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terrible and wrong things were done to her. >> plus a man jaycee never knew is now coming forward claiming to be her biological father. he want as reunion, a relationship. will this be too much for her t@ handle. we're taking your calls. joining me robin sacks, a former prosecutor who specializes in sex crimes and a psychologist, thanks to you both for joining me. robin as a prosecutor when you hear that a victim, an alleged victim will testify against the accused that's got to give you a great feeling going into the case. >> oh, absolutely as a prosecutor when you know that your victim stands behind the decision, wants to go forward and prosecute and is in that position that's a wonderful feeling but also when i think about this i want, i think it's an opportunity to educate the public that it's not the worse thing in the world for a victim to go through a prosecution. actually can turn out to be a

very empowering and wonderful experience. >> cooper, this case has some problems on several levels. i was surprised when i heard jaycee agreed to testify. we heard about the stockholm syndrome, this idea you bond with your captors. after 18 years does it surprise you that after a short time being free that she understands what was done to her? >> yes. stockholm syndrome isn't being friends with your captors and wanting to pal around with them. it's a way to cope. realize they are human beings and they are abusive. how to figure not to get hit or abused. so it's not really about being friendly, it's just about -- it's about survival. testifying is the best thing that she can do this is taking back her life. this is her own humanity she's worried about. >> don't you get a sense given

the fact she was seen in public and worked for the publishing, the printing company and was seen by other people, that she somehow identified with her captor and had two children with him. >> but the identification -- first she was very young when she was taken. she was taken at a time when you're trying to figure out who you are. if your identity is wrapped up in this other person's psychosis you don't know what to believe and you follow along because you're a child and don't know how to behave and you want to stay safe. a lot is about survival. it's not about bonding or identifying in a positive way. it's a negative association because most kids come out of this and they have post-traumatic stress disorder. they have depression. so her testifying is the first step to her taking back who she is and taking back an opportunity to maybe change her future. >> robin sacks, what kind of witness can jaycee prove to be on the stand? >> i think that someone who can

go and recount what happened and someone who is having the support of her family which she absolutely has right now, she's going to -- you can't predict how she's going to actually perform, but she's going to be at least in the best possible position to relay what happened to her. >> how do you prepare a witness like this psychologically. you must work with a psychologist so you don't make her relive the nightmare but you want to impart to the jury what happened. snush usually in sexual assault investigations it's a multidisciplinary team approach. what that means there are a whole team of people who are working together to make sure, to maximize prosecution and minimize trauma. that includes having social workser and doctors on boards and advocates. law enforcement all working

together in various different areas to ensure justice is being done. no doubt that's what's going on in this case. you see a collection of organizations coming together to make it so that this will be, you know, the best possible prosecution. >> cooper, we have 30 seconds before the break. but going into this case, how difficult, what kind of delicate balance do you have to strike when you prepare somebody like jaycee to take the stand? >> it will be difficult because these are the people she did live with and identify with for so long. she realized she's in a bad situation. the best approach is to just go with facts. try not to dwell on the emotional aspect. my guess is she's still confused about that. >> we have much more ahead on jaycee dugard and the man coming forward claim took her biological dad. he even wants a paternity test. we're taking your calls.

>> welcome to comcast local edition. my guest this hour is dr. faye williams, national chair of the national congress of black women. thank you so much for joining me. >> it's always great to be here. >> now, for those that may not know, what's the mission of the national congress of black women? >> well, we are an organization that works with the community, mainly with young people. we have a program for 9-12 years old where we teach them about the wonderful vocations there are in life. we bring in ambassadors, athletes, and we want them to

know that they can be more than a singer, dancer, or football player. we have another program for which comcast is our media partner on young ambassadors. we try to teach young adults to navigate life. we teach conflict resolution, about vocations, and about going to school, the importance of time management, discipline, that kind of thing. >> thou, you have an anniversary awards luncheon coming up. you recognize numerous women for their wonderful accomplishments. when is the luncheon? >> sunday, september 27th. people remember it by the sunday morning following the congressional black caucus. it's at 11:00 this year, which is a change of time. >> where is it located? >> this year at the united states naval yard, sixth and m street southeast. we're looking forward to having

a wonderful time. there's a beautiful view of the water there. >> and in celebrating your 25th anniversary, congratulations, by the way. >> thank youia who are some of our honorees? there's an extensive list. >> we always honor first our founding chairs and fathers. we want to salute them first. janet lange heart corn, we have several other women, we always honor the newly elected blank congresswomen. that will be marsha fudge this year. we have a judge from michigan, judge denise langhart mars, and

i'm sure we have a couple of more, a general manager of a car dealer, ms. craft from the area, and of course, our wonderful chair, president of the northern verge urban league laverne chapman. regina kelly, the subject of the movie american violet. >> you have an extensive list of women that touch us in so many areas of our lives. >> we have a good mother award. this year it's being received by peter harvey. we are honoring him, because as an attorney general, he worked very hard on domestic violence. that's one of our projects. we honored him. last year we were honored that have kami brown. >> thank you for honoring him.

>> we are probably the only organization in town that has a $75 fundraising ticket. that's the general admission. there are corporate tickets, member tickets, and general membership tickets, general public tickets. they are selling pretty fast this year. when they hear about the honorees, people want to bring their young children, especially young women to meet these people. they can meet the young lady that flew across the country. >> thank you for joining me. >> we hope to see you there this year. >> my pleasure, definitely. my guest has been dr. faye williams national chair of the national congress of black women. if you're interested in what comcast is doing in your area, go to on demand and click local.

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