this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i i'm john vause in lviv, ukraine. the long-awaited russian military offensive in the eastern donbas region appears to

be underway with a surge in fighting across the frontline, which stretches hundreds of mys. >> and i am rosemary church. live at cnn headquarters in atlanta. a controversial ruling changing the way americans travel, effect live immediately, masks no longer mandated on planes, trains, and public transportation. for weeks, ukrainian, u.s., nato officials, have all warned the russians were preparing for a new military offensive in the east. according to ukraine top security official, a 300-mile long came under attack by russian forces monday. for the most part, defensive 11 added in the last few days. each consists of 800 russian

troops, which means tens of thoidss deployed to the region but ukraine's president says despite being outnumbered, despite approximating outgunned, his country will not give up without a fight. >> translator: russian forces have started the battle for donbas for which they have been preparing for a long time, and a considerable amount of the russian forces are are concentrated and focused on that offensive. no matter how many russian servicemen they are bringing into that area, we will keep on fighting, and defending. and we will be doing this daily. we will not give up anything that is ukrainian but we don't need anything that is not ours. >> cities in eastern ukraine have come under relent lts shelling. buildings burning, heavy smoke fills the sky line. a scene repeated across the donbas region. the key port city of mariupol in ruins after weeks of heavy fighting. russian forces are now in

near-total control. one of the last bastians. a ukrainian commander says hundreds of civilians still trapped inside the city are now as well with the last ukrainian fighters. the fierce fighting has been in the south and east. western cities are coming under attack as well. lviv, where i am right now, was hit by at least four different missile strikes monday morning as we were on air. video captured one missile streaking across the sky. ukrainian officials say at least seven killed, 11 injured in those missile strikes. president pooind expected to hold a call with allies, as well as efforts to hold russia accountable. it kmz as u.s. state department reportedly considering label russia a state sponsor of terrorism. that is according to a senior-administration official. it is a designation that, so far, has opinion reserved for north korea, iran, cue ba, and

syria. one of the cities hit by russian missile strikes over the past 24 hours, the head of the donetsk region says at least eight buildings were destroyed, as well as educational facilities. the artillery shelling lasted throughout the night. cnn's ben wedeman has more now from what was a once-bustling city, which is now brack prosecutecally deserted. >> reporter:-let playgrounds are empty. pigeons indifferent to the air-raid siren, and so it would seem are the peep. i chose my ears when i am walking around, says nikolai. as fighting flares to the north, east, and south, the few residents left in kramatorsk carries on. the russian missile strike that left almost 60 dead is closed. trains don't come here anymore. the buses, oddly enough, still

run. the deep hole marks where overnight, a russian missile struck. there were no injuries this time. nearby, signs of an earlier bombing. after almost two months of war, constantine is fatalistic. i am not suicidal, he says, but as long as other people stay here, i'll stay here. kramatorsk mayor is blunt about the peril his city faces. >> it's dangerous in each part of the city. you can be attacked in every place of the cities. >> elisa and her husband stroll through the city's min square. >> this is -- it's very brave and but we want live in ukraine. >> reporter: for now, they have most of their city to

themselves. under normal circumstances, on a mild-spring evening here in the main square in kramatorsk, there would be lots of people here. now? it's just me and the pigeons. curfew approaches, and dog abandoned by their owners roam the empty streets of an almost-empty city. ben wedeman, kramatorsk, eastern ukraine. >> as this war moves east, experts say the terrain flat open spaces, urban warfare near the capital kyiv could present chal lengss to ukrainian fighters and could play to the advantages of the russians. u.s. army colonel and military analyst cedric leighton has a look now on what we can expect. >> this is going to be a different terrain. this is all flat. this -- this area in -- around kyiv was hilly. the area in the east is basically flat, with a few, little exceptions and what we

are probably going to be seeing here is the russians coming down from the northeast. potentially, using this area in the east to move a little bit forward. potentially, coming out of the south though for them is what we were just talking about at mariupol. tha hindering them quite a bit in their operations so one of the things we have to look for is the russians going into the spesk areas in the donbas and actually using these areas to kind of gain momentum. we have heard of them going into the town of crimena. they are using that as kind of a jumping-off point for further activity and if they had this way, they are going to be where ben wedeman is in kramatorsk. they are going to move in these general directions and of course donetsk is kind of between the border area between the russian-backed separatist controlled areas, and the part of the donbas that ukraine

