susan candiotti, thanks so much. appreciate that. >>> just hours from now, the mississippi river's floodwaters are expected to be pouring through the morganza spillway in louisiana for the first time in nearly 40 years. the u.s. army corps of engineers is expected to open the floodgates to protect baton rouge and new orleans, other areas in southeastern louisiana will also be getting that water. let's check in with our reynolds wolf. these are dire measures. not everybody is on board with this taking place. but this is a serious situation with mississippi continuing to swell. >> it really is. it's one of those situations where they're really choosing the lesser of two evils. if they were to allow the water to continue its way down the mississippi river, many communities would be threatened, including baton rouge, perhaps even new orleans. the area that you see shaded, this line that's shaded in red, that's the mississippi river. where you have it over in blue, these are the levees, basically. and you have the morganz

susan candiotti was inside the courtroom. susan, you have been able to tip outside of the courtroom right now. but that doesn't mean the hearing is over. >> reporter: we're in a brief recess, t.j., right now. you're right, we learned so far there is an indictment. so far both sides are presenting arguments for and against bail. we got see him for the first time since a few hours after his arrest. he was allowed to wear a business suit into court. his wife's sitting in the front row. his defense attorney said of mr. strauss-kahn, that, quote, he has only one interest to clear his name, and called him an honorable man. said he would turn over his passport, they've hired a monitor company to come in and keep track of him, including 24-hour guard, that his wife is now here in new york and has rented an apartment where they would live and said it is ludicrous he might leave. they do believe he is a risk of flight, that they revealed that the, quote, proof against him is substantial and is growing every day. the tate backed up the

susan candiotti, we will let you get to work. in two hours, president obama will lay out his vision for america's role in the changing middle east. the region looks a lot different than it did a few months ago. the president is expected to talk about syria and a new round of sanctions against its repressive regime and about egypt and the arab ving spring. he just melee out an obama doctrine for the middle east. part of that doctrine might include an idea of the creation of a palestinian state. the president may suggest israel return to its pre-1967 borders. the holy city of jerusalem would be split. what are you hearing? >> reporter: they have still not revealed how the president is going to come down on that controversial issue. they have just been saying that he is weighing whether or not to urge israel to recognize the pre-1967 borders. as you note, very controversial. israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu will be here at the white house just hours after the speech. in recent days, the prime minister has signaled a willin

you heard susan candiotti saying that they had been there for quite some "time." he had been arrested and so far he had not made an appearance and this is live. coming in raw to cnn. those attorneys speaking, william taylor and benningman broughtman saying they are going to delay his arraignment again. did they give a reason? apparently they did not give a reason. it's going to be delayed and as soon as we get more information on that, we will bring it to you. stand by. i want you to hold on a bit because i want to play what the attorney said if we can get it up in our -- if we can get in the diplomat, global big wig. let's listen in now. >> that's being done in light of the hour. we've agreed to postpone the arraignment until tomorrow morning, and we expect to be in court here tomorrow. >> how is your client doing? >> he's tired but he's fine. >> thank you very much. >> not before 11:00 tomorrow. >> okay. so that's his attorneys again speaking and -- sorry, it's a little shaky here but breaking news. that's how it happens. coming out of break and just finishing u

susan candiotti is following this story. tell us what this man's life will be like once he leaves rikers. >> reporter: well, he has to stick close to home. when he eventually leaves rikers island, he will leave there under an armed escort. that's part of what the judge says he has to do. that's part of the bail agreement in addition to posting all this money. so they will escort him straight to this apartment that his wife, according to the defense, has just leased in manhattan. there will be an armed guard outside the place 24 hours a day. there will be cameras trained on the doors and the entrance to make sure he doesn't try to slip out. now, the defense has said that he will be actively working on clearing his name as they put it and to prepare a case in case they go to trial. so he will only be allowed to leave for court hearings. he has also petitioned the court that he might be allowed to leave for certain religious observances. >> so the guard 24 hours a day, who pays for that? >> reporter: he has to foot the bill him

susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >> in "time" magazine's feature article called sex, lies, arrogance. nancy gibbs points out that the allegations against dominique strauss-kahn are on a whole different level. not a cheater or liar, he's accused of being a predator. >> well, after this news broke, another woman came forward in france, talking about how when she went to interview him, when she was in her early 20s, she was a journalist, she was actually goddaughter to his second wife, that that interview turned into an attack, that he initially was holding her hand, and then he -- but he ended up trying to rip her clothes off, trying to take her pants off, undoing her bra and her on the floor kicking him. she describes it as a violent attack. and at the time, this was in 2002, she never pressed any charges so the case was never investigated. her mother admitted to talking her out of it. and the reason was partly this was a very powerful man, and the fear was that if this daughter came forward to accuse him, that people wouldn't believe her, that it was end up ruining her life. and so, y

susan candiotti brings us the latest. >> reporter: it was an extraordinary day of waiting. all day long and night long at this courthouse, waiting for the very first court appearance by the defendant in this case. ahead of the imf, come nike straus-khan. however, as the hours went on and on, he did not appear in court. there was no explanation why. finally, during the middle of the night, the lawyers representing him came outside and talked with reporters and explained that he was agreeing to an examination of his body, looking for any dna evidence that might have been left behind or any scratches on his body. here is what the lawyer said. >> our client consented to an examination tonight at the request of the government. that's being done in light of the hour we've agreed to postpone the arraignment tomorrow morning and we expect to be in court with him tomorrow. >> cnn has learn from a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the investigation that the alleged victim was able to pick straus-khan out of a lineup at the police station, chose him as the person who all

presumably it could come as early as today. >> susan candiotti. we'll be checking in with you again getting more details from the hearing today. >>> we want to turn to this week's focus at cnn. in-depth. looking at the job hunt in america. one man who says it's time for america to get its hands dirty. you probably know him, mike rowe from the tv show "dirty jobs." he's the creator and host of that show. he has another job as well. he's the head of a foundation called mike rowe works. he says there's a skills gap in america and thousands of jobs are going unfilled because american workers aren't being trained for them. he's testifying on capitol hill about getting americans back to work. he joins me right now from san francisco. mike, good to have you here. let's start by getting you to reconcile this for the american people right now. you're telling me we have high unemployment. a lot of people are out of jobs. at the same time, we have a shortage of workers. that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. >> yeah. you may be overestimating my abilities t

susan candiotti is at the levee right now. are they really going to blow it up? >> well, that's the big question tonight, don. and for now no one knows the answer. the rain is really coming down here. and it has been for weeks. the latest is this. a missouri governor, jane nixon, tonight asked the u.s. supreme court to get involved. he is challenging the authority of the u.s. army corps of engineers as to whether it has the right to blow up this levee that you have been talking about. so they are asking for an injunction, we don't have an answer to that yet, but we did spend part of the afternoon looking and visiting some farmland, visiting with a farmer who owns it. about 4,500 acres, his land is already under water, many parts of it here in missouri. that's the southern part of the area already being flooded by rains at record levels right now. however, the northern part of this particular area has not yet been flooded but it surely will if the levee is blown up. on the other side of the coin, you mentioned the town of cairo, illinois, on the north side of thin

susan candiotti has been digging on this story. susan, tell us what allegedly happened here. >> reporter: a lot of really disturbing details here involving a very prominent figure in the business world. here's what we know about what happened. this is according to an official with the new york police department. at about 1:00 this afternoon, at a very prominent hotel here in new york city, the head of the international monetary fund dominique strauss-kahn was leaving -- was entering, sorry was in his room when a housekeeper, a maid entered his room to clean his hotel room. when she was allegedly met by this man, mr. kahn, who was stark naked according to police and he tried to force himself on her. she was able to break away. she ran to the desk, alerted the hotel staff. they in turn called the police. the police say by the time they got there, he had already left the premises. so they found out that he was on a flight from new york's jfk airport to paris and they got there just before the doors of the plane had been closed. some p

our national correspondent susan candiotti is tracking the story for us. susan? >> reporter: hi, don. miami fbi agents swooped in right after morning prayers to arrest an imam at his mosque. they say that this imam spearheaded a conspiracy to support terrorists in pakistan. he's 76 years old, hafiz mohammed khan, religious leader of the flag letter mosque, accused of sending $53,000 to the pakistani taliban. also arrested, two of his sons, including a young imam at a mosque in margate. three more are charged in pakistan, two of them are khan's relatives. the fbi and prosecutors say some of the money was buying guns for the taliban and funding an islamic school that the elder imam founded in pakistan. it was allegedly used as a shelter for terrorists and to teach children to join the movement. >> $50,000 is just a tip of the iceberg. we will show as the case proceeds that they transferred a lot more than $50,000 to pakistan for this specific purpose, that it reaches the pakistani taliban. >> susan, i have to ask this question, then. do we know how the fbi made its

