larry nassar. why it took more than a year for agents to begin investigating the allegations. >>> nfl star richard sherman is arrested after his wife makes a 911 call alleging violent behavior. what we're learning about his encounter with police. >>> and a quest for glory among the biggest waves in the world. surfer garrett mcnamara will tell us why for him it's about more than breaking records. >> he's amazing. >>> first, here's today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >> we're going to get this done. >> reporter: president biden met with senate democrats as they announced a deal on a $3.5 billion spending plan. -- trillion spending plan. >>> there's not a single republican who's going to support this level of taxing and spending. >>> we're hearing the desperate calls to 911 made after that condo building collapsed. >> there will be many, many people dead. >>> it's housing. it's appliances. it's food prices. it's electricity. it's gas. >> lawmakers barraged state chairman jay powell with co

for multiplehg failures to investigate and stop larry nassar, the former u.s.a.s doctor, who sexually abused female athletes for years. dozens of additional victims were assaulted while the f.b.i. dragged its feet. cbs' dr. jon lapook has more on this. >> i was molested. >> reporter: it was a damning indictment of the country's top law enforcement agency. >> they were just kids. >> reporter: in the worst sexual abuse scandal in the history of sports. the 109 page report released today, by the department of justice's inspector general, found the f.b.i. failed to respond to sexual assault allegations against larry nassar, the disgraced former doctor for u.s.a. gymnastics with the urgency the allegations required. the f.b.i. learned of the accusations at the end of july 2015 but did not open an investigation in michigan where much of the abuse occurred and where nassar was still working at michigan state university until october 2016. >> had they done that job, over a hundred women at michigan state wouldn't have had to suffer what they had to suffer. >> reporter: t

olympic committee while continuing to discuss the nassar allegations. these latest revelations came as the current women's gymnastic team is traveling to japan for the olympic games. the 2021 team includes simone biles who is one of the athletes abused by nassar. >> he literally had one job and he couldn't protect her. >> reporter: i just spoke with r three elite athletes who are among the many women a us booed by nassar and they are still furious. they say they still don't know enough details about who new what, when did they knew it and what they did or did not do did about it, until there is accountability this abuse can happen again. >> o'donnell: dr. jon lapook who has been covering this story from the beginning. thank you dr. lapook. and president biden went to the capitol today for a high stakes meeting with senate democrats. the president needs all 50 to support his record three and a half trillion dollar spending plan for what he calls human infrastructure. cbs' kris van cleave reports from the capitol. >> reporter: tonight president biden rall

the fbi under fire in the larry nassar case. what's just been uncovered. also, severe storms, reports of a tornado on the ground at this hour. but we are going to begin tonight with the difficult audio in the tragedy that gripped this nation. for the first time, we're hearing the calls to 911 right after the collapse of that condominium building in surfside, florida. newly released calls from families, from tenants who were trapped in parts of the building still standing. some calling from the parking garage, saying it was filling with water. trying to escape back up the stairs. tonight, nearly three weeks after the catastrophic collapse of that high rise, this is what remains. there is movement tonight on several fronts. new reporting from our team here on potential problems, warning signs, as early as 1996, with the pool deck and the underground garage. and the desperate search for survivors turning to a recovery mission. today, another person found in the rubble has now been identified. at least 96 people have now confirmed to have died in the collapse.

abbott hopes the courage of the victims of nassar's horrible dream find peace.wo personnel in this matter last year. the fbi has demoted one, is waiting for response from the fbi's office of professional responsibility, the other retired. attorney john manly is calling now for criminal charges to be filed. he says that there has to be accountability. and he tells me that otherwise what you're telling the fbi field offices you can do whatever you want. now, john, the big question is why, right? why would they hold this? these three minors said they would talk back in 2015 to the fbi. first of all, they only talked to one. they did not talk to all three. couple of handwritten notes. here is also what's in the report which is interesting, the head of the field office in indianapolis was just about to retire. and it talks about in that report a meeting at a bar that he had with the head of usa gymnastics. he wanted a position with the u.s. olympic committee that was open right then and the report states he knew that the head of usag would put in a good word for him.

