cut its ties with the actor. >> reporter: in 2014 it was and honor for both kill cosby and boston university, the actor getting and honorary degree, a year and a half later the u is taking it back. the school is making the move after dozens of women have come forward claiming the actor drugged and sexually assaulted them, the school president saying his treatment of women has brought significant and lasting discredit upon himself and inconsistent with the university's mission and values. students say it is the right call. >> i think it's consistent with what the university is trying to do in terms of sexual assault. >> bill cosby is firing back in a massachusetts court counter suing seven women who are suing ruining his reputation and engaged in a campaign to a assassinate. >> initial reaction it's purely a scare tactic. >> jennifer roman assistant district attorney tells us cosby's suit has likely one goal, fear. >> when he counter sues he is saying to them i have information about you too that i can say that you may not want public, i am going to to try to make you nervous and back off you

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. >> narrator: then one day, she received a phone call from the boston university medical school. >> i called her and said, "are you interested in looking at the brains of former football players?" and she didn't drop a beat, and said, "are you kidding?" i had no idea that she was a super football fan. >> i was born with football. my brothers, my dad. i played football when i was a kid. i mean, you know, it was part of life, it's a part of growing up. it's, you know, it's a way of life, so i get it. >> narrator: now dr. mckee was joining a team of researchers to build on the discovery of a brain disease: chronic traumatic encephalopathy-- cte. >> she's learned a little bit about the work that had previously been done on this issue, and she is eager to find some brains. >> narrator: mckee and colleagues from boston university were determined to examine as many brains as they could. and this man knew how to get them. >> chris nowinski shows up and says, "look, i'll find the brains for you, i'll bring them to you, and they're going to be football players. are you interested?" and she sa

on the same day that boston university revoked his honorary degree, the suit claims seven women who accused him of drugging them and sexually assaulting them are lying, the lawsuit says they are ruining his reputation making making malicious, opportunistic engaged in a campaign to a assassinate. >>> tensions are high on the campus of dean college this morning after reports of two sexual assaults over the weekend, and to make things worse, the campus police force was just fired. the private liberal arts college in franklin just got rid of the department in favor of a private security firm. the officers claim it's because they want to unionize. unions. >> the president? >> yes, and she canned us all immediately. >> the college says the security firm called team ops provide security for the events. >>> investigation is now under way into the way special needs students at a west earn massachusetts school were treated, last week the disability law center released a report claiming students at the peck full service community school were slapped, punched, shoved and restrained for long periods of

today - boston university announced it is revoking an honorary degree awarded to bill cosby - because of the scandal. the university joins several other schools around the country that have rescinded honorary degrees awarded to cosby or are considering doing so. now fox5 weather 24/7, with chief meterologist ted pretty decrease through tuesday to 15 mph. however, with just a high of 48 degrees on tuesday it will certainly be a chilly day. freezing overnights for us on wednesday and thursday with lows around 30 degrees. we'll see highs around 50 for both afternoons. friday and the weekend we'll see upper 50s with a slight chance of showers on sunday. . . north breezes overnight to 25 mph decrease through tuesday to 15 mph. however, with just a high of 48 degrees on tuesday it will certainly be a chilly day. freezing overnights for us on wednesday and thursday with lows around 30 degrees. we'll see highs around 50 for both we'll see upper 50s with a slight chance of showers on sunday. closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning a new job listing.... seeking astronauts that c

the university said in a . >> boston police spokesman michael mccarty told fox 25 offcamera says the move goes against effort to demilitarize police departments and the mayor says he believes arming university police is the beginning of the a slippery slope. >> i have some concerns about having university, not just northeastern but any with [indiscernable]. >> a boston university official also tells me that their police department has been using this high powered tactical weaponry for years, just in the case of emergency. though, he did not want to comment specifically on the high powered tactical weapons. in cambridge, "fox 25 news." >> cocaine inside a christmas present. state police say 230 grams of cocaine was found inside these ups packages sent from columbia last week. this suspect picked up the he's being held on $250,000 in bail. >> tewksbury make a gun bust and new at 11:00, a look at the illegal guns confiscated. tewksbury police tell us that 46-year-old ronald moore was arraigned on three gun charges in connection with that raid. >> new hampshire manchester police did not h

