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Amendme amendment in all circumstances, including rape. one of the most outspoken for women rights on capitol hill is the democratic congresswoman. she recalled the women against violence accounts and recounted her own rape. >> violence, domestic violence has been a thread throughout my personal life, up to and including a child repeatedly sexually assaulted and up to including being an adult who has been raped. >> congress member gwen moore joins us. i want to show the clip from todd akin. take a look. >> rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words. for that, i apologize.

You. well, they were with us, but then i said one word and one sentence on one day and everything changed. >> and there's the rub. akin is still convinced, or is at least telling us that he's convinced that his mistake involved, quote, one word and one sentence. he echoed this sentiment in a new campaign ad that aired in missouri. >> rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way, and for that i apologize. the mistake i made was in the words i said, not in the heart i hold. i ask for your forgiveness. >> the words todd akin said were "legitimate rape." he says those words were a ...

Campaign released an ad called "forgiveness." >> rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that i apologize. >> and despite a debate that pits the republican candidate for president against a senate hopeful and is causing strain within the party, akin supporters in missouri, some of them, standing by their man right now. >> what he said was misguided, he admitted it was misguided, i'm all right with it. i think he's a good man. and i don't necessarily think he should drop out of the race, though it may hurt republicans' chances to win because of this comment. >> and ...

I don't know. we don't have facts and it's total guessing but it has a specific legal definition. insane people do evil things, sane people do evil things. this was the worst. the level of devastation here is absolutely unthinkable, so it's an evil act, it's whether he has a legal defense that will spare him the penalty. you can expect there's a high likelihood of the death penalty. >> let me follow up on that. states have different insanity laws, correct? and so what would be the easiest law for him, if you were just -- what would be the easiest law to get to the threshold of insane? >> it's ...

That we are thinking about them at this moment and we'll continue to think about them each and every day. i also tried to assure them that although the perpetrator of this evil act has received a lot of attention over the last couple days, that attention will fade away and in the end, after he has felt the full force of our justice system, what will be remembered are the good people who were impacted by this tragedy. >> and the tragedy in colorado has reignited the debate over gun control. police say the ammunition, gear and four weapons used in the attack including an assault rifle, are belie...