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Not long after the alleged incident occurred with mr. cosby. and, you know, she gave them a report of what happened. and the d.a. at the time, bruce castor, declined to prosecute based on as far as he was concerned insufficient evidence. there is a high burden of proof required to prove a case beyond a reasonable doubt with some -- sometimes with a celebrity, d.a.s want even more than that. >> which we have seen -- which we have seen so far to date. gloria, we have to go, but i have to ask you t...

Of premature to say well, would you accept a plea if its offered? plea to what? and what would that entail? so right now, theyre going to take the position, the defense, that theyre going to defend mr. cosby. hes going to be exonerated. of course, we dont know whether that will be the case or not because nobody can predict what a jury will do and essentially thats a bit of puffing by the defense, but i understand why, you know, they want to try to assume that mr. cosby will be found not guilty. ...

Constands deposition, the testimony of mr. cosby himself. and because i think, you know, what -- and also his statement to the police or any other statements that hes made about andrea constand, what happened that day. and i think that its going -- and i would like to be able to get that in because we dont know whether mr. cosby will invoke his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refuse to testify. that decisions probably not going to be made till the end. i personally dont ...

Though the prior d.a., bruce castor, declined to prosecute many years ago, that mr. steeles decision to prosecute is based on new evidence. in other words, some of the deposition that was released from the andrea constand lawsuit in which mr. cosby testified under oath, that in that deposition, he testified that he did give quaaludes to some women with intent to have sex, although his attorneys objected to his answering, did he do that without their knowledge and consent? so he never answered th...

Is proven, she couldnt say no. she couldnt say yes. she couldnt say anything. she was incapacitated, and andrea constand has said in statements that she was incapacitated, or rather paralyzed. so its really going to be a question of credibility, in part, andreas credibility versus mr. cosbys credibility. we dont know if mr. cosby will be taking the witness stand or whether hell invoke his fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination. we also dont know yet whether the prosecutor will call...

That at all yesterday. however, when he came into that courtroom, i watched them hold on to both of his arms. he was carrying a cane as he approached the courtroom, he stumbled getting onto the sidewalk. however, when he sat down, he seemed to be perfectly lucid when the judge asked him, "do you understand the charges? do you understand your bail?" he told the judge "yes." >> rosemary connors, as always, great reporting. thank you so much there from our nbc affiliate in philadelphia. i want to...

We took of him in our case which we are litigating on behalf of judy huff who alleges that she was 15 years old when she became the victim of mr. cosby at the playboy mansion. but i cannot comment on how he looked then or what he said because this deposition is still under a protective order of the court. >> understand. >> and were also seeking a second deposition of mr. cosby. theres a hearing on that on february 2nd. having said that, its, i think, one theme of the defense is going to be that ...

Morgan, thank you very much for that. i want to bring in on the phone the mayor of eureka, missouri. kevin coffee is with me on the phone. mr. mayor, i appreciate your time right now. if you can break down who your number one priority is in getting help. >> our number one area will be a large subdivision and senior living facility thats been cut off for two days. theyve been able to walk in and out. weve been able to provide emergency access with large fire trucks, our helicopter, if necessary. ...