lochte and his younger teammates, gunnar bentz, jack conger and james feigen, say that they got into a taxi then to go home to the olympic village. that's when the story gets fuzzy. lochte initially told nbc that armed men had pulled him over. his account was seen as a vicious black eye to the host city but then as brazilian police began to investigate, lochte appeared to change his story. brazilian police are recommending that he and james feigen be indicted for providing false testimony to police insisting lochte and the others were never victims of an armed are two sides to every story. police say the swimmers kicked down the door then vandalized the bathroom inside then those four swimmers continued on here back towards their taxi and and at this point, they allegedly ripped a poster off a wall before being confronted by those security guards. police say the man is actually another armed security officer intent, they say, not on robbing them but on trying to subdue them. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> translator: so the question of whether a gun was pointed at them, yes, the

feigen is believed to still be in brazil, possibly in police custody. we will be staying on top of this all morning. breaking news just coming in.. a shooting now a homicide in prince george's county. the update - next and the clouds clear this morning - but another chance for wet the stormwatch seven team is tracking the areas that could be seeing rain today.

and teammate james feigen's will be next to leave rio. ((michelle mortensen)) >> feigen's lawyer says he's reached an agreement with brazilian authorities to pay 10-thousand dollars and he'll be allowed to head back to the u.s. american swimmer jimmy feigen testified before a brazilian judge in rio overnight... -nats-cameras...n ot even any apology ...as teammates gunner bentz and jack conger made their way back to the u-s...under a cloud suspicion. bentz and conger were detained in the country wednesday as part of the ongoing investigation into claims they, along with feigen and ryan lochte, were robbed at gunpoint in the city last sunday. pulled us over, they pulled out their guns, they told the other swimmers to get down on the ground. brazilian officials say this surveillance video proves that's not true. they say it shows the swimmers being confronted by armed security after vandalizing a gas station. (gfx) a statement by the u-s olympic committee thursday appeared to agree with the brazilian account....saying security quote..."...de

rio police say the pair along with teammates ryan lochte and james feigen were confronted by robbers. >> in a statement overnight the u.s. olympic committee says 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. they left followed by an angry crowd. abc's matt gutman has more on the investigation and what the swimmers say. >> reporter: it's the robbery that police say never took place. and it's now at the heart of this video obtained by abc news shows ryan lochte one of the winningest olympians in history and three other swimmers going into this gas station bathroom in the early hours of sunday morning. lochte had been partying with friends snapchatting this video of himself at this club packed with 2500 people. lochte and his younger teammates, gunnar bentz, jack conger and james feigen say that they got into a taxi then to go home to the olympic fuzzy. lochte initially said that armed men pulled them over. his account seen as a vicious black eye to the host city but then as brazil

feigen said a few attackers surprised the athletes. tonight, rio police tell us their is surveillance video of the athletes leaving the club. two never gave formal statements. a judge has not asked for their passports. police are investigating lochte's claim. >> the guy took out his gun, cocked it, put it to my forehead, and said, get down. i put my hands up and said whatever. he took my money and my wallet. >> reporter: today, lochte is already back in the u.s. on social media posing with a flight attendant. his lawyer says the swimmer was not told to stay in brazil and lochte is still the victim. while it's unclear where the other americans are the u.s. olympic committee says we do not make athlete travel plans public and we will continue to cooperate with brazilian authorities. tonight, two american medalists in the pool are now causing waves out of it. nbc news has learned jimmie feigen remains here in brazil. the swimmers could be charged with false communication of a crime. a lawyer here in brazil tells us the maximum sentence is

but feigen is there. and as a result, feigen could be tried in brazil in what would be an expedited trial and could face up to six months behind bars. >> all right, dan abrams with us here tonight and we'll have much more on "gma" first thing in the morning. >>> in the meantime, now to the breaking news in the west at this hour. the wildfire burning out of control, just 60 miles from los angeles. these pictures coming into our newsroom, just moments ago. authorities saying the flames are now moving at a stunning speed, moving across land at 30 miles an hour. meteorologist rob marciano is on the scene tonight, many homes already destroyed. >> reporter: tonight, more than 1,500 firefighters racing to try and get a foothold on the blue cut fire just east of los angeles. the conditions, worse than even the most seasoned firefighters have ever seen. >> it was advancing, i mean, 30, 40 miles an hour behind it, easy. >> reporter: so, you can't outrun that. >> there is no way to outrun that. >> reporter: grueling

