they have dismissed the it charges against and dominique strauss-kahn. he was paraded in front of the tv caprine -- camera's eye after being picked up for raping a maid. the case shocked the world. >> by the time dominique strauss-kahn went off to court, the judge had already dropped alta charges against him in the sexual assault case. it was a huge setback for this immigrant in the pale jacket. her lawyers say that she will pursue a civil lawsuit. >> she as an innocent victim. he has turned his back on the forensic, medical, and other evidence. >> on may 14, strauss, and was staying at this hotel in new york. the evidence says that he had a sexual encounter with a maid there. was a conceptual -- consentual or was it rape? prosecutors lost faith in her credibility. they eventually came to the conclusion that her testimony would not stand up in court. in france, despite his prominence, there was little fuss about the case being dropped. >> there is a lack of evidence, so the decision is justified. we will have to see if there were similar affairs in simila

court says but as we know now the judge has dropped all this case of sexual assaults against dominique strauss kahn the one that has caused a scandal here in the u.s. and around the world the u.s. media jumped on dominique strauss kahn as if public enemy number one had been flying really captured this was through the ringer basically all the headlines of all the major newspapers essentially hired him guilty and mocking him skits were made about him like the shows here in the u.s. we did see that in just a matter of a week dominick strauss kahn lost his job as head of the he was his reputation was was completely dissolved. and then you know he was just basically a running joke but at this point we should also mention there is a civil suit that has been filed. against dominique strauss kahn and many are imagining he will settle out of order if he wants this problem to just go away and that would require probably a good sum of money but at this point he's been out. pretty much of a decade now and all these sexual assault charges. well for more on the case and its outcome i'm joined by robert gates he'

in fact she made the accuser of dominique strauss kahn sexual assault has sued strauss kahn in a civil case. that is in new york state court in the bronx. >> if the judge accepts the prosecution's recommendations to drop all the charges against strauss kahn, what happens to the civil suit? >> they're unrelated so the civil suit continues. you know, we've been thinking with a lot of experts over at bloomberg. it's been referenced that you can look back at the o.j. simpson case of another high- profile case where a criminal jury acquitted him of the charges but in fact a civil jury found him guilty. that still is a possibility. now the complainant has sued dominique strauss kahn for unspecified monetary damages so clearly here this is a financial lawsuit more so than his freedom which he should get if these criminal cases, criminal charges do in fact go away asphe u aypear to be. >> thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> suarez: violence has never been a stranger to the people of karachi, pakistan's commercial center. but as it has intensified in recent months, some citizens are

appealing that decision now in his first public statement since being arrested on may fourteenth dominique strauss kahn says that the past months have been a nightmare for him and his family and they are looking forward to returning home to france but in the meantime mr strauss kahn's attorneys and the attorney for misty alo of both left the courthouse on tuesday and addressed the media were regarding the verdict that was delivered here's a little bit of what was said today is an extraordinary day and it's an extraordinary event to have a district attorney stand up in a public courtroom and dismiss an indictment concluding that the complaining witness is not worthy of belief we are disappointed. that district attorney grants . apparently does not believe. in justice under the law. and has. an innocent woman by day in court dominic strauss kahn was arrested on may fourteenth shortly after paraded in front of news cameras by the new york city police department at that point he was essentially vilified by most mainstream media outlets and found guilty in the court of public opinion now the new york media

a section of assault charges are dropped against dominique strauss-kahn. welcome to aaa. welcome to what has been an extraordinary day in the libyan capital. what has been a long and brutal six months of the battle for libya. that battle has moved here to the capital, tripoli. the rebels overran the symbol of colonel gaddafi's power in the capital. the battle of the splendid gate. it was a victory for the rebels in the heart of tripoli. green square is where most of the celebrations have been taking place, now renamed martyr's square. there were scenes of support for the revolutionary leader. the big question is where is colonel gaddafi after his fortress in the capitol is now under the control of the rebels? the war is not over yet. there are reports of fighting in some parts of tripoli and in other parts of the country. today was a turning point. my colleague now reports. >> once again it was nato that led today's assault on colonel gaddafi's compound. by midafternoon the rebels are pouring in side. their jubilation mixed with anger as they tore a part of the hated symb

