. >> bill cosby back in the courtroom again.is attorneys are trying to get him out of jail to cut some kind of a deal. sabina is at the courthouse in norristown. >> we are expecting cosby here montgomery county courthouse just before 9:00 this morning when his pretrial hearing will begin. the since day one you guys, prosecutors and bill cosby's defense has been going head to head over what kind of evidence can be presented at trial. now this latest battle is key, a judge will decide if prosecutors can call up to 13 of cosby's top accusers at trial, this testimony, they will use to establish a pattern. the question the defense will hammer home to the judge is whether that testimony is relevant and credible during a trial that will center on one accuser andrea constand, the former tu employee who says cosby drugged and assaulted her at his home in elkins park in 2004. the judge early this month ruled that the state can use cosby's statements from a deposition in constand's civil suit against him where she admits to giving drugs an

as for bill cosby, he has always denied wrongdoing saying any sexual contact was always consensual. it will be up to the judge to decide if any of these women can testify, cosby's trial is scheduled for june of next year. we're reporting live from norristown, jan carabao for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". now back to you. >>> meanwhile happening today a bucks county man charged with killing his own moth ever head to court. police say 30 year-old zachary cope, confessed to the murder. five two-year old rebecca cope was found dead inside of her home in lower makefield, the cause of death is unknown, and investigators say his mother appears to have been stabbed. >>> philadelphia police are searching for an armed, dangerous robber in feltonville. take a look at this surveillance video. it shows suspect barging in the deli on rose hill street saturday afternoon. he shot the clerk as you just saw there and ran off with money and lottery tickets. now on sunday evening the same guy walk into a nearby corner store, shot the store employee in the leg and then stole money. we spoke with neighbors who

maybe they want to have bill cosby on trial. it would be biggest trial in the country, and they height decide you know what he needs to be put on trial. >> okay. >> we will put up video here of a young woman by the name of bella hadid. >> we will not talk about chaka fattah. >> are we can go to talk about chaka fattah. >> after we talk about this yesterday, were you surprised by the fact that he got ten years. >> i was because prosecution wanted 17 to 22 years. defense wanted 11 to 14. he got ten years, below what everybody thought that he should get, so, ten years is a long time to be in jail. there is no parole in the federal system. this is important but you can get time off for good behavior fifty-four days per year. he will serve at least, eight years plus, assuming he gets all that time for good behavior. restitution was 624th $14,000. i find it -- $614,000. the reason he is going to jail because he got money in an illegal way and now made to pay back money that he never had in the first place. i think he will have a hard

allow the prosecution call to the witness stand more than a dozen women, 13 to be exact, that say bill cosby sexual assaulted them. montgomery county da argued that cosby is a serial offender strikes when he can control the situation and not get caught. steele said, quote, this is a lifetime of sexual assaults on young women. one of the women says cosby assaulted her more than 40 years ago. she says she only came forward after hear the stories of other women who claim to be victim the victims say they did not come forward because this is bill cosby and no one would believe him. and the defense says no, this is bill cosby and they followed the money. none of these women came forward until claims were made by andrea constand in 2005 and that's when he says a plan was hatched to bring down america's icon. >>> turning now to the presidentipresident al transition. today president-elect donald trump officially named rick perry as energy secretary. the president-elect said the former texas governor would help maker energy independent. perry has previously said he wanted to eliminate the energy depa

would it be allowed under pennsylvania law or would it impede comedian bill cosby from getting a fair trial? >> anything to say? >> bill cosby left the courthouse without saying a word, letting his lawyers do the talking. >> these are bandwagon claims that we believe have no place in this justice system. >> the prosecution argued the testimony is crucial in their effort to portray cosby as a serial sexual predator. >> we have made our argument in court. we have talked about each of them individually, and we hope for a favorable ruling from the court. >> but they argued that allowing testimony of enlts that happened decades ago would make it impossible for cosby to get a fair trial. >> those old ancient unreported accusations would be a travesty of justice. >> gloria allred says no mistake some of the incidents happened decades ago. >> according to pennsylvania law, time is not in itself a reason to exclude such testimony. >> no american, no citizen in this country, bill cosby or anyone else should be put in the situation of trying to defend against accusations 40 years old. >> clearly

happening today the defense takes center stage, bill cosby 's attorneys want the judge to bar the other cosby accusers from testifying at his upcoming spring trial. they are expected to attack these women, the credibility and relevance today. bill cosby, back in montgomery county court today for second day of his pretrial hearing, first day was testy from the the start. judge steven o'neill often warning the prosecution and defense to maintain decor um after shouting matches erupted inside the courtroom. the prosecution wants the why to allow testimony from 13 cosby accusers at the comedian 's upcoming trial, montgomery county district attorney kevin steel says their testimony will show cosby had a long history of drugging and molesting women. lawyers from both sides clashed yesterday over the identification of those women, the defense wanting all of their names made public, prosecutors suggesting that cosby's lawyers were just trying to intimidate them. ultimately judge ruled cosby's attorneys could name 11 of the accusers since they already told their stories publicly. cosby is now fa

