"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with rick williams, sara bloomquist, and meteorologist, david murphy. we are following breaking news, a criminal charge has been filed against median, bill cosby in montgomery county, police say he sexually assaulted a woman at

his house in cheltenham township in 2004. rick is off and i'm sara bloomquist and the big story on "action news" is the pending arrest of bill cosby after prosecutors announced they have enough evidence against the television star to charge him with a crime. john rawlins is live now in norristown where the district attorney just made the announcement. >> reporter: well the basic accusations around this case are not new they have been around for sometime. the woman worked for the university's basketball program and was befriended by mr. cosby an alum of temple. he said that mr. cosby developed a romantic interest in the woman that was not reciprocated. >> mr. cosby is charge ready

aggravated indecent assault, a felony of the first degree, mr. cosby's attorney is notified of the charges. >> the assault dates to early 2004 and an earlier investigation did not result in criminal charges, but first deputy steele says today that new records emerged from a civil case that shed new light on what occurred. that andrea constant was invited to cosby's home to talk about her future career plans and she viewed cosby as a trusted mentor, she told him she was drained and emotionally occupied and that cosby took advantage of the woman. >> mr. cosby urged her to take pills that he provided to her and to drink wine, the effect of which rendered her unable to move or respond to his advances

and he committed aggravated indecent assault upon her. >> bill cosby is expected to appear in elkins park district court later today. ms. constant will cooperate. >> the attorneys representativing the accuser saying in part on behalf of our client, andrea constand, we have complete confidence and this matter is now being pursued in the criminal justice center and we will not comment further. we have streamed the district attorney's announcement at our website at 6abc.com and you can find the latest developments as they become available. the other big story is the eagles, getting ready to talk

about the firing of head coach, chip kelly, ducis rogers is live at the nova care complex where a news conference is expected to begin in the next 30 minutes. >> reporter: sara yes the news conference was scheduled to begin at noon and slid it back to 12:30, only one microphone, owner, jeffrey lury, and the players will be available later this afternoon. jeffrey lury and chip kelly med books met yesterday afternoon with two years left on hi contract. it will be interesting to hear what transpired in the meeting, did he try to strip him of personnel decisions or did kelly balk at the notion, but the firing with one game to go stunned the players. >> i was surprised. because i really thought they were going to give him another offseason to prove himself after all the stuff that happened this past year, as far as stuff that

happened off the field but i understand the business but you know i was kind of shocked. >> reporter: kelly went 26-21 in his three seasons here, that on paper sounds like a good record but his team progressively got worse sitting at 6-9 and once again no playoffs. we are live at the nova care facility. back to you. >> thank you. reaction from eagles fans was swift and celebratory, gray hall has that story from south philadelphia. >> reporter: well, sara as you might imagine everybody has an opinion about chip kelly being fired, some say they were sad to see him go but most say it was time the third time is not a charm for eagles head coach chip

kelly, he was fired with only one game left of the season. >> i'm glad it's overdue, long overdue, a total disaster this season. >> was shocked when i heard everything, but he deserves to go unfortunately he made crazy decisions and blew up this entire team, what do we have to show for it? 6- 9. >> fans we talked to say eagles ceo jeffrey lury should have made a change a while ago. fans are ready for a championship. >> i think making someone a general manager and head coach at the same time too much power and too much ability to fail. the search is on to find a new head coach and fans are watching and waiting and expecting more wins. >> the owner, honestly, we need to be questioning him, he made

chip kelly make the decision, yes let lesean and jeremy maclin go. he said yes to these crazy decisions. >> of course now is the waiting game to see who will be named the next head coach and the eagles play their next game sunday january 3rd. gray hall, channel 6 "action news." >> gray, thank you. once again the eagles are planning a news conference to discuss the firing of chip kelly and we'll hear from jeffrey laurie at 12:30. we'll bring it to you live here on and line at 6abc.com. turning to accuweather now sky 6 hd showing us the view in center city, still cloudy out there, with a chance of light showers this afternoon, for the latest lets check in with karen rogers in for david murphy. >> we have lots of low clouds all morning and a dense fog

