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weeks. even with medical treatment some of the boys are said to be showing signs of weakness and malnutrition, prompting rescue crews to pump oxygen into the chamber where they're trapped. portions of the potential escape route would require the boys to swim underwater with dive masks to breathe. but if crews can quickly lower the water level so the boys can keep their heads above water, thai navy s.e.a.l.s would float them through the flooded passages until they reach dry land and can walk out of the cave. tanawut is the father of the youngest boy trapped inside, an 11-year-old known as titan. are you worried about how they're going to try to get them out of the cave? >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: he says, "i believe the s.e.a.l. team can make it happen. there is nothing they can't do. i have faith." the father says he does not blame the 25-year-old soccer coach who apparently was with the boys when they enterritory cave on june 23rd, ignoring signs that it is prone to dangerous flooding. the coach has reportedly taught

the boys how to meditate to keep them calm, and navy s.e.a.l.s say the young soccer players are asking about the outcome of world cup games. once your son finally comes home, what's the first thing you're going to say to him? he says, "i will tell him you are safe. me and your mother were waiting for you and we love you." right now it's taking rescuers up to 11 hours round trip to provide the boys with supplies such as medicine and food. if the cave floods again, it will make reaching them much more difficult. bianna? >> of course our thoughts are with tightn and his friends. ben tracey, thank you. the trump administration today increased its count of migrant children who've been separated from their parents at the border. health and human services secretary alex azar said that it is somewhere under 3,000. last week he said it was just over 2,000. azar says his department is ready to reunite those children with their parents. here's mireya villareal. >> reporter: just this week

carla de velasquez h her 12-year-old daughter after being separated for over a month. immigration attorneys are quick to point out reunions like this aren't happening fast enough. today the u.s. health and human services secretary alex azar confirmed there are still under 3,000 immigrant children separated from their parents in federal custody. about 100 of those are under the age of 5. to comply with a federal court order children 4 and under must be reunited with their parents by next tuesday. and those between the ages of 5 and 17 by july 26th. >> while i know there's been talk of confusion, again, any confusion is due to a broken immigration system and court orders. we know our mission. we know our tasks, and we're executing on it. >> reporter: to speed up the reunification process deputy director for children's programs commander jonathan white says they're using dna testing to verify family connections. >> hhs and in some cases dhs health care personnel collects

those via cheek swab. it is painless and harmless to the >> reporter: jonathan ryan is executive director of raices, a group working closely with families separated at the border. >> this is really an invasion into the most intimate private matter, data that we have about ourselves, our dna. it is irresponsible. it's a sign of the ultimate incompetence of the administration. >> rep and her daughter may be back together, but they're still fighting for asylum in separate immigration cases. now two out of a 300,000-case backlog. in several cases we've heard of parents being detained in one state and then their children being shipped across the country. bianna, today hhs confirmed they are trying to move those parents closer to their children in i.c.e. detention facilities. that way when they make that biological connection they can reunite those families a lot faster. >> mireya, i know you will will bt to follow this story.c

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finally tonight, the world noise the young soccer players in thailand are alive because of two men who rescue people all over the world. here's jonathan vigliotti. >> monday. >> reporter: their flashlights broke nine days of darkness. their distinct british accents broke the silence. >> how many of you? >> 13. >> 13. brilliant. >> reporter: that's the voice of john volanthen. he and partner rick stanton seen

here in 1994 may have looked and sound mord alien than hero but the 12 boys and their coach knew help had arrived. >> thank you. >> reporter: out of their wetsuits 47-year-old john is an i.t. consultant. 57-year-old rick a retired firefighter. but both are known around the world for their self-taut hobby. considered among the best cave divers on the planet, nicknamed the a-team. it's a skill john once compared to space travel. >> when people landed on the moon, they had a map. they knew where they were going. but in a cave if you're beyond the known limit of a cave, nobody knows where it goes. you never know what will happen around corner. >> reporter: together they designed their own equipment and used it to assist rescues in france and even mexico where rick helped save six people trapped i caveg ve.atie hono by thqun. en the soccer team first went missing last month,i officis call on the a-team to assisarch >> john and rick, you know,

they're calm. they're very collected. they're very organized. extremely disciplined. and consummate professionals. >> reporter: it took the men 90 minutes of swimming and crawling to finally reach the boys they set out for, but this rescue is far from over. the kids' health will be critical as rick and john now help the thai military develop an extraction plan. there may be no clear exit in sight. but they promised the kids they would be back. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm bianna golodryga.

