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us. we'll see you back here at 11:00. have a fantastic night. enjoy the weather out there. tonight, paying the price. major new fallout for ryan lochte losing big money and sponsors from speedo to ralph lauren. combatting the hot zone as the kids go back to school. comparing this virus with a monumental challenge we faced 20 years ago. what donald trump is now saying about rounding up millions of undocumented immigrants. plus bill clinton's bombshell announcement about what he'll do if his wife is elected president. and tech support scam, that phone call might not be what you
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person on the other end of the phone might not be there to help. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc world headquarters from new york, "nightly news with lester holt." ryan lochte has been hit right where it may hurt him most, his wallet, because of his discredited robbery tale. big sponsors ending millions of dolla endorsement deals with lochte because of his exaggerated claims about being held up on the streets of rio with his teammates. while his teammates answered questions in brazil, lochte made it back to the u.s. before officials rooted out the whole story. miguel almaguer has more tonight from rio. >> reporter: tonight in rio, the danger over, for ryan lochte, so is his partnership with four sponsors,
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doe saying we cannot condone the behaviors and values this company has long stood for. ralph lauren will not be renewing his contract, reportedly as much as 1.8 million. lochte claimed he was robbed at gunpoint to cover up an act of vandalism. >> that's why i responsibility for it because i overexaggerated that story, if i hadn't done that, we wouldn't be in this mess. >> lochte is in trouble with sponsorslike michael phelps when he was photographed smoking marijuana. >> reporter: michael phelps was not -- ryan lochte is going to
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million in lifetime corporate endorsements because of his shenanigans in rio. >> reporter: with brazil still basking in last night's closing ceremony, the color and culture comes after an olympic games that did not disappoint. in the final days, the host country scoring its biggest win. >> and goal! >> the victories bringing time when it needs a lift. tonight in rio, the cauldron is out, but they're still basking in olympic glory. tomorrow they will start breaking down olympic park and use some of those materials to rebuild schools. and ryan lochte says he wants to rebuild
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meantime, the other big story we're following this evening is the urgent fight to combat zika in a pair of hot zones in miami beach. as the kids go back to school, there's controversy on how to stop it. >> reporter: on this first day of school on miami beach in the zika zone, for the gold family, a new daily routine. >> i spray as my kids as a secondary ec not so much that the zika will harm the child, rather a child comes home infected with the virus, a mosquito bite, and then that mosquito bites mom who is pregnant or soon will be. that's why today when i was 92 degrees. students at miami beach high wore -- public health officials say the urgency to stop zika is like it was 50
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vaccine for rubella, which causes severe disabilities in newborns. >> rubella was generally a mild disease except if a pregnant woman got infected with rubella, the consequences to the baby could be profound. >> reporter: in puerto rico where zika has infected more than 13,000 patients, evidence adults may be vulnerable too. jose gonzalez, among 3 on the island with zika who then got then causes paralysis. on friday, one man with zika died with that syndrome. today florida's governor asked for federal dollars for the fight in miami. the president had requested 1.9 billion, but the funding got
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politics, meantime dr. fauci says louisiana and texas may be the next areas where zika may be revealed. questions swirling around donald trump and his stance on immigration, one of his signature issues. is he backtracking on his so-called deportation force to round up all the undocumented immigrants in the country and force them donald trump has made one thing abundantly clear. >> we will work with them, they have to go. you're going to have a deportation force and you're going to do it humanely. >> reporter: but tonight trump's immigration policy is in question. reports trump expressed openness for past legalization, his team opening the door. >> will that plan include a deportation
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you just heard in that sound bite and that he talked about during the republican primaries? >> to be determined. >> reporter: this morning trump pushed back but didn't deny that he was considering it. >>. no, i'm not flip floping, we want to come up with a fair but firm answer. >> reporter: immigration has been the keystone to trump's unexpected rise, his wall. >> build that wall, build that wall. >> reporter: and hard line stance on deportation, a ns position. >> donald trump needs to stay as vague as possible because he doesn't have a real immigration plan. >> reporter: nbc news learning from a campaign source a major speech on immigration thursday in battleground colorado postponed. for the most part, folks lining up here in akron, ohio gave trump the benefit of the doubt. >> i have more trust in him than any of the candidates. >> reporter: trump is
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address immigration, but his background on the issue remains up in the air, the federal minimum wage and his plan to fight isis. lester? >> katy tur in akron. meantime, hillary clinton is facing fresh heat on a pair of familiar fronts. bill clinton says he'll step down from the board and stop raising money if his wife gets elected president. all of it coming as the clintons emails powell pushes back on what she reportedly told the fbi. andrea mitchell has it all covered. >> reporter: tonight with controversy over the clinton foundation growing, in a stunning reversal bill clinton announcing if his wife is elected he will step down from the boards and will no longer raise funds for it. this has donald trump issuing new charges of pay for play charges against the foundation.
