everyone. it is tuesday, april 25th. welcome to cnn this morning. we re so glad you re with us. we do begin, though, with news about this show. as you may have heard yesterday, cnn parted ways with anchor don lemon. a statement, chris licht thanked don for his contributions over the 17 years. writing in part, don will forever be a part of the cnn family. we wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future ende endeavors. he was one of the first anchors to have me on his show. that s something i ll obviously never forget. we wish him the best. we certainly do. don was one of my first friends at cnn. i m so thankful to worked alongside him and for his support for nearly 15 years here and i wish him all good things ahead. we re really proud of this show. we re so proud of the dedicated team that works around the clock to bring you the news every morning and our priority is you, the viewer. we re grateful you welcome us into your home each morning. absolutely. of c
progress let s finish the job president joe biden is expected to make it official this morning he s running for a second term. we ll have a look at what his campaign could look like and the challenges he faces just ahead meanwhile there s a new time line for the next possible indictment of donald trump we ll have the latest from the fulton county district attorney. and also an update on the diplomatic efforts in sudan as a cease-fire agreement brings a temporary pause to the deadly violence in that country good morning, and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, april 25th i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in washington where president joseph r. biden is expected to announce his re-election bid today exactly four years after he jumped into the 2020 race. three sources familiar with the plan say that biden will make his candidacy official with a video message just like he did last time. since taking the oval office the president
early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire former white house director of communicationspalmieri she s co-host of showtime s the circus. pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor of the washington post , eugene washington attorney and contributing columnist for the washington post, george conway joins us this morning. great to have you all here. willie, why don t you hold up morning joe s official newspaper of record. what s on the front? it s happening. joe, it s happening. aaron rodgers coming to the new york jets. leaving the packers. it ll be an exciting new era for the team that s not been to the playoffs in a dozen years. it s going to also be very, very exciting for headline writers at t the new york post, as conspiracy theories spill out at press conferences my god, this is like a dream come true for the headline writer at the post. jets fans are excited they ve needed a quarterback for a long time. they had zach wilso
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
right here to cnn. new central. happening soon in charlottesville, two of these three men who carried tiki torches and march nearly six years ago at a white nationalist rally are scheduled to appear in court today. each has been indicted on a single felony charge of burning an object with the intent to intimidate. which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. 2017 rally ultimately led to violent clashes with counter protesters in 32 year old heather higher, lost her life. cnn s brian todd is in charlottesville. brian i understand there are some new developments, what s going on there? well john. the hearing is slightly delayed because there s another unrelated hearing going on in this court behind me, but in a few minutes we do expect this hearing to take place where two of the three defendants in this case are expected to appear to set the scene for our viewers. we have to kind of differentiate this. these defendants are charged in the case that s related to that