abc's matt gutman tonight. and i were on the air almost a year ago for that great american eclipse. that was really something, but you're taking in quite a sight in hong kong. >> reporter: that was a treat, but this has been an hour and 40 minutes long of a celestial spectacular treat, and these diehards behind me have been here for every single minute of it. it's called the blood moon because it happens when the sun, the earth and moon perfectly align, and the rays of the sun curve around the earth and only the red rays go through the atmosphere and hit the moon. that's what we have been seeing in these spectacular images from across the globe. in berlin, at the coliseum in rome. it has been a beautiful sight to behold. unfortunately back home in the u.s., we did not get to see the full glory of this eclipse, but rest assured, january 21, 2019, just a few months away, we'll get our next shot at a lunar eclipse, david. >> matt, thank you. >>> and thank you for watching here on a friday night. i'm david muir. i'l

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abc's matt gutman reports from thailand. >> reporter: after the navy s.e.a.l.s.the s.e.a.l.s. out of the cave, other rescuers were in there picking up all their equipment when suddenly that main pump that had been taking out hundreds of millions of gallons over the past weeks gave way and the s.e.a.l.s. and other rescuers had to flee for their lives. >> reporter: disaster averted and the world now rooting for the boys' speedy recovery. as for the coach, he has been criticized for taking the boys into the cave and praised while keeping them alive. while they were still trapped inside, the boys' parents wrote him a letter which read in part, do not blame yourself, we are not angry. >> the thai prime minister thanking everyone for their support. >>> authorities in alaska are working to find out what caused the crash of a small plane. it came down on the side of a mountain on prince wales island. it is about 40 miles from the city of ketchikan. all 11 people on board survived but suffered minor injuries. they were hoisted to safety by coast guard helicopters. it was

here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: outside the dank recesses of this thai cave, it's the sound of. after 18 harrowing days, the wild boars soccer team, 12 boys and their coach, weakened but free. a monumental task that so many volunteered for. one ex-thai navy s.e.a.l. even giving his life for it. and for some here, perhaps this miraculous rescue from the cave that was once the boys' captor, all kismet. according to thai legend, the lush, beautiful mountain in the province is inhabited by the spirit of a mythical princess. in fact, locals say if you look closely, you can see the figure of the sleeping princess. >> the idea is if she's happy, she will smile favorably and help a good outcome. >> reporter: here on the outskirts of the fabled mountain, under the watchful eye of this majestic buddhist statue, sits the soccer team's home district of masai. one of the local youth teams that plays on this slightly ragged soccer field is dubbed the moopak, thai for "wild boar." the team is composed of kids from schools around the district ranging from 11 to 16. day one, saturday, june 23rd

abc's matt gutman is there with the latest. just got world that the third part of the rescue is under way. and they are trying to extract their boys. hopefully they will me more in the coming ours. and the health minister says the eight boys pulled out already are in good conditions, high spirits. four are eating solid food and two of them have lung infections. they are getting medication. first the search. now the rescue. a massive multinational operation to pluck those 12 thai boys and their coach from the belly of a mountain known as the sleeping princess. >> many people are coming. >> reporter: to defy odds and monsoon flooding rescuers freed eight of the trapped boys. what began as a playful rite of passage for members of the wild boars soccer team 18 days ago has become the trial of their lives. their survival miraculous. after trekking into the tham luang cave in northern thailand in a team-building exercise with their coach the boys found themselves here, marooned by rising waters more than a mile and a half inside a la

abc's matt gutman is right there. >> reporter: this morning the first video of the rescued soccer playersmoment so many had prayed for. doctors say the boys lost four pounds each on average during their ordeal, will likely stay seven to ten days in the hospital under quarantine to prevent infections. that didn't stop them from waving "v" signs. six feet away, behind glass windows, some parents allowed in for the first time. gazes at their children taking the place of hugs. and one day after the world watched, the last four players and their coach emerged from that flooded cave. we aree cue for the first time. video showing muddied rescuers carrying one of the players up on stretchers. and harrowing details about how narrowly the team escaped the clutches of death with oxygen levels running alarmingly low. major charles hodges, the mission commander in charge of u.s. operations here, spoke this morning on go"good morning america" about the challenges of the rescue. >> even after we got 4 for 4 on the second day as well, the risk hadn't gone down any at all. so i'm incredibly impressed with

