lawson muse. >> folks there is a new player in the handheld world. smart phone userslooking for a new handheld device should have a new option this holiday season. today microsoft provid a first look at the new windows phone 7. jay gray has the details. >> reporter: fhting to get back into the smart phone business microsoft unveiled its new highly anticipated windows phone 7. >> i think what the wrld needs is another kind of phone. different kind of phone which is what we have to focus in on. the combination of the hardware and the software. >> reporter: tha new software does everything you mit expect. from phone calls and e-mail to video games, access to social media and the web. it will stream movies and tv shows and the hardware includes a video and still camera. but the big picture, according to some analysts, is that it took microsoft a bit too long to make this move. >> they needed to bring this out

last year, at least with the launch of windows 7. you probably want to do a mobile version. it is definitely better tn it was before. but a little bit, maybe too little too late. >> reporter: but microsoft officials insist, it is not too late to revive their brand. >> the one thing we've really learned is, put all of your focus in one place and do a great job. i think with the windows phone 7, you have all the best of microsoft and our partners in a single hand. >> reporter: the plan is to t the new phones in users' hands by the lucrative holiday spending season. jay gray, nbc news. >> just like the iphone, it will initially be offered exclusively through at & t. we're awaing word on whether charges will be filed against the driver accused of hitting and killing two men in montgomery county over the weekendful police say he had been drinking. the 25-year-old driver was taken into custody. then released while police

investigate. there have been several pedestrian accidents in less than a week. megan mcgrath said the tragedies are prompting police talking about safety. >> reporter: a deadly weekend in montgomery county. two men struck and killed early sunday morning as they tried to cross rockville pike. it was 3:20 in the morning. police say adam and rory had left the white flint metro stion and had stepped into the streets when they were hit by a car. police believe the driver had been drinking. it is unclear who was at fault and it could beeeks fore a decision is made about criminal charges. >> the investigation is still evolving. and there won't be a conclusion to this investigation for weeks. this is a significant and serious death investigation. and the collision reconstruction unit usually takes good amount of time to get all the material and evidence together. >> reporter: last friday, a woman and her baby were hit by a car in wheaton. they survived but others have not been so lucky.

12 pedestrians have been killed in montgomery county so far this year. that's compared to 14 deaths for all. 2009. while it is unclear who was at fault in this weekend's accident, eight of the previous nine deaths were due to pedestrian error. police want to remind people to stick to the crosswalks and follow the signals at all times. >> this could be anything from not being in the crowalk or crossing mid block, and also, not obeying the pedestrian indicator. telling you noto walk or stretching the time when it is, when you are supposed to walk but not getting across in the amount of time. >> reporter: in the wheaton incident, the mother and child were walk against traffic signal when the know occurred so they were at fault. in the sunday incident, it is not yet known wheth pedestrian error played a role. in rockville, megan mcgrath, news4. prince grge's county poli tell us today, two women trying to flee from a police officer were involved in a car

crash that left both women hospitalized in ctical condition. this crash happened around 3:00 this morning at the intersection of route 1 and east west highway in riverdale, maryland. police say the women crashed soon after leaving a nearby parking lot. both were ejected from the vehicle. investigators say they were pursuing one of the men -- or women on foot in quick the possib theft of a cell phone. that woman got into a car with another woman. they took off and the vehicle crashed here at the intersection. a rockville man has a court date tomorrow on charges he tried to hire someone to kill his estranged wife. police say 42-year-old richard boyd jr. offered an acquaintance money and pills to kill his wife. boyd and his wife are currently going through a divorce a poli say he was concerned that the possible outcome. investigators stay man found the offer shocking and somewhat unbelievable. >> when he realized that he believed that the threat was

