This is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening. Did they make the whole thing up . The Olympic Games here being overshadowed tonight by the stunning announcement by Rio De Janeiro police today that ryan lochte and three other american swimmers were not robbed at gunpoint as lochte had publicly claimed. Tonight surveillance series of events at a rio gas station early sunday morning that supports some elements of the americans story including being held at the point of a gun but contradicts much of what lochte has previously told nbc news. Miguel almaguer is working the story for us and has late details. Miguel . Reporter lester, good evening. Two american swimmers were here at this Police Station by our account for at least five hours. At times they were joined by officials from the u. S. Have many questions. Whats unclear is if they got all the answers they were looking for. Tonight Brazilian Police say american swim star ryan lochte is not a victim but a vandal. After days of confusion, police now say lochte, jimmy feigen, gunnar bentz and jack conger were not robbed. Instead police say the swimmers damaged this gas station bathroom, breaking a mirror and a soap dispenser. The athletes then paid around 50 u. S. Dollars for the damage. The incident caught on circuit videos. This footage shows the swimmers leaving a party at club france at 5 47 a. M. The swimmers then say they got into a taxi. By 6 06 a. M. Theyre at this gas station. This video shows them near the bathroom when an attendant walks up, they run out. Brazilian Officials Say the swimmers tried to leave and the station called police. At 6 09 a man approaches the cab appearing to point a nine seconds. Three minutes later the swimmers get out. One appears to pull money from his wallet. Another puts his hands up. At 6 56 a. M. , the four men arrive back at the athletes village. Both the video and Police Account are inconsistent with what ryan lochte told the today shows billy bush on sunday. We got pulled over in our taxi. A guy pulls out this gun. He to my forehead, said get down. I put my hands up, like whatever. Reporter when lochte spoke to matt lauer by phone last night he changed some of the details admitting he was not pulled over on the street but was indeed at the gas station at the time of the incident. As for the gun i pointedly said to him, you had said before it was placed on your forehead and cocked. He said, no, thats not exactly what happened. Reporter Police Say Two security guards pointed guns at the swimmers. The swimmers were then asked to wait for lochte returned to North Carolina earlier this week. Today posting this video to a fellow swimmer on instagram and taking it down a few hours later. But the three other swimmers remain in rio. Last night bentz and conger were pulled from their planes, detained for hours and questioned by police. Some brazilians are demanding an apology from the swimmers. Thats not very good for our image. Reporter at this police substation, this was the scene after they were questioned by investigators. Thats the americans leaving right now. And when they drove away, they drove off to the chant of liars, liars and people yelling, you should be ashamed. Tonight in rio security has been stepped up. Police say their investigation is ongoing. The americans are now gone, but the anger isnt. Lester, i have been covering and coming to brazil for the last decade. I have never quite seen a scene like this committee has said all the swimmers were cooperating with investigators. And we have late word tonight that swimmer jimmy feigen is now talking to police at this hour. Lester . Miguel almaguer here in rio tonight. We want to bring in our colleague from nbc sports, the host of nbc olympic primetime coverage, bob costas. Many brazilians were incensed at the idea that the merps would make up the story. After so much american success on the playing field, what kind of stain might this leave on these games . I dont know about the games overall, but it certainly doesnt help ryan lochte. The other swimmers arent helped by it either but hes the boldfaced name. Swimmers generally dont make their money off competition, off prize money. They make it off endorsements. This is going to hurt him. This is going to stain his reputation. Do you think an apology is in order if what the brazilian authorities are saying is true . I think an apology is in order just as a it seems to me unlikely that ryan lochte and his colleagues wind up in a criminal court, but somehow this has to be untangled, and it is a Public Relations mess. The brazilians are sensitive about the reputation that rio has for street crime. Theres legitimacy in that reputation, but if a false claim has been made in the spotlight of the Olympic Games, they want that claim to be cleared up. They want an apology, and they want it to be this particular case they are not at fault. All right. Bob costas, always good to have you on. Thanks so much. Thanks, lester. Now to a pair of disasters unfolding in separate parts of the country at