angle that isn't direct so he can still talk to everybody but not so wide that the picture looks distorted. >> perhaps there is hope for you after all. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. at 2:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast we're following the breaking news out of thailand still to happen. the rescue effort to extract the eight remaining boys and their coach from a flooded cave system. four boys have already been rescued. i'm george howell at cnn world hblths in atlanta. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world this hour. and surely the world is watching these rescue efforts hoping that all continues to go as smoothly as we saw on sunday. the rescue efforts still set to resume soon. the four boys saved from the cave were rushed to a hospital

by ambulance and by helicopter. medical staff are checking their health making sure they get the help they need. their families of course anxious to see them. but they may have to wait. authorities say they want to make sure the boys didn't pick up any diseases in the cave. so it may be a day or two before they get to see their loved ones. for the very latest cnn's david mckenzie is following the story live in northern thailand. david, clearly there are many factors at play. the weather certainly one of them. but i think the overwhelming sentiment at this moment, so far so good. from what you're hearing from sources about the next steps in this operation to rescue the remaining eight and the coach, what are you learning? >> well, george, we learned those rescue operations hadn't started a few hours ago. so slightly delayed compared to yesterday's extraordinary rescue that was successful in getting four boys out. now, as you can see, the rain is falling quite heavily on my

head. that is a factor that everyone's worried about. and will add pressure to the teams working together to get these remaining boys and their coach out. in that mountain behind me the cave system has been the center of thailand's and the world's attention. we learned from a family member of one of those in that soccer team that they hadn't been informed whether their boy was in that cave or had been released. it shows the authorities are keeping a very, very tight lid on the information flow on this story. not wanting to give false hope to parents, not wanting to provide any kind of rumor, though the rumors do swirl here. just moments ago there was a military helicopter passing over my head toward that mountain to land near that cave site. there's been a flurry of activity there in recent hours. and in fact just recently with it seems a preparation under way

to go in for a second day. the prime minister, though, in phuket, the island in thailand, says he doesn't want to feel like he's rushing the teams. he says ultimately the decision will be up to the international and the thai authorities to cooperate and make that decision. every time they decide to go into that cave to get those boys, it's a very weighty and brave decision indeed. >> david, you touched on this. but can you tell us just a bit more? do we know anything about the state of these children who were rescued and what's next for them? >> reporter: well, they were taken some of them -- in fact, three of them rushed in ambulances along the road behind me late evening yesterday. one boy was taken by chopper, presumably because his health status wasn't as good as the other three. as you mentioned, earlier last week they mentioned, they said that the boys would be in some

kind of quarantine. we don't know if those plans have changed after this point. because the planning of this has been fluid as experts from around the world fly in. we do know that the key members of the team, or one of the keys are the two british divers who originally found those boys. we expect they'll be in the lead again today, given their level of cave-diving experience. such a specific skill set. going into those dark caverns with a roof above your head. we won't know until many hours from now most likely if those boys, more of them come out in this rescue attempt that's captured everyone's imagination. george? >> david mckenzie in northern thailand with the details of the reporting. thank you, david. let's now put this into context with neil bennett. neil the managing director at new zealand diving. joining this hour from auckland, new zealand. pleasure you have to on the show. neil, look, as david pointed out just a moment ago, this operation, it's been successful.

the feeling around the world seems to be so far so good. but we're talking about the best of the best, people who have successfully rescued four of these children. explain how the rain or rising water levels either push or affect their process. >> the rising of the water levels is certainly going to delay them, may affect the decision of the numbers they try to bring out in one go. it creates extra difficulty for the students to try to swim through to get through. delays from starting this morning. >> as far as the actual process, let's talk about what they're doing because it seems similar to a relay system, essentially shuttling everyone through these dives, shuttling through the mountain and then back out to

open air. >> that's correct. they've broken the cave into groups. there will be divers looking at different sections of the cave. and passion the students on like a package. the experienced divers will take them through the tube section, then pass them on to another diver. that way each diver is familiar with the section they're working in. >> and as far as the children are concerned, neil, the wet suits they're using, the face masks, the gear, and the importance of keeping them calm, not panicking as they shuttle through this process. >> the wet suits will give them some warmth factor but also some protection against abrasions and injuries. it will allow the regulator for breathing to remain on them.

