[ >> yes, a few thousand of ai weiwei. >> today there is no ai weiwei.has disappeared. his many supporters anxiously wait for his return. . >> now take a look at these pictures of the first flights by the swiss jetman yves lati taken in the united states flying with a yet propelled wing attached to his back steered only by movement of his body. we'll see it launched from a helicopter into the blue sky over the grand canyon. he was airborne for about eight minutes, soaring 200 feet above the canyon before deploying his parachute and finally descending to the canyon floor. amazing pictures there. just bring you a reminder of our main news this hour. the american secretary of state hillary clinton has made a blunt attack on china's human rights record, saying it's running scared because of the popular uprisings in the arab world. you can keep up to date with us online visiting the bbc news website and twitter as well, follow me twitter.com. >> stay with us. p >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click t

this footage taken by filmmaker alison klayman is from ai weiwei's last trip to manhattan. few years ago, he conceived of an installation of a dozen of his sculptures in this area outside the plaza hotel. but as we enter the third week with no word from ai weiwei, the question is whether the chinese government will let him return to attend the opening in person. you can continue to follow updates on ai weiwei's story from filmmaker alison klayman on frontline's web site at pbs.org. we'll see you next time on frontline. >> next time on frontline... >> you could run a dead man for coroner, and he'd get elected. >> ...after the crime... >> they find what the police want them to find. >> ...after the mistakes... >> story after story about competence. >> ...the truth is in the coroner's hands. >> you call a death an accident or miss a homicide, a murderer goes free. >> frontline, propublica and npr investigate... >> the truth did go to the grave. >>... "post mortem." >> this program continues online with an interactive world map of airline maintenance facilities. and from alaska

in china, weiwei was once a government favorite, even helping design the olympic stadium.ut after 2008's schezuan earthquake, the artist began a campaign to blame those responsible for the collapse of poorly constructed schools that killed thousands of children. his crusade made him an enemy of the state, leading to a brutal police beating in 2009. >> ( translated ): they are animals. >> reporter: ai weiwei's case is high profile, but it's not unusual. unknown numbers of bloggers, activists, defense lawyers and artists are being taken away increasingly often. without any official legal proceedings. foreign journalists also face police hostility. this is the most severe crackdown against any opposition to the ruling communist party since 1989's violent suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations here in tiananmen square. memories of 1989 came flooding back, when the jasmine revolution protests began toppling governments in the middle east. china tightened its grip, even making the word jasmine taboo on chinese streets. >> they want to show people that the one-party state, t

my guest tonight has made a documentary about chinese artist ay weiwei. >> there are particular momentsd periods which allow a voice to change the way that people think. >> in some cases they call him ay shin on-line, fully eye, or eye god. >> aye shin which is like venous or something, like the god 6 love. >> it's a love thing. >> basically they consider him a god. >> it's a very dangerous description in china. >> stephen: please welcome allison claman. (cheers and applause) hey, allison. allison, let's educate the people here a little bit as to who iwaiway is. put up the first slide. >> that is probably the way he maybe best known in the west which is helping design the birds nest olympic stadium can. because of his outspokenness he distanced himself from the olympics. >> stephen: is that where the trouble started for him. >> that may be where the trouble started. but it got really big when he wrote about that on his blog. and when he did activism around the earthquake in may 2008 and wanted to commemorate the children who died in that earthquake. and he startedded citizens investigat

the chinese artist ai weiwei has had his first contact with the outside world after 43 days in detention. his wife met with him sunday. she said he was red-eyed and tense, but that he assured her he was physically fine. ai was detained during a crackdown to prevent protests in the arab world from spilling into china. the foreign ministry says he is being investigated for economic crimes. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to gwen. >> ifill: an arrest in new york that is sending jolts through the world economy and the politics of france. dominique strauss kahn was being escorted into court before dawn in new york today. he was supposed to be in brussels at a crucial meeting on european debt. >> charged with a criminal.... >> ifill: the director of the international monetary fund looking haggard and unshaven appeared instead before a new york state judge in lower manhattan, charged with sexual assault. >> one count of attempted rape in the first degree. one count of sexual abuse in the first degree. >> ifill: it all stems from an alleged encounter on saturday afternoon in