hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and indeed all around the world. i'm michael holmes. appreciate your company. coming up here on "cnn newsroom," the new spike in covid cases in parts of the u.s. what's causing the surge. how things might be turned around. the stock as tugboats pull and tug and tides rise and fall. the only thing moving out of the suez canal is global trade heading south quickly. and alone in a foreign land,

uighur children have lost contact with their parents back in china. we hear the harrowing stories of boys at a uighur school in turkey. and we do begin in the u.s. where covid cases are once again surging as the easter holiday approaches. some states are already seeing signs of a new surge, including michigan, where a growing number of young people are testing positive for the virus. experts say the surge is being fueled by more movement and increase in gatherings as women as economic reopenings. so now as more businesses look to return to normal, we are learning that the biden administration is developing a system for people to prove they been vaccinated. experts are still urging people to continue following the rules and avoiding further problems.

cnn's evan mcmorris-santoro reports. >> please, take this moment very seriously. >> reporter: top officials warning americans to keep focused on the pandemic. despite the pulls of warmer weather and encouraging vaccine news. reservations on home rental sites vrbo and airbnb are skyrocketing, according to those companies, taking a look at a desire among young americans to get out of the house. but traveling and gathering for holidays like easter and passover are not a good idea, experts say. >> whenever we see surges in travel, be that around the holidays or around certain situations like we did over the christmas and new year's holiday and other types of holidays, you get congregation of people. those are the kind of things that invariably increase the risk of getting infected. >> reporter: cases are starting to rise again in some state, including michigan who the department of health tells cnn they're now experiencing a third coronavirus surge. while more than a quarter of americans have received their

first dose of a vaccine, only around 15% are fully vaccinated. but most states continue to expand eligibility guidelines. louisiana among the states expanding vaccine eligibility to all adults over age 16 on monday. still, this moment has all the ingredients for a new national surge, experts say. but americans can prevent it. >> i know people are tired. we're just asking people to hang on a little while longer in terms of the masks and the mitigation strategy so that we can get the majority of people vaccinated. >> reporter: in michigan, officials are making the vaccine available to every resident of the state over 16 starting on april 5th. and they're urging people to get their appointments for that vaccine now, because they say getting the vaccine as quickly as possible is the best way to slow this new surge. and it could be the best way to prevent the entire country from having a surge of its own. evan mcmorris-santoro, cnn, new york.

intensive care units in france are so overwhelmed with covid patients that health care workers will soon be forced to make very tough decisions. doctors in paris say within the next two weeks, they will have to select which patients get access to the icus and which do not. they say the growing outbreak is alarming and current measures aren't enough to slow the spread. in the uk, though, the situation appears to be stabilizing, so much so that england is easing more restrictions. from monday, up to six people will be allowed to meet outside while outdoor team sports can resume for all ages. and in australia, the greater brisbane area of queensland will begin a three-day lockdown in just a few hours after ten new covid cases there. four of them were locally transmitted. the state's premier says she is very concerned because the highly transmissible uk variant was detected among these new

cases. >> and i know this is a really big call. i know it's very tough. we've got easter coming up. we've got school holidays coming up. but let's do it now and let's do it right and let's see if we can come through at the other end. >> now the philippines is putting manila and nearby provinces under its strictest covid lockdown from monday until easter sunday. the country just reported almost 10,000 new cases on friday that is a daily record there. the new measures include an overnight curfew starting at 6:00 p.m., strict limits on social gatherings, and no religious gatherings during holy week. and to egypt now, where crews are trying to refloat that stuck cargo ship in the suez canal today. the evergreen has been blocking the canal for nearly a week, and hundreds of ships have been waiting for the waterway to open up so they can deliver their

goods to port. the latest from cairo. >> reporter: six days and counting, the saga goes on. the ever given, a massive container ship that ran aground in the suez canal tuesday is still stuck. a multipronged effort to free the vessel is under way after several unsuccessful attempts. from dredging to tugboats in one of the world's busiest waterways. sunday egyptian president abdel al sisi said the ship should start preparing to lighten the load. but among other things, that would require a powerful enough crane which egypt doesn't have. teams of salvage experts from holland and japan are trying to refloat the more than 200,000 ton ship owned by evergreen marine, a taiwanese company. the u.s. navy is also getting involved and says it's planning to send an assessment team of dredging experts. at first, strong winds and a