bill cosby is in a courtroom right now. they are trying to stop the plans at his upcoming sexual assault trial. i'm vai sikahema. >> they will be arguing about the credibility of the womens testimony. pamela osborne has more on what's happening inside today, pamela. rnc >> reporter: cosby arrived shortly before the 9:00 hearing in good spirits. bill cosby was all smiles when he first exited his vehicle accompanied by his legal team. he joked with a security guard saying don't tase me, bro as he was on his way into court. prosecutors today will try to urge the court to try to. the allegations span decades from the 60s to the 90s. the prosecution will argue that these accounts are similar and support andrea's allegations that cosby used a friendly approach and used drugs to sexually assault his victims. pennsylvania law generally prohibits evidence of so called bad acts from being presented in court. in some sex crime cases the type of evidence that he flekreflect pattern of behave yoior has bee allowed. they have already ques

. >>> and a hearing that could make a difference in bill cosby's sex assault case. his attorneys are fighting to limit the number of accusers that can testify at his trial. katherine scott is following the news at the montgomery county courthouse. >> reporter: sara there were fireworks right out of the gate this morning. at one point the judge asked both attorneys to keep their voices down at issue today is whether 13 other accusers are allowed to testify in the trial and the rhetoric was heated at times inside of montgomery county courthouse this morning. they just broke for lunch a few minutes ago. cosby is charging with sexually abusing former temple university employee. the defense wants to keep the women off the witness stand and submitted their own evidence including police statements and news clippings and more. and before the court got to the evidence there was an objection from kevin steele. he called it a means of witness intimidation. >> but he countered that they are adults and they came out in press conferences. and some of the 13 women are clients of a

. >>> bill cosby is in back in court. they are trying to keep 13 of his accusers from testifying. >>> in hot pursuit, the local police department that has quite a sense of humor after they try to corral some donkeys that lead them on a slow speed chase. >>> and right now at 11:00 temperatures will be warming up as we take a live look. dangerous cold is on if wthe wa. >> let's check in with glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> we have been issuing these alerts the first couple of days ago. this is for the entire area. everybody will be effected by this. it is generally 5:00 a.m. thursday to noon on friday. we are going to have windchills or feels like temperatures down close to zero. wind will be gusting to near 40 miles per hour on thursday. so the arctic air on its way in. you will definitely feel it when you wake up in the morning. you're going to feel it all the way through friday. now, the worst of this looks like it is going to come later on thursday into thursday night when it could be feeling like around zero or below ze

this trial scheduled for the spring is for charge that is bill cosby sexually assaulted former templeemployee andrea constand at his cheltenham moment in 2004. prosecutors warrant to call 13 other women to testify in an effort to show cosby had a pattern of drugging and molesting women from the 70's to the 90's. some of the women are towed have only known him for a few days others had ongoing relationships with cosby. district corner and attorney kevin steele argues the 13 women's stories are relevant because they establish a common scheme or plan but the defense is crying foul saying the commonwealth is trying to bolster their weak case. cosby's lawyers will try to keep the women off the witness stand attack the relevance to the case and their credibility. the defense wanted to question the women in person but the judge didn't allow it. the judge already ruled cosby's deposition testimony can be used at trial where he talks about his affairs incolliding the night with constand and giving quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with. now the question remains if these accusers can tes

the other big case we're following is the sex crime trial of bill cosby. t the 13 women testify against him. prosecutors say that is key to proving his lifetime of sexual assault. cosby's lawyers say it is totally unfair to bring in accusations that are not at issue in the trial and which won't really be corroborated or disproven in any clear way. they have history on their side. courts do not usually include that kind of additional evidence of accusers unless it proves a special pattern of behavior. joining me now, the veteran prosecutor, paul henderson. this is one of those things that gets a little more interesting, or a tougher call as you zoom in. if you start out far away, you go, if a lot of women accuse bill cosby of bad things, shouldn't they all be heard? >> it is a little more complicated because as you can imagine, evidence like that and testimony like that is prejudicial. so much so that the judge has to evaluate and weigh whether or not the prejudice is balanced against showing the modus operandi or the pattern and practice of this specific de

