cosby accusers from testifying at his upcoming spring trial. they are expected to attack these women, the credibility and relevance today. bill cosby, back in montgomery county court today for second day of his pretrial hearing, first day was testy from the the start. judge steven o'neill often warning the prosecution and defense to maintain decor um after shouting matches erupted inside the courtroom. the prosecution wants the why to allow testimony from 13 cosby accusers at the comedian 's upcoming trial, montgomery county district attorney kevin steel says their testimony will show cosby had a long history of drugging and molesting women. lawyers from both sides clashed yesterday over the identification of those women, the defense wanting all of their names made public, prosecutors suggesting that cosby's lawyers were just trying to intimidate them. ultimately judge ruled cosby's attorneys could name 11 of the accusers since they already told their stories publicly. cosby is now facing felony sexual assault charges accused of drugging and mo

happening bill cosby is heading back to court for pretrial hearing. lawyers battling over the number of accusers who can actually testify. in a source close to the trial says that the comedian may want a plea deal. "fox news" also reported cosby is hoping to avoid prison time and plans to ask his attorneys to try to avoid a trial. >>> cosby says a aggravated indecent assault, stemming from an incident involving a former temple university staff member. more than 50 women have come forward publicly and accused cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting them. >>> attorneys for chaka fattah are like liz ramping up to appeal his convictions. the federal judge monday slapping former u.s. congressman with ten years in prison. one of the most harsh sentences ever handed down to a member of congress. fattah was found guilty on 18 counts of fraud, bribery and money laundering. the prosecutors say they are sending a message. >> it is a significant signal to though thinking oven gauge nothing misconduct about what can happen if you do so. >> fattah will get to spe

the cosby may want to eventually cut a deal but again back here live we are expecting bill cosby arrive at the courthouse with his attorneys shortly before this pretrial hearing gets underway at 9:00. we are expecting the priest trial hearing to last today into tomorrow, mike and alex, back to you. >>> we have been doing that story ten times a lot of pretrial hearings. >>> nation's top diplomate could be an oil company ceo, with known ties to russia? president-elect donald trump is expect to nominate exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson as secretary of the state. tillerson has had a receipt i, well, pretty good relationship with russian president vladamire putin over the years actually almost 20 years. in 2013 the russian president awarded him, rex tillerson, the order of friendship medal. it is a big deal for them. >>> also happening, we will hear for the first time today from the state g.o.p. about pennsylvania's recount battle. >> state republican chairperson and the party's top lawyer are speaking out in philadelphia later this morning. pennsylvania has finally certified its presidential

second day in court for bill cosby. he is fight to go keep testimony from some of his accusers from ever being heard at trial. yesterday the proceedings were filled with fiery exchanges by the attorneys. our lauren johnson in norristown this morning, just outside the courthouse as we wait for day two. the judge actually had to step in several times yesterday. >> yep, did he, thomas, instead of boys behave badly it was lawyers yelling loudly here, at the courthouse yesterday during the hearing. and why the called their behavior uncivil. all of the bickering was over publicizing the names of the dozens of women accusing cosby of sexual assault. cosby's lawyers don't want the women to be allowed to testify at his spring trial. the high steaks hearing was eventful from the very beginning. lawyers from both sides got heated over accusations from the other side about the women's names, cosby's defense team says many of the women have gone public with their accusations, and so their names are already out there. his lead lawyer

>>> bill cosby back in montgomery county courthouse today. what started a heated he can change inside the courtroom is just minutes away but first the search is on for an armed robber police are trying to see if in fact the same suspect is behind two separate violent robberies in both cases the guy had gun and both times investigators say he shot an and in man. good evening, i'm iain page. >> i'm lucy noland. the surveillance video is terrifying. but police want to you see it so they can get this guy off the streets. fox 29's dave kinchen life now at east detectives. dave, these robberies happened just blocks from one another. >> reporter: they really did. they've terrified a neighborhood here in north philadelphia. while police are trying to piece this together. tense moments when a thief pulls out silver gun at the double r deli on rose hill in feltonville december 10th. the mask wearing suspect holds up a 63-year-old store clerk known to neighbors as eric. he gets shot in the hip during the robbery. >> terrible, man. >> my kids go to that

