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i found it to be quite interestining, for example, when the only boy that was actually able to communicaten english told us about his first encounter with the british rescue divers. so, he said that at first, the group had heard something, they were not sure what it was. they told each other to bebe quiet. thenen they actually heard voic. and they were very surprised to hear english being spoken and not thai. so, the one boy said that his brain n was very slow this after nine days in the cave, h he reay had to muster all of his english and think on his feet and talk to those rescue peoeople. ththat was quitete heartening to hear. what i alslso found interesting was the fact t tt during thehe first night, they were not even that worried. when they could not get out on the first day, they talk to water would subside and by tomorrow we can n just walk out agagain. maybe we'll get a scolding by our parents because they do not know where we are, but it only daunted on them after that first night that they would be in there for longer than one night. phil: let's pick up on that point, the p pare

. >> that's the headline in the beast, "dead to each interestin nickname. i never heard of that. republicans are sure it is part of a deal that michael cohen wants to make. he is in serious, you know, jeopardy, legal jeopardy, and now, he's turning and saying all these things he's never said before. he's never said it to congress. he is changing his tune. it is because he wants a deal, and that's the reason. >> i want to thank ken and barbara. while there's been attention on this reporting, michael cohen, what he knew, the president's former fixer, what he is willing to say, there is also somebody else who apparently might be compelled to say something to robert mueller. this could be a very big deal. we're talking about this guy. i want to pull up his picture. allen weisselberg. he's been called to testify before a grand jury for the michael cohen investigation. why does this matter? a trump biographer said weisselberg has worked for the trump family since the '70s. he could potentially provide more damaging information to prosecutors than cohen could about the president's dealm