the 62-year-old is being held in rikers island jail complex.-kahn was arrested on saturday with trying to sexually assault a maid in a hotel. >>> communities in low-lying areas are still at risk and have been fleeing their homes. it is the biggest flood to hit the mississippi river in more than 70 years. >>> the libyan government is blaming nato for air strikes on two buildings in the capital, tripoli. an official says one of the buildings was the police headquarters while the other housed the government's anti-corruption body. explosions at those buildings followed five other blasts heard by journalists monday evening. >> claims that colonel gadhafi security forces were given viagra to help them use rape as a weapon of war are being investigated by the international criminal court in the hague. chief prosecutor campo describes the drug as a tool of massive rape. there are reports women with rebel flags were stopped at checkpoints, taken into police barracks and gang raped. >>> britain's foreign office has confirmed the queen's visit to ireland

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rikers island has 1400 people -- 14,000 people. i worked at a high-school that had a mural on the wall. there was a figure, a man dressed in green, split in two. the front have has a gun, a rifle in his hand, military fatigues. the back half has the prison inmate uniform. on top it says choose your dream. so those are your options. we have seen it hurts our families apart. women are the fastest growing population to be incarcerated. we see women's prisons, men's prisons, teenagers -- they have a baby prison for the babies. they build a prison every year based on third and fourth great test scores in black and latino communities around the country. that is a fact. i can give me the documentation on that. so when the police are grabbing us up, it is a function of capitalism. white supremacy and capitalism, they have had a very long dance together. the police are filling the prisons because prisons operate like hotels. they do not make as much money, so police are agents of the state. not only where they serving the interests of the w

but for now he remains here at rikers without bail. >> jeff rossen over at rikers island not far from laguardia airport here in new york tonight. jeff, thanks. >>> to presidential politics now. and as our friends at our nbc news political unit reminded us today, it was just two days ago on "meet the press" with david gregory that former speaker of the house newt gingrich said the central test he's going to face in the 2012 campaign will be whether or not he has the discipline and the judgment to be president. well, in just the last 48 hours it's been a rough go. a tough rollout for mr. gingrich. and some conservatives have already said he's failing his own test. nbc's andrea mitchell with us tonight from our d.c. newsroom with more on this story. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. newt gingrich wanted to kick off his presidential campaign with a big splash. now it looks as though the only one getting drenched is the candidate himself. >> are you announcing right now? >> reporter: he announced less than a week ago on twitter and facebook. no chance for gaffes. >> i

rikers island, the jail there. what are they saying about the treatment that he's receiving in new york? >> reporter: well, the head of the socialist party said this is not the french system, to have cameras in the courtroom to show people with handcuffs before they have been actually convicted of a crime that they are accused of. she said she respected this american tradition but pointed out that it was very different and important for french, the french people to recognize that he is still presumed innocent. take a listen to what one spokesman for the socialist party had to say to me. >> it's very bizarre for us to see one of our leader between two americans like number a movie. >> reporter: some many of these people uncomfortable seeing their leader humiliated like this but at the same time pointing out that the seriousness of the charges against him means that it is very important for this investigation to be seen through to the very end, whether or not strauss-kahn is proven guilty or innocent. wolf? >> ivan,

he went from a $3,000-a-night hotel suite to rikers island jail. dominique strauss-khan has been talked about as the next president of france. instead, the 62-year-old was in court, stone-faced and unshaven, as a prosecutor accused of him sexually assaulting a hotel maid. >> restrained a hotel employee inside of his room. he sexually assaulted her and attempted to forcibly rape her. >> repor >> reporter: strauss-khan is an economist. a leader of the french socialist party and the head of the international monetary fund, a global bank created by the united nations, with powerful friends. >> i'm very sad. and upset. he's a good friend of mine. >> reporter: this isn't the first time strauss-khan, now married to his third wife, has been accused of sexual misconduct. four years ago, on a tv talk show, a french writer said strauss-khan attacked her in 2002. but she never filed charges. this time, the judge denied bail for now. his lawyer says it's all a mistake. >> mr. strauss-khan is innocent of these charges. we think this case is very defensible. and