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a scathing report slams the fbi in the larry nassar investigation. the critical errors while the former team usa doctor sexually abused female athletes.wa people to stop using several of its products after some were found to contain a doctor that -- contain a chemical that captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we begin with renewed concern about the coronavirus, not just here in the u.s. but across the globe. the world health organization says the number of deaths went up last week for the first time in nine weeks. and the fast-spreading delta variant is expected to become the dominant variant globally in the coming months. here in the u.s., the white house teamed up with singer olivia rodrigo to encourage young people to get vaccinated as new cases increase in 48 states. bradley blackburn is in new york city following the very latest for us. bradley, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the biden administration is focusing on that 12 to 27-year-old age group where vaccination rates remain lo

but when you throw on the larry nassar issues, the catastrophe with that, usag's disastrous handling, she's been so vocal against them. >> reporter: biles is the only one of larry nassar's known survivors that is still competing in the olympics. the trauma and the fallout from the scandal still lingering. >> she is a survivor among hundreds of athletes who were abused by larry nassar. and here she is. the face of the sport. also the conscience of the sport. >> reporter: the former usa gymnastics national team doctor was sentenced to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing hundreds of women and girls. >> i just think sometimes people forget that olympic athletes are human. and, you know, the mental health of athletes, it really matters. >> reporter: two-time olympic gymnast aly raisman, a fellow nassar survivor, understands the burden that comes with being on team usa. >> there's this pressure this expectation that we have to win. that's why people are watching us, winning is the only option. there's so much to be proud of and there is so much more to life than winning gold medals. >

they wait nearly a year as young girls remained in harm's way what the fbi is now saying and how nassar's victims are responding >>> those stories, plus -- victory for britney. a big win for britney spears after an incredibly emotional day in court the pop superstar celebrating an online post, as she gets one step closer to winning her conservatorship battle with a powerful new lawyer by her side. >>> and bang for the bucks >> holiday, he banks it home >> the milwaukee bucks rally to defeat the phoenix suns to even the nba times at two games apiece. >> this building is shaking! >> today, thursday, july 15, 2021. >> announcer: from nbc news this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey. welcome to "today. happy you're joining us this thursday morning the gang's all here. >> by gang, you mean chip and joanna gaines, we mean. >> i can't believe they're here in studio. >> and starting a whole new network. cannot wait to catch up with them a summer surge and frightening numbers. look at this graph hard to believe. after months of decline,

nassar is serving a life sentence for pornography and abuse and claims from ay raisman and simone bilesf." >> i was super depressed and i was in my room and i kind of shut everybody out. i don't know, it was kind of probably hard for me. >> and again, i want to bring in larissa boyce who first reported to her coach that nassar abused her more than a decade before he was put behind bars and i thank you for speaking to us. what was your initial reaction when you learned about the findings of this attorney general's report? >> disgusted. it is unacceptable. i actually was not surprised unfortunately, because i feel like there have been so many different cover-ups, and people not coming to the terms and truth of what had happened and how things were covered up. so it did not surprise me, but it also made me furious. >> when you tried to report nassar back to 1997 to your coach kathy clagus who is the former michigan state gymnastics coach, what did she tell you? >> she said that she was misunderstanding what was happening, and that he was best doctor in the world and that he would not do an

more than 150 women and girls say nassar assaulted them over a 20-year period. a justice department watchdog report found agents waited months to open a formal investigation, and they failed to treat the case with, quote, utmost seriousness. for its part, the fbi today called its conduct, quote, inexcusable. nassar is now serving a de facto life sentence in prison after pleading guilty in 2017. >>> taking a look now at your top headlines. former 49er richard sherman is spending the night in jail after being arrested on burglary, domestic violence and malicious mischief charges. investigators say sherman tried to force his way into his in-law's house in washington after crashing his car in a nearby construction zone. sherman's wife tells local media no one was hurt and the domestic violence charge was added because the in-laws were involved. >>> a court victory for britney spears. the pop star has a new lawyer this evening, after a judge ruled spears has the right to hire her own representation in her conservatorship case. for nearly 13 years, she's only had acce

larry nassar was sentenced to 176 years in prison. >> you do not deserve to walk outside of a prisonr again. >> reporter: for sexually abusing hundreds of women and girls. and one of those survivors, superstar simone biles. >> the survivor of the larry nassar scandal now having finally the ability to go on the grandest stage of all, the olympic games. all the changes in usa gymnastics who's been leading the way? vimown biles. >> reporter: attention now being paid to the athletes' uniforms. the german women's gymnastics team choosing to wear a unitard that covers them from their legs to their ankles instead of the typically bikini cut leotard. the german gymnastics federaton branding the unitard a statement against sexualization. >> you can tell that it's 2021 and you have women athletes speaking out and saying enough, about all of the sexist outfits and the way that they're treated. these people athletes at the olympics are not here for the male gaze, to appeal to men. they're here to compete. >> reporter: there are more women than ever competing at the olympics this year, in part be