so, let's bring in matt gutman, on the scene for us tonight. matt, i read for the parents, the agonizing wait continues. there was word of perhaps a glass wall being put up so they can actually see their children inside the hospital? >> reporter: there's an enormous concern for infection, david. these boys have been in that cave for so long that their immune systems have been compromised. right now, they're being quarantined, sequestered from their parents. even as they were brought out of the cave, thai navy s.e.a.l.s said they had masks on their faces to prevent the rescue teams from infecting them from any other diseases. that agonizing wait continues, as the parents are told that possibly at some point in the future, there will be a glass partition set up so they can actually see their children and their children, of course, can see them. david? >> all right, we can't wait for that moment. matt gutman, james longman. incredit skrecredit shl work fr there. we want you to know, we have a special "20/20" tomorrow night, 9:00 p.m. eastern, right

matt gutman, james longman. our thanks to our entire team on the ground and the heroic work of all of those divers. tonight, right here, step by step, this triumphant rescue, 18 days. and the boys, their families and how they ended up at that cave in the first place. a remarkable special edition of "20/20" tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern. i'll see you then. >>> but in the meantime, we're going to move to the other breaking news at this hour. from los angeles tonight, a plume of smoke hovering over parts of that city. the fire breaking out late today, forcing the evacuation of the famous griffith park observatory. you can see flames burning close, actually, to the crowds who were right there in the popular park. but again, we've learned that observatory has been shut down tonight. this comes amid the intense heat in the west. so, let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee, she's tracking the fire, the conditions and the tropical storm that became a hurricane today off the east coast. but ginger, first, the fire

matt gutman, james longman. our thanks to the team on the ground and the heroic work of all the divers. tonight, step by step, this rescue, the boys and their families and how they ended up in that cave in the first place. a remarkable version of "20/20" tonight, 9:00 p.m. eastern. i'll see you then. >>> breaking news tonight from los angeles. a plume of smoke hovering over parts of that city. the fire breaking out late today, forcing the evacuation of the famous griffith park observatory. blames burning close to the crowds. we've learned that observatory has been shut down tonight. this comes amid the intense heat in the west. so, let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee, tracking the fire, the conditions and the tropical storm that became a hurricane today off the east coast. but ginger, first, the fire and that heat. >> reporter: yes, intense heat and very dry conditions. david, let's look right at the maps. the relative humidity we have plotted on here, that brown and white, extremely dry. bakersfie

abc's matt gutman tonight. >> reporter: they're daring mission captivated the world.ht, we're learning that the international rescue squad feared that nearly half of that thai soccer team would not survive the grueling journey out of that cave. >> how many of you? >> reporter: what did you think the chances were for success? >> we knew we could get them out. it was if we could get them out alive or not. >> reporter: one of the big concerns, the boys panicking. >> potential for them to kill themselves, there was potential for them to kill us. >> reporter: so, rescuers admitted a powerful sedative to knock the boys out cold. they used specialized equipment, full face masks so the boys could breathe, tightly trapped to prevent any leaks. a single leak could have been fatal. he volunteered for the first rescue. at one point, the 13-year-old boy starting to wake up. he had to readminister that ed is sedative. >> h had you ever administered a shot to anybody? >> never. >> reporter: it does have to feel pretty good. >> we never envisioned it would be completely successful an

matt gutman, thank you. there's a lot to cover as the story breaks.ind everybody, we'll have more on the story throughout the morning. and we'll cover the breaking news throughout the day right here on abc news and on abcnews.com and abc news radio. >>> themorning. for that, with we kick it over to the man we sometimes call dr. ron claiborne. ron has a look at what is happening. >> we're going begin in afghanistan. an american soldier was killed in an apparent insider attack. two others were injured on saturday at a military outpost in the uruzgan province. circumstances of the attack are unclear. this is the third american combat fatality in afghanistan so far this year. >>> in hartford, connecticut, an infant and several others were injured when a porch collapsed. the second floor deck came crashing down. 20 people were on the porch. the drop 15 feet. some victims suffered cuts and head injuries. >>> in georgia, investigators looking for a missing mother are now focusing on a landfill. a co-worker kim lerly kessler was seen on surveillance cameras t

matt gutman and the rest of our team covering this story in chiang rai, thank you. we here on abc news will stay on this story, both on abc news and abcnews.com. we return you to regular programming but our coverage will continue. >> we'll update you with breaking news. we'll have a full wrap-up on "world news tonight." dan and i thank you for watching. >> announcer: this has been a special report from abc news. >> announcer: now from abc 7, live breaking news. >>> good morning, i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, july 8. you just heard the latest on the cave rescue in thailand from abc news. four boys are now safe. eight more to go. plus their soccer coach. this is really a race against the rain, monsoon rains are coming. that would raise the water level in that cave. they want to move deliberately, though. they've taken the weakest boys, they've gone by ambulance to a local hospital which will care for all of those taken out of the cave. it's very tricky and complicated, as you heard on abc news. you'll remember that one of the divers helping