right now, cnn's susan candiotti joins us live from manhattan. tell us about what this appeal will entail. >> reporter: first of all, the timing of this is interesting, his resignation. his denial, his words are the first time we're hearing from him, even though it's on paper, saying that he denies as he puts it with the greatest possible firmness, all the allegations made against him. the question, of course, is whether he will be able to convince a judge to set him free. here's what's going to happen in court. he is asking the judge for the following requirements, that he will -- he himself will put up $1 million bail. he will agree to being detained at home 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. under electronic monitoring, probably an ankle bracelet at the very least and to stay in touch by phone with parole officers. he's already turned over his passport but he said he would also turn in a united nations travel document that he has as well. now, the judge declined some of these very same proposals when he was in court on monday. the question is, wil

susan candiotti has been digging on this story. susan, tell us what allegedly happened here. >> reporter: what a really disturbing details here involving a very prominent figure in the business world. here's what we know about what happened. this is according to an official with the new york police department. at about 1:00 this afternoon, at a very prominent hotel here in new york city, the head of the international monetary fund dominique strauss-kahn was leaving -- was entering, sorry was in his room when a housekeeper, a maid entered his room to clean his hotel room. when she was allegedly met by this man who was stark naked according to police and he tried to force himself on her. she was able to break away. she ran to the desk, alerted the hotel staff. they in turn called the police. the police say by the time they got there, he had already left the premises. so they found out that he was on a flight from new york's jfk airport to paris and they got there just before the doors of the plane had been closed, some police officer

susan candiotti, cnn, new york. >> in "time" magazine's feature article called sex, lies, arrogance. nancy gibbs points out that the allegations against dominique strauss-kahn are on a whole different level. not a cheater or liar, he's accused of being a predator. >> well, after this news broke, another woman came forward in france, talking about how when she went to interview him, when she was in her early 20s, she was a journalist, she was actually god daughter to his second wife, that that interview turned into an attack, that he initially was holding her hand, and then he -- but he ended up trying to rip her clothes off, trying to take her pants off, undoing her bra and her on the floor kicking him. she describes it as a violent attack. and at the time, this was in 2002, she never pressed any charges so the case was never investigated. her mother admitted to talking her out of it. and the reason was partly this was a very powerful man, and the fear was that if this daughter came forward to accuse him, that people wouldn't believe her, that it was end up ruining her life. and so,

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. >> cnn national correspondent susan candiotti joins us with the details. granted bail, does that mr. strauss-kahn is free tonight? >> reporter: not quite yet. it means he'll be spending one more night at likers jail, one more night in a cell eating jail food, on a protective suicide watch with a guard looking in on him every 15 minutes. i strongly suspect he probably doesn't mind because he knows he's going to make bail and will be getting out soon, probably tomorrow. all this time in the meantime, a security company has been hired by him and his wife to outfit an apartment in manhattan that is just been leased by his wife journalist ann sinclair and being outfitted with cameras that will be keeping watch 24/7. they are paying a hefty price and they have to pay for it. it's been estimated $200,000 a month. >> that's a pricey deal to get bail. as you mentioned, the wife, you were in the courtroom today and we heard from the prers. what was the reaction of mr. strauss-kahn's family? >> reporter: you know, it's interesting. i was struck they were very compose

and our susan candiotti joins us now. susan, what does this mean? >> reporter: well, it means that if, in fact, they move forward with the plan to blow up this levee, then there's going to be a lot of land flooded, as was expected, in an area of missouri here. it's an area where the ohio and the mississippi river comes to a confluence. so at this hour tonight, i can tell you that the governor of missouri was not expecting that the supreme court would give him a favorable decision to hold off on plans to move forward blowing this levee up. because he says at this point we know that the u.s. army corps of engineers is moving forward with plans to pull off this plan even though they haven't said for sure that they're going to do it. but he said he wants to make sure that everyone has evacuated the farmland in question, in particular, to make sure that no one gets back in, and to make sure that they're ready, that this is going to happen, to make that plan go forward. and so at this hour, we know that the u.s. army corps of engineers is going ahead and

