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theres no bail for dominique strauss-kahn. one of the worlds top bankers is behind bars on sex assault charges. targeting tripoli, the area near moammar gadhafis compound is hit again. in another night of nato air strikes. and thousands of flooded homes, thousands of people evacuated as the mississippi river levels continue to rise. we begin this hour in ireland where authorities say they have intercepted and defused a bomb on a bus headed for dublin, just hours before an histori...

His future at the imf. he is widely regarded as the french socialist partys strongest potential candidate when elections are being held next year. hes the only contender with a chance to take over for the current president. its a bombshell in the political scene of his home country. lets go to paris. jim bitterman joins us. as it looks clear, dominick strauss-khan was seen as a front-runner for the presidency. what does this do to the presidential race? >> well, i guess you can look at the mpape...

Exactly silence but everybody knows, even if its true, only to say so in the current difficult political personal circumstancesle he is facing right now, everybody knows this is the end of the road for him none as the head of the imf, but as a french presidential contender. so they just dont want to add to his misery at some point and to say this, as frankly as i just did. but, you know, so theyre paying tribute to him. theyre saying hes going through a very difficult personal circumstances that...

From paris. dominic strauss-kahn, dsk as hes called there, could have major and political and economic implications. >> absolutely on both fronts. he was a key player in terms of the politics here in france he was the leading contender for president. he topped all the candidates including incumbent president nicolas sarkozy. his disappearance into a jail cell in new york is now really throwing the presidential race open for grabs and meanses there there are a whole new parameters and political c...

Play in a whole different way for republicans. huckabee was a big favorite there with the ultraconservative christian community there. you would look up and say, what does this do now? this potentially puts somebody like a romney into play but by the time token as mormons they may not be as welcome in that community. iowa was taken off the table before. wasnt going to be an issue for those guys. but now its a chance for somebody to break through. not that favorable still to a donald trump, frank...

Regimes coming under fire, coming under criticism from their own people. instead were seeing that movement and that anger broadening out to include israel as well. richard engel, nbc news, in giza. >> richard, thanks. up next here, that potential candidate for president of france accused of attacking a hotel maid in new york city. well have the latest on his case. but first, todays trivia question from the almanac of american politics -- former president george w. bush graduated from harvard...

Martha: a fox news alert. a game-changing game in the battle for the white house. just a short time ago he will not run for president of the united states. that came hours after another potential contender bowed out of the 2012 ring, that was mike huckabee, he announced he will not run for the oval office either. hey, chris. take a look at the field, though, i have been asking people on my twitter who they think should get the nomination its a mixed bag. >> its still early enough in the process ...

Hell make some cuts. hell do a spending freeze for all but paychecks coming through. this should provide a more efficient chicago. >> no daley in the mayors office in a long time. we asked you, former president george w. bush graduated from harvard business school the same year as which 2012 presidential contender? the answer -- former massachusetts governor mitt romney. that year? 1975. up next,y in hollywood star who is taking on a new role as political campaign manager. >> you just dont g...

Monetary fund and possible presidential contender in france, dominique strauss-kahn expected to be arraigned this mark after he allegedly assaulted a hotel maid in new york. >> you know what they think in new york, they think sarkozy set it up. my aunt said, come on, aunt carolyn thinks sarkozy set it up. >> i dont think you want to quote aunt carolyn right now. >> whos to say shes not right. >> he was arrested saturday just as he was about to take off in a plane bound for paris. authorities kne...

He would be considered a flight risk. >> and hes certainly a flight risk. but will the court go along with the prosecutions request to have him surrender his passport? think about it, this man, who is responsible for the funding essentially to the globe, around the globe, not being able to travel, not being able to leave the united states. he lives in france. you cant go home, you cant travel, you cant work. hes pretty much shut down. >> a presidential contender for france, too. to point out as ...