cosby has been fighting for. they saw the light, and waved his fifth amendment right and he was given a deal, and he never should have gone to jail, because he had immunity. >> kristen, i want to go to you with that line of justice for black america as apparently said in the statement. >> well, many people also forget -- >> kristen -- >> we can hear you. go ahead. >> geoff. >> people forget that part of black america is black women, and guess who else testified liselot lugan and she came in most commonly. so this is not justice for black america, and unless you forget about black women. so to get to the answer of your question, i apologize, because i am very distressed at his statement, and i wanteded to highlight that the court did not find him innocent, but vacated the conviction. it is a technicality, and the jury still heard from he was guilty and by rendering her without her consent by giving her an intoxicant by giving her a herbal treatment. and so black women not only want dignity and respect, but we want

cosby. so at this point we are waiting for bill cosby or at the very least one of his representatives to come out here in front of his home. we are expecting a statement that could come at any time. >> jason, thank you so much. we'll come back to you. let's bring in two legal voices on this. jennifer rodgers, a former federal prosecutor. joey jackson is a former criminal defense attorney. i guess the big question a lot of have is, well, there are all these other accusers if andrea constand's case cannot be recharged, what about them? is there any chance that any of his other on coaccusers could b new chargers or is this it? >> i think this is it, jake. it's a statute of limitations issue only if any accusers show up with events that happened within the statute of limitations, and apparently that's not the case. these are very, very old accusations. the opinion wasn't about a lack of evidence. it didn't say there wasn't enough evidence or anything that might leave the door open to another tri

bill cosby replies, yes. and that was part of what this hinged on, he admitted it in this deposition. but you're saying that now that that shouldn't have been allowed in his criminal trial? >> well, that's what the court has now found, that it should not have been allowed. i want to be very clear in the language that we use here. it is one thing to show the magazine cover of all the women who have accused bill cosby. it's also a different leap to go to who actually was able to testify at the trial. we know that made a difference here, not to minimize anyone's allegations. but it made a difference in how the trial court allowed people to actually testify to substantiate and buttress the credibility of the testimony of andrea constand, who was the one victim whose actual case was before that particular trial jury. and so it's important to make sure we distinguish because it's important for looking up a deposition in terms of when we talk about the admissions that he made. at all times bill cosby has denied, as

cosby. and of course i represented many of them. and i also represented a majority of the witnesses who testified in the criminal cases in pennsylvania. >> gloria, we're having problem with the audio right now. so i'm going to take a quick break. we're going to try to figure this out and we're going to come back to gloria on the other end of this. stay with us. ♪ where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ ♪ and they're always glad you came ♪ welcome back, america. it sure is good to see you. people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes welcare waking uprica. to what's possible with rybelsus®. ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ ♪ my only sunshine... ♪ rybelsus® works differently than any other diabetes pill to lower blood sugar in all 3 of these ways... increases insulin... decreases sugar... and slows food. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7. people taking rybelsus® lost up to 8 pounds. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes or diabeti

there you see the legal team for mr cosby. mr| see the legal team for mr cosby.older than the man that went into prison a couple of years ago. the legal team feel vindicated by today's decision at the pennsylvania supreme court and saying that mr cosby now looks forward to being with his wife and family again. there you go, thus pictures coming in from montgomery county —— montgomery county. a further 4 bodies have been found in the ruins of the collapsed building in miami, which brings the total number of dead to 16. but nearly a week after the building fell, more than 150 people are still missing. rescue teams say this is still a search and rescue operation as they continue to claw by hand through the rubble for any survivors. we can speak to surfside's vice mayor — tina paul who has been highly visible around that site through the week. vice mayor, i watched an interview last night with the fire captain which was hard to watch, actually, he was almost in tears. the futility of it all, emotionally draining for his team, physically exhausting. you must be full o

will it be cosby himself?t know who is going to speak as far as speaking goes, we have not heard from the victim andrea constand yet, we can only tell you that in her statement after bill cosby was convicted, she said that he broke her spirit and crushed her spirit, and she never felt so alone and all of her life. the breaking news, bill cosby could walk could walk out of a prison in collinsville, pennsylvania at any moment, and we will be there life when it happens. >> john: hopefully that helicopter still has lots of gas, because we do not know exactly when he will come out, thank you for jumping into the breaking news, we appreciate it. >> shannon: we will take you there when it happens, let's get to alex hogan, by the way, you covered this trial, did you ever imagine this would have been today? >> this is a breaking shocking news that everyone is very surprised to see today including andrew white who we heard from earlier who seemed surprised as well, of course bill cosby has been in jail for about three y

