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That much. and jacobs has already spent $1.6 million on his campaign. >> im committed to running the type of campaign thats not only going to be successful in the primary here. >> democratic congressman bruce braley grew up in brooklyn, iowa. >> this is he high school i went to. this is the field where i played. i think im the right choice because i spent an entire life living, working, getting an education in iowa. >> braley was considered the odds on favorite to win here. but then he was caugh...

Not wanting to reauthorize the violence against women act, their inability to recognize equal pay as an issue, their desire to take life-saving health care away from women. you also see it in this constant stream of gaffes. i mean, the gentleman in iowa who started us off today, mr. jacobs, said he had a wife and a daughter, and that was how he learned to interact with women. women voters dont want their candidates to talk to them like husbands and fathers. thats really demeaning and weird. wome...

I think theres something in the republican party today that doesnt respect women, and thats -- you see that in their policies, you see that in their not wanting to reauthorize the violence against women act, their inability to recognize equal pay as an issue, their desire to take life-saving health care away from women. you also see it in this constant stream of gaffes. i mean, the gentleman in iowa who started us off today, mr. jacobs, said he had a wife and a daughter, and that was how he lear...

American people from fraud. >> okay. so, overall, the impression that im getting is that the navigator system is designed to sign as many people up but they dont care what the truth is. they are just going to take people and try to get them as much as they can get them. its another nanny state gimme gimme gimme program. its not whats fair and whats right. am i wrong? >> oh, you are exactly right. there are a lot of concerns. there is ensignives for people to say they dont have employer based cov...

Protections to protect the american people from fraud. >> okay. so, overall, the impression that im getting is that the navigator system is designed to sign as many people up but they dont care what the truth is. they are just going to take people and try to get them as much as they can get them. its another nanny state gimme gimme gimme program. its not whats fair and whats right. am i wrong? >> oh, you are exactly right. there are a lot of concerns. there is ensignives for people to say they d...

Addictions. >> your name? >> jacobs, first name david. >> both testified earlier but, andy, why dont you help them. >> step up to the microphone, too. >> harasimchuk. >> what do you think about him talking about mental illness now? >> i think its a crutch. i dont believe it. i mean, he was cognitive. he knew what he did was wrong. he said that in the interview. i think its a crutch. >> what were you thinking when he was taken into court today? >> personally, i -- the first thing that came to my ...

Dungeon for a long time. >> yes. >> this was more than a year. >> i actually remember watching my brother and either a friend of my brothers or my cousin who had passed away when i was 6 years old jumping in and out of this and wrestling in it and playing in it. and i was too little to partake in that event. >> hed already built it then? >> he was in the process of building it, yes. >> how do you rebuild a life? how do you move forward? >> my foster parents did an amazing job of just getting me ...

By the way, you are one of the bravest and -- i mean, you are one of the bravest, strongest women ive ever met in my life. you truly are. [ applause ] youre a great mom. and you didnt have a great mom. that foster family saved you. but i say to all those victims in cleveland the dejesus family believe in me. they thank me in the press conference. i say, if you never want to talk to the press, dont do it. if you feel strong enough, do it. you dont have an obligation. elizabeth stayed out of the p...

Yes, but as far as a human being, hope is a part of me. its in me. >> well, thank you for being here. appreciate it. >> thank you. got to give you a hug. >> absolutely. >> thank you. >> hopefully by showing phoenixs picture hopefully well get some information. appreciate it. for more on phoenixs story, you can go to cnn.com. much more ahead. jacob wetterling vanished nearly 24 years ago, an 11-year-old boy who loved hockey. his parents, like so many others living the nightmare have become an adv...

>> hes bright. hes got a real clever sense of humor and quick mind. all these things give me hope that if theres an opportunity this boy will be home. >> he hasnt been home in nearly 24 years. the masked abductor has never been identified. but jacobs family still has hope. they live in the same house with the same phone number in case jacob ever tries to come home. >> nearly 24 years later, jacobs parents, as i said, hold on to hope that he is alive. the news in cleveland certainly strengthened ...