Cnns matt rivers is near the entrance to the cave in northern thailand. The air, the weather. Theres lot of things happening to create a sense of urgency to this rescue. Do we see any signs the rescue is underway . While authorities have not officially said that the rescue mission is underway, there is a noticeable difference. Weve been here all night long. So apparently we were grandfathered in. Were learning that all media in the staging area weve been in for about a week have to move down the hill. When you couple that with the fact they put up this green netting that blocks the view of the cave entrance, you can see a shift in the personnel here. Theres actually less personally than before. Signaling they could be moved somewhere else. All of this taken in context. If this rescue mission has not started, it it is certainly very imminent at this point. Pat rr rivers with the new development there in thailand. Well check back with you as we learn more in the next few minutes. Thai navy s. E. A. L. S helped the trapped team and their families communicate. They sent several hand writ. Notes in one joint letterer. They listed the things they wanted and food and to go home and asked their teachers to not give them a lot of homework. A family told him not to blame himself. We, as your soccer team members parents believe in your in your spirit that youver been taking good care of our kids. We all here dont blame you. We just want you to not blame yourself. This from parents to a son. Quote we just want you to know were waiting to have a Birthday Party with you, my son, so please take care of yourself and well celebrate together. Dont be so worried so were all here waiting for you. We love you. And these words from a parent. Quote im waiting for you at the cave entrance my brave son. I miss you as you are a strong and patient son. I believe you will make it it, we miss you, love you. You are the only one for me. Heart breaking. Frr the u. S. north korea talks may be on the brink of falling apart or not. I guess that depends who you ask. Mike palm pompeo siting progres. Then north korea saying the u. S. Had a gangsterlike demand. Lets talk this over with douglas brinkly, a cnn president ial historian and authorf nuclearer show down. North korea takes on the world. Hes also a columnist for the daily beast. How is it that were doing two drastically different accounts of the same meeting. Look, the whole spirit of singapore has blown up now. That was june 12th. Theres a lot of optimism and thing s are going sideways. Theres some kind of Common Ground and meeting. Theyre using words like cancerous issues, worrisome talks, pouring a bucket of cold waterer on the firs of diplomacy. Its wrr not looking good for the Trump Administration. It it always is a longshot chance to do business with chairman kim. People applauded it. Dennis rodman had come in try to make the Korean Peninsula a safer place. But alas we may be back to where we were in the obama years with a kind of nuclearerizatiization happening in korea. Foreign minister President Trump said the it summit with kim jongun could become meaningless. What is he hoping to accomplish by saying something that inflammatory . North korea always does this and what theyre trying to do is raise the stakes. The problem here is that Trump Administration policy is based on tapremise. That premise is that kim jongun made a stdecision to give up hi nukes. If thats the case, then certainly american policy makes sense. Weve given the North Koreans a lot of insenti sensentives to s. This is a oneshot opportunity to give up their weapons and become part of the world. They dont want to do it it. And i want to read part of President Trumps june 13th tweet. Quote everybody can now feel much safer than the it day i took office. Theres no longer arnuclearer threat. This is a pretty bold claim by the president. How does this impact his legacy, especially as the north korea u. S. Talks fall through . Its dug, by had it way, not david. Just to correct flat a moment. Sorry, doug. Thats okay. Look, this is the blust off donald trump here is being called out for the world to see. That was a ridiculous tweet when he said that we dont have to worry anymore. He was doing a victory lap before there was anything worth celebrating. We have satellite images showing that north korean governments making infrastructure improvements, that theyre finalizing a ballistic manufacturing site. And so why did he claim that early victory . Because thats what he does. And itser the reason why he said he trusts his gut, donald trump. Thats what i do, i do deals. Well, his gut seems to be off kilter and its been off kilter on the u. S. mexican border, separation of families, off kilter in europe where hes highly unliked. The my bullying, fire and fury rhetoric is reaping big, harvested results around the globe and north korea our thornious problem and its very premature to say anything positives really happening right now except there are talks and thats a good thing. And those talks will continue. I want to say secretary pompeos version seemed a lot more optimistic. Is