. >> constand testified the relationship was not romantic.le friend she said, somebody i trusted, a mentor. as for the romantic interludes, mcmonangal says happens, constand insists they were passes from cosby that she rebuffed, which made sense to her sister who said her sister has no interest in romantic enter luds with men. >> andrea was about 16 years old when she told us she was gay. >> cosby's attorneys used phone records to try to prove a romantic relationship, pointing to more than 50 calls constand made to cosby after the alleged assault and before march 31st when constand left temple. >> reporter: andrea constand testified in the trial that as a manager for the women's basketball team at temple university and bill cosby being so involved with the team and supporting them, she had to take those phone calls because there were many calls after the fact, after the alleged assault. but she said it was part of her job duty, the defense saying that is what proves there was a romantic relationship. john? >> jean, you've covered this situati

do you believe constand or cosby?on't think he'll be testifying but some of his statements will come into this trial. it is believed. so he will through those will be speaking and he said it was consensual. >> what do you anticipate because this is round two being different this time? >> well, we don't know a lot. the sides have said what they want to come in, but the judge hasn't made rulings but the coach wants the confidentiality agreement to come in. because once criminal charges were not brought in 2005, she sued civilly and there was a settlement. it's confidential. there was a money amount. no one has ever qualified what that is but the defense wants the jury to hear it. because they want to portray her as greedy. that all she wanted was money. prosecution says okay, we don't want it in, but if it's coming in we want the negotiations in because cosby tried to negotiate with her that she would never participate if any criminal charges were ever brought against him. that was not part of the finality of that agree

but has claimed constand told her she could make up allegations to get money from a rich celebrity. and both sides have their reasons for bringing the civil lawsuit filed by constand against cosby into this retrial. it was not mentioned during the original proceedings. prosecutors say during negotiations toward the ultimate settlement of that suit, cosby admitted behavior that helps their case. the defense says constand attempt to get money from cosby through the lawsuit bolsters marge wrote jackson's claims. spectators hoping for a public war of words between lawyers may be disappointed. no comment from montgomery county district attorney kevin steele after the hearing wrapped up. and only this from lead defense tom messerau. >> this case is going to be tried in the courtroom, not the media. >> reporter: jury selection for this retrial set to begin march29th with a pool of jurors shreked from here in montgomery county. and comments from the bench on tuesday judge o'neal made clear he's aware of the cultural shift the me too movement regarding sexual misconduct that's taken over thi

constand left temple. >> i found to be the game changer.here were calls after the so-called sexual encounter, call after call after call after call. >> reporter: constand testified she was just returning calls from cosby, a temple trustee. >> and a cnn special report, the case against cosby, airs tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> so watch this, this pilot in florida kissed the tarmac after surviving this really dangerous landing at an airport in florida. >> the pilot was coming in for a landing when the landing gear malfunctioned and he was forced to make an emergency landing nose first there. luckily here he is again kissing the ground. miss the pilot and his passenger not injured. glad everybody is all right. >>> that is it for us. we'll see you back here at 10:00. >> don't go anywhere though, smerconish is starting with you now. >>> i'm michael smerconish in philadelphia. we welcome our viewers. despite all the alleged white house chaos and scandals, the president's poll numbers are on the rise. on a related note, the biggest tv show in

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 certain claims and the jury had determine whether they're credible. >> back live here, it does not appear that judge o'neil will be making a decision on those prior witnesses, at least today it, appears he'll take all of this under advisement, starting at 5:00 on " eyewitness news" we will catch up on the latest coming out of here in norristown. live outside the montgomery county courthouse, joe holden, cbs-3 "eyewitness news." >> see you then, thank you. >> overseas now, south korea says north korean leader kim jong un is willing to talk to the usa about giving up nuclear weapons, break through came during meeting in north korea between the two nations, south korea says kim kim jong un is also agreeing to meet with so