our susan candiotti walks us through his scandalous past week. >> reporter: it was friday the 13th, the day before the alleged assault, when dominique strauss-kahn checked into a luxury hotel in midtown manhattan, the sofitel. the head of the international monetary fund was looking for company. within minutes of checking into suite 2806, he called the front desk and invited the female receptionist to join him for a drink. she declined. fast forward to the next day, around noon, a source tells cnn a male service attendant entered his room to retrieve service items. minutes later a 32-year-old maid noticed the door was ajar and entered the room to clean. the attendant then left. inside 62-year-old strauss-kahn allegedly was naked in the bedroom and grabbed at the maid chating her through the suite. kahn chased her through the suite and forced himself on her. >> he forcibly raped her. when he was unsuccessful he forced her to perform oral sex on him. >> reporter: about a half hour later, police say strauss-kahn checked out of the hotel. prosecutors contend he was rushing here to jfk airpor

here's susan candiotti. >> reporter: it was just last friday when dominique strauss-kahn checked into the luxury hotel in midtown manhattan. according to a law enforcement source, the head of the international monetary fund was looking for company. within minutes of checking into suite 2806, he called the front desk and invited the female receptionist to join him for a drink. she declined. fast forward to the next day, at around noon. a sort tells cnn a male service attendant thought the suite was vacant and entered the room. just minutes later, a 32-year-old african maid noticed the door was ajar and entered the room to clean. the attendant then left, following hotel policy, the maid left the door open. inside, 62-year-old strauss-khan allegedly was naked in the bedroom and grabbed at the maid, chasing her throughout the suite. as she tried to escape, he shut the door and forced himself on her, sexually assaulting her. >> he tried to forcibly rape her. when he was unsuccessful, he forced her to perform oral sex on him. >> reporter: just 25 minutes later at 12:28 p.m., strauss-khan ch

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susan candiotti sets the stage. >> it was a saturday afternoon in the times square area of manhattan. the chambermaid had come into the room of dominick khan. she said he was completely naked when she walked in and the police said that he attempted to force himself on her sexually. she was able to break away. she ran to the hotel staff. when the police arrived on the scene mr. khan had already left the hotel. he was said to leave on an afternoon flight from new york stock exchange to paris, before they closed the door police went on board, they said he was seated in the first class section of the flight, of the pleen. he did not offer any resistance but they did lead him off the plane and turn him over to the new york police department. >>> you might not be familiar with his name, kahn, might not be that familiar with the imf. he's the head of the imf, the world savings and loan if you will, got about $360 billion to lend, gathered from nearly 300 member countries, the u.s., a member contributes around $70 billion to that fund. strauss-kahn is the head of the imf and been there since

cnn's susan candiotti picks up this now and more on the living arrangements including why he couldn't stay at his first choice of apartments. >> a plan to release him hit a snafu when the police he was planning to live wouldn't let him stay there. that led to a court hearing to discuss the issue. the judge agreed to allow him to live in a temporary location for a few days until a more permanent apartment can be arranged. why wasn't he allowed to stay at the first place? here's strauss-kahn's lawyer. >> the reason that he had to move is because members of the press attempted to invade his private residence and interfered with his family's privacy. >> the only reason he can leave this place is for a medical emergency. he'll be less restricted when moved to a permanent location and then he can leave if he gives prosecutors six hours notice of his plans. >>> strauss-kahn is accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid last week. imf says he got a $250,000 separation payment and will draw a modest pension. >>> listen to this name. a name you probably have never heard of. he is a big deal. a

. >> susan candiotti is covering this case for us. a pretty strategic move by the strauss-kahn defense on the eve of his bail hearing. that's going to be today. >> reporter: absolutely. certainly it's no coincidence that he's making this statement today, this resignation, on the eve of when he's going to be asking the judge to let him out of jail. a judge gets to figure it out. are the conditions figured good enough to make sure he shows up in court. dominique strauss-kahn wants out of rikers where he's been two nights under a suicide watch protectively. if he makes his case, no more cot, no more cell, no more guards looking in on him every 15 minutes. he'd get to live in a comfortable home, possibly his daughter's in manhattan. his attorneys are proposing $1 million bail, the same amount they offered monday. he'd be confined to home 24 hours a day, 7 days a week be under electronic monitoring and sure to be checking in with the court by phone. he's already turned over his passport and would hand in a united nations travel i.d. the in