sandstorm were thought to be the reason behind the blockage. now the suez canal authority says it might have been a technical or human error. >> translator: there could also be a human error, which is under investigation there could be a lot of miss stay, but we can't say what they are now. >> reporter: at stake is a costly traffic jam. over 300 ships in either direction carrying all kinds of cargo from livestock to oil with freight rates nearly doubling this week. nearby syria has already imposed fuel rationing. the man made canal is the shortest route for ships moving between europe and asia with around 12% of global trade volume passing through it. for now, though, the race to free the ever given continues. ben wedeman, cnn, cairo. >> and cnn's anna stewart tracking all of this for us. she joins me now from london

there has been some development. bring us up to date. . >> morning, michael. yes, we know the attempts are still ongoing to refloat the ever given. that's all we know at this stage. perhaps the flurry of activity will keep an eye on that. but this ship, as we know, really couldn't be stuck at a worse place, could it? this is a canal that accounts for 12% of global trade. over 50 ships a day travel through it. and as you can see from various vessels' radars closingly watching around 300 ships are stuck on either side. this has such a huge implication and costs from the supply chain from the raw material to the end product. and of course this has a huge impact on oil and gas. that's obvious commodity that is transited through this canal. but also things like coffee, european coffee from africa and asia travels through this route. we're already seeing coffee prices going higher. now as you saw in ben's report, there is an option to reroute

via the cape of good hope of africa, but that takes an additional 15 days. no not all ships can afford to do this. that adds even more delay, particularly if the ship is refloated. think of the 30 plus ships that have livestock on board that are stuck on either side of the ever given, largely remaining livestock, and they don't have the food and water all of them to do this big rerouting job. so an absolute mess. and it continues nearly into a whole week. michael? >> yeah. and i guess, you know, are people likely to feel it in their hip pocket? is this going to increase prices for you and me? is that likely? >> well, that's always the big concern. how is it going to impact us, michael. >> yes. >> in terms of your coffee, i don't think you're going to see the till ticking higher just yet more looking at the markets. but what there are big concerns about are shortages of all sorts

of things due to delays. and that's not just due to this blockage on the suez canal, but also due to a lack of container ships and a lack of containers. and that is largely due to the pandemic. everyone has been online shopping. this has already been a problem. and now you've got all these ships stuck there which compounds this. even a trade that doesn't go through the suez canal, perhaps toilet roll that comes from latin america, they don't have enough containers to ship it out to the rest of the world. we could be seeing, i warn you, once again, of toilet roll. >> not the loo roll again. interesting. get down to the supermarkets stat. thank you, anna stewart there in london. salma is a maritime historian and a former merchant mariner, joins me from north carolina. good toee you again, sal. we're seeing you again because it's still going on. you know, more than 325 ship, billions of dollars wto of cargo that is a lot of ships.

when do the impacts start? are consumers likely to take a hit in the wallet? and when might that be? >> well, give you an idea, the ever given was supposed problem on berth in felix, stow, rotterdam this week. so that cargo would have been off-loaded this week. started being trucked and railed to places throughout europe. it would have been reloaded on to other vessels for distribution. these vessel, especially the size of the ever given feed into a large system. so it's not going to be immediate, but we're going feel it in the weeks to come. some of these shortages in some of these areas, some areas where manufacturing may be needing key components and essential material may not be able to get there. i think that's why we're going to see whether or not these ships hang at those anchorages or start leaving in the very short future. >> yeah, and we touched on this last time we spoke. it's an important point. it has already been an impact to supply chains to covid shutdowns. how are the knock-on effects

