this is why the commander e ys it's d day, because these rains will floocave very quickly. >> a race against time. a team of expert divers get set to jump back into the fray as they look to save these remaining trapped boys and their soccer coach in a thailand cave with dangerous monsoon rains fast approaching. the president is hours away from announcing his second pick from t highest court in the land. incoming tropical storm. >> theresa may finds herself in the fig for her political life s the u.k. eyes a european exit. and marriages can sometimes icking each other up, sometimes literally.

it's the international wife carrying competition. "early today" starts right now. goo monday morning. i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. tit's a momany feared would never come. after 16 days, the first four members of the a youth soccer team trapped in a cave are finally out. the boys were brought to safety after an hour's long journey clinging on to ropes and avigating through narrow flooded passage ways. they were helped by 13 foreign cave divers and five navy s.e.a.l.s. the four boys haveeptedly their n reunited with families yet, but we are hearint from the af one of them who says she is finally able to smile. >> translato >> the four boys are now being treated andssessed at a nearby

hospital. we have more from the ground. >> reporter: four boys, starved and exhausted, are nowsafe. the entire eighth floor reserved to care exclusively for the teens. hospital officials won't say how they're doing, but the condition of one of the first two to come out is said to be causing pincern. ures show one of the boys on a setcher after the incredible rescue. these four went first because they were deemed the healthiest. the commander says they're ready for this. they're ready toome out. just days ago the boys had letters to their families about what they wanted when they were freed. favorite foods like pork barbecue and fried chicken. one boy joked,'t teacher, give us lots of homework. another wrote, i miss everyone. want to go back now. thirteen full medical teams have been doing evacuation drills for

days. they first check for breathing and signs of hypothermia before they're sent by air lift and bulance to begin their journey home. a medical doctor was inside the cave today to examine the boys before the mission to make sure they were up for it. the same thing will happen in the next phase to determine who will be next to go out. frances? >> janice, thank you.he rescue operation for the remaining eight boys ages 11 to 16 and their 25-year-old coach suspended for over ten hours as rescue teams scrambled to replenish the supply of oxygen tanks along the escape route. divers are racing against tim as more monsoonal rains threaten the already high risk operation. nbc's chapman bell joini us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, phillip. thailand's interior minister says the boys are strong and safe but theyo need undergo detailedic m checks.

as you just said, it seems the rescue operations have resumed in the rescue mission which is very complex. they've had to restock air tanks along the route and other supplies as well. extra masks, wet suits, blankets. all scenarios have been planned fo a there' lot of preparation. thailand's interior minister also saying that the same divers that took part in the operation to bring out four members of that soccerls team will conduct the next operation since they've already been through one and they know the cave conditions well. one of the support divers from that mission telling nbc news that from the first part of the rescue the kids were totally ca, which was one of the initial concerns when they first discussed bringing them out witc a equipment. they decided to start bringing the strongest and healthiest members of the team out on this dangerous journey. their total timen the water is about 2 1/2 hours even though most of that's not when they are totally submerged, but they keep the mask on the whole time.

they're not taking any chances because locks of oxygen is o perhaps onethe biggest concerns. as you know, a former thai s.e.a.l. diver working on this rescue mission died last week while he was placing air tanks along the route. >> hachapman, you. now to washington where president trump is just hours secondom announcing his pick for the supreme court. he arrived in d.c. last night after spending a long weekend at his bed minister resort preparing for tonight's 9:00 p.m.unveiling. he told reporters he's narrowed his candidates down to a select few. "the new york times" reports that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has been nudging the president in thection of two of the candidates. he says that kethledge and hardeman face the least resistance to confirmation.

