we are very disappointed by the verdict. we don't they mr. cosby is guilty of anything, and that fight is not over. >> women are believed and not only on #metoo, but in a court of law. >> bill cosby guiltyn all counts, and when told he could be a flight risk, cosby lashed out with expletives and now facing jail for life. >> a year ago, fear of nuclear war. today a handshake, smiles, and this monumental meeting between north and south. >> how much of your legal work was handled by michael cohen? >> well, as a percentage of my overall legal work, a tiny, tiny little fraction. he represents me, like with this

crazy stormy daniels deal. he represented me. >> did president trump's mention of stormy daniels there just open a huge can of legal worms for the commander in chief? >> to a massive teacher strike as a revolt over low pay and lack of education funding is exploding. >> and when losing your pants and maybe some dignity is better than taking a penalty showing, chalk one up for justin rose. "early today" starts right now. >> good to be with you this friday morning. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. bill cosby has gone from being america's dad to public disgrace. he now faces decades in prison after being found guilty of drugging and sexually violating andrea constand in his home 14 years ago. hers, the only case to result in criminal charges, also the first high profile criminal conviction in the #metoo era. they plotted the verdict saying justice is finally being served. a number of universities are also revoking honorary degrees bestowed upon cosby over the

years. emotion was high inside the courthouse. tears of joy from cosby's accusers and an angry outburst from cosby himself. nbc's stephanie gosk has the details. >> reporter: bill cosby, comedian, actor, the man who once dubbed america's dad, the 80-year-old is convicted on three counts of aggravated indecent assault. >> what was revealed through this investigation was a man who had spent decades preying on women, that he drugged and sexually assaulted. >> reporter: as the verdict was read, cosby accusers not part of the case gasped and sobbed in the courtroom asking the judge to call for order. the jury decided beyond a reasonable doubt that cosby drugged and sexually assaulted andrea constand in his pennsylvania home in 2004. constand, a former temple university employee, stared ahead during the verdict with lili motion little emotion on her face. a year ago a jury dead locked on the same criminal charges. for many alleged victims whose

accusations never led to cr criminal charges, this was seen as their victory as well. >> can you pinch me? i feel like i'm dreaming. >> the justice system is finally paying attention. >> reporter: in the retrial, five accusers in addition to constand herself, testified telling the jury they, too, were drugged and sexually assaulted by cosby. the prosecution attempting to show a pattern of behavior. the defense fired back in cross-examination, accusing the six women of wanting money and fame. in closing arguments, cosby's attorney kathleen bliss personally attacked one of the women. former model janice dickinson, telling the jury, it sounds like she has slept with every man on the planet. women's rights attorney gloria allred represents several of the accusers who testified. >> finally we can say women are believed and not only on #metoo, but in a court of law. >> reporter: district attorney kevin steele battled to get

cosby's bail revoked and send him straight to jail. telling the judge he was a flight risk and has a plane. cosby then yelled, he doesn't have a plane. you a-hole. i'm sick of it. you a-hole. outside, cosby and his defense team stunned said they would appeal. >> we are very disappointed by the verdict. we don't think mr. cosby is guilty of anything and the fight is not over. >> reporter: bill cosby is back in his pennsylvania home. he's not allowed to leave 9 county. he is going to be undergoing what is called a sexually violent predator assessment. then he has to be back here at this courthouse in two to three months where he faces sentencing, up to 30 years. frances? >> all right, stephanie, thank you. in just hours after cosby's guilty verdict, balance tv said it is pulling reruns of the cosby show effective immediately. cosby made generations of fans laffer as his iconic role as america's dad in the hit sitcom.

nbc's cynthia mcfadden has a look at his forever tarnished legacy. >> reporter: it's fun falling in love with jello pudding, isn't it? >> reporter: whatever else the name bill cosby conjures up, the tv shows. >> it's a fer fekt night for barbecue after this. >> reporter: the animated comedy series. >> hey, hey, hey. it's fat albert. >> reporter: the moniker america's dad. for playing the charming and wise father of the huxtable family. >> so, here's the rest of the chicken, you guys. >> reporter: on what was in the 1980s the trail blazing number one show in america. >> i want you by my side. >> reporter: however much good he may have done over the years, however much money he has given to charity, the causes supported. >> this is your neighborhood. your children should be able to play right here.

>> reporter: his actions have given him a new identity. criminal. 80-year-old bill cosby's name will now be followed with these words. convicted felon. his defense lawyers will appeal, will try to keep him out of prison. but it is hard to imagine this horrific shame can ever be washed from his name. cynthia mcfadden, nbc news, new york. >> the historic meeting between the leaders of north and south korea has begun. this morning north korea's kim jong-un met with south korean president moon jae-in at the border. the two shook hands and spoke briefly before moon invited kim to cross over. the first time a leader from the north has come south since the end of the korean war in 1953. the two now begin talks focusing on denuclearization of the peninsula and that will set the groundwork for a meeting with president trump in the coming weeks. for the latest let's go to nbc's janice mackie frayer in seoul. janice, good morning. >> reporter: good morning,

phillip. this was unimaginable just a few months ago with north korean nuclear and missile threats as well as u.s. war rhetoric. yet today kim jong-un and moon jae-in shaking hands at the demarcation line, and at one point kim providing the ice breaker by inviting moon to cross over to the north korean side to shake hands before the two went off for their summit meeting. denuclearization is on the agenda, but it's unclear and many say unlikely that kim is going to commit to the sort of denuclearization the rest of the world is looking for. what the summit is likely to produce is some sort of joint declaration where the two sides may take steps towards denuclearization. they will agree to meet again and perhaps regularly, and that there will be a reduction in the hostilities. at one point there was an exchange between the two men where kim had assured moon that he wouldn't keep him up at night any longer. phillip? >> many years in the making, this meeting.

