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Perimeter and let these officers work the inner perimeter. but know at the same time there s going to be police dogs that are going to be working it. there will be helicopters, aircraft. there may be drones up in the air. there s a tremendous amount of tactical resources that can brought in to a manhunt like this, and it would appear that that manhunt may continue based upon the number of vehicles that are there and the preparation that we see the vehicle on left-hand side that s pulling out going somewhere, those officers were checking their weapons, they were checking the sights on the weapons. so they weren t taking their gear off. they were going to a location possibly to participate in in ongoing manhunt or search. if you re just joining us here on msnbc, we re reaching almost the top of the hour. a breaking story coming out of northern california there in the city of gilroy, california, by the map it is about an hour and ....
They re not just swimming the whole time. they re climbing rock, getting out and walking, take the gear off. there s a lot of stages to the mission, much like climbing mt. everest. no one just walks to the top of it. reporter: retired thai navy s.e.a.l. died friday in the cave when he passed out from lack of oxygen. rescuers say it could take four days to rescue all nine of those left. trying to get it done before more heavy rains hit there. it is monsoon season in thailand, mike. mike: i cannot imagine what the parents are going through. you touched on the conditions in terms of being in a cave for two weeks, limited oxygen, limited food. what risks are we looking at for young soccer scomplars their coach? journalists are asking this all day, you did too, and infection is the biggest risk. a doctor checked on the boys and the coach in the cave, immediately applied iodine, an ....
First boy being rescued. we re hoping and praying that he does come out at the end with the diver safely. why does this take so long? should we expect it to take a matter of days at this point? people don t understand how much gear these guys have. they re normally traveling with two full scuba tanks and a reserve pony bottle. they could have upwards of 150 pounds of gear and it s not a straight swim. they ve got to climb, got to get out and walk, retank up. there s a whole lot of stuff that has to happen for them to actually get to the kid. then they have to do it in the backwards fashion, put all of that stuff on with the kids now. so it s a whole bunch of different steps to this process. you know, they ve got a lot of gear and they re not swimming the whole time. they re climbing walks, getting out and walking. they ve got to take the gear off. there are a whole lot of stage to this mission much like ....
Difficult this was. traveling through muddy, narrow cave core doors. they got a lot of gear and they are not just swimming the whole time. there climbing rocks, getting out and walking, they have to take all the gear off. there are a lot of stages to the mission. much like climbing mount everest. no just walked to the top of it. underscoring the difficulty of the dive a retired thai navy s.e.a.l. died on friday when he passed out from lack of oxygen. rescuers say it could take four days to rescue all nine that are left. the trying to get it done before heavy rains could flood the cave even more. what kind of health risks are these children and their coach who have been in this cave with limited oxygen, limited food for more than two weeks. what kind of health risks are they facing? is a big question. we been speaking to doctors and they see a it is a good dr. check on the boys and the coach and immediately he applied iodine, antiseptic on cuts and scrapes to protect against pos ....
Are you surprised by that? well, they obviously have done a wonderful job of the logistics and planning. and with the execution, to be honest with you, the conditions are extreme. the cave divers are diving in conditions they normally would not dive in if it wasn t for the fact that they were trying to rescue the youths. doing things like going through passage, taking your gear off, pushing it forward, no visibility with strong currents, incredibly dangerous work. why rescue the healthy boys first? that s a good question. i think that the idea was that if they can get the healthy boys out and deal they may be more suitable for dealing with issues like panic and that and so not having to deal with other additional medical issues that may be occurring might be better. i suspect they were testing out some of the techniques for moving the kids through some of the dangerous areas. so i think that was a wise decision. are there exercises they use ....