larry nassar. fbi policies and quote failed to respond to the nassar allegations with the utmost seriousness and urgency that they deserved and required unquote. not only that, during the time the fbi failed to take action, nassar's sexual assaults on young girls continued, the inspector general says. nassar is currently serving a 40 to 174-year prison sentence. he was convicted after more than 150 women and girls said he sexually abused them. the fbi released a statement saying they're taking steps to ensure these failures never happen again. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer next door in "the situation room." >>> happening now, unvaccinated americans are flooding hospitals as a dangerous new covid surge grips the nation. new cases have nearly doubled in just two weeks. let's get it done, that's the message president biden said to senate democrats today as lawmakers are closing in on a 3 1/2 trillion dollars domestic trending package. will months of negotiations finally pay off. >>> and

larry nassar was your doctor a decade. did you have issues with him? did others have issues?th him nearly a decade of my childhood, i was not sexually abused by him. he was a wolf in sheep's clothing. saw him as a friend. many saw him as someone that they could confide in. i did not. i had trust issues already. i didn't let a lot of people in. from that pain as i mentioned earlier, it serves a greater purpose and driven me to be so passionate about what i'm doing today and wanting to make a greater impact and i truly believe that is the case for the hundreds of survivors that have spoken out. he's in jail the rest of his life. they will spend much of the rest of their life healing and they can do that by helping others. >> neil: your view on these athletes that turn around, take a knee when it's the u.s. national anthem, how do you feel about that, an olympic venue, your thoughts? >> goodness. i'm going to -- i understand that our country, you know, does have a painful past. there is -- i think there's a lot of good in this world. that's what i try to remind myself. but there

larry nassar.. he sexually abused more than 100 girls.olympics since the scandal first broke. this is her first olympics since then. a lot of pressure on her which she has voiced. maybe some post traumatic stress. i throw that out there. they're very isolated in tokyo. she doesn't have her support system there. by the way, she did this before. this is -- she had a learning experience. ghago, simone biles was competing in -- in a domestic meet in 2013. she fell. she hurt her ankle. she tried to push on. it was her coach at the time said, you need to stop competing. you know why? because in this sport, at the level at which simone biles competes, which is head and shoulder as above everybody else in terms of her skills and what she's doing in these various events and on each individual apparatus, if you're having a mental block, which is probably what is happening, you run the risk of a catastrophic injury. >> harris: it's true. >> dagen: so -- >> dr. saphier: amen. >> dagen: you have to say no, i'm stepping back. i can speak personally. i'

justice department watchdog says the fbi dropped the ball not talking to victims of larry nassar, theor, as quickly as they should have. the report says the bureau dragged its feet so much looking into sexual abuse allegations against him, it put more girls in harm's way. as a reminder, in case you forgot, he is serving 40 to 125 years in prison for molesting 265 women and girls over the course of 20 years, while pretending the whole thing was medical treatment. stephanie gosk has been covering this for years. is anybody getting punished for this? >> not punishment per se. two agents were mentioned in the inspector general report. you had wj abbott, special agent in charge. he is named. then a supervisoring special agent who was not named. the inspector general referred their name to department of justice but the doj declined to prosecute. abbott retired in 2018 and the fbi saying anyone involved in this in the indianapolis field office has been removed from their position. at the heart of this is the fact that you had an allegation of child sexual abuse brought to a field office for

while the fbi was aware of other abuse allegations involving nassar national was ultimately charged in michigan back in 2000, 16 with federal child offenses and abuse charges he's now serving a 60 year prison sentence. a judge has denied a prosecutor's bid to file rape charges in the kristin smart case. the. >> san luis obispo da's office tried to add to rape charges against paul flores. he is accused of killing smart. she was a cal poly disappeared 25 years ago. her body still has not been found because of that. a lawyer for flores called the prosecution's attempt to and rape charges. a publicity stunt also facing charges in this case is ruben flores, the father of paul flores. he is accused of helping his son to hide his actions and smart from apes. the father and son were arrested in april. >> coming up next, severe flooding sweeping parts of western europe, killing dozens of people. the latest on the rescue efforts there. after my car accident, i wondered what my case was worth. so i called the barnes firm. when that car hit my motorcycle, insurance wasn't fair. so i called the bar

