Bill Cosby released from prison after conviction overturned; House votes to create select committee to prove Capitol riot; 16 confirmed dead, 147 unaccounted for as search enters day 7; Delta variant forcing officials to rethink mask guidance

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 30 June 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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0:00.0	Something I did not wake up thinking I would say today, Bill Cosby is a free man.
0:07.6	The lead starts right now.
0:09.6	Breaking news, comedian Bill Cosby walking out of prison today after a court vacated
0:15.6	his sexual assault conviction, saying Cosby's rights were violated, leaving the country
0:20.7	and especially his accusers in a state of shock.
0:24.8	The death toll rising has cruised desperately dig for survivors in Surfside, Florida and
0:29.5	we learned that some residents complained a couple years ago that the tower was shaking
0:33.6	all the time.
0:35.6	And, masks and the mixed messages about masks making it come back the new warning from
0:41.3	the Surgeon General, especially if you're around kids.
0:50.8	Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper and we start with breaking news in the National
0:54.1	Lead and the stunning ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court vacating the conviction and sentence
0:59.4	of Bill Cosby essentially dropping the sexual charges against the comedian and making
1:04.4	the 83 year old a free man.
1:07.2	According to a Cosby family spokesperson, Bill Cosby may be making a statement soon.
1:12.5	We'll bring that to you live if it happens.
1:14.5	Cosby was released from prison shortly after the ruling this afternoon.
1:18.6	He arrived at his home outside Philadelphia in Elkins Park just a few moments ago.
1:23.9	Cosby of course you'll recall was sentenced in September 2018 to 10 years in a state prison
1:29.0	after a jury found him guilty of sexual assault for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea
1:33.5	Constantin at his home outside Philly in 2004.
1:37.1	What was pivotal in today's ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court was a deal made
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