bill cosby arrived around 9:15. there was only one cosby protester waiting here outside the courthouse, she yelled shame on you and we will be vindicated speaking on behalf of the alleged victims. there were no visible or vocal cosby supporters. this is the first time we've seen bill cosby publicly since the recent death of his daughter from kidney disease. she was very supportive of her father during his first trial. as for the hearing happening this morning here, first the prosecution, they are hoping the judge will allow as many as 19 other women to testify in the upcoming trial. in the first trial you may recall only andrea constand and another accuser were allowed to testify. the defense will claim the testimony from the other alleged victims is too old and vague and not be allowed to testify. meanwhile the difference will ask for the case to be thrown out alleging prosecutorial misconduct for discarding or withholding evidence. the defense team claims it can prove bill cosby was not around when the alleged assa

. >>> in other news bill cosby back in court in montgomery county. his defense team is hoping accuser to testify in his uing retrial on sexual charges. vernon odem has more. >> reporter: disgraced showbiz legend bill cosby entering court for the alleged drugging and sexual molestation of and degree i can't constan andrea contan. she settled out of annt on the advice of a former d.a. saying her evidence was weak. the first trial ended in a mistrial. cosby's new legal we defense of michael jackson. the d.a. is trying to get to women who claim he drugged and sexually assaulted them. stephen o'neill allowed only one to testify at the first trial. sarah, of course, bill could cosby continues to say he is notguilty in the case. the major question in theis the same one that came during pretrial hearings at the first trial the holy sexual assault scandals are cases that have flared up in the news in recent months and many people are speculating that could have a dramatic impact on the cosby trial here which is going to be a local jury chosen from montgomery

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in prison and the commonwealth, they want justice for what they say and believe is a victim of bill cosby'sion on its side has five other women that are going to be able to take the stand to say me too, big cosby drugged and sexually assaulted me. the defense is fighting hard. and last time around, we heard about caquaaludes because that s in a civil case. he gave qau leuaaludes to women. but the judge hasn't decided. yesterday it sounded like he may not allow that to come before the jury. that would be a win for cosby. >> you mentioned the me too movement. it is much different than it was the first time bill cosby was facing a trial of this sort. could that change the atmosphere in the courtroom this time around? >> it's amazing. the trial was just last june. but in the last months since june, there has been such a change. me too movement has been just in the forefront of news and on the minds of people. also this trial is being held in montgomery county, which is where bill cosby was, you know, the hometown boy that became such a super star for american television. so jury selection may b

. >>> the judge in bill cosby's retrial has pushed it back.to charges that he allegedly drugged and sexual assaulted at his nome pennsylvania. the 80-year-old actor and comedian's first trial ended in a hung jury in june of last year. jean casarez is with me from norristown, p.a. what is different about cosby's retrial? >> reporter: there will be so many things that are different. troerns in behind closed doors talking about jury selection. that does begin on monday. we learned one thing that may be very different and it is the issue of quaaludes. you may remember during the last trial, it was allowed in. a part of deposition that bill cosby gave during the civil case where he says that he got prescriptions for quaaludes and he gave quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with. he then changed it to a woman. today defense stood up and said, you know, there's just too much here. you're allowing five women to take stand to testify that bill cosby drugged me and sexually assaulted me, which are prior bad acts, and flower you're thinking of letti

want the trial to be thrown out for withholding evidence and also tom mezro claims it can prove bill cosby was not around and they maintain she has her time line mixed up. now, the 80-year-old cosby is accused of sexually assaulting constand almost 15 years ago. he has pleaded not guilty and his first trial ended with a hung jury. back outside the courthouse there have been two days set aside to allow the attorneys to make their motions and then the judge will make his ruling. me meanwhile jury selection expected to happen may 29th for a retrial. >>> a philadelphia community will come together today to remember a hero killed in the line of duty. the officer was killed in the shootout? icide this game stop store in north philadelphia march 5, 2015. community members and officers will gather outside the 22nd district where they serve to honor him on the anniversary of his murder. >>> and i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. as we go into the rest of the day cold conditions. wind gusts closer to 20 miles per hour. then the clouds increase on tuesday. by late tuesday night into wednes

about 50,000 homes and businesses don't have power this morning. >>> and bill cosby returns to court morning as prosecutors want 19 women to testify. cosby's retrial is expected to start later this month. >>> and tonight eagles season ticket holders are invited to an exclusive watch party to see the official super bowl film. you're watching the trailer from that nfl films production. screening a set from the nolocare complex. they'll be the first to see it. >>> jessica boyington with you right now. quick check on the roads. watch agwater main break in southampton. and also watching the blue route because of a crash reported around baltimore pike. 38 minute trip right now from 95 to the schuylkill expressway. average speeds there into the mid-20s, so really crawling down there, i guess you can say. this is typically about a 15-minute trip or so. we're even seeing a bit of a delay on the southbound side. so watching those and end here in camden and jersey. no problems or delays getting up and over the ben franklin privilege. >>> as we go through the rest of today breezy conditions expe

