Good tuesday morning. Im sunny hostin. And im rob nelson. Good morning, everybody. We begin with what could be a major change of heart from the boy scouts of america, now considering lifting its longstanding ban on gays. After generations of saying no to openlygay scouts and leaders, the organization may be ready to roll out the welcome mat. Heres abcs tahman bradley. Reporter its an american tradition of more than 100 years, the boy scouts of america. But its not been for everyone. That could soon change as the Iconic Institution considers a policy shift that would lift the ban on gay scout leaders and gay scouts themselves. Some troop leaders and scouts are gay. They just hide their sexuality. This former Eagle Scout Program director, came out to his scouting friends. I served ten years on the ranch staff. And i am gay. Reporter for a scout revealed he was day, he would be skiked out. Ryan wanted to be an eagle scout after becoming a cub. But after earning the 21 merit badges, he was
Good morning, everybody. We begin with what could be a major change of heart from the boy scouts of america, now considering lifting its longstanding ban on gays. After generations of saying no to openlygay scouts and leaders, the organization may be ready to roll out the welcome mat. Heres abcs tahman bradley. Reporter its an american tradition of more than 100 years, the boy scouts of america. But its not been for everyone. That could soon change as the Iconic Institution considers a policy shift that would lift the ban on gay scout leaders and gay scouts themselves. Some troop leaders and scouts are gay. They just hide their sexuality. This former Eagle Scout Program director, came out to his scouting friends. I served ten years on the ranch staff. And i am gay. Reporter for a scout revealed he was day, he would be skiked out. Ryan wanted to be an eagle scout after becoming a cub. But after earning the 21 merit badges, he was denied. His father welcomes the change. Its about time. O
Revealed that a senior u. S. Diplomat has been having conversation with north korean counter parts, another sign that the Trump Administration is quietly trying to calm this down. Joining us now, john bolton. Good evening, ambassador. Seems like weve never been closer to it Nuclear Brink than we are now. Is that a correct statement . Were at a crisis point because of the advances that north korea has made in the last eight years, so donald trump inherits 25 years of a failed policy of Negotiating North Korea out of these programs and his options are few and not very good. What is interesting is the
regime and the threat of Nuclear Terrorism against our country. Without looking backward for too long, do you see the way that some of the administrations, particularly the Clinton Administration, giving money to north korea, and then the parallel of the Obama Administration giving money to iran, do you see that the appeasement that seems to be going on is only to our detriment and its time
W. This is news a lot from thailands proMilitary Party takes the lead in much anticipated elections the vote counting is still underway but partial results give the edge to the party supporting the ruling military regime critics accuse the military of having stacked the political in its favor to live in bangkok for analysis also coming out. To stricken cruise ship viking scott reaches shore after a parent died in stormy conditions off the northeast coast nine hundred passengers
and crew were still on board hundreds more had been airlifted to safety while the ship was still at sea. And zimbabwe struggles to cope after cycling our correspondent meets the people searching for answers about the fate of their loved ones for over a week after the huge storm struck. A michael thanks for joining us early results from thailands long delayed General Election show the countrys pro Military Party with a lead over its main challenger thats with Election Officials saying that ninety percent of ballo
Investigation. Not yet clear what direction theyre going to address specifically, whether theyre going to talk about those transcripts. Now, you mentioned those transcripts yesterday. Loretta lynch, the attorney general, announcing that they plan on releasing excerpts of those conversations that took place between the crisis negotiating unit or the agents that were here on the ground as well as with omar mateen during that shooting rampage. There was a period of time about two and a half hours worth where he made three phone calls and was able to actually speak to Law Enforcement. So were going to get a sense of what those transcripts look like. However, we will not get the full transcripts. That is something Loretta Lynch said yesterday on meet the press. What were not going to do is purt proclaim this individuals pledges of allegiance to terrorist groups. So were not going to hear him talk about those things. Were not going to hear him make his assertions of allegiance. This will not