real, and he did the right thing and contactedolice immediately. >> i'm worki with the police. the detectives have been extremely supportive so i'm thankful for that. it is a shock to everyone. friends and family at this point. >> court records show elizabeth boyd took a protective order out against her husband earlier this year. richard boyd is being held without bond. >> metro service is expected to be back to normal tomorrow morning about 5:00. both the farragut west and mcpherson square centers are closed all day for work. there will be no blue or orange line service at the metro center station. free bus service will be provided at several stations to help commuters get between the closed stops. starting today, some local roads are transformed into a movie set. >> that's right. for transformers three. it is here, folks, and we mean here. filming will shut down columbi pike in arlington from south joy street to washington boulevar that's from 5:00 until 9:00

tonight. movie makers are using sites aroundthe air force memorial. then tomorrow, through thursday, drivers in the district can expect periodic closures on third and fourth streets ang pennsylvania and maryld avenues. word of the local filming encouraged one man to scout a spot for his suped up 1979 camaro. >> i heard they were coming to town. it is very good that they come here, you know. you always hear about going different places. en they come to the nation's capital is wonderful. >> you want your movie. >> i want my car around that movie. >> that's a sweet ride. movie makers already have their set cast of extras. in fact, local police agencies advised pedestrians to avoid filming areas due to the heavy security out there. >> i wonder if ashley is seeing that. 270. you've seen that camaro? >> reporter: no. if i did, i would certainly look

twice. it is hard to stay away. a lot of people want to go out there and e what's going on. there is a lotf security. taking a trip around the area, we've got big problems this afternoon. a lot going on. it doesn't look too bad. the issue is university boulevard. a serious accident involv -- all lanes of both direions of university are blocked. now hopping on to the capital belt way, you would be shocked to find delays. maybe u wouldn't be shocked knowing our area, we've always got something going on. the outer loop is a little heavy heading toward tyson. we had an earlier overturned vehicle. that really gnarled up traffic. it has been cleared so thing are starting to clear out. inner loop drivers, a less substantial lineup. you will hit the brakes as you make your way toward silver spring past connecticut avenue. then headed toward university boulevard, the pace lightensp. not too bad of an afternoon. 95, wide open this afternoon.

>> youan tell it is the holidays. >> time to do a calendar double take. folks, it is warm. we're one degree from a record. it is going bween 89 and 90. >> from reagan national, we've been upo 87. possibly 88. that's been on the hourly. right now we've been starting with the record around the area. i personally don't think we'll hit it but it would be awfully amazing if we do. the record for today is from 1919. that's the latest we've ever had a 90-degree day around here. upper 80s, most neighborhoods. you can see some high clouds out there and there are a few thornlgsz believe it or no around pennsylvania. just a f. we'll tal about those in a moment. 87, reagan national right there on your screen. clinton, maryland at 85 degrees. folk around indian head and waldorf at 87, too.

calverton, at 86. down south, there's the warmth. all through areas like richmond, virginia, norfolk, in the upper 80s. 76 in new york, today? pittsburgh, pennsylvania. that iael is on the other side of tha front. as it drops down ever so slowly to the south and east, we've got some isolated thunderstorm. the possibility coming up and then scattered thunderstorms, a possibility for tomorrow. a warm evening. a chan of some storms around here. october will return wednesday. it will probably feel more like november around here as we get back to october. and then some rain for us. how much? could we get a washout? the engineer leading the reue effort says his team has successfullyested a capsule nearly all the way down to where the 33 miners are trapped. the rescue i spekds to begin as early asomorrow night into wednesday. nbc's kerry sanders is at the

site of the mine with more on the rescue operation. >> reporr: that's the entrance to the escape hole that the 33 mine letters will come out of. it is now wrapped in a tarp. the reinforcing pipe going down, about 315 feet have all been placed in their positions. they will weld them zbtogether. now we're waiting for what is essentially the president as well as all of the officials from the engineering side of this to say, green light. bring them up. at this point, it looks like that will be on wednesday. >> now we're finally to the point we can let o guard down and relax a little bit. we're trying to figure out how to breathe without adrenaline going through our body at warp speed. it ia whole different feeling. we've been wound up tighter than an eight-day clock for 30 days.

