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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 supporters, to get the vaccine as cnn's phil mattingly now reports. >> shots in arms and money in pockets...

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 ukraine's orthodox christians celebrate easter this weekend, ukraine's 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 seems to have won. but we hope for a resurrection. we believe in the victory of life over death, ...

sensely casualties of this invasion. french voters decide their country's future leader. it's an election that could cause a major shift in world politics. welcome to the show, everyone. it's now 9:00 a.m. in ukraine. we're getting a clearer picture of russia's goal in the country. russia's military now confirming it's objective to take full control of ukraine's black seacoast. ukraine's president wants that only to be a prelude to russia envancing into other countries. and key to the russian plan is the city we've been talking about for a while now, mariupol, where an unknown nu...

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 city's 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 ukraine continues after the break. eisa soares will look at the puh south. and two executive famili...

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. they've been on lockdown for weeks, and local officials are beginning a new testing effort for millions of residents. david culver has the latest from shanghai. >> reporter: shanghai officials say the lockdown will remain in place until...