>> reporter: well, if we're looking at those live pictures now coming from the government tv camera, we can see president seb sebastian pinera meeting with the company, he will be the first rescuer in the phoenix capsule to head down to the mine shaft. the fact the president and his wife are greeting him suggests that maybe the time is approaching. the minutes are ticking down to the moment when he will board the phoenix capsule to ride it down to the bottom. there have been little bits of delays, while engineers have been tweaking and fine tuning. but the wheels on the side of this phoenix capsule were not deploying properly. that phoenix capsule really has to have a snug fit inside that 28-inch diameter rescue shaft. if it is not a snug fit, the risk is that the capsule could