. >> that outrage began with their attorney gloria allred called a long journey to justice. >> this is a very important day, judgment day has come. >> cosby's attorneys say they will appeal. >> they persecuted jesus and look what happened. not saying that cosby is jesus. we know what they've done to black men for centuries. >> bill cosby will have to register with state police in pennsylvania and attend sex offender counseling. in the newsroom, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> before the sentencing today, prosecutors released a five-page victim impact statement that andrea constand submitted to the court. here's how she described her life after the sexual assault. bill cosby took my beautiful healthy young spirit and crushed it. he robbed me of my health and vitality, my open nature and my trust in myself and others. as for how her life has changed since the guilty verdict, constand wrote, instead of looking back, i'm looking forward to looking forward. i want to get to the place where the person i was meant to be gets a second chance. we posted the entire statement and camille cosby's s

during this ground breaking legal career, i spoke to victims rights attorney gloria allred about ginsburg'sor jirngender equality. listen. >> reporter:. >> i think she is the most important justice on the supreme court we have ever and she only the second woman to ever be a justice of the united states supreme court but she is so important because she has been a consistent voice for gender equality, for saying that laws passed by states that discriminate against women solely on account of their gender and sex violates the united states constitution. she says she is not asking for special favors for women. what she is asking for is simply equal protection and equal treatment and fairness for women under the law. >> do you feel at all that strangulation that she referred to when she said, "take your feet off our necks"? >> absolutely. and what she is saying is to the other justices -- and she is also suggested to congress and to the people -- that laws which restrict women, for example, in the abortion case, she decided from texas, laws which restrict abortion services to women, unduly burden

we're back with gloria allred, carl bernstein, and david gergen. what do you think he means? >> it's hard to tell. he defines stenches in lots of places. i think the thing with rod rosenstein and his leaked behavior, i don't think it's a fireable offense. if you look at the sequence of when this happened, this was at the time of the comey firing. they had done a job on him. they lure him into writing a memo and said that made for the pretext for firing comey. he was under a lot of heat as a result of that, and he had a lot of reason to distrust the white house at that point. the other thing is apparently he was present when some people went over there for interviews to the fbi director, and he was appalled at the president's interview techniques. so who knows what really goes on inside that white house. that might be why he was suggesting it. i don't find it outrageous. and i'll tell you, it's not unprecedent either. i was asked by prosecutors the wear a wire, and i refused to do it. >> why did you refuse? >> because i think it's an unfair situation, the same reason i didn't

. >> that outrage began with their attorney gloria allred today called a long journey to justice. >>his is a very important day. judgment day has come. >> cosby's attorneys say they will appeal. >> they persecuted jesus and look what happened. not saying mr. cosby is jesus, but we know what this country has done to black men for centuries. >> and god is watching over bill cosby as he spends what will be many nights in prison. "abc 7 news", carolyn tyler. >>> coming up, we are getting some of the warmest weather of the week these days. take a look. san francisco clear and gorgeous here. this is from our sutro camera. minutes can mean the difference between life and death. proposition 11 saves lives by ensuring medical care is not delayed in an emergency. proposition 11 establishes into law the longstanding industry practice of paying emts and paramedics to remain on-call during breaks and requires they receive fema level training in active shooters and natural disasters. vote yes on 11 to ensure 911 emergency care is there when you or your love one need it. >>> traffic may be a mess,

attorney gloria allred said victims are very happy judgment day has come. >> i am free of bill cosby. i won't ever forget what he did and there will be times that i will feel sorrow and pain, but he will never control my life. >> i was young and innocent, only 17 years old. why should he receive mercy just because he is 81? >> since andrea constand went to police in 2005, more than 60 women have accused cosby of sexual misconduct. none of those claims have led to criminal charges. >>> the senate judiciary committee will vote on supreme court brett kavanaugh's nomination friday, one day after a bay area woman is scheduled to testify about his alleged sexual assault. on twitter senator dianne feinstein blasted that decision to set a date calling it outrageous. she tweeted, "first republicans demanded dr. blasey ford testify immediately. now they don't even need to hear her before they move ahead with a vote." senators say they're eager to hear what christine blasey ford has to say, but both sides are accusing the other of playing politics in this whole thing. majority leader mitch mccon

