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?

>> reporter: well, nothing is for sure in this extraordinary operation, george. because of the technical and dangerous nature of getting those boys through those narrow cave systems and out into the outside world. so there is a sense of activity, a flurry of activity if you will around the cave system this morning. the expectation is because it went reasonably well yesterday, so well in fact that three of the boys were able to be sent by ambulance and one by helicopter to a nearby hospital, that they would attempt again today after those technical specialists got rest and were able to get their systems in place again for another rescue. extraordinarily, according to a source, a family source, the key family members, parents, mothers and marths are still held in that area of the cave site. what's extraordinary about that is they will not leave, not a

single one, until all of the boys and their coach are taken out. and they say according to their source that they haven't been told which boys have been released yet. that's a real solidarity of those parents right now who have been agonizingly waiting to hear if their loved ones will be safe. >> david, do we have any additional insight into the health, how these young children are doing, the four who've been rescued, and what is next for them? >> well, we saw those images of the boys, both when they were orange na'lly discovered in remarkably good spirits and later when they were giving messages, saying prayers from inside the cave site that they were doing fine. but that was the last time we actually physically saw them. we've seen these touching notes

back and forth between the family members and the boys, handwritten. the kids just wanting to have fried chicken, eat whatever they can have when they get out. don't give us too much homework. just the kind of aspirations you'd expect from 11 to 16-year-olds. and we've spoken to a lot of the family in recent days. all they want are their boys out. and they have touching videos as well saying they don't xwlam the coach of these young boys. a former orphan himself who's gone through a lot of his own struggles in his life. many people at least here have credited him with keeping them calm in those horribly scary days when they had no light deep in the cavern that's in the mountain behind me. >> david mckenzie on the story live for us in thailand. thank you for your team and the reporting. we will stay in touch with you about these monsoon rains that certainly david has talked about david swachg closely in his live

shot. pedram javaheri in the international weather center. the rains are important because when more rain comes in it floods into the cave raising the water levels, causing a real problem for these teens. >> absolutely. and the next couple of days we can see more rainfall over the next three days than we had seen over the previous 16 days combined. that's why this is becoming a very serious situation over the next couple of days aced on the shift in the weather pattern we're expecting. and of course you can take a look from the 23rd of june the amount of rain that had fallen each and every day the massive lull we saw from about the 2nd of july all the way until about the 7th and in the past 24 or so hours some rain has come in. of course in david's live shot we've seen some rain over the past several hours as well. the pattern shift here is pretty dramatic going from tuesday into wednesday. each and every single afternoon brings with it rainfall from around, say, noon all the way into the evening hours. this is a prime sketup of the monsoon season for this time of year. of course you take a look at the totals. how about 17 millimiters, 23

millimeters, another 17 millimeters come thursday. that's upwards of 60 millimeters coming down over the next several days or about 2 sxchl inches of rainfall, which may not seem like a tremendous amount of rainfall but when you bring that down to even a football field or a soccer field level and measure that out it's not 500,000 liters, or 130,000 gallons of water. just in that 60 millimeters when it's spread out over a football field length. of course you put this over many, many meters of land and hectares of land across this region, it becomes a tremendous volume of water that is coming down, rushing down into communities, the mountainside. we know where the cave system is located. of course across this region when you funnel in on the order of millions potentially of liters of water into this region it could really put what is already a serious situation into an area that would be inaccessible for quite a bit of time. so this is again something folks are working very rapidly toward. >> we'll keep in touch with the weather situation. david mckenzie fliev northern thailand with some new information to share with us.

david. >> that's right. a thai navy official now saying that that operation as we've been seeing, that flurry of accurate this morning to rescue those remaining boys and their coach from the depths of the mountain behind me has begun. in fact, they say it's been ongoing for some time. we don't know exact ly how much time. the same source saying the same set of divers, the specialists, the best of the best, one diver said to me, george, are the ones again going in to get the next group of boys today. yesterday it took several hours for them to bring them out successful successfully. many felt it couldn't even be done. i heard so much skepticism. probably from -- rightly so because people wanted these boys to be safe about just how they could get these boys who couldn't swim, some of them put a face mask on them, pull them through those dark channels for a great deal of time and then out and relayed to the team.