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 prosecution. it requires one without bias or imprope motive. the allegation of an improper motive of course speaking to the claim that andrea constand was out to make money. well, montgomery county district attorney, kevin steel , countered all of that, he said, and i quote: the posture of this case even in the most aggregious circumstances is not to dismiss the case, but to have a trial. meanwhile, they had argument on that, there is argument going on right now about a motion to dismiss based over the statute of limitations. a lot of legal least unfolding i'll break it down for you starti

the 80-year-old cosby is accused of sexually assaulting constand almost 15 years ago. cosby has pleaded not guilty and as you know his first trial ended with a hung jury. back here live outside the courthouse, the judge set aside two days to hear these motions and then he will make his ruling. no timetable on when that would happen. meanwhile, why are selection is scheduled to begin for the upcoming trial, that retrial on march the 29th. one other note, defense attorneys say if they do allow the new alleged victims to speak during the upcoming trial, they will ask for a delay in the case to give them more time to investigate the new claims. we're live in norristown, dray clark, nbc 10 news. >>> a woman and teenage girl are in the hospital this morning after a shooting and robbery before dawn. someone fired shots just after 3:00 this morning inside a home on north 5th street in north philadelphia. that shooting left a 16-year-old in critical condition. a 26-year-old woman was also shot. she is stable. police say the shooter was invited into the home with two other men a

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 was nowhere near constand when that alleged assault occurred. prosecutors are hoping the judge will nowal allowen an additional 19 women to testify in the upcoming trial against cosby. and we will hear more arguments on that motion in court this morning. now, we also know that the defense is trying to keep details of that civil suit involving andrea constand from being mentioned in the upcoming retrial. jury selection in the retrial begins march 29th, with the case set to begin in april. and court will resume later on this morning. at 9:00. we're live in norristown, dray clark, nbc10 news. >>> "first alert" meteorologist krystal klei here. we've been running through the neighborhood impact diving down into different neighborhoods. right now, we're going to visit lehigh valley and parts of the pennsylvania suburbs. in the hour-by-hour model, showing 5:00 tonight, we might start seeing very light spotty rai

constand testified the assault occurred in january of 04 but cosby's lawyer suggest the encounter may have taken place earlier saying they'll produce her phone records saying she made no calls to open the drive way gates at the cosby home during the month in question. and if the encounter was indeed earlier the lawyers will say it would be outside the statute of limitations, too late to prosecute. the judge denied the motion to dismiss and said a jury should decide on her credibility. the prosecution's tried once again to get judge steven o'neill to allow 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 senator

a former co-worker of constand's she was barter from testifying in the original trial.imed constand told her she could make up allegations to get money from a rich celebrity. and both sides have their reasons for bringing the civil lawsuit filed by constand against cosby into this retrial. it was not mentioned during the original proceedings. prosecutors say during negotiations toward the ultimate settlement of that suit, cosby admitted behavior that helps their case. the defense says constand attempt to get money from cosby through the lawsuit bolsters marguerite jackson's claims. spectators hoping for a public war of words between lawyers may be disappointed. no comment from montgomery county district attorney kevin steele after the hearing wrapped up. and only this from lead defense attorney tom meromes serrie. >> this case will be tried in the courtroom not the media. >> reporter: jury selection for this retrial set to begin march29th with a pool of jurors selected from here in montgomery county. and comments from the bench on tuesday judge o'neal made clear he's aw

former co-worker of constand's she was not allowed to testify in the original trial but has claimed constand told her she could make up allegations to get money from a rich celebrity. and both sides have their reasons for bringing the civil lawsuit filed by constand against cosby into this retrial. prosecutors say during negotiations toward the ultimate settlement of the suit, cosby admitted behavior that helps their cause. the defense says constand' as tempt to get money from cosby through the lawsuit bolsters marguerite jackson's claims. >> ready for trial mr. cosby? [ laughter ] >> rulings on all three of these issues may determine whether cosby is still laughing when trial begins in april. this election of montgomery county based jury for this trial is set to begin here march29t march29th. comments from the bench on tuesday, judge steven o'neal made clear he's aware of the cultural shift the me too movement regarding sexual misconduct that swept over this country since the first cosby trial. how might it affect the second? that's anybody's guess. in norristown, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 ne

when constand left temple. >> i found it to be the game changer.e calls after the so-called sexual encounter. there was call after call after call. >> reporter: constand testified she was just returning calls from cosby, a temple trustee. >> jean casarez joins me now to talk about her reports. really looking forward to it. first, i want to ask you about the fact that we're going to hear from andrea's sister for the first time. how pivotal is the testimony to this case? >> well, andrea constand, diana's sister who obviously is the accuser, testimony is pivotal. this arises out of an incident in 2004. she says bill cosby was her mentor. he invite heard to his home where she had been before. she said that time she was drugged and sexually assaulted. he says that anything between them was consensual. and so there's no forensic evidence with all this time. and it's all about credibility. so her testimony is very important. as well as the other bits and pieces of evidence. this is a circumstantial case. you put it all together. but the jury will have to

