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Evidence for rain kits. this comes six years after a detroit prosecutor brought public attention to this issue when he discovered 10,000 kits sitting neglected in a warehouse. one victim told nbcs kate snow other survivors shouldnt give up hope. >> i would just like to say to the other survivors out there that may be sitting where i was sitting once upon a time waiting for that phone call, dont give up hope seeing the person who did that to you will really make you feel good. >> with me now to t...

That is? >> i think its -- the justice department has estimated that it can be up to 400,000. >> wow. >> nationwide. to your point when talking about detroit and what happened there, a third of the rain kits that were actually tested were found to be -- it was serial rapists responsible for these rapes. >> and the 70,000 relates to about 26 states that have amroo applied for some of this money. what theyll do today is talk about who is getting that money and try to bring attention to it so other...

Congress is taking new action to combat a shocking problem. more than $4400,000 rain kits remain unused across the country. congress cleared $5 million the clear the backlog, and that includes $36 million already in the budget. it includes photo evidence and rain kit evidence when a rain victim seeks medical treatment. ronan farrow spoke with one woman whose rain kit had sat for nine years. >> i had been attacked in my home, so i consented of the invasive procedure of invasion of my body. >> som...

Issue, and when youre looking at these rain kits, that kit contains someone whose body was essentially a crime scene. certainly the case with myself when i was sexually assaulted. its a very arguous process. so its just a travesty. its a public safety issue and it leads to a victim being revictimized as you mentioned. >> and sarah, you have an announcement about what the joyful heart foundation is. >> so many cities dont give is information about how big the problem is. we enlisted two law firms...

Analyzed. it turns out just four months after that the man who raped her was identified. adding insult to injury joseph houston couldnt be charged because the statute of limitations had run out. so the clock is ticking on testing all the evidence in florida. whats even more baffling is hollywood, florida, a beach community with about 145,000 people is hardly someplace thats overrun with crime. according to neighborhood scout, a website that compiles nationwide crime rates based on fbi data, holl...

Two years ago at the university of virginia by an out of clinical cross player with a violent past. our lives will never be the same. >>ful you cant agree the republicans and the democrats cant agree on the reauthorization and this bill expires, what about future victims like yeardley love? >> well, of course, we all deplore the kind of violence that mother just described. and as the father of two daughters and a husband, you know, these are the sorts of things that really i think tug at your he...

Joe biden who was the first sponsor of this bill back when he was a senator? the democratic efforts to expand the reach of the violence against women program. >> andrea, im a long-time supporter of the violencence against women act and was way key author of a part of the last one that allowed us to gather more dna evidence and bank it and to match that against sexual assault, persons accused of assault in order to get them off the street and hopefully exonerate the innocent. this should not be a...