far easier for rescue divers to control them while they have this equipment on them. >> and as far as the rescuers, clearly these are people putting their lives on the line here to make this happen as they traverse through these caves. how physically exhausting is it to be part of an operation like this? >> it's a tremendous strain. they've been ought this day after day now for two weeks. each dive is a tremendous duration. six hours at a time maybe from end to end. so for them to have to rescue someone else, not only looking after themselves-s a specific strain and will certainly take its toll over the two weeks or longer. >> neil bennett, you've been with us for the thrust of the time here as we followed this story. we appreciate your expertise, your insight as we watch these crews do what they are trained to do. thank you for your time. monsoon rains. that is the big key here. and this is important to know what's happening with the

weather. our meteorologist pedram javaheri is here to tell us about it. pedram, they've been able to pump out a lot of water. that's the good news. but these monsoon rains, when they hit they hit hard and it makes a big difference down there. >> it does. we're about to see this shift in a dramatic wait next couple of days. tremendous rainfall is in store. we know it hasn't rained in the amount we're expecting to see in the 16 days the boys have been in this cave. it has not rained this much that we're expecting to see in the next couple. we're going show you exactly how this pattern shift is happening, george. of course the maps in motion is put it in perspective. the word monsoon comes from the arabic word mosam which comes from a seasonal shift in the wind direction which is precisely what happens across this region. this is not a single storm system. it is not a single event. it is a prolonged period through potentially october where you have daily heave ry rainfall expected. since the 23rd of june boys went missing about 5 1/2 millimeters fell on that day and then about 14 to 16 millimeters fell later on that week.

that is what led to the initial significant flooding into the the cave system. it has been all but quiet generally speaking over the past several weeks but the pattern now shifts to be much more wet than it was initially when the boys were first trapped in the cave i system. notice each and every afternoon we have bands of heavy rainfall that work their way into northern thailand. with it 15, 20 millimeters certainly possible and you're talking about generally 3/4 of an inch to one inch of rainfall over the next three days we're talking about upwards of 60 millimeters of rainfall, which is about 2 1/4 inches of rain store. it may not seem like that much rain but when you take it and drop it down on a soccer stadium, for example, that's the equivalent to 500 million liters of water just on the stadium floor size there. it's about 135,000 gallons of water or 12-plus swimming moopo. we're talking about millions of gallons of water potentially just from the 2 1/2 or so inches that could be expected over the next couple of days. and you notice the maps overt

next seven days an entirely different perspective than the previous seven days when it was generally quiet. now we're talking about at least 100-plus millimeters in the next seven days across this region. it is going to get very wet across the area and the amount of water as you were noting earlier that they've been able to pump out the amount of water that's going to be on the ground going back into the cave system will be far greater than what could be brought out of it. everything that needs to be done needs to be done as quickly as possible. >> because they can only do so much against mother nature. >> absolutely. mother nature always have the upper hand. >> pedram javaheri, thank you. we'll keep in touch with you. we've been following the plight of these children, their rescue, and we understand the four boys rescued sunday are in good condition. doctors now evaluating them after the ordeal. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta explains exactly what they'll be looking for. >> reporter: these doctors have had a long time to think about and prepare for what is unfolding now. their basic concerns when the boys come out of the cave, and

you can pare it down to simple abc, airway, breathing, circulation. you want to make sure aw dress these things at the scene, at the mouth of the cave, and make a decision then how quickly do the boys, these players, even the divers if something happens need to get to the hospital. we saw one boy get airlifted. it could have been a problem with breathing. could have been a problem with blood pressure as a result of dehydration. don't know. but that's how these decisions get made. keep in mind the timeline. this is something the doctors are really paying attention to as well, to sort of predict what these boys will need. june 23rd the boys and the coach go missing. nine days before some of that food shows up as a result of those rescue divers. what were the conditions in the cave? we know the oxygen levels dropped. we know there's a concern about dehydration. that's how you sort of process things from a medical standpoint. if i had to guess i'd say most of these boys probably won't be in the hospital that long because whether it's dehydration, malnutrition, some other concern most of that can be addressed pretty quickly.

so from a physical standpoint pretty fast. psychologically, mentally we'll have to wait and see. >> dr. sanjay gupta with that report. thank you so much. and of course we continue to track the developments, the breaking news out of thailand and the efforts to save a trapped football team of young boys and their coach. also ahead, an important judicial announcement followed by spotlight moments on the international stage. we've got a preview of president trump's agenda this week around the world and in the u.s., you're watching "newsroom."