cosby. >> however, it's a devastating blow for the nearly 60 women that a caused him of sexual assault lisa bloom saying it's appalling what money can buy in the criminal justice system and writing know that justice is taken away, it's a punch in the gut. many said the case would not hold up in court because of the statute of limitations. i spoke to many that said it was painful sharing their story. the court case focuses around andrea constance. a temple university employee. her lawyers say they're going over the 79 pages of opinion before they make a statement. we heard bill cosby is set to come outside his home to speak for himself. >> neil: all right. thanks, alex. we're going to pennsylvania as soon as he does address the press. ahead of that, we have with us the criminal defense attorney, former prosecutor, andy mccarthy, fox news legal eagle. nicole, what happened here? why is bill cosby a free man now? >> he's a free man because of the outstanding work of an appellate lawyer that was

bill cosby is about to be a free man. the pennsylvania state supreme court moments ago vacated the 83-year-old's sex assault conviction. he was convicted of three counts in 2018. his case was an early flash point in the me too movement. again, just moments ago the court overturned bill cosby's conviction. with us is brynn gingras. what do we know about this bombshell ruling? >> reporter: this is the opinion we're going through right now to get the fine details. like you said, the supreme court, the state's highest court in pennsylvania, vacating his conviction and judgment of sentence according to st the pennsylvania courts. we're still trying to figure out does that mean he's going to be leaving prison today. we'll get these answers for you. we're learning four judges were in favor of this, two part in favor, two part not in favor and one who filed a dissent entirely. we'll bring you details as soon as we know them. to give more background, again, he was convicted back in 2018 for aggravated incident assault. he was only

allegations being made and bill cosby's trial?— cosby's trial? that is right.ial? that is right. it appears to — cosby's trial? that is right. it appears to be _ cosby's trial? that is right. it appears to be centring - cosby's trial? that is right. it appears to be centring his . cosby's trial? that is right. it - appears to be centring his verdict and it is an extremely lengthy one, roz, this is it about the size of a telephone directory, the fact that previous instances were called into testimony, which did not relate directly to the charge at hand. that of course the charges against a woman called condrey a constand. that is something i think now that legal scholars will be rallying over. —— andrea constand. they will be scott discussing for some type the admission into court of of so—called bad acts, prior bad acts, that seems to be the nub of this case and the reason that the supreme court has decided to dismiss the charge against bill cosby. david, make ou charge against bill cosby. david, make you very — charge against bill cosby. david, make you very m

cosby has been serving time at a state prison.tells craig melvin he could be out of court in hours and they are en route to pick him up. >>> joining me is kristen gibbons, former special prosecutor herself in the cosby case and msnbc legal analyst. i got to start with this, explain the previous agreement, the rationale that the pennsylvania supreme court used to overturn this, how unusual is this, and is this going to be something that many prosecutors kick themselves for wondering how it happened? >>. >> well, thanks for having me on to discuss this. unfortunately i have not gotten through the entirety of the 79-page opinion but what i can tell you from glancing at it, obviously it's playing a crucial role in the trial and the entirety of the investigation, while i 100% respect the supreme court, every justice on the supreme court, i can't tell you what the agreement said because i don't believe there was one. the court did say there was one. there was nothing written down and generally wherever it's a case of this type of nature

cosby show.viction was seen as proof that even when the accused is one of the most famous people in the world, the voices of the victims of sexual assault could be heard in the us justice system. now, he has a chance to restore his reputation. michelle fleury reporting. let's cross live to new york and speak to bill cosby�*s lawyer. your reaction to the court's verdict? we lawyer. your reaction to the court's verdict?— lawyer. your reaction to the court's verdict? we are very leased court's verdict? we are very pleased that _ court's verdict? we are very pleased that the _ court's verdict? we are very pleased that the pensive - court's verdict? we are very l pleased that the pensive ends up pleased that the pensive ends up in court reversed mr cosby�*s conviction. it was always our strong contention he never should've been prosecuted as a result of the ribbon he made with prosecutors, an agreement on what she relied when he waved his for the mammon right to meantime in and set for 40s for a depos

those 12 jurors who were peers of william cosby and peers of andrea constand, looked cosby in his eye and said guilty, guilty, guilty. they found that he sexually assaulted andria constand, and i think that's really important, not only for survivors, but i think it's also important because, yes, this is a blow, but this sexual predator, yes, he gets to walk free. he was still found guilty. >> kristen, i know that this has just been a few hours since this news came out, but i'm curious when you kind of look back at some of the decisions you and the prosecution made collectively, do you have any regrets? would you have done it differently in any way now knowing and i know hindsight is now 20/20, but is there any way this moment could have been avoided when you still bring justice for the alleged victims of bill cosby? >> i don't think that we -- i personally, i can't speak for kevin and all of our whole team, but i personally have no regrets, and i hope that moy co-prosecutors have no regrets either, and the reason is this, amman. when prosecutorial agreements are made, they are in writ

