the two preseason games and the eight regular season games last year $56 million for the local economy.
PHILLIPS: Holy cow.
MATTINGLY: So every home city that has an NFL team is watching this very closely. Everybody needs this to happen.
PHILLIPS: I remember living in Green Bay, Wisconsin. That was the bottom line for that town. All right, great. Thanks so much. Thanks, David.
All right, we're now hearing that the hotel maid side of the story in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case, you know, the woman who famously accuses Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her.
Well, she has been silent on this case up until now. Nafissatou Diallo has given interviews to "Newsweek" as you can see here and also ABC News. Zain Verjee back with me now. So, Zain, what do you think? It's pretty dramatic testimony. ZAIN VERJEE, CNN ANCHOR AND CORRESPONDENT, CNNI: It really is. It's very unusual in the middle of a criminal investigation like this for her to come forward and have to speak like this.
What she is saying is that she insists that what she is saying is the truth and she wants justice and wants Dominique Strauss-Kahn to go to jail. Here is how she describes the encounter in that hotel room in New York City. Just listen to what she said to ABC.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was like, stop, stop this. Stop this, but he wouldn't say nothing. He kept pushing me, pushing me back to the hallway. I was so afraid. I was so scared.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: When did you realize that he was one of the most powerful men in the world?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I was watching in the news and then they say he is going to be the next president of France. I said, my God and I was crying. I said they're going to kill me. I'm going to die.
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VERJEE: She insists, too, Kyra, that Dominique Strauss-Kahn forced himself upon her, in an interview says he grabbed her breasts and forced her to perform oral sex.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lawyers are saying that the sexual encounter was consensual. They're also saying that she is just manipulating the whole situation and is more interested in making misstatements, lies, holding press conferences, and giving interviews. Kyra --
PHILLIPS: Zain Verjee, we will see how this turns out. That's for sure. It's pretty interesting stuff.
All right, in Norway, they're remembering the victims of a home grown terrorist. Across the country people paused, trains stopped. It was a silent tribute to the 93 people killed in those attacks.
Then a short time later the confessed killer appeared in court. That's where our Michael Holmes is just outside the courthouse in Oslo.
So Michael, tell us what the judge has ordered in this hearing. We got it just a few minutes ago.
MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, we did, because he ordered the court closed. Why did he do that? Keep out the media and public because police had argued that he may have co-conspirators on the outside and may attempt to send a message to those conspirators.
So the judge, and this is a very open judicial process here in Norway, actually held a news conference and came out and announced what he had done. He has remanded Breivik in custody for eight weeks, four of those weeks in solitary confinement.
He is not to get newspapers. He is not to watch television. He is not to have contact with anyone else. What was interesting also was that he did say that the investigation is looking into two other cells, the word he used, that Breivik said helped him carry out these acts.
They didn't want any risk that he might contact them. He said that the accused has acknowledged that he carried out these acts. He said that he pleaded not guilty though and we've discussed this before. Why?
Because he wants a platform and that platform being a trial to further his views that Europe is being taken over by Muslims and there is really a need for a religious war against Muslims in Europe. He said that he needed to save Europe from multi-culturalism and Islamic takeover.
And he also said that he wished to bring about the greatest possible loss to the Labor Party and said that was a price of treason that they had to pay. Now, obviously, this is a man who has allegedly written a 1500-page manifesto and almost a rant against the Muslim population in Europe and his views about that.
He has had plenty to say to police and in the court. He has admitted doing these things and is now going to be remanded, four of those weeks in solitary, by the way, and then he appears in court again, Kyra.
PHILLIPS: All right, Michael, you mentioned that 1500-page manifesto online. Coming up later this hour, CNN's Nic Robertson digs into what we know about Anders so far and what this manifesto may reveal.
And they were out in the wilderness on a survival skill course and brutally attacked by a bear. What happened to the Alaskan teens when we go across country?
And racing the clock in the nation's debt crisis. Washington bickers and our next guest, well, pretty upset. Are we being held hostage in a game of political chicken? As you can imagine John Avlon is going to make his case.
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PHILLIPS: Stories cross country, in Alaska a group of teenage boys taking part in a survival skills course with no instructor are mauled down by a brown bear and her cub while hiking in the wilderness. They activated an emergency locater beacon and were rescued, but four of them are in critical condition now.
