morning. skies are mostly clear. early morning color. nice and dry for friday morning. this afternoon, nothing to worry about. tons of sunshine. if you need something to worry about and something to focus on in the future, sunday could be a severe weather day around here. we'll have weather alert mode for your sun. pretty significant storms to worry about as we get the hot, humid air out and a hint of early fall weather in for next week. highs upper 80s to 90 degrees. up to about 90 degrees both days. we're keeping a close eye on sunday. more before the threats on on sunday in a few more minutes as well as the redskins forecast. new hampshire avenue at m street all lanes blocked here this morning because of the fatal pedestrian crash. right now, you can see some folks taking connecticut avenue instead. seeing volume there on connecticut avenue because of that trying to take it as an alternate. chopper 4 over this probable, southbound bw pay

that crash. otherwise, bellway looking good. a look at metro and travel times coming up. more on that breaking news melissa just mentioned near dupont circle this morning. one man is dead after a hit-and-run accident. molette green is live on the latest with the investigation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a man lost his life here early this morning and d.c. police want to find the hit-and-run driver. take a look at the scene. very much active as investigators pick up every clue they can get. you can see much of this area blocked off around new hampshire avenue, along m street at 21st street. cars coming up m street are forced to make a left turn on to 21st. not exactly sure where this happened, but you can see where investigators are focusing their attention right now. we know the man hit was on foot. unclear exactly where it happened, aga

unfolded in the 3:00 a.m. hour. the man was pronounced dead after an ambulance took him away. we don't know a whole lot at this moment about the striking vehicle. that's why d.c. police are on the scene. all we can tell you at this point is that the car was dark in color and police would love to be able to hear from anyone who was here at that time and witnessed something that could help them put together what happened here in the rl morning hours. that is the latest live here from this very active scene. back to you. now to a developing story. a police-involved shooting is under investigation in prince george's county. it happened on shady glen terrace in capitol heights just before 10:00 last night. officers were trying to stop a suspect in a series of violent crimes. the suspect first drove off and jumped out of the car with a gun, that does according to police. the officer chased and confronted the suspect. the officer shot what police say was about three times and hit the suspect ihe

scene. the officer involved is now on standard leave for the investigation. this morning, the search is on for the gunman who opened fire at a basketball court near the hamilton recommend center in northwest washington. a man told police he saw two people opening his backpack while he was playing on the court around 7:00 last night. when he questioned them, he says one pulled a gun and took off with the bag and what witnesses say was some sort of motorized bike. no one was hurt. vandals, not victims. brazilian police say ryan lochte and three other u.s. swimmers lied about being robbed at gunpoint. about an hour ago, u.s. swimmer jimmy feegin got his passport back. gunnar bentz and jack conger are on their way home. this is surveillance video from the gas station where the swimmers had said the robbery happened sunday night. investigators say one or al

swimmers vandalized the gas station bathroom which sparked a confrontation with an armed security guard. the u.s. olympic committee has issued an apology to rio and said the swimmers will be dealt with. this incident has caused a lot of problems for brazil. rio deserved an apology for having their reputation dragged in the mud. >> reporter: the americans are gone now but what hasn't left is the hostility. i have been covering this area and coming to brazil for more than ten years now and i have never quite seen a scene like this one. the u.s. olympic committee says all of its swimmers would cooperate with police. >> we posted that in the nbc washington app, including the executive director's reaction. all right. let's turn now to the competition. this is a live look at the olympic cauldron

janeiro in brazil. these games are nearing their end but there are still plenty of great olympic moments happening. >> he makes it look easy. bolt, 200 triple! >> take a look at that. what a memo, you think bolt making it look easy. he ran away from the field to win the gold medal. he has won the 100 meters and 200 meters in an unprecedented three straight olympics. >> i've worked so hard and i've stayed so focused for so many years. for me, right now, it's just a relief, just work hard and be determined, there will be bumps along the road. there will be hard times, but it feels good when you accomplished what you always wanted. >> today, he will go for a third straight gold in the men's 4 by 100 relay. he makes it look easy. what you don't see is all the training when you are not competing. from the fastest man on earth to the world's greatest athlete. >> ashton eaton

