A roundup of the day s events.
justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. but president trump telling fox he thinks politics matters in prosecutions. if you look at president obama, he had a massive campaign violation, but he had a different attorney general, and they viewed it a lot differently. you know, we have somebody, they seem to like to go after a lot of republicans. reporter: one top republican, now a convicted felon, paul manafort, president trump s former campaign chairman, found guilty by a jury this week of tax crimes and bank fraud. i have great respect for what he s done in terms of what he s gone through. some of the charges they threw against him, every consultant, every lobbyist in washington probably does. reporter: the question now, will the president pardon manafort? his press secretary says he s never discussed it. that s not something that has been up for discussion. i don t have anything for you on that. reporter: his
Authorities say a construction crew in the area struck a natural gas line. and a middle school student has died after a medical emergency at a football practice. school officials in crowley, texas, confirming 13-year-old kyrell mcbride-johnson became unresponsive with parents and coaches both trying to perform cpr. authorities are now investigating. and when we come back, the miracle cave rescue, and now, the abc news exclusive. those 12 boys, their coach and their new message tonight. you re headed down the highway when the guy in front slams on his brakes out of nowhere. you do, too, but not in time. hey, no big deal. you ve got a good record and liberty mutual won t hold a grudge by raising your rates over one mistake. you hear that, karen? liberty mutual doesn t hold grudges. how mature of them. for drivers with accident forgiveness liberty mutual won t raise their rates because of their first accident.
Finally tonight here, we said we would stay on it, and tonight, inside that miracle cave rescue. what we never knew from the divers themselves. abc s matt gutman tonight. reporter: their daring mission captivated the world. tonight, we re learning that the international rescue squad had peered that nearly half of that thai soccer team would not survive the grueling journey out of that cave. how many of you? reporter: what did you think the chances were for success? we always knew we could get them out. it was whether we could get them alive or not. reporter: one of the big concerns for divers like jason mallinson, the boys panicking. potential for them to kill themselves, there was to sensual for them to kill us. reporter: so, rescuers administered a powerful sedative, ketamine, to knock the boys out cold. they used specialized equipment,
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