>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. hello. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm john vause live in lviv, ukraine, where the coming hours may be critical for the besieged city of mariupol. according to intercepted communications, russian troops plan to level a sprawling steel factory where the last remaining ukrainian fighters look set to make a final stand. and live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, i'm paula newton. i will be covering some of the other top stories this hour, including the new era of maskless travel. the biden administration, though, could fight to revive that mask mandate. the russian defense ministry says it has once again offered a

cease-fire to ukrainian forces holed up in a steel factory in the city of mariupol. but ukrainian commanders call it a surrender and have vowed to continue to fight despite being surrounded by russian forces on all sides. this drone footage of the steelworks aired on russian state television. ukrainian officials say up to 1,000 individuals, including women and children and the elderly have also taken shelter inside that facility with food and water now in short supply. >> translator: this is our statement to the world. it may be our last statement. we might have only a few days or even hours left. the enemy's units are ten times larger than ours. they have supremacy in the air, artillery, and units that are dislocated on the ground, equipment and tanks. we appeal to the world leaders to help us. >> that same ukrainian commander says there are about 500 wounded

there, mostly ukrainian fighters who have been left to rot without medical care. the rest of mariupol is also in ruins. on tuesday, russian foreign minister sergey lavrov confirmed the next phase of russia's war has begun. we've already seen areas across the south and east coming under fire. in luhansk, part of eastern ukraine's donbas, russian forces are attacking from all directions with intense artillery and air bombardments. new video shows some of the damage in eastern ukraine. you can see multiple buildings torn apart by military strikes. these scenes playing out less than 40 kilometers away from a town. >> reporter: -- the next video you're about to see is graphic. it's difficult to watch. in northeastern city of kharkiv, local officials say a barrage of russian shelling left at least three people dead and 16 hurt on tuesday. the mayor says civilian areas have been under nonstop attack

since sunday. and in the capital, kyiv, the deputy mayor now requesting 200,000 gas masks to protect against potential chemical weapons attacks. the u.s. has already shipped some protective gear to ukraine. u.s. officials say more is on its way. kramatorsk is among the cities in eastern ukraine under fire. cnn's ben wedeman shows us the aftermath of one deadly strike. and yet again, another warning. some may find parts of his report disturbing. >> reporter: bomb disposal technicians collect the pieces of a russian missile that slammed into a warehouse in kramatorsk tuesday afternoon. the missile killed a 40-year-old worker, injured three others. doctors patch up one of the wounded from the afternoon strike. since russia invaded ukraine almost two months ago, the staff here has had no rest.

"we weren't preparing for this," said this doctor. "now we're doing only urgent surgeries." one operation ends, and another begins. this time, a soldier wounded on the front line. even here, glass doors must be taped to minimize shattering in case of bombing. sandbags cover the windows. the director of this hospital says thanks to help from abroad, they do not lack for medicine or equipment. what they desperately need is neurosurgeons. that in a war where intense bombardment is the norm. these men are recovering in a special unit specializing in treating concussions sustained in artillery bombardments. when shelling is just steps away, the damage is invisible, but it's there. they suffer from intense headaches, nausea, dizziness,

and disorientation. "am i tired? a bit," says roman, who twice has suffered concussions. not all wounds bleed. ben wedeman, cnn, kramatorsk, ukraine. >> mick ryan is a retired major general from the australian army and foauthor of "war transforme" general, thank you for being with us again, sir. we appreciate your time. the kremlin continues to move troops into the eastern part of this country. at least one, maybe two battle tactical groups in the past 24 hours. if you look at the number of troops here, the russians are outnumbering the ukrainians around 2 to 1, maybe 3 to 1. is that sort of the overwhelming force you would expect the russians to have to make some significant gains, or are they still coming up short? >> hi. it's good to be with you again,

but that is the right question at the moment. and my answer would be no. the russians have rushed this offensive. normally you would want at least 3 to 1 if not more, but with the russians, they would want way more because their forces are not as cohesive as the ukrainians are. >> so if we're looking at a situation where there's not a significant gain made by the russians in a relatively short period of time, especially by this may 9th deadline, where does that leave general alexander dvornikov as far as options? >> i think it leaves him in a lot of trouble because there's nowhere else in ukraine they can really turn for some kind of substantial victory. it is quite likely we could see this bog down into some form of russian quagmire in the next month. putin is desperate for a

