witness stand and trying to poke holes in her second day of cross examination. trace: awaiting an update from the state department on the evacuation efforts in sudan, as the u.s. is now warning u.s. citizens to avoid the airport just north of the country s capital because of increased fighting and the air field. meantime, a u.s. convoy carrying hundreds of americans and foreign nationals just reached the part of sudan over the weekend and now the pentagon is moving naval assets there to help out with more evacuations. the chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin at the pentagon. trace, state department is reiterating americans to avoid the airport, fighting has increased in recent days. u.s. official we spoke to this morning says sudan s warring
out. we re also getting some new pictures of u.s. diplomatic staff evacuated from sudan. one warm greeting there. at the u.s. base in djibouti, sam kiley is in djibouti. the u.s. says it s too dangerous and too large of a job to evacuate the thousands of others of u.s. citizens there, many of them dual-nationals but they are sending two warships to the port of sudan. d do we know what those are for? and what s the latest on the condition of those americans remaining behind? reporter: so, on the warship, jim, yes, the u.s. is sending two warships. the british is doing the same. the french frigate actually docked in port sudan, taking 500 people, mostly people who made it to port sudan across more than 500 miles of desert from khartoum. in a u.n. convoy. and the british are saying that they expect to be able to have two evacuation flights land in the military air field, near the
understanding of the situation on the ground to look at potential land routes out of sudan. and then in terms of the deconfliction cell, largely speaking, u.s.africom have been in contact with the generals as other dod officials, chairman of the joint chiefs, keeping lines of communication open and so i would imagine that africom will continue to do that. can you explain why the air field where some of the other international military airlift planes are land jing and lifting off, the french took 400 out of the air field. why is the u.s. not sending
this war, ukrainian nation is no more. you re fighting for your existence? we are fighting for our existence, and for our future. reporter: a future that still remains uncertain as the war enters year two. charlie d agata, cbs news, the air field near kyiv. president biden spending the weekend in delaware days after his surprise visit to ukraine. new interest by china into the conflict is also drawing u.s. attention. krshs christina ruffini is at the white house with more. reporter: last year at this time, we were standing at the ukrainian border watching the first wave of refugees fleeing russian bombs. today the focus has shifted from survival to resolution, and if there s a way to bring this conflict to a close. as crowds around the world rallied in support of ukraine, president biden defended more than $32 billion in american