about charles robinson but he and his family have been members there. involved with a children's ministry as well as adoption and fostering support group. he tells me, in light of these charges, he will not be allowed to leadership roles or involvement in any children's group. mr. robinson will have a hearing tomorrow. for now, he is out on bail. lawy lauren mayk, nbc 10 news. >> first alert weather. >> sun shining today brightly but not enough to warm some people, waiting there at bus stop. bundled up in big coats on the campus of st. joe's. others had to run to get warm. feeling like winter. here good news at camel back mountain. live picture from the poconos. camel back ready for skiing tomorrow. another cold night. >> first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz here tracking how cold it's going to get. >> a night where there's a big

variation from the city to the suburbs. similar to this morning though not quite as cold as what we saw this morning. some places single digits. 39 in philadelphia. we have hit 40 which is average this time of the year. 39 in allen town. 38 in redding and in wilmington. 39 degrees in atlantic city international. now, there is much less wind today. so feels like temperatures not much lower than the actual air temperature. that's quite a change from what we saw yesterday morning, temperatures dropping into the upper 20s by midnight in philadelphia itself. you can see how white the winds are. that will allow the big temperature difference from the city to suburbs. philadelphia everybody 23. allentown, as low as 11. warm-up continues. how warm it's going to get and when we're going to get rain over the weekend in a few

minutes. as temperatures dip this week, we've been getting reports of pipes bursting, coming up at 5:00, ted greenberg shows us why the problems a concern there. >> to that video that appears to show a high school basketball coach confronting referee and knocking him to the ground and this clip is making international headlines. it happened after a foul call in the game at them shamty. is that coach being punished? >> reporter: at this point, he's been suspended from his coaching and his teaching duties. district says pending the outcome. >> i've been doing this 55 and never seen -- i've seen coaches get ejected. >> reporter: the game is on a high school court. the coaching longtime head basketball coach jerry divine. >> four-point game. >> reporter: reed says the game between two of the area's biggest rivals neshaniny and

pens bury. they say while some are calling it a head butt -- >> i saw a chest bump when i saw it happen live i thought a belly-to-belly bump. >> reporter: police say it was viral video that make them take notice. the mischief said the ref didn't call them and he said police called him asking if he wanted to make a report. >> you can make contact with an official. >> reporter: they say they'll cooperate with any investigation by police, should one commence. >> it's not something part of the world of sports. >> reporter: the police chief tells me they want to speak to the ref, hoping to do so in the next couple of days. if there's no case that comes of this, it will be up to the school and athletic committee to determine any possible pun u

punishment. city workers found human skeletal remains in a vacant lot. sky force 10 over the scene. it's too scene to determine gender and length of time remains have been there. investigators work to determine the cause of death. the search is on for the cause of a fire that damaged a mosque in atlantic city. investigators say it doesn't look suspicious. the mosque is on atlantic laef. the building went up in flames around 4:00. no one was hurt but part of the roof collapsed and narrowly missed firefighters. three brothers convicted in a terror plot at ft. dix are in a fight to earn their freedom. all five are serving life sentence for plotting to attack the military base in 2007. today, three of them went to court to battle for a new trial, arcing their lawyers are the reason they're in prison now.

cydney long inside that camden county courtroom. >> reporter: i can tell you, some arguments and the cross-examination got heated in the courtroom. proceedings in fact happening right now up on the fourth floor. the judge, the same judge who presided over the trial eight years ago has to answer one narrow question, did the trial lawyers in this case improperly discourage clients from testifying in their own defense? protesters with the project support legaled avoe si for muslims demand justice for the convicts found guilty eight years ago in this courthouse for conspiring to kill american soldiers at ft. dix this man is the father of three of the fivement sentenced to life in

federal prison for the crime. >> the government's own informant claimed my brothers are isn't. he said they knew nothing of any plot. >> reporter: they claim the only plot was manufactured by the government that highly paid fbi informant trapped and steered men to obtain the weapons. chris christie presided over the case. he called it one of the biggest terrorism cases in the world. today a judge is listening to whether or not the original public defenders wrongfully guided their clients to take the stand. >> the attorneys told my brothers not to testify during the trial. they said they weren't ready, they weren't prepared at the time. >> for me, it's something to look something fell from the sky because during the trial i was here every day. what i saw then, i never