there anything he can do to turn this thing around . Theres a lot that the Trump Administration can do. We have overwhelming leverage over north korea but we have over their big power sponsors, russia and china. And if these talks break down, the u. S. Could go back to sanctions and maximum pressure. Sanctions and talk of fire and fewer brought the North Koreans to the bargaining table in the first place. And through may, he was making none of his own concessions pushing the North Koreans around. But in june he decided he would take the pressure off and then the North Koreans became North Koreans again. So we can go back to what we did to make us successfulium confid administration will do that. Theres a failure of President Trump to do what he did earlier this year. President trumps summit happened only two months ago. Was he right to take that chance of a one on one meeting with kim jongun . Or should there have been these meetings with pompeo and his counterpart to set the stage so concrete deliverable s thats going to give legitimization to kim jongun and that in it itself would are edeuce his incentive. As a condition of that meeting that we receive written commitments in north korea. Dismantle infrastructure. If we had all of that and then had the meeting, i think wed be in a much better place right now and we krd done that. And the squaundered a huge advantage. Are there other examples of president s that took on meetings like this without had it preparation by their staffs ahead of time to take essentially a bold move, to strike a peace deal before everything was put in place . Of course in times of war things he happen. When fdr met stalin. One of the problems was what was a free election . They had agreements on free eelection. It fizzled away because everybodys idea of what was a free election in this case what the trump is saying complete veriaerifiablverifiabl irreversible denuclearization. That may not be what kim is meaning. This needs to be threeway talk, not a bilateral conversation. Were going to have to leave it there. Thank you so much for joining us tonight. Moving on now. Breaking news. Violent protest its in haiti. Citizens there are being told to shelter in place, including more than a dozen staying in a hotel. It it started over rising fuel prices. This video shows the mayhem. Reports say at least three people have died since the protest its yesterday. Some have canceled all flights into haiti. Now earlier today i talked with an american staying at the hotel in the port of prince that protesters have tried to burn down. Stacey told me the violence escalated quickly. Reporter things escalated pretty quickly. I think itser understandable sometimes when people have a difficult time. But it sounds like the government is doing everything they can for peace and compromise to try to get things back. Were seeing a little bit more calm right now. Theres still a lot of rioting and things like that going on. I think its quite possible some peace could be restored because of the most recent announcement by the prime minister. He was going to delay things with the price on the gas. The u. S. State Department Released a statement warning americans to stay away from protests and avoid large gatherings. 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And for a perfect outback meal at home, order now. A book that youre ready to share with the world . Get published now, call for your free publisher kit today the Trump Administration has until the end of the day today return children under five separated from parents. He then has until july 26th to reunite older children in their care. But the Administration Says it may not meet any of these deadlines and could need more time. So why did health and Human Services secretary make it sound so simple les than two weeks ago. Thereser no reason why any parent wouldnt know where their child was located. I could key strokes i sat on the it orr portal with just basic key strokes within seconds could find any child in our care for any parent. Obviously hasnt been that simple. That doesnt seem to be the case. Scott, a former special assistant to president george w. Bush. And i remember him as a Campaign Manager for terry mccallau not long ago. You worked in the white house before. Does this seem like the administration had a plan to reunite these families when they began separating them . At a minimum its a lot harder than they thought it was going to be. Im sure they wish they hadnt done it. They need the it families put back together and Pay Attention to what the American People want them to do which is put all these folks back in their country of origin. I think they want to see the families not separated, the ones separated reunified and Quick Movement to get the folks back home. I hope thats where the administration is taking us. And nobody wants to see these stories of parents and children separated. On the other side of this in some cases democratss answer to this a problem has been to out right abolish ice. However, the former Homeland Security under obama wrote quote the reality is abolishing ice is not a