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>> o'donnell: bill cosby court decision: the stunning ruling tonight in the disgraced comedian's sexual assault case. could the former star be released from prison? and we call it "painting it forward," tonight, the doctors picking up paint brushes to help lift spirits. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us. we're going to begin with a dire new warning from the nation's top infectious disease expert. tonight, dr. anthony fauci says the next few weeks are critical to tamp down what he calls a disturbing coronavirus surge and that with cases rising in 26 states, he's worried the death toll could soon spike, too. fauci says that's due in part to quicy, and because youngo people are "throwing caution to the wind." he's urging everyone to wear masks and avoid crowds. texas and california has set stung new single-day records for new infections, and hospitals in arizona, where the president is campaigning tonight, are filling up with patients. as we come on the

. >> also ahead, a legal victory for bill cosby. how his wife is reacting. >>> but first breaking news overnight, big news in the world of health care. a decision that will force hospitals to disclose more information about the prices they charge. >>> welcome back. hospitals will soon be required to make public the prices they negotiate with insurance companies for your treatment. the new price disclosure rule is set to go into effect in january now that a federal court has upheld the trump administration's order. president trump tweeted overnight calling it a, quote, big victory for patients. >>> if your water bill is much higher than it used to be, well, you're not alone. a new study looked at 12 cities in the u.s. and found the price of water and sewage rose by 80% in the last decade. the biggest increase was in austin, texas, where the study found the average annual water bill is $1,400. >>> we turn to the high stakes testimony on capitol hill today. a federal prosecutor is expected to tell congress that roger stone, a close all

the book is due out july 28th. >>> the pennsylvania supreme court will hear bill cosby's appeal of his sexual assault conviction. the 82-year-old is currently in a state prison. the court will look at two specific issues, whether five women who accused the should have been allowed to testify, and whether cosby had an agreement with a former prosecutor not to charge him. abc's linsey davis talked with camille cosby earlier, who said she is hopeful. >> i'm very, very pleased with this. not 100%, but now i'm looking at something that is possible. possible for vindication. that is the goal. >> and how is your husband doing, how often do you communicate, and have you gone to visit him? >> we communicate every single day. my husband is doing very well. he is exercising, he is eating properly. i'm happy about that. >> camille cosby says she has not visited her husband in prison. she also says he has not had the coronavirus. >>> jimmy kimmel is apologizing for using blackface in some of his past comedy sketches. the abc late-night host broke his silence after weeks of criticism on the issue. e

pennsylvania supreme court has ruled bill cosby is allowed to appeal two issues in his sexual assault convictions. less than two years in a three to ten-year sentence for drugging and assaulting a former temple university employee at his home back in 2004. i want to bring in alexandra field. what does this mean for cosby? >> reporter: hey there, brianna. this is what cosby has been asking for, raises the possibility of whether his 2004 sexual assault conviction could be overturned. his attorneys argue an unfair trial based on two issues that the pennsylvania supreme court has agreed to consider. the first is the fact that prosecutors introduced testimony from five witnesses from women who made similar accusations that bill cosby had incapacitated them and assaulted them but cosby had never been charged for any of the acts for which those women described. the other issue that the state supreme court said they are going to consider is information that was included in the 2018 trial from a deposition in a previous civil case in which cosby admitted that he had procured qualudes for women

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. >>> breaking her silence, bill cosby's wife speaking out in her first major interview in six years hours after the pennsylvania supreme court agreed to hear the disgraced comedian's appeal. what camille cosby is saying about me too, the black lives matter movement and racism in america right now. >>> firework boom.tht local officials launching sting operations to find where they're coming from. this morning, what is behind the explosion. >>> good morning, america. good to be with you on this busy wednesday morning. as we like to say, hump day. >> hump day. you're right. it is a very busy morning. we have a lot of news to get to starting with the latest on the coronavirus emergency. big surge in cases across the sun belt. take a look at this latest map from fema. l crthcountry.ot s, flor there will be, quote, no tolerance for crowded bars. there's also been a record rise in arizona. president trump there for a rally yesterday as the state reports its highest single day increase in coronavirus cases. >> yeah, the nation's top doctors testifying on capitol hill with a wake-up call for

