paul steinhauser, andra gillespie, emily ramshaw. thank you very much. >> woodruff: stay with us.ing up much more politics as mark shields and david brooks take on the week's news, and a call for designers to make gorgeous plus-sized clothing. but first: how one woman's struggle to protect evidence in her rape case led to the start of a movement. and now, a new federal law. john yang has her story. >> over and over again what i started discovering is a system that is so broken. >> reporter: for sexual assault survivors like amanda nguyen, this small box has the tremendous power to deliver justice and bring closure. it's a rape kit. inside are the tools to collect and store the evidence to track down and prosecute an assailant >> rape is notorious for being underreported, and it's because survivors are faced with a system that is stacked so high against them. >> reporter: amanda was assaulted in 2013 when she was in college in massachusetts. rape kits are automatically destroyed in that state after six months unless the victim asks for an extension. and how do they do that? >> the