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i'm very close to making a decision. have not made it official yet, obviously. have not made it final. but we're very close to making a decision. let's say it's the four people. and they're excellent. everyone. you can't go wrong. but i'm getting very close to making a final decision. >> the president of the united states there commenting on his highly anticipate announcement for the u.s. supreme court. here is a look now at the four candidates you heard mr. trump speak of who appear to still be under consideration to replace

the retiring justice anthony kennedy. all of these justices highly conservative. any one of them is expected to alter the balance of the court to a solidly conservative majority. our boris sanchez has more on the announcement and the rest of the president's week. >> reporter: president trump is getting set to make a historic announcement monday night at 9:00 p.m. eastern. his nominee to replace justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court. of course, the backdrop of that decision is the news oaf the weekend that the president's attorney rudy giuliani has laid out some very specific demands from the special counsel in order for president trump to testify. though he has repeatly said he wants to sit down with robert mueller giuliani laid out a list of demands, one of them being that the special counsel has to provide evidence that there is suspicion of wrongdoing on behalf of the president. giuliani has openly said he does not believe robert mueller will

comply with all of these demands p he is effectively setting up a situation where the special counsel would issue a spp to try to compel the president to testify. that's something giuliani said he will challenge in court. here's more from the former mayor of new york sunday morning on "state of the union" speaking to dana bash. listen. >> i have no idea what he's going to do. i think if he does we could have the subpoena quashed. to subpoena the president, never been done successfully in the history of this country. there is very, very strong law that the president cannot be subjected to criminal process. there's very good arguments in the llc opinion governing mueller says that. but certainly constitutional law may say it. the reality is we have a very strong argument that they haven't made a case for an interview. >> it appears that the president's legal team would prefer this court battle to the president actually testifying. and of course this is all unfolding during a very busy week for president trump.

he doesn't only have that supreme court decision. he's also heading to europe to meet with nato allies, to visit the united kingdom, and also that one-on-one sit-down with russian president vladimir putin. boris sanchez, cnn, traveling with the president near bedminster, new jersey. >> let's bring in scott lucas to talk about all of this. scott a professor of international politics at the university of birmingh ingham i england. also the founder sxert of ea worldview live this hour in birmingham, england. a pleasure to have you on the show. let's talk of what we know about the president's pick here for the supreme court. mr. trump planning for a 9:00 p.m. eastern time announcement monday night, in true reality show fashion, regardless of who he picks help our viewers what this means for the balance of the court on central issues, abortion being key. >> well, you know, i always grew up with this idea, george, that the judicial branch was independent from the executive and from the legislature and so

whatever happened in america it was sort of politically above everything else. well, that's not true. politics does affect the court. these are human beings. and this will be an attempt by the trump administration as a very conservative administration to entrench a conservative supreme court not just for its first term, its second term if it has one, but for decades. if you appoint a justice and i expect the nominee to be someone who's relatively young, who's going to sit on the court for decades, it really gives you five conservative justices in terms of their past track records and where they're likely to go next. and of course with a conservative majority those people who are let's call political activists, whether conservative or very conservative, may try to have roe v. wade overturned and restrict the right to abortion. they will probably try to restrict states' abilities to impose limits on gun ownership at a time when that is a key issue in american society.

