he earned his doctorate in education in 1977 from the university of massachusetts amherst.vember 26th a spokesman for umass issued a statement, bill cosby has agreed to resign as an honorary co-chair of the umass amherst capital campaign. he issued a statement resigning from the board of trustees. it reads, i've always been proud of my association with temple university. i have always wanted to do what would be in the best interests of the university and its students. as a result i have tendered my resignation from the temple university board of trustees. the university statement that same day reads the board of trustees accepts dr. cosby's resignation from the board and thanks him for his service to the university. when we come back, whether they think bill cosby should speak out now. [ male announcer ] this is the cat that drank the milk... [ meows ] ...and let in the dog that woke the man who drove to the control room [ woman ] driverless mode engaged. find parking space. [ woman ] parking space found. [ male announcer ] ...that secured the data that directed the turbine

a textbook illustration figured in a recent, highly-publicized amherst student's account of her campus rape in which a sexual assault counselor told her that pressing charges would be useless, he's about to graduate. there's not much we can do, she said. are you sure it was rape? it might have been just a bad hook-up. you should forgive and forget. in a similar case at occidental, an administrator reportedly told the complainant not to worry about safety, because she'd met the rapist, and he didn't seem like the type of person who would do something like that. what we need is more coverage of those stories. the adverse publicity following the amherst student's expose of her rape case prompted a comprehensive review and reform of campus sexual assault policy. "the invisible war," about sexual assault in the military, has led to new rules for handling such abuse. as well as the introduction of federal legislation. we need in the military an independent prosecutor to handle sex abuse cases, and we need recent -- we need increased emphasis on violence prevention and education. at very earl

last wednesday the university oñ massachusetts amherst asked him to step down as honorary co-chairmanthe school's fund raising campaign and the berkeley college of music in boston ended cosby's affiliation with an online scholarship named in his honor. high point university and freed-hardeman distanced themselves from the comedian previously. >>> we're posting updates on nbc10.com and look for complete coverage on nbc 10 news tonight at 11:00. >>> now to a radical change in the weather. today temperatures were in the 60s. warm enough for people to exercise in shorts outside on west river drive. this is going to change, though, right, renee? >> uh-huh. a big change. dramatic temperature drop coming and depending on where you live, it could mean rain or even snow. nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen is tracking the weather. what can we expect? >> we have the rain moving in. that's one of the many things we'll be watching over the next several hours. rain now, then temperatures drop off big time overnight.ç big changes tomorrow. some of us could see a wintry mix or a brief p

massachusetts; worked as a tenement lawyer in boston, teaches at the university of massachusetts, amherstve writing, latino poetry, and the work of pablo neruda. he's published 16 books, and his collection of poems, the republic of poetry, was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. >> at 16, i worked after high school hours at a printing plant that manufactured legal pads-- yellow paper stacked seven feet high and leaning as i slipped cardboard between the pages, then brushed red glue up and down the stack. no gloves-- fingertips required for the perfection of paper, smoothing the exact rectangle. sluggish by 9:00 p.m., the hands would slide along suddenly sharp paper, and gather slits thinner than the crevices of the skin; hidden. then the glue would sting, hands oozing till both palms burned at the punch clock. ten years later, in law school, i knew that every legal pad was glued with the sting of hidden cuts; that every open law book was a pair of hands upturned and burning. ( applause ) >> november 9, 1989, the night the berlin well fell. welcome to our "euromaxx highlights," the biggest

of international finance, linking oil to the soap opera in russia. >> robert sinche with us, from amherstrpoint, and ian shipments in -- and ian shepherdson from pantheon. we need to keep in mind from the russian perspective is although the price of oil is down, the russian price of oil is not down that much. their revenues in ruble is going to continue to come in. that is the good news. the bad news is you cannot get much with those rubles anymore. destined -- ise their desperation that they need to revenue up, oil, natural gas, that that problem will go away? >> they do need the money, some of the more wild fierce is western europe in terms of natural gas are overdone because they really, really need the money. doing analysis of capital flows. doesn't it all come down to what we all think is going on at vladimir putin's head? >> it does. he is bad, but i cannot think he is crazy, and there has to be some elements of rationality in the coming policy in russia sooner or later, but it is too late. he has had a long time to diversify the economy, to make it more accountable and transparent,

and boston will no long's ward a scholarship in cosby's name and the university of massachusetts amherst is asking him to step down from sharing a fund raising campaign. reporting live from temple university tonight here in north philadelphia, kenneth moton for "action news" at ten on phl17. shirleen? >> kenneth, thank you. >>> if you stepped outside at any point today you know it did not feel like december 1st but we hope you enjoyed the 65-degree weather because colder air and rain has moved in. for more on what you can expect, overnight let's go to meteorologist melissa magee at the "action news" big board. >> we had a busy night for the first day of december and unfortunately it was is too good to last. high today in philadelphia 65. that came at 1:00 this afternoon. at 5:00 we have dropped down to 58. we kept on dropping, the last hour, the we had a temperature of 45 degrees. we are a good 20-degree temperature drop in the past eight hours. the here's part of the reason y storm tracker six live double scan radar we are tracking a cold front moving through. the you can see the bulk o

philadelphia, product of the yale conservatory of music, product of lutheran seminary, former chaplain of amherstge. >> he's got big smile on his face. i can't be in this room without letting him play little bit. >> do it. >> how about some handwriting the herald angel singment and merry chris, everyone, be nicer to people. >> platt mat tabernacle to woman from tabernacle, new jersey, and there she is. did you see this great surprise yesterday on ellen's show? chase utley shows up. so we have to roll the whole tape for you after the break. so we have to roll the whole tape for you after the break. ♪ womaand the way it made me chronic feel,ipation, the discomfort, the bloating, the straining. i'd just felt this way for too long. so i finally talked to my doctor about my symptoms. i'd tried laxatives before. he prescribed amitiza (lubiprostone) for my chronic constipation. it works differently than laxatives. man: amitiza is clinically shown to help relieve common symptoms like bloating, abdominal discomfort, hard stools, and straining and help people with chronic constipation go more often. don't

