hello, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. live in ukraine. ukraine president says the investigation into russian war crimes is under way. and identified ten servicemen as suspects of the atrocities in bucha. >> in london with the other top stories including shanghai covid lock down causing supply chain issues across china and delays could be felt all around the world. welcome to the program, everyone. it's 10:00 a.m. here in lviv,

ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy says russia must be trying to humiliate the un with strikes on kyiv while the secretary general was visiting the capitol. ukraine emergency service says ten people were injured from missile that hit an apartment building. zelenskyy says the attack took place right after he finished meeting with un chief who was not harmed chl during the visit, he spoke of the urgent need for humanitarian corridors. to evacuate civilians in the besieged southern port city of mariupol. a ukrainian official in the city says the steel plant has been hit the heaviest. with the heaviest air strikes yet. hundreds of ukrainian soldiers are there along with hundred of civilians. ukraine says an operation is planned today to get civilians out. that hasn't provided other details. of course we'll stay on top of

that as soon as we have more details. possibly good news for the civilians. also visited the kyiv suburb of bucha. where scores of civilians were found dead after russian forces pulled out. if you remember. president zelenskyy says ten russian servicemen have been identified as suspects in crimes committed there. he is vowing to hold those responsible accountable. have a listen. >> we know all the details about them and their actions. we will find everyone. just as we'll find all the other russian thugs who killed and tortured ukrainians. who tormented or people, destroyed houses and civilian infrastructure in ukraine. >> ukraine military says heavy shelling is continuing along the entire line of contact in the eastern regions. you can see on the map. we are learning of a fuel depot attacked and set on fire in part of the region controlled by

russian backed forces. pro-russian separatists blaming ukrainian forces. ukraine said nothing about the incident. and in the south, the mayor says russia is robbing the town of wheat stocks. as the war enters a brutal new phase the american president is proposing the biggest aid package yet for ukraine. he is asking the u.s. congress for to approve $33 billion in additional funding. much of that for military and security assistance and billions in economic as well as humanitarian assistance and security funding. joe biden says investing in ukraine freedom is a small price to pay to reduce the risk of future conflict. he is calling for the funding bill to be passed as quickly as possible. in reality, it could take weeks. if lawmakers question the price tag. >> the cost of the fight is not

cheap. caving to aggression will be more costly if we allow it to happen. we either back ukrainian people as they defend their country or we standby and russians continue their atrocities and aggression in ukraine. >> meanwhile on thursday, the kremlin warned western powers against quote pumping up ukraine with weapons. meanwhile, nato and u.s. officials say russia is making some degree of progress with its renewed assault on eastern ukraine. cnn following this live from london this morning forrous. good morning. how much progress are we talking about here? how much progress is russia making and how does this impact the dynamic of battle? >> according to u.s. and western officials they have seen some evidence that russia is learning the lessons from the challenges it faced in the first few weeks of the invasion of ukraine. we understand of course according to to western and nato officials that russia faces

significant challenges in that first phase of the invasion. particularly when it came to coordinating its air and ground operations. that seems to be an area according to to western officials where they have focussed on improving their operations we know russian armed forces have significant challenges in supply and command as well. across armed forces during the first few weeks. particularly in terms of supplying the troops and convoys with fuel and medicine and food. that has been the key focus particular the as the russian armed forces and moscow refocuses its attention and goals on the eastern southern region. namely the donbas region. according to u.s. officials, these improvements have been slow and uneven. they haven't been as significant as perhaps the kremlin would have hoped. and they continue to face challenges. we know that according to uk intelligence, the russian armed

forces lost nearly 600 tanks and we are seeing nato allies stepping up their military support for ukraine. that is a concern for the kremlin. but of course a huge support for the ukrainian armed forces in their defense against russia. we also understand of course that moscow will be doubling down efforts on the donbas region. but as this war continues, we can expect to see further troop losses. the kremlin previously tried to deny a significant trip losses. earlier this month the spokesperson for the russian foreign ministry acknowledged there had been significant troop blows. he said this was an unfortunate fact this occurred. of course that has been attempt to hide that because of the low moral we have seen in the russian armed forces. that's been significant challenge and that will continue to be a challenge for russia. >> appreciate it.