you come down off that. now what? >> reporter: as theyome up, we don't know who will be first or last but we know that 33 miners have been fighting over the order because everyone of th has said they want to be last. what a brotherhood. in chile, kerry sanders. >> back here, prince george's residents will get a chance to tell the presumptive next county executive what is on their minds. there will be threeommunity listening sessions open to the public. the first held on public safety will be on wednesday in upper marlboro. the cks session on education in october 18th in largo. and then the third session on economic development will be on october 28th. officials haven't set a location for that third session. all the meetings are from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. it was another squeaker, fos. the redskins now have three wins under their belt after beating

the green bay packers. yesterday, donavancnabb threw a touchdown pass to anthony armstrong. the wide receiver scored his first career nfl touchdown. then he celebrated with those moves in overtime. in overtime, the kicker gave them a 16-13 victory. so anthony mstrong,id you practice that dance? >> that is years in the making. i've been doing that bere. i just had to be properly prepared to do it. and that was just the perfect situation. and got everybody going crazy out there. the celebration, they just all worked together. >> i like that. properly prepared. it takes an incredible catch. that's the preparation. up next for armstrong and the redskins, peyton manning and the colts. the game is sunday night airing right here nbc 4. luck was on our side for a chan. >> we're alloing to be doing that dance.

>> we are. >> it is 4:12. 10/10/10 was a very lucky day across the country. also ahead, a popular cholesterol lowering drug is relled. in new york, the candidate for governor responds to critical comments about gay marriage. > plus, coming up at 4:30, a teacher's meltdown right in the classroom is caught on camera. he even throws a desk.

your gubernatorial candidate carl paladino is under fire for his comments about gay marriage. he told orthodox jewish leaders yesterday that he opposes gay marriage. a conservative businessman said he doesn't csider it a valid option for children. paladino's speech also originally included a line about homosexuals being dysfunctional, which he removed. >> don't misquote me as wanting to hurt homosexual people in any way. that would be an absolute lie. my approach is live and let live. i just think my children and your children would be much better off and much more successful getting married and raising a family. and i don't want them to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equly ccessful option. >> to the remarks that i made, i believe in. the remark that was deleted is

nobody else's business. it was deleted. it was put in there by somebody and i'm not responsible for that. i'm only responsible for what i say. >> meanwhile, the campaign is accusing a cuomo aid of threatening two members of paladino's staff. in a statement posted on politico staff, they say they were following them dressed as ducks to highlight cuomo ducking the issues. they accosted them saying if you don't get out. re, i'm going to shove those duck calls down your throat. the cuomo campaign has neither confirmed nor denied this and a picture -- president obama said america is falling behind when it come to a.j. infrastructure. the president pushed a plan to spend $50 billion to update roads and rails and airports.

>> reporter: flank bad bipartisan group of governors and mayors, president obama tried to pave the way for the $50 billion improvement plan. >> it should not take another bridge or failing levy to shock us into action. >> reporter: three yea after a minnesota brie collapsed from an aging transit system, the president called it one of the nation's greatest challenges, laying out the plan for millions of miles of new roads and thousands of jobs. >> the fact remains nearly one in five construction works is still unemployed and needs a job. that makes absolutely no sense at a time when there is so much of america that needs rebuilding. >> reporter: a new bipartisan report released today estimates the spending program would create middle class jobs in manufacturing, construction and retail. and the white house says could be paid for by closing tax breaks for the oil and gas industry. that cost could be a roadblock in a gong to head into a lame

duck session and already seemingly wary of stimulus spending. when the plan was first announce in the september, the republican john boehner said the government cannot spend its way to prosperity. supporters remain confident, they can bridge the divide. >> there are no democratic or republican bridges or roads. there simplyare not. >> reporter: the challenge now, to build consensus in congress. white house d congressional leaders do hope to pass a scale back highway bill already in congress when they return from the mid-terms but administration officials admit it is unlikely they'll see any movement on the ne proposals until the new year. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, washington. today the maryland gubernatorial candidates faced off in the first debate up in baltimore. chris gordon was up there for it. don't miss his report flight on news4 at 5:00.

