life goes on. >> police accusing the americans of vandalizing a gas station. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day." it is friday, august 19th, 6:00 in the east. don't adjust your set. you're not seeing double. chris is off this morning. poppy harlow joins me. great to be with you. >> we were joking earlier, you had the haircut first, my friend. >> i'm glad that's on the record. we have a lot to talk about this morning. up first, donald trump doing something rarely seen in this election cycle. he's expressing regret. trump conceding that sometimes he says the wrong thing. >> but the republican nominee did not say anything specific about what he regrets. trump's out of character remorse coming just days after a major campaign shake-up. we have every angle covered this morning. let's begin with our george howell. >> good morning. donald trump at a rally in north carolina for the very first time

surprising the audience there, saying something that people did not expect him to say. >> i've never been politically correct. >> reporter: donald trump doing what he refused to do throughout his campaign, expressing remorse for his controversial statements. >> sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and believe it or not, i regret it. >> reporter: a complete 180 from the unapologetic tone his supporters have come to expect. >> and i do regret it. particularly where it may have caused personal pain. too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues. but one thing i can promise you this, i will always tell you the

truth. >> reporter: trump delivers prepared remarks, speaking for the first time since his campaign reboot and veering away from the brash persona that could doom him in the general election. >> i think we're going to sharpen the message, and we're going to make sure donald trump is comfortable about being in his own skin, that he doesn't lose that authenticity, that you simply can't buy and a pollster can't give you. >> reporter: the republican nominee not saying exactly what he regrets, but his remarks come after a fire storm of criticism for attacking the family of a slain muslim-american soldier. >> i don't regret anything. i said nice things about the son. >> reporter: and he has yet to apologize for attacking republican senator john mccain, who spent five years as a p.o.w. in vietnam. >> he's not a war hero. >> he is a war hero. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. >> there's a body of american heroes that i'd like to see him retract that statement.

>> reporter: trump did express mild regret at the retweeting of a photo of ted cruz's wife heidi next to milan ya. trump also using the opportunity to show support for flood victims in louisiana. >> when one state hurts, we all hurt. and we must all work together to lift each other up. >> there may be a long line of people waiting to see what trump regrets. though, trump and mike pence arrive in baton rouge later today to tour the flood damage there. this comes on the heels of "the baton rouge advocate" calling on president obama to cut his vacation short, telling him, quote, a hurting louisiana needs you now. alisyn, poppy? >> george, thank you. you've given us a lot to talk about. let's bring in our panel. we have mark preston, washington bureau chief for "the lady beast," jackie cokucinich, and

former speech writer for george w. bush, david frum. mark, because it is so noteworthy, let's play again what donald trump said last night about expressing regret for some things he's said on the campaign trail. let's listen to this. >> sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and believe it or not, i regret it. and i do regret it, particularly where it may have caused personal pain. >> now, the crowd at first thought that he was setting them up for a punch line. at first. but then they got it. is this, what we're seeing, the kellyanne conway effect already on the campaign?

>> i believe it is. and i also think it's something that if donald trump was able to continue to pursue, then he will be a much more formidable candidate heading into november. however, that speech was 12 hours ago, and we'll see 12 hours from now, will donald trump pivot back to the way he was before. i can tell you, last night was one of his better moments, if not his best moment in the campaign. he was very serious. he was very solemn. he was very focused. >> but i think the interesting -- jackie, you make the point this is not some stunning act of contrition. that was not a steve bannon moment, right. so how does he tow the line? how does he walk the line between the best of kellyanne conway and the best of bannon and being trump? >> balance hasn't really been his strong suit. if you actually listen to what he said, he didn't apologize for anything. he said he regrets some things he said, but again, there were no specifics there at all. so we'll have to see in the coming days. one speech does not a pattern make. so i think mark is right.

we're going to have to keep watching. i guess it's like kellyanne is the good angel on his shoulder and steve bannon is the bad angel on his shoulder. we'll have to see if he's pinging back and forth throughout this election. then he's just going to look inconsistent. so it's going to be fascinating to watch. that's for sure. >> david, here's some of the things that trump has said recently that could be considered regrettable and maybe he was referring to. here's our list. he called president obama and hillary clinton the founders of isis. he, as you know, called for some sort of second amendment action against hillary clinton that many people thought was a threat or a call to arms somehow. he suggested the sexual harassment victims -- for example, if ivanka, his daughter, were sexually harassed, she should find another career. he suggested that muslim gold star mom wasn't allowed to speak because of their culture. he suggested the election could be rigged if he loses.

what do you think he was referring to, david? >> well, he reminded me of jesse jackson's memorable apology at the 1984 democratic convention. jackson had gotten himself into a lot of trouble with a flurry of anti-semitic remarks and associations. at that convention, he delivered a very memorable apology. it's on video on youtube. you can watch it. it obviously didn't turn things around for jesse jackson. he never did become the democratic presidential nominee, but it rehabilitated him as a force in american life. he was -- jackson was heading in 1984 into the territory where you can't be a regular on american television, and he was pulled back into the territory where you can. what donald trump is doing now, turning around a campaign is hard, but elevating a debacle into a respectable defeat, that's not hard. you just have to refrain from making terrible mistakes. >> it's interesting, mark preston. he also said last night he wants to make leaders in his party

somewhat uncomfortable. >> right. >> that stood out to me a lot. what did you make of that? >> it was interesting he actually included that in the speech last night. he has been saying that over and over again, but i think for him, it was a way -- for lack of a better term, a dog whistle to his supporters to say, listen, i might be becoming more of a traditional candidate, but i'm still going to say what i believe, just not with as much bravado. i was with donald trump in iowa last year when he was unable to tell a group of social conservatives, about a thousand of them, that he would ever express forgiveness from god -- >> ask for forgiveness. >> yeah, ask forgiveness. politically appalling because you wouldn't say that in that type of room. here we are 13 months later, and he's at least trying to turn the campaign around. about 80 days left. the question is, can he do it. to david's point, who knows. >> i want to play a portion of that speech poppy is talking about.

the tone and substance were different than what we've heard if recent weeks. listen to this. >> has hillary ever apologized for lying about her illegal e-mail server and deleting 33,000 e-mails? has hillary clinton apologized for turning the state department into a pay for play operation, where favors are sold to the highest bidder, which is exactly what's happening? has she apologized for lying to the families who lost loved ones at benghazi? has she apologized for putting iran on a path to nuclear weapons? has she apologized for iraq, for libya, for syria? >> all right, jackie. that's not the one i was hoping for. i was hoping for the one where he said, i want to be the voice

for every forgotten part of this country that's been waiting for a better future. because that was the one where he expresses sort of more of a vision, an optimistic vision for the future. the one we played was more, i think, quintessential trump, but a little bit different. what did you hear? >> you know, in the clip you just played, i heard a politician. i heard someone who can actually stay on message and someone who had something to say about his opponent that had a focus. he had a message there. he had the call response that wouldn't get him in trouble. he's on a teleprompter. he's never gotten in trouble when he's on a teleprompter. he's getting better at it, that's for sure. that was far and beyond better than what we've heard in the past with him on a teleprompter. however, when he gets off message, when he gets kind of wild is when he doesn't have that sort of structure. so if they're able to keep him in that sort of space, that's good news for the trump campaign. >> and david frum, to you, what

trump also said last night is he and his running mate mike pence will go to baton rouge. they're going to go there today. clearly he's making a play here to improve his numbers also with african-americans. i mean, he's polling at 1% among african-americans. he said last night, i will be, quote, amazing, for african-americans. then you have this "washington post" headline out this morning that says, there may not be enough blue-collar white men in america to elect trump, literally. so what do you make of the strategy going to baton rouge and also not just making it a photo op? the governor of louisiana said, all right, you're welcome, but make a big donation. don't just come for photos. >> look, i don't know there's a lot of room for donald trump among african-americans, but there are many other americans who aren't african-americans who prefer not to see african-americans insulted and suggesting they're rioting in cities all over the place. so that would be a step forward. to jackie's point, you know, one of the things that i, as a

speech writer, hopes come out of this campaign is the teleprompter. read what's on them. a proper campaign, the candidate chooses the people who do the writing for him. the people who do the writing for him, they spit ball. they try things out. they cull the stupid ideas. they avoid the things that might be unintentionally offensive in ways that you wouldn't think of in the very first heat of the moment. they then compile words that are your words because they're working for you and they reflect your thinking. they put them on a teleprompter. read the teleprompter. >> as someone who's a fan of the teleprompter -- >> it doesn't mean you're dumb. it just means you're being prepared and careful. >> panel, thank you very much for all this. we'll talk to you later in the program. >> all right. turning now to the olympic controversy. reuters this morning reporting that u.s. swimmer jimmy feigen will pay $11,000 to a brazil yn charity. this payment connected to the story of a gun-point robbery that police there in brazil say was a lie, made up by ryan

lochte and three other of his swimmers. two of those athletes talked to brazilian police. they will now be returning to the united states, literally landing in just moments. our senior international correspondent live in rio with the latest. my goodness, nic. this story has changed time and time again in just the past 24 hours. >> reporter: what hasn't really changed is embarrassment. i'm sure everybody involved feels. james feigen making that $11,000 to charity so he can get his passport back and be allowed to leave the country. that means all four swimmers would be bound back for the u.s. the police themselves, despite c police contradicting their statements, i don't think anyone wants to see this embarrassing affair continue here. swimmers gunnar bentz and jack conger on their way back to the u.s. after brazilian police claim they admitted ryan lochte's story about being robbed at gun point in rio was

not true. the u.s. olympic committee apologizing for the actions of four team usa swimmers, saying in a statement, the behavior of these athletes is not acceptable, nor does it represent the values of team usa. we apologize to our hosts in rio and the people of brazil for this distracting ordeal. brazilian police say the athletes were not robbed, and that they are not victims. police say they were held by security at this gas station after urinating in the back alley and vandalizing a bathroom. >> the athletes were really disturbed somehow. he was actually very kind of angry. so there is the use of a weapon to control probably one of them. the answer, yes. >> reporter: the surveillance video shows one of the athletes bending over, seeming to pull up his pants before an attendant appears. they then leave the alley, attempt to get into a taxi, but it's not theirs. once in the correct car, an

armed security guard approaches, demanding they stay until police arrive. they're later seen sitting on the curb, hands in the air, with lochte standing and appearing to take something out of his pocket. the athletes were told they had to pay for the damage they caused. >> they left their money p almost to pay for the damage they caused, and leave the place before the police could arrive. >> reporter: ryan lochte is back in the u.s., remaining silent after brazilian officials say his account on sunday was fabricated. >> we got pulled over in our taxi, and these guys came out with a badge, a police badge. they pulled us over. they pulled out their guns. >> reporter: but lochte's attorney is backing up his client's claim, saying a gun was pointed at the swimmers, and they were forced to get out of the cab and give up their money. no matter what are country you are in, that is robbery. and robbery is a serious crime.

now, the u.s. olympic committee statement came out late last night, trying to draw a line, navigating through the brazilian's story. they're saying james feigen changed his testimony in order to get his passport back. i'm sure at a later stage, we may hear some of these swimmers suggest they said what was necessary to be allowed to leave the country and calm this all down. still, a line being drawn, maybe successfully, under what has been a very embarrassing three or four days of different stories and at the end of the day, the issue of armed robbery in the host city of the olympics at the top of the headlines. >> very embarrassing and very confusing. nic, thanks so much for explaining it to us. so what does this mean for the careers of these four swimmers? will their sponsors drop them? that's next.