>> yes, but bill cosby is not the bill cosby he was before. he did spend time in jail. time is time. he can never get that back. he has become this infamous person versus a famous person and he's going to have to deal with that. his consequences aren't over. he still has to walk through all of this shame and all of this people's feelings and emotions that are related to this and hopefully, this is just the beginning of him having to deal with the consequences. changing more laws. getting more situations, you know, out into the open. victims coming forward in outrage and saying their truth and allowing people to make changes so they can be heard and have their rights. this just tells you again that we still have this some of these people still have this small thinking and again, it's just a technicality. it does not make him innocent in any way whatsoever. he did what he did. he admitted what he did on tape. you guys played that. used it in court. he did it. he's just walking around acting like he's innocent to everything and he's not. >> he didn't speak in that press co

cosby show.onviction was seen as proof that even when the accused is one of the most famous people in the world, the voices of the victims of sexual assault can be heard in the usjustice system. now, he has a chance to restore his reputation. michelle joins michellejoins us michelle joins us now. michellejoins us now. he said he has a chance to restore his reputation. how might he do that? look, i think that will be huge challenge for him. as we were just saying, he was such a darling at one point in american popular culture, and he fell so far from grace, point in american popular culture, and he fell so farfrom grace, you have to assume the man who said he would rather serve ten years in prison then show remorse will try to rehabilitate and restore some of his reputation. on the flip side, of course, this was seen as one of the early and prominent cases for the #metoo movement. it will be interesting to see how, if at all, this has any ripple effect on that. and talking about that #metoo moveme

bill cosby was as he was once dubbed america's dad. the cosby show meant a lot to so many of us. it was a positive portrayal of an affluent black family at a time when most depictions of black people in american culture were poor working class families and the news was dominated with headlines about crime and the crack epidemic. his spokesman called his release "justice for black america." seriously? i don't know about that. but even though it was devastating to listen to, the accusations against cosby, some going as far back as the 1960s, were impossible to dismiss, more and more women came forward throughout the years with 60, 60 accusing of allegations ranging from groping to sexual assault to rape. "dateline" spoke with some of the women. >> how many of you believe you were drugged by bill cosby. how many of you believe bill cosby raped you? >> i was drugged and raped. >> i was sexually assaulted and drugged by him. >> he flipped me over and raped me. i know that i was drugged. >> and very quickly the room started spinning. >> and i was just holding my head because i didn't k

cosby did not say anything. he wanted to remain quiet this time to preserve his appellate rights and not say something that may harm him, ultimately, that ended up being the right decision for him in his defense. >> what message do you think this sends to the accusers, the dozens of women who have come forward and other women as well who might want to come forward in the future? >> it is a huge setback for the me too movement, unfortunately. sexual assault is probably the most underreported crimes in this country. so many women don't come forward out of fear, out of shame. for all the reasons that go into the psychology of an abuse victim. prosecutors, and we saw what happened with castor, they don't make the hardcharging decisions. these cases are tough to get guilty convictions on. sometimes, prosecutors want to go down the easy route, just go after low hanging fruit. victims don't come forward. the cases aren't prosecuted many times. now, you have several of these victims who testified to not just one, but tw

the other breaking story we're following tonight, bill cosby. released from prison after a truly stunning ruling by the pennsylvania supreme court overturning his sex assault conviction on a technicality. >>> let's begin right here in surfside. bryan todd is joining us for the latest on the condo collapse. it's almost a week since the disaster. there's no let up in the grueling delicate, very dangerous rescue operation. >> reporter: no let up. we're getting new accounts on the difficulty that rescuers are facing. >> our objective is to find any way to get them out. >> reporter: the frantic effort to save lives neerply one week since the surfside condo collapse. >> very difficult to move any of the large concrete slaps. we're seeing them just pulverized underneath and crumbling as we're trying to move them. >> reporter: a rescuer where the israel defense forces telling cnn his team found on open space many the packed rubble. >> the between the balconies remains a big space of air that we crawled in those tunnels and we didn't find anything. >> re

and then, as you said, bill cosby, a prosecution, a successful prosecution bill cosby was seen as a major moment in, in the me to movement that was finally felt trying to hold powerful men to account. and obviously as a result of this, of this judgment, once again, there are, there is a sense that we're seeing already at least and social media and elsewhere that once again, a powerful man who clearly have incriminated himself the wrong doing is once again go to walk free, she, i'm thank you for that. she ever tansy life for us there in washington smith discuss this further now with claire finkelstein, who's faculty director of the center for ethics and the rule of law, the university of pennsylvania. and she's joining us via skype from philadelphia. thank you very much for being with us. a bit complicated for, for some of us who are not, you know, into these legal matters and help us understand oldest claire, if you can this decision by the high court in pennsylvania today saying that because we didn't get a fair trial was this because of a technicality or more of a more risk extensive is