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. you can see that the words that figure most prominently include region, people, must, and change. let's go deeper inside what president had to say and implications the white house correspondent brianna keilar is standing by live over at the white house. >> reporter: wolf, the expe expectations pres

here's susan candiotti. >> reporter: it was just last friday when dominique strauss-kahn checked into the luxury hotel in midtown manhattan. according to a law enforcement source, the head of the international monetary fund was looking for company. within minutes of checking into suite 2806, he called the front desk and invited the female receptionist to join him for a drink. she declined. fast forward to the next day, at around noon. a source tells cnn says a 32-year-old african maid noticed the door was ajar and entered the room to clean. the attendant then left, following hotel policy, the maid left the door open. inside, 62-year-old strauss-khan allegedly was naked in the bedroom and grabbed at the maid, chasing her throughout the suite. as she tried to escape, he shut the door and forced himself on her, sexually assaulting her. >> he tried to force my rape her. when he was unsuccessful, he forced her to perform oral sex on him. >> reporter: just 25 minutes later at 12:28 p.m., strauss-khan checked out of the sofitel hotel. prosecutors contend he was rushing to get to the airport.

susan candiotti is here. a bunch of bail conditions, any chance they're not going to be met or are you expecting him to walk out of jail this morning. >> do expect him to be walking out of jail at some point. the judge has to sign off on everything. the judge has to be assured those we those cameras are in place, armed guards ready to go to work. we know the wife was trying to locate an apartment and said that she did. but the judge has to be satisfied that all those conditions have been met. >> the other thing, too, moving forward, this judge was apparently convinced that this -- there would be enough conditions in place for him to stay put. his initial request for bail was denied. >> that's right. but this time, after listening to the arguments, the judge appeared to be satisfied that he has no criminal record, he is a powerful man who understands how important this case is, how serious the charges are, and as the defense attorney said, your honor, my client will not somehow magically teleport himself to fr

. >> all right, susan candiotti, thank you so much from new york. we'll get more details from you as they become available throughout the day. in the meantime, just moments ago cnn learned that the board will hold an informal session later today. there they will be briefed on the strauss-kahn arrest and how to move forward. dominic strauss-kahn's arrest comes at a time when he was thought to be leading the presidential candidates in the election. >> it's difficult to overstate exactly what a bombshell the arrest of dominic strauss-kahn has been. as a director of the international monetary fund, he had dealings with heads of state. he had a meeting this afternoon, for example, programmed with germany this coming week about the financial crisis up in brussels, and he was going to be at the table at the g-8 summit end of may. it is a huge story, but also domestically here in france, it is a huge story. strauss-kahn was the leading candidate for president. he out-polled all leading candidates, including current president nicolas sarkozy. and for people

i want to bring in cnn's susan candiotti. bring us up to date here. >> from first thing this morning we've been watching and watching and watching rikers island to see when he might get an armed escort out of there. he has to pay out of his pocket armed guards who will take him from there over to his apartment that his wife was leasing so that they had some place to stay under home detention and 24-hour monitoring by a private security firm that would cost upwards of $200,000 a month. but they also had to wait for the bail orders to be signed and we just got word moments ago that, in fact, that happened. including a $1 million cash bail as well as a $5 million bond. the thing is, there's a hitch. as you indicated, there have been reports, and we've been watching this apartment building where we believe he would be heading to, but he hasn't shown up. first they had to have the order signed, but now the hitch is that there are reports that there's an issue with that apartment lease. either by the building owner or te tenants of

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cnn national correspondent susan candiotti here to explain. susan? >> reporter: hi, john. the media is standing shoulder to shoulder at this hour at a spot in downtown manhattan where they hope to catch their first glimpse of dominique strauss-kahn since he was released from rikers island jail earlier this afternoon. it's a release that nearly didn't happen. a plan to release him hit a snafu when the place where he was planning to live wouldn't let him stay there. that led to a court hearing this afternoon to discuss the issue. the judge agreed to allow the former imf chief to live in a temporary location for a few days until a more permanent apartment can be arranged. why wasn't he allowed to stay at the first place? here's strauss-kahn's lawyer. >> the reason that he had to move is because members of the press attempted to invade his private residence and interfered with his family's privacy. >> reporter: there certainly has been a lot of media interest in this story. and even with this new location they certainly aren't staying away, john. >> not staying away. susan, he