an attempt by some of the accusers lawyers to raise money to help with legal expenses, and gloria allredent who already had made allegations against trump, and she facilitated a donation that paid off her mortgage but that came well after her accusations, and there's no evidence to support the claim she was paid to come forward. and some of the truly eye-popping amounts, $150,000 and $130,000 were paid to get women not to talk by people close to trump. the president again explaining how popular he is with women despite evidence of a gender gap. >> i got 52% with women. everybody said this couldn't happen. 52%. >> if they say it couldn't happen, that's because it didn't happen. in fact, donald trump got 41% of the female vote against hillary clinton. the 52% were just for white women, which is not the same thing as all women. the president said this before, and he has been corrected for and yet he keeps repeating it, and that's intent and that would qualify as a lie. >> why does he keep repeating it? that's a great question. thank you very much. >>> that music means the comics are having

amy: let's go to gloria allred right after the sentencing, surrounded by so many of the people.s is only a case about one woman, andrea constand, but glory already represents a number of bill cosby's accusers. >> we're glad that judgment day is finally come for mr. cosby. mr. cosby has shown no remorse. justice forn no many of the accusers who were barred from a court b by the arbitrary time limits imposed by the statute of limitations. amy: raising the issue of the statute of limitations that also prevented you -- talk about this and the 60 women, many of them african-american women. >> over one third. this is not about race. the united states is comprised of about 5% of the test 5% of the population is comprised of black women. over one third of us, about 27 of us, our black women, that means bill cosby is actually disproportionally targeting black women. this is not about race. it is not. in prison. he went to jail immediately. the judge stood up when he spoke. folks i consider the judge to be a great feministst. i do. it is phenomenal. i am grateful that he delivered the max

we're back with gloria allred, carl bernstein, and david gergen, john dean.dent talking about a lingering stench. what do you think he means? do you see rosenstein being removed by the president? >> it's hard to tell. he finds stenches in lots of places. i think the thing with rod rosenstein and his leaked information about his behavior, i don't think it's a fireable offense. if you look at the sequence of when this happened, this was at the time of the comey firing. they had done a job on him. they lured him into writing a memo and said that was, made that the pretext for firing comey. he was under a lot of heat as a result of that, and he had a lot of reason to distrust the white house at that point. the other thing is apparently he was present when some people went over there for interviews to be fbi director, and he was appalled at the president's interview techniques. so, who knows what really goes on inside that white house. that might be why he was suggesting it. i don't find it outrageous. and i'll tell you, it's not unprecedented either. i was asked

and i'm waiting on gloria allred to be marched out at any moment now because she's usually there.> so chris, i -- >> we're never going to find out the truth. it happened 35, 36 years ago. the witnesses that she's put forth have denied it. i mean, she can't even tell you what house it happened in, when it happened. i mean, she can't even give you the basic facts -- >> well, she can give basic facts. she has some gaps, amy. to be fair, we don't know what she knows and swhae doesn't. she hasn't testified yet. we haven't heard her under questioning. and i have to tell you, thank god that reasoning that you're using right now doesn't apply to the church scandals. because we would never have any justice of cases that happened long ago if we went on the standard that you're going on. many of those cases are only about one person's recollection and very often they're spotty because they were kids. and yet somehow we find our way to justice. symone, in terms of what the standard will be, if she goes and testifies and is compelling and maybe there's a little bit of corroboration, maybe ther

more than 50 women accused cosby of sexual assault dating back decades, and gloria allred pointed to is a very important day. judgment day has come. >> today ten of those woman were in the courtroom as the judge told cosby he was not above the law. our coverage on cnn continues right now. thanks for watching. >>> happening now, breaking news. trump versus the accusers. the president aggressively attacks the second woman to accuse supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, of sexual misconduct, while republican senators hire an outside lawyer to question the first accuser in thursday's hearing and vow to push through a confirmation vote. >>> rosenstein's reprieve. white house officials say don't bet the ranch on the president firing deputy attorney general rod rosenstein this week. the house conservatives want rosenstein to testify. are they trying to force him to quit?

