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

ending with "i formally request your organization stay focused on serving the 90% of american boys not currently participating in boy scouts." in truth, both organizations are dealing with declining participation. the boy scouts clearly believe it is time to evolve. >> some people will look at both programs and decide we are better fit. others look to the girl scouts and say that is where they need to go. brad: so at this council, they say there are many details to work out. interestingly enough one question i got from the people today is well, what will you call the girls in the boy scouts? it seems like the answer is simply "a scout." in bethesda, brad bell, abc7 news. nancy: brad, thank you very much. at 80%, the abc7 instapoll right now showing a lot of the viewers do not agree with the move. you can weigh in by going to wjla.com/votenow to share your thoughts. jonathan: all right. switch gears

raincoats, umbrellas and the headlights. these are the must have accessories. meteorologist steve rudin tracking must-needed rain. it will be gray for a bit. steve: the shower stick around for overnight hours. it's not heavy downpours or a washout but if you have plans for the next few hours, make sure that you have an umbrella handy. this is what it looks like on the stormwatch7 satellite and radar for you. showers are exiting frederick. heading farther west around hancock. we are looking at the showers. this is moving east toward hagerstown. but once again nothing heavy. nothing that will become severe. temperatures this evening will slowly fall in the 60's. we will keep the showers in the forecast again for the day tomorrow. big changes are on the way for the upcoming weekend. more on that in a few minutes. jonathan: thanks. rain or shine, the district wharf ready to open the doors. if you haven't been by look at the work they have gotten

flurry of the activity. sam sweeney spent the day making sure that it is ready. he is joining us live with a unique view. last time we talked all you could hear was construction behind you. >> i am probably in the calmest spot on top of the wharf. this is the insinty pool on top of the apartment. you can see the panels there. they are class windows in the anthem theater. below where foo filers will open tomorrow -- foo fighters will open tomorrow. this is calmest place. but the other side of this is like the north pole on december 23. if you visit the wharf today you may think it is months from opening. the paint still wet. marble still being cut. developer hoffman. >> we have a couple of thousand construction workers that are wrapping up. >> everybody wants it to look great. they will work through the night. >> hoffman cut

everything is state-of-the-art. tomorrow's concert at the anthem theater is sold out. at the new modern music hall known as pearl street warehouse, there is music tomorrow afternoon. a live music joint and it will rock. >> above the wharf, one bedroom start at $2,500. for the best city living you can live here above the wharf. 350 square feet. $2,000 a month. you can even get a modern murphy bed pops out of the wall. >> amenities other than the dog walking and the dry cleaning. >> outdoor green space. the pool. dug run space. grilling stations. all that. 24-hour fitness center. special glasses that are available to the residents. no additional charge. >> there is an identical pool on the other roof that the condos use. there are a couple of condos

three-bedroom runs $3 million. this is one of the most instagramed location in the district next summer. reporting live along the water front in southwest at the new wharf, i'm sam sweeney. abc7 news. jonathan: that looks fantastic. abc7 will have live coverage tomorrow starting with "good morning washington" bright and early at 4:25 in the morning. nancy: now to the growing crisis in california where the new stid owe giving an -- new video giving an idea of the challenges even once the fire passed. that is a gas main sending flames in the air at a home completely destroyed. there are thousands of buildings like that all around. officials say 3,500 homes and businesses are now destroyed. 21 people are confirmed dead. that is a number that is expected to continue rising. at this hour, firefighters still are not able to get any of the 22 fires burning under control. we are getting new video showing the race to

this is a deputy dashboard camera. the road itself is barely visible. the deputy did escape unharmed. jonathan: new developments now in the investigation in the las vegas massacre. the mandalay bay hotel released some of the first radio calls about the gunman stephen paddock. the calls are from a maintenance worker. stephen shuck is his name and he approached paddock's suite on the 32nd floor. >> call the police. someone is firing gun, firing a rifle on the 32nd floor down the highway. jonathan: it is pretty clear about the room and the floor it was. police say that exchange took place at least six minutes before paddock began firing at concert goers below killing 58 people and wounding hundreds of others. today, 21-year-old survivor of the rampage filed a lawsuit against mgm resorts and paddock's estate.