the decathlon. >> i knew the plm record was there and for the sake of my coach, i was like man, i got to try to go for this thing. to equal it. it's like i guess -- you got to leave something on the table. >> leaves you speechless there almost. incredible athlete. ashton shared his win with his wife would won a bronze medal of her own in the women's heptathlon. we have to mention first up the men's basketball team is taking on spain this afternoon. after that, medal matches in the women's pole vault and men's hammer throw tonight. those could be anyone's to win. the women's 5,000 meter final is at 8:40 tonight in prime time. after 9:00, you can s

finals in the men's and women's relay races. wendy rieger has put together some great behind the scenes reports in rio. follow her on instagram to see her pictures. what else is happening? the olympic speed walking. 30-mile speed walk. >> 30 miles? >> yes. >> i never get there. >> the washington monument remains closed once again today after more elevator problems. the landmark shut down on wednesday because of cable broke. >> crews are working to fix the elevator issues that have forced frequent closures. major signs of progress in the battle against a wildfire in southern california. this is the same fire that forced the evawks of nearly 80,000. the local wrestler celebrating a first for any american woman what she's looking most forward to. it is a cooler morning.

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welcome back. it's 6:11. it's time for weather and traffic on the ones. >> bus stop forecast. the few districts that have to go back this morning, temperatures are quite pleasant. upper 60s and low 70s. outdoor recess day today. close to 90 degrees in most neighborhoods later this afternoon. shorts, t-shirts and sunglasses are in order today. don't need the umbrella on the upon show. the morning run, no complaint. tennis and golf, keep on swinging. perfect for pool day outside. and dinner outside, an absolutely perfect night to go outside.

field. the redskins hosting the new york jets. temperatures in the low to mid 80s for kick-off. perfect night for football. breaking news, chopper 4 over southbound bw parkway a 3 mile backup as you are approaching a crash at 410. stay to the right to get by that accident. new hampshire avenue at m street in northwest, all lanes blocked there for a fatal hit-and-run crash overnight. metro, red line delays, and orange lines delays. travel times, take a look at virginia, on time at 66 and 95 quantico to the beltway, maryland, 270. top of the beltway rolling along fine as well. and new this morning, retired army general john w.vessey has

his daughter confirming he died of natural causes at the age of 94. he rose through the ranks to become chairman of the joint chiefs of staff under president ronald reagan. we're learning he's gone at the age of 94. >>. the state department now says the $400 million cash payment to iran was used as leverage to ensure the release of four u.s. prisoners. the state department denies the money was some form of ransom. president obama has agreed that iran was owed that money from the 1970s. they would not allow them control of the money until the plane took off from iran with the americans on board. an alexandria man who workses for the faa is temporarily out of work following hisrr

sex charges. court documents say scott casoni tried to lure a 10-year-old for sex. he's pleaded not guilty. an advisory group in alexandria recommends changing the name of jefferson davis highway. the city council tasked that group with looking at confederate memorials and street names. it's not calling for an all-out blanket change to all streets honoring confederate figures. rather considering individual requests for new names as they are brought up. the group is also recommending that the apamattod statue remain in place. outrage at prince george's county schools. head start program was kept a secret from board members. they just found out that the program is set to lose its $6 million grant because of this investigation. there are two incidents in the reports. one where a three-year-old was forced to mop up his own urine after an

another after a five-year-old wondered away and crossing at least one street. >> i understand the public mistrust. i have the same mistrust and i'm on the school board. >> the federal grant funded more than 900 children who used the program. metro launch a criminal probe into last month's train derailment. questions were raised whether tracks were properly installed. investigation will take a look at what role employee conduct may have played when a train jumped the tracks in east falls church. metro's routine inspection has been infrequent. metro will continue with its track work through this weekend. expect delays and subtle buses. they will be doing work like replacing track ties, platform reconstruction and other rail upgrades.