we begin our coverage this morning with abc's matt gutman who is right there in chiang rai. matt, good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, good morning, dan and paula. this rescue has tumbled from one crisis to the next. now, it's still possible that they could extract those boys sometime very soon, but just now we heard from the head of operations here at this base camp who said that the oxygen levels in that cave are dipping dangerously low. so what they've done is start to pull back a lot of the rescuers to minimize the number of people inside. what they've got to do is pump up the level of oxygen in there and fight what they're calling the war on water. the missioto t could begin within 24 hours according to an internal u.s. government report obtained by abc news. a buddy dive. essentially hauled by divers through tunnels sometimes only as wide as a manhole cover. >> we're trying to set a plan, the best plan, we can bring them out and if the risks are minimum maybe we try. >> reporter: over the past several days, divers and rescuers have amassed hundreds of air tanks along

two members of the wild boars who didn't make the trip told my colleague matt gutman that team excursionssual. >> i've gone inside four times. it takes about five or six hours. >> was it scary at all when you went into the caves? >> no. because when we visit the cave, we all go together and bring plenty of flashlights and food. >> reporter: the coach today explaining why the team first journeyed there, saying it was something they'd planned in advance and had only planned to stay there about an hour. >> translator: we put it on facebook on wednesday. we met saturday at 10:00. after we warmed up we went to the cave to study, see what's inside. >> reporter: but it was the beginning of the rainy season. and sure enough, while they were in the cave, outside, it began raining. hard. the soccer team was trapped. the coach clarifying today the boys actually did know how to swim. it's something they do after practices and games. but on that day, the water came too fast and too high. >> translator: everybody says, do you want to go in there and look? if you want to go, you have to swim. >> reporte

here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: under a monsoon-soaked mountain in northern thailand, in the deep down dark, a majestic death trap. after nine days of desperate searching, the mission members of this boys soccer team and their coach are found, miraculously alive. >> how many of you? >> 13. >> 13? >> yes. >> brilliant. >> absolute elation. followed very quickly with, wait a second, now we've got to get these kids out. >> reporter: tonight the heart-racing details we didn't know about the rescue until now. directly from the divers who carried it out. the divers who find the boys, john k ton, chriwe, belong tn elite british cave diving team with unique rescue stem-cell skills. in thailand, these volunteers, working without pay, come to be known as the awesome foursome. >> i'd never have to think for a second about whether i would go. i think it's human nature to know if you've got an ability, then of course you will. >> reporter: what stands between the boys and the daylight they haven't seen in two weeks is about a mile and a half underground obstacle course of rocky chambers, half-

we have team coverage and we start off with matt gutman. od morning again, matt. >> reporter: hey, good morning, robin. it has been a milestone day here. just out of that checkpoint right behind my shoulder, that 7th and 8th ambulances came out here bearing the most precious cargo in all of thailand. those boys headed to the hospital for treatment there. i spoke to a diver today who was part of the rescue effort. he said that today went even more smoothly than yesterday. they are ahead of schedule at this point and it's getting easier and easier. he said the water level has been dropping and that the boys don't really have to do anything. they don't even have to dive at this point. they're essentially dragged through the water. still, they're going to take a pause today and tonight and then they're going to restock that cave with tanks of oxygen because they have been going through them by the hundreds with each rescue. minutes ago, the 7th and 8th ambulances arrived at the hospital carrying some of the most precious cargo in thailand. that

here's matt gutman. >> reporter: their daring mission captivated the world.of the thai soccer team would not survive that journey out of the cave. one of the big concerns for divers like jason. the boys panicking. >> the potential for them to kill themselves, potential for them to kill us. >> reporter: so they administered a powerful sedative to knock them out cold, ketamine. they used full face masks so the boys can breathe, tightly strapped to prevent any leaks. a single leak could have been fatal. at one point, a 13 year old boy starting to wake up, he had to readminister that sedative. >> had you ever administered a shot to anybody? >> never. >> reporter: one by one, the divers rescuing every one of them. >> we never envisioned that it would be completely successful. >> reporter: most of those boys entering the monkhood. they hope to reunite with their hero divers some day, maybe without the masks. matt gutman, abc news, hong kong. >> we said incredible details, but amazing that they were basically passed out during this rescue operation. >> i know one of