medical, and other physical evidence in this case. >> reporter: women's groups are outraged. >> dominique strauss-kahn got lucky. he attacked a woman with a shady past, and all too often in rape cases, that's exactly what we see. >> reporter: strauss-kahn has always maintained his innocence. before he was hauled off a plane and arrested in may, he was considered a leading contender in france's presidential race. he still faces a civil suit in the diallo case, and an investigation in france for a separate accusation of attempted rape. strauss-kahn is expected in court later this morning, and, terrell, it's not clear what a possible dismissal of the criminal case, what impact that will have on the civil suit that's already been filed for unspecified monetary damages. in new york, cbs news. >> all right, appreciate it. thank you so much. coming up on the morning news, putting on the pounds. why marriage affects men different than women. >>> plus, a famous actor plays a real-life hero on the streets of new york city. this is the "cbs morning news." me from leading the way. so, i get claritin clear. non-dr

. >>> new video gist just in of former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn that could be a free man at the end of this hour. a judge moving closer to dismissing the rape charges against him in new york city. >>> and the battle for the white house. if the election were held today, mitt romney would beat president obama and tie rick perry. we break down the numbers. hi, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. we want to get right to it because right now in trip lee it could be the end of the road for moammar gadhafi. take a look. rebel forces reportedly breached the libyan leader's compound that he has in tripoli. thick black smoke is seen billowing above the building and celebratory gunfire is going off a short distance from where richard engel is on location. he is joining me now. he is the nbc chief foreign correspondent in libya today for us. as we watch this unfold in the center of tripoli, richard, bring us up to speed with the latest. you have been watching this unfold all morning long. just to alleviate the viewers' fears, you are in a safe location from everybody. >> reporter: we are fine. w

media jumped on dominique strauss kahn as if public enemy number one had been finally captured this was was was brought through the wringer basically all the headlines of all the major newspapers essentially hype him guilty and mocking him skits were made about him that shows here in the us he was not given an opportunity to actually prove his innocence in the court of public opinion we did see that in just a matter of a week dominick strauss lost his job as head of the i am now he was his reputation was was completely dissolved. and then you know he was just basically a running joke and this is a lot for for the media in the u.s. that is always absorbed with salacious sexual scandals particularly when it comes to wealthy people or high profile politicians and at this point we do see some reports coming out from journalists themselves saying that they owe dominic strauss kahn an apology because this is a man that was not given the opportunity to even state his claim before a as you mentioned he was found guilty in a court of public opinion but at this point we should also mention there

. >> prosecutors in new york asking a judge to drop charges against dominique strauss-kahn.t is 11:00 a.m. in singapore. >> it is 4:00 a.m. here in london. welcome. >> a day after rebel forces in libya said they had captured the second son of colonel gaddafi, he has spoken to the bbc and says government forces are winning the battle for tripoli. saif al-islam was seen at his father's compound and the city. he spoke to our correspondent. >> in the dark of the tripoli night, saif al-islam emerged from the shadows, clearly not under rubble rest. -- rebel arrest. >> i want to refute all rumors. nato and the west, they have launched electronic warfare. they have managed to smuggle into the country gangs and saboteurs. the libyan people, men and women, have stood firm against them. they managed to break the hold of the rebels. >> he took a foreign cameraman on a toro part of the city. they drove past checkpoints controlled by gaddafi loyalists, past groups of people lining up to be given weapons. it was a short drive that covered a sizable area around colonel gaddafi's compound on

lied to them with regard to dominique strauss-kahn.claim that she lied about a prior false allegation of rape that she had claimed she was raped in her native country. and more so these prosecutors said she lied to them convincingly, persuasively, that she was emotional. they told a story that prosecutors initially believed. once she came forward or her lawyer did and said that was actually a false claim of rape, prosecutors were not in a position necessarily to belief her when she made those claims against dominique strauss-kahn. so you really just -- it was really a story of how her credibility fell apart in the eyes of the prosecutors. she also had other issues in her past such as allegedly lying on her asylum application. she's an immigrant to this country. lying on other kind of federal forms. there was an issue of a conversation she had had with an association who's coronetly in jail in arizona and whether or not she had said that she knew that dominique strauss-kahn was a machine of means and had money. there were just problems

dominique strauss kahn. renewed tension on the korean peninsula is a project aimed at bringing north and south together comes to a bitter end. it is 9:00 a.m. here in singapore. >> it's 2:00 a.m. here in london, broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world. welcome to "newsnight." -- "newsday." >> one of colonel gaddafi's sons, has been arrested, and has appeared in the center of the libyan capital in a government military vehicle. he told the bbc that a trap had been laid for opposition forces and that soldiers loyal to his father are winning the battle for tripoli. dominic cain has the latest developments on this breaking story. >> the son of colonel gaddafi wanted for war crimes, and apparently in rebel captivity. now a free man celebrating with supporters of his father in tripoli. 24 hours ago, the international criminal court confirmed he'd been taken. but this was his message for the world. >> i want know to refute all rumors and lies. nato and the west has high-technology. they stop

