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
Best selling books. What makes a good story, in your minding . What do you look for . Guest so theres no formula. I dont actually think that. The question you just asked me ive never really asked myself exactly. What leads me to want to write a book, because theyre a pain in the neck to do. You really have to have a level of passion about it. That its finding, usually what it is if i look back on it, its finding a person, an interesting person in an interesting situation that will allow me to explore some interesting ideas, and thats it. And what almost always happens is that ive got lots of little projects bubbling along, magazine pieces or things im investigating, and something becomes so interesting, it consumes me, and i get to the point in my head where i think, wow, this is such a good story, i have an obligation to tell it. And thats the point its a book. I feel like i have to do it, it really should be done because this story should be told. But in terms of, like, if you asked
Smithsonian associates. To our members, im so glad that youre here. Its your support that makes events like tonights possible. And to the many of you joining us for the first time, equally warm welcome and an invitation to explore the wide range of programs we offer here at smithsonian associates. Before we begin, now is the perfect time to turn off your cell phone or anything else that might make noise during the program. Thank you for doing that. In february of 2016, a team of New York Times staffers discovered dozens of unpublished photographs in the newspapers archive. Some of these were published in a hugely popular multimedia series, unpublished black history. The monthlong series explored the history behind the photos garnering 1. 7 million views and thousands of comments from readers. Were thrilled to welcome tonight two of the authors involved with creating the book inspired by their discovery. Unseen unpublished black history from the New York Times Photo Archives which is av
Discovered dozens of unpublished photographs. They were hugely popular, unpublished black history. The monthlong series explored the history behind the photos, garnering 1. 7 million views and thousands of comments from readers. Were thrilled to welcome tonight two of the authors who were involved with creating the book inspired by their discovery, unseen, unpublished black history from the New York Times Photo Archives, which is available for purchase and signing following the program. Darcy eveleigh is a contributing photo editor at the New York Times, and the creator and editor of the lively morgue, a times blog and tumbler series. Rachel swarns is a contributing author. She is the author of american tapestry, the story of black, white, and multiracial ancestors of michelle obama. Moderating the conversation this evening is rhea combs. The curator of film, history and culture. She serves as the head of museum africanamerican media arts. Please join me in welcoming darcy eveleigh, Ra
The show to members of congress. This week on the communicators well talk with members of congress as well as some of the companies, and well also showcase some of the latest technologies. Gary shapiros the ceo of cpa which is sponsoring this show on capitol hill. Whats important to bringing these companies to capitol hill to meet with legislators . Guest well, we have a couple dozen companies, and we wanted to give the members of congress a quick, easy sample of what we do every year in about las vegas with 2. 5 million square feet. We want them to see innovation happening thats happening in the u. S. , lifechanging innovation whether its health care, its car navigation, its in health and safety, so many other things so they understand the decisions they make have reallife consequences. Host so, mr. Shapiro, whats your early impression of the Trump Administration and the Tech Community . Guest i think the Trump Administration wants the Tech Community to succeed. It measures itself by