from that compounding the current situation? >> well, i think one of the things that you're seeing right now is covid kind over spilled over. we see those massive vessel fleets off the coast of california right now. and in many of the same ways, you're going see the same situations. in many way, europe is still catching up from covid. once you had the shutdowns in china in april and march last year, demand went up. we shifted a lot of our commerce into ecommerce. a lot of people are ordering stuff online. a lot of that is being supplied by vessels shipped through the suze at this time with europe and their lockdown, this could have a really detrimental effect to what consumers are expecting to arrive on their door steps. >> yeah, yeah, and what they might pay for if there become shortages. i want to touch on this too. i'm curious the potential insurance claims of this. the owners initially claim the cause was wind and a sandstorm, which presumably they can say was an act of god. but what if it does turn out to

be mechanical or human error? does that change the financial liability aspect who have is going to pay for this? >> well, i think so. you have a couple of issues going on. obviously it's international shipping. you a panamanian flag vessel with a taiwanese couple, a japanese owner, a german operating company and a indian crew. that's a smorgasbord of nations right there. but you add to it the issue of liability for the salvage and for delays. i think it's one of the reasons why we've seen a shift in the salvage right now because the salvers are onscene. they work for the insurance companies and for the vessels. i'm sure, and i don't have troof, but i'm pretty sure when they hope is up, they sit there and say egypt, are you going take responsible for the vessel and future closures and future liability or are we going to do it? i think they hand that over to the salvers, one of the reasons we don't see them tugging on the vessel right now because they're

doing their surveys and trying to set up for salvage that is going to come in the future here. >> that is fascinating. when it comes to getting this thing going, hopefully they're going get it off at some point in the next few days without having to take the containers off. but that is being discussed as well. you know ships. this is a huge one. how comp cased and time consuming would be unloading them? >> well, i mean, give you an idea, this vessel is just massive in its size and its height. you're talking about the equivalent of a 14 story building when you're up against it at the water line. and the potential to get these containers off, you have to use very specialized ports and cranes to get those containers off. these are 40 foot containers. these are heavier than most helicopters can ever lift. only a few helicopters in the world can lift these heavy containers off them. cranes from shore is a tough

reach. you're talking, again, a very high reach. this vessel is 200 feet across. it' extremely difficult endeavor. i think what they're going to do is work on getting the fuel, get the water off, get the oil off. the surveyors are going to do a survey of it. they announced the agent that they're going try on the high tide tomorrow, i'm not 100% they're going try to do that, but definitely try on the high tide on tuesday and wednesday. that's a spring tide. if they miss the highest tide they have, it's going to be a little more difficult. then you'll really see them get in to take the containers off. >> wow, what a job it will be. it is hard to wrap your head around. bigger than an aircraft carrier, 14 stories high. wow. got to leave it there, sal, thank you so much. really appreciate it again. >> thank you. >> and actually, just in the last few minutes we got a statement from the suez canal authority which is telling us that they are attempting again right now to refloat this ship,

the ever given. they're using ten tuggs, according to the statement. they've been divided to pull it from the bow, from the front to try to put it back into the canal, and at the same time pull it from the stern, the rear and pull in the other direction, basically sort of leverage it out back into the main part of the canal. there has been several attempts so far which have failed. they're at it again, and we are monitoring their progress. we'll bring you up to date if there are any developments on that. meanwhile, when we come back here, we're going to bring you myanmar's military killing, an astounding number of children as it cracks down on dissent, and the u.s. president taking notice. >> it's terrible. it's absolutely outrageous. plus the latest on a terror a tack in mozambique that has gone on for days. we'll have that too when we come back.