prosecutors argued that andrea constand and 19 others should testify against the comedian. the defense will also try to keep the civil suit involving constand from being mentioned in the upcoming retrial. retrial is scheduled for march 29th. we'll following that from montgomery county later this hour. >>> 5:05 right now, two u.s. senators from our area are making a bipartisan pitch for new gun safety legislation following the florida high school massacre. republican pat toomey of pennsylvania and democrat chris coons are sponsoring that bill. it would require authorities to be alerted when someone who isn't allowed to buy a gun tries to purchase one. >> we're looking to demonstrate that you actually can make progress, can find common ground. >> our simple common sense bipartisan bill would make sure that state and local law enforcement gets notification. >> and both u.s. senators from the state of florida, a republican and a democrat are also sponsoring the bill. >>> in decision 2018, the three republicans running for pennsylvania governor will debate in philadelphia this m

constand as testified that assault occurred in january of 04 but cosby's lawyers say they'll produce phone records showing she made no calls to open the drive way gates at the cosby home during that month in question. the prosecution is trying once again get judge steven o'neill to 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 s

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 wednesday we are tracking our next big storm system. part of the system going to bring conditions to the plains and dakotas. it'll work its way to the north and t

prosecutors argued yesterday that andrea constand and 19 others should testify against the comedian. the defense will also try to keep the civil suit and keep constand from being mentioned in upcoming retrial. >>> now to race for 2019, three republicans running for governor will debate in philadelphia this morning. it will be the fifth time they will meet, laura elsworth scott wagner. mango is a retired businessman from that pittsburgh. and a lot fireworks last week when they met. incumbent tom wolf is running for re-election but right now no challengers. the pennsylvania primary is may 16th. >>> former presidential nominee hillary clinton will speak at rutgers later this morning. she plans to talk about american democracy and her life in public life. tickets will be available on monday. >>> two u.s. senators in our area are making a bipartisan pitch for new gun safety legislation following the florida high school massacre. >> republican pat toomey of pennsylvania and chris coons of delaware are sponsoring the bill. it would require authorities to alert stay law enforcement when some

he faces numerous charges stemming from a 2004 encounter with 2004 university employee constand. deanna is inside for the motions. the judge delivered a disappointing decision to cosby's team. >> reporter: they wanted all the charges thrown out. they argued a number of issues, saying the case is too old and they even said that prosecutors were guilty of misconduct in this case. those were not arguments where the judge agreed with them. 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 no

this case with drugging and groping former temple university athletic department employee andrea constandnside his cheltenham mansion in january 2004. the much older cosby was a friend of mentor to couldn't stand part of pattern say prosecutors of cosby taking advantage of such relationships. a brand new defense team led by former michael jackson attorney tom messerau insists the other accusers stories are either too old, one dating back 39 years, too vague or too different from the constand allegation to be useful or fair at this trial. the prosecution's first crack at cosby ended in a mistrial last summer. in that case, they had asked judge o'neill to allow as many as 13 additional accusers to testify against cosby. the judge allowed just one. >> we're due back in court tuesday morning for more arguments on this issue of those additional accusers. no idea yet how quickly the judge will rule on that issue. jury selection for this second cosby trial set for march29th. this unlike the first trial will be a local jury for montgomery county in norristown i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. >> buck

those 19 accusers , and the prosecution wants them to testify in the last trial he only allowed constand and one more. d.a.'s office say more woman can prove their point that comedian was a predator who made inappropriate advances toward women. cosby's lawyers say they would seek a postpone. if a judge allows more women because they would have to investigate the claims these women are making. many says, the growth and explosion of the me too movement that started could prove to be problematic for cosby, saying it is ushering a new understanding of sexual harassment and gender rolls and maybe that this could prove to be problematic for his defense team, timing, because last summer when this was all playing out in the trial they could not really come out yet. harvey weinstein had not come out yet that issue so that could be interesting for this when this all plays out but if everything is scheduled to happen on time, jury selection march 29th the trial april 2nd >> get used took right there in front of the courthouse, lauren, just set up, a tent. >> get her a little trailer. >> yes. >> you

