Seen, that ive ever known, how hes ever shown up for me. Reporter in her Opening Statement assistant da Kristen Feden said trust betrayal and inability to consent is what the case is all about. She under jurors not. She promised to expose the 79yearold entertainer as a celebrity who traded his celebrity for sex but defense lawyer brian mcmonagel immediately attacked inconsistencies in accuser andrea constands story disputed that she was incapacitated and made the case that she and cosby had a romantic relationship. Mcmonagel said cosby gave her benadryl after she complained she could not sleep. The prosecution called as its first witness a woman who has publicly identified herself only as casey. She claims cosby drugged and assaulted her in 1996. Cosby showed no reaction as the woman testified. And day one of the trial is still under way inside the courthouse here in norristown. You can see the large presence of media organizations outside the courthouse, media from across the country
Feel, you know, i can only go based on the interactions that ive had with him. Reporter but as prosecution testimony started, another female from bill cosbys past emerged Kelly Jackson knew cosby in the 90s in l. A. She told the jury cosby lured her tour a Hotel Bungalow plied her with drugs and wine and proceeded to sexually assault her as she went from extreme drowsiness to unconsciousness. By having been sexually assaulted or by some other event, then sometimes its hard to recall every single dee tape. Cosbys lawyers went on the attack challenging her credibility and her inability to remember statements she made to Montgomery County detectives as recently as 2015. Jackson was called to the witness stand bolster the d. A. s claim that this is a cosbys bad behavior over decades. 60 women claimed cosby used the same drug and alcohol ploy on them. Its what former Temple University employee Andrea Constand says cosby did back to her in 2004. That cosby and drugged and as sexually assault
Had a red bag. He was detained as a protester. Mistakingly, i want to correct the record. With that i want to thank the panel. [applause] i have confirmed it is true that for those of you that have the temerity to hang out with us all day, we are in fact serving the in drop and the deficit will keep referring to that. The stage nancy cook, whose the domestic and reporter for the national journal. [applause] hello everyone. Thank you so much for sticking around. Thank you so much for joining us. I feel like the public appearances you make are somewhat rare. The cbo has been under fire recently so i think we will have a lot to talk about. Glad to have all you here to join us. Issince this whole event about the economy, i wanted to start off with a broad question. Five years since the start of the recession are you surprised by where we are at this point in economic recovery . We have been surprised and disappointed by the pace of economic recovery. I think the people who are more right a
Norquest. He was the chief economist and the office of the vice president. Director of the washington. Enter for growth a senior fellow at the center for american progress. Bill hoagland, one of my colleagues from the senate. Bill clinton takes credit for balancing the budget, but Pete Domenici had a hand in both and the bill hoagland was his hatchet man. Can guiness is president of the committee. I have never seen in organization it was shipwrecked and dead. She has turned it into one of the most important tax in the country pacs in the country. Yves smith. Everything about her is provocative. Finally, capping off the import have jim pinkerton. Stand up, jim. He is a contributor for the american conservative magazine. A senior fellow at the new america foundation. Good luck with this panel. If the last panel had a the should be a fun one. We are talking about the domestic economy. A lot to get to. One point to make i wanted to make, it is easy to seem just get caught up in the numbers
Terrence jr. Was one of three Young Children killed along with his mother, keisha williams, this past july in north philadelphia. What is it you would like to see when you talk about justice . Id just like to see the family the family wants to see justice. I lost four cousins and nobody shouldnt have to go through that. Here at the intersection of germantown and allegheny is where an suv plowed into a crowd of people selling fruit on the corner, just before that crash, Cornelius Crawford and 19yearold Jonathan Rosa carjacked a Real Estate Agent and raped her in the back of her suv. The Real Estate Agent testified both men assaulted her. But crawfords attorney denies his client was involved in rape. It didnt happen the way she said it happened. He didnt sexually assault her, never did sexually assault her. And he doesnt want to be known as that. Reporter assistant District Attorney responded sharply to that statement. This is not something she wanted to discuss ever, ever, if it was up