>> 3, 2, 1! and with just a push of a button mayor muriel bowser, d.c.'s to light up the francis case bridge is now glowing. it's expected to enhance the area along the southwest waterfront. we return to rio now where rockville's helen maroulis is probably letting her first historic women's wrestling medal sink in. she went up against a legendary japanese wrestler who was a three-time defending olympic champion. >> i promised myself i would be all in, whatever that meant and a lot of the decisions are made on faith. >> maroulis graduated from magruder high sc

was 7 years old. she heads on vacation with her family and eat whatever she wants. whoa, look at that. nice abs. let's check the medal count for you. >> at the word domination seems like an under statement. 14 days into competition. team usa has 100 medals. of that 100, 35 of them are gold. china in second place here with 58 medals. great britain has 56. 6:17. major warnings about the blue cut fire in california. we've been talking about the size and the terror of this fire all week. firefighters say they are making some progress. about 20% contained right now. but it's 56-square miles wide, threatening more than 30,000 homes. >> pretty intense for a while because the smoke was blowing this way and we thought maybe it was going to make a run through town. >> if we ask you to leave, you

>> now the big problem firefighters are dealing with right now, not everybody is evat -- eevacuating. thousands of people have decided to stay home. that fire is creating dangerous air quality conditions. check the forecast with chuck bell. a nice much cooler start. >> cooler wr for us and to put that blue cut fire into perspective. the am of territory burned, 56 square miles. that's almost as big as the entire district of columbia. so a huge amount of loss in that fire out west. for us, it is all quiet here early this morning. a beautiful, mostly clear sky over downtown washington. good morning to get outside and get your jog in. 75 degrees in. a light breeze. 67 in leesburg. 69 in frederick , maryland. 74 now in beautiful prince george's county. planning out your day, 60s and

morning. most of the afternoon will be in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees. upper 80s in the suburbs to about 91 or 2 down on the national mall. not much of a rain threat for today. a bubble of high pressure puts less slightly humid air this afternoon. with time, a little bit more humidity coming back tomorrow means there will be a chance for some showers tomorrow. not a big threat and not around the immediate d.c. metropolitan area. tomorrow is labor of a rain threat, 3:00, 4:00, in the afternoon, mainly out along the west of i-81, out into the mountains of west virginia. sunday will start out dry and mostly cloudy. here's the time frame we're watching. sunday afternoon at 2:00, there could be some strong thunderstorms rolling through the d.c. metro between 2:00 sunday afternoon up to about 7:00, 8:00 sunday night. so sunday may not be a very good day to be on the outside. stuff you need to do outside, saturday will be the pick of the litters. here's the next five days. 92 today and sunny.

tomorrow. 70% chance of storms on sunday. some of those could be strong to severe. main threats will be damaging wind gusts and a chance for localized flash flooding. all the humidity that will be back in place. that may be our last 90 degree day for quite some time. highs will be back into the 80s on monday and tuesday. coming up at 6:51, i'll give you the ten-day forecast that shows you a real preview of fall coming up toward the middle park of next week. we'll see you with that in next couple of minutes. let's go over to melissa with breaking news. we're talking about bw parkway and take a look at the problem. this is a 4 1/2 mile bup -- backup. southbound bw parkway, near 410, you can only get by on the right shoulder. northwest, new hampshire avenue at m street still shut down because of that fatal pedestrian hit-and-run overnight. beach drive between wise and

blocked because of a downed tree from earlier this morning. you can see our biggest problem is bw parkway. everything else is nice and green. headed to the beach this morning, you are also clear across the bridge. the redskins make their season debut at fedex field ton. we have important information for people headed to the game and for those of you who plan to watch it at home. and beibei is about to turn one. the national zoo is ready ♪ ♪

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a panda birthday party, of course. the public is invited. the beibei's birthday will begin with a traditionalist chinese birthday ceremony. there are three objects placed in his yard. whichever one he goes near is said to determine his future. the handlers say it's already a bright one. >> for those of us that know all three of the siblings now, he is the perfect child. he's got can can's laid back character. he's got the problem-solving skills of his mother. it make for quite an interesting little bear. >> the national zoo will stream the ceremony on facebook live at 8:00 a.m. you can join the fun starting at 11:00. all three pandas will be given a special panda cake at 11:00 in the afternoon. >> for humans, for the traditional one-year birthday, you put out books, pencils, noodle noodl

ball of money. first one picks book, middle child takes money, and the third one, long life. >> pregnant orangutan is getting ready for their first arrival. she's given extra hay and it will be the first baby for 19-year-old and the first orangutan birth in 25 years. she's due in mid september in the summer heat too. we've got breaking news here at the live desk. students and staff at indiana university on high alert this morning, ordered to take safe shelter and lock their doors after somebody with a gun was reported close to campus. this breaking news coming from indiana university, bloomington, campus.

