a judge recorders the release of dominique strauss-kahn, afterer prosecutors reveal the maid who accused him of rape lied about a prior sexual attack. we've got the very latest. >>> beyonce, unplugged. this morning, she rocked d w york for the release of her new album, "4." but on her last world tour, the star took off her makeup, turned on a camera and got candid. >> why did god give me this life? >> tonight, she talks about life on the road. >>> and, serious barbecue. from lamb chops to fish, it's all about being aa patriot this weekend. barbecue. the grill master is in for tonight's plate list. >> announcer: from the global resources of abc news, with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city, this is "nightline," july 1st, 2011. >> good evening, i'm terry moran. the sexual assault case against dominique strauss-kahn, the global banking titan, is one of these rare cases where the high profile and symbolic power to influence the way we think about our justice system as a whole, who would protect, who would punish. today, the whole case turned upside down. the prosecu

i understand you spoke with strauss-kahn's defense team. what does this mean for strauss-kahn? what do they believe this means? >> i think we've got to take this one step at a time. i think today will probably be limited simply to a relaxation of the bail conditions, but obviously the prosecution is going to have to reevaluate what if anything they can still prove. this case may proceed. it may proceed with the damaged credibility of its witness, but it wouldn't be the first time. there could also be some sort of deal on lesser charges. if the problems are so profound, the case could wind up being dismissed. i don't think we'll have a resolution to the case today other than a reduction in bail conditions. >> what does that mean? >> in terms of how the case will be resolved, obviously, the circumstances have changed a great, great deal, but we don't know at this point how it's all going to end up. >> jeff, when you say relaxing the bail conditions, remind our viewers what the situation is. $6 million in bail and bond. he's under house arrest. do they think he'll be able to walk

strauss-kahn withdrew from the presidential race, so anyway, he can't run. but political analysts here are saying if the charges of sexual assault are dropped, he could still play a major role in french politics. kate? >> martin fletcher, thank you. >>> still overseas, to libya, where protesters were rallying in support of the ruling regime. after months of fighting between rebels and pro-gadhafi forces, just where do things stand? nbc's stephanie gosk is in tripoli, libya tonight. stephanie? >> reporter: good evening, kate. this is one of the largest rallies we've seen in recent weeks. thousands of supporters came out with guns and flags to show their support. gadhafi phoned in to state tv to address the crowd and to warn nato if they continued with this bombardment, that their countries would be next, their homes, offices and families. this speech was just 24 hours after his daughter told french tv that the government is actually in informal talks with the rebels. she then went on to call the rebels the devil. not exactly diplomatic language. kate? >> afte

a hotel maid in new york city accuses a top banker, dominique strauss-kahn, of sexual assault. but the maid's story, her whole story, in her own words, has not come out until now. she has come forward, out of the shadows, to speak. and joining us now is abc's robin roberts, who's got the compelling first television interview with the maid. for two months she held her silence. she spoke with you, robin. this is the voice that has been missing from this case, really, in public. what did you make of her? >> well, she wants a jury to find out what they make of her, not a reporter, not the public. and she's concerned that that won't happen, and that's part of the reason she came forward, terry. she wawaed to put a face to the story. and as prosecutors are still weighing whether or not to proceed with this case, she's coming forward to give her side of the story of what really happened in room 2806. >> this defendant is charged with criminal sexual act in the first degree. attempted rape in the first degree. >> reporter: he was one of the most powerful men in the world. a french mill

yesterday, dominique strauss- kahn was the most hated frenchman in america. the powerful politician and former head of the international monetary fund had been charged in may with sexually assaulting a hotel maid in new york city. that sent shockwaves around the world and strauss-kahn was forced to resign from the i.m.f. today he walked out of court in a different light. prosecutors admitted his alleged victim had told a string of lies. armen keteyian was at the courthouse. >> reporter: in a surprise bail hearing, prosecutors told a packed courtroom that scientific evidence confirmed the sexual encounter between the 62-year- old strauss-kahn, and the 32- year-old housekeeper, but they had uncovered major problems with the credibility of the accuser. >> i understand that the circumstances surrounding this case from the viewpoint of the parties have changed substantially. >> reporter: problems deemed so substantial by judge michael obus that he quickly returned strauss-kahn's million-dollar bail and released him from house arrest. the former head of the i.m.f.

