dominique strauss-kahn with restitution involvement. there is a lack of evidence against the former imf chief. france opens an investigation over the germanwings crash. and the boston telecom giant orange apologizes to israel over a growing boycott scandal. to top stories. kate moody will be here and will explain why zimbabwe has decided to bid farewell to its national currency. plus, the latest from the international press. molly: we begin in france, where ad court has acquitted former top politician dominique strauss-kahn. the x imf chief was charged with involvement in a prostitution ring. the three-week trial aired all his dirty laundry but was not enough to find the man guilty. many had hoped that strauss-kahn would become france's next president. our correspondent reports now. >> really to no surprises, dominique strauss-kahn, the former president of the imf, has been cleared. the charges against him were procuring prostitutes, of maintaining and encouraging a prostitution ring. judges ruled they have not enough evidence or proof

the man once viewed as a possible candidate for the french presidency, dominique strauss-kahn, is acquitted in involvement in a prostitution ring. a second round of flogging for the saudi arabian blogger has been postponed again. also as well, the israeli investigation says the missile test that killed four young boys last year with a tragic accident, saying they mistook them for gunmen. >> welcome back. our top story in france, dominique strauss-kahn has been acquitted of being involved in a prostitution ring. the court's decision friday ends a legal battle that captivated this country. the case also something wants possible presidential candidate fighting to prove it was not a criminal act. >> cleared of all charges, dominique strauss-kahn admitted the a swinger enjoying rough sex, but he has always denied being involved in a prostitution ring. he risked up to 10 years in prison. now, he is a free man. a judge acquitted him. his lawyer welcomes the ruling. >> the formal investigation dominique strauss-kahn has undergone is totally ideological based on more criteria and not on judicial cri

anchor: dominique strauss-kahn has been acquitted of charges. he described himself as a libertine who enjoys group sex but not a pimp. the hearing brings an end to a four-year drama. anchor: the one-time french presidential hopeful admitted taking part in sex parties which are not illegal in france but he denied that he organized them, paid for them or that he knew that prostitutes had been hired to participate. the case was one of a number of sex charges that helped derail his career. anchor: our correspondent has been covering this. dominique strauss-kahn was expected to stand in when the -- and win the french president -- presidency. reporter: he is as dead as a dodo. he seems tob be irrepressible. he works as political advisor to governments and is on the board of two russian banks. there are some things that are too funny to be made up. there was a rather trashy movie made about his case, the rape case in new york and whether would play him then gerard depardieu who rather resembles a beached whale. there was a big public debate. french wom

former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss-kahn acquitted of sex crimes. he was charged with aggravated pimping for hiring prostitutes for sex parties. prostitution is legal in france but there are laws regulating it. again, dominique strauss-kahn just now acquitted of aggravated pimping. a hotel maid in new york city accused him of sex assault in 2011. that case was settled out of court. >>> breaking news right now. we do have some flooding here in marc causing some delays. marc penn north train 400, 20 or 30 minutes behind. if you're headed north take the train over to bowie or seabrook. we have all lanes now open on suitland. right now, wide look at things. we look pretty good, finally getting a little bit of red. i say finally because it's taken a long time. i don't like seeing red. the outer loop as you approach georgia avenue is a little bit slow. inbound 395 there also a tad slow. 395, just north of duke street a little bit of volume here. overall pretty light. 66 no major problems. 95 looking good. same thing when you look at prince george's county

a former imf chief dominique strauss kahn faces up to 10 years in prison for organizing sex parties during global financial crisis. strauss khan has told the court the parties were a much-needed recreational session and denies any wrongdoing. the women who participated testified they weren't having any fun at all. a union thing in the recent cybertrack against the u.s. government was much broader than previously thought. the head of the american federation of government employees that hackers stole personal data and social security numbers for every federal employee. the hackers are based in china. beijing has denied any involvement. before you head out the door this morning, look at your friday forecast that friday forecast with fox meteorologist maria molina. good morning to you. are we expecting are we expecting a good week and on the east coast? reporter: well, it is going to be a warm one. also very humid out there. get ready for it should really start to feel like summer across parts of the east coast. we're looking at showers and storms developing across the plains and into the midw

