her. >> more than 500 people are reported missing. >> we are just trying to keep people alive. the number one priority is life. >> animals in danger, too. >> i have been sent in three directions to evacuate horses. i'm receiving horses. i will do everything i can. >> thousands of homes and busies like this winery have been destroyed. >> this is where all the wines remain and arer ifmented. >> newly homeless residents return to search through the rubble. >> it's unrecognizable. like mars. >> others wait for word about what remains of their home. reed joins us. can you talk about the conditions? how is the wind??

[no audible response] larry: we will get back to reed in a moment but we want to show you the cause of the fires that is unknown. we have a time lapse video. this is amazing. people driving through. imagine the horror trying to escape there. again, we have a time lapse from the international space station and we want to show you that video. look at this. this is of lighting of the california coast. astronauts shooting this footage sundays night around the time that the fires started. alison: around here today we are getting some much-needed rain. meteorologist steve rudin is standing by in the stormwatch7 weather center. with a check of the forecast. have umbrellas handy. steve: absolutely. not only do we have the cloud cover and the showers but the temperatures are cooler than they have been. liable at the 5:00 p.m. reading. 73 degrees at the reagan national airport. frontal boundary to the south of out. 81 degrees at

the temperatures in the upper 60's and the lower 70's. a few showers are out there that are beginning to make their way closer to the capital beltway. it will likely slow things down for the evening rush hour commute. to bethesda and rockville and gaithersburg and georgetown. all this moves off to the east. reston, you looking at wet weather right now. not longing at anything that is going to become severe. but more or less enough to slow things down because of the wet pavement. the forecast for this evening. scattered showers. the clouds will stick around. patchy fog tonight. the temperatures will settle down in the 60's. we are talking about thewood. i promise you, brighter skies and warmer temperatures return. more on that in a few minutes. nancy: that sounds good. thank you. we want to go back out to california where reed andrews joins us live. looking at the damage that we saw earlier, can you talk about the conditions now? how is the wind? >> well, the wind is not significant. that is good news. the worry is, i

throughout the afternoon moving to the everything. after 2:00 west coast time. because of that, well, the fear is the fires between the valleys and the hillside are the tunnels that allow the wind to move through the area. look at the difference where i am now and coveraged earth. behind me you can see there -- scorched earth and behind me are the wineries. i have yards hit as well. this is a few steps closer to where i am now, you can see it made sure it didn't spread to the neighboring areas. in terms of the smoke conditions, this has improved a bit. people are advised to wear masks out and about. look behind me. you can see the difference in what a few hundred feet are. that may be 100 yards. distance of a football field. you can see the trees well. if we look to the right, you can see another 50 or 60 yards behind that way. there is just a haze of fog with smoke. you can't see much at all because of how thick the smoke is. this isn't e

have seen today. there are rough conditions in napa and sonoma county. there are evacuation orders in place in stoge stoge where i am at this point. the trailers going down the highway trying to get everything they can out of their home. 30-minute drive from where the animals are stored now. they have little to no containment. alison: thank you. nancy: major change by the international day of the girl. the groups will allow girls to the fram. the instapoll is asking if you agree with the decision to include girls in the boy scouting programs. log on to wjla.com/votenow to share your thoughts. this is how it would work. the plan would

scouts that are all male or female and they could welcome both genders. >> that is the way it should be. some things in this world need to be kept traditionally. for other reasons. they can have events together. >> boy scouts stand for more than being boys so i don't think it is that big of an issue if the girls are allowed to be scouts. alison: a lot of differing opinions. in the space of dwindling membership the boy scouts made changes in the last five years including accepting openly gay members and adult volunteers as well as transgender boys. larry: right now we are 17 hours away from the opening and the excitement is building of the project that was years in the making. sam sweeney is live along the waterfront. is everything ready to go? sam: we are getting closer and cl

when we arrived this morning until now. some of the restaurants will have this later on tonight. if you look out to the peer by the water, there is a flurry of activity. hard hats, orange vests. they will all move out tonight. and tomorrow morning. the visitors will move in. no matter where you look at the wharf, flurry of activity. blow torches, power washing and the last layers of paint with the final touch-up. the man behind the project says despite the craziness it's go time. >> we are ready. furry of work going on right now. >> developers say the wharf of is a place to live, work and play. the apartments aren't too shabby. inside, top of the line finishes. on the roof and infinity pool with some of the views in the city. 85% of the apartments are still available. respects for a one bedroom started around $2,500. for the best city living you can live right here abo

