striking a bird, and what we are learning about this. and a prom turns into a nightmare after 19 are injured when bullets start flying. we are following these developing stories and much more as they come in right here at cnn news central. a race to get out as people are rushing to get their people out of sudan. special forces have now carried out a risky operation to get the u.s. embassy officials and families out of khartoum. this is a photo of antony blinken monitoring situation. the u.s. government is warning an estimated 16,000 americans remaining there and many of them dual citizens after a large scale operation of those who want to leave is not happening now. the u.s. is facilitating evacuations in other ways. more from the white house in a moment, but sam kiley is in djibouti where the operation began. sam, this seems like a global retreat. global retreat is the exact way to put it. here we have a french air force long distance cargo plane. that has been, we u
ahead. i ll speak with the family of paul weiland, another american, the kremlin has locked up on espionage charges and a group of military families gets the tragic news. nine service members killed when two black hawk choppers crashed. cnn has a crew right near that save. plus tension in the house from paper tossing to hallway shouting in your face. debates are getting heated on the hill. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start today with our world lead. top u . s. officials are strongly criticizing russia after an american reporter was detained on charges of spying. evan gersh covic appeared in a moscow court today accused of trying to steal russian state secrets. his employer, the wall street journal, says it quote vehemently denies those claims. but now gorshkov itch faces up to 20 years in prison. and today , lawmakers on capitol hill are accusing russia of using this journalist as leverage, and the white house is dismissing the charges.
draining their bank accounts. for some victims it s fatal. one mother who fought to convince police her son s death was no accidental overdose. those images of unruly passengers on planes. today, the flight attendants on the steps of the capitol. what they re demanding congress do about it. the growing scam involving ai. how criminals can impersonate you or a loved one and cash in. and on this vietnam veterans day, , haarry smiith on a a journey home more than 50 years in the making. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, and welcome, everyone. we begin with developing news out of the vatican tonight surrounding the health of pope francis. just days before the start of holy week observances, the 86-year-old leader of the roman catholic church is in a hospital in rome tonight after suffering breathing difficulties in recent days. tonight the vatican reports pope francis is being treated for a respiratory infection and will remain hospit
i m jose diaz-balart you can reach me on twitter and instagram. you can watch highlights online. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell has more news now. right now on andrea mitchell reports, our new nbc news poll reveals only 5% of americans want to see a trump-biden rematch in 2024. 70% of all voters do not want biden to run at all with many saying age is their chief concern. also this hour, justin jones one of the two state representatives ousted from office joins me before meeting with president biden this afternoon. as tennessee s governor says he s calling state lawmakers back to nashville after they adjourned without taking up his gun reform proposals an update on the deadly situation in sudan after the u.s. safely evacuated u.s. embassy personnel. thousands of americans remain strands. my first priority is the safety of our people and i determine that the deteriorating security conditions in khartoum pose an unacceptable risk to keeping our
demanding tighter gun laws. and for the first time, the chilling calls for help from inside that elementary school. please. they are coming, they are coming. norah: two black hawk helicopters collide, killing nine american soldiers. why this nighttime exercise went horribly wrong. this is a truly tragic loss. russia has arrested an american journalist on the suspicion of espionage. lsaiovich,s wl street journal, was trying to obtain classified information. as the area is still trying to recover from last week s storm outbreaks risk. hello friends. norah: at sports broadcasting by jen jim nantz reflect on a nearly four decade career covering march madness. being able to have the seat for that long, to tell so many stories, and document some of document some of the great events, no regrets. norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this historic night in our nations history. for the first time ever, a former president of the united