could dominique strauss-kahn now walk? maybe. ali?>> well you know, we were talking to jim bitterman who is our man in paris. he did sort of an informal survey of people on the streets. and they were all universally saying it doesn't matter at this point, the damage has been done, his political career is over. is that how this is playing in other circles? >> that is one of the major questions. he's respected professionally by many people in france, but they seem personally as damaged goods. but technically, he has until july the 13th. if he is cleared of these charges, to file papers to run for a presidential candidate in the french elections. even a socialist party, they're talking about, hey, wait a minute, maybe we can even delay our primaries before, before, you know, so that we can accommodate him if he gets to walk. the thing is here, even though he's personally damaged, the fact that the u.s. justice system may have failed so badly it could just make him a martyr and give him a big boost. we don't know. that's going to be a hug

strauss-kahn tried to rape the hotel made. >> the only defense dominique strauss-kahn has is that this sexual encounter was consensuau. that is a lie. >> in france, speculation has begun over whether he will run for the presidency next year as the socialist party candate. >> i find it hard to imagine that i could be represented by a president who is constantly trying to seduce women and falls into traps. >> this shows that you have to keep a levevel head and wait for the results of an investigation before condemning a person and ruining his life in seconds. >> on month and a half after his arrest and resignation as imf chief, strauss-kahn's fortunes are looking up. >> we spoke earlier to our correspondent in paris and asked her whether this marked a resurrection of's political career in france. -- of dominique strauss-kahn's career in france. >> it is premature and wildly over-optimistic. the forormer cialist prime minister has been hinting toward that tonight. for many in france, it has to be said hiseputation, despite the events today, is irrevocably tarnished. he has lostó 10 popula

dominique strauss-kahn left court free on a $6 million bond. he returned to his luxury townhouse, but he's no longer required to stay there under house arrest, which cost him some $200,000 per month. a dramatic contrast to the may perp walk that led to his resignation as head of the imf and seemed to ruin his chances of becoming president of france. today his attorneys claimed vindication. >> it's so important in this country that people, especially the media, reserve their judgment on the facts of a case until they're all in. >> there will be no rush to judgment in this case. >> reporter: in court, prosecutors had admitted strauss-kahn's accuser a 32-year-old from from west africa has made numerous conflicting and false statements, starting with being gang raped. in a letter, prosecutors wrote, she stated that she fabricated the statement. and in may, after the alleged attack at this luxury hotel, the woman had said she ran into the hallway and reported the crime to a supervisor. but prosecutors say she later admitted she proceeded to clean a

strauss-kahn tried to rape her. she now confesses to cling in another room before reporting the attack. prosecutors said that she lied about being raped in guinea. for lawyer gave a graphic account of the injuries she sustained. >> the medical evidence supports the victim's account. of the forensic evidence supports the victim's account. she was taken from the hotel and hospital in an ambulance. a grand jury has already found her account credible. >> dominique strauss-kahn was forced to resign as head of the imf of the greek economy was in crisis. his ambition to be a french presidential contender could be revived. it could be the socialist candidate before the deadline expires. >> the people here will have for him greater admiration than before because he had shown a great quality of courage and dignity. >> it has been a turbulent six weeks for dominique strauss- kahn. from top finance official to a criminal defendant. he was encouraged by the facts against him. >> we are outside the courthouse now in new york. his

strauss-kahn. he was back in court for a hastily scheduled appearance. his loyal wife was there and support. the man accused of raping a hotel made says that the prosecution is mixed. they have doubts about the story. >> the strength of the case has been affected by the substantial credibility issues related to the plaintiff, we are not moving to dismiss. we are consenting to the defendant's -- >> the case still stands, says the judge. he can now travel around the u.s.. >> we have maintained that mr. strauss-kahn is innocent. these recent disclosures reinforce our conviction that he will be exonerated. >> lawyers for the made insisted that her story is accurate. >> the medical evidence supports the victim's account. the forensic evidence supports her account. she was taken from the hotel to the hospital in an ambulance. a grand jury has already found her account credible. >> this began at a hotel in the heart of manhattan on may the 14th win a made here accused mr. -- when a maid accused mr. straus

