the race to flee war-torn sudan, this morning countries around the world rushing to get citizens to safety. u.s. diplomats and their families airlifted from the u.s. embassy with an estimated 16,000 americans still there. what the white house is now saying. president biden is ready to launch his reelection bid, new details on those plans. the thinking of those around him and a new poll that suggests most democrats are still on the fence about another biden run. a scary site in the friendly skies, fire erupting on two planes within days, one midair after a possible bird strike, the other during takeoff. these major stories and more all coming in right here to cnn news central. happening now, a global race to evacuate diplomats and citizens from sudan as the intense fighting rages on. over the last 24 hours at least 1,000 people have fled the violence by air, scene after scene of u.s. allies packing cargo planes just hours after u.s. officials confirmed that all u.s
everyone. thank you so much for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin with a dramatic evacuation of u. s. government personnel and their families from sudan president biden confirming the operation overnight more than 100. special operations personnel were involved in the extraction. the decision to evacuate came after a week of heavy fighting between rival military factions that left more than 400 dead and thousands injured. we ve got full coverage with kylie atwood at the state department, kevin liptak at the white house. kylie let s begin with you. this was a big operation. i mean what was happening behind the scenes at the state department and what provoked this decision. major operation and what you have to understand with embassies like this that are in areas where conflict can arise is that the state department has plans for these evacuations. but then they have to go back and look at these plans in a very detailed way, and that s what state department offic
As concerns mount, heres what the us president had to say. Reporter mr president , what is your message to iran in this moment . Dont. We are devoted to the defence of israel. We will support israel, we will help defend israel and iran will not succeed. Thank you very much. Our state department correspondent, tom bateman, has this analysis. Well, i think theres two things going on here. Because what weve had is the very public messaging from the white house right up to President Biden himself, which has been around the fear of or the concern of the credible threat of an attack by the iranians onto israeli soil. And what has been said to be an ironclad commitment by The Americans to israels right to defend itself, in the case of that, but then theres been this behind the scenes messaging, which has been going on for several days now, from across the us administration, which has been far more specific about what kind of strike this might involve. Now, that is included. Our us news partne
An iranian strike on israel could come at any moment. As concerns mount, heres what the us president had to say. Reporter mr president , what is your message to iran in this moment . Dont. We are devoted to the defence of israel. We will support israel, we will help defend israel and iran will not succeed. Thank you very much. So why is the us putting out such strong warnings about a possible attack . And how are those warnings being felt in israel . Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has this analysis, from jerusalem. President biden has said that he expects an attack against israel from iran sooner rather than later, and unnamed us officials are saying that attack could involve hundreds of drones and missiles against military targets here in israel. Now, that may be a prediction of the future based on hard intelligence, but it may also be the United States trying to deter iran to try and minimize any kind of response by talking up the threat right now. It also could be an att
On israel could come at any moment. As concerns mount, heres what the us president had to say. Reporter mr president , what is your message to iran in this moment . Dont. We are devoted to the defence of israel. We Will Support Israel, we will help defend israel and iran will not succeed. Thank you very much. So why is the us putting out such strong warnings about a possible attack . And how are those warnings being felt in israel . Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has this analysis, from jerusalem President Biden has said that he expects an attack against israel from iran sooner rather than later, and unnamed us officials are saying that attack could involve hundreds of drones and missiles against military targets here in israel. Now, that may be a prediction of the future based on hard intelligence, but it may also be the United States trying to deter iran to try and minimize any kind of response by talking up the threat right now. It also could be an attempt to try and sha