>> all right, dave. >>> bill cosby walk back into montgomery county courtroom today where sparks flew between the two sides. lawyers are fighting over whether more than a dozen other cosby accusers should be able to testify in the criminal trial. >> allowing their testimony could make a big difference in the case. our bruce gordon is outside the montgomery county courthouse where he attended the hearing today. bruce? >> reporter: this is a huge call for judge steven o'neill who must decide whether there be all some or none of 13 witnesses to be allowed to testify against cosby. they are all cosby accusers in their own right. using them in the trial could paint bill cosby as a serial abuser a man with a history of bad acts against women. without those witnesses testimony this story becomes one of he said she said. fans shouted encourage many as bill cosby entered court tuesday morning for a hearing that will determine as many as 13 other accusers may testify at trial that they, too, were drugged and sexually assaulted by the legendary enter trainer. >> if they can, then miss con stan's

the it is up to the judge to deciding whether bill cosby will be forced to confront 13 of his other accusers in court , now prosecutors, need this testimony to establish that cosby allegedly had a pattern of drugging and sexual ly abuse would go man, some think that the prosecutors kasichs upon. now the defense will fight to exclude the statements from these 13 women by going after their credibility and their relevance to the case. now, remember the trial surround accusations from one woman who said cosby drugged and assaulted her at his home in 2004. that accuser, former temple university employee, andrea constand. now earlier this month a judge ruled to allow the state to use cosby's own word against him. from a deposition, the comedian gave during constand 's civil suit against him in which she admits to giving young woman drugs and alcohol, before sexual encounters. sources are telling "fox news" that cosby may hope to avoid trial with a plea deal. now sources say cosby does not believe he will receive a fair and impartial jury and wants to avoid any prison time that may result from a co

and, day two, bill cosby returns to a montgomery county courtroom this morning., what happened during the day one of the hearings that had attorneys screaming at each other? >> and, president-elect, donald trump, meets with kanye west. interesting history with presidents. what the two reportedly discussed. >>> and we have breaking news right now. live, over a house fire, in gloucester county, new jersey. this is west howard street in clayton, we will continue to keep an eye on this story for you. firefighters on the scene trying to flock it down, good day, december the 14th, that means, 11 days. >> well, in the christmas eve. oh, until christmas. >> ten would be christmas eve. you can have your stuff by christmas eve. that will needs to be together. have you started? yesterday you complained you hadn't done anything. >> i admit, almost every year, i end up at a wallgreen's or rite aid, or a wawa, on christmas eve. >> really? >> because they have gift cards there. i'm in a panic. >> you wait all of that time just to get some gift cards? >> about all they have ther

this trial scheduled for the spring is for charge that is bill cosby sexually assaulted former templeversity employee andrea constand at his cheltenham home in 2004. prosecutors want to call 13 other women to testify in an effort to show cosby had a pattern of drugging and molesting women from the 70's to the 90's. some of the women are set to have only known him for a few days. others had ongoing relationships with cosby. district attorney kevin steele argues the 13 women's stories are reel advance because they establish a common scheme or plan. but the defense is crying foul saying the commonwealth is trying to bolster their weak case. cosby's lawyers will try keep the women off the witness stand attack the relevance to the case and their credibility. the defense had wanted to question the women in person but the judge didn't allow it. the judge already ruled cosby's deposition testimony can be used at trial where he talks about his affairs including the night with constand and giving quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with. now the question remains, if these accusers can test

to testify at cosby's upcoming sexual assault tri in norristown. >> reporter: good evening jim, bill cosby'syer spent the day hammering away at the potential witnesses for the prosecution pointing out their inability in many cases to pinpoint dates, locations and many cases the year in which the cosby assaults allegedly happened. bill cosby's lawyers went statement by statement today slashing at the creditability of the 13 women the prosecution wants to put on the stand at the drugging molestation trial of the showbiz legend. the da says they are needed to show a pattern of bill cosby's bad behavior going back to the 60s. he is facing charges of allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand in '04 we made our argument in court and talked about each of them individually and hope for a favorable ruling. >> those allegations are impossible to defendant. >> the things happening here can't happen. this man is presumed innocent and charged with one incident. that should be what we talk about in this case. >> and nothing else. >> jim, the judge did not make a ruling tonight that may no

second day in court for bill cosby.ht to go keep testimony from some of his accusers from ever being heard at trial. yesterday the proceedings were filled with fiery exchanges by the attorneys. our lauren johnson in norristown this morning, just outside the courthouse as we wait for day two. the judge actually had to step in several times yesterday. >> yep, did he, thomas, instead of boys behave badly it was lawyers yelling loudly here, at the courthouse yesterday during the hearing. and why the called their behavior uncivil. all of the bickering was over publicizing the names of the dozens of women accusing cosby of sexual assault. cosby's lawyers don't want the women to be allowed to testify at his spring trial. the high steaks hearing was eventful from the very beginning. lawyers from both sides got heated over accusations from the other side about the women's names, cosby's defense team says many of the women have gone public with their accusations, and so their names are already out there. his lead lawyer saying th