because it sounds to me like you are on the payroll of the police and bill cosby and all of those sort of people. what do you propose that should be done to keep cops from killing us? allowing, telling other cops to hold other c cops accountable is a law law. that is a lala land dream. >> guest: well first of all let me say to you everything i've written and said i said at the beginning police should be held to a higher standard than anyone else. but let me tell you personally that inel my life i have lost a 29-year-old brother whose shot and killed, leaving behind five children, 17 euros niece who was raped and murdered, 23-year-old nephew who was shot and killed by a young man he grew up with and both parents have to see each other every weekend at the grocery. two other men's nephews reported intensive care. not a single one of you -- was assaulted by aye police officer. they were assaulted by another black person. so therefore, the problem is internal and there is where we ought to be addressing the problem right now. so no, we need -- likely a thousand people are shot by police of

. >> o'donnell: new tonight, bill cosby will get a chance to appeal his sexual assault conviction before the pennsylvania supreme court. cosby's lawyers argue that trial testimony from five past accusers, who say cosby sedated them with quaaludes before assaulting them, should not have been allowed. cosby has served nearly two years of a three- to 10-year sentence. today, late-night host jimmy kimmel said he's sorry for appearing in blackface. the portrals including n.b.a. star karl malone, snoop dogg, and oprah winfrey. he calls them thoughtless and embarrassing and apologized to those he hurt or offended. coming up next, a work of art that celebrates healthcare heroes and the patients that they have treated. it's starting to happen every day. people are surprising themselves the moment realize they can du more with less asthma. thanks to dupixent, the add-on treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma. dupixent isn't for sudden breathing problems. it can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as 2 weeks and help prevent severe asthma attacks. it's not a s

cosby or somebody bought some of the sounds or or amos little was very much the right in 2000 to you might remember this cartoon network decided to cancel to shelve to take out of the rotation speed eakins allas because somebody and here's the emphasis nobody none of the. black lives matter or anti for protestors are asking for this this is being done we're told to sleep this is being done voluntarily but they did this and if you recall in 2218 years ago there was the biggest backlash you've ever seen from home hispanic and latino speedy gonzales evers yeah so this is a recurring theme this is called either those people come up with this i take responsibility white privilege who are these people are steve is gati they're doing it quick to go to sleep nobody's asking because nobody cares this is not on the b.l.m. agenda scotty you know you've been outraged about this the gun with the wind the castle culture and even tweeting about it on social media a lot we have less than a minute to go ahead. well what are they afraid of that's what gets me a did they not pay attention to history be

both of them were accused of sexually abusing women, but one bill cosby, he was charged and now he's sitting in jail because of what he did to women. but the other bill is now campaigning for his wife for president and he's living the high life. i think the hypocrisy of the democratic party is now coming home to roost. president obama and vice president biden had eight years to deal with these issues and nothing's been done. and i hope this time is a wake-up call to america that both parties are complicit in this nightmare and we need to get it straightened out once and for all. thank you for taking my call. >> okay. mayor williams, any thoughts? >> well, you know, certainly i respect the caller's viewpoint, you know. but certainly, this has, what's going on right now has nothing for people to listen of the outcry of the individuals that have been disservice edisserved certainly been hurt for many, many years. i am not rallying for 40 acres and a mule. not at all. this is about making sure that equity is in place for everyone to make sure that we all have a fair opportunity as it rel

todd: bill cosby's casey back to court, agreeing to hear the disgraced comedian's appeal to his sexual assault conviction, the report will reveal whether 5 other accuses should have been allowed when cosby was only tried for one week of allegations. he was sentenced to 3 to 10 years behind bars, serve two of those years so far. jillian: nights of columbus with a federal lawsuit, in delaware, with religious holiday in 2018, the knights of columbus claiming religious dissemination because the city allows the christmas tree and holiday lights. there have been no complaints about their displays the 1930s. jillian: john bolton defending his decision to write a tell-all about his time working for the trump administration, the national security adviser slamming donald trump in an interview with bret baer. >> there's a lot of reprehensible conduct not all of which is impeachable. the democrats were pursuing a strategy going into a ditch. they had opportunities to correct the course. todd: the mayor asking bolton if hero the memoir, if he destroyed his notes, a pretty good memory. promising swi