according to the thai navy official, george, the operation is ongoing. we don't know how many of the boys they'll be trying to bring out. we don't know which boys they'll be trying to bring out. but in a few hours from now it's certainly worth watching to see if they manage to pull this extraordinary rescue off again, not just once but twice. george? >> all right. david, so as you're reporting now, the rescue operation is resuming and we start putting certain things together. the weather behind you doesn't look too bad. doesn't look like the rains are coming down too heavily at this moment. we understand as well that they've pumped a great deal of water out of these caves. david, does it still set up a similar situation from what you can understand from your sources and your expertise being out there that perhaps the cave system may be like it was before with the previous rescue, not nearly as much water rushing into it with weather? >> reporter: well, i think it's

certainly going to be better than that original time, the two british divers managed to find those boys alive against all expectations. speaking to divers who've gone into the cave, they say over the days the situation, the circumstances got a little bit easier but you know, george, easier is a relative term. they were going still through water that had a heavy current at that point, very muddy, zero visibility, very tight spaces. so i expect even if the conditions are at their most ideal it's far from ideal. in fact, it's far from ideal for the rescue operation. a lot of rescue divers, and they're here from militaries around the world, deal with difficult scenarios and low visibility. here they have a roof over their heads. sometimes squeezing through letterbox size channels. and so really the best here they say, several of them told me over the last few days, are those recreational british

divers and some of their fellow enthusiasts who over years have developed a system of diving where at times you have to take the tank or keep the tank off of your body and squeeze through these tight spaces, most importantly remaining calm because sometimes you can't even see the oxygen levels on your gauge just in front of your face. >> all right. again, getting this information right around 3:05 on the u.s. east coast. just putting a time stamp on it for viewers keeping one this. but our david mckenzie reporting the rescue operation has resumed. david, we'll stay in touch with you as you continue to monitor your sources there at the scene. let's now bring in neil bennett. neil the managing director at new zealand diving live this hour from auckland, new zealand. neil, you just heard the reporting from our correspondent on the ground there. it seems the rescue operation back under way. and i want to pose the same question to you.

putting these dynamics together. so the weather seems to be cooperating. we do understand they pumped a great deal of water out. does this still create somewhat of an ideal situation, as ideal as you say it can be for this situation with these teams to go in and try to rescue the others? >> this is their best opportunity. they're not going to wait any long longer. they're going to maximize the window to try to get these guys out. so this is the best scenario they're going to get. >> let's talk about the actual process they have in place. it seems to be a relay system. essentially shuttling person after person through these dives, through the mountain caves, back out to the mouth of this mountain cave system. >> they'll pass the children

from one group to the next. this way the group can offer a particular part of the cave. they'll have familiarity with it. it speeds up the process to move the children through. if two divers have to go the whole length of the cave they'd be hard pressed. so this is the best way, is passing the children on. >> for a person who is not an experienced diver, and again, when we're talking about diving in caves, that is an entirely new discipline for sure, but what has it got to be like for these children to basically learn so much in just a short amount of time to patiently go through this system to not panic. what is it like for the kids to deal with this? >> it's going to be extremely hard. and you've got to take your hat off to them.

they got through in very quick time, which means they obviously had minimal problems so they obviously went very quickly. and they were given the basic concepts of how to breathe underwater, what to do and not to do. extremely difficult. very scary and very dramatic. >> we can never underscore enough the fact that these teams that are on the ground in thailand and certainly international support that's joined in. these people are putting their lives on the line as well. we saw that former thai navy s.e.a.l. lose his life of course in this operation. how dangerous is this? i mean, certainly so far so good. that's the resounding feeling around the world, that the four have been rescued so far. but how dangerous is this technical dive? the traversing of this cave system for these brave members of this team. >> it is extremely dangerous. you can't underestimate how

dangerous it is. some of these guys have to take their tank units off to get through very narrow gaps. and it is extreme. very, have extreme. you will not find this in any other sport around the world. >> neil bennett, we appreciate you being with us for "newsroom" for the last several days, quite honestly, to give us an understanding of what these crews are up against and some sense of how these various factors come together as they watch and continue this operation. thank you for your time. >> of course. >> and of course we continue to follow the breaking news out of thailand. we'll bring you the very latest as efforts continue to save the remaining kids in this cave and their coach. plus the u.s. president will kick off a very busy week with a highly anticipated announcement. a look at how the supreme court could change in the united states. stay with us. you won't see these folks at the post office