information we're getting right now is that students have been ordered to take safe shelter, immediately. to close and lock their doors of after a report of somebody with a gun very close to campus. of course, we'll be keeping a close eye on this. i'm kristin wright of the site of that apartment explosion that killed seven people in silver spring. what we expect to find out today in just a few hours. and we're talking about the chance of strong storms this weekend. get everything you need to know to

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we're following two big stories at 6:30. a deadly hit-and-run in the district and it's the second deadly pedestrian accident in 24 hours in d.c. a black hole at the apartment complex in silver spring where we could learn what caused that explosion. here's something brand-new. chopper 4 over the scene here, in damascus, kemptown road at honeysuckle drive. it looks like a

there. kemptown is shut down. it is closed right now. southbound bw parkway at 410 that's a five-mile backup. crash out of the way. new hampshire avenue at m street, all lanes blocked at a fatal pedestrian hit-and-run from overnight. good morning, chuck. sun is coming up in our eastern sky there. mostly clear early this morning. a nice light breeze. putting cooler air in place. 4 things you need to know about your forecast. fantastic weather for today. saturday will be dry for all of the i-95 corridor. could have showers in the mountains on saturday. everyone on the look out on sunday. a chance for severe weather. we'll be tracking the severe weather threat through the course of the weekend. next week, a touch of

people want to know what really caused that deadly apartment explosion in silver spring. >> in a few hours, we may get some answers. it has been over a week now since the blast and several agencies, including the ntsb have taken part in the intensive investigation. kristin wright is live at the flower branch apartments now with more on what we'll learn this morning. >> reporter: good morning. standing here, looking at that absolutely breaks your heart. nine days after this explosion, still too many questions, but sources close to the investigation tell news 4 that natural gas was a factor. seven people lost their lives in this explosion. two of them only ages 3 and 8. we know who the victims are, but we expect that they will be officially identified today. people here at the flower branch apartments say they had complained about a smell of gas.

11:30. police, fire, atf, and the ntsb will update us on the investigation. they will also talk about victims recovery and identification. this morning, we want to show you something that may be tough to look at. but it is a view from the top of our live shot, from the camera up there of what is left of the flower branch apartments. absolutely tragic. now, what we find out at this news conference today, we will make sure to pass along to you as soon as we can on the nbc washington app. the threat of zika is not going away just yet in miami. two new cases discovered interest could be a link to miami beach. florida officials sent out a letter this week to residents and businesses about increased outreach and prevention efforts. students are also getting new uniforms as the threat continues equipped with long sleeves and pants.

pictures to show you from the live desk. these coming in from nasa this morning and what they are calling a new parking spot is how they are describing it. astronauts with installing new equipment on the international space station that will allow new kinds of ships to dock on board there. some pretty cool stuff. these are live pictures from nasa this morning. this new parking spot as it's referring to it being installed right now. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. it's 6:34. more than 4,000 people are still waking up in shelters in louisiana. it's the worst flooding since hurricane katrina. they have had more rain in three days roughly than we have seen here all year. at least 13 people died. 85,000 people have already applied for federal disaster assistance. state officials say

are damaged. donald trump will see the damage in louisiana firsthand when he travels there today. trump and his running mate mike pence will be at a private event in baton rouge. last night, he expressed regret for some of the words he used in some of his campaigning. hillary clinton does not have any campaign events scheduled for today. if you feel like you are seeing too much of the candidates lately, well, take a look at this. nude sculptures of donald trump popped up in at least five cities yesterday. the artist behind the 300 pound clay creation says he was commissioned by an anarchist group. he hinted that more of these sculptures, statues will be coming. moving along. in the meantime, the clintons have something to celebrate. >> former president bill clinton turned 70 today. no word on how he and democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton plano

we're on the ground with more details on a deadly hit-and-run. find out why it's exactly unclear on where the accident happened. we have live team coverage. >> plus, pay up and head home. usa swimmers spent hours talking to investigators in rio and we're hearing how a night in brazil had costly consequences. first, as the summer games come to an end this weekend, our wendy rieger had final thoughts on memorable moments in rio. >> good morning from rio. the olympic games are about to come to a close and so is my three-week odyssey here. they asked me for some highlights of my trip, and there are too many, so why don't i give you highlights of the highlights? one night we found ourselves in the popular corner of the city where every monday it's samba night. to be in that crush while the rhythms bounce off those walls was something i'll never