so now he sits at rikers island. elliott. >> thank you, richard for that update. i'm joined by deborah faeyerick. she has fascinating information. deborah, what did you learn about the evidence? >> what we're learning about the evidence, investigators in sex crime unit they're looking at everything. the key card to access the door. the times that the chamber maid entered. they're looking at the mini bar to see if perhaps alcohol was a factor. they're looking at whether he rented any adult films, pornography. whether that played a role. think about it, this is a man who polls show could have been president of france, instead, he may have been taken down by a chamber maid. linda, you were head of the sex crimes unit for the manhattan office for 26 years. a very quick check of hotel records would have discovered who was in that room, still, detectives, investigators, special units, they did not blink going after him. >> they're taught to take every victim -- to start by believing everyone coming forward is telling the truth. are there exonerations or cases where the

he was denied bail and being held in jail on rikers island.ch as a precaution. deb, you've been following the case all day. what is the latest that we know about the alleged victim? >> we know that she has a 15-year-old daughter. she's been working at the hotel for about 2 1/2 years. she was there legally. the lawyer describes her as a woman who is dignified, intelligent, somebody who got along well with supervisors and her co-workers. the lawyer also says when i asked, was this consensual, could this have been consensual as the defense attorneys seem to suggest, saying this was not a forced encounter, the lawyers said no, absolutely not. this event has traumatized her. she's afraid to go home, afraid to go to work and her future is uncertain right now, anderson. >> and she comes from west africa, correct, and she has a good employment record, correct? >> exactly, exactly. >> sonny, yesterday the defense seemed to suggest that the assault maybe never happened, he had an alibi. in court they imply that the sex did occur but that it was consensu

they would be in rikers island. >> talk about the other particulars of the case.hing the argument that he was not in a rush, that if a guy committed this heinous sex crime he would be trying to get the heck out, but making much of the fact he was planning a lunch with his daughter, he was already scheduled to be on his flight, does that -- i mean does that help bolster a defense, if, indeed, a defense is this is a consensual encounter? >> it's a point in the defense's favor. the fact that he didn't sort of panic and run right to the airport and schedule a new flight, the fact that this plane was a week -- scheduled a week earlier, this flight, i mean it's not the greatest argument in the world but it is a point in the defense favor. in the context of a lot of evidence in the case, i don't know how significant it would be, but you can understand why the defense is pushing it. >> is there any issue with the fair trial in terms of publicity he's getting on this? >> if this trial were in france, maybe there would be that sort of issue. my sense is, and having covered

. >> he has been released from the rikers island jail complex. he is not headed here. this is where he was initially going to be headed. but u.s. media has been reporting that the neighbors objected. they did not want to have three of reporters and 25 satellite trucks on their doorsteps every day for the next six months. he is the coming year. he will have to go back to court this afternoon to get another temporary location approved in lower manhattan. there will be 24 our armed guards and electronic surveillance. that is where he is headed on a temporary basis until they find something else. he is leading bikers island as he begins the fight to clear his name -- rikers island as he begins the fight to clear its name of the serious charges of attempting to rape a couple tellsma-- rape of a hotel maid. >> what are you hearing about what his future hold over the next few months? >> what is interesting is that his lawyers are hinting that they are going to say this was not a forceable encounter between dominique strauss-kahn and the hotel maid. they may try to portray thi

dom niece strauss-kahn is under a suicide watch at rikers island jail.s about the woman who is accusing him of assault. a 32-year-old single mother originally from guinea. deb, did anything specific trigger the suicide watch, or is it a protective measure? >> it is a protective measure. they put him on suicide watch. this is a man used to meeting with presidents and prime ministers and power brokers. he's now isolated from the general population of the prison on a special wing of rikers island. his wife arrived yesterday too late to see her husband in court. strauss-kahn's lawyers both declined to speak with us today, but they said he's going to plead not guilty. and they believe the forensic evidence will indicate there was no forced encounter. when we asked the lawyer for the alleged victim, the # 32-year-old west african if this was consensual, here's the answer we got. >> there was not any aspect of this that could be misconstrued as consensual. she's frightened, yes. totally frightened. this is a person who assaulted her and raped her, and any telev

