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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 weekend defending her husband. >> we also have a statement from his wife, ann sinclair. i...

Hypothetical candidates including the current president sarkozy. strauss-kahn is married to an american french journalist ann sinclair. she issued a statement defending her husband. bottom of the hour we are going live to paris, cnn jim bittermann has the reaction to the news of strauss-kahn's arrest and impact kite have on the global economy. concerns about the global economy weighing around stocks down around across the board around the world. markets are down in europe and asia and here in the u.s., futures are lower after the dow closed down more than 100 points on friday. the nasdaq and...

Challenging nicolas sarkozy next spring are dead. >> his wife is coming to her husband's defense. she is an american-born journalist and hosted one of france's most popular political tv shows for 13 years. covered the 2008 presidential race and released this statement -- coming up in about 30 minutes, i'll ask our legal contributeor for "in session" about what strauss-kahn faces today. president obama hoping to provide comfort to victim of that massive flooding along the mississippi river. he leaves for memphis, tennessee, in just about 30 minutes. before the flooding starts, mr. obama had b...

Inquiries on the allegation and one only mentioned it briefly in court. >> i can't respond to allegations that were made in a foreign country that did not result in any criminal prosecution. >> reporter: she did not report the alleged incident to french police at the time. why not? her mother told a french tv station what they told her daughter at the time. >> translator: there wasn't a rape, strictly speaking. there was an attack. for the rest of your life you would have on your resume, you know? tristane banone. that's the girl who -- well -- >> reporter: this reporter who wrote a profile of...

Strauss-kahn, in 2008 more than just a rumor he was accused of sexual harassment for his affair with one of his subordinates at the international monetary fund. he was later cleared but he had to apologize to the imf and on kind of a probation. >> you talked about his personal life, his issues and what about his personal life now. is he married right now? >> reporter: he is march rid, has four children and his wife, ann sinclair is a high profile person, on television and after the 2008 affair she was sticking by him and they had turned the page and moved on. as an open question as to whether ...