we heard from joan tarshis. i spoke to barbara bowman as well. who seem credible with nothing to gain, at least if my estimation, by comie ining forw. how damaging is this? >> well, it's obviously very damaging. i had a sort of an expert, interrogation expert on my program, she looked at specifically the sort of indicators on these women, whether or not they're likely to have been telling the truth and felt as though they really met every indicator she knew of. number two, from a clinical standpoint, there's nothing inconsistent in terms of what the women have reported of the kinds of person who get themselves into these kinds of situation. why they don't get help, why they feel ashamed, why they may have taken so long to come forward with this. of course, i don't know whether this is true or not. >> lisa, i have to ask you this, did you hear michael smerconish when he said, the issue is, these are past the statutes of limitations. now he's fighting for the court of public opinion. if someone comes up with a newer allegation, if women start comin

you and i both honed in on one interesting thing that joan tarshis said. when she was -- you didn't get to hear it but i was there during this interview this morning on "new day" and the thing, when she was asked by allyson, there are people that think she wants money, is trying to embezzle him. when asked what she wanted to come out with this, she said -- >> she just wanted to be believed. she wants her story to believe believed and the other women's stories to be believed because in the past for decades these stories weren't believed. they didn't get as much media attention as they're getting now. something's changed. many things have changed. they're getting attention now. that's the kind of thing nbc couldn't have expected ten, 11 months ago when they developed this show. >> even those these allegations have been around for years thaurks go away, resurface. is this time different? >> it does feel different. but i think -- let's take the nbc situation one step further. if they walk away from this show, if they walk away and don't produce a pilot or put

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joan tarshis joins me now. she accuses cosby of raping her when she was 19. joan, thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome, don. >> you say you were sexually assaulted twice when you were 19 years old, in 1969, by bill cosby. >> correct. >> at the time he was working on the original "bill cosby show" back in the late '60s. >> right. right. that's where i met him. i was invited up to have lunch a few times by some friends of his and then he asked me back a few times. he asked me to visit him on the set. i visited him on the set. and he introduced me to sidney poitier. he called me midget, because i'm only 5'3", and next to him i kind of looked like a midget. and i remember sidney poitier was carrying sort of an african cane that he had just gotten, and then after that he invited me to stay and work on some comedy routines with him because he knew i had written comedy for god frfried cambridge. so i did. >> before we go on and talk about it, you've never publicly spoken about this before. the first alleged occasion occurred after you had finished taping an ep

her name is joan tarshis.she says the comedian drugged and rained her on two occasions when she was just a young woman. the journalist and publicist says it happened 45 years ago when she was just 19 years of age. she spoke to alisyn camerota, my colleague on new day earlier today. >> we went up to his suite and he knew that i liked to drink bloody marys and he topped them off with a bit of beer which he called a red eye and i drank one of those and, which he made for me, and the next thing i remember is being on his couch with him taking my clothes off. and feeling very drugged and very hazy. >> so he took your clothes off and then he sexually assaulted you? >> no, first i said to him -- he was starting to and i said "i have an infection." i thought i was being clever. i said "if you have sex with me your wife will know, she'll catch my infection." and he very quickly made me give him oral sex instead. which was horrible. >> and, joan, why didn't you go to the authorities? why didn't you go to the police? >>

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. >> reporter: former publicist joan tarshis went public on saturday with allegations cosby sexually assaulted her twice in 1969 when she was 19. >> the next thing i remember is being on the couch with him taking my underwear off. >> reporter: now all of the allegations are from so long ago the statue of limitations have expired. cosby's lawyer says the 77-year-old comedian will not dignify the decade-old accusations with any comment. we just got word that tvland has just pulled rereturns of the cost wee show off their air. >> don, thank you very much. today president obama confirmed he will side step congress and implement his own immigration reform. that will allow millions of illegal immigrants to stay in this country. nancy cordes is on capitol hill. major garrett is at the white house. first, major? >> reporter: scott, the white house says it has the law and history on its side, that presidents kennedy, johnson, nixon, reagan and bush 41 all used executive actions to protect various immigrant groups. president obama's version will protect from deportation or provide work permits

