surprise in paris. it was about 10:00 p.m. local and announced the former president was being put under investigation. what that means is that the three charges he was facing yesterday found sufficient converging and serious clues to choose to go ahead with this formal investigation. the charges, as you've described them, are extremely serious. he's accused of having taken advantage of an ailing old lady and basically grabbing cash from her to finance his 2007 presidential campaign. what that means is, if the legal process was to go all the way, is that he could be sentenced to three years in jail, and a very hefty fine to the tune of about half a billion dollars. half a million dollars, i mean, of course. what's happening this morning is the president is clearly very upset. he denies that he did anything wrong whatsoever and is now at his home with his advisers trying to figure out what his next move is going to be.