this is the scene in copiaco, chile, a long-time coming. these families have been waiting patiently. they didn't know if they would be found dead or alive. 17 days later, they learned their loved ones were still alive. now, here we are on day 70, these mens are being safely returned to the surface and the loving arms of their families. keep it here on msnbc. we will be back after this. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at&t and blackberry have teamed up to keep your business moving. introducing the blackberry torch. at&t. rethink possible. but the financial landscape is still full of uncertainty.. in times like these, you need an experienced partner to look out for you. heads up! and after 300 years we have gotten pretty good at that. >>> 31-year-old florencio alvalos, the first of 33 miners to be rescued. six more have followed since as the world watches the men emerge from the mine where they have been trapped since august the 5th. the question is, when is the next guy coming up? we'll have live coverage for you. meanwhile, back here in the states

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we're going to be watching very closely with your help, angie sandoval in copiaco. >> good morning. >> good morning. they'll be talking about the short term and long term impact on the 33 miners in chile. >>> a new poll shows that more voters want democrats to stay in control of congress after november. but when it comes to who's more interested in the race, republicans have a 12-point edge. nbc's brian mooar is in the white house this morning. good morning, brian. this enthusiasm we've been hearing about, what else have we been finding. >> it's starting to look like a bit of a canyon and this ice what president obama is trying to talk care of as he heads out today to philadelphia. but voters are clearly not happy. bad, bad grades for the government. we could see that the democrats in congress got a c-minus. republicans did a slight bit worse. they got a d-plus, and that was the same grade for the federal government. president obama is the head of the class with a c. now, when we talk about the direction of the nation, 59% of voters believe that this country is on the wrong track, and

. >> telemundo's angie sandival has the latest from copiaco, chi chile. good morning, angie. >> reporter: wednesday is when the 33 miners are supposed to be pulled out from the bottom of the mine. yesterday was a celebration when after 33 days, they finally reached a man in the bottom through a phone line. miners were heard clapping and cheering and celebration, of course, went on on the surface as well. rescue team members popped bottles of champagne, hugged each other, and also families hugged each other and waved chilean flags. they're preparing the shaft by lining 96 meters. that's about 316 feet with steel tubes. this will prevent the crumbling of the walls, of the chimney, and also it will make the capsule be able to slide up and down much better. as you can see, there's a lot of work to do. they are not claiming victory yet. and, of course, here, everybody's hoping for the best. now back to you. >> all right. certainly, thank you so much, angie sandoval. we are hoping for the best. we're going to talk to a psychologist from west point about what ki

tell us what the men are facing today, adam housley who is at the regional hospital now in -- is it copiaco, chile? >> yeah, we can say it but if you're local, you call it copiapo. we're located in and all 33 men are inside here. good news at this hour is we prepared for a press conference here. it will happen in a couple of hours. good news is of the 33 miners, the most serious physical injury is pneumonia and that man is being treated inside the hospital and will be just fine. there are still some concerns, though, about some of the mental issues. there are several men in here we were told overnight were very anxious and it trouble sleeping, as you might imagine, and so there are a few that could be here longer than the two days doctors originally talked about and what a night it was last night. you guys talked about it. across this country, across latin america for that matter, around the world, bells ring in churches. horns honked on cars. we were at the entrance of the mine, only several hundred yards away from the rescues that were taking place and horns were honking. emergency vehicl