jason carroll has the story. >> reporter: this week howard university is open for summer classes, butents are still reeling from last week's comments made by phylicia rashad, their college of fine arts dean, who tweeted in support of bill cosby. >> it's kind of like a slap in the face, to be completely honest with you. >> reporter: darlene katawny, a new graduate, said phylicia rashad is trying to lift the shame reported about sexual assaults. >> she does not feel for those victims or those victims that haven't been able to come forward, especially at the howard campus because there are incidents i know have occurred that those women do not feel comfortable coming forward about. >> there was a lot of communication to young women and vulnerable people that they don't matter in the shadow of a powerful man's legacy. that's what that communicated whether she wanted it to or not. >> phylicia tweeted last week after a court overturned cosby's sexual assault case. they didn't say he hadn't performed these dhcharges, just that it was corrected. calls came in for her resignation and for howar

john. >>> all right, jason carroll for us in elkins park.>>> joining me now is heidi thomas one of the witnesses to testify against bill cosby. heidi, good to have you with us this morning. at the time you talked about the day you testified being one of the proudest days of your life. how are you feeling this morning? >> sucker punched. like the rug was pulled out from underneath us. it's absolutely clear cosby has always maintained his innocence because he does not understand that sexual assault and rape are crimes. he doesn't get it. and that's why he keeps saying he's innocent. then you add on some arbitrary legal loophole and you just allowed a serial rapist to get off. i mean i'm in a state of disbelief and andrea constant is a bigger person than i. she said she's disappointed. i'm so beyond disappointed. i just love her to death. she's amazing. >> heidi, you're in touch with a number of the other women that accused bill cosby of misconduct. i'm just curious what are those messages that you're sharing with each other? >> you know, actua

jason carroll, cnn, pennsylvania. >>> and bill cosby's attorney says she believes the court made the right decision because the criminal trial was never fair. listen to this. >> i have no problem with a just and verdict if you get there in a fairway. but if you cheat to get there, there is no just in that verdict. you also had a jury that heard evidence that they shouldn't have heard both in the form of the deposition obtained illegally and a jury that heard evidence from frankly other bad act, other accusers it should never have occur the because we don't try people's character, we try crimes. so i don't believe we had a fair trial and it prevented mr. bosqbcosby to tell his story from the witness stand. so this is not just a technicality or what really happened. you don't know what really happened. this trial would have been entirely different and should never have apehappened in the ps pl first place. >> several accusers spoke with cnn about what they felt about the ruling. >> i'm totally overwhelmed. when i got the call this morning, i felt like i was hit by a train, you know. he

jason carroll, all these questions are fair, what did you think? that's what i want to know. what did you think? >> well, a couple of things. and you heard part of it there, don. i was really surprised that the first thing this group didn't want to talk about was the pandemic. i thought that would be first on their list. but their feeling is that the president and his administration has a handle on that in terms of how the country is responding and how the country is moving forward. what they were really concerned about, and you heard a lot of it there, the deep concerns were about the misinformation that is spreading across the united states, the lies that are being told about the election, the lies that are being told now about what happened on january 6th, they realize that the president acknowledges the misinformation is out there. but the feeling is really that this president and that this administration doesn't really have a handle on how to combat all the misinformation that's out there. >> and also they were very animated when it comes to voting rights. and i found it

first, cnn's jason carroll is near the cosby home just outside philadelphia. jason, what's the scene like tonight? >> reporter: well, much different than how it was just a few hours ago, as you can imagine. outside of cosby's home as soon as word came out, john, that the supreme court had made this decision to vacate cosby's sentence, some of his supporters started coming out here and his detractors as well. those people who were supporting the accusers were out here as well, being very vocal. so we had both sides out here. when it became most interesting obviously is when cosby himself came out with his attorneys, with those who have stood by him. his attorneys basically saying that the conviction was really more about politics and the court of public opinion. of course we were all waiting to hear what cosby was going to have to say when he stood outside his home here a little while ago. he did not speak. he held up the peace sign, he walked back into his home. around 6:00 he tweeted. i want to read you what he said. he said i've never changed my stance nor my

first, cnn's jason carroll is near the cosby home just outside philadelphia. jason, what's the scene like tonight? you know, what's the scene like tonight? >> well, much different than how it was just a few hours ago, as you can imagine. outside of cosby's home, there were -- as soon as word came out, john, that the supreme court had made this decision to vacate cosby's sentence. some of his supporters started coming out here. and his detractors, as well. those -- those people, who were supporting the accusers were out here, as well. being very vocal. so we have both sides out here. when it became most interesting, obviously, is when cosby, himself, came out. with his attorneys, with those who have stood by him. his attorneys, basically, saying that the conviction was, really, more about politics and the court of public opinion. of course, we were, all, waiting to hear what cosby was going to have to say. when he stood outside his home here a little while ago, he did not speak. he held up the peace sign. he walked back into his home. but at around 6:00, he twee