some politicians are suggesting this could have been a trap for dominick strauss-khan to walk into. re sympathy for him? >> there is some sympathy. you see people on the street and they express reservations about rushing to judgment on this. dominick strauss-khan has had a reputation of being a lady's man over the years, to say the least. and the imf went back to 2008 and was accused of sexual harassment. he was cleared of that. and they say he had lack of judgment in the way he handled the affair with the young lady. they summarized things when they said it's a surprise. but not all that surprising because there had been these rumors for years. and the socialist party, with some of the writers for the socialist party were saying this morning, if there's any good news in any of this is it's happening now and not three weeks before the election, where they would be at pains to find someone to replace him. andrew? >> he's often described as charismatic. if you look at the major reports about dominick strauss-khan. he seems to have close relationships to some of the european leaders. wh

. >>> there's some new sex claims against former imf chief dominick strauss khan.forward, describing his unwanted attention on this "american morning." >>> good morning. it's monday, may 23rd. a lot of news this morning. weather news this morning. another very dangerous and devastating storm overnight. >> yeah, as we speak. they're conducting search and rescues, trying to find more survivors after a tornado tore through joplin, missouri, last night. up to 30% of the town destroyed. the governor has declared a state of emergency. at least 89 people are confirmed dead at this point. >> and there's no telling how many victims may be trapped beneath the debris. brian todd joins us live from joplin where search and rescue efforts are underway. dawn has broken, we know there's 89 confirmed dead, and there's a lot of work to do for search and rescue workers, isn't there? >> reporter: sure is, christine, kiran. we're going to take you around the parking lot here of the st. john's regional medical center, where there's just twisted wreckage of cars everywhere. my photo jour