she said enough to the cops so that they dragged dominique strauss-khan off that air france jet. he said, we're still -- the case still stands. the next appearance for dominique strauss-khan confirmed a few hours ago by the district to attorney's office, july 18th. but the difference is he won't be wearing the ankle bracelet and he'll be flying in from california, and he won't be going to france because they took his passport. >> you mentioned his house arrest rescinded, what are the immediate plans beyond or, let's say, before that july 18th court date? >> reporter: yes. sorry to get ahead of you there. look, the family says they're deciding what to do right now. >> yeah. >> reporter: he's in a very expensive, rented tribeca townhouse where people have been staking out. but now he is -- you know, he could go anywhere. i'm sure he wants to take a break from the cocoon he's been in and how he would celebrate the july 4th weekend, independence day, as the defense attorney noted, emblematic of the freedom that his attorney says dominique strauss-khan should be granted in light of the

the 32-year-old saying dominique strauss-khan attacked her like a crazy man. his $3,000 a night manhattan hotel suite in may. lawyers for dominique strauss-khan calling the interviews an unseamly circus. here's some of what he said in an interview on "good morning america." >> i'm like i'm so sorry, i turn my head. he come to me and grab my breast, no, you don't have to be sorry! i say stop sir, i don't want to lose my job! stop this! he keep pushing me to the hallway. >> shepard: prosecutors have raised a lot of doubt about that maid's credibility. she says she wants justice. she also reportedly acknowledging she made mistakes in telling her verse of events. here to break down the case the host of the five on the fox news channel and our senior judicial analyst. busy week. judge napolitano. where are the holes? >> to start off with, this is a defense counsel's dream. ordinarily they would never see her until she takes the stand and begins to testify. having the tapes of what she said. having available to them porks of the tapes they didn't air, as well as note

>>> a day on the town for dominique strauss khan. his first since the rape allegations. tonight we learn more about why the case against him seems to be fallinging a35r9. >>> and the hottest new trends in fitness. mini runners swear by them. so why is the army banning these shoes? >>> and a disturbing start to the holiday weekend. the deaths of three swimmers in as many days prompting a warning to all beachgoers at the outer banks. good saturday. i'm craig melvin. >>> we start with concern on area roadways. preventing drunk drivers from getting behind the wheel an a weekend full of parties. tonight as police saturate the roads to catch drunk drivers we learn a crash that killed three may have involved alcohol. derrick ward is along 395 in arlington. good evening, derrick. >> good evening, craig. there's drivers probably already that shouldn't be out here. this 4th of july weekend, police from about half a dozen northern virginia jurisdictions are cracking down. before the sun had risen on this 4th of july weekend our area had already experienced a crash with fatalities.

. >>> switching gears, hotel maid who accuses dominique strauss-khan of sexually assaulting her is speaking out for the first time. dsk was arrested in may and and immediately put under house arrest but he was let out after prosecutors here in new york discovered his accuser lied about some of the story. this week's "newsweek" she describes the alleged attack saying, quote, sir, stop this. i don't want to lose my job. he said, you're not going to lose your job. lawyers for dsk says she's trying to inflame public opinion. >>> democratic leader nancy pelosi will ask the house ethics committee to investigate david wu. he's accused of having an unwanted sexual encounter with a campaign donor's daughter. he told top aides it was consensual. he says he will not resign and will not run for re-election. midsection will suffer through >>> parts of the nation's midsection will suffer through another week of punishing hot weather. heat advisories are posted for texas, oklahoma, arkansas, missouri, kansas and illinois. temperatures in those areas could feel as high as 115 degrees. meanwhile the u.s. is

emerging about the alleged secrets and lies surrounding the woman who accused former imf chief dominique strauss-khan of rape. >> start your engines. we've got the best deals on american-made cars from consumer reports. >> first, fire crews fighting the largest wildfire in new mexico state history. more than 10,000 people forced to leave their homes days ago. one of the nation's top nuclear weapons labs evacuated. now, the fire doing serious damage to native american tribal lands. dan springer has been following this story all day. he joins us live from los alamos, new mexico. dan it has been a difficult day out there. >> reporter: yeah, the overall fight continues. 113,000 acres, only 5% containment. the battle to save the all important nuclear lab here in los alamos has been won. we got that word today from the lab director in a news conference he said they've transitioned from emergency status to recovery mode. it means 200 firefighters who were protecting the lab can go to a more active section of the fire. lab staff have gotten inside to check for damage. although, because of the strong response