believed. >> reporter: the eldest of the duka brothers said, my attorney openly told me he wasn't prepared to put me on the stand, saying the government is going to trip you up and make you look bad. he later said he was scared, so he did not end up raising that issue with the judge. >> what did he say on the stand? >> reporter: i can tell you michael huff said in any case he was the defense attorney, back enin, it is up to the client to decide whether they testify or not. but he did recommend he did not take the stand. he said the jury would not look favorably on the religious views and he did not prepare cross-examination questions because he knows this case inside out. now it's back in the hands of the judge. cydney long, nbc 10 news. breaking news regarding bill cosby. in past ten minutes, nbc 10

learned the los angeles district attorney will not file criminal charges against him. the district attorney says it was looking into claims that sexual assault from 1965 and 2008 but the district attorney says both alleged incidents happened too long ago and he cannot file charges because of the statute of limitations. also today we learned cosby's next appearance in an elkins courtroom has been postponed. he had been scheduled to appear in court for his preliminary hearing january 14th. cosby's attorneys requested the delay. no new date has been set. 78-year-old comedian charged last month in montgomery count tu with sexual assault. he is accused of drugging and segu segu sexually assaulting woman in elkins park. legislation introduced to strip cosby of his presidential medal of freedom. the group, promoting awareness victim empowerment partnered with the representative to push the matter through congress. the medal of freedom is the

nation's highest civilian honor. police want your help tracking down a pair of armed hoverboard thiefs. they released this video outside a rec center. it shows two gunmen robbing a group of teenagers on december 18th. you can see a robber chased several teens up a staircase. the teens took the hoverboard, iphone, bookbag. police in south jersey looking for two people who robbed this convenience store a week ago. thieves taking money from the cash register at the knickknack market. police haven't said how much money robbers took. also new at 4:00, department store employees under arrest for allegedly attacking co-workers. police arrested anthony wiglusz, jr. facing assault and endangerment charges. it happened kohl's store.

police say he attacked two women in the break room and he admitted to taking two narcotic pills prior to the incident. the women are expected to be okay. a bad extension cord powering a space heater started the fire in montgomery county the fire broke out over 5:00. the man's recovering from smoke inhalation. this is the third fire involving a space heater in our area in the past week. investigators still trying to figure out what started this major house fire in abbington. this video from the ross lynn fire department shows the smoke billowing from the house. a woman and child were able to escape. new information today about an upper darby man shot to death by police officers. police say the 54-year-old called 911 yesterday claiming he was suicidal and dangerous.

when officers got to the apartments, they found him with a knife. police say he charged at them so they tried to taser him. but they say that did not stop him. officers shot and killed him. >> the officers were in fear of their life, nonlethal force didn't work, taser didn't work, and they did what they had to do there police say zolo had a history of mental illness. the encounter was the ninth time since 2007 police were called to his home. a ride sharing squabble going on in southwest philadelphia. drivers -- driver for uber black chanting "shame on uber," upset they're forced to compete with uber-x. >> they're blocking us.

we have numerous complaints, we have information where they have blocked us and provided job to x. >> live look here at 30th street station. we heard from uber today, it's purchased ad space here couraging riders to use uber black and reminding them of services. more ocean front homeowners are going to court to try to block protected sand dunes being built nair near their homes. they filed a lawsuit. at the same time, the state has revved up legal efforts to dune project. a national record 140,000 volunteers planning to give back to greater ffl in hphiladelphiar of dr. martin luther king jr. students from six local schools presented their day of service

mural. the mayor presented the active citizenship award to the eastern state penitentiary. it's important for everyone to reflect on our country's civil rights history on the upcoming holiday. questions about north korea's claims it detonated a bomb. the white house said analysis is not consistent with north korea's claim. tremors reached as far away as china and south korea. a number of countries including china, north korea's closest ally are condemning the test. pledging to pursue new sanctions on the impoverish country. some candidates spoke about the threat. >> they have long-range missile cape able to deliver weapon, that is a direct threat to the united states. >> north core rewhy needs to back baon the list of state

