tonight, the miracle in the cave. the moment a boy's soccer team is found alive, ten days after vanishing inside a maze of dark tunnels. >> the boys have been found. >> families rejoicing. but now, the new race against time to rescue those children. cohen's warning shot. the president's former personal attorney and fixer breaking his silence in an abc news exclusive. telling george stephanopoulos ld take t loyalty is now to his a bullet for the president. the deadly vacation horror. a tour boat exploding off the bahamas. a young american dancer losing her legs in the blast. and new details tonight about the woman who did not survive. extreme heat wave. the summer scorcher now turning deadly.

the daring prison break. a nor or the use gangster busts out with the help of armed commandos and a stolen helicopter. tonight, the nationwide manhunt. and meet the new king of l.a. lebron james saying good-bye, cleveland, hello, hollywood. good evening. it's great to have you with us on a busy monday night. i'm tom llamas, in for david. and we begin tonight with breaking news. the miracle rescue. the ten-day ordeal playing out in front of the world. 12 young boys and their soccer coach found alive in a flooded cave in thailand. remarkable images coming in. >> we're coming. it's okay. >> it's okay. >> many people are coming. >> that right there is the moment rescuers finally reached the group huddled in the dark cave, sitting at the water's edge. divers navigating narrow passages and muddy water, promising more help is on the way. emotional family members camped

out at the scene, excited beyond belief after learning everyone is alive. rescuers now faced with the difficult task of getting the boys safely out and back to their families. abc's james longman is in thailand at the cavesite to lead us off. >> reporter: the pictures the world was holding its breath for. >> how many of you? >> 13. >> 13? brilliant. >> reporter: and the voices they'd waited to hear. >> thank you! >> reporter: 12 school boys, aged 11 to 16, and their soccer coach, found alive tonight on their tenth day in a flooded thai cave. >> we are coming. it's okay. >> it's okay. >> many people are coming. >> many, many, people. >> we are the first. many people coming. >> reporter: rescue flashlights breaking their long darkness. the boys with no idea how long they'd been underground. >> what day is it? >> monday. >> okay, one week -- and monday. you have been here ten days. ten days. you are very strong. very strong. >> reporter: strong in spirit,

but physically, they're weak. some are able to stand, though. "thank you, thank you," the boys repeat. outside, the word spread quickly. we've just got the news that the boys have been found. it's incredible news. thailand's prayers have paid off. their parents had sat waiting at the cave entrance for days. tonight, they're overjoyed. the u.s. playing a part in what locals are already calling a miracle. a strong international team on the ground here. the boys and their coach went into the cave last saturday, a fun excursion gone badly wrong. sudden heavy rain causing flash floods. rescue divers battling powerful currents, narrow rock and muddy waters. now that the search is over, the complicated rescue mission begins. >> we're all going to come together to figure out what the best possible solution is. and kind of be able to get the kids out as safely and as quickly as possible. >> reporter: the next steps will not be easy. they're two miles inside. one plan could be to stretcher them out along the water, but

with large parts of the cave still submerged, it's not clear if they'd have to swim out. a second option, experts tell us, keeping them supplied until another entrance to the cave can be drilled. the water levels, stable for now, but with rain forecast, it's still a race against time. >> we're trying to find a way to get them out, because right now the water's really low and -- >> reporter: so, you've got to do it before the rain comes. yeah. >> time is of the essence, and james longman joins us now from outside that cave in northern thailand. james, we've reported they were there for ten days. how dud those boys manage to survive for so long? >> well, tom, experts tell us, they managed to survive because of the sheer heat in that cave. about 100 degrees inside. which means they didn't have to worry about hypothermia. also, they were able to drink, because of fresh water seeping through cracks in the rock. >> actually saved them. a doctor is now treating them inside the cave? >> reporter: yes, the medic is spending the night with the