an astonishing turn of events in the rape case in new york against french political bigwig dominique strauss-khanhan appeared in court and heard prosecutors

our 8:30 half-hour. >>> we begin this half-hour with the stunning new developments in the dominique strauss-khan sex assault case. jeff rossen has more. good morning. >> reporter: all along prosecutors in new york have been very clear the case against dominique strauss-khan was very strong, that the evidence was piling up and that they believed the victim. but this morning what appears to be a total reversal. law enforcement sources now tell nbc news the entire case may be falling apart because the victim lied about her past. he's been hauled in to court, charged with sex crimes, and placed under house arrest, living under armed guard inside this $50,000 a month townhouse in trendy tribeca. but if this latest twist is true, experts say dominique strauss-khan could be released from house arrest as early as today. he was one of the most powerful men in the world, head of the international monetary fund, and possible candidate for french president -- until a maid in this luxury manhattan hotel told police strauss-khan sexually assaulted her twice in his room. but now "the new york times" reports sh

tendra que esperar hasta conocer el el ex director ente del fondo monetario internacional dominique strauss khan que cumplir mas arresto domiciliario, pero sigue imputado por las acusaciones de asalto sexual e intento de violaciÓn.. asi lo decidiÓ el juez michael obus, en nueva york.... tanto la fiscalia como la defensa del economista frances han encontrado elementos que ponen en duda la credibilidad de la inmigrante africana de 32 aÑos, que lo denunciÓ el 14 de mayo por asalto sexual e intento de violaciÓn... aparentemente la mujer habria mentido a las autoridades de inmigracion cuando solicito asilo y habria mantenido contacto telefonico que les tomo fotos habrian violado sus derechos constitucionales.. eso es lo que sostiene la organizacion pro libertades civiles aclu... el estudiante tomo foto de los uniformados durante una infraccion vehicular y estos le pidieron identificacion y le dijeron que necesitaba permiso para fotografiarlos... aclu sostiene que con la tecnologia celular muchos policias temen que sus acciones sean captadas y .... hay nuevas altenativas para que los duenos de cas

. >>> attorney for dominique strauss-khan says the former imf chief will not accept a plea bargain and won't plead guilty. prosecutors and attorneys met yesterday to discuss the sexual assault case. >>> the feds ordered exxonmobil to make safety requirements on a ruptured pipeline in montana. >>> and two positive signs just in on the jobs market. private sector employers added 157,000 positions in june. much more than expected. and the number of first-time appliers for jobless benefits fell by 14,000 last week. >>> so, will and kate's journey across canada wraps up today. for the past week we've seen them cooking, racing dragon boats and bringing smiles to the faces of the locals. yesterday the picture were heartbreaking. they spent part of the day in slave lake, alberta, a town burned to the ground by wildfires in may. now they're in calgary for a lighter day, an agenda that includes a parade and bull-riding demonstration. will and kate will head to the u.s. where they'll visit with a certain group of americans that mean a lot to us. we're talking about our troops. the royal couple wi

. >>> dominique strauss-khan is almost a free man today.gnizance after a bombshell from new york prosecutors. in a ten-minute hearing they told the court they had serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who tess strauss-kahn sexually assaulted her a month ago. they think she lied about this case and others including her asylum application from her native guinea. there's dna evidence that sex took place between the maid and the former head of the international monetary fund, but khan said it was consensual, the maid's lawyer says it most certainly was not. >> he then grabbed her vagina with so much force that he hurt her. he grabbed her vagina with so much force that he bruised her vagina. when she went to the hospital later that day, the nurses who examined her saw the bruises on her vagina that were caused by dominique strauss' hand, and they took pictures of the bruises on her vagina, and the district attorney has those pictures. >> weeks ago when strauss-kahn was first allowed to leave jail, he was made to put up $1 mil

tonight it snowballed into a decision by the court to release dominique strauss khan from house arrest a stunning reversal of fortune for dominique strauss khan. with his wife and a smiling dsk, he left court with a $6 million bail off his back after the state case against him went into a free fall. >> there will be no rush to judgment in the case. >> prosecutors admitted to the defense attorneys thursday and then to a judge that the hotel maid's credibility was developing gaping holes and she accused the french royal banker of sexually assaulting her in a posh new york hotel suite. according to authorities now admits to lying about parts of her story and that's not all. among other discrepancies, the state said after the alleged attack, she repeated 3 told police and the grand jury he stayed in a hall way after escaping until he left in an elevator. prosecutors now say she admits the truth and first cleaned another hotel skbooet then returned to the scene of her encounter before reporting it to the supervisor. >> other alleged lies claims she was gang raped as part of an asylum claim