MEGAN PETERS (via telephone): When we got on scene, we really for the first time saw what we were dealing with and they were mauled very severely.
PHILLIPS: And in Los Angeles, two men charged with beating a San Francisco Giants fan will face a judge. Luis Sanchez and Marvin Norwood charged with beating Bryan Stowe outside Dodger Stadium on March 31st. Stowe is still in a hospital in a coma.
In New York, hundreds of same sex couples are waking up as newlyweds this morning. That was just day one.
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PHYLLIS SIEGAL, JUST MARRIED IN NEW YORK: It was just so amazing. It's the only way I can describe it. I lost my breath and a few tears and it's indescribable.
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PHILLIPS: New York is the sixth and largest state to recognize same sex marriages.
The nation's debt crisis. A lot of Americans pretty nervous about the approaching deadline and threat of default, but our next guest says more of us should be downright angry.
John Avlon is a CNN contributor. He's also a senior political columnist for "Newsweek" and "The Daily Beast." John, you're coming forward saying this is a self-inflicted wound. Continue.
JOHN AVLON, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: It is. Listen, our country is being held hostage by hyper-partisans. That is the simple fact of it. This is an unprecedented situation. Raising the debt ceiling has basically been automatic, happened 17 times under the Reagan administration.
But right now we're coming closer and closer to a fiscal clip that will deepen the hole we are in as a country economically and the full faith and credit of the United States will be downgraded.
This is no joke and it is because we're not only having an economic crisis, we're primarily having a political crisis. We're having a crisis of governance. This should is what should really waken folks up and make them angry. This is a self-inflicted wound.
PHILLIPS: Well, do you think there are other people across the country taking a look at the U.S. and going, what is the deal? Can't they even govern themselves properly? I mean, what is going on here?
AVLON: I believe so, because look. This is a counter to our greatest traditions of reasoning together, of being able to figure out how you can have principled compromise to finding common ground and building on it.
Instead we've seen an infusion in our Congress some sort of all or nothing absolutists and even areas we should be able to come to some agreement on like tax reform, not raising rates, but raising revenues by closing loop holes.
All of a sudden becomes a violation of a pledge by professional activists. This is a fundamental problem of governance we are facing. People are confusing principle with partisanship and that is a dangerous combination and we are seeing one of the prime examples of the forces we've been playing with right now. PHILLIPS: You've been following what everybody across the world has been saying. This one quote stands out to me coming actually from U.K.'s business secretary. You know which one I'm talking about.
He says this is the biggest threat to the world financial system and it's coming from a few right wing nutters in the American Congress. I mean, they're not holding back on the criticism as well.
AVLON: No. You know, sometimes other countries have more perspective. "The Onion" had a great headline. The satirical magazine saying, Congress continues to debate whether or not America will go off the fiscal cliff.
I mean, we are sort of peddling towards a cliff here and the lack of a sense of perspective by people in Washington is really disturbing. You know, when negotiations -- there is a difference between good faith negotiation and approaching it with all or nothing.
And the American people really need to understand the stakes here. This is a breakdown of some of our best civic traditions and we elect people to solve problems right now. Instead, it's been replaced by -- we've seen the process replaced by people who are all or nothing absolutists.
PHILLIPS: So, John, you think you can get in there and strike a deal then? You think you can handle this. Would you have this done in five minutes? Is that what you're telling me?
AVLON: I will not say I could have this done because we are a democratic process. People need to reason together, but President Obama I think has been negotiating in good faith. He does deserve credit for putting entitled reforms on the table.
That's something no Democratic president would have done in recent years. So the Republicans need to give a little bit as well. That is the nature of negotiation. That is the nature of compromise. That is the nature of governance in a democratic republic and we seem to have forgotten that right now.
PHILLIPS: John Avlon, always love to hear your opinion. Thanks.
AVLON: Thank you.
PHILLIPS: Coming up, two days after her body was found an autopsy tries to determine what killed Amy Winehouse. The latest from London, next.
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PHILLIPS: Lots of questions and theories about what killed singer Amy Winehouse. Today the first steps toward an official answer as an autopsy is performed. Atika Shubert joins us now from London. So, Atika, what's the latest?
ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, we understand that postmortem examination should happen today, but we probably won't get those toxicology report results until later.
However, having done that postmortem means the family will be able to have their funeral tomorrow, but we may have to wait a little longer to find out what exactly killed Amy Winehouse.
