. >>> we're hearing from arkansas state university students rescued from a cave after they were trapped for more than a day. >> for almost 30 hours this group huddled together to stay a senior at arkansas state was leading a group of foreign exchange students on a trip to the cave with a suddenly realize their group was lost and had to come up with a plan yelling for help every 10 minutes or the leader of the expedition says that small routine helps get the rescuer's attention. >> we got into survival mode and we got ourselves hunted down and decided to wait it out. >> all three were treated for mild hypothermia area -- hypothermia.>>> in alabama officers are calling out sick. visit the city has to do a better job of keeping them safe. the entire day shift on thursday called out sick. the police chief not happy and police there is no political reason for the move. , there's nothing to it then the play -- the pay. we have five people running for mayor and others. >>> there is actually no evidence of a political candidate requesting the officers calling in sick. officials and police tonig

the arkansas state university students say they went spelunking on wednesday -- and got lost in the process. they spent the night yelling for help until rescuers reached them. no one was injured -- they were in such a tight area that it two of the cave dwellers say they're never going back. the third one says he's still open to it -- but added it will probably be up to his wife. here's a nice change for travelers...one airline isn't upping their fees for once -- they're making something free! to heart health, kids might not be your first thought. but new research shows -- they're falling short of now going to provide all of its in-flight entertainment - for free. movies, tv shows, music and games will all be complimentary moving forward. ' already free - but until now, travelers were charged for new movies and premium content. delta airlines did the same thing last month. american will be making the changes on all their flights throughout this month. new smart watches are launching in the u- s. they're trying to make wearable apple and samsung - a run for their money. a chinese company is t

. >>> three students from arkansas state university spent 30 hours lost in caves as they went to explore and got lost. their efforts were fruitless until they finally heard a faint voice call back. >> i heard, help. and finally heard a tiny voice off in the distance. >> we found these guys, and they were a very, very good ways in there. >> my gosh. two of the explorers said they would never go back but kasey sherwood says he won't let it beat him. his wife might say >> i know. they must have been far deep in the cave. >>> 4:51. still to come, sobering information about how unhealthy our kids are nationwide. you're watching "today in new york." >>> have a tip for the biggest i-team? call 866-news-244. creative business incentives, infrastructure investment, university partnerships, and the lowest taxes in decades are creating a stronger economy and the right environment in new york state for business to thrive. let us help grow your company's tomorrow- today at business.ny.gov your daughter wants to stay organic. your husband wants to stay free from artificial ingredients. you want to sta

. >> reporter: relief after three arkansas state university students who disappeared in a cave are found safe. the trio missing since wednesday night found about ten to 15 minutes from the entrance to the cave. >> we heard a tiny little voice in the distance. 25-year-old casey a soon to be senior and cub scout leader reported missing by his wife along with two incoming freshman, japanese exchange students out on an exhibition. we'll have more on the dramatic search at 7:00 a.m. with the "g.m.a." first look, i'm geo bonito abc news new york. clean food. words you don't often hear. words we at panera live by. because clean food is food as it should be. with no artificial flavors, preservatives, sweeteners, and no colors from artificial sources. we think clean food tastes better, feels better, does better. 100% of our food will be clean by year's end. every bite will be food as it should be. ♪ good is a catalyst,ue diamond almond. good is contagious. and once it gets going there is no stopping what you can do. get your good going. blue diamond almonds. proud sponsor of the us swim team the

erika: it was a race against the clock to find 3 arkansas state university students who disppeared intis dark cave near cushman, arkansas. casey sherwood-a soon to be senior and cub scout leader-was leading two incoming freshmen on an expansion of the blowing cave where crevasses can reach a depth of 40 feet when he suddenly realized his group was lost. >> we got into survival mode, i guess he would say, and we got wait it out. erika: nearly thirty hours went by as the trio huddled together to stay warm sitting in a triangle formation, breathing into their shirts to generate hot air. sherwood's wife alerted authorities to the groups -- group's disappearance. emergency personnel responding to the scene around 1:45 am. firefighters and cave experts from a local college entering the cave, of which only a mile and a half is officially mapped. the three students began yelling any rescuers to their whereabouts. >> we were going every five minutes with a really high-pitched whistle or yelling help. it was one of those routine times. erika: they never gave up hope. >> they said after you are in

a race against the clock to find three arkansas state university students who disppeared into this cramped dark cave near cushman arkansas. nats new video: here's casey? casey sherwood-a soon to be senior and cub scout leader-was leading two incoming freshmen on an expedition of 'the blowing cave'-where crevasses can reach a depth of forty feet-when he suddenly realized his group was lost. sot sher in there for about an hour and then i felt scared all of a sudden. nearly thirty hours went by as the trio huddled together to stay warm?.sitting in a triangle formation?..breathing into their shirts to generate hot air. sot sherwood pre-tape: any cool additional details about how they survived/how he felt-did he think he would ever be rescued? sherwood's wife alerted authorities to the groups disappearance. emergency personnel responding to the scene around 1:45 am. the cave-of which only a mile and a half is officially mapped. sot sherwood: i didn't know if i would ever see her again/how did they draw the attention of rescurers? the three men students began yelling and whistling-hoping to aler