sfizer is recalling lip tore. it is for the 40 milligram bottles only with an expiration date of 2013. ifieser said it is not likely to caused a verse health consequences so patients should continue taking the medication. if do you smell the odor, they said you should return the tablets to your pharmacist. pfizer is rking them to figure out what's causing the smell. a new mom and dad in cleveland say their baby is a perfect ten. >> not just ten, perfect fingers t ten all over. cold son was born on 10/10/10. not only that, he w born at 10:10 a.m. how does that happen? his dad said he is pretty sure 10 will be his lucky numb. >> they must have been there with a stop watch induced.

a lot of couples who are lucky in ve decided 10/10/10 would be the perfect day to get married. in las vegas, dozens gathered at the little white wedding chapel. >> mean fwhil tennessee, the little log chapel was also booked solid. more than 39,000 couples chose to g married yesterday. that's ten times, that number again, the number couples who got married last yr on the second sunday in october. something to it. coming up, stink bugs are back in the area. what will it take to getid of them? plus the nfl is now investigating quarterback brett favre and his contact with a former side line reporter for i'm bob ehrlich. i'm not the kind of guy who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble.

we're worse off than we were four years ago: dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget -- honestly. grow small businesses -- really. excellent schools -- everywhere. protect the bay -- finally. it's why i'm running -- to make the state we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work.

a nice return to summer today.

>> a t-shirt would not be bad today. >> i'm going outside in a couple minutes. i don't know. maybe i'll get the scissors or something. it feel nice outside because we don't have the humidity today. but boy, temperatures soaring, upper 80s across the area. we're talking about just to the north of us, not too far away. clash of two seasons. a big temperature contrast. a couple of thunderstorms going on with pennsylvania. 87 is the temperature right now. your dew point is at 51 degrees. the air is dry with a westerly wind at ten miles per hour. during the overnight, we could have a few isolated thunderstorms even sneaking down, coming through our area at 9:00 and 11:00. 61 to 60 to start the day tomorrow. up until about 1:00 a.m., we could get some storms. here's the radar, not too far away in eastern pennsylvania, some thuerstorms. and a severe thunderstorm watch that goes there. but in 10:00 p.m., you can see it.

the watch in effect. even some warnings as well as around york county. here we've gotemperatures, 88. 83 on the other side. and sfloer with the wind off e water. and annapolis, you're at 80 degrees. one of our cooler spots. and 74 in oklahoma city. some rain there today but nothing like the storms that they have on sunday. take a look at this. it hammered oklahoma city. the amount of hail and the size of the hail. nickel to quarter size hail reported there. even a few reports of golf ball size hail covering the ball. i'll shift up for a second. you can hear i pounding the road and the vehicle. th will be droing in south

and east. a better chance to see showers and storms tomorrow. not a huge chance. only a 30% chance tomorrow but at least better during the overnight. the system comes through. we have an area of high pressure that will begin moving in on the other side of the system. the best chance of rain is for tomorrow. tomorrow won't benearly, there's the 60s tonight. not nearly as mild as today. there's a look at your forecast for this evening. 65 to 73. tomorrow morning, a few clouds around the area. 50 to 58 degrees. for the afternoon, 83 to 87. mostly sunny with a very light wind. it is the end of e week. we'll talk more about that. whe we might have a bigger system moving up the coast. a little wind and rain. >>leeveless is over. >> one more day. enjoy it while you can. still to come on news4, the nfl is looking into sexting

allegations against brett favre.

