reporter: for the first time we re getting a look at what s being described by navy s.e.a.l.s in thailand as the operation the world will never forget. this video just released showing the s.e.a.l.s preparing to begin their diving mission into the cave system to rescue the 12 soccer players and their coach. water up to their chests as they prepare to scuba into the murky cave waters. you can see the guide wires that have been set up, the divers holding on to them. starting their voyage in the dark. the new video illustrating the excruciatingly narrow tunnels that must be navigated. tunnels that could become deadly at any time if portions of the waterlogged cave collapsed and boulders or rocks fall down. major charles hodges, the mission k345r7bd of the u.s. air force unit involved in the rescue operation, says nothing like this had ever been done. we understood that there was no other option. working with the thai, we realized they had gone through the decision matrix the right way
boulders or rocks fall down. major charles hodges, the mission commander of the u.s. air force unit involved in the rescue operation, says nothing like this had ever been done. we understood that there was no other option. working with the thai, we realized they had gone through the decision matrix the right way and every other option was quickly leading to dead ends. and even though this was extremely risky, with a low probability of success, there were no other options. especially once we found the kids. we knew that we had to follow through on this. the new video also gives new appreciation to the near total darkness divers operated in. having to navigate the cave while carrying their bulky oxygen tanks. surrounded by cliffs and at times having to climb steps. the journey taking hours. but the divers get to where the maroon boys and coach were weighing. an australian diver who was the only doctor involved in the rescue and was the last diver out.
everything lead to dead ends. even though it was extremely richy, there was no other options. especially when we found the kids and we knew we had to follow through on this. we had to take risks and be bold. thank goodness you have been taught all of those things, thank you for everything you did. president trump just arrived at the nato summit, you re looking at live pictures right now. new details ahead of the controversy he has started to stir. but meningitis b progresses quickly and can be fatal, sometimes within 24 hours. while meningitis b is uncommon, about 1 in 10 infected will die. like millions of others, your teen may not be vaccinated against meningitis b.
we ll see what happens. we know the wife is in iraq. what do you do with somebody like this? terms of if you had grabbed him, do you turn him over to the iraqis? do you try to hold him? we know the president doesn t want to send him to gitmo. my guess is they ll hold him on the ground in the region. u.s. forces and interrogators will conduct the questioning. maybe in conjunction with a friendly ally force like the jordanians. even if she herself wasn t involved in the leadership is somebody at the home seeing them coming and going, knowing what their roles are in isis. so she could have some value for us. as you look at how this raid was carried out and you look at the decision matrix that the white house would have had to go through, is this something that president obama would have had to authorization specifically and personally or is is this something he said to the chairman and other folks, if you think you can get somebody go
looking at the radar scope, you need to be a well-trained operator to be able to figure out what you are looking at. but, in the u.s. military, if we are going to fire off a missile, we are going to have information coming in from a lot of different sources. it s what we call a decision matrix for solving the rules of engagement equation that we have osolve in order to ever fire a missile. the big question here is, was there any sort of command and control element? was there anybody who was kind of giving information to that operator to determine what kind of plane are we actually firing at right now? how long would it take someone to learn thousand use the actual radar and detection system. that depends on what kind of training they already have. if it s somebody completely untrained to use the type of system like you and i is going it take a lot longer than someone perhaps serving in the russian military at some point and has some sort of background in it. it really depends on the