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well, this morning the u.s. olympic committee is apologizing for the actions of ryan lochte and his three teammates. brazilian police say their story about a robbery at gunpoint was actually vandalism and not a robbery at all. reuters this morning also reporting that one of the swimmers is paying an $11,000 fine to settle the dispute. that money going to charity. ryan lochte, though, through his attorney, still sticking to his story, saying, yep, it was a robbery. let's bring in cnn sports analyst christine brennan. also with us from brazil, marcos. thank you both for being here. christine, where do i begin? you've got the brazilian police coming out in this long press conference yesterday saying this was not robbery at all. also saying they should apologize to all the people of rio for smearing the name of our city. then you've got the usoc, the olympic committee, coming out and essentially throwing them under the bus. >> reporter: yeah, well, when

the brazilian police and the u.s. olympic committee are agreeing, i think we have a consensus here. and that statement from the u.s. olympic committee that came out late last night was remarkable. i think it was correct to apologize, to say that the behavior of these four swimmers was unacceptable. to say they basically had hijacked the last four, five days it of the olympic games. i think it's the right thing to do. usa swimming also came out with a strongly worded statement. it is a mess. i know a lot of people are probably saying, what in the world do we believe? but as representatives of the united states, ryan lochte and his three teammates had to behave better. there's no excuse for what they did, no matter what the exact facts are. it's an embarrassment, and the u.s. olympic committee made that clear in its statement. >> professor, there are a lot of twists and turns that have happened in this story, but there does seem to be one germ of truth in it, in that after the vandalism that happened at

this bathroom, these guys, these u.s. swimmers, there were guns pointed at them by security guards and they did have to pay cash in order to leave the scene. obviously, that's not how vandalism is handled in the u.s. is there any way to chalk this up to confusion? >> well, the reports that we have from witnesses, they basically tell us that the people in the gas station called the police. they were waiting for the police. at one point, it was the group of american swimmers themselves that offered to pay for damage to property they had caused. since the police were taking too long to arrive, they just decided to pay. it's very unlikely that this was a robbery, especially given the amounts. i think it was in the american swimmers' interest as well to leave the gas station as soon as they could. >> so christine, overall, this

has taken a spotlight off what's important about the games, and that's the incredible accomplishments. so that's unfortunate from the whatever angle you're coming at this from. at the same time, the future of these swimmers, ryan lochte, 32-year-old, 12-time medalist, sponsors, what happens? >> reporter: well, i think all four of them will be suspended for a period of time. i think it's going to be a long period of time. usa swimming has shown over the years that they are relentless in their punishment of athletes. michael phelps, three months for that picture of him smoking a marijuana pipe eight years or so ago. and a six-month suspension for his dui. i suspect ryan lochte could be banned for life, maybe his career is almost over anyway, and i think these other swimmers will be banned as well. the usoc and usa swimming are incredibly serious about that. we'll see what the sponsors do as well. i cannot imagine a sponsor wants to be anywhere near ryan lochte right now. >> professor, as a brazilian,

how much tension did this cause? is there any lasting effect? >> i don't think there will be lasting effect. i think brazilian society really admire the united states. the feeling of anti-americanism here is not as strong as other countries, like venezuela, cuba, or argentina. right now u.s. relations are at a particularly low point. we're talking about the two largest democracies of the west. their commercial exchange is only about $60 billion. china/u.s. relations is ten times that much. so i think the only way for brazil/u.s. relations is up. and this is not going to be an incident at all. i think brazilians are finding this -- they found it weird. now they find it funny. it was very welcomed that apologies were presented, but this is going to be it. >> professor, to you, in terms of the chances of extradition for ryan lochte, it sounds like

you're saying that's not going to happen. but some legal analysts are saying it really matters whether he purgerjured himself, whether that statement to brazilian police was a sworn statement or not. there's a distinction there in the law and whether or not he could be extradited. >> he's probably not going to be extradi extradited. probably what prosecutors here and legal authorities will ask of ryan lochte is that he correct his statement according to the version that was also presented to the other swimmers. he's probably going to have to be asked to make a charitable donation as the other swimmers did. >> christine, you predicted all week long we would find the answers, we would get to the bottom of this. it does seem as though today we have done that. christine, professor, thank you very much for all of the information from rio. >> now will we hear from ryan lochte or not. that's a big question. all right. moving on, the clinton

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okay. so amid growing questions about cronyism and favoritism, the clinton foundation says it will not accept corporate or foreign donations if hillary clinton wins the presidency in november. also, former president bill clinton says he will no longer give paid speeches for the rest of the election and continue to work that way if hillary clinton is in office. so let's talk about this. we want to bring back our political panel. we have mark preston, david frum, and jackie kucinich. mark, how big of a deal are these announcements? >> huge. it's a very big deal. the question is, why did it take so long, when this could have brushed aside. we're at 80-odd days out right now before the election day. this is just another distraction for the clinton campaign, which

has done pretty well at a time when the trump campaign had been faltering. it does call into question certainly these new revelations about what was the connection, if any, between the clinton foundation and the state department. >> and also, jackie, to you, the rnc jumped on this and came out right after and said in a statement, in part, look, if everything was above board before, why make any changes now? so it's sort of -- they're saying you lose either way. >> yeah, i mean, they're going to make a political issue of this, as they should. the clinton foundation has been nothing but trouble for hillary clinton. she didn't have to put her name on the foundation when she left being secretary of state. so this is sort of a problem of her own making. but mark is right. this is something that was long overdue. it's a big deal for them. >> david, donald trump was with sean hannity at a town hall meeting on wednesday night. hannity has been beating this drum for a long time,

particularly the fact the clinton foundation took money from some countries that obviously do not share our view of human rights. so here's -- it was an interesting exchange between donald trump and hannity because donald trump seemed to be the one pulling punches while hannity was prodding him. so listen to this. >> if they knew about it, that would be one thing, and i assume they knew about it. but certainly they know about it now, so maybe they can give the money back. i've actually called -- >> wait a minute. they knew about it because that's been saudi arabia's practice for years. >> but let's give them the benefit of the doubt. they certainly knew about -- >> you're going to give hillary the benefit of the doubt? i'm not. >> donald trump giving hillary clinton the benefit of the doubt. what do you hear in this exchange? >> well, it sort of misses the point. it doesn't matter if the government in question is nice or nasty. if the family of the person in charge of the foreign relations of the united states should not be taking money from foreign governments. even norway. norway is a wonderful government, very liberal. they use their money to advocate

good causes for the most part. but they're advocating norwegian interests, which are not identical with american interests in a host of ways. the foreign policy of the united states should not appear to be for sale by the relatives of the person in charge of the foreign policy. >> so mark preston, other big news this morning. "the new york times" reporting that we've gotten a significant piece of news from those fbi notes handed over to congress from that 3 1/2-hour interview that hillary clinton did with the fbi. it's revealing that, according to the "times," former secretary of state colin powell advised hillary clinton to use her private e-mail server. now, there's important context here. when colin powell was in that p position, e-mail was not broadly used. it was in its infancy. so that's important context. but how significant is this she's pinning this on powell? >> this is one of those issues that i think could be politically potent, but it just still hasn't really stuck with the american public necessarily.

it's not something that i think folks are looking at saying this is a diskwauling factor for her to be president. it's certainly something the trump campaign and republicans are going to continue to bang the drum on. >> it keeps dogging her. her honestly, trustworthy numbers are so bad. now there's this. could this be looked at like finger pointing? >> so i always go back to this phrase in a situation like this with the clintons. do as i say, not as i do. that's the biggest problem the clintons have. she has acknowledged the fact she has a problem with the american public, who don't think she's honest. this is just another building block. >> and to be fair, she didn't come out and say this publicly. this is revealed from the notes, that they didn't expect to be released. >> of course. >> but jackie, colin powell didn't have a private server. that's what makes this a d distincti distinction. but does it give her some cover? >> well, no. one thing you haven't heard

hillary clinton say is the buck stops here with all of this. this person told me to do it, these other people advised me, it was okay. you haven't heard her say that. i don't know if it would help at this point. again, it's shifting the responsibility, as mark said, do as i do, not as i say. really, that doesn't sit well with people. it does affect her trustworthiness. >> david -- >> as every mother in america has had occasion to say, if colin powell told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it? >> exactly. but david, put your speech writer hat back on. has jackie said, should clinton come out in a speech and address, say, you're right, the buck stops with me, or is it far too late? >> i would be perversely interested to hear a defense from a former secretary of state about why her e-mail should be secret. say what is true, which is, i didn't want my e-mails to be

read by people while i served as secretary of state. if you want to read them 20 years after, that's fine, but not while i'm secretary of state. i didn't trust the government to keep my messaging secret. i discuss all kinds of things, that it would be awkward for me to have people read, and that's why i did it. tell the truth. it's so crazy, it just might work. >> radical truth. that is coming from david frum. thank you, guys, very much. panel, great to talk to you. what's your take on all of this? tweet us @newday. post your comment on facebook.com/newday. we'll read them soon. meanwhile, another gold medal for the world's fastest human. today usain bolt tries to reach one final goal. it's an extraordinary triple-triple in the 4x100-meter relay. not sure what any of that means, but poppy will explain it to me. if he wins the gold, will we ever see him compete again? we have a live report from rio.

