you said the 24-hour net yoshgs are certainly covering this. is this just shock there in paris right now? reporter: i think shock and some disbelief. you hear a lot of people say in fact a lot of political class are saying let s wait until the facts are in and let s see what happens with the arraignment this afternoon when strauss-khan is brought into court in new york. one thing that s being suggested is that he might be let out on bail but might face some travel restrictions, may not be able to leave the united states. it is hard to imagine a french presidential candidate not being able to leave the united states to campaign or the director of the international monetary fund stuck in the united states not able to travel. there s a lot of implications. i would say shock, disbelief, bombshell, a thunder bolt is the way the head of the socialist party described it. at least one leading politician said that she was not that surprised because there have been rumors for years going bac
freeman and ernie banks all in the same room and i try to get them to stop selling themselves short. plus this morning we re talking about politics. presidential politics in france. why? because one of the people, the man you are looking at there, who is believed to be the front-runner to be the next president of france is now sitting in a jail cell in new york. scathing details of how all of this played out. we ll have that for you. but welcome to this cnn sunday morning. i m t.j. holmes. thank you for spending part of your weekend here with us. let s start now with the case of saving new orleans at the cost of others. the latest on the historic flooding along the lower mississippi valley. now take a look at this. you see that picture? this happened yesterday. the army corp of engineers opened just one of the 125 gates at that huge morganza spillway north of baton rouge. this is something that has not been done since 1973. they could open two more of those gates toda
cheering for her. when it was all over, she broke down into tears. and went into the arms of her coach. overshadowing really kim nu-ya, south korean, favored in this. she s way ahead of the pack going into tomorrow s final skate subpoena she did skate beautifully but so did joannie rochette who goes into the finals in third place. definitely a contender for a medal. got those scores on the strength of her skating last night. which was extraordinary under any circumstances. all right. thank you very much, chris jansing in vancouver. of course, stay tuned to all of nbc s coverage on all the nbc net yoshgs. coming up, orrin hatch. g the ec, g the ec, small business owners have a lot of questions. can paperless billing get me paid faster? how can i keep my best employees? how can i bring down my insurance costs? that s why we re building a community called openforum.com where owners can swap ideas and ask questions.