mr. strauss-khan was set up by political opponents seeking to destroy his presidential ambitions. they seized upon this footage, showing jubilant battelle security staff moments after the police were called. but the hotel. company describes as not sense any suggestion its staff is involved in a conspiracy. -- but the hotel company describes it as nonsense any suggestion its staff is involved in a conspiracy. >>> the hollywood sign is an icon of the independent industry and a real pain to live next to. that is what healthy homeowners are saying about the famous letters. for years, people left on their way to the neighborhood to photograph, but now gps technology has them positively flocking there and the residents are not happy. >> everybody comes to hollywood, the law to make it in the neighborhood. >> it is iconic. it symbolizes a century of show biz, and the tourists love it. seeabsolutely fantastic to it. >> at least 10, 15 feet from it. >> the sine started out life as an advertisement for a land development. but that fell into disrepair in the 1970's, and it was used after --

mr. strauss-kahn was in any kind of rush to leave that hotel. about the same time, the hotel maid is sitting in the hallway behind the security guard. at one point, she appears to act out the attack. >> it does give her some credibility here. >> there is a message for strauss-kahn for sexual assault. >> at the hotel where a woman felt she was assaulted by one of the guests. >> when was this? >> this was approximately 30, 40 minutes ago. >> .com newsweek strauss-kahn. >> yes. >> does she need ems? >> she does not need ems. she does not have any -- any -- any sustained injuries. >> a few staffers are doing some kind of dance. some reports suggest they were congratulating each other after framing the french financier. the setup theory is a long shot. >> that could have been they found out that they won the football pool or they found out that the yankees made a big trade. >> new york city prosecutors dropped the charges after failing to believe the maid's story. she has since filed a civil case against strauss-kahn. >>> there is plenty ahead at thi

mr. strauss-kahn, who is a womani womanizer, is a man who never refuses these kinds of relation. >> strauss-kahn'se to use this new video to argue in the civil suit that she was part of a honey trap designed to destroy his political career. for their part, her lawyers hope to prove that her claims are true or will try to prove that her claims are true by showing that strauss-kahn was a sexual predator.icha, thank you very m. > "news nation," proof of life. new rction fromthe wife of a retired fbi agent, robert leavenson, about newly released video of the man who went missing in iran nearly five years ago. >>> house majority leader erair cantor comes under fire for blocking legislation that will ban insider trading for members of congress. we'll tell you about cantor's controversial decision. >>> time for your business entrepreneur of the week. rachel weeks was manufacturing her products in sri lanka. sh she wanted to bring those jobs stateside. she wants to expand her business locally committed to making products made in the usa. for more watch "your business" sunday morning on msnbc. [ male annou

mr. strauss an attorney in the washington law firm was well connected inside the beltway and served as the chairman of the democratic national committee from 1972 to 1977. ambassador to the soviet union in 1971 and as an advisor to several presidents who did this is a little wonder in our. >> for staying tight and thank you for especially coming out and braving the electrical storms thunderstorms, tornado warnings and everything else. i am with my husband, brad graham, one of the new owners of politics and prose, and on behalf of our fantastic stuff, we welcome you all here tonight. this is one of about 475 author even as we do at the store every year and we believe it is part of our mission as a great independent bookstore to do these events and bring authors to our community and to them and really to provide not just great books for people to read but also a place and ase space for public discourse. before we get started with me also thank c-span for bringing this event to a wider audience. we are glad you're here and let me give you a few rules of the road if you haven't been to of our

mr. strauss, an attorney in the washington law firm, was well connected inside the beltway answered as chairmanof the democratic national committee from 1972-1977. ambassador to the soviet union in 1991, and as an advisor to several presidents. this is a little under an hour. >> leaving everybody. thank you for staying tight while we waited for people to trickle onto. thank you especially for coming out and breeding electrical storms, thunderstorms, tornado warnings and everything else. we really appreciate you being here. i'm lisa with my husband brad, i'm one of the new owners of politics and prose, and our behalf of our fantastic staff, we welcome you all here tonight. this is one of about 475 author events that we do at the store every year. we believe it's part of our mission as a great independent bookstore to do these events and bring authors to our community, and our community to them. and really to provide not just great books for people to read, but also a place and a