mr cosby, once known as america's dad for his role in the cosby show, was convicted in 2018 of assaultingnd. his was the first high—profile sexual assault trial in the aftermath of the me too movement, which saw women speaking out against alleged sexual abuse by powerful men. michelle fleury joins michelle fleuryjoins me now. we saw bill cosby in public, he did not say much, but how is the reaction? 15 much, but how is the reaction? iis lawyers are saying this isjustice lawyers are saying this is justice being served. earlier on a few hours ago, he left here in carson headed to his home in the suburbs of philadelphia. he was serving at the time 3—10 years for his being convicted on three counts of sexual assault for drugging and blasting andrea constand back in 200a. —— drugging and molesting. that was the only case he was convicted, despite various accusers leveling charged at him over the years, and a judge came out from pennsylvania's top court and basically said that because of a deal that he had reached with the previous prosecutor, the trial should never have taken place in the firs

bill cosby is officially a free man. a short time ago, we're told he left prison after the pennsylvania state supreme court over t overturned his sexual assault conviction citing he was denied fair trial. he was found guilty in 2018 of three counts of sex crimes. joining us now, cnn correspondent and cnn legal analyst and joey jackson. let's start here. the court argued there was a vast valation of cosby's due process rights when he was charged. what does that mean? >> it goes back to a deal he made with the district attorney. he was on the former president's legal team and the higher court was saying this none-prosecution agreement sort of paved the way for cosby to sit down in a civil deposition. the testimony in that civil deposition was incriminating and essentially used against him when charges were brought forth later by a different district attorney. the higher court said that wasn't fair. we're getting reaction from all around as this really has just breaking. we got this opinion just before 1:00 and now we're ta

bill cosby is now 83 years old. he was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2004 but accused of drugging and raping dozens of women over several decades. it's down to his fifth amendment rights when he said he would not testify in a civil suit that was prosecuted on the testimony. today the judge ruled that the conviction in the judgment are vacated and he is discharge. legal experts have been weighing in on social media. his tv wife from the hit sitcom the cosby show speaking out in his defense. felicia rashad saying a terrible wrong has been righted. attorney lisa bloom who represented some of the accusers does not want to tell them of the ugly truth. they say it massively favors the rich and the powerful. unit a superhuman level of strength incurred. many victims habit she says and any other cosby victims, it's time to come forward. helen haze is one of the women who publicly accused cosby of drugging her and raping her. she lives in marin county. we have an interview with her right now. we wil

some of bill cosby's other accusers reacting today. rosemary, now, she covers the trial for our local station, nbc 10 philadelphia. thank you, rosemary. what are the other women saying? >> well, shep, i was in that courtroom for both of cosby's trials and listened to the time of the accusers. it was raw the emotion was palpable and tonight, many of them are sharing their disappointment but making clear, today's decision was not about cosby's guilt or innocence told "the ap" today, quote, i just think it's a miscarriage of justice. this is about procedure, it's not about the truth of the women. another accuser, patricia, now 65, told "the new york times," she had been preparing for this possibility but was still stunned. saying quote, i'm feeling sad because this is absolutely a perceived loss on my part. now, many of these women and their supporters were at court, every day, during both trials. and so was attorney gloria allred who represented 33 of cosby's accusers earlier today, she held a news conference slamming the pennsylvania su

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cosby was convicted in 2018. was the first high-profile sexual assaults trial in the aftermath of the #metoo movement which saw women speaking out. michelle, we saw bill cosby appear in public, he did not say much. but how are his legal team reacting? >> lawyers said this is justice being served. their client spent the last two years here. he was serving three to 10 years for three counts of sexual assault for drugging and molesting. that was the only case despite various accusers leveling charges over the years. the judge came out in pennsylvania's top court and said because of the deal he had reached with the previous prosecutor, the trial should never have taken place. laura: is there any reaction from the victim? reporter: we have not heard from her, but gloria allred came out and said she could not imagine how the accurs felt, especially those who testified. obviously as you point out, this was a momentous moment in the movement. it was a chance for women to speak out. for mr. cosby, this is an opportunity f

comedian bill cosby is a free man. court today overturned his kids -- his conviction on a legal technicality. the entertainer once known as america's dad was back home with his family. also coming up tonight, the deadly heat wave engulfing western canada. dozens losing their lives as temperatures hit a record-breaking 49 degrees celsius area and, back on home soil, a soldiers return from afghanistan. afghans left behind worr about what will happen to them when the international troops have gone. and, sweet revenge decades in the making of european football championship. england beating germany for the first time in a knockout game and five years. dumping them out of the competition. i'm brent goff, the viewers on pbs in the united states, and all of your around the world, welcome. we begin with the first celebrity sent to prison when the #metoo movement began. tonight, bill cosby is once again a free man. a court today overturned his sexual assault conviction and ordered his immediate release. he left prison in the sta

