Viewed temple alum cosby as a mentor and he invited her to his house and gave her pills and wine and he says it was consent and she says it was indecent assault. This summers information they say make its a solid case. There is not a question in terms of pills provided to her, there is not a question as to the occurrence to what went on of the digital penetration. And we have gotten that from statements from depositions. There is some question about the kinds of pills that mr. Steele is talking about, its alleged he told police it was benadryl but there are many was other Court Documents that said he had access to quaaludes, a powerful sedative but its prove that he drugged his victim to keep her from stemming off a sexual attack. The question for many is why now . Cosby has dozens of accusers, the first came forward to police more than a decade ago but it was not until this standup comedy routine when viral that pressure came on prosecutors, a comedian called cosby a rapist and now nearly 50 came forward and one accuser wrote an opinion piece wondering why no one believed their stories until this writer said a man brought it to their attention. Sara bloomquist is live now in cheltenham township where cosby lives. Reporter monica people are watching this case closely already, shoppers here in the area around the Cheltenham Mall new early this afternoon that cosby was christmasly charged and those shopper his no shortage of opinion about the alligation. Im delighted he was charged and they should put him in jail for 100 years. Most were mot surprised to hear that Montgomery County prosecutors are moving forward with a case. There are so many of them, he doesnt stand a chance. A lot of people have come forward, in cases like that, there has got to be some merit to it. There is questions if prosecutors can prove something that happened close to 12 years ago. I dont know how hard it is going to be for them to prove their cases. But most agreed that if the alligations are true, its time for him to face justice. Its hard to watch the down fall of a man that made them laugh and they admired. Its extremely sad, someone that had the capacity to do tremendous good was taking advantage of people and people who were vulnerable. I think its sad to see what he did when he was on tv, he was a role model for a lot of people but not anymore. We did hear from plenty of people that want to see the evidence before passing any judgment, but there is no doubt about it, based on the reaction and what people are saying today. This is a closely watched case. Live in cheltenham township. Channel 6 action news. Thank you sara, the conk of this story continues on 6abc. Com, where we stream the district attorneys announcement earlier today and this is where youll continue to find the latest developments in this story just as soon as they become available. Now to the other big headline, chip kelly is out and now the search for the next eagles head coach is underway, ducis rogers joins us and Jeffrey Lurie admits the hiring of kelly was a risk and didnt work. Jeffrey lurie says it was one of the most difficult seasons he had to endure as eagles owner, it came down to the lack of progress and the direction the team is currently headed in lurie said there was no talk of spriping his control lurie wanted him gone out right, chip kelly did not put up a fight and one year ago lurie gave kelly the keys to the franchise, he pushed howie rosen aside and gave kelly control, but in the end having the ultimate power led to kellys undoing. If you want to make those decisions be accountable for them, and that is the direction it took, there was a risk involved allowing chip to have that kind of say over player transactions, however you know riskreward, sometimes the risks dont work and in this case it didnt work. As for the timing of firesing with a game to go, lurie says he wants to gets a jump on the coaching search and is not opposed to hiring a College Coach or a my or league coach but wants the best leader for this team. Lurie doesnt believe they need to blow everything up, he believes there is talent on this team but the new coach will have to get to work right away. And get along with the players. Gray hall is joining us live from lincoln financial field, gray the decision may not be a huge surprise but the timing really was. Reporter indeed monica, you are absolutely right and people question the timing because there is that one last game left but despite that many say it was time for chip to go. The third time in a charm but that was not the case for eagles head coach chip kelly and he was fired tuesday night and fans are rejoicing. I got a late merry, Merry Christmas gift. Ill tell you, when the news broke at 7 00 last night, people high fiving, i thought it was new years day. Ceo, Jeffrey Lurie gave kelly the pink slip with just one game left. Some fans wanted to see the coach let go sooner but are pleased. We had the tools and chip just messed it up, its better to get a new coach and start fresh and new. In the beginning it was the honeymoon and now the honeymoon is over. What have you done for us lately. Fans are excited about a new season and new opportunity at victory. Hopefully they get the right coach, the right quarterback and the right scheme for this team offensively and defensively. To get back to the way Philadelphia