other accusers stories or too old one dating back 39 years, too vague or too different from the constandegation to be useful or fair at this trial. the prosecution's first crack at cosby ended in a mistrial last summer. in that case, they had asked judge o'neal to allow as many as 13 additional accusers to testify against cosby. the judge allowed just one. we're due back in court tuesday morning for more arguments on this issue of those additional accusers. no idea yet how quickly the judge will rule on that issue. jury selection for this second cosby trial set for march29th this unlike the first trial will be a local jury from montgomery county. >>> in norristown, i'm bruce gordon fox 29 news. ♪ >>> a month later and we are still celebrating eagles big super bowl win and why not? we're not the om ones still on cloud nine. the birds inviting hundreds of season tick shoulders to the novacare complex for the premier of the super bowl highlights. our chris o'connell was at that screening tonight. he joins us live outside the complex in south philly. chris? >> reporter: iain, we all know the

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. suspect is representing himself in court. >>> lets talk about that a lot have people still picking up ome pieces this morning.s delaware county. it is a mess out there, hi there,ng, thomas. we are live on ellis road in thk after friday's storm, but peco tells thaws they have crew is ay as florida, miss sip toy begin working to restore power to rous still without it. we have seen the about, delaware county it is a priority as the hardest hit area f no power, and no schools,

andrea constand testify that she was sexually assaulted in cosby's home in 2004 after she was drug. one more woman was allowed to testify. the prosecutors didn't get that their way in asking for a dozen more to take the stan. today's hearing will determine what happens in this retrial scheduled for april 2nd. ten days ago the comedian who his 44 year-old daughter ensa to kidney failure and lawyers have not indicated whether or not that will delay the trial or today's hearing in anyway, thomas and karen. >>> we have another important trial, we have been covering right now there is a man accused of murdering and dis memberrering a transgendered woman. it happened five years ago in center city. forty-four year-old charles sergeant is charge with the murder of diamond williams. police say he pick that victim up, and she was found near lot at sedgley avenue and york streets. suspect is representing himself, in court. >>> new castle county police need your help finding a 57 year-old man, right there, joseph squire missing from coupe are farms yesterday morning. police were called to squir

but the reality is this criminal trial is happening because of one person, andrea constand, who wentrward to police, and made herself public in 2005. diana parsons is andrea's older sister. knows her better than anyone else. and she spoke exclusively with cnn about her sister, who she describes as private and centered. >> she is very spiritual and she's calm. she's humble. she's honest. >> reporter: and she's also a life long athlete. >> she played soccer and she played basketball. >> reporter: she chose to focus on basketball as she grew taller. >> andrea is 6 feet. >> reporter: 6 feet. >> yes. her basketball skills are unbelievable. i think she was in grade 12 and different universities started coming forward, offering andrea scholarships. >> reporter: andrea constand played four years of division one ball at the university of arizona. it was followed by two years of pro ball in europe. her goal, to play for the wnba. but it didn't happen. how traumatic was that for her? >> i think it was something she really did want, but that path did not work out for her and she moved along to t

says he is not guilty of sexual assault begins those with men or only woman to file charges andre constande says encounter between those two was consensual. his new and revamped defense says her dates on when she assaulted was off and falls out side the statue of limitations and her client should not be facing theme charges anyway. judge said he will leave that the to the jury refuse ago this motion. jury selection is slated to begin march 29th. even before the hearing that judge, knocked cosby's team for attacking the prosecution saying they left out evidence, they have lied. there is a lot of behind the scenes happening here but again that hearing will resume today and everything goes, as planned, jury selection will begin on march 29th, karen and thomas. >> we are following this closely, keep us updated, thank you. >>> 5:37. lets go to delaware. it has been a month now and health officials are still testing the drinking water in blade toss see if it is safe there. blades is in sussex county about 30 miles from rehoboth, the toxic chemicals were found in all three of the town's municipal

constand testified during the last trial that she did call business cosby and she returned calls fromged drugging and sexual assault. she worked at temple. he was very involved with the women's basketball team and it was part of her job duty and she did what sled to do. court has finished for the day. now it is on to jury selection monday morning at 9:00. >> i'm curious for the retrial, what has bill cosby been up to this whole time? >> reporter: he's been laying low. during the summer he did a bit of a comedy routine in the philadelphia area. even to the point of seeing a report he around there saying don't put me as part of me too movement. also on a very sad note, his daughter passed away. so he had to go through that. that was just weeks ago. burying her. she was ill but it was still obviously very, very difficult. but he's 80 years old. and he is facing life in prison, virtual will he for the rest of his days. so this is a very serious situation. he has tom meszaros out of california. of course, tom meszaros getting so many clients, out and out acquittals including michael jackso