this is a follow on from the former head of the imf dominique strauss can't. -- dominique strauss-kahnoing to call it an unseemly matter in new york city. what would you call that? brendan: it is all like that. the ultimate outcome of the trial is not what matters, it is what gets dragged out about your character during the trial. it is hard to imagine before he was arrested on the tarmac in the u.s. he was a possible candidate for president in france. that is not going to happen. tom: this is not a normal u.s. judicial process. there is a french way to do this. brendan: you asked me, and i wish i had a better answer than napoleonic code. tom: there is a whole different media take on how they do this. vonnie: things like slander and libel are completely different. you cannot say anything about anybody in europe, where here you can say quite a lot. brendan: too many people have done their own tell-awlslls and gone to newspapers. tom: and you wonder seriously if the whole story is over. dominique strauss-kahn acquitted. vonnie: 16 limited edition cans are being released. why these rapper

business network, and anchor sandra smith the verdict in for the former headed of the imf, dominique strauss-kahns been cleared of pimping charges in a french trial that hinged on sex parties, that took place during the global financial crisis, today importants verdict closes four years of legal drama for strauss-kahn, a big day for corporate changes we kick off with twitters the stock is up, in the premarket 8%, in extended hours last night, shares of twitter were trading wild in the extended hours trading session last night after ceo costolo announced he is leaving after five years, at the helm of twitter factors leading to announcement include slowing user growth and slowing sales, here is the conference call last night. >> we have a great foundation in place with a very clear strategy, when we talked to you about, and executives -- priorities that match that strategy you want to do these things when the -- is stable when it is robust, when there's a plan a clear plan and a clear path forward against that plan and this is where we are today. maria: coo founder dorsey stakes over as interim ceo

get started at xfinity.com/myaccount >> a french court has cleared dominique strauss kahn on pimping charges. at one time he was a he did take part he tonighted in wild or orgies but didn't pay anyone for sex. >>> a former political operative has been sentenced to two years in prison. tyler harbor is the first person ever charged for coordinating political dmaikses between a donations between a a campaign and a from super-pac. sentenced to two additional years of probation. >>> hillary clinton will hold her first political rally in new york and then off to iowa. ash-har quraishi has more for campaign trail in des moines. >> for presidential candidates the run up to the iowa caucus is all about momentum. trying to build it when you're behind, trying to maintain it when you're ahead. >> the grotesque level of wealth and income level in our country. >> bernie sarnth in sanders has in the last week drawn large crowds in iowa. >> governor how does it feel to be bake in iowa? >> it's great to be back in iowa. everyone wants to meet the candidate two or three times before making up their mi

. ♪ now a french court is due to rule on whether the former imf chief dominique strauss kahn is guiltying and he left to hear the victim and if guilty he faces a decade behind bars but the prosecutor asked for him to be acquitted citing lack of evidence and we have been following the story from london and we are still waiting to hear that verdict but the feeling seems to be that strauss kahn is going to escape the conviction. >> yes, i think during the trial back in february it was pretty clear that the prosecution was struggling to prove certainly that dominick strauss kahn had organized these parties and that is the accusation that would need to stick if he is to be convicted of aggravated pimping and even struggled i think to prove that he knew that the women he was sleeping with were prostitutes. what mr. strauss kahn was saying and the lawyers were saying is, look, i'm not being charged under a moral code, i'm being charged under a penal code and this court is looking at my morality certainly many embarrassing details came out, i think these parties which took place in brussels an

