shannon: the cub scouts, 3000 girls has joined that, the boy scouts, the programs that are 11 to 17 are going to start accepting girls next year. the programs are divided along gender lines, single-sex units. girls can get in but almost sounds like girl scouts within the boy scouts. here is what a leader of one of the groups says, not the main organization, he says get over it, the scout program is the finest youth program in the world and there is no reason not to be collated every reason to be covered. there is no valid reason not to be coed. unless i misunderstand they're going to become it in name but the girls are going to be in a track and the girls will be in a track. >> they have some coed events they are doing but it does look like a marketing ploy, the precipitous decline in membership put them in financial problems. let's not overlook what brought on the precipitous decline. for the past few decades there have been outside left-wing activist groups trying to force change. boy scouts were perfectly happy pledging allegiance to god, asking all the members to be faithful and rev

the boy scouts of america was founded in one thousand ten and the girl scouts of america nineteen eleven and over the last century much of the core philosophy of the separate but not equal organizations has remained unchanged until now the boy scouts of america announced in early april of this year that they would officially be allowing girls and young women ages eleven to seventeen to join under their new scout me in program and this week they announced that their flagship program for scouts eleven to seventeen was changing its name from boy scouts to scouts b.s.a. not the organization's name to be clear just that one program and some people many people are not happy about it mainly you guessed it the girl scouts of america. august kathy hope and not hard on the national president the girl scouts of the usa were scathing letter to boy scout president mr randall stephenson stating that she found the idea of the boy scouts letting girls and quote unsettling that b.s.a. would seek to up that a paradigm that has served with bows boys and girls so well through the years and that they should

today the gender messages being communicated the girl scouts appear to be preparing girls to one day take on the dual roles of devoted worker and selfless mother while the boys' handbook communicates clear messages about how to role normative masculinity and scientific rather than an artistic orientation to me let everybody learn whatever they want so that they themselves individually can have happy fruitful lives and this is leave gender out of it thank you all right which is what we do is we go to break card watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered on facebook and twitter so our poll shows that our t. dot com coming up we question the trustworthiness of base focused facebook questions the trustworthiness of the news thankfully we have political commentator steve malzberg to help sort out all of this trustworthiness so stay tuned to watching all. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics business i'm show business i'll see you then. in the heart o

the women run girl scouts. francis is dealing with the fallout of was pretty scrod was the worst made a violent imperatives nineteen sixty eight on tuesday over a thousand so-called black bloc has turned up to a peaceful union organized protest against president macross labor reforms that began clashing with the police hurling smoke grenades destroying cars and property officers arrested more than two hundred of the master anticapitalist activist half of them are still reportedly in custody tonight with more on the unrest that gripped the french capital and charlotte who've been skiing this come over here and you'll be able to see the boards here of the first food restaurant that have been put up that was completely and utterly destroyed yesterday restaurants further behind down the street were also destroyed and basically the police did very little in fact nothing for a long time when this destruction was happening it was only further only into the demonstration the violence took place at little bit further on

in the letter written last year from the girl scouts to the boy scouts when they heard this conversationing on, they said "it's unsettling that bsa would seek to upend the paradigm that's served both boys and girls so well through the years by moving forward with plan that would result in fundamentally undercutting girl scouts of the usa. we are confused as to why rather than working to appeal to the 90% of boys who aren't involved in bsa programs, you would choose to target girls." leslie. >> is a former girl scout and my daughter who is ten is a current girl scouts, i actually agree with the girl scouts on this. let me tell you why. larry, don't fall over and fall in love with me yet. here's the thing. >> shannon: he is already in love with you. >> there's two issues. inclusion. you have the inclusion for the boy scouts. you have the inclusion of not only the members, children, but the leaders similar they are trans or gay. that isn't the issue. the issue, feminists are going to be angry even though i am a feminist, eagle scouts and others in the boy scouts get more opportunities. the

four thousand young girls have signed up for these programs and what they're the thing with the girl scouts don't realize is that what you're doing is shaming them and saying they're not being a girl you're literally sitting there saying your not the right kind of feminist you are not the right kind of of girl you're doing it wrong you don't belong with the dirty icky boys they have cooties. which is really unsettling for me because they don't have a whole they can't act like they're so far ahead they were two years ahead of the boy scouts the girl scouts were about letting in gay troop leaders and transgender students they really only put in a real set actual step program last year where guys have had a lot of the boy scouts have a much bigger i you know it in full disclosure i was a boy scout explorer back in the day when i was in my twenty years well you know and i honestly it's just it's the programs are different and look i always go back to the basic thing it's kind of like free market it's like look if your organization can't compete and both boys and girls want to go join the scouts

