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Blocking pathways for them to get to the boys, you also have the other concern: oxygen. because that water, it fills those passageways, it also blocks the air supply. because normally air would flow freely through some of those passages, but now it cannot because those passages are now blocked by the water. the latest number we have is 15%. thats the oxygen level theyre dealing with inside that cave. 21, just for rempference, is th normal range. they dont want it to get too much lower than it is...

Really, when you look at the long term forecast, it really extends the next 7 to 10 days. heres a look at that. every single one of these days has a chance for rain. they say maybe half an inch of rain. dana, that may not sound like much, but you have to understand some of those pathways in the cave are very narrow. it may take only a half inch to an inch of heavy rain to really fill that up quickly. >> absolutely. it is really remarkable when you look at it like that and think about it like tha...

To train the kids to prepare them for something like this? >> well -- >> what i mean by exercises is keeping them calm really because there are a lot of small spaces, as you say, narrow pathways and going underwatt cher can really provide a lot of anxiety in a 12-year-old child. in anybody, really. >> yeah. i suspect what theyve done is theyve spent a lot of time putting masks on them, training them, putting them underwater and talking to them and making sure they stay calm. if you panic, then o...

When you go down certain depths or unable to see, you can get tangled up in things. they have a line that they must hold on to. i imagine given the very narrow nature of these pathways, its got to just be a very narrow, fixed line. would it be a rope line theyre hanging on to, given they cant even see where they are going. >> yeah. following the line, a lot of people who are experienced scuba divers, thats where they have problems in cave training classes. and they make mistakes. and you do it a...

Hundreds of hours of training before youre even allowed by international cave dive standards to even begin training. and youre going to take and then put them in gear thats totally unfamiliar with them, put them in, as you said, tight passages. if this water is as muddy as i would expect it to be, theyre probably not going to have any visibility. so theyre going to rely completely on contact with the other -- the divers that are trying to get them out of that -- >> so lets explain that because t...

Jail? >> i dont think theres anyone that would give him the advice that you cant be charged or indicted. i dont think thats where his head is. but there is a window that he feels like opened up at this point in time where he is switching lawyers at the end of this week, hes getting rid of a lawyer who was very anti-him doing this kind of interview and speaking on the record. he also feels as though he believes there is a time in the near future that someone close to the president will be coming ...

Sock or spend $23,000 a year and have them living in an apartment like this? so what kind of future do you imagine now that youre in a place like this? >> the goal is to start working. im going to get my social work degree. >> okay. >> give a little back. >> absolutely. give a little back. >> that is why angels of urban pathways are my role models. i want you to hang on to this card. champions for change out there proving what can happen with a little old-fashioned compassion and a new idea. you...

>> you were on the street? how old? >> 18. >> really? and what happened? how did you get there? how did you get out? >> gangs, so i left. i stayed in shelter. got my first apartment and im like 33. >> congratulations. while theyre out here building trust, their colleagues are building homes. with a creative mix of public and private financing. >> on behalf of your friends at urban pathways, welcome home. >> thank you, sir. cant wait to go check it out. >> after losing his mother to cancer and hi...

>> in a perfect world, how many of these would there be? >> i think the more diverse street food we can have, the better. the more pathways for people to start a business, hopefully after five or ten years, maybe theyll have a restaurant. i mean, we dont say theres too many restaurants, do we? so why too many food vendors? >> too many affordable restaurants kind of thing.

>> my real story is about these people. about urban pathways. they saved my life. they saved my life. >> i think about that story a lot walking around my city. and i wonder if we repeated it enough times in enough cities, could america rid itself of homelessness? and you think about it this way. you see a sick and lost person on the street every day, day after day. you feel sorry. then maybe give them a couple bucks or buy them a sandwich. years of data shows us that good intention feeds bad hab...