jen. welcome back. >> here's what's happening right now. montgomery county police are

investigating a deadly crash that killed two men in rocille over the weekend. adam and rory were on their way to a friend's house when the car hit them. police were considering what if any charge will be filed against the 25-year-old father. a rockville man isehind bars after police tell us he tried to hire someone to kill his wife. investigators say richard boyd jr. offered a man money and pills to kill his wife. but the man apparently tipped police off to the proposed deal. boyd has a court appearance set for tomorrow. and hollywood crews will be working in our aea all week working on the transformers series you can find a complete link on our website. microsoft is launching it' own smart phone called the windows phone 7. like an iphone, it has applications, including e-mail, word ad power point.

the phone should be available in the u.s. by thanksgiving. even if you're not a football fan, you probably know the name brett favre. the national football league is investigating allegations that the quarterback sent inappropriate text messages and even x-rated photos to several women. >> reporter: with the super bowl championship and three mvps, brett favre is one of t most celebrated players in nfl history. the father of two is the nfl's only grandfather. wi the long list of endorsements. >> i'm comfortable. >> as a father, a family man, a grandfather, as a very solid guy that represents the nfl bran he makes a lot of money in endorsements. his brand is in big trouble. >> reporter: trouble stemming from allegations first reported on the sorts blog claiming that favre approached multiple women with lewd text messages during his single season with the new york jets.

starting with jenn sterger. she land ad job with the new york jets at the same time he joined the team. she said he began leaving voicemail. >> i'm going back to the hotel. just chill. so send me a tech. i'll be there for a couple hours. love to have you comeoh tonight. >> reporter: nbc news couldn't verify the authenticity of the recordings. around the same time the voicemail was left, sterger was also reportedly send photos texts have a man's private parts. sterger who now host as cable spts show has declined comment. the site said they paid an undisclosed amount of money to obtain the voicemails and photos but the blog's editor said he first learned about it from sterger herself. >> it could be someone else impersonating him.

putting all this sbeefrt impersonating brett favre and making him look bad. but at this point it is highly unlikely. >> reporter: favre now plays for the minnesota viking who play the jets tonight. it was questioned in a pregame press conference. >> i'm not gettingnto that. i got my hands full with the jets. >> reporter: now two more women, massage therapists for the jets in 2008, say they, too, receid unwanted advances from favre. the website declined to reveal their name. >> if that's true, he has to throw himself on the mercy of the public, nfl fans, of women across this country, his wife. >> this afternoon, favre was asked again by reporters whether the report was true. and he said, quote, that will take its course. favre and the vikings play his old team the jets tonight on monday night football. nashvil school administrators are trying to figure out what to do with a

veteran teacher caught having a breakdown. facing students who appear to be taunting him, donald wood first seems to be joking. then he lost it. there is just no other way to describe it. >> who started the fight in this school? no. me >> whoa! school resource officers had to subdue wood who is no on leave while the school investigates. a flight attendant is facing charges after police say she tried to sak nine small ba of cocaine through a security check point. >> that happened at the international airport yesterday. police say 39-year-old williams was taken into custody after the

drugs were found in a sandwich bag in her waist band. police say williams first told officers, the substance was a feminine hygiene product befor admitting it was cocaine. williams had been scheduled to work a flight bound for charlotte from indianapolis. a russian spy who used her internet skills for her undercover work in new york now has a new use for her skills in moscow. ana chapman was deported in july after being arrested with nine others for spying. her glamorous lifestyle in the u.s. made her a media sensation before she was deported. on fridayhe was out in public watching the takeoff of a russian rocket. now comes word she is working for a moscow bank at specializes in the aerospace industry. when we come back, a whole lot more on news4 at 4:00. president obama gets a rude reception from the phidelphia crowd. plus, she is a star from the show "jersey shore." now she is trying her moves in

the name beverly hills makes you think of movie stars and glamour. >> it is launching its own line. the first thing is perfume. a swiss company developed three scents for the city. they start at $120 a bottle. >> men's cologne and skin care products will roll out over the next year.