controls. so all of these areas are really under -- under the gun, if you will, because that's going to be where most the action is, with a few exceptions out this. one of the major ones, of course, being mariupol. >> london, cnn's claire sebastian standing by. if we look at the situation so far, 24 hours now in this new offensive in the east. if we look what the russians have been doing, what actually is the tactics here? what's the sort of plan that is playing out on the russian' side? >> yeah john, i think striking from the ukrainian side is the length and breadth of this offensive. it seems to be taking place all along the frontline in the kharkiv, luhansk and donetsk regions. those are according to multiple reports. even in the central zaporizhzhia region, fighting is taking place along all its border with donetsk. the tactic seems to be sort of attack every part of this front

line, and try to break through. as of yet, 24 hours in, thereof been no significant breakthroughs as you have been reporting. the russians have, and the ukrainians have admitted this, t taken the town in the luhansk region but as the u.s. has said, they have been adding to their forces. 11 new ba tall yob tactical groups, increasing the total to 76. so, it does look like and the u.s. certainly thinks they have learned froms lessons of the earlier part of the done afflicts. they are aware and have adjusted tak ticks accordingly. but extremely intense shelling across the donbas region and it's not just the south and east. nowhere in ukraine appears to now be safe. death toll from those at least four strikes mt. western town of lviv, where you are, is not at seven, john. >> claire, thank you. claire sebastian live for us there in london. well, almost 5 million

ukrainians left this country since the brutal war began 55 days ago. that is according to the u.n. and most are heading for safety in neighboring countries. but more than 7 million others have been forced from their homes, and remain trapped inside this country. they are internally displaced. let's discuss more developments out of ukraine. km kmuksz specialist for unicef providing aid to ukraine's children. we know about two-thirds of those children have been uprooted from their homes so, toby, tell us where you are, in dnipro, are you seeing increased russian military activity there or at least heard any word of it? >> yes, here in dnipro, it's been relatively quiet. air raid sirens, there were a couple last night. there have been numerous sirens going off but generally quiet. i was in zaporizhzhia a couple days ago and still, sort of sporadic arrivals of families trying to get out of areas of

heavy fighting coming there and that's where we can provide some initial surt as unicef. >> are you concerned the russians will make good on their threat and essentially advance from the south? >> well, i mean, we are concerned about the east. more and more children trying to safe and it means more and more children killed and injured. we met quid kidds here in zaporizhzhia who were hit trying to get out of areas and any uptake in fighting is going to affect children massively. so, extremely concerned act those reports, yeah. >> yeah. when this russian offensive underway in earnest, a lot of ukrainians fled the fighting before it started. it's also been a hub for humanitarian groups which have used that city as sofrt sort of

a safe hach for operations. what happens if you have to pull out? where do you go next and how is it that affect your operations? >> unicef, u.n. partners, and other ngos have been placing different supplies in different areas. not so long ago, the day on the strike of the railway, we were able to pre-position some medical hygiene items there and doing that across-let region. making sure we can get supplies in now, while we can. and if the fighting scales up, we obviously have plans in place to be able to move staff, to be able to move supplies quickly so that we can respond. but i mean the most pressing thing is to reach the children who need that support as quickly as we can. >> the number of the kids who have been uprooted and impacted by this have been forced from their homes is, what, two-thirds of the kids who live in this country have had to leave their homes and have been uprooted. this is a staggering number of children. um, and clearly, how do you --

howe do you -- how do you cater to that? how do you care for them? what sort of resources do you need? >> yeah, no, you are right. the numbers of children displaced is absolutely horrific. just imagine all those children having to flee homes, having to get out of areas of heavy fighting and on an uncertain journey. going to cities, going to towns they don't know. their mothers with them. sometimes. sometimes, extended family members who also, let's not forget, are suffering from trau, unicef set up small little hubs on transit routes where people are moving through where we can provide formatioe they can get health slfrss. children with underlying millionth medical conditions. where do they go in a new town to get some services? some space to ply play, some relief, some space to be children again, essentially.

