couric: good evening, everyone. for nearly ten weeks, they ve lived in brutal conditions 2,000 feet below the ground where it s 90 degrees dark, humid, and clast phobic. no one had ever been trap sod long in a mine and survived. but 33 men in chile have beaten the odds and within hours their long ordeal could finally be over. just a short while ago, rescuers made final preparations to low err custom-made capsule named phoenix into the mine. the men will be brought to the surface inside it one by one. first out will be 31-year-old florencio avalos. he s been shooting the video we ve seen of his coworkers. seth done tze at camp hope near the san jose mine in chile. seth, that is very nerve-wracking time for the miners and their families. you are exactly right, katie, right now and you can see they re starting to put those finishing touches on the rescue capsule as they prepare to lower it into the rescue shaft. you can see the oxygen tank there is inside that. that will act
couric: good evening, everyone. for nearly ten weeks, they ve lived in brutal conditions 2,000 feet below the ground where it s 90 degrees, dark, humid, and claustrophobic. no one had ever been trapped so long in a mine and survived. but 33 men in chile have beaten the odds and within hours their long ordeal could finally be over. just a short while ago, rescuers made final preparations to lower custom-made capsule named phoenix into the mine. the men will be brought to the surface inside it one by one. first out will be 31-year-old florencio avalos. he s the man who has been shooting the video we ve seen of his coworkers. seth doane is at camp hope near the san jose mine in chile. seth, that is very nerve- wracking time for the miners and their families. you are exactly right, katie, right now and you can see they re starting to put those finishing touches on the rescue capsule as they prepare to lower it into the rescue shaft. just a few minutes ago they said they were
we ll be live with the fans early this wednesday morning, we ll be live with the fans early this wednesday morning, june 23, 2010. captioning funded by cbs feeling like summer here on the corner of 59th and 5th. good morning, i m harry smith. i love it when it s summer. i m in. feels good. early this morning there is a group actually looking to sue mcdojm mcmcdonald s, the toys in the happy meals, that s what the kids want. yes. to keep them happy. yes. not so much. they re saying this is unfair and deceptive marketing. they think it s illegal to market this to kids so perhaps turning into an unhappy meal. it s interesting. when the kids were small, we had shelves full of those small little toys. yes, can you find them at every tag sale. the showdown at the white house between president obama and stanley mcchrystal, u.s. commander in afghanistan. chip reid has the latest on that. good morning. reporter: good morning, harry. general mcchrystal has apolo
be out of a job. the white house says general stanley mcchrystal made a enormous mistake when he and his aides criticized the commander-in-chief and other administration officials in a magazine article. the president has summoned mcchrystal to the white house to explain himself and late today we learned the general has submitted his resignation. but will the president accept it i think it s clear that the article in which he and his team appear showed a poor judgment and. but i also want to make sure they talk to him directly before i make any final decisions. couric: and that will come after they meet tomorrow. in the meantime, let s go to david martin at the pentagon. david, this tension between the military and the president has been building for quite a while. reporter: katie, it s been building ever since last fall in the debate other more troops for afghanistan. now it s spilled into print. in a jaw-dropping display of disrespect and indiscretion, aides to gener