victory, whether it's the may 9th deadline or not, he needs something he can sell to the russian people as a victory. he does not have that yet. >> right now in mariupol, about 1,000 civilians are holed up in a sprawling steel and ironworks. here's one mother talking about what conditions are like right now. here she is. >> translator: i'm with my three children, and conditions are not the best here. there's no way to study, not much food, and my kids' teeth are starting to spoil. >> also in that facility, the last of the ukrainian fighters in mariupol and also wounded. ukrainians say the russians are well aware of the presence of civilians and that steelworks is coming under constant attack. there's also been this threat to level it. in this situation, if the australian army was confronted by a similar situation, a steelworks with fighters in there that you needed to clear

that area, what would the australian army do? what would the u.s. army do? what would the british armed force dozen with something like this? >> well, the first thing is we wouldn't attempt to invade another democratic country. but at the end of the day, you would seek not to fight in those kind of conditions against ukrainian soldiers who are obviously well-led and trained, but also there's a massive chance of killing or wounding civilians. we care about those things. we care about the people we defend as well as the civilians in any country we go into. the russians don't. my sense is they're quite happy to level the place regardless of whether they kill civilians or military people. >> and when they say level, what will they do? how will they do that? what sort of munitions could be used? >> well, it's a pretty big steelworks as you know. it's a massive factory, one of the largest in europe.

all they will do is just pound it with artillery, dumb bombs dropped from aircraft and missiles, and potentially even naval gunfire support if they approach the ukrainian coast again. so this will be a process of massive bombardment to try and terrorize those remaining and kill those who won't surrender. >> i want you to listen to the pentagon spokesman john kirby on the shipment of u.s. weapons coming into ukraine. here he is. >> we're doing the best we can to focus on, a, the kinds of capabilities we know they need and that they say they want and are using. b, secondary to that, to try to get them systems that they don't need a lot of start-up time for, that they can put in the field almost immediately. >> the pace of the shipments is picking up. one military aid shipment touched down in europe and is now in ukraine. another seven expected in 24 hours. so the question is do the russian forces have the

operational capability as well as the intelligence, the accurate intelligence about location and timing to target those shipments? >> i think it's very unlikely. they would have to divert forces from the east and the south to be able to do that, and frankly there are so many shipments coming in now, that it would take the entire russian air force just to find them, let alone target them. what the u.s. is doing is right with the kinds of weapons it's sending. what we need to do now is increase the quantity significantly. >> that, i guess s what remains to be seen, whether enough gets in in the right amount of time to make a difference. general ryan, thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> thank you. good to speak to you. >> appreciate it. thank you. well, back in the united states, a patchwork of mask policies leaving travelers confused after a mandate was struck down. we'll have more details on that in a moment. also china's strict lockdown policies threatening global supply chains. we'll ask one business analyst

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u.s. justice department says if the centers for disease control determine masks are necessary for public health, it will, in fact, appeal to revive the mask mandate. now, a u.s. judge struck down the mask mandate for public transportation, taking airlines and passengers by surprise. major airlines quickly made masks optional, but not all city transit systems and airports did the same. cnn's adrienne broaddus has our report. >> reporter: in what appears to be a large-scale unmasking -- >> masks will be optional. >> reporter: -- masks are now flaying off the faces of travelers across the country, after a federal ruling struck down mask mandates for public transportation. >> masks are optional for

employees, customers. [ cheers and applause ] >> it is all up to you guys right now. enjoy the fresh air. >> reporter: the ruling came monday from florida u.s. district judge katherine kimball mizelle, a 2020 trump nominee, saying the cdc exceeded its authority. the announcement sparked some celebrations monday on airplanes around the country as the mask mandates were lifted for travelers mid-flight. >> yay, no more masks. whoo! >> reporter: but beyond the initial cheers, the rule reversal prompted a wide variety of reactions from new york -- >> i took the mask off right away. thank god. >> reporter: -- to los angeles. >> i lost my grandmother to covid a year ago, and so i'm very particular about the masks. so i'm going to continue to wear them no matter what the mandates are. >> reporter: in chicago, one couple said the timing of the announcement worked out perfectly for them. >> i'm ready to go on my honeymoon, and i'm glad everybody can see the smile on

