ben tracy is outside the cave in chiang rai, thailand, where more rain is adding to the urgency of the r ben, good morning. >> reporter: john, so there's been considerable activity at the cave site within the last hour and a couple of eyewitnesses say they have seen a boy on a stretcher taken out of the cave now being treated on site at field hospital that has been set up and is set to soon board a helicopter. he'll go to a hospital. he'll join the others who were rescued from the cave last night. if this is another boy, this would be the fifth one coming out of the cave and this would be ahead of schedule. the authorities told us they started this operation a couple of hours ago and we should expect good news about four hours from now. so they're clearly ahead of schedule if this is another one of the boys. we'll have to make sure that is the case. all indications are the fifth boy has been rescued from the cave and we're also hearing from ourix b islose exiting the cave is call chamber 3 inside the cave. the significance of that is that weather is cooperating here. there's no heavy r

ben tracy, cbs news, thailand. >>> u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo is in north korea right now. his first visit there since president trump met with north korea's kim jong-un. pompeo is vowing to pinpoint specifics of kim's commitment to de-nuclearization as kim promised during the last month get together in singapore. last week the washington post cited u.s. intelligence officials as saying north korea does not fully intend to surveillance the weapon's stockpile. satellite imimages show north korea -- images show north korea expanding the missile plant. >> the secretary has been very clear and very blunt with the north koreans about what he want exes. -- expects. >> it's a little after 4:00 a.m. in north korea and they're spending the night in government guest housing in pyongyang before resuming talks. >>> trade war between two of the biggest economies: the united states and china are escalating. the trump add min traition fired the -- administration fired the first official shots. >> first strikes in the trade war came after the clock struck midnight and u.s. slapping levies

ben tracy, cbs news, thailand. >>> bay area headlines now. arson investigators in san jose are calling two grass fires suspicious. they broke out yesterday north of skyport boulevard near highway 87. flames were knocked down quickly. in san francisco, anti-ice protestors are camped out in front of the federal immigration office for a second day, speaking out against the trump administration's immigration policies and calling on the federal government to dismantle ice. >>> the oakland police department is investigating one of its own after this officer was caught snooze youing on the job. someone snapped the photo on friday and it's gone viral. the oakland police department saying, quote, we expect our officers to be awake and fully focused on their assigned duties. >>> the men charged in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire took plea deals and agreed to go to jail. the mastermind derick almena got 10 years behind bars and max harris pleaded to six. they plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter yesterday. 36 people died when the workspace

ben tracy, cbs news, thailand. >>> a lawsuit against nasa over some alleged moon dust. woman in tennessee says it belongs to her. laura chico claims astronaut neil armstrong gave her the moon dust and a signed business card when she was 10. according to chico, her father was friends with armstrong. but she learned that nasa considers all lunar material government property and has a history of trying to track down any that someone has. she contacted the lawyer to have the dust tested. >> we speculated this might be a sample that was vacuumed off a spacesuit. >> the autograph is authentic. but lab testing on the dust was less conclusive. it found it could have lunar material but it's not 100% sure. >> to our knowledge he never gave moon dust to his sons, wives, crewmates. i have worked with buzz aldrin, i know he doesn't have any. >> what if nasa says, you're essentially keeping stolen property? >> then they would have to call their hero a thief and neil armstrong was not a thief. we just want to keep our property. >> chico's lawyer has prmptive t ainst nasa demanding she

ben tracy has the latest. >> reporter: emergency workers are rushing to pump out the excess water from the cave, trying to bring the levels down so that it is safer to rescue the boys. they are drilling through rocks to make room for hoses. they have already removed more than 31 million gallons of water. doctors are treating and feeding the young soccer players who are being given a crash coat -- lesson in swimming in case after make the attempt to swim out of the dark and narrow cavern. >> the children are aware of the caves and have been in there very often. so, we have to assess everything . we have to see what the conditions bring. >> several sections of the cave remain flooded, including an area that requires full diving equipment. rescue workers opaque and draining of water to eliminate long stretches where the boys would have to keep their heads underwater. this is the father of the youngest boy, an 11-year-old known as titan. >> are you worried about how they are going to get them out of the cave? >> he says i believe that the seal team can make it happen. i have faith. >> repo

