i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. "newsroom" starts right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> at 5:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast we start with the breaking news. you've seen countless times these people running into dangerous situations risking their lives, digging through rubble to save civilians in the syrian conflict. now we know that israel and jordan have come to the rescue of the white helmets. >> this group of 800 syrian civilians, including members of the volunteer rescue group have been evacuated now, we are told, to jordan. israel says its military completed this effort at the request of the u.s. and european countries. >> let's get the latest live in jerusalem. oren lieberman on the story this hour. and oren, these civilians in the white helmets are now safely out of syria. are we hearing any news, any