the profits will be split between the city, the local chamber of come sgers the marketing fuhrn that dreamed up the whole idea. >> all for a good cause. everybody looks and smell better, right? she's had her fair share of cat fights on "jersey shore." now jenny farley is taking her act to the big ring. according to tmz, the reality star will peer a wreling show. tna impact. she will appear with two wrestlers though she won't tummy fight them. she will receive $15,000 for the appearance. there is a rumor that she may return for a second show. >> that's interesting. >> it is. fascinating. simon cowell's got talent franchise now has versions broadcast in morthan 30 countries. a musician who has overcome adversity just won china's "got talent."

his name is leo wa when he was 18 he decided to learn to play the piano. he plays with his toes. he is seen here an old interview. he won china's got talent by playing a rendition. second place went to a stand-up comedian who is 7 years old. pretty amazing. >> it is. when news4 at 4:00 returns, bugs filled with quite the odor won't go away. the latest on these pesky little stink bugs. >> hold your nose. plus someone in the crowd chuck as book at the president's head.

the stink wug has landed. this is when they fi places to spend the wint. darcy spencer talked to some residents. >> reporter: for some folks, it feels like aninvasion. they are seemingly everywhere. they're trying to get in our home, our offices, even in our closeds. >> we were eating dinner and one

flew into my daughter's mouth. >> what happened when you were on the slide? was there a stink fwlug when you were on the slide? >> yes. >> was that scary or gross? >> gross. >> reporter: they said they have no natural predators except maybe people who are doing everything they can to keep them out. do they really stink? you betcha. >> if this was smell-o-vision instead of television, you would know quickly why they're call stink bugs. >> reporter: as a matter of fact they release a defensive chemical not only when you kill them but when you're about to kill them them stay best defense is to weatherize your home. >> eliminate as best you can. then once they get indoors, get out that vac or the shop vac and vacuum as many as you can and annihilate them. >> reporter: experts say they're trying to get inside to find a cozy place to spend the winr. that happens to be your home.

darcy spencer, news4, washington. >> close the drs and windows. >> we've seen them in here. let's find out about outdoors. temperaturewise, we sent veronica outdoors. >>eporter: it is just like a summer day out here. i wish i did have the short sleeves. we talk about the stink bugs. i spent the weekend with my vacuum out. i wish i had something to defend against these gnats out here. it is like a summer day out here. it won't stay that way. tomorrow we'll cool down a bit. by about 10 degrees or so. it will feel plenty warm. definitely a few degrees warmer. take a look across t nation. look at that. the warmest temperature over the east. d.c. right now at 87 degrees. you come down to atlantic. it is 86 degrees right now. i think we have two different seasons ing on. from 69, dallas texas, 83. they'll be seeing more storm

there. the storms for us. speaking of storms, we'll head down to the caribbean. we're watching a massive storm that could become paula. that would be the next storm in line. a storm right now. a cluster of thunderorms northeast of honduras. moving so it will bring rain to believes. we'll see what happens when it gets goo tinto the gulf of meco. 80 in quantico. thunderstorms just north of that severe thunderstorm watch that goes until 10:00 p.m. i think a chance for a storm here between about 9:00 p.m. until 1:00 a.m. in the morning. so tomorro morning should be a mostly cloudy to partly cloudy start for u and down to about 60 degrees. down to about 60 degrees. that is wheree're going to be on high temperatures at the end of the week.

we're going to go from summer all the way to fall. almost late fall by the time we get to the end of the week. a 30% chance of a scattered thundetorm. some of those storm might be severe with a little wind. and then maybe some wind. cooler temperature by the end of the week. >> are you coming back in the building or are you driving off? >> reporter: i'm coming back in. extremely slowly. >> all right, veronica. thanks [ ducked a shoe. president obama had to, well, he didn't have to duck. >> it was thrown. >> he didn't have to duck. he didn't seem to notice it at the time. the secret service says it came from an overexuberant fan at a rally. this was philadelphia. the man had written the paper back book and was hoping the president would read it. agents concluded the man posed no danger to the president and

released him after questioning. good thing it wasn't hard cor. that's one way to get his attention. coming up, a skydiver doesn't picture this kind of landing. ps conflicting fwogs whether or not suspects are named in the murder of an americ on the mexican border. tonight, filming the transformer three movie. the wrecking ball is coming out. the major constructionroject that will add 20 minutes to the commute. and it starts tomorrow. and screen time versus play time. two hours in front of the tv could increase the child's rick i'm bob ehrlich. i'm not the kind of guy who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago: dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs.

