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but he is still the same man. >> clinton continues to lead in the polls, but her e-mail controversy is not going away. a judge is expected to decide next week when thousands of her deleted e-mails from her private server will be released. target says it will spend $20 million to add a private single stall bathroom to all stores. this follows a policy change earlier this year which allows transgender customers and employees to use whichever bathroom they choose at target stores. that change calls for a boycott by conservative groups. the private bathroom could be used by anyone who feels uncomfortable using the more public facility. a volcano erupting in central america could threaten flights into the u.s. the volcano in guatemala erupted several times in recent days. sending ash into neighboring mexico. it's one of the most
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about 76 eruptions this year. now to the olympics in track and fold it was a first for team usa. >> american women swept the 100 meter hurdles. kristi castlin, nia ali, and brianna rollins swept the event. they finished one two and three in the event. it's the first time american women have swept any event in olympics history. >> what a feeling for them to turn around and realize it's li their teammates on the other side. >> and in the men, they didn't medal in the 110 hurdles. >> kerri walsh jennings is coming home with a medal. the three time gold medal winner and teammate april ross bounced back from the semi final loss. that was walsh jennings' first loss at the olympics. they managed to beat brazil in three sets to earn the bronze
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mettle medal. >> usain bolt is not the only history making sprinter from janay have a. elaine thompson took gold in the 200 meters. that goes along with the gold she won in the 100 last week. she becomes the first woman to win the 100 and 200 in the same olympics since the late florence griffith joiner. and an american took the bronze last night in that race. >> she looks tired. >> she does look tired. >> i think she ran that one hard. >> can you imagine if they teamed up and did a bobsled team? they might be onto something. >> why didn't anybody else think of that? now for the medal count. they picked up nine medals yesterday. the u.s. has 30 golds. china and great britain are tied with 19. >> 93. so close to the nice 100 number. that's the belize attitude
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toward it. it's a nice round number. >> nice big -- >> goose egg. >> sorry, honey. >> it's all right. >> it's not over yet. >> we have no more events, but thank you. >> coming up, khloe kardashian opens up about her cancer scare. she has a message for her fans. and taking flight, the largest aircraft in the world making its maiden voyage, and wait until you hear what people are calling it. >> first here's a look at today's temperatures. "world news now" weather brought to you by my pillow.
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the obvious reasons seen from behind. it's part air ship, helicopter and plane. it's 300 feet long. about 50 feet longer than the biggest passenger plane. >> cisco systems is laying off 5500 employees starting this summer. they're the world's largest manufacturer of networking gear. more of the corporate customers are relying on remote data centers instead of online networks. and at&t is eliminating fees for data overages. starting sunday they can choose a plan to slow down their data speed when they approach their data limit instead of paying the fee. verizon announced a similar plan last month. >> the washington monument is closed. there was only one employee on board, but 84 visitors were forced to walk down the stairs. the
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the monument for a week last month. it was a power problem forcing it to close this past weekend. >> the police department in new hampshire agreed to pay a woman after a mix up. an officer broke a window to save who he thought was an infant. the infant was a realistic looking doll, something the officer quickly realized. >> that's understandable. >> and i went to put my finger in the mouth, and it was resistance, and i'm like, this is a doll. it felt like a baby. it looked like a baby. everything about it was baby. >> the woman who owns the car says she started collecting the realistic looking infants after her own son died at 20. she's agreed to put a sticker on her car alerting passers by that the doll is not real. >> good idea. >> clo
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message after a skin cancer scare. >> doctors found and removed a cancerous mole on her back. >> reporter: the kardashians are known for sharing the most personal parts of their lives on reality tv. now chloe ckhloe kardashian is up about a skin cancer scare. >> she's getting into detail about the experience and her real scare with skin cancer. >> reporter: the 32-year-old reality star said several years ago doctors found a cancerous mole on her back. there was one mole on my back that was skin cancer. i had eight inches of skin removed. it was painful. it was a lot of skin, but most the time the removals haven't been that bad. >> she decided to share this story in hopes it would make people speak to their doctor if they see anything irregular in their skin. >> reporter: the star shares this chart on the abcs of skin canc
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irregular moles saying i haven't had a problem in years, but i wanted to share may experience o you'll take action and take care of your life. in a january episode, she refused to take a test to find out if he was a carrier of a jean jeanne that's a carrier of breast cancer. she says now i'm extra aware of my skin, body and moles. linsey davis, new york. >> the cdc says skin cancer is the most common cancer. it's great she's speaking out about it. >> they recommend everybody should check their own bodies at least once a month and see a dermatologist once a year. >> and everyone can get it. even if you're black. it doesn't matter your skin tone. >> people think if they're darker or olive skin, everybody is susceptible. >>
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controversy, the big game hunter getting death threats after her latest trip. >> why she says what she's doing is helping animals.