>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." welcome to the overnight news. i'm anna werner. president trump's embattled epa chief scott pruitt has resigned. pruitt, a favorite of the president, has been the focus of a dozen federal investigations concerning his lavish spending, ethical lapses, and management style. the president accepted pruitt's resignation in a tweet, adding that he'd done an outstanding job. major garrett has the story. >> reporter: speaking aboard air force one, president trump said there was "no final straw" that led to scott pruitt's resignathe sd the embattled epa administrator came to him a couple of days ago and told president trump he did not want to be a "distraction." questions about pruitt's

excessive office spending, first-class air travel, and the treatment of staff had washington investigators working overtime. pruitt was the subject of a house oversight committee investigation, five inspector general audits, seven pending inspector general reviews, and two government accountability office inquiries. in his resignation letter pruitt wrote he was leaving in part because "the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and have taken a sizable toll on all of us." >> i think your actions are an embarrassment to president trump. >> reporter: in late april a house committee grilled pruitt on many questionable decisions including the construction ever a secure phone line in his office that cost taxpayers $43,000. >> and i think frankly that the expenditure of $43,000 on secure communication should not have been made and i would not have made the decision if i was aware of it. >> reporter: pruitt was also under scrutiny for renting an apartment from an energy lobbyistis position to help find his wife work, asking his aides to carry out personal

tasks, and flying first-class at taxpayer expense. something he told cbs news's the takeout was because of security concerns. >> these threats have been unprecedented from the very beginning and the quantity and type are unprecedented. >> reporter: until just recently president trump had stood by pruitt, largely because he rolled back obama-era environmental regulations and supported withdrawing from the paris climate accord. >> the epa is doing so well. people are really impressed with the job that's being done at the epa. thank you very much, scott. the u.s. air force is sending reinforcements to help battle the massive spring fire burning out of control in colorado. four giant cargo planes will soon be dumping retardant on the blaze. it's already the second biggest fire ever in the state, and it's only 5% contained. but that's just one of dozens of western wildfires threatening homes and forcing evacuations. john blackstone has the story from northern california. >> reporter: today firefighters in northern california endured

backbreaking work as they rushed to contain the unrelegitimate county fire in 90 degree heat. it's got to make your work tougher too. >> it does but at the same time too we have our natural built-in acs as you're probably sweating like we are. >> reporter: right now crews are fighting fire with fire to keep the massive inferno away from homes. this is an area that was burned intentionally. firefighters set it alight to burn off fuel on the ground. this is part of the band of containment that will eventually stop this fire. it's already scorched nearly 90,000 acres and threatens more than 1,000 homes and businesses. and we're only days into the official start of the fire season. in colorado firefighters are battling nearly a dozen wildfires including a fast-moving blaze near aspen. more than 500 homes had to be evacuated, some of them burned. >> they came down in a big hurry. it was total chaos. >> reporter: adding to the misery in the west, high temperatures are expected to soar through the weekend. in los angeles where the mercury

is expected to rise over 100 degrees by tomorrow residents are hitting the beaches to keep cool. as the temperatures rise as well here in northern california, no one is cooling off here in cash creek. instead, this water has become an essential part of the battle against the huge wildfire still growing in the mountains just a couple of miles to the west of here. rescue teams in thailand are in a race against time to pull a dozen young soccer players and their coach out of a flooded underground cave. they've been pumping water out of the cave to help get the kids out, but monsoon rains are in the forecast. ben tracy reports. >> reporter: it's a race against the weather. crews are drilling through rocks to make room for more hoses in an effort to quickly drain water chf rain on the fore up to five area. they have already pumped out more than 34 million gallons of water. but so far it's not enough to

safely remove the 12 young boys and their coach o'who have been trapped inside for nearly two weeks. even with medical treatment some of the boys who are said to be showing signs of weakness and malnutrition, prompting rescue crews to pump oxygen into the chamber where they're trapped. portions of the potential escape route would require the boys to swim underwater with dive masks to breathe. but if crews k. quickly lower the water levels so the boys can keep their heads above water, thai navy s.e.a.l.s would float them through the flooded passages until they reach dry land and can walk out of the cave. thanawat is the father of the youngest boy trapped inside, an 11-year-old known as titan. are you worried about how they're going to try to get the? >> [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: he says, "i believe the s.e.a.l. team can make it happen. there is nothing they can't i have faith." the father says he does not blame the 25-year-old soccer coach, who apparently was with the boys when they entered the