share is just 6.5% of sector in the private are actually in the union, and unions are fighting battles allrcountry. what's going on in washington is one piece of it. a lot of fights in state hses now. they're having a hard time. that says, there are bright spots for unions. you look at the tricher kes that swept the country last year, states like west virginia, oklahoma, arizona. teachers shut it down wanting meaningful pay raises in a lot of case. there are quite a few victories for unions. >> thank you dave jamison of the "huffington post." >> thanks for having me. >> yang: tropical storm gordon heads toward the gulf coast just texas marks the one-yea anniversary of hurricane harvey. many of the orest residents in the houston area are still trying to get the assistance they need. and there are other questions as well. tonight, we look at how the emergency respse system was overwhelmed, as told through one family's tragic ordeal. the storm hit with a fury not seen along the gulf coast in more than a decade. 27 trillion gallons of rain poured into texas and louisiana in just six days. the s

. >> julie: that's the attorney gloria allred who represents a multiple number of women who have accusedy. it's interesting that one the accusers, there were five or six total that were used as witnesses, six total accusers that were used as witnesses and there they just said that they are hoping one of the witnesses said they are hoping that this changes the law in nevada on the statute of limitations. >> that's up to the state legislators. most are five or seven years. there has been a movement to change them but not a successful one yet. >> julie: is the statute of limitations unfair. earlier you mentioned there were memory issues. some people seemed to block out memories, it could be years before psychologists and therapist could say help them redevelop. >> it's a policy judgment made by legislators who take into account limited resources that the government has with which to prosecute. it's not an act of forgiveness. it's just an act of rationality. how difficult is it to prove these old cases. >> pretty i didn't know credible. today a lot of news coming. in most importantly, bill c

life.hn, it was a way of john returned to an america divided over its presidency, amidst allr the war and civic unrest divided over the best way to protect our country, to be -- and over whether it should be respected for its power, or its ideals. john came back from the war and declared that this is a false choice. america owed it to itself to embrace both strengths and ideals. in decades of congressional service, ultimately as chairman of the armed services committee, john was an indefatigable exponent of an america strong vindicate its purpose. but john believed also, in a compassionate america, guided by core principles for which american foreign policy must always stand, with liberty and is not an empty sentiment, he argued. it is the foundation of american values. to john, american values had universal applicability. i do not believe, he said, that there is an exception anymore than there is a blank exemption -- a black exception, or an asian or a latin exception. he warned against the temptation of withdrawal from the world. we will not thrive in a world, he warned, where our l

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gloria allred and also stewart ryan, one of the prosecutors in the case and let's begin with you.u thinking and feeling when you saw that yesterday? >> i was overwhelmed. didn't believe that we would get to that point where he's actually -- >> you didn't believe it. >> because so many times things don't go exactly the way you plan, you know. you do your best to have, you know, the outcome that you would like to have. but it doesn't mean you're going to. so, i think that i was a little bit scared to put too much energy into going, this is how it's going to be. because i think i would have had such a crushing letdown if it didn't, that i just had to kind gorvegs okay, let me besurprised when that happens. let me have that moment to just, you know, realize this is real. >> the judge said he didn't see any remorse in bill cosby. did you see any of that yesterday? >> absolutely not. he would smirk and laugh at times and shake his head and his team around him would laugh. it was like they weren't in the same courtroom with us, the reality wasn't there. >> but now we know he's going to b

