- NEW: Prosecutors and the defense object to a judge over a Facebook post
- Breivik has asked that his testimony be broadcast
- He says his actions were justified to save the country from multiculturalism
- His lawyer says it is important to his client that he be seen as sane
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Oslo, Norway (CNN) -- The murder and terrorism trial of Anders Behring Breivik was adjourned as soon as it started Tuesday in Norway over a dispute about a remark one of the judges made on Facebook.
Defense and prosecutor attorneys both asked that Thomas Indreb be disqualified for having posted that "only the death penalty" would be the right thing for the man accused of killing 77 people in a bomb-and-gun rampage.
Breivik smirked as Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen laid out the objection. Officials called for a 30-minute break and left the court, after which Breivik was put back in handcuffs and taken out.
He is expected to testify later Tuesday when the proceedings resume.
Breivik has asked that his testimony be broadcast, claiming it as a human right. Most of the relatives of the victims do not want that to happen.
"It's going to be 10 weeks of hell ... to hear this man, to hear his explanation of why he did it and how he did it," said Trond Henry Blattmann, whose son was killed on Utoya Island.
On the first day of the trial Monday, Breivik said his actions were justified to save the country from multicultural forces.
"I acknowledge the acts but do not plead guilty," he told the court.
A court translator initially said Breivik was claiming self-defense as the justification, but court officials corrected that Tuesday, saying the correct legal term was "necessity."
Breivik's trial on charges of voluntary homicide and committing acts of terror is expected to last up to 10 weeks. He is accused of setting off a bomb in central Oslo that killed eight people, then fatally shooting 69 people at a youth camp run by the ruling Labour Party on nearby Utoya Island.
Breivik says his rampage was meant to save Norway from being taken over by multicultural forces and to prevent ethnic cleansing of Norwegians, said his lawyer, Geir Lippestad.
In a 1,500-page manifesto attributed to him, Breivik railed against Muslim immigration and European liberalism, including the Labour Party, which he said was allowing the "Islamification of Europe."
In court on Monday, he called the trial political and objected to the judge's friendship with a former justice minister.
"I do not recognize the Norwegian court. You've gotten your mandate from political parties that support multiculturalism," he said.
"OK, we will make a note of that general objection," Arntzen said curtly.
Prosecutors played a recording of a terrified girl phoning for help during the shooting rampage, a recording punctuated by constant firing in the background. They also showed security camera video of the central Oslo bomb blast that killed eight people, images that participants in the trial watched with ashen faces.
Breivik sat in court without restraints, behind a bulletproof glass barrier set up to protect him during the six hours of proceedings. Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg vowed to double down on Norway's traditions of liberal democracy in response to the attacks, and Breivik's trial appears to be no exception.
"He was so close to having a bullet between his eyes. The police were so close," said Jorn Overby, who rescued some 15 people from the waters off Utoya during the massacre. But Overby told CNN that he owes Breivik only "a punch in the face for firing at me."
"He will get the treatment he needs," Overby said.
Experts have given different opinions about Breivik's sanity, which will be a factor in determining what punishment he receives if convicted. Norway does not have the death penalty, and sentencing options could include imprisonment or confining him to a mental facility.
But Breivik's defense will try to prove he was sane at the time of the killings, Lippestad said Monday. Lippestad told reporters after the hearing that the defendant had his reasons, but would not disclose them.
It is important to Breivik that he be considered sane, Lippestad said after the hearing.
Prosecutors outlined Breivik's life before the killings, showing a photo of the messy room where he lived at his mother's house, listing his six failed businesses and referring to his many hours playing the online game "World of Warcraft." Prosecutors said he had "no job, no salary, no money from the government" and was "living off his savings."
The defendant smiled briefly when his "Warcraft" character was shown, one of the few times he showed emotion on Monday.
He also appeared to be overcome with emotion, fighting back tears, when part of his video manifesto "Knights Templar 2083" was played in court. Lippestad declined to say why Breivik wept, citing attorney-client privilege. But lawyers for the victims said: "No one thought he was crying for the victims."
A survivor of Utoya Island, Tore Sinding Bekkedal, said he was surprised to experience "a strange feeling of relief" when prosecutors switched from listing the names of the dead to those of the wounded.
"It was an intense gratitude," Bekkedal said during a break in the proceedings. "It took me by surprise that I felt it, that these wonderful people are still among us, that we managed to save these ones at least."
In November, prosecutors said psychiatrists had determined that Breivik was paranoid and schizophrenic at the time of the attacks and during 13 interviews experts conducted with him afterward. However, the court sought a second opinion because of the importance of the question of sanity to Breivik's trial.
In a report released this month, two court-appointed psychiatric experts said Breivik was sane at the time of the killings.
CNN's Per Nyberg and Marilia Brocchetto contributed to this report.
