he has his sites set on the paralympics in rio. >> it means a lot to my mom to see me. they trashed my closet. >> reporter: but on wednesday, the sprinter from charlotte, north carolina hit a hurdle off the track. someone broke into his house and stole almost everything, including 20 competition medals and three of his custom-fit running blades. >> they just took it all from me. why take somebody's medals away from them that can't be replaced? why take somebody's legs that they need to run on. >> reporter: even for thieves, this was pretty low. replacing the high-tech prosthetics could cost close to $50,000. a gofundme page only just kicked off and nationals start in two weeks. >> i won't be training, i don't have a leg to train on. >> reporter: peterson lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident when he was 15. >> it happened on thanksgiving day in 2007. it felt like it was happening to me, too. >> having to go back to school without a prosthetic at first it made me mentally tough. >> reporter: then three years ago he discovered the track and realized he was fast. sud

>>> and making a difference for an american paralympic hopeful robbed of his blades and his dreams until something amazing happened. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc "nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >>> good evening. a search that extends as far away as mexico for those escaped killers from new york is right now refocusing much closer to the scene of their prison breakout.

paralympic track & field championships are just under two weeks away. paul peterson is already a winner. >> it's hot out here. i'm running fast. >> reporter: training on a new blade. >> feels really good to be back running on my new leg and i'm enjoying every bit of it. >> reporter: the 22-year-old plans to compete in the long jump, 100 and 200 meters, and a relay were temporarily sidelined after thieves ransacked his charlotte, north carolina, apartment last week. >> everything of mine they just took it. >> reporter: stealing his three competition blades, 20 medals, but never getting close to taking his desire. >> i'm not going to stop. i'm going to keep going. and that's just how i am. these guys out there, they're not hurting me at all. >> reporter: determination now fueled by an unexpected show of support. 600 donors raised more than $32,000 in four days on go fund me. the page started by the man who makes peterson's prosthetics. >> it's been really an eye-opening experience for me and for paul just to see the support. it's been very, very overwhelm

. >>> a paralympic athlete hopeful is back on the track tonight. we first told you about this story a few nights ago. somebody ransacked paul peterson's apartment in charlotte. paul is an amputee whose running blades were stolen. well, with two weeks before the u.s. paralympic track and field championships, his hopes of medaling were pretty much dashed. but in four days online donors sent him $32,000 to get new running blades. >> it feels really good back to be running on my new leg. i'm enjoying every bit of it. >> the online fundraising campaign was started by the man who makes paul's prosthetics. wow. >> good stuff. >> good for him. >> so kind of an interesting sunset out there. as you described. because of the haze and the conditions. >> and i looked up at the sky. i just knew something wasn't going on. i looked at visible satellite picture you. clearly see the smoke making its way down from canada. canadian fires actually bringing us smoke toward our region. that's why we saw such an amazing sunset. the sun a fiery orange. this one here from t

. >> we want to improve service for foreign visitors as we approach the 2020 tokyo olympics and paralympics. we hope our efforts will make japan one of the major tourist destinations in the world. >> the team of three companies also plans to improve network infrastructure in big cities and tourist hot spots japanese officials have been promoting the concept dhinssince tokyo was chosen to support the games. it will be important to instantly give foreign visitors lots of key information. >> taking a look at our global economicalen dollars. leaders will hold an mortgages summit in brussels. on tuesday, china's managing index in june will be released in may, below the 50 point level. >> that means a monthly contraction. policy makers modified their assessment upwards saying it has continued to recover moderately. on the same day the u.s. commerce department will release final gdp growth physicals for this year. they will release the cpi in april rose 0.3% from a year earlier. >>> every monday we invite a specialist to discuss events of the week. in this edition of expert view we speak with a sp

. >>> the main stadium for the 2020 olympics and paralympics will kohr's about $7 billion. it's more than the initial estimate. they attend a meeting of organizations in the games. he said it will start in october. and may 2019 is the completion. >> the construction fe will be about $2 billion. this is because there is no time for the games to domestically change to save money. the new stadium is a major feature to host them. >> the operator of the facility came up with a basic design in may last year with an estimated cost of $1.3 billion. but said the project would cost twice as much citing the rising prices of materials. they will seek the tokyo governments to reduce the burden on the state budget. >> an unmanned walk in carrying supplies to the space station is the latest in a string of mishaps. it marks a set b.c. for private companies aimed to develop manned spacecraft. nhk world has more on this story. >> 3, 2, 1 sequence start and liftoff of the spacex. >> the rocket was launched by u.s. company spacex. nasa says the falcon 9 rocket broke apart on sunday two minutes

