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♪ valley's leading news program. with meteorologist melissa magee, jeff skversky and walter pere perez. we came here looking for an acquittal but like that rolling stone song says you only get what you want sometimes you get what you need >> we will take hard look at everything involved. and then we will retry it. >> the case against bill cosby ends in the mistrial still this
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may be the beginning of a very long legal road for the comedian, a retrial could be a few months away. saturday i'm walter perez. the big story is a mistrial in the bill cosby sexual assault case. this morning after five days of deliberations. the jury told the judge, they were hopelessly deadlocked. it would likely be the rest of his life in prison. prosecutors are not done. team coverage. of the merely. we begin with vernon owe dom, who has been covering this trial since the beginning. vernon. >> reporter: good evening, walter. there's an air of tranquility in norristown. bill cosby trial is not over, as you said this may only be round one. all the key parties here may have sensed this was judgment day. after more than 50 hours of
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deliberations, the jury of seven men and five women through in the town hall, telling the judge they were hopelessly deadlocked. the judge thanked the jury for service, and sent them back to allegheny county. then immediately declared a mistrial. curious andrea constand show nod overt signs of disappointment. he made no comment as he left the courthouse. >> proud to have been able to represent mr. cosby we came here looking for an acquittal but like the rolling stones said sometimes you get what you need >> kevin steele said he will retry the legend. he hopes within the loosely required four months >> we will evaluate and review our case. we will take a hard look at everything involved. and then we will retry it. >> reporter: experts the prosecution will likely have a slight advantage at the retrial
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>> i believe the prosecution can handle some of the issues, some of the inconsistencies. there were issues with their experts that i think they can address in a retrial. >> reporter: bill cosby's wife here only one day for the trial issued this angry statement which reads in part how do i describe the district attorney heinously and can exploitly ambitious, the judge? overtly and arrogantly conspiring with the district attorney. civil lawyer for constand said she will be gung ho for the retrial >> he's a very spiritual woman, she believes things happen for a purpose and i think that the purpose here is to, as mr. steel said it should encourage women to come forward. >> reporter: we're these promotion have given a voice to women that have raise awareness of drug related sexual assaults
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is the effect the drug has on the victim's memory and ability to recall. >> reporter: walter one interesting note here about bill cosby is legal empty battle meants, he's the target of multiple civil suits at various locations three including alleged drugging and forcing sex on women, and others are liable suits stemming from his lawyers calling many of these women liars. i'm vernon odom. let's move on life to action news reporter bob brooks at bill cosby's home in elkins park. bob? >> reporter: walter, things quiet here at the cosby estate after a lengthy court process. but just before bill and his team pulled into his home here after court, they did something that you could say reassembled that of a victory chance.
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two fists raised in the air looks like a celebration. the chevy suv pulls into the estate in elkins park. cosby and his team begin what they're calling a victory. the sexual assault case has been declared a mistrial. according to a spokesperson. plans for moving on have started. >> going home, and spending father's day with his daughters, and just enjoying, enjoying his moments. >>reporter: even though the celebration could be short lived. da kevin steele plans on going after cosby again. da vowed another trial. at this moment, cosby team seems unphased. >> i think the da he has to say that he's going to retry it, be it why keep costing these citizens millions of dollars? you had your opportunity. >> reporter: the cosby faithful and there were many in support of the 79-year-old seemed
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confident. >> if you think it's going to take and waste taxpayer's money you're going to lose again. >> reporter: there was no shortage of those who wanted to see cosby found guilt. many watched as he drop off. one of them >> he didn't know we received. we're sprouting up, looking for reform, undercovering the rape culture in this country where victims are blamed and shaped >> gloria allred represents many of those women and says nothing is over. >> it's too early to celebrate, mr. cosby. round two may be just around the corner. and this time, justice may prevail. >> again, by the looks sounds of things, this case might not be over, but as for things out here, the cosby estate quiet, bill, we're told spending time with his family. reporting live at elkins park,
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bob brooks, channel 6. >> seems more is to come. thank you, bob. former montgomery county da bruce castor declined to pursue the case when constand first came forward back in 2005 released statement he's disappointed with the failure to convict cosby. that in fo2005 threw sufficient evidence. can i say to her goes on to say he believes constand was probably the victim of a sexual assault, but he says, probably does not win criminal trials. all throughout the region and across the country, there is no shortage of people with strong opinions about this case. we talked to several dan found opinion is split about the trial and the impending retrial. >> i think it's too many witnesses that came forward for it not to be retried again. >> with mr. cosby being as old as he is, and i guess they didn't have enough evidence to, you know, come with some kind of