bill cosby's attorneys want this judge to bar other cosby accusers from testifying at his upcoming spring trial and they are expected to attack these women today by calling into question their credibility and their rel advance. bill cosby, back in montgomery county court today for second day of this pretrial hearing, first day was testy from the start. judge steven o'neill often warning the prosecution and defense to maintain decor um after shouting matches erupted inside the courtroom. prosecution wants the judge to allow testimony from 13 cosby accusers at the comedian's upcoming trial. montgomery county district attorney kevin steel says their testimony will show cosby had a long history of drugging and molesting women. lawyers from both sides, clashed yesterday, over the identification of those women, the defense wanting all of their names made public. prosecutors suggesting cosby's lawyers were just trying to intimidate them. ultimately the judge ruled cosby's attorneys could name 11 of the accusers since they have already told their stories publicly. cosby is facing felony sexual as

cosby, it is one-on-one with no corroboration from other witnesses. so it is important that there be cooperation, as to lack of consent, if in fact that's what the accuse letter testify to by other witnesses. >> reporter: last weaning gloria allred said her clients have a duty to testify, she called the defense dismissal of their accounts out of context, just plane wrong. cosby also in rare form yesterday, both in and out of the courtroom. he was overheard telling a dispute when he entered the court don't taze me bro when he was getting wanted. very different from the very fragile cosby we've seen over the last few weeks, mike and alex. >> just walking in, smiling, waiving. >> he actually was laughing when he was on the elevator. later on in our shop, liver interview with one of the attorneys, gloria allred that you just heard there in lauren's piece. >> i believe she represents about four of the women, four of the 12. >> she wants to show up in court with them. all right, 6:39. >> breaking news. president-elect donald trump officially select former t

shouting matches break out at bill cosby's hearing. later this morning he returns for day two. >>> and remembering the victims. today communities across the country will mark the fourth anniversary of the sandy hook çw >>> this is in marlboro township at upper ridge road at miller road. there's a crash at that intersection. i'll let you know as soon as it# and there is a disabled vehicle in the area of routeú5wr 309 an highland avenue. when i see you in a bit, we'll take a look at how your speeds are on the pennsylvania turnpike and we'll go into new jersey and delaware and see how the roads are there. vai? >> all right, thank you, katy. >>> new from overnight, police are investigating what they are calling an5zub execution-style, deadly shooting in philadelphia's frankford section. officers found a man laying on adams avenue with several gunshot woundsa>iÑ just after 1 this morning. authorities say evidence shows the gunman fired 28 shots at the victim, some from just inches away. so far, no arrests. >>> 6:02. police are also tryi

cosby, how you feeling? fans want to know. >> he believes none of the 13 should be allowed to take the stand telling the judge these women have no business here. >> there's no good reason in this world for these uncorroborated, unconfirmed, unreported, ancient allegations to be brought into this courtroom or any courtroom in this cup tree. >> reporter: the defense spent most of the afternoon tearing apart those accusers one by one. attorney mcmonagle saying she claims to have been assaulted sometime between 1982 and 1985. the only way to defense against a vague claim like that would be to suggest your client was in a coma for thee years. well that line brought a loud chuckle from bill cosby in the courtroom. we'll see if he's still laughing when the ruling comes in. iain? >> all right, bruce. thank you. >>> a warning tonight from the philadelphia division of the fbi. it says some scammers are calling people claiming to be with the agency. investigators say the scammers are calling people throughout the area

cosby his defense saying this should not go to trial. we will have more on the allegations and what to second actually, lets go out to sabina, good morning. >> reporter: this latest hearing could be make or break for cosby's defense, perhaps even the prosecution a judge is expect to rule on whether prosecutors will be allowed to call up to 13 of cosby's past accusers to testify in the sex assault case against him. state need to convince court that the testimony from the 13 other women is relevant to trial even though case is now focusing on just one accuser, andrea constant. prosecutors hope to show cosby had a pattern of drugging and molesting women. defense, of course will push back hard and the testimony, new last year you will recall he was indicted on charges he assaulted constand at his elkins park home in 2004. earlier this month the judge, ruled to allow tam aging testimony that cosby gave in constand's civil suit against him where he admitted to giving young woman drugs and alcohol before sexual encounters, that was a big blow t