>> that's got to be a little uncomfortable for jimmy feigen.ere now mark eiglarsh and mike baco, a sports editor. thank you for being here. mark, s jimmy feigen should have been told by his buddy ryan lochte let's catch this plane out of here. what's going to happen to him? >> what should happen to these guys is what they do starting now. if i'm representing all of these guys, especially ryan, i don't have them walk to the nearest camera, i have him swim as fast as he can and apologize profusely. to spin this any other way, would be wrong. he apologizes. >> and you think it's over. and feigen, do you think he's going to be on hi way back home? a fine is the worst thing that can happen to him? mark? >> i'm sorry, you're asking me? >> sticking with the legal side, what's the worst that can happen to feigen at this point? >> the worst is the heavy fines. they're upset. the world is going to point their finger at the united states and say it's indicative of the way we behave. which it's not. heavy fine wills be live leveed. >> it's too bad that tar

olympic swimmer ryan lochte, and another swimmer, james feigen, be indicted. that word comes a short time after brazilian authorities stood before the cameras and said that the u.s. swimmers lied about being robbed at brazilian authorities released new surveillance from the gas station where the swimmers say the robbery took place. ryan lochte originally said the cab they were riding in was pulled over, a gun held to his head. overnight, authorities pulling two of those swimmers off their planes before they could leave rio. gold medal winner ryan lochte is already back home here in the u.s. so, we answer all the questions tonight, what comes next, and we begin here with abc's matt gutman, in rio. >> reporter: as first reported police saying that now infamous robbery was fictional. police claiming these new surveillance videos fill in the missing timeline of what they say was that poorly constructed lie that humiliated the host nation of the olympics by one of the winningest olympians in history, and his teammates. the police chief saying late today, it was all

>> jimmy feigen is still in brazil.what we are now learning is that he will be able to leave the country once he makes a $10,000 charitable donation. this is video of feigen leaving a courthouse in rio de janeiro earlier this morning. this is after hours of questioning. his lawyer is expecting that feigen will be able to leave the country today. "tp'd jack conger, they got the passports back and left rio last night after a five-hour interview with brazilian police. all this is about an incident at a gas station early sunday morning, bentz, conger, feigen and ryan lochte have all been accused of lying to officials about what happened. surveillance video from the gas station gives a glimpse of what really transpired. police say the swimmers damaged a bathroom and were held by guards until they made a monetary payment. a lawyer representing bentz and conger said his clients didn't do anything and didn't say anything to anyone. they didn't speak with any journalists or lie to any journalists. they were quiet and didn't know

>> that's got to be a little uncomfortable for jimmy feigen.rsh and mike baco a sports editor. thank you for being here. mark so jimmy feigen should have been told by his buddy ryan lochte let's catch this plane out of here. what's going to happen to him? >> what should happen to these guys is what they do starting now. if i'm representing all of these guys especially ryan i don't have them walk to the nearest camera i have him swim as fast as he can and apologize profusely. to spin this any other way, would be wrong. he apologizes. >> and you think it's over. and feigen do you think he's going to be on hi way back home? a fine is the worst thing that can happen to him? mark? >> i'm sorry, you're asking me? >> sticking with the legal side what's the worst that can happen to feigen at this point? >> the worst is the heavy fines. they're upset. the world is going to point their finger at the united states and say it's indicative of the way we behave. which it's not. heavy fine wills be live leeeveed. >> it's too bad that tarnishes it. how bad is

jimmy feigen now has to pay 10,000 today's leave brazil.ell us why this is. >> he will be able to leave once he makes a $10,800 payment, a donation to charity. this is video of feigen leaving a courthouse in rio de janeiro earlier this morning, after hours of questioning. his lawyer is expecting that feigen will be able to leave the country today. as for gunnar bentz, jack conger, they got their passports become and left rio last night after a five-hour interview with brazilian police. all this is about an incident at a gas station early sunday morning. bentz, conger, feigen and ryan lochte have been accused of lying to authorities about what happened. initially lochte claimed they were robbed at gunpoint. surveillance video gives a glimpse of what really transpired. police say the swimmers damaged a bathroom and were held there by guards until they made a monetary payment. ryan lochte came back to the states on monday. his attorney is reacting to the rio police claim and said, quote, we stand behind our statement, saying the swimmers were

