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 arriving at Olympic Village 7 00 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 bentz have been pulled off a u. S. Bound flight. The two are being questioned by 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 simply have not added up. 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 on the scene right now, but have still only managed to contain 4 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 havent seen. Reporter it started as a 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. But fire officials estimate up to half arent budging. 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 stephanie ramos, abc news. 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 expected to visit the region today to review the federal 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 treated at the scene. 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 if he trusts u. S. Intelligence. 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. While clinton continues to 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 american women have swept any event in olympic 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. They hit a lead of 10578. 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 are coming to every target store. 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 coming soon. A grass fire and a wooden trestle made for a bad combination in northern california. This happened in san jose. The thick black smoke from the burning trestle was visible from miles away. A nearby Apartment Building had to be evacuated. No one was injured. Target is making some major changes after immre membplement policy for transgendered. 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 trackers after getting reports 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. The guy was brave enough to jump off a very high bridge in south africa and also recorded the whole thing. But he also recorded the part when his phone slid out of his pocket plumbing to the ground. That same phone was stolen then recovered in italy earlier this year so he was pretty lucky the first time he lost it. Were guessing not so much this time. Just destiny for that phone. Really wanted to get away from him. 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Hes now already a convicted felon who was on parole for armed robbery. And a murder trial is under way in south florida after a woman was accused of lawyers fi for her freedom say that that Nico Thompson is a victim claiming her Police Officer birlova was physically abusive and saying that she shot him accide accidentally as they struggled over his gun. Then the swabs came back positive but her dna up on his fingernails. Reporter before Police Charged her with Second Degree murder she told wtvj her birlova officer Karl Pat Africa put a gun in her face the night he died in may of 2014. And i held on and we struggled because i wasnt going to let go. Reporter but prosecutors say its all a lie saying that for 13 months she pretended she was pregnant with his child and the fight broke out, they say, when he learned the truth. Steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. The man who climbed trump tower here in new york has been arraigned. 19yearold steven rigato used suction cups. Prosecutors say he actually planned and practiced the climb ordering the equipment on amazon and waiting until his parents were away before going to new york city. He entered no plea from a hospital room where hes been undergoing mental evaluation. The youngest girl injured in that ferris wheel against last week is back home. 6yearold Briley Reynolds was released wednesday. She suffered a traumatic brain injury from the nearly 40foot drop. Briley and her older sister kayla and a 16yearold friend were all hurt. The other two treated and released. Explorers have made an incredible discovery. They found a ship that sank more than 200 years ago. The washington went down during a storm in 1803. Its the second oldest confirmed shipwreck in the great lakes. Fascinating find. Time for sports. I was still so focused on the ship. I was about to say i wonder if theres any treasure in there. Of course youd think that. We should get to sports. 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We dont need that dance lab. We already got ours. I was watching them. Got it. Is that it . Good morning it is 4 30 a. M. , thursday, august 18 him heres what were following. Developing news, two American Olympic swimmers are removed from their flight as they were about to leave brazil. Police in wilmington are investigating the discovery of a womans body stuffed into a garbage can. Were tracking morning showers that could put a damper on the morning commute. Lets head over to david murphy, and karen rogers has the morning commute. Reporter good morning, Storm Tracker 6 live double scan has showers popping through. We lost