sponsors terrorists. >> it's like looking at a crystal ball. this is where iran ends up if we continue on the same misguided path. >> claims of the test caused wall street to take a tumble this morning. the dow lost 200 points after the opening bell. the dow closed down more than 250 points. pennsylvania is getting $2 billion credit line to keep from bouncing checks. the state treasurer says the wolf administration drew half of the loan. state's cash balance expected to be as much as $922 million in the red by next week. and the state will likely stay in the red until tax collections pick up in the spring. state has to repay the entire loan by the end of june. thinking of big money, the giant jackpot that has people dreaming of hitting it big. the powerball prize up to $500 million. no one has won the powerball in

the last 17 drawings making it the sixth highest lottery pot of all time. >> a frenzy to buy in to be the big winner. tim furlong has his ticket. >> live with more on what's at stake and your chances of winning. >> reporter: that's right. books and news plus story in newark one of the luckier stores. steve carell look alike. it's been busy like this all day. lots of people coming in, dreamers coming in $2 at a time, some buying one, some for the whole office. you know what they say. you have this chance to win if you don't place. >> winning ticket here. >> reporter: nobody says they have a losing ticket and most people never mess with karma. they try to be nice. >> my co-workers did a pool and left me out. i am here to win, co-workers. >> reporter: chances are none of us here are going to win. the odds are 1 in 292 million.

death by bee sting is 1 in 6 million. lightning 1 in 3 million. chance of hole in one or par 3, 1 in 125 million. odds are horrible. >> 77 tickets. >> fun to play, though. >> fun to think about spending all of that dough. >> if i win the powerball, i'll buy everybody lunch. >> reporter: on my facebook, i asked aside from family and charity, what fun stuff would you buy? one wanted an original batmobile. one wanted a tick the for space travel. someone wanted to buy the sixers. some wanted to buy sky force 10. i want a new jeep. one lady says she wants do s du duran to play at her powerball

celebration party. the 10,000 store bonus would be fun but say they'd like to see a regular hit it big. >> 500 million, my dream to sell the ticket in my lucky lottery store. >> reporter: this place sold 545,000 winner. we'll take you to another store in delaware county, pennsylvania, we'll get inside tips to see what the secret is to winning the big jackpot. these guys look like they might have something going on. they have a sneaky look like they're going to win. >> you don't want duran duran at your celebration? >> reporter: no, obviously wham. i'm going to get wham back together. with that money, i could make that happen. >> tim, good luck. and everybody else. >> reporter: thanks, bud. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> anybody hoping for sunshine,

warmer afternoon, you're winners today. and warming trend is going to continue. another cold night. not quite as cold as last couple of nights but when the sun goes down, you're going to feel it. back into the 50s. we have temperatures that are going back up. the aleat least temporarily. not a total washout but one day a lot wetter than the other. look at that bright blue sky out there. the flag not blowing too hard. we don't have much of a windchill here. 39 degrees now. wind 8 miles an hour making it feel like 33. wind direction out of the south. that's trying to warm us up. we are up to 40 degrees in west chester and ben salem, 39 in allentown. philadelphia, glassaboboro, atlantic city, 36 in dover. fairly close to average for this time of day and this time of the

year. now, this morning we had quite a variation. nine degrees in quaker town. 18 degrees in philadelphia itself. 5 mt. pocono. 9 in mt. holly. 14 coatesville. 10 potstown. 3 degrees in toms river. places with very low population, very little concrete, they tend to get coldest. we're five to ten degrees warmer than we were at this time yesterday. people skiing. this is at shawnee. they make snow at night. good news for the ski industry. cold air on top of this. it's going to be easing up. arctic air is now far away. so it's not coming back, at least not through the weekend. it will be next week. we have not seen the end of the cold air. we're going to be seeing that

next week for more than just a couple of days. we're also going to be seeing rain. not so much later this week. we could see a couple of light showers friday night. here's the futurecast. as we go to friday. not much around. not much around on saturday either. until saturday night and then sunday. so sunday could be a fairly wet day. and we're talking about potential one inch or more in parts of the area. that's significant rain. clear and cold tonight, 23 for a low in philadelphia. 11 in some of the coldest suburbs, millville one of those places that gets down to around 11 degrees. sun and clouds tomorrow. won't be quite as sunny as today. but also not as cold. temperatures in the mid-40s. seven-day forecast, mid-40s again on friday with a chance of showers coming in at night. mostly dry saturday. cloudy, mild.