>> and children are usually resilient but there comes a point where, you know, it just becomes too much. if you are a child, you have been uprooted from your home in the east and you made it to another city which then has to be evacuated pauz of the russian offensive. eventually, just these kids have suffered too of. too much. >> yeah, that's right. the longer the war goes on, the worse the trauma. and that's why that psychological first aid is so important now but it is also about the long-term development. the longer this goes on, the more it impacts even on income generation in the longer term and that is a massive concern obviously for every child in $side ukraine ask also every child who has had to flee the contrary as well. >> thank you very much for being with us. doing some good work on the ground. stay safe please, sir. thank you. >> we take a short break. when we come back, in the united states, a court order has ended the mask mandate for public

transportation. ruling taken airlines and passengers by surprise. jubilation for some. concern for others. details just ahead. outrage in china, after images emerged apparently showing vegetables being thrown away, while residents struggle to get food because of covid long-downs. a live report from beijing, in a moment.

i will not have anyone for wearing a mask. >> that is how some southwest airline passengers found out the u.s. mask mandate for public transportation is no longer in effect. a federal judge in florida struck down the biden administration's mandate, saying centers for disease control exceeded its authority, had not sought public comment, and didn't adequately explain its decisions. the manudate had applied to airplanes, trains, ask other forms of public transportation. several major airlines, immediately, made masks optional. some warned there could be

confusion, since the ruling took them by surprise. stephanie elam reports. >> reporter: as you might expect, since airlines were not expecting this decision to come down so quickly, it was a bit of a confusion ask chaos at airports as people were trying to figure out whether thigh needed to wear their masks or not. we talked to some people here at burbank airport and saz you might expect, the responses were across the map. >> i will always wear my mask. i locket my grandmother to covid a year ago. and so, i'm very particular about the masks. >> my personal opinion, they don't -- they don't do much. so, yeah, i am excited. you want to wear 'em, wear 'em. if not, then don't. >> reporter: now, several airlines have put out statements saying they are no longer going to require mask on hair flights. flight attendants association with asking for a uniform policy quickly. and as we saw during the pandemic, there was definitely a

lot of scuffles that were elevated ask became physical so that is the reason why they are calli calling for that. it is worth noting however, though, that different transportation systems are looking how they are going to respond in different cities, and many ever them are still calling for masks to be worn. but i can tell you, walking through this airport, just now, about half the people i saw were still wearing masks. half weren't. you can see that across the board in a lot of places as people are figuring out ask learning they don't have to wear a mask when they get on a plane anymore. back to you. >> thanks for that. well now, to a warn from china's vice premiere. she is vowing to send anyone in shanghai with covid-19 and their close contacts with government-designated quarantine sites, and says it will happen, quote, without exception. the remarks come, as dozens of cities across china are already in full or partial lockdown under the country's strict

zero-covid strategy. and cnn's steven jiang is following this story for us. he joins us, live, from beijing. good to see you, stephen. so, lockdowns continue with conditions worsening, resulting in some heartbreaking stories, and now, this harsh government warning about quarantines. what is the latest on all of this? >> well, rosemary church, this just seems to be a never-ending nightmare for shanghai's 25 million residents. all of them are still sealed in homes and many are facing shortage of food and supplies, as well as lacking access to medical tangz or medical care for non-covid causes and that latest order from the vice premiere as you just mentioned it is already kauding a lot of pain for a lot of families because it means a growing number of senior citizens, some of them in their 90s are being forcibly removed from htheir homes and being taken to isolation government wards with

frichbl conditions and little medical care being provided on-site. so this is obviously causing a lot of backlash against how this most vulnerable group which the zoe row covid policy is aimed at protecting. another controversy comes in the form of a video that's gone viral that seems sthoe workers dumping a large amount of perfectly looking vegetables that were intended to approximate send to shanghai residents who were in desperate need of groceries. now, local officials later insisted those vegetables are gone rotten inside and had to be disposed of. now, we talked -- we are talking a lot about shanghai because of its international recognition but lockdowns are affecting dozen -- dozens of cities across china. millions of residents. in the past few weeks, they are doing this because obviously the central leadership here has made clear zero covid is here to stay. this is still the best we to

pre protect people's heath, avoid the massive death and destruction they say covid caused in the west. they have also made clear this has come from the very top, from president xi jinping himself. that is why right now local officials across the country, their takeaway from shanghai is not how almost impossible it is to contain. instead, they seem to think when it comes to lockdown, you have to do it early, to do it big and it is not just about covid containment but also proving your political loyalty to china's strongman leader. rosemary. >> steven jiang, joining us from beijing. many thanks. we will head back to ukraine after a short break, where russian troops are moving in as the battle for the eastern-donbas region grows more intense by the day. and phil black visited a town outside of kyiv where occupying-russian forces left behind more than just a spalling

campsite. he'll explain. or hotting. mealin', feelin', pie-ing, tryining. color your spread. upgrade your bread. pair it. share it. kraft singles. square it.

discover a simple way to use colors in managing diabetes! inspired by nature, onetouch verio reflect® meter shows instantly if you're below, within or above your range. it cheers you on and provides guidance. connected to your health and your phone. visit onetouch.com today.