the head of the international spot -- monetary fund is in custody in new york at rikers island prisonwaiting to hear if he stands trial for sexual assault. he was refused bail after being arrested for allegedly trying to rape a maid. dominique strauss-kahn denies the charges but faces great pressure to resign as imf chief. >> just days ago, he was staying in a hotel suite. now, dominique strauss-kahn is in solitary confinement here at new york's infamous rikers island jail. followingútvjáháu@ c13 appearance, the imf chief will be held in custody until his next hearing scheduled for friday. the international media is already speculating on the strategy of his defense team. some reports suggest dominique strauss-kahn may claim he had consensual sex with the hotel maid. she says he is all but her. in his native france, many are shocked at how new york authorities have handled the case. dominique strauss-kahn is a leading figure in the socialist party in france. its leaders met tuesday in parents' or emergency talks following his arrest. >> american jewish -- judicial presented as a very

helps countries get bailed out with cash could not himself get bailed out. >> from that cell in rikers islandnique strauss-kahn is probably wishing he was back in europe. that's where he was supposed to be on monday as an ecofin meeting got under way without him. we go to jen defterios in brussels. that was weighing heavily on the minds of the delegates there. what sort of reaction were you picking up yesterday on this shocking piece of news? >> andrew, it wasn't part of the quote, unquote, official agenda but you can safely say it was discussed. administrators arrived this morning after burning the midnight oil last night on what was a full agenda. in fact, the trials and tribulations of dominique strauss-kahn prompted an emotional response from a senior european official. >> i didn't like the pictures i've seen on the tv this morning. it was deeply saddened. but mr. strauss-kahn is part of the american justice system. it makes me deeply, deeply sad. >> mr. yonker called dominique strauss-kahn a personal friend and was dismaid by what he saw. he didn't agree with the walk of shame that domin

doesn't want to go back to rikers island. who would? doesn't want to go back to jail while going through this legal process. like susan candiotti said, maybe, maybe the judge would rule will to allow him to be out of jail with serious considerations and some serious certainly the million dollar his had to put up, monitoring, so it wouldn't be easy. but now he has officially been indicted. expecting to possibly hear from attorneys when he step out of the hearing room as well. >>> turn back to the president's speech. the major speech the president made a few hours ago from the state department to the arab world on the middle east. it's kind of rocking the arab world, as we speak now. president oesh bama in the majo address said israel and the palestinians should not stand on the sidelines and wait for things to shake out. he said it's time to move forward with talks towards peace. he suggested they can hammer things out. two things now in particular. security guarantees as well as a map that was just one of a number of things the presiden

that means he's still at rikers island right now. hanging tight. waiting. but the house arrest we're talking about here, this is a live picture outside of the jail there at rikers island. susan, the house arrest, security has to deal with. he has certainly a place he has to pay for as well. who's paying for all of that in the meantime? >> know what, t.j.? he has to foot the bill. and it's been estimated that the cost for all of this elaborate procedure and preparations and surveillance and 24/7 armed guards that have to be posted outside his apartment building, wherever that may be, is going to run upwards of $200,000 per month. >> wow. >> that's a chunk of change. of course, perhaps not for a man of his means and certainly reportedly his wife also comes from money. nevertheless, it's going to be an expensive venture for him to have to pay for all the security. certainly the state wasn't going to do it, and this was part of the agreement in order for him to make bail. >> all right. susan candiotti, on this case for us as we continue to standby, see what the

