reporter: as this ceasefire is holding, but barely in that there is a good deal of fighting in khartoum and elsewhere in the country. there is estimated to be 16,000 u.s. citizens is to shelter in place. that s in contrast, for example, to the british who ve landed at least one aircraft that went in from cyprus and returned to cyprus. that landed in an air strip in the desert just to the west of khartoum. and, of course, the french have actually collected 500 refugees who went out overland amid frigate. that was a 500 mile, 800 kilometer drive. the brits and the americans are sending two warships to port sudan. there has been contingency planning for possible military intervention with the french success of their mission.
sanders called their ceo to testify about the reported price hike. and a medicine for opoid overdoses could become available over the counter in the u.s. on wednesday two fda advisory groups gave the green light to a nasal spray version of the drug caused narcan. the agency s commission has yet to give the final approval. the move could save the lives of overdose victims when professional medical help isn t available. still ahead, chief s chief medical correspondent follows the mission to help earthquake survivors. just as far as the eye can see, there is all sorts of supplies that are now trying to get from this air strip to the people who desperately need them. and we know 80% of couples slsleep too hot or too cold. introducing the new sleep number climate360 smart bed. the only smart bed in the world that actively cools, wararms,
hats, these are the types of things coming in. over here you have bread. so they have all sorts of dry foods coming in. these are donations coming from individuals, things like blankets and warmed clothes. just as far as the eye can see, there is all sorts of supplies that are now trying to get from this air strip to the people who desperately need them. over and over again, spontaneous supply lines like this one form and within minutes, dozens and dozens of tents are loaded on to the helicopter. today s mission, to provide cover and paeksrotection in a province that has lost both. it is easy to see why they are so necessary. a group of men can be seen waiting earnestly for their temporary new homes. they quickly unload the helicopter, struggling against the whirl of the blades which never stop. so they have just unloaded the
miraculously still being saved from the rubble well over a week after the region s catastrophic earthquake. cnn s chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is now on the scene for us. you ve covered a lot of these earthquakes over the years. what are you seeing there? well, as you say, wolf, we re still very much in rescue and relief mode. i mean, if you were listening during the day, the skies are buzzing with helicopters, most of them doing search and rescue, but also trying to provide aid to areas of the country that are just really hard hit and sort of isolated, hard to get to. the roads are either impassable or you can t get big trucks through them. so the helicopters are providing a lot of that work. all the donations that are coming in from all over the world, they come to the air strip and then they go out. there are also these hospital ships which are something that we have seen after a lot of these natural disasters. hospitals get destroyed as well, wolf. so the hospital