>> feeling pretty good. great week. >> katie ledecky, sitting with her one-on-one. katie is as real as it gets. she may thrive in liquid, but her feet are firmly rooted in all that is authentic. talking about our cats with kat homes, the olympic fencer. this washington native is smart and funny and a master of the sword. just loved her. the murals of rio. this town has impressive artist. they can bring astonishing images back to life. memorable. we met many lovely locals from our area. i was thrilled to meet andrew christianson from oldney. having rio as an office is something i

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right now. american swimmers are coming home after claims they were robbed after a night of partying. brazilian police say that was a lie. now we know how some of them may be paying the price. first, we're following breaking news. a new hit-and-run in the district. it's the second pedestrian accident in 24 hours. this comes as people are still mourning the loss of a popular restaurant owner killed crossing the street. >> it was a big loss to us. d.c. police are on the lookout for a driver who hit a man near dupont circle and took off. the man died.

the scene all morning new new hampshire avenue and m street northwest. molette green is live on the scene with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. and we've been focusing and watching police focus on items left in the road that belonged to the victim of this hit-and-run. one of them is green and police are looking at that, and looking at other clues that they may find now the sun is up and they can siebert in the light of day. there is also a lookout for a black sedan, they believe was involved in this hit-and-run and now that businesses are starting to open up in the area, they want to look at their surveillance footage to put these pieces together. >> as daylight comes, we're able to get some of the video, we can retras his path and more important, we're looking for this vehicle that left the scene of the accident last night. >> reporterw

officers are standing, you can see one of the green items left in the road there. something that belonged to the victim. police are investigating exactly where this happened. they believe the man was close to the crosswalk and as you can see, there's a large area along new hampshire avenue still blocked off. in the street -- m street, 21st street, as part of this investigation. this happened sometime in the 3:00 a.m. the man was taken away in an ambulance and later pronounced dead. we're live on the scene here in the dupont circle area. back to you. today's accident comes 24 hours after another deadly pedestrian accident. arman amman was hit yesterday morning. he's one of the owners of the popular restaurant called chaplains in d.c.'s shaw neighborhood. we have live team coverage on the big developments out of r

trip home for some of the men on the u.s. swimming team. >> caught up in a tall tale. one of the swimmers in the group that allegedly made this claim held up at grand point now ordered to pay $11,000 -- donate nearly $11,000 to a charity in order to get his passport back. this is video of jimmy feegen as he was living the court in brazil. this happened last week when lochte said he had a gun cocked to his forehead. that story began to change and now we've got a detailed outline of officials all but calling the group liars. to the competition, local athletes continue to make us proud. >> rockville's helen maroulis made history by win

wrestling. also not disappointing us. >> great to talk to you. you are right, first-ever american to win a gold medal in wrestling for women. maroulis dominating in a match that she and most around thought would go the other way, quite frankly. the japanese wrestle, she was battling a four-time champion, she had never been beaten. usain bolt back in a dash in the 200. perhaps his last olympic run comes tonight. looking for his third gold medal here. let's talk also a little bit about the other medals for team usa, the 400 hurdles for the women, gold and silver in the shot put. what to look for tonight? water polo. team usa with a good chance at gold there. men's basketball in the

semifinals. we've got diving. we've got a host of events to get to in the last three days here and big chances to add to the medal county. i know it's quick and i want to tell you it's been a lot of fun talking during these games. i've tried to give you a taste of rio. i'm going to try to save good-bye in the native tongue, in the native look of the portuguese here. here we go. [ speaking portuguese ] [ laughter ] >> it's a little rusty but there you go. >> that is talent right there. >> bravo. >> it's been great having you these two weeks. have a safe trip back home. >> thanks, thanks, guys. talk to you soon. >> you call that jacket amazon

