now, you mentioned that all of these students were on their way to school. this is because the the sort of informal cable car systems are often used in mountainous rural parts of pakistan because it s a lot faster than traveling down the roads through the valley and back up again. in fact, the route to school could have taken them about two hours by road, and minutes if they were on the cable car and it was there that they were on their way when this this incident happened. now, we ve also heard that apparently that his exam results, this 16 year old, arrived during the time he was stuck in the lift. and then he s now found out since he got back to firm ground, that he did pass the ninth grade with good grades. and so he s celebrating doubly again today. well, at least that s a piece of good news on top of the good news of the rescue, of course. but as you rightly point out, it does raise some serious questions about the safety of these cable cars, which are very prevalent in the regio
reporter: these locally made cable car systems are often used in remote mountain areas in pakistan and other places. for these kids, it means getting to school in ten minutes instead of two hours by road, but wow, what a ride it can be. janis mackey frayer, thanks to you, and that does it for this edition of andrea mitchell reports, chris jansing reports starts right now. good day, i m chris jansing, live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. right now, donald trump is cooking up a political pr plan like none we ve ever seen, even from him. promoting his own arrest, and devising a multipart strategy to steal the spotlight from his republican opponents on their biggest night. how the next 48 hours could deal a new blow to political norms and rewrite the campaign rules for 2024 all over again. and while the implications for trump are huge, so the stakes
spent the whole day in fear. pakistan s prime minister announcing on social media all the kids have been successfully and safely rescued, against harrowing odds, the happiest ending. usually there is things that occur, disaster synergy, where all these little things go wrong spiral into big things, but this was reverse disaster synergy. everybody did the right thing. it is spectacular. reporter: these locally made cable car systems are often used in remote mountain areas in pakistan and in other places. for these kids, it means getting to school in ten minutes instead of two hours by road. but, wow, what a ride it can be. no kidding. janis mackey frayer, thank you for that reporting. love it when we have a happy ending. historic feat for india, another milestone for space exploration, just two hours ago as india became first country to