wharf. 350 square feet. $2,000 a month. you even get a modern murphy bed to pop out of the wall. if you live or visit here you will have entertainment options. the foo fighters open tomorrow night at the anthem theater. at the pearl street warehouse the beats will blast. >> we have music with the windows open like in new orleans, walking down the street or in austin. >> while the party starts at pearl street, most of the restaurants will also start serving food. to get all of this done it's a long night. >> a lot of washdown on the streets. final testing on lights. illumination out of the store front. we are going to be ready. yes. >> the best advice if you plan to come out here. take the water fax xy from alexandria or -- water taxi from alexandria for free or ride metro. metro station five minute walk away. but if you don't ha

don't bring your cars. there are only 1,600 parking spots and that is by design. coming up at 6:00, we will take you in-depth inside the apartments to tell you about the condos and what their listing prices are. they will be in the seven figures. reporting live on the brand new water front at the wharf. sam sweeney. larry: of course they are. thanks. talk to you in a bit. sam getting you ready for the wharf all week. log on to wjla.com to search "wharf" to see all of his stories and know what to expect before heading down there. turn now to virginia gubernatorial race. word today that former president obama will stump for eleanor holmes ralph northam in virginia. it's his first campaign event since leaving office in january. republican side, vice president mike pence said to appear with ed gillespie this saturday. nancy: new developments in the death of 13-year-old girl from virginia. lawyers for the man charged with mu

statements he made to investigators. attorneys say he violated the rights. he is accused of taking nicole lovell in a wooded area and stabbing her to death. he is set to go on trial next month. larry: d.c. police investigate two shootings that left three men dead. first around midnight in the brightwood neighborhood of northwest. two men were killed and another hurt. around the same time, police say a man was shot to death on hunt place in northeast d.c. investigators say the shootings are not connected. police have not made arrests. alison: police are trying to find a one-month pitbull puppy to be reunited with the owner. nancy: heaven was stolen at gunpoint tuesday. this is on pomeroy road in southeast d.c. owner saying he pulled up in a silver sedan, flashed a gun. if you know anything about the crime, contact the d.c. police. coming up at 5:00, questioning the questions. how the new timeline in the las vegas mss

questions about the hotel's response. >> he is a very large man. it's a terrifying experience and disorienting. how is this happening? who does this? he is blocking the door. larry: later, what if any legal action can be taken in a case like harvey weinstein years after the incident. nancy: plus, how amazon wants to give your teenager the mall shopping experience without going to the mall. robert: i'm robert burton live in chicago. remember this corner i was on yesterday? it was packed. it's not now. that is because there is baseball actually going on. we will give you an upd

nancy: welcome back. nationals and the cubs in the third inning in chicago. larry: at wrigley field. if the nats don't win that is it for the season. robert burton is outside wrigley with the latest. robert? robert: let me say this. we are outside of wrigley field. all i am hearing is cheering on the inside. i feel like i shouldn'ter that understanding that the nats are away. so you see this

there is baseball going on. stephen strasburg getting the start. he got out of big jam in the second inning with a guy on first and a guy on third. you have to wonder what would have happened if tanner rourke was on the mound. not saying he could have gotten out of the inning but you have to wonder. no score so far in the third. we will see what happens from here. >> people are just pumped here. people watching the game hear. as robert talk about there concern about stephen strasburg not going well.

this could be the year and go to a game five. >> can we pull it out? >> i hope so. glad to see that strasburg is pitching tonight. i am cheering for the nationals. >> we have won two in a row before. we can do it again. >> vital information if there is a game five. there is still no agreement between the nats and the metro. last chain leaves at -- train leaves at 11:30 so make plans if there is a game tomorrow night. larry: hopefully it will be an earlier start to get everyone in and out. the winner of that game would go to l.a. for the name one of the nlcs. nancy: i like the optimism. lk

steve: and we have the world series. nancy: then talk about a parade and everything. knock on wood. steve: it will be great. a lot of people don't realize it has been so warm and humid and sticky, not so far away two and a half hour drive away to west virginia the fall color change is full throttle. look at this. this is a picture from jen johnson. it's gorgeous out there. this will take a few more weeks here. let's talk about what is going on out there now. gray, dreary, showers, drizzle, patchy fog tonight. temperatures out there are holding in the 70's. 73 degrees at the airport at this hour. feels like temperature at 73.