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 republicans hoping for the chance to challenge tom wolf for the pennsylvania governorship went head to head in center city. laura elsworth and state senator scott wagner met for a fifth delate. the candidates talked about the health care in the keystone state and education funding and infrastructu infrastructure. voters decide on may 18, which man will face governor wolf in november. >>> and north korea may talk to the united states abo

first trial judge only allowed one other woman to take the stand, andrea constand was focus of that trial and she ledge cosby sexually assaulted her in 2004 at his home. jurors never her from the 60 or so woman who came forward alleged looking inappropriate behavior by the comedian. the only case they did get was from a deposition when cosby admitted to drug would go man he had hoped to have sex w cosby's lawyer say those allegation date back to the 1960's and they are virtually impossible to defend against they would ask for a delay if any of those women are allowed to testify in the trial. we will see what happens today and tomorrow this hearing is expect to take two days, mike and alex. >> two days. >> all right. >> thanks, lauren. >>> a restaurant you have been to many times turn into a crime scene. what led to this heavy police presence at a chuck e kid. >>> -- cheese. >>> sixers let another huge lead sleep slip away this was ridiculous, they were so up in the first when my smile is bright, i feel ready to shine. some whitening toothpastes only remove surface stains, colgate optic wh

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much older cosby was a friend and mentor to constand part of a pattern of him taking advantage of such relationships much his brand new defense team led by former michael jackson attorney tom messerau insists the other accuseaccusers stories too old e dating back two decades two vague and too different from the constand allegation to be valuable. at the first trial prosecutors wanted 13 additional accusers to testify. the judge allowed just one. earlier judge o'neill denied defense motions to throw out the case entirely. based in part on the claim that the incident in question which cosby has always said was consensual actually took place prior to january of 2,004 and so the statute of limitations had already expired when cosby was charged in december 2015. so more courtroom activity tomorrow morning. we'll be back for more arguments on this issue of more accusers or will they be allowed in or will they not? no idea yets as far as how quickly the judge will rule on this. march29th is set for jury selection. it will be a local jury from montgomery county rather than allegheny county and

number of accusers that could testify on sex assault charges and is he charged with assaulting andrea constand at his home. and they want as many as 19 others to take the stand to demonstrate a history of abuse. and the lawyers say the accusations are old and impossible to defend. >>> investigators released new surveillance images of a suspect. they believe this is the man that choked the 24-year-old victim on the 3800 block of jasper street on july 12th, 2016. when the victim regained consciousness she was naked with face and head injuries. anyone with information is asked to call police. >>> a deliveryman is recovering from a shooting in philadelphia last night. the victim was placed in an ambulance and the shooting happened on west hag art street. the victim did not even realize he was shot. he is expected to survive. >>> developing overseas, south korea says that north korea is ready for nuclear talks with the u.s. the big news came out of rare talks between the two nations, donald trump applauded the meeting calling it a step toward denuclearization. >> a potential break through. this mor

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 up the fight is recovering this morning. investigators are looking into the cause of this brawl. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist brittney shipp. we have big changes on the way today. it'll be a comfortable easier d

the 80-year-old is accused of sexually assaulting andrea constand. jury selection is scheduled for the end of the month. and today's hearing comes less than two weeks after the death of his cosby's daughter. she died of kidney disease. >>> also happening today it is a crime that shocked our region last summer when four men were found murdered on a bucks county farm. today three of the victim's families and their lawyers will be talking about their quest for justice. they'll announce what they call a major development. as soon as we know what happened, we'll send out an alert on our nbc 10 app. >>> police responded to the chucky cheese last night. the brawl involved more than a dozen people. one customer suffered a minor stab wound. a restaurant employee who was hurt while trying to break up the fight is recovering. investigators are looking into the cause of this brawl. >>> police in montgomery county investigating a shooting by one of their officers in abington township. it started when a woman with stab wounds went into the mckinley fire company fo