serious policy proposal. Its about as serious as the claim that mexicos going to pay for the wall. So why are there democrats taking this stand that ice should be abolishabolished . The priority has to be to get the families back together. It wasnt only regrettable. It it was evil what the Trump Administration, what donald trump himself did by separating these families and look there are clearly some issues with ice. There are clearly reforms that need to be looked at closely. But in my view now thats a prosess. We need to focus on people. And there are people that have been separated, families we need to think about how to reform agencies but i dont think itser the rig ethe rightn right now. Doesnt that get in the way a radical stance to completely eradicate a federal agency. Tension its are high and some people are saying this is what needs to happen. The first reality is this president isnt go doing that. Weve seen the president try eto use that debate to deflect attention it away from children and families. Its the human beings that matter right now. In terms of a messaging standpoint and on those human beings. Lets get that resolved and then we can have biggerer discussions about bureaucracy and so on. Im more concerned with the families. This could be the most important two weeks of his presidency. It does seem to bare that out. A nato summit. A meeting with the queen. A meeting one on one with russian president Vladimir Putin. And his aids worried he may not be prepared. He rarely reads his nightly briefing book. Which focuses on issues likely to come up in meetings. And they sometimes have to put the most critical information in a red folder. How concerned would you be if hes not reading his materials . I dont know if these reports are true. It it it seems to me President Trump is typically prepared for most of the things hes doing. I dont know how they know these reports unless someone was leaking from deep inside the white house, which i thing is abhorrent behavior if your are trying to create a story. You could say that about every two weeks. Theres a lot of news happening in and around this white house. The Trump Administration has a lot of positive momentum on a lot of fronts, problems in a few fronts. Optimism is up in the country, people are happy with the economy. Generally happy with the possibility that exists in their lives. Theres a lot to be excited about if youre donald trump. So i dont have a fear the next two weeks are going to drag down the optimism hes been able to create for most families. The president himself has bragged about the falkt he doesnt need to prepare for big eevents like this. Would that have worried you if president bush bragged about that some. Its better to read the briefing materials than not. Thats absolutely true. Theyre put together by professionals and theyre going to give you different angles. Im sure hes well briefed in person by the staff hes put together there. Its better to Pay Attention to your briefers and go in eyes wide open and know everything that could be put upon the table. I really think sometimes we get reports out of this white house and i have no doubt people are telling reporters this. Im not saying reporters are making things up. It it does appear some of these leaks are on purpose to damage donald trump. And i hope the white house were 18 plus months leaking against the president has been pretty awful. Theres been a lot of turnover in staff but the leaking continueses. The post report also says that aids are worried the president might get played by Vladimir Putin. What would you considerer a win out of the meeting with Vladimir Putin . I think this whole trip is a waste of money. Nothing so far has come out of any International Engagement with this president. And its interesting. You put the president being played by russia in the future tense. I think we also have to put it in the past tense. I absolutely think at best he will go in and play kate Vladimir Putin, he will shower him with praise. Thats the best we can can hope and thats terrible. What if he actually went in there and confronted Vladimir Putin about Election Night . Is this an opportunity for that . Yes, of course. But theres unicorns. People have said the loch ness monster is real. Its not going to happen. Every engagement weve seen with the president and Vladimir Putin is one in which the president showers him with praise. Im sure he will again try to re reenforce the idea that the russias didnt medal, which they did. It it it wasnt a big deal he invaded a part of the ukrain. Sometimes we forget that the United States has completely given up any voice of moral authority when it comes to human rights and International Order whatsoever. I dont see anything good coming out of this. But the best we can can hope is he said nice things about putin. Last time he said the russians should jointly form a collision to investigate what the russianss did in the american election. I expect something just as absurd, unfortunatelyx this time. Thank you so much for your time. We appreciate you being on. Coming up the it white house revolving door