a path that led her to the very center of bill cosby's world. the defense says, of course, any interaction between andrea and bill cosby was consensual. christy, we don't know how long this jury selection is going to take because in the span of six months, this is a whole new world. you've got the me too movement. you have jury selection in montgomery county which is where bill cosby is basically from. he's the hometown boy. he's loved and adored. he has been in that area. so it will be interesting to see if people have such strong opinions that they cannot set it aside to be fair and impartial. >> yeah, if they can seat a jury there. thank you so much. >> thanks. >> of course. and her cnn special report, "the case against cosby" does air tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> all right. saturday motivation in his difference makers featuring sister jean. >> victor, we have championship coaches, olympic gold medalist. this week it's 98-year-old woman they're calling sincinderella. she is wearing velcro sneak aernz the biggest star of this year's final

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nine months already has passed since bill cosby's first trial ended in a hung jury.uding the movement we know as me too women women speaking up. >> you know when the trial happen nine months ago we will keep this camera on the courthouse. you will see him walk back in the montgomery county courthouse for this pretrial hearing. big question is just like last time will judge allow some of the more than 50 women accused cosby of sexual assault to testify and if so how many because last time he only allowed one other. >> same judge. >> same judge. >> same decision to be made this morning i'm sure he has already made it, stephen o'neill. >> stephen o'neill, correct. >> this is the biggest ruling of the case, biggest ruling last time and biggest last time. last time they wanted 13 accusers. the judge allowed one this time they want 19. so we will see what the judge will do. what you just said is true, there is two things that have change here. one the whole me too movement. there wasn't a harvey this case was tried. now there is. it is not a legal consideration but it is c

. >>> lets go over to montgomery county now bill cosby back in court facing same sex assault charges his lawyers hope this is the last time, lauren johnson in norristown this morning. >> reporter: bill cost bye's trial this time around culled look different then first time yesterday prosecutors spent the day trying to make changes right here in montgomery county in the same courtroom where he was last summer when jurors dead lock. here's the deal they want a decision about sexual assault charges filed against 80 year-old. nearly 60 women have accused cosby of drugging them and assaulting them but only one has a criminal case against him andrea constand a former temple university employee. now prosecutors want to go out , 19 of those women to share their stories in the next trial for april 2nd. though hope his testimony will prove a pattern of misconduct and there was in isolated event. and they even asked a judge to dismiss the case yesterday. that didn't happen. judge o'neill said these defense lawyers can present their case to the jury on april 2nd and let them decide. jury selectio

for all accounts, and the commonwealth, they want justice for someone they say was a victim of bill cosby sar rez in norristown, pennsylvania. join us for the case against cosby, 8:00 p.m. eastern only here on cnn. a lot of news we're following this morning. let's get to it. >> robert mueller is connecting the trump campaign, paul manafort directly to russian spies. >> my bet is that gates revealed russian connections. >> he could have seen and heard a lot. >> we have a lot of partisan smoke, but we haven't seen that direct connection. >> the president ought to be cautious, don't ever mess with director mueller. he'll crush you. >> that's why i made some changes because i wasn't happy -- >> i'm concerned about putting somebody in charge of the va who doesn't really have management experience. >> i wouldn't exclude the possibility that he would be a fine secretary. >> wanted us to take a stands towards privatization. i wasn't willing to do that. >> president trump saying good-bye to hope hicks. >> nobody can replace hope hicks for the president. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and al

. >>> bill cosby due in court today for a pretrial hearing, what his lawyers are trying to keep out of his second sexual assault trial. >> we will remember this year as the year member screwed up so badly women started to date fish. >> hollywoods best honored at 90th academy awards last night hosted by jimmy kimmel. that guy right there biggest moments from hollywood's, here it comes, hollywod's biggest night. >>> it is monday march 5th, we need a set like they had last night. >> isn't this amazing,. >> good day will never lot same. >> another thing they did last night to shorten acceptance speeches jimmy suggested this. >> i forgot to mention this year fur speech goes too long we will not play you off stage , if your speech runs over this year instead of muse being, you will sianni hear this. >> jordan peele to keep things moving on this monday morning we are going to keep that to ourselves as well, we will have to get out when it is time to get out. >> okay. >> so up first is sue serio with the weather, because. >> here we go. >> oscar clap. >> ladies and gentlemen, sue serio. >> wow