group inside, tending to their needs, making sure that they can build up their strength, because it's a long trek to get back out of that cave tonight, tom. >> such an incredible moment there. james, thank you to you and your team for your reporting. now to the abc news exclusive, george stephanopoulos one-on-one with president trump's former long-time personal attorney, michael cohen. the president's so-called fixer, who once said, "i will do anything to protect mr. trump," now telling george he will put country and family first. cohen under intense pressure since the fbi raided his home and office, perhaps signaling his willingness to cooperate with federal prosecutors. here's abc's george stephanopoulos. >> reporter: he is the lawyer and fixer who once vowed to take a bullet for his most famous client. >> i will do anything to protect mr. trump. i'm obviously very loyal and very dedicated to mr. trump. >> reporter: but when i sat down with michael cohen in new york this weekend, it was clear something has changed. federal prosecutors are breathing down his neck, and when i asked cohen what he'll do

if they offer him leniency in return for information on president trump, he was emphatic. "my wife, my daughter and my son have my first loyalty," he said. "and they always will. i put family and country first." three times i pressed him, and three times his answer was the same. "family first." >> mr. president, is michael cohen going to flip, sir? will michael cohen flip? >> thank you very much. >> reporter: in the oval office today, president trump ignored questions. in the past, he predicted cohen won't turn against him, tweeting, "most people will flip in the government lets them out of trouble. sorry, i don't see michael doing that." but now cohen is sending a clear signal to the president, prosecutors and the country. "i will not be a punching bag as part of anyone's defense strategy," he told me. "i am not a villain of this story, and i will not allow others to try to depict me that way." cohen is under investigation by the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york for possible bank and wire fraud. prosecutors are digging into his

$130,000 hush payment to porn star stormy daniels. the president claimed to know nothing about it. >> you have to ask michael cohen. michael's my attorney, and you'll have to ask michael. cohen insisted he acted on his own initiative. but now, when i asked if the president directed him to pay off the porn star, cohen hedged, telling me, "i want to answer. one day i will answer. but for now, i can't comment further on advice of my counsel." in april, fbi agents raided cohen's home and office, seizing documents and more than a dozen phones and electronic devices. >> i just heard that they broke into the office of one of my personal attorneys, a good man, and it's a disgraceful situation. >> reporter: but cohen told me he doesn't agree with "those who demonize or vilify the fbi," adding, "the agents were respectful, courteous and professional. i thanked them for their service and as they left, we shook hands." cohen also refused to criticize

special counsel robert mueller's investigation into russian meddling and possible collusion with the trump campaign. >> it's a witch hunt. that's all it is. it's a total witch hunt. the entire thing has been a witch hunt. >> reporter: cohen told me, "i don't like the term witch hunt." and he has worlds about that infamous trump tower meeting when don jr., jared paul manafort sitting down with a russian lawyer they were told had dirt on hillary clinton. cohen calls the meeting "a mistake" and "an example of poor judgment." but when i asked him if donald trump knew about the meeting in advance, cohen would only tell me this, "i can't comment under advice of my counsel." >> george, the big question tonight, why is michael cohen speaking out? is he trying to send a message? >> reporter: definitely. sending a message, as i said, to prosecutors, to the president and to the country, but tom, i also think it's deeply personal for michael cohen. he's been taking a lot of hits out there from allies of president trump, in the press, in the public. he wanted to tell his story.

he wanted to send a signal that he's becoming his own man and ultimately, wants to work for what he calls resolution to this matter. >> now, we do want to mention, michael cohen has not been charged with anything, but he has changed his lawyer, which is very significant. >> reporter: for two reasons. number one, who that lawyer is. a veteran of the southern district of new york. he was the head of the criminal division there. he knows these prosecutors well. secondly, and this is very, very significant, when guy petrillo formally comes onboard, that will mark the end of the joint defense agreement that michael cohen's lawyers have had with president trump and his attorneys and their allies attorneys to share information and strategies. once he comes onboard, that agreement is going to be over. that means the sides could be in a adversarial position. >> george stephanopoulos with that exclusive interview tonight. george, thank you. next tonight, news about that deadly boat explosion in the bahamas. american tourists onboard. investigators looking into what caused the blast that killed a mother and injured at least nine other people. one of the victims, a dancer,

