coming back because he ll never be able to be extradited. all they ve got to do then, and what i assume happened here, is show that it was booked, that it was booked prior to this incident, and that he was the one, as mr. taylor was saying just then, he had called twice. he was the one who alerted to where he was, he was at jfk. if this was somebody trying to flee, he s not going to call for his cell phone. he would have got on the flight and he would be gone and they never would have seen him again. i think you do have to push back when you re talking about somebody s liberty. the idea that it was no bail for a couple of days is ludicrous, because this is not a murder case, this is not a no-bail case. this is a case where he should have received bail and did receive bail today. jeff, last night on the program you predicted he would receive bail and resign from the imf, both of which have happened. you say you think he got lucky with this bail. this was a close, close question. the
spent in randall s island. instead he s going to be with his wife, eating the food he wants, seeing the people he wants, in ran apartment in manhattan. it makes a huge difference in his life. mark, when you re representing a client like this, how time consuming does this become for the client? last night jeff was talking about he needs to dedicate a lot of time focusing on this case moving forward. is that what you found with clients? in this case, given the stakes here, there s no question. he s going to spend 24-7 on this case. there s no way that he would have been able to retain his position, even if released on bail. so this is something where he s going to have to dedicate his life to getting out of this. for all intents and purposes, he s facing a tantmount to a life sentence here. he needs to defend this case and
his wife, he smiled and blew her a kiss. he was much more pulled together than he had been when we saw him earlier in the week. he had shaved, he was wearing a blazer. there does seem to be a little change in the dynamics. you have to keep in mind who this guy is and who he is used to hanging out with. this is the guy who is credited with saving greece and portugal and ireland. so he knows diplomacy and negotiations and it seemed to me, and jeff, you can correct me, he seemed to have a better feel for what was ahead, what was to come, and comfort being surrounded with the people he had. the first 48 hours have to be like being hit with a truck. it helps to be a public figure. i remember watching o.j. simpson in the courtroom. he was a public figure. he had presence, he knew what it was like to be looked at. i think dominique strauss-kahn is going to have a similar presence in the courtroom. if the dna evidence incriminates him, none of that stuff matters, but it helps.
one interesting thing, anderson, watching him in court, he seemed much more relaxed when he saw his wife, he smiled and blew her a kiss. he was much more pulled together than he had been when we saw him earlier in the week. there does seem to be a little change in the dynamics. you have to keep in mind who this guy is and who he is used to hanging out with. this guy is credited with saving greece and portugal and ireland. so he knows diplomacy and negotiations and it seemed to me, and jeff, you can correct me, he seemed to have a better feel for what was ahead, what was to come, and comfort being surrounded. the first 48 hours have to be like being hit with a truck. it helps to be a public figure. i remember watching o.j. simpson in the courtroom. he had presence, he knew what it was like to be looked at. i think dominique strauss-kahn is going to have a similar presence in the courtroom.
and if i can add one thing. i said randall s island. that s soccer fields. it s rikers island. i played on randall s island when i was a kid. there s a lot of glass on there. it s been fixed now. mark, do you agree with jeff that it helps to be a public figure in terms of knowing how to present yourself in court? it certainly doesn t hurt. this is somebody that has been in situations where he knows how to handle himself and that beats the heck out of somebody who doesn t. and the fact that he has a high profile job and by some accounts probably one of the most high profile jobs in the world, certainly is not going to hurt him. at the same time, the things that do hurt him is that you re going to have prosecutors and judges who are going to, with all of the media attention, try to make sure that he never seems like he s getting a break, so to speak. i don t think that anybody else