often for many victims -- and i represent victims every single dal day all over this country, often groups of victims i'm representing, she's not alleged to have been raped here. sometimes they have to process it. they have to think about what just happened. come to terms with it. seek sometimes the support of family, friends, a counsellor, a minister, a rabbi, a priest. attorneys, so many others before they make that decision as to well, which option are they going to exercise? what options do they even have? and it can be very intimidating to go up against a celebrity who has an army of attorneys. in this case for the civil case he had 700 attorneys. >> what? >> yes, he had 700 attorneys. in our civil case, when mr.

singer was representing him and then a few days after our depond mr. singer was suddenly not representing him. and substituted out and quintin emmanuel with 700 attorneys substituted in. he hired 700 attorneys to fight one woman. in any event, there can be many reasons why there is a brief delay in reporting or even a longer delay in reporting. any other questions? >> you are filing for a second deposition based on questions that mr. cosby did not answer in the first deposition. did you comment on his demeanor while he was being -- >> no, i can't comment on anything. >> not if he was evasive? >> no, because i'm an officer of the court and i have to obey the court. the court does not want comment on that depositionts unle unles

until there's hearing wherein the court decides to lift the protective order. i don't expect that to happen in january. i know the courts wants to also not only review the transcript and the video of mr. cosby's deposition, but the court also indicated it wants to review the transcript and deposition of our clients' deposition which won't happen until january 29th. so no, i can't comment about any of that. >> how stunned were you about today's actions? did you have any idea this was going to happen? >> no. >> this is a bolt out of the blue? >> i was aware there was a criminal investigation, i'll leave it at that. >> there have been a lot of criminal investigations. >> that's true. and i was aware that there is a statute of limitations in pennsylvania for the prosecution of a criminal case.

and that that statute of limitations required that there be a decision within a short time period. so i knew it would be within this timeframe, not necessarily today but within a short timeframe. but, yes, i was stunned that it happened this morning. >> and the idea, if it goes to trial, bases on who he is and 700 attorneys and unlimited money, can he ever be prosecuted? can he ever be found guilty? >> those 700, i don't know if they will -- if any of them will be representing him in the criminal case in pennsylvania. i'm not -- i don't know who will be representing him there in montgomery county. whether it will be anyone from that law firm or another law firm. don't know. i just just know from the point

of view of a civil case. >> what about chances of him ever being convicted? >> yeah, in a criminal case? yeah. yeah. i really can't comment on that. because i'm not aware of all of the evidence that the district attorney has. but it's clear that the district attorney's office believes that there is probable cause to arrest him and that they believe they have evidence to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. that will be up to the jury. and i never predict what a jury will do. >> gloria, people who have been making the accusations against bill cosby have obviously been frustrated by the fact there have never been criminal charges filed against him. can you explain why? you're someone who has also been frustrated by that fact. because of that, is there a feeling on your -- with you right now that this is a about

time? >> well, actually, i'm never frustrated by anything. because i believe in action. frustration is a waste of time and energy. having said that, i know this is a very, very high profile case. at this point, probably it is going to be the highest profile criminal case in this country. at least involving a celebrity. in a court of law, this will be decided. mr. cosby's attorneys at some point seem to have indicated, well, he's never been charged with a crime. okay, now he is charged with a crime. >> attorney gloria allred speaking on the first criminal charges against bill cosby in

his sweeping sex crime scandal. dozens of women accused of him of drugging and sexually assa t assaulting them during the peak of his career. >> mr. cosby, do you want to say anything? >> you can see, he left the courthouse moments ago. a judge formally announcing charges against cosby. he is free before trial. he posted $100,000 bond. back in 2004, prosecutors say cosby had former temple university employee andrea constand over to his home just north of philadelphia. they say he gave her pills and wine together. and then touched her while she was quote, paralyzed and

drifting in and out of consciousness. we don't normally name victims of alleged sex crimes, but andrea constand has publicly come forward. more than 50 women have accused tv's former number one dad of sex crimes. this past summer, unsealed court documents revealed that bill cosby admitted he gave quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with. quaaludes are a powerful sedative. cosby with has acknowledged sexual contact with a woman but insists it was all consensual. laura ingle is live. >> as you mentioned the proceedings wrapped up. bill cosby has faced a judge in elkins park, pennsylvania on three counts of aggravated indecent assault for those alleged crimes 12 years ago. he arrived in one of his trade mark heavy sweaters carrying a red bag and cane. he was ushered into the courthouse flanked by news

