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Speak about it. that will come at 8:45 eastern time, some 2r5 minutes from now, approximately, a news conference. lets talk about what happens next. theres got to be a lot of joy. im sure the two families of those kids have been contacted at this point. but there are another 11 waiting with bated breath to find out what happens. how long will this continue? bill, i know -- can you hear me now? >> yeah, i can hear you. >> its alex here. how long will this continue? you said some 24 hours. put tha...

Way up, which means they dont have to be on scuba the whole time. they can go up and take some air from the surface which also -- which also is a psychological benefit for the newbie and it concerns the oxygen. if that trip has been reduced, that five-hour return that the pros were doing or if its still five hours and theyre doing them in sets of two, theres north korean more people to go. so thats five more sets of two people, 25 hours or something like that. >> actually 11 more people to go. w...

Sudden, if it really was the forecast that we had of full-on monsoon-type rain, there could have been a ton of fresh water rushing into the cave, alex. >> absolutely complicating things and making matters much worse. okay. talk about the numbers of people working on this. it is quite extraordinary, stephen, as we look at video of whats going on inside that cave. the numbers of people, the wiring, the funneling of oxygen in the in there. theyve set up an operation thats extraordinary in its detai...

Poorly than the others. the oxygen level went down to 15%, something like at the top of everest or something, you can sit there but you dont have enough air to move around. out cant do any physical effort. when the rain started this afternoon which is the big concern, the hour lis for the rain said it was going to go to 80% rain. then it eased pell off and went up and down with showers. again, the psychological concerns are going to be huge. there have been other cave experts, people who had bee...

Where i was supposed to be to receive my child. stephen, thank you for jumping in there. im going to get back to janis mackey frayer right now who weve reconnected with. janis, i was asking stephen about the two families. the presumption is the two families of the boys taken out are at that hospital. do you know where they are? >> reporter: they are likely with the boys. parents had been informed, as stephen mentioned, by the governor and rescue officials. everybody was prepared for this to happ...

Brought here. what officials have been saying about the pace of this operation is that the boys may not all come out at once, but definitely a lot of positive news and a lot of good feelings here seeing these first two boys coming out. >> i know were expecting a news conference in about ten minutes or so from thai officials. we dont know whether that news conference will be conducted in thai or english. well do our best to bring you all the details. i guess janis has dropped off. ill go back to ...

To the hospital. the concerns from those that were treating them, stephen, are what? you mentioned malnutrition, dehydration. theres got to be a pretty severe emotional component, being in the dark for so many days until they were discovered. ive read about those caught in caves that hear a drip, drip, drip and that kind of house an ominous sound over time. caves obviously having water dripping from various parts of their ceilings. what are the gravest concerns right now about their health situa...