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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. but -- and they're excellent, everyone, you can't go wrong, but i'm getting very close to making a final decision. >> president of the united states there commenting on his highly anticipated announcement of a supreme court nominee set for 9:00 p.m. monday primetime in true reality show fashion. here's a look at the four candidates who appear to be still under consideration for replace the retired justice anthony kennedy. any one of them is expected to alter the balance of the court, to shift it to a solidly conservative majority. our boris sanchez has more now on the announcement and the rest of the president's busy 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 over the weekend that the president's

attorney rudy giuliani has laid out some very specific demands of the special counsel in order for president trump to testify. though president trump has repeatedly said that 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 he is effectively setting up a situation where the special counsel would issue a subpoena 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. >> boris, thank you. now to the united kingdom. the uk's brexit secretary david davis has resigned, marking another stumbling block for britain's efforts to leave the european union. davis said he wasn't willing to be a reluctant conscript to a compromise plan agreed upon friday. that plan would press for a free

trade area for goods with the eu and maintain close trade ties with it. other conservative lawmakers criticized that compromise, saying it offered a brexit in name only. the prime minister of the nation, theresa may, faces parliament in the coming hours. let's talk about that with cnn's international diplomatic editor nic robertson live just outside number 10. nick, look, certainly this makes for an inconvenient scumballing block for the prime minister as she had planned to sell this deal. it seems the sales pitch just got a lot harder. >> reporter: yeah, i think if we sort of look at it in the round it's a stumbling block and certainly she may interpret it as well. but how big of a stumble seems to be that she carried the weight of the day checkers the cabinet retreat where the ministers were sequestered all day. we've just been listening to david davis as well explaining for the first time why he

resigned. and he indicated that around that cabinet meeting on friday yes, she did carry the day. yes, the majority of people were in favor of the position she put forward. so really it remains for her now to regain her composure, if you will, from what we're here calling a stumble and appoint a replacement for david davis and continue. this is what theresa may has been doing all along. there's been dissension in the ranks of the cabinet all along. but the people who have been at times most strongly opposed to it. michael go, for example, who was out facing the sunday talk shows speaking up the agreement, it seems he's won over boris johnson, foreign secretary, who's been critical, remains critical, but still seems to as far as we know, have gone along with that cabinet decision. she has sort of some of the main riders, if you will, still on board. so you know, a stumble from her

position. but that key issue of what david davis is saying, that essentially he believes the current negotiating strategy won't allow britain to effectively fully leave the single market, the customs union, and be able to strike these important bilateral trade deals with the united states, for example. he doesn't believe the current trajectory will leave the country able to do that, not giving it what theresa may said it would get, fully completely leaving the single market and the customs union. and theresa may in a response to david davis's resignation as well as saying she's sorry it's at a time where brexit is going so smoothly and so well. she regrets the fact that they'll lose his expertise. but she says she disagrees with his characterization that there still will be britain in a position to control its own business destiny. and that's really the sort of crux of what david davis is

saying. >> nic robertson pointing out that theresa may pushes on but nic, certainly this opens the door for jeremy corbyn, for instan instance, with labor to say that the prime minister has lost her effectiveness, her authority in dealing with this matter. it's opened the door perhaps for people pushing for a new referendum. what about those also pushing for a tougher, a hard brexit? >> you know, theresa may for the moment seems at least within her cabinet to have been able to marginalize them more broadly in her conservative party. no doubt we'll hear about that more in the coming days. but the scale of the resignations, there's been another junior minister gone along with david davis. but the scale of the resignations is not something that at the moment at least from what we see at the moment threatens to bring her down. the wider conservative party, will they be won over like the cabinet? the conservative supporters around the country, will they be won over? but one of the winning arguments for theresa may, it's precisely

what you say, the perceived strength of jeremy corbyn and labor. if you look at the local elections just a couple months ago, labor under corbin didn't do as well as they might have done but at the last general election they did very well and that was a worry for the conservatives, and it remains a worry. so while they may worry about a weaker than they hoped for brexit, a greater worry may be of a new general election and a labor government. >> all right. good to get the reporting. and of course the context from our international diplomatic effort nic roberts. live outside number 10. nic, thank you for the reporting. around the world and in the u.s. you're watching "newsroom." ahead, the four boys saved from the cave in thailand, they are said to be in good physical health, but we'll discuss how this ordeal may affect them psychologically. also ahead, a military-grade nerve agent has now killed a british woman. why officials suspect russia was behind this attack. stay with us.