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sparking outrage this morning after posting photos after a recent trip that she took with her dad. it's because the photos were of animals she killed while the two were hunting big game together. >> some even threatening to kill the young girl, and now she and her dad are speaking out. clayton sandell with the story. >> reporter: it's the big controversy over big game. >> it's something that i cherish and i enjoy. >> reporter: on an african hunting trip, the 12-year-old posted pictures of her kills. this impaula, zebra calling it a dream hunt. the photo with a dead giraffe racked up 73,000 comments. some positive, but mostly outrage and even death threats. one saying you and your red neck father should be hunted. >> they love animals. we love animals too. we also love hunting. >> reporter: they did nothing illegal and point out some african countries ry
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from big game hunters for conservation aspects. many wildlife groups say trophy hunting should be a thing of the past. >> it's 2016. we shouldn't have to kill an animal to save it. >> i'm a hunter. no matter what people say, i'm never going to stop. >> reporter: and to the online critics, she said she's going to ignore them. many of us will wait and say it's not hunting if you don't eat the animals. the family has said that the injure r giraffe, the meet goes to the localvillages. >> feeding some 800 orphans is what they claimed over the next month from their kills over the last month or so. >> they also say there's another big problem which is poaching which are people who go after endangered animals. a lot of people are wishing they
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k-y touch. ben-hur is considered one of the best movies of all time in the u.s. it's on the american film institute's list of greatest movies. >> many think it's time for a remake. chris connelly stat down with the cast headed by morgan freeman. >> reporter: along with the brother turned against brother story line, an action set below deck and behind gleaming steeds. >> there's nothing more spectacular than seeing four horses riding in unison. >> should have stayed away. >> you should have killed me. >> reporter: rising
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that playing leads in this 2016 incarnation also meant performing with morgan freeman. sometimes actors are intimidated by their first opportunity to act with you. >> that's as it should be. >> yeah. >> i'm a really good actor. >> reporter: what should people know that's different about this version of the movie? >> i'm a big lover of the '59 version. while that's a story about revenge, this is a story about hope and love and forgiveness and redemption. >> this is more of a reimagining. >> reporter: backing the quest for freedom. what's fun to play about that? >> i'm a powerful character. it's good to be the king. >> reporter: another update, the multicultural approach, hartening to the woman who plays the beloved. >> i'm middle eastern and iranian. to play a major role is one
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i love that she's strong. in a way that women haven't been portrayed in this era. >> i watched my father be killed. i know what it's like to one to take your feelings out on others. >> reporter: all for the chariot race. "star wars" honored with this scene in the phantom mem us, and this one cranking it up. this one has a lot to live up to. >> no lack of action scenes in it, clearly. >> no, but the original one, 11 oscars. tieing for the most ever. >> no pressure. >> let's see if you can do that, morgan freeman.
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this morning on "world news now," breaking overnight, two u.s. swimmers pulled from a flight amid new questions in rio. were they and ryan lochte really victims of an armed robbery? and hundreds of passengers rescued from a burning ferry. we have video of the smoldering ship as the u.s. coast guard jumps into action. and a man's incredible weight loss. shedding 300 pounds. the simple thing he did every time he got hungry. team usa takes gold silver and bronze. the first time any country has swept this olympics event. it's thursday, august 18th. from abc news, this is "world news now." we say good thursday

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