mr. dejesus her for her one opinion, her one opinion on this nomination whether she's for

mr. dejesus her for her one opinion, her one opinion on this nomination whether she's for it, against it or for someone else and i think that is proper. no one can have any doubts afterwards that we had a horse and pony show here that anything was rigged like a kangaroo court there would be no court. that's all i have to say as a citizen and resident of the city and county of san francisco for 44 years. i thank you. >> jeremy. >> i would like to renew my objection that was made to the presidential nomination and vote for the vice presidential vote and no prejudice against any commissioner nominated for each respect seat but i concur with the last speaker that with certain coming both from your body and from the putting such a move of haste when not necessary falls in the realm of unethical, and in regards to the commentary by commissioner truman i apologize if i over stepped by suggesting explicitly that it would be commissioner dejesus who would be present in the seventh seat. however, the same objection applies for whoever it might be even if it's a new commissioner sitting in that sea

mr. dejesus her for her one opinion, her one opinion on this nomination whether she's for it, against it or for someone else and i think that is proper. no one can have any doubts afterwards that we had a horse and pony show here that anything was rigged like a kangaroo court there would be no court. that's all i have to say as a citizen and

mr. dejesus, has anyone found your cousin? wasn't even his cousin, but just asking him that would throw any suspicion off. oh, here's a man who's concerned about girls who went missing a long time ago. you don't think a captive would ask that. but we call that a contra-indicator. it's intentionally set, intentionally plant sod you don't ever raise suspicion. he was very good at this. >> it's just so bizarre that there could be people this sick. i think that's what has everyone so shocked who are watching this. and brothers. thanks to both of you. >>> and congressional republicans tonight are promising surprises at tomorrow's hearing on the september 11th benghazi attacks. another one of our top stories today. of course the ambassador to libya, christopher stevens, was killed that night along with three others in the terrorist attack. the gop-led house oversight committee is strategically releasing excerpts from key witnesses including allegations that the u.s. military could have done more in the aftermath of the attacks. but

mr. dejesus, hey, i heard about your cousin, she been recovered. that's such a red herring because gina dejesus is in his basement. why would anyone in the family think he is involved because he is so concerned about her disappearance. that is how they hide in plain sight, for as we can tell now, years at a time. >> clint, i want to ask you about other details we are learning. we are learning there may have been multiple pregnancies. do you expect there will be efforts to on the part of prosecutors to find out what happened to those pregnancies and could we see additional charges in the future? >> you know, that brings us back it what the state law is, what federal laws are, you know, do we consider the fetus the unborn to still be a human being. and you know, that is a whole other debate. again, that is the whole other debate. it should, because some of the things that i've heard so far was that when these women became impregnated that at least one or more of the accused subjects beat them to force them to lose that fetus. should that have been th

mrs. dejesus. >>> coming up, she was kidnapped in 1995 and rescued and she returned to her old life, she beganuilty. why this woman says people made her feel like it was her fault she remained hostage. her advice to the three women who were just rescued from this house of horrors here on seymour avenue. woman: everyone in the nicu -- all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment. i wouldn't trade him for the world. who matters most to you says the most about you. at massmutual we're owned by our policyowners, and they matter most to us. if you're caring for a child with special needs, our innovative special care program offers strategies that can help. >>> welcome back to cleveland. i'm brooke baldwin. amanda berry, gina dejesus and michelle knight all face a long and potentially difficult readjustment after many, many years of brutal captivity here in this home on seymour avenue. and jessyca mullenberg christianson knows something about that. she was only 13 years o

dejesus family. welcome to you, mr. ruiz.ou actually were the leader of one of two bands he played in, not the same one that tito was in earlier. talk to me about your recollections of ariel castro and how you feel about the revelations about him this week. >> yeah, good evening, first of all. our relationship together, it was just musical. i know him over 20 years, and we always played together for almost, maybe 14 or 15 years. he was a good guy. he was a good guy and a musical type and all that. but personally, it was a different guy, totally different. >> you believe that he was a bit of a manipulator, is that right? >> yes, yes. one of the musicians that was always strange because he would tell everybody, all the musicians, the attire for that gig that night, and he would be the different one. he always had to put different clothing. and then when you go up to him and tell him, you don't have your attire, your dress code for the night, he would take that like violently. he would not like what i would say, and i said, you