cave on june 23rd, ignoring signs that it is prone to dangerous flooding. the coach has reportedly taught the boys how to meditate to keep them calm. and navy s.e.a.l.s say the young soccer players are asking about the outcome of world cup games. a federal judge in california rejected a white house request to block two laws protecting illegal immigrants in sanctuary cities. meanwhile, time is running out for the government to reunite families separated at the border. mireya villareal reports. >> reporter: just this week carla de velasquez reunited with her 12-year-old daughter after being separated for more than a month. immigration attorneys are quick to point out reunions like this aren't happening fast enough. today the u.s. health and human services secretary alex azar confirmed there are still under 3,000 immigrant children separated from their parents in federal custody. about 100 of those are under the age of 5. to comply with a federal court order children 4 and under must be reunited with their parents

by next tuesday. and those between the ages of 5 and 17 by july 26th. >> while i know there's been talk of confusion, again, any confusion is due tie broken immigration system and court orders. we know our mission, we know our tasks and we're executing on it. >> reporter: to speed up the reunification process deputy for children's programs commander jonathan white says they're using dna testing to verify family connections. >> hhs and in some cases dhs health care personnel collects those via cheek swab. it is painless and harmless to the child. >> reporter: jonathan ryan is the executive director of raices, a group working closely with families separated at the border. >> this is really an invasion into the most intimate private matter and data that we have about ourselves, our dna. and it is irresponsible. it's a sign of the ultimate incompetence of the administration. >> reporter: de velasquez and her daughter may be back together, but they're still fighting for asylum in separate

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>> announcer: this is the "cbs overnight news." it may come as no surprise that housing prices in san francisco are going through the roof and driving out a lot of long-time residents. the bay area has three of the five most expensive cities in the country for living comfortably. john blackstone spoke to some people who've had enough. >> reporter: as the cost of living soars in san francisco, megan sweet plans to make a few dollars with a garage sale before moving out for good. >> i've been in san francisco since the '70s. and it was a wonderful place to be, you know, in my 20s and 30s and 40s. but now that i'm in my 60s, i mean, i can't even afford a cup of coffee anymore. >> reporter: now that rebecca worth and her husband have a new baby, they need a two-bedroom

apartment. but they can't find one they can afford. >> a lot of our friends have moved deeper into the east bay or to l.a. or portland. >> reporter: the fair market rent for a two-bedroom apartment in san francisco is $3,100 a month. the median home price is $1.6 million. in san francisco a family of four with an income of less than $117,400 a year is considered low-income by federal housing authorities. compare that to houston, where low-income families earn slightly less than $60,000. san francisco's wealth largely built on well-paid tech industry workers is leaving virtually no part of the city untouched by development. >> all the old shops are gone. it's like there used to be a shoe repair place. not there anymore. >> reporter: the once gritty and affordable mission district is increasingly home to coffee bars and trendy restaurants. this is a neighborhood that's changing. >> it is. of course. >> reporter: charles balilas is founder and ceo of souvla,

offering fine food and wine. but to keep costs down, there are no waiters. >> you walk over here, order from the counter. little menu board right there. >> reporter: diners are expected to fill their own water glasses. >> because of this model we're able to keep our prices the way that we are. we're able to keep the product the way that it is. even as all the prices continue to go up around us. >> reporter: rising prices, particularly for housing, are a major challenge face london breed, elected mayor of san francisco just last month. >> between tw2010 and 2015 for every eight jobs we created we created one unit of housing. there has to be a balance. >> reporter: with the increasing number of high-paying tech jobs it can sometimes seem like the sidewalks are paved with gold. in fact, golden manhole covers and other streetixtures recentlyn spotted in the san francisco bay area. the gold leaf applied by artist and designer eric schmidt. what does this signify? >> for me it's an artistic gesture. it came out of this observation again of the bay area becoming this sort of like guilded

community now. it's so expensive to live here it's only attainable to the most wealthy. >> reporter: for many that means leaving their heart in san francisco but making their home somewhere else. i'm john blackstone. the agency created to clean up organized crime in the port of new york and new jersey is coming under fire. new jersey lawmakers want to close the waterfront commission. tony dokoupil visited the port where regulators say the influence of the mob has never been greater. >> reporter: it's already the busiest port on the east coast, and now the cranes and docks of new york harbor are poised to get even busier as giant new ships arrive from around the world. but this modern waterfront still hasn't shaken its criminal past. according to the watchdog group responsible foor fighting organized crime on the docks. >> i like to say if you watch "on the waterfront" not much has changed except the waterfront's now in color.