our faces. >> reporter: but the change has also created some frustration and uncertainty for some travelers. >> i feel like it's a little too soon maybe. >> i'd rather be proactive and instead of going back to where we just got out of. >> right now, we're still in the middle of a pandemic. i think we should be wearing masks in public spaces. >> reporter: the lifting of the mandate prompted delta airlines to issue a statement expressing relief that, quote, covid-19 has transitioned to an ordinary seasonal virus. but the white house challenged that statement, leading delta to change its language today, calling covid-19, quote, a more manageable respiratory virus with better treatments, vaccines, and other scientific measures to prevent serious illness. the white house had hoped to keep the travel mandate for another two weeks. adrienne broaddus, cnn, chicago. now, the covid death toll in china is rising. chinese health officials say at

least 17 people have now died from covid-19 in shanghai since the current outbreak started. seven new deaths were reported on tuesday alone. now, most of the city, as we've been trying to show you, is under lockdown. you see it there, for weeks, as china doubles down on its zero-covid policy. the lockdown has sparked widespread anger, crippled supply chains, and resulted in worrying shortages of food and essential supplies, even medicine. peter lewis joins me now from hong kong. he's an experienced business consultant with deep knowledge of china's economy and its financial markets. he's also the host of hong kong's highly rated business and finance radio program "money talk." good to see you and have you weigh in on this. obviously our first concern is for people's well-being here, and people in china are now going through a lot. you know, you point out, though, that there is, indeed, a genuine risk ahead, not just for the chinese economy but for the

global economy. could it potentially trigger a major shock? >> it certainly could, and there are signs that it's doing so already, paula. shanghai is a city of 25 million people. it's been completely locked down now for 20 days, and the original idea was to try and lock down the city in two halves, the eastern parts, which contains the financial district was going to be locked down for five days. that would then reopen, and then the western part of the city would lock down for five days. but there were so many cases. we've been seeing 20,000-plus cases a day, that pudong never reopened. the rest of the city went into lockdown as well, and it's been like that ever since april 1st. now, shanghai is the country's biggest port. about 20% of the container exports go through the port, and also it's a major manufacturing

hub. there's a lot of auto companies there. tesla has its production plants there. a lot of semiconductor manufacturers are there. biotech companies. and a lot of them have been closed down. in fact, most of them have been closed down completely over this period. so this is having a supply shock. it's affecting supply chains all around the world because a lot of these shipments now can't leave the ports, can't leave the airports in shanghai, and these are goods which are ultimately going to europe and the u.s. >> yeah, really all around the world. you were just talking about the port in shanghai. the strain on the supply chain, we already see the indicators. there's already congestion at shanghai. you can see it there. those are ships, right, waiting to load and unload. and just to give you an understanding of what we're looking at, look at this graph. it was published by marine

insight. that's 2021. quite a few spikes, you know, and that indicated congestion already. but look at the red line. it's nearly off the charts at this hour. so many ships waiting at the port in shanghai. how worrying is this? and, again, do you think we are ready for the impact that it could have on our global economy if this should worsen in china? >> well, one of the problems is that not only ships jammed up in the port. truckers can't get to the ports to unload and off-load goods. you need a permit now if you're a trucker to travel into shanghai. there's long, long delays, reports of truck drivers waiting 40 hours to get into the port. you have to have a covid test before you're allowed to move to do so. you need a special permit. so it's very difficult to even get goods to the ports.

so we saw when yantan closed down in shenzhen. that's a huge container terminal as well. hundreds of thousands of shipments, contents of the port, goods were accumulated in factories and warehouses, and it took weeks after the port reopened to clear the cargo backlog. and you'll probably remember the effects cascaded to the u.s. there were port traffic jams in los angeles and other ports around the world. now, the difference this time is it's not just one port. it's an entire city that's closed down, and we're talking about a highly interconnected, global trade center. so this is going to have impacts on supply chains. it's going to push prices up. we're going to see more inflationary pressure, and this is coming at the same time, of course, as the war in ukraine, which is also a supply shock to the global economy as well.

so we saw yesterday the imf has revised downwards quite dramatically its global growth forecast to 3.6%. it's revised down the growth forecast for the u.s. to 3.7%. china has been revised down as well, and they've also revised up sharply their inflation forecasts. and we could see worse yet to come because we just simply don't know how long this is going to take. authorities in shanghai are trying to get essential production plants open under what they call a closed loop system. >> right. >> that means that their staff actually sleep on the premises, on the factory floors, eat there, don't leave them, don't go home. but the problem is there's a lot of staff who don't want to do that. >> mm-hmm. >> and there's a shortage of parts to get these factories reopened. so it's going to be a global problem. >> yeah, a global problem indeed, and one that we're just really possibly starting to come to terms with. peter lewis, thanks for your

