the william morris agency, she says she was invited to cosby's home in 1996 to learn about camera blocking and to run lines with him. sometime later the woman was asked to meet him for lunch at the bell air hotel. she told the court that cosby instructed her to tell no one about the meetings. the woman told the court she knew she was violating company policy but she did it any way. in that hotel room cosby forced her to take a pill, even checked under her tongue to make sure she swallowed it. she went into the bathroom to compose herself and she saw a counter full of prescription bottles. she frantically searched the bottles trying to figure out what she had taken and eventually returned to the hotel room now sobbing on the stand, the woman recalls her dress top being pulled down and her skirt hiked up. she returned to work never telling anyone what happened in that hotel room until one day she says she overheerd a phone call. she told the court, cosby urged her to be fired. >> reporter: and the woman told the jury that eventually she was terminated by the william morris agency. the defens

but she was the personal assistant to bill cosby's agent, ed william morris. bill cosby took a very special interest in her, mentoring her, helping her with her career. he invited her for lunch at the bellaire hotel. she said she went. he asked her to go to a bungalow. she opened up the door, and there he was in his bath robe. she walked in. he opened up his hand. a big, white pill, saying, take this, you need to relax. she didn't want to. she wanted to leave. she said that bill cosby at that point was at the pinnacle of his career. he was the biggest client that william morris had. she said she had to take it. she took the pill, doesn't remember much afterward, except waking up in his bed in the midst of being sexually assaulted. it is substantially similar to what andrea constand, we believe she will testify to eight years later. on cross examination, the defense very aggressive to discredit her, used facts. they had subpoenaed her hr records. she left william morris right after that, never saying anything about bill cosby, but saying her own boss mistreated

she met bill cosby through her work at the william morris tal leapt agency back in the 1990's. told the jury that in 1996 cosby summoned her to his bell air hotel room, to talk about tv and her career. says he offered her a white pill said he you need to relax. i wouldn't do anything to hurt you. just trust me. she says she almost immediately felt like she was quote underwater when she came to she was in bed with bill cosby with her dress pulled down from the top and up from the bottom. she remembers him grunting and being behind her. she also says she remembered him putting lotion in her hand and having him touch her genitals. she admits she did not go to the police said she was afraid, humiliate this was after all william morris agency's biggest client and the biggest celebrity in the world under withering cross examination defense attorney mcgonagle questioned her timeline which was garbled at time accused of being a drogues lower back in the 90's and she denied that. she her relationship with do's bee was consensual she denied that. a trial 13 years in the making. >> as if

she's the personal assistant of bill cosby's agent at william morris.aid bill cosby took a personal interest in her, mentoring her, helping her, interested in her career. he invited her to the hotel. she went to his bungalow as he asked. he answered the door in his bathrobe. she walked in. there he opened up his hand with a big white pill saying you need to relax. she didn't want to take it, she wanted to leave. she said he forced her to take it. when she did, she passed out and came to with him assaulting her. they tried to destroy her credibility saying she never went back to william morris, filed hr claim, never mentioned anything about bill cosby. when she did she said the incident happened in 1990, not 1996 when she finally said that something occurred. chris. >> it was very telling how defense counsel spent so much time cataloging the number of communications after this incident between cosby and constand and who initiated them and how long they were. that's obviously doing to be a focus if they put on this own case. anyway, jean, thank you -- >>

she tried to establish other reasons why johnson may have left william morris that her boss was hardo work for and reprimands for socializing with clients. and while she did not talk about specifics about the assault, she appeared on several talk shows about the encounter. how it was relevant and how questions were being posed and then how he told him in a deposition about different encounters including the one at the hotel. he was surprised about the story. and it settled. and the testimony continues at the courthouse as witnesses continue to be called for the common wealth. katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >> our coverage continues on line at 6abc.com/cosby trial. there you will find the timeline of events leading up to cosby's day in court and the proceedings from montgomery county. if you like sunshine today is not your day. looking at the ben franklin bridge, what started as a rainy morning gave way to more cloud cover. when will we see the fine come through? david murphy has the exclusive accuweather forecast. >> we start with satellite and radar, peeks o

and think heard from a lawyer, joseph miller who helped file a compensation case for the william morris company. johnson told him of the alleged incident with the showbiz legend. all to set up the testimony of the victim, andrea constant. >> they resume this afternoon with da and cosby's ace defense team continuing their dual in the courthouse in montgomery county. live in norristown, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> our coverage continues at 6abc.com/cosby trial, there you can find all the updates on the proceedings and a collection of videos and photos from our "action news" team. >>> and a jury is delib rating the case of a bucks county man accused of sexual assaulting six girls. the prosecution says that the girl's parents gifted them to lee kaplan for exchange of financial help. and he said he was married to the youngest daughter and never abused the younger girls. >>> developing news out of paris where police say they shot a police officer with -- the attacker is 22 years old and a student from algeria. it's unclear if the attacker was acting alone we ar

