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Report just out suggesting the beloved actor suffered an accidental fall. we get more from emilie ikeda. >> hi, daddy. >> michelle. dont scare daddy like that. >> reporter: we now know how the full house father bob saget suddenly died last month -- blunt force trauma. a just released autopsy report calling his death an accident, saying the comedy icon most likely fell backwards, fracturing his skull and causing a brain bleed. authorities also noting he was covid-19 positive and there were no ill...

They think we go. paul carter, bbc news. hollywood star bill murray is best known for a string of box office smash hits, from ghostbusters to caddyshack. but the comedy icon is also a keen fan of golfing. on a recent trip to ireland, when he needed a custom—made putter, he knew exactly who to call aaron leach, a blacksmith who took up golf club making during the pandemic, was asked to provide a putter for this golfing vip. im joined now by mr leach himself. how did you react when bill murray c...

Native american outfit. that, today, would be seen as extremely controversial. how to you feel about that? >> unfortunately, yes, extremely controversial. mel brooks, funny at the time, but thats black in german, so hes making fun of their skin color. hes not laughing with the majority, hes laughing at the majority, and then makes a nazi joke? nothing funny about nazis, i dont think, in this day and age. no, does not make it. jesse: so, larry, mel brooks, obviously, comedy icon -- >> right. jess...

Native american outfit. that, today, would be seen as extremely controversial. how to you feel about that? >> unfortunately, yes, extremely controversial. mel brooks, funny at the time, but thats black in german, so hes making fun of their skin color. hes not laughing with the majority, hes laughing at the majority, and then makes a nazi joke? nothing funny about nazis, i dont think, in this day and age. no, does not make it. jesse: so, larry, mel brooks, obviously, comedy icon -- >> right. jess...

Native american outfit. that, today, would be seen as extremely controversial. how to you feel about that? >> unfortunately, yes, extremely controversial. mel brooks, funny at the time, but thats black in german, so hes making fun of their skin color. hes not laughing with the majority, hes laughing at the majority, and then makes a nazi joke? nothing funny about nazis, i dont think, in this day and age. no, does not make it. jesse: so, larry, mel brooks, obviously, comedy icon -- >> right. jess...

>> brett: a man known for making millions laugh is the focus of a very serious story tonight. comedy icon bill cosby has been sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison. rick is here with the story. good evening, rick. >> good evening, brett. it was a remarkable fall from the spotlight for a man that entertained on stage for 15 years. tv entertainer, bill cosby was escorted out of the courtroom in handcuffs and led off for processing in the state prison system after the judge sentenced him for 3 to 10...

Hands of a dozen jurors. seven men, five women, deliberating in the actor comedians sex assault retrial. facing three counts of aggravated indecent assault, each one carries a maximum sentence of ten years in prison. prosecutors say because we drugged and molested a woman at his home outside his home in philadelphia back in 2004. bryan llenas is tracking the case tonight. >> bill cosbys fate is now in the hands of the jury. cosby is accused of sexually assaulting andrea at his home in january of...

With that kind of conduct. >> i want to play a bit of what democratic leader nancy pelosi had to say about congressman conyers over the weekend. >> john conyers is an icon in our country. hes done a great deal to protect women. >> do you believe john conyers accusers. >> i dont know who they are. do you? they have not really come forward. thats for the ethics committee to review, but i believe he understands what is at stake here and he will do the right thing. >> now pelosi since said his behav...

Was scuttled. >> i appreciate that and will tell it to my editors. >> i think if you want yourself to be serious, that it will not appear anywhere. >> since that interview, two women have come forward publicly accusing him of sexual assault. cosbys attempted comeback now faltering with two more projects canceled and reruns of his show pulled. here now abcs cecilia vega. >> reporter: tv land pulling "the cosby show" reruns off the air. nbc announcing its scrapping a sitcom project starring the co...

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