Country. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt, reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in rio. Good evening. Our top story is developing here in Rio De Janeiro tonight, where Big Questions are suddenly being raised about the alleged Armed Robbery of american swimmer, ryan lochte and some of his teammates on the streets of last weekend. A judge has ordered a seizure of passport from lochte and fellow american, jimmie feigen over alleged inconsistencies of their story over what happened and what was seen in a piece of Surveillance Video tat recorded the athletes that night. Late details. Reporter the Surveillance Video obtained by daily mail. Com shows the american swimmers, ryan lochte, gunner and jack and jimmie athletes village sunday morning after a long night out. Lochte shaing this video from a party. Hours later, he told todays show, billy bush on the way back from the athletes village they were robbed by men poing as cops. We got pulled over in our taxi. These guys came out with a police badge, no lights or nothing, just a police they pulled us over and pulled out their guns. Reporter saying the men on the video appeared to be joing and not shaken up physically or psych logically and a judge ordering the passports to be seized and not allowed to leave the country and the judge pointed out differences in the accounts of the swimmers. Lochte, they were approached by one thief. Athletes. Police tell us their Surveillance Video of the athletes leaving the club. These two never gave formal statements. A judge has not asked for their passport. Police are investigating lochtes claim. The guy took out his gun, cocked it, put to it 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 di flight attendant. His lawyer says the swimmer was not told to stay in brazil and lochte is still the victim. While its 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 cauing waves out of it. Nbc news has learned jimmie feigen remains charged with false communication of a crime. A lawyer 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. Another major story were covering tonight, wildfires in california spreading out of control, and local firefighters seen anything like the conditions they are seeing now. Nbcs jolene kent is taking us to the front line to stop the fires 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 behavior so extreme. Reporter a wall of destruction rushing through San Bernardino county, smoke visible 60 miles away in los angeles, haitian and rail ways shut down. The flames cut across 46 square miles in just 21 hours cloing interstate 15 and rail traffic leaving los angeles. Weve advocated advocated advocated nearly 35,000 homes in the affected area and includes some 80 some,000 residents. Reporter today, we go at the devastation. There is no way to safely engage a fire that has that much anger and energy. Reporter the fire created its own weather system. Homes and vehicles burned, the golden arches melted. It hit hard, it hit fast. Reporter one casualty, the famous route 66 summit inn, a landmark and favorite of elvis. Hospice patient and evacuees rushing to get out. Grabbed what we could. Reporter for evacuees given a moments notice, the question is what to take. Medicine, clothes, paper, pictures. Reporter carol hill lived here for 20 years and knew exactly what needed to be saved. My son passed away a couple years ago, so i grabbed his flag. Reporter this fire still very dynamic and percent containment. You can see it behind me moving, the smoke and flames moving to a residential area giving firefight ears new battle and this fire showing no signs of stopping any time soon. Lester. A frightening scene behind you, jo ling, thank you. Donald trump faing dire poll numbers and shaking things up again this time bringing on the head website to right the ship. Trump getting his first classified intelligence briefing. Today, we have it all covered starting with nbcs katy tur at trump tower. What a day. Reporter hey, lester, some in the gop are descriing this as trumps last ditch effort faing what could be a withering loss in november turning towards what could be a stark message. He seas bringing on him campaign the way he wants. Now the ceo of breitbart and kellyanne conway, campaign manager. He dumped Corey Lewandowski for manafort. It didnt work and trump wasnt happy. I dont want too pivot. You have to be you. If you start pivoting you are not honest during the tea party revolution, he is no friend to Establishment Republicans or the rnc. Were also not telling them how to think. Were not telling them who to vote for. We put the stories up and you come to your own conclusions. Reporter breitbart has often taken on trumps battles. Bannon at breitbart have made a living attacking other their modus operandi and vilify those they disagree with. And kelly arne is a calming influence who can tell trump no and travel with him. Talking about a shakeup, it doesnt feel that way. Reporter trump is trailing in the polls and Hillary Clinton in battleground ohio seiing on the news. Donald trump has shown us who he is. He can fire and fire anybody he wants from his campaign. Reporter having tried it the kitty tur, nbc news, new york. Katy tur. Reporter im Hallie Jackson in new york. It may be trumps most president ial moment yet, his first classified president ial briefing. Not inside trump tower but an office in an phish building especially designed to prevent eavesdropping. Intelligence sources tell nbc news