great to see you. if you just joined us -- breaking news we brought you. ukraine has telling us that the there's an operation planned to get civilians out of the steel plant in mariupol. that's a besieged city of mariupol. if you remember, that steel plant has about 1,000 or so civilians. and soldiers wounded soldiers. it has women and children hold up inside now for days. 50 plus days without any sunlight. we know from one of the soldiers inside that steel plant, they're running short on food and water. and looking to make a plea just in the last 24 hours to try and get out. evacuation for them. we have heard in the last few minutes that an operation is planned to get them out of the steel plant. how that is going to happen we're not clear. we haven't been given details.

this comes less than 24 hours of course when we had the un secretary general here. we had him in ukraine and kyiv. something that we know he's been work towards. he went to russia and spoke to putin and came here with some sort of deliverables. he said putin agreed in principle to allow the red cross to evacuate the civilians inside the mariupol steel plant. if that happens, we of course would bring the latest. at the moment, we are short on details. let me get the thoughts of the former un assistant secretary general. who joins me now. on this point we just breaking news the last few minutes, if this happens of course, it's wonderful news for so many of those civilians stuck inside without of course haven't seen sunlight for days.

also very important for the secretary general pushing hard to get them evacuated. >> absolutely. diplomacy is not only to do the right thing but at the rite time. and secretary general was caught short not being in russia in january or february. not using the beijing olympics to get putin and xi in the room with him. and assurances ukraine would not be attacked. that horse bolted and now he cannot be a mediator. he can only be a humanitarian. and if on the one hand he was humiliated with the attacks in kyiv yesterday, but if they allow now the evacuation of not only the steel works but the city of mariupol, that would still would be wonderful and that would redeem the secretary general.

>> and i want to talk about the kyiv attack in a moment. how exactly on the terms of evacuating civilians inside the steel plant, how would that go about? i know from what the secretary general said that would involve the un and potentially the red cross. how exactly would that happen? any insight? >> he also mentioned that it would involve ukraine. i don't believe that the russians would allow ukraine authorities to be involved in this. the un is like the red cross. the blue flag conveys immunity. and hundreds of un staff, human rights monitors on the ground in ukraine. and so if the russians have the will to make this succeed, the way will be found it's not difficult. stop the shelling and let the convoys go out. >> and you said that with the

strikes that we saw in kyiv last night, that the strikes happened with the secretary general still in the capitol. he was humiliated. was that a message directed to the secretary general from russia? was this directed to the ukraine or nato? >> i think it confirmed the humiliation was more russia's self-humiliation. conserving it moved to the status of a international praia. i can't believe somebody in authority in moscow would think anything can be gained by doing this. military people without chain of command did this but in any event it confirms russia is outside the norm of civility. remember, the un was founded to prevent war. and russia is a founding member by the way ukraine is a founding member of the un.

at the insis tans of the soviet union. russia is simply trampling international legal norms but of course norms of humanity and decency. and so they have gone completely rogue. >> they have gone rogue, yet at the same time we heard from the secretary general speaking to our anderson cooper. it was yesterday, that this war won't end with meetings. that's what he said. it will end when russia says so. if putin can't be trusted where does this leave the role of the un in ukraine? >> clearly as long as both sides, russia and ukraine think they can prevail in the battlefield, there is no role for any mediation for any peacemaking or anything. that's why the secretary general speaks also about the fall out in africa and elsewhere. higher food prices etc.

and the damage to multi-lateralism. which is needed for climate change, pandemics and all kinds of other issues. so i think the secretary general will now hopefully mobilize other countries like china, like south africa, like turkey and brazil. in other words country that is are friendly towards russia to exert some kind of pressure. it is an exercise in damage limitation. >> france, great to get your perspective. thank you for taking time to speak to us. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. now, apple says they expect to make to take financial hit this quarter. more on the bad news and why they say certain covid restrictions are partly to blame. that's ahead. thursday warns a rough day for amazon after the break we'll look at the busiis mall earning reports and how it's affecting the market.