media. cosby posted $100,000 in cash, the judge setting bail at 10% of one million dollars. we had a producer in the courtroom. she tells us cosby was asked to surrender his passport and asked not to contact the victim. he asked not to contact her and she said yes. that's right. do not contact her the complaintant. it's been a busy day in the developing case where charges have been filed an arrest warrant filed. and document revealing more details about what allegedly went down inside the comedian's home in 2004. most of which too graphic to detail. >> i've gone through a 20 page criminal complaint. it is lurid and graphic and we're not going to go there. but, look, prosecutors are getting this case on the books just in the nick of time, right? >> these charges are happening days, literal days before the statute of limitations was about to run out in this case.

he acknowledged under oath that he did have sexual relations with the woman but says it was consensual. the da said he had made two advances toward constand before he allegedly drugged her. >> on the evening in question mr. cosby urged her to take pills he provided to her. the effect of which made her unable to move and respond to his advanced. and he committed aggravated indecent assault upon her. >> and constand's attorney says the client welcomes the charges. cosby's attorneys offered no comment outside of court as he was whisked away after his arraignment. we've got the next hearing that's been set for january 14th. >> laura, thanks very much. more on the bill cosby case. he faces criminal charges of drugging and assaulting a woman

more than a decade ago. a defense attorney and former prosecutor is joining us. he has admitted under oath that he would drug women to have sex with them. he admitted to police in this particular case. of course, according to the criminal complaint that he drugged this alleged victim and gave her wine. and his defense is she consented through her silence. >> right. >> when he tried to have sex with her and fondled her. that's a hard argument to make. >> that's a very hard argument to make. especially in any type of sexual assault case after you admitted to using drugs to impair the person's ability to know what's going on. and one of the things that i think is going to be a problem in this case is the credibility of the witness -- the victim. i apologize. because if she's saying she was drugged and unconscious how can she recall what happened? >> she said she was semi

conscious. i think it's page seven of the criminal complaint. she talks about coming in and out of consciousness. she says i was aware of what he was doing to me. >> right. the other difficulty, greg, is that the civil case, the burden of proof is so much different than a criminal. in a criminal the burden is much higher. the jurors have to be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt. so with a lot of sexual assault cases that's a big issue. >> william kennedy smith rape case, it was he said she said case, acquittal in the end. this case is different in the following way, bill cosby got on the tefl alephone and talked to mother of the alleged victim. he admitted that he drugged and fondled the daughter and apologized for it. that's hearsay but if it comes into an evidence as an exception to the hearsay rule. the mother could testify. that would be powerful. >> it could be extremely powerful and go heavily against him. once a juror hears that.

they'll say if he did nothing wrong why is he apologizing. the credibility of his mother, of course she wants to protect her daughter. that's a powerful witness to call. >> it was clear from the district attorney's news conference earlier today that they have talked to other alleged victims in total, we have a 52 alleged victims. and several of them underage. normally other alleged victims are inadmissible because they're prejudiceal. can you never the less convince a judge there's a pattern of conduct here and thus, some of them should testify? >> in this case it will be too pr prejudiceal. that going to be considered to be too prejudiceal towards the defendant in order to give him a fair trial. i don't see that happening in this case. >> keisha, thank you very much.

>> thank you for having me. we're keeping an eye on the cosby case and will bring you more details. after the break, news that's affecting millions of americans, the flooding in the midwest, submerging homes, damaging businesses, forcing a lot of folks to leave their communities behind. complete coverage coming up.

a fox urgent now. the deadly floodwaters in

missouri on the rise. they're set to reach record levels as waves of water continue to push levees to the brink. volunteers are stacking up the sand bags in a last ditch effort to save their towns. officials say the flooding has already killed more than a dozen people in the state. forced hundreds of others from their homes. and shut down critical roads and highways. and the worst may not be over yet. officials predict the mississippi river in st. louis will rise to its second highest level ever tomorrow. they say the merrimack river will reach record levels and could send water toppling over a brand-new levee system in the city of valley park. the mayor there has ordered everybody to get out. to evacuate. he says, quote, they'd rather lose a couch than a life. the merrimack has also overwhelmed the water treatment plant, sending raw sewage pouring into the river. prisoners there have been helping sand bag the area, trying to protect another