not dealing with a heat index value. looking for the hotter weather you don't have to head far. look at roanoke at 89. the frontal system divides us from the warm air to drier air north of us. 61 in state college. on the cool side of the front moving to the day tomorrow. then we will warm things up heading through the upcoming weekend. for us we will look for showers and drizzle heading through the rush hour commute. it may slow things down a little bit moving through the evening rush. especially through montgomery county. off to the north and west of us. cumberland, wet weather. not expecting anything to become severe. you will see the shower pass through the neighborhood. on and off throughout the evening. outdoor plan for tonight. make sure you grab an umbrella. hit or miss. only right now in terms of the showers and aspen hill and north bethesda. wheaton on the back doorstep for the next 15 minutes or so.

low temperatures, evening temperatures in the 60's. tonight patchy fog, showers and drizzle. nighttime lows cooler north and west of town. wakeup temperatures in the lower 60's at least around the capital beltway. head to gaithersburg and georgetown. the day planner tomorrow a big change. below average temperature reading for the afternoon highs will be around 65 to 70. we will see showers on and off throughout the day. the future cast shower activity in the forecast for today and tonight, tomorrow and then part of the day on friday. then we finally begin to clear it out. i promise you better weather for the weekend. speaking of the weekend, saturday with 78 degrees. lower 80's on sunday. 30% chance of shower on monday. thanks to a cold front. look what is behind it in terms of th

tuesday and wednesday. upper 60's with the low humidity. nighttime lows in the upper 40's. that will give our color change a boost. but if you want to see it right now, head west. go to west virginia. not too far. larry: all right, thanks. still ahead at 5:00, how a tattoo could hold the key to staying healthy. kellye: i'm kellye lynn in bethesda with details of an expanded partnership intended to strength s.t.e.m. activity in "spotlight on education." nancy: but first a look at what is coming up t

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larry: tonight there is a big boost for s.t.e.m. programs in maryland. they are announcing $500,000 grant to launch programs for students in immersive media technology. kellye lynn shows us the new partnership with the kid museum. >> in the basement of the davis library in bethesda, students are exploring

neapingering and math in a new way -- engineering and math in a new way. >> they see this is not a typical classroom. more of a creative workshop space. this turns them on. turns their minds on in a way that is different from what happens in the classroom. >> the museum expanding the partnership. this fall the middle school students will participate in an invent the future challenge. >> imagine what they can invent to improve the environment. >> we are trying to solve problems that we don't have answers to. we need technology and solutions that nobody knows yet. >> on the elementary school level the hope is to bring stem center to local schools. >> to expand access on daily basis for the elementary school students around the county to have hands on learning. >> making a

>> three, two, one. >> i thought it was fun to make a robot. >> whether designing or experiencing with how things fly, all of this made it go spin around. >> the goal is to inspire the next generation of innovators through stem. in bethesda, kellye lynn, abc7 news. larry: m.c.p.s. students taken part of the kid museum program that exposes kids to careers in stem. nancy? nancy: all right. you may have heard this at home. mom, can i have the keys and the credit card? amazon wants to make it so the teenagers can get an experience without going to the mall. they are adding a new feature for adults to add up to four teenagers to the accounts so the teens can shop whenever they want to. parents will get a notification when the kids buy something. i can see this being dangerous for credit cards. larry: a little bit. exactly.

the do-do. not the name. the company behind the bags as well as kate spade and others are changing the name to tapestry at the end of the month. wall street doesn't like it. the stock dropped 3% today. nancy: huge change there. still ahead at 5:00, neighborhood on the edge. what this couple is using to terrorize part of d.c. larry: how the timeline in the las vegas massacre raises questions whether it could have been stopped. >> we will take a look at the legal fallout from the case of harvey weinstein and why more accusers are coming forward. that is when

