Sentence 1: The pressure may well rise on Thursday, with national coverage of the final round planned by ESPN, the cable sports network.

Sentence 2: The pressure will intensify today, with national coverage of the final round planned by ESPN and words that are even more difficult.

From 0 to 5 (0="no meaning overlap" and 5="means the same thing"), how similar are the two sentences?

Choose from:
A). 0;
B). 1;
C). 2;
D). 3;
E). 4;
F). 5;
D).