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It could take weeks, if not months to get these out. our reporter has been following since the beginning. janice, what is the latest developments in the plans to get them out possibly before this rain hits? >> reporter: well, this is a critical 24 hours, ali, with the heavy rains that are looming in the forecast. the pumps have been working 24/7 to try and get the water out. they've pumped out millions of gallons. the water level is now at a point where roughly one mile of the nearly three-mile journey is now walkable. there were other parts where they would be able to float with the help of t...

Kilometers to reach them, it will become five kilometers. but the good news right now is the distance from the entrance of the cave to the third chamber, mostly dry right now. they can walk in. so right now, the challenge is just between the location of the kids to the third chamber. that takes about two kilometers. >> janice, is the fear with monsoon rains that the pocket that these boys are in is in danger? is there danger that they're going to run out of space because of water? >> reporter: well, from what i -- >> [ overlapping speakers ] . >> janice first. then i'll come back to you. >> ok...

Option is for getting them out? >> the best option is try to pump out the water as much as we can. if the water levels go down, they can actually walk out or at least get out without having to scuba dive, that would be the best option. >> all right. thank you very much for joining us. janice continues to be at the scene for us. we'll update with you later on. thank you to both of you. coming up next, the trump administration is withdrawing obama era guidance on diversity in schools. we'll take a look at what that means, next. but first, a former trump lawyer -- the former trump lawyer michae...