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 before the jury but the woman's mother as well. defense lawyers also want to know the names of the entire jury pool even before they arrive here in norristown and the jury that will decide cosby's fate right here in moer montgomery county. jury selection starts the end of the month. nbc news. >>> the families of three men who were dismembered and burned are suing the family of the accused killer. they announced a wrongful death suit against the parents of cosmo dinardo. the families' lawyers say the dinardos didn't do enough to keep the gun out of their son's hands even though they suspected he was unfit. cosmo dinardo confessed to the killings during a three-day spree. today, the victims families opened up about their loss. >> nobody should ever have

cosby's accused of drugging and assaulting andrea constand in 2004, insisting the encounter was concentual. >> sixty year old chemist faces hearing today on charges he stole dangerous chemical from merck and company. law enforcement and f.b.i. agent seo rock more than 200 grams every potassium cyanide from the labs last september, he planned to poison rodent with it but later dump it into a storm drain. the chemical has since washed out of the water system. >> happening today, three republicans running for pennsylvania governor hold their fifth debate, this one in philadelphia. lawyer laura ellsworth, ex healthcare consultant paul mango and state senator scott wagner will face-off this morning at the national constitution center. all three won challenge incumbent bent tom wolf, it is may 15, little more than two month away. >> the former trump campaign aid, who said that he won't cooperate with special prosecutor robert mueller now having change of heart. sam tells the associated press he's an angry over the request to have it before gang jury. muller also wants nunberg to turn over thousa

upcoming retrial on sexual assault charges and the 80-year-old is charged with assaulting andrea constand at his home. and prosecutors want as many as 19 woman to take thestant to demonstrate a history of abuse against cosby and cosby's lawyers say the alligations are old and impossible to defend. >>> attorney general josh shapiro is no stranger to fighting for consumer rights as part of consumer protection week he hosted a round table and invited them to share their stories. shapiro says if you have been scammed it's responsibility to call his office. >>> and the eagles super bowl win is paying off for the atlantic city police department. tito's vodka and wonder bar presented the department with a 7,000 check to purchase a k-9. on super bowl sunday the bar hosted a party and the eagles scored five touch downs so tito's donated $5,000 and wonder bar donated 1,000. and the owners put in $500. >>> flyers experiencing a dip and help is on the way. you lost three games in a row you need good news and the flyers get some wayne simmons expected to return against the penguins and missed the last

cosby's accused of drugging and assaulting andrea constand at his home in 2004. he maintains that was consensual both side will return to court tomorrow for additional arguments. >>> and still ahead on "eyewitness news" little girl and her family are celebrating life two years after a down another path. >> you have to have hope, you have to have confidence. you know, otherwise, you will break. >> health reporter stephanie stahl introduces us to the girl and how this success story is inspiring a room of people to spin for chop. >>> also the philadelphia flower show is blooming at the pennsylvania convention center , we will show you the displays that has guests really saying, wow. >>> will you trade a super bowl mvp? if so what would you want in return? a price has been reportedly been set for nick foles and that story later in ♪ ♪ there are two types of people in the world. those who fear the future... the future is for the unafraid. ♪ ♪ oo6z z12fz is for the unafraid. y2oo6y y12fy >>> investigators in burlington county of charged three men with stealing more tha

cosby is accused of assaulting and drugging andrea constand in 2004.says that encounter consensual. both sides return to court for more arguments. >> this surveillance video shows the suspects armed with handguns and a shotgun. this happened last monday night around 8:00. police say the suspects made off with about $1200 in cash. >>> these three camden county men are accused of stealing $1.3 million from a morristown funeral home. investigators they were in charge of running the funeral home. according to the authorities from 2008 to 2016, the men diverted payment for funeral services until their personal bank accounts. >> police in mercer county have arrested a teenager for a deadly hit and run that killed a gas station attendant last month. an 18-year-old is acharged with death by auto and leaving the scene of a deadly motor vehicle accident. the victim was reportedly trying to stop reed, who just hit an suv. police say they reviewed surveillance footage and a tip also helped them crack that case. >> in the wake of the deadly florida school shooting,

comedian is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting former temple university employee andrea constandhis home in 2004. he may remember his first trial ended in a hung jury. >>> 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 iii. he was killed in a shootout in a gamey mbers, family and fellow officers will honor him on the anniversary of his murder. >>> as we celebrate women's history month, the month of march, we're recognizing women who make a difference inspiring the next generation. >> we need our dpirls to understand that they can't be afraid of technology. they have to be part of what's happening. >> tracy wilson rothman is the founder of tech girls. the nonprofit is dedicated to closing the gender gap in the tech world. the group holds events like this one in center city yesterday in which young girls can get their hands-on just about everything from coding to robotics. you can learn more about tech girls and other women leaders in our area during our women's history month special. nbc 10

