>> announcer: this broadcast is presented by the authority of the international olympic committee and may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form without the expressed written consent of the international liolympic committ. 1:00 am to the second in rio. let's finish up with a look at the medal count brought to you by mcdonald's, supporting athletes on their journeys to olympic gold with three days of competition remaining, the u.s. has reached 100 medals while no other country has as many as 60. american women particularly have been successful here, winning 60% of the country's gold medals and more than half of the medals overall. update on the ryan lochte story. two swimmers involved in the incident, jack conger and connor bentz are currently on a flight back to the united states. also scott blackman has released a statement saying, and we quote, behavior of these athletes is not acceptable, nor does it represent the values of team usa or the conduct of the

vast majority of its members. we will further review the matter and any potential consequences for the athletes when we return to the united states. on behalf of the united states olympic committee, we apologize to our hosts in rio and the people of brazil for this distracting ordeal of what should rightly be a celebration of excellence. jimmy fiegen has release adrian advised statement with the hope of securing his passport to return to the united states. we'll have more on the story in the morning. usain bolt will be running his final race 4 x 100 relay tomorrow night. for now, good night from rio.

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playing the victim. brazilian police say ryan lochte and three teammates lied. how one new jersey lawmaker plans to stop it. and your official eagles

station in pittsburgh with the recap. nbc 10 news starts now. good evening. i'm jacquelyn london live from rio de janeiro. the olympic games here are being overshadowed. ryan lochte and three other swimmers were not robbed at gun point as they say. the swimmers damaged this gas station bathroom. surveillance video shows the men trying to leave the gas station, and that's when police say an armed security guard pulled a gun on the athletes. they eventually paid for the damage and left before police arrived. one night after being pulled off their plane home, gunnar bentz was allowed to go home. jimmy feigen remains in brazil

for questioning. we apologize to our hosts in rio and the people of brazil for this distracting ordeal in the midst of what should rightly be a celebration of excellence, a quote said. and disaster averted for the u.s. women's four by 100 relay team after a mix up on the track. they appealed, and they were granted a second chance. officials determined that the brazilian team interfered with the pass between allyson felix and english gardner. so on an empty track, they made the most of their second chance. the u.s. women ran an uncontested time trial, and they turned in the top qualifies time, finishing .02 ahead of the brazilian team to reach the

finals. and usain bolt one the 200-meter final, this to go along with his three-straight, 100-meter crowns. he'll go for his record-high, ninth gold medal friday night in the mens four by 100 final. and joe kovacs had a throw of 71 feet, 5 1/2 inches. he spoke afterwards about his bittersweet second-place finish. >> there's some bigger throws in me. i just didn't relax enough to let them come out. i thought it was exciting and we're showing the u.s. is the best in shot put. >> you know the winners get medals, but they also get cash. the u.s. olympic committee awards $25,000 for gold, is

$5,000 f $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze. but a new jersey law maker thinks it isn't right. >> reporter: it was 20 years ago, antoine may bank won gold. >> i was running so well i wasn't thinking about the tax. >> reporter: he now lives and coaches in delaware and he knows it takes a lot of effort and resources to get to the top. >> everyone's not rich. >> reporter: new jersey state senator sam thompson tweeted, let's make sure olympic dreams aren't turned into monetary nightmares. laurie hernandez is taking home gold and silver medals along with prize money totaling $40,000. the government counts that as income, so she'll take thousands back. plus, there's the high value of the medals themselves. so thompson is proposing a law change, making the winnings tax

free in the garden state. >> why not give a small gesture of consideration. >> reporter: athletes in new jersey may not be the only ones to benefit, the u.s. senate has actually passed a measure to do away with the federal taxes on these medals. they're waiting for the house to act on capitol hill. drew smith, nbc 10 news. coming up, we take you inside the mind of the world's toughest athletes, and what it take to win one of the most grueling events of the summer games. back to the studios in philadelphia. >> we'll check back in with you soon. meantime, we have winners here at home. the eagles dominated in pittsburgh in preseason game two. they shut out the steelers, 17-0 as they snagged four interceptions, kluincluding oner a touchdown. john clark has highlights from