>> tech: need to get your windshield fixed? safelite makes it easy. >> tech vo: you can schedule in just a few clicks. and we'll come to you with a replacement you can trust. >> man: looks great. >> tech: that's service on your time. schedule now. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪

when it comes to tech, everyone wants the next best thing. now with xfi complete from xfinity, you can get updated wifi technology with the new tech upgrade program. plus, protection from cyber threats at home and now on the go. so staying up to date is easier than ever. you look great by the way. right? unbeatable internet. made to do anything so you can do anything. only xfinity will upgrade your tech after 3 years for a more reliable connection. get that and more with xfi complete. upgrade today.

>> reporter: here, among the trees, about an hour's drive north of kyiv are the remains of a sprawling military camp. we are shown around by ukrainian forces. this soldier says the positions were held by marines. by we sea command posts, sleeping areas, and ammunition storage. while everywhere, there is every day of how the russians lived and that evidence suggests their existence here was neither disciplined, nor comfortable. it is so quiet now, just pird noise and a light breeze but recently, there were 6,000 russian sogers bedded down in these woods in a cam that is so large you can't sea sooe twr begins begins and where are it ends. living here would have been hard, through the coldest of the winter days. four weeks, stopped here short of kyiv after they failed to take the capital quickly.

the silence is broken by efforts to deal with some unidentified ordinance. this camp is damning proof of russia's failures on this front. poor preparation, desperately-run assumptions about the numbers and resources needed to conquer kyiv. what lessons do you take from all of this that will apply to the -- to the coming battle for donbas in the east? he says we see the volume of forces that invaded this area a and we understand that will approximate two to three times greater this the donbas. this wasn't con fined to the forest. its commanding officers lived a little more comfortably in the nearby village. here, civilians tell disturbingly familiar stories. vitali was detained and interrogated for almost 24 hours. he says he was beaten, blindfolded, tied up, and subject to mocked executions.

he says he has never known fear like it, and constantly thought those were his last moments on earth. a local priest describes dealing with the aftermath of even greater cruelty. he says he found five mentor chured ask killed in the guard upon, two more in the forest and the russians brought him two dead women and told him to bury them. other russians in this contrary camped out in fields with their artillery pieces, and stole what comforts they could. a mattress, alcohol, the works of shakespeare. so from these firing positions, rockets through through the sky only a relatively short distance away. when they hit the early, it was often civilians who felt their power. >> you can see the result. so many people were hiding there. >> he shows the aftermath of a

russian' rocket strike. >> this is at the center of explosion. >> reporter: and where some of its victims were temporarily buried. >> yes. we can't maybe for hive. >> reporter: for now, the enemies in the forest, fields, and villages have left this part of ukraine. the fruits of their brief stay, the pain, trauma, and loathing remain. phil black, cnn, hostomel, ukraine. new images on social media seem to support ukraine's claim that the russian warship moskva was hit by two anti-ship missiles. short video clip shows a huge plume of smoke billowing from the ship as it was to the port side. and large black hole also on the port side of the vessel just above the water line.

all but one of the life rafts has deployed. you also notice the weather does not appear to be strormy, as clai claimed by the creme len when the ship went down. moscow hasn't released any information about casualties. still to come on cnn. elsewhere in europe, french voters are days away from electing their president and the cost of listening may figure prominently in their decision. those details, ahead. customizing your car insurance, so you only y pay for what you need. (e(emu squawks) if anynyone objects to this marriage, speak now or forever hold your peace. (emu squawks) (the crowd gasps) no, kevin, no! not today. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

we're a different kind of dentistry. one who believes in doing anything it takes to make dentistry work for your life. so we offer a complete exam and x-rays free to new patients without insurance - everyday. plus, patients get 20% off their treatment plan. we're on your corner and in your corner every step of the way. because your anything is our everything. aspen dental. anything to make you smile. book today at aspendental.com, walk in, or call 1-800-aspendental.

