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Offenders where they cannot wrap their head around the crimes they have committed. theyre so far removed from it that they will not accept it. so i completely agree with her. this guys not going to plead guilty. >> kate i know that you spent a lot of time with more than two dozen of the other accusers. what did they tell you about the tone and tenor with which bill cosby and the people around bill cosby have denied these allegations from the beginning? >> well they -- in their view they found it...

To smear and destroy the reputations of bill clintons accusers? >> yeah. and to me, you know, thats the heart of this charge about sexism and stuff. the clintons, you know, are trying to accuse donald trump of being sexist because of the words he uses and things like that, but, of course, his record shows that he has a record of hiring women and putting them in powerful positions. and yeah, he does use some coarse language, language that shocks people but nothing like what bill clinton did to pe...

And joins me now. i appreciate your time. if we can get started with this i understand new information that youre getting on the next legal steps, not necessarily in this case, but for the other women who have accused cosby. i want to put that in perspective as far as the domino effect that may happen stemming from just this one criminal charge. >> well, its not so much that there will be new criminal charges that will come out, but the fact is that the prosecution may be able to use the other a...

I want to bring in former prosecutor and federal attorney, kendall coffey. with regards to where we go after todays hearing, after bail, do they then set a trial date? is that right? >> yeah. todays proceeding is going to be despite all the drama, something of a nonevent. very routine. where it goes from here is of course, a process of setting a trial date but meanwhile theres other things going on. notice cosby filed civil lawsuits a couple weeks ago. i think the legal team knew this was coming...

When you present a case to the grand jury, you dont present a case with the idea of getting a conviction. the idea is, is there enough evidence to present that can move this case forward? thats the standard. with respect to mr. mez rue, this case has 50 accusers. in michael jacksons case, it was far less. also in this case, the laws 30, 40 years ago were so different. so women didnt have the encouragement and the support of society to come forward. now they do, now they have the protection and l...

Legendary television icon bill cosby comedian, father figure to so many people in this country walked into that courthouse to tell a judge that hes not guilty. kate snow just telling us that we believe the woman there that you see to our right, cosbys left is most likely monique presly. cosbys latest attorney of record and had a number of attorneys since the charges were brought. adam reiss on the ground there. what can you tell us? >> reporter: craig, i just want to expand on what kate was sayi...

Or preaching to single mothers. if perhaps thats not the chasm that also helped do him in. >> yeah, if you talk about the african american intellectuals who have said, the cosby theyre conversant with is the pound-cake speech bill cosby, who was lecturing young african american men on what they ought to be doing, and that was the cosby that was lampooned by members of the comedic community, they had a running commentary on cosby, because its not as if it was behavior nobody heard of before. hann...

Notified of the charges and he is expected to be arraigned later this afternoon. >> nbc news reached out the cosbys team for a response to the charges. at this point, we have not heard back. cosby has previously repeatedly denied all allegations against him. until today, hes never been charged with a crime. this month, bill cosby actually sued eight of the accusers for defamation. joining me here in the studio former prosecutor karen desoto a contributor and defense attorney and former prosecuto...

Con stand. have you looked at kate snow interviewed 27 of these women and collectively, they had very similar, if not identical stories about the pattern that mr. cosby engaged in. perhaps your case involved silly complainants, but this case certainly does not. these women -- >> how do you know? you havent investigated these women? you dont know why they were with him, what their motives were, what their history of drug use was, you dont know what they did recreationally, if that i made claims a...

Accusers. and steve, some of them will testify. and they will testify, like adam was setting up, about modus op rand die, motive, opportunity, pattern. all of this will be established. i think this is a great case for the prosecution, despite the fact there isnt any physical evidence. >> so, thomas, what kind of defense could be mounted here? you heard the prosecutor there saying, theres no dispute on some of the basic facts, including that pills were given, that there was an encounter. how do y...