stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> we are back in a moment with a big job not for everyone. >>> it's become apparent to those of us who cover tornadoes that they're increasingly showing up in clusters. and sure enough the folks at the severe storms laboratory in norman, oklahoma, confirmed that. tornadoes now occur in multiples more often. and increasingly. just in recent years where there's one there are likely to be others. one more weather note from the climate prediction center, they say a repeat of last year's awful polar vortex is unlikely because the climate patterns needed to cause it are unlikely to form. the old farmer's almanac on the other hand is calling for a rough winter. >>> it is the work of the great architect aero seranin, the tallest arch in the world, tallest structure in missouri, tallest manmade monument in the western hemisphere. and the only way to check its condition and take corrosion samples is to get up there and walk the arch with ropes. the national park service wants the exterior to be positively gleaming for the 50th birthday of the arch a year f

we get our report tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: a lone attacker charging across a new york city sidewalk hatchet in hand. new york city police commissioner bill bratton is calling it a terror attack. >> this was a terrorist attack, certainly. >> reporter: two injured officers, 25-year-old kenneth healey was struck in the head and remains in the hospital. police say the suspect, 32-year-old zale thompson, was self-radicalized and inspired by terror groups online including isis. >> visiting websites that are focused on designated terrorist groups -- al qaeda, isis, al shabab, as well as looking at different acts of violence, including beheadings. >> reporter: allegedly leading to this attack on a street corner in queens. the target of the attack, four rookie police officers standing about here. the man with the axe injured two of them, the other two had the wherewithal to draw their weapons and defend themselves. you can see the bullet holes in this building. police say thompson converted to islam two years ago. this is believed to be his facebook page with verses of the

we get our follow-up report tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: megan lowell couldn't sleepast night after hearing about the nbc news investigation. and the college soccer coach who worries about the potential health risk of artificial turf. >> last night i was laying in bed, probably around 1:00 a.m., probably should be sleeping, obviously. and i was reading it. and i was in total shock. >> reporter: the 24-year-old was a soccer goalie through college where she says she played almost exclusively on fields with crumb rubber. those little black dots made from shredded car and truck tires. >> i would have them in my ears. i would have them everywhere. in my hair. i would even blow my nose. and i would have them in the tissue. >> reporter: last year she was diagnosed with non-hodgkin lymphoma. today she is in remission. lowell e-mailed us from upstate new york, one of more than two dozen viewers who reached out with stories about athletes with cancer. a mother from los angeles writes about her daughter. i will no longer let her compete on synthetic turf. a father whose son diag

brian. >> stephanie gosk with the result of our months long investigation. stephanie, thanks. >>> still ahead for us tonight after a break, are you among those hit with bogus charges on your cell phone bill? refunds are due and there are things you should be looking for in the fine print. >>> and later, making a difference, the incredible scene happening on college campuses all across our country. >>> it is a natural and valid question when looking over our cell phone bills. what exactly are we paying for here? well, tonight a big company, a major cell phone carrier, has been accused of sneaking charges onto bills. they've been ordered to pay the price for it $105 million. and if you're a customer, it could mean money back that was yours to begin with. our report tonight from nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: have you ever heard that familiar ding? checked your cell phone and found a random text message like this? guess what? children laugh about 400 times a day while adults laugh on average only 15 times a day. most people delete them, but those facts, ho

stephanie gosk, nbc news, sayreville, new jersey. >>> quick break for us. back in a moment with the story behind an incredible image captured right at the speed of sound. >>> it was a hot time on saturday night at charlotte motor speedway. as stock car racing fans know, on big tracks and small tempers flare just about every weekend. and as the nascar championship looms and the season winds down, the big boys are no different. kevin harvick won the race, but a fight started on the track continued in the pits between two transporters as matt kenseth and brad keselowski went at it. >>> chicago center is back up and running after an arson fire knocked out the faa routing facility and after so many flights were either canceled or re-routed as recently as last night and this morning. tonight after a lot of hard work the center is once again handling the routing of high altitude flights across a whole region of our country. >>> every so often someone captures this moment on film. when they do, it's worth sharing. this is what it looks like when a jet aircraft flie

nbc's stephanie gosk has our report. >> reporter: at kennedy catholic high school, football practiceicked off with a few midfield snow angels. what better way to break in a brand-new turf field. feel good? >> oh, it's beautiful. >> reporter: yeah? >> you can't believe what we've been on. this used to be a swamp here. >> reporter: this small catholic school just outside seattle was forced to play home games down the road until enough money was raised, $2.4 million for a new field. school officials chose crumb rubber turf, shredded car and truck tires used to fill the space between artificial blades of grass. how many days away were you from putting it down? >> three days away. >> reporter: but the principal pulled the plug after seeing the nbc news investigation into the surface. >> it's about artificial turf. >> reporter: a college soccer coach started asking questions about the turf when two of her own players were diagnosed with cancer. there's no research directly linking crumb rubber to cancer. but some pediatricians, scientists and advocacy groups believe more research needs to