Eagles football used to be. Reporter all right and despite all the drama there is that final game that happened sunday against the jintss and the fans say they are hoping for eagles victory. We are live tonight in south philadelphia, gray hall, channel 6 action news back to you monica. Thank you. Coming up on action news tonight, law form is stepping up efforts to keep drivers safe this new years eve and a popular driving service is offering rides for free and hear from players and think reaction to the firing of chip kelly. Another cloudy day and go figure more rain is pushing in well look at double scan live radar and we are also tracking brighter skies in the forecast. Patients across the country have spoken. They recently rated their Care Experience at over 3,500 hospitals nationwide in a survey conducted for the centers for medicare and medicaid services. Fewer than 6 received 5 stars. Among them was Cancer Treatment centers of america in philadelphia. Learn more at cancercenter. Com slash eastern. Cancer Treatment Centers of america. Care that never quits. Appointments available now. Volunteers are hard at work polishing the back drops for the mummers rehearsal tonight. All 11 clubs will practice from 6 00 until 9 00 p. M. , the highly anticipated event of the year steps off in center city on new years day. Police are stepping up their efforts to combat drunk driving and setting up check points across our area and the Driver Service uber is trying to help out for free. Katherine scott has advice for revelers. New years eve is a particularly dangerous time on roads. Jim deere from aaa says that new years ranks among the biggest days for alcohol related fatalities but many of these crashes are preventible. New years eve is ubers busiest day of the year and uber will be bringing back this breathalyzer kiosk they set up in manayunk the night before thanksgiving, blow in the straw, if your blood alcohol level is too high you get a free ride home, this will be at a surprise location but the hint is to look around the parade route in center city. Temple University Researchers did a study showing students that use uber have lower drunk driving deaths. The state lease will crack down on drunk drivers on 306 and 29. Over at the belmont barracks, state police are not supplying specifics on their deployment but rest assured troopers will be out. One of the reasons of the increased Police Presence is to deter the drunk drivers to begin with. Looking for people making aggressive lane changes, following too closely and breaking rapidly. And remember its not just alcohol, prescription and Illegal Drugs can impair your ability to drive safely. Katherine scott, channel 6 action news if you stay in turn to us, at 6 abc, dick clarks new years rockin eve kicks off at 8 00 tomorrow night here on 6 abc. Police are searching for four men that killed a man in the hunting section of philadelphia, jeremy rojas was murdered at midnight on west ontario street, police say all four men opened fire. A solemn tribute in held in camden for the 33 people that lost their lives to violence this year, its taking place at the parish of the cathedral, the hope is that the vigil will force folks to focus on what more they can do to reduce violence in their communities. And the army is dealing with more fallout from a blimp that got away from them. They are getting legal claims filed when a slow moving unmanned surveillance blimp broke free from its mooring in maryland. What caused the blimp to cause the blimp to become detached remains under investigation. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie wanted chip gone now. He thought he was the man that could get him to the plom issed land and Jeffrey Lurie caught the big fish three years ago and now he tossed that fish back in the water. And chip did not make a play to keep his job, when he walked into the meeting, he knew his fate was sealed. Just one playoff appearance and his personnel decisions mostly failed and lurie knew it was a risk when he gave them full control a year ago. You are either in all in or find a new coach in terms of trust. The choice was lets see if that is going to work . And in terms of you know the results, are that is the reason we are here today. The news of last nights firing shocked many including the players themselves. Jeff skversky joins us live from eagles camp with their reaction. Just like fans at home players shocked and caught off guard when they heard the news, chip did not have a relationship with all the players and it rubs guys the wrong way when they made the drastic and bold decisions unpopular decisions in the locker room trading away lesean mccoy and dumping desean jackson, and getting rid of jeremy maclin. And look at interim coach, pat shermer leading the players on the field without charles in charge. And shermer will do just that in the finale sunday against the giants before practice today eagles owner, Jeffrey Lurie addressed the team to give them an update Going Forward without chip kelly. In the end chip lost his job with poor relationships with the front office and poor communication skills with his players and poor personnel decisions. Have you to take the fall because you are the face of this whole team, and he understands that and i understand that, and he will say that. I take it on the chin. Making a