in the film, he is called devereaux, but he's identified as dominique strauss-kahn.trauss kahn try to have the film banned. the background. strauss-kahn, a leading hopeful for the french presidency was arrested in new york. he was accused of sexually assaulting a chambermaid in a hotel. those charges were dismissed but other allegations of sex attacks started to emerge suggesting that struasauss kahn might havea serious problem. interest in the film's premiere was great. audiences were keen to see the fall from grace of a man once so powerful. the fascination with the case and the man remains high. depardieu plays the part of a man controlled by lust, stopping only when taken into custody. it's a caricature. some critics say it last -- it lacks depth, but works as a parable on the abuse of power. tofrom star actors astronauts aboard the international space station who have sent their cargo carrier back to earth to fetch them supplies. dragon hadd spacex been docked at the station since last month. the u.s. space agency nasa turned to the private sector after scrappin

film that was not even screening officially called "welcome to new york" which is about dominique strauss-kahn's very famous sex abuse scandal that happened a number of years ago, and it starts is your i do part of -- gerard depardieu as the former imf head, and it is a crazy movie which is almost half pornography. it was a great moment because i don't think you could see any other country other than france who could have such an incredibly prominent figure -- remember, he was almost president of france -- being graded -- degraded in such a manner. and the film itself being so celebrated here. that caused a lot of scandal, and a lot of chattering from the people here, and for me, that was my favorite moment. >> in just over three weeks, football's world cup begins in brazil. with each passing day, worries over security are growing larger. >> many brazilians are angry at their government's spending spree to fund the tournament and are making their anger known. a group of protesters threw stones outside a building where fans can view the world cup trophy before storming it. >> the greatest worry a

apple but no big screen for "welcome to new york", this is a disgraced poll tarp dominiq dominique strauss-kahn it's released on the internet. popular for directors. d.i.y. is in this year. >> in is to do with power. movie makers are beholden to film distributors, because they are nooun shall. by controlling how the movies are released they regain power and money. of course, this ties in with an insashiable demand to have everything now, now, now. the impatience brought about by technology. if a film is released you have to physically go there to see it. if it's released online, you need one of these or these, and you can enjoy it wherever you may be. >> reporter: star trek is a hit "star wreck" enjoyed its success thanks to the net. as far as it's concern the web is the only way to go. >> you have been working with the fans. you know how to sell the film. giving the access there, it is, i believe, the level way - serves the film itself. >> reporter: "economics" was released in theatres, not before viewers and a chance to buy and watch it online. there's a push at cannes to bring power to the p

dominique strauss kahn was here in new york and accused of rape all charges against him were dropped even though there was medical evidence and not a single n.y.p.d. officer who was brutalized occupy protesters that any charges filed against them and that comes in spite of the fact that there's all kinds of video you get on you tube you can see all kinds of video of police brutalizing occupy protesters throwing them to the ground masing them in the face committing all kinds of atrocities not a single one of them has been prosecuted so it shows that there's a clear political case here all sesame did was was throw up her arm in a startled reaction after being sexually assaulted and yet we're going to put her in prison for three months and in addition to that she's going to be on probation for five years for five years she'll essentially be accountable to the state of new york for everything she does in her life that's that's not justice this is not justice for understands us that's going to appeal this case it was certainly be watching closely political activists caleb maupin in the no