we want to go back to abc's matt gutman in hong kong with the latest. , good morning. this is a very sensitive part of beijing that is filled with embassies, and normally is crawling with chinese paramilitary police, but somehow the suspect slipped through that security cordon and detonated what american officials are calling a bomb right outside the embassy gates. an alarming sight here in china. broken glass on the ground as officers collect evidence. thick plumes of smoke billowing in front of the u.s. embassy after that explosion. u.s. officials are calling it a bomb. dozens of people gathered in front of the the u.s. embassy waiting to get in to apply for visas. incredibly, just minutes after the bomb, those people went right back to their place in line. officials say no one was hurt except for the 26-year-old suspect who was arrested and transferred to a hospital. there was no damage to the embassy which was built in 2008 and heavily fortified. now, chinese officials haven't weighed in on whether or not the suspect had any terrorist affiliations an

matt gutman, abc news, thailand. >> the biggest concern, the rains that could cause the water in the the most dangerous underwater point is about 15 inches across, so narrow that the boys have to go through it along. you can see this is where the boys are located, a long three miles to where the cave entrance is actually located. and over that distance there are many, many tight areas that they have to navigate. and some people are asking, why not drill from above. experts say they haven't been able to calculate where the boys' exact location is. they can find them underground. but they can't figure out where they are from above. maggie has more on the medical concerns going forward. >> the boys who have already been rescued are being treated for physical, mental and emotional issues, including ptsd. they were treated for minor cuts and scrapes when they were found. but now that they are in the hospital, doctors are looking for signs of waterborne illnesses. for the remaining boys, rescuers are focusing on rebuilding their strength for the long and dangerous trek to safety. our team

here's matt gutman with the imag images. >> reporter: it begins as a routine pursuit of shooting suspects. but seconds in, routine is shattered. >> shots fired! >> reporter: veteran las vegas police officer william umana is under fire. two suspects in the suv blast away. 34 total shots. >> shots fired again! >> reporter: the officer gunning it. advising others to stay back. umana unholsters his gun, first in his left hand. he reconsiders then aims and fires. through the windshield. in broad daylight, on a city street. another salvo, both hands on his weapon. neither on the wheel. the driver's wounded. the suv rolling into an elementary school. a suspect runs. >> get down! >> reporter: umana reloads and unloads again. killing the driver. the other suspects later found and charged with murder. >> we understand there's an investigation into how this all played out? >> reporter: that's right. it's part of a routine officer involved investigation. the department says it's within policy for an officer to fire on another vehicle from his vehicle if he believes that another officer or civilian's

according to a rescuer, the boys felt and saw nothing and matt gutman will reveal more details about rescue in a special edition of "20/20." watch it here on abc 7 at 10:00 p.m. followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. >>> a $40 million yacht owned by education secretary betsy devos was untied from its dock and set adrift. the captain of the sea quest called police on sunday when the crew realized the boat was floating. it had been moored on lake erie, west of cleveland, oolong yachtitnddo cost and onen vessels owned by devos and her family. investigators are reviewing surveillance video to try to identify who did it. >>> a bear in colorado wound up in a tight spot getting stuck in a storm drain. crews popped off the manhole cover and as you can see from the video the bear was able to figure out the rest and get out. went behind a colorado springs neighborhood. officers are not sure how the bear got stuck but they did find a dumpster that had branches and berries in it that may have caught his attention. >> poor guy. >> he's okay, though. hey, mike. >> you are never more than seven minutes a

abc's matt gutman reports from thailand. >> after those navy s.e.a.l.s and the other rescuers got thoseys, the coach and those four thai navy s.e.a.l.s out of the cave, other rescuers and about about 80 or 90 thai navy s.e.a.l.s were in there picking up all their equipment when suddenly that main pump that had been taking out hundreds of millions of gallons over the past 2 1/2 weeks gave way. and the seals and other rescuers had to flee for their lives. >> reporter: disaster averted with thailand and the world now rooting for these boys' speedy recovery. as for the coach, he has been both criticized for taking the boys into the cave and also praised for keeping them alive. well, it turns out while they were still trapped inside, the boys' parents wrote him a letter writing in part, do not blame yourself. we are not angry. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >> thanks so much, elizabeth. >>> the navy s.e.a.l.s posted a letter online thanking the teams involved in the rescue saying, quote, the united force of humanity was at work. the world will never forget this rescue. hollywood producer

abc's matt gutman is in thailand and shows us what the conditions are like in a nearby cave. >> some of these passageways are so narrow you kind of just have to scoot on your butt or crawl to get through. imagine doing this underwater. >> reporter: once outside the wn ere ane opicoprsringth ta hospiy the ordeal could have lasting effects on the boys. >> they'll be hypervigilant. they may have nightmares. they may be fearful. they may regress a bit in their behavior. some of them may actually get a little bit depressed. they'll avoid certain circumstances. they probably won't like enclosed spaces and they'll need support through that. >> reporter: one of the survivors turned 16 during his time in the cave. his uncle tells us the family had gotten him a birthday cake and they hope to celebrate when the entire team is safe. and hopefully that will be pretty soon. the doctors say all of the boys are eating bland foods. they can't eat anything spicy yet even though they have been requesting a favorite kind of thai fried rice. and some of the rescued boys are actually still wearing sunglas

