and help show families in ukraine they are not alone. fierce fighting. the battle over eastern ukraine intensifies.eapons to ukraine as key police report discovering the bodies of 900 civilians. the new assaults and air strikes, russia's retaliation for sinking its prize warship. wild weather. at least seven reported tornadoes ripped through parts of arkansas. winds fueling wildfires in the west with red flag warnings and winter weather advisories in the northwest. our weather team tracking it all. travel crush. americans on the move for the holidays on a weekend that could break pre-pandemic records. the best days to hit the skies and the roads as health officials urge people to get tested before gathering with family. shifting strategy.

elon musk's plan b after twitter fights his hostile takeover attempt and the latest from twitter founder jack dorsey in, what else, a tweet. invictus games kickoff. harry and meghan front and center, also stopping to meet with the queen. our royal expert on the couple's first meeting with her majesty since splitting from the royal family. credit stretch. americans relying on p pay for necessities. why you may want to pay off your debt right now. and nba playoffs kicking off tonight. could the grizzlies be the surprise stars? what to expect from kyrie irving and kevin durant. espn's kendrick perkins with his take on the teams this postseason. good morning, america. happy to have janai with us on

the desk again this morning. we have a lot to get to beginning with the war in ukraine and fighting intensifying in the eastern part of the country where officials say russian troops are now focusing their assault. >> ukraine's president saying overnight the length of the war will be directly affected by the amount of support his country gets from the global community. >> and we have team coverage from kyiv to washington, d.c. first, though, let's go to abc's marcus moore on the ground in the ukrainian capital and, marcus, explosions heard earlier there today. >> reporter: whit, another n ar in kyiv, and one missile landed on an apartment building on the outskirts of the city this morning. the mayor said one person was killed and several were hurt as officials discovering the bodies of more than 900 civilians in the region surrounding the capital. police saying most were shot dead and likely executed. this as russian forces doubled down on their offensive in

eastern ukraine and drone footage circulating online captures an intense battle in northern donetsk along ukraine's eastern border where russian and ukrainian forces have been locked in a fierce fight for control of the region. russia stepping up its retaliation after the sinking this week of its flagship cruiser, the "moskva," ukrainian and u.s. officials say it was hit with two neptune missiles. russia denied the claims saying the ship sank after a fire on board. the u.s. is delivering $800 million worth of new weapons to ukraine leaving russia aggravated. the country's foreign minister sending an ominous warning to the u.s. and its allies, demanding them to stop sending weapons to ukraine or else there may be, quote, unpredictable consequences. russia is expected to escalate its offensive as it appears to inch closer to taking control of mariupol but the mayor says as many as 20,000 people may have died. despite the war every day thousands of ukrainians are returning home. >> we're strong.

yeah, but we are the best friends and lovers. >> reporter: we met 35-year-old alexandra as she reunited with her husband near kyiv. >> we want to grow our nation, our business, our lives. >> we're ukrainians. >> we're ukrainians. >> yeah, ukrainians. >> we can't live in another country. >> reporter: and officials here have said that it is still far too dangerous for those from kyiv to return to their home, but clearly many are taking their chances anyway, as russia has said it will step up its attacks on kyiv if the coming days. >> taking their chances to try to get back home. marcus, thank you so much. turning now here at home and more on the kremlin's new warning to the u.s. and allies and demands that nato countries stop supplying material to ukraine. abc's faith abubey joins us this morning. good morning, faith. >> reporter: good morning. there's a lot of concern right now about what exactly russia means by "unpredictable consequences." the biden administration is declining to confirm whether

it's in receipt of that diplomatic note, but the spokesperson at the state department is making it clear that nothing will deter the u.s. from helping the ukrainians fight back. in fact, the russian threat came as the biden administration is expanding its military assistance to ukraine despite the warning the u.s. this week shipping out an additional $800 million of advanced weapons and ammunition to help ukraine in this war. a u.s. official briefed on russia's note confirms to abc news that the kremlin is accusing the u.s. of violations that could put weapons in the hands of bad actors. this, of course, is not the first time russia has basically threatened the u.s. tensions between the world's two largest nuclear powers are at their highest in recent years, just last month, the kremlin warned the u.s. and nato that western convoys carrying military aid to ukraine are, quote, legitimate targets for russian attack. a source tells abc news this latest threat just shows the u.s. military deliveries to ukraine are working. right now, though, here at home,

there's really no indication that security alerts here in the u.s. are changing because of this formal diplomatic note from russia. eva. >> faith abubey for us in d.c. now back at home, millions of people are traveling this holiday weekend as airports face a shortage of tsa employees and pilots. elwyn lopez joins us this morning from atlanta with the latest. good morning, elwyn. >> reporter: hey, eva, good morning. the rain isn't grounding travelers here at the world's busiest airport. this weekend could break even pre-pandemic records. this all comes after several weeks of mass cancellations and because of it jetblue is cutting back on flights by 10%, united says they expect to see more than 400,000 passengers per day. that's 70% more than this time last year. delta with nearly 500,000, but for of you those heading out today, you're in luck. while monday will be one of the busiest this weekend, today is expected to be the lightest,

