COSTELLO: Fifty minutes past the hour. It's time to check our "Top Stories". More than 100 students and their eight chaperones were kicked off an AirTran flight after the crews says they would not stay seated and they continued to use their cell phones. One of the group's chaperone says the airline has blown the whole thing out of proportion. The New York high school students were traveling to Atlanta for a senior class trip but not anymore. Jail house (inaudible) are getting a look at life behind bars for accused Cleveland kidnapper, Ariel Castro. The reports show he spends most of his days either lying on his mat, pacing the floor, or staring out the small window in his cell. Castro has also been doing some cleaning and reading his inmate manual. He's being held on $8 million bond. He's accused of holding three women captive for nearly a decade. The Midwest is facing a massive flooding threat as water from the Mississippi River breaches a levee in West Alton, Missouri and residents were asked to leave. And in the town of Grafton, Illinois, the Mississippi expected to crest today but flood waters have already made the list of the top five floods in the river's town history. What's being called an unprecedented hearing is under way right now on Capitol Hill. You are looking at live pictures as the top leaders of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines are set to testify before a Senate panel investigating sexual assaults in the military. Under consideration, a controversial bill that would give uniform prosecutors instead of commanders the authority to investigate these cases. Military's brass is against the proposal, but advocacy groups and some lawmakers say the change is needed because commanders have failed to address this pervasive problem. We'll keep you posted. Actually if you would like to see more of today's hearing, were streaming it live on CNN.com. You go there and you will see it all. Still ahead on the NEWSROOM, Miami Heat fans celebrate the teams return to the NBA finals. We've got the highlights of the conference clincher in "Bleacher Report."
Military Chiefs Set to Testify