treatment plant nearby. rescue teams have been rushing to pull people from their homes, their vehicles, missouri's governor, jay nixon has declared a state of emergency and activated the national guard for what he calls, massive flood fight. he also says flood levels could match or beat records from the so-called great flood of 1993. of course, this is just the latest in a week of severe weather that has killed dozens of people in the south and midwest. we have team fox coverage now. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth standing by. >> our crew has been here since before the sun has come up. we've seen the water steadily and rapidly rise. where i'm standing, as little as two hours ago this would have been dry land. the water is up to my knees. to give you guys an idea of the

magnitude of the flooding, we're at the intersection of interstate 44 and route 141. you can see how close it is getting. behind those street lights, you could see interstate 44, roughly 24 miles of that interstate are now closed. you can imagine the travel nightmare that is creating. both of these major highways closed. as far as the eye can see. to my left, the water has been inching closer and closer to the entrance of that gas station there h. we saw workers rapidly build that wall of sand bags. now the owners, sitting back and hoping for the best. there were firefighters here moments ago, checking on the status of that propane tank to the left. if you guys can see that silver propane tank in the water, firefighters are here, trying to determine the status of it to make sure it is fastened to the ground. we're not sure if still is. as you can imagine they're trying to make sure that does not float away in the water for

obvious safety reasons. there are businesses to the left, the taco bell and steak and shake that are under a lot of water and will suffer a large loss i would assume. it's not over here. the water continues to rise. in some areas it's not expected to crest until later this week. >> doany idea, matt -- such pictures of devastation just around you. but any idea when roads might begun to reopen as the flood waters recede? >> well, these highways officials tell us they'll try to get open by new year's day. after flooding like this, you don't just open them. engineers will have to determine they're safe to be driven on. who knows when that will happen. areas near st. louis, the river may not crest until tomorrow or friday. so they're actually might be more road closures until roads open again. greg. >> all right. good job, we'll check back with

you, thanks. the story of midwestern floods is one of small cities and towns. they're now completely ruined as you can see. we'll be talking with the mayor of one town who says the people there are in panic mode. that's next.

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overwhelming. at this point, i'm just so worried about the people in our community. i just don't want them to lose hope. but we are just in a desperate struggle to survive at this point. we had one death. a lady down by the water while we were doing evacuations, appeared to have had a heart attack or seizure or something along that nature. and we did one water rescue, myself and the police department. which was successful. but it's just -- the business owners, and just the community in general, they're just losing hope. it's very -- it's just a very, very difficult trying time. and we need your prayers. >> well, we can hear it in your voice and your words, mr. mayor. that, you know, it's a desperate situation. you're clearly exhausted and it's obviously very upsetting. keep your spirits up if you can.

talk to us a little bit about what your most urgent needs are right now and future cleanup. you're going to need the army corp of engineers? >> well, yeah. we need the army corp of engineers to actually dredge our lake. they believe that taneycomo can hold more than is can. we need it dredged badly. it's getting to the point now where it's a safety concern. >> are you also worried about broken power lines and electrical hazards not to mention all those floating gas and propane tanks that our reporter was talking about? >> yeah. whenever we did the water rescue, it was a lady and her 8-year-old son that was in a cabin that we thought was empty. and come to find out they were in there. well, there's also -- there was live 220 electrical lines going

to that cabin submerged in the water. you know, we had to get out there, we actually used a big jacked up truck and two police officers in the back of the truck backed to the cabin, trying to stay out of the water in case there was a current there. but it was definitely a very trying time right there. i was a nervous wreck about that one. >> mayor don smith, our thoughts and prayers are with you. hang in there. i know it's a desperate moment for your town. rockaway beach, but you know, things will begin to look up once the waters recede. thanks for being with us, best of luck. >> thank you, sir. the national weather service is predicting historic floodings could continue until next week sometime. so let's turn now to chief meteorologist rick reichmuth who is live. >> one thing that gentleman was just talking rockaway beach by branson that's in the western part of the state, southwestern side.

