take until christmas for them to drill this hole and get these people out. but they ve obviously moved so much more quickly and we re seeing it unfold. right now, 25 miners now being rescued and they re getting ready to rescue number 26, claudio acuna. he ll be coming out shortly as well. patrick altman is at the hospital on the scene for us. they had a briefing there, patrick. tell us what they learned. 17 miners behind me in the hospital. very interesting information released by the chilean health minister. they say they expect the officials expect by 1:00 and 3:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow morning, all of the miners will be above ground. the rescue will be complete and long lasting will be with their families. he also said of the 17 miners
ten years ago. a 2-year-old daughter with his wife. claudio acuna. miner 26. he ll be taken inside the capsule. you can see the door open right now. you ll be hooked up and go up about 10 or 15 minutes or so. it will be going relatively quickly, though, more quickly than a lot of people thought would happen. this this process as they get this capsule ready for claudio acuna. not only were the miners there for 69 days. those that were still remaining are still inside. those are five rescuers who went down to make sure everything was working smoothly. there were 33 miners to begin with. 25 have been rescued. eight more to go. and after claudio acuna comes out, there will be seven more to go. we ll stay on top of this story. we won t go very far away.
thank you. wolf, the ambassador says he was advised not to have a public gathering here. some people told him that it wasn t the diplomatic thing to do. not the style of a diplomat. this is a big operation. he wanted to show them what chileans can do. what they re doing here in this operation. he wanted the world to see it. and we had a big celebration here last night that s ongoing, wolf? and they should be celebrating, brian, right now. they ll be celebrating when all 33 trapped miners and the five rescuers all come to the top. waiting for miner number 26. he s still underground, to go inside the capsule once it gets down there. you ll see it unfold here. claudio acuna, 34 years old. he s the next miner who will be brought to the top. we ll show it to you live. stand by. much more from our coverage coming up. more from the campus of the university of delaware. big debate tonight, 7:30 p.m.
approval rating. wolf, i can just imagine that conversation honey, why don t you let me take this one. yeah. i think that s a good one. kate, i think that s true. she s very, very popular and can help the candidates who are in trouble like russ feingold and in wisconsin right now. three weeks to go until election day. see how much you can help because as you pointed out in the brand new cnn time magazine poll, he s down to ron johnson. the wealthy challenger will continue to watch this story. we re watching what s happening below the earth right now. miner number 26. he s now in that capsule you can see the wheel turning, bringing him to the top. talking about claudio acuna. he s 34 years old. his family is waiting at the top. we ll watch it live unfold. i guess in about ten minutes you can see the 2-year-old daughter there and his wife. they ve been brought over for this emotional reunion. you can t get enough of this. stay on top of this story and
he could stop right now the investigations, the persecutions and the discharges of servicemen and women who are gays and lesbians, and then he could stop this and work with congress to repeal the law, but i understand as a matter of constitutional law, he has an obligation to defend the statute. yes, it is often called the policy, but it is more than that. it is a law passed by congress, and the president has rightly said, that we should change it through congress and legislation if that is the way he wants to go. i happen to agree with the policy and certainly think it should not be overturned in this way, and they are right to appeal it. but there is an awful lot of concern and worry about this in the military. and hold on a second, guys, because i just want to interrupt you, bill, because you are now looking at the live pictures, and this is what we have all been waiting for this. is claudio acuna, 34 years old, and this door is about to open, and he is going to be reunited