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An important topic next segment. we are going to look at a policy dilemma which is addressing rape in the military and find out what the new secretary of defense plans to do about it. hey. yo. whassup. guten tag. greetings earthlings. how you doin'? hola. sup. yello. howdy. what's crackalackin? it is great we express ourselves differently. if we were all the same, life would be boring. so get to know people who aren't like you. you'll appreciate what makes us different. the more you know.

The convicted rapist was, quote, a doting father and husband. yes, that really happened. victims rights advocates argue the move isn't nearly enough to combat the problem. according to the d.o.d. where there were an estimated 19,000 sexual assaults in 2010 and only 13% were reported. joining us in the guest spot now, the executive director and co-founder of service women's action network. she is a former marine captain and has testified before congress and advised the white house on the challenges faced by women in the military. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> so ...

Violence, you have no access to civil remedies. you have no access to sue your employer. in a civilian world where these crimes and workplace harassment happens every day to women and men in the civilian world, they have access to hold their employer liable for negligence. service members have no shot at that. the legal doctrine which is binding service members right now, it goes back 60 years. it is completely obsolete. even justice scalia has remarked that it has no place anymore in the law. and yet the courts and congress continue to defer to the military and say, oh, no, we'll leave it up ...

>> it was a laughing matter. >> he said you're the third girl to report rape this week. are you guys all in cahoots? do you think this is a game? >> so lay out the bigger problem as you see it. how much is hagel's move going to get at the root of that problem? >> secretary hagel's proposal really scratches the surface. he is dealing with what we would call the back end of the trial process. as you heard from a lot of the survivors in that film, the invisible war, we're not dealing with the front end yet. which is where the majority of the commander bias happens. where a victim will come forwar...

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