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the olympic games and another golden moment for usain bolt. sprinting to victory in the 200-meter race.

today the world's fastest man hits the track again. cnn's sports anchor coy wire live in rio with more. i explained to alisyn in the break what a triple-triple it. i didn't. i really don't know. coy? >> reporter: poppy, i got you covered. we'll get to it. but bolt putting a huge exclamation point at the end of his final individual event of his olympic career. greatness has been his aim. he said after the race he wants to be among the greatest. ali and pele. he wins his eighth career gold medal yesterday, absolutely kicking up dust in the 200 meters. it's his second gold here in rio. if he and his team win the 4x100-meter relay today, that would give him the unprecedented triple-triple. fastest man ever. team usa's ashton eaton matched an olympic record score, once again claiming the title of

world's greatest athlete. gold in the second consecutive olympics for decathlon. his wife competing for canada. she took bronze in the hep tat lon. ashton says he gets way more nervous watching her compete than when he competes himself. after a huge scare, the u.s. women's 4x100-meter relay team getting a second chance and running away with it. they dropped their baton in their morning heat yesterday, get disqualified, but they appealed because they were bumped by a brazilian athlete. they were allowed to run again, this time alone on the track. they do qualify for today's final, where they are one of the favorites to win. "new day" medal count, let's go. usa rolling, hitting the 100 mark. china and great britain in second and third respectively. u.s. men's basketball have their hands full in the semis today with spain and we also have that 4x100-meter relay which will likely be usain bolt's final

race in his career. >> triple-triple. coy wire, thank you so much. coming up in our next hour, team usa gymnastics superstar simone biles live with us right here. >> i now understand it perfectly. thank you very much for that. to you and to coy. all right. we have to talk about this story that has confused so many people. $400 million cash flown to iran on the day american hostages are released. the state department says that's not ransom. so what was it? our security experts break that down next. what if a company that didn't make cars made plastics that make them lighter? the lubricants that improved fuel economy. even technology to make engines more efficient. what company does all this? exxonmobil, that's who. we're working on all these things to make cars better and use less fuel. helping you save money and reduce emissions. and you thought we just made the gas. energy lives here.

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we're learning more this morning about the obama administration's $400 million payment to iran after american prisoners came home or at the same time that american prisoners came home. the state department insists this was not a ransom payment. they say it was leverage to ensure the americans came home safely. cnn white house correspondent michelle kosinski is traveling with the president. she's live in martha's vineyard. explain the distinction between those two. >> reporter: yeah, hi, alisyn. now we're hearing more from the state department. what's interesting about this is remember in the beginning we asked the white house, would those prisoners have been released if that cash that was

due to iran wasn't on the plane at the same time? did it maybe function as a ransom, which is what iran has been calling it? the white house at the time didn't want to answer that question, but the state department then said, sure, those prisoners would have been released anyway, but now they're saying they were so worried that iran would not release the prisoners, that the u.s. waited to give them the cash until the prisoners were released, and they have a new name for it. their ca they're calling it leverage. listen. >> it's not ransom for many reasons. first of all, this is iran's money. it was money awarded to them by the hague tribunal. it was a process that had been working independently for maniy months prior to that. i think the way ransom works is you pay first then then you get your hostages back. that's not what happened here. >> reporter: yeah, it happened in the opposite way. so republicans, yes, are all over this, but from the

administration's perspective, nothing has changed. they said this was never a ransom, and the money and the prisoners were two separate things that were just brought together at the same time because of the iran nuclear deal. poppy? >> michelle, thank you so much. let's dig through all of this, what this new word leverage really means. kimberly doser is with me. i was very surprised to hear the administration come out and use this word leverage after denying, denying, denying this was ransom. does this matter? leverage, ransom, what's the difference? >> the difference is that they have been caught by somebody behind the scenes, revealing the time of this, the timing, and they're having to explain that, yes, this was a power play. it's often not the original sin. it's the cover-up or perceived cover-up of what happened. that's what we're seeing come

out right now. these are two countries that didn't trust each other with chips to play for an exchange. so they had this carefully choreographed exchange. if they hadn't waited for the hostages to leave the country and had let the money head towards iran, we'd be having a very different discussion right now, still beating up the administration for not making sure that the americans were safely on their way home. >> important point. i think there's two critical distinctions here. this was iran's money. this was money that had been held in the united states because of a weapons deal that didn't end ep happening from the '70s. so that's one thing. this was iran's money, plus interest payments. and the second thing here, kirby made that point yesterday on cnn that they waited for the hostages to actually be released before the money landed. it wasn't that the money landed and then the hostages were released. does that matter? >> i think it shows there was a

smart negotiation going on by the diplomats involved. we often don't get to see what happened behind the scene in such deals until a decade, decades later. this is the kind of thing that does happen all the time when you're asking each side to sacrifice something. afterwards, each side wants to portray it as them winning more than the other one got in the deal. in this case, you have iran and the u.s. each after the fact saying that we got something from this. the iranians seeing, say, they paid us this money. from the american point of view, i mean, as a critic, you have to say, well, they didn't actually have to resolve this right now, but they used this money that was outstanding for all these decades to sweeten the deal. >> also, the longer they held the money, the more interest they had to pay on it. as the president pointed out, the more and more the bill would have gone up, the tab for the american taxpayer. i think the more fundamental question outside the politics here is what does this mean for

the safety of americans. we know at least two americans have been taken prisoner in iran since the nuclear deal was made, since this happened. we also heard donald trump say yesterday about this, let me just quote him, the administration has put every american traveling overseas, including our military personnel, at greater risk of being kidnapped. the question to you, kim, does this make americans less safe? does this give iran incentive to take more americans prisoner? >> i think within iran, yes, it may set a precedent where they think they can get other concessions from this particular administration by keeping american citizens under lock and key. but when you're looking at the wider world and terrorist groups that might take a hostage, they don't have the kind of capital that iran has to play with. so writ large, i don't think it's going to change.

americans have a target on their back wherever they go. if they're in countries where terrorist groups are operating. with iran, we've got a new administration coming up that will perhaps wipe the slate clean. >> all right. kimberly dozier, thank you so much. have a great weekend. poppy, donald trump as you've never seen him before, expressing regret. we'll show you the speech that could be a turning point in his campaign. that's next. ♪ hey, is this our turn? honey...our turn? yeah, we go left right here. (woman vo) great adventures are still out there. we'll find them in our subaru outback. (avo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. get zero percent on select subaru models during the subaru a lot to love event, now through august thirty-first. hhis stellar notebooks will last through june.

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sometimes in the heat of debate, you don't choose the right words. >> we're going to sharpen the message. >> i do regret it, particularly where it may have caused personal pain. >> it isn't just people like me that are questioning the trustworthiness of the democratic nominee. >> we're going to make sure donald trump doesn't lose that authenticity. >> friends don't let friends vote for trump. >> the swimmers said they were robbed. brazilian authorities said it's impossible. >> they pulled out their gun, cocked it, put it to my forehead. >> brazilian police say the athletes were not robbed and that they are not victims. >> from global scandal to olympic glory, we talk to team usa's golden girl simone biles. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to your new day. this is not chris cuomo, as you can see, nor is it alisyn camerota, though you'd be

confused by president haircthe e bit. poppy harlow is here. up first, donald trump breaking from his style. he says he regrets some of his hurtful comments on the campaign trail. trump did not say what exactly those were. >> trump's candid comments coming days after a major shake-up in his campaign. i think a question this morning is, is this the pivot? is this the turning point in the trump campaign? he also released his first campaign ad this morning. you will see that right here in just a moment. we begin our coverage, though, this morning with my friend, our friend george howell. nice to have you here. >> poppy, alisyn, good morning. is this the pivot isn't the that is the question. donald trump now speaking at a rally in north carolina for the first time since his big campaign shake-up the other day, making a change that he has never done before, saying something that surprised the audience. >> i've never been politically correct. >> reporter: donald trump doing what he refused to do throughout his campaign, expressing remorse for his controversial

statements. >> sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and believe it or not, i regret it. >> reporter: a complete 180 from the unapologetic tone his supporters have come to expect. >> and i do regret it. particularly where it may have caused personal pain. too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues. but one thing i can promise you this, i will always tell you the truth. >> reporter: trump delivering prepared remarks, speaking for the first time since his campaign reboot and veering away from the brash persona that could doom him in the general election.

>> i think we're going to sharpen the message, and we're going to make sure donald trump is comfortable about being in his own skin, that he doesn't lose that authenticity, that you simply can't buy and a pollster can't give you. >> reporter: the republican nominee not saying exactly what he regrets, but his remarks come after a fire storm of criticism for attacking the family of a slain muslim-american soldier. >> i don't regret anything. i said nice things about the son. >> reporter: and he has yet to apologize for attacking republican senator john mccain, who spent five years as a p.o.w. in vietnam. >> he's not a war hero. >> he is a war hero. >> he's a war hero because he was captured. >> there's a body of american heroes that i'd like to see him retract that statement. >> reporter: trump did express mild regret at the retweeting an unflattering photo of ted cruz's wife heidi next to his wife melania, later telling "the new york times," quote, it was a mistake. trump also using the opportunity to show support for flood

victims in louisiana. >> when one state hurts, we all hurt. and we must all work together to lift each other up. >> so was it an apology? was it regret? yes, about what, still unclear. donald trump still taking some accountability. donald trump and mike pence will travel to baton rouge to tour the flood area. this comes on the heels of "the baton rouge advocate" calling on president obama to cut his vacation short, telling him, quote, a hurting louisiana needs you now. alisyn, poppy? >> george, thanks so much for all that background. let's discuss with it cnn political commentator michael smerconish. >> good morning. >> what do you hear in donald trump's different tone or approach last night, particularly the one where he said, yes, he actually does have regret for the hurtful comments, some of them, that he's said on the campaign trail? >> well, i think it's long overdue. i think it's a step in the right direction. maybe it would have been more

effective if he would have singled out the khan family and said, for example, here's something i said in the past for which i'm regretful. i think the biggest surprise, alisyn, that i have today is that yesterday came all the analysis that said donald trump was tripling down now on the authentic donald trump. he was engaging the head of breitbart news, who is known for his incendiary style, and that this represented donald trump wanting to stand his ground and run as the same candidate who was successful in primary and caucus season. within 24 hours, you know, look where we are. we're now having a debate as to whether we've just seen the pivot toward the general election. so i guess the lingering question is, how long does it last? >> i think that struck me as well. we were speaking earlier about it. that did not sound like a steve bannon speech. that was the kellyanne conway effect. but she said the day before, you got to let trump be trump but

also do what's necessary politically, sort of tow the line. did donald trump show his ability to do that last night? >> well, i think he did in large measure, but here's something i noted. the crowd reaction. you played that sound, and i don't know, did i hear some audible groans in the audience? his problem is that he feeds off the intensity of those enormous crowds. i think that's when he deviates from the script and starts to give them more of the red meat that they yearn to hear. so that's the challenge for them. he's got to stay focused on the script while he's in front of a live crowd and not pivot from the message. >> michael, also that he's trained the crowd to expect that to be a setup for a punch line. what i heard was that they were waiting. they were sort of laughing, waiting for the punch line. he was going to say, no, just kidding. but he didn't do that. so it sort of surprised them. >> those were groans. >> they were groans and sort of groans of confusion. >> or disappointment. >> maybe disappointment.