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ask about one's immigration status. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. larry: the number of people accusing media mogul harvey weinstein of harassment and sexual assault is growing tonight. close to 30 women making claims against him. a few of them say he rained them. he is now headed to rehab. his wife is divorcing him and the namesake studio weinstein company fired him. an accuser said he was naked in a bathtub when she arrived at his house to discuss a movie role. >> i apologized to the man. i took it on myself that i was somebody who just wasn't cool enough or courageous enough to do something like this. it took a long time for me to recognize that was a sick power play. >> today politicians are condemning weinstein and officials are redonating the funds he gave them to

group. >> c'mon, i'm used to that. >> you are used to that? >> that is weinstein on tape seemingly admitting to groping an italian model without her approval. larry: many of the alleged incidents happened decades ago. jeff goldberg talked to a legal expert about whether accusers have the case. >> with each additional ablization against weinstein, the possibility of the legal repercussions increases. >> i want to see the women have justice for the claims. >> sandra is a law professor at george mason university law school. the statute of limitations may have expired for some accusers to bring civil suit in california it's two years and new york it is three, they believe some will take action. >> i think it's outrageous that somebody can wield that kind of power. and get away with it for so long. >> more than 25 women come toward with accusations of sexual harassment or

against weinstein including gwyneth paltrow, ashley judd and angelina jolie. the "new yorker" released this undercover police audio from 2015 of weinstein with model ambra betalana-gutierrez but authorities decided not to bring charges. >> i'm a famous guy. >> i am feeling uncomfortable right now. >> there was a tremendous power dynamic between the offender and the victims. >> the coexecutive director of the network for victim recovery in d.c. and she believes many women likely stayed silent out of fear for the career or reputation but are ready to come forward after seeing others do the same. >> when people begin to disclose and there are other people out there who experience similar things they can become empowered by that. >> they hope similar situations will encourage the victims in other cases to

civil limitation -- statue of limitation is two or three-year range in d.c., maryland and virginia. jeff goldberg, abc7 news. larry: thanks for that. new information about the moments before the las vegas massacre last week. some of the first radio calls are out tonight after a security guard was shot six minutes before the rampage started. as scott goldberg explains it's raising questions about the response of the mandalay bay hotel. scott: today the mandalay bay hotel released some of the first radio calls from stephen paddock. >> call the police. >> call the police. rifle- someone is firing a rifle on the 32nd floor down the hallway.

>> this was six minutes before he fired down on the concert goers below. >> it's at the end of the hallway. i can't, i can't tell you what room. he looked like he fired down the hallway when i got close to the door. >> the new audio adding to the case about whether the hotel could have done more to stop the shooter from carrying out plan. >> in six minutes you may have been able to disrupt him doing what he did. >> one of the victims filing a lawsuit against multiple parties including the resort and paddock's estate. >> for six minutes nothing happened. then the criminal started shooting at the innocent people. >> in a statement today m.g.m. praised employees and pledged support for the victims but offered no

scott goldberg, abc7 news. nancy: a woman injured in the gunfire getting strength. tina frost's family reporting slight improvement. one of her favorite actors visiting her. the actor on nashville save her songs and he left other an autograph. and maryland attorney general urging supreme court to uphold a weapons back. brian frosh calling to keep the decision to ban military assault weapons and high capacity maggie:s. gun rights instead want the court to hear their appeal and strike down the law as unconstitutional. larry: there have been four deaths in puerto rico in the aftermath of hurricane maria. there are

down with cases amid the concerns islanders are being exposed to contaminated water. nancy: president trump may call to drain the swamp but the government doing the opposite along the virginia/north carolina border. trying to soak the great dismal swamp. a project is underway to make the acres swamp wet again to keep it from releasing carbon in the atmosphere. larry: neighbors are worried they could be the next victim of bad guys that ared holing folks at knife point. but first -- >> we are no to win it every time we play. >> a fourth grader signing his letter of intent to play with the college hockey team and why he is a real winner on and off the ice.

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steve: the wharf is opening up thursday, tomorrow, 67 degrees. they will have the fireworks in the day. that is a cool. saturday and sunday with the better looking days. more sunshine and the upper 70's and the lower 80's. if that is not your thing maybe you want to go to the art festival. it's looking fantastic on saturday. upper 70's and lower 80's on sunday. the average high for this time of year is 69. talk apt the virginia wine festival in alexandria. a fun event. the weather will cooperate. the upper 70's on saturday lower 80's on sunday. warm and dry