. >>> former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss-khan may be free today but his legal troubles are far from over. 9 news just learned a french novelist is filing an attempted rape suit against the billionaire. strauss-khan was arrested in new york in may on charges that he tried to rape a hotel maid. he was released without bail after the questions were raised about the maid's credibility. >>> it's deliberation day for the jury charged with deciding if casey anthony committed murder. they have been sequestered for six weeks and are hearing final arguments from the prosecution before meeting to figure out their verdict. karen brown has the latest from orlando. >> reporter: casey anthony's fate will be in the hands of the jury. jurors must decide if the 25- year-old murdered her two-year- old daughter caylee. this morning they heard prosecutors present their rebuttal to the defense's closing arguments. >> our position is that the facts in this case show beyond a reasonable doubt that this was a premeditated murder of a young child. >> prosecutor first focused on the fore

. >> it's been a turbulent six weeks for dominique strauss-khan , from top financial official to criminal defendant. but he left court look ago sured and encouraged by the cracks in the case against him. >> that was a report from new york. syrian security forces have reportedly shot dead at least 14 protesters as hundreds of thousands of people took part in some of the biggest demonstrations since syria's uprising began in march. people took to the streets across the country calling on president assad to step down. from damascus, kwleen reports. >> hysteria, some of the biggest since demonstrations began in march. these pictures show hundreds of thousands of people in hamas. it is the city where 10,000 people were killed after the regime brutally suppressed an uprising in 1982. they are unafraid to defy their rulers. activists say at least 3 million participated nationwide in demonstrations today, a figure that is impossible to verify. but what is certain is large scale protests are taking place. these pictures from the city show crowds of demonstrators. similar scenes, the country's seco

word the sex assault case against the former imf chief, dominique strauss-khan collapsed, and, here'sst," quotes a law enforcement source, she, referring to the accuser, continuously lied to us and is not a credible witness. she cannot be put on the stand. she's a flawed witness. what do you think will happen here? >> reporter: well, i think the case is in serious jeopardy and will be dismissed and they are trying to scramble to get him to plead guilty to a low level misdemeanor, and he clearly had sex with the woman. a quick story. i have a buddy, lives on the west coast and had a bride from overseas who was an immigrant here, without documentation, and, suddenly, she alleges that my buddy was guilty of some kind of physical abuse. and turns out, that if you say, an immigrant here, a female and you claim an allegation of sex abuse, you can't be deported until the case is litigated, and it turns out, this is the new immigration racquet, women say they were raped an abused by their american husbands and then, stay here despite their immigration status until the case is resolved and oft

french writer who claims she was attacked 8 years ago, following an interview she did with dominique strauss-khannd she says she didn't come forward because her mother, who is a french politician, in the same party as strauss-khan, persuaded her not to because she said she was -- could hurt her daughter's journalism career. now the complaint could be filed today, it is 6 hours ahead in france and is 4:00 p.m. in france, complaint has not yet been filed but we're keeping an eye on that and once french prosecutors get the complaint they'll decide whether there is enough evidence to go ahead and press charges. the statute of limitations on rape in france, ten years, and alisyn alisyn, the lawyer for strauss-khan in france filed a counterclaim against her for what he calls false declarations, and the legal wranglings for him may not be over yet. >> thanks for that. >> sure. bill: let's look at the brief timeline of events, leading up to this points in this case. may 14th, the date of the alleged sexual assault. may 19th, strauss-khan, he resigned as the head of the imf, to focus on proving his innoce

she says she didn't know dominique strauss khan and thought his room was empty when she went in to cleannd gave more details in an exclusive interview with abc news' robin roberts. >> i said, i so sorry, he come to me and say, no, you don't have to be sorry. i say, i don't want to lose my job, but he keep pushing me, pushing me, pushing me to the hallway, keep pushing me. i was so afraid. i was so scared. >> reporter: she says she was forced to perform oral sex, and strauss khan left quickly after that. she was shaken and scared, she says, hid in the hallway, then cleaned the room before telling supervisors and police she'd been attacked. his defense be accuses lawyers of violating fundamental rules of professional conduct saying, quote, the number of rallies, press conferences and media events they have orchestrated is exceeded only by the number of lies and misstatements she has made to law enforcement, friends, medical professionals and reporters. it's time for this unseemly circus to stop. strauss khan pleaded not guilty to the assault. his attorneys say the sex was consensual. they'