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abused by dominique strauss-kahn, the former imf head. bc's aaron katersky has been following this story. >> reporter: the woman at the center of this explosive case, nafissatou diallo,o,as been summoned to a meeting. >> dominique strauss-kahn -- >> reporter: prosecutors could reveal to her whether they plan to drop sexual assault charges against one of the world's most powerful men. even after she went public, telling abc's robin roberts dominique strauss-kahn was brutal. >> i wanted to throw up. i was so sad. i was so i don't know what to do. i was so scared. >> reporter: at first, prosecutors had no doubt. strauss-kahn was aested before taking off for paris. weeks later, what prosecutors called substantial credibility issues undermined the maid's story. >> i had made a mistake. but this man tried to rape me. he tried to rape me. >> there's no requirement that you have to be mother teresa to be a rape victim. >> reporter: the maid's attorney, kenneth thompson, launched a public campaign to persuade the district attorney to go forward wit

gallo the accuser now in his first public statement since being arrested on may fourteenth dominique strauss kahnsays that if the past months have been a nightmare for him and his family and they are looking forward to returning to france dominic strauss kahn was arrested on may fourteenth shortly after paraded in front of news cameras by the new york city police department at that point he was essentially vilified by mon most mainstream media outlets and found guilty in the court of public opinion now the new york media turned this criminal investigation into somewhat of a circus because many of the new york new york city newspaper headlines refer to dominique strauss kahn as a frog one to refer to him as pepe le pew and they also refer to him as a womanizer now this of course ruin the reputation for this french politician he was considered a contender for the next presidential race in france but his basically his reputation was ruined before he was convicted at all he lost his job as head of the international monetary fund and there was a lot of of a lot of the comments and negative press that

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after months of scandalous headlines and slanderous whispers of criminal charges against dominique strauss kahn enjoyed the former head of the i.m.f. was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in new york she was going to court ny and now has the latest a manhattan supreme court judge deliver that ruling on tuesday after prosecutors in the case say that the accuser not façade to diyala has not been truthful on all matters a great and small now however this healing delivered by the judge is on hold pending an appeal by mr gallo the accuser now in his first public statement since being arrested on may fourteenth company charles bronson of the past months have been a nightmare for him and his family and they are looking forward to returning to france dominique strauss kahn was arrested on may fourteenth shortly after paraded in front of news cameras by the new york city police department at that point he was essentially vilified by moon most mainstream media outlets and found guilty in the court of public opinion now the new york media turned this criminal investigation into somewhat of a sur

immigrant hotel maid whose accusations brought down perhaps the next president of france, dominique strauss-kahn, today heard the district attorney tell her face-to-face he does not believe her story. >> manhattan district attorney has denied the right of a woman to get justice -- >> dominique strauss-kahn -- >> reporter: this case, once hailed as a shining example that the american legal system means justice for all, today ended with embarrassing questions about the role of money in that system. >> the defense would have suggested, would have argued, that she's lying, and she's lying so she can make money. >> reporter: in court papers, prosecutors said, "if we do not believe her beyond a reasonable doubt, we cannot ask a jury to pointing to lies on hehe application for asylum to the united states, where she claimed she was gang raped, lies on her tax returns and, perhaps most importantly, told prosecutors she never discussed money with anyone after the rape. then was captured in a phone call with a jailed drug dealer friend saying "this guy has a lot of money, i know what i'm doing." she says s

a new york courthouse where moments ago sexual assault charges again the former inf chief dominique strauss-kahn were dropped. you're seeing the chopper video from outside the court. the right hand is the video of strauss-kahn just leaving the courtroom. we've just received a statement from dominique strauss-kahn saying these past two and a half months have been a night mar for me and my family. i want to thank all of my friends in france and in the united states who have believed in my innocence to the thousands of people who sent their support personally and in writing, he expresses appreciation to the judge, his staff and says that he's gratified the district attorney agreed with the lawyers that this case had to be dismissed and then he goes on to say he's looking forward to returning home and resuming something of a more normal life. nbc's ron allen is at the courthouse in new york. here with me in the studio defense attorney michael jones. ron, let me begin with you, how did this all come about to where we were in court today? >> reporter: well, the entire court proceeding took about ten m

