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>> all right. i think we lost sunny's connection there unfortunately. we'll try to get her back on. mark, i want to talk to you about this because you represented a lot of people who've been accused of some pretty serious crimes facing a mountain of evidence, chris brown, gary condit, scott peterson. if you were representing bill cosby, how would you prepare to defend him? >> well, i think they've already started. they've framed this as a political prosecution. they've said the only reason -- and that statement that just came out, the only reason is because this was as a result of a hotly cont...

Never told him to stop, that you can be sure is going to be raised at trial, brianna. >> deborah feyerick, thanks so much. let's get more now on the breaking news with cnn anchors michael smirconish and mark gerragos and sunny hostin joining us on the phone. to you first, sunny. you read the deposition that is cited in this criminal complaint. and it really seems damning. these are bill cosby's own words admitting he gave constand these pills. how strong do you think the prosecutor's case is here? >> i think it's very strong. i mean, generally i would say this is the kind of case that you woul...

Months after it was revealed or was out in the public marketplace is going to be the most damning thing of all because that's all the prosecutor needs to tie this up completely and give him what most jurors are going to want. you're going to have a woman testifying, and then you're going to have the words out of his own mouth. that is from a defense lawyer's standpoint that is the nightmare that you face in this case. and that's going to also be the biggest problem when they do a challenge to the pre-filing delay. because they're going to say, hey, wait a second. even though statute of limitat...

The high points and the flash points are for them to say in order to make it sound like it's, oh, my goodness, there is a common motive. >> they will set up a standard operating procedure will be the goal of the prosecution. mark, sunny, michael, don, thanks so much. we'll be seeing don tonight at 10:00 p.m. so tune in. he'll have much more on this. next, terror threats against three major u.s. cities as they prepare to celebrate the new year. we are learning new details about that. plus, breaking news, more than 12 million americans under flood warnings. some rivers are forecast to reach hist...

Versus she said, versus she said. >> times a few dozen. he also admits he had several prescriptions for quaaludes he did not intend on taking himself. something else there. mark, tell us what's changed over the last ten years. because you had 14 women back then who were saying, look, we've been assaulted by bill cosby. and their allegations were swept aside. some of them were just demonized, dismissed and released. what's changed in ten years? >> well, the statute of limitations here is one of the biggest things. like i said, you've got one of the longest statutes for adult sexual offenses any...