gloria allred, attorney: "mr. cosby should not be treated differently because he is a celebrity.ual justice under the law. no more and no less, mister cosby should be sentenced to prison." at the center of the case -- andrea constand, who first alleged abuse back in 2005, saying cosby drugged and sexually assaulted her.he settled a civil case with constand.... but criminal charges were not filed at the time.and as cosby's future remains to be determined, constand told nbc she's at peace. andrea constand, plaintiff: "i forgave bill cosby for what he did to me. i forgive him. its been many, many years and if i did not forgive him, i would have peace. and i sit here today and i have my peace."dozens of women have come forward, accusing cosby of sexual assaultcosby repeatedly denied the accusations.then in 2017, criminal charges related to constand's case made it trial in which cosby was convicted. in norristown, pennsylvania, i'm camila bernal reporting. "i heard the ferocious growling and snarling."(vicki) coming up... a frightening moment for a woman as she is attacked by a bear.

reporter: longtime television executive phyllis golden-gottlieb spoke to us with her lawyer gloria allredled a complaint last year with los angeles police reporting moonves assaulted her in 1986. >> he grabbed my head and grabbed it and pushed it down on to his penis. >> reporter: prosecutors declined to file charges, saying the statutes of limitations had expired. cbs has now hired two independent law firms to investigate allegations against moonves. >> i would urge the board to make any report that they receive from these independent investigators public. >> reporter: in a statement, moonves wrote he's deeply saddened to be leaving cbs, saying, untrue allegations from decades ago are now being made against me that are not consistent with who i am. in regulatory filings, cbs reported it was putting $120 million into a trust. the money will go to moonves only if the investigation finds he cannot be terminated for cause. the company says it's also donating $20 million to organizations that support the me too movement and equality for women in the workplace. >> it's a drop in the bucket whe

attorney gloria allred who represents a number of cosby accusers spoke after the hearing. >> they feel that wha dont to them was was sexually violen. and that the person who did it to them is a sexually violent predator. >> reporter: some of those accusers were inside the courtroom yesterday. so were four of the trial's jurors including diane scelza. >> we just want to see it come to conclusion. mostly for the victims. particularly for andrea constand. >> reporter: what were you expecting coming into this sentencing hearing? >> my hope is that bill cosby will be sentenced appropriately. we as a jury convicted him and i hope that he is going to be held testified yesterday that bill cosby showed signs of a mental disorder that involved uncontrollable urges to violate now, latertoday, the defense is expected to bring a psychologist to testify. it is after that this the judge will determine whether or not cosby will be designated as a sexually violent predator and then of course we are expecting to hear from the judge when he delivers his sentence. cosby's facing a maximum of ten years. >>

we're joined now by phyllis golden-gottlieb and her attorney, gloria allred. you both for joining us this morning. phyllis, let me begin with you. you told ronan farrow you feared les moonves would get away with this. are you satisfied that he hasn't? >> yeah. i'm okay. it's -- i -- there are -- i have gone through so many, you know, years. and, um, i would like him to be accountable for what he did. >> and gloria, there still are some questions about these independent investigations that have been contracted by cbs. are you satisfied that those will be truly independent? >> well, george, that is a good question because so many people have contacted me are concerned about whether they should speak to the independent investigators because, after all, they're being paid by cbs. i do think that the fact that there are two law firms involved, that they're going to interview as many accusers as they can, and they will give a report to the cbs board is very important. >> and phyllis, les moonves said the accusations in the article are untrue. he said he never used h

the lawyer gloria allred represented some of the victims.ined in state prison as a result of his criminal acts. jeremy corbyn will attack what he calls "greed is good" capitalism in his closing speech at the labour party conference today. corbyn will also set out his plans to overhaul the economy, as well as pledging more free childcare and a "green jobs revolution". brexit has dominated the conference week, with labour members voting on tuesday to keep all options on the table, including a fresh referendum, if there is no deal with brussels. theresa may has renewed calls for the release of a british charity worker as she met with the iranian president in new york. the prime minister told president rouhani she had serious concerns about the jailing of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was sentenced to five years in a tehran prison after being accused of spying. mrs may also used the meeting to confirm the uk's commitment to the iran nuclear deal. the authorities in switzerland have rejected a residency application from russian billionaire roman