forgive him until after justice was done. >>> a pennsylvania judge ruled the damaging testimony bill cosby gave in a lawsuit can be used at his criminal sex assault trial. in a deposition, cosby acknowledged that he had given before what he called consensual sexual encountiers -- encounters. >>> and that's a quick look at what's going on. >> tuesday is here and the news at 4:30 starts right now. >>> it is elevenly shaping up to be a cold -- it is definitely shaping up to be a cold, rainy, yucky day. i'm mike hydeck. >> and i'm jan jeffcoat. let's go straight to meteorologist melissa nord with a check of the rainy weather moving in. >> it is going to be arriving throughout the morning hours to pin point thing, what we are expecting what to happen, this morning the rain arrives from south pushing up to the north. not necessarily right now but as we get towards 8:00, 9:00, d.c. is going to be wet at that point. and there will be sleet mixing in, especially far west of town and north and also the potomac. temperatures in the low to mid- 40s at best. and in terms of total rain, going to end up

so far no arrests. >>> bill cosby's sex assault hearing resumes

bill cosby tries to limit the number of accusers that can testify in his upcoming sexual assault trial and the surprise appearance of rapper kanye west, kicks off inaugural speculation. >>> and now the details, bill cosby is back in a montgomery county courtroom for more legal wrangling for his upcoming sex assault trial. he arrived on a hearing for what evidence is allowed. if it rests on one woman's charges or those of many. vernon odom is live now in norristown with more details. >> reporter: good afternoon sara, the legal arguments are heated in court this morning, montgomery county da kevin steele and chief defense lawyer several times yelling at each other and the judge reprimanding both of them at times and this is one of the critical issues who is allowed to testify for the prosecution. >> the now so familiar video today. bill cosby blind and looking frail for another pretrial hearing for the sext assault charges he faces in norristown. a former temple employee says that cosby drugged and molested her at his cheltenham mansion in 2004. he says the sex was consensual. the prosec

comedian and actor bill cosby is set to appear in court later today. key issues the judge is considering in his sex assault case. >> president-elect trump is expected to make an announcement on one of his top cabinet picks and sort through what he'll do with his business while in the white house. >> plus, police are searching for a grinch in new jersey. see what the suspects stole from an important christmas display. >> first up weather and traffic. we have matt pelman in for karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. good morning. >> all right, guys, we're off to app partly cloudy start. it looks like there might be some sun peaking through some of these early clouds, maybe, maybe not. in any event the general pattern of the day going to be to increase those clouds and we'll wind up fairly overcast later on. 35 degrees is your currents temperature in philadelphia. we are off to a cold start and i expect that number to dip a little bit over the next hour or two. 30 degrees below freezing in allentown, 32 in reading, run in lancaster, 35 in trenton,

condition, no word on a motive >>> happening today in the second day of the pretrial hearings bill cosby's lawyers will battle will over who gets to testify during his upcoming sexual assault trial. it got heated inside a norristown courtroom. cosby is accused of assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand, the prosecution and defense got in the shouting match, over whether 13 additional accusers can testify against cosby, should be name. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabao will have a live update the on the case in about 30 minutes. >>> philadelphia police are searching for a violent robber in feltonville and they say this guy is quick to pull the trigger. this surveillance video shows suspect barge nothing to the double deli on rosehill street sat the day afternoon. he shot the clerk and then ran off with money and lottery tickets. on sunday evening the same guy walk into a nearby corner store, shot the store employee in the leg and then stole money. even with the recent robberies , neighbors say that their local stores are safe. >> it is hard for me to feel unsafe, e

shouting matches break out at bill cosby's hearing.ater this morning he returns for day two. >>> and remembering the victims. today communities across the country will mark the fourth anniversary of the sandy hook ç

. >>> bill cosby is back in court today for his hearing, he is hoping to avoid prison time as his lawyers continue to battle it out, we have the very latest on the developments today in a live report. >>> we are seeing it more and more packages being stolen from your front doorstep, this woman well, she wants to get even with those grinches, great to have you with us on this tuesday, thomas drayton with karen hepp. >> good morning everyone. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning, everybody. >> morning, sue. >> we are trying this for stupid national cocoa day and while, apparently it was wrong , what i said yesterday was national cocoa day. >> okay. >> it is cold, cold outside this morning. >> it will warm you up. a nice cup of hot cocoa, wind chills in the 20's and 30 's. make sure you are dressed as warmly as buddy is hat, gloves , winter coat, you know the drill, it is december, it is eight out of ten in your wet ther by the numbers with those wind chills in the 20's and 30's this morning we will see sun and cloud throughout the afternoon and we will have a ease nal high of 43 degr