greater by wednesday. >>> prosecutors have asked a judge to drop the criminal case against dominique strauss-kahn. strauss-kahn was accused of sexually assaulting a had he toel made in new york. the woman and her lawyer met with prosecutors this morning learning that prosecutors were filing paperwork recommending the charges be dropped. investigators say they discovered serious credibility issues with the accuser. >>> earlier this year, the oakland police department admitted that its radio system had some serious problems and they were working to improve it. two months ago, they he unveiled a supposedly state of the art system. guess what? officers say the system still has bugs to be worked out. >> reporter: that's exactly what they told me, the dysfunctional radios are often times leaving them completely in the dark and even after an upgrade that cost between seven and ten million dollars, they say little has changed. months after the city of oakland upgraded its glitchy police radio system, problems persist. >> officers have had to rely on hand signals and their cell phones in order to chase su

so in the meantime, dominique strauss-kahn off on his black suv back downtown to his townhouse.appellate court makes that decision, he'll be heading to jfk on the first plane out back to france. back to you. jon: one of the most powerful man in the world now free of all criminal charges. julie, it is a stunning development. thank you. >> reporter: yeah. jenna: this fox news alert. hurricane irene another big story for us, reports it could be a category three or four by the time it makes landfall along the east coast somewhere. we do have new reports that authorities in north carolina are already ordering mandatory evacuations that begin tomorrow morning. all visitor on one of the barrier islands must leave by 5 a.m. on wednesday. we have a view for you of the storm from outer space, it gives us some perspective to just how big it is. meteorologist janice dean was the first one to warn us about this storm traveling up the east coast, potentially up into the massachusetts area, j.d., and it seems like that's certainly creating a lot of buzz right now about where this storm is head

they can no longer accused dominique strauss-kahn of attacking her and he says he plans on heading back home. >> it is the end of an unjust time. i am relieved for my wife and friends and all those who supported us through this period. >> now the accusations forced dominique strauss-kahn to resign as head of the ems and derailed his plans to run as president of the france. >>> and in the decades old cold case, jeanine disappeared in 2001 and her body has never been found. she was killed by harm's brother who then killed himself. further discussion of this case will be today during the announcement. >>> his car plunged over a cliff and spent two days waiting to be rescued. -- rescued. it went off a cliff and a hiker spotted the man's car yesterday afternoon. the east bay park ranger believes the man fell asleep and went over the edge. he is expected to survive. >>> the body of a man who fell from the yes cement half dome, about 6:30 last night and rangers are not saying what caused the fall. this is the third debtly accident in a month. earlier this month a 17-year- old boy died after fa

or where he is now. >>> a new york judge has dismissed the sexual assault charges against dominique strauss-kahn. the former director of the international monetary fund. prosecutors say they no longer believe the hotel maid who believes strauss-kahn sexually assaulted her when she cleaned his room in may. there's dna that she had sexual contact with him but there's no he evidence of a sexual assault. so the charges are officially dismissed. >>> a football legend is offering some help for the hungry today. tara moriarty joins us live to explain how former 49er joe montana is joining a new campaign to fight hunger. tara? >> reporter: well, in san francisco nearly 200,000 people strug toll feed themselves and their family each year. so -- struggle to feed themselves and their family each year. so that's where the food bank comes in. joe montana arrived about an hour and a half ago and he helped deliver and unload 5,000 pounds of kraft food in a program that's designed to helping feed america. >> got a little tour. i was shocked. they do 45 million pounds of food a year and half of that is fresh. am

news that the sex assault charges against former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn may soon be dropped. >>> and kansas city crash. spectators watch in horror as an air show comes to a tragic and spectators watch in horror as an air show comes to a tragic and fiery end. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with a fight for freedom. there has been heavy fighting this morning near the compound of libyan leader moammar gadhafi as government forces wage a counterattack against rebel fighters who advanced into the capital last night. meanwhile, gadhafi's whereabouts are still unknown. nbc's jim maceda is live for us following all the latest developments. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lynn. well, rebels swept into the capital and quickly controlled about 80, even 90% of the city. but as you say, the fighting isn't over yet. the gadhafi tanks are firing, according to some rebels, indiscriminately outside his tripoli port. one rebel fightin

