. good morning, america. bracing for a hurricane. tropical storm harvey gaining strength now taking aim at texas. millions preparing for life-threatening floods and nearly two feet of rain as emergency crews practice helicopter rescues. the governor's new warning this morning. another shift in tone for president trump now calling for healing. >> we are defined by our shared humanitarian. >> just hours after that divisive campaign rally. is he sparking a rift within his own party? breaking overnight, jackpot, one single ticket claiming that massive powerball prize. more than $750 million on the line. the search to find the luckiest person in america. how you could still be a millionaire. dozens of million dollar winning tickets still out there.

♪ i'm on the edge ♪ >> and gone. >> and the dodgers' dream of a perfect game going, going, gone. nine innings of no hits destroyed by this walkoff home run. >> and gone. >> could this cover have been their jinx? and good morning, america. there is a lot of news to get to this morning. we want to get right to that hurricane watch. it's happening on the gulf this image from nasa. that is tropical storm harvey from space. it's massive. >> and it is gaining strength right now. evacuations under way in some parts of texas preparing for the worst stocking up on supplies. we want to go right to ginger tracking the storm. good morning. >> they are right to prepare for the worst. this will be a heavy rain event and flooding that could impact life and property. weose both this weekend. tropical storm harvey that fmed overni redeveloped and you can see it's about 300 miles south and east of brownsvi

max sustained winds right now, m at 10 miles per hour. there are hurricane watches, tropical storm warnings and a for a large area but this flood watch extends to san antonio for up to 20 inches of rain. we have to get to the track in a couple of moments. but first our matt gutman standing in water ins christi.eporter: hey, good morning, ginger. right, water is the major story now. check this out. the water here off corpus christi is like a bathtub. 87 degrees which is great if you want to go swimming very bad for a storm. itically turbo charging harvey and all morning long our phones have been buzzing with hurricane warnings texas is very much on its toes this morning. this morning, texas declaring a state of disaster with city as600-mile stretch of the gulf of mexico bracing for catastrophic rainfall. >> we need people to be aware. >> reporter: harvey churning toward the texas gulf coast upgraded to a tropical storm

overnight. major cities including houston and san antonio forecast for a deluge of over a foot of rain from this plus potentially devastating storm surge. >> we're going to have flooding. >> all bayous pot a residents there emptying chefs. many stores selling out of basics including water. >> some of the >> wat batteries. >> just getting ready for it. and emergency responders preparing for the worst this morning. local law enforcement practicing for potential helicopter rescues. college campuses under mandatory evacuations and drivers warned to avoid the roads as main thoroughfares are shut down. 12,000 students could potentially be locked out of the local university here. there's sandbagging operations all over is as far away as new orleans, 55 that won't b to handlehe . we tk ginger the timing. i know that's important to everyone so as it gets going the next 24 become a c landfall early saturday morning, just

south of corpus christi in this latest track. then it sits around and that's going to be the problem. it does not move much and that's where you'll end up getting significant rainfall. some of the warnings have up to 25 inches locally. a wide swath of 8 to 15 inches and you can see it goes all the way as matt was saying up through louisiana. storm surge, two to seven feet. huge waves that we will talk about in just a bit and, guys this is going to be a big storm, not just because of the storm surge but because of that rain much like tropical storm alison. look at these images from 2001. this was only in quotes a tropical storm but if we remember there were $5 billion in damage more than 20 people dead. 30,000 homes in houston lost because of the rain george. >> boy, a rough weekend coming for the gulf. okay thanks very much. we turn now to the big powerball winner. one ticket holding the key to that more than $750 million jackpot. it is the largest prize ever won by a single ticket and it was

