on some of the issues. the major thrust is i don t think battle lines changed. if that s the case, then it does look like mr. macron has the polling numbers at least to heading into sunday s vote that will make him victorious but we ll have to see. there are always surprises in french politics. one of the better exchanges or more interesting exchanges took place on pocketbook issues. marine le pen may have scored some points on pocketbook issues. here s how he responded to that. translator: i am proud that altogether we have made it possible to create 1.2 million pay slips because i was looking at your program, your 22 measures. there is not even the word unemployment in it, which is striking. reporter: so it was a lively debate, rosemary.
pushed, there has to be some sense that is ready for diplomacy. great analysis. ambassado ambassador steven pfifer, thank you so much. really appreciate your time. thank you. all right much more from ukraine at the bottom of the hour. but first, let s go back to rosemary church in atlanta with the day s other news. good to see you, rosemary. you too, thank you so much, michael. we will catch you very soon. so after two years of tight pandemic border controls, more countries are welcoming back travelers, and learning to live with covid. coming up, easing restrictions, emotional reunions, and endless relief. we will have the details. i see trees ofof gre red roses too
and then in an extraordinary moment, he spoke directly to the ukrainian military saying essentially give up your weapons. go home. and nothing will happen to you. so it is really quite amazing. and that last quote you heard where he warns anyone, and that presumably could be nato, or the united states, europe, et cetera, not to get involved or they would see something that they ve never seen before. so it s really quite extraordinary. it had a real edge to it. it was angry, and i would say pretty emotional. jill dougherty there. and we will have much more from ukraine coming up. but first, let s go back to rosemary church in atlanta. rosemary? all right. thank you so much, michael. well, some ukrainians woke up to a terrifying sound after the russian invasion got under way.
it s just awful. and. just need the basic things. we have to help these families. all right. kerri murray with shelterbox, appreciate you joining us. appreciate what you re doing there in poland. thank you so much. all right. if you would like to help the people in ukraine yourself who might be in need of shelter, food and water, please go to cnn.com/impact. a lot of resource there s. you ll be able to find several ways you can help. all right. i ll have more from ukraine a little later this hour. for now, let s bring in rosemary church in atlanta. rosemary? thank you, michael. appreciate that. we ll get back to you very soon. well, a winner has emerged from south korea s tightly contested presidential election. yoon suk-yeol takes power in may, and some big changes could be in store for the country. we re live in seoul with more on that. if you re sensitive to da. so anyone who says lactaidid isn t real milk is also saying
residential building complex we are reporting on early . clearly, you can see just absolutely appalling images of destruction . it appears to have hit at least in part civilian infrastructure . just a little bit earlier we were seeing firefighters trying to put out a blaze there in one portion of that letter scene of mass construction . is a pocket but like papa lick take as you can see. whatever artillery or perhaps even missiles struck that building . we believe of the house guards of campus life images coming to us from the ukrainian capital . look at you to report from tel aviv, ukraine at the top of that hour . let s bring in rosemary church in atlanta . we will see you at the top of the hour . coming up on cnn newsroom if putin s war on ukraine was meant to drive