live in greenwich township, i'm wendy saltzman, "channel 6 action news." >> wendy, thank you. there is good news to report late don't about some of those power out annuals. peco says it's now reconnected whovsh lost electricity from tuesday's storm. however, as we reported thousands of atlantic city electric customers remain in the dark. at last check 7800 remain without power half as many as we reported they had 6:00 tonight. so some improvement there. good news for people without power things drewed out and tomorrow is expected to be a nice one. meteorologist melissa magee is here now the with the first check on the forecast. sarah. >> today was a big improvement to the torrential rain around the region yesterday and temperatures reflecting the change with that west to southwesterly wind and 72 degrees currently in philadelphia. 66 reading and 59 of poconos along the coast in sea isle city coming in at 73. but you look the temperatures across the mid-atlantic reepingon 7 0s and upper 60s in rich mopped and you in the the pocket of cooler air north and west upper 50s binghamt

"action news" reporter wendy saltzman is live in center city philadelphia tonight. wendy. >> reporter: jim the boy scouts will now allow homosexual men to become troop leaders here in our area ending a controversial ban that has sparked controversy across the country and right here in our own backyard. >> i think it's awesome actually. expanding and approving of everyone so i think that's actually a great idea. >> reporter: the response to "action news" today was overwhelmingly positive as area residents like eagle scout william griffin learned more than 500 scouting troops in philadelphia, montgomery and delaware county will welcome gay men into their leadership. >> i think it will give everybody a universal view of what the world is all about. can't be so narrow minded. >> reporter: the decision to allow gay leaders locally was long time coming. in 2010 the boy scouts were embroiled in a legal battle with the city of philadelphia who ended an historic lease claiming the scouts discriminated against homosexuals. today board president described the boy scouts new pol

wendy saltzman spoke to the president of the cradle of liberty chapter. >> our society is expanding and approving of everyone that's a great idea. >> reporter: the response was overwhelmingly positive as area residents learned more than 500 scouting troops in montgomery county and delaware county will welcome gay men into their membership. the decision was a long time coming. in 2010, the boy scouts were embattled in the city with philadelphia. a lease was ended claiming the scouts scrim -- discriminated. >> the boy scouts are friend to all and kind to all people. so inclusion of all people, regardless of sexual orientation seems a natural extension of the meaning of words and phrases. >> reporter: they had are a long time policy of none discrimination, but it prevented them from allowing openly gay leaders among their ranks. they allowed the boy scouts to be gay scouts, but not among the leaders. they thought the policy was not sustainable and needed to be changed. >> inclusion by definition helps every organization. there's no way you can be hurt by that. wendy saltzman channel 6 "act