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ticket. so a lot o here amy. >> that's true and you mentioned you should hook at your ticket because there are a lot of millionaires waking up this morning and they might not even know it yet, correct? >> reporter: that's right and you got to look at that ticket. even scan it at the store to make sure that you don't have one, but there are six $2 million prizes right now and there are $341 million prizes right now. so i'm going to go look at that ticket because i don't think i looked at it close enough. >> i'mnd right now, gio. thank you. george. >> good luck to both of you. the latest from president the white house after a western tour marked by striking shifts in tone. first that fiery attack on the media and fellow republicans in phoenix then a call for unity and healing in reno. our chief white house correspondent jon karl has the story. good morning, jon. >> reporter: good morning, george. it was a defiant two-day trip out west where the president aimed some of his harshest attacks at fellow republicans. as the president returned to the

white house overnight, he ignored questions on whether he plans to pardon controversial sheriff joe arpaio. on his trip out west the president did a political version of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. after tuesday's 75-minuteis critics. >> i always hear about the elite. i went to better schools than they did. i was a better student than they were. i live in a bigger more beautiful apartment and i love in the white house too which is really great. >> reporter: on wednesday, he talked of love and unity. >> it is time to heal the wounds that divide us and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. >> reporter: the two speeches just hours apart were shockingly different in tone. >> we are defined by our shared humanity by our citizenship in this magnificent nation. >> i really think they don't like our country. i really believe that. >> and by the love that fills our hearts. >> i hit them with neo-nazi.

i hit them with everything. >> reporter: in arizona the president also lashed out at the state's two republican senators. prompting the speaker of the house to issue a plea for republican unity instead. >> i think the president feels that's a strategy that works for him. i would just say i think it's important we all stay unified. >> reporter: in arizona the president also threatened a government shutdown if congress does not fund his border wall something that is not sitting well with fellow republicans, paul ryan said, nobody wants a shutdown and mitch mcconnell put out a statement saying he has a good relationship with the president saying we are working together to develop tax reform and infrastructure legislation to grow the economy and create jobs to prevent a government default and fund the government so we can advance our priorities in the short and long terms but, george you'll notice in that statement, no mention of the border wall and i am told that mcconnell and the president have not spoken in more than two weeks and their last conversation was a tense phone

call where the president was essentially shouting at mcconnell over the russia investigation. >> tense times in that showdown looming fast. we saw yesterday hillary clinton speaking out, an excerpt of her book coming out in september where she talks about that moment in the debate with donald trump where he was looming behind her. let's listen. >> well what would you do? do you stay calm keep smiling and carry on as if he weren't repeatedly invading your look him in the loudly and clearly, back up you creep. get away from me. i know you love to intimidate women but you can't intimidate me. so back up. >> she might wish now she had said that but this book is going to be coming out in september when all these other big issues are hitting. >> reporter: it shows she will not hold back and, george the presiden

never ended. >> thanks very much. let's bring in matt dowd for more on all this. matt, yesterday you talked about jekyll and hyde president trump, and one of the things we're seeing the public at least, in the most recent poll the quinnipiac poll showed by 62-31% 2-1 margin the public believes that president trump is a divider, not a uniter. >> george i think this is a huge problem on two fronts first for the president politically. the american public does not see him at all in any way as a moral leader that can unite the problem. a problem for him but for the country you and i talked before the inauguration and i said to you, i thought we were at as great a divide in our country as we were entering the civil war and if we're in that situation today and don't have a president the american public trusts then we have a huge problem getting to the common good and if we can't get to the common good then our democracy becomes very problematic. >> even less likely to get to the common good to come to unity if in september we have a

government shutdown and maybe a default on our debt. >> well yeah that goes straight to donald trump's vulnerability which was he was a businessman. he's going to make government work. he's going to bring people together and do all the things and make it like a business and if we go at a situation and the government is shut down because of threats from the president, it even makes it harder to move forward. >> okay matt dowd thanks very much. new developments into the investigation into what caused u.s. officials to fall ill in cuba. we are now learning more about what may have led to hearing and memory loss and whether it involved a sonic attack. abc's victor oquendo is in miami with all of those details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy. some of those officials were medically evacuated right here to miami for immediate treatment. this happened months ago but the investigation is still very much ongoing. this morning, troubling new information about those american officials working in havana cuba who suddenly fell ill. >> yes, there is a pattern

taking place here. yes, there is something -- there is something going on. >> reporter: but the u.s. government doesn't know exactly what happened or who was behind it and now several government agencies including the fbi are on the ground in havana to find out what why at least ten american staff members and their families started experiences strange and severe physical symptoms in late 2016 including hearing loss and according to our miami station wplg memory loss, loss of balance and vision issues. sources telling abc they appeared to have been targeted by a sonic device that produced inaudible audible booms, human ear much like a dog whistle. >> tony are you there?t sounds like something out of a hollywood movie, not even iron man was a match for this sonic device but in real life they can cause permanent damage. >> if this is a type of weapon the type of device that could be used in other places i think there's real reason for the state department to be concerned about our diplomats in other