PHILLIPS: As I can see right behind you and I know it's kind of quiet and solemn and people are trying to pay their respects there, Atika, but tell us exactly what's been going on behind you and what the mourners there are leaving, saying.
SHUBERT: Well, throughout the day we've actually seen scores of people coming here. They're leaving flowers, art work, poems, really saying how much Amy and her music had touched them.
You might be able to see in the background there are bottles of wine, beer, bottles of vodka. This for a singer who very publicly struggled with an addiction to drugs and alcohol, very much on her own terms.
Remember, she was really a fixture of this neighborhood of Camden. She was seen locally at the pub. People said they saw her walking up and down the street. She wasn't somebody who separated herself from other people.
And so there is a sense of loss in the community here. They've lost somebody who really represented sort of the eclectic, artistic nature of this area. Also her family came here earlier in the afternoon.
Her mother, father, and her boyfriend, and it was a very emotional moment for them, breaking down into tears and, basically, saying -- telling the press to come here and to see this outpouring from fans was helping them through the grieving process as difficult as it was.
PHILLIPS: Sort of ironic, you know, one of the biggest hits that made her so popular was about going to rehab. Atika, thanks so much.
As we continue talking about this story British comedian Russell Brand wrote a blog post and dedicated it to someone he called my friend Amy Winehouse.
He talked about the addiction. Something both of them struggled with and he remembers the first time that he met her describing her as sweet, peculiar, and vulnerable. This is the video of that song we were just talking about.
And the 33 Chilean miners rescued after more than two months underground have sold the movie rights to their story. Producer Michael Metaboyle (ph) bring the drama will come to the big screen. The miners say it'll include details that have never been publicly told.
"Captain America, The First Avenger," earns more than $65 million in its debut weekend. It bumped "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" to number two at the Box Office.
The president called of a fundraiser so he could push harder for a debt ceiling deal. We're going to talk next with our political buzz. And she has accused one of the world's most powerful men of sexual assault. Now the maid in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case is going public to defend herself. You'll hear directly from her.
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PHILLIPS: Taking top stories now. The man accused of killing 93 people in Norway was in court today. Anders Behring Breivik will be held in isolation for four weeks. A judge says that he defended the bombing attack in Oslo and the shooting massacre on the nearby island claiming the attacks were to combat the, quote, "Colonization of Norway by Muslims."
Looks like the NFL lockout is about over. Representatives for the players agreed on a tentative 10-year deal. Players could be in training camp this week.
The pressure for Congress to raise the nation's debt limit grows. Eight days and counting on the deadline to raise the limit. The threat of default is causing a lot of jitters on Wall Street. Stocks actually fell at the open of trading less than an hour ago.
"Political Buzz," your rapid fire look at the hottest political topics of the day. Three questions, 20 seconds on the clock and playing today Democratic strategist Maria Cardona, Sirius-XM political talk show host and comedienne Pete Dominick and CNN contributor and talk radio host Dana Loesch.
First question, guys, President Obama canceling his own fundraisers to try and work on the debt negotiations now. It sure makes him look good, but will it get us any closer to a deal? Maria?
MARIA CARDONA, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST: Well, sure. It was the right thing to do. That's why he did it. The question is whether it gets us closer to the deal and should be put to Speaker Boehner who on Friday we saw has walked out of the negotiations twice now.
Probably the fourth time a Republican has walked away, and the president said it best on Friday at his press conference. Can the Republicans say yes to anything? That's the question that needs to be put to them. They need to understand how to govern, how to negotiate.
PHILLIPS: Dana?
DANA LOESCH, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: I don't think it's whether or not the Republicans can say yes to anything. I think it's whether or not the Democrats have a plan of their own. They shot down cut, cap, and balance in the Senate.
The Senate Democrats have not produced a budget in over 800 days. I think it is fantastic that the president skipped a fundraiser, but I would have loved to see this devotion to getting these debt talks finalized 800 or so days ago before we got to the 11th hour. That's leadership.
PHILLIPS: Pete? PETE DOMINICK, SIRIUS-XM POLITICAL TALK SHOW HOST: Ladies, ladies. You're starting to sound like the people arguing on Capitol Hill. The truth is any Democratic or Republican president in this time of crisis would never consider leaving town for almost anything much less a fundraiser.
