. >> that was the case against harris farms, which involved a farm worker being raped three times atgunpoint by her supervisor, who then threatened the victim if she complained about the sexual harassment. >> bergman: teeoc vs. harris farms was the first case of "rape in the fields" to go to trial. harris farms is one of the biggest agri-businesses in the country. headquartered in fresno county, it sprawls across california's central valley, and its almond orchards stretch for miles. one summer afternoon, a harris farms worker named olivia tamayo says that a supervisor ordered her to get into his truck. >> bergman: this video shows the man accused of raping olivia tamayo, rene rodriguez, in pre-trial testimony. he insists their relationship was consensual. >> did you have sexual relations with ms. tamayo at that time? >> (speaking spanish) >> (translator): at her house, yes. >> (speaking spanish) >> (translator): and when i would go to her house, she would come and she would open the door and she was already in a gown. >> are you saying she was wearing a nightgown when she greeted yo

we sent nbc's harry smith to pierce, nebraska, for a trip down memory lane. >> reporter: they are lined up in a remote nebraska farm field like a crop someone forgot to harvest. old cars and old pickup trucks, hundreds of them, many used, really used, but some never, ever driven. >> i have seen grown men cry in places like this. oh, yes. >> reporter: yvette branderbrink is an auctioneer who grew up at racetracks and car sheds. she says she has rust in her blood. to anyone driving by, this probably looks like a highly organized junkyard. it is anything but. it is proof of an urban legend about a small town car dealer who closed his doors leaving years and years of unsold inventory. and if you're a car collector, this is a field of dreams. the dealer's name is ray lambricht. when ray came back from world war ii, ray and his wife mildred went into the car business. ray was a born salesman, but a conventional businessman he was not. >> after somebody bought a new vehicle, he would take the trade-in and drive it out to the farm or put it in a building and you couldn't buy it. you had to buy a new car. so he was a master

farm that was served in red lobster and olive garden. cope it here. i am jamie colby and sending it back now to forbess on fox. >> here we go again. senate majority leader harry reid wants to raise taxes before reforming the tax code by a trillion bucks and the republicans are open to hiking them as part of a debt deal. we saw detroit go bankrupt and it has the highest city tax rates in the nation. emacyou say it proves high taxes don't work. >> why does anybody in congress think high taxes create middle-class jobs? taxes are a usterit. and i tell you manage, people left detroit because they said why pay the high tax bill when the voirment is not so great and the job rate is so por. we don't need that when we can go elsewhere. >> look at the stats. detroit taxes are highest as in michigan in their own state and yet they are public services and they have the worse streets and public schools and highwayest crime and more you pay in taxes doesn't lead to a preponderate life. >> hi taxes are a symptom of a larger cause. they are rising because of bad policies and you do so people and capitol loving areas and you need to make up for the tax base. high taxes are no

harry is by the river and sent this update. >> reporter: standing here you get a sense of the scale of this effort. soldiers loading up these fishing boats with sandbags. these are several meters above farms is a secondary defensive embankment. it hasn't overtopped this embankment yet, but has seeped underneath it to some extent. so they are either riding the height or dropping it over the side in hoping to plug any leaks. this area effects hundreds of thousands of people, at one point the river was at 56 meters. one of the fishing boat captains that we spoke to a little while ago said he was 50 years old, and he had never seen it this bad. it could take several weeks at best to get this back to normal. >> reporter: the australian prime minister is set to go head to head in a final debate before the elections next week. andrew thomas reports from the seat of lindsay in sydney's west. >> reporter: people here tend to sneer at those who live out here in the sprawling west. it's not where the rich or beautiful people live. but it is where elections are decided. people here, most working class, tend to prereflect the per vailing mood. people's priorities here matter. >> small businesses are