scares. right here on cnn news central. right now, desperation is growing as tens of thousands of people are trying to escape the violence that is unfolding and escalating in sudan. over the last 24 hours, a mass evacuation has been picking up speed and urgency. u.s. officials have confirmed all of the u.s. personnel have been evacuated on president biden s order, u.s. special ops flew into the capital city and the troops were on the ground less than ong nearly 100 u.s. diplomats and staff and family members out. now, at this hour, roughly 16,000 americans remain in sudan and most of them holding dual citizenship, and now at this hour, tony blinken is speaking about the crisis for first time since this u.s. evacuation. listen to this. on saturday, i directed the temporary suspension of operations at khartoum, and we conducted a successful operation to safely evacuate u.s. personnel and their dependents. i want to reiterate my appreciate for ambassador john godfrey and t
listen to this. on saturday, i directed the temporary suspension of operations at khartoum, and we conducted a successful operation to safely evacuate u.s. personnel and their dependents. i want to reiterate my appreciate for ambassador john godfrey and the entire embassy team who managed the consolidation of our people and the necessary e vacuation undera very fluid situation as they were trying to broker a cease-fire. i could not be prouder of our team and most of whom are en route back to the united states. i especially want to express my gratitude to secretary of defense chiefs austin and milley and also, the usual extraordinary precision and skill, and they have dem traited they are the fine nest the world.