people injured in clashes between palestine and israel police. at the mosque compound in jerusalem earlier today. palestinian said at least 42 people were hurt. israel police said hundreds of rioters began a violent disturbance. two people were arrested. tensions have been high and clashes occurred every friday. counsel of chinese officials say almost all of the more than 15,000 new cases reported across that countries on thursday came from shanghai. the city has been under strict covid lock down for weeks and could come as a heavy economic cost.

cnn explains. >> china's biggest and most affluent city. the streets have been empty for weeks. shanghai battling the worst ever covid-19 out break. determined to crush it with the zero covid policy. in a steep cost to the economy and has implications for the world. >> we're forecasting that the lock down in shanghai will rock the economy. shanghai is an economic power house. for china. it holds one of the two stock exchanges. the port is 3% of global cargo at any given time. >> shanghai is known to the world's businessest container port. it remains operational. on april 18, some ships has been diverted away due to truck shortages. containers are piling up at the port. waiting on for 12 days before they are picked up and delivered.

compared to four day ins late march. shanghai is a major aviation hub. the out break forced the suspension of many flights causing air fare rates to skyrocket. putting more pressure on global supply chain. >> this is having a supply shock. a lot of the shipments now can't leave the port. can't leave the airports in shanghai. and these are goods which are ultimately going to europe and u.s. it's going to push prices up. we'll see more inflation. >> zero covid strategy forced many factories in shanghai to suspends operations. the apple suspended projection at the shanghai plant. and tesla has been shut for weeks. ceo elon musk saying this. tesla shanghai is coming back with a vengeance. the company warned it too is not immune from supply chain problems. >> authorities in shanghai are

trying to get essential production plants open under what they call a closed loop system. that means their staff is actually sleep on the premise. on the factory floor, eats there. don't leave. don't go home. the problem is there's staff that don't want to do that and shortage of parts to get the factories reopened. it's going to be a global problem. >> analyst warns the economic pain caused by the zoo covid strategy could spiral out of the control. saying this quote implementing this strategy in excessive manner by itself could lead to disruption on the supply chain, mass unemployment, and translate into social political instability. exactly what the zero covid strategy wants to avoid. and yet shanghai weeks long lock down still has no end in sight. bottom line from china watchers to the world, brace yourselves for the fall out.

cnn hong kong. >> apple ceo said thursday that supply constraints caused by covid and the war in ukraine impacting ability to meet customer demands. apple shares dipped after the warning. over shadowing news of the record profit in sale last quarter. after years of being a tech juggernaut. amazon deliver a $4 billion in losses. far from the $4 billion profit that analysts expected. amazon blames most of the losses on investmt in electronic automaker. who stock has been plummeting for months now. stock plummeted after hours down 9%. cnn global economic analyst calls it the correction many predicted. >> this is coming off the back of some wobbles that we have seen with other earnings reports. and tech companies in particular. so, it's going to have an

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time today. offered no further details. it is believed hundreds of civilians are trapped inside the complex. as soon as we have more details we'll bring it to you. many of the refugees escaping ukraine are children. that is putting it tremendous burden on schools in neighboring countries. we have a story of one school struggling to find space for the students. >> new school, new language. new country. >> we follow the needs. we open the classes we didn't know what would be in a week. what would be in a month. >> there are now 50 ukrainian refugees enrolled at this warsaw high school. bringing the student population up to 700. it's her first day. a few weeks in. and happy to be back in class. >> it's given me some space.

or given me the feeling of safety. i'm safe here. i'm in my normal life. >> in warsaw alone, the mayor's office estimates the city has taken in more than 100,000 children. with 17,000 already enrolled in public school. the question now is how many more will come? >> it's a big problem for us. we don't know how many students go to warsaw and go to our school. >> warsaw was already short 2,000 teachers. before russia invaded ukraine. the city needs more staff and money. >> this is a huge challenge for us. a good heart, willingness to help and volunteering are not enough. >> and yet, they're finding ways to make it work. >> polish students are paired with new ukrainian classmates.