michael, is this now worrisome for democrats if trump can rein it in and seem more reasonable, sort of the kellyanne conway effect, of being more presidential, then is he more of a contender? >> can we revisit this on monday? can we see if he can get through the weekend and if he can stick to this donald trump, the contrite donald trump who sticks to message? the question i have is for how long it can last. you know that expression you've got to dance with the one who brung you. those folks in the crowd are the ones who got him this far. he's ever mindful of that and doesn't want to let them down. the balancing act is he's got to keep the base where it is and energized but grow the tent. that's been the deficiency so far. zero growth strategy. >> i want to get your take on another big story this morning. "new york times" reporting that included in those fbi notes from the 3 1/2-hour interview that clinton did with the fbi about her e-mail server is the revelation that she told the

feds that it was former secretary of state, a republican, colin powell, who suggested she use private e-mail. i want to put this in the context of that was a long time ago for powell. he didn't send many e-mails. i guess it was advice he gave her, use your private e-mail. does that matter in this debate? >> no, i don't think it'll move the needle. i think that supporters of secretary clinton will say, see, even colin powell told her to do this. critics will say, come on, that was the era where we all this dial-up modems and no one was using e-mail. here's what matters. what matters is if come october there's a russian leak from her private e-mail server of an e-mail that was in the public domain but that she deleted. now, there are a lot of ifs there. i don't want to spread conspiracy theories, but given the nature of those hacks and the resignation of debbie wasserman schultz, i think it's within the realm of possibility there's more to come.

if that shoe should drop, then that will be a game changer. >> michael, how about the announcement from the clinton foundation that if hillary clinton were to become president, they would cease taking foreign donations, corporate donations, and that bill clinton has announced he will no longer do paid speeches. what do you think that says? >> i don't know, alisyn. it kind of makes me listen to it and say, well, geez, why didn't the same standard apply when she became secretary of state? that's not exactly chump change. that's a pretty big job. >> so also interesting, we've been talking a lot about this, this morning. senator jeff sessions, he comes out and tries to make the point on a radio program that donald trump has always been a law and order guy. he talked about the central park five case. he said, trump has always been this way. people say he wasn't a conservative, but he bought an ad 20 years ago in the "new york times" call thing for the death penalty. how many people in new york were

willing to do something like that? all right. here's a copy of the ad. it says, bring back the death penalty, bring back our police. the issue here s all right, i get the point he's making. the central park five were exonerated. new york city paid a $41 million fine two years ago because they got it wrong. >> you know, it's funny, poppy. i remember that ad. i certainly remember the incident. i have seen the recent documentary that talks about the exoneration of these individuals. i don't know that this issue -- because trump would seemingly be on the wrong side of the ultimate fate of those individuals, and so for some, it's going to be a black eye for him. there's also a mind set among many. you know this, that they were in that park and up to no good, whether they raped that woman or not. again, it's a rorschach test. >> i guess the point he was trying to make is donald trump is no johnny come lately to law and order. as far back as 1989 he was calling for more law and order.

he was even calling for the death penalty. again, these guys were exonerated, so i'm not sure this is the best illustration, but he's trying to show donald trump is not a flip-flopper on this. what do you think of that message? >> in this realm, i think that he's probably correct. i'm not aware of any inconsistency on the part of donald trump relative to law enforcement issues. now, we can talk about the abortion issue and we can talk about iraq and listen to differing things he said over time, but in this one specific subject area, to answer your question, i'm only aware of a record of consistency. >> so michael, as donald trump and mike pence head down to louisiana today, what do they have to do to make it not just look like a photo op? >> write a check. >> there you go. i would say how vague, but i have no time. we'll get to that after the break. >> we have a lot to get back to you on, on monday. we'll keep that date, michael smerconish, that you promised us. >> cool, all right. you got it. >> turning to very serious and sad breaking news, take a look at this. you're looking at live aerial images of a horrific crash this

morning involving two new jersey transit buses. this happened just a short while ago in newark, new jersey. we know that at least one person has died. nine others, at least, are injured. we're seeing some of the victims carried out on stretchers. it happened just around 6:00 a.m. at the beginning of rush hour. ambulances, dozens of emergency workers on scene there. of course, we'll continue to monitor this and bring you more information as soon as we have it. >> that looks terrible. we have more breaking news to tell you about because these two team usa swimmers are back on american soil now. jack conger and connor bentz arrived at miami's airport in the past 30 minutes. reuters is reporting another u.s. swimmer, jimmy feigen, will pay $11,000 to a brazilian charity. this payment is, of course, connected to their story of a gunpoint robbery. brazilian police now say that was a lie and made up by ryan lochte and the three other swimmers. cnn's senior international correspondent nic peyton walsh is live in rio with the latest. explain all the twists and turns

and how we got here, nic. >> reporter: in short, we have three of the four swimmers back in the u.s., and it seems this $11,000 payment to charity will secure that the release from authorities of the passport of jimmy feigen and presumably he'll be allowed to leave too. the u.s. olympic committee trying to draw a line under this by apologizing, but what a messy few days for the image of the olympic team and also sadly for the idea of street crime in this, the host city of the olympics. swimmers gunnar bentz and jack conger on their way back to the u.s. after brazilian police claim they admitted ryan lochte's story about being robbed at gun point in rio was not true. the u.s. olympic committee apologizing for the actions of four team usa swimmers, saying in a statement, the behavior of these athletes is not acceptable, nor does it represent the values of team usa.

we apologize to our hosts in rio and the people of brazil for this distracting ordeal. brazilian police say the athletes were not robbed, and that they are not victims. police say they were held by security at this gas station after urinating in the back alley and vandalizing a bathroom. >> the athletes were really disturbed somehow. he was actually very kind of angry. so there is the use of a weapon to control probably one of them. the answer, yes. >> reporter: the surveillance video shows one of the athletes bending over, seeming to pull up his pants before an attendant appears. they then leave the alley, attempt to get into a taxi, but it's not theirs. once in the correct car, an armed security guard approaches, demanding they stay until police arrive. they're later seen sitting on the curb, hands in the air, with lochte standing and appearing to take something out of his pocket. the athletes were told they had to pay for the damage they caused.

>> they left their money, almost to pay for the damage they caused, and leave the place before the police could arrive. >> reporter: ryan lochte is back in the u.s., remaining silent after brazilian officials say his account on sunday was fabricated. >> we got pulled over in our taxi, and these guys came out with a badge, a police badge. they pulled us over. they pulled out their guns. >> reporter: but lochte's attorney is backing up his client's claim, saying a gun was pointed at the swimmers, and they were forced to get out of the cab and give up their money. no matter what are country you are in, that is robbery. and robbery is a serious crime. so what do we know? well, we know that everyone accepts there was vandalism most likely and definitely urinating behind the building at that gas station. the swimmers still saying armed robbery was an issue. police saying that's not the case. the u.s. olympic committee trying to draw a line under this, apologizing and saying

this payment for compensation to calm everything down was negotiated with, quote, the security guards, firearms on display. >> nic peyton walsh live in rio this morning. thank you very much. up next, from olympic glory to their careers in jeopardy, did those four american swimmers just kiss their careers good-bye? we'll discuss the latest on this olympic scandal next. i study psychobiology. i'm a fine arts major. being able to pull up different articles to different parts of the screen is so convenient. i draw my notes in class. the pen makes it so much easier. i used to be a mac user. but this is way better.

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all right. we are staying on top of the breaking news this morning. two u.s. swimmers arriving in the united states moments ago after their olympic scandal in rio. you're seeing them coming off the plane there. this is in miami. they are two of the four swimmers who had said they were robbed at gunpoint. brazilian authorities disputed that claim, saying they're not victims, but instead vandals. the u.s. olympic committee now apologizing to brazil for this incident. that's significant. joining us to talk about all of it, cnn sports analyst christine brennan and retired fbi special agent who did previously serve in a security position for prior olympics. let's talk about all of this. christine, we just saw the

images. now you have three of the four swimmers back in the united states. you've still got one in rio paying this big fine. not only has this cast a sour note over a lot of the olympics, but i think the question becomes what do these swimmers have to do to make it right? >> reporter: i'm not sure if they ever completely make it right in the sense that their names now will be forever linked to this. any time anyone googles them, any time anyone talks about rio 2016. that's unfortunate, but when you're an olympian, whatever hijinx you might do on a college campus, it's magnified at the olympics. ryan lochte, the silence is deafening. we're talking five days now from the time that we first heard about this. five days. he's been on twitter talking about his hair color, putting silly pictures of himself on twitter. ryan lochte, it is just extraordinary to me that his

advisers have not gotten him to apologize at least so far. >> christine, to your point, there are two covers of two american papers, "the new york post" and "the daily news." this one says "the ugly american." and this one says "the lochte-ness monster." in the united states, this is playing that he was the bad actor here and the ring leader. that raises a question. did the other three swimmers -- i mean, ryan lochte lied publicly, on television. he gave that interview where he said a gun was pointed at his head by these fake security guards that held them -- that pulled over their car. did the other swimmers also lie, do we know? >> we don't know. but my reporting from monday when i first got an inkling that

there might be another story, and i've been working on it ever since for "usa today" and on air with all of you, the sense was that these are young swimmers. they look up to ryan lochte. they may very well, i'm not sure but i'll throw it out there, as a possible and considering the thought as human beings, maybe this happened, that they may have gone along with ryan lochte's story. keep in mind, it was ryan lochte's mom who first talked about this. then ryan lochte was grabbed by nbc. it was off and running on a story that now we know is not true. something so devastating to the image of brazil and to these olympic games. basically taking -- hijacking the last five days of these olympics. >> right, this should not be what the world or this country at least is talking about. bobby, to you, from a legal standpoint, whether or not ryan lochte is extrab dieted has to go back to rio to face any charges, what legal analysts i've heard are saying it depends

on whether he was basically, you know, purgerjured himself or no. whether or not this was filing a fake police report or whether or not this was a sworn statement to police in which he lied. under the extradition treaty between the united states and brazil, if he perjured himself, he could be extradited. what's the over/under on that? you think that happens? >> no, i honestly don't think that happens. i think both sides of this, both governments want this thing to go away as quickly as possible. the brazilians obviously have an interest in getting on with the games and not having this incident define these games. i think that's very important to them. it should be important to us. and i think that from the united states' standpoint, it's an embarrassing incident. the longer we prolong it with these kinds of legal maneuverin maneuverings, it just increases the embarrassment on the part of the united states. >> i know that you provided security for three of the past olympic games.

you were the security detail. so when you saw that these guys went out at night and had been drinking and were out all night without a security detail, i mean, is this why security detail is provided for high-profile athletes? why were they sort of loose on their own? >> well, you know, not only did i provide security for the olympics, i actually live in rio de janeiro. this is not the reason why security details are provided. security details are provided for the safety of the athletes from incoming crime. this is a situation where these guys actually were the people committing the crime and trying to get away. now we're arguing about how they were stopped from getting away from the crimes that they committed. security details are not babysitters. these guys apparently needed babysitters. >> christine, look, a lot of the sponsors, some of them are saying, you know, we're assessing the situation, we'll see if we stick by these guys or not. what does this mean for their

careers? what situation have -- they put themselves in? >> right, by their behavior, for sure. well, as far as ryan lochte, he has the most sponsors. he's the multimillionaire. i can't imagine any sponsor wants to stick with him. i don't know. we're all reporting that and trying to work on that story. but how could you possibly be associated with a man with those newspaper covers, with the way people are reacting around the nation to the embarrassment, at the very least, of what lochte did. the other swimmers are younger. this is going to be fascinating. i think usa swimming will ban them all, suspend them for a period of time, maybe lochte forever. who knows. but these young men obviously will see if they ever can make a comeback in swimming. it's a very sad thing. >> it is sad and unfortunate all around. christine, bobby, thank you so much for all of the information. all right. on the flipside, let's talk about what we should be talking about, about the olympics. that is, of course, the inspiring stories. here's a story that is solid

