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pictured inhis leug shot. its noaughing matter for comedian bill cosby as he faceselony charge, first everiled amid a ong sexual assault scandallal. wednesdayight m off, i'm mica malpass. the eig story on "action news"s bl cosby arrested for an alleged sex crerom more than decade ag he is freon million-dollar bail. >> he is charge that stem from a sexual aault that took place onn evening in early 2004 at mr. cosby's home cheltenham township, montgomery county. >> after that announcement to y e 78 year-old sby arrived in court in elkins park walking with a kane and beingelped on the ar his attorneys. lets get re fr ad pradelli with is what going on and uphill battle ll chad. >> reporter: well, prosecutors say it was 12 years ago when bill cosby invited the young woman to hiso here, he ld her over the phone they uldalk abt her fure ans a th she suld wear

comfortable clothing. when she arrived here, prosecutors say cosby dgged and sually aaulted her. tonight accompanied by his attorney, bill cosby dro off from his cheltenham he but not before h atrney declared his innocence. >> it is, sad f s legal teamor his fily, thate woulde dragged rgh this. at this woulde a lical maneuver, that this would be a fulfillment of a campaign omise as ped to something that is csary f sce. >> reporter: visibly weak, partially blind cosby gingerly made his way to district court to face charges he druggeandexually assaulted andrea constandn his eenham home 12 years ago. >> mr. cosby urged her to take pills, that he provided to her and to drk n >> reporter: former temple basketball employee told investigators that she was frozen paralyzed eele says cosby an ady to giving constand whate claimed s over the e counter nryl butaintained the encounter was consensual. >> we're 12 years

in, 12ears ter an alleged assault th s fully investigated. >> reporter: but prosecutors say it is unclear what cby gave cstand, and recently unaled court document may hold the answernd pys a key role inhe reopening of the investigation. during a v su deposition sby admitted that he obtained seven prescriptions for the powerful sedative quaalude, and was asked by cstand's attorney when you got the quaudes was it in your mind that y were going use the quaaludes foroung wan tt you wanted to have sex with? cosby rponded yes. >> reporter: prosecutors believe there are other victims of coy he locally and ey want those cms to come forward. live from cheltenham, chad pradelli for channel six "action news". >> thanks, chad. as conditions of cby's million-dollar bail today the the judge ordered m to surrenderis sort and

have no ctact with the accuser, andrea constand or cou go to ja. cosby is due back in court on thursday, january the 14th, for a preliminary ang. new details in the constand kacie merge ov is summer whenill cosby's deposition from the civil lawsuit was bcly released. cosby claims he did give constand three ha pills of benadryl and ucd her sexually because he said she did not elicit tly st him. i don't hear her say anything and i don't feel r say atng so i continue and i go in e area that is somewhere between rssion and rejection. the question now becos a legaln have mo on that. theresf course a civil case between cosby and constand but now this is i criminal case that the district attorney, newly elt one, is iing. we wi haveore on that r of the storm fridaya cuellar. >> it thes very difficult to prosecute a case om th long ago most of the the m reporter: criminal defense

attorney jk mahon is a former precutor in the philadelphia d.a.'s office. he said critical question is whether to allow prr allege bad aor would that be seen as prejudicial to bill cosby. >> it is not a very good case. the bruce castor cid not prosecute because he did not feel heould get a conviction. nothing has rllyhanged in tenears other than these multiple lations. >> reporter: all along s claimhe encounter was consensual but the victim has claimed sheas drugged with drugs and col. >> she may have been high, drunk or so influence of drugs that lowered her defenses some b to say tt she was totally nompetent hado idea what w going on i think thats a problem for anybody, a ror particularly, toccept or believe. >> reporter: under the law the case has to beroneyond a reasonable doubt and rs desion must be amous. high bar to reach when u are trying to convtn icon like coy. >> he doesn't vthe same graph has ten t12 yrs ago but it is still bill

coy. he is stlhat icon and at wle a re fothe osecution. >> reporter: meanwhile woman's law pject col tracie says it business time cosby has been charged in e case. >> we have both police a prosecutors, judges and juries, that a aly polluted with bias in the cultural bias athey are liars and tnk tt we are now seeing a significant paradigm shift. >> now that was dann cuellar reporting. high pfile attorney glia alred represents 29 women who have accused cos of assault. she claims victory of sorts on today's w >> of my 29 clients w allegedhat they are victims ha of bill cosby sing him, criminally charged and having to face a trial is the the best christmas ent that they have ever cved. >> all tne of her clients a sug, jy, s was 15 when cosby assaulted