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dozens of people remain missing. first responders are using helicopters. they're using boats to evacuate hospital patients. and of course to help the elderly there. the government is advising millions of others in flood zones to evacuate and get to safer ground. a train derailment in northwest turkey has claimed the lives of at least 24 people. 124 others are injured. government officials blame heavy rains there. turkey's president says an investigation is under way. more than 360 people were on board the train headed to istanbul from near the border with greece. violent protests and riots rocked haiti for a third consecutive day. protesters are still frustrated with the dire economic situation facing haiti. despite a suspension of fuel price increases. the international monetary fund pushed haiti to end fuel subsidies to generate more tax revenue. here on cnn we continue following the breaking news this hour out of thailand. the operation to rescue a youth

football team has been relaunched. and we've seen more ambulances. they've been arriving at the scene. this where eight boys and their coach remain trapped in a flooded cave system. four of their teammates were pulled out of the caves on sunday. a thai navy source says the same divers used for their rescue are now back in the cave and an entire nation and surely the world is paying close attention and praying that they all are brought home. let's get the latest on this breaking news from northern thailand. our david mckenzie on the scene with these new details about the rescue operation. david? >> reporter: well, that's right, george. as you said, the operation is ongoing. we don't know exactly for how long now. but we do know those divers, the same ones that undertook this incredible rescue the first time around are having to do it again because there are still those boys and their coach trapped in

that cave system in the mountain behind me. now, that news broke just a short time ago. we also have learned that the family members, the closest family members are all staying near the cave entrance where ambulances were going in and out this morning, prepping for the frenetic rescue when it does come. but the rescue does take several hours. if it's anything like yesterday's operation. because the divers have to make a very careful journey through that chamber system. sometimes squeezing through very small spaces to where the boys are and then finalize the operations to put the face mask on the boys and then guide them back out that extremely hazardous, tight chamber system toward the relative safety of the third chamber where they'll then bring them out on stretcher or on foot best case scenario and put them in ambulances in

the road behind me and also possibly in helicopters. but the news is they've taken the decision despite the rain to move forward. and there's a sense of urgency here for sure. george? >> david, you touched on this a bit. but tell us a bit more about these images we're seeing, this rescue system they have and also the mood right now because there are several factors in play here, the weather being one of them. what is the mood from what you're hearing from your sources about moving forward? >> reporter: well, the mood was extremely glum of course, moving back a few days, when that thai navy s.e.a.l. died in this operation trying to get oxygen, in fact, succeeding in getting oxygen to the boys, and then dying on the way back from there according to official sources. from then on it was a very serious atmosphere. they moved the press away from the immediate entrance of the cave, understandably, so they could have a staging ground.

officials say there are around 90 key people involved in this rescue. 50 of them foreigners. 40 of them thai officials and military. there's a small, smallish group, a key group of divers with the most level of experience going in and getting the boys, bringing them out, handing them off to the rest of the rescue team. of course here the key officials are the medics who have been training, they say, for days now for every possible medical scenario for when the boys get out and then handing them off to the ambulances as i described. they practiced. yesterday they managed to get it a little bit under schedule based on their drills, but it's still a many hours-long process. that adds to the tension both here on the ground and of course for viewers around the world watching this extraordinary story who've been hooked on these details. but the stakes are obviously the highest for the parents i talked

about near that cave site and they say according to a family source that they haven't even found out which boys up to this point have been -- have been freed, rescued and are now in hospital. and that is the difficult choice that is according to officials will be made by the boys and the doctors who will be next and will they be okay when they come out of that cave later today? george. >> david mckenzie again just about 35 minutes ago, 30 minutes ago, broke the news of course that the rescue operation had resumed. we appreciate your reporting and your team, and we'll keep in close contact with you. want to take a moment now and talk about the children. the children dealing with such a traumatic situation. jennifer wild is here to help us with that. jennifer a clinical psychologist and works with survivors of extreme situations. pleasure to have you there in oxford, england. jennifer, look, when you look at what these children have dealt with for the past two weeks, how