advisory for the northwest suburbs and still at this point, 2 mile visibility in mt. pocono and 2.5 in reading and 7 miles in philadelphia international airport, and we expect fog once again in the overnight hours. satellite 6 along with action radar showing lots of clouds it's yet another dreary day but our last dreary day before things turn around for us, you can see rain building in around us and in virginia, looking at stormtracker 6 live double scan you see a good soaking most of that misses us but a weak wave rides up into our area and we get a few showers in the evening hours and we are dry until that point. lets look at the temperatures, it's mild once again and 50 in philadelphia, and 41 is our normal high thark is the current temperature in allentown and just dipped to 38 in mt. pocono and 32 in philadelphia. and a big change in the weather pattern, i'll have more on that

in a few minutes. entire neighborhoods and businesses are under water after days of rainfall in missouri. authorities are watching one particular waterway north of st. louis, it's expected to crest today 17 feet above flood stage and missouri's governor has called in the national guard. philadelphia police are looking for four men that gunned down a man overnight. jeremy rojas was shot and killed in the hunting park section, surveillance video captured the shooting and rojas was rushed to the hospital but did not survive. in north philadelphia, a stray bullet shattered a front door and storm window overnight it happened at 1:00 this morning on 10th street, they discovered the damage after neighbors reported hearing gunshots, no one inside of the home was hurt. still to come, the bizarre incident that ended with a tour bus passenger flying through the

front windshield, and the so-called affluenza teen and his mother are fighting to stay in mexico after they were captured there.

a crash on i-95 in miami left one person dead and two people injured. it was 2:00 a.m. when a woman went the wrong way on the highway, she sideswiped one vehicle and hit the other vehicle head-on. i-95 was shut down for hours. the pilot was the only person killed when a plane touched down in anchorage, alaska yesterday. today we learned that the pilot was not authorized to fly that type of aircraft. the fbi has joined the investigation. officials say the so-called affluenza teen and his mother won a temporary stay against extradition to the u.s. they were expected to be returned to texas today to face

charges that they fled before his probation hearing this month. couch was on probation for killing four people in a drunk driving accidents in 2013, his attorney successfully argued that his parents coddled him to the point that he was irresponsible. they tracked them down when his mother used her cell phone to order a pizza in puerto vallarta. and police say a man was standing in an aisle when the bus stopped at a traffic light in weehawken, new jersey, and the force propelled him through the glass, and he was not seriously hurt, he was part of a tour group from baltimore going to new york city. the new york city police department added more than 1100 new brothers and women in blue, among them are siblings, steven john and alec.

the brothers follow in their father's footsteps, he is a 31 veteran of the force. and his experience makes him afraid for his son. >> i have the fear, you are in a big city and big things can happen. i have all the confidence in the world but as a father i try to compartmentalize that. >> alec john and steven join a class that brings the nypd class to 1,000 the largest in decades. and the one simple thing you can do to help loved ones stick to their resolutions.

a popular digital music service is facing a new lawsuit, a musician named david lury issued a lawsuit against spotify, saying it makes songs availableable to users without paying for mechanical rights. he has applied for a class action status and that the company could be liable for up to $150 million in damage. researchers say they know how to get your loved ones to stick to the new years resolutions, instead of nagging someone simply ask them a request like will you exercise this year, it's called the question behavior effect. and it reminds people that the behavior is good for them and

also motivates them to follow through in order to avoid disappointing themselves or others. we all know that secondhand smoke is bad for us, and a new study shows that it's worse for your pets and they spend more time indoors and are on carpets where particles are attached. experts say pets living in a smokey environment are more suseptable to cell damage, cancer and weight gain. two plastic squeaky toys were removed from his stomach, this is jasper. his owner says that jasper had a hard time keeping his food down, vets show the two balls were taking up space in his stomach and doctors removed the balls and is he make a recovery.

here is alicia vitarelli with a preview of 4:00. >> reporter: hey sar remark coming up today at 4:00 we continue to follow the latest on bill cosby and the charges filed against him and we'll get more information about the charges that will not lead to changes at a cosby funded art exhibit in the nation's capital. we'll break down all of the the fallout here coming up. and the facebook post that landed an ohio man behind bars, police say he recorded himself drinking and driving and then posted the video to his personal page. it all begins at 4:00 and take us with you on the go, download the free 6 abc news app, and watch us live streaming on your smart phone, join us to talk more about eagles fans and chip kelly. >> they are reacting that is for sure. >> they are.