. >>> bill cosby is in a courtroom right now. they are trying to stop the plans at his upcoming sexual assault trial. i'm vai sikahema. >> they will be arguing about the credibility of the womens testimony. pamela osborne has more on what's happening inside today, pamela. rnc >> reporter: cosby arrived shortly before the 9:00 hearing in good spirits. bill cosby was all smiles when he first exited his vehicle accompanied by his legal team. he joked with a security guard saying don't tase me, bro as he was on his way into court. prosecutors today will try to urge the court to try to. the allegations span decades from the 60s to the 90s. the prosecution will argue that these accounts are similar and support andrea's allegations that cosby used a friendly approach and used drugs to sexually assault his victims. pennsylvania law generally prohibits evidence of so called bad acts from being presented in court. in some sex crime cases the type of evidence that he flekreflect pattern of behave yoior has bee allowed. they have already que

pam, cosby spoke out in court yesterday. tell us what happened in the hearing. >> reporter: yeah, there were more than one moment yesterday in court where cosby shouted out the answers to the questions that were actually meant for prosecutors. keep in mind, lawyers for cosby say the 79-year-old actor is suffering from vision and memory loss that leave him unable to defend himself in his upcoming sexual assault trial. but back to what happened yesterday in the courtroom. it was explosive. this was an all out fight between the prosecution and the defense. the prosecution is hoping the judge will allow testimony from 13 other cosby accusers to be heard in the case involving a 2004 encounter with andrea consta constand. they argue the testimony of these women support constand's story and help establish a pattern that cosby would meet younger women, befriend them, gain their trust, isolate them, drug them, and then sexually assault them. cosby has denied the accusations and the defense is fighting to keep that testimony out of co

. >> 5:05, happening today, we think it will be a big day in that bill cosby trial. it was pretty explosive yesterday with the attorneys on both sides, having to be rained in by the judge, cameras were not allowed in court but our report remembers therefore all of the action, lauren johnson, a recap of what happened and what we expect today, lauren? >> the judge had to threaten to call in more deputies if the two sides could not maintain some decor up. even big column bye was different than we've seen him in the past, slow, quiet, vision, memory problems. according to his lawyers, the 79 year old yelled out in the courtroom on several occasions, even when the questions weren't being directed at him. >> prosecutors are trying to show he had a history every drugging young women, andrea constand filed complaint against cosby, once her friends and mentor, over an encounter at his home in philadelphia. but, prosecutors say there are dozens of other women who tell very similar stories, and they should be allowed to testify in the spring trial to show cosby's prior bad act.

one of the women says cosby assaulted her more than 40 years ago. she says she only came forward after hear the stories of other women who claim to be victim the victims say they did not come forward because this is bill cosby and no one would believe him. and the defense says no, this is bill cosby and they followed the money. none of these women came forward until claims were made by andrea constand in 2005 and that's when he says a plan was hatched to bring down america's icon. >>> turning now to the presidentipresident al transition. today president-elect donald trump officially named rick perry as energy secretary. the president-elect said the former texas governor would help maker energy independent. perry has previously said he wanted to eliminate the energy department. >>> today silicon valley leaders made their way to a technology summit. companies including apple, microsoft and am son sat down with president-elect trump. delaware senator chris coons medded to trump tower to meet with the president-elect elect. he wanted to invite mr. trump

others had ongoing relationships with cosby. but the defense is trying to keep them off the witness stand questioning the relevance of credibility. they say the commonwealth is trying to use the women to bolster their weak case. the defense had wanted to question these 13 women in person. the judge rejected that idea. the hearing is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. we're live in norristown, katherine scott, channel6 "action news. >> thanks, katherine. >>> new this morning, a man with a knife held up a 7-eleven in wynnewood overnight. it happened just before 2:00 this morning on the 1400 block of city a the robber threatened clerk with the weapon and stole an unknown amount of cash fleeing the scene on foot. no injuries were reported. >> 6:06. two men came under attack while sitting in a car in the city's olney section. you can see the shattered windows shot out along third street. someone opened fire around 5:15 yesterday evening. the men ages 42 and 41 were taken to the hospital in stable condition. investigators are still tryin

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. >> rick, the cosby trial itself is scheduled to begin this spring. live at the county courthouse in norristown. i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> a 28-year-old man in serious condition after being shot in the face outside of a gentlemen's club earlier this morning. two men were getting into their car at german town avenue when a would be robber approached them and fired. the second man returned fire and then drove his beganon to temple university hospital where police impounded the car's evidence. no word on the victim or suspect. >>> detectives in burlington county says that the victims in willingboro last night were teenagers. police investigated the scene, 16-year-old ian perry was killed on the porch and another 16-year-old was wounded at his home. there was no weapon found and no suspect in custody and the motive for the shooting is under investigation as well. >> no arrest yet in a triple shooting in west philadelphia. it happened at a convenience store at 15th and delancy streets, a man and another man believed to be

cosby may want the deal. last week judge ruled that recorded statements that cosby made back in 2005 in civil case could be used in the criminal case now and that was a tough blow for the cosby team. those statements cosby admitting giving having sex with her and he says that the sex was consensual in the statements. cosby also went to philadelphia. he was also on the board of a trustee, mentor. the andrea civil case settled out of court, money kept confidential. cosby charged with aggravated indecent assault. today in court it's been rather testy, we understand. the judge could decide if 13 of those dozen of other women will testify in the case and it's been a back and forth between the prosecution and the defense on that. it turned into a shouting match at one point, we understand. prosecutors looking to establish this kind of behavior as a pattern of abuse by cosby. again, both sides denying that there is any kind of plea deal in the works, the trial scheduled for june at this point. new york post reportin

