A good friday morning to you. We begin with breaking news. A Cross Country flight forced to make an Emergency Landing after severe turbulence injured passengers. So it was a jetblue flight. It was heading from boston to sacramento and landed in south dakota instead. Now, the airline says 22 passengers and 2 crew members were injured as a result. Look at this. The pictures from social media showing the planes damaged bathroom. A passenger there in a neck brace. People on board describing the terrifying experience. It was almost like a bang like we hit a wall and just dropped straight down. There was stuff all in the aisles. You heard people crying. The injured passengers and crew members were taken to the hospital. No word yet on their conditions but we, of course, will continue to update you on this breaking story. We move on though to politics and Hillary Clinton expected to release her latest tax returns as soon as today. Turning up the pressure on donald trump who is still refusing to release his. Thats right. Trump is now acknowledging his campaign may be in trouble as he faces more opposition from republicans. And theres also word this morning that the trump camp is meeting in orlando today with Party Officials reportedly to mend fences. Abcs maggie rulli has the latest. Its either going to work or im going to, you know, im going to have a very, very nice, long vacation. Reporter its a rare admission from donald trump asking for help as polls continue to show Hillary Clinton with a strong lead. Ohio is very close, but we need help. Reporter showing concern about even historically red states. Im having a tremendous problem in utah. Reporter 9 comments come as Trump Doubles down on a new line of attack. I called president obama and Hillary Clinton the founders of isis. Reporter not walking back even when confronted by conservative talk show host hugh hewitt. Hes not sympathetic to them. He hates them. Hes trying to kill them. He was the founder. Reporter trump off course in what was supposed to be a week focused on the economy. Hillary clinton gave her economic speech in michigan on thursday and spent much of it picking apart trumps economic plan. A more extreme version of the failed theory of trickle down economics with his own addition of outlandish trumpian ideas that even republicans reject. Reporter clinton also fending off more attacks about her email. 33,000 emails, no good, folks. Reporter but the state department is backing her up saying there was nothing inappropriate in the communication between clintons staff and the Clinton Foundation when she was secretary of state. More than 70 former republican Party Officials signing a letter saying they want their party to stop supporting trump and instead use those resources towards congressional races. Trump says hell stop fundraising for the gop if they pull money away from his campaign. Kendis and diane. All right. Maggie rulli live in washington for us. Maggie, thank you. Now, to some breaking news overnight. At least four people have been killed in a series of bombings across thailand. Many of them in a tourist area. Dozens of other people have been injured. Authorities say the attacks may be politically motivated to undermine the military government there. They say theres no link to islamic terrorist groups. A troubling new report from syria. A medical group says at least 1,500 people have been killed by chemical weapons with more than 160 attacks during the war. Doctors now saying the use of chlorine bombs is the new normal. Just yesterday eight convoys finally reached a hardhit city of aleppo where people are without Running Water and were reportedly cooking leaves off trees to eat. Back here at home, the death toll expected to rise after a building explosion outside washington, d. C. At least two people are known dead, but several residents of the apartment complex in Silver Spring are unaccounted for including young children. Search operations resume this morning. Dozens of people are also injured. Residents had been complaining for years about poor maintenance and recently complained of a gas smell. This morning a state of emergency declared in st. Charles parish, louisiana, after torrential rains. Officials say its a precautionary measure with more heavy rain expected. Several roads have been closed because of flash flooding. Public works crews are on standby across the state. And as we look at the radar, you can see the heavy rainstorms hitting louisiana. Areas around baton rouge and parts of mississippi could get seven inches of rain through the weekend. Now to sports and two of the best olympic athletes solidified their spots in the history books. Last night in the pool it was Michael Phelps winning an event that hes owned for more than a decade. And then simone biles dominated the allaround competition setting a record margin of victory in gymnastics. 19yearold simone biles is the queen of womens gymnastics. Biles dominated the womens individual allaround final mastering the vault, the beam, the floor and gravity along with them to become the womens olympic champion. Teammate aly raisman captured silver redeeming herself after just missing a bronze medal four years ago. The mens women stole the shot with lots of emotion and a big hug afterwards. Michael phelps faced off against ryan lochte with one of sports greatest rivalries. Lochtes only individual swim but it was phelps who came away with the gold medal becoming the only to win four consecutive gold medals in the same event. Lochte finished fifth. Phelps swam in the mens 100 butterfly semifinal placing second. In a huge surprise american Simone Manuel tied for a gold medal with penny oleksiak and set a new olympic record. The u. S. ryan murphy struck gold in the 200meter backstroke but in the womens 200meter womens backstroke it was more disappointment for Missy Franklin who failed to qualify meaning her rio olympics are now over. Just such a big day for the olympics for the u. S. Looking at all of this. Looking at the simone biles victory. The margin of victory she won by was more than 198 onto 2012 combined. Pretty impressive, indeed, but we cannot give you a sense of how big it was for the other simone, Simone Manuel and her victory last night. The first female american swimmer to win any medal, much less gold and, you know for an africanamerican. Exactly. Theres been this reputation that not a lot of africanamericans are swimmers, and so this is just such a wonderful moment to see her do this. And the look on her face when she touches the wall and then she gets out of the water and looks up and realizes she had just tied for gold. She had no idea that was going to happen and, of course, she cried as she heard the national anthem. Lets take a look at the medal count, United States continues to lead with 16 golds, u. S. Has the overall lead with 38. Still ahead a new study raising concern about the health of American Children. And also a rescue mission deep inside a cave. Three adventurous students lost more than a day. How they were finally found. Plus, the investigation into whether a tennis playe for colon cancer . Get testd i dont have any symptoms. [female announcer] of cancers affecting both men and women, Colorectal Cancer is the 2nd leading Cancer Killer in the United States. And it doesnt always cause symptoms, especially early on. But im only 53. Im too young. [announcer] screening is recommended for men and women beginning at 50. But no one in my family had colon cancer. It doesnt run in my family. [announcer] most Colorectal Cancers occur in people with no Family History of the disease. But. 