what can you tell us about that? what is their mission? reporter: well, their mission is a contingency really, boris. they in combination with a large amount of air assets, drones and the like that the americans have put up in order to maintain an understanding of what s happening on the ground may be used going forward as part of a ground move potentially if there is a lot of pressure from american citizens in particular to get out of the country, they could be guided to safety potentially to port sudan. port sudan is a location already being used for evacuations. a french frigate docked today with the aim of taking out 500. a ship left yesterday with several onboard. so it does function. the french warship is taking out 500 people that did participate in a convoy organized by the united nations from khartoum to port sudan. the problem is that in the view of the americans the situation
nearby countries like ethiopia and others, others used travelling on road and travelling on road and travelling their nationals from khartoum to port sudan which is located 500 limited to the east of the capital and then taking them by sea from there so it seems very complicated and it is because of that that we are seeing a slow evacuation process right now but for the many people who are scattered and trapped in different parts of the country and even in the capital, the coming days and even the coming hours today are going to be very detrimental, very important as they seek, as they seek to try to leave this conflict zone. conflict zone. what, if any, ho -e is conflict zone. what, if any, hope is there conflict zone. what, if any, hope is there of any - conflict zone. what, if any, l hope is there of any progress being made in terms of these two warring factions coming together to agree on some sort of way forward? we
in khartoum to port sudan, that 650 km away, they have to go through various checkpoints, almost all the people we ve been talking to our reporting their bags being ransacked, their pockets being checked, cars looted, their valuables taken away from them. and this is either by people in uniform or people who have removed their uniform, so it s very difficult to tell who these people are, but militia. when these people get to the border, at some borders only women, children and the elderly are allowed to go through, the men are being asked to go and get their visas. we are seeing a lot of separations of families. that s a very interesting separations of families. that s a very interesting line separations of families. that s a very interesting line that - separations of families. that s a very interesting line that i ve . separations of families. that s a | very interesting line that i ve not heard before, the separation of families and men being asked to do something different to w
we have new details from the state department on the ongoing efforts to get 16,000 american citizens out of danger in sudan after that risky embassy evacuation secretary of state anthony blinken oversaw that mission with the pentagon saying u.s. special forces evacuated just over 100 people over this past weekend. here is what he said earlier today about americans still trapped in sudan right now in just the last 36 hours since the embassy evacuation operation was completed, we continue to be in close communication with u.s. citizens and individuals affiliated with the u.s. government to provide assistance and facilitate available departure routes for those seeking to find safety via land, air and safety this includes from khartoum to port sudan
dana: thousands of americans remain trapped in sudan. many of them hold dual citizenship of america and sudan. they have no safe way to get out. as of now, there are no u.s. plans for additional evacuations. the pentagon describing the rescue mission at the embassy as fast and clean. reminded me how proud i am to be a member of the military but how grateful i am to be an american. the only country that can do what occurred tonight. bill: general jack keane has analysis. jennifer griffin, national security correspondent has the word from the pentagon. what are you hearing? right now the u.s. military is flying unmanned surveillance drones over the dangerous overland route from khartoum to port sudan to protect a u.n. convoy exiting the capital. dozens of citizens have joined the convoy and they re setting