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turning the page back to donald trump. >> before you go and attack a charity, why don't you come clean about your own business dealings. >> reporter: but it comes as newly released clinton emails from conservative watch dog judicial watch shows some big foundation owners got -- former swim fast tycoon got a meeting with clinton right after asking aberdeen. proved the lives of millions. >> it's important for perception that the clintons not have anything directly to do with the foundation, and certainly don't know who the donors are. >> reporter: clinton also under fire from colin powell, after he says he recommended she use personal emails, he says her people have been trying to pin it on
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personal email account long before he ever wrote to her and he didn't have a personal server at home. from coast to coast, dangerous extreme weather is impacting millions. wild fires are tearing through california, dust storms are rolling over the southwest, tornadoes have struck the northeast and midwest and residents of the deep south are still battling floodwaters, we got it all >> reporter: this summer has ravaged lives across the west. die conditions fueling three areas in the west. while the california, 10,000 firefighters are battling six wildfires burning across the state. already hundreds of homes have been destroyed. winds also pushing a wall of dust over phoenix, a time lapse
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shutting just in time. air traffic delayed at sky harbor airport. more destructive winds in concord, massachusetts, a tornado whipping through this morning at 100 miles an hour, taking out trees and knocking out power to 1,000 residents. >> giant trees blown own and everything is just demolished. >> reporter: storms heading over the midwest over the weekend. >> if that's not a tornado, >> reporter: here in baton rouge, home after home after home destroyed. ramona welsh, the water nearly washed away a lifetime of memories. is it a complete loss? >> just about. i would say probably about 80%. >> reporter: many neighborhoods are still under water, residents unable to reach their home, unsure what is left to return to. this is what president obama will see when he arrives in louisiana
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starting to put their lives back together. lester? >> tammy, thank you. turning overseas to see who's behind a suicide bombing at a wedding in turkey that killed 54 people. on sunday turkish authorities said that isis was probably responsible and the bomber was 13 or 14 years old. but they dialed back on that, saying they're not sure whether it was a child or a grown up. syria, it took a child to open up the world's eyes to the horror there. we brought you this image last week, a young boy stunned and bloodied after he was rescued from aleppo's rubble. he is among tens of thousands of children trapped in the war there. >> reporter: in aleppo, the songs and smiles never last for long, a little girl singing for her family and her home, when the
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strike. but thousands of syrian children can't say the time, like 5-year-old omron whose bloodied face and daysed expression captured the world it's attention last week. aleppo's children are in crisis. 75,000 living in a war zone, no running water, no schools. playing war. like 11-year-old mohammed, his father ali says his son has nightmares got air strikes. i hold him and kiss him and tell him it's okay, ali said, on saturday, the bombs fell on his home u mohammed was inside with his sister and little brother. four children gone in one night. i want our voices, not just my voice, but all of our voices to reach
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world to hear us. >> much more of these powerful stories on our new nbc news digital feature, "aleppo: children of war" on our website. one of the growing scams. we tracked down one of the companies behind the rip off and gary, gary, gary... i am proud of you, my man. making simple, smart cash back choices... with quicksilver from capital one. you're earning unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. like on that new laptop. quicksilver keeps things simple, gary. and smart, like you! and i like that. i guess i am pretty smart. don't let that go to your head, gary.
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we're back now with an nbc news investigation into one of the fastest growing scams that thousands of people fall victim to every year. your computer is suddenly frozen and then a popup message appears warning you've been hacked and gives you a number to call. and for a few hundred promises to fix it. >> reporter: it happened when dane hays was online one morning, warning messages and alert tones began blairing from her lap top. >> the whole computer froze and i didn't know what to do. >> reporter: the popup message, she had been hacked. so she called the toll free number provided. >> they said, we will help you immediately, we're right into your computer right now. >> reporter: they were already into your
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>> reporter: she quickly agreed to pay $300 for help but then realized she had probably been scammed. the head operator sounded suspicious so we called. can you tell us what kind of services you provide? >> we provide the technical support for all the devices. >> reporter: the operator claiming to be john in the u.s. but it turns out it is a scam. john wasn't in the u.s., he was in india and his name isn't tracked down the owner of the company by phone. he's here in maryland. he apologized to us and he claimed unethical employees in india have been pushing popup ads to lure unsuspecting people like diane. federal investigators say it's a growing scam and they have got recordings. >> i see something that says warning. >> that means that your computer is one of those computers with an online
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one of them is against hunger, and there's a charity called food runners trying to get into a relay, from multibillion-dollar companies to families in need. joe friar talks to sol tiers inspiring america. >> this is a story that begins and ends with the macaroni and cheese that's making this family happy. >> reporter: they're enjoying this meal at the rafael house in san francisco, a shelter but that mac n cheese was made someplace else, inside the cafeteria that feeds employees. chefs here donate their leftovers to an organization called food runners. >> any personal belief is that everybody should get a hot male. >> reporter: volunteers collect about 16 tons of food
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agencies across the city. >> it's fun to pick up food and deliver it. >> reporter: mary rizley who runs a cooking school created the group after realizing how much food goes to waste. when you started this 30 years ago would you have believed it would be as big as it is today. >> never. >> reporter: among the 200 food runners is lauren who's picking up that along with some veggies. >> it's just really humbling when you arrive at the organization and everyone is so thrilled to see you. >> this pot is ready to go. i don't have to worry about cooking. >> reporter: food that would have gone to waste, redirected to hungry mouths. that's going to do it for us on this monday night, i'm
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only from fios. zbliefrmt ryan lockhte. michael phelps plunking down millions on a new mansion. >> all olympics headlines breaking now. zbleerchlts new video. scandal plagued ryan lochte bringing his playmate girlfriend home. >> i overexaggerated that story. >> to the new olympic scandal today. usain bolt shirtless in bed with a young college student, and wait until you hear who she was married to.

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