were hugs there and lots of cheers. and all over chile, people are tuned to their television sets and they are waiting breathlessly for all 33 to come to the surface, as well as two rescue workers who courageously went down the shaft of the mine to get them out. >> you mentioned the president -- his approval rating is up today as well, as you can imagine. our fox news correspondent is in chile, watching this unfold. steve? >> reporter. >> easily 2:00 in the morning here in chile, but it's hard to imagine any people here are sleeping. this goes beyond any world cup soccer match. the entire world has been waiting and now watching as those 33 miners who were collapsed inside a secluded area on august 5 are now beginning to come to the surface. so far the operation has gone smoothly. that wheel behind me is spinning to the right in a clockwise manner. miner number 3, juan palma, 50 years old, should be out any time soon. and bearing witness at the escape hatch is the president and the first lady. the president has been closely associated with this rescue operation since its very beginning. they are standing with palma's spouse. we have seen so far, two dramatic greetings between husband and wife, husband and children. families really... overcome with joy. but also some relief from the stress when you walk around this tent city and see people who have been waiting for two months with one idea in mind -- is my husband, is my father, dead or alive? you can really sense the anguish for at least two families now is over. and some encouragement for those down below as well that so far it's moving smoothly. the wheel is turning, the cable is pulling and the capsule is holding. good news so far. two up and 31 more to go here in chile. >> steve, there was a report that there might be a second capsule, as sort of a backup. is that true? 33 trips down that mine shaft, plus the practice sessions could cause a lot of wear and tear, as you had pointed out. >> reporter: sure. it looks like the capsule did get banged up in some of those practice sessions. they were actually working at it with some basic hand toles, some hammers and some wrenches to make sure it fits. there is a very narrow gap between the escape shaft and the size of that capsule, which is barely enough for these miners to squeeze into. so yes, since the very start of this operation, there have been a multiple of options for each phase. and really, some remarkable planning going into this, besides the engineering feat. three different escape shafts drilled early on, with different kinds of drills, they were going with whichever one went deepest fastest. they ended up going with plan b., and that's these capsules, getting back to your question. they do have capsules in reserve and they do have other relief wells in reserve. this is planned with many faal back plans and plan b. has proven successful so far. >> thank you, steve. you watch these pictures. you can't help but just feel the emotion, overcome with emotion. there are language barriers and differences with countries, but it still unites as a world because you can't help but watch these pictures and just be scmeap thrilled for these families who are getting reunited and watching these individuals who, it could have gone either way. we are watching them come back up, after two and-a-half months or nearly two and-a-half months below the surface andi they are alive. >> they are not out of the woods yet. we continue to focus our cameras on the top of a shaft. we are waiting for the aptly named phoenix 1, named after the mythical bird that rises from the ashes and that is precisely what's happening here. the rubble instead of the ashes because 700,000 tons of rock caved in, trapping those miners on august 5. and for days, many people in chile thought there was no way they could survive. a drill bit made its way all the way down and then the foreman of this crew -- he has now become a national hero. he put a note on the end saying, we are alive. we are well. reuters senior correspondent, simon gardner is on the phone. he joins us now. simon, tell us about this remarkable event that we are watching live on television, the rescue, the likes of which has never occurred? >> reporter: yes. an incredible theme of jubilation here in chile, people are honking their horns and waving flags and streets in copiapo. the relatives, obviously and the family of these trapped miners are jubilant, some still anxious as they wait for their loved ones to come to the surface. as we can see now, as one makes his way to the surface any second now. but, yes, scenes of jubilation. >> how important are those miners -- not the miners, but they are important, but the mines themselves for that country with the gold and the copper? >> reporter: well, i mean, copper is chile's main export. it is the engine of the economy here. and this mine in particular is a reasonably small one. but chile is the world's top copper producer. and mines are absolutely crucial to this economy. >> we are looking and waiting for the third individual. and people have been given a list. simon, do you have any idea? i think you mentioned the name, who this is, the third person? and what can you tell us about him? >> reporter: juan yamas is a military background, married, 52 years old and he's one of the miners down below. he just in fact on the ninth of september had his birthday, you know, 700 meters below. his plan is to stop working in mines. [chuckles] >> i am sure that that -- this experience has cemented that sentiment now. is he among those who have some health problems, or not? >> reporter: no. no. he is among the group considered to be in pretty good shape. there are a group in the middle who are considered to be a bit more precarious. and then they have left some of the strongest for last as well, for the end of it. with the weaker in the