that didn't happen in this case but it certainly is consistent with kenneth thompson, the lawyer for the complainant's statements over the past few weeks. he's been very vocal at criticizing the district attorney's office saying that they have not been doing all they can to defend her. in fact, they issued a very stong statement, he did, ken thompson, very briefly after a meeting today between him, his client and cyrus vance jr.'s office, the prosecution team, in which the prosecution briefed them on what would happen in court tomorrow. the statement from kenneth thompson saying ki russ vance has denied the right of a woman to get justice in a rape case. this has been his story line throughout, questioning the manhattan district attorney. so it does not come at surprise that he's requested a special prosecution though it seems unlikely that that will be fulfilled. >> take us back a bit now on how we got here. it seems the complainant's lawyers were almost preparing for something like this. catch us up a bit on the steps that they took since dominique strauss kahn was released from ja

. >> reporter: the maid's attorney kenneth thompson launched a public campaign to persuade the district attorney to go forward with the criminal l se. >> ai i am confident in nafi diallo. and i am confident in the evidence. >> reporter: he is less confident in prosecutors. he tells abc news, while he hopes the d.a. will keep the case alive, "we are not confident he will do so." the d.a.'s office will not comment on tomorrow's meeting. if the charges are dismissed, as straun khan's attorneys have said they should be, a dramatic prosecution would end with no answer to the question of what really happened in that hotel room. aaron katersky, abc news, new york. >>> and there is still much more ahead on "world news" this sunday night. what we're learning tonight about americans and religion. the new argument being made about where religion is headed in this country. >>> it's the season for those high school seseor photos. tonight, the photographer refusing to take pictures of some of the students. why she is taking a stand on it. >>> and this -- >> what? she's here? >> you've got to see this

. >> reporter: the maid's attorney, kenneth thompson, launched a public campaign to persuade the districtattorney to go forward with the criminal case. >> i am confident in nafi diallo. i'm also confident in the evidence. >> reporter: he is less confident in prosecutors. telling abc news, while he hopes the d.a. will keep the case alive, we are not confident t will do so. the d.a.'s office will not comment if the charges are dismissed as strauss-kahn's attorneys have said they should be. a dramatic prosecution would end with no answer to the question of what really happened in that hotel room. aaron katersky, abc news, new york. >>> the pope's celebrated youth festival ended with an outdoor mass near madrid, spain. 1.5 million young people came from around the world to the six-day event which had the flavor of a week-long rock concert. earlier police had fought with protesters who were angry that the spanish government was paying so much but sunday's mass ended the festival on a high note. >>>> i really like this story. this is a good one. a utah couple returned home after a night out and

kenneth thompson, the lawyer for the woman accusing dominique strauss kahn, former chief of the internationaletary fund, of sexual assault in his new york hotel room says he believes prosecutors are about to dismiss some or perhaps even all of the charges. thompson says he's been asked to meet with the prosecutors tomorrow. reality tv star kim kardashian and basketball pro chris humphries were wed yesterday near santa barbara california. if you were not among the up vited do not despair. the ceremony will be seen in a four-hour long tv special in october. a market research firm is forecasting that sales of anti-aging creams will boom in the next few years from $80 billion yearly to $114 billion thanks to the aging of baby boomers. don't look at me. i'm too old to be a baby boomer. here's today's weather. storms in the plains and along the east coast. sunny and warm pretty much everywhere else. the days ahead will be milder in the northeast though the south will see more rain and heat. by week's end maybe tropical storm irene. >> mr. president, a pleasure to meet you. thank you for doing this.

when it was over, the lawyer representing the woman, with her at his side, kenneth thompson, he camede and addressed reporters very briefly. he said this. "manhattan district attorney cyrus vance denied the right of a woman to get justice in a rape case." then he went on to add this, referring to mr. vance. "he's not only turned his back on this innocent victim but he's also turned his back on forensic, medical and other evidence in this case." he also goes on to criticize the district attorney by saying that this is a man that has been elected as he put it to protect our mothers, our daughters, our wives and if he doesn't protect them, if they are raped, who will? this is a statement that he has also made in the last couple of days. now, of course, the question is, what happens next? well, that scheduled hearing, the status hearing for dominique strauss-kahn will still go on tomorrow as scheduled. the district attorney is about to file, i am told, a dor, that's called a dismissal of recommendation. in effect, it's to formally dismiss the charges. and he will mention in this motion a

attorney kenneth thompson met with the manhattan district attorney's office ahead of tomorrow's statusid the d.a. is denying his client justice. wolf? >> what a story that is, too. thanks very much. >>> desperation setting in for foreign journalists trapped in a hotel in tripoli right now. our own matthew chance is one of those journalists inside the hotel. we'll speak with him when we come back. >>> moammar gadhafi is now a hunted man. if and when he's found, the once all powerful leader could end up before an international war crimes court. but will the rebels try to keep him there and try him in libya instead? cnn's lisa sylvester is following all of this for us. >> reporter: in the opening days of the conflict, protests. then violence. civilians killed. the international criminal court at the hague says moammar gadhafi, his son saif al islam gadhafi, and his chief intelligence officers systematically murdered and persecuted civilians. they have been charged with crimes against humanity. moammar gadhafi's whereabouts are unknown but saif gadhafi is now in cut difficult libyan rebel