>> he's been having a lot of fun down there. for us, we're off to a beautiful start on your friday morning. sun is up. sky is clear and we have a nice way to finish out the week and get into the week, just like the way yesterday afternoon turn out, today is looking good. hot, temperatures around 90 degrees today but it won't be all that humid. we'll enjoy it. yesterday was another 90 degree day. that puts us at 42 so far for the year. we'll put a dent in that surplus of temperatures next week. today, bubble i high pressure, put drier, less humid air in place. enjoy that for today. tomorrow, humidity starts to come back and that will lead to thunderstorm chances on sunday. radar this morning, ground clutter around sterling, virginia. temperatures in the low 70s.

beauty of a day today. going out to fedex skins, redskins and jets play preseason game number 2. temperatures in the mid 80s. it will be a great night for a home team win. tomorrow, not much to worry about. sunshine and hot. high about 91 tomorrow. here's future weather to carry you through the day tomorrow. not much of a rain chance outside the immediate metro. any rain chances will be confined west of shenandoah valley and out into the mountains of west virginia. sunday, we'll be watching out for a chance of strong to severe storms. 5:00 sunday, heavy rain producers. damaging winds as well. sunday is a weather alert day. we'll keep you posted with tom and amelia. a little touch of autumn comes our way next week. highs back down to the 80s. breaking news continuing here in damascus. take a look here this morning. chopper 4 over this

kemptown road shut down at honeysuckle drive because of this bad crash. you can see with the rollover. new hampshire avenue at m street, all lanes blocked. that's that fatal pedestrian accident overnight. southbound bw parkway at 410, having a five-mile back up. it's now about 2. that is much better. widen out. a lot of the routes out of town looking great. top of the beltway isn't as cloe as it typically is. 66, 95, rolling along just fine. this is a nice friday commute for air lot of folks around town and metro as far as the blue line single tracking between van dorn street and franconia. also your problem on the red line, we'll talk about that in a second. at 6:54, just about. they're are four things to know

the redskins are playing at fedex tonight. taking on the jets. a motorcycle ride that honors 9/11 victims will make its trip to pentagon today. a police-involved shooting under investigation in capitol heights. police say officers were trying to stop a suspect in a series of violent crimes when that suspect was shot in the arm. the officer involved is on administrative leave. today, we'll learn what caused the deadly explosion in silver spring last week. that update is set for 11:30 this morning. ten-day forecast, three more days in a row that would be 90 or higher. today, tomorrow, and sunday. sunday is a weather alert day. we can have significant strong storms on sunday afternoon and evening. l

northwest, we have a closure that will last probably several more hours. new hampshire at m street. trains on the red line bypassing the medical center. you can get a shuttle from bethesda. we want to say a big thank you to our director kurt kneelson. he's the one who stirs this ship every single morning. >> he's been steering it for 18 years. >> how many years is it? >> like 18. >> i'm not getting any cues now. he's already retired. >> going into retirement today, his wife came in with him today. >> oh, lois. >> thank you for so many great years making us look good. >> end joe. enjoy all your next adventure zblxt as the 2016 summer rio games comes to an end, we want to leave you with a look back with unfoet

socially epic as we wish you -- hope you have a great friday morning. we also want to leave you this morning with a look back at a few of the moments that went viral. ♪ ♪ >> maryland ruled the pool and this tweet went viral when katie ledecky and michael phelps recreated this photo from ten years ago thanks with a little help from the "today" show. >> usa men's basketball team turned out to be the biggest and tallest cheer leaders for our swim team, including kevin durant. >> from pool to the gym, we were cheering for our two simones. breaking down barriers and records. >> who could surprise the -- forget the surprise visit by zac efron. we also love to watch parents squirm in their seats du

raisman's parents took it to a whole other level. nbc washington took you behind the scenes with wendy. finally, there was no competition on line or in the pool. the #phelpsface and this image turned into the meme of the 2016 olympic games. the world will never forget the most decorated olympian of all time. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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good morning. 100 and counting. team usa hits a medals milestone. ashton eaton winning gold in the decathlon to retain his title as the world's greatest athlete and jamaica's usain bolt dashes into the record books once again. and vandals not victims. overnight two of the u.s. swimmers involved in that gas station incident with ryan lochte leave rio after surveillance video proves they weren't robbed. a swimmer agreeing to donate $11,000 to get his passport back and u.s. officials issue an apology for their behavior today, friday, august 19th, 2016.