they will probably attempt to use the court to push back and roll back elements of health care provision, having been unable to push back the affordable care act through a repeal in congress, and of course lgbt rights where there has been a big debate about how far those rights can be recognized, may be pushed back or at least curbed by this court. so just as in the 1950s we saw in a sense a social revolution that was really furthered by the court. for example, in its rulings on race. now we may see a very different type of social revolution which is coming not from the streets but from the bench. >> scott, just very quickly, when it comes to democrats, their ability here to respond, what recourse, what strategies might they have to either delay or block the president's pick? >> well, of course the first step is that you try to sort of hold back on hearings, that you say you have to vet the nominee, that you have to go through a very careful process, this can't be rushed through. then you have the hearings themselves. and democrats may try to see

potential objections that are not just party objections. they'll say we have key concerns about some of these issues that you and i have talked about. and whether justices will rise above politics. then they will use the argument that in 2016 the gop stalled for months to prevent president obama from filling a vacancy on the bench and say why does not apply here in advance of midterm elections? will they succeed? that's probably the wild card here, george, because if they don't the pick will be rushed through. conservative court if they succeed. and they take a majority in congress in november. the entire calculus changes. >> they would need all democratic votes clearly to vote together on this. we'll have to see how it plays out. scott, very quickly, looking ahead at the president's week, very busy schedule, set to meet with nato allies whom he slammed about paying more for defense. also set to visit the united kingdom to see the queen.

but feeling a not so welcome welcome by the protester there's. all this in advance of his summit with russia's vladimir putin. that's a person he gives a great deal of praise to. it also has u.s. allies concerned. >> let me just cut to the chase, george. u.s. officials, the u.s. has an alliance with nato, with the united kingdom. donald trump has no such alliance. donald trump just as he went in and undermined the g7 summit could throw a match into the nato summit in terms of demanding that other countries pay up america or else he's going to walk aside. donald trump's alliance, or at least his closest affiliation now, ironically, after decades of history, is not with nato. it's with vladimir putin. and i think you'll see that play out over the next week. >> scott lucas live for us in birmingham, england. thank you for the insight and perspective. >> thank you. now to the u.s. secretary of state. he sent a message to north korea during his stop in vietnam.

mike pompeo met with the general secretary of vietnam's communist party. he urged pyongyang to follow hanoi's example, to engage and enjoy the possibility of lucrative trade relations. >> in light of the once unimaginable prosperity and partnership we have with vietnam today, i have a message for chairman kim. jong-un. president trump believes your country can replicate this path. it's yours if you'll seize the moment. the miracle could be yours. it could be your miracle in north korea as well. the united states has been clear about what we seek from north korea to set in motion this great chain of events. the choice now lies with north korea and its people. if they're able to do this, they will be remembered and chairman kim will be remembered as a hero of the korean people. >> pompeo dismissed north korea's assessment that the two days of denuclearization talks had a gangster-like mindset.

he also noted economic sanctions on north korea remain in place until denuclearization is complete. we're of course continuing to follow the breaking news in thailand. more on the ongoing mission to save a trapped team of 12 boys and their coach. ahead. plus more scenes of desperation this time coming from japan as people there wait to be rescued from devastated flood waters. stay with us.

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the u.s. president is set to announce his supreme court justice nominee monday at 9:00 p.m. mr. trump reportedly chose from a list of four leading candidates all of them expected to change the balance of the court to a solidly conservative court. hundreds of people -- hundreds of rescues under way across japan after record rainfall caused flooding and landslides. at least 75 people have been killed, we understand. many, many more missing. first responders are using helicopters and boats to evacuate hospital patients and the elderly. the government is advising millions of others in flood zones to evacuate and seek safer ground. in northwest turkey a train derailment has claimed the lives of at least 24 people. we understand 124 others are injured. government officials blame the heavy rains there. turkey's president promises to launch an investigation. more than 360 people were on board the train headed to

istanbul from near the border with greece. violent protests and riots rocked haiti, this for a third consecutive day. protesters there frustrated with the dire economic situation facing haiti despite a suspension of pul price fuel pr increases. the international monetary fund pushed haiti to end fuel subsidies in order to generate more tax revenue. here at cnn we continue to follow the breaking news of course in thailand. the rescue teams watching the weather very closely, waiting to restart their efforts to save this team, these young boys and their coach. four boys have already been pulled safely out of the cave system. they were rushed to a hospital by ambulance and by helicopter. medical staff are checking their help. their eight teammates and coach remain trapped there. with more rain on the way. cnn's david mckenzie is live in northern thailand following the story. and david, one can only imagine what it means for these families

