now phylicia rashad apologized for her tweet, but some students at howard university where she's noweek howard university is open for summer classes, but some students 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. >> howard law student agrees. >> 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. -- conviction. it didn't say he was

as a howard university of fine arts alum and a survivor, this tweet from phylicia rashad is disappointingspects survivors. it just feels a little delayed for her to now have this awakening. >> well, i think the initial -- and i haven't spoken to dean rashad about this. i have talked to the president of the university about it, as i know other board members did. i think that at first that her sentimentality for bill cosby took over and was happy for him. but i think on reflection she had a different view. i don't think that her expressions had anything to do with lack of sympathy and empathy fos been a role model for black women for many, to be that in her role as dean, and i think she made a mistake. i don't think that that negates her qualifications for this job. but, more importantly, her potential for leadership for so many students across the country. >> hilary, the last one here. you are not just an advocate for sexual assault victims, you are the co-founder of the times up legal defense fund that's aimed at creating an environment where women feel safe, that feel they're supported.

. >> reporter: the actor's 1980s "cosby show" star phylicia rashad faced backlash after tweeting that a terrible wrong is being righted, later writing that she fully supports sexual assault victims coming forward. reporting from elkins park, pennsylvania, jericka duncan, cbs news. >> jericka went inside cosby's home theaterly after he arrived for a conversation with him. you can hear what he told her coming up on "cbs this morning." >>> and also on "ctm," we will talk with one of his accusers to get her reaction to cosby's release. >>> a judge has denied britney spears' request to have her father removed from her conservatorship at least for now. new court documents reveal the judge denied a month' old request by the pop star's attorney to remove jamie spears as her sole conservator. the documents are not in direct response to last week's hearing when spears pleaded for her dad's removal, calling the conservatorship abusive. the judge cannot make any ruling based on what the singer said in court last week until she files a petition to terminate her conservatorship. >>> turning to the

cosby was supported by his former tv wife phylicia rashad, her tweet cheering the decision receiving a fair amount of blowback on social media. and howard university where she is a newly appointed dean of fine arts condemned that tweet. in 2018, cosby was convicted of drugging and assaulting andrea constand and had been behind bars ever sense. her attorneys say that the ruling is disappointing and could discourage or survivors of sexual assault from coming forward. so let's turn to our lawyer on the desk here. so laura, explain this, because there is a lot of confusion about exactly what the pennsylvania supreme court is saying. they are not saying that he is innocent, but instead are saying that as one of the survivors pointed out this is a tech techn technicality. >> it is important to raise that distinction because the court is not saying that he didn't do it, court is saying that you don't get to make a deal with a defendant, make they will rely on that idea that they won't be prosecuted and then do a bait and switch years later and say oh, by the way, no, that was a different pr

first his former co-star phylicia rashad. >> her tweet praising cosby's relief could affect her new jobllege of fine arts. cosby wrote, howard university, you must support one's freedom of speech. this mainstream media are the insurrectionists that storm the capitol. those same are trying to demolish the constitution of these united states of america on this independence day. no technicality. it's a violation of one's rights and we the people stand in support of ms. rashad. i don't know what half that meant but he's not going away here. >> no. there's so much to unpack in that one statement. you almost don't know where to begin. i think i'll begin at the beginning where he says howard university must support her freedom of speech. i think what people get confused is that she has the freedom to say whatever she wants, freedom of consequences is another thing. she's an employee of howard university. sometimes if you say something that the university does not support and do not agree with then you face consequences. you face disciplinary action. you face all of those things. that is the po

. >> actress phylicia rashad tweeted finally, a terrible wrong has been righted. >>> new details on actor james franco's sexual misconduct case. he's agreed to pay $2.2 million to setal lawsuit alleging he and others pressured students at his acting school into performing sex scenes on camera. in the class action suit, students say they were told if they did the scenes they would get movie and tv roles. franco did not admit wrong doing in the settlement. a judge still needs to approve it. >>> president biden and the first lady on their way to surfside, florida right now. >> we want to show you this new video. this is them leaving joint base andrews this morning. they will be meeting with first responders and the families of victims in this condo collapse. today marks one week since that 12 story building went down. jobina fortson joining us from it the live desk. you've been tracking the search for survivors and this new concern from overnight. >> yes, reggie and kumasi. authorities announced the first two children reported dead in the collapse. they were d 10 years old. so far 18 people

one stood out to me in particular, his former cohost, phylicia rashad.nally a wrong has been righted, a miscarriage of justice has been --" imagine being a student sexually assaulted by someone who admitted engaging in criminal behavior and seeing your college dean to eat this. how many women youruniversity? >> harris: let's talk about money. i'm curious what's going to happen with bill cosby. who knows? he is an older gentleman, maybe he didn't have a lot to say, maybe he's getting ready for a fight. do you think he'll try to claw back some of that cash that all of this has cost him? maybe he would have been working in this time, we don't know. >> morgan: he has that option, and i think that is one more thing that is hard to stomach. to your point, kayleigh, we heard from his own mouth that he was not innocent. she kayleigh to ben's point earlier, this is a classic example of someone not innocent in contrast with the sycophants are saying. the conviction is vacated, which is something different. yet he would be eligible to bring a suit for wrongful conv

cosby, who rairned over hollywood for decades, drawing support from his most famous co-star, phylicia rashad, tweeting "finally a terrible wrong is being righted." cosby has reacted multiple times publicly. he called into a radio show. cosby put a message on twitter. he posted this picture with a statement saying in part, i have never changed my stance nor my story. i have always maintained my innocence. savannah? >> all right, stephanie, thank you. joining us now is kristen gibbons feden, a schedule prosecutor in the cosby's trials now an nbc news legal analyst. good morning. before we get into the particulars of the legal ruling, just your gut reaction when you found out that the court was vacating those convictions that you had helped to prosecute, and bill cosby was free within a matter of hours. >> honestly, i was shocked. i was in disbelief. my co-prosecutors stu ryan texted me and told me and i was just in complete disbelief. particularly since i thought there was no alleged agreement. he went forward. the common pleas court agreed with us. the superior court agreed. excuse me, the su

phylicia rashad celebrating the news writing on instagram, finally.errible wrong is being righted. a miscarriage of justice is being corrected. while cosby always maintained his innocence, he was dogged by accusations of drugging and sexually assaulting dozens of women which he has also denied. now for many of cosby's accusers, anger and frustration. constand releasing a statement calling the decision disappointing and saying, it may discourage those who seek justice for sexual assault in the criminal justice system. that sentiment is shared by lise-lotte lublin who testified against cosby accusing him of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 1989. >> he cannot take back his lifestyle that he had previously of being this america's dad. that is gone forever. >> reporter: and one of the legal analysts put it like this, she said sometimes legal law and moral law don't always coincide. the cosby district attorney released a statement saying that cosby is free on a procedural issue that is irrelevant to the facts of the crime, robin. >>> linsey, we'll br