french fat tuesday. next week is super tuesday, then super fat tuesday. this is debate number ten for the democrats, and one of the big questions going into this is how mike bloomberg would respond to his poor showing at the debate last week. so far, bloomberg spent about $500 million to get smacked around by elizabeth warren on television. his primary goal was to try to knock off the number one guy, bernie sanders. bernie has a lot of plans, expensive plans. he s no dummy. every time one of the other candidates asks who s going to pay for these programs he points to bloomberg and says him! meanwhile, president trump is on his way back home from india where he was well buttered. this is going to surprise you. he believes the reception he got was like nothing the indian people had ever given before. in the history of india, which has a long history and a brilliant history in so many different ways, there s never been a reception given to somebody like was given, and i would
expect wet roads. that will cause some problems. melissa mollet is tracking the road conditions for you. letes start with storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell and more on this morning s chilly rain. chuck? i feel bad for aaron s chauffeur on days like this. right? does he have to carry you to the car, over the puddles, on days like this put out the plasticmat so he wet.n t get his shoes i don t think what s happening here. they i don t know what s happening here. they don t pay him enough. it feels more like mid-march than mid-may. 40s to barely near 50 now. moreain ahead. yay. yikes. insulated raincoat, something to keep you cool and dry today. first round lifting out, more rain where they came from. a rumble or two of thunder. not a big threat for aytod just continuous chances for rain showers off and on through the entirety of the day. as i mentioned, we re in the 40s to around 50 now. 49 in manassas. 53 in quantico. 51 in leonardwnto maryland, 50 in ar
were back live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. us diplomatic personnel and their families are now safely out of sudan as the african nation descends into increasing violence. they were airlifted to neighboring djibouti and a dramatic overnight evacuation about 100. us special operations forces carried out a daring mission today, the u. s embassy in khartoum is closed. and the decision to evacuate personnel comes after a week of heavy fighting between sudan s military and arrival paramilitary group more than 400 people have been killed, including one american, the state department says there are about 16,000, potentially as many as 19,000 americans in sudan. most though, are dual nationals and our correspondents are well positioned here. and overseas to bring you all of the angles of this developing story. let s go to cnn s sam kiley live from djibouti. he s gonna be there in just a moment. let s begin with cnn s oren liebermann . he s over at the pentagon o
watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kimber and hooper ahead on cnn newsroom united states joins a growing list of countries evacuating its diplomatic personnel from sudan , brother american citizens there. it s a different story for now. all this amid signs a cease fire isn t holding. we ll look at how the white house is preparing for the legal fight to keep them if a person on the market and the mississippi river is the major flood stage ahead, we ll tell you who s in the danger zone. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hoover. france is joining the u. s and other countries in evacuating diplomats from sudan as clashes erupt in the capital khartoum. francis announcement came hours after the us pull out its own embassy staff as well as their families from the country. washington says it intends to return to the embassy as soon as possible with the suspending operations was quote the only really feasible option. us als
the government s latest pay offer. hello, i m frankie mccamley. one of the most prestigious horse races in the world, the grand national, was delayed earlier after a number of protesters made their way onto the track at antrie. onto the track at aintree. as you can see from these images the protesters got right onto the course. animal rights activists had warned they would try to disrupt the world famous race. a large number of police had been deployed to the raceground and they went onto the course to remove the protesters. merseyside police say say nine people were arrested. the start of the race was delayed for m minutes whilst the protesters were cleared from track. the race eventually went ahead and was won by corach rambler ridden by the jockey derek fox. let s go to straight to the racecourse near liverpool and speak to our correspondent sharon barbour. hello. it has been a day of real tension and drama. of course with the race being stopped, that was the goal of anima