He is doing what any politician would do in this situation and if it'll help him politically and nothing will help him more than getting this debt ceiling negotiated. So that's probably the least political and most honest answer I think you can imagine in the situation.
PHILLIPS: All right. First, it was Anthony Weiner now Oregon Representative David Wu accused of an unwanted sexual encounter with a teenager. Should Democrats be worried about a much bigger image problem here? Pete?
DOMINICK: You're going to me? Well, I think this one is pretty easy. There is no "D" or "R" that has anything to do with these situations. It has to do with your gender. I think maybe you ladies can agree with that.
Republicans have been in just as much trouble as Democrats in these situations. I think it's more of a man versus woman thing. You got Rick Sanford, John Ensign, Eric Massa, and Anthony Weiner. I think they all cancel each other out right now. This has to do with a man thing and a power thing.
PHILLIPS: Dana?
LOESCH: I don't know. I don't think it's a man thing. I think that's harsh on men. I think the ladies can be just as culpable as well. But you're asking an independent conservative whether I think Democrats have an image problem. Of course that is an obvious answer.
But I also think Republicans right now have an image problem because their entire base are looking at the congressional leadership and asking where is your spine? Where is your spine in these debt talks? Don't cave, House leadership. So, they could have an image problem, too.
PHILLIPS: Maria?
CARDONA: Totally agree that Republicans have an image problem overall because of how they've been behaving during the debt talks.
But on your question, Kyra, it is a problem of men in power. And for every Anthony Weiner and David Wu, you know, the Republicans have -- and this was mentioned before, Vitter, Ensign, Schwarzenegger, Larry Craig. And so, it's a problem of men in power. The power goes to their head. No pun intended.
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CARDONA: They think they can do what they want.
PHILLIPS: Pete, do you see why I started with you on that one? The two ladies actually are taking it out on you. They're talking about men in power.
DOMINICK: I agree, I agree. Don't ever put me in that office.
LOESCH: I'm sticking up for the men. I think it's women too.
PHILLIPS: Oh, OK. This could be a whole other debate.
All right, guys. The Buzzer Beater. Ten seconds each on this one. Mayor Michael Bloomberg presides over one of the first same-sex marriages in New York. So, what do you think, future career path for the billionaire mayor? Dana?
LOESCH: Possibly. Maybe he could be more successful at that than he is in politics?
PHILLIPS: Ohh!
LOESCH: Stop putting ice in your beer!
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PHILLIPS: Maria?
CARDONA: I think he should set up a consulting service, kyra, that walks gay couples through how to get married and which state and set up a flagship shop in Minnesota next to Bachmann & Associates.
PHILLIPS: Ohhh! Pete?
DOMINICK: Listen, I think if Mike Bloomberg needs a new career path we're all in a lot of trouble. This guy is putting his mouth or his body where his mouth was and saying, you know, officiating here, which is something Rudolph Guiliani should do.
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DOMINICK: This is a great thing - this is a great for equal rights.
That didn't come out right. That did not come out right.
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DOMINICK: I apologize. I'm going to leave now. I'm going to go bye- bye.
PHILLIPS: Yes. The ladies are going to beat up on you in about five seconds.
DOMINICK: No problem.
PHILLIPS: So, I'm going to go. I'll move out of this quickly. Thanks, guys.
All right. We're now hearing the hotel maid's side of the story, the woman who famously accuses Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her is now talking to the media. Nafissatou Diallo gave interviews to "Newsweek" and ABC News.
And CNN's national correspondent, Susan Candiotti, joins us live out of New York this morning. Pretty riveting stuff in those interviews, Susan.
SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: It was very compelling. And, in fact, we didn't learn a lot that was new because we've heard much of this from police and other sources. But what's different about this is that you get to assess this woman for yourself after seeing her and hearing her in her own words describe what she says happened in that hotel suite.
In this section in which she talks with ABC News, she says what happened when she walked into the hotel room and saw this naked man coming toward her.
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NAFISSATOU DIALLO, HOTEL MAID: Then I say oh, my God. And I was crying. I said they're going to kill me. I said they're going to kill me. I'm going to die. Stop, stop this. Stop this.
But he wouldn't say nothing. He kept pushing me, pushing me, pushing me to the hallway, back to the hallway. Keep pushing me. I was so afraid. I was so scared.