mr. strauss-kahn, the defendant will be released on his own recognizance. >> thank you to everyone who hasin me. >> the charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child, we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> conrad robert murray, guilty of the crime of involuntary manslaughter. ♪ [ applause ] >> liftoff. the final liftoff of "atlantis" on the shoulders of the space shuttle. america will continue the dream. >> think it is only when you see it like that, that sort of montage, when you realize how much really happened. >> it hasn't been an easy year to put it bluntly. hopefully we have become stronger as a people from some of those thing that we have seen. >> i hope so. according to yahoo! news, top three, casey anthony, japan earthquake/tsunami and royal wedding. people still have hope. >> true, true. >>> when we return, a big homecoming for a very big turtle. >> how in the world did this turtle wind up halfway around the world? that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ what a long strange trip it's been ♪ >>> well, it's time for our "favorite story of the day." it is about the long strange trip for a sea hurd

mr. strauss-kahn, who is a womanizer, he's a man who never refuse these kind of relations. >> reporter: sources tell nbc news that strauss-kahn's lawyers are hoping to use the new video to argue in the civil suit that did i allo was part of a honey trap designed to destroy his political career. for their part, diallo's lawyers hope to prove her claims are true by showing strauss-kahn has a history of being a sexual predator. ann. >> thank you so much. >>> there are new details this morning in the search for michelle parker. police found the florida woman's cell phone earlier this week. now, parker's mother is speaking out. nbc's mark potter is in orlando this morning. good morning to you, mark. >> reporter: good morning to you, david. police sources tell the orlando tv station that that cell phone was found in the water beneath that bridge. throughout their investigation, police have said finding that cell phone could be a major break in this case. police sources tell wesh reporter bob keeling divers found mishg partialer's cell phone submerged between the neila avenue bridge in orlando's belle

matlock the last american ambassador to the soviet union well technically bob strauss came to moscow as an ambassador who placed mr matlock in all this not anyone just after the coup. but he but he turned out to be the first and bastard in russia technically actually what was the last one to the soviet union the man who said goodbye to to to to to to to the u.s.s.r. well we were talking about the end of the cold war. speaking about saying goodbye to two. when did you start understanding and i know you did that yeltsin will be the next guy the next man in charge in moscow well actually we had we had hoped that gorbachev and you also could cooperate and it was very clear that anyone that if they didn't there was no way to hold the country together and we wish the soviet union to survive as the voluntary federation that gorbachev was trying to negotiate so we did what we could to support that idea but. and i hope right up we even after the coup i hope that well the shock will bring them together and then of course since treatment of gorbachev afterwards. made made it impossible so i would say though it was clear to u

mr. romney and gingrich in tomorrow's debate. >> let's bet they do. >> i'm betting they do, too. ron brownstein, thanks to you. >> thank you, carol. >>> also new this morning, just released hotel surveillance video showing d indominique strauss have been set up. showing strauss-kahn leaving the hotel right after the alleged attack. and she's seen talking to supervisors and security and apparently re-enacting an attack, and in another scene, another hotel employee appears to be engaged in a celebration just after a call to police was put in. >>> former football coach jerry sandusky free on $250,000 bail this morning. police arrested him wednesday on ten additional charges of molesting children. his wife now denying she ignored cries of help from one victim. >>> with a big tax hike looming for millions of american families in 2012, the senate yesterday voted down both republican and democratic compromise proposals to extend the pay roll tax break in the next year. it's setting occupy a showdown between president obama and congress, the president saying he won't go on holiday break and neither will they if this isn't resolved. >>> the woman who pepper sprayed a group of holiday shoppers will not face felony charges. 32-year-old