cuba to florida. no shark cage and no flippers. she s so close. she s nearly close. she is smell the sand. expected to arrive in about hour and a half or so. you might remember the last attempt failed after she was stung many times by those huge jelly fish. box jelly fish. nasty stuff too. she s been trying this swim for 35 years now. she s already broken the record for doing the swim without a shark cage. the white house pushing congress for a green light to attack syria. up next, we ll speak to one congresswoman who says she s against any military strike. i m a careful investor.
swimming from cuba to florida without a cage. no shark cage here. she s swimming on her own. it means nasty jellyfish and sharks are all around her. she s been trying to do it for 35 years. this is a live picture of the attempt. cnn bringing you live pictures here. it s grainy, shaky, but this is what it looks like as it s going on now. i can t tell you how dramatic it is. we talked to her this morning on cnn well, to her crew. they think this is the time, the fifth attempt will be the charm. they think it is smooth swimming the rest of the way. they have seen pools of jelly fish and want to go around them. let s see if we can listen now. [ indistinct ] it s hard to make it out.
less than ten miles ago, that s the last report we ve gotten, it s gotten a little more difficult for her what the folks on her team are telling us, making frequent stops now, swallowing salt water. she s three miles out the reef, and then seven more miles to key west. clearly the last leg is going to have her toughest. seems nothing could keep diana nyad from returning to the water. he s determined to become the first in the world to swim from cuba to florida. last night she broke the word for distance swimming farther than anyone without a shark cage or protection from the elements. she s been swimming for more than 45 hours now and says this fifth attempt will be her last there s a fine line between having the grace to see that
diana nyad completed an historic swim from cuba to florida today, becoming the first person ever to do it without a shark cage. scores of people expressed support for her on the beach and online including president obama who tweeted congratulations diana nyad, never give up on your dreams. this video show as d.c. harbor police boat accidentally crashing into two parked boats on the georgetown waterfront. the ireporter said everyone was shocked. the one sank and had to be towed away. fortunately nobody was on board. no injuries were reported. and ruth bader ginsburg is the first justice to officiate a same-sex wedding.
arthel: that s the point. will carr, thank you. to answer the question, just listen, will. i could well, it s rhetorical but i ll give a rhetorical answer. i could live with you because you re neat. i couldn t share a bathroom because all your products, you know, for your hair and face and stuff would take up too much space. gregg: my products? i have no products. i would be a lot better looking if i had some products. that s what i need. yeah. you cannot now borrow my blowup mattress anymore after that insult. arthel: fine. gregg: all right. she is closer than she s been before. will the american endurance swimmer make it all the way to florida from cuba this time without a shark cage? it s really amazing. we re keeping a close eye on diana nyad s marathon swim. arthel: plus american policy when it comes to the syrian crisis and how it could be applied to the iran nuclear showdown.