being present to be boys the boy scouts raping the dualistic girls g.'s losing membership and money feminists and loving the boy scouts moves not realizing it may destroy the women run going to scouts. well from being hurled it as a long overdue inclusive it's easy to claim that it's another move to demonize anything that's gender specific the sky it's in the soft fiery discussion here on our team. there isn't a great deal of evidence to suggest that only boys want to do traditionally male activities and only girls want to do traditionally female activities there is very very obviously there are a lot of girls soccer like climbing trees and there are lots of knowing there is like baking cakes and to try to say to young people you have to only do this what we should of course do is give them a range of activities on sunday letting them actually encourage them to try new stuff because that's what they hear shows are they are what it is or i have found that's not what this is about and you know if there was an absolute determined effort to destroy whate

, girl scouts of e usa empowers 1.8 million girls to lead, learn, and thrive." lisa levenburg is a mother to a girl scout cadet. >> what they offer is unique to the boy scouts. i don't think it will be a long-term detriment to the girl scouts at all. >> reporter: the boy scouts of america say the cub scouts are already accepting girls. they say so far 3,000 have joined. reporting live, matt keller, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> a manhunts underway for -- man hunt underway for a registered sex offender who led police on a chase from hollywood to bakersfield. 46-year-old steven hook is a domestic violence suspect from oregon. he drove an r.v. up interstate 5 yesterday afternoon, leading officers on a chase for several hours. a 3-year-old boy and 11-month-old girl were in the vehicle with him. police say hook eventually ditched the r.v., and the children who are safe this morning. now he's wanted for child abduction and weapons violations. >>> senator dianne feinstein says she's changed her stance and is n

organization a completely against it because now the girl scouts will lose membership feminists are loving the boy scouts move not realizing it may destroy the women run girl scouts we heard some contrasting views on the story from political activist kate smyth weight and legal analyst lionel. there isn't a great deal of evidence to suggest that only boys want to do traditionally male activities and only girls want to do traditionally female activities there is very very obviously there are a lot of doctor like climbing trees and there are lots of way there is like baking cakes and to try to say to young people you have to only do this what we should of course do is give them a range of activities on sunday letting them actually encourage them to try new stuff because that's what. our what is there i have found that's not what this is about and you know it this goes to show you how there was an absolute determined effort to destroy whatever was left of this thing called the jones are it's now considered almost like racist or inappropriate to do anything to distinguish boys from girls

while the girl scout ceo says, we proudly own the girl in girl scouts. nts who want to provide their girls the opportunity to learn new skills. >> girls are welcome all the time. come to girl scouts. >> gadi, it begs the question, will boys, do you think, be admitted into the girl scouts now? >> it does not look like it. there are no indications they're going to let boys in girl scouts. we're not choosing sides here, obviously. >> no. >> but we have some girl scout cookies. >> thin mints. >> come on. >> samoas. >> do-si-dos. >> love it. >> gadi, thank you so much. >>> al, how about a check of the weather? >> thin mints, gadi. >> here we go. >> now we're talking. that's why girl scouts rule, baby! come on. that's it. anyway, let's -- even the name of the little ones, brownies. look at this. daly! darn you. anyway, we're looking at strong storms firing up through texas. we have severe thunderstorm watches out there. we're also looking at our enhanced risk of severe weather from iowa, missouri, on to kansas. 40 million people at risk for damaging winds, hail

and eagle scouts their focus on acquiring confidence confidence and real life skills always wished they had something as rigorous for girls as a form of boy scouts i say this is a terrible idea boys need to be with other boys at times without girls being present to be boys most girls would not want to do what the boys do and it is wrong to change the boys counts in this way the boy scouts are opening the doors to close due to losing membership and money the girl scouts organization a completely against it because now the girl scouts will lose membership feminists and loving the boy scouts move not realizing it may destroy the women run scouts we heard some contracting views on the story from political activist kate smyth weight and legal and media analyst lionel. there isn't a great deal of evidence to suggest that only boys want to do traditionally male activities and only girls want to do traditionally female activities there is very very obviously there are a lot of doctor like climbing trees and there are lots of there is like baking cakes and to try to say to young people you have to only do this what we should of co