>> reporter: rahel, jim, good morning, comedian bill cosby is expected here at the montgomery county courthouse for a pretrial hearing today, that is scheduled to begin right around 9:00 this morning. it is a big day for the commonwealth, a key issue is at steak for them. prosecutors will argue why they believe they should be allowed to present more than dozen other women at trial who also say cost did i drugged and assaulted them. now, bill cosby is facing felony, session all assault charges, accused every drugging and molesting former temple university employee andrea constand at his cheltenham mansion back in 2004. prosecutors say during the investigation, about 50 women were interviewed with similar accusations against the comedian. prosecutors now want to put 13 of them on the stand. they say the testimony will show how cosby over the course of decades intoxicated women in a quote signature fashion, end quote. the defense however says the allegations are not similar enough to present at trial. they add that the allegations were never reported to authorities, and are so vague tha

. >> bill cosby will be back in a montgomery county courthouse today.s day two of what is already been a heated pretrial hearing for his upcoming sex assault trial. >> breaking overnight detectives in philadelphia are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man execution style. >> we're learning more about the sudden death of former "growing pains" star anological thick. >> first we turn to weather and traffic. meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers. on. >> one more day before the arctic air arrives. right now we're looking at some breaks in the clouds over parts of the region. overall we'll call today areas. there will be times when the clouds are winning out other times you'll see a fair amount of sunshine. 35 degrees. the temperature has dropped a little bit in philadelphia over the last half hour. 31 trenton, 35 allentown and reading, 34 in lancaster wilmington and millville and 40 in cape may. like yesterday the winds are light so yeah it's chilly out there this morning but we're not really worrying too much about the wind chill. and that

. >>> now to the bill kos by court case in montgomery case. cosby's lawyers say that more than a dozen women are band wagon accusers. nbc10's deanna durante covered both stays of hearings and she joins us live outside the courthouse. >> reporter: the prosecution says they need to introduce witnesses from 13 other sexual assault victims the da says he's a serial offender who strikes when he can control the situation and not get caught. that's why we wants to bring in 13 women who say bill cosby sexual assaulted them. one case dates back nearly 40 years. she's a woman who says she only came forward after hear the accounts of the first victim. and that's a major problem according to the cosby defense. they say they have no way to defend actor from the allegations because victim number one and 12 other women prosecutors want to bring forward have claims that are vague, they can't name dates, times or places where these alleged assaults happened. the defense says how can they be sure where cosby was if they don't have specific dates and places. the bandwag

bill cosby is accused of drugging and molesting andrea constand at his home in 2004. he urged the court to look for the similarities in the case. not the differences, cosby sought younger women and used fame and status to instill trust even acting towards a mentor to some of them. he would give them drugs and then assault them when they were unable to resist. they said this is his mo, and the prove of one tends to establish the proof of another. when it was the defense's attorney, he said what is happening is unprecedented and unspeakable. it was not a case about andrea constand but a bunch of claims like a pandora's box. we don't know the date, we don't know the month, it's impossible to defend and some of them happened in places that don't exist anymore. judge o'neil will have to decide if some or none will be able to testify at the time in the spring. they broke for lunch but then they are back to argue. >>> the video shows the moments when a man was murdered execution-style in philadelphia's frankford section. it happened on the 4700 block of adams avenue. police f

, they want some 13 women to to testify, at bill cosby's trial. that is what is at issue here. all of those women said bill cosby sexually assaulted them in the past. will the judge allow 13 additional woman to testify against bill cosby? that is the central question judge steven o'neill must answer after a testy two days of a pretrial hearing. >> it is going to be a huge ruling in the case. >> it is one of the defense. >> reporter: gloria alred represents some of the women named in the motion, all 13 say they were sexually assaulted by cosby in the past. >> that would show a pattern, a signature, and that would be about what would show there was an absolute path by mr. cosby. >> reporter: kevin steel argues woman should be able to testify against cosby's prior bad acts. sailing that the similarities in all of the cases, show a distinct method of praying on his alleged victims. at one point telling the judge, the 79 year-old comedian has a life long history of sexually assaulting young woman but in his counter argument brian mcmonigal calls 13 all