before violating her in a hotel bungalow as she worked as an assistant to cosby's talent agent for william morrise is the only past accuser the judge is allowing to testify as prosecutors try to establish that cosby had a pattern of drugging and molesting young trusting women. her attorney, gloria allred said johnson's testimony is key for prosecution. >> then there's a pattern, a plan, a theme, a design to sexually assault. >> reporter: in cross-examination defense attorney brian mcmonagel questioned johnson's credibility pointing to conflicting statements. the assaults napped 1990 and she went to his house in 1996 for acting lessons. johnson cried on the stand saying she doesn't remember offering conflicting accounts. and there is a question about whether kelly johnson's mother can be called to testify for the prosecution. the defense opposed to it but the judge says he will rule on that matter this morning. we're live in norristown t-katherine scott, channel6 "action news. tam. >> katherine thank you. >>> we've created a special section on our web site devoted to covering all the angles of thi

she met bill cosby back in the 19 90's when she work at the william morris talent agency out in california. describes through tears this afternoon going to business cosby's bell air hotel room at his request, to talk about tv and her career. she says cosby offered her a white pill, said it it would help her relax, don't worry i wouldn't do anything to hurt y you. she was wary about the testimony an itemed to hide the pill under her tongue she she could later spit it out. asked her to open her up, ripped up her to know. there was the pill he directed they are swallow it. she did. she said she almost immediately felt like she was quote underwater later she a woke in his bed in the hotel room with cosby right behind her. she said she remembered hearing him grunt her dress was diss shelf. she remembered him putting lotion on her hand so she could stroke his genitals. withering cross examination from the defense attorney brian mcgonagle but the basic story held that is to say kelly johnson says what happened to andrea constand happened to me as well. dramatic stuff on this the first day of a tr

accuser kelly johnson who says back in the 90's as she will worked for one of his talent agents at william morrisby pressured her to take a large white pill and violated her in a hotel bungalow. she's the only past accuser the judge is permitting to testify as prosecutors try to establish cosby had a pattern of drugging and molesting young trusting women. in cross-examination, defense attorney brian mcmonagel questioned johnson's credibility pointing to conflicting statements she's made in the past and said that johnson was just seeking a payout from the tv star. her attorney, gloria allred. >> have to relive what she alleges that mr. cosby did to her was very, very difficult. and she was crying part of the time as she recollected what she says he did to her. >> reporter: wife camille cosby was not in court but the comedian was accompanied by a member of his former tv family, keisha knight pulliam who played rudy huxtable. >> i accept the verdict that is handed down. this is not the ma and man that i've ever seen, that i've ever known, how he's ever shown up for me. >> reporter: and there is a qu

johnson who was witness number one here yesterday, who back in the 1990's was a young staffer at william morris talent agency when bill cosby was their biggest client and star. he took an interest in her calling her at home, even said erect mended doctors for a sick relative. had her and her family see them in las vegas. they put it on to demonstrate a pattern. they wanted to show what happened to the woman in 2004 that this trial is about happened previously to kelly johnson eight years before, and cosby invite heard to his bellaire mansion, gave her a large white pill but wouldn't tell her what it was. she tried to hide it under her tongue. he made sure she swallowed it. next thing she wakes up, her dress is hike up over her weigh, he is putting lotion, and having her touch his private parts. so she was too afraid to tell everybody, beside close family including her mother. we don't know yet but dot math , victim is now 55, her mother has to be close to cosby's age 79 and maybe she will be up next testifying today. we learned, for the first time hot prosecution may also call as a witness and

she works for cosby's agency at the william morris agency in the '90s. describes where h she was beckoned to cosby's bungalow at the bel air hotel in about 1996 and says he forced her to take a white pill and that she says left her, again, dizzy, falling in and out of consciousness. she says she later woke up, hours later, perhaps the next morning, on a bed with cosby where he was forcing her to do a sex act. but she says she tried to resist the pill, put it under her tong, only to have him look under her tong and force her to swallow it. she said she thought she would lose her job. the defense questioned her timing. they say there is a deposition that exists in a workers compensation lawsuit she filed where she said show went to the hotel with cosby in 1990. so six years apart open that. they questioned her on other details. for instance, they said, didn't cosby give you $400 for your grandmother's doctor's appointment? she did not testify to that. she says she never remembers him giving her money, though she remembers him referring her grandmother to a