insights. appreciate it. >> thank you. now, the british prime minister is apologizing once again for breaking covid lockdown rules at downing street in 2020. boris johnson told the house of commons that it did not occur to him apparently that a gathering he attended would amount to a breach. this is his first time speaking to lawmakers since he was fined by police, whose investigation into the so-called party-gate scandal is still under way. the opposition labor leader is urging the prime minister to step down, and so is at least one senior member of his own ruling conservative party. >> i regret to say that we have a prime minister who broke the laws that he told the country they had to follow, hasn't been straightforward about it, and is now going to ask the decent men and women on these benches to defend what i think is indefensible. i'm very sorry to have to say this, but i no longer think he

is worthy of the great office that he holds. >> conservative mp there. parliament will vote thursday over whether there should be an investigation into claims the prime minister misled lawmakers about the lockdown gatherings. but analysts say the vote is, in fact, unlikely to pass. coming up here for us, a report from the town of borodyanka. why the death and destruction there may be worse than bucha. that's ahead.

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>> translator: forever the russian army will be written in history as the most barbaric and inhumane army in the world. >> that's ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy there. he also says that russia is a source of evil and targeting

civilians has now become a russian trademark. the city of borodyanka located outside kyiv was devastated by russia's invasion. residents and survivors are going back now to pick up the pieces, to find and bury the dead, and to try and move on with their lives. here's the story now from cnn's jake tapper. >> reporter: this was borodyanka before, a thriving blue collar town of nearly 13,000 people just 36 miles from the capital of kyiv. playgrounds full of children, neighbors enjoying the local cafes. for the most part, a quiet and peaceful life. and then the russians began bombing civilian targets such as residential apartment buildings for a full month. and now borodyanka is a shell of its former self. craters replace apartment buildings. an empty playground only filled with the remnants of war. rubble where apartment buildings once stood. a dentist's office with no patients left to treat.

victims of putin's bombing campaign against ukrainian civilians. >> translator: the whole month we were sitting for one month from there, and from here it was flying from there and from here. after occupying the town since february, the russians did not hold back as the ukrainian army forced them to retreat, making sure to leave their mark. >> reporter: this neighborhood in borodyanka has just been completely and utterly destroyed from the unemployment office over there to the municipal building. the mayor's office there. the police station there. this was a memorial to ukrainian soldiers who had fought the russian and pro-russian separatists in the donbas region, which began in 2014. the memorial has been completely smashed onto the ground. in fact, the only thing still standing in this immediate area is this memorial right here. this memorial to the soldiers who died fighting in afghanistan under the soviets.

and now roughly two weeks after the russians withdrew after losing the battle of kyiv and the surrounding area, people are starting to try to clean up what they can. but what happened here at borodyanka cannot be swept away. there's no running water or electricity. the people who stayed and those who came back are relying on donations of clothing, food, and water collected at a local church. >> translator: yes, yes. we pack into bags bread, then canned food. everything that is brought here, we pack into these bags equally for everybody. people can choose clothing that they need. >> reporter: a shed of waiting caskets serves as a reminder of what is buried under the wreckage, under the rubble that once was borodyanka. helena never left. she survived on food in her own garden. she says her sister left the apartment building just before it was bombed. >> translator: she left it at 6:00 a.m., and at 8:00 it was

already bombed in the morning. it was a bombing from an aircraft. there were many airplanes flying military over our land plots. >> reporter: so many others inside that building, which looked like this last summer but no longer exists, were not as lucky. yesterday, they found the bodies of nine people, and the day before, 12. all of them hiding in the basement. all of them trying to seek shelter. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has said what happened here may be worse than what happened in bucha. so far, city officials say the death toll is 50, but every day firefighters digging through the rubble find more human remains. the firemen just came over and dropped off this notebook that they found in the rubble of the building that used to be here. it's the deed to the building and the apartment records. the firemen just keep coming

over and putting these little bits of humanity of the people who used to live here, as if they're going to come back and claim it, as if any of them sur survived. look, here's a wedding photo. lives seemingly on pause, about to be reclaimed at any moment, but in reality, stopped forever by the savagery of putin's war. set aside for now the daunting task of rebuilding borodyanka. as of now it's not even clear when there will be a full understanding, a reckoning of how many people were killed in borodyanka during that month of relentless russian attacks. as the firefighter told us, every time they go through the rubble to clear it out, every time they find bodies. and that's just one town, one town.

