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[national anthem] ♪ ♪ ♪ [national anthem] ♪ rachel: good morning, everybody. that was the independence high school patriot brigade performing our beautiful if national anthem. its 6:00 eastern time here in new york city, and im joined by my friends pete hegseth and joey jones is here as well filling in for will cain. pete: straight from the anthem to starships. joey: from a song i know really well to a song ive made heard on a kiddie movie. im not sure about that one. pete: you...

Divering could be involved in an operation as soon as this weekend trying to get kids out of this cave. basically the situation has become more urgent. oxygen levels inside that cave have gone down. theyre down to around 15% right now. normal would be around 21%. so at that 15 level, youre talking about hypoxia. can lead to altitude sickness and worse. there have been a thought for a long time that worst-case scenario ride out the rainy season for months if necessary under ground, but given the ...

Critical supplies of food and medicine. >> the visibility in the water, it may be diving operation are possible. pumps have been going around the clock trying to get the floodwater out. more rain could erase any progress to this point. more than a thousand people have involved now. theyre motivated by the urgency. >> whats the biggest risk right now? i would say the biggest risk is you know looking at the environmental conditions. everyone is working 24/7 and motivation is high but you have to c...

Cockpit and recorders. it was midday local time by a military aircraft. 60 to 120 miles from the planes last known position. crew members first saw what appeared to be the shadow of a plane in the water. then spotting debris believing what they think is an emergency exit door and some of the passengers. theres now a fleet of ships, military, and merchant indonesian and international looking for the wreckage. crews prepare to bring big pieces of the plane to the surface. the water shallower here ...

Analyst and former inspector general at the department of transportation mary schiavo. welcome to both of you. >> good morning. >> thank you. >> good morning and thank you for being here. of course peter, the first priority is to recover these victims. how difficult will that be? >> well its going to be challenging and its going to be heartwrenching. some of the victims of course will be found on the surface of the water, others however, are going to be trapped in the wreckage at the bottom at 1...

There, isnt there? >> well, there is, and i think given the operational tempo of the divers she mentioned, and the enormous pressure to do that work, it is going to be very important to do that work. they need to start calling it recovery. the fatigue theyre under, the pressure theyre under. because on a long enough time line, now were going to talk about hurt or worse divers. so theyre going to have to soon decide to say yes, it is a recovery. and that will change the way they approach it. and ...

The divers she mentioned, and the enormous pressure to do that work, it is going to be very important to do that work. they need to start calling it recovery. the fatigue theyre under, the pressure theyre under. because on a long enough time line, now were going to talk about hurt or worse divers. so theyre going to have to soon decide to say yes, it is a recovery. and that will change the way they approach it. and i think it is time for that to happen. >> help us understand what the divers are ...

On several charges. and this comes as a diving operation to the wreck continues off the countrys southern tip. we get more now from cnns will ripley. hes there. >> reporter: right now in the search zone, a frantic effort to search the sunken ferry for any possible survivors, even as the odds of finding anyone alive diminish greatly. the divers are surrounded by a number of ships, filled with people who are here to help. but the real work needs to happen under the water where divers are fighting ...

Safely and are currently receiving medical attention while nine others await rescue as operations have been suspended for the time being. according to officials, oxygen tanks used in the mission need to be replenished. bill neely is on the ground in thailand. hes nbcs chief global correspondent. whats the latest? >> reporter: this rescue operation has been suspended for the night. it will resume sometime on monday in the next 10 to 20 hours. thats from the commander, who is already calling this ...