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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 would want to see a plea. you would see a plea deal. you re not going to see a plea deal in this case because no one wants to look not only soft on crime but soft on sexual assault given that there are now over 60 people that have alleged that bill cosby has raped them or fondled them or sexually assaulted them. and so really ....
Anchors michael smerconish and don lemon and also former federal prosecutor and cnn legal analyst sunny hostin joining us on the phone. to you first, michael. i know the timing here is something that has really surprised you. it was a few months ago that we learned of this deposition that had previously been sealed. and we end up seeing this very, very forthcoming pretty much bill cosby and the statute of limitations set to expire 12 years, which would be january or february. well, actually, brianna, i m not surprised by this timeline. i actually predicted it. once that deposition came out in the summer, i thought it was a fore gone conclusion that this prosecution would be brought. i know the local players. that s why i m not surprised. the current district attorney is tough on crime. she s just been elected judge, she s in her final 48 or so hours of office. the incoming d.a., and this is ....
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 limitations is 12 years, you can t wait until the eleventh hour to file this case. and the prosecutor s going to come back and say, oh, yes, i can, because we didn t have available to us until july 2015 this transcript of his own words. it was under seal. that s where they re going to fight. that s going to be one of the pretrial skirmishes in this case. mark, standby for me. sunny, don, michael, i wan ....
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 historic highs. we ll be live in one of the hardest hit areas. checking out the listing on zillyeah, i like it. ....
They re going to have, meaning the defense, is that the prosecution under pennsylvania law will be able to bring in and they ll make an application to the judge, to bring in other people who claim they were assaulted in the same way. this is called common scheme or plan or modus oporendi. normally you would say that s character assassination, has nothing to do with this. the prosecution will argue, no, this is his similar plan and the way he operates. and they ll do a parade of people. you might remember years ago when phil specter was prosecuted here in los angeles for murder. they did the same thing. and they brought in four or five women who testified about him threatening with guns. so they re going to do the exact same thing here. and that s going to be the most arguably damning evidence and the most challenging from the defense standpoint. trying to argue that he has an m.o. here. so, michael, you hear this argument coming from his defense ....