david strauss, how do you define "the living constitution"? >> it's a good question. in idea that is controversial, but it really shouldn't be controversial. it is the idea that the constitution as it was drafted in 1787 and has been amended a few times since then, that constitution has to of of overtime in order to keep up with changing circumstances and changing ideas about how society should be run. >> host: what would you consider to be an evolution of the current constitution? >> guest: there are several examples. here is one. throughout the first hundred or so years of the republic, really up until the late 19th century the idea was that that federal government could be a very small when that both the federal and state governments would play a limited role in regulating the economy. then as the country became less agrarian and more industrial ideas about that changed in both the state legislatures and congress started to play a more active role in regulating the economy. at first the supreme court did not like that. struck down those laws as unconstitutional, bu

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strauss-kahn's wealth. and she said, quote, i know what i'm doing. rob nelson is following the story. >> reporter: good evening, david. dominique strauss-kahn enjoying his first full day of relative freedom. but the accuser, under a harsh spotlight. her case, now, on the brink of collapse. strauss-kahn and his wife left their townhome again today. in just 24 hours, the former financier going from vilified to nearly vindicated. today, more damning evidence. prosecutors say they have the recording of a phone call the woman made to her boyfriend, who was being held in an immigration jail in arizona. she reportedly tells him, don't worry. this guy has a lot of money. i know what i'm doing. >> i think you can understand why we believed from the beginning that this case was not what it appeared to be. >> reporter: the accuser's case began collapsing after prosecutors themselves released a three-page letter, outlining her lies and inconsistencies. >> you can lie on your asylum application. you can lie in your tax forms. but when you lie to the d.a.s, and potentially mislead a grand jury, prosecutor's office is going to say,

strauss-kahn. plus, i plan intercepted near ompound ofential c camp david. >>> the case against former imf chief dominic strauss, appears to be unraveling. he's accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in new but now there are ut the accuser and picious telephone call that she made. dominique strauss-kahn and his wife left their manhattan home today. he is going from delphi to ated.y vindic today, new evidence against his ser. osecutors say they have a recording of a phone call the boyfriend in her arizona. reportedly tells him, don't y has a lot of money, i know what i am doing. >> i think you understand why we believe from the beginning this case was not what it appears to be. >> the case began collapsing after prosecutors released the supplies and inconsistencies. >> you in my on your tax forms, but when you like to be a camp -- to the d.a. and mislead the jury, the prosecutor's no way toys there is move forward. >> and there are questions about nances. the associated press says authorities found several bank accounts around the country in her name holding thousands. she told investigators the hot

david. it's a stunning reversalle of fortune for strauss-kahn. abc news can confirm he is inside this townhouse he's renting. a bit ironic, it's been two months since he's allowed to travel at all. now he can, as long as he stays in the u.s. >> thank you, your honor. >> reporter: after thanking the judge, dominique strauss-kahn left court today with his arm around his wife's shoulder, released on his own recognizance. it's been nearly two months since the former imf chief was taken off a paris-bound flight, after being accused of sexually assaululng a hotel maid. the surprising turn of events came after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the ape accuser. >> all of this has caused us to reassess the position about the strength of the case. >> reporter: among the information -- financial and phone records revealing possible ties between the alleged victim and an alleged drug dealer. involvement in criminal activity, including money laundering. and that she was caught on wiretaps considering possible financial gain f

just getting under the ten year limit on filing a criminal charge against dominique strauss kahn and also i think david could be her lawyer was very clear that he didn't want his client's case to be in any way attached to the case that is now unraveling in new york by the. chambermaid who is accused of stross cano of the other eight let's not get too involved now what with the legal aspects but what about the general context of a political assassination with the news of these cases by want to. if you were to subscribe to that theory who would you say could be behind this. well there are a number of obvious candidates i should say that i don't subscribe to it but if i were just about subscribe to it clearly it would be asked for cozies part of the un peu would be sarkozy himself he could be. some of his competitors in the socialist party so if they would i don't think it's i don't think it's political sasa nation and i think it really is a case of political suicide i really think that dominique strauss kahn is at the margins of this case. and at the end of the day. i see introductory auditor up but you

david? >> rob nelson. >>> in france tonight, they're following this. after all, strauss-kahn was considered a front-runner for president of france. here's lama hasan. >> reporter: from prison to the presidential palace. yes, says one of france's most important politicians. dominique strauss-kahn must come home and run for president in 0 2012. >> for me, he could be a good candidate. >> reporter: before he was dragged off that plane and put in handhandcuffs, accused of ra he was the leading candidate to be the next president of france. jack lang, a former french minister, says now that the rape case has collapsed, strauss-kahn will come back even stronger. >> the people here will have greater admiration than before because he has shown during this period, great qualities of courage, dignity. >> reporter: the french public were always skeptical of the charges. newspapers and television stations are now trumpeting strauss-kahn's reversal of fortune. "phase two" says this headline. and strauss-kahn has a reputation for being a ladies man. but for the french, that can be a ba