according to the espn report, the nfl pulled out of funding of boston university brain study after taking issue with its lead researcher dr. robert stern. >> it was clear they were expected to fund this study and they are not. >> reporter: he is an espn reporter and co-author of the article. >> the nfl rejected to him. they questioned whether he could remain impartial. the nfl adamantly died the ticle's claim that t t nfl did not pull funding from the bu study and they wrote the nih makes all funding and nfl has no retow power. >> everyone who has been diagnosed with cte has one thing in common and a history of repetitive hits to the head. >> reporter: on study the doctor said the study is more important than the nfl. whether the nfl iss funding or not funding, that is really irrelevant to the work itself. we just want to get going. >> reporter: the 16 million dollar study is largely based on detecting chronic traumatic encephalopathy or cte, a brain disease in the living. during a "60 minutesb interview last month, roger goodell talked about the brain research donation to boston universi

nfl is denying a report that the league is backing out of a funding for concussion studies at boston university. espn's outside the lines reported that the nfl backed this decision delayed to research by months. but the league is saying, this is not true. they say the funding is coming from the national institute of health. the study will look at ways to diagnose the degenerative brain disease while the patient is still alive. now it can only be diagnosed after death.>>> the second murder trial for aaron hernandez has been delayed again. the trial for the former patriot was supposed to start in january but the judge delayed the trial until the supreme judicial court rules on whether hernandes's cell phone can be permitted as evidence. he is accused of killing two minna boston and 22. he is already serving the licenses for another murder. >>> the chipotle and cleveland circle -- in leverett circle will likely open in a few days. all tests need to come back negative before they can return to work. one manager has been dismissed. for the 140 people, many of after eating at the chipotle.>>> a fire

in one of his first sermons after finishing his studies at boston university, martin luther king jr.erved the thing that we need in the world today is a group of men and women who'll stand up for right and be opposed to wrong wherever it is. a group of people who have come to see that some things are wrong whether they are never caught up with, and some things are right whether nobody sees you doing them or not. before his mission was cut tragically short 14 years later, dr. king met countless men and women who he had enlisted in the cause, but one who became his confidente was edward william brooke iii whose journey we honor today. like so many of us, ed was moved by the consequence and actions of dr. -- eloquence and actions of dr. king. but there were also times when dr. king was moved by ed. especially when dr. king himself conflicted and saw ed's council on the vietnam war before taking his own moral stand against the conflict. ed came to this capital as we know in 1967 and as the president spoke eloquently a moment ago about his journey in the army and his contributions to the

a year and a half after getting his honorary degree, boston university is taking it back.>> it is not a surprise given the charges.>> reporter: the school is making the move after dozens of women claimed sexual assault. the president of the university says he has discredited the university. students say it is the right call. >> it is consistent with what the university has been trying to do. it makes a lot of sense. court, countersuing seven women suing him claiming they are ruining his reputation by making malicious and false accusations. and that they are engaged in a campaign to assassinate.>> my initial reaction is it is a scare tactic>> reporter: jennifer rowman, a former district attorney, tells us cosby suit has one goal, fear. >> when he countersues, he is saying, i have information about you that you may not want made public. i will focus on that to make you nervous and back off your claims. >> reporter: roman says what bu did could actually end up helping cosby in his countersuit. he could point of this and say these women dirt -- did hurt my reputation. this could take mont

goldenberg was excited about his newfound freedom after moving off campus in his sophomore year at boston university. >> i just think about the major impact that that place had on my life. >> reporter: while the house looks immaculate today, josh says back in 2012 it was very different when he lived there. >> it looked brokendown. it was a mess. not ept kept up. >> reporter: josh's father david was alarmed too. >> the place was clearly not maintained. but we didn't want to hover and helicopter too much over josh. >> reporter: josh was asleep in his cramped attic room when a fire broke out on a january morning in 2012. house is on fire? >> yes, completely. >> reporter: josh was trapped in the attic as the house was engulfed in flames. he jumped from his third floor window. >> i hit the ice. in the driveway. >> reporter: josh spent two weeks in a coma. and he says he still suffers the effects of major head trauma. >> i still have double vision because of it. >> reporter: while the cause of the fire was never determined, josh sued the landlord, alleging the house was illegal, unfit, and unsafe. the cas