with dominique strauss-kahn unable to carry out his work as managing director, now in rikers island jail waiting to contest charges against him, the lobbying over his eventual successor has started. particularly by those who believe the next head should come from one of the emerging economies. there could be a kid from turkey, from mexico or the south african finance minister. more names are already being talked up. some, including india, are frustrated by the lack of progress reforming other international bodies, particularly the un security council, to reflect a rapidly changing world. china says the choice should be based on merit. >> you have raised the issue of the selection of the senior leadership. we believe this should be based on the principles of fairness, transparency and merit. >> but some european leaders are making it clear that they will not give up traditional ownership of the imf post without a fight. the german chancellor is a leading voice arguing that case. with the eurozone in profound crisis, europe has never relied more heavily on the imf. both the short and long

who hoped to resign in the french palace remains in an 11 by 30 foot scale cell at new york's riker's island. he will next appear in court friday on charges that he attempted to rape a maid in times square. the talk of a possible successor is starting and some are suggesting that it time for a lone european to take the helm of the imf. >> the international monetary fund was established in 1944 and always headed by a european. with domonique strauss-khan unable to carry rout his work as managing director now in a new york rikers island jail waiting to contest the charges against him, the lobbying over his successor has started, particularly by those who believe the next head should come from one of the emerging economies. >> so turkey could have a candidate and mexico has a possible candidate, as well as south africa's finance minister. more names are already being talked up, some including india, are frustrated by a lack of progress reforming other international bodies, particularly the u.n. security council in order to reflect a rapidly changing world. china is saying the choice should be b

i will say this, i've been to riker's island as an attorney. and it is an unpleasant place. are put in sole staitary confin. he would be considered a high profile defendant. but my guess is that many people there don't know who he is. but it is probable that he will be removed from the general population there. >> so what exactly will happen on friday? >> reporter: friday could be another arraignment. we don't know exactly what's going to happen. but a grand jury is likely looking at this. if he gets indicted by a grand jury, that will be read into the record. he will enter either a plea of not guilty or guilty. and again his bail conditions will be reconsidered. >> sunny hostin, thanks for joining us. as you might imagine, the strauss-kahn story is making headlines around the globe. zain verjee is in london. what are the papers overseas saying about this? >> reporter: let's go straight to those headlines, carol. the press in new zealand has this headline, seducer, victim of puritan sex stink sg say supporterses. it says the view that he's been stung would i americans has wo

the former imf chief moves from rikers island to an apartment on new york city's toney east side. >> his golden parachute is said to be worth millions. so many new developments john hendren has the latest. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, peggy. dominique strauss-kahn has been living a life of extremes. he's gone from a posh hotel suite to a jail to an upper east side apartment. now he's about to be freed, sort of. s for how long. for dominique strauss-kahn, this is prison. starting today, dsk will be here, $14,000 a month. >> i have decided i will grant a bail under the following conditions. >> reporter: those conditions, he will surrender his passionport, post a million dollars cash bond and wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and pay for the armed guard whose job it is to keep him inside. a far cry from rikers island jail where dsk used to first class travel spent the past four nights. >> he's going back to rikers tonight. >> reporter: in a raret strauss-kahn blew kisses to his family after prosecutors argued he was a dangerous sexual criminal. >> the evidence sup

wife and daughter as he entered the courtroom to ask the judge to release him from his cell on rikers island. >> the prospect of mr. strauss- kahn teleporting himself to france and living there as an accused sex offender fugitive is ludicrous on its face. >> reporter: the prosecutors argued one of the world's most powerful bankers is a menace and a flight risk. >> we have a man who by his own conduct in this case has shown a propensity for impulsive criminal conduct. >> reporter: strauss-kahn was required to post $1 million in bail and an additional $5 million in insurance. he also must wear an electronic monitoring bracelet and remain under guarded 24-hour house arrest in an apartment rented by his wife, ann sinclaire, and like bernie madoff, he must pay for his own private security. >> it's a great relief to the family to be able to have him with them. >> reporter: and strauss-kahn will have to spend one more night at rikers island before his release tomorrow. his next court date is june 6. katie? >> couric: michelle miller. thanks very much, michelle. in another criminal investigation, th