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gymnastics superstar simone biles dominating the rio olympics with her dazzling performances. she's won four gold medals and one bronze. five-time olympic medalist, simone biles, joins us now life from rio. simone, how are you doing today? >> i'm doing good. a little bit tired, but it's okay because now we don't have to do the gymnastics part. >> how could you ever be tired? you simply won five medals, four gold, and have become the face of this rio olympics. so what does it feel like now in the rearview mirror? >> well, it feels very accomplishing, and it's very

exciting. now we get time to relax and enjoy rio. >> you deserve it, simone. i was watching. look, we all watched you with rapt attention. but in particular, your floor routine. there were moments -- maybe we have a montage of some of the moments from your floor routine. you were doing things that defied gravity. there were a few shots where i thought the floor was spring loaded. it was like a trampoline that was sending you up. but no, those were your muscles doing that. how do you explain how head and shoulders you are above everyone? >> i still think i'm the same level because we're all here for the same reason, to compete for our country at the olympic games. i think that's what we all did, and we did a very good job by representing everyone back home. so i hope they're all proud. >> everyone is very, very proud. and it's very humble of you to say that. our sports analysts have said

that it's possible you are the best gymnast ever. what does that title sound like? >> it feels amazing. i know there are a few greats ahead in there, the ones that paved the way for us to be able to be here and do what we do. so we also can't thank them enough for providing this path for us. >> simone, i have two words for you. zac efron. what happened there? >> he came down to rio to surprise us and the team. it was very exciting. >> yeah, and he gave you like a -- look at this. he gave you a kiss. then you, for the first time that we've ever seen, fell down. >> yes, i did. i thought i was going to die.

>> because you love zac efron. this speaks to what your life is like now. you have become an overnight, i guess, celebrity, is the word. now you're on the cover of all these different magazines. "people" magazine, "sports illustrated," "time." you've also made it to the cover of a cereal box. what's that like? >> yes. it's honestly a huge honor. i can't thank them enough. it's awesome i can share the box with my teammates because we've put in so much hard work for us to be where we are. >> but simone, what does this mean for your life? you know, you go from having a somewhat normal life, though of course you have devoted it to being a gymnast, but now to being recognized worldwide and being an american hero and being a celebrity. >> it hasn't quite hit us all yet.

i'm sure it will once we fly into new york. it'll be very crazy, but it's also very exciting and rewarding. i don't know. we're excited about it, but it's a little bit scary too. it'll be fun. >> yeah, i understand those mixed feelings. simone, on a brief sour note, and not to obviously take anything away from all of the multitude of accomplishments that we've seen there, but what do you make of the whole ryan lochte controversy and what that's done to this olympic games? >>. >> i honestly didn't hear about it until the other day, so i don't know what i'm exactly supposed to say about it, but we've been focusing on what we had to do here and then get media out of the way so that we can have a fun time in rio. >> that makes perfect sense. one more negative note. have you heard about fellow gymnast gabby douglas and what

she's been experiencing, particularly with cyber bullies online? >>. >> i guess i don't have a comment for that as well because us, as a team, we're just like sisters. we stick up for each other no matter what. we've been protecting every single one of us while we've been out here because that's our job as a team. >> yeah, let's talk about your teammates. the final five. what's it like, all of you together? tell us about that energy. >> the energy is crazy. now it's even crazier because we're all done so we have all the energy in the world. it's very exciting, and we're ready to enjoy and explore rio. but the team camaraderie has been amazing. we're always there for each other, in and out of the gym. the support with each other, we're like sisters. it'll be something we'll cherish forever. >> what a nice relationship. that is a lifelong gift, a bond

that you all share. it's so nice to be able to watch it. you keep mentioning all the fun you're about to have in rio. what are your plans? >> we definitely want to the hit up the beach, and then we want to go see christ the redeemer, if we have time. i also want to go see diving tomorrow. i want to see steele johnson, david, dive. we're excited if we can get tickets for that. >> i hope you have time. those sound like great plans. what do you think it's going to be like when you five hit the beach? >> i don't know. it'll be crazy. we might try to go to the pool instead. so it's a little bit more low key. but we're excited to finally do things and enjoy the time in rio and attend closing ceremonies on sunday. >> i bet you are. you deserve it. simone, what's next for you? >> thank you. once we fly home soon after,

we'll start the kellogg's tour of champions. so we'll be touring 36 cities in the united states. we're all so excited. >> what about 2020? >> yes, 2020 is very far away now, and we just have to finish off the journey here in rio, but once we go on a lot of vacations, because i think we've deserved it all, and have some fun, then we'll get back to normal life when everything settles down and start training again. >> so you have your sights set on that. it will be hard to outdo your performance here. but that's what you -- that's your long-term goal? >> yes, four years after here. we still have to take in this moment and enjoy it. >> yes, we want you to bask in the glory of this moment and not take anything away from that. so simone, last, you are now

seen worldwide as a hero. so many girls do look up to you, and people, frankly, at your determination and everything. what do you do with that new term of american hero? >> yes. i guess it's the same since every world championships, i hope everyone can look up to us as being confident young girls in everything that we do and they can see us having fun and enjoying the moment. >> well, simone biles, thanks so much for taking time for us and yes, go enjoy your moment and hit up the beach and do all the things that you want to see there in rio. we've just loved watching you. so thanks so much for being here. >> thank you so much. thank you. coming up in our next hour, we'll talk with simone's first gymnastics coach and a group of kids from her hometown gym about their olympic hero. poppy? >> that made my morning. we're going to go on a lot of vacations because we deserve it.

no truer words have been spoken. that was great. all right. next, this week's cnn hero, using his love of horses for healing. harry swimmer was set to retire, and when he met a girl with cerebral palsy, she inspired him so much that he decided to transform his farm into a horse therapy camp for special needs children. >> horses are very special animals. people just don't realize it. what do you say now? >> walk on. >> that's my girl. we had a child on a horse who had a seizure, and that horse stopped dead in his tracks. when nobody else noticed it, the horse caught it first. >> you can watch harry swimmer's full story. just go to cnnheroes.com. while you're there, nominate someone you think deserves to be a cnn hero. well, let the ad wars begin. donald trump releasing his first campaign ad, spending close to $5 million on it. so will this help him bounce back in battleground state polls? we'll talk about that next. ♪

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first official campaign ad, the one he's finally putting money behind. it unloads on his rival hillary clinton. it is set to air today in five key swing states. it targets clinton on immigration. watch. >> in hillary clinton's america, the system stays rigged against americans. syrian refugees flood in. illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes get to stay, collecting social security benefits, skipping the line. our border open, it's more of the same, but worse. donald trump's america is secure. terrorists and dangerous criminals kept out, the border secure, our families safe. change that makes america safe again, donald trump for president. >> i'm donald trump, and i approve this message. >> this ad comes on the heels of hillary clinton's new ad, hitting trump for not releasing his tax returns. here to break it all down, our mark preston, cnn politics executive editor. good morning to you, my friend. so about almost $5 million ad

we're going to see here across these swing key states of florida, north carolina, ohio. this is clearly the same message we heard from him on stage at the rnc. it is pretty dark in terms of the picture he paints of her. this is compared to $61 million the clinton camp has spent since just june. >> and the numbers are really not that much different. certainly the national numbers. what we've seen from the hillary clinton campaign, what we did not see from the trump campaign, is you try to define your candidate early through television advertising. the clinton campaign has done that effectively. if you look at some of the swing states right now, she has very large leads. overall, you look at the latest pugh poll, national poll number, there's only a four-point difference. really, this election is going to take place in the states that you just announced. >> but isn't it also possible, mark, that he's the crafty, smart one because haven't you always told us that people actually plug in after labor day and really start paying attention? maybe he's held his fire until the perfect time. >> well, also, and the question

is, too -- or the answer is that he hasn't raised money to pay for tv advertising. by the way, he's been on tv nonstop since day one of his campaign. he hasn't had to go out to do television advertising. in many ways, he's been one big commercial for himself. >> he had the so-called earned media. >> right. something else that needs to be said is for the clinton campaign in trying to define donald trump, in order for somebody to really take hold of a television ad, they need to see it four or five times. people might wonder, why are they spending so much money? that's the reason. >> there was some concern among party leaders, the rnc, that he hadn't been out there buying ads. as you get later in the cycle, they get more expensivexpensive. do you say this play as giving up on states like virginia, for example, where he's 12 points behind in the latest polling but a key swing state? he's not playing these there. >> i'm not a political analyst. they were supposed to go into virginia. perhaps they still will. the fact of the matter is when you put tim kaine on the democratic ticket, who's a very popular governor, a very popular

senator, he was already ahead there to begin with. that's a state that you don't necessarily want to invest in. but you want to invest in a state such as iowa, which the media markets aren't going to cost you as much money. we know mike pence is going to be in iowa and has spent time in iowa. that's a battleground state. ohio, you want to spend money. florida, where there's somewhere between 13 to 15 media markets. >> for the sake of fairness, we want top play one of hillary clinton's ads. she's already been playing it. before we get to that, one fact check about the ad he just played. he said illegal immigrants who commit a crime get to stay in the country under hillary clinton's plan. that is not true. >> sometimes facts don't matter, especially when it comes to television advertising. they try to bend the rules as much as they can. >> they don't have to be factual in their own ads. >> correct. >> let's place this hillary clinton ad against donald trump. >> and you can tell them to go [ bleep ] themselves. i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters, okay. it's like incredible. >> her strategy is using his own

words and show that our children are listening. >> not grown up enough to speak like a grown-up let alone to be commander in chief. that certainly has been an effective ad for the clintons. kellyanne conway said this to you yesterday in a great interview where she really kind of showed us the playbook of what's going to happen over the next 80 days. she wants donald trump and the campaign to focus on hillary clinton and to try to define hillary clinton. we've seen that. >> i think that was interesting. he said win the argument. she said that she's surprised hillary clinton, like other democrats, don't have this real message that they're sending. what is the most effective message to counterpunch that, that donald trump can make with these ads outside of sort of scaring people and saying you're not safe? >> well, so these ads will work to a certain extent. negative advertising always works better than positive advertising, right, to try to bring down your opponent. >> the human condition. >> that's what it's all about.