countries where we have tents relations. >> reporter: while the investigation deepens those officials that returned home are being treated and closelydoctors. >> those incidents have caused a variety of physical symptoms. not eve experienced the same type of symptoms. >> reporter: cuba denying any in res involv u.s. expelled two cuban diplomats from washington, d.c. according to the state department there are american staff mes who chose to stay and continue working in havana and for them medical professionals were brought in for an evaluation. amy. >> all right, victor thank you. doorstep of the national football league more than 1,000 supporters of quarterback colin kaepernick rallied outside league headquarters on wednesday. they claim kaepernick who remains unsigned this year has been blacklisted for taking a stand against police brutality kneeling during the national anthem. his supporters are demanding the league pass a rule that would protect players from any retaliatory actions resulting

from personal protests. but critics say it's kaepernick's performance on the field that's to blame for his lack of a job this season not his protest. george. >> thank you. there are new questions about how beach towns are protecting their shores after images like this sharks hunting fish near the hamptons and there's been a recent surge in sightings at cape cod with one politician recommending dramatic action. abc's eva pilgrim is here with the story. >> reporter: it's not that anyone wants to see in the water with them at the beach, that fin sticking out. fatal shark attacks are rare but recent great white shark encountetakep people safe. this morning, controversial proposal protect packed end of beaches from sharks prompted in part by two close encounters just this week. monday just feet from swimmers on cape cod beach a great white shark was caught on tape attacking a seal. listen as the beachgoers panic. screaming running out of the water. >> i heard a lot of screaming

and yelling. >> then yesterday another shark. >> there's my board. there's the teeth. >> reporter: taking a bite out of this paddleboard at a beach a few miles away. the man unharmed by the shark. >> it actually launched him in the air and got right back up on his board and paddled to the shore. >> reporter: both beaches briefly closed but for some the encounters too close for comfort coming after a summer filmed with terrifying images of beachgoers uncomfortably close to the endangered predators. in may dozens of great whites surround a paddleboarder in california. >> paddleboarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks. >> reporter: in cape cod a county official saying it is of tefore someone's child is killed and proposing a controversi mitigate the threat. his plan to toss baited drum lines near beach destinations using hooks to catch and kill them. the backlash fierce.

experts saying the idea is ill-considered incriminate and will not influence beach safety. now, what freaks us out, scientists say sharks being in the areaf a healthy ecosystem. they're there to feed not on us but on the seals and in both of those cases in massachusetts there were seals in the water nearby. >> that explains it. you, eva. there is the saying i think we've alls no crying in baseball but tell that to fans in los angeles this morning. dodgers pitcher rich hill was throwing a perfect game into the ninth inning last night until an error dashed his hopes, still, he had his shot to earn that no-hitter as the game entered the tenth inning but hill threw one bad pitch, oh and the pirates' josh hamilton launched it over for a home run and cost the dodgers the game. hill later played down the drama simply looking forward to tomorrow and working, keep getting it done and moving forward. >> good for him but nine-inning no-hitter and loses. ginger with more

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>> reporter: what a gorgeous morning across the region. take a look, sunshine and

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everybody, check your tickets. >> a lot of happy people this morning. also right now the south is on hurricane watch as tropical storm harvey gains strength closing in on the texas coastline. the texas governor preemptively declared a state of disaster and people are bracing for the storm stocking up on supplies some evacuating. president trump is back at the white house this morning after those speeches out west showed a striking shift in tone first attacking the media and his own party in phoenix then calling for unity in nevada as the threat of a government shutdown looms. we begin with new developments in the talk show murder gripping the nation more than 20 years ago, remember the man who killed an acquaintance after an incident on "the jenny jones show." now he is out of prison and linsey davis has more. >> reporter: good morning. people in the live studio audience howled with laughter at the time. a secret gay crush revealed on "the jenny jones show" but it was short-lived. three days later it ended in murder and on tuesday the man who pulled the trigger walked out of jail a free man.