judge releasing dominique strauss-khan from house arrest today.y issues with his accuser's story. he still faces sexual assault charges. >> maria shriver filing for a divorce from arnold schwarzenegger. sliver citing irreconcilable differences. the couple has been together for 25 years. he admitted to fathering a child with their housekeeper. i'm marianne rafferty. now back to on the record. >> greta: yes, casey a liar. that's known. what does the prosecution have in terms of evidence? it is not enough she is a liar. >> do you have an opinion as to manner of death in this case? >> yes. >> what is that opinion? >> homicide. >> the fact there's duct tape anywhere attached to that child's face is to me, indication of a homicide. >> can you, from the evidence, rule out accidental death? >> no. >> in this case, do you know what the manner of death is? >> manner of death, i could -- no. i would not be able to tell you. to not open the head, i think is a failure. i failure of the autopsy. i tell you another thing that if an autopsy was done in a correspo

investigators have just reportedly questioned the ex-wife of the former global money man dominique strauss-khaner, a new york city hotel housekeeper once accused him of trying to sexually assault her. that court case is still in progress, though very shaky. a french writer is also accusing strauss-khan of trying to rape her back in 2003. and a judicial official in france says investigators just questioned strauss-khan's ex-wife about that case. strauss-khan's lawyers have accused the writer of slander. well one moment fans were enjoying the sounds of cheap trick. the next they were running for cover. [screams] collapse, the cause and aftermath of that stage disaster at a major music festival next. plus, a u.s. congressman says a man with a gun broke into his house and he says his family fought back. the congressman and the criminal face to face coming up. [ male announcer ] at nissan, we test the altima's durability on a track that simulates the world's toughest roads. ♪ [ tires screeching ] ♪ if it can survive this drive... ♪ it can survive yours. the nissan altima. innovation that lasts. inno

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attorneys for dominique strauss-khan who was once head of the international monetary fund and a shoe in as one of the cop candidates for french presidency continued to say all charges should be dropped. a judge has thrown out a lawsuit that challenges federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. the suit claims the research violates the ban on tax dollars financing work that harms human embryos. the policy only allows research on existing embryos and will not destroy any new ones. lawyers behind the lawsuit say they are looking at all options for an appeal. the suspected leader of a polygamist cult now set to go to trial on two sexual assault on a child. he is speaking out and saying that the evidence in this case will shock the world wait until you hear what we have heard so far. is it full-time nor instant replay for the national past time? when you see this call, it's possible you will rethink it. t . the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power

chief looking shaky when prosecutors said they found inconsistencies in her statement and dominique strauss-khan's chiefox report correspondent jonathan hunt in new york tonight. she has been very outspoken in recent days talking to everybody and now publicly. >> yeah, shep. though she didn't take any questions today. she spoke for a few minutes there. repeatedly talking about how tough this has all been for her and how she has been totally dependent on her daughter to keep her going through this ordeal. listen. one day my daughter told me, she said mom, promise me you stop crying. will people call you bad names. people tell bad things about you. because they don't know you you have to remember this guy is a powerful man everybody knows that. >> it is highly unusual for an alleged victim to speak publicly before any trial takes place, shep, and dominic strauss-khan's lawyers say in doing this she simply trying to put pressure on prosecutors to push ahead with this case, shep? >> shepard: word was she spent eight hours with prosecutors yesterday and apparently they listened to audiotapes in that me

law enforcement sources say the hotel maid accusing dominique strauss-khan of assault has repeatedlyd to prosecutors and is not a credible witness. investigators say she's a con artist with ties to drug dealers and money lawnunderers who deposited money in her bank account. he'll request to be released from house arrest or be given more time outside. the nigerian man accused of boarding a flight at j.f.k. airport with an expired boarding pass is due in a los angeles courtroom today. he allegedly used the pass to board a virgin american flight to lax. he was then arrested trying to board a delta flight on wednesday with another bogus boarding pass. they are demanding an investigation into the breach. the tsa says it's reviewing the incident. and a powerful storm system pummelling the midwest overnight with severe weather being blamed for the death of a wisconsin man when a tree collapsed on to his motorcycle. it packed winds up to 80 miles per hour knocking out power to thousands of homes. and in just three hours, leon panetta will be sworn in as the new secretary of defense. panetta