difficult must it have been for them to simply remain calm, to deal with limited air, to deal with limited supplies, water, food, to finally find these rescuers come to their aid? >> i think initially it would have been terrifying for the children because they didn't know that they would be found or that they would -- there would be a rescue mission in place. so initially until they had been found it would have been absolutely terrifying. they're not cavers. they're not divers. they were simply exploring the cave with their coach and then suddenly became trapped and very, very deep in the cave. so it would have been terrifying. once they had been found, of course, this raises hope and once information had been passed along about how they would get out, again, this will help them emotionally and give them a good emotional prog no, sirris, provided they all can get out. the four boys who are out now,

the four boys in hospital, they'll be relieved to be out but of course they'll be very worried about their friends who are left behind. and until all the boys and the coach are out, this is not over. >> that's the other question i have for you. as these crews initially engaged, what did they have to keep in mind? how important was that first interaction given that these boys again and their coach had no idea how long they'd be waiting in there? how delicate was that moment? >> it's extremely delicate and highly anxiety-provoking. so much preparation has gone into place to come up with a rescue plan to get boys out, to think through which are the first boys who will be coming out. communication with the parents, how much information to convey. and obviously they haven't been told. they do know that some boys have been rescued. so it's an extremely delicate

situation. for the boys who remain behind currently, they really need to focus on the fact that they are going to be coming out and to focus on the next steps. and when they are out, it's really important that the boys focus on the facts of what happened, that they had this traumatic experience, being trapped for two weeks, but that they were rescued. and they need to really think about that rather than thinking about what could have happened. once we start thinking about what could have happened after an unpleasant event such as this we're much more likely to develop post-traumatic stress. and of course when they are out they may very well have symptoms of post-traumatic stress in the first few weeks. this is entirely normal. they may have memories of what happened, flashbacks, feelings of being trapped again when they're in a room or if they're ever in an elevator or closed space with the door closed, that may bring back feelings of being trapped.

this is entirely normal in the first few weeks after they are out of the cave. if this persists they would need psychological intervention in the form of something like trauma therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy. >> jennifer-i want to play that moment the crews initially engaged the children. >> thank you. >> how many of you? >> 13. >> 13? brilliant. >> and jennifer, what we see there, they seem calm. they seem composed. we understand there's information out there that the coach was very instrumental in helping them to be peaceful, to medita meditate, to use limited resources and get through the days that they were trapped there. and then they started this process of dealing with these teams to take them into these

very dangerous dives. what's that got to be like for a child, especially some children who cannot swim who are in this situation? what's that like for them? >> well, they'll have a range of reactions. and i think the important potentially helpful way of viewing this is to see it as some sort of adventure for a child rather than focusing on the potential danger and potentially what could go wrong in those dangerous situations. i think the scariest parts for the kids will be those very, very, very narrow parts of the cave where there's potential for getting trapped. that will be quite frightening and that's something they won't have had any experience really of dealing with before. but they've got so much support around them and two divers per child. and as long as they can trust those divers and follow those instructions, it is a very long journey out of the cave, they

will get out. and they have -- they will have a good emotional prognosis provided they can just focus on what is happening, to really think concretely, practically about the next steps and follow those instructions and try not to let their mind wander about what could happen and what could go wrong because that's likely to lead to panic and they need to stay calm. and they obviously have tools. they've been using mindfulness within the cave and meditating and that's obviously been very helpful in keeping them calm. zme just need to keep those tools in place until they are out again and then as i said before really just focusing on the facts of what happened rather than on what could have gone wrong. >> we focused a lot on the rescuers but good to get a sense from you about what these children are facing and dealing with. thank you so much for your time. you are watching "cnn newsroom." we'll be right back after the break. if you have medicare

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a woman has died after being exposed in england to a nerve agent. police say the death of dawn sturgess is now being 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 back in march. following this story our phil black. he is live in salisbury, england. phil, this is surely adding to the concerns of people there that even the possibility of coming into contact with this nerve agent is present. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, george. so it started with the attempted assassination of a former russian intelligence officer and his daughter, and now months later this latest extraordinary twist is the death of a british citizen from coming into contact with the same type of deadly nerve agent, novichok, a

weapons-grade chemical nerve agent. now, how did this happen? this is what the police here are trying to determine. it seems logical, and their working theory is this new couple has come into contact with an item that has been contaminated in some sort of left-over way from the initial assassination attempt. but it is just a working theory. they haven't confirmed that yet. they've confirmed that it was the same stitype of nerve agent. they don't know if it was from the same batch. they do not yet have a price evidential link between both sets of poisonings if you like. but fls an ongoing concern because although authorities say the risk to the public is low and they've been saying that since the initial deployment of the nerve agent there is now clearly a contaminated item somewhere within this community that these people have come into contact with and as long as that item is out there somewhere then clearly a risk to the people in this part of england continues.

