this morning on "world news now," breaking overnight, two american swimmers on their way back to the u.s. after being questioned in a robbery investigation in rio. new videos that police say show it was a lie. and donald trump expressing regret for previous comments, admitting sometimes he says the wrong thing. >> and southern california, a new wildfire forcing more evacuations. this as firefighters make progress on the massive blue cut fire. >> and usain bolt proves he's the fastest man in the world. blowing away the competition and making history in rio. it's friday, august 19th. >> from abc news, this is

i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. we start with breaking news overnight. two olympics swimmers heading back to the u.s. after testifying about claims that they were robbed at gunpoint. >> they were detained in a rio police station for about 24 hours. they were allowed to board a plane late last night. here's a new video of gunnar bentz and jack conger on the plane. they're due to land in l.a. early this morning. hours earlier the u.s. olympics committee apologized to authorities in rio saying four u.s. swimmers including ryan lochte lied about the armed robbery. >> the incident hurt the headlines because of statements from headline, but a series of videos paint a little bit of a different story. >> reporter: as first reported by abc news, brazilian police saying the robbery was fictional. police saying the videos fill in the missing time

the police chief saying it was all made up. also the first images we've seen before entering the club, club france, around 1:45 a.m. lochte snap chatting this inside the club around 2:35 a.m. the swimmers say they left the club at 4: but this video was stamped 5:47 a.m. this surveillance video obtained by abc news, appears to show them going toward the bathroom. they kicked down the door and vandalized the bathroom. they continued back toward their taxi. at this point they allegedly ripped a poster off the wall before being confronted by the security guard. it shows them walking toward the gas pumps trying to get into the wrong cab and then theirs. they're confronted by a man in black who comes to their window and motions for

of the car. police say he was a gas station security officer. bentz hands money to the man. then you see them walking off camera. one swimmer with his hands in the air. sources who spoke to all four swimmers insist their version holds true. they point to a three minute chunk of missing video which they claim would show them being held up at gunpoint and bullied to sit down on the curb. the video returns and you see them putting their hands up. lochte standing to get something to his pocket, appearing to hand it to a man in block. they're held there by security until 6:20 a.m. sources saying the men were forced to hand over all their money, about $400 by the armed men who were not the place. 40 minutes later they're back at the village just before 7:00 a.m. seemingly unfazed. whatever happened, police saying it wasn't this. >> a guy pulled

cocked it, put it to my forehead. he said get down. i put my hands up. >> reporter: we were there as bentz and conger were walked in for questioning. the two men are around here. what the swimmers said, according to the police, there was no robbery. the sources who spoke to the swimmers calling it a lie saying none of the swimmers have changed their story. it's interesting. yesterday it seemed the authorities were saying this was completely fabricated without anybody knowing where it came from, and it seems the account is fairly close. >> there's some matter of truth. >> and i wonder how much of this may have been a misunderstanding, especially with the language barrier? >> i think there was a lot of misunderstanding. you have the ucos apologizing, but as you look at this videotape, a lot of what the guys said is true.

security guard. they said someone with a paj ba who looked like a police officer held at gunpoint. money changed hands. >> there was a little bit of truth at the end of the day. >> definitely the investigation is going to be ongoing to see how much of it was a lie and how much of it may be a misunderstanding. we are going to keep everybody updated. >> and two guys on a plane who can't wait for 6:50 to get here this morning. donald trump is expressing regret for some of the things he said. he was mellow as he read remarks in charlotte. and after a year of making controversial comments, he appeared to have a moment of contrition. >> 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

and believe it or not, i regret it. and i do regret it. particularly where it may have caused personal pain. >> the clinton campaign dismisses the marks as, quote, simply a well written phrase. the campaign is calling on trump to specify which comments he regre regrets. >> trump and mike pence are expected to visit louisiana. the spokesman for the governor said his office was not contacted by the trump campaign. the spokesman says trump was welcome to come to louisiana but not for a photo op. instead, he proposed trump consider volunteering or making a sizable donation to the flood relief fund. and an editorial is calling for president obama to cut short his vacation and confront flood victims. and the white house says mr. obama is gettingre

the clinton foundation will no longer accept foreign or corporate donatns if hillary clinton wins the election. bill clinton also renounced he would resign from the board of the charitable foundation and stop giving paid speeches until the election. he wants to avoid the possibility of second guessing or any other issues should his wife become president. in california crews are battling another wildfire. the ray fired burned at least 600 acres in santa barbara. it is now 20% contained. aircraft being diverted from other fire to provide aerial assistance there. some residents are being allowed to go back home as crews make some progress in the blue cut fire. the fire is 22% contained. officials still can't say how many homes were destroyed or damaged by that one. back to the olympics. the united states has hit triple digits sporting an

medals after thursday's events. >> the u.s. picked up seven medals on the day. five of them were gold bringing the number up to 35. the biggest win came in an event where the americans stayed alive for a medal thanks to a second chance. >> reporter: a sweet reprieve for the americans who got a second chance at the women's 4x100 relay. after a dropped baton after being bumped. the u.s. got a do over. the americans raced all alone against the clock and were fast enough to make the finals today. it was the u.s. versus france in the women's basketball semis. the americans saying good-bye to the french. track and field and ashton eaton taking gold in the final event of the men's decathlon. he becomes the first repeat decathlon champion since it was