at some point, you're going to have to see some kind of pivot from donald trump where he's going to have to put ads out where he talks about his policy in 30 seconds or what have you. he's going to have to do that. we're also going to see the nra and pro-trump super pacs. at some point, you want them to take up the negative part. >> but isn't he doing that in this ad? he's listing these things that hillary clinton does wrong with immigration, some of them not factual, and then saying that his will be a stronger policy. isn't he sort of doing both in that ad? >> he is, but it's not quite the positive, you know, looking forward ad. it's saying, i can fix the problems, but it's not saying, this is how i would fix the problems. >> all right. mark, thank you so much. as mark said, unfortunately, apparently we respond more to negative ads than positive ads. take that for what you will. but we want to know what you make of the ads. tweet us @newday or post your comments on facebook.com/newday. all right. tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes in

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catastrophic flooding in louisiana, now being called the worst natural disaster since super storm sandy. president obama, under fire from some for not visiting the re-j.o.r region because he is on vacation. mike pence will tour the damage. joining us is fema administrator, craig fugate. thank you so much for being with me. it is incredibly, incredibly troubling when you look at 20,000 people rescued, 13 people died. 31 inches of rainfall in a single day. we saw some of these incredible rescue operations from vehicles as they were sinking. give us your assessment of the devastation now, as the floodwaters are receding, and also, craig, if you think anything could have been done to prevent the magnitude of what has happened. >> well, i think, you know, the response from the governor, the local parish officials and

neighbors helping neighbors really kept the death toll down. our big challenge, i think, for everybody, including the survivors is most people didn't have flood insurance. and we know that the fema programs won't make them whole, so the immediate issues are how do we get people somewhere to stay, and begin the process of recovery and understand this will require assistance and programs. this will be a long-term recovery. nothing that will get fixed overnight. >> could anything have been done to prevent the level of flooding, the level of devastation? anything with levies, et cetera, or was this just the fact that so much rain fell so fast and the ground was just full of water, and couldn't absorb more? >> yeah this is classic, when you get this much rain over this area any where in the country. it is going to be devastating. it is hard to build for events people are calling 700 year or 1,000 year flood events. we've seen this in too many places. but we do know that this is

increasing in frequency. when we rebuild, we won't build back to the past, but to the future risk. >> they'll be there to tour the area today, we'll see if a contribution is made, as michael summ mentioned. it should not just be a photo op. what can they do on this visit to help? >> well, i think one is draw attention to all of the volunteer agencies that are out there, again, fema has our role to play, but we have a lot of volunteers, red cross, salvation army and others, nationally, people need to support these organizations so they can help these survivors. so if anything, call attention to the great work what we call the voluntary organizations, faith based, get people to contribute generously to help out. this hasn't been on national news. most people didn't know how bad it was. so i think these organizations

can use that kind of support. >> i know we were covering it starting on my show saturday night. the magnitude was, you know, hard for people to wrap their heads around. it didn't come on with a bang like a hurricane. when was the last time you spoke with president obama about this? >> i talked to him wednesday, and again, his direction to me was, you know, making sure we had everything moving that we needed to move and as we anticipated, challenges coming up, his encourage. if it is a 50/50 decision, don't hold back. >> this is seen as the worst disaster since super storm sandy. did you encourage the were he is to come tour the area and help out? >> well, again, i refer back to the governor, as he pointed out, we have response operations going on. we've had people working nonstop since this started. >> but did you talk to the bless about it? did he ask you should i come down? >> no, he was wanting to make sure that we were doing

everything on our part to get our resources moving in there. but again, it's one of those issues that to move the president into a disaster area, actually takes away sometimes from the response and focus on what we're trying to do to save people. >> no question. first and foremost, you don't want the president and his extra security his visit might bring, but let me read you part of what was written in an editorial in a local paper, the advocate there. peter kovac wrote this. the optics of obama golfing while people in floodwaters is striking. the passive federal response to the state's agony in 2005, a chapter of history no one should repeat, talking about former president bush and katrina. should the president be there, craig in. >> well, again, i'll take issue with the term passive federal response. this has not been a passive federal response. we were on the ground when this this inc. started, coast guard was doing thousands of rescues. >> just to be clear, the passive

response is 2005 in the wake of hurricane katrina. >> well, they're trying to draw the conclusion that it is about the response and the response is basically in support of the governor. so i would defer to others about that, but i want to keep focused on what we're doing to support the survivors and the fact that governor edwards and his team, this is an ongoing event. we have rivers that are crested, but haven't come back down. we still have an active response going on in the midst of all this. >> the most important thing is the victims, aside from the politics. its about the people, look al those homes, just destroyed. as you said, almost all of those people do monot have flood insurance. if you're watching and want to help the victims of the louisiana flooding, go to cnn.com/impact. we're following a lot of news this morning. donald trump, admitting he maha regrets. let's get to it. sometimes you say the wrong thing. believe it or not, i regret it.

>> there is no new donald trump. this is it. >> i can be too honest. hillary clinton is the exact opposite. >> let him be him. that's how he got here. >> they pulled us over, pulled out their guns. >> brazilian authorities say ryan lochte's stunning story about being robbed at gun point, all a lie. >> i made a mistake. it is part of life. life goes on. >> brazilian police say their story was actually vandalism. >>announcer: this is "new day," with chris cuomo and alisyn c e camerota. great to have you here this morning. we're having a super fun friday, that is very busy with a lot of news. up first, donald trump, challenging and changing his unapologetic style. just days after his third major campaign shake-up, trump telling supporters that he, quote,

regrets some of his hurtful comments on the campaign trail. >> so just to be clear here, trump didn't specify which comments he regrets. nothing specific, but he did express remorse for ones that caused, quote, personal pain. is this the pivot? is this the turning point for the campaign? remember, trump has said that he wasn't going to pivot. cnn investigative correspondent chris frates live. >> good morning. you remember the ad campaign in the '90s, the softer side of sears, it appears donald trump is facing his own struggles, may be facing his own version of that, a more contrite side. >> i've never been politically correct. >> donald trump, doing what he refused to do throughout his campaign, expressing remorse for his controversial statements. >> sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't

choose the right words or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and believe it or not, i regret it. >> a complete 180 from the una pol jet tone h -- unapologetic tone. >> it may have caused personal pain. too much is at stake for us to be consumed with these issues. but one thing i can promise you this. i will always tell you the truth. >> trump delivering prepared remarks, speaking for the first time since his campaign overhaul and veering away from the brash persona that could doom him. >> i think we're going to sharpen the message and we're going make sure donald trump is comfortable about being in his own skin, that he doesn't lose that authenticity that you simply can't buy and a pollster can't give you.

>> the nominee not saying exactly what he regrets, but the remarks come after a firestorm of criticism for attack the family of a slain american soldier. >> i don't regret anything. i said nice things about the son. >> and he has yet to apologize for attacking republican senator, john mccain, who spent five years as a pow in vietnam. >> he is not a war hero. >> he is a war hero. >> he is a war hero because he was captured. i like people that weren't captured. >> there is a body of american heros that i would like to see him retract that statement. >> trump did express mild regret after retweeting an unflattering photo of heidi creuz, later saying it was a mistake. trump also using the opportunity to show support for flood victims in louisiana. >> when one state hurts, we all hurt. and we must all work together to lift each other up. >> now, trump and pence arrive

in baton rouge later today to tour the flood damage, on the heels of the baton rouge advocate to cut the president's vacation short, telling a hurting louisiana needs you know. we will see if donald trump and mike pence make a little political hey this friday morning. let's discuss. christine quinn is with us, and kaleigh ma kalei kaleigh is with us. i wonder what this was. was this the kellyanne conway effect? was this towing the line between bannon and conway, because he didn't say exactly what he regrets. how should we read it. >> it is donald trump saying how he feels. it was a humanizing moment. >> he has never before said i regret. so something happened. >> we have a lot of tough issues in this country and i think that

he prides himself being the tough candidate, the guy that doesn't back down, but he realized, maybe i need to be human, look, i made some mistakes. i think this was the perfect speech. it was him speaking from the heart and it is what he needs to do from now until november. >> something has changed. we have contrast video that we can play for you both from may, when he was asked about his regrets to last night. so watch this, christine. >> to look back and say, gee whiz, i wish i didn't do this or that, i don't think that's good. i don't think it's healthy. >> sometimes in the heat of debate, and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words, or you say the wrong thing. i have done that. and believe it or not, i regret it. >> so in may, he said he didn't

think it was healthy to have that kind of reflection. last night he said he regrets it. what do you think is happening? >> the polls are plummeting, they're dropping, dropping, dropping. they're dropping because the message donald trump has been sending throughout this whole campaign, the primary and now into the general, is one of divisiveness, attacking people, attacking immigrants, attacking mexican-american judge, attacking women. gold star families, it goes on and on. what has happened is americans have responded, saying that's not who we're about. he is now late in the game, trying to change. >> yes, but not that late in the game. it is still before labor day. do you worry as a democratic, christine, if he changes and has this more sort of even keeled moderate tone, are you worried as a democratic that the polls, his polls numbers will reverse and go up. >> whenever i'm involved in a campaign, i'm worried. you are a supposed to. i am always worried. but i -- i'm not particularly

worried about this, you know, what -- i don't know the number. this pivot here, i don't believe that donald trump is going to be able to stay in this space. he has proven that over and over again. we've talked about this is the pivot so many times, it can't hold. he comes back to that nasty, divisive message that really is clear to americans, he is unfit to be president. >> looking at the poll numbers, kellyanne conway very candidly said this week that this gives the fire in our belly. us being behind makes us fight even more. i want to pull up for our viewers a number of things that perhaps he was referring to last night when he talked about having regrets. he didn't specify, but let's go through these things. saying president obama and hillary clinton founded isis, calling for a second amendment action against clinton in that speech, about you know, second amendment folks could take action. calling -- suggesting harassment victims should find another

career. he claimed that he saw a video that we've never seen of the iran payment in exchange for hostages. he talked about the mother of that fallen american soldier, the gold star family, saying she won't allowed to speak, and also, he has talked multiple ti times, kaleigh, about the presidential election being rigged, and that's the only way he would lose. given those things, you called last night his best speech, would the best, best speech be if today, tomorrow, he comes out and says i'm sorry to the kahn family? >> no, i think last night he was very clear. if he caused anyone pain at any point, that's what he was specifically apologizing for. the reason i said it was one of the greatest speech, the contrast couldn't have been more stark. we've seen the democrats be caught up -- hillary clinton said she turned over all her e-mails. new ones came out last week. the fbi director corroborated her story, and he did not. the hostage situation, the administration said yes, it was

