andrÉ borschberg and bertrand piccard pose for the media. the mood in the control center in monaco is tense. in the middle of it all is prince albert, who sponsored the project lavishly. >> andre, here is albert. i have good news. i herewith grant permission for take-off. have a good flight and, above all, lots of sunshine! reporter: 7:12 in the morning. the start of a trip around the world, powered by nothing but sunlight. shortly before takeoff there were still problems with the electronics. but now everything's going smoothly. cheering in monaco. the team feels tremendous relief. the two pilots have been preparing and training for months, 72 hours in a flight simulator. survival training in ice cold water on a german army base. plenty of test flights in payerne, switzerland. technical problems kept arising and there were other setbacks, but no huge accidents or disasters. how did it all start? bertrand piccard is following in his father jacques' footsteps. this monster in scaffolding was his father's creation. in 1964, it was the sensatio

the verdict for charles piccard was announced this morning following a bench trial that ended wednesday. officer piccard was working as the school resource officer in 2013 when he reportedly assaulted the student and ultimately placed the student under arrest. this case was brought to light after an internal review. >>> the curfew has been lifted and the national guard is going home. signs that life in baltimore is returning to normal. however the state of emergency is expected to remain in place for a couple more days. brooke is here with more from charm city. >> reporter: fewer police are on baltimore streets overnight after the city lifted a mandatory curfew. earlier in the day national guard troops in the area to enforce the curfew began pulling out as tensions over the death of freddie gray subside. >> we are going to continue to keep officers in areas where there is potential for concern. where we have had previous incidents of violence, authorities say nearly 500 people were arrested and more than 100 officers injured during riots and protests, 200 businesses were looted, resulti

led by piccard and borschberg. the inventors say the technology could change aviation as we know it. >> the worst is when we don't bear to try it. >> reporter: so the pilots have been trained in self-hypnosis and meditation. i know that was a particular interest to you, dan, and they do that to deal with confined space. they have to remain in this specialized seat, it can recline. they can put the airplane on autopilot. they can only sleep for 20 minutes at a time. >> wow. >> and that's weather-permitting can they get in 20 minutes at a time. dan and paula, i will never complain about being sleep-deprived again. >> i plan to continue to complain about it. >> no problem with that. >> it's dan's m.o. >> ron has my back. >> thank you. >>> coming up on "good morning america" -- who's the boss? prince william dropping some big hints about he and kate middleton straight ahead in "pop news". i'm going to guess that she's the boss. >> don't want to ruin this for anyone. >> it's a tease. we'll find out later, right? ase. we

in a separate unrelated kies, school resource officer charles piccard was charged after surveillance video showed him assaulting a suitland high school student before arresting him back in 2013. he was recently convicted and will be sentenced in july. a fifth officer was pulled off of the job last november amid assault and disorderly conduct charges in atlantic city. police say steven varg ga attacked somebody off-duty. it's important to note that in all of these cases the prince george's county police department did its own investigation and turned the cases over to the state's attorney's office for prosecution. doreen, back to you. >> tracee wilkins, thank you. >>> now to texas. relentless rain for a third straight day. and the damage there almost unimaginable. tonight the death toll is climbing too, as new pictures of the devastation emerge. nbc's jay gray is in the hard-hit town of wimberly texas. jay? >> reporter: hey, doreen. yeah, the damage stretching for miles. i'll show it how it happened. the blanco river is almost inside its banks at this poinltd as you come across the de