her at the aoy mansion. that case took cos's deposition just th past october and th testimony is sealed by the court f now. alreadies seeking a second deposition inhat ca next year. more than a dozen colleges and universities rescinded their honorary degreehey awarded cosby inhe kof the founding scandal. that includes drexel, swarthmore, mule thanberg and franklin and marshall. penn has cl allegations troubling but it isot university's proper to rescind honorary deees. an institution th cosby is most siated t temple university, is also ling mo keep his honorary degree however cos resigned as temple university trustee. our coverage of the sby case continues for you osix abc.com. it includes not ly live coverage when news conferences happen and latest developments but o htory of reporting onhe sexual allegation assault topic. well, same seetn west philadelphia has new bn the ene of two murders today.

police say latest victim a man in his 's was sh at 7:50 in the unit bck of north redfield street. he was pronounced dead at penn presbyterian hospital later tonight. this deadly gunfire mfive hours after another homicide, 11 blocks away, also on redfield. police haveot identified the suspect in either shooting or wherhe two cases are rted. three people are nursing injuries tonight after a shooting in middletown, delaware this one broke ouin the 300 blockf ibeth street at 80 p.m. someone just opened fi and when it was over three victims were hit and they re rushed to christianaare hospital in word on any arrest or tive. police are still tring evence from the scene. fired eles head a chip kelly is now talking about his dnusting tonight. he released a ament apologizing but saying thank you among other thgs as sports director ducis rodgers is here to te us what his response was aut being canned before the season was even ever.

>> he express gratitude and thanks to jfery lurie and the eagles gization. lly goes to say i ey regret that we did not bring this great city d fans the championship they deserve. i sless todd rwith the gifted hard rking coaching staff every d and they will succeedhere ev they go. finally, mylayers mean t world to me, i wi ss them very muchnd i will root f em to achieve their dreams. rliereffery lurie plained that he diin e like where this tm was headed under key. >> itt was a clear and important decision that h to beade a i look forward to watching chip succeed where goes because i think really will but i alsoook forward to a real improvement in e we're headed. >> hey, he is the head coach. had has to ta the fall. you are the face of the whole team. we understand. that i knowe understands it. >> it wasough transition from college to the l it is different. if you a stuck inourays

or csed minded and not willing to change, you know it wille difficult. it will be rubbing people the wrong way. >> pat shurmur led prt other day, ierim coach for final week against the giants. the search for permanent head coach is already underway, jeffery lurie is not opposed to dipping in t lge ranks again b more focused on finding the best lder. >> looking for somebody who interact isery well d communicates clearly with everybody that he works with and comes in touch wh. he understands the passion of ourans and what it is like tooach the philadelphia eagles. it is unique, incredibly passionate fan base th ju wan to n. >> lurie feels there is ey of tant on this rt. he does not anticipate having to revamphe roster. that is ironic cse thats last i ip kelly told us when we saw himn philadelphia a on monday. in other news, we ha much mo oc idelphia

me brand th sellsor an flated ice a lon dollars. also, a hrific flooding in the midwest now blame for more than two dozen deaths. a purse snatcher we have surveillance video of the ief whoses a can of macto steel $10,0 merchandise from a high end rittenhouse or adam. > our latest u of in will be off the ast and after ten days of cloud we have a brighter change that starts tomorrow in the ac weather seven day. plus ducis returns with more reaction from the eagles shakep and looking ahead to the giants game when "action news" continues tonight.

twenty-four people have been killed as a result of cstrophic flooding in the midwest. officials sayh mtfhe deaths are from folks making dangerous decision to ive through hia moving

water, and parts of the greater st.ouis are under water, businesses and homes sily swallowed o. theundreds of rds and bridges areow closed including more than 20 miles a major interstate and where t has n yet ooded ridentre scrambling to get to safety. >> the kidsre gone, pets e gone and we are ting to get rest ofhe stuff that is important to us. >> reporter: mississippi river is still rising. officials areot pting to it crest until later tonight or maybe even torrow. and abc ne has tned exclusive videof the affluent teen andis mother on the run in mexico. the paris caught at mexico on monday ethan couch has en granted ahe day stay in mexico but his mom has been already headed back to the u.s. couchleaded guilty i2013 to drunk driving and killing four people but he was sentenced to st otion after his lawyers argued that he was too siled to kn right from wrong. chicago a's mayor says he is woubng number of tasers available

