dominic strauss kahn the former head of the i.m.f. has been cleared of criminal sexual assault charges by a new york court and our correspondent has the details. dominic strauss kahn has been cleared of all sexual assault charges that were filed more than two months ago and in a nutshell the prosecutors say that the accuser in this case thirty three year old nafissatou diallo is not a credible witness according to prosecutors they say that the accuser former cleaning lady at the self itself hotel here in new york was untruthful with investigators in virtually every interview prosecutors say she lied in matters great and small and that the problem in this circumstance is her credibility all these charges against him have been dropped however this order is on hold because the defendant. has appealed for a special special project prosecutor in this case now the judge already denied that request for a special special prosecutor but we have we do have to wait and see what the appeals court says but as we know now the judge has dropped all

in fact she made the accuser of dominique strauss kahn sexual assault has sued strauss kahn in a civil case. that is in new york state court in the bronx. >> if the judge accepts the prosecution's recommendations to drop all the charges against strauss kahn, what happens to the civil suit? >> they're unrelated so the civil suit continues. you know, we've been thinking with a lot of experts over at bloomberg. it's been referenced that you can look back at the o.j. simpson case of another high- profile case where a criminal jury acquitted him of the charges but in fact a civil jury found him guilty. that still is a possibility. now the complainant has sued dominique strauss kahn for unspecified monetary damages so clearly here this is a financial lawsuit more so than his freedom which he should get if these criminal cases, criminal charges do in fact go away asphe u aypear to be. >> thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> suarez: violence has never been a stranger to the people of karachi, pakistan's commercial center. but as it has intensified in recent months, some citizens are

former imf head dominique strauss-kahn expected to walk away today from sexual assault strauss-kahn expected to walk away today from sexual assault charges. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everyone. appreciate you joining us, i'm terrell brown in for betty nguyen this morning. rebel fighters in libya may control most of the country this morning but that battle may be far from over. yesterday rebel leaders said he was under arrest but gadhafi's son and heir apparent saif al islam is free and making the rounds in tripoli. his father's whereabouts are still unknown this morning. joel brown in washington with the latest on this. good morning to you. >> terrell, good morning to you. a day after the rebel's victory dance in tripoli, the bizarre power struggle there took its most bizarre turn. moammar gadhafi's son reappears in the capital after he was believed to have been captured. he claimed it was all a ruz to lure the rebels in, and then gain the upper hand. colonel moammar gadhafi's son made a dramatic appearance in tripoli, to prove rebels had not captured him and the gadhafi regi

monetary fund chief dominique strauss kahn who had been accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid. and welcome you are watching r t a in moscow where it is six o'clock am four o'clock am in tripoli which is where we have breaking news this hour dubai based. t.v. says that the libyan capital is being pounded by missiles and mortars but reuters news agency also says a program offered forces are shelling the town of. west of the capital this comes after the regimes a spokesman. threatened the battle for libya will turn the country into volcanoes lava and fire rebel forces are now occupying colonel gadhafi tripoli compound following a day of fierce fighting and claimed to be in control of most of the city the whereabouts of the leader and his family are still unknown in the recent national radio address though the market off the plane is that withdrawal from. stronghold was a tactical move several rebel groups have gathered in the tripoli's central square to celebrate their advance. and for some insight into the libya conflict don de bar an anti-war activist and journalist who joins us

media jumped on dominique strauss kahn as if public enemy number one had been flying really captured this was through the ringer basically all the headlines of all the major newspapers essentially hired him guilty and mocking him skits were made about him like the shows here in the u.s. we did see that in just a matter of a week dominick strauss kahn lost his job as head of the he was his reputation was was completely dissolved. and then you know he was just basically a running joke but at this point we should also mention there is a civil suit that has been filed. against dominique strauss kahn and many are imagining he will settle out of order if he wants this problem to just go away and that would require probably a good sum of money but at this point he's been out. pretty much of a decade now and all these sexual assault charges. well for more on the case and its outcome i'm joined by robert gates he's a history professor at the university of houston joining us on the video link thanks so much for being with us well now the charges against dominique strauss kahn are being dropped

strauss-kahn has not said what happened in that room. had suggested it was an encounter consistent with consent. but he hasn't given a positive story of what's happened. the only story we've seen is the story by his accuser. but in a case like this where the physical evidence doesn't show... doesn't on its own show force-- as the physical evidence here didn't-- then it's a very difficult case. there's no other witnesses, it really does come down to the question of the credibility of the complainant. >> suarez: was nafissatou diallo in your view, professor, treated fairly? treated decently for someone making a complaint of this kind? >> i think she was treated extremely fairly at the beginning. there's evidence that she was... her complaint was taken as seriously as it could possibly be and i think that's a tribute both to the professionals in law enforcement and i think also to a generation of particularly feminist legal scholars and activists who've made... who've changed the way in which we understand the charge of rape i don't know wh