today the gender messages being communicated the girl scouts appear to be preparing girls to one day take on the dual roles of devoted worker and some of those mother while the boys handbook communicates clear messages about how to role normative masculinity and scientific rather than an artistic orientation to me let everybody learn whatever they want so that they themselves individually can have happy fruitful lives and this is leave gender out of it thank you all right which is what we do is we go to break card watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered on facebook and twitter so our poll shows that r t dot com coming up we question the trustworthiness of base focus facebook questions the trustworthiness of the news thankfully we have political commentator steve malzberg to help sort out all of this trustworthiness so stay tuned to watching the. i've been saying the numbers mean something they matter the u.s. has over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten light colored timestamping each day. eighty f

of america last year the girl scouts accused me mentor of performing a covert campaign to recruit girls away from them meanwhile the debate has taken to twitter with plenty of people criticizing the name change let's be honest the boy scouts as we knew it is now effectively dead girls are not supposed to be a part of boy scouts they have their own organization called go scouts as a form of boy scouts i say this is a terrible idea boys need to be with other boys at times without girls being present to be boys most girls would not want to do what the boys do and it is wrong to change the boys counts in this way the boy scouts are opening the doors to girls due to losing membership and money feminists are loving the boy scouts move not realizing it may destroy the women run going to scouts. well we heard both sides of the argument from political activist kate sloth weight and legal and media analyst lionel. there isn't a great deal of evidence to suggest that only boys want to do traditionally male activities and only girls want to do traditionally female activities there is very very obvi

we had the boy scouts and the girl scouts. i don't understand why we had to. >> i it's just like all of these things that are threats to what we've been talking about all night, you know, this collective behavior. >> the scouts was created by a general. >> a british guy. >> a very specific role. it was how do you help young boys become men and this is what they want to attack. i'm going to say something shocking here. girmgirls are not boys and boyse not girls. >> no way. burn him. >> congratulations on the jordan peterson guest appearance. he's absolutely right. therthis isn't just an accident. this is an ideological assault on our traditions of yo christin civilization. greg: i think the ultimate end game is no more distinctions. i'm saying to you as a former girl scout, if you're going to get rid of gender distinctions, why not get rid of age disstinkses sdistinctions so asd i can become a girl scout saying i can identify as a 9-year-old girl. doesn't that logically make some sense? >> you would definitely not have fit in wi

girls away from them meanwhile the debate has taken to twitter with plenty of people criticizing the name change let's be honest the boy scouts as we knew it is now effectively dead girls are not supposed to be a part of boy scouts they have their own organization called go scouts as a form of boy scouts i say this is a terrible idea boys need to be with other boys at times without girls being present to be boys most girls would not want to do what the boys do and it is wrong to change the boys counts in this way the boy scouts are opening the doors to girls due to losing membership and money feminists are loving the boy scouts move not realizing it may destroy the women run going to scouts we heard both sides of the argument from political activist kate sloth weight and legal and media analyst lionel. there isn't a great deal of evidence to suggest that only boys want to do traditionally male activities and only girls want to do traditionally female activities there is very very obviously there are a lot of dr like climbing trees and there are lots of there is like baking cakes and to try to say to young people you have to o

johnson you have boy scouts and girl scouts, what more kind of inclusion could you possibly ask for. e scouting usa and never scouting bsa. that has the boys name and it because scouting should be for everyone regardless of race or gender. next that is it has been their name for 108 years, like renaming the yankees. jillian: superstar tyron has won dozens of awards for his hits on but humanitarian word with the lb gt community is passionate about. with senior vp of marketing who sat down, doing a lot of work for a lot of people. >> 5 million albums sold and this incredible journey. thank you for stepping in the fox side, 20 top singles on billboard, 5 million albums to come by and say hi. >> you get all those accolades. i have been successful in country music. >> you came out is the first openly gay country star. what was the reception you received and the impact on your career before that? >> 4-man completely prepared to walk away from country music because i wanted to live authentically and make a difference on this planet, country fans amazed me and so did national on the business

