he says that she is fully cooperating with the police and she is testifying before a grand jury for the second day in a row. reliving it in your mind is hart enough. having to recount it even to a therapist is district, much less having to talk about it on the record in front of a grand jury. it s extraordinarily difficult. and nonetheless she s making it through will. reporter: now that strauss-kahn has resigned from the imf, it is very likely he will participate fully in his defense and certainly he has a long road ahead of him. he sure does. susan candiotti reporting live from new york city and you ll get back to us if anything happens in the short term. the so-called dooms day movement says this weekend will bring a biblical rapture to mankind. some people like our own jeanne moos have some questions about that that. what happens if on sunday we re all here and there is no
court. pretty stiff conditions. thanks. we will have more on this coming up. susan candiotti reporting. international monetary fund has named an acting managing director in the wake of dominique strass-kahn s resignation. . obviously some shock and sadness over the events of the past few days. but very clear recognition of the important responsibilities given to the fund, the need for the staff to pull together and can focus on the job at hand and that s exactly what we have been doing. he also said he deeply regrets the circumstances led that led to his new position. turning to other news. major speech by president obama today. addressing the changes sweeping the arab world. take a look at this so-called word cloud computer generated visual representation of the president s remarks.
the israelis and the palestinians to make peace. a new lead on a famous cold case, the deadly tainting of tylenol capsules back in 1982. the fbi wants dna samples from one of the nation s most notorious killers. i m wolf blitzer, your senate situation room. breaking news this hour, a new york supreme court judge s decision to grant bail to dominique strauss-kahn. the former head of the international monetary fund has to pay $1 million in cash and post as 5 million bond to get out of rikers island jail where he has been held since his arrest over the weekend. defense lawyers disputed prosecutors claims that strauss-kahn is a flight risk. a great relief for the family to be able to have him [ inaudible ] the complainant in this case has offered a compelling and unwavering story about what occurred in the defendant s room.she made immediate outcries to multiple witnesses, both to hotel staff and police. the quick response to the hotel staff and law enforcement did help
jeannie, happy doomsday to you. reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. that s it for us. it is 9:00 a.m. on the east coast, 6:00 a.m. out west. good morning to you. i m carol costello in for kyra phillips. the schwarzenegger scandal keeps getting more shocking. his child with his wife, maria and his secret child with his housekeeper were born just days apart. president obama getting ready to deliver a major speech on how the united states will deal with the new middle east. sanctions for some nations and help for others and a controversial suggestion for israel. this just in to us. the number of people filing for first-time unemployment claims is down again. the second straight week of sharp drops. four years into the job and four days after his arrest on sex crime charges, the head of the international monetary fund hands in his resignation. dominique strauss-kahn made the decision from his new york jail cell. he has been in custody since the weekend, accused of s
connection here. again, this was hatched months ago, and it came to the attention of new york police investigators as part of another investigation that they were working on. they heard about this and followed through with it. susan candiotti reporting live from new york. let s head to the skies. the third in-flight incident in a matter of days, a massachusetts man has pleaded not guilty to interfering with the operation of an aircraft. he was arrested on tuesday night when his delta flight landed in boston for messing with an emergency exit door. he says it wasn t as bad as it sounds, though, and authorities have totally overreacted. it was a plastic cover. you know? reporter: were you surprised when you got to logan surprised. well, when it landed in my lap, there was nobody more surprised than i was. reporter: you weren t making some lunge for the door. not at all. sitting in my seat and, you know, just farting around, flipping the tray. reporter: bored on the plan