CBS Evening News - 2011-05-15
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[0:01] Tonight, under arrest, the head of the
[0:03] International Monetary Fund is charged
[0:05] with sexual assault in New York,
[0:07] throwing financial rescue talks into
[0:09] disarray.
[0:10] I'm Russ Mitchell. Also tonight, in the
[0:12] flood zone, as Army engineers open more
[0:15] Mississippi spillway gates, thousands of
[0:17] people across Cajun country prepare for
[0:19] the worst.
[0:21] Help wanted. Facing a shortage of
[0:23] skilled workers, hospitals try a new
[0:24] approach, training their own employees
[0:27] for better jobs.
[0:28] And words and pictures. How one
[0:31] innovative artist is transforming old
[0:32] books into unique sculptures.
[0:40] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Russ
[0:44] Mitchell.
[0:45] >> And good evening. We begin tonight with
[0:47] a major shock in the financial world.
[0:49] The head of the International Monetary
[0:50] Fund, who is one of the most powerful
[0:52] men in world banking, stands accused
[0:54] this evening of sexually assaulting a
[0:56] woman in a New York City hotel.
[0:58] Michelle Miller has more on the arrest
[1:00] and tells us what this could mean for
[1:02] the business of the IMF.
[1:06] >> For almost 4 years, Dominique
[1:07] Strauss-Kahn has run the International
[1:10] Monetary Fund, which is grappling with
[1:12] Europe's debt crisis.
[1:14] Now, the 62-year-old French politician
[1:16] has a crisis of his own, accused of
[1:19] attempted rape inside an upscale
[1:21] Manhattan hotel. A 32-year-old maid told
[1:24] police she was sexually assaulted
[1:27] Saturday afternoon by Strauss-Kahn
[1:29] inside his $3,000-a-night
[1:32] suite on the 28th floor. She had gone in
[1:34] to clean what she thought was an empty
[1:36] room. But according to police,
[1:38] Strauss-Kahn was inside a bathroom i