let's begin with cnn's sam kiley live from djibouti, sam the sudden worldwide evacuations from sudan. is apparently overwhelming the airport where you are in djibouti, crowding that airspace. it's not just americans trying to get out of sudan. obviously. what more can you tell us? well, jim, first of all on the american evacuation with which really was in the vanguard of a multinational series of evacuations began overnight with the american special forces about 100 troops of three helicopters involved in that taking off here from djibouti, which is very much the international hub for this evacuation. a series of operations. the americans flew into ethiopia and then on low and slow into khartoum over many hundreds of miles. very dangerous operation, spending about an hour less than an hour on the ground, officials say, rescuing some 70 plus americans and other nationalities. now these americans who were working for the embassy and their dependence and a handful of other international's that they were able to take out their leaving behind. many 1016 to 19,000 is the estimate of america

sam kiley is in djibouti right now. he's back with this. we've reconnected a signal. there you are. alright so, sam, how did this mission happen? well here in djibouti, it is there is a substantial us base here in djibouti, and that has been the hub really? not only of the united states effort but also in the vanguard of an international effort. local authorities here are saying that they've got the military's from some 11 nations using the djibouti international airport for their own evacuations or part of their own evacuations. but the americans got underway at first light this morning with a mini extraordinary move of at least three chanukah aircraft that flew into ethiopia from here that in and of itself is quite a long way. they refueled there and then flew very low and relatively slow only about 100 miles an hour for many hundreds of miles into the capital cartoon, where they were on the ground for less than an hour, but 100 troops, mostly special forces involved in that evacuation of between 70 and 100 personnel almost simultaneously with that british special forces were also

kylie let's go to sam kiley, who is on the phone with us. is actually in the east african country of djibouti. where uh, it ended up being, uh, place of this evacuation mission. so, sam, give me an idea. kylie just gave us a pretty good sketch of how it all went down. what more can you tell us? well, just that those three hercules aircraft plus support aircraft that are not being declared had to fly at about 100 miles an hour for about 800 miles at very low level so that they couldn't be identified or picked up by ground forces. now that was a very rapid operation. concurrent with that we now know that the british special forces and french special forces had launched almost simultaneous evacuations, the british event and the french evacuating each are also so about 100 people. there were some reports unconfirmed from suit sources, security sources. in the sudanese rebel groups saying that they had been some kind of engagement, some kind of firefight with the french forces . french government is not commenting on that at this stage, but there

cnn's sam kiley is in djibouti which is where many diplomats and families and others have been evacuated, why don't you tell us what you are seeing there. >> reporter: it's run out -- >> sam, john berman in new york. can you hear me? sam? sam kiley obviously is in djibouti having a hard time hearing our coms. djibouti is of course on the coast on the red sea coast of africa. the u.s. has a very large military base there. that is where a good many u.s. personnel, the diplomatic personnel and their families, have been taken to. sam has been seeing them coming in there. we will try to get sam back in just a moment. >>> first, though, let's go to kate. >> we will get back to sam on the ground there very quickly. as john has been discussing president biden now says all u.s. government personnel have been evacuated from the region. the state department leading the effort to coordinate the evacuation. let's get more on that, cnn's kylie atwood is at the state department with the very latest. kylie, what are you learning about the other americans still in sudan? what are you hearing from the sta

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using port sudan for more evacuations, and massive evacuations taking place, john. >> thank you, sam kiley. we will continue to monitor this evacuation going on. sara. >> this is a blogger who managed to capture some of the violence as she is trying to get out of the country, and lashmi who had just joined me, but she is in wagmad wagmadani, and let's show some of the video, and showing the video here, and this is her here trying to hitchhike to get out of khartoum whereas you know violence has been constant and been in so many areas, and people who are foreign nationals have been trying to get out the best they can. and this is her as she -- listen to sound of what she was hearing before she was trying to leave khartoum. listen to this. she saying that we have been caught by the crossfire and gun explosions and terrifying moments, and we know that she is safe now, but we can't get her back as she is trying to talk to people in places like this can be difficult sometimes. we will try to get her back in a few moments, but first, we will send it over to kate. >> absolutely. thank you, sara.