nassar did face justice.ant. rachael denhollanders is a lawyer and an author now. good to see you. it's clear this responsible general report disturbed you about who might have been saved a lot of pain here. >> absolutely. what the report unveiled yesterday is multiple errors made by the fbi and also outright collusion and lying about that collusion to investigators when i finally came forward. and what that resulted in is the reality that over 100 little girls and women were sexually abused by larry long after the fbi knew exactly what he was doing and how he was doing it. that's inexcusable. >> martha: so you came forward, u.s.a. gymnastics, took them a long time to move forward. so the fbi, did they ignore it, not take you seriously? >> i was not the one that reported to the fbi. the fbi investigation was happening in 2015. they did a multitude of things. they didn't properly catalog it, never opened an official investigation, they never transferred the report to the proper department and then the head of

rachel was the first victim to publicly accuse nassar. >> i don't know what accountability there will be for these bad actors. law enforcement can't be held responsible to the dozens of little girls who were molested after they knew what was going on, so accountability is not accompanying the answers and that is a problem that we deal with continually with law enforcement. there is no accountability for bad actors. >> the attorney for more than 150 of nassar's victims is urging the attorney general to criminally charge the agents involved. >>> so the head of security at haiti's presidential palace is facing scrutiny. why he was just taken into custody. you love rich, delicious ice cream. but your stomach doesn't. that disagreement ends right now. lactaid ice cream is the creamy, real ice cream you love that will never mess with your stomach. lactaid ice cream. usaa is made for the safe pilots. for mac. who can come to a stop with barely a bobble. lucia. who announces her intentions even if no one's there. and sgt moore. who leaves room for her room. with usaa safepilot, when you drive

larry nassar's accusers. more than 150 women and girls say nassar assaulted them over a 20-year period. he did plead guilty back in 2017. he's currently in prison in florida. the fbi says it is taking steps to prevent something like this from happening again. >>> now at 5:00, looking live at sfo, the u.s. women's gymnastics team is on their way to tokyo after a send off this morning. united, the official airline sponsor of team usa, is flying the entire team, including simone biles, to the summer games. earlier this month, the airline debuted a new campaign featuring five of the world's most decorated olympic and paralympic athletes. it highlights retur tocs ahe pac am to be postponed. >>> and ralph lauren just unveiled team usa's olympic uniforms this year. the design -- designer fused fashion and function creating a cooling jacket for the opening ceremony. it uses state of the art technology to regulate body temperature so athletes can stay cool in the tokyo summer heat. ralph lauren has designed the offici

larry nassar.t pierre thomas has more. >> reporter: overnight, a stunning report slamming the fbi for their handling of the allegations against dr. larry nassar. >> i just signed your death warrant. >> reporter: nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison in 2018 for molesting hundreds, including some of the nation's most well-known olympians, simone biles, aly raisman. >> i hope that the abuse will end with us, and i hope that people can learn from what happened to us, that this should never, ever, ever happen again. >> reporter: the new probe from the inspector general of the justice department revealing fbi agents failed to respond with the urgency that the allegations required and failed to mitigate the ongoing threat posed by nassar. according to the report, the fbi first heard the allegations against nassar in july 2015, but for months agents did not flag authorities who could have taken action. that delay leading to questions about whether as many as 70 athletes were assaulted as the f

larry nassar, right under the nose of usa gymnastics. >> i remember asking one of my friends, hey, ifsaulted? and i thought i was being dramatic at first. and she's like, no, absolutely. >> and i remember telling my mom and my agent that i slept all the time, and it's because sleeping was basically than offing myself. it was my way to escape reality. >> sleeping was better than offing herself, she said. so she slept. and then she trained as nassar began serving 175-year prison sentence. >> i'm just fine -- >> biles is now in tokyo, the only survivor of nassar's campaign of abuse representing her team usa. >> i had to come back to the sport to be a voice, to have change happen because i feel like if there weren't a remaining survivor in the sport, they would have just brushed it to the side. >> to be clear, biles didn't say that that factored into her decision to sit out the all around competition or individual competition, but how could her critics not consider this burden, in addition to all the usual pressure that comes along with being the face of the olympics. biles is the second

a string of failures in the fbi in the earliest stages of the larry nassar case, including not handlingns with the utmost seriousness and urgency they deserved. justice correspondent, who also covers the fbi, pete williams, is joining us. pete, walk us through more of what's in this report. a lot of the blame, it seems, is pinned on this now retired fbi agent, who was actually looking for a job with the u.s. olympic committee? >> reporter: that's one of the most surprising things about this report. while all this was going on in the indianapolis office wasn't doing anything, he was trying to get that job, which he ultimately didn't get, and then later denied when asked about it whether he had applied for the job. the fbi called his conduct and that of another agent in the indianapolis office inexcusable and a discredit to the fbi. the fbi says it's taking steps to make sure this didn't happen. july 2015 when one of the athletes first began to complain about this. the fbi did question that person on the phone, but there was no formal documentation of it. the indianapolis office didn't te

