Volcanos in latin america with about 76 eruptions this year. Now to the olympics in track and field it was a first for team usa. American women swept the 100 Meter Hurdles. Brianna rollins, nia ali and Kristi Catlin swept the event. They finished one, two and three in the event. Its the first time american women have swept any event in olympics history. What a feeling for them to turn around and realize its their teammates on the other side. And in the men, they didnt medal in the 110 hurdles. Kerri Walsh Jennings is coming home with a medal. But not the one that was expected. The three time gold medal winner and teammate april ross bounced back from the semi final loss. That was walshjennings first they managed to beat brazil in three sets to earn the bronze medal. Usain bolt is not the only history making sprinter from jamaica. Elaine thompson took gold in the 200 meters. That goes along with the gold she won in the 100 last week. She becomes the first woman to win the 100 and 200 in the same olympics since the late Florence Griffith joyner in 1988. By the way, an american took the bronze last night in that race. She looks tired. She does look tired. I think she ran that one hard. Can you imagine if they teamed up and did bo they might be onto something. Jamaica might be onto something elsewhere. Why didnt anybody else think of that . Now for the medal count. The u. S. Picked up nine medals yesterday. The u. S. Has 30 golds. China and Great Britain are tied with 19. 93. So close to the nice 100 number. Thats the belize attitude toward it. Its a nice round number. Goose egg. Sorry, honey. Its all right. Its not over yet. We have no more events, but thank you. Coming up, Khloe Kardashian opens up about her cancer scare. She has a message for her fans. And taking flight, the largest aircraft in the world making its maiden voyage, and are calling it. First heres a look at todays temperatures. 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Cisco systems is laying off 5500 employees starting this summer. Theyre the Worlds Largest manufacturer of networking gear. It has struggled with sluggish demand as technology has changed. More of the corporate customers are relying on Remote Data Centers instead of online networks. And at t is eliminating fees for data overages. Starting sunday users can choose a plan to slow down their data speed when they approach their data limit instead of paying the overage fee. Verizon announced a similar plan last month. The Washington Monument is closed because of elevator problems. A cable broke loose causing it to stop about 500 neat up. There was only one employee on board, but 84 visitors were forced to walk down the stairs. The elevator troubles shut down the monument for a week last month. It to close this past weekend. The Police Department in king, new hampshire, agreed to pay a woman 300 after a mixup. 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This is the first time shes really getting into detail about what that experience is like and her really real scare with skin cancer. Reporter the 32yearold reality star said several years ago after getting a few moles checked out, doctors found a cancerous mole on her back. There was one mole on my back that was skin cancer, she says. I had eight inches of skin removed. It was painful. It was a lot of skin, but most of the time the removals havent been that bad. Khloe hopes to share this story in hopes it would make people speak to their doctor if they see anything irregular in their skin. Reporter the star shares this chart on the abcs of skin had a problem in years, but i wanted to share my experience so that if you notice something doesnt look right, you will take action and in a january episode, she refused to take a test to find out if she was a carrier of a gene that would put her at risk of developing cancer. She says now im extra aware of my skin, body and moles. Linsey davis, new york. The cdc says skin cancer is the most common cancer. Its great shes speaking out about it. They recommend everybody should check their own bodies at least once a month and see a dermatologist once a year. And everyone can get it. Even if youre black. It doesnt matter your skin tone. People think if theyre darker or olive skin, im not susceptible. The little girl sparking a controversy, the big game hunter getting Death Threats after her latest trip. Why she says what shes doing is helping animals. World news now continues after this from our abc . . A 12yearold girl is sparking outrage this morning after posting photos after a its because the photos were of animals she a 12yearold girl is sparking outrage this morning after posting photos after a recent trip that she took with her dad. Its because the photos were of animals she killed while the two were hunting big game together. Some even threatening to kill the young girl, and now she and her dad are speaking out. Clayton sandell with the story. Reporter its the big controversy over big game. Its something that i cherish and i enjoy. Reporter on an african hunting trip last week with her father, the 12yearold from utah posted pictures of kills. This impala, this zebra calling it a dream hunt. The photo with a dead giraffe racked up 73,000 comments. Some positive, but mostly outrage and even Death Threats. One saying you and your red neck father should be hunted. They love animals. We love animals too. Its just we also love hunting. Reporter they did nothing illegal and point out some african countries rely on money from big game hunters for conservation efforts. Conservation aspect of it. Reporter but Many Wildlife groups say trophy hunting should be a thing of the past. Its 2016. We shouldnt have to kill an animal to save it. Im a hunter. No matter what people say, im never going to stop. Reporter and as her for her online critics, she said shes simply going to ignore them. Many of us waited to say its not hunting if you dont eat the the family has said that the giraffe they killed, the meat does go to local villages. And you often hear from the big game hunter that is the animals are going to feed people. Feeding some 800 orphans is what they claimed over the next month from their kills over the last month or so. But they also say theres another big problem which is poaching, which are people who go after endangered animals and are not giving to the same conservation efforts, but a lot of people wish they would stick you remember the lion from last year. The debate goes in circles. You may think you can put off checking out your Medicare Options until youre sixtyfive, but now is a good time to get the ball rolling. Keep in mind, medicare only covers about eighty percent of part b medical costs. The rest is up to you. 