freedom, just a matter of days away for dominique strauss-khan. a top investigator tells "the new york post" charges against the former imf chief could be dropped any time now. he faces charges for raping a new york hotel maid but her credibility has come into question in recent days. the investigator says dismissal is a certainty. his next appearance in court more than two weeks away. what better way to end a patriotic weekend than with fireworks? here in new york city, the spectacular display lit up the sky over the hudson river. families also celebrated on facebook posting pictures of their loved ones serving our great country. here's private first class adrian van wyck in the middle holding the flag and check out little margaret codgill. she was just reunited with her dad after he spent a year in iraq. that's a sweet one. >> that's a great shot to end on. and let's talk about a new beginning. new beginning today as the senate comes back to work and says i know i was supposed to have off. i'm going to come back and work on the arm because we ha

lawyers for dominique strauss-khan will be meeting with prosecutors today. is brewing in france. he is set to countersue a french author who has accused the former imf chief of trying to rape her eight years ago in her apartment. a search continues for seven americans still missing after the boat they were on sunk. family members left with nothing to do but wait and worry. >> just thinking about not being with him, it's horrible. so i have to hold on to this. i have to hold on that there's hope. >> she says her husband organized the fishing trip in the gulf of california. something he did every fourth of july. also missing, the 62-year-old that was supposed to get married next month. one man was found dead. incredible video of a dust storm blanketing phoenix, arizona. these are amazing pictures. delaying flights and knocking out power to thousands of people. these pictures of what's called a dust wall. at one point, it reached 10,000 feet high moving quickly across the desert and downtown area at 60 miles an hour. talk about happy campers. two boys from minn

the 32-year-old tells "newsweek" and abc news that she hopes god punishes dominique strauss-khan and he gets sent to jail. she says he wants him to know he can't use his money or power to get away with it regarding questions about her credibility, dialo admits she's made mistakes but shouldn't stop prosecutors from going forward with the case. happy ending in the works for this penguin known as happy feet. the 10-month-old took his first dip in the water since being rescued on a new zealand beach last month. he is going to be heading home, by the way. he was found earlier this morning very sick with sand and sticks in his stomach. it appears he got lost after leaving antarctica. officials at the wellington zoo have been taking special care of him ever since. >> the detail we have on this case is astounding. >> it is indeed. >> it would be different if that was a unique looking penguin. that looks like every penguin that we've seen. >> they saved his life! he ate sticks! >> the jackass penguin from the english channel. remember that? still looking for that one. >> just jumped in. >> i

merging in the sexual assault case against the former imf chief, the hotel maid accusing dominique strauss-khaner is stepping out of the shadows, revealing her identity for the first time and taking her side of the story, straight to the public. fox's rick leventhal is live with details. tell us what the maid is now saying. >> reporter: well, she is saying she wants justice. she has been called a liar and a prostitute and accused of trying to make money off one of the most powerful men in france, but she says the attack was real and she is from guinea, west africa and didn't know him and thought his room was empty when she went into clean and told abc's robin roberts, he surprised her naked an pounced. >> i was like, i'm so sorry and i turn my head and, he come to me and grabbed my breast, no, you don't have to be sorry and i said, i don't want to look... and, yeah, stop, stop this, stop this, but he keep pushing me and pushing me, to the hallway, back to the hallway, keep pushing me and i was afraid. and i was so scared. >> reporter: she said she was forced to perform oral sex and he left quic

the women accusing dsk, dominique strauss-khan of sexual assault, is facing the public for the firstk city hotel housekeeper standing by her story, despite question about her credibility. claiming that dsk, the former head of the international monetary fund, attacked her snide of her hotel room in new york. rick leventhal is live in brooklyn. what is going on there today? >> reporter: bill, they are getting ready for the news conference, beginning less than two hours from now inside the christian cultural center in brooklyn and it will be nifissatou diallo's first public appearance, and she spoke to "newsweek" and abc but today according to her attorneys she'll thank her supporters and appear with community and religious leaders and, one or both of them may discuss yesterday's meeting with prosecutors, where attorneys for both sides spent nearly 8 hours with a translator, listening to phone calls, between nifissatou diallo and a friend incarcerated in arizona. early reports suggested that she told the friend that she could make money off the case and the lawyer says that that is not