media jumped on dominique strauss kahn as if public enemy number one had been finally captured this was was was brought through the wringer basically all the headlines of all the major newspapers essentially had him guilty and mocking him skits were made about him i think shows here in the us he was not given an opportunity to actually prove his innocence in the work of public opinion we did see that in just a matter of a week dominic strauss kahn lost his job as head of the i am mouth he was his reputation was was completely dissolved. and then you know he was just basically a running joke and this is a lot for the for the media in the u.s. that is always absorbed with salacious sexual scandals particularly when it comes to wealthy people or high profile politicians and at this point we do see some reports coming out from journalists themselves saying that they owe dominic strauss kahn an apology because this is a man that was not given the opportunity to even state his claim before the as you mentioned he was found guilty in the court of public opinion but at this point we should also

and all charges are dropped against a former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss kahn who had been accused of.

the case against dominique strauss-kahn has been dismissed. the pre-revolutionary flag of the libyan rebels are flying over gaddafi's compound. there is no sign of gaddafi or his sons. they launched a massive attack on friday afternoon, bringing it under their control. it was the last stronghold of the leader. the speedy fall suggested that gaddafi's regime is coming to an end. >> the rebels turned to celebrating their victory and destroying the symbols of the tyrant's power. the giant fist crushing an american jet, a monument to adopt the's the finance when u.s. jets bombed the city in 1986. it was here when he tried to rally the city when there were nato air strikes. gaddafi is now on the run or in hiding. a few hours ago, the word was that he was heading to neighboring algeria. something that he may still be in tripoli. it will take rebels days to search the compound where they made their final stand. it covers several square kilometers and is believed to have an extensive underground system of bunkers and tunnels. after fighting their way

piers morgan spoke to strauss-kahn's own lawyers. he played them a clip of diallo talking about what allegedly happened in that hotel room. >> i was like, i'm so sore tu sorry. he grab my breasts. he said, no, you don't have to be sorry. i said, no i don't want to lose my job. he pushed me into the bedroom and pulled the door. >> the obviously question is your client would have been watching that interview somewhere, possibly with his wife, pretty degrading testimony, a lot of which today lies in tatters. >> i said outside court today and i'll repeat it again that unless you, yourself, have been accused falsely of a serious crime that you did not commit, i think it's impossible to really understand the full measure of relief that dominic strauss-kahn and ann sinclair felt today. it's a horrific nightmare that now, thank god, has gone away. these two remarkable individuals have i think impressed all of us who worked on this case with great, the way they treated all of us with kindness and courtesy. there was never any acrimony any i w

strauss-kahn was aested before taking off for paris.weeks later, what prosecutors called substantial credibility issues undermined the maid's story. >> i had made a mistake. but this man tried to rape me. he tried to rape me. >> there's no requirement that you have to be mother teresa to be a rape victim. >> reporter: the maid's attorney, kenneth thompson, launched a public campaign to persuade the district attorney 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 peo

the accuser now in his first public statement since being arrested on may fourteenth dominique strauss kahn says that if the past months have been a nightmare for him and his family and they are looking forward to returning to france dominic strauss kahn was arrested on may fourteenth shortly after paraded in front of news cameras by the new york city police department at that point he was essentially vilified by among most mainstream media outlets and found guilty in the court of public opinion now the new york media turned this criminal investigation into somewhat of a circus because many of the new york new york city newspaper headlines refer to dominique strauss kahn is a frog one refer to him as pepe le pew and they also refer to him as a womanizer now this of course ruined the reputation for this french politician he was considered a contender for the next presidential race in france but his basically his reputation was really and before he was convicted at all he lost his job as head of the international monetary fund and there was a lot of of a lot of the comments and negative press

lied to them with regard to dominique strauss-kahn.claim that she lied about a prior false allegation of rape that she had claimed she was raped in her native country. and more so these prosecutors said she lied to them convincingly, persuasively, that she was emotional. they told a story that prosecutors initially believed. once she came forward or her lawyer did and said that was actually a false claim of rape, prosecutors were not in a position necessarily to belief her when she made those claims against dominique strauss-kahn. so you really just -- it was really a story of how her credibility fell apart in the eyes of the prosecutors. she also had other issues in her past such as allegedly lying on her asylum application. she's an immigrant to this country. lying on other kind of federal forms. there was an issue of a conversation she had had with an association who's coronetly in jail in arizona and whether or not she had said that she knew that dominique strauss-kahn was a machine of means and had money. there were just problems

