them far more access to your data than it disclosed. and an amazing rescue for the ages caught on video in texas. two deputies rescue a man from a burning car. it is an extraordinary news wednesday. we've got the michael flynn sentencing delayed. we've got criminal justice reform in the trump administration also shuttered. big news. welcome back to "early start." i'm dave briggs. >> good morning, i'm alison kosik. wednesday, december 19th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. and new this morning, "the new york times" reporting that hackers infiltrated the european union's diplomatic network monitoring this communications -- monitoring its communications for years. the messages were discovered by the cybersecurity firm area one. and they expose the biggest, most serious concerns of countries around the world. so what's in them, and who broke into the eu's diplomatic system? samuel burke live for us in london. there is the closest thing to being a fly on the twul