. >>> bill cosby is in back in court. they are trying to keep 13 of his accusers from testifying. >>> in hot pursuit, the local police department that has quite a sense of humor after they try to corral some donkeys that lead them on a slow speed chase. >>> and right now at 11:00 temperatures will be warming up as we take a live look. dangerous cold is on if wthe wa. >> let's check in with glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> we have been issuing these alerts the first couple of days ago. this is for the entire area. everybody will be effected by this. it is generally 5:00 a.m. thursday to noon on friday. we are going to have windchills or feels like temperatures down close to zero. wind will be gusting to near 40 miles per hour on thursday. so the arctic air on its way in. you will definitely feel it when you wake up in the morning. you're going to feel it all the way through friday. now, the worst of this looks like it is going to come later on thursday into thursday night when it could be feeling like around zero or below ze

others had ongoing relationships with cosby. district attorney kevin steele argues the 13 women's stories are reel advance because they establish a common scheme or plan. but the defense is crying foul saying the commonwealth is trying to bolster their weak case. cosby's lawyers will try keep the women off the witness stand attack the relevance to the case and their credibility. the defense had wanted to question the women in person but the judge didn't allow it. the judge already ruled cosby's deposition testimony can be used at trial where he talks about his affairs including the night with constand and giving quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with. now the question remains, if these accusers can testify. his hearing is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. it's expected to last today and tomorrow. we're live in norristown, katherine scott, channel6 "action news. >> thanks, katherine. >>> new this morning, a plan with -- man with a knife held up a 7-eleven. the robber threatened the clerk with a weapon and stole an unknown amount of

would it be allowed under pennsylvania law or would it impede comedian bill cosby from getting a fair trial? >> anything to say? >> bill cosby left the courthouse without saying a word, letting his lawyers do the talking. >> these are bandwagon claims that we believe have no place in this justice system. >> the prosecution argued the testimony is crucial in their effort to portray cosby as a serial sexual predator. >> we have made our argument in court. we have talked about each of them individually, and we hope for a favorable ruling from the court. >> but they argued that allowing testimony of enlts that happened decades ago would make it impossible for cosby to get a fair trial. >> those old ancient unreported accusations would be a travesty of justice. >> gloria allred says no mistake some of the incidents happened decades ago. >> according to pennsylvania law, time is not in itself a reason to exclude such testimony. >> no american, no citizen in this country, bill cosby or anyone else should be put in the situation of trying to defend against accusations 40 years old. >> clearly

today a judge will decide if bill cosby's past accusers will be allowed to give testimony in his sex assault trial. >>> and jersey shore dune saga. today the battle over a beach project goes to court as opponents made claims about potential health hazards. it is 6:00 a.m. good morning. this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm sick. let's get to meteorologist bill henley and the forecast. i was just talking to bill about how lighter it is out because of the full moon. >> yeah, the moon will rise later today and it is nice and bright to start with. but we have a few clouds around. the temperature has bumped up in philadelphia. it is 37 degrees right now, a little bit of a breeze out of the west at 6 miles per hour. it will come down a little bit at 8:00, then right back up into the upper 30s at 11:00 and warm into the 40s this afternoon. the cold will ease out of here. won't be as warm as yesterday but nicely above freezing for philadelphia, the suburbs, into new jersey, 43 degrees. and at the shore turning partly cloudy and 45. clouds will be increasing this afterno

maybe they want to have bill cosby on trial. it would be biggest trial in the country, and they height decide you know what he needs to be put on trial. >> okay. >> we will put up video here of a young woman by the name of bella hadid. >> we will not talk about chaka fattah. >> are we can go to talk about chaka fattah. >> after we talk about this yesterday, were you surprised by the fact that he got ten years. >> i was because prosecution wanted 17 to 22 years. defense wanted 11 to 14. he got ten years, below what everybody thought that he should get, so, ten years is a long time to be in jail. there is no parole in the federal system. this is important but you can get time off for good behavior fifty-four days per year. he will serve at least, eight years plus, assuming he gets all that time for good behavior. restitution was 624th $14,000. i find it -- $614,000. the reason he is going to jail because he got money in an illegal way and now made to pay back money that he never had in the first place. i think he will have a hard

