. >> reporter: many neu neuroscientists are deeply skeptical arguing his brain must have produced his vision somehow most likely as he came out of coma but something else happened. after he recovered, eben who was adopted saw a picture of his sister from his biological family who died years ago, a woman he never knew. >> i knew who my guardian angel was on the butterfly wing. it was the most profound experience i've ever had in this life. >> reporter: your sister by birth and from a family that you didn't know because you were adopted who died several years ago who you had never met, you saw while you were in coma? >> yes. and that was the key. that explained everything. >> that's for sure. >> reporter: dinnertime at the alexander home. >> jesus, bless these -- >> reporter: they were not a particularly religious family before eben's coma. he was a skeptic. not anymore. >> this proves that our soul, our consciousness, our spirit doesn't depend on the existence of the brain and body at all, and easily is actually freed up to a much higher state of knowing when it's freed from this body.

former governor ray, former lieutenant governor art neu, and a number of republican legislators that i have discussed this with that are all supportive of the retaining of justice wiggins and our system. >> however, your opponents say, in iowa, the people who want to remove justice wiggins as they removed the first three, say they're only doing what the state constitution allows, that the power not to retain a judge on the bench is guaranteed to the people. and that's how democracy keeps justices accountable. that's what they're saying and writing out there, as we speak. >> well, they have said lots of things in writing that we would disagree with or that we think are untruths. >> yeah. but, you know, obviously, yes. yes, you know, it's on the ballot and people have the right to vote. but they're not electing a judge or a justice. they're just determining whether this justice is qualified to be retained. and a retention vote pivots around whether a judge has done something that shows that they're unsuited to serve or that they're corrupt. it's not about, "do i agree with their decisi