jake tapper, ukraine. back to you. >> well, after celebrating easter last weekend, orthodox easter is now coming up next weekend. a time for celebration for many usually in russia and ukraine, but the head of the u.n. is now hoping the holy week can lead to a pause in fighting. antonio guterres says this would allow for the safe passage of civilians and for the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian aid. >> east ser a season for renewal, resurrection, and hope. this year, holy week is being observed under the cloud of a war that represents the total negation of the easter message. i urge all parties and all champions of peace around the world to join my easter appeal. save lives. stop the bloodshed and destruction. open a window for dialogue and peace. and keep faith with the meaning

and message of easter. thank you. if you would like to help the people of ukraine who are in need of shelter, food, and water, as you saw in jake's story, they need pretty much everything right now. please go to cnn.com/impact. there you'll find ways to help. i'll be back with a lot more of our breaking news coverage from ukraine, but up next, why local leaders in texas and elsewhere along the u.s. southern border are bracing for a new surge of migrants, possibly as soon as next month. paula newton will have a lot more on that in a moment. [singing] oven roasted cooold cuts cooold cuts open talenti and raise the jar. to gelato made from scratch. raise the jar to all five layers. raise e jar to the best gelato... raise the jar you've ever tasted.

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blaze, which is threatening about 200 homes. now, at last check, the fire had grown to about 6,000 acres, or some 2,400 hectares. the u.s. and panama have now signed a bilateral agreement to improve the management of migration between the two countries and create more legal pathways for migrants. now, on a visit to panama, america's top diplomat, antony blinken, called the agreement a priority for the u.s. and thanked panama's leaders for their cooperation. now, blinken's remarks come as the biden administration faces fierce criticism from republicans and democrats alike over its immigration policies. some of the backlash is a result of president biden's decision to lift what's known as title 42 next month. the pandemic-era policy allowed for the quick deportation of hundreds of thousands of migrants citing a public health crisis. now, border officials are again bracing for a surge at that southern border.

more now from cnn's rosa flores reporting from texas. >> reporter: this park in downtown san antonio has turned into a waiting area. how many days have you been in san antonio? seven days? for miegs who are exempt from title 42, the pandemic order that allows immigration agents to swiftly return migrants to mexico, among those who are exempt, an electric engineer, a paramedic, and a professional artist. they say they earned $2 and $4 a month in their home countries of venezuela and cuba. the city mayor, a democrat, recently sending a letter to the biden administration sounding the alarm about the unsustainable increase of migrants. his administration warning that if title 42 lifts, the city's ability to meet the humanitarian need could be limited. dhs estimates that thousands more migrants could arrive at the border. would you be ready to serve that

many more migrants? >> it's daunting. >> reporter: katie meyers from interfaith welcome coalition says that on average, between 150 and 200 migrants arrive at this bus station every day. many with cell phones, the migrants say, issued and geolocated by the u.s. government. some migrants confused about how to use the devices to check in with immigration officials using facial recognition technology, an alternative to detention rolled out by the biden administration. another 300 to 500 migrants being dropped off at the airport every day, says meyers. the latest spike, she says, started in mid-march. how many of you have money to buy a ticket to get to your destination? no? and it came with a new challenge. migrants are arriving with no plan and no money. the result, sleeping at the park. about how many people have slept in the park? >> there might have been 20 or 25. >> reporter: per night, says meyers.

that's why pastor gavin rogers says he recently opened a shelter at travis park church. you see mostly men here because women with children are placed in hotels, he says. >> they can shower. they can eat. they can receive the proper food, and they can await safely until they get through san antonio. >> reporter: on average, between 50 and 150 migrants sleep here every night, says rogers, a nonprofit filling in the gap for the federal government. >> it falls on to municipalities that are indifferent to the national politics but have to find a local solution. >> reporter: u.s. congressman henry cuellar represents this area and he's bucking his party on title 42, saying the biden administration's intent to end the policy -- >> would be a mistake. >> reporter: so when you ask the white house for a plan, what do they say? >> well, they said they have a plan, and i saw -- >> did they share the plan? >> they said we're going to notify the not for profits that more people are coming. that's not a plan. it's just a notification. they said, we're going to bring

some of the agents from the northern border over here. that's only temporary. >> reporter: most migrants stay in san antonio a few nights. jesse amaya has been here 21 days. he says he's waiting for his wife, who is still in mexico, waiting to cross. >> what's your biggest worry? "her physical safety." he said he plans to wait for her in san antonio, the place they hope to call home. so what is the mayor of san antonio asking the federal government for? first of all, more resources and also a heads-up before the federal government drops off an increasing number of migrants in his city. ro rosa flores, cnn, san antonio. the florida governor pulls a power play to get more republicans in office, but will voters and the courts accept his new congressional map? with just a few days before decisive vote, meantime the french presidential candidates will debate each other in the coming hours. we'll have details of that