and that's a major problem according to the cosby defense. they say they have no way to defend actor from the allegations because victim number one and 12 other women prosecutors want to bring forward have claims that are vague, they can't name dates, times or places where these alleged assaults happened. the defense says how can they be sure where cosby was if they don't have specific dates and places. the bandwagon of claims -- cosby's defense lawyer told the judge none of these women came forward until claims made by andrea constand in 2005. then a plan was hatched to, quote, bring down an american icon. coz by is charged with sexual assaulting andrea constand in 2004 and that is the only claim defense lawyers say the jury should hear. >> what is happening in this case, we believe that in order for anybody in this country to get a fair trial, the things that are happening here can't happen. this man is presumed innocent, he's charged with one incident. that should be what we talk about. >> reporter: now prosecutors told the judge that many

now, cosby has always denied wrong-doing, saying that any sexual contact was always concentual. this again is a pretrial hearing, at the hearing, here at the montgomery county courthouse, the trial is scheduled for june of next year. just another step in the process in the run up to that date. we are reporting live in norristown this morning. jan carabeo, cbs-3 "eyewitness news", jim, rahel, back to you. >> thank you, jan. train service back to normal this morning after a person was struck and killed by an amtrak train in wilmington, delaware. state police say the train was traveling southbound around 8:00 last night when it hit the victim at ten lewis circle. that's a mile south of the wilmington station. victim died at the scene. police at this point have not release that person's identity. >>> police russia person to the hospital after a shooting in burlington county. police were called out to plum tree lane in willingboro, just after 8:00 last night. so far we're hearing one person was injured and taken to lords medical center. police are currently looking for a shooter and

cosby interrupted and said drake is in chicago. >> bill cosby arrived in court today smiling. he would stare at the ceiling furrow his brow at times yelling towards the defense. he says they're all victims of sexual assault. but lawyers for cosby say there is no reason not to name is women because they have given tv and newspaper and magazine interviews. at one point, the judge threatening to bring in the sheriff if they didn't speak to each other in a civil manner. neither side commented at the finish of court today. prosecutors began to outline a pattern where cosby would meet women younger than him, get them alone and drug them and sexual assault tell. now the defense has brought in what it appears to be facebook messenger chats as well as comments some of those 13 women may have posted on facebook. those attorneys are not comments as to why but they said the publicity in the case have prompted many women to tell similar stories of assault, one of the reasons they're fighting the testimony of those 13 women the defense wants to bring in. >>> now to your first alert weather,

the action cam was there as cosby left court an hour ago. cosby wants to have 13 women thrown out. where he stands for charges of molesting andrea constand. cosby's lawyers say that the accounts are irrelevant and some old unreliable and impossible to defend against. >>> local republicans reflected on donald trump victory in pennsylvania today. he spoke to the media in northeast philadelphia. he says it was a well executed strategy that turned pennsylvania red. >> donald trump and mike pence's commitment to visiting the keystone state. led them to victory. voters believed in his message of more jobs and fewer taxes and a better health care system for all. >> meantime the transition process continues, today trump confirmed his pick for secretary of state, exxon mobil ceo, rex tillerson. and rick perry to be tapped for commune secretary. >>> markets closed up across the board today. as the dow jones inches closer to a major milestone. stocks soared as investors keep their eye on the meeting, fed chairman janet yellen is expected to talk about the meeting. close to topping 20,000, the

>> assuming cosby stands trial and that a jury will hear testimony from a 2005 deposition when cosby admitted to giving a woman drugs in his cheltenham home. a judge denied cosby's request to suppress that testimony. cosby argued he only gave that testimony in a deposition because he was granted immunity from future prosecution by bruce cantor, the district attorney at that time. the judge says there was no legal agreement of immunity. again, cosby's deposition taken in 2005 and 2006 in the civil suit will be admissible in the crime trial. i've reached out to cosby's defense team but so far no one was available for comment. >> harry, thank you. >>> now to new video showing two masked thieves who terrorized a worker inside a local laundromat. one of them put her in a choke holed while holding a gun to her head. the scene played out this morning inside the t&w laundromat in upper darby. tonight upper darby police hope someone will recognize the thieves from that video. nbc 10's