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CANDIOTTI: Scared and she said she was afraid of losing her job. They also asked her about claims and rumors and some media reports that have said she is a prostitute and she absolutely denied it. Here's what she said.
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DIALLO: I'm not and I never been called that since I was born. God as my witness, I'm telling the truth from my heart. God knows that.
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CANDIOTTI: Now, we all recall that Dominique-Strauss Kahn has denied he sexually assaulted her and there was however, forensic evidence of some kind of sexual encounter in that room so the implication is it may have been consensual between the two of them.
Now, Miss -- a statement was issued right after these reports became public -- the interviews became public. Coming from Dominique Strauss-Kahn's lawyers. And they said in part that they're calling her "the first accuser in history to conduct a media campaign to persuade a prosecutor to pursue charges against a person from whom she wants money" and saying of the lawyers, "it's an obvious purpose is to inflame the public."
Now, the lawyers for this woman, Ms. Diallo, have made it clear that she feels like she wanted to tell her story so that the public could hear it because there is a concern that the Manhattan district attorney's office might not pursue the case. He hasn't made up his mind just yet. Kyra?
PHILLIPS: Susan Candiotti out of New York. Susan, thanks.
The confessed Norway shooter posted a 1,500-page manifesto online. Coming up after the break, we'll tell you what we know about him so far and what his manifesto may reveal.
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PHILLIPS: Inside the mind of Anders Breivik. Before the bombing and shooting last Friday in Oslo, posted a 1,500-page manifesto online. CNN's senior international correspondent Nic Robertson digs into what we know about Anders so far and what his manifesto may reveal.
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NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): This is how the man accused of being Norway's most notorious mass killer apparently wants the world to know him. A smiling, Norwegian nationalist, a serious military-style marksman. Not just a cold- blooded killer police say stalked and gunned down innocent young victims on a remote rocky island.
Anders Behring Breivik is believed to have posted these images to YouTube in a 12-minute video embedded in a 1,500 page manifesto just hours before he began his deadly killing spree with a massive car bombing outside government offices. CNN cannot independently verify their authenticity. Together, the video and manifesto appear to answer how and why the 32-year-old became a mass murder.
The video reveals an intense fear that Muslims will dominate Europe and anger at what the author calls Marxist European governments he blames for doing nothing and a belief that a Christian crusade is the solution. A belief he hid when he met this mainstream right wing politician eight years ago.
JORAN KALLMYR, PROGRESS PARTY. I am actually sorry because I didn't -- because if I had said something like that, maybe we could have discovered it.
ROBERTSON: Kallmyr suspects Breivik was attracted to his party's anti-immigration reputation but found them too moderate.
KALLMYR: I probably thought that he would find the people inside our Progress Party that will agree with him or something like that and he wrote in his -- in his manifesto he was disappointed.
ROBERTSON: The manifesto titled "2083, the European Declaration of Independence" rails against such political inaction. "My government and our media capitulated to Islam several years ago. Thousands of Muslims pouring in annually through our asylum institution, or by family reunification. The situation is just chaotic. These suicidal traitors must be stopped."
The author turns his temper on his family, on friends, cruelly discussing sexual diseases he claims they've had, cataloging their failings. He also reveals why he rented a farm outside Oslo, to plot undetected, a mission he describes in graphic detail. "I have just completed the explosives research phase and have summarized several new chapters for the compendium. My rifle application came through and I have now ordered an 800 euro silencer, specifically created for automatic and semiautomatic rifles. Needless to say, this is an extremely vulnerable phase. In fact, it is the most vulnerable phase of them all. If I get through this phase without trouble, I will be very close to finalizing my operation."
ROBERTS (on camera): The whole ugly episode is so devastating Norwegians are only just beginning to grasp the enormity of it. Breivik's manifesto is like a second hammer blow, too soon to fathom the implications of it. But already the question is being asked, how did he get away with it?
Nic Robertson, CNN, Oslo, Norway.
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PHILLIPS: On the scene of the Oslo attack within minutes was eyewitness Christian Aglund. At 12:00 p.m. Eastern, he joins us from the Rose Parade where mourners are coming together to remember the victims of Friday's attacks.
Checking stories "Cross Country" now. Police in Texas say a man opened fire at a rolling skating rink. He killed his estranged wife and four family members before turning the gun on himself. It happened during a birthday party for one the man's children Saturday night.