"the washington post" reports the former doctor of the usa gymnastics team, larry nassar, has spent morehan $10,000 on himself in prison while paying just $100 a year to his victims. in 2018, nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting and abusing more than 160 young female athletes, including olympic gold medal winner simone biles. attorney john manly, who represents many of the gymnasts abused by nassar, criticized the bureau of prisons saying quote, "they're allowing the worst child predator in american history to spend thousands of dollars on himself and pay $8 a month to his victims. something is completely broken and needs to be fixed." and the longtime journalist glen ford has died at the age of 71. he was co-founder of black agenda report and a vocal critic of president obama. >> we have for some time been saying that obama is not the lesser of evils, but the more effective people. he has created a model for austerity, a model with his deficit reduction commission. he has introduced preventive detention, a law for preventive detention. he has expande

a scathing report slams the fbi in the larry nassar investigation. critical errors while the former team usa doctor sexually abused female athletes.wa people to stop using several of its products after some were found to contain a doctor that -- contain a chemical that captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning.

>> a scathing new report is blasting the fbi's handling of sexual abuse allegations against larry nassarspector general found fbi officials made false statements, failed to properly document complaints by nassar's accusers and didn't respond with seriousness and urgency. the bureau says those responsible no longer handle fbi matters. the attorney representing dozens of victims believes the fbi agents involved should be charged saying, quote, the fbi betrayed generations of olympic champions, it betrayed hundreds of children nathanassar savaged those responsible need to be help to account with all the laws the force can provide. >>> olympic hopefuls are making their way to tokyo for the summer game whichs. and one group not there is the team of refugees from different countries. the ioc announced that the team would not arrive this week after an official tested positive for covid-19 at a welcome event in g qatar. and will ripley is joining me live from tokyo. good to see you. so just over a week away, what is the latest on arrivals and preparations? >> reporter: well, so far according to

remember, she is a survivor of the sexual abuse ring, the awful larry nassar. for her, are you disappointed as an american? >> dana: i'm a big fan of hers, what she's unable to accomplish physically and technically in the world of gymnastics, i don't know we will see anyone in our lifetime be able to do that. it almost defies the laws of physics. but i also think that her teammates, a lot of disappointment, there was a big build up of this olympics. the first and most recognized that maybe simone biles, you know, katie ledecky, that young 13-year-old girl from alaska got the goal. i also want to mention one other thing which is, the united states ended up with the silver but the russian olympic committee got the gold. the russians were kicked out of the olympics for the doping scandal but there olympic committee gets to compete and i think that that is wrong. we can be disappointed for simone and matt at the olympic committee for allowing that. that is unfair. >> jesse: she is beloved, we all know that. the most decorated female gymnast of all time, this is her

justice department says the fbi made mistakes in handling the allegations against larry nassar, usa gymnastics. in a long related report, officials highlighted missteps. he is serving the equivalent of a life sentence for a range of charges. he was accused of abusing hundreds of women and girls. pop royalty grace to the right house -- white house press room. encouraging young people to get vaccinated. the 18-year-old was too young to vote for the president but has been offering her talents and social medialatforms to convince younger americans to get the jab. six years after the iran nuclear deal, the country's president says iran could enrich uranium weapons grade level if required. iran says it has never stopped nuclear weapons. the program is designed to produce energy. speaking today, he insisted iran wants to revive the agreement. in exchange for the lifting of sanctions. the trump administration pulled out on the deal saying it wasn't working. the u.s. and iran have held six rounds of indirect talks in vienna over the terms. the country's president-elect visit hardliner. for more, i sat

gymnastic physician larry nassar and where exactly are the fbi's priorities?t agency and many others seem to have been weaponized against the american people and its perceived political opponents. as senator rand paul points out, where is the effort to find and prosecute the mob that attacked him and his wife after the republican convention last summer? quote: the fbi arrested exactly zero of the mob who attacked my wife and me. meanwhile, every day the fbi arrests anybody and everybody who came to d.c. on january 6th. double standard? you bet. and it's not just the fbi. what about effort by health officials inside multiple government agencies, including the nih, to down play evidence that the virus came from the wuhan lab? and dr. fauci's refusal to be honest about whether or not the nih funded gain of function research. and now we have breaking news revealing that the french warned obama state department in 2015 about the chinese communist party and their nefarious activities at the wuhan lab. we'll have more on that explosive report about what obama-biden k

