Cosby Facing Possible 30-Year Sentence
KOSIK: Welcome back. Bill Cosby now set to go on trial more than ten years after first being accused of sexual misconduct. A Pennsylvania judge ruling there is enough evidence to move forward with a criminal case against the disgraced entertainer. Cosby faces three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault. If found guilty, he could face 30 years in prison. More now from our Jean Casarez.</s>JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Alison and George, we can say with certainty that the criminal case against Bill Cosby is now proceeding to trial. That decision was made yesterday by a magistrate judge here in Pennsylvania. And the preliminary hearing is extremely important because it's the first time that we see the prosecution really show their evidence. The defense can cross-examine, but the point is, is there probable cause that Bill Cosby committed a sexual assault against Andrea Constand, the accuser? The defense was extremely aggressive yesterday. They wanted Andrea Constand to take the stand. They believe by cross-examining her, they would be able to show this was consensual, so there wouldn't be probable cause. But in Pennsylvania, at this point, you don't have to do that. So, the prosecution put the detective on the stand that took her statement back in 2005. And the case involved one incident at the home of Bill Cosby. Prosecutors say that Andrea Constand said she went over there one night, January or February in 2004. She was not feeling well because she was changing careers. She couldn't sleep at night. Bill Cosby said, "I can help you take the edge off." He went upstairs, came down with blue pills. She said in her statement that he gave them to her, she took them because he said they were herbal, had her drink some wine. And about 20 minutes later, she couldn't even stand up. Her vision was blurred. She had to lay on the sofa. She said she remembers enough to know that she was sexually assaulted. The defense and cross-examination made a very big point that Andrea Constand had gotten together with Bill Cosby before. She'd gone to his home before. She'd gone out to dinner with him. She went to Foxwoods Casino to meet him after a performance and actually went to his room. They were really trying to show this was consensual. Bill Cosby, when he walked into the courtroom yesterday, I was sitting in the second row. He was being led in. He stumbled right into my court bench, and it really rocked the bench. They say he's legally blind. The defense does. This really showed he couldn't see where he was going. But once he was seated, he was extremely professional. Not the comedian this country has grown to know, but very serious, spoke with his attorneys just a little bit, listened to the judge. Now he has waived his formal arraignment to take place on July 20th. He signed the waiver. The judge said to him, "You voluntarily have signed this." He said, "Yes, thank you, judge, I'm waiving the formal arraignment." And with that, this case proceeds now to trial</s>HOWELL: Jean Casarez, thank you. The head of the TSA in the hot seat on Capitol Hill this morning. Peter Neffenger set to be grilled by the House Homeland Security Committee about three-hour wait times at airport security check points. Thousands of passengers complaining about missing flights and connections. The TSA is expected to offer up a couple of near-term solutions like an automated baggage bin system and real-time data to keep air travelers informed out wait times at security. But those ideas are not expected to have an impact any time soon. The House Committee is considering legislation to correct the problem.</s>KOSIK: Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Dylann Roof. That's the man accused of killing nine parishioners last year at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says the nature of the crime and the resulting harm compelled her to make the decision. Federal prosecutors urge Lynch to okay capital charges, saying that Roof has shown a lack of remorse for the murder.</s>HOWELL: Got to talk about Kansas. Breaking from overnight, tornadoes tearing through parts of that state. Look at this.</s>KOSIK: That's incredible.</s>HOWELL: Look at that huge twister. I mean, the power of mother nature. One of three twisters that touched down simultaneously near Dodge City, Kansas. There are reports of several injuries, along with the damaged homes and overturned cars. As many as nine tornadoes were reported from this storm that ripped through that state.</s>KOSIK: Those storm chasers so close to that storm. It's incredible. I don't know how they do it.</s>HOWELL: I've been near those storms, and it's so dangerous in the sense that you just have to make sure you're going the opposite direction, that you can get the pictures.</s>KOSIK: Well, I would say don't try this at home.</s>HOWELL: No, no, don't do that.</s>KOSIK: All right. A big change coming to Twitter, but will it be enough to turn the company around? We're going to get an early start on your money, next.