losing her legs while on a family vacation. here's abc's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, officials in the bahamas investigating what caused the engine of a tour boat to explode, leaving behind this torched heap of metal. this, as we learn more about the american mother killed onboard. 39-year-old maleka jackson and her husband celebrating their 15th wedding anniversary when that boat suddenly ignited. >> my heart broke. my prayer was that, lord, i just pray she didn't suffer. >> reporter: ten americans and two bahamian crew members were onboard. at least nine seriously injured. some airlifted to florida for treatment. 22-year-old stephanie schaffer, a dancer from vermont on holiday with her family, suffering a double amputation, now in a medically induced coma, her mother with several broken bones. >> doctor, doctor! >> reporter: cell phone video from a nearby boat capturing the panic as passengers desperately tried to escape the inferno. these men jumping into the water, climbing aboard that

burning vessel in a frantic rush to help. tom, the company that operates that boat tells abc news it won't come meant, as the investigation is ongoing. tom? >> erielle reshef for us. erielle, thank you. we're tracking tonight the extreme heat wave gripping most of the country. heat alerts for 60 million americans. temperatures feeling like they're in the triple digits from north carolina all the way to maine. at least one death blamed on the dangerous heat. here's abc's gio benitez. >> reporter: tonight, that dangerous heat wave with no relief in sight. in washington d.c. today, it felt like 108 degrees. baltimore? 111. at least one death blamed already on the heat. mt. sinai hospital in new york city preparing for more heat-related illness. what should people watch out for? >> so, i mean, you should watch out for symptoms of excessive sweeting, lightheadedness, dizziness. >> reporter: firefighters in pennsylvania warning parents to avoid hot playgrounds. >> we're at 140 degrees on the asphalt. >> reporter: that extreme heat bucking highways from minnesota

to ohio. to open this bridge in chicago, they had to cool down it down after steel beams expanded in the heat. and tom, tonight, as a precaution, amtrak is slowing down the speed of its trains from north carolina to baltimore in case the heat damages those tracks. tom? >> gio, thank you. let's get right to abc chief meteorologist ginger zee. she's along the george washington bridge. and ginger, this heat is not letting up. >> reporter: tom, the sweltering heat goes all the way to burlington, vermont, where they broke a record today at 97. look at these heat advisories, from maine down to north carolina. the numbers don't go anywhere the next couple of days. the heat indexes, 104, washington, 102, little rock. and tuesday, the numbers soar. 102 in memphis. this slides east even more and that means new york city, for example, would be close to a seven-day stretch of 90-plus, if we do that, it will be a one in 33-year event. tom? >> we'll track that.

ginger, thank you. now to the supreme court showdown. president trump promising one week from today he will announce his nominee to succeed retiring justice anthony kennedy. the president revealing he interviewed four potential nominees today and plans to meet with two or three more before making his decision. abc's kyra phillips is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: president trump tonight ramping up his search for a supreme court nominee. >> i interviewed and met with four potential justices of our great supreme court. they are outstanding people and they are really incredible people. >> reporter: the president says he'll meet with two or three other candidates. he's predicting a vicious confirmation battle. and abortion now at the center of the fight. >> during the campaign, the president promised to appoint justices who would overturn roe versus wade. >> that'll happen automatically

in my opinion because i am putting pro-life justices on the court. he's not saying that now. >> reporter: are you going to ask your nominees beforehand how they might vote on roe versus wade? >> well, that's a big one, and probably not. they're all saying don't do that, you don't do that, you shouldn't do that. but i'm putting conservative people on. >> reporter: today, the white house refusing to say whether the president wants roe versus wade overturned. is the president still committed to appointing pro-life judges? >> he's not going to talk to judges about specific cases. he's looking for individuals that have the right intellect, the right temperament, and that will uphold the constitution. >> reporter: now, during the campaign, the president said very directly, "i am pro-life and i will be appointing pro-life judges." tonight, he's just not going that far. he wants his nominee confirmed and he's not going to give his opponents any new ammunition. tom? >> kyra phillips for us at the white house tonight. and one more headline out of the white house. president trump speaking with

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news. >> that breaking news, we are track being two large fires today, smoke threatening the bay area and gaining in size since it started on saturday. first, a new fire in the east bay triggering evacuations for about 20 homes. good afternoon. >> the fire is burning dangerously close to power lines in a neighborhood. you can see how close the homes are to buckingham drive. >> it's not far from the high school and shopping center, if you know the area. katie is live with more. katie. >> this is a very active firefight, cal fire helicopter just went over the top of us. i want to show you the scene behind me. that flame retardant in the ridge, trying to keep this fire

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