all the images we're seeing are from closer to st. louis on the eastern side of the state. i point that out to give you an idea how fast of an area is experiencing flooding and where we've seen the rain, it's been incredible and it fell on saturated grounds. one of the wettest years we've ever seen. all of that water once to go somewhere. once it go s into some of the larger rivers, that's where we see the slow river flooding. that's what we ever seeing along the mere mack which is south of missouri and eventually across the mississippi river. it will take a few weeks for the water to exit. as the water goes, a bulge of water will move down the flooding will cause flooding that will be extreme. remember the flooding in 1993, 2011. all of that happening in the spring when it's a little bit warmer. temperatures in the -- high temperatures around freezing the next few days. low temperatures will below freezing. imagine as that water begins to recede, you have to get in there and try to clean up your

property and go through stuff and the temperature is that cold. it's going to be very uncomfortable and very dangerous for so many people. no rain coming into the area for the next 7 days. that will be good news and help a little bit. it's going to be a rough week ahead for them. >> a dry spell for at least a week, so that is some good news. rick, thanks very much. the teen who killed four people while driving drunk and then avoided prison time by claiming hey, i'm too spoiled and my parents are too rich, so you can't punish me. guess what? he's going to stay in mexico for now and avoid deportation to the u.s. the details on how he got out and why investigators are crediting pizza for helping to track down the teen in mexico. plus, a funeral today for the nypd detective who was serving his country when he died in a suicide bombing in afghanistan. that's ahead.

a fox report now. more of today's headlines from the fox news deck. a pickup truck heading the wrong way on i-95 side swiped one vehicle and slammed into another, killing five people, including the driver. that's the word from police. two others also injured. it happened this morning near miami. police say the crash involved five vehicles. a plane with more than 160 people on board sliding off a snowy runway this morning after landing at o'hare in chicago. that's the word from the faa which reports it's investigating now. passenger on board the flight from seattle snapped these photos. crews had to use a tow truck. nobody was injured. a massive fire breaking out in seattle sinking two boats, damaging others. one boat erupted in flames last night and the fire quickly spread. no word of injuries or what caused it. the news continues, right after this.

we're back. huge crowds gathering for a funeral for a new york city police detective who died in a suicide bombing in afghanistan. it happened at st. patrick's cathedral here in manhattan. detective joseph lemm was a 15 year veteran of the nypd. he served in the air national guard. a sea of blue outside the cathedral today. hundreds of police officers and military service members lined the streets. lemm's 4-year-old son was also there to salute his dad's casket as it was carried into st. patrick's. detective lemm, one of six americans who died last week when a taliban suicide bomber attacked their patrol outside bagroom air base. the teenager who killed four

people in a wreck and avoided prison after his lawyers argued he did not know right from wrong will not have to leave mexico at least now. he won a three day delay to his deportation to texas. he and his mother were supposed to return today. investigators say it was a te telephone call for a pizza that helped track down the fugitives on monday. one of them used their own cell to order from dominos. they were tracked to puerta vallarta. but the so called affluenza teen and his mom were staying in a shabby part of the resort town. dri fox news cannot confirm if it's actually ethan couch in that

videotape. >> u.s. marshalls head a news conference. >> three days is a bare minimum. they say they're familiar with this type of injunction they've never seen it take three days. it's the pace of the mexican immigration system. more likely it could be weeks or months. >> it seems to me that if they wanted to they could pay as much money as they wanted to drag it out as long as they want to. >> not clear when they'll be coming back from mexico. when they come back, the most ethan will spend behind bars is 122 day. a judge could just give him continued probation. frustration really at a boiling point. the local sheriff taking to twitter earlier today saying, is anyone surprised the couch duo are putting up a legal fight not to return and face justice? not me.

will it every end. #eth #ethancouch. we spoke to a legal expert who said when they come back they'll continue to pay their lawyers. it's probably not going to end anytime soon. >> tell us more about the ethan couch's mother. is she set to return anytime soon? >> well, it's our understanding that she's under the same injunction at her son. they'll probably return together. the interesting part is of the two she's probably the one who will face accountability after authorities say she ran off with her son. the reput she sold her house before they left. also she helped ethan throw a party and then fled to mexico with him. in one of our legal experts say both of them combined, greg, are the clients from hell. >> will carr live in dallas. thanks very much. and we just got some new information in on the bill cosby case. we'll take a look -- do we have

his mug shot? let's take a look at his mug shot. there it is. bill cosby, sorry my camera is a little bit on delay here. but there's bill cosby's mug shot. today, of course, criminal charges were announced against him for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 12 years ago. just under 12 years. joining me now to talk about it fox news contributor former criminal defense attorney epibo williams. i don't think anybody thought they were going to see that mug shot. >> most of these women coming up against a statute of limitations issue. just making it under the buzzer here. and but for this deposition being unsealed over the summer, i don't think we would see these cases. >> in the deposition, of course, he admits under oath that he drugged women to have sex with them. >> yes.

