Lets head straight to there to ed lavandera with the latest on Darren Wilsons status and how are people reacting to wilsons resignation last night . Reporter a lot of people who have been against Darren Wilson since the august shooting of Michael Brown say that it has taken too long to get to this point, but in many ways not a lot of people around here, whether you supported wilson or not, never really imagined any possible way Darren Wilson could continue on the police force. Last night his attorneys released a statement on his behalf saying from Darren Wilson it was my hope to continue in policework, but the safety of other Police Officers and the community are of paramount importance to me. So Darren Wilson after more than three months being on paid administrative leave is now officially gone from the Ferguson Police department. Brian . Ed, thanks. Appreciate it. I know people have strong feelings about the medias treatment about this ongoing story. I want to go back to monday when
Women. But im strong and im going to stand on my own two feet and im going to tell my side of the story. That is just a small part of it. Tonight, Janice Dickinsons message for bill cosby. It is raw. Its emotional. And its very angry. Bill cosby, you know the truth. Bill cosby, you were there. Bill cosby, put a Lie Detector Test on bill cosby. And more breaking news to tell you about. The st. Louis rams apologizing for the hands up dont shoot gesture by five players during last nights game in solidarity with ferguson protesters. And thats where were going to begin tonight. It is new. It is in to cnn. We want to get right to cnns sports anchor rachel nichols. Shes on the phone. Rachel, i think its important, st. Louis, the team is apologizing, correct . The head of the team is apologizing. The players are not apologizing. And thats a very important distinction. And you do understand the team that works with the Police Officers on a lot of Security Issues and are operating at a different
This is cnn breaking news. Were following this breaking news. Bill cosby now charged with three felony counts of aggrav e aggravated indecent assault stemming from a 2004 allegation. The comedian engulfed by news media as he entered a Pennsylvania Court for arraignment. Cosby did not enter a plea but he was forced to surrender his passport before going to a Police Station for booking. Tonight hes free on 1 million bail. Were also following terror fear surrounding the new years holiday. Senior officials tell cnn that president obama was briefed on overseas threat on possible attacks on new york, washington, d. C. And los angeles. The sources say the threat doesnt mention specific locations in those cities. Were covering that and more this hour with our guests including congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of hawaii. Hes a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs committee and our correspondents and expert analysts are also standing by. Lets begin though with the sex Assault Charges again
Meanwhile next door in georgia, Stacy Abraham is refusing to bow to pressure for brian kemp to concede in the states race for governor saying that thousands of provisional ballots. President trump returns to washington with just six weeks before a historic democrat majority in the house starts flexing his muscles and later ill talk about that with Democratic National committee chair, tom perez, about where the party expects to start. Joining me now, American Family radio host Stacy Washington, as i understand indicated talk show host and author, bill press, and New York Times columnist and msnbc contributor, michelle goldberg. Let me start with you, michelle. We are looking at a recount in florida. Were looking at whats going on in arizona. Its still the standoff in georgia. We do not know if stacy abrams will get the Runoff Election based on whatever the percentage ends up being. So we are in really up in down where the governors races are, even if the mississippi runoff produces a de
Investigations. Then he said some candidates would have won if only they had embraced him. President trump and she lost. Too bad, sorry about that. Barbara comstock was another one, i think she could have won that race. Peter roskam didnt want the embrace, and in new jersey, i think he couldve done well but it didnt work out too good. John fatso, those are some of the people who decided for their own reasons not to embrace whether its me or what we stand for. Martha then, hours later he did what many predicted he would do after the election. He dispatched with his attorney general Jeff Sessions which was surprisingly in many ways met with some shock. It was talked about for many weeks and months, but i think the timing is taking many people by surprise. The only surprising thing about this is the timing happening the very day after the midterm. Martha which timing wouldnt have been surprising in these cases . It appears the former attorney general was one person who thought this was a