>> stephanie gosk outside what is the most famous farmhouse right now in the state of maine. stephanie, thanks. >>> now to the announcement a lot of us woke up to this morning from the ceo of apple, tim cook. easily, one of the most powerful business leaders in this country and around the world, for that matter, publicly acknowledging he is gay, while delivering a powerful message about equality and making history in the process. our report tonight from nbc's cynthia mcfadden. >> reporter: today, tim cook did what no other fortune 500 ceo has ever done, came out as gay. in a written statement in "business week" the apple ceo said, "while i have never denied my sexuality, i haven't publicly acknowledged it either, until now. so, let me be clear. i am proud to be gay. and i consider being gay among the greatest gifts god has given me." why does this matter today, or does it? >> yeah, it's sad that it matters, 'cause it shouldn't matter. you never have anybody saying oh, i'm heterosexual. but it matters because it's still not accepted all over the place. and now we have a major

we get the reaction tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: fertility science has gone through a revolution, radically changing the landscape for women who want to have children. two tech giants are offering a benefit that just two years ago was deemed no longer experimental. egg freezing. apple and facebook will offer up to $20,000 when done for nonmedical reasons. each round costs around $10,000. storage, roughly $500 a year. done at a young enough age, egg freezing can dramatically increase the chances of getting pregnant later in life. >> if you come in to get pregnant, let's say, at 42, 43 and we have eggs frozen from when you're 35, it's like we're setting the clock back seven or eight years, which is a huge advantage. >> fertility doctor got an e-mail from a patient today which she said kind of sums up the mood around the office. subject, omg, just announced facebook and apple to cover egg-freezing costs. >> with a thousand exclamation egg-freezing costs. >> with a thousand exclamation marks. just announced facebook and apple to cover egg freezing >> reporter: the majori

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thank you, stephanie gosk. >>> we received a haunting update on malaysian airlines flight 17. the one shot down over ukraine back in july. specifically, one of the victims found was apparently found with an oxygen mask around his neck, leading to the distressing notion that not everyone on board died instantly when investigators say it was hit by a missile. and about the other malaysia airlines aircraft, the still-missing flight 370, a new australian report indicates it ran out of fuel, spiralled into the southern indian ocean suggesting the underwater search could move even farther to the south. >>> north korea remains about the most secretive place on earth. for the past 37 days the secrets have included the whabts of their leader, kim jong-un. if he doesn't show his face at a workers party celebration in the next few hours, it will raise the most serious doubts yet that he is still around at all or in control of his nuclear power. nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell has our report. >> reporter: where in the world is kim jong-un? not seen in weeks. and

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stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> we are back in a moment with a big job not for everyone. this is jim. a man who doesn't stand still. but jim has afib, atrial fibrillation an irregular heartbeat, not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. for years, jim's medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but now, with once-a-day xarelto®, jim's on the move. jim's doctor recommended xarelto®. like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce afib-related stroke risk. but xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a heart valve problem, that doesn't require regular blood monitoring. so jim's not tied to tt monitoring routine. gps: proceed to the designated route. not today. for patients currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. xarelto® is just one pill a day taken with the evening meal. plus, with no known dietary restrictions, jim can eat the healthy foods

we get the reaction tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> reporter: fertility science has gone through a revolution, radically changing the landscape for women who want to have children. two tech giants are offering a benefit that just two years ago was deemed no longer experimental. egg freezing. apple and facebook will offer up to $20,000 when done for nonmedical reasons. each round costs around $10,000. storage roughly $500 a year.eez >> ultimately i just wanted an option. i want to focus on my career. i haven't met mr. right yet. and i wanted to know that when i was ready, i would be able to go back and i could have kids. >> reporter: she says a company that offers this kind of benefit could attract female employees. >> even more than salary these days, i always look >> even more than salary these a days, i always look at the benefits package. >> reporter: working women hoping to get pregnant at an older age may start asking their own employers to follow apple and facebook's lead. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. . >>> back in a moment with a big mystery up in the air and now he