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verdict before. >> he admitted, you know, that he used to drug women and do whatever he wanted to. you can't deny that. you admitted you did that. >> so be sure to stay with 6 abc for the mistrial for a complete recap of the testimony and the outcome go to 6abc.com for a look at the latest and new developments in this case. moving on to the accu-weather forecast. it was muggy with pop-up showers, meteorologist melissa magee is here with the first check of the accu-weather forecast. certainly wasn't the best start to our weekend with the showers, cloudy and humid conditions. right now, when you factor in the heat, and the humidity, feels like 87 degrees in philadelphia. feeling like 95 down in dover, feels like 90 in millville, 82 in allentown, 70 up in the poconos, we're tracking showers still, here's storm tracker 6. the showers pressing into norristown moving to the north
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and east of malvern, showers up the 95 corridor and showers in south jersey for wrightstown medford lakes and north of hamilton. it stays humid with a and isolated storm. 78 at 7:00. 8:00 upper 70's middle 70's at 9:00 p.m. and the lower 70's at 10:00 and 11:00. talk about what we can expect once we get into the second half of our weekend. heat indices coma the 90's, pop-up shower and thunderstorms and stays unsettleded monday with a possibility of gusty showers and thunderstorms becoming numerous. we'll take a look coming up in the exclusive accu-weather forecast. >> thank you. the family of a woman who was killed saving her children from out of control driver in port richmond last weekend is speaking out. rosa lid dia row has a was crossing when a driver jumped the sidewalk. she successfuled pushed her children 9-year-old 7-year-old
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out of the way but she was struck and killed. trish harp spoke with her family today including little jay den. >> reporter: 7-year-old jay den arrived at the 24 and police department surrounded by family and friends of his father said he endured two surgeries, a fractured skull and pins placed in his knee, ankle and wrist before being released from the hospital on thursday. >> what was the first thing you did when you got home? >> laid in my bed. >> but he's come here way special message for the police officers who help him and his sister. >> thank you for saving me. >> i finally everybody, you know, did it for my son, i want to shake hands. the mother was killed on june 10th near aramingo and tioga as she stood with jay den and his sister lione, when an suv jumped the curb. row has protected her children
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but was struck and died. the driver ryan mchugh has been charged with vehicular homicide, drivers under the influence and other crimes. one week larpt, rosa's children gave plaques to the officers thanking them. >> i did what any of us would do. immediately, you know, started first aid. >> when we get to help somebody during the day and their family appreciates our help. it helps us a lot. helps us want to come out here and do our job, we treat strangers on the street like they're our family >> after the ceremony, kids not only got a mini tour of the police department, they got to meet one of k9 officer, jake. >> he's these are great officers, they're here for us. they're here for us. and i don't know what else i can give them. because they deserve more. >> reporter: the family says this thank you provides them way little light as they prepare for rosa's funeral monday.
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reporting in juniata, trish hartman, channel 6 action news. a local 12-year-old is hospitalized after being hit by the driver of a maserati on friday. it happened at about 11:00 p.m. at the intersection of 49th and park side avenue. police say the 12-year-old darted out into traffic. the child was last reported in stable condition. the driver did remain on the scene. we have new information about yesterday's deadly crash in new jersey, the victim has been identified as off-duty vineland police officer charlie amada. the 33-year-old was a passenger in a minivan struck by a pickup truck on route 322. his wife and mother and three children also in the van and treated more minor injuries. much more to come, fans of wmmr turn out to donate blood for the annual blood drive and it was dog day afternoon at the jersey shore, we'll introduce
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speeches and demonstrations to help everyone live life to the fullest. the annual march out of the continental army was held in valley forge. valley forge rangers and volunteers fired must kets for the crowd. visitors traced the foot steps of the army as they departed pens and pursuit of the british back in 1778. two local hosts partnered up with the american red cross for
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organizers say is the largest blood drive in the region. the host of the wmmr morning show right there on hand to encourage everyone to give to the great cause. there were give ways and t-shirts. red cross is hoping to collect at least 1300 units of blood to make this a huge success. ♪ singing as part of the celebration for freedom day at the please touch museum. kids mate quilts squares and learn dance move to commemorate the end of slavery in america. they were able to enjoy the exhibit and all fun activity right there at the museum.