middle. >> i'm sorry, simon. any word on how long this will take? initially, we thought it was going to take 20 minutes to get -- 40 minutes to get down, 20 minutes to come back up. obviously, it's taking not as long as we expected. look at this-- >> reporter: he's just arrived. >> the third miner. juan illanes. you can see his wife waiting on him at the top. what an exciting moment. we will listen in a little bit. >> the gentleman on the left is the president of chile, sebastian pinnera, who had weeks ago cut his foreign trip short, rushed back to the scene and has really taken charge, firing -- let's listen in [applause] >> here's juan illahanes. juan illanes. >> we are live in chile. what is this experience like, steve? >> reporter: these faces just tell so much. we have seen these families really living here in this sort of tent city for the past two months with such great stress and exhaustion. it's -- imagine being in a desert with a loved one, with a husband or a father down below for two months. and to live in a tent and just to wait with everybody else. here's juan, 50 years old. one of the quote, strong men, one of the four strong men coming out early. he has yet to greet his wife. president and first lady still in attendance. you can just see her breathing deeply and sighing. this has been so stressful for the people on the surface. we have heard a lot about the miners and the hardship they have gone through. and for the families, the wait and the agony has really been day and night. >> i can't imagine what was going through his mind. and now the moment where he gets to hug his wife. >> they have chosen the first few miners very well. as an indication of fitness. they seem exuberant. their arms are up. >> exactly. i'm amazed how good they look. i was really expecting skin and bones with the lack of food. that's not what we are seeing. we are seeing the first three guy, they look fantastic. >> reporter: it's certainly a good impression for the men down below and for the nation. they have obviously had physical training. they had a trainer. they had special food sent down, so they got a great deal of care and attention, especially over the last 40 days or so. they have had great effect. now, despite this vigor, they will be checked immediately and triaged by doctors to make sure they are handling the situation, both physically and mentally. but a real sense of exuberance here. of course, nasa psychologists have spoken with their chilean counterparts and really expressed concern about, you know, the problems don't end, the challenges don't end once you do get out of the mine, that there is going to be readjusting to normal society and readjusting to family with perhaps inflated expectations after a couple of months, being able to mull things over, down under the earth. >> it looks like when the individuals are hugging the rescue workers that they know them very well. are these the guys who have been talking to them, using the communication systems? >> reporter: absolutely. this has been really a close bond, initially by pen and paper and then later by video. you can see, it's almost -- i mean it's protocol to get on the stretcher. but you can see the men could easily walk away from this ordeal, at least the first three anyway. we could see some problems later on. and of course, there is a tape delay. this picture is controlled by chilean television. there is a 20-second delay fwe see any problems. and if there were real bad cases, the chilean flag would have been moved in the picture, really blocking our view. but so far, we have been able to see everything, see the miepers greet their family, greet everybody, their friends and co-workers and really jump on top of the stretcher, having no need for it, but at least going through the protocol. >> we see them on the gurney. he goes through the doors, is that like a make-shift hospital? where is he going through those doors? >> reporter: sure. part of that -- that tunnel there was -- was intended to obscure the video you from the cameras on this hill. but that hasn't been necessary, so the cameras have followed them really into that. that's going into a make-shift hospital where preliminary triage will take place to see how they are managing the situation, whether they need to be rushed to the hospital or not. so far, the first three, we haven't heard any helicopters, no sign they need to be rushed out anywhere. we could see problems later on. some men have medical conditions and some have had complaints about skin problems, as well as dental problems, which you can understand, being on a restricted diet and no sunlight for two months. >> steve, live at the scene in chile, to hugs and cheers and tears. well, all kinds of human emotions. what a drama, as it plays out live on world television, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsul, pulling up now, the third of 33 men, trapped underground for 69 days. there are still 30 to go. we'll be right back. >> this is live video of san jose, copper and gold mine in chile, where miners have been trapped underground for 69 full days. and here's the score. three miners have been rescued successfully. there are 30 more to go, plus two rescue individuals down below that were sent down first. earlier tonight -- or earlier last night, i should say. you are watching live video of these rescues and what is going on in chile. it's been an exciting time. an emotional event. >> and there is a live picture of the fenix, as it is called, after the mythical bird. it will now go down yet again. it's been down several times, a couple of practice sessions and then, of course, bringing up three so far. and this is tape of the last individual -- >> it looks like -- >> no, that's the first one that was brought up. here comes the second one. we are going to show nujust a moment. there have been three individuals, lorrenceio