scares. right here on cnn news central. right now, desperation is growing as tens of thousands of people are trying to escape the violence that is unfolding and escalating in sudan. over the last 24 hours, a mass evacuation has been picking up speed and urgency. u.s. officials have confirmed all of the u.s. personnel have been evacuated on president biden s order, u.s. special ops flew into the capital city and the troops were on the ground less than ong nearly 100 u.s. diplomats and staff and family members out. now, at this hour, roughly 16,000 americans remain in sudan and most of them holding dual citizenship, and now at this hour, tony blinken is speaking about the crisis for first time since this u.s. evacuation. listen to this. on saturday, i directed the temporary suspension of operations at khartoum, and we conducted a successful operation to safely evacuate u.s. personnel and their dependents. i want to reiterate my appreciate for ambassador john godfrey and t
could be called later, after a legal deadline for the resumption of power sharing passed at midnight. prince harry announces the title and publication date for his memoir, promising a raw and unflinchingly honest account of his life. and proof that bumblebees really do get a buzz out of playing with balls. elon musk has completed his $44 billion deal to buy twitter, after months of legal battles. the company s chief executive is reported to be among a number of seniorfigures who ve been fired, sources told us media they were escorted from the firm s headquarters. he has just tweeted, the bird is freed . earlier this year, mr musk, the world s richest person, attempted to back out of the purchase. we ll talk later to our tech correspondent james clayton. the united nations says there s no credible way of limiting the rise in global warming to one of the key thresholds agreed at the paris climate talks in 2015. a new report says governments around the world have been woeful
Foreign aid page passed on a bipartisan basis despite threats to tank it from republican isolationists. Take a listen. I hope our republican colleagues stand together. Im a child of the 80s, regan republic. I understand maintaining peace through strength. That is a guiding principle. A big part of our party and worldview. Here is an opportunity to make that stand at a critical time in world history. With that bipartisan win, johnson was effective liable to silence those same far right members threatening to move him from the speakership. Speaker johnson yesterday addressed a group of protesters at Columbia University who hack lettered him as he attempted to speak to the press. Take a listen. A Growing Number of students have chanted in support of terrorists. They have suchased down jewish students. They have mocked them and reviled them. They have screamed leat those w bear the star of david. Enjoy your free speech. We will do idwhat is right by america. We respect free speech. We resp
Democrats. You think of it as a purely democrat area. Its a very unfair situation. Donald trump may have violated the gag order in his Hush Money Trial yet again yesterday during a radio interview, complaining about the jury. Well get expert legal analysis on that. And yesterdays Opening Statements and first witness. Plus, well go through the newly unsealed transcripts in the classified Documents Case which shows a former white house staffer tried to warn trump about the legal issues he could face. You know, if he stole classified documents. And its another day where trump is in court and President Biden is on the Campaign Trail. This time in trumps home state. Well preview the president s speech in tampa, florida. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, april 23rd. Along with joe, willie, and me, we have u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. And Deputy Managing Editor for politics at politico, sam stein. Doing a little Way Too Early duty this morning. Of co
thank you so much, we wish you the best of, like you and your organization, thank you. thank you. that wraps it up for me, everybody, i am yasmin, back in the chair tomorrow, two pm eastern, simon starts right now. greetings everyone, you are watching symone. i want to start on this veterans day by thinking all who have served. we begin this hour with the breaking news, speaker of the house mike johnston just moments ago releasing his plan to keep the government open. we are going to dig into this latest proposal to avoid a shutdown, before the friday deadline. congresswoman will join me in just a moment with reaction to details of the plans that were just released. and high stakes elections this week with big wins for democrats who were running on the biden agenda. without mentioning things like bidenomics by name. will that work in 2024? i will discuss with the democratic national committee chair jaime harrison. plus, more breaking news today, israeli prime minister