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Or this presidency, for an hour or god forbid, for a day, you're liable to miss a lot. other news continues. for example, if you last checked in with the life and career of bill cosby in the '80s you knew him as america's dad. tonight, bill cosby is a convicted felon. guilty of sexual assault. it three counts of aggravated indecent assault against the 80-year-old now former entertainer. we have a report on all of it tonight from nbc news correspondent stephanie gosk. >> reporter: bill cosby, comedian, actor, the man once dubbed america's dad. tonight the 80-year-old is convicted on three count...

Aggravated indecent assault. >> a man that spent decades preying on women that he drugged and sexually assaulted. >> reporter: as the verdict was read cosby accusers not part of the case gasped and sobbed in the courtroom forcing the judge to call for order. the jury decided beyond a reasonable doubt that cosby drugged and sexually assaulted andrea constand in his pennsylvania home in 2004. constand, a former temple university employee, stared ahead during the verdict, with little emotion on her face. this was the retrial, nearly a year ago a jury deadlocked over the same criminal charges. for...

That, so we've heard testimony in effect from five of the women at this point, so i think that goes into the consideration and we'll be assessing it and our appellate unit will tell us what we're allowed to do and not allowed to do. >> have you -- has your office been approached by any new cosby accusers since the trial began? >> i can't speak about investigative matters. i'll leave it at that. >> mr. steele, this is a vastly different trial than the first one. speak if you can about the importance of having those five women allowed to testify, the additional accusers and counter acting the de...

Is out on bail pending sentencing the eighteen year old could facing prison sentence of up to thirty years dozens of women have come forward to say that he drugged and assaulted them cosby's lawyer has failed to appeal the conviction saying that quote the fight is not over. after that verdict was announced gloria all read an attorney representing dozens of cosby accusers held it as a watershed moment for the me too movement. process. i want to thank the jury justice has been. very. happy and proud of. our let's pick up on the story now i'm joined by my colleague here at the big table scott rox...

But it's also an area that is somewhat gray in pennsylvania to be able to do that. we have heard testimony in effect from five of the women at this point. so i think that goes into the consideration. and we'll be assessing it. and our appellate unit will tell us what we are allowed to do and not allowed to do. >> have you been -- has your office been approached by any new cosby accusers since the trial began? >> i can't speak about investigative matters. i'll leave it at that. >> mr. steele? >> yes, sir. >> this was a vastly different trial obviously than the first one. speak if you can about ...