this is coming from james feigen's lawyer. feigen reportedly reached an agreement with prosecutors to get his passport back. two other swimmers, gunnar bentz and jack conger left brazil after being questioned for hours. ryan lochte was home before the accusations surfaced. brazilian authorities say there swimmers reported. the swimmers could face charges of lying to police. the olympic committee is apologizing for their behavior, saying it is not acceptable. john? >> all right. let's talk with danielle and get a look at traffic. >> thank you so much. we're seeing traffic between macedonia and the heights. the entrance ramps have cleared out to about a 15-minute delay through 271 north through bedford. hollie? >>> thanks, danielle. tracking the forecast. it includes sunshine and scattered showers and thunderstorms. backup plans for outdoor things this weekend. we'll go from 80s to 70s and we get into next week. low humidity. it's looking lovely. just a i reminder. it's back to school time. it's one of the best photos i've seen

his lawyer is expecting that feigen will be able to leave the country later on today.s for the others, gunnar bentz and jack conger, they got their passports back and left rio last night. this was after a five-hour interview with brazilian police. all this is about an incident at a gas station early sunday morning, bentz, conger, feigen and ryan lochte have been accused of lying to authorities about what happened. initially lochte claimed they were robbed at gunpoint. surveillance video gives a glimpse of what transpired. police say the swimmers damaged a bathroom and were held there by guards until they made a monetary payment. a lawyer representing bentz and conger said his clients didn't do anything or say anything to anyone. theyç didn't speak with journalists or lie to journalists. they were just quiet and didn't know what was happening. ryan lochte came back to the states on monday. his attorney said, quote, we stand enhood our statement saying the swimmers, absolutely robbed at gunpoint by people posing as police with badges and a gun. the u.s. olympic committe

we have just learned this morning that james feigen, jimmy feigen was at a courthouse in rio de janeiro this morning. he was allowed to pay $10,000 in order to leave the country. that money is going to a that charity. feigen has provided a revised statement to officials and hopes to get his passport back to states olympic committee issued an apology. a robbery claim unravels. brazilian police saying four american swimmers are vandal, not victims. >> have you talked to lochte at all? >> sarah: last night we found out what really happened at a gas station sunday night. gunner bentz and jack conger, who were pulled off a plane wednesday, were allowed to leave the country. they were with gold medalist ryan lochte and jimmy feigen the night of an alleged robber >> we got pulled over. a guy pulled out a gun. he cocked it, put it to my head. he said, "get down." i put my hands up. i was like, whatever. >> nancy: according to a facebook post from brazilian civil police, conger and bentz now deny having been victims of a robbery and said lochte's version of events was not true. police say proof

we're hearing to a charity here that feigen will be sending out here. lot of money to pay ape also to leave the country: he was only american swimmer caught up in this whole controversy held behind facing charges of falsely reporting a crime. this as u.s. olympic commit thee apologized for a distracting incident that is clearly over shadowing the olympics itself. of course, ryan lochte known for grabbing headlines. gold medal swimmer now start of international incident or one of the stars and he is back in the u.s. now after he was indicted in brazil. new surveillance video from a rio gas station shows to backup witness claims that there was in robbery that the athletes claimed that shows lochte ape others outside early sunday morning at the same time they were rob. police say they were drunk, disorderly vandals who ripped apart a rest room, security guard did show a gun to hold the men until they paid for the damage. hear an olympic official say it is no that the big deal even as police tribe the crime. >> there is strong evidence that one of the whimm

we expect feigen to head home. as for lochte, not sure what penalty he will face. >> what about lochte's future? >> reporter: yeah, he makes most of endorsement deals. they are not saying a word, but new sponsors may be leery after seeing this mess. as for the 2020 tokyo games, they could also ban lochte and feigen over these events. it is too early to tell. >> josh benson, thank you. >>> and now to the tropics. we are near the peak of hurricane season and things are starting to heap up just a bit. our storm team 8 meteorologist latest. >> we have been talking about tropical storm fiona will probably not be a factor. we call it a fish storm. it will stay out to sea. it has not been a great environment and won't strengthen that much. here is where it is in relation to us. 45 miles an hour winds, the advisory in from the national hurricane center. moving to the west, northwest at 10 miles an hour. it is out there. you can see the forecast track. it will move depression long term. weakening at long term. we are starti