avalos is the first. and here is the second individual who was brought up. his wife standing by. very emotional. the president of chile was there, as well. and remember, this capsule, 13 feet tall, only 21 inches in diameter. it moves about 1 mile per hour. and it's about a 15-minute ride. and these individuals have been instructed as to the escape hatch at the very bottom of it, in case it gets stuck. they have to wear headphones so they can communicate up above, oxygen mask is in place. they are wearing a protective helmet, sunglasses to protect from bright light. joining us now to talk more about all of that is dr. mark sega gal. >> these precautions are necessary, aren't they. >> because you don't know what is going to go wrong. and it's very important to be monitoring these miners to make sure their heart rate doesn't go out of wack. to make sure they don't have a problem breathing. the third miner, over 50 years of age. talk about a prognostic sign that we are going to see great results. i don't care what kind of shape he is, 50 is not 30 and he looks exuberant. he is raising his arms. look, to be fair, we don't know what will happen down the road. i especially don't know what toxins they have been exposed to -- >> methane gas. >> methan gas for sure. >> carbon monoxide for sure. what will nap down the road, in terms of respiratory problems, neurological, cognitive thinking, decision making. how it will affect their brain tcan cause numbness and hands in the feet. >> a chance of permanent damage. certainly, for several weeks. there is the issue, we brought up about underlying conditions. we don't know if there has been damage to the heart. we will start to see the sicker miners coming out. we want to see how they actually do. but this is an amazing sign right here, that the 50-year-old miner, again, one of the better hardier ones looks incredibly good. >> do you think in years to come or months to come, they will want to be friends with each other? or are they so tired of one another? >> i think they have bonded here together here. i think they have established a pecking order. i think they took orders from each other, i think they saved each others' lives. it's an incredible display of teamwork. they would have never made it out without this. >> it's like the military, in the trenches together and they haven't seen their families in months. i can't help but think about men coming back from war -- >> it's very similar. this is a psychological group health thing going on down there that saved dismem will keep them together. >> how long do they need to be monitored, medically? years? >> i am very cautious. i would monitor them for several months at the very least. and years for the reasons we are talking about, lock-term effects from the vapors, long-term effects of mrks ptsd. that can take several months to happen. you don't feel t. you are numb when you come out. you don't see any of it in their faces. but we may see it down the line. >> the respiratory and the neurological deficits strike me as the most likely. >> we have been talking about that for years with the world trade center. you may see it here. it's not the same thing because nothing is burning. but there is a lot of toxic vapors. and methane is number 1. >> and i think we have all experienced hardship in our life, and we have all had things that take years to get over. i can't imagine what it's like to go through what they went through? >> absolutely. by the way, talking about methanes, the first sign of methane intoxication is irtibility. we are not -- irritability. >> i am sure there was some of that below. >> down below. >> this is a fleeting moment for them, a glance. perhaps the adrenalin of the situation is overriding the irittability that would be inherent with methane expose and you are. >> and carbon monoxide, which can also cause brain damage. there is plenty of carbon monoxide down there. as you rise to the surface, you get more and more carbon monoxide. the issue of getting them enough oxygen and making sure their oxygen levels are normal is number-1 on the list. >> when will we see those symptom snitches i think we would see them, as greg said, as soon as the initial adrenalin surge is off. >> tomorrow -- >> now. >> within the next day. i expect within the next day. when they get to the hospital, we will see if they have impaired judgment, if they are not thinking clearly. if they are not exactly who you think -- we don't know their baseline. they look incredibly intact right now. >> we are looking at the capsule. and they are preparing it. they had to refill the oxygen tanks. what kind of a mix would that be? something similar to what scuba divers use? >> we don't know exactly what the pressure is at 2,000 feet below. but that's what they have to do. they have to make sure that they figure out the exact pressure underneath the surface. they want a high level of oxygen to counter the carbon dioxide. >> but the bends occurs under super pressure, down around 100 feet as a scubaa diver, right? >> nobody has been talking about the bends here. >> except that nobody has been talk about this bends here, but there is clearly a much higher level of air pressure at 2,000 feet than there is at the surface. if you rose them too quickly, you would have an issue. >> 1 mile per hour. >> the next guy is carlos memani. we will take a short break and hopefully, we will see him in a few >> what a wonderful moment. there is the wife of juan illanes, looking on with the president of chile, as her husband, trapped more than 2,000 feet, emerges in an escape capsule, special lie designed by the chilean navy. and my goodness, what a moment of enormous relief for her, for her family and friends... for the entire community, for chile! there's juan illanes. this is the third of the 33 miners that has now emerged from the depth of the mine