here's matt gutman with the treacherous work ahead. >> reporter: that rescue operation full of pitfalls. rescue squads like these trudging through miles of wet rock. they've been hauling away boulders from the cave's path. and using drills to chip away at the underwater surface. air tanks strapped on their backs as they wade through water, some nearly submerged, holding supplies in the air to keep them dry. the 90 divers in this convoy, exhausting crucial oxygen supplies. those giant pumps still working full throttle to drain millions of gallons of water. the water level down below, constantly measured. yesterday, we traveled to a nearby cave with a similar structure. imagine doing this under water. the other issue is, if this thing is filled with water, finding the actual hole is nearly impossible. to bring the remaining others out, the multinational crew of rescuers, guided by ropes and the light on their head lamps. as they make their way through a maze of flooded passageways and narrow tunnels, much of it under water. dozens of team members choreographing the rescue for days. even p

here's matt gutman. >> reporter: in this agonized 911 call -- >> she is on the ground now.he bees are swarming her. >> reporter: -- an orange county, california resident unable to help a neighbor seemingly swallowed up by thousands of africanized bees on monday. >> and the bees are attacking and stinging her. oh my god it's atrocious. >> reporter: firefighters blasting the bees away with a fire extinguisher. >> she was literally covered from head to toe. her face was completely covered with bees. >> reporter: that woman survived. africanized bees also known as killer bees are the same species as domesticated bees. do africanized bees look different than these? >> no. the only difference is their behavior. >> reporter: they are far more aggressive. >> they will try to sting you, yes. they will even try to sting you through the suit. >> reporter: experts offer a single guideline if you are swarmed by bees. run as fast as you can, as far as you can away from that hive, david. >> all right, matt. thank you. >>> when we come back here, remembering the radio deejay made famous by

abc's matt gutman spoke with former fbi counterterrorism official steve gomez about whether the officer's actions were justified. >> you're whether your life is in danger, whether the public's life is in danger. you could just see they just threw something out of the suburban, and now he made the decision to move even closer to the suburban, which was an incredibly brave move on the officer's part. this is not necessarily advisable to be shooting at moving vehicles, especially if you're in a moving vehicle, but sometimes circumstances warrant. >> las vegas police say it is within policy for an officer in a moving vehicle to fire on another vehicle if he believes someone's life is threatened. >>> walmart is reportedly considering launching its own streaming video service to compete with netflix. the website theinformation.com reports the service would cost about $8 a month, which is less than netflix and amazon. no word what kind of programming walmart would offer. >>> a bear scare triggered a neighborhood lockdown in los angeles. this black bear kept wildlife officials on their toes as it

matt gutman in thailand. >> reporter: the first video of the rescued soccer players, a moment so many the boys lost four pounds each on average during their ordeal, they'll likely stay between seven and ten days in the hospital under quarantine to prevent infections but that didn't stop them from waving peace signs. six feet away, parents crowd in for the first time, gazes at their children taking the place of hugs. and one day after the world watched the last four players and their coach emerge from that flooded cave, we are seeing the actual rescue for the first time. video showing muddied rescuers carrying one of the players up on stretchers, and harrowing details about how narrowly the team escaped the clutches of death. the oxygen levels running alarmingly low, the video also showing rescuers carrying one of those soccer players out on a stretcher. the boy wrapped in mylar blankets and carefully placed on the ground. the journey was so treacherous for the children, the thai prime minister revealing they were given anti-anxiety medicine to avoid panicking. tales of their heroism a

matt gutman was on the ground.hat can you tell us about those two boys that have been rescued alive? >> reporter: we know they're in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. we don't know anything about their condition. but we have seen the frenzied activity here. about 1,000 yards up that dirt road is the entrance to the cave. those two boys coming out in separate ambulances spaced a couple minutes apart. a tremendous freen si here, especially among the reporters. you can imagine the feeling as we now know two of these soccer players are out of there. we saw another ambulance going in, so hopes are there is a third extracted soon. >> they're coming out in groups of four, can you tell us the protocol here? >> reporter: each one of the children, the young men, is being brought out with two buddy divers, they'll assist them throughout the entire journey. some of the way they have to dive and i suppose have dived, going underwater for short period of times. we know crews have been working around the clock to level ou