cbs reporter ben tracy tells us that if all goes well, everyone could be out by tomorrow. >> reporter: ambulances left the cave entrance monday night where four more young soccer players were brought to safety during a dangerous rescue operation. dive teams are resting for the night and are expected to resume work on tuesday. with currents inside the flooded cave not as strong as feared, thai officials say the rescue has gone better and faster than expected. a source tells cbs news they have added five more people to the team of expert divers in hopes to rescue the remaining boys and coach in a short offer did -- shorter period of time. this is how it works. each of the boys is wearing a dive mask as they enter the murky water. the children can barely see anything in front of them. they are led by a diver who is carrying their oxygen tank and guided by a rope. another diver follows them from behind. the entire journey covers about 2 1/2 miles through both deep water and steep climbs. the biggest concern is a pinch point in the cave that is just 15 inches across. in that area, the boys

ben tracy, cbs news, thailand. >>> billionaire elon musk is getting involved in the efforts. the tesla ceo tweeted that he is sending his own engineers to thailand to assist the rescue team. he is also offering rescuers technology from his tunnel construction company. this would include equipment used for location tracking and water pumping and also powering batteries. the thai government said that his engineers are set to arrive tomorrow. >>> up next, the health advisory issue after an incident at an east bay will refinery. why the refinery says no one was ever in danger. >>> plus, one man's side hustle has just won him a very prestigious award. we go inside one of the bay area's newest distilleries. >>> and, record-breaking heat right outside los angeles. the area is hitting 115 degrees today. >>> coming up, the thailand cave rescue turns deadly. now, rescue may be attempted, ready or not. >>> plus, honoring his father by searching for his special set of wheels. coming up in the evening news with jeff ward. at the marine mammal center, the environment is everything. we want

anthony. >> ben tracy in thailand.till so many questions, first, how they ended so far in. >> three miles. and without heeding the warning signs. >> and how they will finally get out. the monsoon season in southeast asia is incredibly serious. it's very strong. >> it goes on into october. >> ben tracy. it's always good to get ben's report live on the ground. >>> president trump has interviewed three more possible choices to replace retiring supreme court justice anthony kennedy. he told a crowd in west virginia last night he will make the right choice with his nominee on monday. >> i spent the last three days interviewing and thinking about supreme court justices, and i think you'll be very impressed. they're very talented, very brilliant, and i think you're going to love it. included six federal judges. the white house also spoke to republican senator mike lee about the nomination. lee sits on the senate judiciary committee. >>> the next supreme court justice could have a major impact on affirmative action. yesterday

>> glor: ben tracy, thanks very much. and as ben reported, once rescued, the boys have been whisked to medical treatment about 60 miles away. anna werner is at the hospital in chiang-rai. anna? >> reporter: jeff, good morning. and it is early morning here , i should say. we are awaiting medical conditions of the four boys that were rescued last night. we do know that the first group of four boys are reported to be in stable condition. they're between 14 and 16 years old. the hospital has dedicated an entire floor here to care for those kids. one nurse per child. now, officials say medical evaluations will take three to five days. likely it could take as long as seven. the first issue doctors will be looking for are dehydration and malnutrition. during the two weeks that they were in the cave, they didn't have proper nutrition or exercise. after they were rescued, some of the boys asked for a thai dish of meat with chili and basil. now, those hospitalized boys are being held in isolation due to fear of infection, but while

ben tracy, thank you.indonesia today, at least 24 people were killed, including some children, when a ferry ran aground. the passengers were tossed into rough seas. images show the boat listing to one side, about 1,000 feet from shore. 74 people did survive, but more than 40 others are missing. p e trump administration today reversed an obama-era policy that encouraged colleges to consider race as a factor in admissions. jan crawford has more on this story. >> reporter: the announcement came in a "dear colleague" letter, advising school officials the trump pdministration was withdrawing wiama administration guidelines liat encouraged affirmative action in admissions. it was widely expected, as the justice department targets affirmative action in college admissions on multiple fronts. former obama administration official catherine lhamon casted the decision. >> and we can expect that we will see reduction in the ionefits of diversity that the supreme court has long recognized for all of us. >> reporter: the

