It's been dubbed the nuclear option because it threatens to further erode one of the defining institutional quirks of the Senate â the filibuster â as well as the culture of the chamber that sees itself as more bipartisan and statesmanlike than the House of Representatives.
A+E Networks. On this day in 1997, comedian and TV star Bill Cosbyâs 27-year-old son Ennis Cosby is murdered after he stops to fix a flat tire along Californiaâs Interstate 405 in Los Angeles. The 405, which runs some 70 miles from Irvine to San Fernando, is known as one of the planetâs busiest and most congested roadways.
âI hope he gets whatâs coming to him,â Huthâs angry dad Robert Huth, 82, told the Daily News Tuesday night. âI still donât know everything that happened, but I know heâs a real lowlife,â he said. Bill Cosby has been hit with a lawsuit from a woman who claims he molested her around 1974 when she was 15. (Evan Vucci/AP) More than a dozen women have stepped forward in recent weeks with claims Cosby either sexually battered or raped them in sick scenarios that often included powerful drinks or drugs.