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Theres nothing more spectacular than seeing four horses riding in unison. Should have stayed away. You should have killed me. Reporter rising star jack in this 2016 incarnation also meant performing with the imminent morgan freeman. Sometimes actors are intimidated by their first opportunity to act with you. Thats as it should be. Yeah. Im a really good actor. Reporter what should people know thats different about this version of the movie . Im a big lover of the 59 version. While thats a story about revenge, this is a story about hope and love and forgiveness and redemption. This is more of a reimagining. Reporter backing the quest for freedom, whats fun to play about that . Im quite a powerful character. Its good to be the king. Reporter another significant update, its multicultural approach heartening to the woman who plays esther, judahs beloved. Im middle eastern and iranian. To play a major role is one of i love that shes strong. In a way that women havent been portrayed in this era. I watched my father be killed. I know what its like to want to take your feelings out on others. Reporter all for the eternal chariot race. George lewis painting the star wars homage with this scene in the phantom menace and this one cranking it up with twists and thrills. Up to. No lack of action scenes in it, clearly. No, not at all. But the original one, 11 oscars. Tying for the most ever. No pressure. Lets see if you can do that, morgan freeman. Thats the news for this half this morning on world news this this morning on world news now, breaking overnight. Two u. S. Swimmers pulled from a flight amid new questions in rio. Were they and ryan lochte really victims of an Armed Robbery . And hundreds of passengers rescued from a burning ferry. We have dramatic video of the smoldering ship as the u. S. Coast guard jumps into action. And a mans incredible weight loss. Shedding 300 pounds. The one simple thing he did when he got hungry and why it is being called the walmart diet. And team usa takes gold, silver and bronze. The first time any country has swept this olympics event. Its thursday, august 18th. From abc news, this is world news now. We say good thursday morning. Im kendis gibson. You wanted to say friday so i was so close to it. The new york tabloids are talking about they went at the whole controversy right now. I thought they could have been better. Water gate here from the new york post. And hot water. This all in reference to ryan lochte. And his teammates. And the Armed Robbery they apparently were a part of . Thats being called into question. But then there was a development overnight. In fact, the breaking news from brazil overnight, the two american swimmers still in rio pulled off of a plane moments before taking off as those questions swirl about the Armed Robbery. Heres video of jack conger and gunnar bentz at the airport where they were briefly detained overnight. They reportedly will not be able to leave brazil until they testify about claims that they were robbed at gunpoint along with ryan lochte and another teammate early wednesday morning. Yesterday the judge ordered the seizure of lochtes passport. He was already back in the u. S. At gunpoint by men with badges who pulled over their taxi. The judge says their stories dont match up. Look at this video that was obtained by dailymail. Com showing the swimmers arriving at the Olympic Village around 7 00 sunday morning, roughly twoandahalf hours allegedly after they were attacked. The judge questioned the time gap and also wondered why they seemed so upbeat if they had just been robbed. Because at one point ryan lochte grabs his badge and kin his teammate there playfully. In the head. Do you do that after an Armed Robbery is what the judge is questioning. A lot of questions about that. Why he left brazil early. Why the others were trying to leave before being done being questioned. The brazilians say we want answers and youre not going home until we get them. Exactly. It was all hands on deck for a massive rescue after a ship went up in flames with more than 500 people on board. The burning vessel was approaching puerto rico when passengers were forced to jump an allout effort to save those onboard. At one point even the firefighters were told to abandon the ship to save themselves from the fire. Gio benitez is on the ground in puerto rico. Reporter new details of the terror at sea. More than 500 passengers and crew wearing life vests ordered to abandon ship evacuating down the emergency slides into rescue rafts surrounded by coast guard, boats and choppers. A crew member saying the fire started in the boats engine room, crews battling from boats, dousing the side of the blackened ship. Witnesses spotting the emergency unfolding about a mile off the coast of san juan. Its gotten worse. Weve seen more vessels responding. Reporter two dozen passengers hospitalized. Some with broken bones. More than 100 treated for and, of course, shock. This woman leading a frightened child ashore. Moments later collapsing before being carried away on a stretcher. Its on fire over there one grateful passenger saying. Thank you, god. A paramedic cradling a newborn. A group of children Holding Hands as they were led to safety. Gio benitez, puerto rico. A small bit of progress this morning in the battle against the wildfire in Southern California. Fire crews have the blue cut fire 4 contained. The flames are spreading near el cajun pass near interstate 15. Dozens of homes have been destroyed. Mara anderson among the thousands of residents still worried about her home. I think this is the worst that ive ever seen. You know . And its kind of getting used to the idea of being homeless. Cadaver dogs were searching for anyone who was possibly overrun by the flames. The cause of this fire a mystery this morning. Donald Trump Holding a rally in North Carolina after shaking up his Campaign Staff at the highest level. The Second Campaign overhaul in two months was aimed at letting trump be trump. Embracing the tone that got him the nomination. As Hillary Clinton joked about the shakeup, her controversial emails came reporter Donald TrumpsCampaign Team shaken and stirred after several poll numbers against Hillary Clinton. He can hire and fire anybody he wants from his campaign. They can make him read new words from a teleprompter. But he is still the same man. Reporter chairman of conservative brightbart news steve bannon is the new campaign ceo. Kellyanne conway was promoted to going into the last 12 week homestretch we look at this more and more. Reporter the Associated Press reports it was the influence u. S. Policy, a possible federal felony. The gop nominee who held a round table at trump tower called islamic terrorism and also getting his first classified briefing. He told fox news he wouldnt trust the intelligence. Not so much from the people doing it look whats happened over the years. I mean, its been catastrophic. Reporter clinton will get the same classified briefings after touring a high school in ohio. Rally supporters as