>> quijano: ben tracy, thank you.liver spoke with a cave- diving expert about why the thai rescue mission is considered one m the most complicated ever. >> reporter: after more than two weeks trapped in this dark cave, eight boys and their soccer coach are waiting their turn for the risky escape. >> this is the most scary situation that i think a person could go through. r: aar mirza is the national coordinator of the national cave rescue mission. >> you can't make a horror movie that would even compare, and i have been involved in cave rescue for 30 years. and i cannot even think of one that was this complicated. >> reporter: the path out is a dangerous one. 13 foreign and five thai divers have to navigate dark and tight passageways filled with murky water and strong currents. two divers will accompany one child as they stick to a cave line that stretches the entire mile-and-a-half distance. divers have trained the boys with scuba equipment for the areas they must swim underwater for extended periods. >> the trust fa

reena. >> ninan: everyone hoping for the best, thank you, ben tracy. back in the u.s.the west firefighters are battling more than 60 large wildfires in the west. one is in goleta, california near santa barbara, burned destroyed 20 structures and forced 2,500 people out of their homes. carter has the latest. >> reporter: the fast-moving fire exploded late friday night in the town of goleta north of santa barbara. flames quickly jumped from home to home. when the flames raced through, they were given by winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour, blowing blowing the embers through the air. you can see some of them flying now. they landed on roof tops and there was nothing firefighters could do. this home may be a total loss. what is the goal? keep it from spreading? >> try to salvage what we can. we know there is somebody live behind it. >> as the fires burned behind the community, people were evacuated and 20 structures burned. but patty driskel tried to save her home of 30 years. you can tell how close it was looking from here. >> i was standing right here, and as far as thi

ben tracy, thank you.n court documents made public this week, a cleveland area fertility clinic denies any legal liability for a freezer malfunction that destroyed more than 4,000 eggs and embryos. dozens of families are suing university hospitals for negligence. the clinic has apologized, but said the families knew the risks involved. dr. tara narula spoke with a istient. >> at that time i wasn't really thinking about kids, and i wasn't trying to have kids. so, just gave me hope. >> reporter: sierra mathews was just 19 years old when she decided to freeze her eggs at aniversity hospitals. s was 2014, and she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. she was one of hundreds of women r o found out in march of this onar that her eggs were onstroyed when a cryopreservation system like ziis one malfunctioned. >> i felt like i had to go back to a really traumatizing time in my life, when i really felt like i was alone because there was no my age going through something like that. >> reporter: following the incide

ben tracy, thank you.k in this country, millions in the west are dealing with the dangers of extreme heat and rapidly spreading wildfires. take a look at this. some of the record highs today in southern california-- 103 degrees in downtown los angeles, 107 in long beach, 112 in burbank, 115 in woodland hills. nearly 40 large fires are burning in 11 western states. ine person died in a fire today near the california-oregon border. in parts of northern california, colorado and utah, residents have been ordered to evacuate. carter evans has more. >> reporter: southern california is baking like it's never baked before. te it's literally unbearable. you cannot be outside when it's that hot. >> reporter: records are falling as temperatures soar well into de triple digits, up 25 degrees above normal. the national weather service has issued warnings for dangerous exd extreme heat and critical ghre danger. firefighters remain on edge as reports came in throughout the day of pop-up fires fanned by hot, dry winds, in

ben tracy, thank you. >>> in court documents made public this week a cleveland-area fertility clinic denies any legal liability for a freezer malfunction that destroyed more than 4,000 eggs and embryos. dozens of families are suing university hospitals for negligence. the clinic has apologized but said the families knew the risks involved. dr. tara narula spoke with a patient. >> at that time i wasn't really thinking about kids, and i wasn't trying to have kids. so it just gave me hope. >> reporter: sierra matthews was just 19 years old when she decided to freeze her eggs at university hospitals. it was 2014, and she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. she was one of hundreds of women who found out in march of this year that her eggs were destroyed when a cryo-preservation system like this one malfunctioned. >> i felt like i had to go back to a really traumatizing time in my life, when i really felt like i was alone because there was really no one my age going through something like that. >> reporter: following the incident, university hospitals ceo tom zenty released this video