home. In louisiana, relentless flooding is forcing new evacuations. And in california fire threatens thousands of homes but some refuse to evacuate. We have it all covered beginning with nbcs jolene kent in hesperia, california. Good evening. The destruction here is rampant. But just now developing, a few evacuations being lifted. One of the major losses is the popular summit inn. It sits on historic route 66. This was the scene here 48 hours ago. Today Cecil Stevens surveys the damage. It makes me sick at my stomach to see it. Reporter he owned the summit inn for nearly 50 years entertaining celebrities like Pierce Brosnan and light switch is. You know, i know where every plug is in this place. Reporter the marshall fire just wont quit. Threatening homes and businesses as more than 80,000 people are forced to evacuate as firefighters labor day and night. The mill creek hot shots are working 16hour shifts. Because its really hot the first day and didnt get much sleep. Reporter crews tirelessly defended surrounded on three sides by fire. One problem, many residents are refusing to leave despite mandatory evacuation. 83yearold John Hockaday is sheltering in place spraying his home with a garden hose. Im going to go down with the ship. Reporter six firefighters were briefly trapped while coming to the aid of stubborn home owners. If we ask you to leave, you have to leave. Reporter there is some good news. A critical rail line has resumed operation with shipping containers on the move again. And interstate 15 linking los angeles to las vegas reunited with their furry friends. But with 34,000 structures still on the brink, the end of this monster inferno is nowhere on the horizon. Jolene kent, nbc news, hesperia, california. Its not easy, im going to tell you. Reporter this is Gabe Gutierrez in louisiana where the destruction is overwhelming. Its pretty hard. It really is difficult to see all this, but were going to get through this. Reporter in a blistering editorial president obama to cut his vacation short and visit louisiana. Today he played golf at marthas vineyard, as Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson toured the flood zone. Of course, the president cant be everywhere. I can tell that you the president has been closely monitoring the situation. Reporter the death toll now at least 13 including 20yearold allie buddy whose car was swept away. Another extended family losing 13 homes. Everybody got flooded. Cars, houses. Reporter jesse moses survived katrina. Shes now at a shelter again. Its like im going back to being homeless again. Reporter old wounds reopened. Gabe gutierrez, nbc news, louisiana. There is breaking news tonight from the clinton foundation, the charity that bears the names of bill and Hillary Clinton. The Foundation Tells nbc news should Hillary Clinton be elected president , it donations, a subject which has been a source of scrutiny during this campaign. Also nbc news has learned exclusively that bill clinton has not given a paid speech since last november and will not if his wife is elected. Meantime tonight the Clinton Campaign is hitting back hard on conspiracy theories being stirred up about Hillary Clintons health. We get details from nbcs andrea mitchell. Reporter tonight Hillary Clintons campaign firing back at what aides call deranged conspiracy theories about her health. Critics claiming this is not just the candidate joking with reporters but something worse. It almost seems seizuresque to me. Reporter a conservative website questioning whether she needs pillows to prop her up. And heres Donald Trumps new campaign ceo last week. Im not saying that, you know, shes had a stroke or anything like that, but this is not the woman that were used to seeing. Reporter then this blast from the candidate monday. She also lacks the mental and physical reporter all of it despite a twopage medical report from clintons doctor a year ago concluding he is in excellent physical condition and fit to serve as president of the United States. Fully recovered from a concussion in 2012. Clintons report more detailed than this note from trumps doctors saying, quote, if elected, mr. Trump, i can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency. Perhaps the most outlandish claim about clinton, allegat Service Agent was carrying a device to give her injections. The truth, according to the secret service, that is a standard flashlight. Clintons reaction a hearty laugh. Can you tell us how your health is . Clinton a year younger than trump who, if elected, would be the oldest person to ever take the oath of office. Andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. A shocking and pitiful image has given a new face to the war raging in syria. So many have seen and shared pictures of rescue following an air strike in syrias largest city. Hes being treated in the same secret underground hospital we took you inside earlier this week. And as our Richard Engel reports, hes brought new attention to a war many accuse the world of ignoring. Reporter his name is omran daqneesh, just 