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
truth about violent crime in our city, we will be the worst for it. if we say yeah, the police department is spending all this time and resources to rest but a case on and then the judges and the prosecutors say, you know what? we re going to let you out on electronic monitoring to wreak havoc again. and if we don t call that out every single day with these prosecutors and with the judges, many of whom don t live in our city and don t care about what s happening, then we are going to lose an opportunity to advocate for the victims and the witnesses and a resident who just want in deserve peace. we gotta say it. she was one of the four black mayors leading america s biggest cities who gathered at the african american mayors association conference. new york city mayor eric adams made a similar point. we need to be honest and forthright about the small numerical number of people who are repeated offenders we have about 2000. people in our city that are extreme result of recidivi
i m jim acosta in washington will be in this hour of americans caught up in the escalating crisis in sudan. just minutes ago, the u. s state department announced it will carry out a military assisted evacuation of government personnel if the crisis worsens . in the past week, more than 400 people have died since two rival generals first lead their forces into a battle for control of the country. that death toll includes at least one american. both sudan s army and its paramilitary rival. the rsf say they will help evacuate for nationals. the u. s is making preparations to get diplomatic personnel right out right now. but the white house says private citizens should not expect and evacuation. we have correspondents in the military expert here to help us tackle all of the angles of the story. let s begin with cnn s larry meadow, a live in nairobi, kenya. larry. i know things are very fluid at the moment. but what s the latest on these evacuations? jim right now there s evacuati
. house speaker kevin mccarthy is facing growing pushback within his own party over his new plan to raise the debt limit . we re following this critical test for the speaker for congress and for the president as the clock ticks towards a potential economic crisis. also tonight, alec baldwin s attorney says criminal charges against the actor are being dropped a year and a half after the deadly accidental shooting on the set of his film rust. and trump ally and my pillow chief mike lindell has been ordered to pay $5 million in connection with his false claims about the 2020 election. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world, wolf blitzer is off today. i m alex marquardt, and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news, but we do begin with breaking news out of the white house. cnn senior chief white house correspondent phil mattingly is here with details. phil. what are you learning? well, alex we have known for several months, the p
fighting russians just 30 ft apart. it s incredible moment caught on tape when a russian soldier lobs a grenade and we re going to show you exactly what happened next, and cnn s exclusive reporting inside the epic settlement between fox news and dominion, the last minute scramble to keep rupert murdoch and tucker carlson from taking the witness stand. this is fox braces for the next and bigger trial. plus a kennedy running for president. i, steve bannon is cheering him on his own family isn t let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight. terror in the trenches. we have new video into outfront tonight of ukrainian and russian troops fighting in the trenches west of back mood. that is where, of course, many thousands have already died in the battle continues to rage. the two sides here are about 30 ft apart at one point and just go ahead and watch this incredible battle, which is caught on camera. here s how it began. hello are you okay? are you alive? wh