>> trauma is cumulative, all the things in her background, the sexual assault from larry nassar, butat trauma on a daily basis and the pressure to be perfect alongside about has to be a tremendous cross to bear. john: she said she's going to be thinking about whether to continue to compete. as she thinks through this, as a coach and a former competitor, what would you want her to be picking about? >> i want her to prioritize her self. number one is getting relaxation and my fullness time, letting her min clear and stopping all of the overthinking and overanalyzing, probably stay away from social mia and the news because a lot of the commentary has been about her, solely focused on all of her mistakes. instead of focusing on how great she has done so far. those are really big prioritization's and for her to back to her routines and think about what she could do, what she wants to do in order to perform thursday and beyond, that really is going to be up to her. john: angie fifer, thank you so much. ♪ in judy: tonight on the pbs newshour online, as wildfires in the western u.s. pump har

of nassar's abuse still competing.nk? >> yeah, you know, she was the face of the -- i mean she is the face of the games, and it's really hard to be everywhere and to do everything because, you know, i was thinking that, you know, gymnastics and everything she does is so unbelievably difficult. then to be able to juggle five other things during the day, it's really complicated, and that's a lot of pressure, as you said, on her shoulders because, you know, she's like -- listen, i have to do complicated things. i really want to think about what i do in a gym because i'm not going there to do jumping jacks. you know, she does really unbelievable, difficult skills. you have to have your mind all the time there. but, a, she is there because she loves the sport, and she wants to support the girls, and she wants to do the best she can. and i think that she will just be continually a role model for all the generation that's thinking of doing gymnastics right now. >> nadia and bart, it's always a pleasure to have you on. hope to

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it says nassar abused re victims during that time. in a statement, the f.b.i.d the actions described in the report were, quote, inexcusable and a discredit to this organization. the national highway safety administration is recommending that owners of some chevy bolt models park their cars outside after charging. general motors added that the vehicles should not be charged overnight. the vehicles from model years 2017 to 2019 had been recalled by general motors. the bolt's battery cells are prone to smoke and ignite internally. u.s. auto regulators say almost 51,000 bolts are affected and the recommendation applies even if they had been serviced in the recalls. still to come on the "newshour," the taliban moves to fill the power vacuum created by the departure of u.s. forces from afghanistan. the case of britney spears' conservatorship highlights their potential abuse. and the struggle to find childcare in rural areas prompts innovative education initiatives. announcer:this is the "pbs newshour" from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cr

today for inexcusable delays in the larry nassar case. the former doctor for u.s.a.stics was accused of sexually abusing hundreds of women and girls. he is now in federal prison. the report says that the f.b.i. received complaints in 2015, but did nothing for eight months. and, it says nassar abused more victims during that time. in a statement late today, the f.b.i. said the actions described in the report were "inexcusable and a discredit to this organization." amazon founder jeff bezos will donate $200 million to the smithsonian institution. today's announcement is the institution's largest gift ever. it will upgrade the smithsonian's national air and space museum in washington, d.c. and add to the education programs. and on wall street, the dow jones industrial average gained 44 points to close at 34,933. the nasdaq fell 32 points, and the s&p 500 added five. still to come on the newshour: the taliban moves to fill the power vacuum created by the departure of u.s. forces from afghanistan. the case of britney spears' conservatorship highlights their potential abus

larry nassar. they do believe she is healing.y say ptsd can be triggered in stressful and emotional scenarios. >> if i was speaking with her now, i would say it makes sense. your body weight into protection mode and shut down. you are still healing. this has nothing to do with who you are and what you are capable of, it is just one of those days where your body was trying to protect you. >> i understand it is the olympics. her safety is paramount. i think she made the right decision.>> reporter: jr student -- j.r. stone abc seven news. >>> there is a push to replace thousands of dollars worth of sporting equme from a middle school. we learned how this will impact the middle school as the staff prepared to welcome students back to campus soon.>> be packed. there were bows and errors -- arrows. this is bare-bones. >> reporter: $8000 worth of the equipment was stolen from the storage container, kept on campus at the middle school. among the items swiped by thieves was 21 softball gloves, brand-new, never used. he did add the crooks