nbc news has learned jimmie feigen remains here in brazil. the swimmers could be charged a lawyer here in brzezinski tells us the maximum sentence is six months in jail and more likely penalty would be community service or possible fine. lester. >> all right, miguel almaguer at olympic park tonight. thank you. >>> now, to another major story we're covering tonight. wildfires in california exploding and spreading out of control and firefighters saying they have not seen anything like the conditions they are seeing now. nbc's jo ling kent is taking us to the front lines to stop the fire's relentless advance. >> reporter: up in smoke in an instant. flames feeding off bone dry brush, gusty winds and high temperatures, the five year drought adding fuel to the fire. >> nothing and all of a sudden, boom. >> reporter: shocking even to veteran firefighters. >> in my 40 years fighting fire i have never seen fire behavior so extreme. through san bernardino county, smoke visible 60 miles away in los angeles, highways and railways shut down. the flames cu

olympic swimmers ryan lochte and james feigen for falsely reporting a happened. reporter: this is what happened following the interrogation of ryan lochte and james feigen. four olympians including six-time gold title winner ryan lochte lied when they claimed that they were robbed at gunpoint, returning to the olympic village on sunday. and the police said that there is not was not a robbery but a dispute between for drunk americans who trashed a gas station bathroom and then tried to leave without paying for the damages. surveillance video shows the athletes entering the bathroom. gas station employees come to the floor and then they exit the ordered by security guards to sit on the curb. >> there was no robbery. in the way that it was reported. reporter: he left brazil before a judge ordered his passport seized. they were seated upon a board the houston when the passports were seized. police recommended ryan lochte and james feigen be charged with filing a fse it started as an embarrassment for brazil as the games are in progress. >> i don't think that brazil i

meantime, feigen was in a brazilian court early this morning. he agreed to pay almost $11,000 in fines to clear his involvement in the fabricated story about being robbed at gun point. authorities say all three swimmers along with ryan lochte lied about getting robbed. instead rio police say vandalized a gas station after leaving a party. "today in the bay's" jessica aguirre is in rio. she's been following this breaking news. she's going to join us with a report coming up at 6:po. >>> look at the video out of concord. looks like a vegas show but it's a torrid of water gushing from a fire hydrant after a crash. the accident happened just before 3:00 this morning in concord on the 1600 block of galindo street. water was flowing for 30 minutes before fire crews could get it capped. >>> southern california where walls of fire continue to threaten homes and lives. evacuees 60 miles east are still being told to stay away from their homes where the blue cut wildfire is burning. that fire is now up to 20% containment. but at least 36,000 acres of land h

jimmy feigen and gold medalist ryan lochte were also questioned. of course, yesterday, brazilian police say that ryan lochte made up the story of that robbery. the truth was that the four swimmers had gotten into trouble after breaking down a bathroom door after a night of partying. as marci gonzalez reports, lob lock is apologizing. marci: olympic swimmer ryan lochte now saying he is sorry after disputed claims that he and three teammates were robbed at gunpoint in rio. lochte pointing online i want to apologize for my behavior last weekend, for not being more careful and candid in how i described the events. referring to a confrontation at this gas station during which lochte initially told the po were targeted -- athletes were targeted by armed men posing as police. >> he pulled out a gun. cocked it. put it to my forehead. marci: but men in rio say they were approached by an armed security guard after this. one of the swimmers pulling a sign off the wall. one breaking down a bathroom door. investigators claim the men were detained and forced to

just a few hours ago, james feigen appeared in a court.e'll going to pay $10,000 and be able to leave rio today. bentz and conger left bra skizi left yesterday. the behavior of the athletes is not responsible. and on behalf of the united states olympic committee we apologize to our host in rio and the people of brazil for this distracting ordeal in the midst of what should rightly be a celebration of excellence. we have more on the international incident. >>> brazil police say rooip is not a victim but a vandal. police now say lock ki, jimmy feigen, gunnar bentz and jack conger were not robbed. instead the swim ares damaged this gas station bathroom. the athletes then paid about 50 u.s. dollars for the damage. the the incident caught on a series of closed circuit videos. this footage shows the swimmers leaving a party at club france. the swimmers got into a taxi. by 6:06 a.m. they're at this gas station. this video shows them near the bathroom. when an attendant walks. one they run out. the they tried to leave and the station called police