it's a lot harder to issue, "okay, guys, we need to raise money for a new bill cosby standpointue. by the way, why does a 16th century spanish conquistador have such a devoted angry fan club to begin with. who are you people? why is this your hero? why caercht you be obsessed with beyonce like normal people. conquistador, they're not even here. they don't have number one hits. no one is singing conquistador songs. all the conquistadors, all the conquistadors. that wasn't a hit. maybe the biggest sign of the power of the black lives movement right now is it is changing america's cultural institutions. just look at the n.f.l., which is surprising everyone with a high-profile reversal. >> n.f.l. commissioner roger goodell weighing in on quarterback colin kaepernick, who has not played since 2016, when he first started kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial inequality. well, goodell now saying he encourages a team to sign kaepernick. >> i welcome that out a club making that decision and i encourage them to do that. >> goodell again says he and the league were wrong to op

bill cosby has won the right to fight his 2018 assault conviction. those pencil pennsylvania supreme court has decided he can appeal. cosby has been in a prison in philadelphia for about 2 years for his jury conviction of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2004. his sentences 3 to 10 years. the state supreme court agreed to review 2 aspects of the case. the judge's decision to let prosecutors call 5 other accusers to testify about encounters with cosby and the court is going to consider if the jury should have heard evidence that cosby had given sleeping pills. 2 women in the past. new this morning. the new york times just released his first pole of the 2020 election cycle and it doesn't look good for president trump. the poll shows joe biden leading by 14 points overall 50% of voters polled say they support. deval biden a while and they 36% backed the president. election the new york times says a majority of voters surveyed are unhappy with trump's handling of coronavirus and race issues in america. and despite that both the pre

>>in a stunning decision that could test the legal framework of me too cases, bill cosby has just won the right to fight his 2018 assault conviction. from the pennsylvania supreme court ruling that was just made cosby has been in prison in philadelphia for nearly 2 years. after he was convicted by a jury of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in his home in 2004. his sentences 3 to 10 years. the state supreme court there has agreed to review 2 aspects of the case. the judge's decision to let prosecutors call 5 other accusers to testify about attacks with the comedian and the court is also considering whether the jury should have heard evidence that cosby had given sleeping pills. 2 women in the past. the fbi says that rope that nascar driver bubba wallace found in his garage was not a hate crime, but he says it was a noose no doubt about it take a look there's video evidence that shows that very rope hanging as a garage poll. and it had been there since october of 2019 way before wallace was assigned use that garage last weekend's talladega race. and there's also video evidence f

. >> bill cosby has been granted an appeal to fight his sexual assault conviction between the pennsylvania supreme court he is serving a three to ten-year sentence. the court will look at whether certain testimony should have been allowed and whether he should have been put on trial to begin with because of a prior non-prosecution agreement. big news out of pennsylvania today. kelly, back to you >> thanks so much. let's check on markets right now. at near session highs as they've been for most of the afternoon dow up, the s&p up nicely, the nasdaq up 1.4% today and text is the lear leadership across all of the major averages, the tech sector leading the way and consumer discretionary, staples, that baskets that includes the home stocks, the nasdaq 100. there you have it and the russell 2,000s are up about 1% the oil market is closing up let's go to dominic chu for more >> it's mostly red here for the energy market, especially for crude oil. check out for the u.s. benchmark, wti prices right now off by 3/4 of 1%, a couple of duelling forces at least at play, the softening of the trade rheto