strauss-kahn tried to rape her. she now confesses to cling in another room before reporting the attack. prosecutors said that she lied about being raped in guinea. for lawyer gave a graphic account of the injuries she sustained. >> the medical evidence supports the victim's account. of the forensic evidence supports the victim's account. she was taken from the hotel and hospital in an ambulance. a grand jury has already found her account credible. >> dominique strauss-kahn was forced to resign as head of the imf of the greek economy was in crisis. his ambition to be a french presidential contender could be revived. it could be the socialist candidate before the deadline expires. >> the people here will have for him greater admiration than before because he had shown a great quality of courage and dignity. >> it has been a turbulent six weeks for dominique strauss- kahn. from top finance official inal he was encouraged by the facts against him. >> we are outside the courthouse now in new york. his lawyers have said t

strauss cannes is -- strauss kahn is innocent of these charges and these recent disclosures reenforce our conviction that he'll be exonerated. >> a maid from begin knee claimed he attempted to rape and sexually assault her. but now prosecutors say the maid lied to the grand jury, claiming she hid in the hallway and she now admits to cleaning another room before reporting the alleged attack. the prosecutor claim she lied about the investigation to being raped in guinea. outside court, her lawyer gave a graphic account of the injuries she sustained during the attempted rape. >> the medical evidence supports the victim's account. the forensic evidence supports her account. she was taken from the hotel to the hospital in an balance. a grand jury has already found her account credible. >> dominique strauss kahn was forced to resign as head of the i.m.f. as greece's economy was in crisis. since his case unraveled, his ambition to be a french presidential contender could revive. he hopes to be the socialist candidate before the deadline expires in two weeks. >> he will be welcome in france.

dominique strauss-kahn has his freedom. it is the first step, he says for him. the next step according to ben will be complete dismissal of the charges. so we will see. they certainly were confident coming out of today. >> brown: sara eisen, laurie levenson, thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> thank you >> lehrer: still to come on the newshour: syrian protestors turn out in force; fannie mae and the banking crisis; and the analysis of shields and gerson. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: wall street finished its best week in more than two years, after getting a lift from june economic data. manufacturing activity increased for the first time in four months, and general motors, ford and chrysler reported double- digit sales increases. the news sent the dow jones industrial average ahead by 168 points to close at 12,582. the nasdaq rose 42 points to close at 2,816. for the week, the dow gained 5%; the nasdaq rose 6%. minnesota's state government was closed for business today. the shutdown began at midnight, after

prosecutop prosecutors in strauss-kahn rapepquestion hqu. >r >>> dep>>> debt bat cancercancels itp canca to deal with the debt crisis but tr the tthe two sidep t. >>> nba lockout, with contract contracts stalled, the nnbr nnba ownerp nba o threatening t threatening the season. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, happy friday. i'm betty nguyen. >>> a startling turn in a rape case that made headlines around the world. over a month after arresting the former head of the international monetary fund, prosecutors are now questioning his accuser's story. dominique strauss-kahn is due in court in manhattan today. terrell brown is at the courthouse. >> reporter: betty what stands out is police investigators have over and over again touted how credible the hotel maid's story has been. we learn everything she's been saying may not be adding up and it could mean a big break for dominique strauss-kahn. strauss-kahn could have his bail reduced or lifted because of of his accuser's possibility. prosecutors initially stood by the woman's story. now t

if dominique strauss-kahn was a normal u.s.itizen living in new york they might have spent a couple of weeks investigating the background. >> phil, do you think there has been a rush to exonerate too quickly. everybody is saying the case has collapsed. none of the failures, the flaws in this victim's alleged victim's story go to the underlying truthfulness of her claim against dsk. how should the media deal with that? >> first of all, let's be clear that dsk himself has some flaws as were pointed out endlessly in the beginning when this complainant was being portrayed as a poor hard-working muslim woman. do his flaws make him guilty any more than her flaws make her guilty in that case. i'm not a lawyer. you guys are. let me read you a headline from a cbs ap story i pulled out. dsk's political life revived among case stunner. there's a question mark at the end of that headline. but there you have it. there's already -- i think he's probably ahead of anthony weiner in the redemption line. he'll redeem himself fast fer he's found

