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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. it's 6:00 eastern time here in new york city, and i'm 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 i've made heard on a kiddie movie. i'm not sure about that one. pete: you can't say that word right at the end of the song. can't say it on cable tv. joey: starship. hig...

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. they're down to around 15% right now. normal would be around 21%. so at that 15 level, you're 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 oxygen levels, that's not an option anymore. now rescuers are facing an option where they may have...

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. they're motivated by the urgency. >> what's 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 consider that when it comes to execution. >> reporter: crews are saying they may drill new entries ...

Cockpit and recorders. it was midday local time by a military aircraft. 60 to 120 miles from the plane's 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. there's 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 than the flight 370 search area but still daunting. >> you're going to have a pretty massive divin...

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 it's going to be challenging and it's 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 100 to 140 feet. that's really kind of at the outer reaches of free divers. you're going to have to...