saturday night rain comes in, sunday kind of a rainy day. and then look how much colder it gets next week. by wednesday, very cold with flurries. >> all right. a popular grocery store chain is recalling some food. >> the product you need to thro@ away. and banning hoverboards. the local college telling students to leave new toys away from campus. >> changes for one of philadelphia's cultural traditions. new rules mummers might need to follow. a glimpse into the royal life. new pictures mark a big milestone for britain's young prince, next on "nbc 10 news at 4:00."

in virginia, a tractor-trailer has driven off the chesapeake bay bridge tunnel. live pictures. a wide shot of the area. we don't have control over the

chopper photographer. you see emergency vehicles by the water. we're told the driver is alive and is being pulled to safety once again, tractor-trailer driven off the bridge. we'll keep an eye on this for you out of chesapeake, virginia. check your refrigerator. wegmans recalling 1,000 pounds of chicken, three varieties of vacuum sealed marinated chicken shipped to pennsylvania and new jersey. because of the scheduling mix-up the chicken was never inspected. to find informations on n nbc10.c nbc10.com. a test drive -- >> customers kidnapped him. the terrifying ride this man took and how he managed to free himself. the hunt for jewel thief. how this young woman is pulling off heists up and down the east coast.

looking ahead to another cold night but the warm-up begins. tracking when the 50s are going to return. where we're going to see rain this weekend next.

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news. >> a new administration in the city of philadelphia may mean new rules for the annual mummers' parade. >> this year's event marred by allegations of racism and homophobia. >> [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> the yelling of a gay slur one controversy that emerged during the parade. now, city leadership pushing for action by the group's leaders. nbc 10's george spencer has been following the story since the

new controversy erupted friday live along the route mummers take. >> reporter: for philadelphia's new mayor, this is personal. jim kenney himself a mum for for 35 years. he will not tolerate bigotry by bad apples on the parade here friday. with traditional music and dance, 2016 was supposed to be the year of mummers' diversity. but during the parade, some marchers were captured in brown face dressed as tacos, others parodied the gender transition of caitlyn jenner and 2016 blew up in controversy. >> can't pick on famous people, gay people, immigrants. it's not funny. >> reporter: the new philadelphia mayor has lived the mummers tradition himself. his staff is reviewing new

restrictions to keep bad actors from stealing the show. like this man captured shouting a homophobic slur. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: restrictions could be anything from sensitivity training to prescreening acts. >> it's about being the right thing and being to be inclusive in understanding of all philadelphians. >> reporter: ultimately, city leaders say the mummers must police themselves and determine what tone their parade will take. critics are weary. >> a level of accountability built in because they haven't been able to do it themselves. so why would we expect them to do it all of a sudden now? >> this is a process, it's an evolution. >> reporter: the mummers spokesman promises mummers are willing to change as evidenced by the multiethnic marching groups. both he and the mayor say they're optimistic that growth may come from this ugly chapter. >> we don't intend to offend

anyone. but those words aren't good enough. we need to take actions to milwaukmake sure that happens. >> reporter: egregious violations are penalized within the mummers organization. in the end, concerns like these do nothing to help mummers' goal of attracting bigger crowds back to this annual event. george spencer, nbc 10 news. >> happening now, flooding is a major problem in southern california. this is a live picture from sun valley. floodwaters have shut down several lanes of the golden gate freeway. traffic jammed on one side of the nearby interstate 5 because of flooding there. many cars were submerged and swamped in the deep water from the el nino powered storm. we will keep you updated on the flooding in california. nbc 10 first alert weather.

>> here at home, chilly day on the water didn't bother this guy as he rode his way along the schuylkill river. a brisk walk to the bus stop, these two are were bundled up appropriately. looking good. warmer weather's coming. first another cold night. >> first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz tracking the chill. >> it's going to be one more, a big temperature contrast from the city, places that have a lot of concrete, to the suburbs. places that are grassy and not snow covered, by the way. here we are, trip home on this date, 19 years ago, biggest snowstorm in philadelphia history, over 30 inches of snow. right now, bright and sunny. 39 in philadelphia. 40 in northeast philly. 39 grows in allentown. as soon as the sun goes down,

temperature's dropping quickly. we do not have a lot of wind. feels like temperature, not very low. lowest is in dover because there's a little bit stronger wind there. now as we go through the night tonight we have a nearly calm wind. that creates big city and suburbs contrast. so 23 degrees right in philadelphia. 16 pottstown. 11 in millville. also 11 in allentown. things are going to be warming up again as soon as sun comes up tomorrow. how warm it gets and how we'll see rain over the one with the seven day if a few minutes. >> there is awe young woman hopscotching across the south and sticking up jewelry stores as she goes along. surveillance pictures reached. several of them. her reaching behind the counter, her most recent heist monday in north carolina. but that's the fifth state she has hit. let's take a look. here they are.