ransom, even though we said it wasn't. >> they said it is leverage. i hear you. >> three weeks of deception. for donald trump to stare into the coamera and say promise you this, it was stark. american voters will respond to humility and truth. >> there will be this issue raised about hillary's e-mails, but let's be clear, donald trump did look into the camera and say i'll be honest and then misrepresented things in his speech. and they may not be the biggest things, but he said he is self-financing campaign. he is not. he used statistics during the speech, which are at beast, misleading, at worst dis hon northeast. >> factual error in his new ad about illegal immigration. >> the new ad, he says hillary clinton's plan, that illegal immigrants who commit a crime can stay. that's not true. i do want to talk about the e-mails, because there a development this morning that is fascinating. new york times reported by joe canasan, something has leaked,

shockingly, from the fbi delivery -- >> who thought that would happen? >> to congress, the notes to congress, and one of the things is there was this dinner party at madelyn albright's house, and she went around the roomed and asked feem if they had any advice for incoming secretary of state hillary clinton. and colin powell said yes, use a private e-mail system. he told her, according to hillary clinton. does that -- he didn't say a private server, that's different. but he said do as i did, and use private e-mail. does that change any of this equation, christina. >> i've said before this was in many ways not a new practice. we've seen other secretaries of state have private e-mails, et cetera. it may be one of those that you were standing at the door, do i feel like going, do i not feel like going. but this does kind of reenforce what we've been saying. the basis of this practice is not something new. >> we've established this, a private server in your home is

different than using your gmail, your hot mail account. >> this isn't dial up. he was sending a few e-mails at different. >> take out might have been better is all i'm saying. >> do you think this changes the equation? >> not at all. donald trump is running against washington insiders, it doesn't mean if you have r or d behind your name. if you're doing something irresponsible, you should be punished for that, including hillary clinton, who imperiled. >> she said she shouldn't have done it. let's be clear, because i think the facts do matter. we've seen the facts misrepresented a lot by the trump campaign. no one has said, no one, not the fbi director, no one, that she imperiled. >> but the fbi director said she was extremely careless and she should have known better with classified information. >> she said she shouldn't have done the practice, but to say

she put national security at risk is -- >> she actually -- >> that's true. >> so congress got the fbi interviews, and fbi notes rather from hillary clinton's interview. it was heavily reredacted, becae not even congress had the security to read these. cia asset name, and they were on a private server, hostile countries may have had -- >> you don't know that. >> i just want to say, they got the notes and they were redacted as appropriate. but then referenced the e-mails were redacted. so we don't know. we've not seen which congress got. so to imply because there are redactions in it, the e-mails were, and that's i conclusion, is not a true set of facts ch. t let's not forget this pile of facts, 70% of facts put out by the trump campaign are mostly

false or pants on fire lies. that's an astounding number. 70% put out by a pulitzer. >> >> jack conger, and bentz, caught up in the international scandal, touched off by teammate ryan lochte's teale. rout he will settle his dispute, and nick paton walsh is live with the latest, nick. >> reporter: the payment does go through, you're going to see jimmy feigen getting his passport back, none of the four left in brazil. people are trying to draw a

line. who knew what when, the events were out there, it took two, three days for a judge to issue search and seizure warrants to bring it to a head. we're hearing from a police source as early as monday, the officials were aware of some of these issues here, and perhaps everyone felt best thing to do was to keep it quiet. ryan lochte gave his dramatic account to nbc and we're dealing with these four days of international headlines. this morning, gunnar conger, and bentz, ryan lochte's story about being robbed was not true. the u.s. olympic committee apologizing for the actions of four team usa swimmers, saying in a statement, the behavior of these athletes is not acceptable, nor does it represent the values of team usa. we apologize to our hosts in

rio, and the people of brazil for this distracting ordeal. brazilian police say the athletes were not robbed, and that they are not victims. police say they were held by security at this gas station after urinating in the back alley and vandalizing a bathroom. >> it was disturbed somehow. he was actually very kind of angry, so there is the use of a weapon to control probably one of them. the answer, yes. >> the surveillance video shows one of the athletes bending over, seeming to pull up his pants before an attendant appears. they leave the alley, attempt to get into a taxi, but it is not theirs. once in the correct card, an armed security guard approaches, demanding they stay until police arrive. they're later seen sitting on the curb, hands in the air, with lochte standing and appearing to take something out of his pocket. the athletes were told they had to pay for the damage they

caused. >> translator: almost like to pay for the damage that they caused and leave the police before the police could arrive. >> reporter: ryan lochte is back in the u.s., remaining silent after brazilian officials say his account was fabricated. >> we got pulled over in our taxi, and these guys came out with a badge, a police badge, and pelled us over. they pulled out their guns. >> reporter: but lochte's attorney is backing up his client's claim, saying a gun was pointed at the swimmers, and they were forced to get out of the cab and give up that you are money. no matter what country you are in, that is robbery. robbery is a serious crime. >> reporter: so where do we go from here. we're going to see mr. feigen leaving the country, and i would think if the charity payment goes through, the u.s. olympic committee trying to draw a line,

weaving their way between this is compensation payment. the line they're taking, the security guards, compensation underway, had their firearms on display. everything i think wants them barsing period out of the way. we've had an international overshadowing the end of the olympic games because of an unsanctioned night of partying. >> it really brings it altogether, nick. thanks so much. so it is fair to say that was not the kind of splash the team usa was hoping to make in rio. could the career of those swimmers be over. we'll discuss the consequences of this, next. why suffer? stand up to chronic migraine... with botox®. botox® is the only treatment for chronic migraine shown to actually prevent headaches and migraines before they even start. botox® is for adults with chronic migraine, 15 or more headache days a month each lasting 4 hours or more. it's injected by a doctor once every 12 weeks.

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okay, we're getting a little breaking news here about the swimming story that happened in rio. a source telling cnn that the u.s. consulate in rio and brazilian police knew back on monday that the robbery involving ryan lochte and three u.s. swimmers never happened. but the consulate allegedly asked officials to suppress that story. meanwhile, lochte is sticking by his story for the moment. let's bring in christine brennan, who has been on this story all week. we also want to bring in doug he would -- eldridge. christine, i don't know if you just heard that breaking news, that they knew about the fact that there was no armed robbery

days ago. but i guess trying to spare everyone here embarrassment, sort of suppressed the story. what do you know about the timeline? >> reporter: what i know is of course ryan lochte's mom first spoke and then ryan lochte did to nbc. this was on sunday. think about it. if they had not said what they said, we would have never known anything, unless somebody got ahold of the gas station video, which would be almost hard to believe the security tape would have made it. that's number one. i was reporting this all week as well. never able to obviously, i want to be as sound today with "usa today" and cnn. but there is no doubt, think we can safely say there were stories swirling around from the get go and questions, and i think those are things, again,

journ juournalist journalists, how did they know it, when did this know it, and if it could have been contained early on, we can only think what might have been in terms of athletes who got no attention this week, especially in the u.s., because of this story. what they would have gotten instead if the story had been tamped down or never heard of it. >> the u.s. olympic committee coming out overnight and throwing these guys under the bus, and saying their behavior was not acceptable, it doesn't represent the values of team usa. the police in brazil have called on them to apologize. all of the people, how it smeared the reputation. if these guys are your clients, who should they apologize to, how, and when? >> this is almost like untangling like a pair of apple earphones. full disclosure, i've long been

one of christine's work as a sports journalist, although sometimes i disagree with her conclusions. earlier she said that ryan lochte should receive a lifetime ban. i'm not the arbitrator. ultimately he may age out. he'll be 36 years old in tokyo. jack c jack congor, the might of super man so much, we forget the frailty of clark kent. this was very much a clark kent moment for these four young men. i don't know that it was necessarily throwing them under the bus as a rightful act. what is important, though, and christine will agree, it is important that we not paint with an overly broad brush. >> i hear you, but they vandalized, right, someone else's property, and then proceeded to at least ryan lochte apparently lie about it. my question, how should they apologize, and to whom?

>> well, it is a question that involves a number of parties. the usoc, the consulate and brazilian authorities, and as christine alluded to, this has been going going on for a while, behind closed doors as it should be. as an agent, i can't speak to international diplomatic relations, the legal work going on, but what i can speak to is the sponsor and brand side. ultimately, that's going to have an impact on all four. brands, twofold, number one, performance. two is perception. this how they do in the court, track or the pool. >> do they lose their sponsorship? do you think they lose their sponsorship? >> it is certainly a possibility. here is why i say that. i hope it is not the case, but within the perception, the morality cause, broadly worded language if the athlete speaks,

talks, comports them self in any manner that would negatively impact or reflect upon the brand. so given the scope and specter of the story, that's certainly a possibility, but incumbent upon these guys to stand in line with the usoc and take accountability for their actions and positive steps moving forward, not only to claim accountability, but make right with the brazilian people and make sure they stay on the path moving forward. >> christine, you've been saying all week you think ryan lochte is at least radioactive to sponsors now. what about these other three? >> reporter: yeah, and doug, you make a great point. these are young men. they made a big mistake. as a human being, of course you feel sorry for them. i think everyone wishes they didn't do this. as a journalist, we move ahead. these three young guys, maybe in four years, they'll be back at the olympic trials. i hope for them. i'm guessing they will. but their name also forever be associated with this story.

and ryan lochte, what sponsor would want to touch him right now. again, where is the apology from ryan lochte, five days and counting, whoever is advising him, doug, maybe you could help him out, because there should have been an apology. this story is just going on and on, and it is not playing well, not only in brazil for ryan lochte, but way more important in the united states. his home country. i'm seeing the reaction and people are really incensed these guys did this, drunken morning, craziness and look at what it cost. >> doug, i'm sorry, we're out of time. thank you, guys. we appreciate your perspective. all right, another big political story this morning. the clinton foundation, announcing that it will not take any more foreign or corporate donations if hillary clinton wins the presidency in november. will this help her or does it actually raise more questions? that's next. om this summer. his stellar notebooks will last through june. get back to great.

