More short conversations that occur over the next few days as the president makes his final decision. But that he has wrapped up the formal interview process interviewing six judges monday and tuesday of this week. He spoke with one of them twice which accounts for the seven conversations that the white house was talking about earlier in the week. It was throwing us off a little bit. We didnt know if he had seven candidates or conversations. He had six candidates and seven conversations. Im told that judge Raymond Kethledges stock is rising, an appellate judge appointed by president bush in 2000 , 51 years old. He could sit on the bench for three decades, a district constitutionalist. Got his law degree at the university of michigan. Not the typical harvard or yale pedigree. Im told by some there is a bit of concern his judicial record is a little light but he does appear to be a reliable conservative judge. Also still in the running is Bret Kavanaugh from the d. C. Circuit court of ap
Team trapped deep inside a cave in thailand. How long will the rescue take and how much time do they have to complete the mission . Speaking for the president. Rudy giuliani shining new light on if the president will, in fact, answer special counsel Robert Muellers questions. And scuttled in diplomacy, new reporting on mike pompeos odd trip to north korea. A visit that raised some new questions about President Trumps assertion that north korea is no longer a nuclear threat. We begin with breaking news in thailand. An operation dubbed dday by the head of the Critical Rescue Mission there with the eyes of the world watching intently. Four members of that soccer team have been rescued. That 12member squad known as the wild boars and its coach have been trapped for 15 days. The first four boys were seen on facebook today. Writing, the fourth wild boar is out of the cave. That as work continues on freeing the rest of the team. Bill neely is on the ground, and he got us up to speed. Were at
Have not been reunited. That first deadline of those under fives, theres no indication at this point they will make that deadline. Separating families. Separating Young Children from their parents, it was horrific. Its not who we are as a country. Good morning. Im dianne gallagher. Im victor blackwell. Good to be with you this morning. There are signs of a shifting strategy for the president s legal team as they set new conditions for sitdown with special counsel robert mueller. The New York Times reportsing President Trumps lawyers want two thechk before agreeing to an interview, one, the special counsels team must prove it has evidence the president committed a crime. Two, the mueller team has to show they need testimony from the president to finish the russia probe. These new conditions may be less of a sign that theyre willing to cooperate and more of a signal that they plan to fight the investigators and focus more on the public battle of Public Opinion. We want to go live to Sara
Ever looming monsoon deluge. They dont want to pull the trigger on this difficult and dangerous rescue attempt until they know its their only option. If we have no other option, we should take them out by diving. Thank you for joining us. We want to welcome our viewers today around the yates and a around the world. A thai Navy Official said moments ago that rescue efforts to save a Young Soccer Team and their coach from this flooded cave may start soon. Rescue teams are racing against the weather at this moment. Mormon soon rains already starting. Cnns David Mckenzie live in thailand. What is the latest on the ground as far as the rescue situation . This is becoming the crunch hour, i believe, in thailand. The rain could come any moment. Racing against the weather are these rescue teams including u. S. Military just saw on the ground moments ago. From a Thai Military source, a navy source saying that extraction could happen very soon indeed. Because of the weather that could be closing
Since mothers day, the fbi now searching a massive landfill. A coworker in custody. And rip current emergency. Five teens swept from the shore. The nearly hourlong search and rescue. The traumatic start to summer. And good evening. Thanks for joining us this saturday. Im tom llamas. And we begin tonight with the intensifying efforts to free a dozen boys trapped in a flooded cave in thailand. Those are fears those boys and their soccer coach could be running out of air and possibly time. After two weeks in terrible conditions. One plan to remove them teaming them up with experienced divers. And those ominous clouds, giving way. New rain beginning to fall tonight. As letters emerge between the boys and their families with their coach asking for parents forgiveness. The new rescue plan from abcs James Longman, starting us off tonight. Reporter the threat of heavy rain has long been rooming. But now, it seems the weather may be ready to break over the cave, where those 12 boys and their so