eaton takes the honorary title of world's greatest athlete. and more gold for the united states in the women's 400 meter hurdle. the victory, the first american woman to win gold in the event. ashley spencer barrels her way to bronze. bolt proved he's the world's fastest man. he has an easy win, his third straight olympics medal in the 200. he's running in pursuit of a third straight triple. he just needs gold in tonight's 4x100 relay. >> that's probably just a thing that's already written. usain bolt will probably win that one. >> unevidentable, it seems. we've jinxed peoples like that before, not we, but announcers. >> he's one for the history books, usain bolt. he's probably the biggest star in jamaica. he's the

around the world. and when you see the difference between him and the other competitors, you can understand why. >> he makes it look so easy. and you know that obviously it's not because he's competing with the other best people in the world. >> look at that. >> and not only does he make it by that distance, he does it with a smile on his face. >> pretty good. coming up, city on edge. new fallout in chicago from the fatal police shooting of a teenager nearly two years ago. >> and lebron james proves he is a difference maker off the court too. here you the nba champ is impacting the lives of thousands of families. >> you can find us on facebook at wnnfans.com and on twitter at abcwnn. you're watching "world news now."

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a freight train in chili plunge after a bridge collapsed. several cars were carrying hazardous kem ychemicals. no one was hurt. they're hoping the release of this video will help them track down a killer. you can see the passenger in the fr gray impal la opening fire. the second victim is in critical condition. >> more fallout from the police shooting of a teenager in chicago two years ago. >> the

officers to be fired saying they lied about the fatal shooting of laquan mcdonald. >> reporter: the seven chicago officers facing firing of the now incident seen in this dash cam video. laquan mcdonald running down the street. he did have a knife, but the video shows him moving away from officers before he's gunned down. an autopsy finding he was shot 16 times. chicago's police superintendent concluding that the video contradicts the officers a stories that mcdonald posed a threat. the shooting happened nearly two years ago. the video was not released until more than a year later. the controversy comes at a difficult moment for the city. homicide surging and police often facing violent criminals. this video shows an officer risking his life. his face grazed by a bult during a high speed chase and gun battle. we

the same time, allegations of a police coverup and the murder of a suspect. abc news, washington. officer van dyke has been charged with murder and just before that video was released, the video being released late last year, they fought to keep it secret for some time. >> the justice department is now investigating whether the police department has a systematic system of violating rights. this heart breaking image seen around the world. >> first, lebron james, a champion on the court and off. how he's helping thousands of children and their parents. you're watching "world news now." "world news now"

of course we know lebron james brought an nba title to his home state of ohio. the nba super star is making an even bigger impact in akron. >> he's on a mission to help thousands of kids and their parents get a better education and go to college through his lebron james family foundation. >> lebron james family foundation, we are family reunion. let me hear you make some noise. >> it's time to look in the mirror and ask

and most importantly, go back to our communities, invest our time, our resources, help rebuild them, help strengthen them, help change them. we all have to do better. thank you. >> reporter: the speech lebron james and his fellow nba players gave at the espys earlier this summer was very public. the reason behind it, that was very personal. >> i definitely could have been a statistic. i had days where i felt like it was just me and my mom and no one cared, and there's no way that we're going to be able to make it out of this. i had a dream about that if i ever become successful, it wasn't just going to be about me. when i became a professional, i was like, well i have to figure out a way, with help, still, to make something happen in my community where these kids can also be

tried various outreach projects. in 2011 they hit on this. what if a group of third graders were closely supported in school, month after month, year after year, all the way up to graduation. >> the children start in third grade. that's the key time when we start to see children fall through the cracks and we start to see the achievement gap broadening. we can grab and save these kids. >> reporter: last summer lebron raised that expectation even higher. announcing a partnership with the university of akron that will provide college scholarships for kids in his program who graduate high school. >> it's amazing. it gives you that sense of light for your own kid, because we didn't have it. so to know that he's going to have that is great. >> we have a lot of parents here that didn't graduate high school. not only are we

kids here to make them become better. we're lending a helping hand to a lot of parents who didn't graduate high school and putting them in programs where they can get their high school diploma. >> it haunted me like go back to school, so when i got the letter in the mail for the orientation for the ged class, i was jumping up and down like it's my turn. >> it's great. you can see the difference it makes. i went through a similar program like that through a liz claiborne program. it was an aborn program. she supported us going to see different colleges and straight through high school, and sadly, as you see me here today, it didn't work out that well. i failed. >> you were a nerd? did they see your dance skills? i can't believe that. >> that's what did it. >> lebron welcomed a new class of third graders, and the

students. >> it's a wonderful concept. there are a lot of kids that have gone onto success. >> you too kids, one day.

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time now for the mix. a big 100 medals for the u.s. in the olympics. even the athletes that don't get medals don't come home empty medals. they get swag. >> as in you're cool? >> that too. but each one of the athletes gets this sort of hand crafted swag bag full of athletic gear, you could say. >> not bad. i have the list of the men's here. what the guys get is ten short sleeve t shirts. four long sleeve pullover shirts. it's about $25,000 a piece. >> that's the medals. that's what they're worth. the swag bags not so much, but you get to look good. >>

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this morning on "world news now," breaking right now two american swimmers detained in rio are now on their way back to the u.s. the new video of them boarding the plane after testifying about their claims of robbery. the crime that investigators say never happened. and a turn of the page for donald trump. the presidential candidate is expressing regret for things he said in the past. even showing remorse for causing what he called personal pain. and a grateful musician is using his talent to say thank you. >> playing a violin outside a hospital where he had brain surgery only 24 hours earlier. and the music world is rocking with this. a surprise drop overnight. frank ocean, the talk of social media with a sneak peek for fans. it's friday, august 19th.