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dozens more are missing after islamist militants attacked the city of palma. the fatalities reportedly include locals and foreigners working in the region. mozambique's military says they're still trying to secure the city. the terror group, which is believed to be affiliated with isis attacked palma on wednesday. witnesses say many people died trying to evacuate, including one south african man, adrian nell. his mother says he was shot while trying to escape by car with his father and younger brother. they survived. the uk government is advising all british nationals in myanmar to leave the country immediately. it comes as myanmar's armed forces continue to escalate their brutal crackdown on dissent. the latest chilling example of just how bad it's gotten, unicef says 35 children have been killed by security forces since the military seized power less than two months ago. the group also says almost a thousand children and young

people have been detained arbitrarily and countless more have been wounded. a warning, this next video is graphic. among those injured, a 1-year-old baby girl. she was shot in the eye by a rubber bullet on saturday. she is expected to survive. how lasting her injuries are we do not know. activists are telling saturday the day of shame. security forces reportedly killed at least 114 people across the country, including several children. the u.s. president is paying attention. >> it's terrible. it's absolutely outrageous. and based on the reporting i've gotten, an awful lot of people have been killed. totally unnecessarily. >> ivan watson following all of this from hong kong. ivan, does the increase in killings, the military's posture signal it might be about to ramp up violence? that perhaps in a way it's cornered itself? >> yeah, one of the problems

from the beginning, from february 1 when the military staged its coup and put all of the elected government officials in detention incommunicado was there was not really an offramp for the military. and now seemingly for the protest movement as well. they're just kind of on this collision course. and the violence just keeps getting worse and worse. the vast bulk of the killing of the slaughter on saturday being blamed by top united nations officials and by the armed forces chiefs of the u.s., australia, japan, south korea, a number of european countries and others on the myanmar military with kind of some of the denunciation openly accusing the military of mass murder. and there is something kind of perverse about the military throwing itself a parade on saturday and celebrating armed forces day while also carrying out the deadliest day yet since the coup on february 1st,

slaughtering civilians according to one local news outlet in myanmar in at least 44 different cities and towns across the country. the military still is unable to get many parts of the economy back in gear because so much of the civil service is still on strike. this civil disobedience movement which succeeded in grinding much of the economy to a halt to the effect that even if you go a cafe or store, they don't even collect sales tax anymore. that's one example of how things have been brought to a halt on that side of things. the violence has spread beyond the cities and towns to the ethnic enclaves with the military carrying out air strikes on saturday, possibly in retaliation for an ethnic group that attacked a military outpost and claimed to have killed a number of soldiers. so this has the scenario here of expanding to a broader civil war. and that's what one of the

ethnic armed militia leaders told cnn in an interview this weekend, michael. >> all right. ivan watson following development there's in hong kong, thank you, ivan. and we're going take break. ahead here on "cnn newsroom," chile successfully vaccinating its population against the coronavirus. so why are cases spiking? we'll talk about that after the break.

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and welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i'm michael holmes, and you're watching "cnn newsroom." mexico is getting its first shipment of astrazeneca vaccines

from the u.s. 1.5 million doses in all. and this comes after a stunning revelation where the mexican government admitted its covid death toll has been grossly underreported by roughly 120,000 people. now that would put the total number of dead in mexico since the pandemic began at more than 321,000. we're talking about a 60% jump from the most recent official number. and by that count, the second highest death toll in the world, going ahead of brazil. a new health ministry report looked at so-called excess deaths over the past year. it is believed a lot of these covid victims went uncounted because of a lack of testing and many people dying at home. chile has one of the world's highest coronavirus vaccination rates. that's good news, but still they're facing a second wave of infections and more lockdowns. it's gotten so bad that chile's president says he's going to ask

congress to postpone elections from april to may. rafael romo with the latest. >> reporter: light traffic on the streets. nearly deserted sidewalks and bus stops. empty parks. around 60 million people, including santiago, the chilean capital, are under a full lockdown that started over the weekend after record numbers of new coronavirus cases. >> translator: for the love of chile, president pinera pleaded, let's follow health guidelines. the daily number of new cases reached 7,626 friday, a record since the beginning of the pandemic. in the country of roughly 19 million, the total number of cases is now approaching a million. enthe chilean health minister is worried. he says intensive care units