day two of pretrial hearings, this morning bill cosby's lawyers are presenting arguments against the prosecutions bid to have at least 19 women that they that they too are drug and assault victims of cosby and some allegations date back to the 60s. and they say they need to show a pattern of conduct. and he told the judge these are ancient allegations too old to be credible and unprofession unprofessionalab unprofessionalable. constand is the former temple employee who says that cosby drugged and sexually molested her in january of 2004. in his mansion. and judge prevented all but one other cosby accuser from testifying. that was declared a mistrial. and the request for more is to enrage the jury in the me too climate. the hollywood sexual harass many scandals and the judge will not rule today as the two days of pretrial hearings wrap up. rick, of course bill cosby contends he is not guilty of the charges here and jury selection is set for march 29th, and the retrial is set to open on april 2nd. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> all right vernon, thank you the three republi

. >>> so big day, bill cosby set to appear in court this morning and hopiis accusers from testifying, during his retrial. lets get right t johnson, lauren. >> reporter: hi there, good morning, karen. cosby ace moy ss sexual salt retrial and he is pi new defense team they can convince that judge not allow thoseide tt courtroom. prosecutors are hoping to, call about 19 of those women tohe their point that cosby engaged in an almost pattern of drugging and harming women. cosby ace only charge in one former temple employee andrea constand who accused cosby of making ina home in august of 2004. that initial trial, ended durinl only one other accuser was allowed to testi, defense team t same rule to apply this time around. is lawyers argued women claime virtually impossible to defend against so now wee what happens. jury selection in the retrial will begin this month. >>> 4:03. another trial continuing this mn accused of murdering and dis memberrering a tra g forty-four year-old charles sergeant, is charged with the murder of diamond william up. victim's severed body wasnu in york street. s

allow testimony by 19 other alleged cosby victims going back more than four decades to testify that bill cosby drugged and molested them in the same manner allegedly using on constand. no ruling on that is expected today. judge o'neill did rule on two motions to dismiss. he denied both of them. as cosby continues to say he's not guilty of the charges lodged here against him. at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news." the hearing resumes tomorrow. >> okay, vern, of course we'll have coverage tomorrow as well. thank you. >>> in the meantime the parents of bucks county murder suspect cosmo dinardo are now the target of a new wrongful death lawsuit. the families of three of the victims dean fin caro thomas mayo and? immee pratt trick filed that suit today. they say due to the documented mental issues his parents should have prevented his access of guns and the company owned construction equipment used in the killings. >> had he not had access to the gun, the backhoe, the pig roaster and the farm itself this crime could not have been committed. >> now

. >> fireworks outside the courtroom as bill cosby is confronted his retrial expected to be off the ground in less than four weeks. judge steven o'neil is hearing arguments, on whether 19 women will be allowed to testify. prosecutors intend to call the accusers to establish a four decade long pattern of alleged drug facilitated sexual assault. defense counselor hit back saying the claims by those 19 women, have not been proven or charged. and that there are ancient accusations pattern. attorney becky james told the court, quote, their cases so weak, they need these 19 witness toss shore up the accusation of miss constand, because she is not corroborated. andrea constand claims in 2004 , cosby offered her three blue pills and wine, before sexually assaulting her. the case against cosby rests alone on constand's account. but his team says her team completely destroyed by evidence after its claim she told a temple colleague of plans to extort cosby, and that she had the motive to lie cosby's team is hoping to keep the 19 women out of the courtroom, the judge said those accusers will make cert

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joe. >> jim, rahel, good afternoon, of course the elephant in the room is the looming retrial of bill cosby on sexual assault and drug charges dating back to offense in 2004. fourteen years ago. however, the focus of this hearing has been on cosby's defense team attempts to derail the proceedings and have the judge dismiss the case. essentially, this is lawyers battling lawyers. and into two hours into the hearing before, there was even a mention of the big picture that bill cosby will again be fighting, to disprove sexual assault charges of the there he is, arriving at the courthouse. now, the defense is challenging the credibility of andrea constand, they have a witness, by the name of margo jackson, who contends andrea constand confided in her that she would hatch a plan to extort money from cosby. now, the defense claims that rises to the level of prosecutorial misconduct because alleged detectives destroyed notes. now defense attorney kathleen blitz told the court, and i quote: we have a man who has been charged with serious charges affecting his life. there has to be a fair prosecutio

i want to go back to gloria allred who is representing 33 of bill cosby's accusers.s retrial is coming from montgomery, pennsylvania, where bill cosby is the hometown boy, and a achieved amazing success. is that going to help him? >> well, it is difficult to say. in the first trial which i attended, it appeared that the defense did not want jurors from montgomery county, and in fact, they moved to have jurors from the pittsburgh area instead. now, there is a new defense team, and now apparentlily, they are just fine with the jurors from montgomery county, where they did not want the jurors previously. i might add, as to the five prior bad act witnesses that the prosecution wanted to call, that the court has now permitted them to call, i do represent a mar joy of ti of those prior bad act witnesses, and i said at the end of the first trial that i thought that it was really important, and they hoped that the prosecution would renew the motion to allow other accusers, other prior bad act witnesses to testify in the second trial, because in the first trial, the court onl