. >>> boston university is revoking bill cosby's honorary degree, across the country colleges have been revoking cosby's degrees for months, bu resisted until today, cosby's own statement in a deposition about the treatment of women drove the decision. cosby was given and honorary doctor rate last year, today cosby counter sued several women, cosby accuses those women of trying to make money by making false accusations. >>> well a return to form and return to the wind column for the new england patriots. >>> coming up, one the you are exclusive look inside the locker room celebration. >>> seasons greetings, two women collecting cards for soldiers over seas. >>> and it start weekend a pair of rings, to night the ok, we're here. here's dad. mom. the twins. aunt alice... you didn't tell me aunt alice was coming. of course. don't forget grandpa. can the test drive be over now? maybe just head back to the dealership? don't you want to meet my family? it's practically yours, but we still need your signature. the volkswagen sign then drive event. r zero due at signing, p p zero down, zero depo

legal action comes amid a half dozen other legal battles with other accusers and on the same way boston university honorary degree, one of the more than dozen institutes to do so in the past year. >> you have to believe that bill companies cosby isn't doing it because he wants to win money from these women. you have to believe bill cosby's doing it to try to get his reputation back. >> reporter: according to his attorney companies by is seeking compensatory and punitive damages and it's fair to say there may be more of these def nation lawsuits filed on cosby's behalf in the future. >> the problem with filing this lawsuit now is when it comes to the court of public opinion, this lawsuit may be way too late for bill cosby. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm linsey davis in new york. >>> next, she took the world by surprise in "the hunger games." now jennifer lawrence is trading in her bow and arrow for a mop if? >>> later the bizarre winter weather prompted one guy to go shirtless. r with my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the possibility of a flare thinking about what to avoid, where to go..

illnesses is that the students ate at the chipotle restaurant near campus.at least one student from boston university says she got sick too.sot: (sara safranek/got sick) "i just went to eat here this past weekend, and i got really sick yesterday, so this is the first time i left mymyhouse. i was wondering what was happening over here."the massachusetts department of public health is investigating. this is the first chipotle in massachusetts to report a problem.9 other states have linked more than 50 e. coli cases to chipotle restaurants. a restaurant spokesman says there is no evidence so far to tie this new case to the nationwide outbreak- and d rovirus.for now, the boston restaurant remains closed.hena daniels, for cbs news. 3 3 new numbers on the spread of h- i- v in america from the c- d- c tonight.while the overall number of h- i- v cases has dropped in the u-s...two groups are seeing a sharp increase.according to the centers for disease control and prevention h- i- v cases have increased by 87 percent among gay and bisexual black and latino men.the c- d- c says part of the problem is many in th

boston university says they are concerned. >>> a minnesota man is in police custody for alleged tiesisil. he was arrested wednesday in minneapolis. he has been charged with conspiring to provide materials and support to the group. he is one of ten somali americans that prosecutors say planned to go to syria. >>> chicago police will explain how they plan to hire the new police superintendent just one day after the mayor called for far-reaching reforms. demonstrators once again on the streets of chicago, demanding a die-in over the shooting deaths of two men. they are demanding that the mayor and top prosecutor resign. on wednesday emmanuel taking responsibility and promising change. >>> baltimore's mayor calling for calm as the trial of the first officer charged in the death of freddie gray appears to be wounding down. john henry smith has more. >> reporter: 26 year old william porter was on the stand for four hours. he told jurors he never thought freddie gray was injured, insisting gray seemed alert during the 45-minute ride in a place van on april 12th. he ride ended with gray suff

boston university revoking the honorary doctorate they gave entertainer last year. past sexual assault allegations and his own sworn deposition testimony drove to the decision. two months ago tufts university revoked an honorary degree that it gave cosby several years ago. for his part cosby is firing back against accusers. he filed a counter lawsuit in massachusetts against seven women who accuse him of drugging and assaulting them. they accuse him of character assassination by making false charges against cosby in return for payment. a judge wants these women to damages. ed: and now what sparked a fire that killed an elderly brother and sister. those flames spread quickly. the victim is identified as 71-year-old nicholas and 85-year-old mary grace. they lived in the single family home and lived there for decades. a new hampshire man is under arrest trying to burn down his mother's home when she was still in it. he was arrested in salem. he had an argument with his mom and then poured gasoline on the rear deck of the home. officials arrested him at his father's hou