5 years old, and his feet barely hung over the edge of a seat in an ambulance. Dazed, he didnt cry, as he wiped away blood building that collapsed around him in an air strike. His silence somehow reminded the world today of its silence in the face of the atrocities in aleppo. Omran was pulled out alive wednesday. Five other children died when the building they were in was hit during the relentless syrian russian offensive on rebelheld areas in aleppo. The image of omrans face spread like wildfire on the internet. One tweet called him the real stop killing syrian innocent people, civilians. Our children need to live in peace. Reporter the doctor who treated omran said today there were many more severe cases no one is paying attention to. We need to protect our hospital, our doctors, our medical workers from airstrike. Reporter omran is recovering. His family now wants to escape. The same choice made a year ago, aylan kurdi, whose body washed up on a beach. He, too, was an symbol of syrias youngest victims. Now theres a new one. Tomorrow there may be another. Richard engel, nbc news. Little children and powerful images. Still ahead tonight, the wnba star taking her first shot at olympic glory. 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The 65 wnba star scores more than 20 points a game, sinks her freethrow 93 of the time and was the 2015 mvp. Rio is her first olympics. Its such a different feeling when youve got usa your chest. Reporter elena started playing basketball when she was little, scrappy one on one with her big brother, gene. No freebies. We were going at it trying to win. Reporter did you ever cheat . Oh, any time i got the chance, yeah. Reporter she grew up in delaware, the daughter of ernie and joan delle donne. Elenas older sister lizzy was born with serious disabilities including being both blind and deaf. She connects through touch. She has so many disabilities and but she still smiles, she still has a laugh that will make everybody in the room crack up. Reporter the two sisters are very close. Being apart isnt easy. She cant talk to her on the phone. She cant text her. She cant communicate with her other than being with her. Reporter in 2008 elena got the call that every High School Girl who plays basketball hopes for, the uconn huskies wanted her on the team. She accepted and went up to connecticut, but almost immediately the selfdescribed homebody knew it wasnt right. And i knew i needed to do something else. Reporter elena took time off from the sport but did eventually play again for the university of delaware. Here comes delle donne. Reporter in 2013 she was drafted by the chicago sky. Now she balances the demands of the wnba with running a yearlong basketball camp alongside her fiancee amanda clifton. The camp is open to both children with one, two, three. Yeah, thats the person she is. Reporter elena says lizzy has given her something that sometimes seems rare among professional athletes perspective. At the end of the day im putting a round basketball through a little hoop, and theres other people out there doing so much more in this world, and shes one of them. 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Walsh jennings becoming the oldest female medalist in beach volleyball. To be on that podium together was absolutely humbling and inspiring, and rest of my days. And it was pure joy. Reporter team usa arrived in rio with the largest womens contingent in olympic history and recent history at their back. Well, this is a story that really began in london and continued over to rio, isnt it . No question. Because in london, the u. S. Women won about 60 of the american gold medals. So you could see this coming. Reporter in womens Gymnastics Team the socalled final five tumbled into history winning its most medals in a single olympics. There is Simone Manuel in the 100 meter freestyle swim becoming the first africanamerican woman to claim gold in an individual swimming event. Im just so blessed. Reporter then, of course, theres katie ledecky. Ledecky is a Gold Medalist. Reporter going home with five medals, four of them gold. The seeds of the american womens success here wert no, you know, i think title nine was gigantic. Title nine has been in place now for over four decades, but it allowed funding. It allowed women to get into things and be able to make the most of their talent, and i think were now seeing the benefits of that being paid off really in spades. Reporter the message to little girls watching at home we all have the potential to be great. We all have a purpose. So always believe that and just fulfill our dreams because theres always some destiny for each and every one primetime olympic coverage begins at 8 00, 7 00 central. Im lester holt. For all of us at nbc news, good night from rio. Great news, colorado. The election isnt rigged after all. I am afraid the election will be rigged. Colorado Campaign Director doesnt fear. If he loses is it because it is rigged . It isnt a rigged election. 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