native wounded in the las vegas shooting. tina frost hasn't been able to speak or open her eyes but she can hear. the 27-year-old wiggled her toes and legs in the therapy. she is breathing for hours on end. yesterday, easton who stars on "nashville" visited her and her family in the hospital room and sapping three country song -- sang three country songs to her. nancy: a man has apologized for hanging a noose outside a middle school in may. he made the apology. the statement was part of a plea deal where a judge sentenced him to 18 months probation and 120 hours of community service. prosecutors charged a second person john haberman of pasadena with committing a hate crime. he is set to go on trial next week. jonathan: a new high-tech device listening to every word you say. the new warning from google and a "7

consumer alert. nancy: a man tries to leap from a comic bookstore in a single bound. what he was running away from ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and sp

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nancy: look rat the new video showing the volcano on the southern japanese island. this is the first time it has erupted in six years. no injuries or damage

but nearby pounds were blanketed with ash. jonathan: you are a kid and you jump off the coffee table with a cape, like the producer admitted to me. a shattered window. this is a bizarre story. a guy thought he was superman. the aftermath of a chaotic scene in times square. a man tried to channel the man of steel. >> breaking glass. i find the guy in the middle to the floor. jonathan: news flash. superman never broke bones and he never bled. this is guy was a mess after jumping out the second floor window. he ended up bruised and bloody. he wasn't seriously hurt but he is facing serious charges. superman was never criminally charged with anything either. nancy: true. when inspiration strikes, you know? "7 on your side" consumer alert. google's new smart speaker turns out has been recording people's conversations without them knowing. blogger discovered this after the company

reporters. the google home mini to review. google said the bug is limited to the early version and that it has issued software update to fix the problem. the home mini goes on sale next week. >> coming up for us, forestville girl making it her mission to help victims of hurricane maria. nancy: family drives off from a corn maze not realizing the 3-year-old son was still inside. the shocking amount of time it took them to realize their alex: when i was 11 years old, a man broke into the house and he sexually assaulted me. thankfully, in my case, the police caught him, but there are so many survivors that live knowing that their attacker is still out there. ♪ thank you mark herring, for taking this seriously, and for making this a priority, for all of the victims out there. mark: i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general,

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nancy: heartbreaking scene on video that illustrates the opioid epidemic. two mothers passed out in the front of a minivan, both overdosing on drugs. this is what police saw when they arrived. >> we have two overdoses and two babies in the back. you want your pacifier? [crying] nancy: incredibly heartbreaking to see. those are newborns in the back. only a couple of weeks old. police say the two mothers met in rehab while pregnant. after having the babies just

together. that is what police say. paramedics were able to revive the women who are now both jailed with the babies in foster care. jonathan: well, parents in utah under investigation accused of leaving the 3-year-old in a corn maze. police say they didn't report the boy missing for nearly 12 hours. officers say a good samaritan noticed the child was wondering around, brought him to staff and said there is a kid in the maze. the parents called police the next morning to report the son missing. universities say multiple familiar -- investigators say multiple families live in their home with ten or more children. child services is investigating this case. nancy: now to the crisis in the caribbean. a new person could oversee homeland security response to the hurricane maria. the president nominated neilsen who is the deputy chief of stamp. -- chief of staff. three weeks after hurricane

climbed to 45. 110 people remain unaccounted for. most of puerto rico is without power. a third of the island is still looking clean running water. jonathan: humanitarian crisis in puerto rico has a 12-year-old girl from prince george's county asking for people to give her cases of water instead of giving her presents for her birthday. she plans to send all of it to puerto rico. as maim maim reports donations are pouring -- as amy aubert reports, donations are pouring in. amy: meet 12-year-old deshane. >> i want people help me help people in puerto rico. >> instead of gifts this sixth grader is asking for something a bit different. >> she wanted nothing else. nothing else. nothing, no parties, no nothing. this is what she wanted. >> she kicked off project give back 500. specifically trying to drum up 500 cas

people in puerto rico. >> one of the things the people in forestville one person can make a difference. we see that in her. >> the goal is to raise 500 cases of water. after two weeks she is already at 510. >> it makes me happy. i can help other people two don't have what i have. >> with the help of the family and school, the word is spreading. donations still pouring in. >> it took on a life of its own. >> this is how we work with her together. we are a tag team. we work together. >> working together to help others after she saw a need. >> it's so sad. they don't have homes or no food. >> they will continue to collect cases of water and capped goods at the school through the end of the month. >> if she is finished she will take more. >> in forestville, amy aubert, abc7 news. jonathan: how do you