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okay, so amid growing questions, the clinton foundation now says it will not accept any corporate or foreign donations if hillary clinton wins in november. bill clinton also vowing to stop

the paid speech circuit altogether. so let's discuss this with carl bernstein, the author of "a woman in charge." good morning, carl. >> good to be with you. >> what do you think of that announcement that bill clinton made to his staff yesterday, okay, if she is elected, let's be clear, no donations, we won't accept from foreign or corporate. >> long overdue. it should have been done while she was the secretary of state. i wrote a piece in the new york times a few weeks ago about this. my guess is that they ought to put the foundation into some kind of receiver ship in which the clintons have no contact with it if she wins the presidency. it is very late in the game to be doing this, and i think it helps trump in the sense that it shows there are two real issues that won't go away that are underd

underdermining her campaign. the server and the inappropriateness of taking this money in the first place, the speeches, et cetera, and the foundation being subject to influence of the secretary of state. >> let's talk about that. what the hillary clinton campaign and foundation says is there is no smoking gun. there was no pay to play. they didn't take any money that then affected policy. but what her critic also say there seem to be some sort of cozy relationship or at least not a complete bright line between the foundation and the state department, the foundation did at times ask for favors or ask for access, whether or not it was granted. who do you think is right on this one? >> i think the idea that we keep looking for smoking guns is a great mistake. what we want to know is the basic conduct of our nominees for the presidency. and this goes to the worst part of hillary clinton, as does the server. at the same time, we're talking

about donald trump, who is manifestly unqualified, temperament tally, in terms of his biography in terms to be president of the united states, whereas hillary clinton has some real credentials, about you she most overcome her own achille's heel on the trustworthiness, dishonesty factor, and that's based on her own conduct. not the vast right wing conspiracy. she has done this to herself, bill clinton has been comli krichcit. >> let's talk about this. we've seen the reorganization with two new people in charge, and yesterday, we did see at least what appeared to be some sort of temperament tal shift from donald trump in that, for the first time he clearly said that he does regret some things that he has said on the campaign, particularly the ones

that were hurtful. what do you make of why he said that last night? he didn't have to say that. he wasn't asked a question about it. >> i think it might get him a point or two. i think it is purely tactical, and absolutely meaningless. what really means something is who he has brought into his campaign, which is the guy who runs breitbart, the right wing website, along with roger ailes. he now has a brain trust in his campaign that is aimed at burying hillary clinton as a crook, as a liar, and that her secretary of state tenure was deceitful, that it weakened the united states. now, all of these things can be answered, certainly about her substantive conducts as the secretary of state. but we are now seeing a campaign by trump, with advisors, the likes of which we've never seen before. and anybody who believes the polls that show him out of reach of the presidency and certainly

the people in brooklyn on hillary's campaign don't believe the polls either, this is not over by any means yet, especially with these really vicious attack dog messengers coming in to run the campaign, and go straight for the jugular, which is hillary's weakness on dishonesty and untrustworthiness. >> just to be clear, the trump campaign says that roger ailes does not have any sort of official role, that he is not part of the campaign. he is just a friend of donald trump. i use the phrase brain trust, and he is very much involved and we need to be looking at the reality of the trump campaign, what its aims are, as well as the fact that what we've seen with the server, and going over to the congress of the united states now with the fbi, 302 files is very precarious for hillary clinton. she has got to find a way to put this behind her. and it is damn near impossible to do, because it is

indefensible what she did with the server, and she is going to have to be contrite in a way that is meaningful. >> carl, great to get your perspective. thank you. ryan lochte's story about a gun point robbery in rio was a lie. will lochte and his teammates face charges? our legal experts debate it, next. ...and scheduled a replacement... ...in just a few clicks. with safelite you don't have to miss a thing. y'all did wonderful! thank you. (girls sing) safelite repair, safelite replace.

12 time olympic medalist, ryan lochte is sticking to his story, that they were robbed at gun point in rio, but brazilian police say they are not victims. they are vandals, and were never robbed. could they face charges. that's the question this morning. let's debate it with cnn legal analyst, paul calan and danny cevelis. the big mult-millionaire is will he go back to brazil. >> i would say not. perhaps it could be sent back to the united states for him, it

would be appear he was the leader of this rather crazy and stupid plot. >> we've learned this morning a new development, danny, that james feigen, one of the other olympic swimmer here was the last one in rio, you know, to get out, and in order to get out and get his passport back, he had to pay $11,000 to a charity. that feels a little icky, why would they coerce him into doing that. is that odd? >> it's not as odd as you would think. we have all kinds of things like that in our own legal system. we have diversionary programs, restitution, where a court decides that you owe money to whatever shopkeeper's window you broke or something like that. >> it seems like just negotiation with the police. >> that, i would actually chalk that up to good defensive laurg, getting out in front of the problem. i don't know for sure, but i wouldof the problem. i don't know for sure, but i would imagine, maybe his

attorney approached them in advance and say hey, before this become ace court case, why don't we try to resolve it, and that happens all the time here in the states before something becomes a criminal case and afterwards, where the parties get together and say hey, how about some community service, you pay back what you broke, and we'll all move on with our lives. >> so lochte is sticking with his story, total silence. pretty stunning. if you were defending lochte in all of this, who knows if he sticks to his story and wants to take on the police here, i don't know, if you're defending him, who you do you do it. >> i think it is wise to keep quiet, because the story has changed in brazil and there are a lot of other witnesses to what happened including other american swimmers. there is no benefit for him to go public until the lawyers negotiate a complete settlement and he has to sit back and hope the endorsements don't -- >> what would your advice be. >> i think he could put together

a defense. even if they vandalized the gas station and offered money for it, that doesn't give the owner through his security guard the right to pull a gun and say that's not enough money, we want more. that's still robbery. even in the united states. in civilized countries, if you have a disagreement, you go to court. >> how do we know if there a difference in the laws there? >> i've looked at the brazilian penal code and you do not have a right to pull a weapon to extort extra payment from somebody in brazil. so he has a solid argument that he was in fact robbed after the incident matured. >> danny, the brazilian police have called on these swimmers to sp apologize to not just them, but all the people of rio. if you were their attorney, what would you say? >> the rules change when you have high profile client as a defense attorney. if nobody knows your client, a public apology doesn't have any

negative consequences, but with a high profile client, you have to consider not only the criminal consequences, butt publ -- but the public relations consequences. >> endorsements. >> right, so we're from a public perspective, you might think come out and say you're sorry. time and time again, if you say you're sorry in the united states, in the media, then you will eventually -- >> america loves a come backstory. >> they do. but you know who doesn't, the criminal justice system in the sense that if you come out and say i'm sorry, i did something wrong, that's an admission, and it can be used against you. >> there you go, all right. i think maybe we won't hear anything, then, for a little while. yeah, lawyers advice, paul, danny, nice to be with you. poppy, police show up in oklahoma after getting an anonymous call and they find an autistic boy and his mom. find out what happens next, when "new day" returns.

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showing up at an autistic boy's birthday party. when the police arrived, the mother was shocked, and then grateful they went beyond the call of duty. martin aft martin savage has the story. >> a phone call. >> i drive by, canvassing the area. >> things look okay, but just in case, captain matt hofer, approached alone. >> a young woman answers.

>> she has that look of oh, my, lanta. the police are at my front door. >> terra hubbard is having a bad day. plans for her son's birthday party is falling a party, their child isn't coming. >> i can't come, this is came. this, this, this. >> terra believes it is because they feel uncomfortable around her 3-year-old son braden, who has autism, and now the police are at her door. but officer hofer's words, change everything. >> i heard there was a birthday party for brayden today. she says, she starts to smile. she says yes. and i asked her if we could participate. >> i was just speechless. speechless. nothing would come out. >> yukon's finest had come to get this party started. and more kept arriving. >> we all went over there, and

we doubled the party. >> brayden's party went from zero to heros. >> just to see them interact like that. it's truly, truly amazing. >> and for mom, the timing couldn't have been better. >> yeah, it's been a really tough time. >> yukon's finest, saved the party and the day. while proving police officers cannot only answer the call, but occasionally, also a prayer. martin savage, cnn, yukon, oklahoma. >> that's a beautiful story. i'm tearing up. that's amazing. gosh, what angels those police officers are. >> absolutely. all right, simone biles is of course the breakout star of the olympics, and now a whole new generation of jimmisgymnast we're being to speak to her coach and the kids trying to follow in her foot steps.

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children all around the world have fallen in love with team usa's final five, and of course, the biggest winner is four-time gold medalist, simone biles. joining us now from bannon's gymnastic in houston, the hometown gym in texas, where simone biles was discovered, and trained for 11 years. we have simone biles first coach, susan zoda and three young gymnasts, katherine redding, charlie green and savanna quinn. great to see you guys this morning. >> good morning. >> coach, you were simone's very first coach. tell us what stood out about her at 6 years old when she walked into that gym. >> well, when she walked into the gym, she wasn't the average kid that usually comes into the

gym. she came with some skills that she obviously learned from flipping at home. so you know, we decided she would probably be really great to be competitive gymnastics, so she was brought to me at level four, which is the first level of competitive gymnastics, and now we just worked, trying to work on the details of her, of her skills. >> it sounds like pretty early on, you guys realized she was exceptional. salve v savannah, i want to ask you a question, what is it about simone biles you like best? >> what i like best about simone biles is all of her skills and how pretty they are and her routines. >> they do look really pretty. she makes it look easy, which of course you guys can tell us it is not at all.

charlie, you're seven years old. if you watched simone for the past two weeks? >> yes, i have. >> what was your favorite event? >> my favorite event was probably floor. >> what did you like about it? >> just i like floor, because my coach is niko, he is on the olympics, and his best skill is floor, and i think my favorite skill is floor, because niko trained me. and his event is floor. >> that makes perfect sense. katherine, what does simone biles mean to you and the fact that she has won all of those gold medals mean? >> she is really cool to me, and it inspires me to work harder

and get there, like she got there. >> coach, what has it been like for all of the young jimmists the -- gymnasts and that she came from that gym and it is possible to launch a superstar from there? >> well, she is definitely inspiring for the young children that are coming into the gym. you know, they look at her, and she helps them believe they can achieve their dreams as well. >> savanna, i think we're looking at a picture of you and simone. what was it like to meet her? >> it felt amazing to meet simone biles for the first time. >> what was she like? >> she was very nice, and encouraging. >> charlie, do you think that

you want to go to the olympics? >> yes. it's my dream to go to the olympics. >> well, it looks like you're in the right place to make a dream like that come true. katherine, how about you? >> i think i am too, because i want to follow my dream and go to the olympics, too. >> all right, we have a surprise for you guys this morning. simone biles was just here on our show live. she is of course in rio, but on our show live, and she had a very special message that she wanted to send to all of you. so listen to this. >> hey guys, it's simone biles. thank you for all your support through this whole olympic journey and i can't wait to see you when i get back home. >> coach what, does it mean she wants to come and see you guys, and sort of share her success with all of you? >> she is a true champion and

just, has really taken herself to great heights and i can't express how proud i am of her, and her teamwork, and what makes me most proud about her is that, you know, i tried as a young girl to teach her to just have fun and enjoy herself, and doing gymnasti gymnastics, and clearly she has taken that lesson and bloroughtt all the way through for the gold medal championships i'm really proud. >> it was emotional for you watching her win. what were those moments like? >> well, there were tears of joy. just tears of pride, and you know, as i said, i just can't be more excited that she just went out there and had fun, and she was just almost the same little girl that i coached at age 6 and 7. was the same kid that i watched

achieving her dreams and reaching that gold medal. >> well, that's really -- >> she is just amazing. i'm ever so proud. >> i bet you are. that's really, really beautiful. coach, savanna, katherine, charlie, best of luck with all of your dreams and futures at gymnasts as well. thanks so much for being with us on "new day" this morning. >> thank you. "newsroom" with erica hill, in for carol costello, picks up after this quick break. have a great weekend. friday morning, good morning, everyone. i'm erica hill, in for carol costello. thanks for being with us. we are following two major stories this morning. stunning new developments out of brazil. cnn has learned the american consulate may have kn