. >> reporter: relief after three arkansas state university students who disappeared in a cave are found safe. >> here's casey, and here's daisuke. >> reporter: the trio missing since wednesday night found about 10 to 15 minutes from the entrance to the cave. >> i really scared. >> finally we heard just a tiny voice off in the distance. >> reporter: 25-year-old casey sherwood, a soon-to-be senior and cub scout leader, who was reported missing by his wife along with two incoming freshmen japanese exchange students out on a spelunking expedition exploring the cavern during their summer break. >> it's a pretty brutal cave and there's a lot of dangerous spots. >> reporter: brian agee says this video shows that deep and blowing cave. >> the rumor of course is no one has ever found the end. >> reporter: gio benitez, abc news, new york. >>> detectives are looking into whether a british player at the wimbledon tennis tournament was poisoned. gabriella taylor fell ill with a bacterial infection and had to drop out of wimbledon's junior tournament last month. the 18-year-old spent four days in the

. < in this morning's gma first look - relief after three arkansas state university students who disappeared in a cave? are found safe. nats new video: here's casey? the trio, missing since wednesday night, found about 10-15 minutes from the entrance to the cave? 00:15sot japenese student: i was really scared in the distance 25 year old casey sherwood ---a soon to be senior and cub scout leader who was reported missing by his wife ... along with two incoming freshman - japanese exchange students out on a spelunking expedition -- exploring the cavern during their summer break. sot brian agee: it's a pretty brutal cave brian agee says this video shows that deep and dark cavern, called the "blowing cave." sot brian agee: 18;19;08;05 the rumor is no one has ever found the end. and e' dramatic search coming up at 7am - with your gma first look, i'm gio benitez, abc news, new york. > we've got a lot of breaking news for you right now... chopper 13 fast and first.. ground. we'll have a live report in [ted]quality top tier gas helps keep engines clean. [ted]whoa. [robot]i have helped keep your engin

>> reporter: a race against the clock to find three arkansas state university students who disappeared into this cramped dark cave near cushman, arkansas. >> casey was leading two incoming freshmen on an expedition of the blowing cave when he realized his group was lost. >> initially we were panicked about not being able to make it out. but after that, we got into survival mode, i guess you would say, and we got ourselves hunkered down and decided to wait it out. >> reporter: nearly 30 hours went by as the trio huddled together to stay warm, generate hot air. emergency personnel responding to the scene around 1:45 a.m. firefighters and cave experts from a local college entering the cave of which only a mile and a half is officially met. the three students began yelling and whistling, hoping to alert any rescuers to their whereabouts about 30 minutes from the cave's entrance. high pitched whistle or a loud help calling out. it was during one of those routine moments that finally one of the rescue teams heard us. >> reporter: this morning, their families are grateful they never gave up h

. >> reporter: in this morning's gma first look, relief after three arkansas state university students who disappeared in a cave are found safe. >> went in to inspect the cave. >> reporter: the trio missing about 10 to 15 minutes from the entrance to the cave. >> i was really scared. >> we heard just a tiny little voice. >> reporter: 25-year-old casey sherwood, a soon to be senior and cub scout leader was reported missing by his wife along with two incoming freshmen out on a spelunking expedition exploring the cavern during the summer break. >> it is a brutal cave. >> reporter: brian says this video shows that deep and dark cavern >> no one has ever found the end. >> reporter: we'll have more coming up at 7:00 a.m. i'm geo benitez, abc news, new >>> a massive construction crane broke windows when it hit the >> nobody was inside. building, which was still under construction. a crane had just lowered materials to the ground when a gust of wind sent a ball from the crane crashing into the window. it cracked the tempered glass window but no glass fell. they will eventually replace the wind

. >> relief after three arkansas state university students who disappeared in a cave are found safe. the trio, missing since wednesday night, found about ten or 15 minutes from the entrance of the cave. >> i just heard a tiny voice in the distance. >> he was reported missing by his wife along with two incoming ashman, japanese exchange students out on a spelunking expedition. >> there were lots of dangerous parts. >> this video shows that deep blowing cave. >> we will have more on the dramatic search coming up at evan a.m. good morning and welcome back. it is 5:14 a.m. and if you are just joining us, we are taking a live look outside at tempe as we wait for that sun to rise. it is 87 degrees, at how warm only get? >> this morning jerry sandusky will be back in will testify. he is appealing his 2012 conviction of sexually abusing ten boys. this is the first day of a three-day appeal hearing. sandusky is facing a more than 30 your conviction taste on allegations that his trial lawyers were ineffective. this will be the first time that we will all hear from sandusky himself because he d