cosby's attorneys. but, you know, they have duty to cooperate in the process. >> yes. >> and it could be public, depending on what the judge rules. >> do you think the judge will rule on this today? >> that's authorities say. in the past for all of the motions he has not ruled at that time, he's given written opinion, finding of fact, conclusions of law, in other words, the reasons why he reaches the decision that he has so it may be he won't rule today, on the other hand mable. it is a cliffhanger a and maybe the most significant decision in this case except for his motion to dismiss which of course was denied. >> gloria, always good to see you. >> you too, mike, thank youment. >> so if the judge decides that he'll let these 11 women, at least 11 women testify against him, a lot of people are thinking cosby will cut a deal then. >> will do plea deal? >> just too much evidence against him, cut a deal where i admit did i it, don't make me go to jail. >> be interesting to see what it will be like in a cou

. >>> cosby in court. today the comedian and his legal team will try and stop montgomery county prosecutors from allowing more than a dozen accusers from testifying at his trial. >>> and health records hacked. new jersey-based quest diagnostics says personal information belonging to nearly 40,000 patients was breached by cyber criminals. >>> good morning. welcome to "nbc 10 news today." it is 5:30. i'm tracy davidson. >> and i'm vai sikahema. the cooldown begins today, through the day and through the rest of the week. let's start with meteorologist bill henley in the nbc 10 first alert neighborhood weather. hi, bill. >> hey, vai. yes, yesterday was unseasonably warm for this time of year, 51 degrees. today won't get close to that 51, but it's going to be much warmer than what we'll experience at the end of the week. right now we're seeing cold temperatures, but it is above freezing for philadelphia and the suburbs. new jersey at 34 degrees. right now the lehigh valley mostly clear skies, just a few scatter

cosby. one-on-one. with no corroboration from other witnesses, it is important there be corroboration. >> they broke for lunch, and proceedings will continue this afternoon, they will scheduled to continue tomorrow. we are live in norristown, katherine scott, channel 6 "action news." >>> a delaware dry-cleaning business is cleaning up after heavy damage after a sports car plowed through the front of the building. police say that a 66-year-old man pressed the gas instead of the brake and crashed his porsche box ter into the laundry mat. he was cited for careless driving. >> a man with a knife held up a local 7-eleven store overnight and got away with cash. he targeted the store on city avenue in wynnewood. the man came in and threaten aid clerk with the knife at 2:00 this morning and took money and ran across city avenue. they are work on a description of the suspect at this hour. >>> turning to accuweather the conditions are turning much colder as we get close toward an extremely bitter blast of winter,

the da says they are needed to show a pattern of bill cosby's bad behavior going back to the 60s. he is facing charges of allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand in '04 we made our argument in court and talked about each of them individually and hope for a favorable ruling. >> those allegations are impossible to defendant. >> the things happening here can't happen. this man is presumed innocent and charged with one incident. that should be what we talk about in this case. >> and nothing else. >> jim, the judge did not make a ruling tonight that may not come for weeks or even months, the trial is scheduled for the spring time. live at the montgomery county courthouse, i'm vernon odom, channel 6 "action news." >> vernon thank you. >>> 55-year-old marcia williams turned herself in for the hit and run that seriously injured a 12-year-old boy in newcastle county. police say that williams struck 12-year-old brian richards in minquadale on december 5th and the boy suffered broken bones, she said she knew she hit something but didn't know what and that she drove back bu

cosby has been indicted on allegations of a sex crime against andrea constance back in 2004. the prosecution will aask a judge to allow 13 others to testify to back up the story line. cosby's lawyers, however, will argue that allowing this testimony would taint the case and prejudice the jury. cosby's defense, which has already questioned the motivation of the accusers, will go after their credibility. the lead defense attorney on cosby's side has petitioned to ask each woman as many as 80 questio questions. that hearing is set to begin at 9:00 this morning. reporting live in north town, pamela osbourne, nbc 10 news. >> pam, thank you. >>> quest diagnostics, the north jersey firm many of us depend on for drug tests and lab work, is the victim of a massive hack attack. quest has dozens of test facilities in our area, including this one on city avenue. the company's notifying customers that hackers breached its online portal, swiping the personal information of nearly 40,000 patients. police are investigating a cybersecurity expert in chester county told us the hackers were lik

cosby has a small army of attorneys to represent him, one person. >> reporter: the district attorney made a statement tonight, but he did not answer questions, refusing to say how big of a setback it would be if the judge rules against allowing those 13 accusers to testify. at the montgomery county courthouse in norristown, drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> tonight, a change that could impact your wallet. the federal reserve is raising a key interest rate in response to a strengthening economy. the quarter-point increase is the first in a year and only the second since the recession. could affect everything from mortgage rates to credit cards and student loans. stocks had their worst day in two months after the announcement. the fed is expected to raise rates three more times next year. >>> today marks four years since the sandy hook massacre in connecticut shook the nation. >> and this afternoon, there was an emotional local tribute. 26 shirts were on display on the front lawn of the presbyterian church of chestnut hill. each has a name of a victim. today, a dozen people read the names o

