i m getting close to making a final decision. a primetime announcement from the east room as president trump changes the courts for decades to come. secretary of state mike pompeo insisting talks with the u.s. and north korea are still on track as pyongyang accuses the u.s. of quote gangster like negotiations. tense exchange there. i m christine romans. i m dave briggs. it is monday, july 9th. it is 3:00 p.m. in thailand. breaking news. rescue operations have resumed in thailand. divers reentering the underground cave where eight boys and the soccer coach remain stuck for the 17th day. four boys evacuated sunday are in good health. rescue teams are running out of time. mission complicated by the forecast of heavy rains. we have ivan watson near the cave with the latest. ivan, we are on pins and needles
decades to come. secretary of state mike pompeo insisting talks with the u.s. and north korea are still on track as pyongyang accuses the u.s. of quote gangster like negotiations. rescue crews making the dangerous trip back to the cave in thailand where eight boys have been stuck for more than two weeks. we are live at the scene on day 17stu stuck in the cave. i m dave briggs. i m christine romans. we are expecting news any moment. four and a half hours of the rescue mission of the eight boys in the cave and their coach. they resupplied the oxygen tanks after a successful rescue effort yesterday. some reports emerging a fifth boy has been pulled out. we are working to confirm that. the four pulled out yesterday were the strongest. the ones they felt most confident about surviving in
emnane imnantz. and brian todd has this report for us. reporter: american b-1 bhomers along with south korean and japanese fighter jets, these are the weapons that experts say would play key roles in any strikes on north korea. these maneuvers bring a swift brush back from kim jong-un s regime. the dictator s news agency saying the quote gangster like u.s. impearl alists are staging a surprise nuclear strike drill. it comes as president heads toward kim s turf embarking on a multination trip to asia, where analysts say one country, one major security threat will likely couple his meetings with other leaders. we ll be talking about obviously north korea. reporter: now military commands and intelligence agencies from washington to pyongyang are jittery.
accusing the u.s. of having quote gangster like mind-set during denuclearization talks and describing the negotiations as regrettable. the talks represent progress according to pompeo. the process is still on course. behi lindsey graham doesn t see it that way. if i were president trump, i would not let china use north korea to back me off the trade dispute. we have more bullets when it comes to trade. no doubt in any mind the chinese are pulling the north koreans back. let s bring in andrew stevens. andrew, what is the reaction from the region? reporter: good morning, dave. china has just reacted saying it is groundless to suggest that china is in any way influencing the talks with north korea and the united states. they say their role is always to
is the supreme court ornate owe. julian supreme court or nato. julian, thank you. and trying to extend the deadline for reuniting migrant families at the border. the administration has indicated it will not meet tuesday s deadline to reunite children under the age of 5 admitting it does not know where some of the parents are including 19 who have been deported. over the weekend, the aclu received a list of names of 100 children under 5 who have been taken from their parents. after meeting with secretary of state mike pompeo, north korea firing up the anti-american rhetoric. accusing the u.s. of having quote gangster like mind-set during denuclearization talks and describing the negotiations as regrettable. the talks represent progress according to pompeo. the process is still on course. lindsey graham doesn t see it that way. the republican senator told fox news he thinks china is influencing the north korean