more from the white house in a moment, but sam kiley is in djibouti where the operation began. sam, this seems like a global retreat. >> global retreat is the exact way to put it. here we have a french air force long distance cargo plane. that has been, we understand, on about four rotations into khartoum, and the french have evacuated close to 500 people. in distance beyond it is an raf aircraft and similarly the british joined the americans and taken in some of the americans as they took in some of the diplomats in the beginning of the operation over the weekend and taking their citizens in what is some of their words a failure to get some of the people out, the people not diplomats or the people not lucky enough to be wealthy or enough to get a vehicle out to mustering point. over here in this area of the djibouti airport, you can see the hub of what it is for the military. and hercules and similar aircraft and the flying trucks of the military world, they are parked over there, and they are part of this multi national evacuation effort including special forces from japan, so

sam kiley is live in gentleman wo djibouti. what is the status as of now? >> reporter: so far it appears to be offering the international community what they are describing as a mcomissive environment. so there has been a slight drop of violence including in khartoum. but more widely i think that real proof will be in the pudding. previous ceasefires were supposed to mark the end of ramadan and being used to begin evacuations starting with the u.s. embassy personnel. but that was not really observed. but this one seems to be holding i think as a result of international pressure. and we can bring in the first photographs of the people rescued by the united states, these are embassy personnel. there is a photograph that we've been given by the pentagon of two people embracing after their arrival here in djibouti. and then of course we have the u.s. ambassador greeting the commander of the base here for american operations. and we're also told by a source in the pentagon that there are two ships that could be used as part of possible plans to increase the leve

sam kiley is in djibouti which hundreds of diplomats are using to escape the route, and what are youthere? >> well, sara, this is a small country has become the hub for multinational special forces efforts involving troops from countries as far as away as japan and south korea all of the way through to the united states, and of course, many, many europeans, and now that particular operation led there by the united states took in british special forces who themselves then went out on the ground and mustered british expatriots to get them on the 18 kilometer drive which is 30 mimile miles out to airstrip to get the brits out. and there are nearly 400 people out on another flight that i have understood they are doing or imminently on the way, and the united states are saying that their citizens should remain in place, and the reason for that is that there has been an escalation of the level of violence particularly in kha khartoum, but around the country, and that means it is dangerous indeed for the civilians to move from where they are hiding to get through the checkpoints to get to a

sam kiley, who is on the ground in djibouti for us. the u.s.ent says that a large-scale evacuation operation is simply too dangerous. >> reporter: yeah. there is a different attitude, but they have different challenges, i think, there, boris. the british for example have 4,000 british to be in sudan. that's a massive challenge. they're talking about trying to run at least eight flights from cyprus into khartoum. they have troops on the ground, royal marines that is secured a bridge defend head near an airport and are escorting people to that location, or at least encouraging the situation to be possible to do that. for americans they have potentially 16,000 if all want to leave, but as far as the americans have said, they don't believe it's a permissive enough environment to conduct an airborne evacuation. here's what john kirby said. >> i'm note going to go so far to say there's no violence. we have seed sporadic shelling and firing in khartoum, but largely the violence is way down. we want to take advantage of the cease-fire to make sure that

sam kiley there in djibouti for us. thank you, sam. >>> all right. this is just into cnn.e right wing network have just announced that the two have parted ways and the cnn media reporter is just in with this. he is out on friday and will he say good-bye? >> no. this is stunning news coming from fox. they they the last show was april 21st, and they put out a short statement saying that they thank him for his service, and that it is. that is all we know right now, and this is coming days after last week. you remember that fox news seas settled this massive lawsuit with dominion with the election laws paid out $787 million and the highest defamation settlement ever publicly known, and this is days after that, and unknown if it is related but it is hard to imagine that these things coincidentally happen, and he was so in doubt over the u.s. election results up until the last few weeks, so possibly a relationship there, and really big news. i should point out that they have stuck with them through quite a lot. like he has promoted conspiracy theories about the vaccines and said