the boston university project is being lead by a leading critic of the league, dr. stern.fl denies that, and says it is setting the grant aside for another project. and emails made public from the sony hacking scandal seem to indicate the studio tried to avoid the nfl's wrath by softening some parts of the film. one email from a senior studio executive reads: >> that wouldn't surprise me, because they have down played the concussion situation for such a long time. >> reporter: joe is an nfl hall of fame guard. >> if the nfl did have a way of alternating the film, or altering it in anyway, of course they are going to try to soften it. >> reporter: sony pictures has no formal business relations with the nfl, and the director denies any effort to soften the story. as for playerings like this man, he is ones of of former players collecting close to a billion dollars to settle a class action lawsuit against the league. he says he is keeping his grandchildren away from the game he loved. >> i have six grandsons, but i really don't want them playing. >> john henry smith, al jazee

reporting that the league is withholding millions of dollars of funding for research being done at boston university. according to the report, the nfl had raised concerns about the objectivity of a professor who but a new statement says the nfl is willing to pay $16 million for the study. the league has been criticized for its handling of concussions. >>> okay, staying with sports i guess a little bit, it was very close call for an alpine skier during a race in italy. marcel hirscher on the slalom was nearly struck by a drone. >> it was carrying a tv camera when it crashed on the snow. wow. hirscher wasn't affected but afterward called it horrible. >>> new york giants warriors dekker odell beckham jr.'s appeal will be heard. >>> as for last night college hoops action, we get it from espn. >> welcome to our "sportscenter" set in los angeles. along with neil everett, i'm stan verrett. >> he's got the better sweater. i got the better story. >> check this out. hodge hodge hodge hodgekins born with one hand. look at the fellas. man, that's just awesome. prior to this he was 0 for 5 in his gator career. b

comedian calls the women's claims false and opportunistic, they've caused him to suffer job losses, boston university trustees voted to revoke and cosby, saying cosby's treatment of women does not fit with the university's values. >>> a new poll in iowa shows texas senator ted cruz leading the pack. bloomberg politics poll puts cruz ahead of donald trump and up it 1 points since the last poll in october. among the democrats, a new nbc wall street journal poll shows hillary clinton beating both cruz and trump in a general election matchup but lose to go marco rubio. >>> tonight the patriots are back on track, bray dee and boys were able to pull off a win. rob gronkowski was back on the field. they clinch a spot in the playoffs. >> it's a game, i feel like after two weeks of patriots turmoil everything is back to normal. pats are once again number one ron gronkowski was back out there on the field last night, the pat's offensive machine was back up and running. 89 yards and a touchdown, playing in over 60% of the offensive snaps, but more importantly came away feeling fine. and what is going on with ja

illnesses is that the students ate at the chipotle restaurant near campus.at least one student from boston university says she got sick too.sot: (sara safranek/got sick) "i just went to eat here this past weekend, and i got really sick yesterday, so this is the first time i left my house. i was wondering what was happening over here."the massachusetts department of public health is investigating. this is the first chipotle in massachusetts to report a problem.9 other states have linked more than 50 e. coli cases to chipotle restaurants. a restaurant spokesman says there is no evidence so far to tie this new case to the nationwide outbreak- and blames an outbreak of norovirus.for now, the boston restaurant remains closed.hena daniels, for cbs news. today's latest revelations have caused chipotle's stock price and in- store sales to drop. 3 it was a busy night on the hardwood across siouxland this evening.we've got highlights and scores from around the 3 3 3 sergeant bluff luton and bishop heelan met tonight in a battle of teams expecting major improvements from a year ago. 3 1) picking up action in th

. >>> miss also investigating a crash that seriously injured a pedestrian near boston university last night, a woman in her 50s was rushed to beth should note did stop. >>> the red sox will introduce their new $217 million man at fenway today, for the first time we're hearing from ortiz on the deal, price underwent a physical in boston yesterday, the pitcher deal with the sox is for seven years, he will earn $31 million a season. it's no secret that price and poppy have had some tension in the 2013 playoffs with price complaining about ortiz admiring a homer. then in a 2014 game, price hit price then hit another batter in that same game, it was cleared and ortiz had to be restrained from going after price. last night ortiz told the globe quote everything is fine, everybody had their moment on the field, now we're teammates, you've got to turn a page. i'm going to help him the most he's going to help me the most matters. ortiz also said the red sox called to ask his thoughts before agreeing to the deal with price. he he added that he he and price have not spoken since their on field dr