. >> a crumbling case against former banking titan dominique strauss-kahn. serious new issues with his accuser's credible doctor. a judge could release him from house arrest today. >>> first football, now pro basketball, locks out its players pupuing league business on hold. >>> a creepy crawlie in coach class. stung by a scorpion. >>> this is a stunning turn in a case that's been closely watched here in the u.s. and around the world. abc's tahman bradley has more. >> reporter: the sexual assault case against former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn could be collapsing. abc news that is learned investigators have uncovered significant issues with the accuser's credibility. at a bail hearing later today prosecutors are expected to tell the court they do elieve much of what the accuser has told them, which could lead to charges being dropped. from the beginning strauss-kahn has maintained he did not assault a maid at a luxury new york city hotel. >> in our judgment, once the evidence is reviewed, it will be clear that there was no element of forcible compulsion

treatment strauss-kahn during his arrest. the frencht has always been prepared to forgive infidelity. this is a man, he said, who has shown great courage in the face of everything that has been thrown at him, shown great humility and also has not spoken out of turn throughout this proceeding. in his eyes, his supporters will gather around strauss-kahn. whether he runs as one question, but it becomes back as a kingmaker he could play an important role. >> thanks for joining us on "gmt." we, of course, will keep the following event in manhattan in the courtroom throughout the day. let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. lebanon's interior minister confirmed the names of four hezbollah members charged with killing of the former prime minister are really -- hariri. the government's efforts one now be made to arrest the four men. has blocked repeatedly denounced the tribunal and vowed to retaliate -- hezbollah has repeatedly denounced the tribunal. do we have any idea where the men are? >>

we're in lower manhattan where dominique strauss-kahn faced the judge. >> reporter: dominique strauss- kahn headed to court to learn whether a new york judge will free him from house arrest. the sexual assault case is reportedly falling apart. prosecutors are raising questions about the credibility of the made. law enforcement officials told the new york times that they believe she lied about her background and what she did around the time of the assault. she talked to a man in prison about the benefits of charging dominique strauss-kahn. prosecutors are also curious about activity in her bank account. >> reporter: after posting $6 million in bond and paying for his own armed guards -- there's a bail decision being reviewed. it's rare to see the prosecution questioning the witness. >> it suggests there are serious problems here and the prosecution is backing away at this point. >> reporter: the arrest for dominique strauss-kahn to redesign, and this derailed his likely run for the french presidency. with the case in doubt, there's talks he may be a candidate again. >>> and just second

and strauss-kahn has a reputation for being a ladies man. but for the french, that can be a badge of honor. >> the view from france tonight. >>> now, to afghanistan. we're getting an exclusive look inside that deadly attack, by terrorists at a luxury hotel in kabul. an american who was there, having dinner with his family hen it all unfolded, had his cam are in hand. and tonight, he shows abc's's nk schifrin, what he captured. >> reporter: it started as a serene tuesday night in kabul. ali omar, that's him there, filmed his family joking around. they sat outside the intercontinental hotel. >> by the poolside, having dinner. >> reporter: then, the shots started. first, in the distance. then, a little closer. and then, just as that police officer there, is walking away. >> they killed him. up close. after they hit him, they turned around, just started spraying. >> reporter: ali runs throughgh the dark. still filming. >> i said my prayers. if i die, i die. i'm watching the guy. he's just shooting in the crowd. i'm staring at him. if i can see h

dominique strauss-kahn is charged. they are suppressed because they are elite. >> that's the disadvantage. one of the benefits is they are sensitive to the rights of children as in caylee anthony case and also sense toitive to poor women. i don't blame, in either case, the prosecutors for leaning over to make sure that in one case the wealthy and powerful and the other case an adult woman doesn't get the benefit of the doubt. then you have to look hard and make sure that the evidence is valid that you have the kind of case and you don't overcharge and you wait to charge until the evidence has been tested. >> now, the charge in decision in european systems is not only civil but judges themselves run the investigation. is that preferable to what we have? >> it's more complicated. they are magistrate judges. they do investigations and decide which charges to bring. if they are good, they are very good. if they are subject to the thumb of the government, they are bad. take for example our military system. it's very profess

strauss-kahn from his strict bail conditions. will he get back the $6 million posted in bail and insurance. his lawyers believe it won't be long until the charges are dropped. >> we've maintained from the beginning that mr. strauss-kahn is innocent of these charges and these recent disclosures reinforce he will be exonerated. >> it all started on this manhattan hotel may 14 when a maid from guinea claimed mr. strauss kahn attempted to rape and sexually assault her when she cleaned his suite of rooms. now prosecutors say the maid lied to the grand jury, claiming she hid in the hallway and she now admits to cleaning another room before reporting the alleged attack. prosecutors say the maid lied on her asylum application and lied to investigators about being raped in guinea. outside court her lawyer gave a graphic account of the injuries he she claimed she sustained during the claimed rape. >> the medical evidence supports the victim's account. the forensic evidence supports her account. she was taken from the hotel to the hospital

