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judge. a south florida airports still closed by floodwaters after the rainiest day in fort lauderdale history. and new restrictions on abortion pills kick in just hours from now will the u. s supreme court step in. good friday morning. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im christine romans today in air national guard i t specialist will make his first court appearance after his arrest in connection with a major leak of top secret defense documents. the ex...

Clearly very frail and his mind seems to wander sometimes. yesterday when that same lawyer you saw there explained to mr. durst in some detail, and i listen to this, that a witness needed a five minute break, mr. mr. durst seemed to nod to the lawyer that he understood. then seconds later, he leaned into the exact same lawyer and said, what just happened? its an open question as to how mr. dursts health is and whether he might even make it to the full trial which isnt scheduled until sometime ne...

united states and afghanistan. today the afghan president hamid karzai met with the relatives of some of the 16 civilians who died in sundays massacre which u.s. officials blame on one u.s. army staff sergeant. president karzai spoke with president obama. he said he doesnt believe the u.s. version of events. and he says hes running out of patience. >> it is by all means the end of the rope here. the end of the rope. the end of the rope. nobody can afford such luxuries anymore. >> choon...

Open the door to releasing the charges altogether. but her attorney says she stands by her story. >> the victim, from day one, has described a violent sexual assault that dominique strauss-kahn committed against her. she has described that sexual assault many times to the prosecutors and to me. and she has never once changed a single thing about that account. >> patently false. i think if he were being accurate, i dont think the district attorneys office would have moved to completely exonerate ...

Encounter, which we dont know yet. its murky and it may remain murky. >> well, the charges have not yet been reduced, but certainly this signals -- what happened today in court, does signal that the accusations are on much less solid ground and if anything this might end up being a misdemeanor. still hes not allowed to -- yeah? >> i see. as a practical matter, you know, youre talking about a jury in new york. okay? and its going to be very hard to convict somebody if his only accuser is somebody...

>> ron allen is live in new york with the latest astounding developments, developments that have repercussions in terms of foreign policy, international, global finance, and, of course, the french presidency. but more importantly, right now it is a criminal case in the new york court, and this is a huge setback for a prosecution and potential tragedy for all concerned. >> reporter: interesting you point out those global issues. people in europe are still talking about this case, yesterday, of co...

Rush to judgment, theyve been saying that all along, and this points that out. and the attorney for the alleged victim spoke the longest, and the most vehemently. he said that she will now come forward to talk to the press, to talk to the public, to tell her side of the story. and he says the bottom line is that regardless of what happened to her before this, regardless of what happened to her after this, the bottom line, he claims that she was still a victim of a violent attack, and she insists...