CNN Evening News for Thursday, Aug 18, 2016
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(Rio de Janeiro: Nick Paton Walsh) The Olympic Games story about the claim by four American swimmers, including Ryan Lochte, they were robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro examined; gas station surveillance video shown; details given about the whereabouts of all the swimmers. [Earlier, LOCHTE - describes what happened in the robbery.] [Brazil civil police chief Fernando VELOSO†- {thru translator} says a weapon was used to control them to get them to pay for the damage.] The uncertainty about how long the swimmers may have to stay in Rio, how they maintain there was a robbery, how the story is confused discussed.
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with "USA Today" columnist Christine Brennan about the robbery story. [BRENNAN - talks about this scenario, how it is bad for Lochte, the initial visuals of the robbery story, the confusion in the police story, how this is no joke since the athletes represent the USA, whether Lochte will lose his sponsorships: devastating, with three teammates left behind.]
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