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>> just incredible. what a story, john. now to this story that we've been covering, these climbers trying to summit mt. everest caught in deadly traffic jams. now the nepalese government is considering changes. we have a live report from nepal for you next. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now during our memorial day sale. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake up ready to hit the ground running. only at a sleep number store. don't miss the final days to save $1000 on the new queen sleep number 360 specia...

Government had issued. now, they deny that. they say this year they only issued nine more permits than they had in previous years, but at the same time -- and this i found quite astounding -- you don't have to prove a certain level of expertise to be able to summit mt. everest, all you have to do is have a doctor say that you're fairly healthy. that is what the government says they might change because so many expert climbers and the people, the guides, the sherpas that are taking people up say that the big issue they're also facing is inexperienced climbers who don't know how to handle the te...

Is the nepal government limiting the number of people and having a better coordination. at the same time i do believe that the people if there was more experience and more experience among the climbers themselves, knowing their bodies, having been at altitude before as well as the operators logistically understanding they can't all go the same day, they need more oxygen on days like that you should be able to avoid fatalities, no he is are avoidable even on days when it's crowded like that but it should not be that crowded in the first place. >> it does seem like more and more people want to c...

Normally -- and right now the season is closing -- so normally this entire area here is just covered with tents. what we have now is a handful of climbers who have just come down off the mountain, and you have the cleanup crew. the scenery here is absolutely spa spectacular, you do begin to understand what motivates the people. the main draw is the challenge of trying to see if you can physically and mentally handle something like trying to summit mt. everest. if you look over in this direction you get an idea of just the spectacular mountain scape. over there you have the infamous everest ice...

Confidence. when you're out there on a daily basis saying, look at what i did with the stock market, look at what i've done with the gdp numbers, go out there and buy a car, go out and shop, they're willing to stomach even these trade wars and even some of these cultural issues and values that they're not seeing their president display abroad, they're willing to do that because it makes them feel good about where they are from an economic standpoint. it's going to be very hard for joe biden to continue doing that and not giving president trump any credit. >> bianna, jeffrey, frank, thank you a...