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From 38 north last week or the satellite images that they say showed there was refurbishment happening at the yongpyong nuclear research site. certainly these are images officials here, officials in the u.s. and around the world will be looking at very closely to see if it gives any kind of evidence that pyongyang is not doing what they've said that they will do. george? >> paula hancocks, thank you so much for the reporting. and we'll keep in touch with you. now to thailand. rescuers there are not giving up hope in their search for a missing youth football team. 12 boys and their coach went...

Some optimism here? because it has been some time. >> look, george, authorities are remaining very positive. despite the fact that we are now in day nine of the search. but you're absolutely right. they've made significant progress. they are within a kilometer of where they believe these 12 boys and their coach are. that is, if they survived the flash flooding, which happened nine days ago. so they are within a kilometer. and that in itself is very promising. but it is extremely challenging. it is extremely difficult. so we don't know how long it's going to take for those navy s.e.a.l. divers ...

But they are alive, receiving care and are seeing doctors. i want to bring in a rescue diver, president and founder of lifeguard systems. i know you have been developing rescue procedures for rescues just like this one. these guys were two miles into this cave system obviously under threat from the water. i understand they are now pumping out 1.6 million liters an hour just to make rescue possible. how hard was it getting to these kids? and how much danger were they in in there? >> just getting to the boys would have been incredibly dangerous because the majority of the individuals going in, l...

Submerged and they have to ascertain the health of these boys. are they physically fit to actually go back through the cave, dive with the divers and be brought back? also, they are five kilometers into the cave system. they are a fair way off. at the moment they have sent in a doctor and a nurse who can dive and they are going to assess the health of these children before they start bringing them out. >> goodness. five kilometers, three miles into this cave. have we learned anything how they managed to survive for nine days? there was questions whether you could drink that water that was in t...

Nine, they pushed into the cave system once again. they were pushing for a place called patia beach. as they came up into that system, they didn't see the boys straight away. and at first there was, like, a bit of concern that the boys had been moved further down. as they went along that chamber, they found the boys at the far end. weakened, but alive. and relief here. the joy from the navy s.e.a.l.s off to the right of me, the international crew that had been helping out, they've been ecstatic. they've been cheering. there have been monks who have been praying. all in all, it's a wonderful st...