Extreme amounts. And how the people of china are going cashfree with the help of cell phones. Why the u. S. Is being left behind because of debit and credit cards. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is absolutely devastating. Its heartbreaking. It looks like another planet. California fights to contain wildfires. New evacuation orders were issued for entire towns including the wine country, giving people minutes to get out. Were in the fight for the long haul. Its going to get worse before it gets better. Hes speaking out for the first time. Im not doing okay. Im trying. Ive got to get help guys. Perhaps i feel stronger. More tough talk. The calm before the storm. It seemed related to rocket man. Im building up the military like nobodys ever seen. Im not saying im not doing anything, and im not. President trump is tweeting demand for the players to stand. He gave putin a puppy. You is ee him kiss that pup right there on the noggin. That will do it. The new york yankees have survived. Theyre headed to houston. And all that matters the hopes for the u. S. National soccer team for the first time 1986 they will not be in the world cupp. They were slowed down by their parachute pants. On cbs this morning. A historic change for the boy scouts of america. Soon girls will be allowed to join. While im happy the girls are allowed, i want to say to the grill girls, look out for what you wish for. At least with the girl scouts you get cookies, okay . Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. The wildfire disaster in Northern California is worsening, and there appears tono end in sight. The fires are blame for at least 23 deaths. 285 people are reported missing, though the officials suggest many of them are out of touch with loved ones. 3,500 homes and businesses have been destroyed. Think about this. There are entire towns under evacuation orders. Highway patrol officers went door to door in part os Sonoma County overnight, strongly advising homeowners to get out. At least 22 large wildfires are burning at this hour. Carter evans is at santa rosa where firefighters are still having trouble getting to burned out areas. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Im standing in what was once a kmart that has been on lit rated. You can imagine how hot it was to bend those steel i beams. Take a look at the shopping carts. This is what it looked like when it was fully engulfed. Firefighters say there was nothing they could do. Towering flames lit up the nigh sky, a warning to those still in the path of the wildfire. In part os california the safest place to view it is from the air. California Highway Patrol captured hillsides and towns burning to the ground. There have been fires that just blow through its been going on for three days without resolution. Were just on edge. Reporter the fires have burned about 265 square miles, an area half the size of los angeles. Were in this fight for the long haul. Its going to continue to get worse before it gets better. Reporter more than 8,000 firefighters are facing extremely dry conditions. Gusty winds, some topping 75 Miles Per Hour are changing direction with each passing minute. Its pushing the fire right through the grass toward these homes. Reporter some of these firefighters have been working nonstop since sunday theyre fighting extreme exhaustion with some men catching sleep wherever they can. Weve had dozens of firefighters who have lost homes and have had families impacted and theyre still out hu fighting the fire. Reporter new video shows First Responders driving right into the inferno. More than 20,000 people have been evacuated from their homes. One family put strinch lersprinklers on their roof and begged First Responders to save their house. Meanwhile some are returning to the most devastated areaed for the first time to see the damage up close. This is absolutely devastating. It is heartbreaking. Its crushing. It looks like another planet. Reporter 98 of all wildfires are caused by people but it is still not clear what caused this one. There were reports of very windy weather downing trees power poles and lines on wednesday. Pacific gas and electric notified officials right away and theyre now getting. Thanks carter. Satellite photos are showing how entire neighborhoods in santa rosa are reduced to ashes. Chief weather castor lonnie quinn of our station wcbs is here to show us why october is such a dangerous month. Good morning, lonnie. Good morning, everyone. In effect through 5 00 p. M. Today. Im very confident theyll reissue the warnings again into the weekend. Typically california would have a flow comes in. Onshore flow. We get to october with the High Pressure that sets up over nevada and that can oftentimes give you an easterly or northeast wind. Thats the problem. The air has to travel over the sierra mountains. Take a look at what happens. All the air comes whipping in from the east. It goes up the mountains and down the mountains. It does a couple of things. Its picking up speed. Thats a problem. Its drying out and warming up. Stronger faster hotter its a problem and this is a problem. Keep in mind norah, once the winds die down the fire is so big itself it creates its own weather. Fire can actually create its own wind norah. Really scary to think about. Lonnie, thank you so much. As a lit of his accusers gross, Harvey Weinstein is expressing remorse and defiance. He said yesterday, quote, we all make mistakes. Now 30 women describe Inappropriate Conduct by Harvey Weinstein. Jericka duncan is here with the widening scandal. Good morning. Good morning. The lapd responded to what they called a family dispute. His 22yearold daughter told police her father was suicidal and depressed. Hours later weinstein told the paparazzi hes hoping for a second chance. Facing allegations of Sexual AssaultHarvey Weinstein surfaced wednesday in hollywood. Ive got to get help, guys. You know what . We all make mistakes. Second chance i hope. He took a defiant tone with jab at other stars. You know what . Ive always been loyal to you guys not like those [ bleep ]. Very disturbed by the content of the tape. Reporter the manhattan d. A. Said he had declined to press charges from the sex crimes unit. Gutierrez wore a wire and recorded this conversation the next day. Come on im used to that. Youre using to that . Yes. Come on. Reporter vance promised wednesday to look at any other claims. Actress and model carla said i was relieved to find another woman in his roomful he asked us to kiss. Then he tried to kiss me on the lips. Actress sayaha ledoux said he suddenly jumped on me and tried to kiss me. Hillary clinton said shell take any money given by Harvey Weinstein to charity. This is a different side that i and many others had known in the past. His behavior was called disgusting, immoral, and inexcusable. Norah . Jericka, thank you. In the next half hour well going to hear from a former personal assistant to Harvey Weinstein. He describes the one way the movie mogul kept his alleged abuse quiet for so long. The