bill cosby has won the right to fight his 2018 assault conviction because of a ruling by the pennsylvania supreme court. cosby has been in a prison in philadelphia for about 2 years so far after a jury convicted him of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2004. his sentences 3 to 10 years. the supreme court of the state decided he could go forward with an appeal and they're agreeing to review 2 aspects of the case including the judge's decision to let prosecutors call 5 other accusers to testify about encounters with cosby and the court will also consider whether the jury should have heard evidence that cosby had given sleeping pills to women in the past. the fbi says that wrote that nascar driver bubba wallace found in the garage show where he dinner nascar race, it wasn't a hate crime. but he says it was a noose no doubt about it and it was offensive. video evidence shows the rope was hanging and serving as a garage pole and had actually been there. since october of 2019 way before wallace was a side of that garage last weekend's talladega race and the last race or to

>>in a stunning decision that could test the legal framework of me too cases, comedian bill cosby has won the right to fight his 2018 assault conviction. the pennsylvania supreme court has made a ruling that he can appeal. cosby has been in a philadelphia prison for nearly 2 years. after a jury convicted him of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2004. he's serving a 3 to 10 year sentence for that, but the supreme court. the state supreme court agreed to review 2 aspects of the case, including the judge's decision to let prosecutors call 5 other accusers to testify about encounters with the comedian, the court will also consider whether the jury should have heard evidence that cosby had given sleeping pills to women in the past. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news she's one of out magazine's most influential people san francisco's briana sinclair reflects on being one of the first >>25 is the time this week we're celebrating 50 years of pride in san francisco and this morning we meet the voice of a new generation opera singer brianna sinclair kron four's sanaz t

bill cosby, or a better example would be harvey weinstein. i lived in new york. i know people in the film industry. it has been an open secret for years and years that he was doing -- that his behavior was unconscionable. i heard people talk about it, you know, 10 years ago. the "new york times" five or six or seven years ago tried to do a story on it. just couldn't get people to speak on the record. i mean, there is nothing -- this wasn't something that popped up in 2018. this was an open secret in these worlds for a decade or more, but it takes an extraordinarily long time for people to come to grips with the enormity of this crime and to kind of find a way to do something about it. that's, to me, the intriguing lesson. susan: last example from this, because our time really evaporates quickly, another person in the news right now, khalid sheikh mohammed, his military court judge just set his trial date for january 2021. let's watch the video, and let's -- help us understand what you -- how he fits into what you are talking about here. [video clip] >> i have dea

it sounds like you're on the payroll of the police and bill cosby and all those sorts of people. what should be done to keep cops from killing us, allowing, to hold each cops -laer accountable is a la land dream. guest: police should be held to a higher standard than anyone else. let me tell you personally that in my life i have lost a 29-year-old brother who was killed, leaving behind of five children. a 17-year-old niece who was raped and murdered. a nephew who was shot and killed by a young man he grew up with. and two other nephews put in intensive care. not a single one of them was assaulted by white police officers. they were killed and assaulted by another black person. problem ise the internal. is where we ought to be addressing the problem right now. only 1000 people are shot by police officers for whatever. 9000 blacks kill other blacks every year. i ask you where should our priorities lie if we really care about black lives? we ought to be taking steps like we do at the woodson center to help organizations within communities to reduce that violence. that is taking pers

cosby, has nothing to do with former president bill clinton. certainly, there has been, for many, many years, two americas. we must address that. however, what is taking place right now, this is not about party. what is going on, it is not a respecter of democrats, republicans, independents, black, white, gender. none of those. this is about the need to sit down and have a true discussion for people to listen of the outcry of the individuals that have been disturbed and have been hurt for many, many years. for 40 acresying and a mule, not at all. this is about making sure that equity is in place for everyone a make sure that we all have fair opportunity as it relates to business, but also as it relates to housing. those are things that are still existing in this nation. certainly, some of these conversations that we have with federal leaders, we've got to make sure that they understand -- and they take the blinders off to be able to start using their platforms to be able to do what they said they were going to washington to do. that is to help