nbc's stephanie gosk has more on that. >> women's soccer coach amy griffin first started asking the question are the fields safe when two of her own players were diagnosed with cancer. one of them suspected it may have something to do with the small black dots on the turf known as crumb rubber, shredded car and truck tires. now that our viewers have seen griffin's story, they are sharing their own. walker from colorado reached out to us about her daughter. >> we always discussed the link, potential link to the soccer fields. a co-worker of mine sent me the link yesterday and said oh, my gosh, look at this. when i read it, i thought, oh, wow, this is so close to home. >> fay played soccer since four and was diagnosed with lymphoma at 16. >> i have more research done to figure out what's going on with fields. >> a former football player battling leukemia. >> i feel sick to my stomach that the artificial turf can have so many chemicals. >> a soccer player from dallas writes she played at least twice pa week all her life and keeping her kids on the team. lessons on the soccer field far outweigh

stephanie gosk joins me live from kent, maine. so stephanie, this was actually a really bizarre scene. this young woman decided to go out of her house and take a bike ride with her boyfriend and about 40 members o the press and a state trooper. >> reporter: it was bizarre. one of the things we asked her, why did she do it? and she said, well, we normally go on bike rides. we woke up and decided to go on a bike ride. it was anything but normal. the two got up this morning around 9:00 and left. followed by a state trooper and a swarm of media hoping for comment from her. when they returned, we caught up with them and she had this to say. >> did they stop you? >> they did not, no. >> is it worth all this? >> it is worth it. >> we said we want to go for a bike ride. >> do you do this often? >> we do. >> reporter: so bike ride kind of in the form of protest. an interesting statement recently released by the governor of maine saying that after lengthy negotiations, they've not reached any agreement. the governor in his statement goes on

back to you guys. >> stephanie gosk. thank you so much for that report. and turning back now to politics. whether you're watching the nightly news or a repeat of "seinfeld," chances are you could not escape hearing about the elections. that's because a flood of campaign ads consumes most commercial breaks. nearly 3 million have aired so far this election cycle and we still have five days to go. and those ads don't come cheap. overall spending has already topped $1 billion with a "b," people. that money has to come from somewhere. and here's a hint. it is not from people like you or me. so is there any hope, a sliver of hope to get the average joe back in the game? there's a new bill floating around in congress aimed to give campaign donors a bigger voice in the process. the bill was introduced by congressman john sarbanes from outside the beltway in maryland. it's described as a bipartisan bill. but as of now, there's only one republican. thank you so much for being with us. >> thanks so much for having me. >> i want to focus on this number one. one repub

>> i would love to be proved wrong. >> that was stephanie gosk with that nbc news investigation. for more information or to leave a comment on this story visit nbcnews.com. >>> coming up, nfl commissioner roger good dell met with team owners about the nfl's domestic violence crisis today and later why control of the united states senate might not be determined by voters on election night. the dramatic mr. sterling scenario just might determine the outcome. when we asked the t composites horizons to map their manufacturing process with sticky notes and string, yeah, they were a little bit skeptical. what they do actually is rocket science. high tech components for aircraft and fighter jets. we're just their bankers, right? but financing from ge capital also comes with expertise from across ge. in this case, our top lean process engineers. so they showed us who does what, when, and where. then we hit them with the important question: why? why put the tools over there? do you really need those five steps? what if you can do it in two? whoo, that's an interesting question. ideas for

>> i would love to be proved wrong. >> that was stephanie gosk with that nbc news investigation.or more information or to leave a comment on this story visit nbcnews.com. >>> coming up, nfl commissioner roger good dell met with team owners about the nfl's domestic violence crisis today and later why control of the united states senate might not be determined by voters on election night. the dramatic mr. sterling scenario just might determine the outcome. love having a free checked bag. with my united mileageplus explorer card. i have saved $75 in checked bag fees. priority boarding is really important to us. you can just get on the plane and relax. i love to travel, no foreign transaction fees means real savings. we can go to any country and spend money the way we would in the us. when i spend money on this card i can see brazil in my future. i use the explorer card to earn miles in order to go visit my family which means a lot to me. ♪ health can change in a minute. so cvs health is changing healthcare. making it more accessible and affordable, with over 900 locations for walk-i