to police. the mayor and police department have been heavily criticized since thatity released video footage ofhe white officer shooting a black teenager 16 m in 2014. in an d cding that nighteveral oicers a ard, askingor a taser before officer jason van dyke shot 17 yr-old laquan mcdonald. poce sa no officers or vehicles on the scene were equipped with a ter. army has received 12 claims ting $300,000 in damage is atibuted tohe october 28th wayward blimp incident. you mayemember ts slow moving unmanned surveillance blimp broke o fm its moring in myland and then floated in to pnsylvania. the blimp a's ther hit w lines at caused nerous electric aal tes before it crashed. what caused that i to become detached remainsnr investigation. pennsylvania state representative julie announced sheill not run for a 12th term representing northampton and lehigh county. the 70 year-oldepublican l

maker has been serving e83 district fo21 year investor karl icon h won the ak long bidding war forep boys with blion dollar cash offer. philadelphia bed au parts chain was founded 21 by four vy bdy manny 2's and a jack and grew one of the most recognizable brand in the siness with 800 locations around the country and almost 20,000 employees. he be out japaneseire mpanyridge ste rep boysaying the theompany still has quote enormous growth potential. no word whatill happen to the philadelphia hdquarters, oro its employees. well, philadelphia pi are looking for this man who ole ay ten grandn merchandise from the barney's department store at rittenhouse square. surveillance vio here sws himaking several hi end purses off e shelves december 12th. he then used mace to incapacitate the the store's security guard and manager a thenade his getaway. detectives are asking anyone who knowsho he is to plea

ve them a l septa announced at s will return to t 69th street transportation center's west terminal starting on monday. boarding there was lated sincehe spring during a 20 million-dollar reconstruction and modernization project. work is still being completed but enough of it the has en done th it now se for passengers again. mummers are using e st second they can to epare for th years new years day re. tonight the fancy brigades performed for a packed house at pnsylvania convention center. this rehearsal is a annual sne peak and what spectators can see on january 12th. the action m capture members of e avalontringand hard at work finishing their props. well police are t kidding around whent mes to drk driving this new years. they are setting up random checkpoint and ie ll a mid-atlantic says new years is one of the most ay days for alcohol-related tffic fatalities. they urged rtyo u

think it through rit now. >> you have to have a pl before you decide where you are going. >> also the the driving rviceber is oering help with the pblem. they are offering free rid to anyone who nes it, at a kiosk like iwill be near the pade route in cter city. if you have a alcoholevel that isoo highnheir kiosk they will get u home safely for fe. it seems to hp on their busiest night of the year. >> temple university searchers had a sdy th show cities that ha uber of scenery duesed levels of drk driving deaths. >> experts say many of tse craes are preventable and they are hoping to improve safety inur area th year. in new york city they are gettingeady for the bigash in times square on new years eve, a million pplere expected to attend. security will be extraordinarily tight this ar, 6,000 ny oicer, that is arican er fe, and tests of confetti dr we as planned tay. meanwhile crews spent the rest ofhe day doing aice ru forhe crystal ba to ma

su thingso smoothly tomorrow night when it cnts. if you cnot make to it new york we have the the best view of that ll dp right from the mrt of your home or at a new years eve party di clark new years rocking eve starts tomorrow night at 8:00 only right he on six abc. a lot of folks want to know whathe new year ll bring with the wther department. >> go ge, quiet in, ra. >> we will take that big changes coming our way in the ne 24 hours lking at uble scan li radar. same ol same o presently right nowealing withome showerscross somof the viewing aa. we are beginning the ding out process despite the fog andet ground, west of philadelphia, you can see center city, ge it the another 15 or 20 mutes and rain drops will seizednd as we head to the nth and et u can stl see green he light showers through much of thetate w jerseynd extend up io new york city but thankfully this is tonight and not tomorrow night.

