so charles assaulter, you work with charlie, an old friend of ours that i went to high school with. >> really. >> really, in high school. he does a lot of this in the city and he's come and given us one of these brown bag lunches with acoustical separation and talked about just what he's saying, using different thicknesses of material. the assembly has to go beyond the glazing, it has to be the building wall assembly that reduces outside noise. >> tempered glass is designed to take impact. that would have broken the window glass or the plate. i'm trying really hard. this doesn't want to break. let's give it a real... you know, so it's a good product. it's interesting. this center is the strongest part. the weakest part is at the edg edges. it takes quite a bit of impact, as you see. but -- in a quake, when they say don't leave the building, you know, there's a reason. you're probably better staying inside, under a desk or whatever else, because it's probably not going to be the glass that falls down but the cornice, some of the ornamental brickwork. who knows. we're likely to get hit

said to himself made repeated he lied about what happened in the alleged attack charles callus arrested in male sexual assault allegations which the frenchman always denied this it was seen as a potential candidate for the french presidency before the scandal christopher chambers from challenging investment please the media played a substantial role in strauss comes to mind he fits this paradigm of villain. you know the victim being the victim but the villain be you know it. all puke or to figure it was based on these stereotypes and means in. the shady the thora european french you can you mold into this kind of creature and then all at the same time i mean this coincides with the whole way in and behaving badly thing with terms of how our particular television media and so the blogosphere and pundits work that doesn't matter it's all fear or it's all really it's all you know machinations and bringing opinion into it doesn't matter what happens this guy has fulfilled his role and then on the other hand you have the victim who was the slaughtered lamb kind of victim you know filling that role in the opera now

chief and potential french presidential candidate dominic's charles county is facing a new sex assault storm this time back in france french journalist tristan bent on planes have tended to rape her in two thousand and two on has decided to launch a formal criminal complaint he's overrated been accused of raping a new york hotel maid proceedings on growing by the prosecution of his weakened after doubts a match to bob being one of his credibility on a false testimony to a grand jury possible links to drug dealers and money laundering is khan's fellow socialists fear the new sex allegation could ruin any remaining presidential ambitions for my systems at treasury secretary under the reagan administration and x. wall street journal editor paul craig roberts says he might be the victim of political tricks due to his popularity at home and uphold. the french press has reported that strauss kahn said before you became to the united states. that he expected sarkozy to pay some french woman a million euros to bring sex charges against him and he said that was because he was leading the sarkoz

charles guy the former i.m.f. chief is about to face fresh sexual assault charges we hear how there is likely to be a very different kind of foul play behind the claims. plus the. russian children with a rare skin disease for the private state support for the air condition now one parents taking the fight to the heart of the medical establishment. libyan officials say they have intercepted two boats from qatar carrying a cache of weapons for rebel forces in the country it said the load included about a hundred belgian made assault rifles along with thousands of rounds of ammunition so far only the french admit to supplying weapons to alleviate and say government forces brian johnson thomas a former arms trafficking expert for the u.n. security council says it's a dangerous violation of the arms embargo. but it seems to me very strange we're going to balance it you know i thought the arms embargo was laid down by the security council was quote to be both stars were involved we know that for example some of the with its own some somalia went to libya for training with a little two or three years plus documents we hav

charles. >>> this the "world business today." the hotel maid allegedly sexually assaulted by the former chief of the international monetary fund is speaking out. we'll hear from her today. with. acuvue® oasys for astigmatism. he said it's the only lens of its kind designed to realign naturally with every blink and created with hydraclear® plus. i'm seeing more clearly, crisply, comfortably, all day long. now life doesn't have to be a blur. [ male announcer ] learn more at acuvue.com. acuvue® oasys for astigmatism. you're watching "world business today." we're live on cnn. >>> she's due to meet with new york prosecutors later on tuesday and strauss-kahn himself goes back to court next week but it's still not clear if the case will ever go to trial and now in an extraordinary move the alleged victim is talking to the media. susan candiotti has details. >> reporter: she was told luxury suite 2806 was empty. instead she said she saw naked man appear out of the blue. >> i was like i'm so sorry. i turned my head. he come to me and grabbed my breasts, no, you don't have to be sor

charles. >> this defendant is charged with criminal sexual act in the first degree. >> reporter: the woman charged that strauss-kahn assaulted her and forced her to commit a sex act when he came upon her while she was cleaning his 3,000 dollar a night suite at new york's softatel hotel. evidence confirms a sexual encounter between the two took place, but now prosecutors do not believe much of what the accuser has told them and they say she has repeatedly lied. investigators also reportedly have evidence that could link the unidentified 32-year-old guinen woman to drug dealing and money laundering. in a phone call placed after the encounter, she spoke to a man in prison about the possible benefits of pursuing the charges against him. strauss-kahn, who was considered a strong contender for the french presidency before the may 14th charges were filed, paid a $6 million cash bail after his initial court appearance. he also spent an estimated $200,000 a month on security guards and surveillance cameras. now, that bail and those required security measures may be substantially reduced and he could be released on his own recognizanc