its career officers not political appointees leading the meeting. The candidate today, reporter do you trust intelligence . Not so much from the people that have been doing it for our country. Reporter at the table with trump, his top advisors with top secret clearance, new jersey governor, Chris Christie and retired general mike flynn. Saying trump is getting more details than the public knows about Global Threats but still not shaing major spy sesecrets, sensitive nuclear and its intended to be a tool to prepare each candidate, lately more of a political hammer, each side accuing the other of being too qualified to hear the sensitive information. No doubt there will be a conversation ensuing the candidate understands what is being said and heard in that setting, in a classified setting is not the kind of thing that can be repeated. Reporter trumps meeting, which just wrapped up here, lasted less than two hours. It may be the only briefing he gets as a november will receive many more with much more detailed and sensitive information. Lester. Hallie jackson in new york tonight, thank you, hallie. Now to the flooding disaster still impacting tense of,000 sainced the south. That tropical system that devastated louisiana is bringing new flashflood watches in texas this as the scope of destruction grows across the region. We get the latest from in arcadia parish, more rain and a riing river. He grew up in this home and now hopes sandbags can save it. My jaw dropped and said, wow, ive never seen anything like this before. The river is not fished climbing yet. Reporter among the latest communities slammed by the powerful surge of water. Louisianas record rainfall started friday, further north near baton rouge, and since friday it flowed south to the gulf of pontchartrain caring a path of destruction. Tonight, nearly 11 Million People in texas are under flashflood watches. In louisiana, the water is finally gone. For Neil Mccleary and his son, the pain is not. Its hard to see them because thats what theyve done. My dad. Reporter down stream, an agoniing wait until the river news, louisiana. Important news now about the fastest rising cancer diagnosis in the nation, Thyroid Cancer cases have tripled in the last three decades, but a surpriing new report claims most cases dont need to be treated right away because they are not lifethreatening. Nbcs dr. John torres explains, tens of thousands could be spared painful surgery and treatment. Told two years ago she had Thyroid Cancer. It may seem hard to believe, even risky, but she and her doctor decided not to treat it for now. Because its so slow growing, i figured it cant hurt to do the watchful observation and see what happens. Reporter thats the approach a report in todays new england journal of medicine suggests may be best. Researchers found doctors overdiagnosed Thyroid Cancer about 80 of the time because new screening are slow growing and unlikely to cause symptoms or death. What happens to these lesions if nothing is done . The vast majority of patients dont need treatment for these small Thyroid Cancers. Reporter most often diagnosed in women, Thyroid Cancer treatments can be harsh involing surgery, radiation and medication for life. Because megans cancer was small, her doctor at mount sinai hospital recommended knowing if it starts to grow, its still treatable. They know they have the option to do surgery any time they want it. But its not an emergency. The barns not on fire. 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She got quite the surprise courtesy of the today show, that taught her being star struck can be a twoway street. Heres stephanie gosk. Reporter unshakable simone biles, winner of four gold medals. A 19yearold gymnast with nerves of an olympic champion like this fall to the ground in pieces . Her achilles heel, her kryptonite. Celebrity crush, zac efron. Is that the final five . An opportunity the today show helped arrange the moment by bringing him down to rio. Oh, my god, stop im shaking. Rumors that the unstoppable biles had a weak spot. When i show you this picture, clear your head and tell me the first thing that pops into your mind. Okay . Okay. I cant clear my head. Reporter first word, what comes into your mind . Hes hot. Reporter then we walked into her bedroom and met the cardboard cutout. Sometimes i used to used to kiss him on the cheek. Reporter a few gold mcdonalds how did you make this happen . Reporter the real efron gave her a kiss on the cheek. The indispuable proof, just in case simone biles needed it, life as she knew it was over. Stephanie gosk, nbc news, rio. You never know who you will meet around here. That will do it for us on this wednesday night. A reminder nbc primetime olympic coverage starts at 8 007 00 central. Im lester holt for good night from rio. There is no new donald trump. This is it. On the attack while campaigning in cleveland Hillary Clinton weighs in on changes to Donald Trumps staff and address hearse position on the second amendment. One of the biggest music icons is in cleveland. Paul mccarter ins two big shows. Lebron james breaks down while he made a political statement at this years espy awards in an exclusive interview. Remember what a Great American mayo anglu said when someone shows you who they are believe them. I think it is fair to say donald trump has shown us who he is. Hillary clintons message to clevelanders is clear. She says donald trump is not to be trusted. 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