chuck cruz. >> so the brazos county sheriff's office kept investigating chuck, even communicating with the d.a. about possibly convening a grand jury. chuck and his juror spoke to the detective on many occasions, and the detective continued to think chuck's behavior was suspicious. and that he still seemed nervous. >> did you ever think that maybe the reason that chuck cruz was acting this way was that you guys were coming down pretty hard on him, and he's lost his girlfriend. i mean, is there a way to act? >> i don't know, but he had several things going against him, and we just couldn't walk away from him. we either had to prove that he did it or that he didn't do it. >> but chuck says he should have been cleared right away. so even though the dna didn't match -- >> they insisted on targeting me as the prime suspect. they were trying to build a case that wasn't there. >> while chuck's life had been on hold for a year, kristen was starting to feel like her old self again. in the six months since her attack, she had taken up running, had a new boyfriend, and though kristen hoped the pa

>> there was a lot bothering me about chuck cruz. >> so the brazos county sheriffs office kept investigatingnicated with the da about possibly convening a grand jury. chuck and his lawyer spoke to the detective on many occasions. and the detective continued to think chuck's behavior was suspicious. and he still seemed nervous. >> reporter: did you ever think that maybe the reason that chuck cruz was acting this way was that you guys were coming down pretty hard on him and he's lost his girlfriend. i mean, is there a way to act? >> i don't know, but he had-- he had several things goin' against him, and we just couldn't walk away from him. we either had to prove that he did it, or prove that he didn't do it. >> but chuck says he should have been cleared almost right away. >> reporter: so even though the dna didn't match -- >> there was no match. but they insisted on targeting me as the prime suspect. they were trying to build a case that wasn't there. >> while chuck's life had been on hold for a year, kristin was starting to feel like her old self again. in the six months since her attack she'

. >> chuck, not a wayward republican, but one who has been at odds with donald trump for quite some time, ted cruz. the fact that mike lee is on top of donald trump's supreme court list, does this make you think maybe ted cruz is not far behind in backing donald trump? mike lee and ted cruz, those are homeboys. >> they are, but mike lee, just because lee is on the list, lee hasn't endorsed trump yet. i don't know if that means it's going to change. so let's not -- just because lee is on the list, i don't want people to think that somehow this means lee has endorsed him. that's not the case. i tell you, i don't know, i can't imagine that the guy who gave that speech on wednesday night of the republican convention to vote your conscience, ted cruz, that he would suddenly -- >> oh, charles, stop bringing rationality to this election. that's ridiculous. i have to ask you about monday night. the big debate. we're all talking about debate prep. hillary clinton studying, studying. donald out there eating cheesesteaks. do you believe that's how he's rolling or do you think you look under the hood and team

chuck berry's cadillac convertible and muhammad ali's boxing robe. in washington marley hall for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> i cannot wait to see it. >>> political bomb shell in campaign 2016, ted cruz is voting for donald trump after all. remember the texas senator was booed off the stage at the republican national convention after snubbing trump and telling the crowd to vote their conscious. trump says he is honored to have ted cruz support. >>> democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton is postponing her visit to charlotte north carolina unrest has spark a fierce debate between clinton and trump over crime and race. >>> clinton and trump will meet for their highly anticipated first debate monday night at hofstra university in long island. it starts at 9:00 here on cbs-3. "eyewitness news" anchor jessica dean is heading to new york for that debate, and look for her live report on monday starting at 5:00 a.m. right here on cb. one. >>> justin joining us again, justin for all of those fall-loving fans. >> they will love this forecast, yes, today is a transition day. you can feel the difference from the cool air moving this and it gets better for second half of the weekend. real