have failed. senators kristin guillen brand and carl leave present radically different visions after a recent survey estimated 26,000 troops were assaulted last year. gillibrand would take away a commander s power to overturn a guilty verdict. she would give military trial lawyers the authority to decide which crimes to prosecute. take it from the victims who have said to us over and over again that they do not report, because they do not trust the chain of command. levine wants to keep commanders in control, but allow a senior officer to review cases where the commander decides not to prosecute. i do not support removing the authority of commander. reporter: the mill stare brass backs levine. they want the unit commanders kept in the loop. 50% of the victims say that
preventing sexual assault with heinous incidents. senator, it s good to have you here. you are cosponsoring this bill and senator kirsten gillibrand is with us today, as well. leon panetta elevated the level of investigation for the most serious sexual assault allegations where local unit commanders will be forced to report allegations of rape, forced sodomy and to a court-martial authority. did that initiative fail and is that why your bill needs to be passed? our bill is essential. and i think the best way to explain it to your viewers is this. we ve got a 90% problem and a 1%
of epic proportions. wolf blitzer is off today. i m candy crowley and you re in the situation room. all eyes on the supreme court and congress with a potentially historic day on tap tomorrow. one that could be especially bad for president obama. we re expecting the justices long awaited ruling on health care reform. the president s flagship issue in one that impacts virtually every american. at the same time, eric holder could become the first sitting u.s. attorney general ever held in contempt of congress. the planned house votes stems from accusations the justice department is withholding documents on a failed operation that put guns in the hands of mexican drug cartels. president obama and his staff are bracing for all the possibilities. cnn white house correspondent, dan lothian, has details. dan, what are you picking up there as they do sort of brace for two really important decisions tomorrow? reporter: they really do. and on health care they do still believe and
man, leon panetta announced a new crackdown. the main change as far as we can tell accusations will be investigated by senior officers. not just unit commanders. the pentagon says last year alone, last year, 19,000 sexual assaults in one year, most of them went unreported and unpunished. there is more to that. we spoke with several former service women, and this one story we found was typical. she was a marine, who reported an attack by a fellow marine but instead of finding help, she was drummed out by the military. doing the right thing was in 21-year-old stephanie schroeder s blood. i joined after 9-11, i thought it was the right thing to do. i come from a military family and i have a great sense of honor and patriotism toward the country. six months she was training at a base in virginia. one saturday she decided to blow off steam with fellow marines. we went out to dinner, i got up to go to the rest room, and my attacker followed me and forced his way in the bathro
top the hour. i m michael holmes in for suzanne malveaux. let s get you up to speed on what s happening in your world. george zimmerman, the man who killed trayvon martin, will be freed from jail. a judge granting him $150,000 bond. i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am. and i did not know if he was armed or not. zimmerman is going to have to wear a monitoring device, also check in with authorities every three days. we re going to go live to sanford, florida, just a minute or so from now. to pakistan, authorities saying at least 50 bodies have now been recovered from the scene of that terrible plane crash. 131 people, including 9 crew members, were on board that flight which was going from karachi to the capital, islamabad. the plane crashing just five miles from its destination. bad weather may have been a factor. republicans rally around mitt romney at their romney run an