. >>> former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss-kahn has been cleared of pimping charges. -- pimping charges. strauss-kahn had said the parties were much-needed recreational sessions and he did not know that this women who took part in them were prostitutes. allegations against strauss- kahn started when a new york hotel maid accused him of sexual assault back in 2011. that case was settled out of course. >>> former virginia first lady maureen mcdonnell now made the final case for an appeal. her lawyers are asking a virginia judge to overturn her public corruption conviction. prosecutors say there's clearly enough evidence to support that conviction. but her lawyers say the convictions were based on an overly broad interpretation of the federal bribery law. the similar appeal was made by her husband the former governor. there's to word on -- no word on when a ruling might come in her case. >>> okay first alert weather time and plenty of alerts to talk about today. heat the major one of them. and for a few days? >> yes. a strange of days i mean for the next seven days my c

dominique strauss-kahn with restitution involvement. there is a lack of evidence against the former imf chief. france opens an investigation over the germanwings crash. and the boston telecom giant orange apologizes to israel over a growing boycott scandal. to top stories. kate moody will be here and will explain why zimbabwe has decided to bid farewell to

dominique strauss-kahn is acquitted of sex charges. he never denied attending sex parties calling them recreational sessions. but insisted he didn't know the women involved were prostitutes. >>> up next, water savings at the ballpark. why these peanuts and crackerjacks may still be there long after the final out. >> and things are all tied up in the finals. what warriors coach steve kerr is saying about a >>> the warriors arrived in the bay area today with the nba finals even two games apiece. steph curry looked more like the mvp last night. this is one of four three-point shots he hit as golden state beat the cavaliers. andrea nakano joining us. not a must-win game last night. >> no team came back when trailing three games to one? so they really needed to win last night. and they did. >> they did. so they are not in that hole. the history of the nba finals 32 teams have fallen behind three games to one and couldn't recover but the dubs aren't in the hole thanks to steve kerr making a top secret adjustment for game four. the warriors p

. >> former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss kahn is cleared of pimping charges. the charges hinged on six parties that took place in france. he told the court the sessions were much needed recreational sessions and he didn't know they were prostitutes. >>> a young girl's dream come true but it's what happened next that has everyone talking. we'll show you. >>> following the stories you're clicking on this morning. jurassic world is here. ahead of the movie release it's "jurassic park" website that's causing a story. the 1990s website still exists and according to "the huffington post," it's a treasure-trove of adventure. you can check out dr. hammond's office to find someone interactive items. >> and it seems tom people will do noiganything to get out of jury duty. a man showed up wearing a black and white jump suit and he was dismissed. social media is lighting up today with this news story. have a look at this one getting all kinds of media attention. a six-year-old girl is gaining fans worldwide. she was presenting flowers to the queen of england when she was

strauss kahn is over. accused of pimping. barnaby phillips has more. >> dominique strauss kahn never denied he took part in sex parties, he didn't know the women involved were prostitutes in the end the court believed him. >> translator: the judgment is out. everyone ask see there was no legal basis in the case and all the noise that has surrounded this story has given us all something to think about. >> dominic strauss kahn, dsk as he's known in france was one of the world's most influential figures. he was the finance minister who prepared france for introduction of the euro. after that he was director of the international monetary fund. he was thought to be weeks away from declaring his intention to run against nicholas sarkozy he was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid. that prosecution collapsed strauss kahn settled a civil case out of court. now strauss kahn leaves the court in lilles a free man. mr. strauss kahn may still try to play a role in public life. barnaby flims, al snriches, al jazeera. >>> greek officials saying a deal with the country's cr

in france, former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn has been cleared of pimping charges.he bird clears four years of legal drama. 10 others were acquitted as well. sexallegations stem from parties held during the global financial crisis. let's go to senior markets correspondent julie hyman with a look at how wall street is performing on this friday. we are seeing lots of bread. julie: a big selloff in stocks. if you look at the three major averages, we have declined across the board for the dow, the steepest decline on a percentage basis, down .75%. twitter has been on the list all day of movers. the stock has now turned lower. down .2%. if you look at the terminal, you can see even more sharply the trajectory of the stock. when the news came out last night that dick costolo would be departing, the stock spiked by 10% in after-hours and then dwindled down to about 6%, and then you can see the trajectory durant -- throughout the premarket and regular session. still a lot of questions about who the new ceo will be and what the strategy will be. i also want to point out the

