the head of the international monetary fund is fatesing a third night in jail after being refused baily a court in new york on charges including attempting to rape a toho tell chamber maid. he denies wrong doing. he has been transfered to reichers island jail in new york, he's due back in court on the 20th. here's gavin hewitt with the latest. >> in the back of a manhattan court, one of the most powerful men in the world waits to be called before a judge. >> criminal sexual act in the first degree. >> then, dominick strauss kahne, head of the i.m.f., listened to the charges against him. >> he sexually assaulted her and forcibly raped her. he was unsuccessful and then forced her to perform oral sex on him. >> charges that carry a sentence of 74 years in prison he heard prosecutors accuse him of not just attempting to rape a hotel maid. they said they were investigating similar conduct on a previous occasion. they called for him to be remanded in custody. >> he has almost no incentive to stay in this country and every incentive and recourse with which to leave the country. >> there was a