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a skydiver had to be helped down after he got stuck in a tree. this is about 70 feet up in the air. he was sky diving with a group in northern massachusetts when he became separated and landed in the middle of the woods. rescue team had to cut down several trees to reach him. he was stuck in the tree for about two hours but stayed conscious and alert the whole time. the man was taken to aer in a by hospital and is expected to be okay. there is more frustration for the man who was reportedly

shot and kill by pirates on the texas border. the body has yet to be recovered. mexican police have said they're searching for him but they say they have some doubts about the story told by tiffany hartley. shpd her husband was shot as the couple tried to esca the pirates on their jet skis. over the weekend it was widely developed that mexican authorities had develop two suspects who worked for the carterel. but late lt night thenhe reports are not true. hartley's family doesn't know what to believe. >>ou know, we're kind of hoping and praying that they're doing what they say they're doing. i'm not giving up hope that we are going to find him. that we are going to bring him home. >> u.s. officials say they are still trying to find out how the report about the suspects came about. just ahead, large group of people arrested for anti-gay tike men in new york. taxes 60 percent.sync: did y

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new york city police are still searching for the ninth suspect accused in the vicious ti-gay attack for two teenagers and a ma it is the latest in a series of hate crime based on sexual orientation that have occurred nationwide. michelle franzen repor. >> reporter: members of a neighborhood gang in the bronx arrested and arraigned over the week are accused of beating and torturing two teens and a man

based on their sexual orientation. crime new york city leaders say that were motivated by hate. >> what is so upsetting about this, they went looking for these particular victims. because they thought they were gay. >> reporter: investigators stay crimes took placeinside this vacant bronx apartmen starting withhe torture of a 17-year-old recruit after learning he was involved with a man. >> he was thrown into a wall. made to strip naked. hit in the head with a beer can. cut with a box cutter and sodomized with the wooden handle of a plunger. >> we will not tolerate it in the city of new york. >> reporter: and human rights advocates say across the country, hate crimes based on sexual orientation are up. the raise come 12 years after matthew sheppard'brutal death. the university of wyoming student was tortur and tied to a fence post because he was gay. since th, his mother has successfully fought to eand federal hate crime laws, but says iis still not enough.

>> i had hoped by this point in time, that kids would be more accepted and soety as a whole would be more accepting of the gay community. unfortunately, we're finding it is not the case. >> reporter: and it is not just violen attacks. hurtful words and actions ha also taken their toll. nationwide, at least five gay teens have killed themselves in the la moing including rutgers university at one time tyler clemente. he jumped off a new york city bridge after learning his classmates streamed his sexual encounter with a man over the internet. advocates say i know what strong hate crime laws, everyone must also work to change rhetoric. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. that's news4 at 4:00. news4 at 5:00 starts right now. two friends are killed trying to cross rockville pike

over the weekend. tonight, new clues reveal what happened in the moments just before that deadly crash. go evening, everybody. i'm jim handly. >> and i'm wendy rieger. the blend shot and killed by a driver and police say alcohol with you a factor but so far there are no charges. pat collins joins us live at the montgomeryounty police headquarters. >> reporter: sources tell news4, the driver in that double fatal accint had a blood alcohol level of .13. .08 is the legal limit. also, at 3:00 a.m. at the time of the accident, the traffic signals in this intersection were flashing. the walk/don't walk signs were off. the victim, adam. 26 years old.