and the jury stuck to what they were asked to do and that is to review the evidence before them and there simply wasn t enough. joining me is former baltimore prosecutor, debbie heinz. good to see you. you just heard one of bill cosby s lawyers say there wasn t enough evidence in this case. what are your thoughts on that? there was enough evidence in this case but there was also a lot of inconsistencies in the case and that goes to reasonable doubt in the case. but what i think the prosecutor really wanted to do that didn t happen is he wanted to have the other he wanted to have 13 other victims testify as part of a pattern and practice as it s called in andrea constand s case. once that didn t happen, the judge denied that request, only allowed them to put on one other alleged victim, once that happened you were really left with andrea constand s case and all the many inconsistencies in her testimony from before and what she told the police officer.
helped lead to the mistrial in her husband s case. so i think that the cosby team should not have read that statement at all. so where does it come from, in your opinion as a former prosecutor? is that something just done in haste out of emotion, or is that an attempt to influence the court of public opinion? i don t know if it was an intent to influence the court of public opinion. i think it was clearly something that wasn t really thought carefully through and just as much as the prosecutor immediately said that he would retry the case, which i think that was also done in haste, without knowing where the problem was with the case, this statement by camille cosby was the same type of error. there was no reason for her to make the statement. this is where you say thank you, we are just appreciative of the jurors of efforts, we thank you so much for that. you go home to live another day and not be leaving out of the courtroom with handcuffs behind you. fascinating to get your tak
it was just an uphill battle. we heard from camille cosby, bill cosby s wife, by way of a statement read after this mistrial was declared. take a look at this. how do i describe the district attorney? heinously and exploitively ambitious. how do i describe the judge? overtly arrogant in collaborating with the district attorney. how do i describe the counsels for the accusers. totally unethical so effectively taking on the criminal justice system there. is this a deliberate strategy to affect in some way a retrial? this is an ignorant strategy, in my opinion. i think camille cosby just needed to sit down, be quiet and just be the dutiful wife in this instance. the case is going to be retried and she s in a statement attacking not only the prosecutor but attacking the judge saying they were in cahoots with each other. it is the judge that made the rulings that ultimately probably
her work at temple university, which where cosby i an icon. certainly more to come next week when the defense picks up. debbie heinz, ann kingston, thanks for being with me. coming up, the breaking news in the russia investigation. word just in that attorney general jeff sessions will appear before the senate intelligence committee on tuesday. so we ll get more on that straight ahead here. what do you have there? p3 it s meat, cheese and nuts. i keep my protein interesting. oh yea, me too. i have cheese and uh these herbs. p3 snacks. the more interesting way to get your protein. abdominal pain. .and diarrhea. but it s my anniversary. aw. sorry.
do remain incident free out of frederick all the way down to the lane divide going over to our maps, route 4, route 5, branch avenue, 301, so far, so good out here. everything remains clear. 395 headed northbound, no problems up to the 14th street bridge, of course, you have the on-going roadwork, stay to the left to get on by. the inner loop and the outer loop roadwork holding steady between 66 and 123. all of that should be out of here by the start of the 5:00 hour. we have a look at 267, the dulles toll road and ramp closures at 4:40. that s in my next report. we begin with a look at things making news today. firefighters battling a wildfire near los alamos, new mexico, are working to keep the blaze out of the town and away from a government nuclear facility. that s the goal. some people living near that lab say they re concerned about the health risks if the fire reaches the storage area holding radioactive waste. officials at los alamos national laboratory say there