a university official. >> when she left the fraternity house that night and called some of her friends they actually recommended that she not go to the police. >> reporter: at the university, damage control is in hyperdrive and police are investigating. the fraternity chapter is suspending all activity the and says it will cooperate fully with the investigation. uva's president said that the report includes many details that were not previously disclosed to university officials. the university takes seriously the issue of sexual misconduct. we have adopted several new initiatives and policies. it's a national problem. 88 colleges and universitys are under investigation for how they handle sex assault cases. a dean is dedicated to ending sexual assaults on campus. >> it has never been done, but there are fines that the office of civil rights can levy. more accusations are piling up against comedian bill cosby. so far, 13 women have alleged that cosby drugged and sexually assaulted them. journalists are also coming forward. they say that for years the comedian's lawyers have strong armed them into not reporting the allegations. sarah gannon has more. >> reporter: the new allegations against bill cosby aren't just from women who say they felt violated by the comedian but also from journalists who say they tried to report this story years ago and felt strong armed by cosby's lawyers. at least three nor women have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct by cosby. none of these women's stories have been independently verified by cnn, but their stories share many similarities, and in many cases the women say they believe they were drugged. >> it was just pre-show dinner that he'd always have in his dressing room. and i appeared and had coffee, drink, and that's about all i remember, actually. >> reporter: cosby had stayed silent as the allegations piled up. but friday night he broke that silence, telling the newspaper "florida today "quote, i know people are tired of me not saying anything, but a guy doesn't have to answer to innuendos. people should fact check and shun have to answer to inynueni. many members of the media are speaking out saying they tried to dig deeper into the allegations against cosby but were strong armed by his lawyers. a contributor for the daily beast says that his story for another news organization years ago was stymied by cosby's lawyers. >> marty singer, bill cosby's lawyer, came right out and said for us to report on this, we are doing so at our own peril. >> reporter: another comes from robin mizrahi who says she was working on a cosby story in the mid 2000s but it was shut down when cosby's lawyers talked the magazine into trading the story for an exclusive interview with cosby. the national enquirer's parent company says they stand by their coverage, telling the guardian that the enquirer quote, more than any other publication was unflinching in our aggressive coverage of allegations against mr. cosby, beginning in 2000 when everyone else was avoiding the story. cosby's lawyer, martin singer, did not respond to the allegations about media obstruction, but he did say the new claims, quote, have escalated far past the point of absurdity, adding it is long pastime for this media vilification of mr. cosby to stop. now a few of mr. cosby's shows have been canceled or postponed. but for the most part he shows no signs of slowing down. his website has scheduled appearances for almost every week until may. >> cnn's sara ghanim reporting there. stay tuned for an interview with one of the latest women to come forward. here's a preview. >> there are all sorts of suggestions that the women who have come forward are doing this for the money. has anyone ever paid you for this? >> no. i never saw him again, nor would i have wanted anything from him. i had other people in my life and to, you know, nobody has ever paid me for anything. i, i, i am a very, woman that's very comfortable financially. i'm really happy. i have everything. i don't want his money. or anyone else's. >> well, viewers in the united states can hear that entire interview coming up on new day at 6:00 this morning eastern time here on cnn. while buffalo, new york pecks up after the historic snowfall parts of the same area may be dealing with a nor'easter. it comes just before the busiest travel day in the year in the u.s., thanksgiving week. >> auto club, triple a is saying this is going to be the busiest travel since 2007. 46 million are expected to travel at least 50 miles from their home. >> we need the weather to cooperate with that. >> this is the most populace area of the united states. 55 million call it home. it's 2.5 times more populated than the second largest populated. that's not going to be localized. the cold air begins to replace itself from wednesday on into thursday. so the busiest travel day of the united states being wednesday. the temperature trend goes downhill quickly. new york touching 70 degrees on monday afternoon. look at the drop off into the 40s. even d.c. nearing record temperatures of 74 before the possibility of a few flakes in the forecast. so there goes the storm system. again, wednesday night into thursday. couple different models. one of them wants to take it closer to land. if that's the case it becomes more of a rain event. another wants to take it offshore. that's when snow event takes place. we will show you where it could be centered from wednesday night into thursday morning. if you're traveling earlier in the week, travel doesn't look too good initially as well. and lastly, even into the evening hours, atlanta could see upwards of two-hour delays because of fog in the area. so a rough week for all who plan on traveling. >> people don't want to hear that. you're watching cnn. i'm natalie allen. rosemary church picks up our coverage right after this. ...we're going to need you on the runway. 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