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strauss-kahn has been staying at rikers island this week.will also have to wear a monitor too as part of his home detention, an ankle bracelet. how well do those devices work? cnn's john zarrella tried one on and cut it off to see what happens. >> i am going to size this up. >> reporter: for a couple of hours, i played the role of a convicted fell on out of prison. one condition of my probation is to wear this ankle bracelet monitoring system. >> there is no intention to make this nonremovable. if you wanted to cut and run, you could do it but we want to find out about it in a hurry. >> we went to one company that makes them, pro-tech, which has a contract with florida department of corrections. >> these pins you are putting in. >> these are retaining pins, the idea with these are so you can't excellently have this pop open on you. >>> in florida alone, 1600 people are being monitored by the company's system. many are convicted sex offenders and predators. for the demonstration, i head out for a ride with company boss, steve khapin. i have m

until then, the defendant sits in rikers island alone in a jail cell under suicide watch. why is friday so critical? >> well, you know, for this man one of the most powerful men in the world in terms of the economic system of the world, it must be a horrible thing, sitting in that cell, you know, on rikers island. and this friday is of big importance because under new york law, the prosecutor has to hand down an indictment by friday. in other words, 23 members of a grand jury, there's a prosecutor now moving quickly to try to get the case in because the grand jury has to indict by friday or he has to be released under new york law. >> now, it was famously said by a former chief judge of the new york court of appeals, the highest court in new york, that a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich if it were asked to do so. how much evidence needs to be presented, and will the victim have to testify in the grand jury? >> most assuredly, i think the victim will have to testify. there's a low standard of proof. the prosecutor just has to meet a minimum standard to show that there

it was figuring out where he'd go after he was released from rikers island.nn national correspondent susan candiotti here to explain. susan? >> reporter: hi, john. the media is standing shoulder to shoulder at this hour at a spot in downtown manhattan where they hope to catch their first glimpse of dominique strauss-kahn since he was released from rikers island jail earlier this afternoon. it's a release that nearly didn't happen. a plan to release him hit a snafu when the place where he was planning to live wouldn't let him stay there. that led to a court hearing this afternoon to discuss the issue. the judge agreed to allow the former imf chief to live in a temporary location for a few days until a more permanent apartment can be arranged. why wasn't he allowed to stay at the first place? here's strauss-kahn's lawyer. >> the reason that he had to move is because members of the press attempted to invade his private residence and interfered with his family's privacy. >> reporter: there certainly has been a lot of media interest in this story. and even with th

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he's under suicide watch at rikers island.ring formal charges against him. >>> maria shriver is out with a statement after arnold schwarzenegger's confession that he fathered a child with a family staff member. quote -- >> the couple's 17-year-old son opening up with this tweet -- that was signed patrick shriver. his 21-year-old sister tweeting -- >> you can only imagine the siblings coming together around this. as they try to you know, help their mother and decide how to move forward. what do you think of the way they have publicly handled the situation? you can e-mail us, give us a tweet. tell us on facebook. lot of you are using the word class to describe how the family is handling it. we're going to read them later in the show. >>> former first lady of california appears to be getting on with her life. new pictures of shriver hanging out with oprah last night. many of the a list celebrities who turned out for the taping of one of the final shows. also on hand, mike jordan, will smith, tom hanks, tom cruz just to name a few

michelle miller is outside of rikers island in queen, new york for us this morning. >> good morning.s in protective custody. he has his own jail cell and eats all of the meals alone. this comes a day after he faced sex charges in criminal court. >> this defendant is charge in criminal sexual acts in the first degree. >> reporter: the man "forbes" magazine considers one of the 40 most powerful men in the world stood silent in manhattan federal court on monday considered a flight risk. >> we know the defendant has the personal, political, and financial resources to flee. >> reporter: strauss-kahn is being charged with seven counts of attempted rape, sexual assault, and unlawful imprisonment for an attack on a 32-year-old hotel maid. according to the criminal complaint, he shut the hotel door, tried to forcibly remove her clothes, and attacked her. strauss-kahn agreed to dna tests. forensic evidence sipts the victim's claim. and security tapes show strauss-kahn rushing to leave the hotel. but the defense counters he had a full afternoon of meetings before heading to his prescheduled fli