comedian bill cosby is expected here at the montgomery county courthouse, in a matter of hours now. he is of he has pretrial hearing scheduled for 9:00 this morning. this is a big day for the commonwealth. they're going to be fighting for key issue in their case. prosecutors will argue why they believe they should be allowed to present more than dozen other women at trial next year, who also say cosby drugged and assaulted them. now, bill cosby is facing felony sexual assault charges, accused of drugging and molesting former temple university employee andrea constant as his cheltenham mansion. prosecutors say during the investigation, about 50 women were interviewed with similar accusations against the comedian. prosecutors now want to put 13 of them on stand at trial. they say the testimony will show how cosby, over the course of decades, intoxicated women in a quote signature fashion. end quote. the defense however says the allegations are not similar enough to present at trial of the they add that the allegations were never reported to authorities. and are so vague that cosby can

we talked to one woman who is one of the accusers of bill cosby and lives in the area who said she's disappointed that >> it's not about me. it's about victims that have rights and they should be heard. the bill should come out of committee. it should become law. >> reporter: council member kenyan mcduffie said they were too busy to hold a hearing. >> i don't think the fact that you're not able to get to something during a two-year council period demonstrates whether you care or not care about a bill. >> reporter: coming up, hear more from the cosby accuser, council members and also disappointed there was never a hearing. mark seagraves, news 4. >> developing now in georgia, a gunman who killed a police officer and critically injured another is dead. he took his own life. america's police say the body was found after a 27-hour man his location. police heard a gunshot as they surrounded the house where he was holed up. officials say he has a lengthy criminal history. >> police officers in maryland jumped into action. howard county police say the packages were stolen last night. they ca

bill cosby heads back to court in what is already a heated hearing for his sexual assault trial. >>> and a gunman fired two dozen shots at his victim. >>> and donald trump gets ready to meet with top leaders in silicone valley. >>> we begin this half hour with the weather and it's a bit on the chilly side today but nothing like what we'll see over the next now days and it's arctic air is moving inlets head outside to meteorologist, david murphy, and the first check of the accuweather forecast. >> it will get severe and not only in terms of temperatures but for now we got rid of early morning cloud cover and a fair amount of sunshine across the region bumping the temperatures up a couple extra degrees as a result. and temperatures are still chilly, 42 in philadelphia and only going up to 44 later, look at the extreme cold air though, just to the north and west. the last couple of days we showed you places like buffalo and pittsburgh there was not much of a difference from here and there. but a sign of cold air coming in from the region last night. the winds are helping it on in. 17 mi

. >> 5:05, happening today, we think it will be a big day in that bill cosby trial. it was pretty explosive yesterday with the attorneys on both sides, having to be rained in by the judge, cameras were not allowed in court but our report remembers therefore all of the action, lauren johnson, a recap of what happened and what we expect today, lauren? >> the judge had to threaten to call in more deputies if the two sides could not maintain some decor up. even big column bye was different than we've seen him in the past, slow, quiet, vision, memory problems. according to his lawyers, the 79 year old yelled out in the courtroom on several occasions, even when the questions weren't being directed at him. >> prosecutors are trying to show he had a history every drugging young women, andrea constand filed complaint against cosby, once her friends and mentor, over an encounter at his home in philadelphia. but, prosecutors say there are dozens of other women who tell very similar stories, and they should be allowed to testify in the spring trial to show cosby's prior bad act.

cosby interrupted and said drake is in chicago. >> bill cosby arrived in court today smiling. he would stare at the ceiling furrow his brow at times yelling towards the defense. he says they're all victims of sexual assault. but lawyers for cosby say there is no reason not to name is women because they have given tv and newspaper and magazine interviews. at one point, the judge threatening to bring in the sheriff if they didn't speak to each other in a civil manner. neither side commented at the finish of court today. prosecutors began to outline a pattern where cosby would meet women younger than him, get them alone and drug them and sexual assault tell. now the defense has brought in what it appears to be facebook messenger chats as well as comments some of those 13 women may have posted on facebook. those attorneys are not comments as to why but they said the publicity in the case have prompted many women to tell similar stories of assault, one of the reasons they're fighting the testimony of those 13 women the defense wants to bring in. >>> now to your first alert weather,

