a federal judge has ordered the massachusetts air national guardsman accused of leaking classified documents to be held behind bars until his trial. mourners packed into a new york city church today for the funeral jordan neely. all of us have the right to live. more than 15 million are on alert for severe storms across the southern plains today. watch for some hail, as well as the heavy downpours, the lightning, and can t rule out even an isolated tornado or two. james: remembering jim brown. the iconic football player, actor, and civil rights activist has died at the age of 87. he helps everybody. that is what he is known for. meet gravedigger allen mccloskey. allen has been at this job since 1952. what was your hardest one? my wife. how did you get through that? i figured she d want me to do it. james: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this friday night. i m james brown, in for norah. and we begin tonight with
and tributes to the legendary singer, actor, and civil rights activist harry belafonte, who s died at the age of 96. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in sudan, where an uneasy truce appears to be holding. thousands of people have been fleeing the country due to the violence there, as countries from around the world work to evacuate their citizens. people living in sudan have spoken of their fears of looting, vandalism and hunger. andrew harding has this report. safely out of sudan, the first plane carrying british nationals landed back in cyprus this evening. the rescue mission had begun early in the morning, several raf planes setting off for sudan s capital, khartoum, not knowing if a ceasefire in the city would last days or even hours. it has been incredibly challenging because of the changing nature. we have had to work up complex plans involving numerous royal air force aircraft and a great number of military personnel, who ve been flown in from the uk over t
win over unthuziastic democrats and taking digs at his former and potentially future opponent donald trump. a rape allegation lawsuit against trump goes to trial with opening statements in new york. we will have the latest on e. jean carroll s civil case against the former president and trump s defense. and in war-torn sudan, americans are a part of an urgent race to flee the country as bursts of violence mara fragile u.s. ceasefire. this amid fierce of a biological nightmare after paramilitary forces seize a public health lab. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the 2024 race for the white house is taking shape in a big way tonight with president biden s official campaign launch. his announcement video driving home team biden s strategy, if an historic rematch with donald trump actually becomes a reality. let s begin our coverage with our chief white house correspondent phil mattingl
and tributes to the legendary singer, actor, and civil rights activist harry belafonte, who s died at the age of 96. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in sudan, where an uneasy truce appears to be holding. thousands of people have been fleeing the country due to the violence there, as countries from around the world work to evacuate their citizens. people living in sudan have spoken of their fears of looting, vandalism and hunger. andrew harding has this report. safely out of sudan, the first plane carrying british nationals landed back in cyprus this evening.
early as june without any bipartisan deal. what is speaker mccarthy s next step? reporter: well, wolf, the hope is to get this out of the house and then after that the question is what s next? no one knows the answer to that because democrats in the senate are simply saying raise the debt limit without any conditions whatsoever and mccarthy opposes that democratic demand. so, wolf, a lot of questions about what this means for the u.s. economy and how they get out of this logjam. lots at stake right now. thank you. coming up, we will have more on our top story. president biden making his official entry into the 2024 race. how will his re-election bid be received by the public? and we are remembering the monumental life and legacy of harry belafonte, sicker, actor, and civil rights activist. that s it. miracle-gro. all you need to know to grow.