president trump is teasing tonight's historic announcement. in fact, here's what the president had to say on his way back from new jersey. >> i'm very close to making a decision. have not made i 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 they're excellent. every one. i'm getting close to making a onnal deci i'll probably be decided tonight or tomorrow sometime by 12:00. i think we're all going to be meetin9: at 00 and we have a great country, folks. we have a great countr >> nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has more on the president's pick and the impact he or she could have. >> frances, this will easily be the biggest change. neel year's nomination of gorsuch brought in a conservative. that was a conservative replacing a conservative. any nominee that president trump

now chooses is certain to be more conservative bause kennedy sometimes voted with the liberals on social issues. even so, it's a long shot that the court would overturn roe v. wade, but it may be more likely to uphold state laws that make abortion harder to get, laws that justice kennedy joined with the liberals in striking down. the court is probably not likely to go back to banning gay marriage, but it may approve of businesses thatite religious objections and refusing to serve gay customers and the court could be more willing to uphold restrictions on voting and affirmative action and school admission. it's also possible the supreme court will start taking up more casesirearms rights, the second amendment, such as having a gun outside the t home,t's an issue the court has consistently avoided for the past ten years. frances? >> pete williams for us. pete, thanks. be sure t join us tonight for nbc news live coverage of president trump's supreme court nomination. that's at 9:00 p.m. eastern,

6:00 pacific here on snbc. torning puerto rico is bracing itself for the remnants of tropical storm beryl expected to drench the island with heavy rain.th ten m after hurricane maria he island's infrastructur remains fragile with some residents still without power. nbc's gab gutierrez has more. >> reporter: in southeastern puerto rico, areas hit hardest by hurricane maria a now preparing for the remnants of beryl. >> we are weady. on't leave the island. we stay rhere. orter: the system is expected to drench puerto rico with several inches of rare. >> these matters that puerto rico is still in a very vulnerable state, particularly in housing and potential flooding. >> reporter: ten months after rricanemaria, the island'sri powerd is still fragile. this is a path maria took. the category 4 hurricane on the southeastern coast with sustaid winds of155 miles per hour. we rode along with an

internationalp. gr >> key cover areas wre no one it's ants to come because too far. >> reporter: once on the ground ey go house to house with a solar solution. >> not only is it solar powered and has three levels, but it has adaprs to plug in your cell phone. you have a self-contained lighting unitph and cele charger. >> a life line f people l vanessa lebron. her son has never known a life with electricity. she says the harst part has been taking care of her baby. she gave birth four months after the storm. >> reporter: she's among many who hope the newtorm steers clear. time may be running out for rescrs in japan where record floods have left at least 100 dead heavy rain hammered the country causing flash flood and landslides. as a result the government warrant millions of residents to leave their home. in par of japan the rainfall

dumped up to four inches in o hour. japan's prime minister shinzo ri abe said autes are working around the clock to free those trapped by flood t andusands are still waiting to be rescued. and state side here meteorologist bill karins keeping an eye on something that could be problematic for us. >> we have beryl. we have tropical storm chris that is increasing inin nsity. it could become a hurricane by the end of today. it is bringing some squally weather out to the outer banks and there are some larger waves. it will mostly parallel the coast line over the next couple of days. now going into puerto rico, right now we're seeing it fall apart. you can see the remnants and the big cloud shiel over the northern leeward island. 2 to 4 o inches rainfall possible in the next 24 hours. that could cause minorwi proble mudslides and hopefully small river flooding. that's a look at the big weather

story of the day and here's a closer look at your day ahead. you can see the showers and thunderstorms over t gulf coast and through florida today. that's kind ohere our stationary front is. the dryer air over the carolinas, mid-atlantic, northeast. sunny, beautiful warm day for everyone from the gre lakes. we'll continue to watch this week ahead with warm mperatures but not as extreme as what we saw the last week. >> not a whole lot to complain about. actress gall gadot took a break and stopped by a children's hospital. thankful for thec her visit. you are a true wonder woman. the kids loved it and so did the staff. >> wow. what a great treat. ut yeah. >> show up of nowhere. brittain's theresa may runs into last-minute brexitwhoes. a woman exposed to a nerve ant

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