working class people. >> reporter: an imf spokesman says it is below the rate of inflation but dominique strass-kahn'seck. one of strass-kahn's best perks, annual allowance of more than $79,000 tax-free to spend as he likes. according to his contract, to maintain a scale of living appropriate to his position. plus he gets reimbursed separately for entertainment expenses. an imf spokesman says the institution does not pay for the $4 million house in washington or for other properties reportedly owned by strass-kahn and his wife in paris. imf staff assigned outside the u.s. do get housing allowances. and analysts say the people like strass-kahn who aren't american and work at the washington headquarters get other benefits. >> they get allowances for keeping their kids in school. they get health care. they get generous vacations. >> reporter: it is also in strass-kahn's contract that he and anyone in his family fly first class whenever he is on official business. i asked john sewell, monitored global banks for 40-plus years about strass-kahn's take home. you don't have a problem with the salary? >> i don

and dominique strass-kahn, in america he is reviled. in france, he is a victim. >> he has been victim of preemptive punishment. >> you are an embarrassment to our party. >> republicans are off and running. and tripping over their own words. >> i don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineer. >> gloria borger talks to the governor of florida. a key state. now more on our headliner story. joining me from washington, exclusive prime time interview, michael orrin. clearly we all know now when you did get details of the speech, there was a lot of back and forth between the israeli government and the white house. what was that all about? who was involved in that back and forth? >> a number of questions to answer here. first of all, keep in mind that president obama has called for the '67 borders to be -- the 'focus point or the orientation of our peace talks with the palestinians. hasn't called for the actual return to the '67 borders. and it was not the focal point of the speech. the speech wa

and dominique strass-kahn, in america he is reviled. in france, he is a victim. >> he has been victim of premtipre preemptive punishment. >> you are an embarrassment to our party. >> republicans are off and running. and tripping over their own words. >> i don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineer. >> gloria borger talks to the governor of florida. a key state. now more on our headliner story. joining me from washington, exclusive prime time interview, michael orrin. clearly we all know now when you did get details of the speech, there was a lot of back and forth between the israeli government and the white house. what was that all about? who was involved in that back and forth? >> a number of questions to answer here. first of all, keep in mind that president obama has called for the '67 borders to be -- the 'focus point or the orientation of our peace talks with the palestinians. hasn't called for the actual return to the '67 borders. and it was not the focal point of the speech. the

her mind at least and based upon her experience in the world that could cause her harm. >> dominique strass-kahnhe french president sarkozy in next year's election, at least he was until his arrest. strass-kahn downplayed his political prospects with an interview with fareed zakaria last year. >> i'm heading international instay tugsz and happy with what i'm doing. i think it is -- it is pretentious but important for the global economy to have that working well. i have no other projects. >> when you are done with the imf, would you rule out the prospect of returning to french politics? >> for years and years and years, who knows. >> joining us now from paris, correspondent jim bittermann. this allegation of rape leveled against dominique strass-kahn, how is the french media handling it? the french media ignoring politicians and their sex lives. this is an allegation of rape. >> exactly. i think it is being treated differently because i saw a mini debate tonight on one of the television channels in which the two opposite sides were basically taking the same side saying look, you know, it is one t

in a stark contrast to the life that strass-kahn once knew, he's now in a unit at this jail complex where he is isolated. inside these walls, dominique13-foot cell. most prisoners share bakers with about 50 beds. because of his profile the prison spokesman says that he is separated from other inmates. it is a far cry from the luxury suite at new york's hotel where he stayed before his arrest. some rooms going for as many as $3,000. while hotel guests there were offered breakfast choice of a five-ounce black angus sirloin steak with eggs, along with a morning cocktail such as a $20 glass of champagne. breakfast at rikers consists of one april and banana, box of mini wheat cereal, two pieces of toast, milk, coffee or tea. strass-kahn will be eating alone and won't have contact with other prisoners who number 13,000 to 14,000 on any given day. this attorney says things have changed since violence dominated the jail in the early '90s. >> name is synonymous in popular culture with brutality, with corruption, jail breaks, people banging cups on bars. none of which is true anymore. it is still exercise as very powerful hold on the imaginati

prosecutors, or in this case, dominique strass-kahn did earn his bail.ious charges against him by way of that indictment that you mentioned. and they said they are getting compelling evidence that backs up his accuser. now, he walked into court today with a smile and later on even blew a kiss to his wife and one of his daughters sitting in the front row. that was before the judge ruled in his favor. his attorney argued before the court that if granted bond, that strass-kahn would not take off and would not disappear. >> in our view, no bail is required to assure mr. strass-kahn's appearance. he is an honorable man. he will appear in this court. and anywhere else the court directs. he has only one interest at this time. that is to clear his name. >> reporter: prosecutors argued, in fact the accused name may very well be in trouble. they told the judge that the evidence against him at this stage is compelling and account of the alleged victim is unwavering. >> while the investigation still is in its early stages, the proof against him is substantial. conti

what's next for dominique strass-kahn?he most important thing next is the investigation has to proceed. there is a lot that needs to be looked at here. especially in terms of scientific forensic evidence. was there dna left at the crime scene? is there hair and fiber at that time crime scene? the videos, surveillance videos in that area, what do they show? what about the time cards of when people went in and out of that hotel room? all that has to be looked at and experts from both sides have to have the opportunity to look at the evidence. it could take a long time. >> will his own attorneys be looking for a speedy trial? rushing to trial? or do they want this to drag on? >> delay, delay, delay. especially in a case like this where passions are high and there is a lot of attention. that's also why this bail decision is so important. because -- if he had been in rikers island for the months prior to trial he would be telling his attorneys i can't stand this. get me to trial. now he will be in a relatively comfortable apart

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. >> now, since being arrested dominique strass-kahn has resigned. has he reached out to you personally? >> no. >> and europe seems to be rallying around on having a european successor. where are you on that? >> if you step back for a second, i don't you to understand what's sort of driving our approach these institutions. you remember these were formed in the wake of the second world war. and they were set up in a really different era. and they were set up with a balance of power, governance structure that reflected the balance of power at the time and the world's changed dramatically since that time. and we have been leading, working with, not just emerging economies but even with europe, too, to make sure we change the governance structure to better reflect the reality of the balance of power in the world today and that's a very important thing to do. we made a lot of progress in doing that. but we've got some stuff to do. part of that is to try to make sure that people -- that you have a contestable appointment process for these institutions and