cosby is accused of assaulting and drugging andrea constand in 2004. he says that encounter was consensual. both sides return to court for more arguments. >> this surveillance video shows the suspects armed with handguns and a shotgun. this happened last monday night around 8:00. police say the suspects made off with about $1200 in cash. >>> these three camden county men are accused of stealing $1.3 million from a morristown funeral home. investigators say they were in charge of running the funeral home. according to the authorities from 2008 to 2016, the men diverted payment for funeral services until their personal bank accounts. >> police in mercer county have arrested a teenager for a deadly hit and run that killed a gas station attendant last month. an 18-year-old is acharged with death by auto and leaving the scene of a deadly motor vehicle accident. the victim was reportedly trying to stop reed, who just hit an suv. police say they reviewed surveillance footage and a tip also helped them crack that case. >> in the wake of the deadly florida scho

three counts of aggravated indecent assault he is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand at his home in 2004. >>> there appears to be more turmoil in the trump white house the president's top economic advisor gary coneys resigning over president's plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum. his top deputy quit in january is there push back on the tariff plan, some fear a trade war could erase economic gains , european threatening to tax american imports in response to the trump administration's 25 percent tax on steel and 10 per. >>> meanwhile, former fbi director james comb i will be stephen colbert's guest on the late show airing right here on cbs-3 next movement colbert tweeted last month and joked he will need a step latter to interview comb i who is 6-foot eight. he is booked for tuesday, april 17th which coincidently is the same day his book called the higher loyalty truth lies and leadership arrives in stores. >> what a coincidence. >> huge coincidence. >> last night on the late show oprah winfrey, oprah, pitched her new movie a wrinkle in time but addressed a gr

they also want the jury to hear details of cosby's secret settlement with andrea constand, the woman he's accused of sexually assaulting in 2004. >>> up next, back to our nor'easter coverage. you can see the storm already reaching us on first alert radar. >>> still working to restore power to thousands of customers. their biggest challenge, working in a second nor'easter. >>> and look at those big, heavy flakes that are falling. some of that will melt when it hits the ground but it will start to pile up. it's going to be heavy wet snow and is already moving into parts of the area. we will break down what you can expect, timing and totals, after the break. >>> and here's a live look at the snow falling in collegeville. it started falling more heavily in the past 10 minutes. stay with us. >>> this winter, count on nbc10 first alert weather. the most accurate team on air with the most reliable 10 day forecast. not just for your area but for your neighborhood. with storm ranger 10, the only mobile radar providing a team of experts no one else can. plus, real-time temperatures across new

when the decision will be made cosby is a course accused of drugging and sexually salting andrea constand in 20 on 46789 jury selection is scheduled for march 29th. >>> another trump administration figure leaving the white house, and this time it is gary cohn who quit over president's plan to i pose tariffs on steel and aluminum there is more push back on that tariff plan, some experts and officials air frayed it could lead to a trade war and erase any economic gains. the european union is threatening to tax american imports in response to the 25 percent tax on steel, and a 10 percent tax on aluminum. >>> porn star who said she had an affair with president trump is suing, him to end an alleged hush agreement. stormy daniels whose real name is stephanie clifford says trump never signed a non- disclose aura agreement so it should be void. she had a intimate relation hip in 2006. president's private attorney michael cohen admits to making a $130,000 payment to daniels, days before the 2016 presidential election, president trump denies the affair. >>> up next we will check with penndot for a

judge scott o'neill allowed one woman to tell her story, that supplemented facts andrea constand shared with the jury that she was secretaries you'llly assaulted and drugged at his home in 2004. that trial ended in a hung injury which prosecutors, vowing to try the 80 year-old again, and since then cosby has nailed down a new defense team, back in january we saw him at a jazz club in germantown. he was having dinner and performing a comedy show in front of the small audience there legal experts say that was a deliberate act and he wanted to do that to sort of regain his good guy image. we will see what comes out of the hearing. if there are no delays, we do know that jury selection scheduled for march 29th and that trial slated to begin april 2nd. >> okay, all right. >>> well, lets give you an update what happened at cherry hill high school east. >> to recap first student led protest and large walk out and heated school board meeting where they voiced their opinions. security changes are coming to cherry hill schools starting to day. >> lets get through some, police officers will patrol