. >> bill cosby should be back in a montgomery county courthouse today. it is day two of what's already been a heated pretrial hearing for his sex assault trial. >> breaking overnight detectives in philadelphia are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man execution style. >> learning more this morning about the sudden death of former "growing pains" star alan thicke. >> and we're awaiting a big chill not just yet. let's turn to meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers. >> right now it's certainly on the cold side out on the terrace but it gets a lot different tomorrow matt. as we take a look at satellite you can see how the clouds have broken up a little bit overnight following that imagery that radar is showing you of a few snow and rain showers popping through overnight. some of you might see a little drop of rain on your windshield and that's why. overall we'll call it purse partly sunny skies 35 in allentown, 34 in reading similar numbers in wilmington and down toward cape may where you're at 40. just 30 in millville and 32 in trenton. so ev

at a time, cosby answered questions that were meant for the prosecutor. he's actually shouting out some of those answers. keep in mind, lawyers for the 79-year-old actor say cosby is suffering from vision and memory loss that leave him unable to help defend himself in his upcoming sexual assault trial. but back to what happened yesterday in the courtroom. it was explosive. this was an all out fight between the prosecution and the defense. the prosecution is hoping the judge will allow testimony from 13 other cosby accusers to be heard in the case involving a 2004 encounter with andrea constand. they argue that the testimony of these women support constand's story and help establish a pattern here, that cosby would meet younger women, befriend them, gain their trust, isolate them, drug them, and then sexually assault them. cosby has denied the accusations, and his defense is fighting to keep that testimony out of court. at one point, the d.a., who did not identify the women by name in court paperwork to protect their identities, accused the defense of tryi

cosby said yes. his trial is expected to start in june. >>> the los angeles times reports that shinzo abe will be the first japanese leader to visit pearl harbor. the prime minister will meet president obama at the base after christmas. they will remember the victims at the attack in hawaii. >>> the nobel prize ceremony no dylan has said he can't make it to stockholm to pick up his literature prize. >>> still to come, taking the headache out of grocery shopping. amazon opens a real store where customers can skip the wait at the check-out line. coming up on "look! famous people!" we catch flo, the progressive girl, at the supermarket buying cheese. scandal alert! flo likes dairy?! woman: busted! [ laughter ] right afterwards we caught her riding shotgun with a mystery man. oh, yeah! [ indistinct shouting ] is this your chauffeur? what?! no, i was just showing him how easy it is to save with snapshot from progressive. you just plug it in and it gives you a rate based on your driving. does she have insu

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and are so vague that cosby can't effectively present a defense. now, cosby has always denied wrong-doing, saying, that any sexual contact was always concentual. this, again sacks pretrial hearing here at the montgomery county courthouse, again scheduled to start at 9:00. just the latest step in a process leading up to the trial that is scheduled for june of next year. of course, we will be here to cover it all. for now live in norristown, jan carabeo, cbs-3, "eyewitness news", rahel, jim, back to you. >> thank you. president-elect trump expected to announce rex tillerson has his nominee for secretary every state today despite concerns about his ties to russia. >> the decision comes mrs. trump reveals by social media how he would handle the future of his business. hena daniels live in new york to explain it all. good morning, hena. >> reporter: good morning, guys. president-elect trump also tweeted after 11:30 last night he would leave his businesses to his grown sons, and executives, before the inauguration. this after lawmakers on both sides of t

so far no arrests. >>> bill cosby's sex assault hearing resumes

cosby. >> reporter: all the while bill cosby silently watch the hearing unfold. if the judge allows 13 witt tonightes to testify at trial his fate could be determined on a he said, they said basis, rather than one where he simply faces one accuser. the hearing continues tomorrow at 9:00 a.m., the judge will make his decision sometime after tomorrow's hearing, on this motion, for prior bad acts. meanwhile cosby's trial is still scheduled for june 2017. reporting from norristown, i'm greg argos for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> president-elect donald trum april announce his pick for america's top diplomate after weeks of rampant speculation. today trump chose exxon mobile ceo rex tillerson to be his secretary of state. mr. tillerson is a business heavyweight, with a top job at exxon mobile he brokered deals around the world on behalf of the oil giant but critics say he lacks political experience. >>> "eyewitness news" reporter joe holden is live in the sat center with reaction from law make hours will vote whether to confirm this unconventional choice. >> reporter:

comedian and actor bill cosby is set to appear in court later today. the key issues the judge is considering in his sex assault case. >> president-elect trump is expected to make an announcement on one of his top cabinet picks and sort through what he'll do with his business while in the white house. >> plus, police are searching for a grinch in new jersey. see what the suspects stole from an important christmas display. >> first up weather and traffic. we have matt pelman in for karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. good morning. >> all right, guys, we're off to app partly cloudy start. it looks like there might be some sun peaking through some of these early clouds, maybe, maybe not. in any event the general pattern of the day going to be to increase those clouds and we'll wind up fairly overcast later on. 35 degrees is your currents temperature in philadelphia. we are off to a cold start and i expect that number to dip a little bit over the next hour or two. 30 degrees below freezing in allentown, 32 in reading, run in lancaster, 35 in trent

. >>> a ruling today could mean big trouble for bill cosby's defense team as cosby prepares for his trial on sexual assault charges. a montgomery county judge will now allow the jury in cosby's criminal case to hear testimony from a 2005 deposition. in it, cosby admitted to giving andrea constand drugs. cosby said he only gave that testimony in the deposition because he was granted immunity by the district attorney at that time. the judge says there was no legal agreement of immunity. nbc 10 reached out to cosby's defense team but so far no one has commented. >>> new at 6:00, new details about the plan to redevelop jewellers' row in philadelphia. our colleagues at the "philly business journal" reported they plan to double the size of a planned residential tower there. several buildings will be knocked down to build the tower. there's been controversy in the neighborhood over building the condos. in october, philadelphia's mayor said the permits are in place and the city would be sued if it tried to step in to stop the construction. the deal is expected to be reached early next year. toll

cosby has claimed sexual contact with constand was consensual. if the 13 others are a loud to testify, it could refute any defense claim that cosby was simply mistaken in thinking constand was a willing partner. civil attorney gloria allred represents many of those other accusers. >> if in fact it's true, that someone has a pattern of drugging women, then -- then engage something sexual contact, then that person who drugs whomever that is is not mistaken about whether a victim is consenting because he knows they can't consent and that is in fact why he's drugging them. >> reporter: in court cosby's defense team argued none of the 13 should be allowed to testify suggesting some of their claims are not credible and that many stories are so old and vague they cannot be disproved. lead defender brian mcmonagle is holding his tongue for now. >> brian, what can you tell us about the view of these 13 others. >> we'll have a lot to say tomorrow. >> reporter: well, cosby was more animated today than we've seen him in past hearing joking with security guar

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>>> back in court, comedian bill cosby returns to a montgomery county courtroom this morning, one day after a fiery hearing, we will tell you the decision, a judge is expected to make. >>> and, new this morning, dozens of shell casings concerned this scene on adams avenue where a man was shot and killed overnight, we will have an update on the violence >>> authorities are investigating a deadly crash overnight the in the cobbs creek section, we will have the latest. >>> today is wednesday december 14th, i'm jim done ran. >>> aim rahel solomon. lets get your day started with a check of weather with katie and meisha. >> everybody is back, finally. >> back from spain. >> yes. >> how are you feeling. >> well, let's just put it this way i'm channeling my inner demi moore i sound a lot worse, so if i start to break out, in coughing, please excuse me, but we will try to save you. >> i will keep my distance. >> good morning. >> i will try not to cough on any of you. >> katie, weather was really nice yesterday. we're looking like it is nice and dry as well, just a lot of construction, no accid

cosby facing only one accuser. the 79 year old comedian is facing ago vaulted indeeds end assault charges for allegedly sexually assaulting former temple women's basketball coach, andrea constand, at his cheltenham home in 2005. "eyewitness news" has been at the courthouse tracking ought of the days developments, starting today at 5:00. >> this noon, say florida gators defensive coordinator jeff collins will be named temple's new head football coach. collins will replace matt rhule who was recently hired at baylor after four season with the owls. matt rhule led owls to back-to-back ten win seasons and american athletic conference championship. the gators have been nationally ranked in total defense for the past two years. >>> president-elect donald trump long awaited pick for secretary every state could have some trouble in his confirmation hearing. and mr. trump bridges former texas governor rick perry into the fold. also this noon, unusual visitor to trump tower. cbs news correspondent kenneth craig with the full