anderson cooper tomorrow at eight on cnn. you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour in the african country of sudan , where thousands of americans are caught up in an escalating crisis. the u. s. state department has announced it will carry out a military assisted evacuation of government personnel if the crisis worsens. in the past week, more than 400 people have died since two rival generals first lead their forces into a battle for control of the country. that death toll includes at least one american, both sudan s army and its paramilitary rival. or s f say they will. help evacuate foreign nationals. in fact, minutes ago, the rsf commander says he has talked to us officials and pledged his assistance. when it comes to evacuating americans. the u. s is making preparations . we understand to get diplomatic personnel out right now, but the white house says private citizens should not expect any evacuation and cnn s larry meadow has the la
moore, the detroit lions and shaka tony of the washington commanders are facing an indefinite suspension. shortly after the nfl s announcement. the lions released cephas and more from their contracts to additional lions players. stanley berryhill and jamison williams are suspended for the team s first six games of the season. and let s talk now with the former nfl linebacker chad brown. he joins us now he played more than a dozen seasons with new england, seattle and pittsburgh. chad great to see you. what do you think about this gambling situation? does the does the league have a problem with this? is that what we re starting to see emerge? we are beginning to see the beginnings of a problem for the league when the league decided to make relationships and partners with sports books, they knew the slippery slope was going to be there, so there was a player suspended last year for the entire season. now we have the news of this washington commander player and troy lion players, but ther
TROY — Twenty-eight people submitted written statements opposing a property owner’s application to rent out a downtown Troy building for church gatherings Sundays.