there were 15 or more reporters the bank finding a lot of interest still in this case of dominique strauss-kahn. and it was a private meeting with former colleagues, people who've had worked with him for the best part of four years. he clearly felt the need to go back and talk to those people, many of whom are thought to the been quite upset actually about the whole controversy and the way it tainted the institution itself. @ think the point it to make about all this is -- i think the point to make about all this is it he clearly intended to return to france quickly. possibly on thursday. it returns to is, in washington on friday. here he says goodbye to his former colleagues. we could see him going back fairly san. interest in the story continues. >> ok. is still to come on tonight's program -- 10 years after 9/11, artists in edinburgh is the subject to inspire their pieces. japan has a new prime minister, the country's first new leader in five years. -- sixth new leader in five years. >> this is a man who will be the sixth prime minister in five years. your yoshihiko noda was a little nun bef

was dominique strauss-kahn treated fairly in this case?in the end he was treated fairly. he got chance to present his defense, at least indirectly. i think at the beginning... people in france and around the world were horrified at his treatment, the famous perp walk, what seemed to be sort of the real rush to try him in the court of public opinion and for that i think there's really no excuse. i think that it's not that he was necessarily treated differently than any other celebrity defendant, but it's a kind of treatment that i think we shouldn't support in the american justice system. i think the creation of the media circus around these very serious criminal cases just leads to unpleasantness everywhere. >> suarez: professor kutz, allison liotta, thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you, ray. >> brown: finally tonight, the benefits and limitations of medical marijuana treatments. 16 states have passed laws that allow patients to use the drug to treat side effects of various illnesses. but now, some are moving to either limit or repea

dominique strauss-kahn maintains his innocence. she says he attacked her.dna evidence in that hotel room. what exactly happened, unclear. >> we'll know more about the legalities this afternoon, but it seems you say the handwriting is on the wall about this one. all right, jonathan, thank you. >>> all right. so surviving the roller coaster ride that you may be experiencing on wall street. if you've been worried about the ups, the downs with the dow, we have some advice with what to do with your money. >>> plus, investors are keeping a very close eye on the price of oil as we watch the rebel advance in libya and what looks like the end of moammar gadhafi's 42-year rule. what are the ramifications for the rest of the region? we're going to speak with the washington bureau chiefs of al jazeera and al arabiya. next. emily's just starting out... and on a budget. like a ramen noodle- every-night budget. she thought allstate car insurance was out of her reach. until she heard about the value plan. and saving money with allstate doesn't stop there... kim and james a

. >>> a lot of americans now know him by the tabloids' shorthand of dsk, dominique strauss-kahn, the power line international banker from france who was accused of rape by a maid in a midtown manhattan hotel. tonight the case came full circle as prosecutors in new york asked the court to drop all charges against him. nbc's ron allen covering tonight has more for us, ron, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, brian. yes, this case has been falling apart for several weeks now. through it all dominique strauss-kahn has maintained his innocence all along, ever since he was arrested and pulled off a plane back in may. he has one more appearance in court tomorrow and he's expected to become a free man after that. the problem is the accuser, the housekeeper and her credibility. prosecutors today in their court filings say they just don't know what to believe about what she says happened in that hotel room that day, whether any sexual relations were forceded or were they consensual. they said that during the investigation she has told them so many conflicting stories about what hap

on libya, but also the latest in the case against former imf chief, damany xtra sactown -- dominique strauss-kahn. libya was responsible for about 2% of the world's oil production, but that production has slumped since february. oil could start trickling out again within weeks, but experts say it could be years before it is back to normal. >> since march this year, anti- gadhafi rebels have been trying to reopen oil fields as a top priority. this amateur footage shows an attack on an oil field, perpetrated by gaddafi loyalists after its capture by rebels. all production stopped as a result. officials from the national companies say some oil could flow within three weeks, but more meaningful production is likely to take much longer. and it will be some time before it gets up to 1.3 million barrels per day, which is what it was producing before. >> it is about politics as well as repairs. the biggest oil fields are in the east of the country and have been under rebel control for some time, but the oilfields in the west are still subject to export sanctions. as yet, it is unclear who is in charge he