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 fr

p80-yield is accused of sexually assaulting andrea constand almost 15 years ago. jury selection is scheduled for the end of this month. his daughter died in massachusetts from kidney disease. >>> also happening it's a crime that shocked our region last summer when four men were found murdered on a bucks county farm. today three of the victim's families and their lawyers will be talking about the quest for just justice. the families will announce what they call a major development. >>> police in montgomery county are investigating a shooting by one of their officers in abington township. nbc 10 has learned it started when a woman with stab wounds went into the mckinley fire department for help. police later confronted a man they say had a gun and refused to put it down. officers shot the man. we're working to find out his condition, the woman's condition and how they're connected. >>> happening today, habitat for humanities is partnering up with a faith based organization. now, together they will work to repair 20 homes with help from a $500,000 investment from pnc

. >> reporter: andrea constand play played two years in europe, and then her goal was to play for thea, but it did not happen. how traumatic was that for her? >> well, she really wanted it, but that path did not work out for her, and she moved along to the next path. >> and in 2001 she decided to t mthe make a career off of the court, and so she accepted a administration job with philadelphia's temple university basketball team, and path that led her to the scenter of bill cosby's world. >> jean casarez, joining us now, what can we expect from her testimony? >> well, she is a star witness for the prosecution, and i will tell you from watching in the courtroom in the trial last time, she is quiet. she has a presence. she has a strength. she has a confidence. she just answered the questios,s and never got, you know, overly emotional or ingaggravated at a and she is just sort of a calm person. that is what her sister portrayed her as. i wanted to know more about her as we went to toronto, and diana, her sister decided that she would speak out about the person that she sees in her sister.

big issues on the table yesterday, first was the date of the alleged sexual encounter by andrea constand. the defense attorneys started to pull out phone record, travel schedules to prove to the judge that this did not happen when they say it d reason why that is important because of the statute of the limitations, defense attorneys were hoping that would help advance their motion to dismiss charges all together. judge stephen o'neill rejected that motion and said issue should be taken up at april 2nd trial and jury should decide. that other issue up for discussion is testimony from 19 other women who said they were drugged and attack by america's most famous father. prosecutors brief their testimony will bolster credibility of the andrea conn stan. only woman whose charges were logged begins cosby in december 2015. they want to paint picture of cosby as a predator with a method of assaulting woman. the judge only allowed one other woman to testify, and it is reported judge o'neill says he will not be making any decisions regarding this until after the hearing, because he says, that it i

the comedian is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand at his montgomery home in4. 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: find my phone. [ phone rings ] look at you. this tech stuff is easy. [ whirring sound ] you want a cookie? it's a drone! i know. find your phone easily with the xfinity voice remote. one more way comcast is working to fit into your life, not the other way around. . >>> meteorologist krystal klei here. let's talk about the

the defense now claims it can prove through travel and phone records that cosby was nowhere near constand when that alleged assault happened. cosby has pleaded not guilty. and his first trial ended with a hung jury. again, at issue today, will the judge allow those additional 18 women to testify against cosby. prosecutors will say those women deserve to be heard. and that testimony should be allowed. back here live now outside the courtroom, jury selection is scheduled to begin on march 29th with a trial starting in april. meanwhile, court resumes this morning at 9:00 a.m. live in norristown, dray clark, nbc10 news. >> and cameras could be in the courtroom throughout the day bringing you on the free nbc app. >>> hey, good morning, everyone. jessica boyington with you right now with a check on the roads. we're going to start things off with the schuylkill expressway. our cameras around belmont avenue. not doing too bad but out can definitely see more delay right here. moving towards center city, westbound from king of prussia, starting to stack up the drive times just a bit. nothing really

s office accusing them of misconduct and attempt to under mine, they maintain andrea constand the centralshared details years ago of her plans to extort cosby for financial gain. defense planned to call witness to corroborate that alleged account but judge stephen o'neill sided with prosecutors and determined that a jury will make that ultimate decision. and once again prosecutors say that they are trying to establish a continuing course of conduct over decades, now cosby legal defense team including bill cosby left here just about an hour ago, they said nothing to reporters, we tried to ask them about how the day unfolded. they will be back here at the courthouse, for 9:00 o'clock tomorrow morning where they will have, the attempt to try to sway the judge, to deny the commonwealth motion for introducing these prior bad act witnesses. that is very latest, live from norristown i'm gentlemen holden for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> joe, thanks very much. >>> pennsylvania's attorney jennies suing uber after a massive data breach. lawsuit was filed in philadelphia today. it claims that the ride