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What is clear, the children were coming out in groups of two. two-by-two. we think that -- well, we know that two have gone and are in the hospital. we think another four may be at least on dry ground. that means they could be inside the cave complex was chamber three, which is about a mile or so from where they originally were trapped, chamber three is dry. its dry all the way from there to the cave exit and therefore would almost certainly be safe and without any danger because they certainly ...

And theyre also racing against as you said in the report there heavy rain is expected in the next couple of days probably beginning tomorrow or on sunday so rescuers now are deciding when and whether to take boys out but they are still being given diving training some of the boys there is young as eleven and they come to even swim and so imagine trying to a scuba dive their way out of this very narrow dark flooded cave complex the head of the mission set today that theyre looking at maybe in the...

A cave. the rescuers are still racing against the weather right now. monsoons are on the way. alex rossi is in thailand with the latest. >> theyre grappling with the huge physical demands of this operation. oxygen tanks are being relayed into position. on the jagged tunnels of the cave complex. these pictures show clearly just how challenging it will be to get the boys out, none of whom can swim through the dark flooded passageways. >> cave divers will have training to rescue other cave divers o...

Boys at a soccer coach from the cave. the rescuers racing against the weather, monsoons are on the way. alex is in thailand with the latest. >> reporter: still grappling with the physical demands of this operation. oxygen tanks being relayed into position on the jagged tunnels of the cave complex. these pictures show how challenging it will be to get the boys out none of whom can swim through the dark flooded passageways. >> they will have training to rescue other cave divers, rescuing kids out ...

Boys will be feeling. so they are really worried about that. in fact they told some of the rescuers to get out so the boys have more air and they are trying to pump air in. again as you mentioned, second thing is torrential rains expect bed. we dont know exactly when. but they are talking about maybe tomorrow, be sunday, maybe through monday. and then it will rain for days and days. so there is a critical point where all that pumping of millions of gallons of water out of the cave complex is neg...

Proven to protect street skaters and freestylers. stops up to 97% uv. lasts through heat. through sweat. coppertone. proven to protect. >> bret: the pressure is mounting to rescue 12 boys and soccer coach in a cave in thailand after the death of a former navy diver who was trying ohelp. correspondent of our sister network sky news reports on just how urgent the situation has become there. >> the rescue teams are still grappling with the huge physical demands of this operation. >> how many are st...

Dangerous point. nbcs bill neely joins me with the latest. the operation to rescue these boys is massive. even elon musk said space x engineers are heading to thailand to help. what a wake-up call if an experienced diver died shows how incredibly risky this operation is. what can you tell us? >> yes, youre absolutely right, chris, and welcome. were at the very mouth of the cave complex. you can maybe see in the dark behind me a new group of -- actually, there are young soldiers that just arrived...

Tough navy diver. he was bringing oxygen tanks down into this cave complex. when he actually ran out of oxygen himself. he collapsed. they tried to revive him. he was highly experienced, highly trained. if it can happen to him down there, what on earth about those boys? you know, the risks to them have actually increased in the last few hours. and the risk is from the very people who are trying to help them. because there are now so many di divers and volunteers that they are taking up a lot of ...

They can swallow, because theyve been so long without food. above ground, teams are working to find a way to bring them home. none of the options is easy. one plan, teaching the boys, who may not know how to swim, to scuba dive. workers fitting a mask on this boy, possibly testing equipment they would use in a water rescue. and heres what theyd face. the cave complex in the mountains of northern thailand is about six miles long. the boys and their coach are here. a half-mile underground and a li...

Ask for divers doing that. its a big ask psychologically for the children but one ask to ask ones sell what have are the other options? >> a big asks for the team and the children. jonathan miller joins us in thailand on the ground. jonathan? >> yes here at command and control in hq you can see behind me some activity, police, soldiers, navy seals and up there you can make out the oxygen tanks used by the divers whoever so often come out of the cave complex itself which is just about 200 yards u...