both on the roads and in the skies. whit. >> you definitely can hear that rain, another thing travelers are dealing with. elwyn, thank you. joining us also from atlanta is balram bheodari, general manager of hartsfield-jackson atlanta international airport. balram, good morning to you. it's good to have you. so as we noted there, very busy holiday weekend. your airport alone expecting about 2 million travelers. what are you doing to make sure the crowds keep moving and people make it to their flights in time? >> good morning, and thank you for having me this morning to speak on this subject here. so it's simple for us here. it's going to be a very, very busy weekend. as you said, 2 million passengers, and for us the plan is simple. we have a written and executable plan with achievable goals and now we have set the vision where all 63,000 of the employees at the airport moving in the same direction to take care of our millions of guests coming through our airport. >> what about staffing shortages? i traveled this week. and one thing i noticed,

it's not so much the security checkpoints but even restaurants, shops, lines for people to get food. is your airport dealing with those shortages, and if so, what are you doing to address it? >> we are dealing with those shortages. we have pockets of shortages across the enterprise and concession and, you know, different areas of staffing, but we are at over 85% of pre-pandemic level in our overall staffing, and so we have enough of an option to serve the customers that come through this airport. >> what about key dos and don'ts for the passengers to have a smooth experience at the airport? maybe how much extra time should they leave before they travel this weekend? >> the first do, please plan your trip appropriately. secondly, please empty your suitcases and look for prohibitive items. we have seen an infiltration of guns coming through our checkpoints, so please empty all bags that you will be traveling

with and pack thoughtfully, and thirdly, just follow all federal, local and state mandates in terms of wearing a mask, maintaining your safety and so on and so forth, and lastly, if you're traveling, make it memorable, make it enjoyable. come to our airport. we have so many in-terminal dining options. enjoy, take some time and arrive at the airport for a domestic flight at least two hours before your flight, and if you're flying international at least three hours. >> now, i want to pick up on something you noted there, because the cdc extended the mask mandate on planes and public transportation through at least early may, but remind people what this means for public spaces in and around the airport when people still need to be wearing those masks. >> so when you get to the airport you're required to wear a mask unless you're drinking or eating or sitting in a restaurant, you're drinking or eating. when you're in any public space, it is mandatory to wear a mask.

>> balram bheodari, thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. janai, over to you. >> thank you. of course, as people are traveling hanging over that will be, of course, covid, and the renewed battle against the virus. clashes in china between police and hazmat suits and residents in shanghai, which has been under lockdown for weeks as the u.s. sees cases ticking up in more than 30 states. abc's britt clennett is in hong kong with the very latest. good morning, britt. >> reporter: good morning, janai. that's right, tensions are running high in china as its hardline policy takes a toll. chaos in shanghai as protests erupt over housing covid patients. angry residents shown in this social media video furious about having to give up their homes so their apartments can be used as temporary quarantine facilities. police decked in all white protective gear forcibly breaking up the protest. covid lockdown rules continuing for a third week in china's largest city as it records more

than 20,000 daily cases and no officially reported deaths. residents and ex-pats like this woman getting caught up in a system where every covid positive person is sent to a quarantine facility. she sent abc news videos from the facility where he stayed for six days. >> there are no showers so people, of course, to use sinks here to wash their bodies. >> reporter: showing us cramped conditions. >> everyone is a very close contact with each other, and of course, as you can imagine there is absolutely no privacy. >> reporter: the strict measures in shanghai turning this financial hub into a ghost city and back in the united states covid on the rise again. over the last week, 31 states and territories have seen a rise in infection rates of 10% or more. in boston, officials warn of increasing covid-19 cases and hospitalizations as the city prepares for its first full-scale marathon since 2019.

>> if you're sick, please stay home. and isolate to prevent further spread to those around you. >> reporter: positivity rates in boston over 6%. people between the ages of 20 and 30 making up the largest group of those infected, while in california schools not implementing vaccine mandates until july 2023. >> frankly, we're almost at the lowest number of covid patients that we've had at any point in the pandemic, nearly as low as last summer right before the delta surge. >> reporter: well, the rise in cases in the u.s. is a reminder that this pandemic is not over yet while in china the cycles of lockdown continue with no end in sight. eva. >> britt clennett for us there in hong kong, thank you. here at home the governor of texas is taking his immigration fight to washington by sending busloads of asylum seekers to the nation's capital. abc's white house correspondent maryalice parks has the story from union station. good morning, maryalice. >> reporter: eva, good morning. right here in rush-hour traffic