if dominique strauss-kahn was a normal u.s. citizen living in new york they might have spent a couple of weeks investigating the background. >> phil, do you think there has been a rush to exonerate too quickly. everybody is saying the case has collapsed. none of the failures, the flaws in this victim's alleged victim's story go to the underlying truthfulness of her claim against dsk. how should the media deal with that? >> first of all, let's be clear that dsk himself has some flaws as were pointed out endlessly in the beginning when this complainant was being portrayed as a poor hard-working muslim woman. do his flaws make him guilty any more than her flaws make her guilty in that case. i'm not a lawyer. you guys are. let me read you a headline from a cbs ap story i pulled out. dsk's political life revived among case stunner. there's a question mark at the end of that headline. but there you have it. there's already -- i think he's probably ahead of anthony weiner in the redemption line. he'll redeem himself fast fer he's foun

strauss-kahn and his wife left their townhome again today. in just 24 hours, the former financier going from vilified to nearly vindicated. today, more damning evidence. prosecutors say they have the recording of a phone call the woman made to her boyfriend, who was being held in an immigration jail in arizona. she reportedly tells him, don't worry. this guy has a lot of money. i know what i'm doing. >> i think you can understand why we believed from the beginning that this case was not what it appeared to be. >> reporter: the accuser's case began collapsing after prosecutors themselves released a three-page letter, outlining her lies and inconsistencies. >> you can lie on your asylum application. you can lie in your tax forms. but when you lie to the d.a.s, and potentially mislead a grand jury, prosecutor's office is going to say, there's no way we can move forward. >> reporter: there were questions about her finances. the associated press reports that authorities found several bank accounts around the country in her name, holding thousands

diallo initially says she cowered in the hall as strauss-kahn left. hotel records show she briefly went into another room and then back to his suite. something she does not dispute now. added to that, prosecutors say she lied about the details of a rape in guinea that helped her to get asylum. >> i have made some mistakes but that doesn't mean -- doesn't mean -- this man tried to rape me. he tried to rape me. >> reporter: but diallo is adamant she is telling the truth about what really happened in that room, and she will seek justice. >> i want justice. i want him to go to jail. i want him to know that you cannot use your power when you do something like this. god is my witness. i'm telling the truth. from my heart. god knows that. >> reporter: as of tonight, dominique strauss-kahn's lawyers deny any wrongdoing by their client and say there is no evidence of forced sex. diallo's attorney says no, that she was forced to have sex. he is planning to file a civil casesen wednesday. diallo says speaking out was not an easy decision. >> i never want to be i

york against french political bigwig dominique strauss-khan. now, late this morning, strauss-khan appeared in court and heard prosecutors announce that their case is in trouble. they say the accuser here, their main witness, has a credibility problem. as a result, strauss-khan is no longer under house arrest, but authorities do still have his passport. now, prosecutors say they are not dropping charges, at least not yet. this thing gets a whole lot deeper, but i want to take it step by step. starting in new york with my colleague, cnn's richard ross. richard, i have a bunch of questions for you, but, first, what is it that caused the prosecution today to go into court and notify the judge and strauss-khan's attorneys that the case against him which is potentially fatally compromised? >> reporter: the prosecution said that in follow-up interviews with the alleged sex assault victim, that hotel maid, that there were inconsistencies in her descriptions and stories and her history and that at times she admitted that she lied because of other circum

that's not exactly what happened to dominique strauss-kahn. what i wanted to say to bernard and the discussion is that much of what he says i share, but i think it boils down to this kind of very lurid relationship between the tabloid press and the nature of criminal prosecution, spectacular. criminal prosecution or criminal apprehension, potential criminal apprehension, as a kind of public spectacle. >> like the casey anthony trial. >> yes. exactly. there is something in american public life, actually, which assumes it not to be problematic, actually, to make it a show before any guilt is necessarily proven. >> you have this tendency, also in france, and it was even more severe and as severe concerning france than america. you have this tendency to mix show and justice. when you show the lawyer of the maid expressing himself, having a sort of savage press conference on the stairs of the court and describing in such a graphic way the most intimate parts of the body of his client, this was not only graphic, it was pornographic. maybe strauss-ka

