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welcome. it's thursday morning, may 19th. we have a lot of news this morning including some breaking news. let's begin with that breaking news. the resignation of dominique strauss-kahn as head of the international monetary fund. this move comes just before a bail hearing today in new york. we're seeing this mug shot for first time. the former imf chief is facing sexual assault charges for allegedly attacking a maid in his manhattan hotel room. he says he is not guilty. resigning from the imf so he can defend himself fully. >> here is part of a statement he released. quote, i think...

good morning. welcome. it's thursday morning, may 19th. we have a lot of news this morning including some breaking news. let's begin with that breaking news. the resignation of dominique strauss-kahn as head of the international monetary fund. this move comes just before a bail hearing today in new york. we're seeing this mug shot for first time. the former imf chief is facing sexual assault charges for allegedly attacking a maid in his manhattan hotel room. he says he is not guilty. resigning from the imf so he can defend himself fully. >> here is part of a statement he released. ...

As late as thursday which was the day he was supposed to resign but didn't quite utter those words. he apparently was livid in the conversation both at the feeling that the united states abandoned him as well as the idea that we didn't understand the middle east. le this, of course, is part 5an parcel of the regime's argument until this weekend which is that it's been the bulwark against instability, that it understands egyptian radicalism and understands the threat posed by islamic fundamentalism. the point to understand about this entire crisis is that it appears demonstrators represent some...

let's just say romance isn't so cheap. it's early and we are on it. from cnn center this is "cnn sunday morning." good morning. i'm randi kay. we start in egypt where moments ago we heard from egypt's prime minister who revealed the country's information minister stepped down. it is the beginning of the work week there. for the first time in two weeks most of the shops are open and traffic is actually moving through tahrir square. there are still groups gathered in the square. some of the protesters are refusing to leave the area. frederik pleitgen reported last hour that there is a ...

eventually lead to a peaceful democracy but how quickly egypt will be able to get martha teichner is among our cbs news colleagues who will be taking stock in our sunday morning cover story. >> reporter: it was one of those moments like the fall of the berlin wall. an event so stunning that even days later, egyptians just want to be in tahrir square to convince themselves it really happened. but will it turn out to be the revolution they've been waiting 5,000 years for? ahead this sunday morning, egypt. we look forward and backward as the great party winds down. >> osgood: tomorrow i...