A good thursday morning to you. We begin with breaking news. An investigation that may become olympic size. This new video in showing two american swimmers shortly after they were detained at the airport in rio pulled off their planes moments before takeoff to the u. S. Now, brazilian authorities questioning whether they along with Gold Medalist ryan lochte and another teammate were really robbed at gunpoint. Theres this video obtained by dailymail. Com showing them sunday morning, roughly 2 1 2 hours after they say they were attacked. Now, the judge questioned that time gap and also wondered why they seemed so upbeat if they really had just been robbed. That brazilian judge ordered the seizure but he is back in the u. S. More from matt gutman in rio. Reporter weve learned from Police Sources here that those two men jack conger and gunner police. Their passports have been confiscated. At issue is a story that those two men plus ryan lochte, one of the most decorated swimmers of all time and jack fagan told police, they said coming back from partying early sunday morning they were pulled over by men Wearing Police uniforms, flashing badges, one of them put a gun to ryan lochtes head and demanded their money. After a couple of days of investigating this, police have found that their facts and the story that they told now investigating them for providing false testimony to the police. The authorities here in brazil have left the door open to prosecuting all four men. Matt gutman, abc news, rio. Those two swimmers detained overnight are expected to give statements to Brazilian Police today. More on good morning america. Also breaking the blue cut fire in Southern California now spans more than 25,000 acres. Hundreds of firefighters are of it. One bright spot overnight the northbound lanes of interstate 15, the main route from Southern California to las vegas reopening easing the way for commuters and he vac whiches. Stephanie ramos has more. This is nuts. Fire on both sides of me. Reporter the outofcontrol blue cut wildfire is not letting up in Southern California. It hit hard. It hit fast. It hit with an intensity that we small brush fire then morphed into this massive blaze burning about 40 square miles. Fire crews fighting the flames on the ground. And in the air, trying to stop the fire fueled by intense winds from ripping through any more dry brush. Abcs rob marciano on the scene. Sky cranes have been dipping into this lake. Moments ago that hillside was on fire. Reporter at least 82,000 people told to evacuate. I see visible flames, i see it down the street im packed up now ready but havent loaded anything. Reporter the better news, the clayton fire is beginning to dwindle. This as 40yearold damin anthony pashlik is charged with sparking those fires. It just caused devastation. Reporter stephan to the east coast where severe storms hit the midatlantic region leaving damage and flooding. The roof was blown off of a washington, d. C. Apartment building leaving about 60 residents homeless and streets were flooded in baltimore where power was also knocked out to thousands of customers. But in louisiana, the death toll has risen to 13 in that historic epic flooding. 6,000 people spent another night in shelters down from 11,000. The head of Homeland Security is governments response to the disaster. Theres now concern that west nile virus will spread due to all the standing water. A newly named storm formed in the atlantic overnight. Tropical storm fiona located a thousand miles off cape verde islands. We will continuing monitoring it. The coast guard investigating a fire that forced more than 500 people to evacuate wha a ship off puerto rico. More than 100 t 24 were hospitalized. The ship was coming from the dominican republic. Mechanics tried to put it out themselves for two hours before sounding the alarm. Donald trump is holding a rally in North Carolina this evening after shaking up his Campaign Staff at the highest level naming a ceo and a new campaign manager. Trump was ushered into an fbi office in new york for his first intelligence briefing. But he raised eyebrows. Before that meeting when asked not so much from the people that have been doing it for our country. I mean, look whats happened over the last ten years. Look whats happened over the years. I mean its been catastrophic. Well, that comment is likely an example of trumps plan to reject efforts to moderate his tone and instead just be himself. Hillary clinton pounced on the shakeup in the Trump Campaign during a rally in cleveland. She told supporters that despite the changes trump is still the same man he always has been. There are just 83 days left in this election. I keep track of them. Cross them off. And for anyone waiting for donald trump to suddenly become more responsible, remember what a great american, maya angelou said, when someone shows you who they are, believe them. Lead in the polls her email controversy is not going away. A judge is expected to decide next week when to release thousands of deleted emails from her private server. Lets get back to the olympics now. Shall we. In track and field, a first for team usa. The american women swept the 100meter hurdles, brianna rollins, nia ali and Kristi Castlin took the gold, silver and bronze. Theyre the first hurdlers from any country to finish one, two and three in that event. First time americanen history. Some fun on the track for usain bolt. The jamaican star was having such a good time during the 200meter semis he shared a laugh with one of his opponents. Andre de grasse and bolt were grinning at each other. They have qualified for the final. The u. S. Mens Basketball Team rolled into the semifinals after trailing argentina by ten early on. Kevin durant led the way with 27 points. The americans will play spain on friday. Okay, so lets see how much were dominating rio right now. For the second straight day, the u. S. Picked up nine overall medals. That raises the americans total to 93. The u. S. Also has 30 golds. China and Great Britain are tied with 19. Well have to expand the graph out a little bit if we hit 100. We will. Coming up, the details of a tech giant announcing thousands of layoffs. Changes areom the Company Spending millions to ease a specific customer complaint. Plus, j. K. Rolling said she was done with the boy wizard but not so fast. Some new harry potter books is she after our liquid gold . Oh, she better not be. Our claim runs straight down to the glutn free stuffin. Its gluten. Liquid gold. What i love most about tempurpedic mattresses is that they contour to your body. 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Target is making some major changes after immre membplement policy for they will add private single stall bathrooms to their stores. Groups had threatened to boycott them over that policy. Cisco is laying over 5500 employees. Its the largest manufacturer of networking gear and has struggled as technology changes. Remember that attempt to add a healthy touch to its happy meals. Well, it appears to have backfired already. Those brightly colored fitness trackers are no longer part of the happy meal. The company says it pulled the of skin irritation, possibly caused by the band. At t is joining other wireless carriers in eliminating fees for data overaverages. Starting sunday at t users can choose a plan which will slow down their data speed when they approach their data limit instead of paying the overaverage fee. Now, verizon announced a similar plan last month. A daredevil from ireland says hes learned his lesson. Empty pockets before bungee jumping. 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Olympic swimmers were pulled off their flight home and detained overnight in rio. Authorities there are now looking into that claims that they and two other teammates including ryan lochte were robbed at gunpoint. In Southern California a part of a major interstate reopened as crews make progress on the blue cut fire. Flames are still, however, threatening several communities. And its an olympic first for the u. S. Women in track and positions on the medal tan in the 100meter hurdles, the first time any nation has ever swept the event. Todays weather headlines, mostly dry in the northeast. Storms in the upper midwest. Recordbreaking heat in the northwest with highs near 100 in portland. Gus if i winds in the fire zone. And finally, the countdown is on to the next season of dancing with the stars. And heres a look at top secret list of contestants thats being finalized with the show just several of the shows pros took part in whats called a dance lab. 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Emily drug cases mishandled by this woman are now up in the air. The new decision that could set some convicts free. Randy new calls to fix the water issues at several boston public schools. The dramatic push from parents this morning. Emily we will get to those stories, but first we are checking in with cindy. Another cool start to the day. Cindy different from yesterday. It is still 71, but without the humidity. It is feeling very different. A light wind out of the west, dew point around 60. Suburbs are running in the 60s