everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin with a dramatic evacuation of u. s. government personnel and their families from sudan president biden confirming the operation overnight more than 100. special operations personnel were involved in the extraction. the decision to evacuate came after a week of heavy fighting between rival military factions that left more than 400 dead and thousands injured. we ve got full coverage with kylie atwood at the state department, kevin liptak at the white house. kylie let s begin with you. this was a big operation. i mean what was happening behind the scenes at the state department and what provoked this decision. major operation and what you have to understand with embassies like this that are in areas where conflict can arise is that the state department has plans for these evacuations. but then they have to go back and look at these plans in a very detailed way, and that s what state department offic
in a timely way that the standing of the individuals who are challenging it is dubious. at best. the fda is expert in this space and should be given deference by the court. so we know there will be no end to the cruelty to the attacks to undermine reproductive freedom. but we re ready for the fight. good news for now from the supreme court, but the fight continues. in california will be there. um front and center fighting for reproductive healthcare. so are you confident that the appeals court will continue to allow access to the drug? and if they don t it goes back to the u. s supreme court and what are your concerns given justices alito and thomas have already made it clear in their dissensions that they don t agree with my friend chris stones availability. my understanding is that the supreme court stay is in place until the final resolution of that north additional of texas case through the final decision by the u. s supreme court. so whatever the fifth circuit decides if it limits