>> you're john. >> reporter: 22 years after murdering a male friend who appeared on a daytime talk show claiming to have a crush on him jonathan schmitz is a free man this morning. >> which of these would you choose to reveal your secret crush on someone? >> reporter: one of the most famous television scandals of all time the 1995 episode of the show about secret crushes so explosive it never aired. >> a would you write that person a letter b would you tell theson in case he rejects you or c, would you tell that person that you're gay and you hope he is on national television? >> reporter: one of the guest, scott amedure announced on the show he had romantic feelings for his friend jonathan schmitz. >> well guess what it's scott that has the crush on you. >> you lie >> did you have any idea he liked you this much? >> no no. i did not. >> can you tell us what your status is? are you involved with anybody. >> no but i'm definitely a

heterosexual. >> reporter: three days later schmitz shot amedure in cold blood after a night of drinking telling police he was embarrassed by what happened on the show. now 20 years later schmitz has been released from jail. a parole board on tuesday let him out early for good behavior. >> did he get what he deserved? i don't know. should he be in there longer? does he need more help? i don't know but he's not the only person that i blame for my brother's death. >> reporter: amedure's brother is speaking out saying he believes the show's producers were as much toor his brother's death as schmitz. >> the man told the producers that he wouldn't want tohe show if admirer were a man. >> reporter: in 1999, in a very public trial against theh jones theeveralone on the show. amedure's family $25 reversed. >> if my brother knew that the way he did before this happened he wouldn't have gone on the show. i'm sure of it. >> reporter: schmitz was ja some are now shocked he's free.

chief among them the other who told reporte sure that splits learned whatrison and he says he hopes that good behavior wasn't the parole bo thanks that. thanks. we want to turn to that high investigati video appeared to show cheerleaders being forced into splits. the coach and principal placed on leave and adrienne bankert is here with the story.s so upsetting it makes you cringe or sick to your stomach. thisoman writhing in pain as her c teammate doagain, w grace in mot difficulty of maneuvers increase catastrophic i >> ter: sdekd only to football with almost 40,000 he emergency room each year. this of p lic school system this stop. art ally cheerleading camp when she was coaches and teammates forced to doted she can be heard saying please stop nine times in the d video. >> he was pushing downhe back of my right leg. he wasng likeis other knee back. ligament and my muscle at the same time. >> reporter: one of the men suspended eerleading coach ozell williams seenal pro sport ther

have also said they were forced13-year-old girl so hard against her will. >> reporter: this cheer has in t tennessee as a cheerleader was tumbling across the court a f appearing to trip the competitorough the coachied the allegations. there is no quest health concerns associated with the sport. >> it's been over a year and i still have headaches, you know indicate. >> reporter: katelyn was forced to quit after suffering five concussions. >> ally wakefield does not want to be on those es. afraid of high s cheerleading. >> reporte don't have any comcomeaches or the staff. the principal, thee pr w on leave in defense of these actions bute been complaints other parents over t he last fewnt five employees placed on the leave and the superintendent saying as the teenage girls the video is distressing and not in line with the values of the school district. george amy. >> hard to understand how that could happen. >> adrienne thank you. coming up next here on "gma," the warning for parents, a possible hidden danger in the very popular as your child is probably using that could be putting them at

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back with a new alert on popular apps that could put youfather warning parents after he discovered his 7-year-old was receiving very disturbing messages. abc's mara schiavocampo is here with more on this. good morning, mara. >> reporter: good morning. we all tryiltbout what her children are doing a lot of p no idea that there are messaging features in apps that are insanely popular with kids like musical.ly potentially allowing strangers to contact your child directly. this morning, speaking out after his 7-year-old daughter told him she was getting disturbing messages while playing on his >> we never thought in a million years that we would receive anything other than family fun. the account was just at the default settings. we weren't aware of any publi settings. >> reporter: brad says mad san was using creating music videos to some of their favorite songs when someone allegedly posing as a contacting her

through the messaging function of the app asking her to send photos of herself without a t-shirt on calling it a secret bet only. >> she had came to us and let us know that there was some -- someone averaging her to remove clothing for pictures and she knew it wasn't right. >> reporter: he posted it on facebook as a warning to other parents and filed a contemplate with the local police department. >> it could be another young child on the end of this conversation or it believe it is another kid they e information, person ago information aboutes. >> reporter: musical.ly just one of many recreational apps featuring a a mom in louisiana says she believes her 8-year-old son was contacted by a sexual predator using roblox and reported it to police. now,blox released this video. >> keeping our community safe ispriority. protections include in-game chat filtering restricting a greater words of words and phrases and parental controls that enables parents to shut off chat