mr. castro stands before you a captive. >> reporter: the formal charges, three counts of rape. the victims, amanda berry, now 27, gina dejesus, 22, and michelle knight, 32. and four counts of kidnapping, the three women and berry's 6-year-old daughter born and held in captivity. the judge set bail at $8 million. today in cleveland, castro's mother reacted. >> translator: i asked that those mothers forgive me and that the girls forgive me for all the pain they suffered. >> reporter: castro's brothers pedro and onil, arrested along with him, also appeared in court on unrelated misdemeanor charges and were released. >> the other two brothers have not been charged with anything in connection with this case. >> reporter: late today nbc affiliate wkyc's tom meyer reported that police told him that castro confessed to the kidnappings. >> ariel castro told police that he's cold-blooded, that he's a sex addict that he can't control himself. that the crimes were crimes of opportunity. he's blaming this on the girls. he said, if the girls didn't get in the car with him, none of this would have happened. >> this might be for real. >> re

mr. president, i would like to call roll for the police commission. >> please do. >> president mazzucco. >> present. >> vice president mar. >> here. >> commissioner dejesus in route. >> commissioner chan. >> present. >> commissioner kingsley. >> present. >> commissioner turman. >> here. >> commissioner loftus. >> here. >> we're have a quorum and also with us is the director much occ joyce hicks and i believe the chief of police is in route. we have a quorum. >> thank you. i am julie and the commission of status of woman. i would like to introduce andrea and we r we expect rebecca soon and next to that is alisa and kay. we have a quorum. >> well thank you very much commissioner and thank you very much inspector monroe. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the wednesday december 5, 2012 meeting and it's a joint meeting with the status of women. this is a mo mentus meeting and this is the third time we did a joint meeting and this one is a very important meeting tonight and a lot of work has gone into it and i would like to thank the commissioner on the status of women and thank commissioner loftus. she has been proactive. we had several meetings. before we go on we hav

mr. murphy called the alleged offenses "premeditated, deliberate, and depraved." and just how depraved is made woefully clear. in police reports from the night amanda berry, gina dejesus, and michelle knight were all rescued from that horror house. dr. drew pinsky and lisa bloom are going to join me with much more on that just minutes from now. we are in phoenix as well. two big breaking stories. five hours now, the aggravation phase of the jodi arias murder trial is set to begin and that's when the prosecution is going to try to prove that travis alexander's murder was especially cruel, and those words are crucial. especially cruel and warrants the death penalty. we're going to get into more of that in just a moment. first, though, this is arias's reaction as the verdict was read in open court. guilty of first-degree murder. and all 12 jurors agreed it was premeditated. a short time after the verdict came down, she spoke exclusively to ksaz fox reporter, troy hayden. let's listen. >> i said years ago that i would rather get death. i believe death is the ultimate freedom, so i'd rather just have my freedom as soon as i can get it. >> so you're saying you actually pref

mr. castro, if he is the one who wrote this letter, actually picked up the girls. first michelle in 2002. at a family drugstore. then amanda berry, only 17 years old, and then gina dejesusd both of them by just asking them if they would like a ride home. in that letter he talks about killing himself. he talks about eventually taking all of his money and giving that money to his victims. he says that basically he's a sexual predator. he's sick. and he has something wrong in his head and he needs help. >> hmm. all of it is just so chilling. as you've been reporting it appears ariel castro actually played favorites with his captives? what do you know about that? >> yeah, i think he did. obviously the first victim in 2002, michelle, she was 20 years old, then a year later, grabbing amanda, and in the letter he talks about why does he have this urge to have another girl in the house when he already has two. then he moved on to amanda berry, and obviously we've heard from relatives that he called amanda his girlfriend. and then, what's really key here, he talks about gina dejesus and says that he didn't even realize how young she was, thought she was a lot older, and also did

mr. president. let me focus on my state to start. let me focus on hartford, connecticut, where just a few days ago on may 8, felix dejesus iii was killedn he was simply going to sell a electric tablet, a samsung electric tablet with someone who agreed to buy it over craigs list. his father said this guy kept on calling and calling, so the guy arranged to see me, and i -- the father said of his son -- he told me "i'll be right back, dad." at around 8:00 p.m. on may 8 police received a 911 call, and they found him dead in his car, suffering from a single gunshot wound. his father said "they took my son, my only son. now his kids are left alone with nobody except for us, and that's just not right." he had a one-year-old and a two-year-old son. he was just going to sell a tablet computer, and he was shot in the head and died, leaving a one-year-old and a two-year-old behind. he was doing everything that he was supposed to do. he was a graduate of high school. he was working at a local hotel. he was engaged to be married. left behind two children. out in northern california, the day before, on may 7, a 45-year-old man fatally shot. his wife