the mummers spent the night polishing up their moves for friday night, you can get a sneak peek all 11 clubs are holding a dress rehearsal today at the convention center from 6:00 until 9:00 and the best seat in the house to see the ball drop is here on 6 abc, dick clark's knew years rockin eve kicks off tomorrow night with both coasts and live coverage to the times square countdown, we are countsing down to new years eve and looking forward to seeing the sun again. >> when it does come back, there will be a lot of sunshine, everybody is craving it i know. stormtracker 6 live double scan showing we are dry right now but we'll be using double scan to track the showers and a bit of rain later tonight. lets go outside right now, we'll see what it looks like and ocean city, atlantic city in the

background and lots of clouds up above. one more dreary day today, after this we start to see sunshine i promise. one more dreary day is your highlight and a bit of a new years chill, where temperatures get closer to average, sitting at 50 degrees, the dew point is 44 and winds are calm and the pressure is rising, satellite 6 along with action radar showing a lot of cloud cover up above, we are stuck in the clouds through the afternoon and you can start to see the rain building to the south and a wider look at action radar, they are getting soaked in new orleans and atlanta and raleigh now. it races up into our region and for the most part just giving us some showers and a brief period of rain tonight. i want to show what you it looks like at future tracker 6 not a whole lot happening and lots of cloud cover and a shower passing in one or two spots. a shower here or there and later on tonight we are looking at

midnight with a small period of rain and down the shore you have a chance to get a bit more rain, not a lot of precipitation tonight and most of it is late tonight. lets look at the forecast for you, 3:00 it's 53 degrees lots of cloud cover and we are mild and the same kind of trend we had feeling damp and dreary and 5:00 p.m. 52 and 7:00 p.m. 70 and the overnight low staying mild, the average high of 41 and the overnight low is 46 degrees, not dropping a whole lot. looking at new years eve, a forecast for you partly cloudy skies and 6:00 p.m. mild and 48 and midnight 42 degrees, and one of the better new year's eve forecasts we have had. it's a bit chilly for the mummers parade with a bit of a breeze. 10:00 a.m. 43 degrees and 6:00 p.m. 49 nice and dry and the mummers are good, enjoy the parade as well. here is your exclusive

accuweather seven-day forecast, mostly cloudy skies and 54 is your high and a couple of showers late tonight and a brief period of rain late late tonight and tomorrow clouds lead to sunshine and 50 for your high and once the sun comes, it stays, friday new years day it's brisk and saturday seasonably chilly and bright sunshine on sunday and 45, and monday a cold start and look at the overnight low, 29 this is the day the kids go back to school and it's below freezing at the bus stop in the morning and 44 for your high and tuesday bright and 45. nights, bright and dry for a long period coming your way. >> thank you karen. disney created a robot capable of fancy stricts, it looks like something from a science fiction movie, it's called vertigo and disney built it with the sign university. disney is the parent company of 6 abc.

there is much more ahead of "action news" at noon, we are following two breaking news story,s first bill cosby one of america's most beloved entertainers is facing a sexual assault charge and jeffrey lury is speaking about the firing of chip kelly.

it is 12:30 now we are continuing to follow two breaking news stories. first median, bill cosby is due in court this afternoon after being charged with sx you'lly assaulting a woman at his cheltenham home. he is accused of drugging and then molesting andrea constand. and jeffrey lury expected to speak about the firing of chip kelly after three seasons with the birds. live to the nova care complex, we have several crews standing by for lurie's first words less than a day after his firing. gray hall is in south philadelphia talking to fans and getting hire reaction to what he

has to say and first ducis rogers live at the nova care complex. >> reporter: good afternoon sara, we expect ceo and chairman jeffrey lurie to address the firing of chip kelly in a few minutes. it will be interesting to hear in lurie's mind where he feels things went wrong, and why lurie made the decision with the game left on the schedule and they will be at the meadowlands to take on the giants on sunday and he went 26-21 since last year and they are 6-9 this year and the personnel decisions have not worked out at all. but the news of his firing surprised many including analyst, ron jaworsky. >> i didn't expect it with one game to go in the regular season, i'm surprised and shocked and jeffrey lurie made a difficult decision, this town is about w