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Is so high because of the culture of high school. obviously, that shows a grave lack of understanding of what sexual assault and rape is. it is a crime of violence, it is a crime of aggression, it is not a date gone badly. >> i want to play for you briefly secretary of defense chuck hagel, who is opposed of taking this outside the chain of command. take a listen to what he had to say. >> it is my strong belief, and i think others on capitol hill and within our institution, that the ultimate auth...

Walking around and harming people, hurting people, injuring them. do you know, rachel, we got a new report, the v.a. has stated that right now there are 50,000 men being treated by the v.a. who have experienced some kind of sexual assault in the military. this is an epidemic. this has to stop, and, you know, chuck hagel and i are friends. i supported him and he wrote me a beautiful letter saying wed work together. we need to talk about this, because you go to your commander, the commander many t...

We have 20,000 felons a year walking around and harming people, hurting people, injuring them. do you know, rachel, we got a new report, the v.a. has stated that right now there are 50,000 men being treated by the v.a. who have experienced some kind of sexual assault in the military. this is an epidemic. this has to stop, and, you know, chuck hagel and i are friends. i supported him and he wrote me a beautiful letter saying wed work together. we need to talk about this, because you go to your co...

I enlisted in the marine corps 26 years ago. i knew of a young woman on my base in indiana who was raped by an army ranger off base, forced to hitchhike back to base, abandoned on a road. it was reported to the commanding officer. not only was this man never charged, but she was sent to a psychological unit. she was given lie detector tests. and finally her career was ended. she was absolutely humiliated. and so the very idea that this is something that ought to be adjudicated within the command...

Psychological unit. she was given lie detector tests. and finally her career was ended. she was absolutely humiliated. and so the very idea that this is something that ought to be adjudicated within the command structure is ludicrous. it is something that ought to be investigated, prosecuted, and it ought to be punished. you know, the very idea -- >> how do you intervene? youre saying ought to, but how do you intervene? i accept your word. every bit of evidence youve given us and personal histor...

26 years ago. i knew of a young woman on my base in indiana who was raped by an army ranger off base, forced to hitchhike back to base, abandoned on a road. it was reported to the commanding officer. not only was this man never charged, but she was sent to a psychological unit. she was given lie detector tests. and finally her career was ended. she was absolutely humiliated. and so the very idea that this is something that ought to be adjudicated within the command structure is ludicrous. it is ...

Only for a short period of time. and the homes are to the northwest, near the nursing home. those are hit pretty hard. but it will be a while before they can get in. because some of the structures are still arent safe. the assistant state fire marshal says there is one priority to allow residents get back where they can. the investigation needs to continue. take a listen, shannon. >> we will look at everything from the initial response, the command structure, the firefighting tactics, the origin...

Sometimes report to a command structure that may be friends with the accuser or the accused. its important that we look at this as not just women, but also men. >> senator claire mccaskill, thank you for your work on this and for joining us tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >> coming up, president obama makes a statement on marriage equality. and well be joined by a legislature who voted the wrong way an doma and regrets it. thats coming up. [ telephone ringing ]

Your accused to have to sometimes report to a command structure that may be friends with the accuser or the accused. its important that we look at this as not just women, but also men. >> senator claire mccaskill, thank you for your work on this and for joining us tonight. >> thanks, lawrence. >> coming up, president obama makes a statement on marriage equality. and well be joined by a legislature who voted the wrong way an doma and regrets it. thats coming up. understand. our financial advice i...

Sure, for these women, mostly women, as you have said, to be testifying at this hearing that you are going to hold, what have you found so far from the pentagon in terms of its responsiveness, the joint chiefs, and i know, of course, the new secretary of defense who just took over yesterday? >> well, this is something that secretary panetta took very seriously, and he not only declared there be zero tolerance, but he began to change the rules, so initially if you were sexually assaulted, you wou...