in chile. >>r. >> more on the historical context of this rescue and the conditions that the miners have survived. joseph stephoni is with the pennsylvania bureau of mine safety. joseph, were you in pen in the 2002 cue creek mine rescue? >> reporter: yes. >> how does this compare tonight? does this bring back memories? >> reporter: there is no question. the drilling and the wait was much longer here in chile, but very similar to what we had to do, drilling the escape hole and then using a cap, so very similar to the one they are using in chile. we were dealing with a much more critical time frame because of the mine filling up with water and some other factors that came into play. the critical issue here was the 17 days that no one knew if they were still alive and where they were located. also, 17 days, after that, and they were identified, the location of where they were... then they were able to be able to communicate with and provide food and water. and then, the time frame for the drilling came into play. and you know, when they first said it was going to take until december, that seemed a little bit long, based on my experience and the technology that's available. i think they were being a little bit... -- >> pessimistic. >> reporter: cautious. and you know, thinking -- >> they didn't want to disappoint. >> reporter: yeah. >> joe, look, you are an expert on these things. this is not a straight shot. it is not just a drop down 2,0 41 feet. there is an ang toll this. does that invite the opportunity that the capsule could get stuck here, that rock, after repeated pressure of up and down, up and down, could shift and wedge the capsule against the wall of the shaft? >> reporter: you always run that risk. but the fact that they evaluated the bore hole and determined that they only had to case the top portion of it and only 300 feet was an indication that they felt very comfortable with the bore holeally stability that. rock's very hard. the drillers would be able to tell you a lot as they were drilling what they were drilling through and so forth t. seems like all the experts that were on the site down there felt that the bore hole is adequate to -- to do what has to be done. and that, without casing it. >> joseph, we have been spending a lot of time talking about the psychological issues here, both in terms of getting them out and what they are going to experience down the libe. we see them and they look exuberant. what was your situation in pennsylvania? >> reporter: things went very quickly. the mine was filling up with water. the miners thought they were going to drown. they actually were forced up into a corner where they tied themselves together and made notes to their family. it was 78 hours and they were underground and in the morning thursday, 11:00 to saturday morning, 10:00, we had no communication with them. that's when we drilled through and put the rescue hole and found out all nine were alive and relatively good shape. they were wet. they were dirty. they didn't have any preparation. so, you know, a little different scenarios. you know, not as long underground, but probably... a lot more traumatic, quickly. like i said, once the miners in chile were located and, you know, they were able to provide for them, you know, it was a matter of okay, we have to wait for them to drill this rescue hole. >> have you talked to the nine miners lately? have you kept in touch with them? if so, what are their thoughts about this now? >> reporter: these kind of things just bring memories back. some of the miners have gone back to work. one miner went right back underground at the same mine where he was trapped. two of the other ones are working on the surface for that company. some of the other ones went to different operations. a few of them have never gone back to work. i think each individual's different. i think it affects each of them in a little different way. any time have you something like this come up in a mine disaster or especially in this situation where you had to drill a rescue hole to rescue the miners, i would say that it would definitely play on your emotions. >> you mentioned, it's affected the miners in different ways. in what ways, emotionally and psychologically, in particular? >> reporter: i think-them will never be able to go back to a mine. i think their families were affected. some of the families would never let them go back into a mine. that's a heck of an ordeal, when you are staring death right in the eye, and you are able to survive. i mean, you know, the water was coming in. we didn't know if we were going to be able to prevent it from drowning. we didn't know if we were going to be able to keep them breathing good air. it turned out, every decision we made turned out to be the right one. and they all came out of the mine. you know, they -- i think a lot of help from the man upstairs. >> job well done. joseph, thank you so much. best wishes to you. >> doctor, does it surprise you that some of these individuals would go back into the mine and want to work? >> i can't believe that. although the point that joseph was making we have heard from previous guests is that everyone's different. everyone reacts differently, they have a different makeup. i think that some people -- this is all they know. as you said before getting back on the horse. this is what they know. it's a sign of a man's courage -- >> sometimes have you to do that in order to move on. >> for some people -- >> face your fears. >> for some people. >> there have been stories of people in plane crash, live through them and get back on a plane. ted stevens and then died, tragically in a plane crash. >> some people, it affects so profoundly, they can't fly after that. >> we are waiting as we look on the left-hand side of the screen, the next miner to emerge. three have been saved, so far. but there are 30 others