>> if you were the lawyer, i mean, you would settled those cases so he never had to take a deposition. >> exactly right. that's going to haunt him forever. you can't take that back. he admits even by his own admission unsure of their ability or capacity to have consent. you know, basically saying he wasn't told no, he implied consent was given. that's not the way the law works. those words will haunt him. >> he told police, apparently, according to the complaint. yes, i drugged this particular woman. yet he insists the silence that ensued from her was consent, okay, you can go ahead and have sex with me. >> some kind of tacit consent. that's why we're seeing states like california passing active consent necessary laws. that say silence is not enough. you have to wait for an affirmative yes this is okay for it to be applicable. >> now, what about the admissibility of all the other women, 52 in all, who claim --

we don't know if it's true or not -- claim that he sexually assaulted them as well? >> those are accusations. prior bad acts can certainly prove a modus operandi or pattern. >> highly prejudicial. that judge will have to weigh that against the probative value of those witnesses if they're credible. >> explain why that s. the law wants you to be tried on the crime for which you have been charged only, right? >> the facts are in front of that court are what's important to the court. certainly, he said she said about 50 some cases, that's going to be sketchy. some might be believable, some not. the judge will have to decide is this actually probative value. is this proving the likelihood of the case that's in my courtroom today. >> she settled her lawsuit against bill cosby back in 2006. a long time ago. there was a confidentiality agreement associated with that. can that now be breached in a

criminal case? and can some of the information from the civil case be presented? >> it shouldn't be a problem. here's why. although she did settle that case, it can't usurp the effect of the criminal capacity. this district attorney is very active. we saw the press conference earlier today. he seems to be going for the highest possible sentence here. i believe certainly he's going to try to use everything in that civil litigation suit to prove his case. i'm sure he'll be calling her to testify again. >> cosby, according to the criminal complaint telephoned the mother of the alleged victim and had a conversation with her in which, according to the criminal complaint he admitted a i drugged your daughter, and yes, i fondled her. i don't want to get too graphic. >> it's hard to say. >> had sex with her, let's put it that way. is that admissible, the mother's testimony as an admission against interest by bill cosby?

>> if she's available. if she's available to testify, it's a hearsay issue is what we're touching on. if she's available to give first hand accountability and she wears under oath and the prosecutor lays out her credible. they'll consider it. she will be cross-examined and they will have an opportunity to poke holes in the story. >> it's been almost 12 years since the events occurred. it's hard proving a case that old. >> memories get old, people's facts start to slip. >> the problem with the alleged victim is here, that she willingly took the pills. she willingly took the wine. does she bear some responsibility and does that undercut the criminal charges against bill cosby? >> it's arguable. one could say, that's what he says. he says that she willingly took it. we don't know what he told her pills are for. these are arguments the prosecutors might make. it's going to be tough for mr.

cosby to face his admissions. the depo will preserve a record in a way i think will be helpful for the prosecutors. >> beyond a reasonable doubt is a high burden. >> yeah. yeah. certainly. but i do believe that there's enough facts -- they're not going to bring these charges in a high profile case unless they feel they have probable cause and enough evidence to move forward. that's why they declined to do it in '05. >> good to see you, thank you very much. it was an oh, bleep moment. that's what u.s. officials reportedly say about when they realized the national security agency had accidentally spied on american lawmakers. how that reportedly happened and the response coming up next. i am a lot of things. i am his sunshine. i am his advocate. so i asked about adding once-daily namenda xr to his current treatment for moderate to severe alzheimer's. it works differently.

