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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
Queer and trans nuns has become a San Francisco institution, spreading joy while capturing the publics interest. Coincidentally march 31st is also transgender day of visibility. Three sisters came from around the world to celebrate in their founding city. We all come together in the spirit of togetherness and joy to spread that joy and give it to other people, and that just recharges the battery for me. The event offered activities for people of all ages, including an Easter Egg Hunt and games for children. There was also an Easter Bonnet competition and later in the day, hunky jesus and foxy mary contests. About 100 people hiked up to the highest point in San Francisco at sunrise today. It was all part of a 100 year old easter tradition. A crowd of worshipers gathered at the Mount Davidson cross. It stands about 100ft tall. This Easter Service is intended to renew hope regardless of your background or what you believe in, this beautiful moment of unity and simplicity as we all gather
Crime and their message to improve Public Safety includes a state of Emergency Declaration and today target blamed retail theft for a decision to close three bay area stores, including one in oakland. Ktvu is Christina Doan live now in oakland with more on all of this. Christina well, julie, more than 200 businesses took part in this one day strike. Merchants saying that they really feel that city officials arent doing anything to address the crime as these criminals repeatedly target their businesses. Dozens of Business Owners gathered tuesday to strike against crime in oakland and the citys response to Public Safety. Their stories all similar from car breakins to robberies and assaults for about 4 or 5 years. We call them. Nobody showed up for 15 minutes for 911 calls and if we could do the regular calls, its good luck to you. They say just make a police report. I had a group from a group from miami get robbed at gunpoint on a saturday afternoon. All their jewelry taken. Me being bor
So how can we undo the damage . We could all unsubscribe and switch to xfinity. Their connection is unreal. And we could all unexperience this whole session. Okay, thats uncalled for. Experienced the difference the moon pod. Co, the white house Correspondents Dinner by saturday, april 27th, at seven eastern on cnn you are in, the cnn newsroom. Im jim sciutto in washington, breaking news in the middle east. We are learning new details about the unprecedented attack on is israel overnight by iran, Us Central Command now says us forces destroyed more than 80 iranian attack drones, at least six Ballistic Missiles launched from both iran and yemen. The Israeli Military says iran and its proxy forces across the region launched some 350 groans missiles, and rockets in total into its territory or edits territory. This iran says was in response to a deadly attack on its consulate in damascus earlier this month, which it blamed on israel, though israel has not taken responsibility with me now cn