not to know first of all which boys have been rescued and of course when these other rescues will take place. >> imagine as the ambulance screams behind me heading to the general intersection of that cave complex. imagine if you're a mother and a father after now more than 16 days of your child being stuck in that cave and according to a source of the family members that the key family members are still in that area where they've been held for many days near the cave flex huddling together and waiting. they say they will not leave until the last boy and the coach have in fact been rescued from that cave. and quite incredibly that same source says those key family members don't know whether their child has been rescued or not. they might have of course heard through rumors and social media. but officially they haven't been

told. and those four were sent yesterday in ambulances with lights blaring to a regional hospital. three of them in fact by ambulance. one by helicopter. i want to show you some images, george, from around the cave site from just moments ago. preparation it seems for the continued rescue effort for the remaining boys. as it has rained heavily overnight until 3:00 a.m. and then sporadically through the morning here. the pressure will be felt by those rescue teams, in particular the divers, the select group that will be going in to the cave to get more boys if they decide to pull that trigger again. >> david, we are also very concerned of course as viewers watch this story about the weather there behind you what is the situation? it seems there's a bit of a lull. is that the case or is more on

the way? >> there is more on the way. the way it often works with the monsoon season you'll have an intense period of heat followed by a shower which is a relief to us frankly but certainly nerve-racking for the rescue teams because it could mean the waters will be flowing back into that cave. now, whether it has a major impact on the water levels is up for debate. we're obviously not right at that cave. but we have heard that that's a concern from the officials for many days now. and that's why they eventually decided after several days of planning to make the move for this very brave decision to get these boys out through these narrow tunnels into the relative safety of that staging area and then out to the cave entrance. george? >> david mckenzie live in northern thailand.

david, thank you for your reporting and your team. quooel we'll keep in touch with you. to japan. rescuers racing against the clock to free people. trapped after days of deadly rain. this in southwest japan. take a look at these homes or quite frankly what's left of these homes in and around hiroshima. they're like many others. hundreds of others that are crushed, collapsed or just destroyed. dragged away by powerful floods and landslides. dozens of people are mission as we understand and rescue workers say it is a race against time now to get to those who are trapped. this record rainfall has claimed at least 75 lives and that number we understand is still climbing. the government calls it a disaster of historic proportions. as our cory enjoji reports the rains are clearing up but the danger certainly is not over. >> reporter: the death toll continues to mount across japan as more bodies are being found after torrential rains triggered

landslides and mudslides and flooding throughout the country overt weekend. some 56,000 troops have been mobilized from japan's self-defense forces, which is basically the military, to try and get helicopters, boats, rafts to bring people to higher ground and toward safety. the problem has been that this devastation has occurred through large parts of the country, from southwestern areas of kyushu all the way to the central area of japan as well. and they're saying some of the remote areas they haven't been able to get access to, so they really don't know the full scale and intensity of the damage across parts of this country. the weather agency says that the rains have stopped and there are no rain warnings per se here today in japan on monday, but as you can see, there's still sporadic rain in some areas and the land has been so wet over the last few days that any kind of motion, even a light rain could trigger further mudslides. so they're urging people to be very vigilant.

some tens of thousands of people spent the night in evacuation centers across the country. i think the rescue efforts are going to be compounded by the fact there's very little access to some of these centers because train lines, some of the local train lines are still halted, and the highways are closed as well. and temperatures are going to be rising today. forecast to rise to 30, 32 degrees in some of these areas. so you're looking at possibility of dehydration, especially among some of the vulnerable parts of the population like the elderly. remember in some of these remote areas of japan you're talking about a very rapidly aging population in some of these areas. it's still a very precarious situation in japan after a very harrowing weekend of torrential rain and flooding. the vulnerability of some of these areas still continues to be very high. that's the latest from japan. i'm kaori enjoeji. >> thank you for the reporting. now let's bring in naomi akamat sachlt u. naomi is an emergency response officer for the red cross in

japan live by phone from tokyo for thus hour. naomi, thank you very much for your time. we want to first talk about these efforts under way to reach people who still need to be moved to safer ground. is headway being made so far from what you're seeing? >> thank you very much, george, for this interview. as so far has been reported, that the effect is really increasing by time. and as mentioned, 100 people have lost their lives already and remaining in critical condition still with more than 60 people missing. but the situation really is evolving time by time. and as these kind of heavy rains we have been seeing in the past years as well but never in such kind of devastating scale. and from our red cross site even though there are challenges with highways being blocked, we have been managing to send several emergency response team to the grou ground. so far more than 18 teams have been reaching to the site. and also we have been providing medical care to the people.