. >>> three students at arkansas state university who went missing in a cave have been officials say they were found about 30 minutes from the cave's entrance. one of the students was leading the other two on a trip. conditions in the cave are described as miserable. >> you're crawling in mud, 58-degree water. they had to be concerned about getting too cold, getting wet. >> the wife of one of the students reported them missing wednesday night. two of the students are japanese exchange students. >>> and it was a milestone on wall street. all three major stock indexes reache that hasn't happened since 1999 when the dotcom boom was in full swing. the market has been helped by solid employment news, a rebound in oil prices and good earnings reports from major retailers. >>> one of those retailers, macy's, actually posted falling sales and slower traffic at the stores, but the numbers weren't as bad as feared. after the markets closed, the about 100 stores, about 14% of their locations. they say some of the locations are worth more as real estate than as stores. >>> let's hear it for the

. >>> three students from arkansas state university were covered with mud as they spent more than wednesday morning, they went in to explore and ended up spending the night, periodically calling for help. finally, they heard a faint voice call back. >> we heard, help, and finally just a tiny little voice off in the distance. >> where we found these guys, they were a very, very good ways in there. >> two of the explorers say they would never go back but casey sherwood doesn't plan to let this beat him. >> i think so. >>> the big event this weekend that's going to make much of lower manhattan off limits to cars. >> don't forget to follow us on facebook and twitter. you're watching "today in new >>> tomorrow, you can explore part of manhattan in a whole new way. >> you can see historic manhattan on foot or on bike. the city will close many blocks to traffic in the area below the brooklyn bridge. wnbc is a proud sponsor of event. >> the best way to see it. >> it's a good way. >> go early and stay hydrated. and take it slow. right now, a couple of showers working through new jersey and the city

abby: crews rescuing three mission arkansas state university students after they got lost in a cave.of one of the men reported them missing. they said they each kept each other warm by laying close to each other. ♪ happy trails to you until we meet again ♪ bill: some are happy. one of baseball's best-known players says good buy tonight. alex rodriguez playing one of his best games for the new york yankees. report are's a three-time mvp. by also has a history of using performance-enhancing drugs and lied about it. he was suspended for the 2014 season and isn't playing that well. he's only batting .200, so the yankees decided to let him go with 40 games left in the season. >> it's not a warm, cozy, cuddly feeling. he defied the institution. he damaged himself. he damaged the game. it's hard to put your arms around that and want to cuddle up to that. and then think it's going to be this wonderful good-bye. you know. i think people are just happy that it's over. reporter: there is some talk he might sign with the marlins to reach that 700 home run milestone. abby: coming up. a series of

. >> reporter: a race against the clock to find three arkansas state university disappeared into this cramped, dark cave near cushman, arkansas. >> he is casey. >> reporter: casey sherwood a soon-to-be senior and cub scout leader was leading two exchange students in the blowing cave where invest vasts can reach a depth of 40 feet when he suddenly realized his group was lost. >> initially we were panicked about like not being able to make it out but after that like i guess you would say, and we got ourselfed hunkered down and we decided to wait it out. >> reporter: nearly 30 hours went by as the trio huddled together to stay warm sitting in a triangle formation breathing into their shirts to generate hot air. sherwood's wife alerted authorities to the group's disappearance. emergency personnel responding to the scene around 1:45 a.m. firefighters and cave experts from a local college entering and a half is officially mapped. the three students began yelling and whistling hoping to alert any rescuers to their whereabouts about 30 minutes from the cave's entrance. >> we had a routine eve

rock, arkansas :58-1:02)hillary clinton and tim kaine are focusing on hard to win states, like arkansas:"right now the polling would suggest it's an uphill push for us." but a new monmouth university poll shows clinton and trump nearly even in another red state, missouri. this, as trump starts to change his strategy, focusing more on african-americans and latinos.i'm tracie potts in we'll look at your rainy forecast before you head to work or school. also-- it could be you kid's big break on the basketball court. the opportunity of life time for looking ahead today. training camp is underway for the packers.... coming businesses. they'll be going through the packer mentor-program.it kicks-off this morning at lambeau field. they'll be teamed up with established companies to learn the ropes of the business world. the goal is to help these companies spark job creation. does your kid have dance moves made for the big leagues?if so... you might want to head to the bradley center today. the milwaukee bucks are holding audtions for the young bucks dance team. registration is from 4 to 6.it's open to ages of 7 to 13. up next on live at daybreak on today's tmj4 --breaking news: a second po

