nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nightly news with lester holt. good evening in a wide footnote to the olympics, ryan lochte has been hit right where it may hurt him because of his exaggerated robbery claim. big sponsors ending millions of dollars in endorsement deals with lochte because of his exaggerated claims about being held up on the streets of rio with his teammates. while his teammates answered questions in brazil, lochte made it back to the u.s. before officials rooted out the whole story. miguel almaguer has more tonight from rio. reporter: tonight in rio, the danger over, for ryan lochte, so is his partnership with four sponsors, saying we cannot condone the behaviors and values this company has long stood for. ralph lauren will not be renewing his contract, reportedly as much as 1.8 million. rio police say lochte claimed he was robbed at gunpoint to cover up an october of vandalism. today the
person on the other end of the phone might not be there to help. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc world headquarters from new york, nightly news with lester holt. ryan lochte has been hit right where it may hurt him most, his wallet, because of his discredited robbery tale. big sponsors eg endorsement deals with lochte because of his exaggerated claims about being held up on the streets of rio with his teammates. while his teammates answered questions in brazil, lochte made it back to the u.s. before officials rooted out the whole story. miguel almaguer has more tonight from rio. reporter: tonight in rio, the danger over, for ryan lochte, so is his partnership including speedo and ralph lauren, speed doe saying we cannot condone the behaviors and values this company has long stood for. ralph lauren will not be renewing his contract, reportedly as much as 1.8 million. lochte claimed he was robbed at gunpoint to cover up an act of va that s why i m
lift. tonight in rio, the cauldron is out, but they re still basking in olympic glory. tomorrow they will start breaking down olympic park and use some of those materials to rebuild schools. and ryan lochte says he wants to rebuild his reputation. following this evening is the urgent fight to combat zika in a pair of hot zones in miami beach. as the kids go back to school, there s controversy on how to stop it. reporter: on this first day of school on miami beach in the zika zone, for the gold family, a new d daily routine. i spray as my kids as a secondary precaution. zika will harm the child, rather a child comes home infected with the virus, a mosquito bite, and then that mosquito bites mom who is pregnant or soon will be. that s why today when i was 92 degrees. students at miami beach high wore public health officials say the urgency to stop zika is like it was 50 years ago when there was a race to find vaccine for rubella, which causes severe disabilities in newbor
end of the phone might not be there to help. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc world headquarters from new york, nightly news with lester holt. ryan lochte has been hit right where it may hurt him most, his wallet, because of his discredited robbery tale. big sponsors ending millions of endorsement deals with lochte because of his exaggerated claims about being held up on the streets of rio with his teammates. while his teammates answered questions in brazil, lochte made it back to the u.s. before officials rooted out the whole story. miguel almaguer has more tonight from rio. reporter: tonight in rio, the danger over, for ryan lochte, so is his partnership with four sponsors, ralph lauren, speed doe saying we cannot condone the behaviors and values this company has long stood for. ralph lauren will not be renewing his contract, reportedly as much as 1.8 million. lochte claimed he was robbed at gunpoint to cover up an act of vand vandalism. taking f
not be there to help. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nightly news with lester holt. good evening in a wide footnote to the olympics, ryan lochte has been hit right where it may hurt him most, his wallet, because of his exaggerated robbery claim. big sponsors ending millions of dollars in endorsement deals with lochte because of his exaggerated claims about being held up on the streets of rio with his teammates. while his teammates answered questions in brazil, lochte made it back to the u.s. before officials rooted out the whole story. miguel almaguer has more tonight from rio. reporter: tonight in rio, the danger over, for ryan lochte, so is his partnership with four sponsors, including speedo and ralph lauren, speedo saying we cannot condone the behaviors and values this company has long stood for. ralph lauren will not be renewing his contract, reportedly as much as 1.8 million. rio police say locht