around the country are at 95% capacity, and the new spike in cases is bound to strain the national health system even more. everything is not bad news for chile. well over six million people, or roughly a third of its population have received at least one dose. the south american country has the third highest vaccination rate in the world after israel and the united arab emirates, and it's ahead of countries like the uk and the u.s. rosa, a nurse who stopped by one of the many vaccination centers around the country open to get their shot said the problem is many people simply lowered their guards. people have been irresponsible, she said. we thought after getting the first dose we would all be immune, and that's not the case. the chilean health ministry is asking people to contact police to report parties or other gatherings that are now technically illegal. for now santiago's metropolitan area will remain on lockdown

indefinitely. chileans are supposed to the poll on monday. for the first time over the weekend, the president said the government will be paying close attention to the health emergency and didn't rule out the prospect of postponing the process if the situation doesn't improve. rafael romo, cnn. >> and we'll be right back. if you have... ...moderate to severe psoriasis, ... ...little things... ...can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea,... ...nausea or vomiting. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts... ...or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss.

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all right. i want to update you now on one of our top stories, the suez canal authority trying to get the ever given container ship refloated. tugboats working on that right now. ben wedeman joins me now from cairo with more details. what have you been hearing, ben? >> well, what we're seeing, for instance, on maritime tracking sites is that the ever given does seem to have shifted

somewhat. and we know that overnight, ten tugboats, including two very heavy ones that arrived yesterday afternoon have been trying to nudge this ship free. of course, let's not forget this is a gargantuan task. you're talking about 18,300 containers on board that ship. but the egyptian authorities at the suez canal have been working around the clock, dredging around this ship. the other day we did understand that they were temporarily able to free the propeller and the rudder as well. so it doesn't appear that there has been progress overnight. we're still waiting for precise details, but as i said, it does appear that the ship has been moved somewhat. it's not clear at this point, however, how soon the canal

itself will reopen. michael? >> yeah, i mean, i keep coming back to how big this thing. it's as tall as a 14-story building, bigger than an aircraft carrier, and it is blocking one of the most important shipping routes in the world. do you think, ben, that the end of this, in the postmortem they're going to be talking a little bit about how the heck this can happen and whether either of these gargantuan ships don't belong there in the suez canal or whether something's got to change? >> well, we heard osama rabie who is the chairman of the canal authority saying in terms of their investigation into what happened that, yes, there were 40 knot winds on tuesday morning. there was a sandstorm. but they seem to be tending in the direction of possibility of human error. now when a ship enters the suez

canal, egyptian pilots get on and guide it. but the captain of the ship has ultimate authority over the actions taken in the pilot room. what is clear is that these ships are a challenge when going through the suez canal. keep in mind, michael, that since 1956, the width of the canal in that area has been doubled, and it's still tight for a ship the size of the ever given. now between 2014 and 2015, egypt did this massive project under the direction of president abdel fattah al sisi to create two lanes in the suez canal, but they didn't do it in this area, which is closer to the mouth of the canal in the red sea. they didn't do it because it was a gargantuan effort in the first

place, very expensive, but perhaps they might reconsider the possibility of expanding the suez canal in that area as well to avoid this sort of problem the future. but what is clear is that something has to change in terms of just the size of these ships, how they get through the canal. you know, i think there is going to be a lot of post-game thinking about how to change things in the future. michael? >> yeah, and just real quick, what is the traffic jam like on either end? how many ships are out there and what's being held up? >> well, there is more than 350 ships at the moment. and in terms of what's being held up, the question is what's not being held up. we are talking about consumer goods, fuel, livestock, basically everything under the

sun. 30% of world container traffic passes through the suez canal. but already we know there are real world effects as a result of this delay. syria, for instance, yesterday announced that it would start rationing fuel because fuel shipments aren't reaching there. we know that shipping rates in the last week have more than doubled. so there is a lot at stake here. and a lot of people involved in business and definitely the egyptian government because its pride and prestige are on the line are definitely hoping that today the canal will -- we will definitely hear that the canal will soon reopen for business. michael? >> yeah, they're hoping for a good day indeed. ben wedeman in cairo tracking it for us. good to see you, ben. thanks for that. and we will continue to monitor