. >>> attorneys say dominique strauss-khan will never plead guilty to anything. the former imf chief's lawyers sat down with manhattan prosecutors to discuss the next steps in the case. prosecutors have questioned the housekeeper's credibility. >>> federal appeals court is ordering the pentagon to stop enforcing don't ask, don't tell immediately. congress repealed the policy last winter but the obama administration favors a slow transition to open service by gays and lesbians in the military. now, if that's to continue, the administration will have to get the u.s. supreme court to block the appeals court order. >>> federal regulators are ordering exxonmobil to make safety upgrades to its montana pipeline. it ruptured last week, spilling thousands of gallons of oil into the yellowstone river. for starters, exxonmobil will have to rebury the pipeline under the riverbed to protect the river from future accidents. >> the water's going out into farmlands in places here. you can see where animals graze, where people use this land for livestock purposes. so, it's going

. >> former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss-khan is reportedly in the hamptons.y after a judge lifted his house arrest. yesterday prosecutors announced there are problems with the credibility of the hotel maid who accused straus can of trying to -- to rape her. >> president obama pushing congress to quickly approve a deficit reduction plan. pursuing such opposing strategies it seems likely nothing will get done in the short term. voters are noticing. congress' approval rating is 26 points lower than the president's. his isn't too good. more voters disapproving of congress' performance as well. here we have it for you. can our dysfunctional lawmakers ever get together on the budget and the debt ceiling? joining us now former senior adviser to congresswoman nancy pelosi. and a consultant for the national republican senator committee. thank you both for joining us. matt, i'll start with you. folks not too happy. is congress doing the job that we are voting them to do? they all seem to have drawn a line in the sand. who really is suffering from that? at whose expense

dsk dead, prosecutors are set to meet with defense lawyers for the former head of the imf, dominique strauss-khanwas accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in new york city and today the team will push to have the charges dropped. prosecution rethinking whether they can go forward with the cases. after learning the accuser was not honest about her background. though they still believe her accounts of the incident is true. bill: now to the most urgent issue for millions of americans and that is a job. the latest weekly unemployment numbers showing nearly 430,000 americans joined the ranks of the jobless, but, that is only part of the massive story, there are millions of americans under employed. john roberts, defines that out of atlanta. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, bill. it is the new reality of the american workforce, millions of well-educated professionals who were laid off, forced to take low paying, sometimes multiple survival jobs, just to pay the bills and they are called the under employed. but some of them are finding solutions. in a heartbeat, steven went fr

. >> and you talked about the changes in europe, dominique strauss-khan out and that's a problem, whyith the imf going forward? >> christine legard is a terrific person, but the imf needs to give tough love and i think it's important to have detachment from europe and i think they are going too far in supporting whatever europe wants to do. >>> all right, coming up next, you had a student at harvard, by the name of melissa francis. >> well, she claims. we're calling you out, melissa. is that true, melissa, or are you making it up. >> no, it's absolutely true. >> wonderful. >> he may not have given me the grade i wanted, but it was still a good grade. i'll have a chance for payback. >> i'll suffer that someday. >> thank you very much. the book is "this time it's different eight centuries of financial folly" and coming up, "bills befo "business before the bell" with his student, melissa francis. we'll be right back. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become the kind of city people want to l

. >> dominique strauss-khan facing a criminal investigation in his home country of france.ecutor's office announced it's now looking into a complaint filed by a french writer who claims dsk tried to rape her in 2003. the former head of the imf originally accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in new york. that big case. steve? >> meanwhile, last night's texas rangers game taking a tragic turn as a fan falls out of the stands and dies. oh, my goodness. the guy identified as fireman shannon stone lost his footing while reaching for a foul ball and fell -- that's hard to look at 20 feet. that's terrible. >> an emotional interview with jaycee dugard, the now 31-year-old speaking out for the first time about the 18 years she spent trapped in her kidnapper's backyard. >> can't imagine being kidnapped and raped, you know. so it's just -- you just do what you have to do. to survive. >> dugard spoke about her first daughter who she gave birth to after being raped by her kidnapper at the age of 14. >> she's beautiful. i felt like i wasn't alone anymore. >> dugard has spent the l

and prosecutors debating the next step in the sex assault case against former imf head dominique strauss-khanuld be forced to drop or change the charges after uncovering numerous errors in his accuser's story. strauss-khan was freed from house arrest earlier this week and back home in france, a new poll finds that nearly 50% of french voters want strauss-khan to get back into politics and possibly enter the 2012 french presidential race. group of veterans trying to help one of their own. he served in the u.s. navy during world war ii and died last year in washington state. he was honored with a flag and a letter from president obama. but the local v.a. cannot find his family to give him those mementos. >> find somebody that will take this letter from president obama, he actually signed and his flight for him and give honor for his time in service. >> the v.a. is hoping that glenn's family will come forward to claim the flag and that letter of thanks. a special tribute to our service members this fourth of july weekend from under the sea. look at this. oscar nominated songwriter carol connors