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congressional baseball practice earlier in year will attend. kickoff is 7:00 at gallaudet university. a big night there. he is not the biggest hitter or the faster skater but he may have the big esheart. larry: this 10-year-old recruited by a college hockey team in massachusetts. he is chronically bill you it didn't stop him from signing the letter of intent in front of the teammate and the coaches to now attend practices and become part of a team. something he has not been able to do. >> it's really great. i'm looking forward to this. let's go beavers. >> boston non-profit connects children suffering from chronic illnesses made it possible. nancy: great to see. smiles out there. let's go beavers, he says. larry: it will spur them on for the season as well. nancy: we should say let's go nats because the nationals are looking to even up the n

larry: right. robert burton is there live in the windy city. rob, must win game for the nats. robert: yes, definitely. shooting the breeze here with my man paul. can you believe i'm working now? >> what was that? i didn't hear you. robot: it's loud. how are you doing? >> real well. robot: got my paintings? >> i hope for a win. robert: coming up, we have an update for you. look at that. beautiful. nats up 1-0. we'll be right back. >> a reston man stabbed in istanbul in an apparent assassination attempt. i'm stephen tschida. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. narrator: ed gillespie wants to end a woman's right to choose. ed giof a woman'sd put thpersonal decisions,rge not women and their doctors. as governor, ed gillespie says,

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nancy: a reston man fighting for his life. he was stabbed in an apparent assassination attempt. human rights activist and director about to relieve a film atrocities in syria. and stephen tschida spoke to his wife. >> i'm yussef. stephen: the trailer for the upcoming film sparked cheers in istanbul. but apparently outrage

regime. >> they don't want journalists, filmmakers to tell stories about oppression happening there. >> the film with he and his wife just completed tells the story of a syrian american held in the tadmore prison, know terrorist syrian jail that details the horror and the torture prisoners and endure there. >> spend 20 years of his life trying to escape. through his journey we see the journey of many who are oppressed and many instances have been there. >> apessously awaits updates on her husband's condition but says he is improving. >> he is alive. he is conscious. he is a fighter. i'm really praying for him to get back safe to the states. >> he is a syrian-american, his wife from jordan. while they both consider the stabbing an assassination attempt they vow to continue to shed light on human rights abuses through their film making. stephen tschida, abc7 news. larry: a man is i

condition this evening after his arlington home caught on fire overnight. firefighters had to pull him from the raging flames. arlington county firefighters sharing the photos from the house on north aye i have street. to others were able to get out okay. the cause of the fire is unclear tonight. nancy: new information in the death of a louisiana state university fraternity pledge. ten people are under arrest on hazing charges in connection to the death of 18-year-old maxwell grubeer last month. at least one of them faces a negligent homicide charge and hospital test found elevated blood alcohol level. larry: graduate student diagnosed with bacterial meningitis. most students have been vaccinated so there is a small chance it will spread. bacterial meningitis affects the area surrounding the brain and the spinal cord. nancy: "7 on your side" in health matters now.

help. m.i.t . and harvard medical school researchers is ink. the tattoo ink changes color according to biochemistry. they are hoping it would help people like diabetes better monitor their health. ahead at 6:00 -- "7 on your side" consumer alert. the digital device caught listening to your every word. plus parents leaving a corn maze with the little boy still inside. how long it took for them to realize the child was not with them. the man that leapt out of a comic store bookstore in a single bound only to remember it was two stories up. what he was running away from tonight at 6:00. larry: well; take a look at the latest fashion for your dog. that is right. furry friends strutting stuff on the catwalk in beverly hills. the k9 courture 2018 spring

summer collection. the dogs on the runway looking for the forever home. nancy: i love it. some dogs are walking and others have to be carryied. nancy: you may be thinking what you will dress up for on halloween. if you are thinking what about the candy? larry: that is my favorite part. we have the list of the popular halloween candy in each state. in maryland milky way at the top of the list. snickers leads the way in virginia. in district people turn to m&m's. they are based on sales figures in the national retail federation. nancy: i like twix. larry: reese's. nancy: but it is stuck in your teeth. larry: that is part of the fun. nancy: coming up the lottery from the national

tree lighting starts tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. you have until monday to enter. for details how to enter go to wjla.com. larry: a q we are getting closer to the holidays. the world famous ice skating rink at rockefeller center is open. thousands will make rounds on ice rink this fall and winter tree lighting search there set for the end of next month. nancy: it seems so strange to talk about all of this. right now when i walk outside people are wearing shorts today. bring your umbrella. but wearing shorts. larry: wear short sleeves this weekend. nancy: steve, got to keep the umbrellas handy. >> larry was sweating when he walked to work in the morning. and walks to work in the afternoon. my goodness! middle of october. we have temperature now of 72 degrees. that is near the average daytime high for this time of year. but because it has

