from washington. really good news for the british diplomats an their families. reporter: absolutely. what we ve been hearing is this was a very complex situation with not a whole lot of time to plan but that planning was very intensive, pentagon officials say. they describe the operation as fast and clean. say it was conducted in one movement with service members spending less than an hour on the ground. so under 100 u.s. government personnel were removed from sudan s capital city by way of three helicopters. again, officials say that this was about a week of planning as they saw chaos erupting in sudan. president biden thanked the unmatched skill of service members of getting the this this completed. they confirmed the operations at the u.s. embassy have been temporarily suspended. the president added that this has cost the lives of hundreds of civilians and it must stop. sudan entered the second week of violence as the army and paramilitary group battle for control of the
and right to privacy. president biden lays out the threats from maga republicans when one of several speeches in the final six days until the midterm elections. we ll look at what the white house and democrats have planned for the final days of the campaign. plus, republican congresswoman liz cheney is crossing party lines, making good on her promise to help defeat election denying members of the gop. also ahead, the man accused of trying to kill nancy pelosi s husband makes his first appearance in court as more disturbing information is coming out about that attack. we re also following alarming developments in the war with ukraine. there is new reporting this morning on high-level talks inside the russian military about using a tactical nuclear weapon. and good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, november 2nd. joe is back. along with joe, willie and me we have the host of msnbc s politics nation and president of the national action network re
israel. we continue to press and expect for additional americans to be released, as well. we will not stop working until every hostage is returned to their loved ones. president biden speaking yesterday about an american girl who was orphaned by hamas terrorists and taken hostage. you heard the president mention 13 hostages in the end. 17 were freed yesterday. we ll have a live report from tel-aviv on the people still being held by hamas, as well as the future of the humanitarian pause in gaza. also ahead, the latest developments in the shooting of three college students of palestinian decent in vermont. the the fbi is investigating the attack. we ll have the very latest. plus, a tale of two thanksgivings. president biden sharing a message of optimism and unity. very hopeful, saying we need to come together, which i think, obviously, anybody running for president would be saying the same thing, right? sure, absolutely. donald trump, on the other hand, former preside