♪ ♪ ♪i'm so defensive,♪ ♪i got bongos thumping in my chest♪ ♪and something tells me they don't beat me♪ ♪ ♪

♪he'd better not take the ring from me.♪ when it comes to tech, everyone wants the next best thing. now with xfi complete from xfinity, you can get updated wifi technology with the new tech upgrade program. plus, protection from cyber threats at home and now on the go. so staying up to date is easier than ever. you look great by the way. right? unbeatable internet. made to do anything so you can do anything. only xfinity will upgrade your tech after 3 years for a more reliable connection. get that and more with xfi complete. upgrade today. when it comes to tech, everyone wants the next best thing. now with xfi complete from xfinity, you can get updated wifi technology with the new tech upgrade program. plus, protection from cyber threats at home

and now on the go. so staying up to date is easier than ever. you look great by the way. right? unbeatable internet. made to do anything so you can do anything. only xfinity will upgrade your tech after 3 years for a more reliable connection. get that and more with xfi complete. upgrade today. arrested 26 people and more arrested are expected after a weekend of violent protests over quran burnings. 40 people were injured including police and protestors. the violence was trickered by a far right burning of the quran.

several countries condemned the burnings. this sunday, french voters will return to the polls for a final vote on the presidency. they will choose between incumbent emmanuel macron and far-right candidate marine le pen. a recent poll shows m. macron leading with 54.5%. le pen trails by 9%ening points and april 10th poll by ipsos found the rising cost of living is the issue for 8% of voters. energy efficiency is important to many younger voters. and russia's invasion of ukraine is another factor in how the french will vote. so let's talk more about this with our european affairs

comme commentator dominic thomas from los angeles. always good to have you with us. >> thank you, rosemary. >> so less than a week from france's runoff election, and polling suggests macron could win by a slim margin against his rival, far-right candidate marine le pen. is that your sense of where this is going? a >> yes, i i this there is a not a great possibility problt that marine le pen will win but i think the very fact there is a possibility means that many people are on alert. the european union partners, the coalitions in the fight to help support ukraine and what this would mean for france and the fact that the -- that the gap has narrowed and over the last ten or 15 years is, of course, significant. um, and -- and there is, of course, a tremendous volatility as we go into this second round, give the fact there were just so many people who abstained in the first stages and also the 22%

voted for the far-left candidate. so it will be interesting to see where those voters go and whether they actually show up on sunday to vote in the runoff stages. >> that will approximate critical, of course. and not surprisingly, rising cost of living is the biggest issue for most voters. for cores, it is candidates' positions on russia's war in ukraine. and younger voters more concerned about environmental issues. so what impact will these issues likely have in the end on how the french decide to vote do you think? >> well, we are going to finder out on wednesday night, first of all, because there is going to be a debate between the incumbent and between le pen. remember in the first round, emmanuel macron refused to bait any candidates so the stakes are very high. when it comes to foreign policy issues, that is an area in which

le pen is extraordinarily weak but the story of the ma kron presidency has been around the economy. we followed very closely the yellow jacket demonstrations, which really highlighted the massive discrepancies between those living in urban centers versus rural skernts, between the old and young, cost of living and access to gas and so on, for those who are not able to purchase electric vehicles. and general issues around social care and concern so emmanuel macron's real challenge here is to convince the electorate and to have them trust thaeng that he can change and that's why we have seen him appeal to environmentalists and appeal to the massive vote on the left which could bring and return him to the palace next monday, rose playery. >> and dominic, le pen has softened her plan to ban wearing the hijab if she wins, little by

little. lawmakers would debate the issue, and then decide. how might this shift in tone influence french voters just days before the election? >> don't think it will. i think people are highly suspicious. she's engaged in a long-term campaign to try ask soften her image but i don't think anybody believes it. nor, do really her policies when it comes to immigration and the way she would work with the eu on -- on refugee immigrants, and so on and so forth and her broader kind of statements over the big debates on cultural issues, identity issues. this is somebody who has a very twisted and distorted view of french history of when france was great. and she is someone who preys on anger, on fear, and so on. ask so, i don't think that is going to be the issue. the way in which she will strike emmanuel macron and score points in the debate is to constantly

of player particular grievances around cost of listening, macron's plan to raise retirement age and all those sort of issues. and if she can keep the debate focused in that way, the outcome will be even more unpredictable than it in many ways already is going into next sunday, rosemary. >> we are also learning french prosecutors are examining a report that accuses le pen and her party of misappropriating hundreds of thousands of euros of eu funds. what do you make of this? and how problematic could it prove to approximate for le pen's campaign, do you think? >> in so many ways, rosemary, there is nothing think about this. the whole question of funding around le pen has always been a dark shadow. the lynches with -- with russia. the funding of far-right parties in the european union has opinion subject to much scrutiny and i don't think this is going to be of any surprise to people. and i don't think it really plays into the -- into the election at this stage.

