alleged sex crime victim, this hotel made, 32-year-old woman with a daughter who came here, emigrated grom guinea in africa. standard procedure in these types of criminal cases. we know that dominique strauss-kahn resigned last evening from the international monetary fund and as he stayed in his resignation statement, he is going to spend time with his family and make sure his name gets cleared for crimes and accusation, he says he never committed these. >> richard roth outside the courthouse. interesting developments today. we appreciate you. meanwhile to our viewers, more news still unfolding right now, let me bring to you tragic news from the mississippi river flooding, the first death linked to the slow-moving disaster apparently happened near vicksburg, mississippi, a 69-year-old man has died after being pulled from the floodwaters. the mississippi river is topping out at an all-time high of vicksburg. no certainty when the floodwaters might recede. look what people are doing on their own. they are taking it upon themselves to protect themselves. you see this? see from the pictures here, a