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im jim acosta in washington will be in this hour of americans caught up in the escalating crisis in sudan. just minutes ago, the u. s state department announced it will carry out a military assisted evacuation of government personnel if the crisis worsens . in the past week, more than 400 people have died since two rival generals first lead their forces into a battle for control of the country. that death toll includes at least one american. both sudans army and its paramilitary rival....

right? hes going to keep pushing, but its also not clear, don that russian forces are capable of achieving what putin wants and certainly not quickly and that adds up to sort of a depressing conclusion and that is that this war could drag on for some time, with a lot more fighting, a lot more bombing, sadly, a lot more civilian casualties, and really a world war ii-like battle in the east. this has the potential for a long, hard, and deadly slog. >> jim sciutto, see you get some rest. ...

You think to either one of you? maybe to you, margaret first. do you think this will end some of the speculation over whether the president is actually going to run or might he announced and well still have that speculation? yes. well i think if he announces that hes running for president. speculation will thus have ended . okay yeah. does that mean any of these questions will go away? no theyll pick up especially as we learned that the campaign was previously quite involved in trying to kill th...

Court case instead of taking care of constituent businesses so she is not doing the job for the people in her district. >> okay, got to run, ill ask you two, margaret first, do you trust people by their words or their actions? >> actions. >> sir? >> actions. absolutely their . >> speak loudly for that or their silence is -- >> except she has a republican primary challenger who is actually challenging her. thats an action. thats an action. i just want her out. >> thank you very much. i appreciate...

Youll have the house majority and mccarthys done a lot to make sure they get to 218 in november, thats in order to have the house majority so it doesnt make any sense for trump to throw in now, but it does make sense that trump could come out with a shiv later depending how it goes. >> could or will. >> has done it before. has done it before. >> were you saying something, michael? no? okay. so listen. i want to talk to you, margaret, listen, this is what president biden said today about the tape...

economy overall. dont even get us started on europe or the tax cuts set to expire and spending cuts due to kick in a few short months from now watching it all is fed chairman ben bernanke who is trying to explain to congress -- live pictures right now -- what if anything he plans to do about it without saying too much. felicia taylor is watching from the new york city. felicia, what have we heard and learned so far? >> reporter: its a careful dance because obviously the federal reserve...