especially for those mainly evacuating to the centers due to the loss of their houses because they've been swept by the floods and also the landslides. >> we're looking right now as you're speaking of the devastation, these flood waters that have certainly submerged many of these homes. it really talks to the infrastructure, right? the ability to simply get around, to get food supplies and certainly to rescue those who need help when it comes to the roads that have been destroyed. the shinkansen as well. how badly damaged is infrastructure there? >> so far we have been having information given from the government reports that the land line is trying to be recovered and also the electricities are on its way of being recovered. in some places we already see that we are able to have access through land lines and also through telecommunications. but still we have to say that it's not fully recovered even at this stage. what we are at the moment very

cautious about is people who are staying in the evacuation center. we have been able to distribute blankets and sleeping kits and offer emergency kits to more than 6,000 people but as mentioned earlier because of their loss of houses we see this not just as an emergency response but also we have to consider about the upcoming days. even the weather forecast was mentioned that the situation of the rain has been -- needs to be resolved. still we are under this concern that there may be heat strokes as well as sanitation challenges that could be occurring at any time. >> naomi akamatsu, thank you very much for your insight into what's happening in japan, and we will of course keep in touch with you. still head here on "newsroom," the united kingdom was already angry that military-grade nerve agent was used on british soil. and now a british woman has died from exposure to that agent. we'll have the story. stay with us. woman: i stay active

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welcome back to "cnn newsroom." i'm george howell. the uk's brexit secretary, david davis, has resigned, marking another stumbling block to britain's efforts to leave the european union. davis said he wasn't willing to be a reluctant conscript into a compromise plan agreed upon friday. the plan would press for a free trade area for goods with the eu and maintain close trade ties. other conservative lawmakers criticized the compromise, saying it offered a brexit in name only. prime minister theresa may faces parliament in the coming hours to actually talk about that plan. also in the united kingdom a british woman has died after being exposed to a nerve agent. police say that the death of dawn sturgess is now bei ing investigated as a murder.

her partner, charles rowley, remains in critical condition. he was also exposed to the same nerve agent used to poison a former russian spy and his daughter in march. following this story, our phil black is live from salisbury, england. phil, surely this is adding to the concern of people in that area about even the possibility of coming into contact with this nerve agent. >> reporter: yeah, george, that's right. you'll remember after the nerve agent was used in the attempted assassination of sergei skripal, the former intelligence officer and his wife back in march, the view of the british government was that in its view the russian government would dare to use a weapon like this, something that was so deadly, and so indiscriminate really. they felt that this was a truly reckless act. so there was enormous concern about risk to the public in the days and weeks after that. we saw people, large numbers of police and military move in and decontaminate the sites.

now months later this couple have come into contact and been exposed to a contaminated item, the same type of nerve agent, novichok. police do not know if it is pr precisely the same batch that was used in the assassination attempt against sergei skripal, but their working theory is that yes, it was, this was a leftover container, contaminate bid the nerve agent, that thooez these people have come into contact with it in some way, they've been exposed to, it they've fallen seriously ill and now this desperately sad news that one of them has died as a result of that. you'll remember the huge international outrage overt initial use of the nerve agent. it's likely the british government will only show greater diplomat ic strength an rage because what has happened now is a british citizen has died as a result of a russian nerve agent being used on british soil. george. >> and again, politically, this is resonating for sure among politicians talking about this, phil, i'd imagine.

