a daring evacuation. the u.s. military carries out an operation to pull government personnel out of sudan s capital. but thousands of americans are still trapped in the country as it descends deeper into chaos, and the white house says it s not safe to get them out right now. the gop s fight over abortion erupts over the weekend. political peril for the republican party as the national battle over reproductive rights heats up. and kimberly potter set free after serving only 16 months in pr prison for killing daunte wright. the former police officer spent more than two years behind bars for fatally shooting wright while yelling taser. critics say the punishment didn t fit the crime. we re following these major developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. scrambling to get out of sudan as foreign powers rush to evacuate the war-torn country. the biden administration says that u.s. special forces have carried out a daring rescue operation, s
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vision we have brand new reporting on what president biden s campaign launch could look like and who will lead his team with his re-election announcement expected to come as early as tomorrow this as a new nbc news poll shows a vast majority of republican primary voters stand firmly behind former president trump despite the criminal charges and the looming legal challenges he faces. are we headed for a rematch? steve kornacki is here to break down all the um numbers for us the race to evacuate is under way in sudan american forces rescuing personnel from a u.s. embassy in a nighttime mission, as fighting the africa s third largest country enters a second week we have more on the incredible mission to get them to safety. what about the 16,000 americans still on the ground there in sudan? an american travel writer stuck in the capital describes chaos in the country the city is so tense right now. a lot of people are fleeing left and right. i can see the cars outside i m just
cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with the escalating crisis in sudan and the emergency evacuation of u. s government personnel and their families about 100. us special operations forces carried out the overnight mission today. the u. s embassy in khartoum is closed. the decision to evacuate personnel comes after a week of heavy fighting between sudan s military and a rival paramilitary group more than 400. people have been killed, including one american state department estimates estimates there are about 16,000 americans in sudan. most are dual nationals, our correspondents, our position here and around the world to bring you all the angles of this developing story. let s begin with cnn s am kylie live from djibouti. sam djibouti s international airport is struggling to keep up with the sudden increase in flight volume. do this mass exodus from sudan. what more can you tell us about that? well, jim, it s not only the pressure, they say local off
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