capabilities all together. musical.ly outlines theirs on their website advising private account setting and enable the only friends option for direct contacts. >> my message told be to pay i'm glad it didn't go further. we would be having a different conversation rightnow, musical.ly the for kidsu ca settings to bu the issue is a lot of parents don't realize there is a messaging feature so it's not the thing they're looking out for. >> information is power. joining us from seattle is callahan walsh he is aional center for missing & exploited children. thanks for being here. this literally happened in my family a few years ago. my kids were on a cooking app and were talking to each other. someone posing as someone who was there for an anti-bullying campaign started messaging them. i saw them and they were inappropriate. this can happen in almost any app for children correct? >> that's right. you know a lot of these apps are changing their features and some of those features are including this peer-to-peer communication where as you said

strangers can talk to your children unbeknownst to you. the best way we tell parents is know the technology. and the best way to do that is to get on these apps with your kids figure out how the features work and make sure it's right for your child. >> it's a shocking thing when you see all of a sudden your child messaging someone and don't have are you talking to. there are parental controls. talk about how those work. >> well we definitely recommend for parents to use the parental controls and many of these platforms do have them. they don't want this exploitation to happen on their networks you know the internet has better and so many different ways but it's also created new ways to exploit children and those parental controls are there for parents to be able to make sure their kids are staying staph on these apps. >> callahan obviously kids are downloading new apps every day so you might not have a chance go in for thoarental controls when they're downloading these. what do you say to your children? what's the conversation that needs to happen? >> well there's plenty of tips we give to parents but first the

setting of ground rues and sticking to them. also having ongoing conversations with your kids about safety. you want to empower them to make safe and smart decisions on their own and also look for teachable moments. something concerning pops up use that to empower your children. teach them how to stay national center for missing & exploited children has great education programs netsmarts, in fact a great way to teach kids to be safe online. >> and parents have to teach themselves first, callahan, thanks. we appreciate it. >> thank you. sounds like you had one of those. >> we did, indeed. got something out of it. coming up could we be heading toward the end of high school football. the new safety some high schools are dropping their programs altogether.

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>> west windsor plains borough north is the school you're talking about will not have a varsity football season. gone? why? kids aren't signing up to play football so the superintendent put out a statement saying we can't risk it undermanned and undersized. if youundermanned don't have enough players and have to play phelps and defense or you might have to move up 14 and 15-year-olds to go to varsity. that puts you risk a well so kids just aren't signing up and it has to do with demographics and something with money and also all of these concussion stories. >> there are big regional differences. >> you go up to a place like michigan where they've lost almost 60 teams have been cut there over the past five years, places like missouri as w look at places like arkansas and oklahoma and florida where they have added 150 teams over the past five years between those three states so we talk about demographics and some places like the school in new jersey 60% of the school asian and indian-american.

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of 82. low humidity, lots of sun across the region. beautiful again tomorrow, 79 and tam for the weekend upper 70s nice conditions, lots of sun low humidity and great weather for all the weekend plans. >> thank you, david. an 11- boy was wounded after getting ahold of a gun in his south philadelphia home. this happened on the 2600 block of hicks street. the boy was shot in the face. police believe it was a tragic accident. the boy is at chop in stable condition. coming up, "g.m.a." reveals who will be the pros in the next of "dancing with the stars." that's coming up coming up, we'll see you in 30.

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millionaire. dozens of million dollar winning tickets still out there. taylor swift is back with big reveal.he bad announcing her highly anticipated new album plus the exclusive announcement we have this morning that will spark fans' wildestdreams. scout wars. scouts tryingo steal girls from the girl scouts? now the girl scouts are fighting back trying to keep all girls together. are same-sex groups a valued they holding kids back? ♪ and the countdown to "dancing with the stars" is on. we are revealing the pros which pro is announcing a return to the ballroom right here in times square as we say good morning, america. ♪ and good morning, america. happy thursday. august is winding down which means we're gearing up for a new season of "dancing with the stars" and take a look at this. this is going to be the mystery pro making a comeback. that is definitely him.