situation that is palletable for the prosecution and the court so that he is no longer being held at rikers islandllion to $2 million bail, or an ankle monitoring bracelet. some sort of situation that gets him out of rikers. that is going to be their top priority. >> deb, he has a daughter i think who lives in new york. so it could be that he has to stay in the city. would that be a possibility? >> absolutely. he could stay in the city. right now we are told -- obviously he's at rikers. he did have one visitor, but the department of corrections would not say who that was. we are also told, anderson, that he was put on a suicide watch. doesn't mean he's suicidal, but because he's such high profile, this is a guy who is used to meeting with prime ministers and power brokers and presidents. he's isolated now by himself. so as a precaution, they have put him on suicide watch and checking on him about every 15 minutes. >> it's unbelievable. thank you very much. >>> as sonny said, getting dominic strauss-kahn out of jail would be a top priority for his lawyers on friday. this is a man "forbes" magazine

rikers island. until friday at the earliest, dominic strauss kahn will be a guest in an east river compound reserve for criminal defendants and convicts. >>> it's a world away from the swanky manhattan hotel where he allegedly forced himself on a maid saturday and brought himself an array of sex crime charges. reichers houses 14,000 inmates, give or take, and employs some 10,000 guards. it's made up of ten separate jails, most of them barracks. but some regular cell blocks, as well. strauss-kahn has an 11 by 13 cell himself, but he is separated from other prisoners, phones, tvs and the internet also. >>> cnn's deborah feyerick has done some digging on the forensics. what did you find? >> reporter: that's right. everybody is waiting for the result of the forensic to see, in fact, what was found at this hotel, whether, in fact, there is a direct connection to mr. strauss-kahn and the young lady who made these allegations against him. remember, she made the allegations very, very quickly, within moment

he's spent the last three days in the infamous new york rikers island prison. he's offering to post bail of $1 million and hand in his travel documents. he would also be confined to his manhattan home and be electri l electrically tagged. a source close to his legal team says strauss-kahn could be released as early as today. cnn's john defterios is following this from brussels. and jim bitterman is also in paris. first, john, who are the contenders to take the helm at the imf? >> monita, the first thing is, due process was not allowed to play out, at least for the managing director's role of the imf, that is due in part because of the profile built by dominique strauss-kahn in the midst of the global financial crisis. now we moved into the phase of the european financial crisis with greece, ireland and portugal and the strong belief here is that you can't leave the seat empty. this is the president of the european commission, jose manuel barroso. >> in terms of leadership, i think it will be important as soon as possible to have this matter resolved. >> reporte

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quote, obviously not in a position to run the imf it was strauss-kahn is jailed at new york's riker islandhere he has been put on suicide watch. he's accused of trying to rape a hotel maid. strauss-kahn's lawyer says he's innocent. we're learning new details about the accuser. she's a widow from the west african nation of guinea, has been a housemaid for years and has been described by her lawyer as hard working. >>> he says her world has been turned upside town and she feels alone. >>> on capitol hill last night, senate lawmakers watched a bill aimed at lowering prices at the pump by doing away in billions of dollars of tax breaks for the nation's five largest oil companies. three democrats joined all by two senate republicans to vote against bringing the repeal up for debate in a test vote that came up eight yeas shy of a total 60 needed to advance. supporters of the tax break say they encourage domestic drilling while opponents believe oil companies would simply charge consumers more for gas. >>> meanwhile, there are small but significant steps towards normalcy for long suffering reside