a section of assault charges are dropped against dominique strauss-kahn. welcome to aaa. welcome to what has been an extraordinary day in the libyan capital. what has been a long and brutal six months of the battle for libya. that battle has moved here to the capital, tripoli. the rebels overran the symbol of colonel gaddafi's power in the capital. the battle of the splendid gate. it was a victory for the rebels in the heart of tripoli. green square is where most of the celebrations have been taking place, now renamed martyr's square. there were scenes of support for the revolutionary leader. the big question is where is colonel gaddafi after his fortress in the capitol is now under the control of the rebels? the war is not over yet. there are reports of fighting in some parts of tripoli and in other parts of the country. today was a turning point. my colleague now reports. >> once again it was nato that led today's assault on colonel gaddafi's compound. by midafternoon the rebels are pouring in side. their jubilation mixed with anger as they tore a part of the hated symb

. >>> new video gist just in of former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn that could be a free man at the end of this hour. a judge moving closer to dismissing the rape charges against him in new york city. >>> and the battle for the white house. if the election were held today, mitt romney would beat president obama and tie rick perry. we break down the numbers. hi, everybody. i'm thomas roberts. we want to get right to it because right now in trip lee it could be the end of the road for moammar gadhafi. take a look. rebel forces reportedly breached the libyan leader's compound that he has in tripoli. thick black smoke is seen billowing above the building and celebratory gunfire is going off a short distance from where richard engel is on location. he is joining me now. he is the nbc chief foreign correspondent in libya today for us. as we watch this unfold in the center of tripoli, richard, bring us up to speed with the latest. you have been watching this unfold all morning long. just to alleviate the viewers' fears, you are in a safe location from everybody. >> reporter: we are fine. w

the right hand is the video of strauss-kahn just leaving the courtroom. we've just received a statement from dominique strauss-kahn saying these past two and a half months have been a night mar for me and my family. i want to thank all of my friends in france and in the united states who have believed in my innocence to the thousands of people who sent their support personally and in writing, he expresses appreciation to the judge, his staff and says that he's gratified the district attorney agreed with the lawyers that this case had to be dismissed and then he goes on to say he's looking forward to returning home and resuming something of a more normal life. nbc's ron allen is at the courthouse in new york. here with me in the studio defense attorney michael jones. ron, let me begin with you, how did this all come about to where we were in court today? >> reporter: well, the entire court proceeding took about ten minutes. it was very, very brief. an assistant district attorney basically said that the complaint nant, the woman who claims she was attacked

dominique strauss kahn. renewed tension on the korean peninsula is a project aimed at bringing north and south together comes to a bitter end. it is 9:00 a.m. here in singapore. >> it's 2:00 a.m. here in london, broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world. welcome to "newsnight." -- "newsday." >> one of colonel gaddafi's sons, has been arrested, and has appeared in the center of the libyan capital in a government military vehicle. he told the bbc that a trap had been laid for opposition forces and that soldiers loyal to his father are winning the battle for tripoli. dominic cain has the latest developments on this breaking story. >> the son of colonel gaddafi wanted for war crimes, and apparently in rebel captivity. now a free man celebrating with supporters of his father in tripoli. 24 hours ago, the international criminal court confirmed he'd been taken. but this was his message for the world. >> i want know to refute all rumors and lies. nato and the west has high-technology. they stop

>> reporter: we're expecting strauss-kahn to be here with his attorneys around 11:30 eastern time.here's a huge crowd of media around, there's a small crowd of demonstrators that you can't see behind the camera man who are in support of the hotel maid. they are holding signs that say stop blaming the victim and give her a fair trial. the problem is this 25 page court document the prosecution filed with the court yesterday outlining the reasons why they want to dismiss the charges. it's essentially a scathing indictment of the hotel maid. it says in part, for example, in summary, the physical, scientific and other evidence establishes that strauss-kahn engaged in a hurried sexual encounter with the hotel maid but it does not independently establish her claim of a forcible, nonconsensual encounter. if you read beyond this, the prosecutors are saying that during the course of a number of interviews, she has told them so many conflicting, inconsistent stories that they just don't believe much of what she has to say about anything, about her past, about what happened that night, and abo