he's here live this morning. >> a big reveal but in the mean time gwyneth paltrow's company under fire. the new claim that the company is being deceptive to sell products. woo he'll have much more on that in just a bit. first the top story in our morning rundown. emergency preparations under way in texas. tropical storm harvey is expected to strengthen into a hurricane and ginger is tracking it all. >> george we just got brand-new information from the national hurricane center an update on tropical storm harvey. now 60-mile-per-hour max sustained winds moving north-northwest at ten miles per hourthan 00 miles south and east of brownsville, texas. tomorrow will start you see the warningsctoriaus ch texas, houston in a tropical storm ow far inland they go including san antonio's warning of 20 inches of rain. some of these will not inland but will stay for days on end. that's the issue with thists tomorrow and looks like it hits early saturday morning and then you see it not only stay but some of the models have it coming back hot

water. up rain a 25 inches locally in the white t got green, 6 to 12 get you also have storm surge. 2 to 7 feet. a lot of sliver of land. san padre --sland intense weekend ahead. also lots of excitement in massachusetts where the one winning ticket for the $758 million powerball jackpot was sold. mogeor have g the plot twist here because it turns out that the winning ticket here in s a winner is still out there i really need to take a look at these a ok.scakreen. at this there hit all the nu7, 16, 23 26 and powerbal4.uave to see of these num because there right now, 34 $1 million winners but that lucky winner will get $750 million over 29 years or a lump sum payout ofne i oerhe withzes but, boy, tha prize i massachusetts right now. >> thanks very much.

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> a big audience here this wednesday morning. welcome to them and all of you. welcome, lara, porefor "pop news." >> good morning. we begin with this. will ferrell has plans to embark on a brand-new adventure producing and starring in "the 100-year-old man who climbed ow the window and disappeared." that is a long title based on a book. he plays allan karlson, a man

who does that climbs out of the window of his nursing home on his 100th birthday and goes on an adventure. the senior has flashbacks of his life interacting with folks like an of this movie academy award nominations and was one of sweden's highest movies of alli'm. >> and will ferrell is fantastic. >> so i'm really looking forward to that and the title jus laugh. yeah. also in "pop news" this morning, one of our favorites, rod stewart and the pop group dnce joini force famous question do you think i'm sexy? listen up ♪ and sexy come on tell me so ♪ >> isn't it good? >> the new reimaged version of

the 1978 classic is set for release this friday. goinghe rod and dnce in action performing it sunday the 27th at the mtv vma awards. the original was part of the rocker's album "blonds have more fun" spent four weeks at the top of the charts and dnce must be feelingte what a pleasure to c. looking forward to that as well. news today, george. now a lit i. and you maybe. i doubt it but maybe. you know this summer hasreative rose consumption. ce ter nostalgic spin thanks whosap se the pouches are available in packs of six. i won't say it the other way around and, yes, they come with little straws and you can feel really good about drinking your rose from the pouch. the socially conscious brand plans to share proceeds with the charity water to wines.org, an organization that provides clean

water to people in need. at the moment availab release but you can, trust me you can find them online. >> drinking for ause. i found my >> perfect way to end. thank you so much. now to our "gma" cover story, that feud that's brewing between the girl scouts and the boy girl scouts' president writing a letter accusing the boy scouts of covertly trying to recruit girls to boost their declining membership and abc's adrienne bankert is back with more on that story. good morning, adrienne. >> yes, amy, a lot talking about this. good morning. both the boy and girlt a third of their membership since the early 2000s and with increased power for inclusivity there's a debate over how they might need to change. this morning, a battle of the sexes and the s whether the b scoutsmerica should be recruiting girls. do you think it should be coed? >> not exactly. i feel like girls just sometimes

want to be like only girls instead of together. >> reporter: the 107-year-old organization tells abc news based on numerous reyess from families woo i've been exploring the benefits of bringing scouting to every member of the family boys and girls. partly it says to accommodate busy schedules. >> we talked to a lot of families who would love to drop their kids off at one activity and not shoot one here and onethere. >> reporter: the recruiting efforts outraging the girls scouts usa writi letter to boy scout officials it is un unsetting that bsa would seek to upend a paradigm that's served both boys and girls so well through the years by moving forward with a plan that would result in fundamentally undercutting girl scouts. >> i think it's fine. i mean like you should probably change the name. >> reporter: 16-yead sydney ireland hopes they change she's been fighting for years to be an offic boy scout as an honoraber of her brother's troop. over 3 million people have watched her p appeal on facebook. hat girls should opportunity to join