nbc's stephanie gosk in maine. thank you very much. >>> now to pennsylvania where the seven-week man hupt for an accused cop killer is over. 31-year-old eric frein was arrested last night by u.s. marshals outside the hangar of an abandoned airfield in the pocono mountains. he made his first court appearance where he was formally charged with nine counts, including first-degree murder, in the ambush of a police barracks that injured one state trooper and killed another. >> the families of this matter of corporal bryon dickson and corporal douglass have had a loss. today we find some comfort as a community that we are taking these next steps toward justice. >> sarah doloff is live in blooming grove, pennsylvania. i understand one of the beneficiaries is halloween, which is back on for that community. >> reporter: that is correct, joy. halloween had been canceled out of concern for the safety of the community. and today the news that it is back on and eric frein is behind bars. this following seven weeks of a communit

our report tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk. >> hello everyone. >> reporter: kaci hickox appears at least in part relieved. >> it's just a good day. >> reporter: today, a district court said the nurse who treated ebola patients in west africa was free to move around in public, denying a request by the state of maine she not be allowed in crowded public places. still, the judge urged her to be sensitive to "the real fear that exists even if it's not entirely rational". >> i am sensitive. this is one of the reasons i'm saying this battle isn't over. we still need to continue this discussion. we still need to continue educating ourselves. and i don't want to make anyone uncomfortable. >> reporter: but the court order wasn't a total victory. hickox still has to adhere to three guidelines, daily health checks, notify health authorities if she travels and immediately tell officials if any symptoms appear. it's not enough, says governor paul lepage. >> we don't know what we don't know about ebola. and i'm concerned, but he ruled. and as a governor i took an oath to honor the rules of the c

and as nbc's stephanie gosk reports, it could also be a real game changer. >> reporter: done at a young enough age, egg freezing can dramatically increase the chances of getting pregnant later in life. >> if you come in to get pregnant, let's say, at 42, 43, and we have eggs frozen from when you're 35, it's like we're setting the clock back seven or eight years. so it can be a huge advantage. >> reporter: fertility doctor jamie got an e-mail from a patient today which sums up the mood around the office. subject, omg. just announced, facebook and apple to cover egg-freezing costs. >> 1,000 exclamation marks. >> reporter: the doctor says the majority of patients who come in -- and there are more and more each day -- can't afford egg freezing. >> what facebook did, what apple has done is going to be huge for women because it allows them the opportunity to do something that they may have never been able to do before. >> it really is big, right? so each round of treatment costs about $10,000. and storage is running about $500 a year. >>> shoemaker converse is trying to knock off the competit

stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: the attack was as surprising as it was frightening. new york police commissioner bill bratton is calling it a terror attack. >> this is a terrorist attack. certainly. >> reporter: the 32-year-old suspect, zale thompson, converted to islam two years ago, according to police. an introvert, angry at the police and the military. the facebook page believed to be his including a photo of an armed fighter, is just part of his activity online. >> visiting websites that are focused on designated terrorist groups, al qaeda, isis, al shabaab. >> reporter: authorities believe he was self-radicalized and acting on his own when he charged down a sidewalk in queens, armed with a hatchet. the target of the attack, four rookie police officers standing about here. the man with the axe injured two of them. the other two had the wherewithal to draw weapons and defend themselves. you can see the bullet holes in this building. thompson was shot dead while 25-year-old kenneth healy lay on the ground, struck with a critical blow to the head. the rookie cop re

nbc's stephanie gosk joins us now from new york with a preview of her report. vening, stephanie. >> hey, keith and jacqueline. you may be familiar with those pesky small dots that show up in your house after a game or practice. it's called crumb rubber. they're made from old tires. we met a college soccer coach who started asking questions after two of her own players were diagnosed with blood cancers. she reached out and learned of other soccer players with similar stories. we investigated the research that's out there. no one has established a link between cancer and these fields and the industry and others point to more then a dozen studies, saying their product is safe. we talked to researchers, doctors and advocacy groups who say the studies are insufficient. keith and jacqueline? >> stephanie, what should be done here? what's the next step? >> reporter: well, keith, it really depends on who you ask. the coach and players are look for definitive answers what we've learned is that they're not so easy to find. this is probably going to trigger questions from

nbc's stephanie gosk tells us and the emmy goes to -- >> rep at the emmy awards this year, hbo smokedtn with nominations, 99 total, more than twice any other network. "game of thrones" had 19 nods alone. e network wants to turn that acclaim into even more money. sorry, boys. new year, new rules. right now an hbo subscrip is only available to customers who cable or satellite tv service. this new option available in 2015 will offer hbo on its own over the internet. hbo says the decision targets the current 10 million internet househol. card members like -- >> i gave up cable because i wasn't home enoh to justify the cost of it. >> r without giving details, ceo richard plef her says that is a large and growing d not be left untapped. it's time to remove all barriers to those who want hbo. netflix has alrea proven that web-only tv can make money with popular shows like "house of cards" and "orange is th" one possible concern for compans lik time warner, cablevisn and comcast, nbc's parent company, is they will c forced to change their service. they neert going to have to buy this big bund