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so bill cosby, that conviction overturned she had on what grounds? well, that's what we're trying to figure out. this is quite a lengthy ruling. but from what we can glean, it appears that the prosecutors accord in the view of the supreme court were a bit over overzealous in that wish to establish a pattern of misconduct on the part of bill cosby. bill cosby was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women at his house in a way in a bid to establish a pattern of abusive behavior. a prosecutor's introduce testimony, the judge at the time allowed the testimony of 5 other women who said that they had also been drugged in 60 defaulted by bill cosby. the supreme court decided that the judge was wrong to allow that evidence into into the trial. it meant the cause we didn't get a fat trial. this is information that was not germane to the trial, even though the prosecutors thought they were establishing a pattern. it was, it was perhaps just simply just prejudicing the jury against bill cosby. that seems to be what we're gleaning from what we've been ab

and just like that, bill cosby was free. his scar, sped by the walls of the pennsylvania prison, in which he served 2 years of a 3 to 10 year sentence before arriving at his home in nearby norristown. after being helped from the car, cosby gave the camera signal v for victory. his attorney was similarly triumphant. i am thrilled and i am pleased at the pennsylvania supreme court. what we knew all along, which was that mister car never should have been prosecuted, was driven by politics. were quite pleased that the pennsylvania supreme court seems impervious to what is going on on the outside world. and all of that pressure that was placed on the criminal justice system from. busy the me to movement help bring cosby on the scrutiny. he was one of a number of high profile men in show business accused of using their power to exploit and sexually assault women. but only one case against cosby went to court, the alleged drugging and molestation of andrea concerned. the crushing of that conviction as re ignited debate over the abi

that is on the record from bill cosby.you truly believe in victims rights and you want justice for victims you have to believe that the technicalities matter, you have to get rid of the mob, you have to take out the emotional side of this because in the end that people who are going to suffer are the victims of something that bill cosby admitted to doing and there are cases like this that play out all the time as a result of emotion getting into the courtroom or prosecutors not doing their job the right way on the victims who have spent decades of their life trying to get what they deserve in terms of some kind of justice for crimes that were committed against them that all goes away in the blink of an eye, like today because the things weren't done the right way. i believe that is a good thing that the system has all of these protections built in for the accused and it's up to and has a responsibility of the prosecutors and the judges end of a jury to stick to the rules we have in the constitution in order to protect the

they cannot go after bill cosby anymore., there's a small window of possibility that the federal government, the department of justice, could charge bill cosby. i think it's very unlikely. they rarely get involved in these type of state rape cases, but that's a possibility, though very unlikely. >> o'donnell: and just quickly and finally, this is taking place as we say in the #metoo era when those who have committed either sexual assault or sexual assault harassment are to be held accountable more than ever. is this going to effect the movement in that direction? is this providing some sort of -- do you believe it will provide some sort of chilling effect? >> judy, absolutely. this is a huge blow and a setback for the #metoo movement. we know as prosecutors that sexual assault is by far and away the most underreported crime in this country. victims are hesitant to come forward. when they do, prosecutors don't take these cases, even though they are righous cases because they're afraid of losing because of proof issues. now yo

so many women have told the same story about bill cosby. so there may be some other charges to come, but as we know it now with this particular case, he cannot be tried and he is already $83.00. so i'm not sure how long it would take them to come up with some other case with some other evidence. be able to present that. be able to get a jury to say yes, we think there's enough for a charge and then have that play out. that would take quite some time. so i'm not sure where that would stand. yeah, it's an amazing turn of events that is for sure. keeping matthews in los angeles, k g, as always. thank you. thank you. what we stay in north america. an extreme heat wave sweeping across western canada is causing dozens of deaths and breaking records as temperatures fit. $49.00 degrees celsius, that's a $120.00 degrees fahrenheit. cooling centers have been set up to give people some relief and the sweltering heat. it is forecast to continue. a prolonged, dangerous, and historic heat wave engulfing western canada has already caused dozens of death .

