the much older cosby was a friend of mentor to couldn't stand part of pattern say prosecutors of cosbyaking 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. >> bucks county a firefighter is recovering after getting hurt while battling these flames. the fire broke out this morning just before 3:00 on henry avenue

the much older cosby was a friend and mentor to constand part of a pattern say prosecutors of cosby takingantage of such relationships. grand new defense said led by michael jackson attorney tom messerau insists the other accusers stories or 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'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 shoulder

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 ass

the testimony will come in addition to that of andrea con stat, a woman who cosby says, who says cosbynd assaulted her in 2004. she's one of more than 50 women who lodged complaints against cosby. tonight's cnn's jean casarez has an indepth look at the numerous allegations he is facing and his first trial that ended in a hung jury. here's a sneak peek. >> reporter: so you believe they had a romantic relationship? >> i don't think there's any doubt about that fact. i mean, the testimony in this trial was that she had been to his home on a couple of different occasions, that there had been romantic settings. >> reporter: she testified the relationship was not romantic. he was a friend, she said, somebody i trusted, a mentor. as for the romantic interludes, she insisted they were pass from cos cosby that she rebuffed. which makes sense to diana parsons who says her sister has no interest in romantic interludes with men. >> andrea was actually about 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. poi

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,

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 county. the last jury was from western pennsylvania. so speculation is, will that have an impact in this new era of sexual awareness about hollywood's sexual harassment mainly at women. vernon odem channel 6 "action news." thank you. >>> in other news, now a 72-year-old woman is recovering this noon after a stray bullet came flying through a window. you can see the hole where the bullet pierced the glass overnight in southwest philadelphia.

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

. >>> 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

what is different about cosby's retrial?e 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 letting in about the quaaludes? that's another bad act. that is blatant unfair to our side. the judge seemed to really listen to that. he has not made a decision. the fact is this case is about one woman. her name is andrea conassistant. she went to police saying bill cosby drugged and assaul

cosby's new did he first team headed by l.a. to me mevrov moved to have the charges dismissed on the grounds that the statute of limitations has passed. 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 tw

. >>> bill cosby and his attorneys are back in court for norristown. they are fighting to prevent dozens of his accusers from testifying during the upcoming retrial. vernon odom is live at the montgomery county courthouse with more on today's arguments. >> reporter: good afternoon rick, these cosby pretrial hearings are quite contentious and the lawyers body slamming each other of allegations of ethical violations fly around the courtroom and the new defense team from the west coast are very aggressive. 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.

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

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, during today's news conference in center city philadelphia we also heard from the families of those three young murder victims. it was the first time that some of the distraught relatives spoke publically about their loss. >> we miss jimmy every day. there isn't a

cosby's attorney say they'll and for the trial to be delayed. 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, togethe

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 is a very weight útime to decide, thomas and karen. >> lauer than, thanks very much. >>> very close call for bucks county fire fighter who we told but yesterday. he took a very dangerous fall out there, fighting a fire, so , tim, went inside a home right there, in lower southampton, there it is at 2:45 monday morning. he was searching for victim when the floor gave way, and he fell through, well, the rest of his brothers there the feasterville fire fighters were able to quickly rescue him and take him to the hospital and he was all right, they released him, he went back to work but then didn't want to talk bit. those say the fact that he walked away it is just a miracle. >> to hear fire fighter down you don't know

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 know how actresses have , make up trailer. >>> 6:39. well, lets talk about this because wells fargo center is getting a make over, again. they will in the tear it down and start over. >>

before that cosby was in court back in august with his new defense team. those lawyers trying to convince the same judge who presided over his sexual assault trial to keep the rules the same as it relates to victims. 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 sedgl

. >>> in other news happening today a battle over bill cosby's accusers. properties want those women to testify against him. cosby's lawyers will fight that. dray, tell us more about we can expect at the hearing today? >> reporter: we have every reasonen to believe that biz bill cosby will be present. this hear sg significant for both what the prosecution and defense are asking for. this will be the first time publicly that we have seen bill cosby since the recent death of his daughters from kizdney disease. she was one of her father's most vocal supporters. they're hoping the judge will allow as many as 18 other women to testify in the upcoming trialmism you may recall in the original trial only andrea constand and one other accusers were allowed to testify. the defense 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 a

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

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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 this country since the first cos bow trial ended in a hung jury. how might this cultural shift affect the

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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

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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 up the fight is recovering this morning. investigators are looking into the cause of this brawl. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist

. >>> 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 in other news this noon , it is back to court for bill cosby. his defense team wants to stop his accusers. >> prosecutors want to call as many as 19 women to the witness stand, joe holden live at the montgomery county courthouse with more on today's hearing. good afternoon, 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 t