. >>> stephanie gosk from nbc news will have more on the artificial turf concerns in a new report tonightn "nbc nightly news" after this newscast. >>> you're about to see some newly released photos of a skimming device, the same kind used to sell people's money. the defenses were attached to six sandy spring bank locations in maryland. this one was found at the branch in frederick. it was made of two pieces, a card-reading mechanism and a video camera to capture customers' banking and pin numbers. on tuesday, police also released images of a man they think is linked to the scheme. they're still trying to find him. >>> the people who make red bull will shell out millions of dollars to consumers, because the energy drinks cannot actually give you wings. the company agreed to pay $13 million as part of a settlement with customers who say they were misled about the benefits of drinking red bull. now any customer who purchased a red bull in the last decade can get $10 cash or $15 in red bull products. directions for submitting a claim are on our website. nbcwashington.com. >> so they bought re

nbc's stephanie gosk has been investigating this story for months. >> reporter: casey sullivan may have an afternoon soccer game like this for granted, if he had never gotten that diagnosis. >> the doctor came in and said in all my years of medical practice, this is the worst x-ray i've ever seen, the worst chest x-ray. >> reporter: hodgkin's lymphoma, stage 4. sullivan was a college student at the sometime, a young, fit, goalkeeper at the soccer team. >> the doctors never had a good answer. >> reporter: years later, sullivan saw university of washington soccer coach, amy griffin, on the local news. two of her goalkeepers had been diagnosed with similar cancers. a terrible coincidence, she thought, until taking one of her sick players for chemotherapy. >> the nurse said don't tell me you guys are goalkeepers. that is so crazy. you are like the fourth goalkeeper i have hooked up this week. >> reporter: her goalie had a theory. >> she said i just have a feeling it has something to do with those black dots. >> reporter: the black dots are actually shredded car and truck tires, used in turf

. >>> stephanie gosk first reported the turf story for nbc news, and she's going to have a followup comingc nightly news" at 7:00. >>> a grand jury has cleared a prince george's county candidate for maryland state delegate who had been used of sexually abusing a child. a woman claims mike heaviman molested her daughter on his good morning. only on news4, he talks to tracee wilkins about what it's like living with those charges. >> there's always going to be that little dark spot in the back of the mind. what if it's true? what if it could be true? >> reporter: michael heffman says he's worried he'll be spending the rest of his life defending himself after he was charged with sexual assaulting a child. >> it's like the ground has fallen out under you. >> reporter: he's an attorney, author and republican candidate for maryland state delegate in prince george's, now cleared of those charges. they were brought by a woman he hired to care for his elderly father. the woman claimed that heffman sexually assaulted her 8-year-old daughter on his upper marlboro farm. the case went before the grand j

, n determine.bc >> reporter: stephanie gosk, nbc >>> now to that news, new york. >>> now to the massive airbag recall affecting dozens of makef and models.es and auto dealers now say there are s not enough replacement parts to there are fix the problem, and getting nh them could take weeks or even months. fix the problem. air bag the airbag inflaters are made bi the the takita corporation. consumer advocates call them a . potential ticking time bomb thag can explode, sending metal bom shrapnel flying inside a vehicle. everyone who owns one of these l cars under recall should get the you should get the air airbag inflater replaced as soo replaced as soon as possible. as possible. the to see to your car is affected, go to today.com. your car >>> the two dogs credited with i taking down the white house aff. >>> ready, apparently, to get back fence jumper are doing well and. thursday ready to get back to work. the tweete thursday, the secret service d f tweeted pictures of the dogs j hurr jordan and hurricane, while thea took a well-deserved day off..f. jordan was kicked jordan was