larry nassar. they do believe she is healing.hey say ptsd can be triggered in stressful and emotional scenarios. >> if i was speaking with her now, i would say it makes sense. your body weight into protection mode and shut down. you are still healing. this has nothing to do with who you are and what you are capable of, it is just one of those days where your body was trying to protect you. >> i understand it is the olympics. her safety is paramount. i think she made the right decision.>> reporter: jr student -- j.r. stone abc seven news. >>> there is a push to replace thousands of dollars worth of sporting equipment stolen from a middle school. we learned how this will impact the middle school as the staff prepared to welcome students back to campus soon.>> reporter: disappointing and disheartening, how the principal is describing last s arrows. this is bare-bones. >> reporter: $8000 worth of the equipment was stolen from the storage container, kept on campus at the middle school. among the items swiped by thieves was 21 softball

but we do know her background: difficult challenge hood, survival of sexual abuse by larry nassar, oneantly white sport. can these pressures also carry over into performance? >> trauma is accumulative, and as all of those things that you mentioned that simone has been through with her background, the sexual assault she suffered from larry nassar, that doesn't just go away. and she deals with that trauma on a daily basis. and then the pressure to be perfect alongside of that, it has to be a tremendous cross to bear. >> she says she is going to be thinking about, in the next day, she has a day off, and she is going to be thinking about whether to continue to compete. as she thinks through this, as a performance coach yourself, as a former competitor, what sorts of things would you want her to be thinking about? >> i want her to be prioritizing herself. number one is getting in some relaxation, and mindfulness time, letting her mind just clear and stopping all of the overthinking and the overanalyzing. probably stay away from social media and the news because a lot of the commentary has b

as the previous person said, simone biles struggled with larry nassar years ago, memories of sex abuse are many of us in the public limelight that carry with us the traumas of our past. the answer to your question is, first, when you have a hero, they are as human and normal as you are, but also we have to find a way to rise above those memories and voices inside of us that say you are not good enough or capable. there are so many things we do in psychology that help people to recognize the greatness that lies within them. if simone were to think about how the world is watching, she would crumble. but if she thinks about just what her message is, she will shine. my prayer is that on thursday she will have had time to think about what she wants to say to the world in her sport, and she can let everyone know that i am back, i have overcome the anxiety that was in front of me. now it is just a side me. >> let's stay with the olympics. i mentioned another major surprise in tennis. japanese tennis star naomi osaka suffering a shock exit in her home olyics. osaka had the honor of letting the

she was adopted, then larry nassar abuses her. she is a sexual survivor at this point.ies a lot of weight throughout your life. you can be a very resilient person, but when you have ler on layer, this showing that she says she needs a break, shows that she is strong saying i cannot take anymore of this. this is a moment that i just need to stop and pause. >> simone biles said herself about her first about, i had no idea where i was in the air. i could have hurt myself. and that she had a little bit of something called the twisties. this article on bbc news explains a bit about what that means. a gymnast describes it as a mental block where you lose your sense of spatial awareness in the air, spin out of control, or find yourself unable to land. it can happen to any gymnast, even if they are one of the greatest of all time, like simone biles. her admitting that has received a lot of support from fellow gymnasts. a sports writer for the washington post tweeting, " simone biles is relating to gymnasts worldwide. the twisties, the absolute worst." an olympic gold medalist h

by justice department investigators says the fbi mishandled sexual abuse allegations against larry nassar, the former doctor for usa gymnastics the indianapolis field office failed to respond with the utmost seriousness and urgency and made numerous and fundamental errors it took months before the agency opened a formal investigation. hundreds of women have accused nasser of abuse. he's currently serving a life sentence for sexual abuse and possession of child pornography. the fbi called the actions of those involved inexcusable and discredit to the organization. >>> after being cut off from the world for several years the cuban government finally restored internet to the island and here is what they didn't want us to see, raids and assaults, police breaking into homes, dragging residents out and just for protesting. now people getting beaten in the street "the washington post" is reporting at least 200 protesters have been arrested. >>> and as these disturbing images surface, cuban-americans in florida are trying to help. a group of about a dozen voters are sending supplies by sea and in

becoming a powerful advocate for the women abused by former-team doctor, larry nassar.dmit, even to herself, that she something made you say my friends come out, i know the type of pain. and even though i compartmentalized it, it started affecting how i lived. >> reporter: in what way? >> i was kind of terrified of men, of going to the doctor's. and i started having really bad, like, panic attacks and anxiety. and nobody could really figure out why. >> reporter: it all came pouring out in a phone call to her mom, nellie. >> we didn't really talk. we just cried. i mean, it was a rough time. >> reporter: years later, simone's anger with usa gymnastics is, still, raw. >> they knew, and they didn't do anything to stop it. so many young girls and women, it could have been avoided. >> the girl who used to flip around her living room says she still loves gymnastics. but competing for so long has taken a physical and mental toll. when the olympics were postponed, simone said she thought about walking away. >> one year on a gymnast's body is kind of like you fast forward five ye