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there is a state of emergency in nashville, tennessee after flash flooding killed at least four people over the weekend. rescuers saved at least 130 people from homes and vehicles. some clinging to trees or sheltering in their attics as the water rose. a number of rivers and streams in the region overflowed, leaving many roads impassible. the latest now from cnn's martin savidge. >> reporter: for the most part the floodwaters have receded, but the destruction they leave behind is significant. this was not a citywide flood. the flooding was pretty much limited to south nashville. but in the communities and areas where the flash flooding went,

the destruction is amazing to see. this apartment complex is just one example. residents here say that early sunday morning, they heard the torrential rain, then they heard the alerts on their cell phones, and finally, they heard the fire alarms going off in the buildings. when they looked out to see what was burning, they were stunned to realize their building had been completely surrounded by raging water. and then they heard the screams of their neighbors from the bottom apartments here because the water first had trapped them and then the debris began shattering the windows, and now they were being flooded. amazingly, everyone got out alive, but they won't soon forget that horrible, horrible night. nashville's endured a lot in the last year. it had a tornado that killed several people. then it endured the pandemic and on top of that, it had a bombing at christmas and now flooding that has left at least four people dead.

martin savidge, cnn, nashville. opening statements will begin in the coming hours in the trial of derek chauvin, the former police officer charged with killing george floyd, a black man in minnesota. on sunday, floyd supporters held a large rally in his honor and demand justice. >> this is george's city. when you think of george, you think of minnesota. this is where he was killed by four officers who used barbaric tactics to put him down. they say he died of asphyxiation. but in the black community, that's equivalent to dying of being choked to death. >> now floyd's death sparked dozens of protests last year and set off intense debates on social justice and police accountability. as cnn reports, those issues will likely be addressed again in the coming the coming trial.

>> reporter: the eyes of a movement -- >> black lives matter! >> reporter: -- one that sparks protests worldwide in the name of george floyd shifts to a courtroom in minneapolis. >> anything else for the record? >> reporter: now to opening statements in the trial of derek chauvin. the former minneapolis police officer has pleaded not guilty to the charges he faces, second degree unintentional manslaughter and third-degree murder in the death of george floyd. outside the courtroom, emotions will be running high. >> george floyd! >> reporter: there have already been multiple protests throughout the city. >> they've done so peacefully. and that's assembled and gathered peacefully. we will continue to expect more demonstrations. >> reporter: but the destruction that happened in may 2020 in the aftermath of floyd's death is still fresh on the minds of city officials, and it's why the building that houses the courtroom has virtually become a fortress, due to increased security measures with the mayor saying there is more to come. >> residents should be expecting

a gradual increase in law enforcement and national guard presence as we progress through the trial records the first step in this trial -- >> how does that make you feel? >> i'm okay with that. >> reporter: was getting through jury selection, which lasted exactly two weeks. >> you'll serve on our jury. >> reporter: resulting in 15 jurors, 14 of which will be a part of the trial. >> this 15th juror was to make sure we have 14 people show up on monday. >> reporter: their identities remain unknown for now. the attorneys for the floyd family are pleased the trial can now proceed and could "this is not a hard case. george floyd had more witnesses to his death than any other person ever, and it will be witnesses who now come to the stand called by both prosecutors for the state and defense attorneys for derek chauvin. among what we know will be talked about -- >> put them up on the dash. >> reporter: -- a portion of a 2019 george floyd arrest for which he was never charged, but one where he ended up being sent to the hospital instead of jail.

interaction with police, defense attorneys for chauvin argued was similar to may 2020. a paramedic from that day in 2019 is also expected to testify. >> the whole point here is we have medical evidence on what happens when mr. floyd is faced with virtually the same situation. confrontation by police, at gunpoint, followed by a rapid ingestion of some drug. >> our system of justice is a bit on trial. can we give mr. shchauvin a fai trial because that's essential? can we give the state a fair chance to find him guilty under the law and the evidence? >> reporter: the trial is expected to last up to four weeks. all the while, a city, a family, a movement watches anxiously over what criminal accountability looks like in the death of george floyd. now, despite all of the eyes and the pressures on this trial, the only thing that really matters now is what happens within the