the school is working with the red cross to get donated supplies transported to puerto rico. nancy: fantastic to see. good for her. jonathan: selfless. so nice. nancy: talk about the showers for the evening commute. steve: showers. we need it here. today's rain, the showers didn't apt to a lot but it kept our temperatures down. it's 75 but that is well above average for this time of year. jonathan: still sticky. steve: a little humid out there. looking over the national harbor it's not pretty out there. looking for a sunset, it is not tonight. clouds will stick around for at least the next couple of days or so. 72 degrees at reagan national airport. winds out of the east/southeast at 7 miles per hour. we have a frontal boundary south of us. you can see the dividing line. over here. compare 87 in roanoke to 72 degrees in d.c. much cooler air to the north of us. we are going to stay on the cool side of things for 24 to 36 ho

the weekend, bigger changes are on the way. the shower activity will dot radar moving through the evening rush hour commute to overnight hours. we are not expecting anything heavy but enough to likely wet roadways, especially off to the west of us. we will head to western maryland at this hour. the showers have exited cumberland and are moving to hancock. nothing is becoming severe. closer to the d.c. metro, lingering showers over southern frederick county moving east. not going to amount to a lot more. around the capital beltway for those who are waiting for friends and family to come home from work or school, it is dry. at least for right now. but the clouds are out there. for this evening, if you have outdoor plans it will fall slowly to the upper 60's by 8:00 and 9:00 tonight. the lows range from 60 to 66. showerers and drizzle and the patchy fog to continue to early in the morning with the wakeup temperatures.

bethesda and fairfax. highs not going to move a lot. only in the upper 60's for the daytime highs. the showers again will dot the radar. future christmas -- future cast tomorrow morning, moving midday and the on and off showers. not a washout but grab your umbrellas. part of the area where we find showers to become more steady. showers will come to an end over the day on friday and saturday and sunday will look better around here. unsettled tomorrow and friday. sunshine will reappear on saturday. highs in the upper 70's. lower 80's. breezy and warmer by sunday. monday we have a cold front that will turn to showers. 72 for the high. look at tuesday and wednesday, upper 60's. nighttime lows in the upper 40's. get your furnace checked. temperatures to 70 to 75

degrees. nancy: thank you. jonathan: raining in chicago. but the game went on. robert burton outside the ballpark. nats lead it. hope they take it all the way to the end. robert: yes, jonathan. so far, so good. up 1-0. don't take my word for it. look at the beautiful marquee here. nats up 1-0 bottom of the sixth.

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robert: welcome back to wrigley field where we are on the corner of clark and addison where the beautiful marquee is. beautiful score. nats up 1-0 in the bottom of the sixth. clearly it's all in or you go home. okay? so jonathan: lester comes -- so jon lester comes in for jake arrieta. we heard max scherzer was in the bullpen getting ready to relieve stephen strasburg so it's an all hands on deck game. a lot of pressure in this one. win or go home. max scherzer sat down with our scott abraham and said he laughs at the pressure. >> when you start talking about the pressure. the pressure, you know, all the teams under pressure. that will go by the wayside for me. that is pressure on failure. like if we fail, we can't play well because we have thought of failure in our head. i refuse that type of attitude. like i said, i think

why we have a chip on our shoulder. if you play with a chip on your shoulder, you are playing to win. if you play to win good things happen. robert: awesome way to think. at 9:00, tune in to sports talk. we'll have reaction to the outcome and hopefully a good reaction. full game wrapup at it:00 p.m. on newschannel8 on sports talk. all right. you saw the marquee and the store. 1-0. nats still up. hopefully it stays that way. hopefully and we can see stephen strasburg add to his legacy. back to you in the studio. jonathan: nice when you have:00er in the bullpen. that is serious strength. thank you for that. one last look at weather. steve: tomorrow night if they make it back -- when they make it back. a few showers come tomorrow. not a washout. temperatures are upper 60's. repeat performance on friday and warmer for the weekend. cooler to the middle of next week. nancy: thank you "world news tonight" coming

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tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air. the deadly infernos in california. there are new evacuations tonight. the death toll now growing. authorities now calling this a critical, catastrophic event. and the discovery just before our team arrived on the scene. also breaking tonight, new images of harvey weinstein just in. police on the scene outside his daughter's home. and the audio in that police sting. the d.a. in new york city today is pressed. why were there never any charges? a major development in the las vegas massacre. you will hear the audio tonight, the urgent call for help from the 32nd floor. the maintenance worker who heard