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the national security agency accidentally spied on members of congress, as it was eavesdropping on israeli prime

minister benjamin netanyahu. that's according to the wall street journal. the surveillance reportedly reveal revealed netanyahu's government was makie trying to make a deal congress. critics are abusing the -- california congressman adam shift tells the journal he doesn't see a problem with how officials handled the information. al kevin corke joins us live in hawaii where president obama is on vacation. any response from the white house. >> as a lawyer, i know you know what they would say. that is, in the broad scope of national security we'll do what we think is in the best interest of the country. if you sort of broaden that statement, really speaks to the fact they feel like benjamin

netanyahu did not have the national interest at hand in leaking -- this is an allegation according to the wall street journal in leaking some of the details of the iran nuclear deal. the claim is that his aides put that out there. let me show you what the white house is saying in particular. it's a fascinating story by the wall street journal. it says we do not conduct any surveillance activities unless there's a specific and validated national security purpose. this applies to ordinary citizens and world leaders alike. what he's saying here is everything is fair game. if we feel like there's a national security interest and the question before the white house is, did they use that material to sort of help them in their strategy, to secure the votes on the iran nuclear deal. >> you know what? everybody spies on everybody. and that's, i guess why we have 18 intelligence agencies in the united states. what is some other reaction to

this report, kevin? >> honestly, i felt like most of the reaction would be sort of shock. because anytime you're dealing with scooping up, if you will, congressional lawmakers' conversations i would imagine that would raise eye brows. what i have been hearing today is a number of people are pointing the finger at the administration in particular by saying they didn't do the right thing once they learned they had the material. listen to what some people told us today. >> this is a question of ethics. when the white house was receiving nsa reports with the private conversations of members of congress, they had a responsibility to not read that material and return it. >> ben rhodes who is one of obama's closest advisors referred to the iran deal as obamacare for the second term. they wanted to let anything stand in the way of achieving that goal. >> now, let me throw one last thing at you. i think you'll find this instructive. some of the folk whose had

information on those intercepts are suggesting that the white house learned that the israeli team were essentially giving small details about the iran nuclear deal. they learned thad were pressuring some lawmakers asking them what deal. they also learned they were purchasing some lawmakers. and that sort of what's behind their mind set. again, the mind set in the white house is, we do anything and everything to protect the national security interests, but the question people continue to ask is, did this go too far. >> thanks. we spy on us, they spy on them. thanks very much, kevin. the battle between jeb bush and donald trump continues as another gop candidate quits the race. we're going to have the latest from the campaign trail coming up next. don't go away.

republican presidential hopefuls are ending the year in key early voting states. donald trump and jeb bush both in south carolina, and both taking new shots at each other. what a surprise. we're live in washington with more. hi, rich. >> reporter: donald trump spoke in south carolina for more than an hour this morning, knocking president obama, hillary clinton, even senator bernie sanders, calling him a disaster. as for republicans, he focused primarily on jeb bush. >> i like at this guy, jeb bush. he spent $59 million on his campaign. and he's down in the grave. he's nowhere. he spent $59 million. i spent nothing, right? nothing! [ applause ] >> reporter: bush's campaign began today, releasing an ad

highlighting what it describing as trump's most inhinged comments of 2015. even with two days left in the year. but trump is well ahead of bush in the latest quinnipiac poll, even though that poll claims 50% of voters would be embarrassed to have trump as president, he leads the republican field at 26%. in sixth is jeb bush at 4%. new jersey governor chris christie and florida senator marco rubio are campaigning in iowa and ted cruz is in texas, gregg. >> the gop field seems a little thinner today, doesn't it, rich? >> reporter: it is. former new york governor george pataki ran as a moderate and on. he joins self-who have exited before voters had an opportunity to cast ballots. there are now a dozen candidates remaining, just on the

republican side. >> you know, when they showed pataki's face to "jeopardy" contestants and nobody knew who he was, that was a signal to drop out. rich, thank you very much. we'll be right back with a nod to this day in history and a look back at the sinking at one of the most important ships in naval warfare, coming up. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual new car replacement, we'll replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance.

on this day in 1862, the "uss monitor" sank in a storm. it once fought in a legendary battle against a confederate ship. remember that one? the "uss monitor" took cannon fire for hours but didn't end up with serious damage. but the ship got caught in rough waters and sank.

after a storm destroyed what the confederate navy could not, 153 years ago today. amazing to look at pieces of the ship. neil is next. bye-bye. >> how do you respond to the charges? >> how do you feel, sir? >> it is still hard to imagine, america's once favorite dad in a heap of legal trouble. bill cosby arraigned, stemming from a sexual encounter that happened 12 years ago. laura with the latest with the heat he's facing now. >> bill cosby was brought before a judge in pennsylvania today and charged with three counting of aggravated indecent assault for alleged crimes involving a sexual