who are still... waiting to get to the surface. and one should be in a capsule pretty shortly. this could be one of the individuals who is suffering from some of the health issues here. i want to go back to something you touched on earlier, the heart conditions, the stroke, the possibilities here, are those some of the first things you check for, doctor? >> absolutely. you check blood pressure, obviously. i think it's going to be low, coming out of this situation for most people. you will get an ekg to see if there is damage. you will listen to the heart, listen to the chest. now, a lot of this could have happened without being detected. you could have a heart attack, a small amount of damage without knowing it. i would be concerned about that in a person with high blood pressure na person with diabetes. >> with this heat? >> with this heat. and with the dehydration that they clearly experienced. you know, they got the nuclients, but they didn't get all the fluids they needed. >> the first guy they prout brought up, the first miner, happened at 11:11 eastern time. i was watching the clock. now it is 1:33 eastern time, so that's a little more than two hours. we are averaging three people every two hours or so. you are looking at that first miner. when he was brought up, jubilation, not only there and not only at fox news, but probably in your house as well. you can't help but watch this and just get chills. everyone smiles, laugh, cries. >> you saw there, just a moment ago, the 7-year-old son was sobbing uncontrollably. and will everybody perfectly understood that. and there he is, giving dad a hug, lorrenceio and his wife was there. his other child there was, his father was there, the president of chile, there he is, giving him a huge bear hug, over and over and over again. and then, lorrenceio took -- lorenzio took the time to thank each rescue worker there, who worked tirelessly for the better part two of months to save his life. >> we are going to take a quick break and get back to you when they bring up the fourth person, which should happen any minute. >> our live coverage continuous here with the first capsule containing the first rescued miner, lorenzio abloos, he wore protective sunglasses. he smiled broadly as he emerged and he hugged his son, seven years old, his wife and a big hug for the president of chile as well. >> also, hoisted up after him was barrio sepoffle eda athena, a 40-year-old electrician, he was one of the active leaders down in the community, so to speak. and this is his wife. he came out, it was really cute. this was the guy that had the bag and emptied it out -- he gave presents. >> he gave presents. >> and he went out to the crowd and high fives and hugs all around. >> right. he was excited. >> it was really quite a moment. and once again, the president of chile was there -- there is his wife. >> there is his wife. >> here's the third one, juan illanos, 52 years old. he looks like he's 22 years old. it's really quite amazing, the energy that this man demonstrated when he emerge from the capsule. there is his wife, standing vigilant for weeks on end, the dusty surface above the mine, waiting, hopeful that her husband would be saved. he has. we are waiting for the fourth miner. >> you can almost see the relief on her face. sadness, happiness, everything she's been through. >> lots of emotions and tears ts and hugs and cheers and rescuers are there. now we are waiting, we understand, just received notice a moment ago that the fourth miner is in the capsule. and there you see a live picture, this is live, down there 20,041 feet below the surface of the earth, inside what has been home for 69 days to 33 miners. when 700,000 tons of rock came tumbling down, trapping them. they actually made their way to what is essentially a safe area that has food storage and oxygen, but only enough food and milk and water for 48 hours. they made it stretch for 17 days. >> yeah. what was remarkable, these 33 miners were actually mining that day, just working. they decided to take a lunch break and they went into that emergency shelter, as they were eating their lunch, that's when the landslide happened and that's where they happened to be trapped. unfortunately, they were trapped underground for so long, but it happened to be in an emergency shelter, which probably, i would say definitely aided them i. think about the luck of that. it just happened when they went in to this shelter at that very moment that the collapse occurred. had it been a few minutes later, a few minutes before, who knows. on the telephone is dr. patricia watson, a senior education specialist at the national center for post traumatic stress disorder, assistant psychiatry professor at date muth medical school. doctor, are these going to be lifetime emotions for these miners? they will bear this for the rest of their day? caller: well, i think when anything like this happens to anyone, it will be with them for the rest of their life. it's meant to change you. in many ways when you go through somethingb this big. toze whether or not they will be suffering from it, that's a different question because for many people, this type of thing is the essential wake-up call that we hear about that brings them closer to a sense of what is important to them in life, who means something to them, what they want to do with their lives, how they make meaning in their life. and for a certain percentage of people, they tell carry with them... a harder, deeper, difficult after effects that we would call ptsd, or some other type of symptomatic picture. many people have a blend of both. where they will be very grateful and honor life and be more awake and more aware of what matters to them, and at the same time, they may also have some sort of emotions that linger or come back at different times. >> dr. watson, i wanted to ask but preexisting