. >>> today in montgomery county, bill cosby's legal team will try to sway the judge of who can and cannot testify against the man next month. >> the cosby team, they're behind the 8-ball because they lost one legal round yesterday, right? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, vai and tracy, bill cosby's legal team was trying to have the case dismissed. but after several hours of arguments yesterday the judge decided that the retrial will go on as scheduled. bill cosby arrived a little late and was quickly led into the courthouse by members of his team and security. inside the courtroom there weren't many pleasantries exchanged between members of defense and prosecution. prosecutors wasted no time with their arguments that the legal team led by tom massero should be thrown off the case because they remained in court and unethical. the judge allowed the team to remain on the case. meanwhile, they're claiming prosecutors with evidence in the case. and now cosby is accused of sexually assaults andrea constand in 2004. also, the defense claims they can prove with travel and phone records that cosby

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testimony from 19 other alleged cosby victims going back more than four decades to testify that bill cosby drugged and molested them in the same manner allegedly used against constand. the defense will arguing their side of the 19 so-called prior bad acts tomorrow. the cosby defense continues to say he's not guilty. jim, day two of the pretrial hearings will resume here in the morning. i'm vernon odom, channel6 "action news" live at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown. >> thank you vernon. >>> a bipartisan group of senators wants state law enforcement to be alerted when someone who isn't allowed to buy a gun tries to purchase one. republican senator pat toomey of pennsylvania, democratic senator chris coons of delaware introduced the denial notification affect the bill requires federal authorities to notify state law enforcement when a felon or fugitive attempt to buy a firearm but fails the national instant criminal background check system. >> it's not rocket science to think that maybe we ought to be a little concerned about this person. maybe state law enforcement officials o

. >>> coming u on "eyewitness news" bill cosby back in court , joe. >> reporter: yeah, ukee bill cosby here, his legal team doing a lot of legal maneuvering, coming up accusatis prosecutors want to bring to the stands i'll see new three minutes. >>> and doctors say it is becoming a big problem among teenagers, kidney stones, the best way to prevent them that is coming up next. >>> and so hollywood's big night winners, parties, t stolen statues and made history. >>ans n now but thing to weath tn than 24 tracking another big storm kate's forecast when we come thanks for coming in today. mes denial. not worried. plenty of time and money. then anger. why didn't i start saving years ago?? then fear. what am i gonna do now? bargaining. what if i start saving more next year. then, acceptance. we should get started. ♪ ♪ ask me how a citizens retirement checkup® can help you reach your potential. ♪ ♪ >>> bill cosby was back in court today his lawyers are fight to go keep more than a dozen accusers, off the witness stan, for his upcoming , retrial. >> joe holden was in the courtroom and joins us

and they say this is about two people bill cosby and andrea constand. she believes it's to stir up because of the me too movement. she says cosby drugged and er at his mansion in '04. the last trial ended in a hungge o'neil did not issue rulings today. >> bill cosby maintains he is not guilty of the charges lodged against him here. jury selection is set now for march 29th. vernon odom channel 6 "action news." in norristown. >>> time now for a check of the "action news" traffic report tuesday night. >> all right matt pellman is in the traffic center things are getting busy and nothing compared to tomorrow night. i'm starting to feel jittery tomorrow and it's the typical nonsense along 95. northbound lanes coming out of the city past this point at the betsy ross bridge to cotman avenue. but if you get off of 95 in northeast philadelphia watch out you can't access the local portion of woodhaven westbound. you can stay on woodhaven route 63 from the boulevard and local woodhaven remains closed there. and in advance of this coming storm we are cleaning up fro

bill cosby back in the courtroom. who prosecutors hope will take a stand. >> plus, paying it forward. how a community came together to help a community out of work. mom, dad, can we talk? sure. what's up, son? i can't be your it guy anymore. what? you guys have xfinity. you can do this. what's a good wifi password, mom? you still have to visit us. i will. no. make that the password: "you_stillóhave_toóvisit_us." that's a good one. seems a bit long, but okay... set a memorable wifi password with xfinity my account. one more way comcast is working to fit into your life, not the other way around. >>> tomorrow starts an important day for bill cosby. his lawyers and prosecutors will debate over how many of the xheed yandle's accusers are allowed to testify. prosecutors want to call as many as 19 other women to show cosby had a five decade pattern of allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting women. the first trial ended in a hung jury. if the judge allows other women to testify, cosby's attorneys say they'll ask for the tr