feigen is believed to still be in brazil, possibly in police custody. we will be staying on top of this all morning. breaking news just coming in.. a shooting now a homicide in prince george's county. the update - next and the clouds clear this morning - but another chance for wet the stormwatch seven team is tracking the areas that could be seeing rain today. today will be hot, but not as humid today: am cloud, pm sun isolated pm highs 88-91 feeling like 93-96 tonight: partly cloudy lows: 70-75 friday: partly sunny, stray shower chance highs: 89-92 coming up - a small brush fire, morphs into a massive into a massive blaze. the firefight raging now in california - and the critical victory overnight.. jummy? seat pleasant homicide in. in the last ten minutes - prince george's county police tell us a shooting in seat pleasant is now a homicide. police say they were first dispatched to joplin street.. right off martin luther king junior highway.. around one this morning. right now - still very few details about what ha we'll update you as we learn more. ri

feigen is the one who really needs to be concerned because he's there. he's the one trying to negotiate a deal right now because if he were to get indicted for either filing a false police claim or the last thing he'd want, right? regardless of what the sentence would be up to six months potentially for filing a false police claim, additional for vandalism as a practical matter, what the brazilians want is their reputation back. >> sure, they do. >> it's not -- they don't need feigen behind bars. they want to be able to say to the world, we did what we promised. we kept rio safe and if they can be able to say that in good faith, i think that another. >> and the american authorities weighing in saying this is unacceptable behavior. >> that's helpful in resolving this because, again, it says to the brazilian authorities we get it. we get it. this isn't what it initially seemed to the world. >> there was a firestorm on social media, they're referring to them as kids. these are grown men. >> ryan lochte is 32 years old. >> the saga continues. >> dan, thank y

jimmy feigen is one of the swimmers accused of vandalizing a gas station. in a statement, he said he was terrified when a security officer pulled a gun on them. it happened at the gas station after the alleged vandalism. he also said he left several time he told it. first that they -- that swimmer ryan lochte pulled a framed poster off the wall. feigen said i realize i made a mistake by omitting the facts. i was trying protect my teammates. i apologize for that. feigen said he had two options, stay in rio while they investigated the climb or paid $30,000. we decided this amount was unreasonable and due to safety concerns, this offer was rejected. the prosecutors response was to increase the fine to more than $46,000. he eventually paid about $10,000. >>> gold medal winning swimmer katie ledecky is embracing her title as role model. she wowed so many of us with her performance in rio, especially for boys and girls who want to swip. i had a chance to spend time with her an being back home. we met in bethesda where she spent years training. >> really special w

and police trying to find james feigen. his whereabouts are unclear at this point. authorities want to question all four olympic swimmers about their report that they were robbed by gunmen who they say were dressed as police officers. investigators also questioning the truthfulness of the report based on the apparent set of inconsistencies in the statements and on surveillance video purporting to show the behavior after the alleged robbery. for the latest on what is happening, let's bring in nick paton walsh in rio. >> reporter: christine and george, this story has another extraordinary turn. two swimmers who have not been questioned by brazilian police involved in the incidents sunday morning where they said they were robbed by men dressed as police as they left a nightclub. the two individuals, jack conger and gunnar bentz have been taken off the plane. we have learned they have been taken from the airport and passports taken. they are allowed to travel through brazil, but it is not clear when the passports will be given

an $11,000 payment, by jimmy feigen to brazil to get out of brazil.e can tell you he was facing charges of falsely reporting a crime. this is as u.s. olympic committee apologized for what it calls a distracting incident that clearly is over shadowing the olympics itself. of course, ryan lochte known as a gold medal star swimmer, now a star of the international incident. he is back in the united states after being indicted in brazil. new surveillance video from a rio gas station appears to backup witness claims there was no robbery as athletes claimed. it shows lochte and others outside a gas station early sunday morning at the exact same time they said they were rob. police say they were drunk and disorderly. vandals ripped apart a rest room, security guard did show his gun to hold the men until they paid for the damage. we did ask a villanova professor of political science what it all means. >> there is strong evidence that within of the swimmers took actions that would be defined as false indication of crime. >> it was contradictory from the very be