the william morris agency, she says she was invited to cosby's home in 1996 to learn about camera blockingo run lines with him. sometime later the woman was asked to meet him for lunch at the bell air hotel. she told the court that cosby instructed her to tell no one about the meetings. the woman told the court she knew she was violating company policy but she did it any way. in that hotel room cosby forced her to take a pill, even checked under her tongue to make sure she swallowed it. she went into the bathroom to compose herself and she saw

of socialism after attending a lecture by a prominent english designer, socialite and activist william morris. he becomes convinced that one of the tragedies of industrial britain, industrial england is the fact that the poor, the working classes, the urban working classes of england have become distant from their own rural past that industrialization has torn them out from the countryside and put them in these appalling situations of exploitation in the inner cities. he becomes convinced that in order to -- for any real reform to occur from the bottom up in england, what needs to happen is that the english working classes need to become aware of their own history and their own culture, the culture that they developed over a millennia in the countryside. he becomes obsessed with reviving that culture. he finds several prominent institutions, the english folk dance and song soetd, which is around to this day, and other groups to celebrate the royal heritage of england. but as a byproduct of industrialization, so much had been lost. he was only really finding the remnants of a past -- passed gl

announce exclusively that jada pinkett smith, nick cannon and jesse williams are among the stars presenting at the fir >>> heather morris just got her wish. the former "glee" star will step in for rashad jennings when he takes a break from the "dancing with the stars" tour in july. >> she's already on the poster. >> in case you are wondering, rashad is taking july to focus on football and hopefully sign with a team. >> we want to see him on the field. another dancing vet, cheryl burbur burke, is stepping in for abby lee miller. >> why are you back? you don't want to work with the kids. they don't want to work with you. you screwed it up. this might be the last time we ever see this place. >> in march, she told me because she felt disrespected by the show. >> i'm finished working under these conditions. you're not belieleaving me, are? >> why abby says her good-byes, cheryl gets quite the welcome. >> you're replacing abby lee miller. >> they didn't trust abby to be with their girls. i'm not going to yell at them. >> you can't remember to turn your feet out. huh? >> i'm not going to judge them fir their appearances. i don

wicker or my old friend term turner calhoun or willie morris was a wonderful editor of harper's magazine, came from mississippi, tom wolfe, william styron, they were from the soutl southerner and willie morris was in tom wicker was but sometimes they confront a very outspoken black voice and there's the problem of communication or understanding. i don't know i'm getting into this but this is what i remember and also, how different points of view you kind of see things from different points of view. if you're open to it. if you are not open to it, journalists are not now open to it. why is -- russian people are great people, great culture, great writers, great singers, great artists, great history. they did great battles in world war ii against the nazis but now in my lifetime from the end of world war ii, stalingrad, i remember all the stuff, of course as a boy, reading about it. but now, germany is not the enemy anymore. ms. merkel -- germany, the nazis were with my brothers who were in mussolini's army but now the germanies are wonderful people and the japanese are tolerant. when i was a kid and i go to the post office and my f

williams. i'm 23 years kd. in the product department at j. crew. >> chelsea morris, 29 t.ner and producer at buzz feed motion pictures. there's a ton of misconceptions when it comes to what we care about and what we belie >> the biggest misconception is that we're lazy. >> every older generation calls the younger generation on x was generation. we're the exact opposite of lazy. the thing that turns millennials on is doing a million things at once. >> i have this business that is thriving. some could call that all that e. but i want to not have a boss. i want to do my own thing. but that's not necessarily thes. >> 35% of millennials said that they own a business currently or plan to own a business in the future. millennials are a much about ow and controlling their destiny in a way in a other generations haven't been. rfulocial media has both defined ways and ruined us. >> to have that type of access to so many people and to say it doesn't affect your self-esteem or your image of yourself would be crazy. >>he about half agree that there's good and bad that comes with social

morris joining us now with a couple of the burgundy on gold's best. hey, holly. >> we were just talking about a few personnel decisions here, doug williams and i we werepromotion. >> thank you. >> so, i have to ask, do you think -- i mean, is that going to lead to the gm job? >> well, i think number one my job is to do the job that i have right now. >> right now. >> you do that job well, you don't know what happens but the most important thing is doing what i been tasked to do and that's what we going to do. >> would you like to be gm one day. >> i'm going to deal with the senior vice president of player personnel. >> staying in my lane. we have the honor of having jonathan allen out here early this morning and he seems like he's going to be a good addition to the team. >> no doubt about it. first round draft pick and all that is part of player personnel. we spend a lot of hours, a lot of time in the room looking at tape and looking at we would hope jonathan allen will be there when it's time to pick. >> you have more feelers out there. what are you looking for? what does this team need in your opinion. >> number one i think we got a pretty solid foot