still to go. i imagine morale is high, but as bill neely explained, complacency can be an enemy. yeah. the cave rescue community worldwide has been really monitoring this closely. the great thing for the boys and their coach is the uk the british cave divers who are spearheading this rescue effort are some of the best in the world. talk about the physical requirements out of this cave. we re talking about what could be an eight to ten hour journey, right? you ve got these boys that have spent a week without food. they had some energy gels after they were found. they re exhausted. they re hungry. they haven t seen sunlight in day, right? yeah. we re pretty confident that the rescuers are giving them nourishment, energy drinks, things like that, building up their strength and their ability to be able to move through the cave with the assistance of the experienced cave rescue divers. we just pulled up a graphic to show the cave layout there.
get the kids and their coach out from underground. cnn s anna coren live with the latest. at least for now, tell us, they have been nourished, they have spoken with rescuers, there s food that s been delivered. tell us what s happening now. reporter: christine, these 12 boys and their coach are not being left alone. the navy seals who are inside with that football team staying with them. we know that they ve received medical attention, a doctor and nurse has assessed them. they know they re in remarkably good health, which is extraordinary, considering they haven t been outside or seen daylight now for 10 days. we know that food has got to them. in the form of these energy gels and there have been requests for pork, rice and milk.
so we re kind of running out of good stuff in the drawer. so we re getting down to bad stuff. well, i was digging around and found some expired energy gels. they expired in 2013. really expired. i m kidding, we re not giving these away. why do we have those? i have no idea. so it s really between two things. can i have them? sure. okay. i found larger than life. larger than life i never met him. that could be life-sized. okay. that s one. i don t know why we have that. it s a nice print job. a little wrinkly but we could iron it out. everybody needs a new a big newt gingrich head. kelsey found this. what s that? this is a bag of swag from cpac 2010! i remember that swag bag. there s nothing good in it. there s one good thing in it.
is it that time again? is it that time again? it is time to pick prizes for the player of our friday night news desk. okay. so we re kind of running out of good stuff in the drawer. so we re getting down to bad stuff. well, i was digging around and found some expired energy gels. how expired? they expired in 2013. really expired. i m kidding, we re not giving those away. why do we have those? i have no idea. so it s really between two things. can i have them? sure. okay. i found larger than life. larger than life i never met him. that could be life-sized. okay. that s one. i don t know why we have that. it s a nice print job. a little wrinkly, but we could iron it out. everybody needs a new a big newt gingrich head. kelsey found this.
to a weakened child. those children, those boys, are now being strengthened in the hospital. remember, they had virtually no food for at least nine or maybe ten days. they have energy gels in the couple of days after they were first discovered. the operation will resume tomorrow. we re expecting a news conference sometime later tonight by the commander of the operation. the man who launched this with the dramatic words, this is d-day. today, freedom day for another four boys. hallie? bill neely there for us. let s hope the boys get all the fried chicken they want. we want to turn to the other big news of the morning. president trump s supreme decision. he said he could make up his mind within the next two hours. that s the deadline he himself talked about. tonight s primetime announcement, he ll share who he picked to take the supreme court seat of justice kennedy. i m getting close to make a final decision.