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outrage is growing in florida over the governor's proposed redrawing of the state's voting maps. it's being done in a way that would help his republican party pick up several u.s. house seats in the next election while hurting democrats and minority districts. protests were held in the state capitol tuesday, and cnn's dianne gallagher has more now from tallahassee. >> reporter: a special session here in the state of florida to approve new congressional maps is nowup way, and could have major implications on the 2022 and 2024 elections. the republican legislature approved maps that likely would give republicans an advantage, but protected minority districts. but the republican governor ron desantis vetoed those maps that were passed by his own party. he instead offered a new map proposal last week, one that does give the republicans an

advantage, but also diminished minority districts. currently, there are five black members of congress from florida. four of those are democrats and the map proposed by desantis would likely eliminate two of those seats currently held by representative val demings and al lawson. now redistricting is a process done every ten years in the united states that determines what communities are represented by each member of congress. it is crucial in political representation. democrats say that desantis is essentially neutralizing the black vote and black representation. desantis says he used a, quote, race neutral method, and that he feels that not only does it adhere to the u.s. constitution, but does not violate the u.s. voting rights act. now again, democrats and voting rights activists say they fear this would be a clear violation of the voting rights act, but also the florida state

constitution, which requires the protection of minority districts. those maps will likely pass out by the end of this week and be signed into law by the governor. after that, they will inevitably end up in court. dianne gallagher, cnn, tallahassee, florida. in just a few hours, france's presidential candidates will face each other in a debate just days before the runoff election. polling on tuesday showed incumbent president emmanuel macron was widening his lead over far right challenger marine le pen. voters will make their decision sunday. and melissa bell reports they're expected to decide with their wallets. >> reporter: a show of determination and dismay. on saturday, thousands of people took to the streets of france to call for a vote against the far

right. but with little enthusiasm for the alternative. on sunday, voters will choose once again between emmanuel macron and marine le pen. in 2017, the globalist centrist newcomer had seen off the far right candidate, winning by a big margin after sweeping aside the traditional right and left. this time le pen has macron's record to attack and anger over inflation and the cost of living. >> translator: it's not just the cost of things, of goods, it's also employment. there are companies that are in trouble and may go bust. >> reporter: the far right candidate is hoping to tap into some of the rage that exploded on to the streets of france early on in macron's first term. the yellow vest protests sparked by a fuel tax hike, but focused

on macron's reforming presidency. >> he is seen with real hatred. he has done a lot of damage. he has hurt very badly a segment of the french population. >> reporter: the french president's proposed reform of the pension system including pushing back the retirement age also led to angry protests which forced him to put it on hold. the pandemic then quieted in the streets of france. but only momentarily. with protests picking up again over covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions. the presidential campaign kicked off without the president who was focused on global issues, specifically, the war in ukraine, adding to the sense that macron can seem out of touch with the concerns of ordinary french people. >> he doesn't look like your friend next door. you basically never met a guy like him before you meet him.

so it's an asset, but it's also a liability for him. >> reporter: but after the first round of voting on april 11th saw more than 50% of votes go either to the extreme right or to the extreme left, ahead of the second round, macron's now campaigning not so much on his record as on the changes that he plans to make. >> translator: i have no desire to do five more years. no. i don't want to redo them. i want to completely refound something. i want it to be five years of complete renewal. >> reporter: the question is whether that promise of renewal will be enough to help convince voters to choose a president who has proven as divisive at home as he has ubiquitous abroad. melissa bell, cnn, paris. >> and i'm paula newton at cnn center in atlanta. our breaking news coverage of the war in ukraine continues with john vause, live from ukraine, right after the break.

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welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm john vause live in lviv, ukraine, where president zelenskyy says russia will be remembered as a source of evil as ukraine reports intercepts of steel works where the last fighters in mariupol have taken refuge. holding russia accountable. i'm speak to a human rights researcher in ukraine this hour who is gathering evidence on the ground for a possible war crimes trial.