cosby! we love you! we love you.layed claire among the fans tweeted finally come a terrible wrong has been righted. and then a few seconds later, she flip-flopped tweeting this "i fully support survivors coming forward. my post was no way to be insensitive to their truth. not a good look, not a good look for her. >> and these tweets come i've always maintained my innocence. i've never said that i did anything wrong. a civil suit is what the jury relied on. >> are these tweets? i mean, it is not exactly -- >> jesse: that means we have to go to the next topic. if you thought crime was running rampant in chicago, you are right but don't tell that to mayra lori lightfoot because she says that crime is on the decline. >> crime is not out of control in the city. in fact crime is on the incline. the decline and the major cities and our homicides and our shootings year-over-year are down. that is a fact, sir. >> jesse: i thought that was big news. our merger is up so far this year. >> of course they are and after memorial da

, bill cosby told us, himself who he really is.se other 57 people, those other women who as guy pointed out, statutes of limitations running out, maybe accountability through this one woman who got out of there ahead of the hash tagging and the movement, she put herself out there, but because prosecutors would cut a deal not to prosecute him, then next set of prosecutors the judge looks and says, she made a promise to him way back when it it doesn't matter that he said the self-incriminating facts of how awful he was. essentially dangerous drug in people and assaulting them. the lesson here for all of us as americans, the lesson is actually a reminder that in our criminal justice system, due process trumps all and that's with the judge emphasized here and essentially said that look, the impact of the due process violation here is so fast, the only remedy available is to vacate and the other side was arguing back. we will re-try him, the judge said absolutely not, they can never bring criminal charges on these charges again and they

in the news bill cosby walks free. the 1st celebrity to be tried during the me to era passes sexual assault, conviction overturned. ah, the whole rahman, you're watching out there in the headquarters here in doha will. so coming up donald rumsfeld to give us all the us invasion of afghanistan and iraq has defense, that country has died at the age of 18. also, the chinese communist party is celebrating its and teen re we look at how president cheating ping is tightening control by building a personality called open a kingdom in crisis protested democratic freedom. minutes for teenie africa, last absolute monarchy. ah, welcome to the program. he was the 1st celebrity to be tried and convicted for sexual assault in the me to era. but now us, comedian bill cosby has been released from prison. after pennsylvania's supreme court overturned his conviction, he returned to his philadelphia home on wednesday, just hours after his release. the 83 year old served more than 2 years for 10 years sentence on charges of drinking and a

it's a good day for the cosby family, have it. well. cosby's d more than two years of a 3 to 10 year sentence. the move upends the first high profile celebrity conviction of the me two era. joining me now is tmz's harvey levin to dive more into the reason behind this, harvey. thank you for joining us and first. what's interesting in this? it stems from an agreement as we mentioned from a civil lawsuit more than a decade ago, but the agreement wasn't really in writing. so how was it binding in this case? well, it was binding for a whole bunch of reasons, andre. so look what the first thing you've got to understand this. this doesn't mean the court said he's innocent. they're not saying that they're saying he was denied fundamental due process, and here's why that when the when andrea constand sued bill cosby, she wanted to take his deposition. bruce castor, who was the d a at the time. um, knew that bill cosby was going to invoke his fifth amendment right against self incrimination so constand could not do a deposition. he would just kee

so many women have told the same story about bill cosby. so there may be some other charges that come, but as we know it now with this particular case, he cannot be tried and he is already $83.00. so i'm not sure how long it would take them to come up with some other case with some other evidence. be able to present that. be able to get a jury to say yes, we think there's enough for a charge and then have that play out. that would take quite some time. so i'm not sure where that would stand. yeah, it's an amazing turn of events that is for sure. keeping matthews in los angeles. k . g is always thank you. this week police in greece recovered a painting by pablo picasso. stolen 9 years ago from the country's national gallery, during a presentation of the recovered art work, gravity happened. take a look. the painting was being shown to reporters, and it had just been placed on a ledge when it slipped and fell. it is not thought to have been damaged in the fall. it hurts to look the dozen. picasso presented. the woman's head painting is a gift

he apparently vocally reached a deal with cosby. is lawyers that in return for causes bes testimony, depositions from cosby which waved his 5th amendment right against self incrimination. he would then not be charged criminally, but he could be charged civilly in court. so that's what happened. in fact, the b accuse actually won the civil case. then 10 years later, up those depositions that cosby gave, which did incriminate him with an unsealed prosecutor at the time the subsequent prosecutor said we should prosecute him criminally. now we have it now in black and white. supreme court says no, that should not have happened that initial deal, even if it was just simply verbal should stand. because as far as cosby was concerned, when he gave those depositions incrementing himself, he thought he would never be criminally charged. obviously the current da says, well, there's nothing in writing about this is in fact the initial trial. but the initial trial said, look, there's nothing in writing about this deal, but the scope, the supreme