in france, dominique strauss-kahn has been cleared of charges.closes four years of legal drama. 10 others were acquitted as well. the charges stem from sex parties held during the global financial crisis. he lost the presidential election, but mitt romney is still a big draw for republican hopefuls want his endorsement and money. six presidential candidates will be a part city, utah for romney's third annual retreat this weekend. it brings together individual leaders and politics and policy. mitt romney will be joining "with all due respect t." those are your top stories. erik: netflix premiered the third season of "what is the new black." scarlet: they from you do a little bit ahead of time. erik: maybe you watch to on your roku or dish satellite. that is what charlie ergen is hoping for. he sat down with an exclusive interview and guess who is here? betty liu. "oranges in fan of the black -- orange is the new black." i hope to watch it, too. they hope to break that long-held cable bundle. apple tv is coming up soon. i asked charlie ergen who wi

. >> a verdict is expected today in the trial of dominique strauss-kahn. form he is accused of arranging appointments with prostitutes. he claims he didn't know the women were prostitutes. he is officially charged with pimping. he is no longer looking for a deal, so acquittal is possible. >>> so many of them are getting out and where they are headed, we don't get to follow them all the time but we did follow one family who shared their story with cnn about how they ended up likesome other so many other mi in greece. >> reporter: he has so much to smile about but he doesn't know it. like many others, he made it to europe without harm. you walk the street and you get a sense of the challenge authorities have on their hands. just behind me, majority of people there are from pakistan. this is a group of friends who arrived from syria. next todoor, a family with thre children. families from syria and a group of friends from afghanistan. all of these people desperate looking to europe for a by out. the family from aleppo arrived only ten day easy go, making the

jenna: some crime stories we're following on "happening now," dominique strauss-kahn acquitted on pimpingrges in france the case stemmed from sex parties held during the global financial crisis. he says he didn't know the women involved were prostitutes. >>> a violent police chase leaves one officer with minor injuries in minnesota. investigators say a woman spotted the suspect lurking around her house with an axe. she called police the suspect took off, ramming patrol cars until he was eventually arrested. >>> and the search is on for a serial bank robber in new york city. the fbi offering a quote significant reward for information leading to the arrest of this man. he's often seen wearing a yankees baseball cap. and showing a gun during several robberies. jon: hillary clinton preparing for her first major campaign event tomorrow, or so we're told. mrs. clinton will be holding a kickoff rally on new york city's roosevelt island a reboot of sorts for a campaign marked by controversial headlines. michael warren is a staff writer at the weekly standard. thanks for being here. wet -- betsy i

. >> dominique strauss-kahn has been acquitted of procuring prostitutes for sex parties. the former head of the international monetary fund always denied he knew the women were sex workers. >> it's world day against child labor. the international child labor organization said there are 168 child workers, 120 million of them between 4-14 years of age. 85 million of them do so in hazardous conditions. the highest numbers are in sub saharan africa. cambodia faces particular challenges. rob mcbride reports. >> the arrival of this truck marks the start of the working day. no one is too young to work. with children only able to earn a dollar for a day wielding a chopper, the smallest of fingers are needed for families to make enough to live on. >> these are family groups working together. >> we have come here with world vision. one of the organizations helping cambodia realize its goal of putting children like these into schools full time. it's also simon's dream. >> i prefer being in school, but we need the money he tells us. across cambodia, child labor is still a problem. it

dominique strauss-kahn will learned today whether he's been found guilty of aggravated pending chargesformer international monetary fund chief insists he's innocent and that he's being prosecuted for a swinging lifestyle that is no one else's business. let's get a quick check on the markets. mark, we are talking about zimbabwe. mark: we certainly are. this is an incredible story with numbers that are mind-boggling. the zimbabwe dollar is going to be taken from circulation. what that means is that the central bank of zimbabwe will offer five dollars for every 175 quadrillion. not every day we deal with quadrillion's. 175 quadrillion is 175,000 trillion zimbabwe dollars. this is to help formalize a multicurrency system that was introduced in 2009 to stem inflation and stabilize the economy. it does mark the official dropping of the currency, but to be fair, transactions in zimbabwe for many years have been done in the u.s. dollar and the south african rand. you'll remember, the economy plunged into crisis many years ago back in 2000 when the government seized white-owned commercial farms