. >> stephanie gosk. mainers like to say it's hard to get cell phone service there. sometimes we have technical difficulties. kelly o'donnell at the white house. a few weeks ago, ron klain was tapped as the bl czar for the obama administration. yet he hasn't had a real public role. we haven't had any press conferences from him or statements on camera. how is he carrying out his authority here? >> almost in an odd extension of the confusion that surrounds ebola itself, how it's transmitted and how health care workers should be treated, there's some confusion about the role of ron klain. it's about expectations. the obama administration had said it would be a behind the scenes role. ron klain, who has formally worked as the chief of staff for biden and gore back in the day, is in the role to coordinate the federal response. we're told part of what he's been doing is also trying to encourage those health care organizations to get the word out to keep encouraging health care workers to make the sacrifices to treat ebola in africa and to be prepared for steps that would n

stephanie gosk has more on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: the big question following kaci hickox's bike ride is what were officials going to do? the answer so far is not much. this debate maybe having an affect. doctors without borders, the group that hickox worked for says there's growing confusion and anxiety among the u.s. volunteers getting ready to come home. >> this is something my partner and i like to do. >> reporter: with a bicycle helmet as her only protection, maine's governor said he has no problem with kaci hickox vent turing out of her house for a quick bike ride. governor paula paige is says for her safety. >> her behavior is really riling a lot of people up and i can only do what i can do. and we're trying to protect her, but she's not acting as smart as she probably should. >> reporter: so far, maine seems to have backed down from plans to seek a court order to keep hickox and others who have had contact with ebola patients in the past 21 days out of public places. >> i am not symptomatic. t

but that's what the investigation will attempt to determine. >> reporter: stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> now to that massive air bag recall affecting dozens of makes and models, auto dealers say there are not enough replacement parts to fix the problem. air bag inflaters are made by the takata corporation. calling tem a potential ticking time bomb that could explode, sending metal shrapnel. you should get the air bag replaced as soon as possible. go to the website today.com to see if your car is affected. >>> ready, apparently, to get back to work. thursday the secret service tweeted pictures of jordan and hurricane, while the dogs took a well-deserved day off. jordan was kicked in the snout and hurricane was punched repeatedly. the man who jumped the white house fence wednesday night. both are doing well. that man is facing several charges. >>> and a great escape? it was not. in newly released surveillance video from iceland, a man ramming his car through a parking garage gate. he was not satisfied he got through it. backed his car up, knocking over his companion at one point,

instead stephanie gosk has the story. >> reporter: they canceled homecoming. celebrating their local faheroes in the pau and now they're left wondering how seven of them can be facing these allegations. >> we ask your blessings on this community. >> reporter: sayreville memorial high school, the emphasis not on the game but a message of anti-bullying. >> a lot of hurt. a lot of things going on. we need to come together as a community. we need to support the victims. >> it could have been their children. it could have been anybody's child. >> very upset about it. >> reporter: rally in response to a hazing scandal in sayreville's celebrated football program, alleged abuse attacks by upper classmates. 15 to 17-year-olds were arrested over the weekend on numerous charges including aggravated sexual assault and criminal restraint. exclusive reports in new jersey advance media claim the assault took place last month and involved the pinning down of a freshman before sexually assaulting him. because the accused players are juvenile, the criminal complaint, including

nbc's stephanie gosk tells us and the emmy goes to -- >> repor at the emmy awards this year, hbo smokedtn in nominations. 99 total, more than twice any other network. "game of thrones" had 19 nods alone. e network wants to turn that acclaim into even more money. right now an hbo year, new subscr ava to customers who already pay f tall light service. the new offer will offer hbs ow. they say it targets the 10 million internet only househol i gave up cable becaus wasn't home enou to cust phi the cost of it. >> r without giving details, the ceo richard et should no longer be left untapped. it's time to remove all barriers to those who want hbo. netflix has proven that web-only tv can make money with 50 million subscribers and popular shows like house of cards and ""orange one possible concern is that they will lose cable customers and be forced to cha serv >> they're not going to have to buy this big bundle, they'll be able to buy smaller bundles that they'll have more of a say over. >> possibl as hbo can make it work, a good ch st gosk, nbc news new york. we're followi a developing story

>> stephanie gosk in sayreville, new jersey. thank you, stephanie.he school board president and dr. richard labbe is the superintendent of the school district. the details of the accusations against these seven players are absolutely horrific. what was your reaction when you first learned of the actions allegedly done by these seven players? >> it's been a wild ride for us. you know, i will say this. you know, we have received limited information, naturally, due to the fact that the middlesex county prosecutor has a very difficult job in terms of investigating this. so, we've been given limited information from the beginning. but enough information to make the very difficult decisions that we've had to make. you know, moving ahead, we decided to cancel our season based upon information that was provided to us, that there were acts of harassment, intimidation and bullying at a widescale level that was tolerated by the student athletes in that program. we're now reading the accounts in the papers and we're seeing the charges and we're as horrified as e