now there is this woman, joan tarshis who says cosby assaulted her two times back in 1969. says friends introduced her to the comic when she went to his house as a 19-year-old. at his request for the two to write jokes together but after having a drink she says the next thing she remembers is waking up naked next to cosby. now t-64 years old she says she never told anyone about the alleged assault which according to her as as we said happened twice. >> i didn't think anybody would believe me. it's me saying something about bill cosby who is like a god to everybody in the world. he's mr. wonderful. he's mr. jello. >> in 2006 cosby settled a civil case with a woman who claimed he drugged and assaulted her but that settlement did not include an admission of wrongdoing. cosby refused to answer any questions about the allegations in a recent interview. his attorney says cosby does not intend to dignify these allegations with any comments. matt and tam back to you. >> we have to see if that somehow changes. thanks erin. david. >> we're off to a very cold start. some ponding and p

joan tarshis is accusing the comedian of assaulting her twice back in 19-69 when she was 19. the publicist said she would often spend time with the actor, writing jokes with him. one time she fell asleep after a drink and woke up to cosby assaulting her. she decided to share her experience after other victims came forward. matthew mcconaughey joined a >> important message for women and men ages 50 to 85. please write down this toll-free number now. right now, in areas like yours, people are receiving this free information kit for guaranteed acceptance life insurance with a rate lock through the colonial penn program. if you're on a fixed income or concerned about rising prices, learn about affordable whole life insurance with a lifetime rate lock that guarantees your rate can never increase for any reason. if you did not receive your information, or if you misplaced it, call this number now and we'll rush it to you. your acceptance is guaranteed, with no health questions. please stand by to learn more. >> i'm alex trebek and the announcement you just heard is for a popular an

also speaking out, joan tarshis. >> we went up to his bungalow afterwards, he made me a drink and very i just -- i passed out. i woke up or came to very groggily with him removing my underwear. >> reporter: tarshis says in 1969 she voluntarily saw cosby again when he invited her to a performance. after accepting drinks at his hotel and in a limo, she says she woke up the next morning with him in his bed. ironically, cosby released a comedy album that same year titled "it's true, it's true." joking about that very issue. >> you know what? you know anything about spanish fly? no, tell me about it. well, there's this girl, crazy mary, you put some in her drink, man, she's -- >> reporter: but with all the allegations and even after andrea konstan went to police saying cosby medicated her and fondled her in 2004, the district attorney of montgomery county pennsylvania at the time, bruce castor, said there would be no charges. constant and cosby settled a civil suit out of court for an undisclosed sum in 2006. also in 2005, tamara green on the "today" show with a similar story. >> he had gon

. >> reporter: that same year joan tarshis says she was raped by cosby. >> i passed out.e up or came to very groggily with him removing my underwear. >> reporter: the next year, tam a green, an aspiring model says cosby gave her pills and tried to rape her. >> never eat -- >> reporter: for 25 years starting in 1974, he was the spokesman for jell-o. and from 1984 to '92, america's favorite dad on one of the most successful shows in tv history, the cosby show. and around that time, two more women say they were assaulted. former super model, janice dickenson, and janet bowman who alleges she was assaulted on numerous occasions. his stand-up career continued to drive into the 2000s. new tv projects planned. and during this time period came andrea, a staffer for the temple university basketball team, his alma mater. filing a civil suit. cosby agreed to a settlement which included similar allegations from 13 other women. bill cosby ease attorney released this statement about the slew of allegations. over the past several weeks, decades-old discredited allegations have resurface