she is trying to revive her case against dominique strauss-khan and prove she's not a money hungry opportunistelated note, dunkin donuts stock going public. the company plans to move in on starbucks turf opening up a slew which means a lot of franchises on the west coast. dunkin donuts makes most of its money selling coffee. even though their name is dunkin donuts. >> it means a lot or it means a latte. >> that's a good point. >> meanwhile, congressman david wu apparently has announced he's stepping down after being accused of sexual misconduct. now, the butt of late night jokes. >> there is a new tiger on the endangered species list. take a look. there you go! that is a united states congressman. 56-year-old oregon congressman david wu coming under fire for allegedly making unwanted advances towards a teenage girl. is that why he's dressed like a tiger? how young are these girls? where does he pick them up? chuck e. cheese? >> oh, man! what's not funny, though, is the democrats' plan to allow wu to stay for a while. it's interesting, he announced yep, i did something really bad. yep, it invol

dominique strauss-khan, the former head of the international monetary fund accused of assaulting a maidng requests for the maid's lawyer to step aside and let a special prosecutor take over the case. they say the district attorney's office has unfairly branded her a liar. cleanup time in phoenix because the city was covered in dirt. cleanup and repair is expected to cost thousands of dollars and many residents still have no electricity after the storm knocked down so many power lines. take a look at this amazing video, a time lapse of the storm as it descended on the city. visibility dropped to zero in some areas when that dust cloud hit. canceled soap operas "all my children" and "one life to live." say it isn't so. may live on after all on line. abc is scrubbing the soaps in september but "the new york post" reports the network just sold the rights to the shows. the buyer, an entertainment company called prospect park. that company is starting an on-line network promising to pick up the dramas right where they leave off. and those are your headlines. >> let's see if they bring back th

lawyers for former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss-khan asked new york city prosecutorstheir client. they argue the hotel maid that claimed strauss-khan sexually assaulted her isn't credible. she, in turn, is suing "the new york post" after it claimed she also works as a frosty tut. >>> and a french author filed a lawsuit during strauss-khan, claiming he tried to rape her during a 2003 book interview. >>> and a pakistani panel is trying to prevent relatives of osama bin laden from leading without permission. they are investigating the raid that killed the al qaeda leader and heightened tensions between pakistan and the united states. >>> jury selection begins today in federal court in washington, d.c. in the trial of pitching great roger clemens, accused of lying to congress in 2008, saying he never used performa e performance-enhancing drugs during his 23-season career. >>> a body found in a creek is not missing indiana university student lauren spiere referen s. it is not yet identified, but it definitely not spierer. >>> with the shuttle program about to come to an en

for a former imf head, dominique strauss-khan.after being released from house arrest. and reports also say that he entertained three women on the same weekend that he allegedly assaulted the hotel maid. the sex assault charges are expected to be dropped soon. >>> and those are your headlines. >> clayton: let's check in with rick reichmuth, in the studio. because it is starting to get hot outside. >> rick: i'm go back outside. >> clayton: he's tired of sweating. >> rick: to beat the summer heath... how does that look. lake powell in utah. a beautiful spot and dave sent the picture and, send me pictures, about how you are beating the summer heat, on twitter or put them on my facebook page, very, very nice looking there. and tell you what, we have troubles brewing across parts of the tropics, in fact it upped the chance of development of that blob of storms that you see there, around the bahamas, to a moderate risk over the next 48 hours, could be seeing development of this, if we do, what the models think the storm will do, it gives

. >>> dominique strauss-khan may face a new sexual assault case in france. a french novelist is accusing him of attempting to rape her back in 2002. strauss-khan says he will file a criminal complaint of slander against the novelist in response. >>> the body of a woman has been recovered from an indianapolis creek about 50 miles from where college student lauren speier disappeared last month. nbc's john yang has the latest from bloomington, indiana. >> reporter: bloomington police are awaiting identification of that badly decomposed body to see fit the latest chapter in the disappearance of lauren speier. lauren has been missing for more than a month. the 20-year-old fashion student disappeared june 3rd after a night partying with friends. her parents have pleaded with her friends to come forward with information they hope could lead them to their daughter. >> help them find their moral compass. they need your guidance and your strength to do the right thing. >> the window of opportunity in which lauren disappeared just these three short city blocks is so sm