scouts. a new campaign is designed to attract new members, namely girls, into the scouts' declining membership. previously, the chief executive seem to question other it would even be a good idea.>> girls and boys, will they learn the fundamentals if they are together. we do not know that.>> reporter: that is the point made in girl scout headquarters as well. they say the new campaign is purposely confusing people into thinking there is now only one group of scouts.>> we are having to make sure we get our story out there and people know that scouts is different. we put the girl first in scouts. >> i do not think they learn a lot of qualities we learn in girl scouts. how to be caring and compassionate and learn to cooperate with others. they just learn skills that may be useful to oneself.>> reporter: it seems that opening up scouting to girls may take more than just ripping -- removing the word boy. >> the official name change is scheduled to take place in february 2019.>>> the stranded sailboat in pacifica has finally sunk. crews were in the process of trying to salvage it so they brought in

well, not everyone is thrilled with their outreach efforts, including the girl scouts ceo who says hered by the move and will be ramping up membership efforts. will the boy scouts become the go-to club for girls? my party panel returns. i think this is so absurd. it goes to show where we are. it's okay to have boys and girls do different things every once in a while. >> if you make boy scouts coed, it's a day cam. the boy scouts teaches them how to be good men. >> i was a shy and awkward kid. girl scouts helped me come out of my shell. kennedy: they are life skills not being taught in those snowflake factories we call colleges and universities. >> one of the girl scouts, maybe they would take advantage much this because they like the outdoors. i think -- the boy scouts are better at it. no boys wants to join the girl scouts. >> i think that's wrong. if i could join the girl scouts just to get more access to cookies. i dropped out of the boy scouts, to be honest. kennedy: did they bully you because your first name is cabot? ken consider i want to thank you all for being here. what a gre

if you are a girl and want to be part of the scouts, then you join the girl scouts. way where we take away all the spaces that are for boys and we still let girls have spaces. so it's like in rec leagues while the girls can play with the boys they also have softball team. boys can't play on the softball team. girls can have their space and boys can't have theirs. we are depriving something, taking away from boys they don't need. brian: lot of military comes from scouting. they have that background and learn some valuable lessons there at love people don't like sports but want to be involved in extracurricular activities and time to bond and form that team. do you think this could be just about enrollment since enrollment is down from boy scouts going to try to suck them from the girl scouts? >> i think that's certainly part of it. why is enrollment down? enrollment is down because they starting giving up who they're. they started getting away from fundamental mission which originally was this was for boys. iit is a christian organization. the more they get away from t

an the girl scouts of troop 6000 determined and happen to be homeless. jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. a new chapter for the state department. today president trump attended the formalwearing-in of his top diploma mike pompeo. it was also mr. trump's first ever visit to the department. secretary pompeo is a champion ofw,r. trump's global v which alone could make him more effectivthan his predecessor. but how much impact will he have on american diplomacy? mike pompeo became the 70th secretary of state in a ceremony of political theater, a shot of pomp for a beleaguered department that for the pastor -- past year has struggled witha and direction. secretary pompeo: i want the state department to get its swagger back. we need our men and women on the front line executing with vigor anheenergy, and to represent finest nation in the history of civilization. we should be proud of that,g nd i am count you all to communicate in every corner of the world. jane: true to type, mr. pompeo got straight down to busin

pay a visit to girl scout troop 6000 in new york and you'll find what you would at countless scout meetingsnext badge. but this troop stands apart as the first for homeless girls living in the city's shelters. it's an attempt to build community and skills. on my honour, i will try. all: on my honour, i will try. to serve god and my country. all: to serve god and my country. 67% of the children who come to us have already been in shelter or living on somebody‘s couch or floor. homeless children go to at least two schools are year. they come from a disjointed education. all of this is trauma that the children internalise. and we saw what happened with veterans. if you don't provide an outlet, that trauma will just fester and fester, and what it does for homeless children is make them twice as likely to be homeless adults. have you ever changed your appearance or clothing, style, to please others? i have more than enough understanding of what the mothers of homeless little girls are going through, because i too was homeless for 3.5 years. when you're going through those kinds of things, you do

