his immediate advice was call in british experts. we got the thai authorities to understand that, you know, they needed expert divers out here. because cave diving is it s specialists, it s like diving with you can t see three inches in front of your face, and they needed world-class divers, and that s what we got. rick stanton on the left, a retired diver and his diving partner the night he consulted from bristol, in cave diving they re pretty much as good as it gets. the request of the thai command center they were flown out from britain. underground they almost passed unnoticed, just two guys in dark shorts, t-shirts, and wellington boots. they made their first explore tear dive on wednesday, june
shorts ante shirts and wellington boots. they made the first exploratory dive on wednesday june 27th four days after the boys went missing. the challenge was immediately obvious. the waerpt the color of cold coffee almost no visibility, swimming againstatorent of water, the engorged stream running through the cave. the divers were able to hey down a guide rope and on the seventh day of diving, monday, july the 2nd they found the boys perched on a reccy ledge and were met by an unforgettable chor us of little voices. how many of you? thirteen? brilliant. what day is it the boys ask? monday. monday. you have been here ten days. ten days. you are very strong.
theory will finally face lawmakers. peter strzok behind closed doors with the house judiciary committee. good morning, everyone, and welcome to early start on an extraordinarily busy news wednesday. yes, it is. i m christine romans. it is wednesday, june 27th. it is 4:00 a.m. exactly in the east. good morning, everyone. it is the biggest upset of the political season so far. ten-term incumbent democrat joe crowley ousted in new york s 14th district primary by democratic socialist alexandria ocasio-cortez. the 28-year-old latina trouncing crowley in her first political campaign. congressman crowley is the fourth-ranked democrat in the house leadership. two democratic lawmakers said tonight the upset significantly alters the competition for the speaker s gavel if big if democrats take the house. ocasio-cortez ran defiantly to crowley s left with demands for universal health care, a federal jobs guarantee, and
fooling anybody. i m glad you re up with us watching ones in nbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. email us, tweet me, or you can do what dwayne wise does and text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. we ll read the best responses later in the show. your next 30 minutes will be cram session for this wednesday, june 27th. a lot to tell but. including a couple of washington institutions, orrin hatch and charlie wrangle getting runs for their money in primary elections. plus, lebron on letterman. now you got this out of your system, you re ready to go back to cleveland and play some ball? dave gives a good grilling to the new nba champion, that s later in the show. first, let s get to the news, live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. you probably heard by now the sad news that author, screenwriter and director, nora ephron, died last night of pneumonia after a battle with leukemia.
this morning on world news now disaster zone. the president promises florida any help it needs after tropical storm debby s downpours. the flooding and widespread damage and the watches and warnings still posted this morning. it s wednesday, june 27th. from abc news, this is world news now. good morning, it s hump day, isn t it? over that hump. midway there. yes, we are. i m paula faris on this wednesday. good morning, everybody. i m rob nelson. we ll get to tropical depression debby s damage. in just a second. incredible scenes from florida. also, evacuation orders expanding in colorado as wildfires threaten the air force academy in that area. also queen elizabeth s historic visit to northern ireland.