again. My source says pruitt simply wasnt corrupt enough. But behr premium stain can weather any weather. Overall 1 rated, weathers it all. Find our most advanced formula exclusively at the home depot. To give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you dont. Ill take that. [cheers] 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. New ensure max protein. In two great flavors. New ensure max protein. Sometimes a day at the ballpark is more than just a day at the ballpark. [park announcer] all military members stand and be recognized. Sometimes fans cheer for those who wear a different uniform. No matter where or when you served, tmobile stands ready to serve you. Thats why were providing half off family lines to all military. Lets go back now to california. Joining me now from Santa Barbara county where some 20 structures have been destroyed in the holiday fire. Declaring a state of emergency. Are people heeding the warnings . Absolutely. People have eevacuated. They have been through this before. Unfortunately one of the worst firs ever to reach this area. Unfortunately it it it has burned several homes. Weve seen five in about a block area. This is one of them. A lovely place that burned to the ground. A house next toot it, behind it it. All of them destroyed. I should mention the own laegood news for whose houses are Still Standing is this has been drop down about 80 of this fire has been taken care of. They have worked extremely hard in extreme conditions. Its been record heat here in this area. And across california. We talked to a home owner who is just now about to go down to start digging things out, hoping to find a few of his mementos he wasnt able to get last night. Hes been in three major fires but this is the first time its it destroyed his property. Sarah, thank you have so much for that report. Appreciate it it. And scott pruitt is no longer at the epa. Yesterday was his last day at inagency. Now a time to take a cleeser look at the excoal lobbyist taking control. Reporter if environmentalists think getting rid of scott pruitt will get rid of the policies he implemented, they should think again. President trump was clear. He wanted to take a wrecking ball. I think second round theyre looking to do it it quieter, smarter and stay out of the news and thats wheeler. Reporter wheelter is the new acting administrator and his resume is a prime example of what they say is it the resolving door in washington. Wheeler started his career at the epa in the early 90s. Then went to it capitol hill, then a lobbyist for big energy companis. Coal, gas and nuclearer. Y lobbying for had it type of companies that usually fight epa. Now hes the fundamental conflict ofinatest that andy wheeler could you use his puasition to benefit a former client. Reporter one of is trying to get contracts from the epa right now, lobbying to become in the it epa directed clean up of an abandoned uranium mine. Heres the firms ceo. Were lobbying to use the facility. Because we vethe licenses and take that material and produce nuclearer fuel. Reporter the former lobbying firm is helping with the pitch. A meeting with the epa is outlined in this email. They told cnn in a statement our understanding is mrmr. Wheel will not be involved in any decision on this energy decision. Under my ethics agreement with there agency, he says i will have no involvement with efi for two years. Despite his ties, he was already confirmed. And many conservatives including wheelers former boss had suggested they would support him getting the job full time. But tonight environmentalists that hailed the news scott pruitt resigned, are not hailing the news that his temporary successorer could become his permanent replacement. It doesnt have all the scandals publicly that scott pruitt has. It it will be harder when the media spotlights turned away and thats going to be an advantage for wheeler. Reporter in a tweet anouncing andy wheeler will be taking over. The president says i have no doubt that andy will continue on with our great and lasting epa agenda. Thank you. Our next guest says Scott Pruitts out because he wasnt corrupt enough. First i want to read the first line from your piece. Quote the scott pruitt fiasco could only have ended one way, not with a bang bought simper. A wet fart of a resignation that exposed three big lies hof the trump world. I think thats somewhat aproep ret that i thought that was a typo. Donald trump does not hire people based on any criteria that prior president s have used republican or can democrat and he thought scott would execute on the big pickerture thing, taking care of the people that had given donald trump, the coal guy guys that had giveren his inauguration for years but pruitt started taking care of himself with these nickel and dime small ball things. Chickfila and expensive pens. So he became an absurd, clownish figure. And trump let it go on and on for a long time because he wanted some of these policy outcomes. But its emblematic of this administration. And i think your perspective is so important. Because perhaps some of these policy positions are