but the girl scout troops create another place where dreams are fostered, and those will come to a realityn new york telling it like it is. watch more on that and all the news on the bbc website. —— much more. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. thank you for watching. hello. there's warmer weather on the way for the bank holiday weekend. for most of us, it's looking dry, as well, with increasing sunshine as the weekend goes on. we're not quite there yet, though, this weather front went through on wednesday, with some rain followed by showers. this weather front is coming in from the west thursday, though by no means all of us will get rain from it. but even from the word go, in the morning, that bit of patchy rain for parts of northern ireland and western scotland, whilst for many, particularly across eastern parts, it will be clear, it will be sunny once the sun is up, but it will be chilly, with low single figures in places, and that sunshine will be lost to increasing cloud as we go into the afternoon. from the cloud for northern irelan

now, to a girl scout troop with a difference.what you would at countless meetings across the country — young women working hard to earn that next badge and preparing for the annual cookie sale. but this troop is the first for homeless girls living in the city's shelters. we went to meet those involved. on my honour, i will try. all: on my honour, i will try. to serve god and my country. all: to serve god and my country. i am proud of the first aid kit that we made. 67% of the children who come to us have already been in shelter or living on somebody‘s couch or floor. homeless children go to at least two schools are year. they come from a disjointed education. all of this is trauma that the children internalise. and we saw what happened with veterans. and fester, and what it does for homeless children is make them twice as likely to be homeless adults. have you ever changed your appearance or clothing, style, to please others? i have more than enough understanding of what the mothers of homeless little girls are going through, bec

there is of course the girl scouts as well and they are still the girl scouts.ike huckabee, former arkansas governor, fox news contributor and former boy scout. i'm sure you were an excellent boy scout. what you think about this >> i think the boy scouts are effectively dead. i don't think a lot of people care whether girls have the opportunity to do some of the same things boys do, but there's always been a reason these activities work conducted separately by the genders, because it gave them an identity, something to grow into and camaraderie and fellowship. the same reason you have fraternities and sororities and they are not necessarily mixed in the college campuses. i know this will come as a real shock to a lot of modern people, but there really is a difference between boys and girls in the way they think and the way they grow up. >> martha: i don't have any problem with this. why not be scouts? why can't the girls and the boys be scouts together and actually when they get a high school they do divide them up by gender again in the organization. i think it

the new boy scouts policy fearing they may lose girls. as of february, the boy scouts will be called scouts bsa, at the same time girls can formally join a troop. not everyone thinks the new appropriating is a good idea. >> it's g going to be called scouts bsa? >> with the b standing or boy. >> the boy scouts say change is always a work in progress. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> fearing a further drop in its membership, the girl scouts association has an aggressive campaign to recruit girls my by offering more outdoor activities. >> you can see the live results of the poll on the bottom of the screen. you can see a lot of nos. 80% right now. you can vote through the 6:00 hour. go to abc. news.com. >> you were a girl scout. >> i had a lot of fun as a girl scout. i did lots of great stuff like that. >> you did the outdoor activities. >> i loved. >> now they don't offer. >> i guess not. >> we'll keep the society voting up until the 6:00 news concludes at 7:00. >>> below average rainfall in recent months forced residents in

last month, those girl scouts we re girls.heir lives. living in shelters makes it hard. you're moving the whole time when in shelters and would have permanence. things can be unstable. adding this one environment that they can go to and feel supported, life seems a bit normal just and feel supported, life seems a bit normaljust for and feel supported, life seems a bit normal just for the and feel supported, life seems a bit normaljust for the time that and feel supported, life seems a bit normal just for the time that they are in that girl scout group. i think it is great. absolutely. you get the badge for book—writing, as well. last year, the legendary wartime singer dame vera lynn set an usual record, becoming the oldest living artist to enter the official albums chart. and now she has been nominated for two classic brit awards. the 101—year—old is up for best female, best album, but she will also receive a lifetime achievement prize at the show. 0rganisers are hoping dame vera will be able to attend the event in person. wit

the ceo says in a statement that the girl scouts "are and will remain the first choice for girls." he complicated part. >> uh-huh. >> scouts bsa. guess what does bsa stand for? >> oh. >> boy scouts of america. >> i was going for the other -- >> not that bs. >> no. >> so they're saying they're dropping boy scouts from the name. >> it's still there. but it's still in there. >>> all right. coming up, road to riches, an armored truck spills money, but can you keep it? >>> and meghan markle's brother is issuing a warning. but it could use a grammar check. we'll get to it all on "world news now." "world news now." especially when you're in accounts receivable. only one detergent can give you a sniff like this... try gain botanicals laundry detergent. one of the many irresistible scents from gain. your digestive system has billions of bacteria, but life can throw them off balance. try align, the #1 doctor recommended probiotic. with a unique strain that re-aligns your system. re-align yourself, with align. ayep, and my teeth are yellow.? time for whitestrips. crest glamorous white whitestr

