hazed been raised as intently as it has. reporter: but responding to the outraged calls to end this backlog will take money. money many cities like memphis don t have. wow. we have ronan with us. you re a memphis guy, memphis native, what s going on there? it s tragic. i can only hope that if there is litigation as ronan will speak to, those issues will be sorted about who s to blame but i hope that congress acts not only for memphis but the other cities that ronan s story has helped uncover. is it a money issue? sounds as if there s a man power and money issue as to why you can t do some of the things. clearly someone made a decision not to do this and didn t raise this issue earlier. it s tragic. that s exactly right. having called the police and demanded that her kit be opened, would they have ever connected the no indication that they ever would have tested it. that s unbelievable. they didn t disclose to her it hadn t been tested. she had to dig for that in