visibility is though is pretty low. working midnight shif remember when you head out the and there is fog you want to use loweams not higheams less light being phed o less light beg refracted back off of that oud v andhe l ing wat droplets one and a ha mi visibility in philadelphia, 2 miles in allentown, two and a half in reading, half mile visibility for der wildwood, one and a hf at the shore. so everyone rely in is thick fog. is there a dense fog advisory for poconos and northampton counties, parts of the hh valley where vibilityhere below a qrter mile but en ifou are not under a dense g advory it isarsh out therend that ll ra the case over t ne few hours. temperatures though are still pretty mi 45 degrees in allentown, 51 in pladelphia, 56 in millville, 55 in atlantic city airport. normal low should below freezing this time of the year. the as we look at tlite and radar is there ea ecipitation workg north da and frzing rain in

centralnd southern parts of the new england. there thicker cloud but notice it inching in a eventually that cloud cor will break up hereomorrow morning. if you haveave to go to work andany won't whin that morning rush mrow but if you are you are good to go, e light cloud giving way to sunshine, dryer roads temperatures in the 4s. ase look at day planr f thomas we wo tough morning hours, temperatures rht around 47, 49 degrees. they won't go up. some sunshine a wind will picking up to dry atmosphere out. as we get inhe a afternoon there is a a md finish to 2015. sun takes over, 50 at 1:00 and at 4:00 o'clockour mperature at 48 degrees. e d then around 6:00 o'clock temperatures at 45 mnight 4degrees, partly cloud which breeze, windhills will be the mid 30'snd then for mrs as they strut do broad street wind chills bew freezing to start at 9:00 a.m. forty's in the tnoon. it will be a it sunny day but with t wind itill remain in t 30's with those wind chil

even in the a ternoon. clusivec wther seven day fecast it is a wa en to the year torrow at 50 degrees with that returning sun. sunny friday, 46, wind chills in the e 30's and then ase gein the weekend wall to ll sunshine and temperatures a few degrees above normal in mid 40's. real cold shot comen monday. thirty-nine for the high. ens to start tuesday morning. still below average tuday afternoon and then we will warmt rit backup at 48 degrees but constant that seven day nine, everyingle day. >> in snow. >> thato >> thanks, sir. meantime mayor michael nutter rnally honored a championship football team today, these 24 young men make uporth west raiders on december 12th, their team rallied from a 19 tzo ficit, to wi their second back to back pop warner national super wl championship in the midge it division. final score 34-19. what co back.

t crying anymore. to help get her mind off of andy, haley and i have been making a quilt out of all her old clothes... and some stuff i need phil to stop wearing. oh, cool. that square is the same pattern as my kangol hat. can you believe how gorgeous it is outside? [

few things heants to say on the way out of wn tonight. >> i mtioned elier cp taking high road with this. a lot has hpened in the past hours chip kelly was fire. jeffery lie held a ne conference. late tonight chip kelly issued a statement. in it it read, ptly, que deeply regret that we did n bring this great citynd its fans ehampionshiphey deserve. i s bless todd rwith the gifted, hard working coaching staff every day a they will succeed where ever they go. finallyylayers me the wor to me. i will mi them very much and i will rteingor them to achieve their dreams. jefferyurie knew he was rolling dice wn hired chip kelly in the first place. he knew he rture the front office a year a to give kelly more power w an even bigger gamble. >> there was a sk involved, in allowing chipo ha at kind of say over pler transactionsn wer you know rk/reward. sometimes risks don't work and

in this case it didn't work. >> pat shurmur is interim head coach for this weeks final game against the the giants. we will hear fromim tomorrow. today, we hrd from t playersnd it sound as if not allonnected with chip. >> maybe intimidation ftor a little bit. ybe hard guy to approach, ople didn't feel comfortable doinghat especially after some change that he is were made. >> i don't knowhat his relationship was withther people but i had a great relationship with chip. you know, he ga mhan opportunity aftereing injured for two a and ll forever be aful for th d, you o tough him not ing here good did chip lose the locker room. >> i don't think so when you lose, if you lo you will lose some people but orall everybody was still rdy f that ga. >> search for replacement he cohas already begun. still ahead flyerskate out wt, wle sixers e

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well, lost in the tuma with the gs the flysn action tonight game three of their west a roadrip takeshem toan help say to face as, after a disappointing ls in anaheim on sunday. steve sone the start in net. so f that has been a good thing, nice saves early but get this, the flyers were out shot in the fit pi nine- 36789ight new there score, after one period of

play. sixers and kings, jahlil okafor back aer missing pt two game with the knee injury. thompson has the hot hd early ofthe n this give the sers a one point lead in the first aer. thompson t121st half points. moving to t second quarter ish st who seems to be a ce surprise, drives to the hoo sixersre th on game was tied at 57 at e half. sixers begun third quarter on a 12-two run right now ey lead 59-59 in the third quarter. that is look at sports. and jimmy kimmel live xt here on channel six followed by night line. "action news" continues 4:30 th tamala edward, matt donnell, and karen rodgers. for ducis, jim rer the entire "action news" am i'm monica malpass. you ma it a good night.