son on tv, but you know that child of holocaust was reporting the news. the best revenge. is to survive and thrive. that s why it s so important that we educate and we show the world what was going on, and that s what we re doing. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield and us diplomatic personnel and their families are now out of sudan. they were airlifted to neighboring djibouti in a dramatic overnight evacuation more than 100. us special operations personnel were involved in the extraction. the u. s embassy in her tomb has now suspended operations. violence in sudan broke out more than a week ago. heavy fighting between rival military factions, leaving more than 400 dead and thousands injured. cnn s or in lieberman is at the pentagon for so or in what more are you learning about this operation? this was an operation carried out effectively in the dead of night by a fairly small group of special operations forces right ar
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
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