arkansas is the number one rice producer. harvest is just starting in that state. here's are some pictures of crops underwater from the university of arkansas' ag department. it's causing the rice to spourt prematurely, which means milling and yield loss when harvest starts. but in louisiana - the number three producer - it's peak harvest season and early illion dollars worht of hte state's rice crop. the u-s rice federation ays about 80 percent of rice in southwest louisiana had been harvested before the rains hit, but it's the remaining 20 percent is more than likely gone. those rains could also take their toll on louisiana's cotton crop. prior to the rain, the state had the highest usda condition ratings, with 71 percent good to excellent and a third of the crop had bolls - percent is good to excellent. 80-percent is setting pods. and the corn also looks good, 74-percent good to excellent. the dryness in ohio is bringing down ratings there, with a three point decline in taht state. 21-percent of the crop is at dent stage....which is right on par with the five year average. soybeans and corn are sitting under water in southern

states like arkansas. >> right now the polling would suggest is an uphill push for rurs a new monmouth university poll shows and trump nearly even in another red state, missouri. and that looks like trump is turning a strategy a bit toward african-americans and latinos. mentioning them, talking a lot about the crime bill that bill clinton signed, about how it left a lot of black people behind bars. he's even meeting with black leaders and latino leaders in his trump tower office tomorrow. back to you. >> trying to make steps there. tracie potts live from washington. thank you. >>> at 5:44, demonstrators today plan to resume protests against the south bay judge who recently sentenced form we stanford swimmer brock turner. the the it is a sentence they considered too lenient. today's protest is being organized at the california commission on judicial performance building in san francisco. >>> now to the police shortage in san jose where city leaders have come up with an emergency proposal to put more officers into patrol cars. that plan would give the police chief, quote, emergency powers that would allow the

states like arkansas. >> right now the polling would suggest is an uphill push for us. >> reporter: but a new monmouth university poll shows clinton and trump nearly even in another red state, missouri. and donald trump is changing his strategy a bit, now focusing more on african-americans and latinos. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> well, as concern over the zika virus grows, hillary clinton is proposing a new fund to respond to major public health cry seiises. she said she would creat public health rapid response fund to help local hospitals and agencies respond faster and more aggressively. she did not detail the size of the fund or whether the money would come from other government revenue. >>> there is concern that the zika virus outbreak in florida may have spread from miami to the tampa area. governor rick scott announced a case on tuesday telling reporters the person who has the virus did not travel out of the country and has not been to the miami area. governor scott says there are now 42 cases of nontravel-related zika virus in his state. >>> a developing story out of north korea. south korea s

states, like arkansas. >> right now, the polling would suggest it's an uphill push for us. >> reporter: but a new monmouth university poll shows clinton and trump nearly even in another red state, missouri. and donald trump's changing his strategy a bit, now focusing more on african-americans and latinos. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> you can follow the presidential race and fact check the latest claims made by both campaigns on our nbc 10 app. >>> water rescues are underway in northeast iowa from overnight flooding. 7 inches of rain fell and record flooding is being report there had. several storms also left behind damage in the northwestern part of the state. storms moved through yesterday, taking down trees and power lines and damaging homes. residents say what started as rain quickly turned into thunderstorms, then hail, then high winds. officials expect cleanup efforts to last days. and heavy rain from that same system last night swamped parts of downtown omaha, nebraska. the storm packed high winds, which toppled trees and power lines here, too. the storm also knocked out power to some 19,000 homes. >

university of arkansas. finally we have our own lindsey burke, federal and state education issues and education policy at theheritage foundation. devoted time to research in two critical areas of education policy, reducing and empowering families with education choice. the commentary and op-eds have appeared in papers and magazines, published evaluation of school programs and options for vary public policy foundation, bachelor's degree and master's of teaching degree in foreign-language education from the university of virginia. she also currently studies education policy as a doctoral student. please join me in welcoming our panelists. [applause] >> well, thank you, mary claire. if we could pull up my -- my presentation here. there we go. okay. i'm delighted to be here on this panel to talk about milton freedman's vision for parental school choice and the impacts private school choice has on students in various outcome areas. you'll notice that there's a definite arkansas theme. three of us, majority of us have lived in this great state of arkansas, the well-spring of expertise on school choice and we tried

state and national level. he was a director of accountability of the south carolina district. policy at education the university of arkansasool choice demonstration project. it was in washington dc and milwaukee. andtudied education policy family policy at the heritage foundation. his commentary appeared in newspapers across the country and ox news.com. it is a bachelors degree in university of arkansas. we have lindsey burke whose devotes her time to research reducing federal imitation and empowering families with choices. ms. appeared embarrassed newspapers and magazines and she has spoken across the country and internationally published school choice programs are various public policy foundations. politics from roanoke and a masters from the university of virginia and she currently studies education policy at george mason so join me in .elcoming our panelists >> thank you. there we go. the delighted to talk about frigid and the impacts private school choice has on various and there is a definite arkansas theme. lived inity of us have this scrape choice. even in a wonderful place we ise rules and water role when any empl