george. >> and just to get a sense politically, because we remember, phil, this resonated highly among politicians with the last incident. what are people saying about this? >> sought british government has only ever been outraged that in their belief the russians were responsible for deploying a weapon like this. the russian state they say was responsible for the use of a chemical weapon british soil. back when it happened initially a lot of their concern was based around the idea that this is an indiscriminate weapon and it clearly posed a threat to a wider number of people than just those who are believed to be the intended targets. now that fear has borne out to be true, it would seem. but many months later. much later i think than anyone thought likely. and so you remember that britain initially expelled russian diplomats. they were joined by allies around the world in doing so. around 150 in all. you can expect another level,

another wave of russian -- international pressure i should say against russia over this. but the british position for the moment is let the police do their work, find the evidence and build the case. >> cnn correspondent phil black live in salisbury, england. thank you for the reporting, and we'll keep in touch with you. looking ahead now to the world cup. england's coach is being celebrated for leading the three lions to the world cup semifinals. and his vests are gaining a following of their own as well. you won't see these folks at the post office

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♪ the anticipation is building for the world cup semifinals on tuesday. the winner from 1998 france will face 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 dream. this is england's first time in the world cup semifinals in 28 years, and many are giving

credit to england's coach, gareth southgate. mark bolton has more on southgate's career and his fashion sense. >> england's unlikely hero and somewhat unexpected manager's foundations lie here, at selhurst park. he was captain in the '90s when they were outside the premier league, but the qualities he showed early on led to premier league captaincy elsewhere with two other clubs before he finally put on the arm band for his country. the early signs of emotional intelligence and holistic approach to football have seen gareth southgate come a long way from his humble grounded start. >> a good captain obviously because of his leadership qualities. humble person. a professional. really good professional as a youngster. and those sort of habits carry you through your career. you set your own standard. he's loyal to his friends. and i just think he's enjoying

the moment. >> reporter: southgate's glass has always been half full. even at the nadir of his playing career when his penalty miss forced england out of the 1996 championships, making him a national pariah he somehow managed to turn a miserable moment into a positive unwith some smart self-deprecation. >> unless i'm mistaken. thank you. miss. >> come on, gareth, it only took you six years to get over it. have some pan pizza. >> pan pizza from pizza hut. a light fluffy base with a crispy crust smothered with generous toppings. >> thanks a lot, boys. i feel much better now. >> he hit the post. >> he learned the most important lesson of all, that one bad moment in your life doesn't lead to a bad life. it was a day in july 22 years ago. that didn't finish his career. it didn't finish his life.

it hurt him. he wishes to this day obviously he would have scored it. it didn't define his life. he didn't allow it to become the event for which he would be remembered for. >> management potential at middlesbrough was unfulfilled but free of the archaic machismo in much of football management the football administration embraced southgate's more cerebral approach and after a promising spell with england's under-21 squad promoted him to football's so-called impossible job. >> and i think reluctant england manager i think at the start. because i don't think he wanted the job. i think he wanted a bit more time. and then embraced it. made some tough decisions. joe hart, jam wilshere, wayne rooney not going. and got a young group and has molded them, given himself belief and created a bit of history for himself, for the country, and as you see we're enjoying an amazing summer here and an amazing tournament. >> reporter: the queen and country, southgate and his young team march on.

he's quickly becoming another national treasure. but who'd have thought a style icon? england may be crowned world champions. southgate could always be known for that infamous waistcoat. >> the waistcoat. i mean, you've run out of waistcoats in certain department stores. no, it's just his style. >> mark bolton reporting there for us. and thank you for being with us. for "cnn newsroom" i'm george howell at the cnn center in atlanta. our breaking news coverage continues on the rescue operation taking place in thailand right now. "early start" is next for viewers in the united states and around the world. my colleague max foster is on deck live in london with the continuation of "cnn newsroom." you're watching cnn, the world's news leader.

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