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Clair power plant is due to be retired in a few years and Officials Say smoke from the plant did not pose any health risk. And over in louisiana fire broke out at this oil refinery heavily damaging part of the facility bur crews do not expect the fire to impact gas supplies or prices. The husband and son of a retired librarian accide accidentally shot during a gun safety demonstration say they forgive the officer. Mary knowlton was killed because the officers gun was loaded when it was supposed to shoot blanks during a citizens safety class. Her husband was there but says he is not vengeful. People make big mistakes, and they shouldnt have to live with it the rest of their life. I want to judge. I want to be angry. I want to i want my mom back. I want one more day at least to just say goodbye. Officer lee coel was roleplaying as a criminal when knowlton was shot. He remains on administrative leave. Police still arent sure why his gun was loaded with live ammunition. Macys is feeling the pressure from ecommerce and discounters so the countrys Largest Department chain is closing 100 of its locations, 14 of its stores. Macys says some of those properties are worth more as real estate. Earlier the Company Posted falling sales and slower traffic but numbers werent as bad as some analyst has expected. And that news from macys was run reason for a milestone on wall street yesterday. All three major stock indexes reached record highs thursday. That hasnt happened since 1999 when the dotcom boom was in full swing. And there is a new headache for volkswagen. Researchers say hack eers can build a wireless device that will clone a vehicles key and say 100 million volkswagens made in the last two decades can be unlocked and driven off by thieves. Volkswagen confirms the flaw but says not all models are impacted. When we come back, a pilot forced to make an Emergency Landing after the planes landing gear malfunctioned. 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A homeowner in texas was greeted with an unexpected visitor when he came facetoface with a tenfoot alligator. The man said he was shocked to find the reptile hanging out in his garage. The gator, by the way, put up quite a fight when animal control finally intervened, but it was eventually removed and released to a farm. The family says they have no idea how the gator got in, but they are thankful it wasnt hungry. It definitely was stubborn. Look at that. Yeah, not hungry, but angry. Now for a look at this mornings driving conditions. You can expect rain and thunderstorms in the west, south and the northeast. If youre flying, airport delays are possible in new orleans, kansas city, chicago and detroit. And in arkansas a search for three missing College Students is now over. A happy ending. They were found in a cave dirty and exhausted, but they werent injured. Heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter relief after three Arkansas StateUniversity Students who disappeared in a cave are found safe. Heres casey, and heres 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 25yearold casey sherwood, a soontobe 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. Its a pretty brutal cave and theres a lot of dangerous spots. Reporter brian agee says this video shows that deep and dark carne vern called the 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 wimbledons junior tournament last month. The 18yearold spent four days in the ic. Some experts doubt that she was deliberately poisoned, but her mother says the bacteria is so rare, it could not have been an accident. Federal Officials Say theyre redirecting money from other programs to zika research. Congress still needs to approve a 1 billion funding bill. In the meantime, health and Human Services is taking 81 million earmarked for medicare, medicaid and the administration for children and families. Government Health Officials call the move a shortterm solution. And marijuana may be legal in half the country, but the feds are keeping it on their list of the most dangerous drugs. A federal review has determined that pot has a high potential for abuse and, quote, no accepted medical use but the government will allow more research into its therapeutic effects. Medical or Recreational Marijuana is legal now in 25 states. The Heart Association is raising an alarm about childrens health. The Organization Says 91 of young people do not have healthy diets, and it found less than 1 of American Children have what the Group Considers ideal cardiovascular health. The problems are blamed on diets high in simple carbs such as sugary drinks. And a video caught a small planes Emergency Landing in Central Florida making waves this morning. The 74yearold pilot was so worried about not having any landing gear, that he texted his family to tell them he loved them. The Sheriffs Department sent up a helicopter to help guide him down. The plane spun out, but the pilot was not hurt. The plane also not seriously damaged landing without gear. Amazing landing there. As you said, now we know what sully is doing. Yep. Okay, so its a busy time for sports fans. Of course, we have the olympics but we have baseball and, hallelujah, football. Lets get the details from our friends now at espn. Good morning, its sportscenter from los angeles. Stan verrett along with kenny mayne. Were just warning you anything could happen on this segment. Thats a fact. Football is back, people. Its just preseason but have fun with it. Mark sanchez trying to be the quarterback for the broncos that Peyton Manning guy quit. Sanchez to demaryius thomas. Leonidas of rhodes making that kind of play. Leonidas of rhodes, he was an actual olympian . Yeah, he was good back in 152 b. C. I dont know what im talking about. Broncos win, 220. Saints and patriots. Jimmy garoppolo is going to start the first four games. You might have heard about tom brady and deflategate although that whole thing ended quickly so maybe you didnt hear about it. Garoppolo dumps it off to james white. Going to take it down to the oneyard line. White did most of it. Garoppolo able to get it to him under pressure. Roman harper providing the pressure for the saints. Hes back in new orleans after a little stint with carolina and then garoppolo later to Malcolm Mitchell for 24 yards. Garoppolo, 11 of 18, 168