conditions. the 33 miners in this group, i would assume one or two of them at least have suffered with depression in the past. how do they cope, if this is the case, down below? caller: well, it seems to me from what i have read and seen that they assigned each other different tasks, including having someone assigned as a counselor. they had someone assigned as a poet, who i imagine was making meaning of what was happening. they had regular scheduled events. they took care of themselves with exercise. they supported each other. that was an amazing story from what i read, as a way to cope and handle a very difficult situation. >> if some of these end up with post traumatic stress disorder, what are the symptoms and signs of ptsd? caller: what you see in people with post traumatic stress disorder is a pattern of reexperience and experiencing symptoms like flashbacks, nightmares, intrusive memories of what has happened to them and a lot of stress or physiological reactions. you also see avoidance sometimes, where people want to avoid thinking or feeling about what happened or a sense of numbing or denial about what happened. and then you also see these hyperarousal of sleep disturbance, anger, irritability, startle response. what make its ptsd is want that you have these symptom clusters is that they last for greater than a month. they have significant distress or impaired function, as well that goes along with this. >> dr. watson, is there something unique about being confined in a mine like this that would lead to you treat a patient a certain way who developed post traumatic stress as a result? caller: obviously, there is. yes. i think, you have to deal with the fact that this was not a one-time experience that happened in five minutes or one day. it's something that was protracted for a long period of time. and for those people that might have feelings of claustrophobia or they couldn't deny what was happening to them for that long of a time, they may have a different symptom that takes longer to what -- what we would call is extenge wish, have you to find a we to extinguish the symptoms that come along with that because it lasted for such a long time. >> dr. patricia watson, thank you so much. there you can see the picture live at the bottom of the shaft. their there are still 30 miners down below and as well as two rescue workers who arrived a couple of hours ago. so they are waiting their turn, one by one, to be freed, to be liberated. their lives saved, after a harrowing experience of a mine collapse. they were discovered 17 days later, alive and then had to wait for the drills to make their way and the shafts to be built. this capsule will lift them to their safety. and this is the fourth miner who will be entering this escape capsule in just a moment. so we will be continuing to follow this. >> all right. you can see him putting on the compression overalls and getting ready to step into the capsule. stay w >> welcome back to our live coverage of 33 miners on the left-hand side of the screen, what could have been their graveyard, to be sure when a massive collapse occurred august 5, 17 days later, discovered alive. today, they are being rescued, 33 to the surface. there you can see, their vehicle freedom, the escape capsule, which is being loaded with a fourth miner now. three have been rescued. we will ton follow this. >> dr. seeingal and i have been adding up the numbers. the first miner was brought up at 11:lech last night, eastern time. we are averaging, the capsule was sent down, 10:45. about an hour. we have 33 and two more individuals, we are averaging about 9:00 a.m., we are thinking this will be complete on thursday morning, right? that's a rough estimate. >> if everything goes as planned. >> we will see the rescues throughout the day. steve is live there, covering this thought the night in chile. what's the latest there? >> reporter: we are watching the bottom of this half-mile underneath the ground, where the latest miner, number 4, carlos is about to get in what looks like a strange neon-type elevator, but it's really their rescue capsule. you can see, it's going to go through the straight rock, a half mile. he is the bolivian among the 33 miners, the only one. the other two chilean. so tomorrow, we are likely to see the president of bolivia, ava morales will come with the fam three make sure that everything is going well with them. an international contingent here. he has worked here sometime. this will be number 4. so far, the first 3 have come slowly, steadily without incident. as that wheel begins to turn clockwise that, means the capsule will go up. it took a few dings in some dressed rehearsals. they hammered it out. so far, it's running smoothly. you can see the paint chipped in some places. but right now, the nation continues to watch as these rescues are coming off without a hitch. the president himself, still up at the podium, greeting the miners and their families as they reunite. >> i have a feeling, steve, that the president of chile will be there until the last miner and rescue worker comes to the surface. steve harrigan. >> we will pause and take a quick break as we continue to follow this enormous human drama that is playing out on worldñ÷ >> well, this story developed on august 5. here we are, 69 full days later, reporting good news for you. it could have gone either way. we are happy here at the >> we're happy to report that four miners have successfully been brought up alive in chile tonight. it has been an emotional night . >> t . >> being hoisted to the surface. i want to thank adam housley and steve harrigan who have done a wonderful job reporting from the scene there and dr. mark siegel, thank you very much for your advice and counsel here on the set. thanks going to do it for us. stay tuned to the fox newschannel throughout the day for more live developments.