firestorm. >> the next thing i remember is waking up in bed naked next to cosby. >> reporter: joan tarshis9 when friends introduced her to the comic. then starring in his first sitcom. tarshis says it happened twice. >> why go back a second time? >> because i saw no way out. >> she never told anyone. >> why not go to the police? >> i didn't think anybody would believe me. it's me saying something about bill cosby who is like a god to everybody in the world. he's mr. wonderful. he's mr. jell-o. >> the recipe is on the box. >> reporter: now 64, she joins a chorus of reignited sexual abuse claims against bill cosby. last week barbara bowman wrote an op-ed. >> nobody believed me. >> in 2006 he settled a claim. it did not include an admission of wrongdoing. cosby refusing to answer questions in this recent npr interview. >> there have been serious allegations raised about you in recent days. you are shaking your head no. >> reporter: cosby's lawyer saying they did not intend to refer in any way to the settled case but standing by a previous statement calling the claims old and discredited sayin

joan tarshis told nbc news she was drugged and raped twice by cosby. she said cosby offered to work with her. >> he made me another red eye. we started to talk about the earthquake. and the next thing i knew i was on his couch and he was pulling my underwear off. >> model janice dickinson also came forward to accuse cosby of assault. >> in my room, he had given me wine and a pill. the next morning i woke up and i wasn't wearing my pajamas. i remember before i passed out that i had been sexually assaulted by this man. the last thing i remember was bill cosby in a patchwork robe dropping his robe and getting on top of me. >> these are not the first accusations of this nature against bill cosby. here's what we know on the public record. in addition to tarshis and dickinson, four other women have, on the record, accused cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them. one of them, tamara green told her story on the "today" show in 2005 saying the assault took place after a working lunch. she was suffering from the flu and cosby offered her pills. >> he prod

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also speaking out, joan tarshis. >> he made me a drink and after that i passed out.oke up or came to very grogly with him removing my underwear. >> reporter: she says in 1969, he saw her again when he invited her to a performance. after accepting drink at his hotel and in a limo, she says she woke up the next morning with him in his bed. ironically, cosby released a comedy album that same year titled "it's true! it's true!" joking about that very issue. >> you know what, you know anything about spanish fly? no, tell me with. well, there's this girl, crazy mary. you put some in her drink, she -- >> reporter: but with all the allegations and even after andrea constin went to police saying cosby medicated and fondled her in 2004, the district attorney of montgomery, pennsylvania, at the time, bruce caster, said there would be no charges. constin and cosby settled out of court for an undisclosed sum in 2006. also in 2005, tamera green on the "today" show with a similar story. >> he had gone from helping me to groping me and kissing me and touching me and handling me. >>

joan tarshis says she was just 19 years old at the time. kept up appearances amid what are mounting allegations. you see this public appearance as he takes the stage sunday night in pennsylvania. tarshis tells cnn she kept quiet for years because she didn't think people would believe her. >> he's a serial rapist, actually. i mean, when you rape at least 16 women, that's serial. that's a serial rapist. >> tarshis is one of several women who've come forward with similar accusations against the comedian. cosby's lawyer has said his client won't be commenting on "decade-old discredited allegations." >>> let's turn to the weather. earlier in the year the united kingdom dealt with some historic rains and flooding. forecasters are now warning december may hold its own record rainfall. >> we talk about records, you know, pedram, whether it'sed rain or snow or temperatures. we all have this question. i at least do. is this climate change? what does this all say? >> we know evidence suggests that the pattern is the more likelihood scenario is going t

. >> reporter: joan tarshis said when she was a 19-year-old writer, bill cosby invited her to help comes act. tarshis said cosby gave her a cocktail. >> i was sitting up writing one second. the next question i was sitting on a couch getting my underwear taken off. >> reporter: and tarshis said cosby raped her again. >> m.o. is the same. he works with people. he gets you into a position where you think he's going to work with you then he drugs you and raped you. >> reporter: tarshis said it was 1969 the same year that cosby joked about spiking women's drinks. >> do you know anything about spanish fly? no, tell me about it. this crazy woman mary -- >> cosby was last asked about it on national public radio. >> this question gives me no pleasure, mr. cosby, but there have been serious allegations raised about you in recent days. you're shaking your head no. i'm in the news business. i have to ask the question do you have any response to those charges? shaking your head no. >> reporter: npr host scott simon said he did not am beneficiary cosby. >> in fact he had to question because he began

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