chief dominique strauss kahn are filed in france as a new york case falls apart a french writer says she was attacked decades ago but still is khan's lawyers say slander and will soon. japan's nuclear worries are leaving anxious nations looking to their own energy supplies and whether it is worth the risk the general director of the world nuclear association now tells r.t. how he assesses the future of the industry. carrie it's great to have you with us today thank you so how much as an equal protection technology group since its first reactor well the history of the nuclear age goes back more than a half century and enormous changes have taken place in that period of time i think the remarkable thing about the history of nuclear energy is how safe it has been almost from the very beginning. when we go back and see the first reactors experimentally being built in the one nine hundred fifty s. we're looking at a very very new technology and now we've had some bumps along the way that is forced for sure we had three mile island in america we had shared noble in ukraine we just had fukushima. but there i think the remarkable thing abo

dominique strauss-kahn faces new allegations of rain. this time by a woman of france. an author has come forward saying khan-strauss tried to rape her during an interview in 2003. the 62-year-old was released from house arrest on friday, when a hotel maid's allegations came forward. strauss-kahn resigned from the imf in may following the rape charge. >>> a fund-raiser to help find the killer of a san mateo restaurant manager got underway just over an hour ago. doug costello was shot to death outside this d 1 tgif restaurant on january 21st, 2008. his killer has never been found. today would have been his 140th birthday. the restaurant is contribute the 5% of all sales to increase the current $40,000 reward in the case. the fund-raiser lasts until 1:00 a.m. >>> a group of watt -- squatters is operating at the mission district and a chaotic scene broke out last night when police officers showed um. >> hey! hey! police arrested one man last night. he's part of a group called homes, not jails. they have taken over a building on 20 the and mission. >> this -- on 20th and mission. >>> this property has been sitti

dominique strauss kahn are filed in france as a new york case against him. as a part a french writer says she was attacked decade ago but strauss khan's lawyers say of slander and will soon. those they have lines here nineteen x. we revisit kyrgyzstan to assess its post saw that existence after a year of that seen violence ethnic conflict and a revolution. kurdistan the central asian country and former soviet republic. in the space of just five years this state has gone through two revolutions the country is divided into two parts both by the mountains and by the unresolved conflict between the developed north and i call cultural south. kurdistan overcome its political and ethnic standoff there be a repetition of spontaneous riots involving a mass loss of life. and . tucked away in the mountains one hundred fifty kilometers from the capital bishkek is the village of actos at best only six hundred villagers are left here now. but when kurdistan was part of the soviet union people from all over the republic were eager to come here. with the word that these are mine do not use the or was taken from them in the open pit where the heavy duty bellows trucks are b

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chief dominique strauss kahn i filed this pranced as the new york case against him bowls of hard french riders as she was attacked a decade ago but strolls khan's lawyers say it's slander and will soon. tender face now time to look at what's happening in the world sports with andrew of course linda keys are making a big announcement today so we have a strong marina they will decide who will host the twenty eighteen winter olympics south korea hoping it will be third time lucky for them after being turned down twice before a more an up plus a look back at a thrilling day in the tour de france. hello there thanks for joining me and this is what is coming up over the next kenyan. summer signings bought up moscow bring into international design to bolster their flagging season. class photo finish taleban's paper defending champion alberto contador to win stage for the tour de france. got a bad leg forces boards of next week's open. start with a new spot at moscow have signed dutch midfielder to meet design from i.x. the six million euros but club's first signing during the russian premier league's mid-season break the twenty eight year old internat

. >> dominique strauss-kahn slapped with new allegations of sexual assault. claims that the former achieve attacked her in 2003 and stras khanm for false declarations. he's facing unrelated charges of sexually abusing a hotel maid in new york city. that case is now in jeopardy over questions about the accuserer's credibility. >>> we have a winner in this year's weiner contest. the annual nathan's hotdog eating contests polished off 62 hotdogs in 10 minutes but shockingly that was not the most hotdogs eaten today. the arch rival, crushed his record as a separate unofficial event. he got down 69 hotdogs. our special "atlanta child murders" continues next. >> there's yet another twist in the missing and murdered children case. >> atlanta's a city of frustrations and fears. >> as the number of missing and murdered children grows. >> another victim of atlanta's child killer or killers. >> patrick baltazar was the kid who was convinced he could catch a killer. >> he was hike, man i want to find this killer and get this reward money and i'm going to buy my mom a house and do this and -- i'm going to find this killer. >> his stepmot