in front of the train station is where we saw people getting dropped off from these buses. i can tell you that during the week, this is one of the most hectic, most confusing intersections in the city. political activists say this is all just a big charade from the texas governor. most people we talked to said they were grateful for a ride to d.c. in the shadow of the u.s. capitol, this small group of migrants exhausted quickly unloaded off a bus that drove through the night from texas. >> didn't seem to us that there were any local law enforcement there to meet the bus, but there were representatives from catholic charities. they ushered the migrants here to this coffee shop and some food and water and a chance to figure out what's next. >> reporter: maria christina, pregnant, tells us her family originally from brazil now headed to new york given food and water on the bus. the trip took three days. these asylum seekers processed in texas will have to appear in immigration court to make their

case. in the meantime, they seemingly volunteered to take texas governor greg abbott up on an offer of a ride to the nation's capital. >> joe biden has refused to come to the border to see the chaos he's created by his open border policies, so we're going to take the border to him. >> reporter: the u.s. customs and border protection saying abbott did not coordinate with them. the white house calling the buses a publicity stunt. >> these are all migrants who have been processed by cbp and are free to travel, so it's nice the state of texas is helping them get to their final destination. >> reporter: abbott has been looking for ways to protest the biden administration's rolling back a controversial public health rule, known as title 42. the policy set now to end next month allowed law enforcement to deport most migrants crossing the border before they could file an asylum case. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, including both democratic senators from arizona, pushing back on the white house's decision, warning the administration is not prepared for what could be a rush of people to the border.

>> we are showing -- >> reporter: overnight, the texas governor backing down on another policy, ending additional border screenings he had ordered at several major ports of entry. the move had tangled traffic for hours, threatened key produce and groceries americans rely on and drew stiff criticism. >> i want to make sure everyone gets this was completely unnecessary. >> reporter: now, abbott yesterday said he was ending those secondary border screenings because some mexican officials had agreed to step up security on their side on the border, but the reality is he was facing immense political pressure including from republicans in his own state to reverse course on this one and try to get trade up to normal before the holiday weekend. whit. >> maryalice, thank you. now to twitter and elon musk's latest moves to acquire the social media giant in a hostile takeover. the billionaire reportedly shifting strategy now. abc's zohreen shah joins us with more on that. zohreen, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. elon musk is now resorting to plan b. this coming after twitter fought

back against his $43 billion offer to buy the social media platform with a tactic called a poison pill. if musk or anyone else acquires 15% or more of the company, twitter will let other shareholders buy extra shares at a discount, but reports say that might not stop musk from recruiting other investors. they could potentially each buy shares up to 15% and partner with musk to force a sale of twitter, or they could make changes within the company. musk currently owns 9% of twitter making him one of the largest shareholders. twitter has not filed their th will include more details .c. about whether like-minded investors will be able to team up to buy more than 15% of the company. and now twitter founder jack dorsey is speaking out. he denies that the timing of musk's offer to buy the company was related to dorsey stepping down as ceo last november. musk turned down a seat on the

board last week of twitter after he learned he wouldn't be able to publicly criticize the company. on thursday when asked why he wanted to buy it, he said the platform was extremely important to the future of civilization. whit. >> the poison pill strategy. all right. the drama continues. zohreen, thank you so much. we appreciate it. let's turn now to the weather. greg dutra from our chicago station wls is in for rob this morning with severe weather in the south. greg, good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning from chilly chicago. we have a cold front push through yesterday. that front causing problems across the south. check out this video from during the overnight, a funnel cloud in walnut ridge, arkansas. lightning in jonesboro. seven tornadoes reported and there's more severe weather on the way for today. high winds, hail and a possible tornado will be the threat for us and then yet again on sunday we're also looking at a renewed chance for severe weather across much of the same area although it does extend further to the east tomorrow and into portions of alabama and also the western,

very western panhandle of florida. like i said, that cold front moved through chicago. it is very chilly here. our temperatures only going to be in the upper 20s or 30s. just about everybody dealing with a very chilly saturday morning and easter sunday morning with some more snow on the way for not only the western

u.s. but possibly even into the midwest. i'll send it back to you, janai. >> my mom is going to be glad she's getting on a plane out of chicago earlier than that. turning now to the heroes who jumped into action when a gunman opened fire on a new york city subway train. the transit workers honored at city hall for their quick thki tt helped save lives. the brave mta employees risking their own safety responding to tuesday's terrifying subway attack speaking out this morning. >> passengers was coming off the train, falling to the floor. >> other ones running and screaming and yelling, there's a shooter. we need help. >> reporter: first responders arriving to the 36th street subway station in brooklyn, where authorities believe 62-year-old frank james set off a smoke grenade and shot ten people. according to police the suspect initially blending in with panicked passengers trying to escape. in the heat of the chaos, train operator david artis and conductor raven haynes telling abc news they tried to keep their composure despite not knowing where the suspect was or