cnn's sam kiley reports. >> relief for the few evacuated to safety.rtillery] misery for the many left behind. multinational rescue efforts involving special forces from across the world is underway, with a focus on bragging diplomats and their families from the horror of sudan's new civil war. >> my first priority is the safety of our people, and i determined that this deteriorating security conditions in khartoum pose an unacceptable risk to keeping our team there at the time. >> but an estimated 60,000 americans, thousands of other foreigners, and of course countless sudanese remain. they are engulfed in mayhem and growing violence. >> quite frankly, the situation is not conducive and not safe to try to conduct some kind of a larger military evacuation of american citizens. >> france has evacuated around 500 people. the u.s.? less than 100. >> you've got the wfp, the msf, icrc -- >> rescue missions use this modest airport as a military hub. >> do you feel you are at this kind of center of a storm here? >> exactly, yes, exactly, and we're proud of th

base in djibouti, sam kiley is in djibouti. the u.s.it's too dangerous and too large of a job to evacuate the thousands of others of u.s. citizens there, many of them dual-nationals but they are sending two warships to the port of sudan. d do we know what those are for? and what's the latest on the condition of those americans remaining behind? >> reporter: so, on the warship, jim, yes, the u.s. is sending two warships. the british is doing the same. the french frigate actually docked in port sudan, taking 500 people, mostly people who made it to port sudan across more than 500 miles of desert from khartoum. in a u.n. convoy. and the british are saying that they expect to be able to have two evacuation flights land in the military air field, near the part of the twin city are khartoum, across the nile there. later on today/tonight. in that context, the americans are saying notwithstanding the fact that there could be some 16,000 americans still in the country, they do not see even the cease-fire at the moment, as providing a permissive

sam kiley. that is where the rescue operation was launched. sam, hello to you there. afternoon, 2:00 in the afternoon to you. what more are we learning about this mission? >> the u.s. forces are based here for under the africa specialists part of the pentagon. they launched this mission which was the in the vanguard of a multinational series of missions launched by countries from as wide from europe all the way to japan. the japanese standing by bringing in their forces, trying to bring their people out. the americans flew from here in to ethiopia. refueled and then flew very, very low indeed and relatively slowly over a huge distance to the sudanese capital. they're flying low so they cannot give any chance to even undisciplined elements trying to shoot down the aircraft. they had no gunfire going in or going out. there was a sort of cease-fire in place. but that really wasn't holding particularly well. it clearly did not come under fire. and they pulled out some 70 plus embassy officials and families plus a handful of internationals. that led the way for a british e

cnn's sam kiley joins us live from djibouti.essentially a global retreat from sudan. >> reporter: yeah, very much so, john. global retreat is the way to put it. we have a french air force, long distance cargo plane. that has been we understand on about four rotations into khartoum. the french have evacuated close to 500 people. in the distance beyond that is an raf aircraft. similarly the british have joined the americans, indeed british special forces were taken in by americans during the american evacuation of their diplomats at the beginning of the operation and the weekend taking out about a hundred people. both the united states and united kingdom though being criticized quite bitterly by their own citizens for what in their words has been something of a failure to get those other people out, the people who are not diplomats, not lucky enough to be wealthy or able to get a vehicle out to a mustering point. now, over in this direction here at djibouti international airport you can see what a major hub for military it has bec

cnn's senior international correspondent, sam kiley is live where the rescue operation was launched. sam, obviously, there's a lot of questions about how this actually went down, what this looked like on saturday, but also what it means, that these countries including the u.s. are now making this decision to get people out. >> reporter: well, kaitlan, i think what it means is that the ongoing violence, and it is escalating very rapidly, not just in khartoum, but elsewhere in the country, has made life unlivable for members of the international community. there's a huge number of aid organizations there, business people. there are students, too, from around africa, studying, or have been studying in khartoum and its twin city on the nyle. and life has become impossible, because the fighting between these two factions is in street-street, all over the country. not in pockets here, huther and dither. we just spoke to a man who said there are dead bodies outside the building where he lives. he's staying there. his family are being evacuated to elsewhere in sudan. but that is an option tha

we're going to begin with cnn senior international correspondent sam kiley in djibouti. 's joining us over the phone now, sam, what is the latest? what can you tell us about the us evacuations? i know the special operations forces took off from there. they get indeed, the there are three helicopters. at least that is part of what they would call the air package flown as part of the special forces operation. there was also cnn is able to being able to track and a c 1 30 hercules gunship with how it's our on board and canon. providing no doubt top cover. they flew 800 miles an hour. sorry, 800, miles 100 miles an hour in order to extract what the military is saying is less than 100, mostly us personnel, but handful of foreign nationals to who was located with this largely diplomatic group. now the embassy has been entirely evacuated of americans, and that includes us marines. the local staff left behind. they are guarding at the embassy and the state department, saying that they hope to reinvest that important ambassadorial location as soon as the fighting subsides, but the