the driver, a grandfather is in critical condition right now. >>> pretrial hearings in bill cosby's sexualmery county today. his defense team is trying to limit the number of accusers around to testify against him. nbc10 is outside the courthouse awaiting cosby's arrival. you can see coverage and updates with the free nbc10 app. >>> hey, everyone, your "first alert" traffic reporter jessica boyington reporting here moving through deptford, with northbound delays, there we go, crawling just a little bit if you're headed towards the northbound side, 295 or maybe philadelphia. the schuylkill expressway cameras, south invitestreet, fo most part, no accidents. >> i'm businessrittney shipp. here are your quick facts. accumulating heavy snow. messy commutes tomorrow especially as you head home from work. the areas going to see the heaviest snow is the i-95 corridor stretching up to suburbs north and west, lehigh valley. and we do expect to see lesser amounts near south jersey. closer look at hour by hour, temperatures increasing. posting into the mid to high 40s. closer to 8:00 or 9:00, that is w

a path that led her to the very center of bill cosby's world.ry selection is set to begin on monday. the jury will come from right here in montgomery county, pennsylvania. and we learned yesterday that the jury will actually be sequestered. they will stay in hotels for what the judge has said can easily be a month long trial. back to you. >> jean casarez, thank you. be sure to watch the cnn special report the case against bill cosby, it starts tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. >>> the next hour of "cnn newsroom" begins right now. thank you for staying with me. i'm ana ca grar brera in new yo. new developments in the russia investigation. did members of the trump team meet with russian spies during the campaign, did they know the russians were spies, and can this finally be answered? was there collusion? cnn has learned why robert mueller wanted

after the hearing cosby had nothing to say. ho there bill. only pointing beyond our camera.d defense council tom mesereau who defended michael jackson had this to add this case will be tried in the courtroom not the media. >> reporter: it is unclear what the judge will rule on the request to have those 19 women take jury selection schedgin in the march 29th. outside the courthouse in norristown, joe holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> kate joins us right now to e on the forecast. >> yes. >> yes, i know. >> well, here it comes. we have got snow beg is going to be, not a storm where it just hits and snows heavily. it be a gradual pace when the snow might, falls lightly, maryland rately and intensifies tomorrow during the day. long duratio this, but heaviest during day tomorrow between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. wt that doesn't mean we will not see some overnight either. lets look outside. we had anice day across the area for most of the day lots of sunshine, temperatures slightly on the mild side, you can see clouds have now moved in, and that is, kind of the look at things

bill cosby back in montgomery county court for this pretrial hearing. comedian is trying to get the case dismissed and avoid dozens of accusers from testifying at his retrial on april 2nd. our bruce gordon whose been following the story since the beginning was at the hearing today in norristown. >> reporter: this pretrial hearing could make bill cosby the target of a parade of accusers looking to bolster the single criminal claim for which the legendary comedian stands trial. prosecutors want judge steven o'neal to allow up to 19 other female accuse accusers to testit cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them. the prosecution believes the women testifying about cosby's quote prior bad acts will show a consistent pattern of behavior the juror cos consider at this trial. the prosecution claims the women all tell virtually the same story of being be friended by cosby, being drugged and feeling foggy or fuzzy. having passed out or blackout, only to later realize they had been sexually violated by the entertainer. cosby is charged in this case with drugging

. >>> bill cosby gets bad news, his attorneys wanting to toss out sexual assault charges against him. >> you were in that courthouse all day. walk us through what happened. >> reporter: for start the district attorney asked cosby's attorneys be removed from the case. the judge didn't agree with that one and also didn't agree with defense motion the case should be tossed out completely. >> bill cosby's return to norristown had little fanfare, not the large gathering we saw last summer. the 80-year-old was again escorted by his publicists. his out-of-state legal team took jabs from prosecutors who accused them of lying to the court and being unethical. the d.a. asked they be removed. the judge said he would warn the group but not remove them. he's fighting other accusers from taking the stand. he is facing andrea constand in his house in january 2004. prosecutors say they have 19 other women who tell stories of being drugged and assaulted and want all of them to tell their stories. only one accuser was allowed to testify in his trial. they are working to prevent that woman from going be