first, abc's matt gutman is at the cave site this morning. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, michael. today for the first time we are seeing images of those boys being brought out of that murky water on stretchers taken out of the mouth of the cave and then into ambulances, the first time we've seen them out of the cave. then we see them also in new images taken in the hospital ward looking a whole lot healthier. this of those soccer players wearing surgical masks but we'aving at e camera. new video also emerging this morning of the first glimpse of the boys as they completed their death-defying dive through that cavernous cave complex with the help of course of those professional diving teams. pulled out of that murky water, the boys gingerly placed on stretchers to awaiting ambulances. this as we learn that the miracle mission was hours away from catastrophe. >> had you waited one more day, what do you think would have happened? >> i think that it would have been really difficult for us because the water was coming. >> reporter:

we're going to hear from one of those divers in just a moment but first abc's matt gutman is right outside that cave in thailand with the very latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: hey, michael, what jubilation here. you never want to see boys taken out anywhere in an ambulance, but seeing those 13 ambulances come out gave everybody goose bumps here. you can almost hear the collective sigh of relief here in thailand. i want to give you a sense of what's happening. this camp is emptying out after 18 days and we heard cheers from the rescue crews and the military and even the cooks here and even us in the media gave them a hand because this seemed so impossible. when those boys went missing in that cave, one day, two days, a week, ten days, many people in the international press as well thought there was no chance that they could be found, much less rescued. then they were found miraculously but then the challenge of getting them out of the cave. these boys were hungry. they had been sleep deprived. they had been in the dark for ten days. they didn't know how to swim much less scuba dive

>> all right, matt gutman, so many people around the world hoping for everyone's safe return.nk you. michael? >> thank you, amy. >>> now to those wildfires that are raging out west. the number is growing. at least 66 active fires are burning. eight in colorado alone. you see those massive flames there and abc's clayton sandell is on the ground. and, clayton, thousands of firefighters are battling these flames this morning. >> reporter: that's right and this morning officials are warning that some hot, dry weather could mean some very tough days ahead for firefighters. in northern california overnight, a 5,000-acre blaze burning structures and shutting down interstate 5. in utah, the dollar ridge fire destroying 90 homes so far. 1,000 more threatened. in colorado north of aspen a 5200-acre blaze that began at a shooting range engulfed three homes including one belonging to a volunteer firefighter. >> flames are like 300 feet tall. >> reporter: andy and bill mcauley were hoping the home where they build 32 years of memories would be spared. >> at 12:30 you could still see the li

correspondent matt gutman has the update. >> the mission to extract the boys could begin within 24 hours according to an internal u.s. government report obtained by abc news. if they swim up, each of the now emaciated boys could be shepherded out in what's called a buddy dive. essentially hauled by divers through tunnels sometimes only as wide as a manhole cover. >> it is the best plan so we can bring them out and the risk is minimal. >> reporter: over the past several day, divers and rescuers have amassed hundreds of air tanks along the route. british divers have been teaching boys how to dive and some of the basics of swimming. authorities have drilled over n the boys and to create a second outflow of water in the three-mile long cave. and this morning for the first time letters emerging from three miles deep, the boyins writing home. >> the boys asked for fried chicken and barbecue pork and others asked they not get too much homework when they get out. >> 13-year-old dom said i'm fine, but it's a little bit cold. don't worry and don't forget my birthday. >> some say they want to go ho

tonight abc news will air a special "20/20" about that rescue, and reggie aqui spoke with matt gutman about his time in thailand. >> what is so incredible, i was standing right outside the cave. we were watching everything, talking to people. but there is so much that we did not know what was really going on inside. and that's what this "20/20" does. it gives us this insight that we had never known before. >> so i wireally fascinating th coming out. "20/20" airs tonight on abc 7 at 10:00 followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. stay here with us. coming up next on abc 7 news at 6:00, moving from stanford to san jose state? find out why a tournament with some of the biggest names in tennis changed venues. also -- >> what does the word unlimited that's an important question for anyone buying a smartphone data plan. i'm michael kinney, and we'll follow the wta stars as they hit san jose the mubadala silicon valley classic where visionaries become victors july 30th to august 5th the us open series tickets on sale now >>> in the south bay, the sights and sounds of construction have become commonpl