something you could support. I wonder what your impression is of andy wheeler. This is a guy now running the epa who has made millions as a coal lobbiest. Is that a repedeiation of lobbiestses . Maybe doesnt have had it controversies associated with him. I didnt like it it when Barack Obamas administration picked winners and losers in the market. We like this Green Energy Company and were not going to do these other things because we dont like nuclear energy. I also dont think as a consivative you have to embrace, just because the coal industry wants to cut the tops off of mountains and not be held accountable for polluting rivers and streams, that they should get a free ride. The free market doesnt mean you get a free ride from the government and thats clearly whats going to happen with wheeler. Hes an actual lobbyist for the major donor for whom the epas been directing a lot of their murray, coal magnet for which the epas basically been barking like a trained seal for that last year 1 2. Longtime republican now actively rooting for democrats in congress. Theyve been his enablers. I think its essential for democrats to win in november, which the republicans are willing to do. You still call your safl gop media guy. Do you ever see a situation where you would leave the party or want democrats to win in november . I didnt leave the party, the party left me. There are a lot of folks that dont consider themselves conservatives or republicans, they considerer themselves trump nationalists. And theres a large gap now between the good traditions and great dtraditions. And they signed on to. Look, that camp fire of the Republican Party i worked for in 30 years and helped elect republicans from the presidency down to dog catchers over the years. These days is the party only of donald trump and of policies that have deviated wildly from conservatism. And a supposedly republican president that spends a lot more attacking other republican president s than he does Holding People like Vladimir Putin to account. Weve entered an era where the trump Republican Party has tide themselves off from the Republican Party i believe in. Do you want to see republicans hold on to the congress in the fall . I would like it it to be a very narrow democratic victory. The Intelligence Committee system and put our nation at severe and consistent and constant risk and theyve sold themselves out to Vladimir Putin. Im looking at you devin nunez who have turned that into something trumps Legal Defense team. Calling for democrats to take over the congress in the fall. We really apreciate it it it. And were fwo eeing to show you live pictures of the situation in thailand. This is where the scene has changed dramatically. We see divers making their way into the area they would need to begin the prosess of rescuering the young people. Were going to have a report on this when we come back. Belly fat the chili pepper sweatout. Not cool. Freezing away fat cells with coolsculpting . Now thats cool coolsculpting safely freezes and removes fat cells with little or no downtime. And no surgery. Results and Patient Experience may vary. 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And weve seen under water medical personnel go up this road. This is a restricted area. In this area we believe is where the kids when they are brought out hopefully successfully will be brought out up in that restricted area. We know there is a medical tent where they will hopefully be treated right way and then i want to walk over this way over here. This parking lot right here, again a restricted area, this is where the ambulances have parked. So weve seen brad, you could show them there. Weve seen 11 additional ambulances show up. There are 13 people underground and there is always two ambulances here and so these are the clearest signs yet that this rescue attempt is imminent. The closest hospital around half an hour away. So well keep on this. This is a developing situation, ryan. But again, the trend right now pointing to this rescue attempt extremely imminent on sunday in northern thailand. Matt rivers. Excellent reporting there in thailand. Thank you so much for getting us that last minute update. Well continue to monitor this situation and have all of the latest updates as they become available. Im ryan nobles in new york. We appreciate you being with us. Ill be back tomorrow at 5 00 eastern. As for now, a marathon of cnns hit documentary series the nineties starts now. Good night. It is a pleasure. Something you like watching. It was more cinematic looking. A new level on television. American idol reunited the family audience in front of the tv. It was a reality show for everyone. There is something about watching that and going dont get drunk or stoned tonight. At least im not that. Why do we have to fight . Could not have lived without the daily show. We would play a game of worst case scenario. Tina fey was the greatest joke writer. The greatest show for black people. In the 2000s the antihero it is easier to make a crappy ending than a good ending. It was brilliant. 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