at least one student from boston university says she got sick too. >> i just went to eat here this pasteekend. and i got really sick yesterday. so it was the first time i left my house. i was wondering what was happening over here. >> massachusetts department of public health is investigating. this is the first chipotle in massachusetts to report a problem. nine other states have linked e-coli cases in november and december to chipotle restaurants. spokesman says there is no evidence so far to tie this new case to the nationwide outbreak that sicken more than 50 people. investigators have not determined what ingredient is making customers sick. for now, the boston restaurant remains closed. hen a daniels, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> still ahead on "eyewitness news", stephen colbert hoses victoria secret angel's wait until you see what he serves them to enjoy. also, ahead, where they are seeing what's being called historic 200 year flooding. it is washing homes right off their foundations, we'll tell you where it is happening when we come right [slow, building african-style music] it's

legal action comes amid a half dozen other legal battles with other accusers and on the same way boston university announced it's revoking his honorary degree, one of the more than dozen institutes to do so >> you have to believe that bill companies cosby isn't doing it because he wants to win money from these women. you have to believe bill cosby's doing it to try to get his reputation back. >> reporter: according to his attorney companies by is seeking compensatory and punitive damages and it's fair to say there may be more of these def nation lawsuits filed on cosby's behalf in the future. >> the problem with filing this lawsuit now is when it comes to the court of public opinion, this lawsuit may be way too late for bill cosby. >> reporter: for "nightline," i'm linsey davis in new york. >>> next, she took the world by surprise in "the hunger games." now jennifer lawrence is trading in her bow and arrow for a mop if? >>> later the bizarre winter weather prompted one guy to go shirtless. with my moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, the possibility of a flare was almost always on my mind. think

reporting the league is withholding millions of dollars of funding for research being done at boston university. according to the report the nfl had raised concerns about the objectivity of a professor who would be leading the research. but a new statement says the nfl is willing to pay $16 million for the study. the league has been criticized for its handling of concussions. >>> well, now to the race for president. donald trump says the word that he used to describe hillary clinton's primary defeat in 2008 is not offensive. trump says what he meant by using the word was that clinton was beaten badly. >> at the campaign yesterday in iowa clinton said, "we shouldn't let anybody bully his way to the presidency." it's your voice, your vote. abc's bati kinani has more. >> reporter: on the trail in iowa hillary clinton says donald trump's language is helping terrorists recruit. >> it is playing into the hands of the violent jihadists. >> reporter: the democratic front-runner refusing to respond directly to trump's latest attack involving a sexually derogatory term to describe how she was beaten by b

. >> boston university is now revoking its honorary degree to bill cosby. the college says past sexual assault allegations against cosby and his own sworn deposition testimony drove its decision. in the meantime cosby is counter suing seven of the women who accuse him of drugging and raping them. the suit in massachusetts federal court accuses women of character assassination. >> next on newscenter 5 -- >> she killed her own son and is not locked up. >> she could be living in my neighborhood. >> 5 investigates the defense strategy allowing violent criminals to walk free and the trial putting it to the test right now. >> a truck plowing through a hotel lobby. why police say it was no accident. >> we have new video. there it is. you can see the two hotel workers jump for their lives. the speeding pickup smashed into their building. oklahoma police are saying that is no accident. according to police the driver did it on purpose because he was angry at the hotel over his bill. an officer was there trying to calm him down when it all happened. no one was hurt. t

caused and continue to cause him to suffer substantial injuries and damage his earlier today boston university revoked the honorary doctor at saying school officials say does bow's testimony about his treatment of women in a sworn deposition is inconsistent with the university's values. >> anchor: a dmv tantrum caught on camera. video shows a florida state trooper confront the woman who yelling at the dmv employee. she gets strong kicks right there and keeps fighting with the trooper even when he brings her right down to the floor. the woman doing her best to wrestle the officer as he works to restrain her. she is charged with resisting arrest. >> anchor: heads up, federal officials are now requiring owners. a new law says all drone owners must register that device on an faa web site and must be 13 years old or older. drone users could face civil and criminal penalties if they don't register and that law is expect week . >> anchor: one of the hottest difficulties this holiday season is too hot to handle. three major retailers put the bricks on hover boards because of safety concerns recent tho