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whether cosby is still laughing when his trial begins next month. want the judge to allow them to put an additional 19 accusers on the witness sta stand. to establish for juror that is cosby had a half century long pattern of be friending, drugging and sexually assaulting younger women. the defense argued those extra witnesses are simply an effort to bolster a weak case with allegations that are too old and too dissimilar to be value at this retrial. in the original you'll recall the judge allowed only one extra accuse sir the 13 requested by the prosecution. cosby charged with drugging and groping former temple university athletic department employee andro ya constand inside his home is january of 2004. the defense wants to be allowed to put marguerite jackson on the witness stand. a former co-worker of constand's she was barter from testifying 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 a

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. >>> 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 selecti

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 en

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 news. >>> nightmare workers accused of giving toddlers gummy bears laced with a sleeping aid. to say parents are not happy well that's an understatement. ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ we buy any car dot com ♪ ♪ any any any any ♪ did you know trading in your car at a dealer could cost you money? a recent study found consumers who trade in their car pay an average of $990 dollars more. so don't trade in... sell it.... to we buy any car. le

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 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

. >> big cosby back in norristown courtroom today trying to get his sexual assault trial dismissed or stopped. 19 accusers from testifying at his april 2nd retrial. our bruce gordon of course was all over the first trial and joins us live tonight in norristown. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, iain, this second cosby trial is not so much a rerun of the case that ended last summer in mistrial really more of a reboot for the man once known as america's dad on tv all across this land. same basic plot but with a tweaking of the cast of characters. >> shame on you bill bees. >> reporter: this pretrial hearing could put bill crosby in the crosshairs of a parade of accusers looking to bolster the single claim of what he stands trying. prosecutors want the judge to allow 19 other accusers to testify that cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them. prosecution believes the women testifying about cosby's quote prior bad acts will show a pattern of behavior the juror cos consider in this trial. cosby you'll recall is charged with drugging and groping former temple university andrea con stan his side his

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 from the last storm. portions of dels mill road remain blocked and radnor township. closure at gulf creek road and a

the same judge presided over cosby's first trial, which ended in a hung jury last year. jury selection is scheduled to begin on monday. >>> google is being sued by former employees who say the company pays men more than female employees. >> reporter: heidi lamar is an eight david versus goliath battle. she's suing her former employer , google. >> creating the most high- quality environment for the children. >> reporter: it was like you love your job. >> very much so. >> reporter: she says when she was hired in 20 13, google told her -- >> we start you at level 1. >> reporter: the lowest category in google's pay tier scale. a conversation with a coworker opened her eyes. >> we were talking about, isn't so frustrating you can only be hired as level one? one of my colleagues said, what are you talking about? i got hired at level 2. he was a man. >> reporter: she said he didn't have more experience or better education. lamar complained to her managers. google's human resources investigated and found no gender related bias. >> i decided that i could not stay at google. i felt

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 these, new or worse depression, swelling, trouble breathing, rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired fcommon side effects: dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain, ft. don't drink alcohol while taking

cosby.st trial, 10 mass ago he said one woman may testify. >> that is right. >> we thought as many as 19, and now he said he will in the decide at all not yesterday not today but probably by end of the week. >> you think. >> i think so. >> he is known about this issue for a while. i think arguments, i don't think they are novel. he will deliberate for next day or two and he will make it by end of the week. >> is there anything particular about having a written response verse just saying tonight court that way lawyers will be able to review his reasons. they want, the prosecution wants the 19 witnesses to come remember i predict he will allow five people n last time's loud one. we will see. the lawyers definitely want to know his reasons for. that it could be the subject of an appeal. >> families of all four of the men murdered last summer filed wrongful doubt seats, three of them as of yesterday. they are suing suspect killer, cosmo dinardo his parents as well a and their family businesses,

. >>> bill cosby's pretrial hearing wrapped up this afternoon in norristown. cosby's attorneys were in court fighting to limit the accusers to testify in the 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 ex

. >>> bill cosby returns to kourtd today. cosby's attorneys are trying to prevent dozens of women who accused him of sexual assault from testifying at his retrial. prosecutors want to have as many as 19 women testify. last year the jury in cosby's first trial was deadlocked. in that trial, the judge allowed just one other accuser to testify but prevented any mention of dozens of others who have accused cosby. jury selection is scheduled to begin march 29th. >>> and this morning in the northeast, some 1 million customers remain without power following a deadly weekend storm, and more severe weather is on the way. the destructive nor'easter is blamed for at least nine deaths. they're struggling to clean up and restore power. some may not get power until wednesday, and more severe wednesday is headed that way tomorrow night. >>> coming up on the "morning news" now, white hot controversy. what a teacher said on her podcast to get her removed from her classroom. >>> and a big dig. they use a snowboard to get someone unburied from