strauss-kahn's attorney have maintained his innocence. the disgraced financier is due back in courts today. he could walk away a free man. with the effect of the allegations against him unknown. nbc news. >>> here's a first look at some of the other news going on around america. a police officer in california was critically wounded when a gunman opened fire during a standoff. after collapsing, the officer was dragged to safety, and then taken to the hospital where he's listed in stable condition. police say the suspect killed his baby daughter and then set fire to his home where his body and that was his mother-in-law were later found. >>> a pile of dirty money is expected to fetch a big sum at an illinois auction. the federal government is selling a collection of rare $501,000 bills found in the home of chicago mobster frank "the breeze" calabrese. the entire collection adds up to $728,000. all proceeds are expected to go toward the $27 million calabrese owes the government and families connected to his racketeering conviction. >>> and i

after months of scandalous headlines and slanderous whispers criminal charges against dominic strauss kahn have been dropped the former half of the i.m.f. was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in new york. brings us the latest a manhattan supreme court judge delivered that ruling on tuesday after prosecutors in the case say that the accuser to diyala has not been truthful on all matters a great and small now however this willing delivered by the judge is on hold pending an appeal by mr gallo the accuser now in his first public statement since being arrested on may fourteenth dominique strauss kahn says that the past months have been a nightmare for him and his family and they are looking forward to returning to france dominic strauss kahn was arrested on may fourteenth shortly after paraded in front of news cameras by the new york city police department at that point he was essentially vilified by among most mainstream media outlets and found guilty in the court of public opinion now the new york media turned this criminal investigation into somewhat of a circus because many of t

media jumped on dominique strauss kahn as if. public enemy number one had been finally captured this man was run through the ringer basically all the headlines of all the major newspapers essentially had him guilty and mocking him skits were made about him that shows here in the us we did see that in just a matter of a week dominic strauss kahn lost his job as head of the i am mouth he was his reputation was was completely dissolved. and then you know he was just basically a running joke but at this point we should also mention there is a civil suit that has been filed. against dominique strauss kahn and many are imagining he will settle out of order if he wants this problem to just go away and that would require probably a good sum of money but at this point he's been pretty much vindicated on all these sexual assault charges. well we'll keep you updated on all the latest developments in libya in less than hoffa from now. with a recap of the top stories in just a few minutes so do stay with us live here in moscow. wealthy britis

so in the meantime, dominique strauss-kahn off on his black suv back downtown to his townhouse.appellate court makes that decision, he'll be heading to jfk on the first plane out back to france. back to you. jon: one of the most powerful man in the world now free of all criminal charges. julie, it is a stunning development. thank you. >> reporter: yeah. jenna: this fox news alert. hurricane irene another big story for us, reports it could be a category three or four by the time it makes landfall along the east coast somewhere. we do have new reports that authorities in north carolina are already ordering mandatory evacuations that begin tomorrow morning. all visitor on one of the barrier islands must leave by 5 a.m. on wednesday. we have a view for you of the storm from outer space, it gives us some perspective to just how big it is. meteorologist janice dean was the first one to warn us about this storm traveling up the east coast, potentially up into the massachusetts area, j.d., and it seems like that's certainly creating a lot of buzz right now about where this storm is head

. >> prosecutors in new york asking a judge to drop charges against dominique strauss-kahn.t is 11:00 a.m. in singapore. >> it is 4:00 a.m. here in london. welcome. >> a day after rebel forces in libya said they had captured the second son of colonel gaddafi, he has spoken to the bbc and says government forces are winning the battle for tripoli. saif al-islam was seen at his father's compound and the city. he spoke to our correspondent. >> in the dark of the tripoli night, saif al-islam emerged from the shadows, clearly not under rubble rest. -- rebel arrest. >> i want to refute all rumors. nato and the west, they have launched electronic warfare. they have managed to smuggle into the country gangs and saboteurs. the libyan people, men and women, have stood firm against them. they managed to break the hold of the rebels. >> he took a foreign cameraman on a toro part of the city. they drove past checkpoints controlled by gaddafi loyalists, past groups of people lining up to be given weapons. it was a short drive that covered a sizable area around colonel gaddafi's compound on

. >>> dominique strauss kahn may be off the hook. what prosecutors are saying about the sexual assault case. >>> hurricane irene heading for florida. the paths and projected first landfall this season. ,,,,,,,, first atlantic hurricane of the >>> good night irene, within the past few minutes the first atlantic hurricane of the season has been upgraded to a category 2 storm. irene could hit the u.s. by the end of the week. it's already barrelled through puerto rico leaving more than a million people without power. the u.s. hurricane center says the storm could reach category 3 or greater by wednesday. >>> prosecutors have asked a judge to drop the criminal case against dominique strauss-kahn. strauss-kahn was accused of sexually assaulting a had he toel made in new york. the woman and her lawyer met with prosecutors this morning learning that prosecutors were filing paperwork recommending the charges be dropped. investigators say they discovered serious credibility issues with the accuser. >>> earlier this year, the oakland police dep