. >> bill cosby should be back in a montgomery county courthouse today.is day two of what's already been a heated pretrial hearing for his sex assault trial. >> breaking overnight detectives in philadelphia are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man execution style. >> learning more this morning about the sudden death of former "growing pains" star alan thicke. >> and we're awaiting a big chill not just yet. let's turn to meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers. >> right now it's certainly on the cold side out on the terrace but it gets a lot different tomorrow matt. as we take a look at satellite you can see how the clouds have broken up a little bit overnight following that imagery that radar is showing you of a few snow and rain showers popping through overnight. some of you might see a little drop of rain on your windshield and that's why. overall we'll call it purse partly sunny skies 35 in allentown, 34 in reading similar numbers in wilmington and down toward cape may where you're at 40. just 30 in millville and 32 in trenton. so everyb

what caused a shouting match to event as entertainer bill cosby faced a judge this morning. plus, finally going on sale. what caused a rare delay for the release date of apple's air pods and how much a pair will set you back. >> closed captioning for this newscast is sponsored by "living spaces furniture" ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, sexual assault case against entertainer bill cosby. the judge scolded attorneys shouting matc >>> a sexual assault case against bill cosby today. the judge scolded attorneys on both sides after a shouting match. it was about the defense team's practice of publicizing the names of cosby's accusers. the hearing is expected to last two days to determine whether prosecutors can call 13 accusers as trial witnesses. >>> parts of the country facing dangerous bitter cold. frigid arctic air is blanketing the northern plains and upper midwest. right know it feels like 20 below zero in bismarck, fact. in minneapolis, 17 below zero. the same system buried the region in deep snow. >>> a live look at ocean beach. high tides are expected this week as wind and rain roll in

today a judge will decide if bill cosby's past accusers will be allowed to give testimony in his sex assault trial. >>> and jersey shore dune saga. today the battle over a beach project goes to court as opponents made claims about potential health hazards. it is 6:00 a.m. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm sick. let's get to meteorologist bill henley and the forecast. i was just talking to bill about how lighter it is out because of the full moon. >> yeah, the moon will rise later today and it is nice and bright to start with. but we have a few clouds around. the temperature has bumped up in philadelphia. it is 37 degrees right now, a little bit of a breeze out of the west at 6 miles per hour. it will come down a little bit at 8:00, then right back up into the upper 30s at 11:00 and warm into the 40s this afternoon. the cold will ease out of here. won't be as warm as yesterday but nicely above freezing for philadelphia, the suburbs, into new jersey, 43 degrees. and at the shore turning partly cloudy and 45. clouds will be increasing this afterno

this judge will have to decide whether other women, up to 13, could testify against bill cosby. >> and uh but or cases in the future. >> sure. what time is it? it's go time. come on. let's go, let's go, let's go. woooo hoooo!! yeah!! i feel like i went to bed an hour ago. i'll make the cocoa. get a great offer on the car of your grown-up dreams at the mercedes-benz winter event. it's the look on their faces that make it all worthwhile. thank you santa!!! now lease the 2017 c300 for $389 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. >>> welcome back. we're following developments right now from trump tower, where the president-elect's national diversity council is holding a meeting, we're told. among those arriving, cleveland pastor darryl scott, who spoke at the republican national convention. jim brown, who supported hillary clinton, and in talking to msnbc's ali vatelli, pastor scott referred to the promises that trump made to the african-american community during the campaign. you saw jim brown there. we're also being told the president-elect could potentially speak here very soon. we'

bill cosby-- facing a key assalt case. what we can expect mostly sunny and cold today with high temperatures in the low teens. daytime wind chills will stay near or below zero. a few more clouds tonight and tomorrow with lows in the single digits and highs in the low teens. wind chills will be in the single digits and teens below zero. nighttime wind chills wednesday will be in the teens and 20s the single digits. snow chances return by friday and continue into saturday but temperatures briefly warm in to the 20s. today: mostly sunny and cold. high: 17 wind: nw 5-15 mph tonight: a few clouds. low: 6 wind: wsw 5-15 mph milwaukee police are looking for the person who held up a post office. it happened a little after 3 yesterday afternoon at the location near 35th and capitol. we're told the suspect showed a gun and got away with cash. and that isn't the only mail-related crime... someone stole a truck's worth of mail... and in another case-- an entire amazon delivery truck disappeared! fox 6's brittany shannon with the rash

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tense day of arguments in the final scheduled pretrial motion hearing before 79 year-old comedian bill cosby's criminal sexual assault trial begins. at hand, a prior bad acts motion. district attorney kevin steel wants to how up to 13 additional witnesses, to testify, against cosby. the 13, all women who say they have been assaulted by the comedian in the past. some as far back as the 1960's tuesday morning, arguments became dense between d.a. steel and defense attorney brian mcmonigal over whether the 13 women should be named. judge steven o'neill instructing both men to calm down, and remain civil. >> how do you feel mr. cosby. >> reporter: all the while bill cosby silently watch the hearing unfold. if the judge allows 13 witt tonightes to testify at trial his fate could be determined on a he said, they said basis, rather than one where he simply faces one accuser. the hearing continues tomorrow at 9:00 a.m., the judge will make his decision sometime after tomorrow's hearing, on this motion, for prior bad acts. meanwhile cosby's trial is still scheduled for june 2017. reporting from norristo