In Los Angeles, police are investigating at least 18 suspicious fires in North Hollywood. Police say it's still too early to tell if the work is of a serial arsonist, but they believe all of last week's fires were deliberately set.
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PHILLIPS: So, what do you think? Do you like those Denver sounds? Goes by the name of Dred Scott. He is actually homeless man who plays regularly on the streets.
Well, listen to this. Someone posted a video of him performing on YouTube. It then went to iTunes and that led to an extended play. It's now generated almost $2,000. My guess is we're going to see more of Dred.
Well, he came close in '07 and '08 and finally won it all in 2011. The Tour de France winner has reason to celebrate and so, too, does Australia. Details and a live report from Paris in five minutes.
Plus, a tour to fitness. Take a look at the five fittest states in the country, next.
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PHILLIPS: Well, as lawmakers worked to hammer out a deal on the debt ceiling crisis while it's - the -- the deadline is looming, and as you can see, rattling Wall Street right now. Dow Industrials down 52.
Allan Chernoff at the New York Stock Exchange watching this for us. Not looking so good, Allan.
ALLAN CHERNOFF, CNN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT: Kyra, you know, it's not that -not that bad. I mean, yes. We are to the negative side, and when we opened, the Dow lost 145 points in the first half hour of trading. But it really could be much, much worse. Certainly no panic on Wall Street right now.
The Dow as you mentioned off 0.4 percent. The NASDAQ Composite of only one-third of 1 percent. S&P also down a bit. U.S. Treasury bonds, which is the market that's most important here, they're of slightly, meaning that yields are up just a bit but, once again, no panic.
One sign of a rush to safety, gold prices are rising. They hit an intra-day record of more than $1,600 an ounce. Of course, that's very important. Investors on Wall Street obviously want to see a deal done but, still, the majority of analysts on the street are thinking, there is no way that the United States government is going to default. It just is not possible, a lot of analysts believe.
Kyra, we'll see if they're right.
PHILLIPS: Yes, we'll keep watching the numbers, that's for sure. Allan, thanks.
Australian Cadel Evans probably pretty store this morning, but I bet it's safe to say he is smiling through all of it. The 34-year-old won the Tour de France over the weekend. And CNN's Don Ridell is in London now. So, Don, it's the first ever Aussie to win this race, right?
DON RIDELL, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Absolutely right. You know, Cadel is the name he took after three Welsh kings; his great granddad was Welsh, and that is where Cadel comes from. He is now the king of the cycling world.
It was an incredible race for everybody to be honest, Kyra. It was a thrilling race, it was a real classic, and the last couple days were absolutely terrific. It ended with Cadel Evans, as you say, making history by becoming the first ever Australian winner of the Tour de France.
And he really deserved it. He's had a couple close shaves. He lost it in 2007 and 2008 by less than a minute. That must have been heartbreaking for him, but he made up for it on Sunday in Paris.
PHILLIPS: You a big bike watcher? Were you paying close attention to this?
RIDDELL: I wasn't paying close attention for the whole month because it takes quite a long time.
PHILLIPS: All the stages, right? RIDDELL: I mean, what these guys through -- it's incredible -- 21 days, 86 hours in the saddle by the time they cross the finish line on the Champs de Elysees, 3,430 kilometers covered. I take my hat off to all of them or as they say in France - (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE).
PHILLIPS: I love it. Yes, you have to be pretty addicted to biking to watch every single one of those stages, right? Don, thanks so much.
Well, pretty bad news last week from the CDC. State obesity rates are rising. Let's look at the flip side, okay? The five fittest states now according to Web MD. Number 5, Idaho where half of the residents get the recommended amount of exercise. Similar stats in number 4, Utah. Vermont, number 3. Finishing big at number two, Montana. And the fittest state of all? Alaska, where about 6 in 10 folks are physically active.
Still ahead, the latest sex scandal on Capitol Hill. We'll tell you about the allegations now against a long-time congressman and the call being made by a leader from his own party.
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PHILLIPS: All right, we're just getting video in, quick snap shot there. It happens real fast. That is confessed killer Anders Breivik. He was just leaving court. You remember we reported earlier he said he wanted to, quote, "explain himself" for the terror attacks that killed 93 people last week.