. >>> more incredible details will be revealed by matt gutman during a special episode on "20/20." watch it here at 10:00. >> the whole notion they were going to swim out. they knocked them all out? >> they were panicked and sink the rescuers. the strategy worked. >> fascinating, a good show to see. >>> the tariffs are already having an effect on a popular drink. michael finney will have the details. >>> hitting the racetrack with the nhra, what you can expect in sonoma this weekend. >>> i'm spencer christian, here's the beauty shot, the beautiful fog is rolling in over san francisco right now. otherwise, we have blue skies at the moment, and i'll have the the moment, and i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up. at at&t, we believe in access. the moment, and i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created access from at&t. california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefit

abc's matt gutman was outside the cave when the news broke. >> really a moment of jubilation. that nobody thought any body here could pull off. and, you can iffa agimagine the the news was delivered. across thailand and the world, a huge sigh of every wl relieved, jubilant. >> classmates of the boys even making signs thanking the rescuers and calling them our he rose. the governor noting this former thai navy seal, died a hero. after running out of oxygen during the mission. and now the road to recovery just beginning for these boys and their coach. all in an isolation unit at a local hospital, undergoing blood tests. at least two boys, suffering from pneumonia. but all set to be happy and even joking. they're now receiving medical and psychological evaluations. doctors think their young age was a factor in them surviving more than two weeks inside that cave. well, as for the coach, he has been criticized for takinghee, pratz e praised for keeping them alive. turns out while trapped inside the boys' parents wrote him a letter writing in part do not blame yourself, we are not a

first time, the heart-raciing details from behid scen from the divers themselves now talking to our matt gutman. >> reporter: under a monsoon-soaked mountain in northern thailand, in the deep-down-dark, a majestic death trap. after nine days of desperate searching, the missing members of this boys' soccer team and their coach are found, miraculously alive. from the shadows of the cave, this indelible image, a ray of hope beamed around the globe. >> raise your hands. >> thank you. thank you. >> how many of you? >> 13. >> 13? >> yeah, yeah. >> brilliant. >> many people are coming. >> many, many people. we are the first. >> absolute elation -- followed very quickly with, "oh, wait a second. now we gotta get these kids out." >> yeah, yeah. i am very happy. >> we are happy too. >> yes, thank you so much. thank u. >> onduk >> reporter: the divers who find the boys, john volanthen and rick stanton, and fellow divers jason mallinson and chris jewell, belong to an elite british cave diving team with unique rescue skills. in thailand, these volunteers, working without pay, come to be known as "the awesom

how to stay safe in a similar encounter with your "gma" first look, matt gutman, abc news los angeles. >>> happening today the costumes and characters are back for san diego comic-con. >> last night many fans went to the convention center for a special preview. some of the highlights expected this year, the first look at upcoming movies like "aqua man" and "the predator." there will be panels showcasing concept art and "star wars" costumes. >> speaking of comic-con, after the success of black panther marvel is creating a spinoff comic book based on shirri. the tech know genius has to protect her nation while her brother has disappeared into space. it will make its debut in october and more details released at comic-con and marvel is owned by disney. >>> yeah. she was, i think, the best part of that movie. >> yeah. >> funny, sassy, had one liners all the time. >> your favorite. >> roasting her brother half the movie. >> i like a good roast. >> it was great. if you haven't seen it you should see the movie. comic-con is no joke. i went to silicon valley comic-con, costumes are amazing. i

according to a rescuer, the boys felt and saw nothing and matt gutman will reveal more details abouthe rescue in a special edition of "20/20." watch it here on abc 7 at 10:00 p.m. followed by abc 7 news at 11:00. >>> a $40 million yacht owned by education secretary betsy devos was untied from its dock and set adrift. the captain of the sea quest called police on sunday when the crew realized the boat was floating. it had been moored on lake erie, west of cleveland, ohio. the 163 foot long yacht hit a dock and cost thousands of dollars of damage. it's one of ten vessels owned by devos and her family. investigators are reviewing surveillance video to try to identify who did it. >>> let's check your traffic this morning. it is friday, our trouble spot is usually westbound tracy to dublin. it's in the red right now at 52 minutes if you're going on 580 this morning. it's to be expected. not friday light there. but otherwise, friday light across the bay area except for that one spot. san mateo bridge looking good right now with cars flowing in either direction. mike? >> all right. garlic l

james longman, matt gutman doing amazing work there at the cave too. 12 boys and their soccer coach saveda team of expert divers, not only from the thai royal navy but from all around the world coming in and volunteering to help but this story sounds made for hollywood. i mean you think -- you're there and you're like, somebody is going to make a movie about this. turns out thai government sources have confirmed there are at least six films being prepared about the rescue. >> wow. >> there are so many story lines, i mean, there's the navy s.e.a.l., the former thai navy s.e.a.l. who passed away. there are all the boys who were inside and their stories and just the fact that all of them got out. i mean, you are just rejoicing along with all the thai people and people around the world praying for those kids. >> your reporting was really excellent. it was great to watch you at work. >> thank you. >> we're glad to have you back on this continent. >> i am singing because i'm happy. ♪ in the rain >>> and finally video proof that fences make really good partners. >> i love this. i love this. >> y

