jonathan dientz from wnbc 4 new york has the details. >> reporter: defense lawyers will ask for dominique strauss-kahn to be released from house arrest amid new questions about his accuser and her credibility. and it appears prosecutors are expected to agree to some reduced bail conditions. that according to a source familiar with the case who says there are now problems for prosecutors and the attempted rape case. "the new york times" reports the victim had contact with a suspected drug dealer and spoke to him about the dsk case and she allegedly had accepted cash deposits in the past of over $100,000 and that she had numerous cell phones. the "times" says she was not honest with police about that past. the attorney for the maid did not return repeated calls for comment, but these details raise questions about her credibility, and defense lawyers plan to ask the judge to now release strauss-kahn on his own recognizance given these questions of credibility. >> that was jonathan dienst reporting. >>> it looks like lawmakers will be canceling their vacation due to debt ceiling talks. for mo

well, this comes to us from wnbc 4 new york in new york city where a somer homecoming is a reminder of the brave sacrifices of september 11th. bagpipes blared as a new york city fire department truck was lowered into its final resting place. city officials, firefighters, and 9/11 families saluted as the flag draped truck from ladder company 3 made its descent into the september 11th memorial museum where it will provide a permanent reminder of the many who gave their lives. i'm lynn berry, and this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> what does santa do in the offseason? look no further than denmark. that's where over 100 santas gathered for the annual summer santa congress. it's a chance for them to meet with their peers and compare notes. topics include standardizing the width of chimneys and weight issues. they cap off with a giant parade for all to enjoy christmas in july. >>> well, while much of the country is suffering through a heat wave, a huge chunk of ice is making waves in canada. a floating island of ice is floating about 30 miles

will break where you live, and joining us again tonight, our friend janice huff, chief meteorologist wnbc here in new york, and i know you have to answer regionally, and no two places will have the same experience. >> exactly. there will be a break for the northeast which is experiencing the heat wave now. the 103 degrees in newark, new jersey, that set a record. there were parts of iowa yesterday that had a heat index above 120 of what it felt like. those areas of the country won't get the relief from the jet stream that the northeast will coming up later in the weekend and into next week. >> so relief first, maybe northeast? >> northeast first, starting in the weekend, but tomorrow it's still going to be hot. so here's the forecast. we'll look at friday first and show you what's going to happen. still more heat, record-breaking heat. the jet stream is still too far to the north. we're expecting 101 in new york city tomorrow. temperatures record-breaking, maybe down to washington, d.c., but by sunday it does shift a bit. it drops south. that means cooler air will come in or at least not

drew, you read this guy's -- the alleged confession from this guy, which we got through wnbc. me. he's described smothering this child to death basically cutting the child up, moving around the pieces of the child trying to dispose of the pieces of the child. the last line he says "i understand this may be wrong and i'm sorry for the hurt i have caused". he understands that it may be wrong? i mean, what do you make of this? >> well, i make that this is somebody who doesn't see right and wrong very effectively. the fact that he could only say that this might be wrong as opposed to understanding the depraved quality that he has -- in which he has behaved. it's chilling to hear somebody say that. it makes me think that he might be one of these people that truly doesn't understand right and wrong. severe sociopathy to the level of psychopathy. we will find more evidence of this kind of nonsense. >> this alleged confession. "when i got home he was still there, so i made him a tuna sandwich. i was still in a panic and afraid to bring him home. that is when approximately i went for a

jonathan dienst of our new york affiliate wnbc, jonathan, as you watch what was just said by the attorney for the accuser here, what do you make of that walling off there of one of the prosecutors? >> well, one of the lead prosecutors in the office was married to one of the defense attorneys in the case. he did -- she did recuse herself from this case, but there were a lot of other issues that he raised that were of greater concern to him and his client and that is what they were alleging was mistreatment by the prosecutors in the end when they were accusing her or questioning her about her apparent lies, about her past. again, all of this coming to the forefront here because prosecutors found that this woman allegedly lied about being raped, or making a claim she'd been raped in her home country years ago and used that as an asylum reason to get into this country. they continued telling those lies to prosecutors in a very emotional tale with tears, that's the way it was described to us, and then finally, according to sources familiar with the case, she recanted and said i made it up, i m

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