>> reporter: walter arsenalt is executive director of new york harbor a special bistate agency created in 1953. >> new york is blessed if thaez the word in quotes with five organized crime families. >> all those families in some way are connected with the port? >> absolutely. >> reporter: as a choke point in the global economy, the port has historically been exported by criminals who forced payoffs and other kickbacks by controlling who unloads the ships and how quickly. that's still the case, says arseneault. >> the crazy thing about the waterfront is you tell people about it and they look aught and say that can't be true. there's no way that's true. >> reporter: his organization has identified some 400 longshoremen getting special deals from the shipping companies worth 117 million a year. some for work they rarely do. >> there are people who under the agreement are getting paid 24 hours a day. >> 27 hours a day because they miss meals allegedly, they get an hour meal credit for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

so they're actually paid 27 hours a day, 365 days a year. >> reporter: longshoreman paul moe helnejoning $493,000 a year, until he was convicted of fraud and sentenced to federal prison in march. >> and he collected his weekly salary when he was in aruba. he collected his weekly salary when he was in florida. he collected his salary when he was at the movies, when he was with his girlfriend. he collected his salary mostly when he wasn't there. >> reporter: the commission says these special jobs are almost always filled with favored individuals and connected to union leaders or organized crime. they also increase the cost of everything from coffee to cars. >> who pays those costs? >> the consumers. it gets passed on to the consumers. >> we're talking about tens of millions? >> easily. >> you grew up around here? >> yeah. >> reporter: former new jersey state senator ray lesniak led the effort to shut down the commission. >> they soy?

>> because they are corrupting the legitimate business practices and trying to interfere with them. that's un-american. >> reporter: lesniak wants to transfer the waterfront commission's responsibilities to the new jersey state police. >> i want the money that's been going to the waterfront commission, $12 million a year, to go to the new jersey attorney general's office, where they have better tools to do what the waterfront commission is doing without interfering with the legitimate business practices -- >> reporter: how is it legitimate for somebody to not show up at work and be paid 24 or even 27 hours a day? >> it's wrong. what are you going to do? how miio-->> no, it's not. they have no authority over the labor agreement. that's between the terminal operators, the shipping -- see, that's the problem. >> our enabling statute is to end corrupt hiring practices. and i can't think of a more corrupt hiring practice than discriminatory hiring. >> reporter: over the past year

the waterfront withdrawal of work applications from people associated with all five of new york's notorious crime families. are you worried taking this on? >> no. >> reporter: why not? >> i've been a prosecutor in my past life when i was at the department of investigation, i did political corruption and organized crime. when i was at the manhattan d.a.'s office i specialized in violent drug gangs. it's what i do. >> reporter: now, we reached out to the organizations representing the dock workers and the shipping companies. both declined to comment. so did the largest terminal operators. now, as for that bill that would do away with the waterfront commission, that passed the new jersey legislature nearly here's a simple true-or-false quiz for you. if you're between age 50 and 85, it's important for you to know the truth, so please listen closely.

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when a pair of denver's finest came to the aid of a young man being bullied, they did more than give the bully a good talking to. they may have saved a life. steve hartman found this story on the road. >> reporter: a lot of police officers go above and beyond. but few have gone further than denver police officers monique cedberry and alicia martinez. last year they got a call to check on the welfare of a visually impaired 15-year-old boy named victor irak. victor was used to being bullied, but when somebody poured hot glue on his arm he decided that was the final straw. >> this was one of the tougher

calls for us. his teacher had called 911. >> saying? >> saying that he was being bullied and he wanted to end his life. >> reporter: every year in america more than 2,000 teenagers commit suicide. but victor isn't part of that statistic. thanks to those two police officers who didn't see him as just another call but rather as part of their calling. >> he got to my heart. he really got to me. ♪ >> reporter: after they took victor to the hospital for psychiatc trencedberry and martinez made a promise to do everything they could to make sure this kid had good friends. ses and other meant becoming his >> he's like our family. he's like our little brother. >> reporter: is it helpful to you that they've stayed in your life? >> yeah. anytime i wanted to talk to them they would answer.

>> reporter: they'd be there. >> yeah. >> reporter: is he a different kid now? >> oh, yeah. totally different. his demeanor's so much better. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: it also helps that he's in a new school, away from the old bullies. >> hole papp. >> reporter: and that he's seeing more clearly now. >> i had a corneal transplant. >> can you tell how handsome i am with that new cornea? it's pretty clear, right? >> well, i can tell you're pretty old. >> reporter: obviously, this kid is going to be just fine. >> i was starting to really like you. >> reporter: steve hartman, on the road, in denver. >> that's the "overnight news" for this friday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning news and "cbs this morning." from the broadcast center in new york city i'm anna werner.

captioning funded by cbs it's friday, july 6th, 2018. this is the "cbs morning news." tragedy in thailand. a diver has died while working to free a soccer team trapped in a skav. epa administrator scott pruitt is out. he resigned amid investigations. and as the heat wave crests for much of the country, the west is heading into a dangerously hot weekend, raising the risk of more fires.