biles came forward as a survivor of sexual abuse by the jailed former usa gymnastics doctor larry nassaring accolades. simone has been very vocal about everything she's gone through but, at the same time, there's so much more going on in her mind that she doesn't broadcast and that we don't have access to. biles arrived in tokyo hoping for watershed moments using the power of her body. instead, she is creating them with the power of her voice. laura scott, bbc news. all week, the giant companies of the tech world have been reporting their staggering level of profits. alphabet — google's parent company — made in the three months tojune what it used to take an entire year to achieve. it's the kind of growth hardly ever seen before for any company, with the effect of the pandemic on work and lifestyle adding to this surging success. our media editor amol rajan is here to look in more detail at the figures. the phrase "big tech" is now common parlance used to describe the five american companies whose wealth is getting harder to fathom. butjust how big are they? in the three months tojune, m

been one of those gymnasts in the american system that came through the abuse of the doctor larry nassar she was interviewed in the last year it was important that there was still a remaining member of that team to be here and she felt like she wanted to be that person, that spokesperson so she puts a lot on her shoulders and i think last night we so potentially the toll that can take on an athlete. she has not said whether she will not compete for the rest of the games, she will take it day by day and judge her mood and her mental health on it but i think overall, most people have been supportive of the decision she was able to make under that huge pressure. just was able to make under that huge pressure.— huge pressure. just to get a sense of— huge pressure. just to get a sense of how _ huge pressure. just to get a sense of how much - huge pressure. just to get a sense of how much this - huge pressure. just to get a sense of how much this is l sense of how much this is becoming a theme at this year �*s 0lympics, we have heard from naomi 0saka without surprise exit, but before that talk

." >>> and making significant errors investigating the olympic doctor, nassar. he plead guilty. he's currently serving up to 175 years in prison. >>> new details, a prepandemic saga, jussie smollett is returning to the courtroom. smollett claimed in 2019 that he was attacked and the victim of a hate crime in chicago and that was later discovered to be untrue. it has also been alleged smollett paid two brothers to stage a phoney attack and he has plead not guilty to those charges. >>> and then a judge denied the request questioned for more charges against kristin smart. smart disappeared back in 1996. her body has not been recovered. >>> new this morning, the foo fighters are postponing their concert in los angeles this weekend. according to the tweet, a change comes following a covid-19 face within the foo fighters organization. >>> sounding the alarm about a new wave of covid cases across california. ahead in the live report, the warning about the potential new health care crisis if more people don't get vaccinated. >>> one county outside of the bay area now asking people to ma

larry nassar, officials with the indiana fbi office made false statements, failed to respond for months leading to more than 100 other gymnasts being sexually abused. not only did they botch the investigation, they covered it up and no one was punished. does any of that sound familiar? victims of this complete negligence are speaking out. >> what are we not seeing and what needs to change so that there is accountability and transparency and consequences for bad actors and our law enforcement? right now, they have all the authority and none of the accountability. >> i believe criminal charges need to be filed against him and a criminal investigation should happen. >> laura: joined me now, mollie hemingway senior editor at "the federalist" and fox news contributor. they really need to start digging into what's going on at the fbi over the last -- i don't know how long, 20 years, 30 years but at least the last ten years, this is ridiculous at this point. >> we have a real problem. this particular situation where they botched the investigation, then they lied about botching the investigatio

after hundreds of accusations including from simone biles, nassar was convicted of sexually abusing girls now doj officials want help to done over money from his prison account to cover the penalty. >>> and one big challenge for athletes at the tokyo olympics, the weather. tokyo is experiencing a hot start to the games compounded by humidity. blake essig is live in tokyo. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, good morning. prior to the pandemic, the big story line ways supposed to be the weather and while covid-19 remains the focus, the heat is proving to be very problematic for athletes. temperatures in tokyo have consistently been in the 90s, but because of the high humidity, i assure you it feels much, much hotter. as a result of the heat, tennis matches will start later in the day. the decision came after several players including number one novak djokovic spoke out saying he has never faced conditions like this in his life. and another player told a judge i can finish the match, but if i die, who will take responsibility. and then there was this, paula left the court in a wheelchair after