of america last year the girl scouts accuse the movement of performing a covert campaign to recruit goals away from them meanwhile the debate has taken to twitter with plenty of people criticizing the name change. let's be honest the boy scouts as we knew it is now effectively dead girls are not supposed to be a part of boy scouts they have their own organization called go scouts as a form of boy scout i say this is a terrible idea boys need to be with other boys at times without girls being present to be boys most girls would not want to do what the boys do and it is wrong to change the boys counts in this way the boy scouts are opening the doors to girls due to losing membership and money feminists are loving the boy scouts move not realizing it may destroy the women run going to scouts well we heard both sides of the argument from political activist cakes murtha weight and legal and media analyst lionel. there isn't a great deal of evidence to suggest that only boys want to do traditionally male activities and only girls want to do traditionally female activities there is very ver

now complaining the no longer boy scouts will accept girls. itter says this is awful. they went kids confused about their gender, another internal ploy to weaken our nation through our children and michael says scouts are done, kick some dirt on them. 3000 girls have joined the boy scouts. shannon: there are still going to be girl scouts. >> they are very angry because it is creating a situation where their membership is declining. heather: still girl scout cookies. that is the moral of the sry. cookies are not going anywhere. next, michelle obama is out of the white house but looks like. first lady michelle obama wants you to consider america at leading lady. take a listen. >> i know that you are me. if i could be standing here as your forever first lady, then you can do anything you put your mind to. heather: the reaction has been intense. check out this anger. pamela says milania trump is the first lady, you are not. do not undermine her. no forever first lady, your past. john says just go away, you have done enough damage. chris says no one

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so we have gone camping a lot and i really like it. >> reporter: the girl scouts are not happy with theew policy fearing they may lose girls. >> boy scouts say change is always a work in profit. >> you can see the live results in the poll. you can still vote. we would love to hear from you. go to abc7news.com/vote. and you don't have to sign up. >>> how would you like to live in bali or work in london. we will go roaming with a company that can make that possible. >> with weather like this, who wants to leave the bay >>> look at that cutie. happy birthday princess charlotte. turning 3-years old today. shore lot is expected to be a flower girl at the wedding this month. the palace released new details of the wedding. the newlyweds will ride in an open carriage. the royal mint has created this commemorative coin. the royal wedding is on saturday may 19. there will be a special edition of good morning america starting at 2:00 a.m. live from windsor, england. >>> more and more people are working from home and now one startup thinks it is time to take a fresh look on what show me all about.

. >>> the boy scouts of america's changing its name don't expect the girl scout to do the same. boy scouts of dropping the word boy from the name. the group will be called scouts bsa. the program mainly targets 11 to 17-year-old boys, facing declining enrollment. the group is trying to expand his numbers by admitting girls . it started allowing girls into the cub scouts, younger branch of the boy scouts, now's scouts bsa will accept girls next year. meantime the girl scouts are ramping up their activities involving girls in the sciences and outdoors and networking opportunities with women who were girl scouts in their youth . >>> $25,000 surprise for a contractor from santa rosa who joins us live. more on what he received after losing his home and business in the north bay fires. coming up after the break. because antonio villaraigosa millions got it done.healthcare he defended women's healthcare, banned military-style assault weapons, banned workplace discrimination, and more. antonio for governor. the north bay fires began in napa and sonoma county. the fires burned more than 2

being present to be boys the boy scouts raping the dualistic girls g.'s losing membership and money feminists and nothing the boy scouts moves not realizing it may destroy the women run because counts. you know lots of reaction to this we heard both sides of the argument from political activist kate smyth weights legal and media analyst lionel. there isn't a great deal of evidence to suggest that only boys want to do traditionally male activities and only girls want to do traditionally female activities there is very very obviously there are a lot of girls dr like climbing trees and there are lots of knowing there is like baking cakes and to try to say to young people you have to only do this what we should of course do is give them a range of activities on sunday letting them actually encourage them to try new stuff because that's what not they are they are what it is i'll file that's not what this is about and you know if there was an absolute determined effort to destroy whatever was left of this thing called the gender it's now considered almost

