. >> khristine lasard has been campaigning for weeks to take the top job at the imf. she had a lot to do to convince african and asian countries who wanted a non-european at the helm. but in the end, she won them over. >> i am not a candidate for europe or for france. i will represent all of the members. >> she is used to asserting herself in a male-dominated world. she is held in high esteem by politicians and business leaders are on the world. but her career path has not been smooth all the way. while serving as a french cabinet minister in 2007, she is suspected to have been used her influence to help a businessman to obtain nearly 3 million euros in damages from a bank. >> as concerned as we are about the affair, an investigation is underway. we want all of the questions to be clarified. i have every confidence in this procedure, not least because my conscience is perfectly clear. >> a french court still has to decide in early july if a full investigation is warranted. >> and we will have more on the rise of lagarde later. >> just as she was named head of the imf,

khristine lasard, among others will fight it out.eports from washington say the senate authorities are investigating a group of hikers who manage to access its computer system. lulz securities said they broke into the u.s. senate on monday. >> the situation has not improved in a beat-up. you have air passengers across south america facing huge disruptions because of ongoing eruptions from the volcano in chile. hundreds of flights have been canceled because of the huge cloud of volcanic ash. for more, we are joined on the line by bhatti have of research -- by the head of research for the pacific region aviation sector. how much of an impact is this having in that area? >> it is having a big impact in australia. just to give you an idea of how many people are impacted, over the past two days since monday and sunday, of around 65,000 passengers have been impacted. they have been on domestic australia as well as trans- atlantic services. many flights have been cancelled. flights were suspended this morning has volcanic ash moved over the