he earned his doctorate in education in 1977 from the university of massachusetts amherst.ass issued a statement, bill cosby has agreed to resign as an honorary co-chair of the umass yam hearse capital campaign. he issued a statement resigning from the board of trustees. it reads, i'veless been proud of my association with temple university. i have always wanted to do what would be in the best interests of the university and its students. as a result i have tendered my resignation from the temple university board of trustees. the university statement that same day reads the board of trustees accepts dr. cosby's resignation from the board and thanks him for his service to the university. when we come back, whether they think bill cosby should speak out now. get to t-mobile and knock out your gift list. with zero down and zero interest on all the hottest gifts. like the samsung galaxy note 4 and the note 10.1, plus the beats solo 2, the ue boom and more. yep all of them, zero down, zero interest. we know, we're out of control. looks like the big guys job just got easier. you

just recently, the university of massachusetts at amherst, formally severed ties with cosby. nbc 10's george spencer is en route to temple's campus to get reaction on this story. count on nbc 10 news for i8<ñups as this developing story continues. for now live in the digital operations center, i'm mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> right now it's a mild start to the month of december. don't expect this to last. it's already changing. the nbc 10 first alert weather team tracking a dramatic drop in temperatures that could bring a wintry mix to the area. >> nbc 10 first alert meteorologist sheena parveen is here to explain when the cold, wet weather returns. >> the wet weather is moving in now. it's a matter of when those temperatures will be dropping back to near freezing. that will happen overnight and early tomorrow morning. in the meantime, it is,il7 mil enough for just rain. nothing frozen at this moment. so we have showers moving in, mostly on the lighter side. heavier ones around the i-95 corridor around wilmington and new castle coun

just recently, the university of massachusetts at amherst, formally severed ties with cosby.ampus to get reaction on this story. count on nbc 10 news for i8<ñups as this developing story continues. for now live in the digital operations center, i'm mitch blocker, nbc 10 news. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather.

this is the university of massachusetts at amherst today. this was the university of colorado at boulder today. this was in texas. texas a&m today. this was jackson stayed university in mississippi today. this was ferguson at the university of missouri at st. louis today. the response to what happened in ferguson, missouri, and the decision to not indict the local police officer for kiling michael brown, that news did not end last week. today president obama held a cabinet meeting. he announced specific new reforms and a specific new request to congress on the issue of police reform. local police using military tactics and military equipment against protesters. he asked for specific allocation of funds to fund body cameras for tens of thousands of police officers across the country. president obama also hosted a long personal meeting with a number of civil rights leaders to talk about discrust between communities of color and police gpts part of the agenda was how to try to learn from places where it's not as bad as it is in the rest of the

other institutions, including cosby's alma mater, university of massachusetts-amherst, have cut tieswith cosby as the number of his alleged victims has hit 20. the president of the university of virginia canceled a speaking event in d.c. monday to deliver a speech outlining steps to address sexual assault. an article in "rolling stone" magazine about a gang rape by fraternity members revealed a pattern of rape and impunity and sparked protests at uva. president teresa sullivan has outlined steps including increased policing and an additional trauma counselor. in stockholm, sweden, the right livelihood award, known as the alternative nobel prize, has been awarded to five people, including nsa whistleblower edward snowden. snowden accepted by video link from russia. >> all the prices we pay, all the sacrifices we have made, i believe we would do again. i know i would. but it was never about me. about us. this is about our rights. this is the battle between societies we want to live in, behind a government we want to have. >> edward snowden was honored along with alan rusbridger, editor

in amherst, ohio, and a sleepless bargain hunter cases an adult novelty store.he store is closed, but this customer isn't concerned with such minor details. he circles the store to make sure no one is around, then chooses the back door to make his grand entrance. tracy is the store's manager. >> he decided that he wanted to come through the back door, and you see him get up on the curb and kind of bumps himself up and then he just guns the car and just goes for it. >> in a split second, he's in. glass shatters. the door frames are left a twisted heap of metal. then the customer in black hoodie jumps out of the car. >> pulls in probably about ten feet. you can actually see him get out of his car and starts running. >> he's running, but so is his car. >> he forgets to put the car if park and the car will just keep driving throughout the store, hitting a fixture and bouncing off on to one of our security off onto one of our security systems. >> the customer is so busy deciding which sex toy he wants to steal, he hardly seems to notice his car rolling down the aisle

we bring you robert of pierpont amherst. bob on the ruble. of equities, bonds, currencies, and commodities. ian will join us from pantheon. sinche and ian to get you started. dean will join us from macro risk advisors about a historic volatility we saw yesterday. >> thank you so much, tom keene with "surveillance." >> one of our top stories, russia, the fed, greece. has its first round of voting later this evening to elect a new great president. let's take you live to athens. elliott gotkine is standing by. a tourist's take on this story. >> from an economic perspective, very much focused on what is going on in parliament because of how the political stability filters into the economic instabilities. in the past, one of the drivers of the greece's recovery has been tourism. i've got the president of the hellenic hotel federation. great to have you with us, yiannis retsos, usenis, greece planned to tourism as an engine to recover and it seems to be working. >> 2014 has been the record year for greek tourism. with 21 .5 million arrivals and mor