susan candiotti joins us live from new york. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: certainly as you indicated, among those charged, two imams, a father who is 76 years old and his 24-year-old son. each is the religious leader of a mosque, one in miami and one in margate, which is near ft. lauderdale. investigators say the elder spearheaded the alleged conspiracy. six people are indicted for raising at least $53,000 in donations to help the pakistani taliban. prosecutors call that money the tip of the iceberg of their 3-year-long investigation. that terrorist organization is linked to a number of attacks including last year's convicted times square bomber, a suicide attack only yesterday in pakistan and another 2009 suicide attack that killed seven u.s. soldiers at a military base in pakistan. court papers state that when one of these emmanuels heard of the attack, he declared his wish that god bring death to 50,000 more. the fbi and prosecutors say they track add string of suspicious transactions from the u.s. to pakistan and at this point won't say who

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let me let our susan candiotti fill in some details. >> reporter: it was saturday afternoon at the hotel sophietelle at the times square motel in manhattan. the chamber maid had just come into the room of dominique khan. she said he was completely naked when she walked in and the police said that he attempted to force himself on her sexually. she was able to break away. she ran to the hotel staff. they in turn tried to find him. when the police arrived on the scene, mr. khan had already left the hotel. police quickly got word out to jafk airport where he was set to leave on an afternoon flight from new york to paris. just before they closed the door police were able to hold the plane, they went on-board, they said he was seated in the first class section of the flight -- of the plane. he did not offer any resistance but they did lead him off the plane and turned him over to the new york police department. >> exactly who are we talking about here and what does he do? he is the head of the imf. the imf consider it kind of the world savings and loan, if you will. they've got about 360 billi

sus susan candiotti has a preview of what's coming up. what do you know about the apartment where dominique strauss-kahn is now? >> we are hearing that it is an old renovated high rise close to ground zero. it used to be the corporate home of u.s. steel. according to an e-mail sent to residents and obtained by cnn, dominique strauss-kahn is described as under indictment and is the guest of a leaseholder and adds is, we wer not consulted and he will be staying here until early next week. >> i have to ask you. what do we know about the apartment, we know about that. what about the neighbors complaining? i read the neighbors complained and they sent out an e-mail. >> some aren't happy at all. the media is camped out across the street. a police car is out front. security has been stepped up. some complain they don't like the idea of him being in the building. some suggest he still belongs in jail. of course, still others don't care, don. >> how long will he be there? >> probably until early next week. in court they are saying about four, five

the hotel told susan candiotti that she's a very good employee, work is very satisfactory. the incident happened in one of the suites of the hotel there. >> richard roth reporting live. we told what you the imf is about, now about background about dominique strauss-kahn, he was also known by his initials dfk. he's known for including the bailouts of greece and ireland. our chief business correspondent ali velshi has more. >> reporter: strauss-kahn say member of the socialist party in france, over the years, he's been appointed to committees back to the senate in 1997. now prior for this weekend's incident, strauss-kahn was considered a top candidate for the president of france in the elections next year. richard was talking about that. a french opinion poll published on sunday taken before the scandal broke showed him in first place among six hypothetical candidates, including the current president nicolas sarkozy. let me tell you about the man himself. strauss-kahn is married to an american-french journalist, ann sinclair. they live in d.c. she issued a statement this week

cnn's susan candiotti is watching and waiting for all of this. >> reporter: randi, dominique strauss-kahn wants out, out of a jail cell, far cry from the lifestyle that he's used to. also, a cell where someone looks in on him every 15 minutes while he's been under a protective suicide watch. here's the offer that's on the table. he's telling the court he would put up $1 million bail, the same amount offered on month but a different judge and a different hearing. he will remain at home 24/7, won't leave, he would submit to electronic monitoring, probably include an ankle bracelet, having to call in by phone every day with the court to tell them where he is. he would give up his passport and united nations travel documents. he puts up the deed to his $4 million home in the section of washington, d.c., called georgetown. he would waive extradition if he wound up in another country that does not have an extradition treaty with the united states, he would willingly return to the united states. he's telling court in writing he has no criminal record, he has strong family ties, for example, two