heinz field. >> hey, the eagles are 2-0 in the preseason now. they shut out the steelers, 17-0. remember that first pre-seen gam -- preseason game, they had three? tonight they have four. it was sam bradford, efficient, 115 yards. birds win 17-0 and sam is happy the offense is moving in the right direction. >> i just wanted to see our communication at the line of scrimmage, our tempo in and out of the huddle. i thought those were both really good tonight. >> we'll have more on the birds coming up in sports. i'm john clark in pittsburgh for csn. the question, spending within the administration of former mayor nutter. the woman at the center of the report intends to file a lawsuit. a lawyer says belle will sue for

defamation. the report claims she misused nearly $400,000 in proceeds from the philadelphia marathon while working as a top aide for mayor nutter. both deny the accusations. a philadelphia man is accused of holding women as slaves inside his home and forcing them to work as prostitutes. investigators say he recruited prostitut prostitutes. andrea klein thomas takes us inside this human trafficking case. >> reporter: authorities busted in to arrest 44-year-old bruce steel. did you see women going in and out of house? >> just once or twice. they weren't wearing anything specifically. they were just women in general and i never really paid attention. >> reporter: according to court documents, for years, "cash"

would recruit women and force them into prostitution. they would be closely monitored by surveillance and a door lock. >> that that's going on next door, and it took that long to catch the guy. >> reporter: the women would have sex with strangers at various montgomery county hotels in exchange for drugs. and if they didn't make enough money, steel would beat them up. or not give them drugs, causing serious withdrawals. >> physical, emotional and psychological abuse. >> reporter: she cannot speak specifically to what they're going through, but they've already helped 300 women who have been sexually, commercially exploited. >> we need safety planning, emotional and trauma counseling. >> reporter: at least seven victims have been identify and

detectives want others to come forward. case like this are more common than you may think, from the city to the suburbs, low and high-income neighborhoods. as for bruce steel, he's being held on $1 million bond. nbc 10 news. now to an update on a nbc 10 investigation into how philadelphia schools have been failing at fire drills. on thursday, the school reform commission approved new regulations on how philly schools document and conduct fire drills. it comes after it was exposed the district was not conducting all the required drills for at least three years. >> through your investigation individuals were not completing those drills, and so it was really important for us to look at that process. >> some of the changes include electronic reporting to the district office and hiring someone to ensure schools follow the new policies.

of. up next, a first for donald trump. he's expressing regret for some of his actions on the campaign trail, hear it in his own words next in decision 2016. plus, new zika cases in the philadelphia suburbs. as a new study reveals how the virus could cause serious damage in adults, not just infants. we'll explain. and we have a few showers and storms moving through, otherwise, a nice weekend shaping up for the area. i'll show you that forecast plus relief in the ten day. but first, a live look at the olympic flame burning in rio. and we are go to get a check of the current medal count. you know the drill, if you don't want to see it, look away until the music stops playing. ♪ nbc 10's olympic medal count is locally sponsored by independence blue cross. live fearless.

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in decision 2016 tonight, donald trump made a major change in his campaign thursday night. he expressed regret for some of the words he's used during his controversial campaign for president. >> 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. >> trump made that declaration during a rally in charlotte. he didn't specify which remarks he regrets. the clinton campaign reacted to trump's regrets saying that apology tonight is simply a well-written phrase until he

tells us which of his many offensive bullying and divisive comments he regrets, end quote. former secretary of state colin powell advised her to use a personal e-mail account, that's what clinton told investigators in july. fbi director james comey recommended no criminal charges against clinton. ♪ back to back gold medals for american decath leet, ashton eaton. he not only defended his medal from the 2012 games but set a record in the process. with ten olympic events in 48 hours, the decathlon is one of the most grueling events of the summer games, and as brandon hudson shows us, you have to be mentally tough to be the world's greatest athlete. >> reporter: in the stands, home