. >>> also prosecutors in the bill cosby case will testify they want to call as many as 19 other men to show the comedian had a five decade pattern of harming women. cosby's attorney say they will and for the trial to be delayed. the 80-year-old is accused of sexually assaulting andrea constand about 16 years ago. and today's hearing comes less than two weeks after the death of cosby's daughter. she died from kidney disease. she had spoken on her father's behalf on his trial last year. >>> police are investigating a shooting by one of their officers in abington township. this all started when a woman with stab wounds came to the mckinley fire company for help. police later confronted a man they say had a gun and refused to put it down. officers shot that man. we're working to find out the condition and the woman's condition and how they are connected. in glossner county two women are under arrest after a fight at theme restaurant got out of hand. this brawl involved more than a dozen people. one customer suffered a minor stab wupd. a restaurant employee who was hurt trying to break u

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bill cosby is led to the same courtroom he sad for his sexual assault case haas summer. this time a new out of town legal team is taking over. the d.a. said cosby's lawyers should not be allowed to continue on the team because they've shown themselves unethical and told flat out lies. the judge said for now they can continue but did place the group on notice. cosby's lawyer said there should be no case at all saying it was brought outside the statute of limitations and they should be brought because the investigators failed to investigate a woman, andrea constand who said she planned to lie about a crime of an unknown celebrity. that witness was not allowed to testify in the first trial. it's unclear if the judge will allow her to take the stand in the second trial. cosby is accused of drugging and assaulting andrea constand in his hilton head home in january of 2004. prosecutors also want to bring forward 19 different accusers, prior bad acts it's called legally. they want to show bill cosby has had a pattern over decades of drugging and sexually assaulting women. we end

bill cosby back in montgomery county courtroom today trying to get sexual assault trial dismissed.e's also trying to stop dozens of accusers from testifying at his april 2nd retrial. our bruce gordon was there today and has details from norristown. >> this pretrial hearing could make bill cosby the target of a parade of accusers looking to bolster the single criminal claim for which the legendary comedian stands trial. prosecutors want judge steven o'neill to allow up to 19 others female accusers to testify that cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them. the prosecution believes the women testifying about cosby's quote prior bad acts will show a consistent pattern of behavior the juror cos consider at this trial. the prosecution claims the women all tell virtually the same story. of being dee friended by cosby, being drugged and feeling foggy or fuzzy, having passed out or blacked out, only to later realize they had been sexually violated by the entertainer. cosby is charged in this case with drugging and groping former temple university athletic department employee andrea constand

a judge says the sexual assault case against comedian bill cosby will go forward. >> his lawyers tried to get the charges thrown out. live with what happened inside that courtroom today. >> the comedian arrived in federal court today just ten days after his daughter died due to health problems. a somber cosby walked past reporters and photographers led by a familiar arm into a new place. this time he has a new legal case. they show the alleged incident could not have happened when prosecutors say it did. at the first trial, accuser andrew constanton said the 80-year-old molested her. his lawyers say records show he wasn't in psennsylvania at that time. he was arrested in 2015 and they say the statute of limitations has run out. the judge in the case denied both of those motions. our reporter was inside the courtroom all day long with a live report at 5:00. erin coleman, nbc10 news. >>> this now 20 minutes of nonstop news continuing with a bipartisan bill on background checks. coming up with new rules related to buying a gun. lauren was there when the senators introduced the legislation

. >>> bill cosby back in court again in norristown tomorrow for days two of had pretrial hearing as he's facing sex assault charges. today prosecutors asked the judge steven o'neill to allow up to 19 other a accusers to testify that cosby drug and sexuals assaulted. prosecutors say they need the testimony to help bolster andrea con stan's credibility. defense is opposing letting those other women testify. >>> families of young bucks county men murdered last summer are looking for justice. attorneys announcing their long expected civil lawsuits again the confessed killer cosmo dinardo his cousin sean katz, dinardoss parents and businesses. dinardo charge charged in that y july 2017 brutal slaying of jimi patrick, dean finocchiaro, thomas meo and mark sturgis. >> i never thought i would feel this ever, lose my son. >> it's been devastating to our family. tom was everything. >> investigators believe di far dode sold marijuana that was how i was able to lure his victims to their violent deaths. he can treatmently close call for a firefighter in bucks county. he had a scary fire in a house fi

coming up in the next half hour of eye within news it, could be pivotal day in bill cosby sexual assaultsed comedian will be back in court today. >> delaware county was hit hard by friday's nor'easter. >> that's right. power outages, downed trees remain in delaware county. i'm trang do, live in havertown, when residents can expect some relief. meisha?trang, we have a little bit of everything ot we? onhis monday morning, storm debris, blockg work, coy go on an on, all of the updates coming up. first a quick break, stay right where you are. cbs-3 "eyewitness news" will be right back. >>> from the cbs broadcast center in philadelphia. this is cbs-3 "eyewitness news ". >> good morning, i'm jim donovan. >> i'm rahel solomon, it is 6:30, here's what you need to know to stay in the morning minute. today is march 5th, 2018. >> breaking news out of brooklyn new york where part of a building collapse on firefighter. >> firefighter hurt on the job in bucks county. >> we just learned some new details, we've learned that that firefighter fell through the second floor bathroom down to the first floor.