cosby say kuds of sexually assaulting constand in 2004 but they say they can prove that cosby was nowhereear her when she claims the alleged assault took place. the first trial ended with a hung jury last june. he's pleaded not guilty. worth mention, that cosby's attorneys tried yesterday to have the entire case thrown out of court, but it's moving forward with jury selection zed scheduled to start on march 29th. in the breaking news center, i'm pam lar laoz barn. >>> an 18-year-old gymnast is now the first man to public li accuse former olympic dr. larry nasser of sexual abuse. he says nasser abused him when he was a minor under the guise of medical treatment. he decided to come forward after more than 150 women testified against nasser during his sentencing hearing in january. jacob's sister cameron was one of the women who told her story. this morning jacob appeared on megyn celly to talk about why it was so important for all of them to speak out. >> i hope it never happens again. no one should have to go through this and so, you know, to kind of come out and, you know, try to do the r

so his relationship to the cosby show becomes a way of talking about the lie behind that kind of cosby show fiction. and, of course, now we know bill cosby, bill cosby own life has underscored the separation between that television rallied and how things are in the world. whether you. [talking over each other] about the cosby show or -- whether you are talking about the road show, if i becomes a way of the world and dealing with his own emotions. like a set had to exaggerate to make this interesting. that section is nothing to do with my family which was a proud family of zombie movie watching folks. >> did jet magazine really put in whenever black people going to be on tv? >> yes. in the '60s, 70s, dianne care will be on the tonight show and jet magazine weekly would have run up of a listing of any black person would be on tv, it was so rare and so lovely that the black press would tell you when you're going to be on tv. >> we talked for an hour, and we -- >> are you kicked me off? >> your kicked me off and more poorly we're getting america involved. we will begin with a phone call fr

this, of course, is cosby's second trial. first with a jury from allegheny county ended in a mistrial when jurors failed to reach a verdict. since then, cosby made public appearances and he's mourning the death of his daughter. >>> one man dead another in critical condition after an early morning shooting on the north 6th street in north philadelphia where police found a 34-year-old and a 30-year-old had been shot while sitting in a car. the 34-year-old died at the hospital. the suspect is a white man who got away in a gray or silver chevy impala. robert mueller seen expanding investigation into russia's meddling in the election, new information, russia may not have been the only country trying to influence things. of as fox news correspond lauren blanchard reports. the united eemris. >> special counts counsel counsel robert mueller is looking into t. investigators wants to know if there were any attempts of member office uae to buy political favor or influence with the trump campaign through money, george nader was a frequen

. >>> bill cosby and his lawyers will be back in the courtroom tomorrow. the judge will here arguments from 19 of cosby's accusers and if they will be allowed to testify in this case. today cosby's lawyers tried and failed to get the entire case tossed out. prosecutors argued they should be allowed to testify to show the comedian had a long history of drugging and attacking women. >>> reaching across the aisles for progress. making a bipartisan pitch for new gun safety legislation. republican senator pat toomey and chris coons are sponsoring the bill. alerting state law enforcement when someone who isn't allowed to buy a gun isn't allowed to buy one. >> to demonstrate you can make progress, can make common ground. >> will make sure that state and local law enforcement gets notification. >> the bill is sponsored by both u.s. state senators, a republican and a democrat. >>> former trump campaign aide is refusing to appear before a grand jury in the russia investigation. even challenging authorities to arrest him over the matter. sam nunberg says he won't sho

cosby accusers should not be allowed to testify. that's what they'll say. yesterday, cosby's lawyers tried and failed to get the entire case tossed out. 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 fr

cosby was up for day two of pretrial hearings today. the comedian's lawyers say the accusers are peddling ancient allegations that would sway the jury. they also want the jury to hear the details of cosby's secret settlement with the woman he's accused of sexually asauce the in 20 on 4. >>> coming up, travel troubles, for people hoping to fly the friendly skies. >>> and how this wicked weather is creating new fears about a longtime landmark in new jersey. >>> and the time you don't want to be on the roads? look at this. 3:00 in the afternoon heavy snow will be coming down. heavy wet snow making for a dangerous commute. we'll break down the snow totals when i come back. >>> as you would expect, the major storm could legal to big delays. some airlines are handing out those weather waivers that allow flyers to change their plans without paying the feels. details vary, but most cover flights on wednesday and thursday. pa as always, check with your airline about what's happening with the schedule. >>> the latest coastal storm could lash the

cosby's first criminal trial ended in a mistrial back in june. he was charged with drugging and assaulting andrea constant. constant is a former administrator with the temple women's basketball team. >> developing now at noon, the oakland raiders in a moments ago released aldon smith. this comes after san francisco police announced they want to question smith after he was accused of domestic violence. kpix 5 jessica flores has the latest. >> reporter: sfpd says they're not talked to the player. they say smith is a suspect in a domestic violence call that came in saturday night. according to radio dispatch recordings, the caller tells police ex-boyfriend was abusing her inside her apartment near bush and stockton streets. >> he said he chased her around the room and bit her on the wrist after climbing out the window. >> reporter: police reported to their dispatcher he got in a black range rover and drove away. according to the police, he is facing minor injuries. he has at least five arrests in 2012. the 49ers cut him in 2015 for dui charges. the