as ben tracy reports, rescue crews are reassessing the mission after it turned deadly. >> time is runningws worked frantically to pump water out of the flooded k where 12 boys r trapped. >> we try. we are afraid. >> with so many workers in the underground complex, authorities are rushing to install a three mile long oxygen tube. a former thai navy seal diver died from lack of oxygen overnight. he passed out underwater. this video shows a sergeant major before boarding a plane to join the rescue effort. >> he said may good luck be on our side to bring the boys back home. with monsoon rains in the forecast this weekend, floodwaters are expected to rise once again. from the cave entrance to an area known as chamber three, the water is now down to around me high-level. the space between chamber three and the boys is still completely flooded. the only way through it includes a nearly 100 foot underwater dive. authorities are trying to get the floodwaters to a level where the boys were not have to dive. they could swim out with lifejackets on and their heads above water. but even if they are su

ben tracy on the race against time to complete the dangerous mission.>> reporter: inside the cave, workers have been drilling holes into the rock, so the rescue teams can more easily navigate the dark and wet cavern, their efforts are paying off. this video shows the first group of boys just moments after being rescued from the cave. within two minutes, they were in helicopters and flown to a hospital where beds were lined up at the front door. so far, thailand officials say that the elaborate rescue operation has gone better and faster than they expected, a source tells cbs news they have added five more people to the internnateam18hos canresc the ining bullies and their coach in a shorter period of time. here is how this dangerous rescue mission works. enan barelyee anything in front tankd guided by a rope, another diver follows them from behind, the entire journey covers about 2.5 miles through both deepwater and steep climbs, the biggest concern is a pinch point that is just 15 inches across, in that area, the boys have to separate from the divers, to fit through and reach a small patc

ben tracy is near the cave site north of chiang rai, thailand. ben, what can you tell us now?hat have been rescued are at the hospital in chiang rai where they will be monitored by doctors. that will take its course over the next several days. divers and crews have been working around the clock with operations to save them. they have replaced the air tanks around the underground route. tomorrow they will attempt another rescue mission. the four boys who were rescued first, those boys on sunday were rushed to a local hospitalrai. the interior minister said those boys are well and safe but they will need routine checks. there are already 18 divers assigned to this complex operation. the changing conditions inside have increased the urgency of this situation to get these boys out. now, the entire journey covers about 2.5 miles. they go through deep water, steep climbs. the biggest concern is a pinch point in the cave that is just 15 inches across. now, in that area the boys have to separate from the divers that are guiding them in order to fit through and reach a small patch of d

more from outside the cave with ben tracy. >> reporter: one by one the boys wrapped in warming blankets introduced themselves and delivered a message to their parents that they are in good health. some of them smiled and held up peace signs as a medic treated scratches on their feet and legs. the boys appeared more alert than a day ago. when divers discovered them on a muddy ledge. the complicated task of how they will be rescued from the cave remains unclear. this morning the governor suggested the team might not all be able to leave at the same time. crews are weighing the option of having the boys swim out immediately. the team is trapped 2.5 miles from the entrance. they would need to navigate through areas that require climbing gear and flooded sections, and a 100-foot underwater dive. it is a difficult task for even the most experienced divers. let alone a group of boys who don't know how to swim. the plan for now is this, they are trying to pump as much water out of the cave as possible. the hope is if they bring the water level down far enough it will be safe enough to swim out.

ben tracy is near the cave where the boys are trapped. n, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. phase two of this operation is under way. ha they're going in to try to get the next group of boys out. we don't know precisely when the operation began. yesterday it took about eight hours from the time the divers were with the boys in the cave until they got them out. we can assume once they goat that point, that's the luff time frame we're dealing with here. as for the four boys who were rescued yesterday, they were immediately put on helicopters, transferred by ambulance, then to hell cop ters and back to an ambulance, then to the hospital where they will be evaluated for the next three to five days. at the hospital is where they're going to be reunited with their families. we're told there's a 24-hour evaluation period and their families will actually be able to see them. in terms of the next phase of the operation, a source is telling us they're hoping to rescue six more boys today and the remaining three people tomorrow. ke

cbs's ben tracy has more from outside the cave. >> one by one, the boys wrapped in foil warming blankets took turns introducing themselves. they were delivering a message to their parents that they are in good health. some of them smiled and held up peace signs as a medic treated scratches on their feet and legs. the boys appeared more alert than a day ago. british divers discovered them on a muddy ledge. the complicated task of how they will all be safely rescued from the cave remains unclear. the governor suggested that the team might not all be able to leave at the same time. rescue crews are weighing the option of having the boys swim out immediately but that remains the riskiest choice. the team is trapped about 2 1/2 miles from the entrance to the cave. they will need to navigate through areas that require full climbing gear, several flooded sections, parts to narrow to where a scuba tank and a nearly 100 foot underwater dive. it is a difficult task for even the most experienced divers alone a group of boys who do not know how to swim. >> the plan for now is this. they are trying t

. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," ben tracy is in thailand with morn the death of the rescue worker and the latest on the effort to rescue the soccer team. >>> president tris looking for a new epa administrator now that scott pruitt resigned. now, the president announced pruitt's resignation yesterday on twitter. pruitt is the target of ethics investigations into alleged misuse of government resources. mr. trump says he did not ask for pruitt's resignation and called him a terrific guy. mola lenghi reports. >> well, thank you, montana. what a place. >> reporter: president trump held a 70-minute campaign-style rally in montana thursday, but didn't once mention the resignation of his epa chief scott pruitt. he said there was no final straw. he said the resignation was pruitt's own decision despite charges. pruitt was facing a house oversight committee investigation, five inspector general audits, two reviews, and two county ability. pruitt wrote in his resignation letter he was leaving in part because of the unrelenting attacks personally on my family. it's taken an unsizeable toll on

ben tracy, thank you. ade trump administration today sed eased its count of migrant children who have been separated from their parents at the border. health and human services secretary alex azar says 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 villarreal >> reporter: just this week carl a devalazquez reunited with her 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 five. to comply with a federal court order, children four and under must be reunited with their parents by next tuesday. and those between the ages of five and 17 by july 26th. >> while i know there has been talk of confusion, a

alex. >> ben tracy in thailand, thanks, ben.hat story, every day, every chapter of it, is gut-wrenching. so the difficult to watch. i mean, i don't think we can overstate how much everybody in the world is watching and rooting for these children. difficult for us. imagine what the parents are going through. >> if you had any doubts about how dangerous this is, the loss of that diver tells you. >> thoughts and prayers. >>> scott pruitt is drawing praise and scorn after stepping down in the face of numerous ethics probes. in a letter, pruitt told president trump it was an honor and a blessing to serve in the cabinet and called his decision to resign extremely difficult. paula reid is in berkeley heights, new jersey, near the golf club where the president is spending the weekend. paula, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. last night, aboard air force one on his way to montana, a president spoke with reporters, where he had nothing but praise for pruitt. and he said it was pruitt who floated the idea of resignations because he

>> ben tracy, thanks very much. and as ben reported, once rescued the boys have been whisked to medical treatment about 60 miles away. anna werner is at the hospital in chiang rai. anna? >> reporter: jeff, good morning. and it is early morning here, i should say. we are awaiting medical conditions of the four boys that were rescued last night. we do know that the first group of four boys are reported to be in stable condition. they're between 14 and 16 years old. a hospital has dedicated an entire floor here to care for those kids. one nurse per child. now, officials say medical evaluations will take three to five days, likely could take as long as seven. the first issues doctors will be looking for are dehydration and malnutrition. during the two weeks that they were in the cave they didn't have proper nutrition or exercise. after they were rescued some of the boys asked for a thai dish of meat with chili and basil. now, those hospitalized boys are being held in isolation due to fear of infection, but while they wer

never had a soup dumpling, it's kind of like a regular dumpling, but with meat and boroughsside ben tracyk a trip to where the soup dumpling was invented, shanghai, china, and he got a lesson in the proper way to eat them. i bet. ♪ >> reporter: in this hyper modern metropolis, the present often looks a lot like the future. but down jus there are still signs of shanghai's culinary history. soup dumplings steaming on the sidewalk here. >> yes. this is your real neighborhood joint. >> reporter: crystal mo is a food writer in shanghai. she took us to one of her favorite spots for the city's most famous dish, shaolongbao. otherwise known as soup dumplings. a there was a line out the door. >> still in every neighborhood in shanghai. >> reporter: soup dumplings begin like most dumplings do. dough is roll out and pressed into little circles. the fiing, usually pork,s by hand, creating perfect dumpling dimples. a higher number of folds, up to 22, is considered a sign of a higher quality dumpling. but what about that liquid inside? >> it seems magical. i mean, when people come to china and they hav