janice, thank you. >> now to the ongoing controversy between the president and the porn star, president trump is stepping right into the legal battle surrounding his personal lawyer michael cohen. mr. trump held a no-holds-barred and at times rambling phone interview on live tv. he ultimately admitted cohen represented him in connection with that $130,000 payment made to adult film star stormy daniels, and now those very words uttered by mr. trump are being used against him. nbc's peter alexander has more. >> reporter: federal prosecutesers arguing anything you say on fox and friends can be used against you. after president trump mentioned stormy daniels' name for the first time publicly, acknowledging he's tie today d case through his lawyer. >> how much of your legal work was handled by michael cohen? >> well, as a percentage of my overall legal work a tiny, tiny little fraction. he represents me like with this crazy stormy daniels deal. he represented me. >> how are you feeling today? >> great. >> reporter: cohen who just pleaded the 5th is locked in a

legal battle with the porn star who claims she had a sexual encounter with the president. that the white house denies. president trump previously denied any knowledge of the hush money payment to daniels. >> mr. president, did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? >> no. >> reporter: now this line from the president. >> a tiny, tiny little fraction. >> reporter: cited in a new filing, prosecutors insisting if mr. trump's relationship to cohen was so limited, they should be allowed to expedite their review of those documents seized from cohen in that raid earlier this month. the court pointing a former federal judge to determine what is properly protected by attorney/client privilege. even as the president is distancing himself from cohen. >> from what i understand, they are looking at his businesses and i'm not -- iech've been tol i'm not involved. >> i think the president should appear on fox and friends every morning. that's what i think. i thought it was exceptional for our case and i thought it was disastrous for him. >> reporter: the president willing teeing off on the justice department claiming without evidence corruption

within its ranks and appearing to warn he might intervene at a later date. >> our justice department, which i try and stay away from, but at some point, i won't. >> reporter: and one more note. a group of senators including some republicans pushed forward a bill thursday that would help protect special counsel robert mueller from being fired, although it is not likely to get a full vote, the message to the president was clear. frances? >> all right, peter, thank you. >> and later this morning president trump will welcome another world leader to the white house when german chancellor angela merkel arrives just a few days after french president emmanuel macron paid trump a visit. so, will merkel receive the same warm reception trump gave macron? for more let's go to nbc's tracie potts. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. certainly not the same fanfare we saw with president macron. he was here three days. angela merkel on the ground at the white house today for just three hours literally. they have a meeting, a working lunch, and a news conference,

and then she's gone. in that time, she has a task to try to convince president trump to stay in this iran nuclear deal. it's sort of a one-two punch from the european leaders who don't want to see the u.s. pull out. also to permanently exclude europe from tariffs on steel and aluminum. they are temporarily excludesed, but they want to see that made permanent. syria also likely to come up with angela merkel and president trump as they meet today just for a few hours. phillip? >> tracie, thank you. >> let's turn now to nbc meteorologist bonnie schneider with a look ahead at the weekend and see where the plans will be inside or outside, bonnie. >> we have some rain. wet weather in the northeast and it is raining right now in washington, d.c., not amounting to too much. but keep in mind where we're looking at the warmer temperatures, that's out west and eventually through the weekend we'll see milder temperatures work their way to the east. st. louis will warm up saturday and sunday and as we work our

way towards next week you'll see the wm up righart midwest where temperatures are going to be in the 40s, feeling much colder there. but as you head further south, boy, it is warming up nicely. across the country we are looking at hot weather along the southern tier and of course the cooler weather to the north, but we'll be feeling those 80 degree temperatures even in new york city by next week. >> i miss those temperatures. it has been a long time. >> i forgot what that felt like around here. >> thanks. >> today's shot of the day goes to p.j. golfer justin rose. he was in louisiana for zurich classic. a shot everyone was talking about. why is this man not wearing pants? because his ball landed at the edge of the water. instead of taking a penalty he decided to get a better angle. he needed to strip down to his underwear and bare feet.

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thank you. >> yesterday marked some parents' favorite day of the year. it was national take our daughters and sons to workday. and it was a particularly cute sight at the white house and on capitol hill where young visitors peppered press secretary sarah sanders with questions, even lobbied house speaker paul ryan and democratic leader nancy pelosi. some of them even got a chance to go inside the oval office and meet the president. mr. trump telling the little ones that he couldn't believe how nice their parents were behaving. >> maybe that's the answer there, getting stuff done in washington. bring the kids there so everybody has to behave or at least, you know, be kind of nice. >> it is an interesting sight to see the president surrounded by all those little ones. >> now something we just had to flag for you from that unprecedented summit between north and south korea. some incredibly fit body guards, watch here as kim jong-un's protection detail is slowly walking along his car until you see them slowly begin to jog. and then the car picks up speed and they start to run. not just a couple of feet here,

but all the way to north korea. it all happened just after the two sides broke for lineup much duri -- broke for lunch. sped up you can see how far they had to trot along with it. there you go. along the entire way keeping up pace. >> i picture kim jong-un doing this daily, making this his daily routine just because he can. going around the block. come on, boys, we're going for a little roll around the block. wonder if he ever rolls them down the window to give them some encouragement or make some comments. >> step it up right there. that's impressive. >> all the way to diplomacy. the wait is finally over. avengeers infinity war around the country today. marvel's 19th film to date and stars just about every single superhero this studio has ever put on screen as ironman, spyder man, and even "black panther". the film expected to dominate the box office bringing in over $250 million domestically and maybe even half billion dollars

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