tennessee, georgia, north carolina, south carolina, florida, authorities saying she's knocked over six stores in five states since april. she's had help from a male friend in three robberies. in one of the robberies she forced workers into a back room at gun point and tied them up. then loaded up a shopping bag with jewelry. agents believe she's in her 20s or early 30s. police on the hunt for two men they said kidnapped a car salesman and stole his car. they beat him, tied him up, put him in the trunk during the ride. the 21-year-old has a broken nose, stitches in hisly. and bruises. >> ran over, i was getting suspicious. i tried to turn the car off. i turned it off.

>> the two suspects are still at large. police are hoping surveillance footage from security cameras at the dealership will help into a major milestone for most toddlers and parents, first day of nursery school. >> britain's young future king took that big step. prince george with his backpack outside the school in england. his mother, duchess kate, took pictures of the 2 1/2-year-old at the school. she's become quite the photographer. the school said prince george will receive the same treatment as other children. >> looking good. next flight going to cost you more. >> next, hike that airlines across the board just added. something that could make your trip easier. we'll show you the newly revealed smart suitcase.

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it is and power to charge devices on the go. electronics show runs through saturday. if you plan to hop on a plane to head out to vegas, it's going to cost you. >> a recent price hike from several big named airlines on monday. delta quietly raised fares $4 a flight, including short, medium, long haul. it didn't take long for southwest, american, and united to follow suit. industry insiders called the move surprising since major carriers have been collecting record profits due to lower fuel costs. a philadelphia sandwich shop houshmandzad has a thu creation for the eagles. >> a new concoction served up to the eagles outsted leader. >> cold enough to ski in the pocono in thes. a significant warm-up. detail next. ♪

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this is nbc 10 news. >> with today's box office total disney says "star wars" will become the highest grossing film in north american history. the film's made more than $758 million in less than 3 weeks of release. disney projecting that with today's ticket sales, it will pass the $760.5 million that avatar made six years ago. rocky's ready for another round. >> after the success, ,bdsqq", sylvester stallone is preparing to step back into the ring. >> this guy staring back at you, that's your toughest opponent. >> creed grossed more than $100 million. it was filmed in philadelphia. stallone is up for a golden globe and says he's preparing

for a creed sequel. he talked about the flip's success on the "today" show this morning. >> it's kind of a full circle, really. you come all the way back to something that you thought was gone, you know, and yet it works for another generation seen through another young man's eyes. >> no doubt it's making a creed sequel. watch to see if stallone takes hope the golden globe. ricky gervais hosting the awards here at 8:00 p.m. could be a while before we learn the identity of the next coach of the eagles. >> philadelphia chef is celebrating the post chip kelly era with a new creation. the chip kelly three bite sandwich. it the brainchild of a chef in northern liberty. he came up with a week after the birds fired kelly as their coach. the pork describes chip physically.

there's oregon jam -- >> that hurts. >> oregon jam in honor of his time at university of oregon. no duck meat. and it's on toast to recognize chip's time in philadelphia is toast. even the price has significance. >> i priced it originally at 1. 60, 16-0 for next year. that's what i was looking for. >> there's a reason it's called three-bite sandwich. represents chip kelly's thrr)/v seasons as eagles' coach. >> know your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> well, about to set another weather record tomorrow without a flake of snow. the longest we've gone into a winter season without a flake of snow in philadelphia ever recorded. that's a pretty amazing record. co cold night, clear skies. back into the 50s.

by the time we get precipitation it's going to be too warm for snow. there is the rain for a part of the weekend. sunday looks to be a fairly wet day. you can see how clear skies are right now. it's been that way all day. 39 degrees. winds fairly light. humidity low. feels like 33 degrees outside. tuesday, 32. today, up to 40. which is average for this time of the year. now back to above average temperatures. by the weekend, in the 50s, that's way above average. it's 38 degrees in redding right now. 36 in quakertown. 34 blue bell, a cool spot. 37 coatesville. wind out of the south everywhere. washington township 37. 39 in mt. holly. wrightstown, 38 in trenton. farther to the south, 37 in millville. that place will cool off faster than any other part of the area.