ben tracy is outside the cave near chiang rai. ben, good morning. >> good morning. those monsoon rains are expected to raise the water level. they're debating whether or not they should quickly try to attempt one, even though that would be incredibly risky. >> reporter: rescuers say the boys are still too weak and would neat to learn more about the diving equipment before they could try the escape system. the head of the mission said they'll try to wait until there's less of a risk to the boys' lives. oxygen levels have dropped to an alarming 15%, so crews have rushed to install a three-mile-long oxygen tube and have delivered more tanks to the boys' location. they have drained nearly 35 million gallons of water from the cave. it's unclear how much further the water level need drops so the boys could safe hi escape without having to swim underwater. it would be an extremely dangerous journey that already claimed the life of a former thai navy s.e.a.l. who passed out underwater friday incise the cave. another option to rescue the boys drilling a hole into the mountai

ben tracy reports. >> reporter: it's a race against the weather.lling 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 foreig

anthony. >> ben tracy. real challenges still ahead for these teams down there. >> i don't think now's the time to learn diving. when it was really hard for experienced navy s.e.a.l.s to get in there. the rescue people on the scene say we worked this hard to get them, we're not going to lose them. they will do everything they can. >> as ben said it could literally be months. >> yes, but you're alive. i say leave them there and give them food. >>> all right, 75 million americans will be in the grip of an extreme heat wave today. temperatures will soar into the '90s in the northeast. it will feel like triple digits in cities from washington and philadelphia to bangor maine, a a and new hampshire. the heat is expected to stick around until independence day. demarco morgan is on the beach. >> reporter: good morning. it's a lot cooler now, but that will soon change. beachgoers will get a chance to jump into the water here just to cool off. that's not the case for construction workers, those who work outside. cent

cbs news correspondent ben tracy is near the site in chiang rai, thailand. ben, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, margaret, so far this is the news that we had all been hoping to hear. these four boys now out of the cave after 16 very long days. we now believe that all four of them were transported to the hospital in chiang rai via helicopter and then ambulance. we did see the head of this rescue operation gave a news conference. he said this was much more successful than they thought it would be, that it went very smoothly. he said from the time the boys exited the mouth of the cave to when they got on the heli and he says that was five times faster than when they tried this in their rehearsals. so they are feeling very confident tonight that the first stage of this operation, getting four boys out of this cave, has gone extraordinarily well. margaret? >> brennan: why did this rescue operation happen now, and what's next? >> reporter: well, you know, they really felt a sense of urgency. they felt like they had a very small window of time to attempt th

ben tracy is outside the cave in chiang rai, thailand. >> reporter: rescuers have been looking for annce to this cave from above, hoping they can airlift the boys out. they're worried about the heavy rains headed this way this weekend that they may flood the cave again and make any sort of rescue attempt nearly impossible. emergency workers are racing to pump out the excess water from the flooded cave. they're ling thrto me room s.soo which have already helped remove more than 31 million gallons of water. doctors are treating and feeding the young soccer players who are being given a crash course in swimming and how to wear dive masks in case they have to make the dangerous attempt to swim out of the dark and narrow cavern. >> children are aware of the cave, they know the calve, they've been in the cave very often. we just have to assess everything at the moment. we have to see what conditions bring. >> reporter: several sections of the cave remain flooded, including an area that requires full diving equipment. rescue workers hope they can drain enough water to eliminate long stretche

ben ransher. in 1922, over 96 years ago, a house and six acres of land owned by mr. tracy harden was donated for the purposes of building a church parsonage. construction an of the sunday school rooms. it was purchased during the years between 1941 and 1950. a new building fund was started. the church broke ground on the new building at a cost of $87,500, and on sunday, june 24, 1956, which was over 62 years ago, the church celebrated homecoming with dinner on the grounds in the new social hall downstairs. on june 11, 1961, all debt was paid off and a note burning service was held to celebrate this accomplishment. n july 5, 1962, the church voted to begin the new sanctuary. the committee overseen the construction was comprised of 10 members, representing each of the resident families. the new sanctuary was completed 1963 at a total cost of $74,735, and the debt was paid off on may 2, 1979. the building on the new parcel was located in lindsey circle, began in the 1970's and completed in february, 1972. the debt was paid off and the official burning service was held on febr