so many women have told the same story about bill cosby. so there may be some other charges the company as we know it now with this particular case, he cannot be tried and he is already 83. so i'm not sure how long it would take them to come up with some other case with some other evidence. be able to present that. be able to get a jury to say yes, we think there's enough for a charge and then have that play out. that would take quite some time. so i'm not sure where that would stand. yeah, it's an amazing turn of events that is for sure. keeping matthews in los angeles, k g as always. thank you. thank you. the germany had been knocked out of football euro 2020 tournament by arch rivals england. the 1st time the 3 lions had beaten them to knock out game in 55 years. england now advanced to play ukraine in the quarter finals. ecstatic fans have been celebrating historic victory. the 3 line road and england sword. and 2 mill, when against germany, finally break because again, the best english base ratings, 966 nuclear june will be germany los

cosby responded yes. so how much of an impact did that have once the prosecutors had that on hand, donna? >> it had a huge impact. they knew that that would be their ticket to move forward and they disregarded the agreement that they made prior to that. of course, cosby would have never sat for that deposition without that agreement. the other rights remained silent. he wouldn't have given it up. i think too, martha, this shows that the pressure of movement, the pressure of society, the pressure of social media and what is happening in our court system and when our court system at the state level decides to cave to that pressure. the appellate court or supreme court has to step in and say we can't let it happen. courts are the last line of defense to uphold our rights. >> martha: a great point. geraldo touched on this moments ago. jonathan essentially saying that movements take on a life of their own. we cannot allow the momentum of a movement like that, which may incite a lot of emotion and well-founded

then 10 years later, up those depositions that cosby gave, which did incriminate him with an unsealed prosecutor at the time the subsequent prosecutor said we should prosecute him criminally. now we have it now in black and white. supreme court says no, that should not have happened that initial deal, even if it was simply verbal, should stand because of france. cosby was concerned when he gave those depositions incriminating himself. he thought he would never be criminally charged. brazil supreme court has postponed a decision on a case that could determine future claims by indigenous peoples to their ancestral lands. leaders from 40 indigenous groups have been camped out for days near the court house in the capital brazilian. the shock like people are trying to retain territory in the southern state of santa katerina. want to go, you can experience the potential impact of the ruling from outside the supreme court in brasilia. this court ruling would decide if there is a time limit or not for indigenous people to claim land. until now they have been making claims based on on. they ha

, and in great part, due to the cosby show. let's get to the fox business newsroom and jackie deangelis following the story, and then of course the big question, number one, how did this get overturned and will entertainment industry giants, you know, embrace him or reject him? >> it's a great question, liz and i will get to that but let's just start here with the fact that he is a free man today. there will be no more trials and this was a ruling as you said from the pennsylvania supreme court. just moments ago he was official ly released. he is no longer on prison property at this time. now the court overturned cosby's conviction saying his trial didn't grant him proper due process. essentially, that it wasn't fair , right? it wasn't fair for two reasons. reason one, at retrial, five additional accusers were allowed to testify. the supreme court said that that tainted the trial, while the lower court said that it was needed to show a pattern. reason two, in the second trial, evidence was entered that was used in a civil case

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bill cosby. his lawyers are celebrating his sudden release from prison following the pennsylvania supreme court's ruling to overturn his assault conviction. but the court of public opinion is largely outraged by this decision. the 83 year-old can serve more than 2 years of a 3 to 10 year prison sentence. he was released today on a technicality pennsylvania's highest court overturned his assault conviction citing his due process was violated and saying he did not receive a fair trial. the court also ruled that the testimony during cosby's trial was tainted since there were accusers who testified who should not have taken the stand cosby cannot be prosecuted in the future. but legal experts say that does not mean victims can't take action themselves. >> here is not in this decision that would prevent the number of alleged victims bill cosby from coming forward and it's tempting to prosecute their cases in the criminal arena. >> and so this particular decision is very specific to the circumstances s

the court says cosby cannot be retried on the same charges.s now christine gibbons who served as a special prosecutor on the team that sent cosby to prison in 2018. lucky for us she is now an msnbc legal analyst. also harry litman. claire is still with us. first, take me through how this happens. how does it happen, harry, that someone just walks free like this today? >> it's the constitution. so in 2004, the previous district attorney unable to charge cosby said i won't charge him because i want the best justice we can get and that will be several suits. he told him and he testified in these proceedings. i meant it absolutely and for all time. the successor to that guy ignored it. they said it wasn't stitched up enough, not formal enough. but the pennsylvania supreme court understandably under the constitution said, look, the prosecution told cosby he wouldn't have to have any fifth amendment implications. he waived. it was reasonable. and then they took that evan used it to convict him. no fair. it has to be thrown out. they made a deal, a l