walls of this courtroom, specifically with regards to the cause of george floyd's death and derek chauvin's intent in all of this. all of these charges are going to be considered separately so chauvin could be convicted on all of them, some of them, or none at all. but the process begins with opening statements when court gets back into session at 10:00 a.m. eastern time monday morning. omar jimenez, 911, minneapolis, minnesota. a group of u.s. lawmakers and asian community leaders are calling for the atlanta area spa shooting suspect to be charged with a hate crime. they retraced the 27-mile route that the gunman followed nearly two weeks ago when he opened fire on three asian-owned businesses, killing eight people, including six asian women. they say it shows just how far he had to travel to deliberately target asians. cnn's natasha chen with more. >> reporter: the members of this congressional delegation wanted to see for themselves the route the suspect took from the first spa location in acworth in

cherokee county to this location and the one across the street in atlanta. they said the drive was about 27 miles, took them 45 minutes with no traffic. they said the suspect definitely could have stopped after killing four people at the first spa, but making that trip to them underscored the idea that he sought out and targeted these locations. now, they came to lay flowers, pray, and pay respects at each of the locations, then met with some of the victims' families, including this family. they shared this photo with us and said the meeting was emotional. they expected it to be more like a business setting, but they said they were wrong. the lawmakers to them honestly appeared to be grieving with them. afterwards, the members of congress spoke to the media about their cgoals in supportin the asian-american community and preventing further violence like this. they also talked about how in their minds this is definitely a hate crime even though such charges have not been filed.

>> these are the issues that we need to deal with, and i tell you that everything that we saw today gave me even more determination to go back to washington, d.c. to ensure that we have our department of justice use its resources to call these murders a hate crime. to make sure that they interview all the witnesses in their own languages, that they look at the ethnic media, that they look at the social history of this shooter and take every opportunity they can to call it what it is. >> reporter: congresswoman chu also talked about how in california, where she's from, there is a ten-day waiting period to release a firearm to someone who purchased it. she says that allows time for some people to calm down and re-evaluate their actions, and she said something similar in georgia would have prevented this gunman from buying his weapon the same day that he

killed eight people. natasha chen, 911, atlanta. democratic lawmakers are slamming georgia's new voting law, saying it is now imperative to pass the john lewis voting rights act that seeks to protect all americans' rights to vote. georgia-based companies includinc including coca-cola, home depot and delta airlines weighing in, but some democrats are calling on them to do more, cnn's sara murray with more. >> reporter: we're continuing to see the fallout of this sweeping elections bill that passed in the state of georgia. this is the same bill that president joe biden called sick and un-american. now, this is a bill that would require voter identification for those handing in their absentee ballots. it also limits access to those ballot drop boxes and in a move that's generating a ton of controversy, it would make it a crime to hand out food and water to voters waiting in line. all of this has ramped up pressure on the president as

well as senate democrats to do something to make sure that a bill that passed the u.s. houtsz of representatives that would address some of these issues. here's what senator raphael warnock had to say about that. >> we have to pass voting rights no matter what, and the reason why i have insisted that we talk to our republican sisters and brothers on the other side of the aisle is because if we don't do anything else in the senate, we have to stand up for the democracy. the filibuster at the end of the day is about minority rights in the senate. how are you going to insist on protecting minority rights in the senate while refusing to protect minority rights in the society. >> reporter: so you can bet this is a major agenda item that senate democrats as well as the president are going to get questions on in the coming weeks. in the meantime, even though this law is going into effect in the state of georgia, there are already civil rights groups challenging it in court.

sara murray, cnn, washington. a second top doctor at the russian hospital where opposition leader alexei navalny was first treated has died. the hospital says the 63-year-old doctor suffered a stroke in december and could not recover and passed away on friday. he had worked at the emergency hospital for 30 years. now, this follows the february death of the deputy chief physician at the same hospital. a spokeswoman said, quote, preliminary data showed he died of a heart attack at age 55. thanks for watching "cnn newsroom," spending part of your day with me. i will be back, though, with more news after the break.

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