36 in dover. clear skies, late wind and low humidity allows warm to radiate back out into space. when you don't have concrete around, it will get down to near 11 degrees in lehigh valley. 13 quaker town. 15 mt. holly. 20 in chester. there's the 11 in vineland and millville areas. 23 dover. 31 rehoboth peabeach with the southerly wind. a mix of sun and clouds it won't be quite as sunny as the last two days. friday, the clouds should be increasing. but i don't think this any kind of precipitation during the day. could be light showers at night, maybe a bit of light sleet towards the poconos. but that's not the main system. main system comes sunday. here we are, saturday night.

there's no measurable rain anywhere. by the end of sunday, some places are getting an inch or more. others a half inch. significant rain either way. clear and cold, 23 for the low in philadelphia. 11 in some of the coldest suburbs. that's pretty cold. but not as cold as it was yesterday. mix of sun and clouds tomorrow. not as cold in the afternoon. highs in the mid-40s. not much wind. so it's going to feel decent. also in the mid-40s friday, chance of showers at night. most of saturday dry until saturday night. look how much warmer over the weekend. sunday rainy et cetera specially morning. and colder next week, maybe snow flurries by the middle of the week. >> you heard that. >> snow's coming. it's all right. >> hard-earned money could be escaping from your house this winter. >> heat has a way of seeping out but there are ways to stop it. next, inexpensive things to do

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blast of arctic air has many trying to juggle ways to keep the house warm without breaking the budge. keep hard-earned cash in your wallet instead of sending it to the gas or electric company. there are things you need to do now. >> getting colder and colder and colder. >> reporter: and that cold air is seeping inside. so and you live in an apartment, drafty old house or new

construction, there are ways to reduce your home's heating costs. first, cover water pipes with a winter coat. >> pipe insulation. it already has a slit in it, basically, what you're doing is you're sliding it over the pipe. >> reporter: next, cover your window air conditioner. >> all the way around so the cold air doesn't get into your house. >> reporter: if you don't have storm windows consider sealing with plastic. >> double sided tape. put around your window. >> reporter: easy to do and easy it remove in spring. >> take a hair dryer, a regular one in your house, and blow dry this and this will become tight like a drum. >> reporter: most people don't realize how much heat is lost through light switches. sealing your switch plates with prefitted foam. put between the wall and plate. no lech trix needed. seal cracks it your foundation. >> a foam, spray into the

cracks, and it expands. >> reporter: and if you see light coming through when you close the door, that means cold air is coming in unannounced. rubber foam will help you dodge the draft fast. we posted more ways to prepare your home and the car for the winter weather. it's on the nbc 10 news app. >> "nbc 10 news at 5:00" is next. >> the investigators are following breaking developments in the bill cosby scandal. prosecutors decided the comedian will face charges in another criminal case. another cold night in store for tonight. then, the 50s return in time for the weekend. but we also have rain on the way. i'll show you a look at timing of that coming up. a happy ending takes a sad turn. public donated thousands to help the homeless couple after their child was found wandering alone. now they could be getting evicted from their new home next.

right now at 5:00, a warning for families in delaware county. this boy scout member and coach is a sexual predator. supposed to be a fresh start for a homeless couple, a child found wandering alone, public donated thousands to put a roof over their heads. why is the couple now getting evicted? we'll get to those stories. first, breaking news. several new developments regarding sexual assault claims

against bill cosby. the last hour, we've learned the los angeles district attorney will not file criminal charges against him. harry hairston live in the digital operations center with the very latest. what happens now? >> in documents released the district attorney says it was looking into claims two sexual assault allegations made against cosby. the cases in question from 1965, 2008. in those cases the district attorney indicated insufficient evidence to prove crime beyond a reasonable doubt led to dismissal. the 1965 case had passed the statute of limitations. now also today, we are learning cosby's next appearance in an elkins park courtroom has been postponed. he had been scheduled to appear in court for his hearing january 14th. cosby's attorneys requested the delay. the 78-year-old