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electricity after a worker scraped his foot on the floor. >>> a small victory for prosecutors in bill cosby's sexual assault retrial. the judge will allow five previous accusers to testify against him. they'll be chosen from a list of 19 women submitted as possible witnesses. a cosby spokesman is downplaying the ruling saying it just shows the prosecution is desperate. the trial begins march 29th. >>> the most serious charges have been dropped in a deadly case of hazing at penn state. timothy piazza died after a pledge event during which he was allegedly given 18 drinks in 90 minutes. more than 20 former fraternity members are charged in the case but prosecutors have now dropped all assault charges. five former brothers could still be tried for involuntary manslaughter. >>> and four indictments have been handed out for a deadly hazing case at louisiana university. maxwell gruver died in september there. his blood alcohol more than six times the legal limit to drive. >> iheart media, the company that runs more than 850 radio stations across the country has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. the

. >>> bill cosby is back in court in montgomery there's been fireworks in the courtroom. >>> oscar week's nor'easter especially hard hit in delaware county. among the areas tallying up the damage him many waiting for power to return there some ext problem as well. this is video of snow coming down in minnesota. meteorologist karen rogers will be along in just a couple of minutes to explain the role that the snow will play in our next nor'easter we're facing in a couple of days. john rawlins joins us live from havertown where people are preparing for one storm and cleaning up from the first one john. >> reporter: yeah, it's a slow painful cleanup that's for sure, particularly if you're without power. the folks here say restore the power a as they c it's been a long, long process. >> it's the before round two, another nor'easter moving our way. the area around city hall at lunchtime. i won't be pretty by midweek, we think. let's get more on the next nor'easter meteorologist karen rogers in for david murphy. that scarf will come in handy on>> repor we're dealing with winds related to the las

bill cosby back in court this morning, still pretrial. >> yes so lauren, we know that they tried to get the whole case thrown out or part of the allegations, you know, but when it comes to who will be able to testify that is question we are waiting to hear the answer to. >> reporter: absolutely, alex. >> we hear that is a written statement. cameras are not allowed here in the montgomery county. we have to set the scene for but is what going on inside. yesterday there was bickering hostility, strong accusations by lawyers and then decision. his new team tried to get the case dismissed but they scored no sympathy points for the judge. scott o'neill offered him condolences less than two weeks ago but said this trial will go on, and then issue as you mentioned of the 19 women. prosecutors want them to testify about their interactions with cosby no matter how long ago they have happened but defense lawyers say, time, missing evidence, other factors all play a part in why the women should not share their stories some of those stories defense team, called, questionable so we will wait on that

. >>> bill cosby is back in pennsylvania in there today for the final pretrial hearings. a video him arriving early this morning. the jury selection begins in less than a week. his attorney wants to postpone, claiming the judge could be seen as bias. a reporter has the latest. >> reporter: bill cosby is that to's centrale again in just a few days. -- is set to stand trial again in just a few days. >> they have similar stories. >> reporter: is one of several differences in the courtroom that the attorney doesn't think bodes well. last trial, the judge only allowed one additional victim to corroborate the allegations. >> they can come in and tell her story, similar to the victim in question, saying listen, i was with this man. he used some form of a drug. whether it be quaaludes or something else. he had a consensual sex with me. the story is consistent. the jury pool excited and says hey, they are saying it. it must be true.>> reporter: also new will because these defense team. it is out with the local attorney and in with high profile celebrity attorneys the defendant mic

sides in the bill cosby case are expected to clash over potential witnesses in the pretrial hearing inown. prosecutors wants to call up 19 other women they want to demonstrate 50 year pattern of cosby's drugging and taking advantage of woman. a judge allowed one other accuser's testimony. >> what do you know? this time they got it right. jimmy kimmel hosted the oscars, he offered punch lines in between all the awards celebrities shared powerful message of equality projecting a positive path forward for hollywood. danya bachus is in hollywood with all the latest. >> reporter: if you're looking for drama this year's oscars, it wasn't there but the show was full of surprises it continued the tone that was set with other award shows. it shaped up to be a great night for the shape of water. the romantic monster fable winning oscar gold for best picture. presenters, faye dunaway and warren beatty getting a do over after the last year's flub. this year's award a celebration of 90 years of movie making. >> he with can't let bad behavior slide any more. >> reporter: in a chance for hollywood to