cosby has won a new appeal of his 2018 sexual assault conviction. the 82-year-old is nearly two years into a three to ten-year prison term for drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand at his home in 2004. the pennsylvania supreme court agreed yesterday to review two aspects of the case. first involves the judge's decision to allow testimony from five other accusers who alleged long ago sexual assault by cosby. the court will also review his claim that he had an agreement with a former prosecutor that he would never be charged in the case. in a statement, constand asked the court to consider the prospect of putting, quote, my perpetrator back into the community when he has show no remorse for his actions. >>> now to this -- at least 17 high school students from ohio tested positive for coronavirus after a recent trip to myrtle beach, south carolina. officials say two people who came in contact with those teenagers have also been diagnosed with covid-19. nearly 100 students returned home to belmont county, ohio, from the resort city 11 days ag

. >>> bill cosby's bid to overturn sexual assault conviction, the disgraced entertainer is currently serving three to 10 years for sexually assaulting a woman at his home in 2014 for 2004. whether the judge should embark incrementing statements cosby made in a civil case. cosby's wife says she is sobering the possibility that he will be vindicated. >>> that ball is hit deep into left field, you can forget about it, headed for berkeley, right to the top of the bleachers! >> mariano is now going back, he's still going back, he's near the wall, and it is -- he caught it! he caught it! >> i love it. the ballparks will stay closed to fans, but baseball, finally has a plan together to play ball. major league baseball and the players agreed to an agreement to start the season, next month. ktvu's allie rasmus is here now with all the details of what the season could look like. >> well it will definitely look different for people watching, and for the players on the fields. when people watch some of these games, when the season starts about a month from now, people will notice fewer people in

i want to ask you to switch gears because pennsylvania's highest court granting bill cosby the right to appeal two key issues in his 2018 conviction, that conviction on sexual assault charges. what are the implications here, judge, especially for the other me too cases? >> well, this is a unique me too case, maria, not only because he is a celebrity but for two reasons. one, the evidence of his guilt is overwhelming, truly overwhelming. however, he may not have received a fair trial. and that's what the pennsylvania supreme court is going to look at. i'm surprised they took the appeal. there must be members on that court, there's seven justices on that court, who are really concerned about whether the trial was fair. there's two aspects of the trial that are being challenged. one is an agreement he had with a prior prosecutor that if he testified truthfully in a civil deposition about his relationship with a woman, he would not be prosecuted. he did testify. the testimony was found to be truthful. and then they used that testimony against him in a subsequent prosecution. so is agreem

it sounds like you're on the payroll of the police and bill cosby and all those sorts of people. what should be done to keep cops from killing us, allowing, to hold each cops -laer accountable is a la land dream. guest: police should be held to a higher standard than anyone else. let me tell you personally that in my life i have lost a 29-year-old brother who was killed, leaving behind of five children. a 17-year-old niece who was raped and murdered. a nephew who was shot and killed by a young man he grew up with. and two other nephews put in intensive care. not a single one of them was assaulted by white police officers. they were killed and assaulted by another black person. problem ise the internal. is where we ought to be addressing the problem right now. only 1000 people are shot by police officers for whatever. 9000 blacks kill other blacks every year. i ask you where should our priorities lie if we really care about black lives? we ought to be taking steps like we do at the woodson center to help organizations within communities to reduce that violence. that is taking pers

professional wordtainers, and i use the professional loosely, who have een accused and the list is bill cosby, harvey weinstein, and all down -- you can go right list.hat do we demand any and all their works, their mentions, their be blotted r shows out from memory? professional about athletes, and, again, i use the word professional loosely. accused of sexual assault, beating their wives up, their girlfriends up, caught with performance-enhancing rugs, do we -- gambling, cheating, do we block them out mentions?emory, all no. madam speaker, even churches, the catholic church, the baptist church, methodist, other churches, other denomination sex scandals,tary oy scouts, congressional sex scandals. every occupation, every race, color, creed, and religion, none perfect. where does it end? hould we pull down an attempt to erase all mentions of countries like japan, germany, italy, china? the list is endless. had speaker, george floyd a criminal record, but he did at the rve execution hands of an errant police officer. again, those whose lives and/or their livelihoods being destroyed by vand