abc's matt gutman sblexplains t big challenge is the boys didn't know how to swim. >> they taught them, they taught them how to dive, and today, finally success for the hundreds and thousands of support staff in the mountain behind me at the mouth of the cave who have been camping out there for so long. it's a tremendous moment here in thailand. hard to understate. >> yeah, really. a tremendous moment. and really good news this morning. it will be at least about a week before the team is released from the hospital. and abc news will air a special edition of "20/20" tonight at 9:00 on the thailand cave rescues and you can find the latest on the efforts. download the app and enable push alerts. there the contra costa county sheriff's office is going to stop detained undocumented immigrants at its jail in richmond. the east bay times says the department will announce today it is canceling a federal contract with i.c.e. the government paid the sheriff's office $82 per detainee per day. more than 200 immigrants are at the west county detention facility right now. protesters have held rallie

matt gutman in thailand. >> thanks from matt there.e learned quite a bit of details since that report. >> yeah, one of the main challenges for those boys, now they're out of the cave, we now know they have confirmed two boys, at least have lung infections. they expect many of the boys are infected with some type of essentially cave illness they are calling it. they are still waiting for blood results. >>> yes, of course, many of those boys can't see or touch their parents. >> >> it's heart breaking. they're waiting to hold their son. >>> plenty more to talk about still the final rescue efforts are under way. we have a 2020 special. . at home, authorities are calling the survival of a 5-year-old infant. he survived more than nine hours buried under sticks and debris. authorities sigh a man that should have been taking care of the infant directed them to the montana woods. >> that man is due in court this afternoon. >>> >>> a cracked windshield on an american airlines flight forced a pilot to make an emergency landing the windshield crac

matt gutman spoke with the divers who saved their lives.ning. diving those boys out was the only one out. thai officials carried that mission so risky that said they might have lost half of the team on the way out of the cave. in fact there was so much concern about fall out the the australia and british rescue divers had to have their immunity guaranteed. so, numberswise with what was the probability of success? >> when i was asked that question by the governor what i told him we could probably realistically save 60% 70%. i expect 3 to 5 to die in this operation. >> reporter: one of the biggest concerns for the rescue divers the boys panicking in the flooded pitch black tunnels. >> there was potential for them to kill themselves. there was potential for them to kill us. >> reporter: rescuers decided to sedate them with ketamine. mallinson volunteering for that first rescue. at one point the 13-year-old boy started to wake up. he needed to administer more sedative. >> it was very tricking. i have had syringes floating around and i was tryin

matt gutman is in los angeles with this story and, matt, it's so dangerous, a busy street in broad daylightt. and george, a total of about 65 shots fired between the police and the suspects in downtown las vegas. it's about as scary as it gets, but what is so unique about this video is that it shows the enormous pressure officers are under to make life and death decisions often in a fraction of a second. one tiny mistake and civilians could have lost their lives. >> reporter: in seconds, this pursuit goes from routine to heart stopping. >> black, shots fired still. >> reporter: inside that dark suv are a pair of murder suspects. >> charlie one, are you injured? >> it's charlie four. i'm not injured. >> reporter: the officers tailing that suv slicing through morning rush hour traffic. >> watch out! shots fired. shots fired, again. >> reporter: the hail of bullets from those suspects intense. 34 total shots according to police. it's now that veteran las vegas police officer william umana makes a fateful decision. he unholstered his gun. first, it's in his left hand. then he reconsiders and it

abc's chief national correspondent matt gutman joins us now from los angeles with the story. g story, matt. >> reporter: it really is terrifying, amy. good morning. that 54-year-old woman is in stable condition this morning after that swarm of africanized bees, some call them killer bees, nearly stung her to death on monday. the 911 call you're about to hear from a neighbor likely saved her life. but it also gives us a sense of how terrifyingly relentless those bees were. >> she's conscious. she's on the ground now. the bees are swarming her. >> reporter: a nearby resident making this frantic 911 call unable to do anything to help his neighbor. >> the bees are attacking and stinging her. >> okay. >> oh, my god. it's ferocious. oh, my god, i feel bad for her. >> reporter: authorities say the victim, who lives in orange county, california, and has been identified only by her first name, maria, was getting a mop out of the trunk of her car when she was engulfed by tens of thousands of so-called africanized bees. >> she's trying to fight them off but she's standing still. start mo