dominique strauss-kahn is still in a cell on rikers island.onditions imposed on the head of the imf who faces seven felony counts in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a hotel maid saturday. strauss-kahn put up a $5 million bond and submit to home confinement with armed guard and electronic monitoring. finding a home has been difficult. lawyers from both sides are due back in court this hour. this is new information. i want to bring in cnn's susan candiotti. bring us up to date here. >> from first thing this morning we've been watching and watching and watching rikers island to see when he might get an armed escort out of there. he has to pay out of his pocket armed guards who will take him from there over to his apartment that his wife was leasing so that they had some place to stay under home detention and 24-hour monitoring by a private security firm that would cost upwards of $200,000 a month. but they also had to wait for the bail orders to be signed and we just got word moments ago that, in fact, that happened. including a $1

strauss-kahn will soon be released from riker island, but trading his jumpsuit and close the sized cell for the comforts of home, but still faces an uphill court battle to clear his name. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. >>> elsewhere, the fallout from arnold schwarzenegger's admitted affair with a former housekeeper continues. he told his agents to put the brakes on all deals in the works for his hollywood come back. days after admitting he fathered a child with a staffer, he announced through his attorney all projects, including "cry macho" and the "terminator" franchise are now on hold. this as wife maria shriver takes what could be the first step towards ending their marriage. "people" magazine says she's hired top divorce attorney laura wasser. but a source says she's still unsure if she wants to end the 25-year union. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. >> this is tough to watch. in arizona a woman and a child were het by an suv in a crosswalk. they appeared to be out of the driver's crew and popped out as the light turned green. the two

it's rikers island. >> i played on randall's island when i was a kid. there's a lot of glass on there. >> it's been fixed now. >> mark, do you agree with jeff that it helps to be a public figure in terms of knowing how to present yourself in court? >> it certainly doesn't hurt. this is somebody that has been in situations where he knows how to handle himself and that beats the heck out of somebody who doesn't. and the fact that he has a high profile job and by some accounts probably one of the most high profile jobs in the world, certainly is not going to hurt him. at the same time, the things that do hurt him is that you're going to have prosecutors and judges who are going to, with all of the media attention, try to make sure that he never seems like he's getting a break, so to speak. i don't think that anybody else is going to have the amount of attention that he has paid to their case in new york at this time. so it's a double edge sword, if you will. >> certainly for the alleged victim coming forward, you know, this is a woman whose life is going t

it's far cry from riker island jail where he is used to luxury hotel and fist class travel. in a rare moment, strauss-kahn blew kisses to his family after prosecutors argued he's a dangerous sexual criminal. >> we expect that mr. strauss-kahn will be vindicated. >> a letter resigning as the international monetary fund he says he's innocent. i deny with the greatest possible firmness allegations against me. indicated or not, a dramatic fool from grace for many who consider france's next president. this hardly leaves him empty-handed. he will leave with a golden parachute worth $318,000 a year for rest of his life. >>> former california governor arnold schwarzenegger asked the talent agency to put the entertainment projects on hold until further notice. they released a statement saying that he is focussing on personal matters and not willing to commit to production schedules or timeline right now. earlier in week, he admitted he fathered a child with long-time household employee. >>> a few more pioneers are instant millionaires this morning now that linked in has gone public.

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the head of the international monetary fund was sent to new york's riker's island until his next court appearance. for more we go to tracie potts in washington. good morning. >> reporter: hi, there, lynn. here in washington, there's already discussion about who might be angling for his job, whether it should go to another developing nation and his attorney says point blank, he is innocent. this morning dominique strauss-kahn remains in prison after being denied bail. >> restrained a hotel employee inside his room. he sexually assaulted her and attempted to forcibly rape her. >> reporter: police collected dna from his room, but strauss-kahn's attorney says this case is far from over. >> the battle has just begun. we believe and we'll prove in our judgment that mr. strauss-kahn is innocent of these charges. >> reporter: also unclear, is he protected by diplomatic immunity? in other words, could he escape prosecution. >> my understanding is that folks are looking in to this. >> reporter: as head of the international monetary fund, strauss-kahn controls $1 trillion and was believed to be a

