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. reporter: with stimulus checks already hitting bank accounts president biden now in an all-out sprint to promote the $1.9 trillion covid relief law. the american rescue plan is already doing what it was designed to do, make a difference in people s everyday lives. reporter: and ensure there are no errors as it s put into place. the devil is in the details. reporter: biden naming gene sp
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, and we pray that death loses. moscow has finally acknowledged casualties from the sinking of the moskva more than a week ago. says one sailor was killed, 27 missing. claiming the 396 remaining crew were rescued and taken to crimea. for more, let s bring in isa soares. hi to you, isa. reporter: a very good morning to you, michael. as our reporters meet more ukrainians, the stories of brutality a
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 number of ukrainian trips and civilians are trapped inside a large steel factory. ukraine s prime minister spoke about the dire situation as he met with u.s. officials in washington. have a listen. the situation in mariupol is terrible. this is the biggest catastrophe in this and the last centuries. many dozens of thousands of people may be thousands of peope are died in mariupol. and we will see
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 families killed in one day. both have ties to russia s gas industry. we ll look at whether it s coincidence or something more sinister after the break. we ll drive you happy at carvana.
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 community spread of covid-19 is eliminated. adding that they re at a critical stage in its fight against the spread. the government figures reflected