president called on congress to approve his overhaul at an event yesterday in pennsylvania. He said that his plan shrinks the number of tax brackets from the number of 8 to 4, but details including income levels for the new brackets are still unknown. Major garrett is at the white house with the latest on this story. Good morning. Good morning. The president praised long haul truckers in pennsylvania and said his tax plan under con strugz will give families about 4,000 per year. Sounds good. Its led outside analysts to question in the end whether these tax cuts will generate Economic Growth or boost wages. All i can say is youd better get it passed. As the president struggles to get votes in the senate for tax reform, his feud with senator bob corker isnt his only problem on capitol hill. The white house fears other Republican Senators May block mr. Trumps plan. Were going to fight and were going to get those republicans and maybe a few of those democrats to raise their hands, and youre going to have so much money to spend in this wonderful country. The president appeared confident. He told his former head of security and clothe friend keith schiller, quote, i hate everyone in the white house. There are a few exceptions but i hate them. The report also claims the chief of staff john kelly is miserable in his job and remains only out of a sense of duty. White house officials deny the accounts and sources say the president s mood is unpredictable and volatile as it always has been. Kelly has been fatigued by the president s temper. Still, kelly had enough sway to nominate his deputy kirstjien nielsen. Im not saying im doing anything and im not saying im not, but we shouldnt be talking about it. That was the president s 16th interview with fox since taking office. Hes given five to other broadcast outlets. He said they should have their licenses challenged or possibly revoked. That prompted ben sasse, the republican from nebraska whether he should recant. The president slammed the Iran Nuclear Deal as onesided last night in a fox news interview. I think it was one of the the most incompetently deals ive ever seen. We got nothing. We got nothing. Its horrible horrible embarrassnt to our country. We did it out of weakness when actually we had great strength. Margaret brennan is at the white house for decertifying what it means for its future. Good morning. Good morning. The president will unveil a number of actions to crack down on iran but he will not tear up that nuclear deal. Instead, hes putting it in serious jeopardy by giving congress the power to decide whether to reimpose sanctions on iran. By doing so hes rejecting the Top National Security advisers who show iran is abiding by the nuclear agreement. But the administration wants to rewrite the new law. Doing so in the past has infuriated President Trump and led to arguments with secretary of state rex tillerson. The administration also wants to threaten new sanctions on iran in order to get a new round of diplomacy to address the problems mr. Trump sees including demands for more inspections and demands for what happens when the existing plan expires in ten years. This was all done. It alienated partners in europe russia, and china. Thank you so much. Newly released laid owe calls show the effort to release the gunman. The recordinging raises more questions about the police response. Jamie yuccas is outside the mandalay bay resort and casino. Good morning. Reporter good morning. This has many people wondering why the shooter stopped his gunfire after a hail of bullets into the hall way and then hundreds on a country concert below. These are some of the first gunshots fired by Stephen Paddock from inside his suite at mandalay bay. Someone call the pleechlts someones firing a gun down the hallway. Steven schuck used his cell phone to let them know. Security guard jesus campos was already shot. I cant tell you what room. He looks like he fired down the hall. Reporter after schucks call its unclear when mandalay bay called the police. Nobodys trying to hide anybody. Reporter originally Sheriff Joe Lombardo said campos interrupted the gunshots. What we want to do is draw the most accurate picture we can, and im telling you right now today that timeline might change again. Reporter investigators say paddock did not have any game bilk debting and his girlfriend did not worry about his mental health, but his motive remains unclear. The first lawsuit has been filed. Jay gas pers family is suing. In an interview with the Las Vegas Review journal sheriff lombardo says an autopsy has been performed on paddock and no brain abnormalities have been found. Thanks a lot, jamie. The boy scouts of america will start admitting girls next year. An older group will begin in 2019. It will allow them to earn the coveted rank of eagle scout. The girl scouts criticize this decision. Jim axelrod is here with what has resulted after yea of debate. This is an organization found more than a century ago to teach boys about loyalty, bravery, and kindness. For more than 107 years the boy scouts of america helped define for many what being a boy is all about. But in a unanimous decision the boy scouts of america announced it would welcome girls into its iconic Cub Scout Program and create a path for the older girls to anxious eagle scout. Parents have less available time. Theyre looking for options. Reporter for 16yearold sydney ireland, this means she can officially joan hur brothers new yorkbased troop next year and shell be eligible to earn the rank of eagle scout, something attained by former president gerald ford and astronaut neil armstrong. Reporter the news was not celebrated by the boy scouts counterpart. In a statement girl scouts of the usa stood by the its current policy. We believe strongly in an allgirl environmental. For girls like ireland means being allowed into the boy scouts meaning everything she wanted is being met. I want to do things that the boy scouts do. 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Lets send it over to katie for a check of the forecast. It looks like a dreary morning it is, rare pretty covered well filled in, across the region as a whole. As if radar wants to show us eagles pride lot of green to show you out there but bulk is trying to fizzle. Dont get too excited about this, we will still to have contend with scattered showers the rest of the day but in short our pattern does stay un settled heading in the weekend but we should brighten up nicely in the tail even of the forecast and warmest day sunday meisha. Katie, thanks very much. Still very busy because have the rain and wet roadways. We have overturn tractor trailer oxford rail vote, all southbound lanes are closed on Oxford Valley road. Head up hard to see in this shot but very slow moving. Accident blue route north bound pennsylvania schuylkill pulled off to that right, very slow there as well, all lanes closed on 295 past route 206 because of another accident, rahel. Our next update 7 55. 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