burden she's carried for eight years and now her attorney, david koubbi, says she's ready to file a civil complaint against dominique straussthe facts date back to the start of 2003" he says. "facts of an extreme gravity. there was an extreme violence which was particularly remarkable in this case." banon claims strauss-kahn tried to rape her during an interview in a paris apartment when he was finance minister. meanwhile, the case against him here in the u.s. is collapsing. on friday, strauss-kahn was free from house arrest after the credibility of his accuser was thrown into question. manhattan district attorney cyrus vance said the hotel maid lied about events immediately following the alleged assault on may 14. sources tell cbs news investigators also obtained a reported phone call to her boy friend an arizona prison which she said that she could potentially cash in on the case. all of this raises serious issues, says former sex crimes prosecutor robin saks. >> she lied about the events, she lied to the investigators and she potentially lied under oath to the grand jury. when you have lies that are specifically about a

strauss-kahn's attorneys say if she does that, he will sue her for slander. >>> overseas today general david petraeus spent his last fourth of july as commander of the u.s. forces in afghanistan. he met with american troops in the war zone, and just two weeks before heading home to take on his new job as cia director, he spoke one on one with nbc about america's mission. >> happy fourth of july to all of you. >> reporter: it's his eighth fourth of july in a combat zone, but the last in uniform for general david petraeus. he spent the day visiting some of the thousands of u.s. troops stationed in afghanistan. a farewell tour for a general many consider a rock star who found himself asking these tough as nails troops to just relax. >> the best way to relax is to put your hands in your pockets. that means you right there. go ahead. in fact, i'll put them in my pockets, too, here. >> reporter: credited with helping turn the iraq war around, petraeus was tapped by president obama a year ago to do the same in afghanistan. he admits it hasn't been easy. >> i never felt we could flip afghanistan the

strauss-kahn was freed from house arrest after some of diallo's story doesn't add up. his next court date is a woke from today. >>> if you've never heard of congressman david wu before today, get ready. nancy pelosi wants the ethics committee to investigate him. wu is a democrat from oregon. he allegedly made unwanted and aggressive sexual advances toward the daughter of a campaign donor. that's what a portland newspaper is reporting. it says the scoop came from inside wu's office. now wu admitted earlier this year that he got medical help to address his behavior after a tough re-election campaign. he says he won't resign, but he will finish his term and then retire next year. >>> a trial of warren jeffs is set to begin in texas. he's the polygamist leader charged with two counts of sexual assault on a child. jeffs will face another trial on a bigamy charge later this year. the charges came out of the raid on the yearning for zion compound three years ago you may remember that. >>> back to the debt stalemate, the debt ceiling impasse if you will. brick wall, whatever you call it. asian markets are starting to feel it. listen to secretary of state hillary clinton. she soun

including prime minister david cameron he now has to stand back and say no i can't do it anymore it's going to bad. this week of france's former finance minister stepped into strauss kahn shoes and took over as i.m.f. chief christine lagarde his first challenge is to deal with the cash strapped e.u. as well as the world's continuing economic crisis but as artie's christina for zol reports there's still more interest in muckraking rather than money matters. from violence on the streets of the middle east. to protests in north africa to europe. for portugal's credit rating has been deemed junk. and in greece. where unemployment hovers at about sixteen percent and the debt crisis has sparked anger nearly all of this anger stemming from poverty and failed economic policies in the us as well high unemployment sits atop a mountain of problems like a housing crisis and slow financial growth this is the world christine legarde inherits as she begins at her new post as managing director of the international monetary fund in her first formal meeting with the press at the i.m.f. headquarters in washington she seemed optimistic in her hopes the international monetary fund is

now, david cameron has an official inquiry, that follows reports that the newspaper hacked into phones of bereaved families of soldiers in iraq. >>> the imf former manager, dominique strauss-kahn, says the maid's lawyer is demanding that the district attorney step aside, saying that prosecutors have leaked information to the media and discredited the maid. >>> of two earlier attempts, the city pyongchang won the olympic games. >>> the power of social media has opened so many doors, it's reached the white house. president barack obama, hosting a town hall meeting on twitter wednesday. taking tweets. he answered them the old-fashioned way, through the microphone. those are the headlines. i'm monita rajpal in london. "world business today" starts right now. >>> good morning cnn london, i'm charles hudson. >> i'm andrew stevens. welcome to "world business today." >> investors head to the exits. a phone hacking scandal of britain's best-selling sunday newspaper deepens. >>> facebook teams up with skype to give its users more facetime. >> and we'll tell you about the manhattan food fight over italian eating. >> it's been a mixed day on the stock markets so far. we've seen some