. >> he went from a $3,000 hotel suite to rikers island jail. >> dominique strauss-kahn has been talkedbout the next president of france. instead he was in court unshaiw as the prosecutor accused him of sexually attacking a maid. he is head of the imf, this isn't the first time he has been accused of sexual misconduct. four years ago on a tv talk show she said he attacked her but never filed charges. this time the judge denied bail the lawyer says it's a mistake. >> he is innocent of these charges. the intention is to try and clear his name. >> wildfires in northern canada have forced the evacuation of nearly 7,000 people. remote community in alberta lost a third of the buildings when the winds shifted and sent the flames directly into town. it also blocked some of the highway that has swerved as evacuation routes. fortunately nobody was hurt or killed but residents are taking shelter 80 miles away. >>> congresswoman gabrielle giffords chose the song that woke up the astronauts. her choice, beauty beautiful day by u-2. her husband is commanding the endeavour. endeavour which is on the f

has stepped down as head of the international monetary fund as he remains jailed at new york's rikers island on sexual assault charges. the 62-year-old says he wants to devote all of his energy to battle the claims. later today, strauss-kahn will have a hearing hoping to get released on $1 million cash bail under the condition he will remain in manhattan with an electronic monitoring device. meanwhile, the investigation against him continues. police are now combing the hotel suite where a maid claims the sexual assault took place for evidence. officials say they have removed a piece of carpet for dna testing. >>> in an ominous reminder of osama bin laden, al qaeda has released posthumous audiotapes of the once most powerful terrorist praising the protests sweeping across the middle east. in it bin laden predicts movements will blow over the entire muslim world. bin laden hoped the collapse would lead to stricter adherence to their interpretation of islamic law. the recording, taped a week were released before an intelligence group. meanwhile, defense secretary robert gates said he saw no evi

at this point, he's in rikers island jail here in new york city where he's there protective custody and under suicide which is not a very unusual move for an inmate who is being incarcerated for the first time and particularly someone of his prominence the world and considering the charges that have been leveled against him. >> ifill: what are his attorneys saying at this point against the charges that we've heard about? >> well, what we've heard from the attorneys outside of court has been very little beyond that he's going to plead not guilty to whatever charge and this he denies anything happened that was criminal. what we heard in court was that they don't believe that there's... there was any... there is any forensic evidence to support a coerced sex act. in addition ma what they're saying is that this narrative that he left the hotel in a hurry to j.f.k. airport and boarded a flight to france was an attempt to flee, they believe that's false. they say they have evidence and will have testimony from people who will testify that that they met with mr. strauss-kahn after they left th

he is now at rikers island, the notorious rikers island, not to mix with other population there. details. the french election until next year, so there's plenty of time to vee verberate. terry, let me start with the basic question. the media impact. this is one of the most powerful men in international finance. one of the most prom innocent political figures in france. what is the reaction back home? >> reporter: well, it is an enormous political earthquakes are john. the shock wave is tremendous. it's always very risky to skull the presidential election ahead of time, you could very well make the case that the presidential election was his for the taking. he had not yet announced that he was going to run, simply because he had not been allowed to do that and remain the head of the imf, but privately, he made it clear he would do so. the first step was the primary of the french socialist party. he was a very heavy favorite in that. the second step, the potential runoff against president sarkozy. and some polls had him as high as 60-40 to the current french president. so a very go

like the would be french presidential front runner now behind bars at riker's island. all those rumors were just rumors until now. of course, dominique strauss-kahn is now a criminal suspect. schwarzenegger has merely joined the rogue's ghali of fathers of illegitimate children, a pantheon that includes famous rock stars and one-time presidential candidates. democrat and republican. >> part of intimacy in a good marriage is that there's the good and the bad and strengths and weaknesses and successes and failures. and sometimes when somebody is not -- is not open to, you know, the negative feedback or the criticism, they can develop a double life. i don't know if arnold is like that, but it happens a lot of times, where the wife is sort of seen in their head as the critical mother and then they go find somebody that just makes them feel good all the time. >> reporter: ironically, schwarzenegger himself will likely escape any professional fallout from this. he's now out of politics and back to stardom. fans tend to be more tolerant than voters. and people that shell out