We've heard all of the harrowing stories. We've actually heard from people that survived. Take a look at that. He is actually smiling to reporters as he's been driven off. And it was just about an hour-and- a-half ago that we got word as he headed in -- or was inside the courtroom, rather -- that the judge has ordered him to solitary confinement. Also abandoned all newspapers, visitors, letters.
Once again, just getting a snapshot of Anders Breivik, the confessed killer, leaving the courtroom there after reportedly wanting to, quote-unquote, "explain himself" for the terror attacks that happened last, week killing 93 people.
All right. The trial of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs is set to begin today in Texas. He faces sexual assault and bigamy charges stemming from a raid on his Yearning for Zion Ranch. Here is a preview from TruTV's "In Session."
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LINDSAY WHITEHURST, "SALT LAKE TRIBUNE" REPORTER (voice-over): It's just a few minutes' drive from Warren Jeffs' Yearning for Zion Ranch in El Dorado, Texas to his jail cell. But it's been a three-year wait for prosecutors, who accuse him of sexually assaulting at least two girls, one aged 13, the other just 12.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He's been hurting the souls of all these children. These kids don't know whether they're up or down. WHITEHURST (voice-over): Even one of Jeffs' most loyal followers, Willie Jessop, has been ex-communicated by Jeffs and lost the luster for his leader.
LORA JESSOP, FLDS ESCAPEE: Willie definitely still has a lot of love and respect for those folks, and I think he would even say he is still a part of that community. He is just not in agreement with the leadership. And what he says, the disagreement came about when he learned of the evidence against Warren Jeffs, that he was able to see that evidence before it became public, and that he came to feel that warren was, in his word, "morally indefensible."
WHITEHURST (voice-over): Regardless of this 180, on a personal level, Jeffs is said to still have an intense following and control over the FLDS community.
The legal consequence for him here in Texas starts this week. 280 people whittled down to 12 jurors to try and uncover what really happened behind these gates.
(on camera): Warren Jeffs was here for a dedication ceremony for that temple back in January of 2005. That temple is the only FLDS temple in the U.S. and was believed to be the new headquarters. But since then, Warren Jeffs has been on the run, on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list, captured in Las Vegas, and now for the last five years in a jail cell.
(voice-over): When testimony begins, will his followers show up for him in Texas the way they did in Utah? And if not, what does that say about how loyal they still are to the man they call Prophet?
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PHILLIPS: And tonight on "AC 360," Gary Tuchman goes in depth and has the full story of Warren Jeffs. That's "AC 360" tonight, 10:00 p.m. Eastern.
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PHILLIPS: Michele Bachmann, dissing on fellow Minnesotan Tim Pawlenty. Our Jim Acosta with the Political Ticker.
Jim, that's so unusual! Politicians dissing each other? I'm so surprised.
JIM ACOSTA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Yes, with all the partisan warfare here in Washington, Kyra, over the debt talks, it's sometimes easy to forget that there is actually a battle going on for the GOP nomination for president, and you're right. I mean, here you have two politicians from Minnesota doing away with Minnesota nice as they are both really fighting for the all-important state of Iowa.
That early voting state is very important to the strategies of both the Pawlenty and the Bachmann campaigns. Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor, told our Candy Crowley over the weekend that Michele Bachmann has essentially distinguished herself by only giving speeches. And initially Congresswoman Bachmann did not really respond going after Tim Pawlenty.
But then last night sent out a statement to all of the media basically going after Tim Pawlenty, saying that he is essentially right out of -- playing right out of the Barack Obama playbook and did not manage the budget well up in Minnesota. As you know, that state just came out of a budget crisis of its own. So, the Minnesota nice is being tossed aside between these two candidates right now, Kyra.
PHILLIPS: Minnesota nice. Like that. All right, Jim. Thanks.
We'll have your next political update in just about an hour. And a reminder: for all the latest political news you can always go to our Web site 24/7, CNNpolitics.com.
That does it for us. We'll see you back here bright and early. Suzanne Malveaux, welcome back. We missed you.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: Missed you! Yes, I was off for a week.
PHILLIPS: I hope you had a good time.
MALVEAUX: I did.
PHILLIPS: You're rested up.
MALVEAUX: Yes, well rested. Ready to go.
PHILLIPS: Good. Take it away.
MALVEAUX: Nice to see you.
PHILLIPS: Good to see you.
