evacuating their citizens from the capital khartoum as fighting between two rival armed groups continues. most of those being evacuated are diplomats and their families. these are pictures of french nationals leaving earlier. spain, germany and italy are among other countries still evacuating people. the us and uk have already flown diplomats out, as well as canada. canada s prime minister, justin trudeau, tweeted that canadian officials in nearby countries have also been mobilized to help . he says they re stationed in nearby djibouti which has european and american military bases. sudan s army has been fighting a rival paramilitary group, the rsf, for more than a week. this is the scene in the capital, khartoum. and while foreign nationals are airlifted out, sudan s civilians remain trapped in the fighting. the violence worsening the country s already desperate humanitarian crisis. our correspondent mayeni jones is in lagos with the latest. it s a very difficult situation
pushed the panic button probably several months ago, they just haven t telegraphed to us yet. you have to look no further than a poll out in virginia that shows president obama has a 62% disapproval rating with independents in that state. that is devastating to him. remember, virginia was one of the states that he flipped back in 2008 to win the presidency. not just virginia, north carolina is another state that they re concerned about. then go out west to colorado, another state that they flipped, as well, back in 2008. and then there s the two big states, kyra. there s ohio and there is florida, as well. these are all states that he needs to win in 2012 in order to win a second term. you know, kyra, a lot of people don t think the president has the fire in the belly any more. i was talking to a democratic strategist this morning and what he said to me was very simply, instead of when you re selling the whole idea of the jobs bill, don t say pass the bill, say, yes we can. w
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everyone worked hard from family members to slaves because life on a plantation was not easy. it has been documented that the slaves were treated with fairness and their health needs provided for. one of my favorite stories is i wrote an article for the times and we have this great freedom trail where you can walk the trailer and see these but you guys in new orleans erect a freedom trail to put up a commemorative plaque where francois cavs grave is and have someone wrote one of my favorites we don t need these northerners with messiah complexes to teach others about our own history. what made you become independent in 1904? i must have missed something. i am asking when you were doing your research did you find it was before that? the revolt started in 1791. they won in 1803 or 18 or 4. i can never remember. what primary sources were most valuable to you? the sources that were previously relied on in newspapers and letters of william claiborne were quite bias