transition from college to nfl its different and if you are set in your ways its difficult, it will rub people the wrong way. Anywhere you are, there are pros and cons the way you do things, but i do think that chip did a lot of things really well. The intimidation factor a bit. People didnt feel like they were comfortable do that especially after some of the changes that were made. Yes, eagles tackle, lane johnson, the first draft pim of chip kelly, the most critical of the former eagles coach and compared him to Bill Belichick the coach you see in the press conference, saying he cold and stand offish and now eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie wants to hire a coach that is more open and has an open heart for his players. Well see how the search goes. Jeff skversky channel 6 action news. Thank you so much. Over the next couple of days. Well talk about which coaches may be available. John gruden will likely be approached and bill cowen doing commentary as well. Those are the names youll see popping up. Well see where it goes. Thank you ducis. A Montgomery County restaurant tries to perk up eagles fans with a special sandwich in the wake of the firing of chip kelly. They offered the cheesesteak named for him for half price, topped with Cheddar Cheese and bacon and mushrooms and fried on ons. A pair of new jer sey twins are give can back to a hospital that gave them a start in life. They gave the 50 blankets to the neo natal care unit in voorhees, they were inspired by blankets that a nurse gave them when they finally went home. Its something they feel is special to have from the day that they are born. Absolutely. Becka and lindsay want blankets to symbols of hope for the families. Adam joseph is here. Its dry and fairly warm and the new year comes and temperatures start to tumble. But we are dealing with rain yet again, as we look at double scan live radar its green and not white and showers pushing in from the south and west. Downpours heading into kent county west of dover and closing in on double scan live street level here 422, also here on route 30 and route 1 in Chester County, and parts of Delaware County and Chester County and Montgomery County getting a few sprinkles passing by and nothing too heavy now and they will be scattered over the next several hours and then some more in the way of intense rain or quick downpours pass around 10 00, 11 00 to midnight. Highlights, i dont have to tell you its a dreary stretch, and the sun will return tomorrow. In fact in philadelphia its very mild the last 10 days, but its very dreary, 10 Straight Days of dominant cloud cover, glimmers of sun here and there and the last full day was december 20th, it returns tomorrow, and future tracker all the cloud cover lifting to the north and this is 2 00 and sunshine for the last day of year, saw in millville and 53 in the shore and 50s to the north and west. We are dealing with the showers not only pushing in but the fog setting up once again and far north and west and lancaster, 1 to 2 mile visibility. And mild visibility and a dense fog advisory is put up at 6 00 a. M. , less than a convert mile in the poconos, and northampton east of bethlehem and spilling into the lehigh valley. Low 50s to the shore and mid40s to the north and west and the poconos in the 30s, most of the rain thankfully is pushing to the south and the steadiest heaviest rain gets clipped by this as it passes by and future tracker 6 around 11 30, you can see the steady showers passing by and warm temperatures and its not going to last long and showers exit pretty quickly and by tomorrow rush hour returning from the northwest south and east and temperatures in the 30s in allentown and starting the day at 50 at the shore for new years eve and looking great in the afternoon and then between 6 00 and midnight partly cloudy and 40 at 6 00 and 40 at midnight and windchills only in the mid30s. The mummers 46 degrees and expect windchills the entire parade to be in the 30s and then over the weekend, normal High Temperature is 41 degrees, we are still above normal and look at that, walltowall sunshine and that spills right into the work week, monday it is much cooler as High Pressure comes in from canada, 39 and near 40 on tuesday and we bump the temperatures back up as we hold on to sunshine a week from now. Abc world news tonight is next on channel 6, action news continues at 10 00 tonight here on phl 17. For jim gardner, cecily tynan, adam and the entire action news team, im Monica Malpass hope to see you right here at 11 00. We have several breaking stories tonight. For the first time, bill cosby criminally charged. Mr. Cosby, how do you respond to the charges . Our reporter, right there, as cosby stumbles on his way into the courtroom. Tonight, charged with sexual assault. Authorities on what it was about this case, this woman, that led to criminal charges. Also tonight, the weather emergency unfolding at this hour. Drivers trapped, families rescued from rooftops. Alerts across 19 states. And the new concern, the system on new years eve. Breaking developments from mexico tonight. The texas teenager. And weve just learned now his mother, too, both suddenly getting a reprieve. Allowed to stay in mexico. Our reporter is there. The plane crash. Authorities say the husband who flew his plane into his wifes office building. Th