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To build that on the statue of liberty, in order to make sure that those officers could safely get to her and then safely get her down. and a little while ago, we actually saw those officers putting haernput ing harness system to a vertical rope system, when before she was attached then she was attached to a new rope. if you can sort of see it. >> we certainly can. >> its a constant attaching and reattaching to ropes as they move her along safely along this. but were just seconds away from her s...

Right now are arch service unit officers. highly trained tactical officers they respond to suicide jumpers on bridges. theyre incredibly, incredibly well equipped to handle the situations. highly trained. what that person is likely doing is talking to this person trying to get them to connect with them to get this person down to safety. but as i said, in addition to that, we know that hostage negotiation teams are headed there, as well. those people are specifically trained obviously to talk to ...

Statue of liberty shortly after this woman climb from the base up onto the statue itself. you see her there just underneath the statues raised right heel. new york city police have been negotiating with her for quite some time trying to get her to voluntarily come down. she did not really want to do so. they moved in with ropes. they are in the process of arresting her now. this is a live look at whats going on. we dont know who she is. we dont know exactly what her cause might be. the statute i...

Looking for cracks, chimneys, places where they can drill so they can drop ropes to the boys and pull them out that way. pumps are also running 24/7, trying to pump the floodwaters out. apparently the strength of the current has been reduced. but one of the diving experts i spoke to here said he just doesnt think theres enough time, because once the rain comes, it will erase all of that progress. meanwhile, medics have been with the boys inside of the cave. theyve been caring for them, keeping t...

The cave could rise dangerously high and perhaps even fully flood it. its forcing thai officials to consider an evacuation attempt within the next 24 to 48 hours. they have been staging rehearsals for possible scenarios. they have been practicing with the boys wearing the full face mask and breathing, but there are no easy options here. the boys dont even know how to swim, let alone have the diving skills that are needed to navigate over three miles of murky water. another option theyre looking ...

Here. the kids dont even know how to swim, let alone have the diving skills to navigate nearly three miles of murky water. another option theyre exploring is finding a different way into the cave system. there are hundreds of people walking around in this area, looking for cracks. looking for chimneys. looking for places where they can drill and drop ropes to pull the boys out. pumps are trying to get the water out of the cave system but one of the experts i spoke to here says there just isnt en...

Get the flood water out. more rain could erase any progress to this point. more than 1,000 people are involved now and their motivated by the urgency but tired. >> whats the biggest risk right now? >> i would say the biggest risk is looking at the environmental conditions. working here 24/7. the motivation is high but you have to consider that when it comes to execution. >> reporter: crews are also surveying where they might drill new entries to the cave, to drop ropes to pull the boys out. tele...

The officers down safely here? >> yeah, richard, theyve taken the danger out of it. these emergency service unit officers are like fire rescue teams at major cities. nypd maintains emergency service unit, i think thats those officers there, and not the park police. couldnt quite see their shoulder patch. but, you know, they do that stuff, get people off of bridges, high rise buildings. they know how to handle the ropes and the grapples. the thing they have no overcome first is the mind of the pe...

The northeast, in the statue of liberty, another helicopter hovering around in the area, whether its law enforcement or one of the news agencies covering it is -- we cannot determine at this moment. but a lot of interest here on a july 4th as they had to stop the tours there that would be typically happening, over 4 million visitors do come to the statue of liberty each and every year. jim cavanagh, our msnbc law enforcement analyst here with us, and jim, you and i spoke within the last hour or ...

Trialing throu drilling through the mountain? >> reporter: it is something theyre considering. there are hundreds of people walking around this area trying to look for any opportunity to create a new entry to the cave system. theyre looking at cracks, chimneys, looking at places where they can drill, the idea being they would drop ropes to the boys and pull them out. i spoke earlier with diving expert here. he thinks that that is probably the safest scenario. but its also a very difficult one in...