of the world famous penn relays, we sat down with joseph clem to talk olympic decathlon training. >> pole vault. >> reporter: coach clem knows a little something about the decathlon. he's a former decathlete. >> i was actually there. >> reporter: he says the event is not so much physical. >> the thing that's really difficult is the mental focus. i've had a chance to talk to a lot of decath leets. they say it's at least 50% mental. >> reporter: the mental skills decath leets need are visualization and focus. individual success is tied to being ground and focussed. >> psychologically, you need to be one of the webest in the wor. >> you have to move to the next

thing. >> reporter: dr. fish says when a young path leet is in middle school, that's the perfect time to train them at the collegiate level or for the olympics. and for all the parents at home, a sports psychologist says the decathlon is a great way to encourage your children to compete in a number of different activities. the epitome of well-rounded, i guess, jim. >> definitely, and definitely too late for me, but maybe not for you, thanks, jacqui. here at home, a sea of white. 5,000 guests dressed in white for the fifth annual dinner enblanc. the idea is to connect philadelphia to its french roots. >> amazing. it's a beautiful spot. and we're loving that we were able to have it here. >> it's amazing that you can

take something like this out to the world and everybody comes together for one common cause. >> guests enjoyed an evening of music, dancing, food and of course selfies. and after it was all over they had to clean up. and it looks beautiful out there. it was a beautiful night and then came some rain, right? >> we had a really nice evening, and now we're seeing showers. so at least the rain held off. that was a good thing for dinner en blanc. we had late thunderstorms. now they're rolling into gloucester. the heat today that hasn't been as bad but maybe helping to fuel some of these storms. all seeing this heavy rain. this particular thunderstorm is moving toward the shore here and might be holding together by the time it reaches egg harbor at

1: 1:27 in the morning. ocean city should see it at about 1:30 in the morning. temperatures should be in the 70s. philadelphia, 79 degrees, atlantic city coming in at 80 degrees. if you look at the seven-day at the bottom of your screen, you'll notice a big relief next week. this weekend it's still going to be hot, but technically, the heat wave that we've had for so many days has finally come to an end. today we hit 88. so still heat in the forecast. just not that oppressive heat that we've been feeling for the past several days. this weekend, though, a chance of thunderstorms mostly later in the weekend and there's that relief coming next weekend. temperatures, i think you'll enjoy them and the humidity much lower. i'll show you that in just a minute. but right now here's future weather. mostly dry through the day.

shouldn't be anything to ruin your friday at all. even saturday, mostly dry, mostly sunny, chance of an isolated shower the at best. small chance, but don't be surprised if you see one. then we go into sunday, that's a 5:00 p.m. for philadelphia, friday, saturday, sunday, temperatures around 90 degrees, at the shore, temperatures in the low to middle 80s. we'll take a look at the ten-day forecast coming up.

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the steelers, 17-0. they shut them out. take a look at jim schwartz' defense. returns it 38 yards for the touchdown. then malcolm jenkins got a little help from leo tis mckelvin. and aaron grimes, look at this interception by him. that is a great interception. sam bradford and the offense, they had trouble moving the ball in the first couple drives, but they got going in the second quarter. he finished for 115 yards. birds win, 17-0, and they feel the offense is getting better each week. >> we really rebounded and put a nice drive together to score nearly three points right before the half. and yeah, i was pleased with how the offense was able to move the ball there in the second quarter. >> i think we were pretty vanilla tonight. i think they were pretty vanilla

on defense, too. but yeah, we really didn't do a whole lot. >> back in philly, philly's closing out their series with the chargers. chase utley's last game at citizens bank park this year. another standing ovation. phillies down 4-3 until franco. they win 5-4. i'm john clark in pittsburgh for csn. we're right back. or at a weekend gun show. and if the wrong people get a gun... we know what can happen. pat toomey put our safety ahead of partisan politics. toomey crossed party lines twice, first to support background checks, and now to stop gun sales to suspects on the terror watch list. no wonder pennsylvania cops endorse pat toomey as best to protect our families. independence usa pac is responsible for the content of this advertising. to win anle ask me wholympic medal, i tell them, "you already know." the medals you've earned are all around you.

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