>> reporter: well, you'll remember the initial response from britain was to expel diplomats. allies around the world followed suit. around 150 russian diplomats were expelled from various countries. that was because of the use of this type of weapon here. and that was before there was any known casualty, certainly any known british casualty. no doubt it was thought, perhaps assumed and hoped that the risk from this nerve agent had passed. but it seems this item, this contaminated item has simply been here somewhere within this community lying here for months perhaps in an area that was not really accessible, not out in the open somewhere but still posing a risk clearly because somehow these people have come into contact with it and the deadly result is that the woman has died and another man is still critically ill in the hospital. >> cnn correspondent phil black live for us in salisbury, in england. thank you for the reporting. we'll keep in touch with you. the world cup takes on

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fair to say the anticipation is building for the world cup semifinals. on tuesday the winner from 1998, france, will take on belgium. fans think it may finally be time for belgium and its so-called golden generation. on wednesday the 1966 champions england will try to get one step closer to giving a new generation of fans a world cup. but a talented croatia squad could end england's dreams. most of the world cup is take place in the western part of russia, but one journalist visited the more remote areas of that country to see how people are receiving soccer's most prestigious tournament. he spoke with our amanda davies. >> is the world cup experience that we are seeing here in moscow, how much is that being reflected elsewhere from what

you've seen? >> well, this is a vast, vast country. and it was amazing to basically see how diverse it is, first of all, and how diverse is the response to the world cup as well. this year is obviously incredible. everything is working well. but for example, in the border with mongolia that i had a chance -- i think it's around six hours by plane to get there. you reach a place where the world cup is as far away as anything else. >> do people have any hope of getting any benefit from this world cup? we often hear the impact of a majoring sporting event on a country. >> that is a good question because most of the answers i got was it won't change anything in my life. this our was quite fascinating to see such a vast country a little bit like brazil, also continental country, but perhaps more diverse, with other

religions, with other languages, and a feeling that this loneliness is real. >> do you think therefore that the impact of the world cup here -- or how does the impact of the world cup here compare with the impact in brazil? >> very different. very different. i would say even in a little village lost somewhere in the amazon in brazil you'll have a tv set showing the game. in a way what unified brazil was not only the portuguese language but also the yellow shirt. this was an element that was used and misused very much so in this nation-building element. so this was very real. here i haven't seen. for example, in this siberian part of the country i couldn't spot a single person with a russian shirt. not only with the russian shirt but no ads about messi, cristiano ronaldo, neymar.

no one was there. i was in crimea as well, and there was a completely different story. completely different. crimea, the epicenter basically of an international crisis, question obviously because of the annexation, but there cheering for russia, and i was in this last game, cheering for russia was a political gesture. it was not only we are hoping russia wins the football match. it was basically saying we are also russian. i spoke to the mayor of sebastopol that was at a completely clandestine fan fest but a fan fest. and basically as soon as the game finished he said this has proven that we're also russia. >> but with the sanctions do they have russian shirts and scarves? >> the sanctions are quite serious. you don't have international credit cards. your telephone won't work there. so in many aspects it led

foreign companies to leave the place. so instead of very famous coffee shop they have starbucks. the truth is that was not a football game. that was a political rally. very well orchestrated. with music, russian music obviously, with russian flags and with someone speaking on the microphone basically saying crimea is also russia. and by the way, if you wanted you could take free pictures with a russian flag and with the saying "crimea is ours." >> amanda davies with that look at the world cup. and thank you for watching "cnn newsroom" this hour. let's reset with more breaking news of course that we're following in thailand. plus other stories from around the world. after this break you're watching cnn, the world's news leader. there's a new place with daily laundry service. a place with a day spa. a place where seniors get the care they need in the comfort of home.

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at 2:59 on the east coast we're following the breaking news this hour out of thailand. rescue efforts to extract the eight remaining boys and their coach from a flooded cave system. four boys have already been rescued. i'm george howell at cnn world

nkts atlanta. welcome to viewers here in the united states and around the world this hour. and surely the world is watching and waiting, hoping that all continues to go as smoothly as we saw on sunday. rescue efforts are expected to resume again soon. in the meantime, the four boys saved from the cave were rushed to a hospital by ambulance and by helicopter. medical staff are checking on their health, making sure that they get the help that they needed. their families are obviously anxious to see them, but they may have to wait. authorities say they want to make sure the boys didn't pick up any diseases inside this cave. so it may be a day or two before they get to see their loved ones. let's go live to northern thailand. our correspondent david mckenzie following this story. and david, seems the weather is cooperating at the moment. the feeling so far around the world, so far so good. what are you hearing from your sources about the next steps in this operation to rescue the eight remaining boys and their coach?