it's really around le pen. it's sort of questions of fear, of identity, and -- and those sorts of questions. but yes. um, the question of credibility and the question of can she convince the electorate she would be not only alternative to emmanuel ma skcron but also somebody that can be a competent president and that is a tough one for her to sell and we have to see how well she performed wednesday in the upcoming debate. >> it is a critical election. the world is closely. dominic thomas joining us there. many thanks, as always. and this quick programming note. french voters go to the polls on sunday as we mentioned for the second and final round or our sf the french elections right here on cnn. and just ahead, it was a deadly easter-holiday weekend in the united states. multiple mass shootings were reported across the country.

randi kaye will bring you that report browse for cars that fit your budget, then customize your downpayment and monthlhly payment. and d these aren't made up numbers, it's what you'll really pay, right down to the penny. wheather you're shopping or just t looking, it only takes a few seconds and it won't affect your credit score. finally, a totally different way to finance your ride only from carvana.

the sleep number 360® smart bed is on sale now. why choose proven quality sleep from sleep number? because the sleep number 360® smart bed is really smart. it senses your movement and automatically adjusts to help keep you both comfortable all night. it's also temperature balancing, so you stay cool. it's so smart it knows exactly how long, how

well, and when you slept. sleep number takes care of the science, all you have to do is sleep. and now, save $1,000 on our most popular smart bed. only for a limited time. to learn more, go to sleepnumber.com.

according to the gun violence archive, there have been 144 mass shootings in the united states in 2022. a year that's barely four months old. cnn and the gun violence archive both define a mass shooting at one in which four or more people are killed or injured. not including the shooter. this past easter weekend, no rest from the seemingly endless cycle of mass shootings. here's our report from randi kaye. >> in pittsburg a massive search for what police believe are

multiple suspects. this after an early morning shoot out on easter sunday. killed two people and injured 13. officials say it happened at an airbnb rental during a large party with 200 people. many of them under age. >> here we are easter. and we have multiple families, two that won't see a loved one. >> police say more than 90 rounds were fired. prompting some party goers to jump out the windows. many suffered broken bones and lacerations. also on easter morning a mass shooting in south carolina. about 50 miles north of savannah, georgia. nine people were injured according to the south carolina law enforcement division. the shooting happened at lounge in hampton county during an easter party. >> it was scary. we just tried to get to safety. we didn't know where the shots were coming from. we were trying to get to safety. everybody was running and screaming. >> no suspects have been identified.

and this wasn't the only mass shooting in south carolina this weekend. the other took place at the columbia center mall. on saturday. >> we started running and falling all over the place. everybody was falling and running over top of each other. pushing and shoving. >> police say 14 people were injured in that shooting. nine of them struck by bullets. the others were hurt attempting to flee. police say the shootings started around 2:00 p.m. and they believe the shooters knew each other. >> this was not a situation where we had some random person show up at the mall to discharge a firearm and injure people. >> the victims range in age from 15 to 73. two men are under arrest including a 22-year-old man for unlawful carrying of a pistol. according to columbia police. they are still looking for another man who also may have fired his gun at the mall. about 900 miles north, another

shooting in boston china town neighborhood. the gunfire early sunday morning left two people critically wounded. >> both of the males were transported to the hospital and both are currently listed in critical condition. with life threatening injuries. >> police say three suspects were taken into custody. after the vehicle they were fleeing in crashed. and that a gun was recovered at the crash site. and out west, a weekend house party in las vegas turned violent. leaving two adults and two minors shot. they are still searching for the gunman. >> it's scary. it's a little scary. and very close to where we live. >> and getting closer. too close for so many. since january 1, 150 people have been killed in shootings in this country. more than 600 hurt. that's according to the gun violence archive. randi kaye, cnn, palm beach

county, florida. >> i'll be back next hour. our breaking news coverage continues live in lviv, ukraine. [singing] ovoven roasted cooold cuts cooold cuts

hello, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm john vause live in ukraine. the surge in fighting reported across the front line stretching hundreds of miles. >> live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. a u.s. federal judge strikes down a public transit mask mandate. sparking mixed emotion and concern air passengers and employees alike.