want to be ready to introduce traditional cultures to foreign guests at the tokyo olympics and paralympics so we need to get as much experience as possible for 2020. >> reporter: officials at the national theater say this event was the first in a series promoting traditional japanese art forms. they plan to stage similar productions in a puppet theater. nhk world. >>> here's the weather outlook for the weekend. >>> that's all we have for now on newsline. i'm ross miharaxnóx host: hello and welcome to "global 3000." there are currently more migrants on the move around the world than at any time since the end of the second world war. today we visit a town in america that has discovered them as an antidote to its own decline. here's what else we have coming up. immigrants are saving a small american town from shrinking. why palestinian poverty is also poison for the environment. and, how luxury foods like organic shrimps can help preserve vietnam's mangrove forests.

want to be ready to introduce traditional cultures to foreign guests at the tokyo olympics and paralympics. so we need to get as much experience as possible before 2020. >> reporter: officials at the national theater say this event was the first in a series promoting traditional japanese art forms. they plan to stage senior productions in the puppet theater. reporting for nhk world. >>> it is time now for a check of the weather. people in southern japan are dealing with heavy rain. flooding is also a concern. mai shoji joins us with more in world weather. >> it is the rainy season so it is obviously going to be bringing lots of rainfall but it's too heavy in kagoshima. we look at the picture coming out from here. it's just too much. in the past 24 hours alone there has been, of course, over 330 millimeters of rainfall in kagoshima. while in the past month, the area has seen 1,500 millimeters, that's three times the average for june. landslides have occurred blocking roadways. one covered a train line in kagoshima on thursday. the line has now been cleared, but jma is warning of landslides

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. >>> plus, a burglar stole metals from a paralympic yanl but that wasn't the only heartbreaking thing that was taken from this star athlete. >>> not your routine traffic stop. a 12-year-old boy in virginia has a lot of explaining to do after he was caught behind the wheel. >>> oh take a look at the numbers the 60s well off to the east in ocean city, the 70s around i-95 80s back to the from one of our own, david culver recently traveled to the island nation with his mom and grandmother. >> a trip of a lifetime. they had not been back to cuba since those women fled in 1961. and david is here now with a preview of the special that you're working on. we cannot wait. >> i cannot wait to get this to the air. it's exciting no question. there's a range of emotions throughout this very personal journey. it's a trip i have dreamed of for some time now. growing up in northern virginia, my cousins and i would hear story after story about just what cuba was. this visit was a chance to island. we visited the old family business, reunited with relatives who my mom and grandmother hadn't seen in 54 y

yamileth has sought refuge with her four-year old son in the south african authorities say olympic and paralympic athlete oscar pistorius is set to be released from prison in august after serving exactly 10 months for killing his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. pistorius claimed he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder when he shot her through a bathroom door. prosecutors will challenge his acquittal on murder charges before an appeals court in november. last month was officially the wettest month ever recorded in the united states. despite a record drought in california, states across the midwest were hit by heavy rain in may, a pattern which has been linked to climate change. the news came as the leaders of seven wealthy democracies known as the g7 wrapped up a summit in germany with a call for "decarbonization of the global economy over the course of this century." the plan contains few binding provisions or concrete details. as about 20,000 police kept protesters at bay, greenpeace projected its demands onto a mountain near the castle where leaders were meeting. the message read, g7 go for 100%

anna: paralympic and oscar pistorius will leave prison in august.rt plans to hear thefrom the prosecution for the murder of his former girlfirriend. he was cleared of murder charges in october. guy: in a country renowned for policy, italy has been put on a tall pedestal. one maker thinks of things a step further. introducing a kosher-compliant process to get the jewish exports. bloomberg got an exclusive look behind the scenes. ♪ >> helpappy and healthy cows. just a few of the ingredients that go into making kosher certified of parmesan. open for doors on a kosher market worth around $12.5 billion in the u.s. alone. >> it is a brand that sells. adding a new brand that is kosher compliant can be something that reinforces and appreciated already in italy branding. >> it did not come cheap. the owner of thise cheese factory spent 1.5 million euros changing its production line. he opened up its factory to jurorsewish food processors to make sure it is reaching its requirements. >> i think in the near future many producers in the agricultural business wi