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american trevor reed back in the u.s. after a prisoner swap with russia. he was reyintsed with his family after landsing in texas early thursday morning. cnn looks at the behind the scenes negotiations that led to the release. >> on a tarmac in turkey, a scene out of a cold war thriller. trevor reed's parents tell it. when their son was exchanged for convicted russian drug smuggler. >> he said it was crazy. they parked the plane next to each other and crossed paths. like something in a movie. >> we asked him if he said anything to him. as they passed. he said no. we kind of looked at each other. >> that movie ready moment was proceeded by years of behind the scenes maneuvering by u.s. negotiate tors to get trevor reed out of the russian custody. and administration official tells cnn. tonight, cnn has new information

from government sources unlocking some of the mystery behind the talks. one crucial move, a trip to moscow in february. coordinated with the white house. by former u.s. ambassador and his team. which privately works to free american detainees. they met with top russian officials one day before they launched the invasion of ukraine. >> they were ready to talk. i must say that the tension was very high. i must be honest. i wanted not to stay very long. i sensed the invasion was going to happen. >> he says he and his team came from the meeting with a sense of what the kremlin was willing to do. not just regarding reed. but also paul wailen another american being held. >> i sense they were ready to move ahead. with reed. on the whelan case, they wanted to see how the reed initiative went. >> at that time he didn't know basketball star britney griner

had also been detained. reed's case soon took on more urgency. >> he's coughing up blood throughout the day. he has pain in his chest. just all the signs. >> his parents lobby. even protested in front of the white house. then on march 30, granted a face to face meeting with president biden. they came with a request. consider a prisoner swap. >> we always said in a campaign from the beginning, if we can just get his parents in front of president biden, we were confident president biden would make the deal. and he did. >> which sources say was a tough call for the president. tonight with a attention focussed on the two americans still held by putin. the family is worried about the cards biden can play. >> it may not be willing to cross lines to do exchanges with more hardened criminals or serious criminals. to bring paul home. it seems like the option is narrow. >> there may not be many options for trade for whelan or griner.

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treason. >> congressman, i have so much to say. >> you have a minute and 17 seconds to say it. >> in response. to what you have just said. it is so profoundly offensive. on so many different levels. and so many different regards. >> i won't ask you for an apology. >> don't. >> i won't. i'm incredibly proud of my service to the country. >> texas governor smells opportunity in that debate. he's been pushing hard line immigration policy as he runs for reelection. even bussing migrants in texas to washington. some of the policies maybe backfiring now. >> republican governor has been touring texas this election year. his platform includes being easy on business and tough on

immigration. >> texas is stepping up to do the federal governments job. by complete and total endorsement. >> his latest hard line immigration policies along with political theater, could be backfiring. >> it hurts the republican party. >> that's texas agriculture commissioner. a republican. >> he's causing a second crisis on top of the crisis we have at the border. >> miller is talking about him ordering enhanced inspection on commercial truck coming in from mexico earlier this mornt. it's all part of the operation lone star. which is flooded the border with thousands of state troopers and national guard members. the price tag so far, $3 billion. >> a zero tolerance policy. >> he said the added truck inspections would crack down on human smuggling and drugs and weapon trafficking. the texas trucking association which had recently endorsed him for governor said it was unnecessary and detrimental to business and consumers.

>> did this hurt texas trucking companies? >> most certainly. as again any delay is going to be something that a motor carrier has to account for. >> the inspections which only lasted one week, practically paralyzed trade between texas and mexico. the estimated loss, nearly $9 billion in u.s. gdp. >> it doesn't fix the immigration problem. at all. >> cnn checked. of the more than 6,400 commercial vehicles inspected at the border the texas department of public safety found defective brakes and tires. but no drugs or weapons. no human smuggling. he blames president biden for the crisis. he's been a political victory lap for bussing migrants to d.c. >> we're taking action. >> the reality is, migrants are thanking him. >> there is a free government bus that goes to washington d.c. >> tiffany the director of this

center said in the past two weeks, estimated 200 people who voluntarily have hopped on the buses, choose to do so because its free. >> and it get them closer to their final destination. courtesy of the texas taxpayer. and while he touts under operation lone star he's arrested thousands of migrants for criminal trespassing a state charge. he hasn't shared this. >> what's happening with clients arrested? is rather than -- they are being brought into the country. and they are being bussed away from the border. >> that's an attorney who represents more than 1,000 migrants who says operation lone star has allowed migrants to get around title 42. the trump era pandemic rule that federal agents use to swiftly expel migrants to mexico.

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