kevin cnn senior international correspondent sam kiley is up next. he is in djibouti. m what's the latest there in sudan and the people who are trying to get out of the country beyond the u. s personnel? are they able to get out? what do you know? well there is a major international effort either underway or in the planning involving french aircraft. i've seen those on the airfield here in djibouti americans, of course, canadians , the british have special forces. the us run camp here, french and spanish, so, and egyptians and turks now the turks have said that they are for now postponing their efforts. the egyptians are saying that their citizens should try to gather at a series of locations but the most dramatic development and at the moment we've got no comment coming from the french government, but allegations being made by both of the warring factions in khartoum, the sudanese capital that a french convoy by road attempting to evacuate its diplomats came under fire. allegedly this is an allegation being made by one of the warring factions on the ground and was forc

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cnn senior international correspondent sam kiley is in djibouti which is about 800 miles east of khartoum lab and i think concerns over a germ threat. >> reporter: yeah, there are deep concerns that the pathogens in this laboratory named by the w.h.o., the world health organization, john, as being measles, polio and cholera to get out, particularly if there is some kind of clash in that laboratory or indeed if conditions under which they're kept are compromised. now, these -- we are not talking covid-19, this isn't worldwide potential catastrophe, but it is a potential extra level of horror on the already preexisting catastrophic humanitarian situation in sudan. polio has almost been -- or has been eradicated in sudan, it's trying to get its foot hold back in places like burundi, mozambique and parts of south africa but essentially that has been eradicated. cholera and measles are endemic in sudan. in the case of cholera it gets a grip of a population that is vulnerable, exhausted, short of food and clean water. if you don't have clean water access in places like khartoum cholera can rear

sam kiley has more. >> reporter: relief for the few evacuated to safety.nd. the multi-national rescue effort involving special forces from across the world is under way with a focus on rescuing diplomats and their families from the horror of sudan's new civil war. >> my first priority is the safety of our people and i determined that the deteriorating securities conditions in khartoum posed an unacceptable risk to keeping our team there at this time. >> reporter: but an estimated 16,000 americans, thousands of other foreigners and of course countless sudanese remain. they're engulfed in may hem amid growing violence. >> quite frankly the situationdo conduct a military evacuation of american citizens. >> reporter: france has evacuated around 500 people. the u.s. less than 100. >> so you've got wfp, msf, icrc. >> reporter: rescue missions use this modest airport as a military hub. >> do you feel that you're at the center of a storm here? >> exactly, yes. exactly. and we are proud of this because we -- for the size of our airports, we can manage all the weste

all right, sam kiley. we're also looking at some pictures right there from emmanuel macron, the president of france , showing some of the evacuation efforts that they've been undertaking there in sudan as well. this has been happening for lots of countries around the world. sam kiley in djibouti. thanks so much. cnn's oren liebermann is over at the pentagon for us, or how complicated was this mission for the u. s. well, even under the best of circumstances, this would have been a difficult mission for a number of different reasons. firstly the distances we're talking about here looks are large, heavy lift helicopters and they had to get from djibouti, some 750 or 800, miles to khartoum in sudan, make the pick up in a conflicted environment. and then, of course, get home with that refueling stop in ethiopia. you see it on the map right there. and then onwards to djibouti. so that was the first difficult factor. of course. it's also the situation in which this is going on two warring factions in sudan , the

cnn's sam kiley is reporting on the situation from djibouti for us and sam. how was the extraction of us personnel carried out and are officials saying why it was necessary? well let's start with why it was necessary there, christine, you say it's on sudan's on the brink of civil war, i think from the american and international perspective, it is a country in the throes of a very violent, actual civil war. there are, for example, sudanese jets bombarding positions inside their own capital. and it's that level of violence that provoked not just the united states. but it enormous international military effort centered here in djibouti or out of here in djibouti, mainly to try to get international aid workers and other people, students and all kinds of internationals out of that country. when it comes to the united states. they were. a weekend with a very daring raid effectively by some 100 americans, mostly special forces involving three to nuke helicopters that took off from here in djibouti flew via ethiopia, where they refueled in addis ababa and then flew v

