the race to flee war-torn sudan, this morning countries around the world rushing to get citizens to safety. u.s. diplomats and their families airlifted from the u.s. embassy with an estimated 16,000 americans still there. what the white house is now saying. president biden is ready to launch his reelection bid, new details on those plans. the thinking of those around him and a new poll that suggests most democrats are still on the fence about another biden run. a scary site in the friendly skies, fire erupting on two planes within days, one midair after a possible bird strike, the other during takeoff. these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. happening now, a global race to evacuate diplomats and citizens from sudan as the intense fighting rages on. over the last 24 hours at least 1,000 people have fled the violence by air, scene after scene of u.s. allies packing cargo planes just hours after u.s. officials confirmed that all u.s
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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
son on tv, but you know that child of holocaust was reporting the news. the best revenge. is to survive and thrive. that s why it s so important that we educate and we show the world what was going on, and that s what we re doing. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield and us diplomatic personnel and their families are now out of sudan. they were airlifted to neighboring djibouti in a dramatic overnight evacuation more than 100. us special operations personnel were involved in the extraction. the u. s embassy in her tomb has now suspended operations. violence in sudan broke out more than a week ago. heavy fighting between rival military factions, leaving more than 400 dead and thousands injured. cnn s or in lieberman is at the pentagon for so or in what more are you learning about this operation? this was an operation carried out effectively in the dead of night by a fairly small group of special operations forces right ar
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