david. >>> we're now hearing that the hotel maid side of the story in the dominique strauss-kahn case whosweek" and abc news. what do you think? it's pretty dramatic testimony. >> 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. >> 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. >> when did you realize that he was one of the most powerful men in the world? >> i was watching in the news and then they say he is going to be the next president of france. i said oh, my god and i was crying. i said they're going to kill me. i'm going to die. >> she insists, too, that dominique strauss-kahn forced himself upon her, in an interview says he grabbed he

david mattingly outside the courthouse, thank you. >>> and then as the tables turn in the dominique strauss-kahn case, what does it say about our legal system. carol costello, hi. >> i know most of americans are feasting on the casey anthony trial, but maybe we should turn our attention to new york, to a sexual assault case that is as ugly as it gets, if you are talking about justice, that is. the head of the international monetary fund is arrested on charges of assaulting a hotel maid. the story resinates a rich powerful man attacking a woman with no power, an accusation so awful even without a conviction, the powerful man, dominique strauss-kahn resigns from the imf, his dream of becoming france's next president, likely over. the alleged victim? the new york times reporter were moved to tears by her story. there is dna and bruising to prove it was not consensual. and then the leaks begin. after two days when she said she was attacked, then she told a boyfriend she is fine, and this person is rich and money is to be made. should it matter? again, it depends on your perspective. >> now, it's a fact that the victim here made some mist

i am david mattingly in orlando with the latest on the deliberations in the casey anthony murder trial. >>> coming up also in the next hour, more legal trouble for former imf head, dominique strauss going to court today. a french writer alleges he tried to rape her eight years ago. >>> two of baseball's biggest comebacks? >> yeah, good to see the future hall of famers back. albert pujols could be back from a broken wrist today. he was supposed to be out four to six weeks, maybe longer, and just another reason why they call him the machine. last night, shortstop derek jeter returned to the yankees' lineup. he did not get a hit but reached on a base hit right here. jeter is six hits away from 3,000. adam dunn has been a great slugger for a decade, but this year he has been awful. and he got just a single got, yes, a standing ovation. the hometown fans of chicago mocking him, and he tipped his cap and played along. and later in the game, he got a second standing o, and this one he earned. a huge shot gone. he said it had been so long he almost forgot what it was like. that was the difference as the sox won, 5-4. and then majerle goes up the middle. and omar infante throws it with a

david cameron. he called for new regulations of the press. >>> paris prosecutors opening a preliminary investigation into sexual assault accusations against dominique straussin 2003. it will take months, if not years and may result in a trial. different sex assault charges in new york city after a hotel maid claims he attacked her in may. the questions about the accusers credibility punched holes in the case there. strauss-kahn was released and they have asked the d.a. to dismiss the case. >>> a government shutdown putting thousands out of work in minnesota is costing the state millions of dollars. according to the chicago sun times, minnesota could lose tens of millions o month. a million bucks a week from camping fees, gift shop and concession sales and another $1.25 million in lottery sales. the stand off is now entering the eighth straight day. a key ratings agency downgraded the debt. an independent panel created by walter mondale is now calling for spending cuts and tax increases to end minnesota's budget crisis. before we go, eric baits, thank you very much. what do you have coming up in the next "rolling stone"? >> now, we have a piece you have alr

eastern, dominique strauss-kahn back in a new york courtroom. 1:30 eastern, the man arrested by the fbi for flying on a fraudulent boarding pass. >>> and president obama heading for camp davidys and counting to the end of an era as nasa gets ready to pull the plug on a program, take a hard look after the break. my doctor told me calcium is best absorbed in small continuous amounts. only one calcium supplement does that in one daily dose. new citracal slow release... continuously releases calcium plus d for the efficient absorption my body needs. citracal. glimpse of strauss-kahn, former -- there he is, you can see the former imf chief and his wife by his side heading into the courtroom. his court hearing expected to take place within the next hour. the sexual assault case against the former imf chief, dominique strauss-kahn could be in jeopardy. we reported sources familiar with the case were telling us that prosecutors have found major credibility problems with the hotel maid who is accusing him of sexual assault. we're following the story and hearing that should be taking place within the next hour as you saw strauss-kahn arriving to the courthouse. >>> seven days away fr