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
all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim bruun huber ahead on cnn newsroom, we re getting a better look at the case against the air national guardsman who is accused of leaking classified pentagon documents and the charges he s facing republican hopefuls for president climb over each other to show who has the most support for gun rights at the annual nra convention. and an explosion leads to the japanese prime minister being evacuated from the place where he was giving a speech at what was behind the incident. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom with kim bruun hoover. u s government is moving quickly with its prosecution of the suspected leaker of classified documents that included detailed intelligence assessments of allies and adversaries alike. 21 year old air national guardsman jack to share a has now been formally charged under the espionage act. jason carroll has the latest on the charges and the continuing fallout fr
morning. it is april 15th. i m victor blackwell. merrill walker. thank you so much for spending part of your day with us. um how s it going? move here . you know what i have in my mind right now is when we re getting that invite to your place once your bar is all built out, is being built out. the bottles have not yet arrived from storage. but it s coming. it s coming. haven t arrived yet. no invitation just come and look at the shelves. okay it s coming. sure i m sure the shelves are beautiful. here s what we re watching this morning. this is not just about taking home documents. a 21 year old air man charged in connection with the leak of classified documents appeared in front of a federal judge friday . what we re learning about him and the questions being raised about who should have access to classified information. president biden is weighing in on the supreme court s decision to temporarily extend access to an abortion drug while it considers the case the next steps in
united states, canada and all around the world. i m kim brian hooper ahead on cnn newsroom president biden back home after his trip abroad and addressing the new abortion pill ruling what he had to say and what comes next in the supreme court butts. some positive news on the economic front this week, the fog seeming to lift on inflation in the us, but we ll talk with an economic equity. an economist who says be cautious of the new numbers and. panic and chaos of the political event in japan live in tokyo and why the prime minister had to be rushed to safety. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hoover. us president joe biden is back from his four day trip to ireland and weighing in on the abortion debate that still rages at home. he spoke with reporters after he arrived at dover air base and took aim at restrictions placed on a key abortion drug. here he is. i think it s outrageous what the court has done relatively they re going to overrule the fda, and
for somebody yourself football socket. remember that? it s only vento. don t miss a new episode of eva longoria s searching for mexico tomorrow. nine p.m. right here in on cnn. the newsroom continues right now. all right. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me on fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour with new details in the case against a 21 year old air national guardsman he is accused of leaking top secret pentagon information, jack. to share a was charged under the espionage act during his court appearance yesterday, and his arrest follows an intense week long search for the source of the online leak of secret documents. he is accused of posting documents that exposed sensitive intelligence the u. s has on both allies and adversaries, cnn senior national security correspondent alex marquardt joining us live from washington with more on this, alex. what more we learning about? the suspect and the road ahead for him. well fredricka to share may have kno