boy and girl scout troops placed american flags on the graves of soldiers. reporter intro:("you can see behind me just some of the hundreds of boy scouts and girl scouts planting these flags at each grave all to honor our fallen veterans this memorial weekend.")"it's something you have to do to honor the veterans who protected your country.")the day started with a flag ceremony before each boy and girl scout began their quest to decorate each veterans grave.natsthe garrison flag was raised above everyone who attended. natsboy scout leader charles morgan is a vietnam veteran himself, he organized this years event.("i've been here awhile ahhaha.")he's been involved with this memorial weekend event since 19-82.he says it's an honor to lead the troops this year to spend another day giving back to those who died in the line of duty. ("because our veterans gave us all of this everything we have so we need to honor them and give to them whether they can hear us or not.") there is over 110-thousand people buried at the golden gate national cemetery. it took several

. >> items were donated by community groups including girl scouts who donated girl scout cookies. >> i could use a samoa right now. >> love the coconut, yes. love it. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. you guys have a good weekend? >> it was beautiful. thanks, mike. >> i really enjoyed yesterday. today, this is one of those days where we're glad we get up really early. we can enjoy the warmer weather. let's take a look at what's going on. coming up on 4:47. you can see from the east bay hills camera, not a look anywhere of any cloud cover. let's talk about my accuweather highlights. total sunshine. that means even the coast is going to have sunshine today. you'll see the least of the warming trend because you still have a little sea breeze. we have a cold front coming through that will enhance the marine layer. we'll see more cloud cover, then gone for the weekend. temperatures will be warmer today. here is the low that i'm talking about. this is what's going to ride in tuesday and wednesday and bring us that deepening marine layer and the cooler

so we have gone camping a lot and i really like it. >> reporter: the girl scouts are not happy with they may lose girls. >> boy scouts say change is always a work in profit. >> you can see the live results in the poll. you can still vote. we would love to hear from you. go to abc7news.com/vote. and you don't have to sign up. >>> how would you like to live in bali or work in london. we will go roaming with a company that can make that possible. >> with weather like this, who wants to leave the bay we can now use a blood sample toh care, target lung cancer more precisely. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for asthma. and if we can stop seizures in epilepsy patients with a small pacemaker for the brain, imagine what we can do for multiple sclerosis, even migraines. if we can use patients' genes to predict heart disease in their families, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. imagine what we can do for you. >>> look at that cutie. happy birthday princess charlotte. turning 3-years old today. shore lot is expected to be a flower girl at the wedding this month.

new boy scouts policy fearing they may lose girls. the boy scouts saying change is always a work in progress. >> all right, you can see live results of the poll on the bottom of your screen right now. >> absolutely. 71% saying no. you can still vote. go to abc7news.com/vote. >>> well, meteorologist drew tuma up next with an update on the forecast. >> plus the v >>> we're getting a look at what workers see as they inspect the golden gate bridge towers from 500 feet up. inspections are continuing all week. they're looking at every rivet and seeing what needs to be done to keep the spans standing strong. this is the first time crews are inspecting the bridge's towers at such close range. it was prompted by new federal regulations. >>> the oldest known male dolphin in captivity the u.s. and a visitors favorite at six flags has died. they say that he apparently died of natural causes. he was 54 years old. the park says he served as an important animal ambassador to mellians of guests over the years. six flags staff says he was ruggedly hand

girls? why can't men and women joined the scouts? isn't it age determination. -year-old man who identifies as a 16-year-old girl join the scouts? there is a guy who identifies as that. you think it's absurd. it's not. >> dana: it does sound absurd but there is a lot of absurdity happening. juan come i wanted to ask you, especially when it comes to boys' education, have we taken so much away from boys that this seems unnecessary? >> juan: what do you mean? >> dana: i feel like there's so much attention, and i am for it. my mentoring program, all that, for young women and girls and building their confidence. has it come at the expense of attention for boys questioning >> juan: it's interesting because i think often times these days boys are without fathers. we see an increase in terms of fatherless children. heavily in the black community and hispanic community but i think now more than a third of white children. when you are asking that, it touches a nerve because i think you need role models, and you need a sense of an older male talking to a younger male about