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they have an opportunity, they're in the running to have the number one overall pick two years in a row. they're trying to get markell fault the sixers are about to begin a private individual work the with markell fault at the practice facility in camden. at last minute work the as the sixers attempt to land the number one pick from boston. do you think joel embiid and dario saric. here they are posing before the work out. he played point guard for washington. if you want to move up in thursday's draft first overall of the boston celtics has not been completed. tonight's work-out is a major step in the right direction. now this morning, coach brown and brian coangelo working out. he could be a real option if the sixers stay at three, he
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struggled in college. he can envision playing in the nba with embiid and with simmons. >> definitely intriguing, you know, to he has a big personality and both great players, being able to play with those is kind of like you see people building through the draft, and i feel like i'd be able to complement them and they're going to two great young player >> phillies jared eickhoff waited all season, first pitch against delayed because of rape, they get underway about 5:00. let's go guys, little faster. the fanatic has a not date. jared eickhoff in trouble. jake lamb, phillies down 1-0. they have lost nine of their last ten games. when carson wentz and company returned for training cam just
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about five weeks will they have receiver jordan matthews ready to go, it is a big question mark after being mia. matthews has been nurses knee tendonitis. matthews would not say how worried he is about it. after missing oh, tas. he has the most receiving yards in the out of the slot, he's coming into the league. >> definitely not ideal, i'm always been one to go out and practice, you know, as part of my getting ready for the game. i didn't like last year having to be out of training camp and then going straight to week one. this has been a hard time but at the same time, it is what it is. so i'm going to try to give my best to get back 100% >> they need jordan matthews in the slot, so much has been made of alshon jeffrey and tori smith. but he's a big, toomey
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>> i will repeat the pattern, mostly cloudy humid with pop-up showers and thunderstorms for on father's day. happy father's day in advance. in advancement we'll show you what's going on. here's storm tracker 6. you can see that we still do have scattered showers across the region, we're going tighter on street level with storm tracker 6. you can see showers and to east and norristown and to the north of jenkins town, mercer county on trenton eastward into wood
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bury. even to the north lakehurst in ocean county. allow the activity to continue as we go throughout the rest of the evening of the height today in philadelphia, 85 but it if the much hotter because we had the warmth and the humidity overhead as well. right now, in allentown, it's 79, 77 in reading, 70 in the poconos, we're dipping down to 82 in philadelphia. but much higher heat indices across the region with the south to southwesterly wind. 88 in dover, cape may coming in at 76. here's satellite 6, mostly cloudy sky and scattered showers across the region as well. coming in from the south and. it's a frontal boundary that will flow to push out of our region, for the next 12 hours, muggy, thunderstorms are likely and 72 in philadelphia. for the overnight low. here's the setup for the rest of
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our weekend. tracking this warm front lifting northward. the southwesterly wind hazy and hotter tomorrow and stays humid, pro impressive with he'd indices in the 90 degree range, we have due point in the upper 60's upper 70's. here's future track 6, 8:30, got showers scattered down through lancaster if you're on the town make sure you have the wet weather gear and umbrella as we get into sunday, 3:00, spotty showers in the forecast, we cannot rule those out. something to keep in mind it is a day for dad's tomorrow, we have the garry papa run, partly sunny warm and humid. in the morning, a number in at 82. exclusive accu-weather seven-day forecast. it's hot tomorrow. and humid, a high temperature at 90. heat indexes in the upper 90's. afternoon showers and storms as
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we had today, drenching showers and storms on monday as a cold front swinging through. a high of 89, tuesday, less humid, sun making a late-day come back, a high of 84, wednesday summer arrives at 12:24 the a high of 85. thursday, sunshine and clouds 85 the humidity returns next friday. and into next weekend with temperatures then close to 90 in the upper 80's. >> thank you, melissa. nothing like hanging out with your dogs on beach. these guy rode the waves that ocean city to help kick off the fourth season what, if any, they call the heart of surfing. the organization provides free surfing lessons for families of autism and other special needs. world news is next on channel 6 and don't miss action news at on phand back here again at 11:00. for melissa magee, jeff skversky and the entire action news team
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tonight breaking news. a deadlock jury in the case against bill cosby. six days of deliberations ending in a mistrial. the promise to retry america's tv dad. now out on bond and camille cosby's message to the judge and the lawyer for the accusers. the desperate search for seven sailors missing at sea. new details about what may have caused these ships to collide. did one make a last-minute turn before the crash? president trump's business boom. new records show millions pouring in to mar-a-lago and he is ramping up his legal team as the russia probe intensifies. the death of hollywood legend carrie fisher. the dangerous medical condition doctors now say that may have been a cause. could you be at risk? swimmi
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