program. >> reporter: mealeents have a lot to think about. if you see your kid off t and girls you don't have to worry about a lot factors when they're preteen. >> a lot of other factors indeed and boy scouts said no decisions have been made to become coed and both stand by the benefit of single gender programs. >> we have here with us the author of "enough is" an an all girls school in new york city so the people that think why not have scouts of america. why do we have to delineate boys and girls? where do you stand on girls and i think my colleagues in boys schools would say the same thing. not so much that they're different but get messages from society about how to act and when girls are around boys and vice versa those messages get louder and often really toxic messages that prevent kids from being themselves.

>> what about boys? the benefits of them just being boys and not having girls in the group. >> yeah, i mean i think what happens boys are under pressure from society to be tough and repress feelings and when glirs show up they want to perform a bit more. girls get that message don't rock the boat and don't speak up. when you talk to girls they might say i might not speak up when a boy is around so we need to preserve those spaces for kids that are quiet away from those messages. >> some who say women have been fighting for generations to be let into groups that have been exclusively for men or for boys and some girls who want to break that gender barrier by being a part of the boy scouts in this case so is there an argument on that level that boy scouts could or should be ?f girls want to be part of scouts i think they should be given that option. i don't think this story is about that. i don't think girs are saying i want to be like the boys or even with the boys. i think they are saying i want some of the programs boys get and boy scouts might be thinking about the programs they're giving to all their boys. ultimately this is about are the boy scouts and girl scouts

speaking to every kid. >> it is also fair to note we're not seeing boys try to get into the girl scouts because boys are tomboys but it's not reseriesed. >> we don't give them permission to do steer tippial things and i guarantee you there are some who would love that and should be on the look kwut for that. >> rachel simmons. thanks so much. we move on to taylor swift's big announcement. her new album "reputation" about to drop and swift sent fans into a frenzy with a post the first single is out tonight. chris connelly here with the details. >> reporter: good morning, george. only one entertainer could get the eclipse off social media. a new album coming in 2 1/2 month, new single tonight and fans ablaze with anticipatioest thanks to the announcement of a savvy self-aware artist who knows how to get people to take notice ♪ we are never ever ever getting back together ♪ >> reporter: oh yes, they are. that long-running romance,

taylor swift and her public rekindled and ready to many go again ♪ red clips classic ♪ >> reporter: the pop unicorn announcing on social media she's got a new single dropping her next album entitled "reputation" that o november 10 about thathave comes to the drop taylor swift is its da vinci able to bring the internet to its knees. the only artist ever with three records that sold 1 million copies in the first week of their releases. thrilling her fans as she did with this times square performance. ♪ new yor >> reporte song earlier the ten-time grammy nner w instagram and twitter slates clean three brief videos of a creature all setting off a prairie f intrigue >> taylor swift d for this no it's a very skillful and deliberate plan. >> reporter: others have hyped on sho square garden.

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back now with another pro revealed up for a really exciting season 25. hard to believe and we are -- >> seen all we have two of them. maks is here maks chmerkovskiy and the new pro alan joining us from messenger.

so you're s relaxed. yoowdoes it feel to be an official pro. >> it feels amazing finally so >> the satellite is a little lag. i got this.ow a maks so nice to have maks my side. me walk advice look kn listen not first say and then think maybe it's the right thing to do and justhat. maybe cut yourself short and be i everyone else noto take maks >> i'm really proud of alan. it's been you know for you, i don't know technically but a longer journey than most of us the jump from the troupe on to the show. i'm very proud of him and has done a phenomenal job last season standing in with me for heather and heather was not an easy partner to jump in with so i was very proud of him. this is a very well deserved job. >> thank you, maks.