weeks this is going on as well, back over to you. >>> happening today, it is back to court for bill cosby as his lawyers battle over who gets to testify over his upcoming sexual assault trial. things got heated yesterday inside of the norristown courtroom, cosby accused of a all thing former temple university employee andrea constand. prosecution and defense got in the shouting match over whether 13 additional accusers who may testify against cosby should be named. >>> president obama signed a bill that invests in the war against cancer drug abuse and mental health issues. the 21st century cures act includes 6.3 million-dollar over the next decade. white house invited eight year-old max schill from williamstown, new jersey to be at the ceremony. max lobbied for the bill. he has noonan syndrome a rare genetic disorder that effects how his body develops as he ages. >> it was really excite go to see the president. >> now the opening act provision that max pushed for aimed at least purposes drugs for rare diseases did not make it in the the new law but the vice-president, and the president, s

more to talk about when we come back in ten to 15 minutes, jan, over to you. >> happening today, bill cosby back in court for pretrial hearing in norristown. prosecute remembers expected to argue assault allegations against cosby by other women, should be included at his criminal sexual assault trial. cosby is charged with drugging and assaulting former temple university employee andrea constand in january of 2004. the trial is tentatively set for june of 2017. "eyewitness news" reporter jan carabeo will have live outdate from outside the courthouse in about 30 minutes. >> president-elect trump is ready to pick oil executive as his secretary of state. sources close to the transition team say he plans to announce his choice of exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson this morning. tillerson nomination facially to nice bay partisan challenge, he does have close ties to russian president vladmeere putin. mitt romney was also contender for the cabinet position. romney tweets, it was an honor to have been considered for secretary of state of our great country. on facebook he went on to say my discussions

jonathan: bill cosby's lawyers want to have a change of venue. his lawyers say cosby cannot get a fair trial because of the local news coverage of the case. he was indicted from 2004 complaint. michelle: we are counting down to 2017. they are putting finishing touches on the big new year eve gathering on the potomac and on the baltimore inner harbor. coming up, a sneak peek of festivities. jonathan: pluswarming up after chilly friday. steve will tell us whether it's dry to party in the new year. we will explain why the huskies don't mind b jonathan: the mayor is going to lead the countdown to midnight and the events are all free of charge. back in our backyard, the fireworks are the centerpiece of the family-friendly celebration going on in old town. michelle: lindsey mastis is live in old town with the first night alexandria preview. hey. lindsey: families can expect the closed roads to keep you safe. alexandria's police department said they are prepared. they won't go into detail but if they are concerned they can call the nonemergency number. a

who will get to testify against bill cosby in the sexual assault trial. da wants to call 13 women that claim that cosby drugged and molested them in years past and some go as far back as the 60s and prosecutors say it will show a pattern of the defendant's history. the defense says it's testimony is too old to be reliable. and most are represented by gloria allred. >> it's the question of is this a signature act, common what we call an mo. most of the womens names are already established as the cosby scandal exploded. but the defense s

the driver was taken to the hospital where he died. >>> happening today, bill cosby returns to court his sex assault case. it follows yesterday's hearing that included outbursts by lawyers and by cosby himself. nbc 10's pamela osborne is live in norristown. pam, tell us more about what happened yesterday. >> reporter: well, tracy, in the past, cosby has typically sat silent in the courtroom, but as you mentioned, that was not the case yesterday. there was one point where the judge asked a question to the attorneys and cosby himself blurted out the location of a hotel to answer that question. keep in mind, lawyers for the 79-year-old actor say cosby is suffering from vision and memory loss that leave him unable to defend himself in his upcoming sexual assault trial. but back to what happened in the courtroom yesterday. this was an all out fight between the prosecution and defense. the prosecution is hoping that the judge will allow the testimony from 13 other cosby accusers to be heard in the case involving a 2004 encounter with andrea constand. they argue that the testimony of these w

happening today, bill cosby heads back to court for his pretrial hearing in norristown. police charged with drugging and molesting former temple university employee at his elkins park home in 2004. several women claim similar accusations against the comedian. and prosecutors want them to testify in the trial. cosby's lawyers dispute their validity, since the women never reported the crimes to authorities. >>> president-elect trump says he's announcing g his choice for secretary every state this morning. sources close to his transition team say he's picking exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson. the president-elect was said to be drawn to the idea of having an international businessman serve as the nation's top diplomate. confirmation however will not be easy, his close ties to russia are expected to be a big issue during his senate confirmation hearing. >>> meantime mr. trump tweets that he will leave his businesses before his inauguration on january 20th to president-elect says his sons, don and eric will manage the businesses along with other executives, but he has delayed a