a prosecutor says there was not enough evidence to convict dominique strauss-kahn.d not deny participating in sex parties across the world but said he did not know that the women were prostitutes. >>> now to an update on a story that we're following, a developing situation in dallas, texas. police there say they have found explosives outside the city's police headquarters. the incident started when an armored van opened fire outside the building just after midnight. police then gave chase and last reported that they had the van surrounded on a nearby interstate. and now they say there may be as many as four suspects. let's turn to an eyewitness, rick burt, who is now on the phone joining from us dallas, texas. rick, thank you for taking time to be with us and also, thank you for bringing us some of the video that we're seeing here. just talk to us, if you could, about the situation, how it p y played out, we understand just after 12:30 your time. >> that's correct. it was actually 12:24 central time, and my wife was on the computer. i was getting ready for bed. and

earlier this year the prosecutor asked the court to clear dominique strauss-kahn. he said he did not know women at an organized sex party were prostitutes. >>> four western tour of thes who posed naked on top of malaysia's tallest mountain plead guilty to charges. they were swarmed by photographers. one local official says their behavior caused a deadly earthquake on a mountain a week ago. a photo showing the tourists quickly spread on social media. they face three days in jail and a fine of $1300. >>> twitter faces another major shake-up as it struggles to impress wall street. ceo dick costolo will step down after five years on the job. twitter has been rnd pressure over slow user growth and difficulty attracting advertisers. its shares are down about 20% suns the ipo in 2013. co-founder jack dorsey will serve as interim chief executive until a permanent replacement is found. >>> game four of the nba finals was painful for lebron james and the cavaliers. >> a more physical game as james goes down. >> james needed stitches in his scalp after he fell into a tv camer

leland: after four years of legal drama a french court has acquitted dominique strauss-kahn of pimping: a man who once held a top job in global finance was cleared today of organizing orgies. it happened in a courtroom in northern france. he was acquitted on aggravated pimping charges in paris and washington during the height of the world financial crisis. his explanation of yes was involved with these parties? he needed recreational sessions during that tense time and with all the summits he had to attend he wouldn't have had time to organization them anyway and when he attended he had no idea the women were quote professionals. our viewers might remember the better-known incident in 2011 in which he was accused of sexually assaulting a maid in a hotel in new york. while he was acquitted of that he did settle a civil case out of court. his third marriage didn't last either and most think his days in the political limelight are pretty much over, or are they? a poll earlier this year found 79 person * --% believe he would have made a better president than the current president francois

former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn has been acquitted. arges of aggravated pimping. specifically sex parties involving prostitution. the verdict was not a surprise. five out of the six accusers dropped their claims against strauss-kahn and the prosecutor recommended acquittal. one of the long lists of reasons of why we love france. and we were talking about it. the bar is very high to get a conviction on something like this. right? am i right or am i right? >> i'm not touching this literally or figuratively. >> yeah. i know you're going to be a wimp about this. >> i am. >> is there a french word for fidelity? >> there's the motorcycle helmet the aggravated pimping. what's going on over there? >> i think the bar is very high to get convicted in any of these cases. >> i like the aggravated pimping terminology. >> it's the aggravated with the pimping. it's like, well where's the line that they draw? >> that's what i mean. obviously there must be laws written that says hey, this average pimping is fine but when -- >> when it gets aggravated --

and then we have former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn acquitted of pimping.man of position do this kind of thing for? >> he said he needed to relieve stress and had outlet of recognize ration busy saving the world with a hectic life and needed to go to sex orgies and shown in court to refer to women as life stock and equipment. >> he said this? >> that was in testimony over last four years this is a four-year trial. >> this man could have been the president of france. >> yes. flts he was the guy who ran the ims. >> a powerful organization -- >> incredibly wealthy man and needs to relieve stress with prostitutes? >> he never explained himself like why he needed to go to repeated orgies with strangers with women and they were group orgies as well. not into the details because we're g-rated. but you know testimony was heroing a story of power, money, fame and prostitutes. they could never prove that he paid for prostitutes even though they testified in court that they were having sex with him. >> wonder how he felts now having thrown it all away. >> men like thi