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efforts to maximize every penny of the stimulus. the president and vice president and their spouses hit the road today from vegas to near philly for what the white house is calling the help is here tour touting the massive legislation. this comes as president biden is setting new goals for the nation to begin the path out of this pandemic and to help reach those goals the biden administration is now devoting $250 million to try to encourage skeptical americans, many of them trump suppo...

rockets. russian troops are attempting to break through the defenses and advance south, further into donbas. in a small town outside of kyiv, new video shows damaged and destroyed homes left by russian shelling during the first phase of this conflict. as ukraines orthodox christians celebrate easter this weekend, ukraines president said he was hopeful of prevailing against russia. >> translator: the 58th day of our defense is coming to an end. it ends on good friday, the day when death...

sensely casualties of this invasion. french voters decide their countrys future leader. its an election that could cause a major shift in world politics. welcome to the show, everyone. its now 9:00 a.m. in ukraine. were getting a clearer picture of russias goal in the country. russias military now confirming its objective to take full control of ukraines black seacoast. ukraines president wants that only to be a prelude to russia envancing into other countries. and key to the russi...

Officials say hospitalizations have been slowly rising, as well, during that same time period. in china, shanghai officials reported 12 new covid deaths on friday, bringing the death toll in the citys latest outbreak, to 8. shanghai has been on lockdown for weeks, thanks to covid policy. and local officials are beginning a new testing effort for millions of residents. shanghai recording more than 23,000 new cases on friday. an increase of some 6,000 from before. our coverage of the war in uk...

Foreign travelers wishing to visit hong kong will soon be able to, after a two-year ban. beginning on may 1st, hong kong will allow non-residents to enter the city. you must be fully vaccinated and register a negative rapid antigen test and quarantine for 14 days. despite a decrease in covid infections, shanghai officials say a strict lockdown will be in place. theyve been on lockdown for weeks, and local officials are beginning a new testing effort for millions of residents. david culver has th...

Rapid tests. i can tell you, aaron, all of those locations are closed right now. it is christmas eve. some people did go home with one of these, these free at-home tests that were handed out. help is certainly here in new york city to alleviate some of the pressure point with the long covid testing lines. thousands of tests are being distributed all across the city. the mayor pledged that more testing locations would be opened up by the end of this week. starting next week, governor hochul said ...

After some 18 months and four mutations, a huge testing effort is happening right now in wuhan to try to get ahead of the rapidly spreading delta variant. joining us there is janis mackie fryer. >> this is the worst outbreak in a year or longer. but were not looking at huge numbers in the hundreds. it is the geographic spread of this delta varnt triggering wide restrictions here. travel routes from beijing to dozens of cities have been cut. in shanghai you have to do 14 days of quarantine if you...