a bombshell admission by the fbi that the slaughter inside a charleston church might have been prevented, should have been prevented. the fbi director now revealing that his agency botched dylann roof s background check, allowing him to purchase the semiautomatic handgun he used to kill nine people. it s a gun he should not have had, legally. it s a cloud over the celebrations in south carolina after the removal of the confederate flag from the statehouse. that was a direct response to the church massacre and roof s confessed attempt to start a race war. we re also getting new information that isis may have influenced two commercial pilots with very specific skills that could help the group unleash terror. i ll ask congresswoman tollsy began better about that and more. she is an iraq war veteran and member of the armed services and foreign affairs committees as well. our correspondents and analysts are standing by at we cover all the news breaking right now.
they say they have text messages computers that show not only did he have cameras set up at his home but they re starting to do the forensic files through his computers to show maybe he was involved in some child pornography. all right. appreciate your reporting. our live coverage continues into the next hour with more reaction to bill cosby s bombshell admission and another person whose career was just beginning when she crossed paths with cosby. and i ll talk to a d.a. who decided not to bring charges ten years ago and with what he s learned now, would this have changed his mind? if you re taking multiple medications does your mouth often feel dry?
situation room at 5:00 and on ac 360 at 8:00 p.m. eastern. that s only on cnn. a lot of news today. the bombshell admission by bill cosby testifying to getting prescription drugs to use on women for sex. could these really stunning details help the cases of other women who accuse cosby of sexual assault? also ahead, the confederate flag still flying on south carolina state capitol grounds, but for how much longer? the state senate has weighed in. now house lawmakers will have their say. will the measure to bring down the flag pass as easily in the house as it did in the senate just this morning?
it s tuesday, july 7th. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. i m ryan smith. t.j. holmes is on assignment. good to have you here ryan. i m reena ninan. we are going to begin with a bombshell admission from bill cosby in the form of newly unsealed court documents from ten years ago. in the deposition from a case settled with an accuser, he admitted to obtaining quaaludes for women he wanted sex with and the documents show he gave the sedatives to at least two accusers. the details from abc s lana zak. reporter: it could be the smoking gun in the he said/she said between bill cosby and the more than two dozen women who accuse him of sexual abuse or drugging them. the associated press went to court to obtain documents showing he testified in 2005 that he obtained quaaludes. the papers quote cosby answering yes when asked if he was using quaaludes for young women that he wanted to have sex with. the documents revealed cosby s lawyers claimed two of his
the other side and not make eye contact? well that is a person just like you. the question is can you do this? i didn t really give him his due there. that s former marine donald gould who fell on hard times since his return from service. he can play everything from bach to stix. millions of people have seen it. the only one he wants to see it his estranged son. everyone has value, homeless or not. remember that. maybe his son will hear this and reconnect. let s turnover to the newsroom. newsroom starts now. happening now in the newsroom cosby and quaaludes. complete validation across the board from all of us complete validation. a bombshell admission revealed in the middle of the