whether they were still in danger. >> natural instincts kicked in and the reality was that our first party was our riders. >> reporter: as frightened passengers rushed to flee the smoke-filled subway car, raven and artis directed them to another train across the platform. >> we told the rest of the customers if you're not injured get on the train. >> reporter: then staying behind to lead first responders to the victims. city leaders hailing t >> you risked real danger to save the lives of everyday new yorkers. when bullets were flying, 33 to be exact, you stayed calm, stayed focused and you saved lives. >> and five people will split the $50,000 crimestoppers reward for helping to capture james. mayor adams praising the public for their involvement and, guys, talking about the public's

involvement, it was a bystander's cell phone video that helped get an image of the suspect as well as those who spotted him in east village so new yorkers absolutely stepped up to help. >> well, i think with those workers as well, remember, there was a gunman on the run at that time, and they were calm and trying to help people get to where they needed to go. it's pretty amazing. >> well, coming up, harry and meghan take center stage at the invictus games and the latest on the couple's first meeting with the queen since exiting the royal family. also ahead here, with some americans turning to credit cards to pay for necessities as prices rise, why paying off your debts now may be more important than ever. and tom hanks has a ball bringing an old friend to help throw out the first pitch. we'll tell you about it. we'll be right back.

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roughly 144,000 federal acres for oil and gas drilling next week. some experts have said there's little evidence that this move will actually bring down gas prices in the near term as the plan will charge oil and gas companies higher royalties to drill on federal land. some climate activists are pushing back saying it breaks the president's campaign pledge to ban new drilling on public lands. also, broadway making a change to their vaccine mandate, starting april 30th, audience members will no longer have to show proof of vaccination to attend a show. meanwhile, mask mandates will still be in place. and the new york's brooklyn public library launched a new campaign in an effort to give teens across the country access to books that are banned in their local school districts. the initiative called books unbanned will allow anyone ages 13 to 21 to get a free e-card that will give them access to the library's virtual collection of 350,000 e-books and 200,000 audio books. and we start this half hour with harry and meghan making their first appearance in europe

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with applause nearly as loud as that for team ukraine. [ applause ] >> i don't think ever in the history of the invictus games has a team ever come from a war zone to be going back to a war zone. >> reporter: the war-torn country managed to send athletes to the paralympic-style event that prince harry founded in 2014, a break from the fighting for these brave competitors, harry and meghan holding a special reception for team ukraine and team usa. the wounded warriors from both teams have a close bond having trained together for years. this will be the fifth invictus games. prince harry's passion project which he founded after attending the warrior games in the u.s. in 2013. harry, having served two tours in afghanistan, creating these international games to help the world's injured veteran community. >> as a working royal, stepping back and perhaps the most difficult thing for him was losing his formal military associations.

this is a community that he was part of for so long and that he said made him, but he still is determined to continue to represent them in his own way. >> reporter: the games also holding a special significance for the couple. the toronto games in 2017 was their public debut as a couple. we learned this morning that just within the past few weeks or so four members of the ukrainian invictus team were actually killed. another was taken captive by the russian forces, and you can imagine, eva, there's so much support from all of the countries here. >> definitely. bob woodruff for us, thank you. joining us this morning for more on harry and meghan is abc news royal contributor omid scobie. good to have you this morning. this was the couple's first trip outside the u.s. since splitting from the royal family. how do you think they were received by the queen and prince charles? >> well, it was obviously an overdue reunion for prince harry, meghan and the queen and something that we know the queen had been looking forward to. obviously security issues had gotten in the way in the past but this was a trip that allowed

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there will be carnival rides, live entertainment, and food trucks. it runs from 11:00 i am to 4:00 p.m.. if you're interested, you can celebrate easter tomorrow. we will carry the glide easter service liveservice live this sr streaming channel and abc7news.com/live. it is going to be dry despite the rain. lisa: let's take you to the east bay. looking at a pretty good downpour and back westward, skyline boulevard, looking at more wet weather. it is beginning to break apart in the north bay. into the south bay, looking at more wet weather for you and later returns toward saratoga. as you look at the past several hours, it is cutting off in the

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good morning, good morning, america. it's our second hour. fierce fighting, the battle over eastern ukraine intensifies. american officials saying ukrainian missiles struck a russian warship that sunk. the financial cost to the kremlin as the war rages on. refugees returning to their homes, we're on the ground with the latest. tax day crunch time. as monday's filing deadline looms how to maximize your return and what to know about getting an extension. i taduyeaking it all down. concert comeback? coachella kicking off a powerhouse post-pandemic concert season set to smash records. but will it last? the potential safety concerns and what it could mean for concertgoers.