than an hour on the ground they were able to plug some 17 plus embassy staff and their families , plus a small number of foreign nationals, the state department said out of the country and then flying them back, at least to eat the opiate now there were no contacts with any kind of violence in that operation. there have been some unconfirmed reports that it almost simultaneously. almost simultaneously. a french evacuation effort may have come under fire, but that has been unconfirmed at this stage of british special forces and the french special forces evacuated some 100 plus people from their nationalities and other foreigners at the belgium s dutch and even the norwegians are now and germans are now carrying out their efforts. but there are 19,000 potentially americans still stuck. in sudan , many of them dual nationals, not all of them necessarily wanting to be evacuated. but this isn t just focused on khartoum. in terms of the need for evacuation. there is violence spread
thanks for joining us. i m fredricka whitfield. joe biden is on his way to the southern border ahead of the north american leader summit in mexico city. moments ago, he boarded air force one and departed for el paso, texas, where he will eventually assess the situation along the border for himself. this will be his first visit to the border during his presidency. his administration is under fire from republicans and some democrats over the migrant crisis along the southern border. el paso, texas, had seen a record level of migrants and asylum seekers arriving in recent weeks, hoping a trump era law blocking border crossings would be lifted. cnn s correspondent is at the white house for us. so this trip comes just days after biden unveiled a new immigration plan. what more can you tell us about the president s visit and his goals? reporter: joe biden will spend roughly three hours in el paso, texas, a city that s been at the center of the immigration debate for years now. it
New estimate. 180,000 russian forces making a push on to eastern france in ukraine. that s according to ukrainian military spokesman. for context, that is more than twice the size of the british army. president zelenskyy has been openly addressing the difficulties they have been facing on the front lines. he does still maintain progress is being made. he s also making news in a new exclusive interview with erin burnett who sat down with him in odessa as he told her that he does believe president putin s power is diminishing. have you seen any changes and how you think he s acting, in his behaviors, since the attempted coup? [speaking non-english] translator: yes, we see the reaction after certain bogner steps. we see putin s reaction. it is week. firstly, we see he doesn t control everything. wagner is moving deep into russia and taking certain regions shows how easy it is to
And connection with the people of sudan, and the president went on to say, and this is important. i am receiving regular reports from my team on their ongoing work to assist americans in sudan. to the extent possible. we are also working closely with our allies and partners in this effort, and so the president and they re making the point that they won t be able to do everything they can to get these americans out, but they will do what they can going forward fredricka alright will remain volatile for a bit. kevin liptak kylie atwood. sam carly, thanks to all of you appreciate it. alright now to ukraine, where officials say russian attacks or being reported along the length of the war s front line, especially in the eastern part of the country. one ukrainian military spokesman said shelling in these areas has been going around the clock and it comes ahead of an expected ukrainian counter offensive, which could happen within weeks or months, and for one town in southeastern ukraine. it
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