castor to expect cosby to rely.he record of the factual history, that denies cosby of his fifth amendment right, d.a. castor's intended result and refer to the controversy as you say, i'll try to translate into english, whatever you think of what happened, whatever you think of mr. cosby as a defendant, that the government, in this case the district attorney, did extend him this position and he relied on it an that was the reason they would be vacating his conviction. >> to re-emphasize that does not mean that what he was convicted of did not happen, that andrea's complaints were not real. it means there was this prior agreement that he relied on and for technical reasons, if you will, technical, a broad description. thank you for that. >> thank you. >> that means that he is cleared to get out of jail. >>> ari melbourne thanks to you. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." chuck todd will follow up next with "mtp daily." p next with "mtp daily. front desk. yes, hello... i'm so... please hold. ♪

then 10 years later, up those depositions that cosby gave, which did incriminate him with an unsealed and the prosecutor at the time, the subsequent prosecutor said what we should prosecute him criminally. now we have it now in black and white. supreme court says no, i should not have happened that initial deal, even though it was simply verbal, should stand because a front cosby was concerned when he gave those depositions incriminating himself, he thought he would never be criminally charged. the death toll in the florida building collapses, risen to 16. after 4 more bodies were discovered. search crews, se there's little hope of finding any one alive. more than 140 people still unaccounted for. john henry news at a memorial near the scene for 7 days, some 900 search and rescue workers have been scouring the rebel in that building over there, hoping to find survivors so far. they have only found some of those who have died in the collapse of that building and possibly in the days afterwards, they've been using special saws sonar television cameras and search and rescue jobs . one of

cosby continued to deny all wrongdoing.s' responses today. >> i want to bring in our legal rights expert, nancy erika smith, thank you for being here. >> happy to be here, thank you, ari. >>> first big picture, a ruling like this is how unusual? >> this is -- i have never seen anything like that. the justices released a man accused by 60 women of sexual assaults. 19 of them were willing to testify to the same memo, he drugs women and he rapes them. the youngest was 17. he's released based on a press release by a political da, he ended up representing trump in his hearing. a press relief turned into blanket immunity and binding on prosecutors. go ahead. >> let's get into exactly that. you are such a good lawyer, you are fast. you are saying what the court ruled today was a deal like some kind of bullet-proof deal, is their interpretation or legal effort to super size public statements that were made about that original civil case. >> there is no writing to reflect it. you make an groemt -- agreement. the other lawyers say th

bill cosby will be released from prison. good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. that news coming down within the last 90 minutes. cosby will be freed within hours after the court found an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case. cosby has served more than two years of a three to ten-year sentence at a state prison in philadelphia. he had vowed to serve all ten years rather than acknowledge any remorse over the 2004 encounter with accuser andrea constant. the 83-year-old cosby who was once beloved as america's dad was convicted of drugging and molesting a temple university employee at his suburban estate. we have live pictures of the prison that cosby will be released from. stay with nbc news as this story develops throughout the day. >>> more breaking news. a san jose mother confesses to killing her 7-year-old son and then leaving him in the las vegas desert. samantha rodriguez made her first court appearance in las vegas virtually this morning. the district attorney says th

bill cosby is back home.t hours ago he was released from prison after his sexual assault conviction was overturned by pennsylvania's highest court. jackie deangelis has been following the story all day and joins us now. jackie. reporter: good evening to you, liz. bill cosby is free indeed released from prison. cosby was silent at a press conference but his representatives spoke on his behalf. >> this is justice to come to say we'll vacate his entire conviction. not another trial. they said he had immunity. this is a guy who settled out of court for $3.8 million. waived the fifth amendment rights. no warrants filed for his arrest. he freely came in spoke openly to his detriment. he was being honest. andrea constant lied. reporter: pennsylvania supreme court overturned his conviction. that they basically did not give him due process, essentially it was not fair. at the retrial five additional accusers were allowed to testify, that didn't testify at the first trial. evidence was used at the civil case. the court

comedian bill cosby is a free man tonight. he was released from prison a few hours ago after the pennsylvania supreme court overturned his sexual assault conviction. cosby did appear in front of reporters late today but did not speak to the media. former president donald trump says the situation along the southern border is worse than it has ever been in u.s. history. he toured the area today with the governor of texas. we'll have a live report from the border. the longest serving general to oversee u.s. forces in afghanistan is warning about a potential civil war there. once american troops complete their withdrawal. taliban forces have been expanding their territory for several weeks. weave have that story later. late today the ncaa board of governors voted to allow college athletes to earn compensation for the use of their name, image and likeness. officials acted just one day before several states enact laws forcing schools to change their amateurism rules. now, to the life and legacy of former defense secretary donald rum