so we begin this hour with our senior international correspondent sam kiley. he's where this rescue operation was launched. good morning to you. look, the u.s. state department saying fast and clean. what more do we know about this mission? >> it was effectively the vanguard of the wide number of international rescue mission that's are continuing at pace the security situation continues to collapse. not just in khartoum, the city's capital, but really across the country. this was all focused out of the hub, not only for the u.s. operation but really for the international operations. there have been other rescued organized by the british out ofcy press. the americans led the field taking british special forces in as they went in to take out this 70 plus americans, their dependents from the embassy and handful of foreigners. they flew for some 800 miles at about, you know, just tree top level. very low flight. very, very slow in the hercules aircraft. they need to keep it low to avoid any ground fire, make sure they surprise any dangerous elements on the ground.

we were hearing earlier this week reporting from our colleague sam kiley that the u.s.n plans at the port of sudan, et cetera. what can you tell us about all of this stands now? yeah. the family members we spoke to, these are americans in the u.s. who are helping their american family members in sudan get out of the country, essentially feel like they're doing it on their own. they're us from stfrustrated by dangerous situation. one american telling us she was disgusted by the lack of support that they have received for these american citizens who are obviously trying to navigate to safety right now. and these americans are also describing to us what the conditions are like on the ground for their family members. listen to what they had to say. >> they're stuck at the border. there's no water. of there's no food. the boarder is essentially humanitarian crisis. and they're not the only americans who are facing this issue. >> the wait time at the border is many days. children are crying. and they're just laying on the ground. it's a desert. even if you have catch, you can

. >> sam kiley in nearby djibouti, thanks very much. >>> let's go to the pentagon and cnn's oren liebermann. ahead of this newly announced cease-fire, the u.s. said it was actively facilitating the exit of americans who remain in sudan. you were at the pentagon briefing earlier. what more are you learning? >> wolf, the pentagon has 24/7 surveillance up in terms of drones over and near sudan to keep an eye on the situation on the ground. ha is to monitor the land routes out of the country, convoys trying to get to port sudan and get on a ship. the u.s. navy sending in ships, one now off the coast of sudan and one headed that way right now. there would give an option for medical care as well as an option to get out on the ships and transport them to another way. we heard from john kirby over the weekend. -- secretary of state antony blinken said there were intensive efforts to get to the point to announce another cease-fire. now it's the critical situation o monitoring to see if it holds. near is national security adviser jake sullivan from earlier in the day. >> we are actively facilitating

cnn's senior international correspondent sam kiley is in nearby djibouti for us. >> reporter: as thisy. there is estimated to be 16,000 u.s. citizens is to shelter in place. that's in contrast, for example, to the british who've landed at least one aircraft that went in from cyprus and returned to cyprus. that landed in an air strip in the desert just to the west of khartoum. and, of course, the french have actually collected 500 refugees who went out overland amid frigate. that was a 500 mile, 800 kilometer drive. the brits and the americans are sending two warships to port sudan. there has been contingency planning for possible military intervention with the french success of their mission. that would seem unin eand unlikely. but it is a likely location for people to get to if they can been in touch with people in the city, is that moving around the city remains close to impossible because of the ongoing fighting. in other words, a ceasefire isn't particularly strong. and, on top of that, there are chronic shortages of food, fuel, and water. as a result of that, 20,000 refugees in t

you go, to your point about evacuations, because we do have this new reporting from our colleague sam kiley to sent troops to help evacuate u.s. citizens. this has been a complaint of many u.s. citizens, some dual nationals, some who are not. this woman is a teacher in sudan, is stuck with her 18-month-old baby. my question is do you think the u.s. should do that, should send troops in the port of sudan and help those people get out? >> well, let's be clear. what you were describing as port sudan on the red sea which is a long way from the active fighting in khartoum. if we can safely facilitate the evacuation of civilian u.s. dual nationals we should. but a large-scale military operation out of the center of khartoum in the airport there, my assessment is that's not safe at this moment. >> okay. we'll keep following because we also know two u.s. warships are being deployed towards the port of sudan right now. senator coons, really appreciate you coming on "cnn this morning." >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> yeah, notable comments there, especially as the u.s. embassy is saying the evacuatio