>> are you ready to compete against >> that's for you? >> who, me? nobody is competing against don't instigat let's focus on let's focus on alan. i have a lot of stuff to dealwith so please, woulds is going to friends. >> it sounds like there out it. >> we' excited.f o sortli enj nd every day you not want to leave the house and h with the stars" last helped both of us you peta you know physically and myself as well and us as a sort of family to kind of you know it really andoming back this season we're com approach. we just wann. we just want to be a sort of doing stuff together you knai now recognizes certain things and dances to some commercials that just stop him in his tracks and he just starts to wiggle so i want him to do this when he watches mommy and daddy>> it's not surprising. it's in listen we're so psyched. can't wait to see you on the welcome you both back to the show.ongratulations, alan.

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got tuesday. >> okay. >> and wednesday. and the other thing to keep in mind the earliest flights and latest flights will be the cheapest fares out there. again, the least popular types but you'll get a great price. >> about the money you can use those tips. those all make good sense and we have a question here and the audience. rebecca who wants to ask you something. >> hi. my husband and i, we have a lot of miles for the end of summer. should we use cash or miles to book our trip? >> that's a great question. a lot of people like to hold on to their miles. >> you want to see the big number. >> but the reality is you should use them if you have them and airlines say they'll release rewards and keep in mind there could be blackout dates over big holidays. >> we have two weeks left in summer by the way so people want to know where can they go? where are the best deals to be had? >> you want to think outside the box, right. so places that are really popular, beach destinations have probably been sold out so think

about big cities places that have a lot of hotels it might be their low season so miami, great city. charleston, another one of my favorites. >> amazing city yes. >> also new york. i mean a lot of people don't think of new york but the reality is it's really popular in the fall. summer you might be able to get a great deal and last up las vegas. >> vegas is good any time of the year, right? >> another one of my favorites. >> any tips on affordable places to stay? >> well you know what there is a great app called hotel tonight and it's all about last-minute hotel deals so use it. it's for cities worldwide and of course all these cities right here. >> hotel tonight is easy to remember. gift jacqui gifford thanks so much. the former nfl star turned movie star here live in times square.

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we want to bring him in now. there you go. big welcome to former nfl star now star of a new film called "crown heights," nnamdi asomugha everybody. >> great to see you. >> coming in style. >> i know. you guys got this for me. >> it's not a parting gift. >> i appreciate it. thank you. >> thank you very much for being here. i want to tell everybody about the film called "crown heights." won the audience award at sundance. >> yeah. >> very powerful movie that tells the true story of colin warner wrongly accused of a crime. he spent 21 years in jail. you play his best friend who spent all that have time working so hard to get him out. >> yeah. >> let's take a look. >> why you keep wasting your time on me? >> that's not just about you. it's bigger than that. it could be me in here. >> there's a little sneak peek

of "crown heights" and i know nnamdi you said this hit close to home this role. >> yeah it did for me when i was a kid i was arrested twice, both times for things i didn't do so i felt like playing him i could have a voice for the issue and i'm doing that now. >> karl king is the best friend who fights so hard for his friend wrongly accused put in jail but it wasn't -- you didn't want to play karl. you wanted to play the lead. >> i wanted to play the lead. it was the meaty role. >> you got to go for it? but our director matt said i know you're a football player and not an arc, so no no it's not happening then i asked if i could play karl and like a month later he let me audition so -- >> this whole acting thing is pretty -- a remarkable story, if you will. if you dream it you can have it. this guy, 11 seasons in the nfl, all pro player. doing a nike commercial and essentially you get discovered. >> yeah the nike commercial. finished doing it. went back to my trailer and the director said i think you're really gifted you should look into this when you finish

playing and i'm like okay and three months later i get a call from my agent saying that director wants to put you in his tv show and he said the tv show is "friday night lights". >> oh that little thing. >> the director peter berg one of those moments that pushed me into it. >> you got to believe in faith in those moments. >> yeah. >> you're a football player with a really great career. how do you think the nfl has prepared you for life in hollywood as both a producer and an actor? >> it's proposed me in a lot of ways. i think just the preparation that it takes to be good at anything. i think bringing that from the nfl to acting, i think, is huge and then just the ups and downs you go through in front of the public, you know just makes your skin thick and that's what you need. >> thick skin absolutely. would you give your wife kerry washington from "scandal" a big, giant hug from her number one gladiator. >> i will. >> congratulations on "crown heights." awesome to have you here. enjoy the ride. >> do i get to keep this?

>> "crown heights" in select theaters and part of the proceeds go to the innocence project so check it out and

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