strauss-kahn was very popular as you know, before the strauss-kahn affair. everything has been developed and we know about the whole story going on. it's mixed opinion. the mixed opinion is there. >> how do they feel about the justice system. >> half the french would like to see strauss-kahn get back into the politics. the majority thinks he has no more chances to be elected as the next president in france in about ten months from now. we will see. he might be a spoiler, we'll never know. already we feel a split inside the socialist party, among the top contenders of the party, and it seems that his image, his shadow is wavering over the party and they're scared there's embarrassment within the party. if dominique strauss-kahn doesn't run for presidency, i will go. she already did. and she confirmed. >> allow me to jump in, because you're talking specifically about the socialist perception perhaps which i do want to ask you about. just overall, court of public opinion in france. do they believe that strauss-kahn has been ill treated by the u.s. justice syste

strauss-kahn had been a leading candidate for french president and as the u.s. case crumbled, supporters began plotting his political comeback but the latest allegations could put his future in question again. rita nissan for cbs news. >>> in france, attempted rape charges can be filed for up to ten years after the alleged crime. >>> howard is up next with the forecast. >> very nice out here, andrea. the sun is shining brightly. we're headed toward the 90 degree mark again today. as far as the allergy update, tree pollen bothers you? good news, no tree pollen reported. mold spores are high. we'll have the full seven-day forecast, talking about some thunderstorm chances for the rest of the week when 9news now at noon returns. >>> more people in virginia are reporting sightings of our national bird. some some spotsylvania county believe they've's seen a bunch of bald eagles flying around. brittany morehouse takes a look at other facts about our bird. >> boaters passing this can't get enough of these birds. and the sounds they make. they tell me they're bald eagles

>> let's talk about dominique strauss-kahn.oks like the case against him here in new york is falling apart. meanwhile a new developing for him in france. >> yeah, his legal problems are far from over for dominique strauss-kahn. if he thought because the new york case was crumbling there are new cases against him. especially one new case, i should say, in france, a journalist through her lawyer has filed a criminal complaint against him for a situation that took place some eight years ago. she's accusing dominique strauss-kahn of sexually assaulting her. now, people, are wondering whether or not -- wondering why it took this long to file this complaint. it goes back to the fact that her mother had advised not to file this complaint, because her mother was working for the socialist party that dominique strauss-kahn was working for as well. we'll have to wait and see if there's enough ed in this complaint to take this legal proceeding further. ali? >> thanks very much. >>> the nation's debt ceiling here in the united states, it's

has big problems with this case, fred. >> susan, what has strauss-kahn been doing now that his house arrest, so to speak, is over? has he left the premises? have you seen anything about what his day-to-day is now going to be like? >> reporter: well, it's become a real media scene as it has been from the start. you can see over my shoulder a ring of photographers. that was prompted because a little while ago, someone went inside. and so the thought is, maybe they'll be leaving. there's certainly no reason for them to live in this location anymore now that he's been released on his own recognizance. he doesn't have his passport back. but he can move about the city and move about as long as he makes sure he's back for his next court case. we saw a busload of senior citizens snapping photos as they passed by this very short street. we know he went out for dinner last night. he and his wife went out to a restaurant to have dinner and cameras, of course, pictured him when he came back in. but certainly his legal team and sources have said, perhaps he might be moving to another location soo

strauss, attacked him win -- attacked her when she went to interview him. her mother had incurred certain not to say anything because she was a key figure in the socialist party. however, that is not the case anymore. there are concerns about the reliability of the accuser. the charges only complicate mr. strauss con's chances to returning to politics in france before the presidential alexian. >> there was drama at the war crimes tribunal in the head as the former military commander ratko blog it made a mockery of the proceedings. -- ratko mladic made a mockery of the proceedings. he was defiant and combative with the judge. our correspondent has the story. >> ratko mladic was a fighting mood. he tipped his cap mockingly towards the relatives of some of his alleged victims in the public gallery. the judge was not having any of it. >> can he please take off his cap? >> his court appointed lawyer looked fed up with the proceedings. his client has made it clear that he doesn't know him and is not want him to represent him. instead, he would like this man broug

strauss-kahn is accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in may. been raised about the alleged victim's truthfulness and credibility. >>> there's news from iowa about the republican presidential hopefuls. congresswoman michele bachmann is on a multicity bus tour trying to build momentum from her strong showing in a recent iowa