out there. if you are looking for the warm weather head to charlottesville at 79 degrees. stormwatch7 satellite and radar, scattered showers throughout the area. radar and the tip of the showers moving through the evening hours and in the overnight. not looking for anything to become severe. you may find yourself under brief heavier downpour. it's not going to last long. frederick looking at wet weather to 270, gaithersburg and to the west of us we have an area of wet weather. heavier rain moving east at 20 miles per hour. nothing to become severe. temperatures fall to the lower 70's to the 60's. it will stay on the humid side but cooler than we have seen in the past couple of nights. the showers and the drizzle and patchy fog. night time lows from 60 to 66 degrees. tomorrow another coolday. below average temperatures. showers through

hit or miss and grab the umbrella. heading out the door, the highs around 65 to 70 degrees. the ten-day outlook warm weekend ahead. upper 70's and lower 80's. cold front on monday to cool us down on tuesday and wednesday. larry: we are hoping for game five at nats park but right now it's game four. nats and the cubs. robert burton? robert: the nats are up 1-0 against the cubs. talking to paul here, we stalk about stephen strasburg. before that, he has awesome paintings here. this is the last one. >> i am so proud of the cubs when they won the world series. >> i had to document this. >> you had to. >> this is the last out and the result of the last out. i

robert: that is one of my favorites. we are talking about strasburg. you like him, too. >> if you like babe you have to like the player. robert: strasburg started the day. amazing pitcher but they think that he is only good for being injured. take a listen. >> he knows what is at stake. >> there is a good chance you haven't played much or you are coming in you are the. so he told us he give us what he has. >> where can people find it? >> paul studios. if you are interested for the cub fans in washington, i want you look at the stuff on

website. robert: nats up 1-0. >> dealing there. talk to you later on. >> maybe make a new painting after the nats win. >> yeah. >> he will sell a lot of those! >> series of the street robberies in d.c. one is caught on surveillance video.

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larry: back with a crime alert. it takes only seconds to snag things from d.c. a couple caught holding a woman at knifepoint. now the neighbors say they plan to be more alert. >> surveillance video shows the robbery 17:18 on sunday morning on quincy street northwest. >> it's terrifying. >> a man and a woman grab a victim, snatch her phone and push her down.

>> it's disturbing. in d.c., anywhere, you have to be careful. >> the couple drives off in the four-door hyundai. suspects in two other robberies on sunday. the first robbery on 15th street. 5:10 in the morning. bad guys took driver's license and cell phone and it took seconds. a third robbery along the 1300 block of mon re -- monroe street. >> she is a dog walker here. >> i get scared. >> watching the video, jordan fitzgerald says she is more on alert. >> sad to be worried about that at this point. >> d.c. police are asking if you have information about the couple or the robberies they want to hear from you. in the district, richard reeve, abc7 news. jonathan: right now at 6:00 -- the race to be ready with the time running out for d.c. biggest addition of years. >> plus, unwanted

"7 on your side" alert about a new device recording every word said around it. >> i can help other people who don't have what i have. jonathan: a little girl with a heart of gold turning her birthday to a mission of mercy >> now "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. >> we begin at 6:00 with a major change on the way for the boy scouts of america. next fall the group will allow girls to join ranks. nancy: that allows girls to join cub scouts and earn the coveted rank of eagle scout. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in bethesda with reaction. it's certainly mixed on this one. >> yeah. a lot of opinions. but the boy scouts say they are just reacting to the times. that is nothing new for them. for instance, look at the advertising here on rockville pike. not just about archery. it's also about science, engineering and math.

responding to customer demands. details of the change were announced to staff here at the boy scouts national capital office in a webinar this afternoon. spokesman says welcoming girls will make life easier for families with son and daughters and business schedules. >> we are excited about it. this is something the families are asking for and for us a chance to better serve members. brad: next year, the girls will be welcomed to the younger age group of the scouts. larger scout packs have an option to go program. the program for older girls will start in 20189 enabling them to work toward the rank of eagle scout. public opinion seems mixed. >> i'm not for it. it's like mixed dorms. i prefer to keep the sexes separate. >> it sounds great to me. maybe the girl scouts should do the same. brad: that seems unlikely. in august the head of the girl scouts sent a scathing