. >>> bill cosby returns to kourt prevent dozens of women who from testifying at his retrial. prosecutors want to have as 19 women testify. last year the jury in cosby's first trial was in that trial, the judge allowed just one other accuser tony mention of dozens of others who have accused cosby. scheduled t begin march 29th. >>> and this morning in northeast, some 1 million customers remain without power following storm and more severe weather is on the way. the nor'easter is blamed for nine deaths.ggng to and restore power. some may not get power until s wednesday is headed that way tomorrow night. >>> coming up on themornin news" wt a teacher said on her podcast to get her removed from her classroom. >>> and a snowboard to get someone unburied from an africa lanch. this is the "cbs morning news." a fibromyalgia is thought to be caused by overactive nerves. ners. i'm glad my doctor prescribed lyrica. for moderate to even severe pfibromyalgia pain. animproves function. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions, suicidal thoughts tell your doctor right away if you have thes

responds, other times he waves. >> we will list men real quickly here >> she said shame you on bill cosby. >> those are not questions. >> he has done this walk several times, from the last trial and other hearings that we had. some days there is a reaction, other days there are not. >> things have change since he had his first trial. we have had entire me too, times up movements and world has change since then. >> think about what personally has been dealing with, he just who his daughter, ensa in her mid 40's and that happened 10 days ago. >> yes, i'm sure he is in a different state himself. >> this is a big day, this is not the trial, that comes up at 8:00, this is a pretrial hearing but the trial could be , and i mean it could be decided here by whatever the judge, judge stephen o'neill decide is here. there is in total 50 women have accused him of things over the years but 19 of them that want to testify in montgomery county so this judge will to have decide how many he lets testify. >> make a huge difference because it is just one in addition to andrea conn stan so you have more, it

. >>> bill cosby will be in court other him inomen who ishru abusinsby's retooled defenseeam is led by former michael jackson lawyer. happening today pat toomey a delaware senator kiss -- chris kunes will hold nics denial notification act state law enforcement will be alerted when people try to buy a gun and background checks are denied. >>> now let's go to the other breaking story this morning a firefighter was injured while battling a house fire in bucks county. crews arrived this morning to find heavy flames at the soks is on henry avenue in feasterville. good morning bob. >>tart with the good wit here,he the conscious going to st. mary's hospital. he has to be evaluated at this point, he doesn't think it's too riou he rover from point. thestarted according to fire marshals around 2:00 a.m. the firefighter fell through the floor into the basement of the home. they were pulled out, there was a may day call, they were rushed to the hospital. according to the fire marshal the firefighter awake and conscious while leaving the scene. no word on a cause no word on where the fire may have

but he is facing a number of charges. >>> tomorrow lawyers for bill cosby will be back in court to ask judge to throw out the case altogether. cosby's lawyers are expected to make several motions including lack of evidence and misconduct by prosecutors. right now, cosby's retrial is set for next month in norristown. the comedian is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand at his montgomery home in 2004. he may remember his first trial last summer ended in a hung jury. >>> also tomorrow, a philadelphia community will come together to remember a hero killed in the line of duty. a vigil will be held for sergeant robert wilson ii: he was killed in a shootout inside a game stop in 2010. they will gather outside the police district where he served to honor him on the anniversary of his murder. this is video from the vigil two years ago. >>> coming up, roll out the red carpet. it's oscars night. why movie critics say this year, though, it's difficult to predict the big winner. plus this. >> mom you called? oh hi sweetie, i just want to show you something. xfinity mobile: fi

order your kit at ancestrydna.com >>> the bill cosby retrial is set to start next week with jury selectiontarting on monday. but the judge pushed back opening statements until april 9. cosby faces three counts of indecent assault charges. >> and jean casarez has new interviews with the defense attorney and the city of one of his accusers. >> you believe they had a romantic relationship? >> i don't think there is any doubt about that fact. the testimony in this trial was that miss constand had been to his home on a couple different occasions, that there had been romantic interludes. >> reporter: constand testified that the relationship was not romantic. he was a temple friend she said, somebody i trusted, a mentor. as for the romantic interludes, constand insisted that they were passes from cosby that she rebuffed. which made sense to diana parsons who says her sister has no interest in romantic interludes with men. >> andrea was 16 years old when she told us that she was gay. >> reporter: cosby's attorneys used phone records to try to prove a romantic relationship. pointing to more than 50